2014: Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention…Made 14 starts, posting a 6-5 record with a 3.95 ERA…Tallied 36 strikeouts and walked 24 in 79.2 innings, while recording a .290 opposing batting average…Finished 5-2 in his seven MVC starts with a 2.76 ERA…Registered a season-high six strikeouts vs. Eastern Kentucky (3/30)…Did not allow more than four earned runs in any of his 14 starts…Recorded a pair of scoreless outings, by scattering seven hits over 7.0 scoreless frames vs. Western Illinois (3/1) and allowing three hits over 5.0 shutout innings vs. Indiana State (3/23)…Had a string of three-consecutive starts in conference play, where he logged 7.0 innings and did not allow more than two earned runs in any of the three outings…Started 51 games in his career, spanning 324.0 innings to rank fifth and seventh in school history in those categories, respectively.
2013: Appeared in 14 games on the mound, making 10 starts…Finished the season with a 4-6 record and 4.57 ERA…Ranked third on the team with 69.0 innings and 48 strikeouts…Issued 25 walks and opposing hitters posted a .303 batting average against him…Allowed just one run on six hits and struck out six in a complete-game win vs. UT Martin (4/2)…Tossed 6.0 shutout innings, surrendering just five hits with six strikeouts in a victory over Southern Indiana (5/1)…Struck out a season-high seven batters in 7.1 innings at Kennesaw State (3/8) and in 6.0 innings at Austin Peay (4/24)…Got the start against Illinois State in the MVC Tournament, allowing just two earned runs with four strikeouts in 7.2 innings (5/23).
2012: Started a team-high 15 games on the mound, going 2-9 with a 5.27 ERA…Tossed a team-high 94.0 innings, notching 65 strikeouts around 37 walks…Recorded three complete-game performances…Earned MVC Pitcher of the Week (4/16) honors after going the distance against Wichita State (4/13), giving up just one run on three hits, while posting a career-high 11 strikeouts…Turned in a solid outing at Missouri State (5/11), allowing just two runs on four hits in 8.0 innings.2011: Made 14 pitching appearances, including 12 starts…Served as UE’s No. 2 pitcher on the weekends…Went 5-6 with a 4.76 ERA…In 81.1 innings of work, allowed 45 runs, 43 earned, 90 hits, 36 walks, and struck out 38…Did not allow a run in three straight starts, earning wins over Eastern Illinois (3/6), USF (3/12), and Michigan State (3/19)…Led the Aces past Big Ten opponent Michigan State with his first complete-game shutout of the season, scattering eight hits and striking out four… Piloted Evansville to its first Missouri Valley Conference series win of the year with a two-hit complete-game shutout over Bradley (4/23), striking out a career-high eight batters, and faced just three over the minimum batters.
Background: Lettered four years in baseball and three years in soccer at Christian County High School in nearby Hopkinsville… Finished his senior year with a 5-4 record and 2.75 ERA, striking out 106 men in 71.1 innings of work on the mound… Offensively, hit .382 with 12 doubles, two home runs and 14 RBI, while going 32-for-40 in the stolen base department as the Colonels’ centerfielder… As a junior, earned all-district and all-region honors, while being named to the Kentucky Junior All-State team and the Kentucky East/West Junior All-Star Game…Ranked sixth in iHigh’s Top 100 high school baseball players in the state of Kentucky…In his high school career, won four district titles, two regional titles, and two semi-state titles.
