2024 (Sophomore at Oregon State)
Redshirt season … Missed the entire year due to injury.
2023 (Freshman at Oregon State)
Appeared in 22 games, including one start, on the mound as a true freshman … Posted a 5-2 record with a 5.68 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 38.0 innings of work … Recorded one save … Issued only seven walks all year … In Pac-12 play, went 2-1 with a 7.41 ERA in 17.0 innings over 13 appearances … Struck out 13 in league action … Made his collegiate debut on the mound in relief against New Mexico (Feb. 17) … Tossed 1.2 scoreless innings in relief against Coppin State (Feb. 24) … Picked up his first career win after spinning four scoreless innings in relief with five strikeouts at Cal Poly (March 3) … In his Pac-12 debut, threw 1.1 scoreless relief frames against Washington State (March 12) … Tossed 1.2 innings of scoreless relief in the opener against Cal (March 24) … Carded his first career save at Seattle (March 29), striking out the only batter he faced in the ninth … Threw two scoreless innings of relief against USC, striking out two (April 15) … Won his second game of the season with a scoreless inning of relief against Arizona (April 28) … Struck out four in two scoreless innings of relief against Oregon (May 2) … Earned his third win of the campaign against Utah (May 7), striking out a pair while limiting the Utes to one run over three innings in relief … Made his first career start in a midweek game against Portland (May 16), striking out three over two innings of work on the mound … Secured his fourth win against Western Carolina (May 20), tossing 1.1 scoreless innings with a strikeout … In the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, threw a season-long six shutout innings in relief against Sam Houston (June 4) and struck out a season-high six to earn his fifth win and send Oregon State to the regional championship.
High School
Attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, Calif. … Ranked by Perfect Game as a top 500 overall prospect and the No. 228 right-handed pitcher in the class of 2022 … Rated the No. 82 overall prospect and the No. 29 right-handed pitcher in California by Perfect Game … Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 96 overall prospect and the No. 32 right-handed pitcher in California … 2022 Perfect Game Preseason All-American – California All-Region Second Team … 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – California All-Region Second Team … Earned Sacramento Bee All-Metro First-Team honors as well as first-team all-league and defensive player of the year honors during his high school career … Helped lead Elk Grove to a 20-9 record as a senior … Recorded one win on the mound as a senior while hitting .296 with five doubles, three home runs and 18 RBI … As a junior, went 5-0 with a 0.95 ERA on the mound … Struck out 31 in 29.1 innings … Did not allow a run in 24 innings of league play.
Personal
Father, Jason, was selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 28th round of the 1997 MLB Draft and played professionally for eight years, including five MLB appearances with Tampa Bay and the Detroit Tigers … Grandfather, Ken Hottman, was twice drafted in the first round of the former MLB supplemental draft and played professionally for eight years, making his MLB debut in 1971 with the Chicago White Sox.
