Wall of Fame
Selected in the 21st Round of the 2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft by the San Diego Padres, Kohlwey was a three-time (2014-16) American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) First Team All-America. He was named the 2016 ABCA National Player of the Year, voted a three-time (2014-16) ABCA First Team All-Region selection and two-time (2015-16) ABCA Regional Position Player of the Year. Kohlwey earned three D3baseball.com All-America honors, including first (2014, 2016) and second team (2015) accolades. Voted the 2016 D3baseball.com National and Region Player of the Year, Kohlwey was a three-time D3baseball.com All-Region choice.
He led National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III in hits (96), runs (76) and total bases (163) in 2016 while ranking second in average (.485) and finishing in the top eight in five other offensive categories.
Kohlwey was a three-time (2014-16) All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) First Team selection while earning the league's position player of the year twice (2014, 2016). He recorded a 51-game hitting streak during his career, the second-longest in NCAA Division III history. Kohlwey had at least one hit in 74 of his last 77 career games and in 139 of 155 career contests with an official at-bat. He finished with 88 career multiple-hit games.
Kohlwey is UWL's all-time leader in batting average (.447) and slugging percentage (.704) while ranking second in doubles (58) and triples (16) and third in runs (191) and hits (277). He is also fourth in career RBI (154). He is one of three players in school history to hit for the cycle, accomplishing the feat versus UW-Whitewater on May 15, 2016. Kohlwey holds four single-season school records.
He was a member of three teams to appear in the NCAA Division III Tournament in 2014, 2015 and 2016, including regional titles in 2015 and 2016. UWL advanced to the NCAA Division III Championships in 2015 and 2016, finishing runner-up in 2015. The Eagles swept the 2016 WIAC regular season and tournament championships.
A native of Onalaska, Wisconsin, Kohlwey earned his associate's degree from UWL. He played professional baseball for 10 seasons, appearing in 707 minor league games for the San Diego Padres and New York Mets organizations. Kohlwey played in five Major League games with the Padres in 2023, recording his first career hit versus the Toronto Blue Jays on July 19.
