Biography
At UR 2024: Senior stellar capped off a stellar season and career with D3baseball.com Fourth-Team All-America honors...First-Team All-Region selection by both the ABCA and D3baseball.com...Earned both Liberty League Pitcher of the Year and First-Team All-Liberty League honors for the second-consecutive year...Graduates as UR's all-time leader in strikeouts (248), tied for second in starts (38), ranked fourth in wins (19), seventh in innings pitched (209.0), ninth in opponent batting average (.234) and 10th in ERA (3.06)...Went 4-2 with a 2.25 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP in 10 starts on the mound...Allowed 33 runs (15 earned) on 45 hits, walked 19 and struck out 80 over 60.0 innings pitched...Held opponents to a .201 batting average...Pitched one shutout and two complete games...80 strikeouts are the second-most in a single season in program history...Led the Liberty League in strikeouts, ranked second in ERA, WHIP and Opponent Batting Average and fourth in wins and games started...Two-time Liberty League Pitcher of the Week...Nationally-ranked in ERA (30th), WHIP (47th) and strikeouts (49th)...Pitched a complete-game shutout vs. Clarkson on April 6, holding the Golden Knights to just three hits while striking out nine...Named to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week following his outing against the Golden Knights...Struck out a career-high 15 batters, tied for the second-most in a single game in program history, ar RIT on April 26, allowing three unearned runs on six hits over 8.0 innings pitched to earn the win...Earned conference Pitcher of the Week honors following his performance vs. the Tigers...Pitched another complete game against RPI in UR's Liberty League Tournament opener, holding the Engineers to one run on six hits while striking out 13 in Rochester's 3-1 victory...Selected as a Lysle 'Spike' Garnish Scholar-Athlete in the Fall...Elected to Phi Beta Kappa...Named a CSC First-Team Academic All-American...CSC Academic All-District Team...Named Liberty League All-Academic.
At UR 2023: Sensational junior campaign that saw the right-hander excel as UR's ace en route to Liberty League Pitcher of the Year honors...First-Team All-Region selection by both the ABCA and D3Baseball.com...Named First-Team All-Liberty League...Three-time Liberty League Pitcher of the Week...Made 11 starts on the mound for UR, compiling a 7.0 record, 2.76 ERA and 1.21 WHIP in 62.0 innings pitched...Allowed 25 runs (19 earned) on 53 hits, walking 22 and striking out a team-high 77 batters...Held opponents to a .230 batting average, and just .185 in conference play...Lowered his ERA to just 1.67 against conference foes, posting a pefect 6-0 record and 0.95 WHIP in Liberty League play...Ranked second in the Liberty League in ERA and strikeouts, third in strikeouts looking, fourth in innings pitched and wins and fifth in opponent batting average...Ranked in the Top-100 (85th) in NCAA Division III in ERA...Tallied the second-most strikeouts, tied for the second-most wins, tied for the third-most games started and posted the fourth-best strikeouts per nine innings in a single-season in program history...Opened the season with a win against No. 6 Marietta, allowing an unearned run on four hits, walking three and striking out seven over 5.0 innings pitched...Shutout Ithaca over 7.0 innings pitched, allowing just five hits while striking out six on March 24...Held Hobart to just four hits, walking three and striking out nine over 5.0 innings...Stuck out a season-high 12 over eight innings at Skidmore, allowing just one run on one hit in the win...Struck out 11 and earned the win in UR's Crossover Series opener against Bard on May 6, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out 11 over 6.0 innings pitched...Named a Third-Team Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators (CSC)...CSC Academic All-District selection...Earned Liberty League All-Academic honors.
At UR 2022: Excelled on the mound during sophomore season, earning 2nd Team All-Region honors from the ABCA and 3rd Team D3baseball.com All-Region accolades...1st Team All-Liberty League selection...Was 6-2 on the year with a 3.10 ERA across 61.0 innings...Combined to allow 59 hits (.248 opp. avg), 28 runs (21 earned) with 21 walks and 61 strikeouts...Ranked 1st in the Liberty League in strikeouts looking (25), was 3rd in ERA and strikeouts, 4th in innings pitched and 5th in wins...Was terrific against St. John Fisher on Mar. 17, working 6 scoreless innings with 6 strikeouts, earning the win...Tossed 5 shutout innings with a season-high 9 strikeouts against RPI during the Liberty League Crossover Series on May 7...UR's starter for NCAA Regional Opener against Middlebury on May 20, giving up one earned run over 4.2 innings...Ranked 148th in Division III in ERA...11 total starts is tied for third most in a single-season in Rochester history...Named Liberty League Pitcher of the Week on Mar. 21...Liberty League All-Academic selection.
At UR 2021: Solid start to his UR career as a first-year, appearing in 10 games (6 starts) on the mound...Finished with a 2-1 record and 5.54 ERA across 26.0 innings...Allowed 32 hits, 29 runs (16 earned) with 13 walks and 30 strikeouts which was second on the team...Tossed complete game 2-hit shutout with 8 strikeouts against SUNY Cortland on Mar. 17 in his collegiate debut...Was named Liberty League Pitcher of the Week and NCBWA Rookie of the Week following that season-opening performance...Earned win in relief against Ithaca on May 9, helping the Yellowjackets clinch the Liberty League regular season title...Ranks 7th in UR single-season history in strikeouts per nine innings, averaging 10.38 during his rookie season.
HS: Played baseball at Cherokee Trail HS...Primary positions were catcher, pitcher and 3rd base...Named 2020 Pathway Utah All-Tournament 1st Team...Class Valedictorian...Academic All-State 1st Team member...Member of the National Honor Society.
