MLB Draft
2024 – Chicago White Sox, 1st round (No. 5 overall)
Highest-drafted pitcher in program history … 10th Razorback to be chosen in the first round of the draft … Fourth 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) and RHP Ryne Stanek (No. 29 overall, Tampa Bay Rays, 2013) … Third top-five overall draft selection and fifth top-10 overall draft pick in program history, joining INF Jeff King (No. 1 overall, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1986), OF Heston Kjerstad (No. 2 overall, Baltimore Orioles, 2020), OF Kevin McReynolds (No. 6 overall, San Diego Padres, 1981) and OF Andrew Benintendi (No. 7 overall, Boston Red Sox, 2015).
Junior (2024)
» ABCA/Rawlings National Pitcher of the Year
» Collegiate Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year
» Perfect Game Pitcher of the Year
» ABCA/Rawlings All-American (First Team)
» Baseball America All-American (First Team)
» College Baseball Foundation All-American (First Team)
» D1Baseball All-American (First Team)
» NCBWA All-American (First Team)
» Perfect Game All-American (First Team)
» NCBWA District 7 Player of the Year
» ABCA/Rawlings South All-Region (First Team)
» SEC Pitcher of the Year
» All-SEC (First Team)
» NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy National Pitcher of the Month (March)
» SEC Pitcher of the Week (Week 2 & Week 6)
» D1Baseball National Pitcher of the Week (Week 2)
» Golden Spikes Award Performance of the Week (Week 2)
» NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week (Week 2 & Week 14)
» Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week (Week 2 & Week 14)
» Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
Arkansas’ all-time career strikeout leader (360) … American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings National Pitcher of the Year … College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Award winner … Perfect Game Pitcher of the Year … Unanimous first-team All-American by ABCA/Rawlings, Baseball America, College Baseball Foundation, D1Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Perfect Game … Golden Spikes Award finalist … Dick Howser Trophy finalist … SEC Pitcher of the Year … NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy National Pitcher of the Month for March … Two-time SEC Pitcher of the Week (Week 2 & Week 6) … Made 16 starts on the mound during his historic 2024 season … Posted a 9-2 record with 2.04 ERA and a single-season program record 161 strikeouts in 84.0 innings … Limited opposing hitters to a meager .144 batting average (lowest in the nation) … Led the country with an NCAA-record 17.25 strikeouts per nine innings … In SEC play, went 7-0 with a 1.35 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 60.0 innings over 10 conference starts … Finished ranked first nationally in hits allowed per nine innings (4.4), second in strikeouts (161), fourth in ERA (2.04) and seventh in WHIP (0.89) … Recorded a team-leading 11 quality starts and logged a program-record 11 double-digit strikeout games on the year, becoming the program’s all-time career strikeout king and single-season strikeout leader … Raised his career strikeout total to 360, overtaking Razorback great Nick Schmidt (345) for sole possession of Arkansas’ career strikeout mark … Surpassed Razorback great David Walling’s single-season strikeout record of 155 set in 1999 to move atop the program’s single-season strikeout leaderboard (161) … Member of an Arkansas pitching staff that set a new school record with 706 strikeouts in 2024 … Made his season debut on the mound in an Opening Day start against James Madison (Feb. 16) … Earned the Opening Day start for the second season in a row, becoming the first Arkansas pitcher to make consecutive season-opening starts since RHP Blaine Knight in 2017-18 … In his second start of the season, tied a program record with 17 strikeouts on 78 pitches over six shutout innings vs. #7 Oregon State (Feb. 23) in the Kubota College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas … Recorded 15 consecutive outs via strikeout to begin the ballgame … Matched Razorback great Jess Todd’s single-game strikeout record (17), doing so in 40 fewer pitches than Todd threw against South Carolina on May 24, 2007, in the SEC Tournament … 17-strikeout performance was also a Globe Life Field single-game record … Named SEC Pitcher of the Week and earned national pitcher of the week honors from D1Baseball, Golden Spikes Award, NCBWA and Perfect Game following his historic 17-strikeout game … In his next start, fanned 12 against Murray State (March 1) to earn his first win of the season … Racked up nine strikeouts over four scoreless innings against McNeese (March 9) to improve to 2-0 on the year … In his first SEC start of the season against Missouri (March 15), improved to 3-0 and earned his third quality start of the year with six scoreless innings and 10 strikeouts in the Hogs’ combined shutout win … On the road at #23 Auburn (March 21), fired six scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts to earn his fourth quality start and improve to 4-0 on the year … Named SEC Pitcher of the Week for the second time as a result of his performance at Auburn … Earned his fifth win and fifth quality start of the season against #8 LSU (March 28), recording his fifth double-digit strikeout game of the year with 10 punchouts over six innings of two-run ball … Notched his sixth quality start and sixth double-digit strikeout performance of the season against Ole Miss (April 4), spinning six innings of two-run ball with 11 strikeouts … Improved to 7-0 with his seventh quality start of the year on the road at #25 Alabama (April 12), striking out six over six shutout innings of work … Tallied his eighth quality start and seventh double-digit strikeout game at #20 South Carolina (April 19), fanning 11 over six innings of one-run ball … Struck out 11 over a season-long seven innings in his ninth quality start and eighth double-digit performance of the season against Florida (April 26) … Dominated on the road at #8 Kentucky (May 3), striking out 14 over six innings of one-run ball to claim his 10th quality start and ninth double-digit strikeout game, setting a single-season program record, of the year … Turned in his 10th double-digit strikeout performance of the season against #14 Mississippi State (May 10), fanning 11 over five innings … Became the Razorbacks’ all-time strikeout king at #5 Texas A&M (May 16), racking up 14 strikeouts over six shutout innings and logging his 11th quality start and 11th double-digit strikeout game of the season … Started against #2 Kentucky (May 3) in the SEC Tournament and struck out four in two innings of work … Broke Arkansas’ single-season strikeout record in his final start of the year, fanning seven over five innings against Kansas State (June 1) in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional to raise his season strikeout total to 161 … Entered the year as a consensus preseason All-American … Named the Preseason SEC Pitcher of the Year by Baseball America, D1Baseball and Perfect Game … Earned preseason first-team All-SEC praise from the league’s head coaches.
Sophomore (2023)
» Collegiate Baseball All-American (First Team)
» NCBWA All-American (First Team)
» ABCA All-American (Second Team)
» College Baseball Foundation All-American (Second Team)
» D1Baseball All-American (Second Team)
» Perfect Game All-American (Second Team)
» Baseball America All-American (Third Team)
» Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
» National Pitcher of the Year Award Semifinalist
» ABCA/Rawlings South All-Region (First Team)
» All-SEC (First Team)
» SEC All-Defensive Team
Consensus All-American … Golden Spikes Award semifinalist … College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Award semifinalist … Razorbacks’ wildcard for his ability to pitch as a starter or work out of the bullpen … Arkansas’ first starting pitcher to earn All-SEC first-team honors since Ryne Stanek in 2013 … Made 18 appearances with 11 starts on the mound during outstanding sophomore campaign … Posted an 8-2 record with a 3.64 ERA, a team-leading 109 strikeouts and two saves in 71 2/3 innings of work … Limited opposing hitters to a .217 batting average on the year … One of five Razorback pitchers to record multiple saves on the year … Defensively, posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage to earn a spot on the SEC All-Defensive Team … In SEC play, worked in a variety of roles, making 11 appearances with five starts … Compiled a 5-1 record with a 3.07 ERA … Totaled 65 strikeouts over 44.0 innings and held opposing hitters to a .201 batting average in league action … Started on the mound in the season opener vs. Texas (Feb. 17) in the College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, racking up eight strikeouts over five shutout innings … Earned his first win of the season in a start against EIU (Feb. 24), fanning six in 4.2 scoreless innings of work … Racked up seven strikeouts and earned his second win of the year in his next start against Wright State (March 3) … Punched out seven over five innings of two-run ball against Louisiana Tech (March 10) to pick up his third win … Worked out of the bullpen in his first SEC appearance of the season, earning a three-inning save and recording five strikeouts against Auburn (March 17) … Pitched in relief at #1 LSU, emerging from the bullpen to throw 4.2 innings with eight strikeouts and earn his fourth win of the campaign … Notched his fifth win against Alabama (April 1), logging three strikeouts in three innings of relief work … Returned to the starting rotation for the second game of the doubleheader at Ole Miss (April 7), striking out seven over five innings … Earned his second save of the season against #16 Tennessee, racking up seven strikeouts over three shutout frames … Started at Georgia (April 22) and struck out eight in five innings … Threw four scoreless innings with four strikeouts in relief against Texas A&M (April 27) to pick up his sixth win … Made the start at Mississippi State (May 5) and punched out eight over five innings, earning his seventh win … Lasted a season-long 5.2 innings in a start against #6 South Carolina (May 12), striking out seven while allowing just one run … Nabbed his eighth win of the year at #12 Vanderbilt (May 18), fanning seven over five innings of two-run ball … In the SEC Tournament, started vs. #5 LSU (May 25) and recorded a season-high nine strikeouts in 3.2 innings … Made two appearances in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional, including a start vs. #17 TCU (June 4) … Also saw postseason action in relief vs. #17 TCU (June 5) and struck out six over 3.2 innings of one-run ball … Earned midseason All-America honors from Perfect Game midway through the year … Before the season, named a preseason All-American by Perfect Game … Following the season, earned an invite to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp and made the team’s 31-man roster that represented Team USA in a pair of five-game series against Chinese Taipei and Japan … Became the 22nd Razorback since 1979 to play for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.
Freshman (2022)
» Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American
» Perfect Game Freshman All-American (Second Team)
» Freshman All-SEC Team
» SEC Freshman of the Week (April 18)
» College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Week (Week 9)
Emerged as the Hogs’ No. 2 starter as a true freshman … Made 20 appearances with 15 starts on the mound … Went 7-2 with a 4.66 ERA and two saves in 77.1 innings … Struck out 90 batters … Member of an Arkansas pitching staff that set a new school record with 674 strikeouts in 2022 … Limited opposing hitters to a .232 batting average … Allowed 41 runs (40 earned) on 66 hits and 46 walks … Picked off one runner … Totaled six quality starts, second most among all Razorback starting pitchers … In SEC play, made 10 appearances with nine starts … Went 3-1 with a 5.96 ERA, striking out 47 in 45.1 innings of work … Made his collegiate debut on the mound against Illinois State (Feb. 19), pitching six scoreless innings with five strikeouts to earn his first quality start of the year … Fanned a season-high nine in game one of a doubleheader against Southeastern (March 5), twirling a season-long seven innings of two-run ball to earn his second quality start … Picked up his third win of the season in a start against UIC (March 12), striking out eight over five innings of one-run ball … Made his first SEC start against Kentucky (March 12), picking up another quality start with seven strikeouts over six innings of three-run ball … Turned in six strong innings against Mississippi State (April 2), allowing three runs while fanning seven to nab his fourth quality start and fifth win of the season … Delivered his strongest outing of the year against #15 LSU (April 15), pitching seven scoreless innings and striking out seven … Named the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Week and the SEC Freshman of the Week for his stellar performance against the Tigers … Picked up his sixth quality start of the season against Ole Miss (April 30), tossing six innings of two-run ball with eight strikeouts … In the SEC Tournament, emerged from the bullpen vs. Florida (May 27) and threw a scoreless frame with a pair of strikeouts … In the NCAA Tournament, made five appearances with two starts … Went 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA and two saves in 10.2 innings of work … Struck out 16 and limited opposing hitters to a .184 batting average during the postseason … Earned his first collegiate save in an elimination-game win at #6 Oklahoma State (June 6), striking out four over two scoreless frames to help Arkansas advance to the super regional round … In the NCAA Chapel Hill Super Regional, made a pair of relief appearances … Locked down his second career save at #11 UNC (June 12) to send the Hogs to Omaha … In the College World Series, started vs. Ole Miss (June 22) and threw five innings of two-hit, one-run ball with eight strikeouts … Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper 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.
High School
Attended Bullard High School in Bullard, Texas … As a senior, threw seven no-hitters, tying a Texas high-school record … Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 71 overall prospect and the No. 12 left-handed pitcher in the class of 2021 … No. 4 overall prospect and the No. 1 left-handed pitcher in the state of Texas by Perfect Game … Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 52 overall prospect and the No. 7 left-handed pitcher in the country … Tabbed the top high-school left-handed pitcher and the No. 5 overall prospect in Texas by Prep Baseball Report … Ranked as the No. 78 2021 high school MLB draft prospect by Baseball America … 2021 Perfect Game Preseason All-American – Texas All-Region First Team … 2020 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American Team – Texas All-Region First Team … 2019 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – High Honorable Mention.
