MLB Draft
2025 – Philadelphia Phillies, 1st round (No. 26 overall)
11th Razorback to be chosen in the first round of the draft … Fifth Razorback pitcher to be selected in the first round of the draft, joining RHP David Walling (No. 27 overall, New York Yankees, 1999), LHP Nick Schmidt (No. 23 overall, San Diego Padres, 2007), RHP Ryne Stanek (No. 29 overall, Tampa Bay Rays, 2013) and LHP Hagen Smith (No. 5 overall, Chicago White Sox, 2024).
2025 (Junior)
» Fayetteville Regional All-Tournament Team (SP)
» College World Series All-Tournament Team (SP)
» Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
Made 10 starts on the mound … Went 4-1 with a 3.82 ERA in 37.2 innings of work … Recorded 69 strikeouts while walking only seven batters all year, good for a 9.86 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Limited opposing hitters to a .194 batting average … Logged two quality starts, one complete game and one shutout … Tossed the 11th solo no-hitter in Arkansas program history … Spun the third no-hitter in College World Series history and ninth no-hitter in NCAA Tournament history … Made his first start of the year on Opening Weekend against Washington State (Feb. 15), striking out a career-high seven batters over five innings of two-run ball … Next start came against Michigan (Feb. 24) in the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, striking out six over two innings before departing the game due to injury … Made his return to the mound in the first game of the doubleheader against Texas A&M (April 18) … Started on the mound at Florida (April 26) and fired three shutout innings with five strikeouts … Racked up a career-high nine strikeouts over four innings of one-run ball against #1 Texas (May 2) … Struck out seven over three innings of two-run ball in a start against #17 Tennessee (May 17) … Fired a career-long six innings of three-run ball with a career-high 13 strikeouts against Creighton (June 1) in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional … Started against #16 Tennessee (June 8) in the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional, tossing 3.1 innings of one-run ball to help Arkansas advance to the College World Series … In the College World Series, threw a nine-inning no-hitter with 19 strikeouts and zero walks against Murray State (June 16) … Lost his perfect-game bid in the top of the 8th inning, marking the longest perfect-game bid in the College World Series since 1999 … Set the Razorbacks’ program record for most strikeouts in a game (19) … Recorded the most strikeouts in a game of nine or fewer innings in College World Series history … Tallied the most single-game strikeouts in the Charles Schwab Field Omaha era of the College World Series … Carded the 124th College World Series shutout and the first complete game in the College World Series since 2018.
2024 (Sophomore)
» Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
Made 22 appearances, including three starts, on the mound … Posted a 3-2 record with a 4.46 ERA and 56 strikeouts in 40.1 innings of work … Logged two saves, including one of the multi-inning variety, on the year … Issued only eight walks all season … In SEC play, made 10 appearances with one start, going 0-1 with a 3.72 ERA and one save in 19.1 innings … Struck out 26 and walked only six against conference opponents … Member of an Arkansas pitching staff that set a school record with 706 strikeouts in 2024 … Made his season debut in relief against James Madison, striking out four over 2.1 innings of one-hit ball to record his first save of the season … Picked up his first win of the year vs. No. 7 Oregon State (Feb. 23) in the Kubota College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, striking out one in an inning of relief work … Nabbed his second win of the season against McNeese, twirling 2.1 innings of one-run ball with three strikeouts … Tossed two scoreless innings in relief with five strikeouts against Ole Miss (April 5) … Struck out four in 2.1 innings of relief work against Texas Tech (April 16) … Made his first collegiate start in a midweek game against Missouri State (April 30), spinning three scoreless innings with three strikeouts and earning his third win of the season … Worked 4.1 innings in relief and struck out a season-high six at No. 8 Kentucky (May 4) … Secured his second save of the year against No. 14 Mississippi State (May 10), delivering a scoreless frame with one strikeout … In his first career SEC start and first career road start, struck out five over five innings of three-run (two earned) ball at No. 5 Texas A&M (May 17) to help Arkansas clinch the SEC Western Division title for the fifth time in the last six seasons and ninth time in program history … In the NCAA Fayetteville Regional, started on the mound against SEMO (June 2) and turned in four strikeouts over three innings of work.
2023 (Freshman)
» Freshman All-SEC Team
» First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Freshman All-SEC Team honoree … Emerged as the Razorbacks’ closer as a true freshman … Appeared in 23 games on the mound, going 2-0 with a 4.80 ERA, 42 strikeouts and a team-leading five saves in 30.0 innings … Limited opposing hitters to .198 batting average on the year … All five of his saves came in SEC play and were of the multi-inning variety, including three three-inning saves … Became the fourth Razorback freshman under head coach Dave Van Horn to record five or more saves in a season, along with RHP Brady Tygart (8, 2022), RHP Nolan Sanburn (8, 2011) and RHP DJ Baxendale (7, 2010) … One of five Razorback pitchers to record multiple saves during the season … In SEC play, made 12 appearances … Posted a 1-0 record with a 4.43 ERA, 26 strikeouts and five saves over 20.1 innings of work … Limited conference opponents to a .216 batting average … Made his collegiate debut vs. No. 15 TCU (Feb. 18) in the College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas … Struck out the side in an inning of work vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State (Feb. 19) in the College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas … Fanned three in a scoreless inning of work against Louisiana Tech (March 12) … Recorded his first collegiate win in a relief appearance against Omaha (March 28), striking out three over two scoreless innings … Earned his first collegiate save against Alabama (April 2), throwing 1.1 scoreless innings with a strikeout … Picked up his second save of the season at Ole Miss (April 8), striking out four over three innings of one-run ball … Fanned a season-high six over three innings against No. 16 Tennessee (April 15) en route to his third save … Locked down his fourth save against Texas A&M (April 28), striking out five in 2.1 scoreless innings … Struck out four over three shutout innings at Mississippi State (May 5) to secure his fifth save of the season … Earned his second win of the year against No. 6 South Carolina (May 12), tossing a season-long 3.1 scoreless innings with four strikeouts.
High School
Attended Batesville High School in Batesville, Ark. … Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 96 right-handed pitcher and the No. 313 overall prospect in the country … No. 3 right-handed pitcher and the No. 4 overall prospect in the state of Arkansas by Perfect Game … Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 242 overall prospect and the No. 80 right-handed pitcher in the country … No. 2 right-handed pitcher and No. 3 overall prospect in Arkansas by Prep Baseball Report … Named the 2022 Arkansas Player of the Year by Prep Baseball Report … 2020 Prep Baseball Report Future Games participant … 2022 Perfect Game Preseason All-American – Southeast All-Region Second Team … 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – Southeast Region Honorable Mention.
