Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

Selected in the 21st round (642nd overall) by Houston in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.

2018: Appeared in 11 games (10 starts) with an 8-2 record, 3.30 ERA, 86 strikeouts, 15 walks, 57 hits allowed and a .214 batting average against in 71 innings pitched...Became the Mavericks’ all-time strikeout leader against Lewis on March 6...Finished career with 371 strikeouts...Became the winningest pitcher in program history when he earned his 30th career victory in 5-4 win in game one at Northern State on April 19 and finished career with a 30-7 record....Became all-time program leader in career innings pitched in start against Concordia-St. Paul on May 9...Finished career with 281 2/3 innings pitched...Named to 2018 All-NSIC First Team and NSIC Spring All-Academic Team...Earned NCBWA Division II All-Central Region Team Honorable Mention and D2CCA Baseball All-Central Region Second Team honors.

2017: 2017 Tomko Award recipient as top pitcher in NCAA Division II...Garnered ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-American honors, CCA First Team All-American honors and Second Team NCBWA All-American honors...Appeared in 14 games, including 13 starts...Compiled a 10-1 record and tossed 86 2/3 innings with a 1.56 earned run average, 128 strikeouts,12 walks and a .180 batting average against...128 K's is a Minnesota State single-season record...Struck out season-high 14 batters three times — against U-Mary on March 18, Upper Iowa on April 29 and Minnesota Crookston on May 10...Garnered double digits in strikeouts six times...Named to All-NSIC First Team, All-NSIC Tournament Team and NSIC Spring All-Academic Team.

2016: Ranked first among starters on team with 3.34 ERA and forged a 6-3 record as a sophomore in 2016...Ranked first on the team and in the NSIC with 89Ks on the year and ranked second on team with 67.1 innings pitched on the season... Career-high 13 strikeouts in seven innings pitched at Northern State 4/28/16...Threw 11-inning complete-game shutout against St. Cloud State (5.19.16) in NCAA DII Central Region Tournament...NSIC Pitcher of the Week (5.3.2016) and named Central Region All-Tournament Team.

2015: Started nine games and appeared in 13 games in debut season with Minnesota State...Owner of a 1.91 earned run average and allowed 34 hits in 56.2 innings pitched with 68 strikeouts...Picked up first career win in victory U-Mary after pitching three innings and allowing just one hit and zero earned runs...Pitched complete-game two-hitter shutout against Concordia St. Paul on April 17...Named NSIC Pitcher of the Week after pitching seven shutout innings and striking out 12 batters against Wayne State (4.29.2015)...Pitched complete game three-hitter, allowed on earned run while striking out ten batters in first round win of the NCAA Central Region Tournament against Missouri Southern State...First Team All-NSIC...ABCA/Rawlings, Daktronics and  NCBWA Second Team All-Region pick.

High School: Recipient of nine varsity letters of the Memorial High School Old Abes...Leader Telegram Player of the Year as a senior...Two time all-conference...Conference player of the year, honorable mention all-state and first team all-district as a senior...Featured a 7-2 record with a 0.96 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 65.2 innings pitched as a senior.

Personal: Born on April 8, 1996...Son of Brian and Denise Roach...Business management major.