The 6-foot-2, 200-pound junior right-handed pitcher and shortstop led the Bullpups to a 12-5 record and a berth in the Class 3A regional tournament this past season. Kaminska compiled a 4-0 record on the mound with 85 strikeouts in 32 innings pitched, issuing just three walks and holding opponents to a microscopic .067 batting average. The Caney Valley ace did not surrender an earned run all season, threw two perfect games and fanned a state-record 29 consecutive hitters, shattering the previous mark of 12 in a row set in 1953. Kaminska also batted .511 with two home runs and 17 RBI, posting an OPS of 1.544. An All-Tri Valley Honorable Mention in basketball this past winter, he is a First Team All-State selection, a two-time All-Area honoree and was the 2018 Class 3A Pitcher of the Year.
Kaminska has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom, ranks No. 1 in his class and represents one of the state’s top academic candidates in meeting the Gatorade award’s broad criteria. He has made a verbal commitment to play baseball on scholarship at Wichita State University beginning in the fall of 2020.
A devoted parishioner of the Tyro Christian Church and a member of the National Honor Society, Kaminska has donated his time as a recreation league umpire for three years and has volunteered locally making up care packages for active-duty military. He has also served on behalf of the Caney Recreation Commission, laying sod and planting rye on the city baseball field. Kaminska helps out on his family’s fifth-generation farm on a daily basis and enjoys working cattle, fishing, and working on cars and trucks.
