Biography
2018: National Strength and Conditioning Association All-American … third team D3baseball.com All-Midwest Region … first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … honorable mention D3baseball.com Preseason All-America … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... finished career ranked among the program’s all-time top 10 in career saves (8, T-3rd), earned run average, minimum 75 innings pitched (2.49, 4th), strikeouts (205, 5th), win-loss record (22-7, 7th), walks allowed per nine innings, minimum 75 innings pitched (2.36, 7th), hits allowed per nine innings, minimum 75 innings pitched (7.16, 7th), and innings pitched (202 1/3, 10th) … finished career ranked ninth in WIAC history in career ERA, tied for 12th in appearances (53), tied for 14th in saves, 17th in stirkeouts and tied for 18th in wins … appeared in 11 games, including 10 as a starter … entered the program’s all-time top 10 (season) in strikeouts (81, T-10th) … ranked second in the WIAC in strikeouts (81), tied for third in wins (8), tied for fourth in starts (10), tied for fifth in innings pitched (65.0), eighth in opposing batting average (.238) and 10th in earned run average (2.91) … struck out seven batters while allowing only one run over five innings in an 11-1 victory over Hope (Mich.) on March 21 in Auburndale, Fla. … tossed five innings for an 11-5 triumph over Ripon on March 30 … struck out eight over six innings of work for a 14-4 win over UW-Stout on April 7 … tied a season high with seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts in a 7-0 victory at Illinois Tech on April 17 … collected 11 strikeouts over seven innings against UW-Oshkosh on April 25 … allowed only one run on one hit and struck out 10 batters in five innings for a 13-1 triumph over St. Scholastica (Minn.) on April 30 … tallied a season-high 13 strikeouts, tied for the third-most in one game in program history, and pitched six innings in a 13-3 win over UW-Stevens Point on May 5 … tossed seven shutout innings with six strikeouts for a 6-4 victory at UW-La Crosse on May 13 … pitched 5 1/3 innings, surrendering only one run while striking out five in an 8-2 triumph over Texas-Tyler in the NCAA Central Regional on May 19 in Sauget, Ill.
2017: D3baseball.com honorable mention All-America … D3baseball.com first team All-Midwest Region … American Baseball Coaches Association first team All-Midwest Region … first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … two-time WIAC Pitcher of the Week (March 13-19, March 27-April 2) … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... nominee for the Male Veteran Warhawk Award at the 2017 Warhawk Awards … appeared in 13 games, including 11 as a starter … ranked second in the conference with 85.0 innings, ninth most in one season in program history … totaled 83 strikeouts, good for second in the WIAC, 34th in the nation and ninth most in one season in program history … ranked second in the conference and 36th in NCAA Division III with a 1.91 earned run average … finished second in the league and 26th in the nation in WHIP – Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched (0.96) … ranked second in the WIAC in opposing batting average (.202), third in wins (8-3 record) and tied for third in starts (11) … tallied four complete games … added one save … struck out six and allowed only three hits in 5 2/3 innings to pick up a 5-2 win against St. Thomas on March 9 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. … didn’t allow a hit and struck out a season-high 10 batters against only one walk in six shutout innings in a 9-7 triumph over William Paterson (N.J.) on March 16 in Auburndale, Fla. … tossed a complete-game two-hitter in the Warhawks’ 3-1 triumph over Clarkson (N.Y.) on March 21 in Winter Haven, Fla. … finished with seven strikeouts and allowed only one run in six innings to pick up a 10-5 win over St. Scholastica (Minn.) on March 29 at Miller Stadium … struck out two in one inning of relief to earn a save in UW-Whitewater’s 9-8 triumph at Ripon on April 5 … recorded seven strikeouts and surrendered only one unearned run in seven innings for a 4-1 victory over UW-La Crosse on April 8 at Miller Stadium … struck out six in 9 1/3 innings of work for a 5-3 win over UW-Stout on April 14 at Miller Stadium … allowed only one run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven in a complete-game, 7-1 triumph at UW-Oshkosh on May 5 … surrendered only two unearned runs on three hits and no walks while striking out eight in eight innings of work for a 12-2 victory over UW-La Crosse in the WIAC Tournament on May 12 at Miller Stadium
2016: Selected in the 26th round (794th overall) by the Chicago Cubs in the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft … honorable mention All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... appeared in 49 games, all as a starter … tied for second on the team and tied for fifth in the WIAC with 14 stolen bases … led team and tied for second in the conference with four saves, tied for the third-most in one season in program history … batted .263 with 11 doubles, good for a tie for first on the team, four home runs and 33 runs batted in, good for third on the team … drew 14 walks … added three sacrifice flies and two sacrifice hits … fielding percentage of .988 … made 10 appearances as a pitcher, including one start … posted a 0-1 record with a 4.97 earned run average in 12 2/3 innings … tallied 16 strikeouts … tossed a season-high five innings of relief in a game against Washington University-St. Louis in the fourth round of the regional on May 20 … finished 2-for-5 with two runs scored in the opener against Anderson University on Mar. 17 in Orlando, Fla. … tallied three hits, three runs batted in, and two runs scored in a victory over St. Olaf (Minn.) on Mar. 22 … batted 4-for-7 with two runs batted in and two runs scored in a double-header against Ripon College on Apr. 1 … hit a homerun, drove in three, and scored twice in a victory over UW-Stevens Point on Apr. 10 … recorded three hits including a double, a run batted in and a run scored in a win at UW-Platteville … registered two solo homeruns in a loss against UW-Platteville on Apr. 17 … finished 4-for-9 with three runs batted in and two runs scored in a split double-header against St. Norbert College on May 5 … tallied a hit, three runs batted in and a run scored in the Warhawks’ second round regional game against Augustana College (Ill.) on May 19 … finished 2-for-5 with a double and two runs batted in against Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to help UW-Whitewater advance to the NCAA Regional Championship game … tallied two hits including a double and run batted in their first game of the College World Series against La Roche College on May 28
2015: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Scholastic Honor Roll … made two appearances (both starts) before suffering a season-ending injury … struck out four in 1 2/3 innings to help the Warhawks defeat St. Thomas (Minn.) 16-5 on March 25 in Florida
2014: Second team American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Midwest Region … tied for third on the team in wins with a 6-1 record … tied for the team lead with 19 appearances, including two starts … led the team with three saves … posted a 2.27 earned run average in 39 2/3 innings … placed sixth on the team with 25 strikeouts … held opponents to a .199 batting average … picked up a save with a scoreless inning of relief in UW-Whitewater’s 6-4 triumph over Western New England (Mass.) on March 21 in Florida … allowed just two earned runs over seven innings against St. Olaf (Minn.) on March 26 in Florida … pitched four innings of scoreless relief in the Warhawks’ 5-4 victory over UW-Stevens Point on April 17 in Whitewater … allowed just one hit in three innings of relief to pick up a 9-3 win at UW-Platteville on April 22 … recorded a 4-3 victory over UW-Stout on April 26 in Whitewater with a scoreless inning of relief … earned a save with a two-strikeout, one-inning outing in UW-Whitewater’s 7-4 win over UW-Stout on April 27 at home … registered three strikeouts in two innings of relief to post a 1-0 triumph over UW-Oshkosh on April 30 in Whitewater … tallied another win, 10-6, over UW-Superior on May 4 in Whitewater with a 4 2/3-inning relief outing … pitched 2/3 of a scoreless inning to pick up a 15-14 victory in 10 innings over UW-Stout on May 9 in Whitewater on the first day of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament … making his second start of the year, pitched 5 2/3 innings with a season-high four strikeouts en route to a 17-5 triumph over UW-La Crosse in the WIAC Tournament championship game at Whitewater …pitched a scoreless inning of relief in UW-Whitewater’s 8-1 win over Southern Maine on May 23 in the team’s NCAA Tournament championship round opener at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wis. … tossed 1 2/3 innings to earn his third save of the season in the Warhawks’ 10-4 victory over St. Thomas (Minn.) on May 25 in the NCAA Tournament championship round
Personal: Majoring in business … played baseball at Wauwatosa West High School, where he was the 2013 state player of the year and a two-time first team all-conference honoree … hobbies include fishing and golfing … favorite professional sports team is the Milwaukee Brewers … favorite movie is “Caddyshack” … favorite TV program is “Sports Center” … chose to attend UW-Whitewater for the baseball program
