Selected in the 10th round (289th pick) by the Kansas City Royals in the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft … Finished his career with a 14-6 record and an ERA of 5.09 … Struck out 187 batters over 176.2 innings pitched … Held opponents to a .258 batting average for his career, which ranks 25th all-time in CCU’s career record books … His career average of 9.53 strikeouts per nine innings ranks eighth all-time … His 14 career wins are tied for the 31st most wins in school history … Made 35 career starts on the mound in three years at Coastal … A member of the 2017-18 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll.
2019 (Junior): Selected in the 10th round (289th pick) by the Kansas City Royals in the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft … Ranked seventh in the Sun Belt and first on the team with 85 strikeouts on the season … Appeared in 21 games on the season, making 14 starts … Posted a record of 5-3 with a 4.73 ERA … Fanned 85 batters compared to just 30 walks over 78.0 innings pitched … Held opponents to a .259 batting average on the year … Struck out a career-high nine batters twice – versus UNC Wilmington (March 27) and against Appalachian State (May 16) … Also punched-out eight hitters at South Alabama (April 7) and seven strikeouts versus Georgia Southern (April 20) and against UT Arlington (May 22) in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament … Picked up his first win of the season in his first start, spreading out just three hits and striking out six batters in 5.0-scoreless innings versus Maryland (Feb. 16) on opening weekend … Threw 5.0 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, two walks, and four strikeouts to earn the win versus Kent State (Feb. 23) … Following a start versus UConn (March 2), he moved to the bullpen for his next six outings, firing 2.0-scoreless innings in a win over Wake Forest (March 6), another scoreless inning versus No. 4 Oregon State (March 10) at the Seattle Baseball Showcase and a scoreless inning versus ULM (March 15) in the Sun Belt Conference opener … Also pitched a scoreless inning in the home loss to Troy (March 24) … Returned to the starting rotation versus UNC Wilmington (March 27), striking out nine and allowing two runs on three hits and a walk over 7.0-complete innings for his third win of the year … Picked up the win at South Alabama (April 7), allowing two runs on two hits, four walks and eight strikeouts over 5.1 innings … Recorded his fifth win of the season versus the Mountaineers (May 16), fanning nine batters over 5.0-scoreless innings in the 19-3 conference win … Also made starts on the mound at Illinois (April 2), versus Georgia Southern (April 20) and at Georgia State (April 26), but did not factor in the decision … Pitched 7.0 strong innings in the loss to UT Arlington (May 22) in the first round of the Sun Belt Championship Tournament, allowing one run on five hits and one walk while striking out seven hitters, but did not factor in the decision … Also got the start in the championship game versus Georgia Southern (May 26), throwing 1.1 innings on short rest … Started in the Chants’ opening game versus Auburn (May 31) at the NCAA Atlanta Regional.
2018 (Sophomore): Pitched in 15 games on the season for the Chants, starting 12 contests … His 12 starts were the third most on the team … Posted a 7-1 record with a 3.81 ERA … His seven wins was tied for the team lead … Struck out 61 batters over 59.0 innings on the mound … His 61 strikeouts were third on the team … Walked just 36 batters for the season … Held opponents to a .229 batting average on the year … Posted two quality starts – versus West Virginia (Feb. 25) and against LIU Brooklyn (June 1) in the NCAA Regional … Allowed just one run on eight hits, a walk and three strikeouts in 5.1 innings versus Kansas State (Feb. 18), but did not factor in the decision … Picked up his first win of the year versus WVU, surrendering two runs on six hits, two walks and four punch outs in 6.0 innings … Earned the victory with five strikeouts and no earned runs over 5.0 innings in game one of the doubleheader versus No. 30 Texas State (March 24) … Gave up two runs, one earned, on three hits and three walks, while striking out eight hitters over 5.0 innings to record the win at Georgia Southern (March 30) … Notched the win with 5.0 innings pitched, allowing four runs on two hits, five walks and four strikeouts in game two of the twin bill at Troy (April 14) … Struck out five batters in 4.0-scoreless innings in the 5-2 win at No. 3 North Carolina (May 9) … Pitched 5.0-scoreless innings and struck out seven to earn the win versus UT Arlington (May 23) in the second round of the Sun Belt Championship Tournament … Threw 7.0-scoreless innings, allowing just three hits, while striking out six to pick up the win versus LIU Brooklyn in the NCAA Conway Regional … Also fanned six batters in 5.0 innings versus Radford (March 4) and in 5.1 innings against Ohio State (March 11), both no-decisions … Named to the 2017-18 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll.
2017 (Freshman): Prior to the 2017 season, was named the No. 2 impact freshman in the Sun Belt Conference by D1Baseball.com ... Was CCU's main midweek starter ... Coastal was 6-3 in his nine starts ... Pitched a scoreless-inning and struck out one in his collegiate debut versus James Madison ... Credited with the win in his first career start versus Charleston (Feb. 22) ... Was impressive but did not factor in decision in CCU's win at UNC Wilmington (March 4) as he struck out a career-high nine hitters in just 4.2 innings and CCU did not score until the seventh and eighth innings ... Six of his nine strikeouts came with Seahawks in scoring position ... Was credited with the win versus UNCW (March 29) despite pitching just 4.1 innings as he was on a pitch count ... Started at No. 20 Wake Forest (April 11) and struck out five -- his second-best season total -- in four-plus innings, but allowed seven hits, five runs and three walks ... Had a tough start at The Citadel, allowing four hits and four quick runs, but responded to retire 14-straight batters with five strikeouts and no walks ... Left game with score tied 5-5 ... Versus UNC Wilmington (May 9), struck out four in 4.2 innings but didn't get the win, exiting with the lead ... Started at No. 12 Clemson, but did not factor in decision despite allowing nine hits and seven runs in five innings ... Walked one and struck out three.
High School: Named to the LehighValleyLive.com All-Area baseball team ... Posted an 0.74 ERA with 64 strikeouts in 47.1 innings ... Only walked 18 batters on the year ... Also had a .388 batting average with 12 stolen bases ... Threw nine no-hit innings with 16 strikeouts versus Sparta (did not get the win but Warren Hills beat Sparta 1-0 in 11 innings) ... Named to the first-team Skyland Conference Coaches All-Valley team as a junior ... Selected to play in the 2015 Garden State Underclassman Games for the "Northwest" team ... Was 3-5 with a 3.25 ERA his junior season ... Averaged more than a strikeout an inning, notching 53 punch-outs in 47.1 innings ... Was on the "sophomores to watch list" for the MSGVarsity.com in 2014 ... Scored 1,000 points for his basketball team and led the Blue Streaks to a NJSIAA North 2 Group 3 sectional title.
