Projects to get a lot of innings, per the staff … Candidate for a starting spot and has made big strides with stuff, per the staff.

2017: Tied for fourth on the team with 11 relief appearances, and overall entered 13 games … Went 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA over 18 1/3 innings of work … Win came against nationally-ranked Johns Hopkins (March 24) … Worked 3 1/3 innings of two-hit scoreless baseball while striking out three versus Johns Hopkins, and that capped a stretch of nine scoreless innings over six outings on the spring trip … Worked a scoreless frame against DePauw (May 12) and Misericordia (May 19).

Prior to Wooster: Logged three appearances in 2016 at Div. II Seton Hill University … Earned a pair of all-conference honors for Matt Koenig at Canfield High School … Lettered twice in baseball and once in basketball.

Personal: Born on June 22, 1996 … Son of Paul and Monica Hammond … Majoring in communication studies.