Samford University Athletics

2019 ALL-SOCON TOURNAMENT TEAM
 
 
2020:  Saw action in one game in the COVID-shortened season…tossed 1.0 inning in a win over Michigan State.
 
2019 (Junior):  Started 13 games on the mound…posted a record of 6-1 and an earned run average of 3.15 in 68.2 innings of work…recorded 54 strikeouts…tossed 7.0 innings, allowing just one earned run against Furman…allowed just one run over 7.0 innings against UNCG…named to the All-SoCon Tournament team after tossing 7.0 shutout innings in a win over Mercer.
 
2018:  Missed the season with an injury.
 
2017 (Sophomore):  Started nine games on the mound and compiled a 3-3 record . . . was forced to miss a majority of the season due to an injury . . . tallied 44.1 innings of action and registered a 5.08 earned run average . . . accumulated 48 strikeout on the year, which proved to be an average of over one per inning.
 
2016:  Sat out the season after transferring from Mississippi State.
 
Previous College:  Spent his freshman season playing at Mississippi State following an outstanding high school career at Spanish Fort High School . . . in his only season at Mississippi State, he started three games going 1-0 with nine strikeouts in 8.2 innings pitched before missing the remainder of the 2015 season due to injury . . . member of the Southeastern Conference First-Year Academic Honor Roll. 
 
High School:  Rated the No. 66 incoming true freshman in America by Perfect Game . . . earned 2014 MaxPreps and Louisville Slugger All-America honors, in addition to Perfect Game All-Southeast Region first-team honors . . . garnered 2013 MaxPreps Underclassmen All-America and Perfect Game Underclassmen All-America honorable mention accolades in 2013, as well as Perfect Game honorable mention honors in 2012 . . . went 12-1 with a 0.73 ERA his senior season, leading Spanish Fort High School to its fourth Class 5A state title in the previous five seasons . . . struck out 122 batters with 24 walks in 86 innings of work his senior campaign . . . half of his 16 starts in 2014 were shutouts . . . named MaxPreps Mr. Baseball in Alabama in 2014 . . . listed as one of the top high school players in America in 2014 according to MaxPreps . . . member of the Alabama Sports Writers Association All-Super State Team . . . voted ASWA Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year . . . team went 21-2 his final two seasons in his starts . . . named the Mobile Press-Register’s Coastal Alabama Baseball Player of the Year his junior and senior seasons . . . MVP pitcher of the 2013 World Wood Bat Championship . . . earned an invitation to the 2013 East Coast Pro Showcase, where pro baseball scouts evaluate players at the invitation-only event . . . went 9-1 as a junior with a 0.91 ERA . . . fanned 106 batters with 25 walks in 2013 . . . recorded a 12-1 mark in 2012 as a sopho­more in 87 innings with a 1.21 ERA, 105 strikeouts and 23 walks.