2024 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List
2025 (Redshirt Senior): Appeared in four games on the mound … Posted a 2.70 ERA … Struck out three batters in 6.2 innings without a walk and an opposing batting average of .182 … Tossed 3.0 shutout innings with two strikeouts at Murray State (2/24).
2024 (Redshirt Junior): Appeared in 19 games on the mound … Posted a record of 1-1 and a career-best, 3.49 ERA … Had 18 strikeouts in 28.1 innings … Earned a win against New Mexico State in the CUSA Championships (5/23) … Struck out two batters in a career-long 3.2 frames without allowing a run against New Mexico State (5/16) … Named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in 15 games with one start on the mound for the Hilltoppers … Notched a record of 2-0 with a 5.26 ERA in 25.2 innings pitched … Recorded 18 strikeouts and a .243 opponent batting average … Earned wins against Belmont (3/7) and CUSA Champion Charlotte (4/30).
2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in 11 games … Posted a 7.47 ERA and struck out 11 batters in 15.2 innings.
2021 (Freshman): Redshirted.
At Davidson Academy: Lettered three times in baseball … 2020 TBR Top Player List … 2018 All-Conference member … Team won the District 5 Championship in 2019 … National Honors Society and Mu Alpha Theta Society member … Headmasters List.
Personal Info: Born March 8, 2002 in Hendersonville, Tenn. … Son of Ryan, a mechanical engineer, and Jill, a supply and quality engineer … Has a younger sibling, Sydney … Father competed in track at Akron … Majoring in exercise science at WKU … Biggest thrill in sports was winning the District 5 Championship against the top team in the state … Favorite athlete is Noah Syndergaard because he was inspiring by showing what it takes on the mound to give a bad team a chance … Chose WKU because of baseball, it was close to home, it had a good atmosphere and great academics … Plans to go to physical therapy school or play professional baseball after graduating … His father had the biggest influence on his athletic career because he showed him what it was like to be a part of a bigger picture and he was his inspiration to be a better player and person … Hobbies include golf, disc golf, video games and fishing.
