Signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in June 2019 … A 2018 second-team All-Sun Belt selection … Named the Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week on April 17, 2018 … Posted a career record of 13-1 with seven saves in his two years at Coastal … His seven career saves is tied for 15th all-time … Finished his career with a 3.19 ERA, which ranks as the 16th-lowest ERA in Coastal’s Division I history … Held opponents to a .236 batting average, which is 12th all-time in CCU’s career record books … His career average of 2.44 walks allowed per nine innings ranks fifth all-time while his career average of 8.22 strikeouts per nine innings ranks 20th all-time … Struck out 116 batters in 127 innings pitched … A two-time member of the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2017-18 and 2018-19).
2019 (Senior): Appeared in 25 games, making three starts … Went 6-1 with a 4.02 ERA … Recorded one save … Tied for the team lead in wins … Posted a team-best 4.02 ERA on the season … Struck out a career-high seven batters in the win over UConn (March 2) … Also fanned six batters in the start at Georgia State (April 27) … Earned the win in the season opener over VCU (Feb. 15), allowing just one run on three hits, a walk and striking out four in 3.2 innings of relief work … Picked up his second win of the season by strikeout out seven over 4.2-scoreless innings out of the bullpen versus UConn (March 2) … Struck out five over 3.0-hitless innings of work out of the bullpen to earn the win at ULM (March 17) … Allowed one hit and one walk, while striking out three over 4.0-scoreless innings to record the win at South Alabama (April 6) … Pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on five hits, to pick up the win in the 8-6 victory at UT Arlington (May 10) … Surrendered one run on two hits and five strikeouts over 5.0 innings for his sixth win of the season in Coastal’s 26-10 blowout win over ULM (May 25) in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament … Struck out the side in the ninth inning to record the save in the Chants’ 7-6 win at No. 2 NC State (April 10) … Threw 1.2-scoreless innings in the 12-5 win over Michigan State (Feb. 22) and 1.1-scoreless frames in the home loss to No. 21 NC State (Feb. 24) … Pitched 0.2-scoreless innings in the win over Wake Forest (March 6) and 2.2-scoreless frames in the tie with No. 4 Oregon State (March 10) at the Seattle Baseball Showcase … Struck out one and walked one in a scoreless inning at No. 15 North Carolina (April 23) … Also pitched a complete inning versus Auburn (May 31) and 3.0-complete innings against Georgia Tech (June 2) in the NCAA Atlanta Regional … A member of the 2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (Junior): Named to the second-team All-Sun Belt team … Was tabbed the Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week on April 17 … Appeared in 20 games on the mound for CCU, making one start … Posted a 7-0 record with a 2.18 ERA … Also recorded a team-high six saves … His seven wins were tied for the team lead, while his 2.18 ERA was a team-best … Was part of three shutouts on the season – versus No. 30 Texas State (March 23) and twice against Little Rock (May 11 and May 13) … Struck out 51 batters compared to just 14 walks over 57.2 innings … Posted a 3.6-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio on the season … Held opponents to a .188 batting average on the year … Fanned a season-high five batters three times – versus Illinois (Feb. 23), at Troy (April 14) and versus South Alabama (May 24) in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament … Earned the win out of the bullpen versus Kansas State (Feb. 18), allowing two runs on three hits, two walks and four strikeouts over 2.2 innings of work … Also picked up the win in a relief effort, surrendering one run on three hits, one walk and five strikeouts versus Illinois (Feb. 23) … Fanned two hitters and allowed just one base hit over 4.2-scoreless innings to pick up the relief win versus No. 30 Texas State (March 23) … Made the start and earned the win at Wake Forest (April 10), allowed just one run on three hits and striking out three in 4.1 innings of work in the midweek non-conference victory … Registered the win with 3.2-scoreless innings out of the bullpen at Louisiana (May 6) … Pitched 2.0-scoreless innings versus Little Rock (May 11) and then recorded the win to move to 6-0 on the year with 2.0-scoreless innings again versus the ULAR Trojans (May 13) two days later … Picked up the win to move to 7-0 with 4.1-scoreless innings, allowing three hits and walking two, versus South Alabama (May 24) in the second round of the Sun Belt Championship Tournament … Threw a scoreless-inning in the win over UNC Wilmington (Feb. 28) … Pitched 3.0-scoreless innings and struck out four batters versus Ball State (March 2) … Recorded 1.2-scoreless innings with three punch outs versus UConn (March 13) and a scoreless-inning at Arkansas State (March 18) … Posted 3.0-scoreless innings with three strikeouts at Georgia Southern (March 29) … Went 4.0-scoreless innings at Troy (April 14) and versus Georgia State (April 21), both of which were wins for the Chants … Pitched 4.0-scoreless innings with three strikeouts in the road win at Appalachian State (May 18) … Struck out four batters in 2.0 innings versus Troy (May 27) in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament title game … Also threw 3.1 innings out of the bullpen versus No. 30 Washington (June 2) in the NCAA Conway Regional … A 2017-18 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll member.
2017 (Sophomore) at Iowa Western: Tabbed honorable mention All-Region 11 and helped Iowa Western to a final No. 9 NJCAA ranking ... Pitched in 20 games, throwing 28.1 innings ... Was 0-1 with 21 strikeouts and a 3.45 ERA.
2016 (Freshman) at Iowa Western: Was 2-1 with two saves in 13 appearances ... Threw 32.1 innings and struck out 33 batters versus five walks ... Posted a 5.29 ERA ... Helped the Reivers to the 2016 NJCAA World Series.
High School: A first-team All-State selection as a senior ... Was an All-State honorable mention as a sophomore and junior ... Ranked as the number 11 overall prospect in Nebraska by
Perfect Game.
Stats at Iowa Western Community College
| Year |
App |
GS |
W |
L |
SV |
CG |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
K/9 |
HR |
ERA |
| 2016 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
32.1 |
39 |
19 |
19 |
5 |
33 |
9.19 |
3 |
5.29 |
| 2017 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
28.2 |
35 |
17 |
11 |
4 |
21 |
6.59 |
2 |
3.45 |
| Totals |
33 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
61.0 |
74 |
36 |
30 |
9 |
54 |
7.97 |
5 |
4.43 |
