Youngstown State University

NIL Opportunities

2023 (R-Junior): Made 25 relief appearances and four starts on the mound… Ranked second on the team with a career-high 29 total appearances… Finished with a 3-5 record and an 11.44 ERA in 28.1 innings pitched… Struck out 27 batters while walking 50… Opponents batted .215 against him… Made 14 relief appearances in Horizon League play… Finished with a 2-3 record, a 17.61 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 7.2 innings during league action… Pitched 0.2 scoreless innings of relief vs. Illinois (2/18)… Registered a season-high three strikeouts over two innings of relief at Wake Forest (2/19)… Matched his season high with three strikeouts over 1.1 innings of relief at Baylor (3/4)… Tossed a scoreless inning of relief at Baylor (3/5)… Earned his first win after tossing 0.1 scoreless innings of relief vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (4/1)… Worked a scoreless inning of relief vs. Pittsburgh (4/4)… Allowed one hit over a career-high three scoreless innings vs. Akron (4/25)… Picked up his second win after pitching 1.2 scoreless innings of relief vs. Milwaukee (4/30)… Notched his third win after allowing one run on one hit over 2.2 innings vs. Bowling Green (5/9).

2022 (R-Sophomore): Made 23 appearances out of the bullpen… Finished with a 0-0 record and an 11.12 ERA in 5.2 innings pitched… Struck out five batters while walking 10… Opponents batted .320 against him… Made 10 relief appearances in Horizon League play… Finished with a 15.43 ERA in 2.1 innings pitched during league action… Tossed 0.1 scoreless innings of relief at Bethune-Cookman (2/20)… Pitched 0.1 scoreless innings of relief in the second game of a doubleheader at Belmont (2/26)… Tossed 0.1 scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout in the first game of a doubleheader at UT Rio Grande Valley (3/5)… Worked 0.2 scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout at UT Rio Grande Valley (3/6)… Pitched 0.1 scoreless innings of relief in the first game of a doubleheader at New Orleans (3/12), at Pittsburgh (3/16) and in the first game of a doubleheader at Purdue Fort Wayne (3/20)… Tossed 0.2 innings of scoreless relief with a strikeout at Penn State (3/22)… Worked 0.1 scoreless innings of relief at Michigan State (3/30) and vs. Northern Kentucky (4/9)… Registered a season-high two strikeouts over a season-high one inning of relief vs. Milwaukee (4/16).

2021 (R-Freshman): Made eight appearances, all of which came out of the bullpen… Finished with a 1-0 record and an 18.00 ERA in two innings pitched… Struck out three batters while walking seven… Opponents batted .333 against him… Registered a season-high two strikeouts over 0.2 scoreless innings in the season opener at Troy (2/19)… Had a strikeout during 0.2 scoreless innings at Nicholls (2/28)… Earned his victory after allowing no hits in 0.2 scoreless innings in the second game of a doubleheader against St. Bonaventure (3/20).

2020 (Freshman): Did not see action in any games... Redshirted.

High School: Named AAC Pitcher of the Year and Team MVP as a sophomore and junior… First-Team All-AAC selection as a sophomore and junior… Did not pitch as a senior due to injury... Named Second-Team All-AAC as a designated hitter as a senior... Ranked the 70th overall prospect and the ninth-best left-handed pitcher in the state of Ohio by Prep Baseball Report… Coached by Joe Paris at Austintown Fitch… Played summer ball for Youngstown Knightline under Coach Tom Otto.

Personal: Parents are Jim and Michele... Has a sister (Sammi)... Major is education... Recipient of the 2022-23 Kevin and Yocelin Stefko Scholarship.