MLB Draft
2022 – Chicago White Sox, 2nd round (No. 62 overall)
Junior (2022)
Redshirt season ... Missed the entire year due to injury ... Entered the campaign as a Perfect Game preseason All-American.
Sophomore (2021)
» Newcomer All-SEC Team
Stepped into the starting rotation during his first full season as a Razorback ... Made 15 appearances, including 11 starts, logging a 1-2 record with a 4.02 ERA in 56.0 innings of work ... Picked up one save, the second of his career ... Struck out 67 batters while allowing 27 runs (25 earned) on 51 hits and 20 walks on the year ... Limited opposing hitters to a .237 batting average ... Struck out five or more batters in eight of his 11 starts ... Made his first start of the year against No. 9 Texas (Feb. 21) in the State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, striking out eight in 4.1 scoreless innings of one-hit ball ... Earned his first win of the season against SEMO (Feb. 27), striking out eight over five scoreless innings ... Racked up a career-high 10 strikeouts in a start against Murray State (March 5) ... Recorded his lone save of the season on the road at No. 2 Mississippi State (March 26), limiting the Bulldogs to one run on two hits while striking out a pair in four innings of relief work ... Started against Texas A&M (April 17) in the second game of a doubleheader, fanning seven over six scoreless innings ... Eight strikeouts in a start against Georgia (May 8) ... Member of an Arkansas pitching staff that set a school record with 657 strikeouts in 2021.
Freshman (2020)
Made four appearances out of the bullpen for the Razorbacks in 2020 … Recorded a 1.59 ERA and one save after pitching 5.2 innings in his freshman season … Allowed three runs, one earned, on five hits and three walks, while striking out three … Retired the first batter he faced twice … Pitched the ninth inning of Saturday’s 10-1 win over Eastern Illinois on Feb. 16 ... Allowed one run on two hits, trading the run for a 4-6-3 double play, ending the game on a called-strike three ... First collegiate appearance ... Pitched the eighth inning against No. 22 Oklahoma in Houston on Feb. 28, facing the minimum ... Worked 1.2 innings against South Alabama on March 6, giving up two runs, both unearned, on three hits and a walk, striking out one ... First game to pitch more than one inning … Earned the save in the final game of the year vs. Grand Canyon (March 11) after tossing the final two frames of the 2020 season … Walked two in the game and struck out one without allowing a hit, inducing a double play to end the game … Part of a pitching staff that finished with a 3.68 ERA and 143 strikeouts over 142.0 innings of work.
High School
Played for head coach Mark Balisterri at Benton High School and head coach Chase Brewster of the Arkansas Sticks ... Ranked as the No. 2 RHP and fifth overall player in the state of Arkansas by Perfect Game ... A top 500 player in the nation according to Perfect Game and a member of the Arkansas Sticks travel team … 2019 PG Preseason All-American - Southeast Region Honorable Mention ... Played primarily at third base at Benton High school as a junior before transitioning full time to pitching last summer with the Sticks … Helped Benton HS to a runner-up finish in the Arkansas Class 6A state playoffs in 2018 … 2018 All-Conference Honorable Mention … Pitched only 8.2 innings for the Panthers last year, but struck out 15 and walked only five … Has seen his fastball go from the mid-80s to low 90s since focusing on pitching during the summer months.
2022 – Chicago White Sox, 2nd round (No. 62 overall)
Junior (2022)
Redshirt season ... Missed the entire year due to injury ... Entered the campaign as a Perfect Game preseason All-American.
Sophomore (2021)
» Newcomer All-SEC Team
Stepped into the starting rotation during his first full season as a Razorback ... Made 15 appearances, including 11 starts, logging a 1-2 record with a 4.02 ERA in 56.0 innings of work ... Picked up one save, the second of his career ... Struck out 67 batters while allowing 27 runs (25 earned) on 51 hits and 20 walks on the year ... Limited opposing hitters to a .237 batting average ... Struck out five or more batters in eight of his 11 starts ... Made his first start of the year against No. 9 Texas (Feb. 21) in the State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, striking out eight in 4.1 scoreless innings of one-hit ball ... Earned his first win of the season against SEMO (Feb. 27), striking out eight over five scoreless innings ... Racked up a career-high 10 strikeouts in a start against Murray State (March 5) ... Recorded his lone save of the season on the road at No. 2 Mississippi State (March 26), limiting the Bulldogs to one run on two hits while striking out a pair in four innings of relief work ... Started against Texas A&M (April 17) in the second game of a doubleheader, fanning seven over six scoreless innings ... Eight strikeouts in a start against Georgia (May 8) ... Member of an Arkansas pitching staff that set a school record with 657 strikeouts in 2021.
Freshman (2020)
Made four appearances out of the bullpen for the Razorbacks in 2020 … Recorded a 1.59 ERA and one save after pitching 5.2 innings in his freshman season … Allowed three runs, one earned, on five hits and three walks, while striking out three … Retired the first batter he faced twice … Pitched the ninth inning of Saturday’s 10-1 win over Eastern Illinois on Feb. 16 ... Allowed one run on two hits, trading the run for a 4-6-3 double play, ending the game on a called-strike three ... First collegiate appearance ... Pitched the eighth inning against No. 22 Oklahoma in Houston on Feb. 28, facing the minimum ... Worked 1.2 innings against South Alabama on March 6, giving up two runs, both unearned, on three hits and a walk, striking out one ... First game to pitch more than one inning … Earned the save in the final game of the year vs. Grand Canyon (March 11) after tossing the final two frames of the 2020 season … Walked two in the game and struck out one without allowing a hit, inducing a double play to end the game … Part of a pitching staff that finished with a 3.68 ERA and 143 strikeouts over 142.0 innings of work.
High School
Played for head coach Mark Balisterri at Benton High School and head coach Chase Brewster of the Arkansas Sticks ... Ranked as the No. 2 RHP and fifth overall player in the state of Arkansas by Perfect Game ... A top 500 player in the nation according to Perfect Game and a member of the Arkansas Sticks travel team … 2019 PG Preseason All-American - Southeast Region Honorable Mention ... Played primarily at third base at Benton High school as a junior before transitioning full time to pitching last summer with the Sticks … Helped Benton HS to a runner-up finish in the Arkansas Class 6A state playoffs in 2018 … 2018 All-Conference Honorable Mention … Pitched only 8.2 innings for the Panthers last year, but struck out 15 and walked only five … Has seen his fastball go from the mid-80s to low 90s since focusing on pitching during the summer months.