Year at WKU: 2 | Year in College Baseball: 2 | Eligibility Remaining: 3
2021 (Freshman): Appeared in 16 games while making seven starts on the mound … Went 2-2 with a 6.97 ERA while recording 19 strikeouts in 31.0 innings of work … Tied for fifth on the team in innings pitched … Tossed a season-high 6.0 innings against Middle Tennessee (4/18) while allowing just four hits and no runs to go along with a season-high four strikeouts … Picked up a win against Marshall (4/11) while striking out three batters and surrendering just three hits and one run in 5.0 innings of action.
At Lawrence County HS: Lettered three times in baseball … 2020 TBR Top Player List member … Two-time All-District honoree … 2018 TBCA Team selection … Made two Babe Ruth World Series appearances … Won the 2017 Babe Ruth World Series batting title … Hit five home runs in seven games as a senior … Led district in home runs as a junior … Graduated magna cum laude.
Personal Info: Born November 25, 2001 in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. … Son of David, a preacher and electro-mechanical construction technician, and Alice, a librarian … Has two older siblings, Audrey and Drew … Father and brother played baseball at Freed-Hardeman University … Majoring in Criminal Justice … Biggest thrill in sports was being a part of a back-to-back-to-back series of home runs (hitting the third homer) as a junior in high school … Favorite athlete is Chipper Jones … Chose WKU because he felt it was the best opportunity for him both athletically and academically … Plans to become a Wildlife Conservation Officer in Wyoming after college … His travel coach (Mike Lautzenheiser) and high school coach (Brad White) had the biggest influence on his athletic career because they showed him what it takes to better his abilities at baseball and what it means to hold yourself accountable on and off the field … Hobbies include going to church, hunting and golfing.
