CAREER HONORS
• 2021 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
• 2021 Academic Second Team All-Big 12
• 2018 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
2021 (FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR): All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … Second Team Academic All-Big 12 … made 12 starts on the mound … hurled 64.1 innings while sporting a 3.92 ERA and a 4-4 record … struck out 48 while only walking 12 … picked up his first win of the season after throwing seven scoreless innings while allowing only two hits and striking out seven vs. Xavier (3/14) … hurled seven innings while giving up one earned run and striking out six vs. Texas (3/21) … pitched 5.2 innings, one run, and three strikeouts at KU (4/18) … threw 5.1 innings while allowing one run at Texas Tech (4/24) … earned the win vs. K-State (5/7) after hurling six innings while giving up two runs and striking six … hurled 5.1 innings while not giving up an earned run and striking out six.
2020 (SENIOR): Had four starts on the year, going 3-1, finishing with a 3.38 ERA in 21.1 innings pitched, striking out 16 batters and walking four … made first start of the year vs. Nebraska (2/16), tossing 5.0 innings, scattering six hits, allowing two earned runs with two walks and three strikeouts for his first win of the year … vs. Oral Roberts (2/23), tossed 5.0 innings, allowing three runs on six hits with one strikeout and two walks … helped the Bears finish off a sweep of the Shriner’s College Classic, throwing 5.0 innings vs. Arkansas (3/1), shutting out the Razorbacks as he scattered four hits, walked one and struck out five … vs. Cal Poly (3/8), threw a season-high 6.1 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on four hits with one walk and a season-high seven strikeouts in his third win of the year.
2019 (JUNIOR): Made 11 appearances including five starts on the mound … Finished with a 2-2 record with a 4.21 ERA … Notched 32 strikeouts in 36.1 innings pitched … Opened the season with back-to-back dominant outings, going seven-scoreless vs. Holy Cross (2/15) with eight strikeouts and four hits allowed, and six-scoreless vs. Cornell (2/22) with nine punchouts and just three hits given up.
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Made team-leading 16 starts … All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … Registered career highs with eight wins, 56 strikeouts and 87.1 innings pitched … Placed ninth in conference with 3.81 ERA … Tied for second in Big 12 and was 58thin nation with eight wins … Ranked fifth in conference with 87.1 innings pitched … Set career-high with seven innings pitched at UCLA (2/25), vs. George Washington (3/10) and vs. Kansas (5/24) … Tied for 10thplace on Baylor’s leaderboard with 16 starts in one season … Allowed one run or less in nine of 16 starts … Struck out at least four batters in eight of 16 starts … Tossed at least five innings and allowed three runs or less in 10 starts …Recorded season-high seven strikeouts vs. George Washington (3/10) and at Oklahoma (3/30) … Worked scoreless outings vs. HBU (2/18) and vs. TCU (4/21) … Earned wins vs. HBU (2/18), vs. George Washington (3/10), vs. Kansas (3/24), at Memphis (4/13), vs. TCU (4/21), at Kansas State (4/28), at West Virginia (5/18) and vs. Kansas (5/24) at Big 12 Championships.
2017 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 19 games with four starts ... Had nine multi-inning relief appearances ... Posted five scoreless games in relief ... Notched five relief outings with multiple strikeouts ... Made Baylor debut vs. Niagara (2/18) in relief with one inning and one strikeout, allowing one walk and two unearned runs ... Had season-long 3.2-inning scoreless relief appearance vs. Lamar (4/5) with two strikeouts ... Made first career start vs. Stephen F. Austin (4/18) with three perfect innings and three strikeouts ... Earned first career win in second start vs. Texas State (4/25), allowing no runs on two hits and two walks with one strikeout in 1.2 frames ... Posted second win in start and season-long outing vs. Prairie View A&M (5/10), giving up one run on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts in 4.1 innings ... Registered third win in start at UTSA (5/16), surrendering no runs, two hits and no walks with one strikeout in two innings ... Posted season-high three strikeouts in games vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/28), vs. UTSA (3/28), vs. Texas (4/14), vs. Stephen F. Austin (4/18) and vs. Prairie View A&M (5/10).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for coach Kendall Clark at Coppell High School ... 2016 Rawlins/Perfect Game All-American honorable mention ... 2016 all-region second team ... First-team all-district choice as junior ... 2016 Perfect Game top 100 prospect in Texas ... 2015 Perfect Game Preseason All-American honorable mention ... 2015 Perfect Game National Championship all-tournament team ... 2015 Diamond King World Series MVP ... Helped team to district, bi-district and area championships during junior season ... Helped squad to bi-district title in 2014 ... Guided team to district title as freshman ... Posted 8-3 record with 72 strikeouts and 1.77 ERA ... Hit .323 with five home runs and 62 RBI.
PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 30, 1997 ... Son of Todd Kettler and Jina Clemons ... corporate communications major.