Butler University Athletics

*2017 Second Team All-BIG EAST
*2015 Second Team All-BIG EAST 

2017 – Senior Season: Weekend arm that started in 10 games… Best ERA on the team at 2.01… Tied for the team lead in wins (4-2)… Tossed one complete game… Led the team in total innings pitched (67.0)… Struck out 74 batters… Limited the opposition to just 15 earned runs… Only walked 23 batters… Held the second-best ERA in the BIG EAST and the 21st-best in the NCAA (2.01)… Ranked fourth in the conference in strikeouts per nine innings (9.94)…. Ranked fourth in the BIG EAST with a 1.09 WHIP… Ranked fifth in the conference in hits allowed per nine innings (6.72)… Struck out eight batters in just five innings during his season debut vs. La Salle (Feb. 17)… Struck out a season-high 12 batters at Alcorn State over seven full innings to earn his first win (Feb. 24)… Threw a complete-game shutout against Fort Wayne in the home opener (March 10)… Struck out 11 Mastodons, limiting the team to just four hits… Tossed eight full innings at Ohio (March 24)… Struck out seven batters and limited Ohio to just one earned run… Improved to 3-1 on the year with a win over Eastern Michigan (April 1)… Struck out six over seven innings… Led BU to victory at Seton Hall by striking out nine batters over eight full innings (April 7)... Final start came at Xavier (April 21).

2016 - Junior Season: Weekend arm that made 14 starts... Posted a 2-7 overal record which included a team-best 3.16 ERA... Tossed 91 complete innings on the hill... Tied for the team lead in strikeouts with 59... Only walked 27 batters... Stuck out a season-high nine batters in a seven inning outing vs. Georgetown (April 24)... Limited the Hoyas to just two earned runs to pick up his first win of the season... Threw six full innings vs. Mercer to earn his second win of the year (May 15)... Limited the Bears to just three hits over six frames while striking out three... Struck out eight at home vs. Indiana State in seven innings of work (April 3)... Shutout Villanova over seven innings while striking out four Wildcats (April 10)... Only allowed one earned run at Creighton while striking out six batters in eight full innings of play (April 17)... Limited Seton Hall to just one earned run off two hits over seven full innings in the season finale (May 21).

2015 - Sophomore Season: Top arm in the weekend rotation, ending the season with a 5-6 record on the mound... Posted the lowest ERA on the team at 3.12... Led the team and finished second in the BIG EAST Conference with 72 strikeouts... Led the team and finished in a tie for second among BIG EAST pitchers for most innings pitched in a season (86.2)... Made 14 starts... Walked 45 batters... Issued 76 hits resulting in 34 runs, 30 of the runs were earned... Held the opposition to a .245 batting average... Posted a 3-2 record over six starts against BIG EAST opponents... Struck out 29 batters in 41 full innings during conference play... Posted a 3.51 ERA in BIG EAST action... Named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week on March 9... Season debut came in the season opener at Lipscomb (Feb. 13)... Dominated IPFW to earn his first win of the year (March 7)... Struck out a season-high 10 batters against the Mastodons over seven full innings of work... Limited IPFW to just three hits as Butler went on to post the shutout 12-0 win... Second win of the year came after seven full innings against Cleary (March 20)... Struck out seven and limited the opposition to just three hits in the victory... Tossed seven complete innings in his BIG EAST debut vs. St. John's (April 3)... Threw a season-high 125 pitches against the Red Storm, striking out five... First BIG EAST win came vs. Villanova in 6.2 innings of work (May 1)... Struck out five against the Wildcats, limiting Nova to just two earned runs... Won each of his last three starts, adding wins over Georgetown (May 8) and Xavier (May 14)... Tossed seven innings at Georgetown, ending the game with six strikeouts... Ended the year with a quality start at Xavier by throwing eight full innings... Limited the Musketeers to just three earned runs while striking out four.

2014 - Freshman Season: Appeared in 15 games for Butler, making six starts... Ended the year with a 1-3 overall record, holding a 4.89 earned run average... Tallied the fifth highest innings pitched total with 49.2... Recorded 38 strikeouts during that time with 20 walks... Allowed 69 hits, 14 of which went for extra bases... 27 of the 29 runs given up were earned... First action of the season was a three inning outing vs. Pittsburgh (Feb. 21)... First start of his freshman campaign came vs. Marian (March 6)... Earned his lone win in game two of a DH at Western Illinois (March 23)... Recorded a season-high seven strikeouts in his six inning start vs. Rockhurst (March 18)... Limited Purdue to just one hit over three innings while striking out four batters (March 1)... Tossed three innings vs. Indiana State limiting the Sycamores to just three hits and one run through three innings of action while striking out four batters (April 23).

Personal: Son of Chip and Kathy Schank... Majoring in finance.