2024 (Senior): Appeared in 15 games while making 14 starts as a weekend rotation starting pitcher for WKU … Posted a 4-2 record and a team-high, 71 strikeouts in 54.2 innings pitched with a 6.09 ERA … Earned wins against Bradley, Purdue Fort Wayne, FIU, and No. 8 Dallas Baptist … Allowed just one hit and fanned seven in 4.0 innings of work in his first start of the season against Bradley (2/18) … Struck out nine in 5.0 frames in his second start against Purdue Fort Wayne (2/24) … Best outing of the season came against No. 8 Dallas Baptist when he held the Patriots scoreless for 5.2 innings and striking out eight (4/6).
Before WKU: Played two seasons at Wabash Valley CC and one season at Tennessee … Lead the Warriors to a 59-9 record and a fourth-place finish at the NJCAA Division I Junior College World Series … Tabbed a 2022 NJCAA Division I First-Team All-American starting pitcher … Named to the NJCAA JUCO World Series All-Tournament Team … Selected as the 2022 Great Rivers Athletic Conference Co-Pitcher of the Year … Was a NJCAA Third-Team Academic All-American in 2022 … Started 18 games as a sophomore in 2022, posting an 11-1 record with a 1.49 ERA and 133 strikeouts in 84.2 innings pitched … Made just one appearance as a true freshman in 2021, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings with four strikeouts before missing the rest of the year with injury … Made 15 appearances on the mound for the Volunteers … Produced a 5.27 ERA with 22 strikeouts in 13.2 innings pitched … Recorded a 2-0 record with a win over UNC Asheville on March 28th and a victory over Bellarmine on April 25th.
At Crystal Lake South High School: Lettered in baseball and soccer … Won a State Championship in 2018 with the soccer team … Rated the No. 124 overall player and No. 10 left-handed pitcher in the state of Illinois by Perfect Game v Named a Perfect Game Preseason All-American Honorable Mention selection and Central All-Region team pick in 2020 … Named to the Perfect Game 2020 WWBA 17U North Championship All-Tournament Team … Tabbed a 2019 IHSBCA Class 3A All-State selection as a junior … Played in the 2019 Fox Valley Conference High School All-Star Game … Awarded the Co-Male Athlete of the Year at Crystal Lake South.
Personal Info: Born June 5, 2002 in Crystal Lake, Ill. … Son of Steve, a mailman and Renate, an accountant … Has an older brother named Zach … Majoring in Communication Studies at WKU … Biggest thrill in sports is a walk-off homer in a comeback win … His favorite athlete is Clayton Kershaw because he is the best pitcher to touch the mound in recent history and his morals and values off the field are second to none … Chose WKU because the coaching staff is one of the best in the nation at winning and developing and because he played for Coach Fournier at Wabash Valley … Plans on pursuing a career in professional baseball and then sports broadcasting or coaching after he retires … Ty Marotz has had the biggest influence on his athletic career because he has been his pitching coach from eight years old until high school and has taught him everything he knows about pitching … His hobbies include playing video games, watching movies, and hanging out with friends.
