Kaczmar Feels Right At Home As A Buckeye
July 24, 2022
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Kaczmar Feels Right At Home As A Buckeye
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Henry Kaczmar
Class of 2022 / SS
Rankings
StateRank: 13 / POS: 3
Player Information
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Graduating Class: 2022
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Primary Position: SS
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High School: Walsh JesuitState: OH
- Summer Team: Bo Jackson Elite
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Height: 5-10Weight: 180lbs
- Bat/Throw: L/R
Statistics
Position
6.99
60-yard
(02/21/21)
1.94 - 2.03
Pop Time
84
INF Velo
(02/21/21)
72
C Velo
94
Exit Velo
(02/21/21)
4.31
H-1st
(02/14/19)
![Trackman](/images/stat_logos/trackman.png)
Trackman - Hitting
94.1
Exit Velocity (max)
(02/21/21)
87.6
Exit Velocity (avg)
(02/21/21)
199
Distance (avg)
(02/21/21)
325
Distance (max)
(02/21/21)
Hard Hit %
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Sweet Spot %
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Line Drive %
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Fly Ball %
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Ground Ball %
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Scout Day: Bo Jackson Elite 2.21.21
Feb 21, 2021
Trackman - Hitting
Exit Velocity (max)
94.1
Exit Velocity (avg)
87.6
Distance (avg)
199
Distance (max)
325
Hard Hit %
Sweet Spot %
Line Drive %
Fly Ball %
Ground Ball %
![Blast](/images/stat_logos/blast.png)
Blast - Hitting
23.3
Hand Speed (max)
(02/21/21)
22.3
Hand Speed (avg)
(02/21/21)
73.2
Bat Speed (max)
(02/21/21)
70.2
Bat Speed (avg)
(02/21/21)
Rot. Acc (max)
(02/21/21)
Rot. Acc (avg)
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On Plane Eff (avg)
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MaxOnPlaneEfficiency
(02/21/21)
Scout Day: Bo Jackson Elite 2.21.21
Feb 21, 2021
Blast - Hitting
Hand Speed (max)
23.3
Hand Speed (avg)
22.3
Bat Speed (max)
73.2
Bat Speed (avg)
70.2
Rot. Acc (max)
Rot. Acc (avg)
On Plane Eff (avg)
MaxOnPlaneEfficiency
Videos
(2/21/21)
Player News
- Kaczmar Feels Right At Home As A Buckeye - Jul 24, 2022
- 2021 Scout Day: Bo Jackson Elite - Quick Hits - Mar 10, 2021
- Results From 2021 Scout Day: Bo Jackson Elite - Feb 22, 2021
- 2020 Scout Day: Ohio Elite North - Quick Hits - Mar 3, 2020
- Flashback At The 2018 Junior Future Games Roster: The Commitments - Oct 18, 2019
- 2019 Central Ohio Fall Limited Series - Pitching Velocities - Sep 17, 2019
- 2019 Northern Ohio Limited Series - Pitching Velocities - Jul 19, 2019
- Scouting Notes: 2019 Northern Ohio Limited Series Scout Blog - Jul 19, 2019
- Ohio Weekly Scout Blog - April 1-7 - Apr 7, 2019
- 2019 Scout Day: Ohio Elite North - Complete Evaluations - Mar 20, 2019
- 2019 Scout Day: Ohio Elite North - Top Performers - Feb 21, 2019
- 2019 Scout Day: Ohio Elite North - Sneak Peek - Feb 21, 2019
- Scouting Notes: Top Uncommitted Prospects from the PBR Team Showcase at Baldwin Wallace/Oberlin/Walsh - Aug 29, 2018
- The Ohio Future 50 - Class of 2022 & 2023: Complete Evaluations - Aug 5, 2018
- The Future 50 Showcase: Class of 2022 and 2023 - Top Performers - Jul 17, 2018
- The Future 50 Showcase: Class of 2022 and 2023 - Sneak Peek - Jul 17, 2018
- Results from Ohio's 2018 The Future 50 Showcase: Class of 2022 and 2023 - Jul 12, 2018
- Scout Day: Ohio Elite North - Complete Evaluations - Mar 20, 2018
- The Stark-Summit Showcase: Complete Evaluations - Mar 6, 2018
- 2018 Scout Day: Ohio Elite North - Sneak Peek - Feb 26, 2018
- 2018 Scout Day: Ohio Elite North - Top Performers - Feb 26, 2018
- Results from Ohio's 2018 Scout Day: Ohio Elite North - Feb 18, 2018
- 2018 Stark-Summit Showcase - Top Performers - Feb 7, 2018
- 2018 Stark-Summit Showcase - Sneak Peek - Feb 7, 2018
- Results from Ohio's 2018 Stark-Summit Showcase - Feb 6, 2018
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Kaczmar Feels Right At Home As A Buckeye
A commitment to Ohio State has followed a decommitment to Michigan and with it is the return of scarlet-and-gray in the home of Henry Kaczmar.
“My mom dug out a couple Ohio State T-shirts and the Michigan stuff will soon be out of the house,” noted the Walsh Jesuit 2022 graduate.
Becoming a Buckeye is huge in a family of long-time Ohio State fans.
“My uncle Scott Kaczmar and my uncle Alex Eckelman are both Hall of Fame Buckeyes,” noted the third-rated 2022 shortstop in Ohio. “They hold a lot of records there. To carry that legacy on is undescribable. I’m just thrilled to be able to say that I’m a Buckeye.”
The reversal happened after Michigan head coach Erik Bakich and assistant Nick Schnabel decided to move on from the school up north and take an offer to coach at Clemson.
“When I selected Michigan awhile back, the main reason was how much I fell in love with the coaches,” Kaczmar explained. “As soon as I started to build a relationship with them I knew they were great people. When they left it was like … wow … What do I do now?
“I talked to them a little at Clemson and they said they’d do anything they could for me. It was at that point I said I don’t want to go here if I’m not playing for coach Bakich and coach Schnabel. I decommitted and that’s when Ohio State changed coaches. When they saw the Michigan coaches left they got right on me.”
It did not take long for Kaczmar to connect with new Buckeye head coach Bill Mosiello, an assistant coach at TCU since 2013.
“I did my research on them,” Kaczmar related. “Coach Mosiello is big on keeping players in the state. I’ve always been a big Ohio State fan and it was hard when I committed to Michigan. This just feels right. I’m excited about the future.”
In the 5-10 180-pounder, OSU is getting a left-handed hitting shortstop that started for four years for his father Chris Kaczmar at Walsh Jesuit.
“Right when the Michigan coaches left they were looking to talk to me since they knew I had doubts about what was next,” Kaczmar explained. “They contacted me a week or two after about what I’m doing. I was still up in the air and at that point coach (Gregg) Wallis (who has since become the head coach at Grand Canyon) drove from Arizona to watch me play at Baldwin-Wallace. He said he likes my style of play and loves my swing and my arm.
“From there it was what’s the next step because I’d fallen in love with Ohio State. I went for a visit and saw everywhere I was going to be and fell in love with it.”
Admittedly, it was tough to make a change at this point in time.
“It was weird,” the 19-year-old said. “I’d been committed for over four years and then a couple of weeks before college I don’t know where I’m going. I was a little anxious but I knew I’d be where I should be. That was the mindset I told myself.”
It all worked out in the end for Kaczmar and his family.
“To get an offer from Ohio State is something I dreamed about,” the 13th-ranked 2022 in the state said. “It just feels right. It feels like home.”
A Walsh Jesuit grad with a 3.5 GPA, Kaczmar is thrilled about what lies ahead at college with plans to major in kinesiology.
“I’m definitely looking forward to being with a lot of my friends,” pointed out Kaczmar, who lives an hour and 50 minutes from Ohio State. “I have a lot of buddies that I played with in the past that are there, and to be on a collegiate team with them will be awesome.
“You’re supposed to have fun with this and to be with friends from the past will be cool. Being on campus at such a prestigious university and going to football games will be awesome.”