Jesuit Dallas Athletics

2016: Drafted to the Atlanta Braves with the 44^th pick of the 2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) Amateur Draft, signing with the team on June 15…named National Player of the Year by Gatorade, Baseball America, Louisville Slugger and MaxPreps, earning All-America accolades from Baseball America and MaxPreps…Dallas Morning News Area Player of the Year and All-Area First Team designee…UIL 9-6A District Most Valuable Player and first team pick…UIL 6A All-Tournament Team…started 46 games for the Rangers during his senior season…went 9-0 on the mound, finishing the year with a 0.42 earned run average…hurled a pair of no-hitters, the first coming against Sunset on Mar. 18…recorded his second no-hitter of the year in the UIL 6A Region II Bi-District round clincher against North Mesquite (May 7)…set a national record with 24 consecutive strikeouts, beginning against Sunset (Mar. 18) before concluding against Irving (Mar. 29)…struck out a season-high 21 hitters against Irving…logged seven double-digit strike performances…only allowed five earned runs and 19 total walks during the year…hurled a complete-game, three-hit shutout in the UIL 6A State Semifinals against Houston Langham Creek…hit .393 with a .828 slugging percentage, both of which led the team…hit 15 home runs, which led the Metroplex…led the Rangers in hits (57), triples (5), RBI (52), stolen bases (20)…drove in a team season-high seven home runs, including a game-tying grand slam and walk-off, extra-inning, three-run blast in Jesuit’s win over Rockwall (Mar. 5)…picked up a season-high four hits against Sunset (Mar. 18)…scored a run in Jesuit’s UIL 6A Baseball State Championship win over Lady Bird Johnson (June 11)…two-time Dallas Morning News Player of the Week (Apr. 4, May 8)…three-time Ranger of the Week (Apr. 4, May 9, June 22).