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Kuna Signs as Free Agent with Schaumburg Boomers

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Former Toledo RHP Matt Kuna has inked a deal with the Schaumburg Boomers as a free agent following the completion of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. The Boomers are one of 14 teams in the independent Frontier League and are located in Schaumburg, IL.

Kuna becomes the third Rocket to continue his playing career, joining RHP Mike Hamann who was selected in the 16th round of the MLB Draft (494th overall pick) by the Chicago Cubs and Lincoln Rassi who signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.
 
Together this trio helped Toledo claim its first Mid-American Conference West Division title in school history in 2012. The Rockets' 19-8 (.704) MAC record equaled their best mark since the conference went to three-game series prior to the 2004 campaign. Overall this spring, UT sported a 30-27 mark, registering its second 30-win season under Head Coach Cory Mee. Toledo also secured a spot in the  MAC Tournament for a school-record fourth-consecutive season.
 
Kuna sported a sensational 7-1 record with a miniscule 2.61 ERA and two saves this spring. The 2012 first-team All-MAC selection accumulated a team-high 79.1 innings of work, surrendering 28 runs (23 earned) on 67 hits with a squad-best 59 strikeouts. The Griffith, IN native ranked second in the MAC in ERA, fourth in opponent batting average (.225, 67-for-298) and tied for fourth in wins.
 
In MAC games, Kuna tallied a 5-1 ledger with a team-high 38 punchouts and a 2.59 ERA in a squad-best 55.2 innings of work to earn post-season honors for a second time in his UT career. The fifth-year Rocket finished tied for first in games started (9), tied for fourth in wins and ninth in opponent batting average (.236, 51-for-216) in MAC play.
 
A 2009 second-team all-conference selection, Kuna wrapped up his collegiate career fifth in UT annals in career fewest walks per inning (0.268, minimum 100.0 innings pitched), sixth in win-loss percentage (.696, 16-7) and eighth in innings pitched (228.0). He also ranks tied for second in school history in win-loss percentage (.875, 7-1, minimum six decisions) in the single-season record book.