2025 (Senior): Made 12 starts on the mound… Named Second-Team All-Horizon League… Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team… Named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Baseball Team… Finished with a 1-5 record and a 6.60 ERA in a team-high 61.1 innings pitched… Registered 56 strikeouts and 28 walks… Opponents batted .306 against him… Ranked in the top 10 in the Horizon League in strikeouts, innings pitched, ERA and opponent batting average… Logged at least four innings in 11 of his 12 outings… Pitched at least five innings on eight different occasions… Registered at least three strikeouts in all 12 of his starts… Finished with a 1-3 record and a 6.80 ERA in 41 innings pitched over eight starts in Horizon League play… Recorded 41 strikeouts and 18 walks during league action… Allowed three runs on six hits with three strikeouts over five innings at Abilene Christian (2/22)… Allowed one earned run on six hits with five strikeouts over 5.1 innings at UTSA (2/28)… Allowed four runs on six hits with three strikeouts over 5.2 innings at Gardner-Webb (3/8)… Allowed five runs over a season-high seven innings vs. Milwaukee (3/14)… Allowed two runs on four hits with a season-high nine strikeouts over six innings vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (3/21)… Earned his victory after allowing three runs on five hits with seven strikeouts over a season-high seven innings at Oakland (4/4)… Allowed one run on five hits with seven strikeouts over five innings vs. Northern Kentucky (4/11).
2024 (Junior): Matched the single-season school record with 15 games started on the mound… Named First-Team All-Horizon League… Finished with a 4-7 record and a 7.03 ERA in a team-high 79.1 innings pitched… Pitched two complete games… Recorded a team-high 57 strikeouts while issuing 37 walks… Opponents batted .307 against him… Ranked in the top 10 in the Horizon League wins, ERA, strikeouts and innings pitched… Pitched at least four innings in 13 of his outings… Recorded at least four strikeouts in 10 of his starts… Made 10 starts on the mound in Horizon League play… Finished with a 4-4 record, a 5.82 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 60.1 innings during league action… Opponents batted .280 against him in Horizon League play… Earned his first win after allowing two runs on four hits with six strikeouts over eight innings vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (3/15)… Earned his second victory after allowing two runs on five hits with five strikeouts over seven innings vs. Oakland (3/22)… Collected his third win after allowing four runs and striking out five batters in a complete game vs. Oakland (4/26)… Picked up his fourth victory after allowing three hits and striking out a season-high seven batters over six shutout innings at Northern Kentucky (5/3)… Allowed four runs on seven hits with four strikeouts while tossing his second complete game vs. Wright State (5/10)… Allowed three runs and struck out five batters over five innings vs. Oakland in the Horizon League Tournament (5/22).
Ohio State: Played two seasons for the Buckeyes… Made five relief appearances and four starts as a freshman in 2022… Finished with an 0-3 record and an 8.64 ERA in 25 innings pitched… Struck out 16 batters while walking 11… Opponents batted .287 against him… Pitched a scoreless inning in his first collegiate appearance at UNCW on March 17, 2022… Allowed one run and struck out five in a three-inning start vs. YSU on April 5, 2022… Made 20 relief appearances and one start as a sophomore in 2023… Finished with a 1-3 record and a 10.07 ERA in 19.2 innings pitched… Struck out 21 batters while walking 14… Opponents batted .313 against him… Earned his first career win after tossing two innings vs. Central Michigan on May 10, 2023.
High School: Was a three-sport athlete at South Range High School… Also played football and basketball… Posted a career ERA of 0.98 with 191 career strikeouts, a 16-2 career record and one perfect game during his high school career… Helped lead the Raiders to an Ohio Division III state championship in 2018 with a 3-2 win over Coldwater in the finals… Named the 2019 NE8 Player of the Year… Named First-Team All-NE8 in 2019… Two-time Prep Baseball Report All-State honoree… Helped lead South Range to a school record 24 wins in 2019… Posted an 8-0 record on the mound and set a new single-season school record with 100 strikeouts in 2019… Also batted .415 at the plate during the 2019 season… Registered eight wins, 91 strikeouts and a 0.85 ERA on the mound as a freshman in 2018… Also batted .306 with a team-high 26 RBIs and 16 runs scored… Member of the 2018 WKBN Diamond Dawgs… Sat out the 2021 spring season while recovering from Tommy John surgery.
Personal: Parents are Bill and Trinetta… Has two brothers (Luke and Will)… Major is psychology... Recipient of the 2024-25 Richard M. Mayberry Scholarship, the 2024-25 Mike Helon Jr. Memorial Scholarship and a 2024-25 Penguin Club - Joseph F. Malmisur Athletic Scholarship.
