Drafted in the 13th round by the Chicago White Sox in the 2018 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft … Finished his career ranked second all-time in CCU history in most strikeouts per nine innings (10.56) … His 212 career strikeouts ranks 14th all-time in school history … Posted a record of 13-6 over 180.2 innings for his career at Coastal Carolina … A 2017-18 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll member and a 2015-16 Big South Presidential Honor Roll member … Was also drafted in the 29th round by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2015 MLB Draft out of high school.
2018 (Junior): Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round (378th pick) in the 2018 MLB Draft … Named to the 2018 all-Sun Belt first team … Tabbed the Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week on May 15 … Made a team-high 16 starts on the mound for the Chants … Went 7-3 with a 4.00 ERA on the season … Was tied for the team-lead with seven wins on the season … Was second on the team with 83.1 innings pitched … Struck out a team-high 105 batters on the season … Walked just 66 batters, posting a 1.6 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Held opponents to a .210 batting average for the year … Allowed just four home runs all season long … Totaled seven quality starts on the year … Was part of two CCU shutouts … Threw 4.1 innings in the 8-0 shutout win over No. 30 Texas State (March 23) … Pitched 7.0-scoreless innings and struck out 11 batters in the 4-0 shutout victory versus Little Rock (May 11) … Struck out a season-high 11 batters versus the ULAR Trojans (May 11) … Also fanned 10 hitters in the road win at Georgia Southern (March 29) … Picked up the win in the season opener versus Virginia Tech, allowing one run on four hits and nine strikeouts over 5.0 innings of work … Struck out six and allowed three runs on two hits and three walks over 6.0 innings in the win over Ball State (March 2) … Gave up one run on two hits, while striking out nine over 7.0 innings in the road conference win at Arkansas State (March 16) .. Struck out 10 and allowed three runs on three hits over 6.0 innings in the road win at Georgia Southern (March 29) … Threw 5.0 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, three walks and six strikeouts to earn the win in a 7-3 win over Georgia State (April 21) … Earned the win at ULM (April 28), allowing two unearned runs on one hit, four walks and seven strikeouts … Pitched 7.0-scoreless innings and struck out 11 Trojan batters to record the win versus Little Rock (May 11) … Also went 6.0 innings, allowing one run and striking out six in a no-decision versus High Point (March 9) … Allowed just two runs over 5.0 innings and did not factor in the decision in the loss at Troy (April 13) … Fanned eight batters over 3.2 innings versus South Alabama in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament (May 24), but did not factor in the decision … Rated the 18th-best right-handed pitcher in the 2018 draft, the 57th-best draft prospect and the 25th-best starting pitcher in the preseason by D1Baseball.com … Named the D1Baseball Sun Belt Preseason Pitcher of the Year.
2017 (Sophomore): His 10.25 strikeouts per nine innings (60 strikeouts in 52.2 innings) ranked 10th-best in school history ... In one of his three relief appearances, was near perfect at Clemson except for one pitch -- a grand slam in the 8th ... Seven of the nine outs he recorded were by strikeout ... Over a two-outing span in mid-March (vs Albany and Illinois), pitched 14 scoreless innings with 17 strikeouts ... First, pitched complete-game, seven-inning shutout against Albany, allowing two hits and getting a then career-high eight strikeouts ... Followed that with seven-shutout innings versus Illinois, allowing just four hits with a career-high nine strikeouts ... In that win over Illinois, while CCU won 6-0 he left the game after the top of the seventh and CCU was only leading 2-0 at the time ... Also, Coastal was being held hitless on offense the whole time he was pitching ... Added three putouts and an assist ... Although he struck out seven in his second start of 2017 (George Mason), only lasted three innings as he allowed six hits and six runs ... Notched his third win as he struck out seven versus Arkansas State and walked just one while allowing one run and six hits in six innings versus ... Was in line for the win in South Alabama finale, leaving the game with CCU up 2-0 going into the bottom of the seventh only to see the bullpen allow four runs in the eighth and ninth innings in the loss ... Bilous only allowed two hits in six-scoreless innings with six walks and six strikeouts ... Prior to 2017, D1Baseball tabbed Bilous the No. 1 pro prospect in the Sun Belt for the 2018 draft.
2016 (Freshman): Although he did have 10 starts in 16 appearances, was brought along slowly after having Tommy John surgery while in high school ... Was still tabbed preseason Big South Freshman of the Year by D1Baseball.com, ranked 12th on the D1Baseball.com list of top 100 freshmen in the nation and was named the 2016 D1Baseball Big South Preseason Freshman of the Year ... Overall, was 3-1 with a 4.43 ERA and recorded 47 strikeouts in 44.2 innings ... Was 3-0 in last five starts, getting wins at Charleston Southern, versus Campbell and versus Liberty in the Big South Championship game ... Also started in the NCAA Regional championship game at NC State, a game that spanned two days ... Started, but did not get the decision, in Coastal's win over Texas Tech, the first of five elimination games Coastal played at the College World Series ... In his collegiate debut (versus App State) he pitched one inning ... Walked two then struck out two to end the inning .... Made his first collegiate start versus Marshall ... Did not factor in the decision ... Allowed two hits, an unearned run and three walks but struck out four ... Struck out two of the three batters faced in the Presbyterian finale ... Pitched well in a starting role versus College of Charleston (April 20), going 3.0 innings and left with the lead ... Continued a late-season surge with a solid performance in relief in the Georgia Tech opener, striking out three in 2.2 innings with no walks ... Got his first Big South start in the Liberty series finale ... Shook off a shaky start, walking the first two batters he faced and hitting the third, but only allowed one run to score ... Overall, pitched 3.1 innings and allowed four hits, two runs and three walks with four strikeouts ... Picked up first career win in the Charleston Southern series finale to help CCU clinch the Big South regular season title ... Worked his way in and out of trouble, allowing four hits and five walks, but ultimately pitched five scoreless innings to get the win in a 6-0 shutout ... Rode the strength of CCU's offensive explosion to get win in the regular-season finale vs Campbell, pitching 5.0 complete with four walks and a season-high six strikeouts ... Got the start in the Big South Championship game versus Liberty ... Threw 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits with five strikeouts and zero walks ... Retired the first 12 he faced -- including a span with five-straight strikeouts -- until allowing a leadoff hit in the fifth ... Started the "if necessary" game and left with a 3-2 lead through 3.2 innings ... Scattered six hits for two runs with three walks and three strikeouts ... Lasted 2.1 innings versus Texas Tech at the College World Series, allowing five hits and three runs.
High School: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 29th round (882nd overall), despite not pitching during his senior season at Caravel after undergoing Tommy John surgery in the fall of 2014 ... Prior to his injury, named third-team all-American and first-team all-Northeast Region by Perfect Game as a senior ... "One of the most projectable prep right-handers in the (2015) class," said Baseball America of Bilous ... Listed as the "Best Baseball Player from Delaware" by MaxPreps.com and PerfectGame.org had him listed as the "Top 2015 Prospect" in Delaware ... Ranked eighth among the top 15 players in the New England region by 34recruits.com ... Named 2014 first-team Louisville Slugger High School all-American as a multi-position athlete ... A key member of Caravel's 2014 state championship team ... As a junior, named second-team all-state by the Delaware Baseball Coaches Association as he compiled an 11-1 record with 84 strikeouts in 61.2 innings pitched ... Also batted .483 with 15 runs scored.
