2020-21 FSC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Representative for Baseball

AS A SENIOR (2020)
HONORS: CoSIDA Academic All-America 1st Team, CoSIDA Academic All-District, D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award; SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll, FSC Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete Award for Baseball, Team Co-MVP … posted a 3-1 record in his five starts… his three wins were tied for second in the SSC… led the team in strikeouts with 30… was second on the team in innings with 29… was seventh in the SSC in ERA at 1.86 and was tenth in opponents’ batting average at .208… set career bests in ERA (1.86) and K/9 (9.31)… had three consecutive quality starts to open the season… struck out a season-high seven batters against Lincoln Memorial (Feb. 14) when he pitched six innings of one-run ball… struck out five or more batters in every start… allowed one earned run or less in four of his five starts.

AS A JUNIOR (2019)
HONORS: D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award; SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll; FSC Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete Award for Baseball ... missed the first month and a half of the season recovering from an injury the previous year ... made 10 appearances and six starts ... tossed 31.0 innings, going 1-2 with a 4.06 ERA ... recorded 28 strikeouts and just nine walks ... best outing of the year came against Palm Beach Atlantic, where he went 5.0 innings, allowing just two hits and no runs with four strikeouts.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018)
HONORS: NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner for Baseball; D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award; CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team; SSC Pitcher of the Week (3/12/18); SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll ... started each of his 16 games pitched (second on the team) ... posted a 6-2 record with a 3.81 ERA ... struck out 73 and walked 23 in 82.2 innings pitched ... picked up a complete game with 6.0 innings of work (allowed two hits and zero runs with seven strikeouts and two walks) in start at 19th-ranked Mount Olive when the game called in 0-0 tie in the top of the seventh inning due to an injury to the home plate umpire ... worked 8.0 innings against Florida Tech on 4/15, striking out six while allowing one run on three hits ... had three games with seven strikeouts (2/17 in 5.0 vs. Lee; 3/06 at Mount Olive; and 3/24 vs. Lynn) ... struck out four or more in 12 of his starts ... SSC: tied for team-lead with 10 starts ... posted a 4-1 record with a 4.20 ERA ... struck out 46 and walked 11 in 55.2 innings pitched.

AS A FRESHMAN (2017)
Honors: D2ADA Academic Achievement Award; SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... Started four of his nine appearances ... posted a 2-1 record with a 4.05 ERA ... struck out 20 and walked nine in 26.2 innings pitched ... held opponents to a .255 average ... won back-to-back starts on 3/37 at Eckerd and 3/13 vs. Ohio Dominican ... struck out five in 5.0 innings at Nova Southeastern in game one on 4/30.

HIGH SCHOOL
2016 graduate of Jesuit High School in Tampa, Fla. ... played four years of baseball ... posted a 4-2 record with a 2.6 ERA in 27.2 innings pitched with 31 strikeouts as a junior ... was 6-1 over 30 innings as a senior with a 2.83 ERA and 36 strikeouts ... recipient of the Al Lopez Man of the Year Award as well as the Heart of the Tiger Award ... named to the Principal’s Honor Roll in each of his four years ... graduated summa cum laude.

PERSONAL
Son of Debra Niekro and the late Joe Niekro ... half-brother of Moccasin head coach, Lance Niekro ... also has a half-sister, Natalie ... both Lance and Natalie attended Florida Southern ... nephew of Major League Baseball Hall of Famer, Phil Niekro ... Phil played 24 seasons in the big leagues and won 318 games while Joe Niekro played 22 years in the Majors, winning 221 games ... Lance also played in MLB, spending four seasons with the San Francisco Giants ... played on the Ostingers Baseball Academy team from 2012-16 for Coach Jim Osting ... was 2-1 with a 3.85 ERA in four starts for Winter Park in the Florida League in the summer of 2017 ... recipient of Florida Southern College’s Annie Pfeiffer Scholarship ... 2018-19 team representative on the Florida Southern Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.