2014: Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 31st round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft…All-Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention…Made 24 appearances out of the bullpen, serving as the team’s primary closer…Co-led the MVC with 11 saves, a mark that ties him four fourth on Evansville’s single-season record list…Finished the year 2-3 with a 5.78 ERA in 30.2 innings of relief with 25 strikeouts against 15 walks…Tallied six of his saves in conference play, going 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA in league contests…Recorded four multiple-inning saves…Racked up a season-high five strikeouts at Austin Peay (3/26), allowing one run in 2.2 innings of relief…Did not allow a run in 14 of his 24 relief appearances…Finished his career with 15 saves, tying him for the fifth-most in program history.
2013: Made 17 appearances on the mound, including seven starts…Finished the season with a 1-3 record and 4.97 ERA…Recorded 32 strikeouts and issued 23 walks in 50.2 innings, holding opponents to a .285 batting average…Collected two saves on the season, recording them in back-to-back games at Indiana State (5/3 and 5/4)…Posted a 2.76 ERA in his 10 relief appearances, which spanned 16.1 innings…Tossed a season-high 7.2 innings and struck out a season-high five in a win vs. Eastern Illinois (3/12)…Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings and allowed just one base runner on a walk to preserve a 3-2 in at Illinois State (5/10)…Tossed 4.0 innings of relief, allowing a run on four hits with three strikeouts vs. Missouri State (4/26).
2012: Appeared on the mound in 13 games, making four starts…Went 1-2 on the hill with a 7.18 ERA and struck out 19 batters around 14 walks in 31.1 innings of work…Tossed a season-high 6.0 innings, allowing five earned runs on 10 hits with a season-high four strikeouts vs. Eastern Illinois (3/3)…Earned the win at Tennessee Tech (3/10), hurling 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one run on a hit…Did not allow a run in two 2.0 innings out of the bullpen and notched a pair of strikeouts vs. Murray State (4/25)…Tossed two scoreless innings of relief vs. Illinois State (5/19)…Did not allow an earned run in 3.0 innings out of the bullpen in his lone appearance at the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, tallying a pair of strikeouts against Indiana State (5/23).2011: Earned a medical redshirt — Suffered a shoulder injury in the first inning of UE’s first game of the season at Memphis (2/18).
2010: Made 15 appearances, with 11 starts as UE’s No. 2 starter...Went 5-4 with a 5.71 ERA in 58.1 innings of work...Ranked second on the team and eighth in the MVC with five victories...Tied for the MVC freshman lead in victories...Also ranked second on the team with 54 strikeouts...Held teams to a .296 batting average...Limited MVC opponents to a .286 average...Picked up his first career MVC victory against Bradley by scattering five runs (three earned) on six hits in 6.0 innings of work (4/25)...Struck out a season-high nine men against both Creighton (5/1) and Arkansas State (4/17)...Earned victories against SIU Edwardsville (3/20), Dallas Baptist (4/9), Murray State (4/14), Arkansas State (4/17) and Bradley (4/25)...Held SIUE to just two runs on four hits while striking out five in a season-high 7.0 innings of work (3/20).
Background: Lettered four years in baseball and two years in soccer for Civic Memorial High School in Bethalto, Illinois outside of St. Louis...A two-time team MVP for the Eagles...Was the Class 3A-4A Pitcher of the Year as a senior...Tied a school record for wins in a single-season as a senior by going 9-2 with a 1.93 ERA...Also set single-season and career records for strikeouts at Civic Memorial...Struck out 86 men in just 58 innings of work as a senior to rank among the St. Louis metro area leaders in victories (tied for third) and strikeouts (tied for 10th).
