Biography
2018: Drafted in the 27th round (810th overall) of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays … second team D3baseball.com All-Midwest Region … first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … first team D3baseball.com Preseason All-America … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... finished career ranked among the program’s all-time top 10 in career strikeouts (198, 7th), earned run average, minimum 75 innings pitched (2.75, 7th), win-loss record (21-4, 8th) and innings pitched (202 2/3, 9th) … finished career tied for 25th in WIAC history in wins … appeared in 12 games, including nine as a starter … finished 5-3 with a 3.15 earned run average in 54 1/3 innings … held opponents to a .251 batting average … ranked fourth in the WIAC in strikeouts (70) and tied for sixth in wins (5) … allowed only one hit over five innings and struck out six in the Warhawks’ 5-3 victory over Babson (Mass.) on March 21 in Auburndale, Fla. … tossed six shutout innings with seven strikeouts for a 13-0 win over Keuka (N.Y.) on March 26 in Auburndale, Fla. … struck out seven batters over five innings for a 15-3 triumph over Ripon on March 30 … struck out three in one inning of relief in UW-Whitewater’s 14-4 victory at Illinois Tech on April 5 … struck out six over six innings of work while allowing only one run in an 11-1 win over UW-Stout on April 7 … pitched two shutout innings in the Warhawks’ 11-1 triumph over UW-Oshkosh on April 25 … struck out a season-high 12 batters over six innings in a 14-3 victory at UW-Platteville on April 28 … tossed a season-high seven shutout innings, scattering five hits and one walk while striking out 10 in a 6-0 win over UW-Stevens Point on May 4 … pitched one shutout inning in UW-Whitewater’s 12-1 triumph over Monmouth (Ill.) in the NCAA Central Regional on May 17 in Sauget, Ill.
2017: D3baseball.com first team All-America … American Baseball Coaches Association third team All-America … ABCA Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year … D3baseball.com Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year … ABCA first team All-Midwest Region … D3baseball.com first team All-Midwest Region … Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year … first team All-WIAC … appeared in 12 games, including 10 as a starter … totaled a 9-0 record, good for first in the WIAC, 15th in the nation and tied for the eighth most wins in one season in program history … ranked third in the conference and 40th in NCAA Division III with a 1.91 earned run average … finished third in the league and 30th in the nation in WHIP – Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched (0.97) … ranked fourth in the WIAC in opposing batting average (.215), innings pitched (69.0) and strikeouts (55), and tied for fifth in starts (10) … registered two complete games, including one shutout … surrendered only two unearned runs and struck out four in seven innings for a 3-2 victory over Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) on March 10 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. … allowed only four hits, one run and one walk while striking out six in seven innings for a 7-2 win over Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) on March 18 in Winter Haven, Fla. … tossed seven shutout innings, striking out five and allowing only two hits and two walks in a 9-4 triumph over UW-La Crosse on April 8 at Miller Stadium … surrendered one earned run on five hits and one walk and struck out six in seven innings to pick up a 10-2 victory over UW-Stout on April 13 at Miller Stadium … matched a season high with eight innings, allowing only one run on three hits and two walks while striking out six for a 6-1 win at UW-Stevens Point on April 22 … tossed a complete game, surrendering only four hits while striking out six in seven innings for a 10-0 triumph over UW-Platteville on April 28 at Miller Stadium … scattered six hits and three walks over seven innings of work for a 9-3 victory at UW-Oshkosh on May 5 … struck out a season-best 10 batters in a season high-tying eight innings for an 8-4 win over UW-Oshkosh in the WIAC Tournament on May 12 at Miller Stadium … struck out five in four innings of work for a 4-2 triumph over St. Norbert in the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament on May 18 at Miller Stadium
2016: Ranked second on the team and fourth in the WIAC with a 2.42 earned run average … finished third on the team and sixth in the WIAC in wins with a 6-0 record … led team and the conference with 20 appearances, including two starts … ranked fifth on the team and 10th in the league with a .259 opponents’ batting average … pitched 52 innings … totaled 40 strikeouts … picked up his first victory of the year tossing two innings of relief with three strikeouts in the Warhawks’ 4-3 extra inning victory over Eastern Connecticut State University on Mar. 24 in Orlando, Fla. … tied a season-high with five strikeouts in six innings of work in a setback against Concordia University Chicago on Apr. 13 at Miller Stadium … tossed seven innings of one run baseball against Carthage College on Apr. 26 to pick up his third win of the season … scatter nine hits giving up four runs in a season-high 7 1/3 innings of work against UW-Stout on May 6 … helped the Warhawks’ defeat UW-Stevens Point in extra innings thanks to his four inning one run outing on May 13 … pitched a combined 7.1 innings combined in the NCAA Tournament giving up two runs while striking out five batters
2015: Appeared in eight games, including five as a starter … posted a 1-1 record with a 4.61 earned run average in 27 1/3 innings pitched … ranked fourth on the team with 33 strikeouts … tied a season high with eight strikeouts in six innings in the Warhawks’ 5-3 victory over North Central (Ill.) on March 22 in Orlando, Fla. … tossed a season-high seven innings and matched a season best with eight strikeouts in UW-Whitewater’s 7-2 win over UW-Superior on April 2 … pitched two innings of scoreless relief and struck out three against UW-Stevens Point in the WIAC Tournament on May 9
Personal: Majoring in physical education … played football, basketball and baseball at Jefferson High School, where he was the conference player of the year, honorable mention and third team all-state, two time all-district and his team’s most valuable player … career ambition is to be a physical education teacher and coach … hobbies include playing sports and hanging out with friends … favorite professional sports team is the Green Bay Packers … favorite movie is “Let’s Be Cops” … favorite TV show is “SportsCenter” … chose to attend UW-Whitewater for the good academic and athletic programs
