THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER

2016: Selected in the fifth round (144th overall) by the San Diego Padres in the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft … first team American Baseball Coaches Association All-Midwest Region … second team D3baseball.com All-Midwest Region … National Strength and Conditioning Association All-American Athlete for athletic accomplishments and dedication to strength and conditioning while maintaining strong academic standing … honorable mention All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … NCAA Central Regional All-Tournament Team ... prior to season, ranked No. 100 on Baseball America’s College Top 100 Draft Prospects … prior to season, selected as the No. 1 prospect in the Northwoods League on Baseball America’s 2015 Summer College League Top Prospects Index … led team and WIAC and finished fifth in the nation with 103 strikeouts, tied for the third-most in one season in program history … ranked second in the league and seventh in NCAA Division III in games started (14) … finished third on the team and fifth in the conference with a 2.53 earned run average … led team and tied for third in the league in wins with an 8-6 record … led team and ranked second in the WIAC with 92 2/3 innings pitched, the sixth-most in one season in program history … tied for second on the team and tied for second in the conference with 15 appearances … tied for the team lead and tied for fourth in the WIAC with two complete games … led the team and the league with a .223 opponents’ batting average … totaled one save … tossed seven scoreless innings with seven strikeouts to pick up his third win of the season against then nationally ranked St. Thomas (Minn.) on Mar. 27 in Orlando, Fla. … struck out eight batters over seven innings of work to help the Warhawks’ defeat UW-Platteville 8-3 on Apr. 17 … pitched three shutout innings to pick up his first save of the season against UW-Stout on May 7 … had a season-high 11 strikeouts over nine innings of work to help UW-Whitewater defeat UW-Oshkosh in the second round of the WIAC Tournament … gave up two runs in six innings pitched to pick up his seventh victory of the season against Augustana College (Ill.) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … tossed a complete game gem giving up only one run to go along with nine strikeouts in UW-Whitewater’s 5-3 triumph over Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in the NCAA Central Regional Championship

 
2015: D3baseball.com Midwest Region Rookie of the Year and third team All-Midwest Region … American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings third team All-Midwest Region … first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … appeared in 10 games, including seven as a starter … ranked second in the conference with a 2.24 earned run average … ranked third on the team and sixth in the league in wins (7-1 record) … ranked second on the team and tied for sixth in the WIAC with 46 strikeouts … tied for third in the conference with one shutout … ranked third on the team and sixth in the league in opponents’ batting average (.231) … also posted two complete games and one save in 60 1/3 innings pitched … struck out a season-high 10 batters in six innings in a 7-3 win over Elmhurst (Ill.) on March 24 in Orlando, Fla. … picked up a save with two innings of scoreless relief in UW-Whitewater’s 4-1 victory over St. Scholastica (Minn.) on March 30 … struck out five in seven innings to help lead the Warhawks to a 9-1 triumph over UW-Superior on April 2 … struck out six in five shutout innings in UW-Whitewater’s 5-4 win at UW-Oshkosh on April 15 … struck out six in a complete game, 10-4 victory at UW-Stout on May 2 … surrendered two earned runs in seven innings to lead the Warhawks to a 5-2 triumph over UW-Oshkosh in the WIAC Tournament on May 8 … pitched a complete-game shutout and finished with four strikeouts in UW-Whitewater’s 3-0 win over Washington-St. Louis in the NCAA Tournament on May 15


Personal: Majoring in mathematics … also a member of the UW-Whitewater football team ... played football and baseball at Wheaton North High School, where he was all-conference for baseball and football, all-area in baseball and a member of the academic honor roll … hobbies include hanging with family and friends, playing sports and volunteering at grade schools … favorite professional sports team is Green Bay Packers  … favorite movie is “Coach Carter” … favorite TV show is “Sports Center” … chose to attend UW-Whitewater for the sports program and academics