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 - D2 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 ... list the New York Mets, New York Jets, and Los Angeles Dodgers as his favorite professional teams ... names David Wright and Clayton Kershaw as his favorite athletes ... enjoys learning about his faith, reading, playing football and basketball ... was 2-1 with a 3.85 ERA in four starts for Winter Park in the Florida League in the summer of 2017 ... team representative on the Florida Southern Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... sports communication and marketing major ... minor in mathematics ... plans to be a software engineer ... recipient of Florida Southern College’s Annie Pfeiffer Scholarship ... 2018-19 team representative on the Florida Southern Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.