Career Notes: Finished his career ranking sixth in Youngstown State history with eight career saves... His 61 career appearances ranked 17th.
2017 (Senior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Began the season as YSU's closer but moved to the rotation in March... Pitched in 14 games, seven of which he started... Finished with an 0-2 record and a 6.64 ERA... Struck out an impressive 39 batters in 42 innings... Did not allow an earned run in four of his relief outings... Had a 1.65 ERA over his first three starts before his final two months were affected by injuries... Allowed one earned run on one hit over 5.1 innings at Richmond in his first start on March 11, which was almost two years since his previous start... Allowed a run on three hits over five innings (3/19)... Held Oakland to one earned run on three hits while fanning a season-high eight batters in six innings (3/25)... Missed four weeks between his start at Northern Kentucky on March 31 and his return against Valparaiso on April 28... Allowed three earned runs over six innings on Senior Day against Rider (5/20).
2016 (Junior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Pitched in 24 games out of the bullpen... Finished with a 5-2 record and three saves... Became the sixth Penguin to lead the club in both wins and saves in the same season... Ranked eighth in the Horizon League with his three saves... Registered a 4.15 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 39 innings... Recorded more than three outs in 14 of his outings... Did not allow an earned run in 15 appearances... His wins came at Western Kentucky (2/20), at Missouri (3/12), at Ohio (3/22), against Northern Kentucky (4/17) and against Valparaiso (5/13)... Earned saves against Missouri (3/12), Bowling Green (4/27) and UIC (5/8)... Earned the win in game one against Mizzou and the save in game two of the doubleheader sweep... Pitched a season-long 3.1 innings in the win at WKU... Struck out three batters four times.
2015 (Sophomore) | Game-By-Game Stats: Injuries limited him to just three appearances on the mound... Was the opening day starter, a year after he was the team's closer... Finished with an 0-2 record and a 4.70 ERA in 15.1 innings... Ended the year with his best start when he held Milwaukee to two unearned runs on seven hits in 6.2 innings (3/15)... His other starts came at Jacksonville State (2/13) and against Indiana State (3/8)... Allowed four earned runs (seven total) at JSU... Allowed four runs in five innings against the Sycamores.
2014 (Freshman) | Game-By-Game Stats: Voted to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team... Made 20 appearances out of the bullpen... Led the Penguins with five saves, which tied for the sixth most by a player in school history and the second most by a freshman... Finished with a 2-2 record and a 2.22 ERA while striking out 24 batters in 24.1 innings... Opponents batted .193 against him... Had the lowest ERA by a player pitching more than eight innings since 2000... Had a 0.93 ERA and two saves in seven appearances against league opponents... Ranked third in the conference in saves... Did not allow a run in his first six games, and he did not surrender a hit in his first five... His ERA was never above 3.24 the entire year... Earned his first win over UIC on May 9 when he did not allow an earned run and struck out two batters... His other victory came over Wright State in the Horizon League Championship game (May 24)... Earned saves over Appalachian State (Feb. 28), Oakland (April 19), Kent State (April 30), UIC (May 9) and Valparaiso (May 21)... Did not allow an earned run in 16 of his 20 appearances... Set season highs with 2.1 innings and five strikeouts in the save against Oakland... Had multiple strikeouts seven times.
High School: Was the Region 2 Pitcher of the Year as a junior and senior... Also earned all-region honors as a senior at shortstop... Helped Sharpsville to a league title his senior year and a district title as a junior.
Personal: Parents are Daniel and Patricia... Has a brother (Daniel) and a sister (Jennifer)... Major is criminal justice.
