Sophomore (2023)
» College Baseball Foundation All-American (Second Team)
» Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
Made 10 appearances, including six starts, on the mound … Finished his sophomore season with a 3-1 record with a 3.20 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 25.1 innings … Also logged one save … Allowed just 11 runs (nine earned) and issued only eight walks all season … Limited opposing hitters to .167 batting average … In SEC play, made four appearances (all starts) on the mound and posted a 1-0 record with a 1.80 ERA in 10.0 innings … Allowed just two runs while striking out 12 against conference opponents … Held opposing hitters to a minuscule .094 batting average in SEC play … Made his season debut in relief vs. Texas (Feb. 17) in the College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, striking out three over 1.2 scoreless innings of work to earn his one and only save of the year … Threw two shutout innings in relief against Grambling (Feb. 21), racking up four strikeouts and earning his first win of the season along the way … After missing time due to an injury, returned in a starting role against Texas A&M (April 28) and threw one scoreless inning … Made his next start at Mississippi State (May 6), striking out one over two shutout frames to earn his second win … Fanned four over three scoreless innings in a start against #6 South Carolina (May 13) … Racked up a season-high seven strikeouts in a start at #12 Vanderbilt (May 19), working four innings of two-run ball … In the SEC Tournament, started against Texas A&M (May 27) and struck out three over 3.1 innings … In the NCAA Fayetteville Regional, started in an elimination game vs. Santa Clara (June 4) and tossed a season-long 5.2 innings with six strikeouts while allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits and three walks … Before the season, named a preseason All-American by D1Baseball … Also named to the preseason All-SEC First Team by the league’s head coaches … Earned a spot on the preseason watch list for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award.
Freshman (2022)
» Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American
» NCBWA Freshman All-American (First Team)
» Perfect Game Freshman All-American (First Team)
» Freshman All-SEC Team
» SEC Freshman of the Week (May 2)
Emerged as the Razorbacks’ relief ace as a true freshman … Made 24 relief appearances on the mound, posting a 3-4 record with a 3.82 ERA in 37.2 innings … Tallied a team-leading eight saves, including six multi-inning saves … Struck out 51 while limiting opposing hitters to a .212 batting average … Allowed 17 runs (16 earned) on 28 hits and 21 walks … Dominant in SEC play, logging a 1.91 ERA and seven saves in 28.1 innings … Struck out 40 on the year, racking up multiple strikeouts in 13 of his 24 relief appearances … Limited SEC hitters to a .160 batting average … Allowed seven runs (six earned) on 15 hits and 15 walks … Made his collegiate debut against Omaha (March 2), fanning a pair in a scoreless frame of work … Earned his first collegiate save in game one of a doubleheader against Southeastern (March 5) … SEC debut came against Kentucky (March 20), twirling two scoreless innings for his second save … Punched out five in two innings of scoreless relief at Missouri (March 25) to earn his third save of the season … Racked up a season-high seven strikeouts in a season-long 3.2 innings out of the bullpen against Mississippi State (April 3) … Named the SEC Freshman of the Week after tossing five scoreless innings of relief with seven strikeouts and one save across two games against Ole Miss (April 30-May 1) … Secured his eight save of the year at Alabama (May 19), tossing 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts … Made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament, throwing a scoreless inning of relief at #11 UNC (June 12) in the NCAA Chapel Hill Super Regional … Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Perfect Game at the year’s end … Landed on the Freshman All-SEC Team … Earned an invite to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp following the season … Member of an Arkansas pitching staff that set a new school record with 674 strikeouts in 2022.
High School
Attended Lewisburg High School in Olive Branch, Miss. … Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 73 overall prospect and the No. 20 right-handed pitcher in the class of 2021 … No. 2 overall prospect and the No. 1 right-handed pitcher in the state of Mississippi by Perfect Game … Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 110 overall prospect and the No. 30 right-handed pitcher in the country … No. 3 overall prospect and No. 1 right-handed pitcher in Mississippi by Prep Baseball Report … 2021 Perfect Game Preseason All-American – Southeast All-Region First Team.
