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Charlie Kuehn

  • Class
    1988
  • Induction
    2006
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball
  • Charlie Kuehn came to Randolph-Macon College as a student in 1984 from Roanoke, Virginia, and continues to live there now. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology in 1988.
  • Kuehn was a four-year letterwinner on the R-MC baseball team as a third baseman, right fielder and pitcher. He was the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Player of the Year and first-team all-ODAC as a senior in 1988, and was also first-team all-conference in 1985 and 1987 and second-team all-ODAC in 1986. In addition, Kuehn was named all-state in Virginia in 1987, and served as a team captain in 1988.
  • Prior to the 2006 R-MC baseball season, Kuehn was the program record-holder in career triples (19), runs batted in (101) and extra-base hits (51), as well as single-season triples (8 in 1988). Also on the career list, he was second in total bases (219), third in hits (119) and sixth in runs scored (83). On the single-season list, Kuehn was second in batting average (.500 in 1987), third in extra-base hits (18 in 1988) and fifth in home runs (6 in 1987), In addition to batting .500 with six home runs as a junior in 1987, he had 26 RBIs and a .883 slugging percentage. As a senior in 1988, Kuehn batted .416 with four home runs and a .857 slugging percentage. He was also successful as a pitcher, especially earlier in his career. In his freshman season, Kuehn pitched 57.0 innings, recording 33 strikeouts and going 6-1 with a 3.16 earned run average. He was on the hill for 44.2 innings as a sophomore in 1986, striking out 38 batters.
  • Off the field, Kuehn was a brother in the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. After his successful collegiate baseball career, he went on to play outside hitter for an open division USVBA volleyball travel team based in Richmond and shortstop for a Class B slow-pitch softball travel team based in Roanoke. Kuehn has also competed in golf tournaments.
  • Kuehn and is wife, Sandra, have two young sons – 9-year-old Ryan and 7-year-old Bret. Kuehn coaches his sons in soccer, basketball and baseball. He is a sales account executive with Select Group in Roanoke, formerly Gurtner Printing.
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