Note: Was drafted by the Minnesota Twins on the second day of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft, selected with the 234th overall pick in the eighth round.
2022 (Junior): Made 22 total appearances including 10 starts to open the year before moving to the bullpen where he made 12 total relief appearances … Finished the season with a 4-6 overall record with four saves … Posted a 3.67 ERA, allowing 50 runs – 39 of which were earned – over a team-best 95.2 innings … Led WCU and paced the Southern Conference with 122 total strikeouts – the only player in the league to eclipse the century mark in 2022 … His 122 Ks represented the third-best, single-season in WCU program history ... Also paced the SoCon with 46 strikeouts looking and ranked inside the Top 30 nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.81; 122 Ks, 21 BBs) … Tallied 2-or-more strikeouts in each of his 22 seasonal appearances, twice fanning double-digits … Did not allow more than one earned run over his final 11 appearances on the season … Recorded a team-high 82 fly ball outs and was tied for the most ground ball outs recorded with 72 … Struck out 10 over 6.2 innings against Stony Brook (March 4) … Recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts in 6.2 innings against UT Martin (March 19) … Recorded his first career save in a win over Samford (April 14), striking out two in an inning and a third of hitless, scoreless relief … Earned
Southern Conference Pitcher of the Week honors on May 9 after making two relief appearances with a three-inning save and a win against Mercer ... Struck out 12 batters - five in Friday's game and seven over five innings on Sunday … Collected
SoCon Pitcher of the Month honors in May after posting a 3-0 record with one save and a 0.75 ERA in the month, striking out 46 against just seven walks in 36.0 innings …
Elected a team captain by his teammates for a second-consecutive season ...
Named a preseason first-team All-Southern Conference selection as a starting pitcher by the league's head coaches ...
Named to the Spring 2022 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and
received a SoCon Commissioner's Medal.
2021 (Sophomore*): Started 10 games on the mound before being sidelined with an elbow issue at the end of April, missing each start in May … Posted a 6-2 overall record with a 3.52 ERA, the sixth-best in the SoCon, over 61.1 innings of work … Led the team with an average of 6.1 innings per appearance … Only issued seven walks on the season … Recorded 68 fly outs and 44 ground outs including three double-plays … Led WCU with 60 strikeouts, twice striking out double-digits including a career-high 12 against St. John’s (March 12) and 11 against Samford (April 16) … Credited with two complete games including a 5.0 inning, fog-shortened win over VMI (April 10) with just three hits without allowing a run and a nine-inning gem at ETSU (April 23), in a four-hit shutout with seven strikeouts … Picked off four runners, third-most in the conference …
Earned second-team All-Southern Conference plaudits from both the league’s head coaches and voting media … Was
a three-time Southern Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week, collecting the honors on March 1, April 12, and April 26 … Named
Southern Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Month for February, posting a 2-0 record with 11 strikeouts over 14.0 innings ... Collected the first
SoCon Pitcher of the Week accolades of his WCU career on March 1 after striking out seven over 7.0 innings of scoreless work against
CAA-favorite, UNC Wilmington ...
Elected a team captain by his teammates ...
Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and
was named Academic All-Southern Conference.
2020 (Sophomore): Made four appearances on the mound, each coming in the starting role … Posted a 3-1 record on the shortened season with a 3.42 ERA … Recorded 29 strikeouts against only two walks, securing at least seven Ks in each start … Tossed 6.0 innings with seven strikeouts to win his WCU debut against Chicago State (Feb. 14) … Threw a complete game in the neutral field win over Ball State (Feb. 28), striking out a career-best eight while limiting the Cardinals to three runs on just seven hits with six singles ...
Named to the 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll …
Received the Southern Conference Commissioner's Medal …
Season shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of spring sports in mid-March.
Prior to Western Carolina: Opened his collegiate career at Walters State, making 19 appearances with 10 starts as a freshman … Posted an 8-2 record with one save and a 2.79 ERA, striking out 54 against just 11 walks over 61.1 innings of work … Struck out a career-best seven four times in the 2019 season … Tossed a career-long 8.0 innings against Jackson State Community College, surrendering one run on just four hits with seven strikeouts … Credited with a complete-game in a seven-inning, 2-1 loss to Spartanburg Methodist, also fanning seven … Transferred to Western Carolina prior to the fall of 2019.
Career Game Highs (WCU):
- Innings Pitched: 9.0, twice (MR: at ETSU-1, 4/23/21)
- Strikeouts: 12, twice (MR: UT MARTIN, 3/19/22)
- Walks: 4, at Xavier (4/1/22)
