Favorite Athlete: Tim Tebow
In His MP3 Player: Kesha
Last Concert He Attended: Dave Matthews Band
Favorite Actress: Jennifer Aniston
Favorite Month: June
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Purdue Building: Ford Dining Court
Favorite Big City: Boston
Unique Travel Locale: Cape Cod
Foreign Country He'd Most Like to Visit: England
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Golf
Another Sport He Enjoys Playing: Basketball
Furry Friend: Prior, Cat
Photo Gallery Thru 2011 | 2012 Photo Gallery
MLB First-Year Player Draft
Selected by the New York Mets 35th overall in Compensation Round A of the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, becoming the third-highest Purdue player selected in program history... only Sherard Clinkscales (31st in 1992) and Jermaine Allensworth (34th in 1993) were picked earlier... he was also Purdue's highest draftee since Chadd Blasko was picked 36th overall in 2002... first Big Ten player selected in the 2012 Draft and the earliest selection since 2010.
2012 Season
Big Ten Player of the Year... Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player... Purdue Male Athlete of the Year... Johnny Bench Award Finalist (one of three players nationally)... National Semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy... Second Team All-America Honors: Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, Perfect Game USA & College Baseball Insider... Third Team ABCA All-American First Team All-Big Ten... First Team ABCA All-Mideast Region... NCAA All-Gary Regional Team... Plawecki started all 59 games, making 49 of his 59 starts at catcher... baseball's first-ever winner of Big Ten Player of the Year and Purdue Male Athlete of the Year... led the Big Ten in doubles and runs scored... only the fifth player since 1981 to be the Big Ten Player/Pitcher of the Year and Tournament MOP in the same season... third player in program history to be a two-time First Team All-Big Ten honoree.. most difficult batter to strikeout in the Big Ten again... homered twice at the Big Ten Tournament, giving Purdue the lead in the late innings with both long balls... one of only two players nationally that was a semifinalist for all three prominent awards (Johnny Bench, Golden Spikes and Dick Howser)... hit safely in every game of a team-high 10 of the 16 weekends of action: the Big Ten/Big East Challenge, the Auburn Tournament and the Big Ten Tournament as well as series against Murray State, Ohio State, Penn State, Northwestern, Nebraska, Michigan State and Michigan... worked with a Purdue pitching staff that led the Big Ten in ERA and fewest walks allowed... threw out 16 of 41 would-be base stealers (39 percent) while being charged with only three passed balls... the 46 stolen bases attempted against Purdue were the fewest in the Big Ten... homered in wins against Southern Miss, Charleston Southern, Murray State, Illinois State, Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana... Purdue was 7-0 when we went deep in 2012 and 12-4 in his career... recorded his 100th career RBI in a three-RBI night in the win at Auburn... posted his 200th career hit in the finale of the Michigan State series... posted a streak of seven consecutive two-hit games during a nine-game hit streak early in the season... reached base safely in 25 consecutive games during the first half of the season... finished his career with 52 walks versus only 29 strikeouts in over 700 college plate appearances... established a new Purdue all-time record for hit by pitch (40)... ranked among the Purdue single-season leaders in hits, runs scored, doubles, total bases and hit by pitch... finished his career ranked among the Purdue all-time leaders in batting average, hits, runs scored, RBI, doubles and total bases.
2011 Season
First Team All-Big Ten... Johnny Bench Award Semifinalist... Big East-Big Ten Challenge All-Tournament Team... Plawecki started 55 games, sitting out only the finale of the Lipscomb series and midweek win against Ball State... made 45 of his starts behind the plate while also starting six times at DH and four at first base... batted cleanup in 49 of his 55 starts... was the most difficult player to strikeout in the Big Ten, ranking 13th nationally, after going down on strikes only 10 times in 211 at-bats (252 plate appearances)... became the first Purdue catcher to earn First Team All-Big Ten honors since 1960... honored as the team's Defensive Player of the Year... was one of 13 semifinalists nationally, and the only Big Ten player, for the Johnny Bench Award... threw out 15 of 42 (36 percent) of would-be base stealers... reached base safely 53 percent of the time when leading off an inning... batted .346 with runners in scoring position... with a runner on third base and less than two outs, plated that runner in 16 of his 20 opportunities... was the only Purdue player with a two-, three-, four- and five-hit game in 2011... tied a Purdue single-game mark with a 5-for-5 showing in the rubber game win at Tennessee Tech, posting the first five-hit game by a Boiler since April 2009... hit safely in the first 11 games of the season and also posted a streak of 19 consecutive games reaching base safely (April 6-May 8)... batted .330 with 10 extra-base hits and 18 RBIs in Big Ten play... went 13-for-31 with seven RBIs in the seven games in February... finished the spring break trip 12-for-32 while striking out only once... went on to bat .393 with a .480 on-base percentage in March... led the way with a 15-for-35 showing during the nine-game road stretch in April, reaching base safely 22 times and driving in nine runs... batted a team-best .352 with 22 free passes and 28 runs scored in true road games... recorded 12 RBIs and struck out only once in 59 plate appearances in May... hit safely in every game of the Big East/Big Ten Challenge as well as series against Morehead State, Penn State, Indiana and Michigan State... scored a run in all three games of the Penn State series... Big East/Big Ten Challenge (Feb. 18-20): selected to the All-Tournament team after recording multiple hits and at least one RBI in the wins against Connecticut (2-for-5, 3 RBIs) and Pittsburgh (3-for-4, RBI, 2 runs), finishing the weekend 6-for-12 with four RBIs... at Morehead State (Feb. 26-27): recorded two hits and an RBI in three of the four games, highlighted by a big Sunday doubleheader that him finish the day 4-for-8 with five runs scored... at Louisville (March 8): doubled, walked and scored twice in the midweek win... at Tennessee-Martin (March 11-13): came back with three hits in the finale after being held hitless for the first time in 2011 in the middle game of the weekend series... at Tennessee Tech (March 18-20): led the way with a 6-for-11 series, scoring four times after drawing four free passes; reached base safely six times in his 5-for-5 effort in the finale... Wabash (March 23): reached base safely in each of his four plate appearances as the starting DH, going 3-for-3 with a double, RBI single and a run scored... Bradley (March 25-27): doubled, drove in a pair and scored twice in the home win... IPFW (March 29): posted another two-hit game, scoring twice in the midweek win... Michigan (April 8-10): reached base safely in all three games of the series, drawing a walk and driving in a run with sac fly in each of the first two games... at Ball State (April 12): reached base safely four times, scoring twice, in the midweek win... at IPFW (April 13): posted his second collegiate four-RBI games thanks to a pair of two-run singles... at Penn State (April 15-17): led the way in the series victory, finishing the weekend 6-for-13 with four RBIs and five runs scored; doubled twice as part of a four-hit effort in the rubber game win... at Northwestern (April 23-24): reached base safely in all three games of the series victory, again recording four hits in a rubber game win... Indiana (April 30-May 1): hit safely in all three games, highlighted by series finale in which he knocked in a pair and scored twice on two-hit day... at Michigan State (May 6-8): ripped three doubles into left field in the series finale, posting the first three-double game by a Boiler since February 2009; was called out at the plate while trying to score the game-tying run in the ninth inning on a two-out single by Payton Bieker Sunday... Illinois (May 13-15): finished the weekend with a team-high six RBIs after homering in each of the final two games of the series; connected for a go-ahead three-run homer in the fifth inning of the rubber game... Iowa (May 19-21): had two hits and an RBI to help Purdue rally for victories in each of the first two games of the series, finishing the weekend 4-for-11... at Big Ten Tournament (May 25-27): drove in Purdue's first run of the tournament with an RBI single in the victory against Penn State... Big Ten Rankings: second in hit by pitch, sixth in sacrifice flies and seventh in on-base percentage... Purdue Single-Season Rankings: second in hit by pitch... Purdue All-Time Rankings: fourth in hit by pitch.
2010 Season
Named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball... NCBWA Freshman All-American ... Big Ten All-Freshman Team ... Plawecki played in 54 games and started 52 times, primarily at catcher ... established a new Purdue freshman record for RBIs (53) ... also led the team in batting average, multi-hit (23) and multi-RBI (14) games while ranking second in home runs and sacrifice flies ... struck out only 11 times in 204 at-bats (229 plate appearances), making him the toughest Boilermaker to K ... hit six of his eight home runs in Big Ten play ... batted .435 with runners in scoring position, including 5-for-10 with the bases loaded ... hit safely in the first six games of his college career and posted an eight-game hit streak from March 26 through April 6 ... batted .342 with 11 extra-base hits and only one strikeout in 73 at-bats at home ... led the team with a .455 average and 13 RBIs in the 10 neutral-site games ... batted .394 in midweek action ... batted .339 with a team-high five home runs and 15 RBIs in April ... batted .344 with a team-high 16 RBIs and only two strikeouts in 64 at-bats in May ... hit safely in all three games of the Ohio, Minnesota and Indiana series as well as all four contests at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge ... Big East/Big Ten Challenge (Feb. 26-March 1): got off to a fast start, going 8-for-12 with two doubles, four RBIs and no strikeouts; recorded three-hit efforts against Villanova and Rutgers ... at Southern Illinois (March 5-7): finished the series 4-for-13 with a double and three RBIs, highlighted by a three-hit effort in the middle game of the set ... at Eastern Kentucky (March 16-17): helped Purdue win game two of the midweek series with a season-high four RBIs, driving in a run in each of his final three plate appearances of the comeback victory ... at Ohio (March 19-20): finished the weekend 4-for-11 with two doubles and three RBIs; doubled twice and reached safely four times in the doubleheader sweep ... IPFW (March 23): doubled, walked and scored as the starting DH as part of a two-hit day in the home-opening win ... Chicago State (March 26-27): went 3-for-9 with a double, home run, three RBIs and four runs scored the series sweep; connected for his first collegiate homer in the middle game of the series ... Minnesota (April 2-4): opened Big Ten play with a bang, going 6-for-11 with three home runs, and five runs scored; went deep in the series-opening win and twice in the rubber game loss ... Valparaiso (April 6): doubled home a pair as the starting DH as part of a two-hit, three-RBI effort in the home win ... Ball State (April 13): bounced back from a tough series at Michigan with three hits, highlighted by a two-run double in the first inning ... at Illinois State (April 14): homered, doubled and scored twice in the win at the Missouri Valley Conference champions ... Penn State (April 16-18): finished the weekend 4-for-9, leaving the series finale in the second inning after getting hit by a pitch; had two hits in the first two games, going deep in series-opening victory ... at Indiana (April 30-May 2): 4-for-16 weekend highlighted by a three-RBI effort in the middle game of the series during which he homered in his first at-bat ... Michigan State (May 8-10): scored a run in all three games, finished the weekend 3-for-12 ... at Illinois (May 14-16): hit a two-run homer in the series-opening win en route to finishing the weekend 3-for-11 with three RBIs ... at Iowa (May 21-22): led the way with a 5-for-11 showing, collecting two hits in the opener and three in the series finale ... Big Ten Tournament (May 26-28): closed the season strong, recording multiple hits and RBIs in each of the first three games to finish the tourney 7-for-16 with a team-best nine RBIs; had three hits and three RBIs in the win against Indiana ... Big Ten Rankings: fourth in hit by pitch, sixth in RBIs and eighth in stolen bases ... Purdue Single-Season Rankings: 12th in RBIs.
High School
Earned four varsity letters in baseball at Westfield High School in Westfield, Ind. ... Two-time team captain (junior and senior years) ... Helped lead team to sectional, regional and semi-state titles his senior season. Team finished runner runner up in the 4A state championship game ... Two-time All-Indy North, All-Hoosiers Crossroads and All-Hamilton County selection ... Helped lead team to first sectional championship since moving to the 4A level his junior season ... Westfield Impact Player as a junior and senior.
Personal
Full name is Kevin Jeffrey Plawecki ... Born Feb. 26, 1991 in Hinsdale, Ill. ... Son of Jeff and Lynne Plawecki ... Has one brother, Aaron ... Father, mother, grandfather and aunt are all Purdue graduates ... Father was a member of the Boilermaker golf program ... Majoring in organizational leadership.