Butler University Athletics

2025 – Senior Season: Made eight appearances… Struck out three batters over 7.1 innings… Went 0-1 on the mound with an 18.41 ERA… Walked nine batters… Allowed 15 earned runs off 12 hits… Threw a season-high 63 pitches over four innings in his debut at Tarleton State (2/14)… Struck out a batter at Notre Dame (3/18)… Credited with a strikeout his next time out vs. NIU (3/30)… Final strikeout came at home vs. EIU (4/22).

2024 – Junior Season: Played in 12 games, making five starts at catcher… Moved to the bullpen in April to make nine appearances on the mound… Posted a 6.00 ERA… Struck out 11 batters over 15 innings of action… Only issued for walks… Allowed 18 hits resulting in 10 runs… Threw a season-high four innings vs. UConn (5/16)… Struck out three batters and didn’t allow a run vs. the Huskies… Limited UConn to just three hits… Threw a season-high 54 pitches… Struck out two batters over 1.1 innings vs. Saint Louis (4/30)… Had two strikeouts over two innings vs. Xavier (5/3)… Threw 40 pitches over two innings at Eastern Illinois (4/24)… Got an out in his pitching debut at Notre Dame (4/10)… Walked twice to score two runs at Morehead State (3/2)… Stole a base vs. the Eagles… Recorded an RBI vs. Bradley (3/14)… Went 1-for-1 from the plate with two runs scored at Miami Ohio (3/19)… Was hit by a pitch twice vs. the Redhawks.

2023 – Sophomore Season: Played in 25 games, making 13 starts at catcher… Two of his six hits went for doubles… Posted a .190 slugging percentage to go along with his .143 batting average… Took 42 at-bats… Scored seven runs… Ended the year with eight total bases and four RBI… Walked seven times and was hit by a pitch four times to move his on-base percentage to .321… Made 83 putouts behind the plate and assisted on nine outs… Only made two errors to post a .979 fielding percentage… Scored a season-high two runs in his season debut while adding an RBI and stolen base (2/18)… First hit was an RBI double vs. LSU (3/3)… Went 2-for-3 with a double in a start at Ball State (3/22)… Had an RBI in back-to-back games vs. Cincinnati and Eastern Illinois (March 26 / April 2)… Walked six times over a four-game stretch from April 5-18… Final hit of the season came at Purdue (4/19).

2022 – Freshman Season: Played in eight games, making one start…  Made his season debut at Murray State (2/19)… Got the start at home vs. Dayton (4/20)… Scored a run and got an RBI vs. Georgetown (4/14)… Hit a double vs. UConn (4/30)… Final hit of the season came vs. Xavier (5/7)… Hit .250 with a .375 slugging percentage… Walked twice to raise his on-base percentage to .400… Made 14 putouts behind the plate… Assisted on two outs… Went error free for the year.

High School: Four-year starter for head coach Mike Vota... Hit .405 in 2018 with a .512 slugging percentage and seven doubles... Hit .377 in 2019 as a team captain... Academic All-State selection... Went 5-for-5 had against Portage Central... All-District selection... Played club ball for the DBacks Elite National Showcase Team... Part of two Pastime National Championships... Represented Team USA in the Great Lakes Region.

Personal: Son of Mike and Annette Vota... Has two siblings Gage and Alexa... Finance major.