Freshman Year at Texas Tech 2024

Redshirted the 2024 season at Texas Tech University.

Freshman Year at Arizona State 2023

Redshirted the 2023 season at Arizona State University.

High School

Was a two-year starter for coach Jeff Rapp at Dubuque Hemstead High School, Dubuque, Iowa … Graduated 2022 … Rated as the No. 6 overall recruit and the No. 1 catcher in Iowa, and the No. 79 catching prospect nationally by Perfect Game … Rated the No. 2 overall prospect and No. 1 catcher in Iowa by Prep Baseball Report … Was a two-time All-Mississippi Valley Conference selection … Named third-team as a sophomore and second-team his junior year as a utility player …  As a sophomore hit .254 (14-for-54) with six doubles, four triples, 19 runs scored and 15 driven in while helping to lead the Trojans reach the Iowa Class 4A State Tournament and finish 30-11 overall … Batted .327 (35-for-107) with nine doubles, two triples, four home runs, 16 runs scored and 36 RBI as a junior … Also had a OBP of .479, a SLG of .561 and an OPS of 1.040 … Was second on the team in doubles, RBI and walks (26) and tied for second in triples and home runs … The Mustangs finished 26-12 overall … Played in the Perfect Game Underclassmen All-America Games in San Diego prior to his junior year. 

Personal

Born Steve Walter Munson on September 5, 2004, in Pontiac, Mich. … Nickname is Muns … Son of Eric and Shadna Munson … Has a sister, Soraya … His father played baseball at the University of Southern California where he helped lead the Trojans to a 1998 NCAA D-I championship … He went on to play nine MLB seasons ranking up 226 hits, 147 RBI and 49 home runs … Also recruited by Arizona State and Texas Tech … Major is undecided … In addition to Arizona State University and Texas Tech University, was also recruited by the University of Arizona and University of Iowa … Favorite foods are burritos and quesadillas …. Favorite fast food restaurants are Chick-fil-A and Pancheros … Favorite restaurant is Ichiban … Favorite TV shows are Stranger Things and Outer Banks … Favorite movie is Transformers … Favorite sports movies are The Sandlot and Moneyball … Favorite actress is Margot Robbie … Favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid … Favorite music entertainer is Georger Strait … Favorite cartoon character is SpongeBob SquarePants … Favorite athlete is Jordan Love … Favorite sports team is the Green Bay Packers … Greatest sports moment was hitting a walk off home run his sophomore year.