Jerome Kapp receives 2022-23 KU Male Athlete of the Year

One of the most prolific wide receivers in Kutztown University history, Jerome Kapp (Barto, Pa./Boyertown) put up career best numbers across the board in 2022. Kapp was recognized for his outstanding season, Friday, when he was named the 202-23 KU Male Athlete of the Year.

Kapp, a Barto, Pa., native and recent New York Jets signee, established new career-highs with 47 receptions, 916 receiving yards and nine touchdown catches as Kutztown finished with an 8-3 record last fall.

A two-time All-PSAC East First Team selection, Kapp ranks third in program history with 2,190 receiving yards, tied for fourth with 22 TD catches and 12th in receptions with 122. His 2022 totals rank sixth in receiving yards and tied for ninth in TD catches in program single-season history.

Kapp led the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) with 19.5 yards per catch in 2022. He was tied for third in TD catches, fourth in receiving yards per game (83.3) and fifth in total receiving yards.

Kapp was an offensive force as Kutztown won PSAC East titles in 2019 and 2021, an overall PSAC championship in 2021 and reached three NCAA Division II Championship tournaments. The 2021 team advanced to the national quarterfinals for the first time in program history. Kapp was also a 2022 Don Hansen Football Gazette All-America Honorable Mention selection and a College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Second Team choice.

Presented annually since 1987, the Kutztown University Athletics Male Athlete of the Year award recognizes a Golden Bear for athletic excellence during the course of an academic year. The award is voted upon by athletic department administration, coaches and support staff, and announced each summer.

Kapp is the 10th recipient of the award to come from the football program and first since Jordan Morgan in 2017.