Kroener played baseball for the Dons from 1982 to 1985, at 3rd base and shortstop. He received the Green and Gold Loyalty Award in 1985 and was third in Single Season for batting average at .411. He graduated in 1985.
Freshman Chris Kroener out of Loyola High in Los Angeles is the new third baseman who, Bowman says, is "not playing like a freshman."
Continuing his surprising performance is third baseman Chris Kroener. Kroener is hitting .286 and leads the team in runs scored. In the infield. Christ Kroener and Mike Madsen have played well up Ihe middle defensively and Tim Fitzpatrick has done a fine job at third base.
USF shortstop Chris Kroener continues to lead theWCAC in batting average, hitting at a .423 clip over 43 games. If Kroener continues to hit at his present pace, he will shatter the USF batting average mark, set in 1976 by Gary Delanges, who hit .409. Kroener's 47 runs scored this season leaves him just one shy of the all-time USF mark of 47, set by Bill Murray in the 1981 season (TheFoghorn).
