One of the top pitchers in the region, evidenced by two straight all-region campaigns … Uses size and challenging arm angle as well as five different pitches – fastball, two breaking balls, slider curve, and change-up – to keep opposing hitters off-balance.
2016: Earned all-region honors for the second straight year, this time a first-team certificate (ABCA), and a second straight first-team all-conference honor … Became the 21st 10-game winner in the tradition-rich program history … Tied for fourth in Div. III in wins … Led the staff with a 10-2 record with a 3.14 ERA … Logged 16 appearances, 14 of which were starts, to couple with four complete games and a shutout … 14 games started tied for the fourth-most in program history, and were the most by a Scot in a season since 2009 … Hurled a team-best 86 innings, while allowing 72 hits, 39 runs (30 earned), 39 walks, and 64 strikeouts … Shutout came against Wabash (May 7) … Held the Little Giants to six hits while striking out six … Tossed a three-hitter against Hiram (April 23), allowing three unearned runs … Struck out eight against Heidelberg (March 19), national runner-up Keystone (March 23), and DePauw (May 14) … Earned a spot on the NCAC All-Tournament team, going 2-0 with a 3.09 ERA in Chillicothe …Worked 11 2/3 innings in the NCAC Tournament allowing four runs while striking out 12.
2015: Became the ace of the staff, and earned second-team all-region (ABCA) and first-team all-conference honors … Wooster won nine of the 10 games he started, as he went 8-1 with a 2.64 ERA and 49 strikeouts over 64 2/3 innings … League leader in ERA and wins while tying for first in strikeouts, and ranked third in innings and sixth in opponents’ batting average (.251) … Had a complete-game shutout of Hiram (April 18), part of a streak of 18 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings … Earned a spot on the All-NCAC Tournament Team after yielding two runs on two hits over seven innings during a 12-3 win over Ohio Wesleyan (May 7) … Went season-best 7 1/3 innings vs. Wabash (May 2) during opener of NCAC Crossover Series … Struck out a season-high seven in six innings vs. UMass Boston (March 17).
2014: Threw six innings over five appearances as a freshman … Most impressive outing was 2 2/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one hit allowed against Ohio Northern (April 29).
Prior to Wooster: Twice earned first-team all-Lake Erie League honors while at Cleveland Heights High School … Went 4-4 with a 1.00 ERA and 50 strikeouts during 42 innings as a senior with the Tigers, and similarly, posted a 7-5 record, 3.23 ERA, and 63 strikeouts as a junior.
Personal: Born June 22, 1995 … Son of John Houdek and Donna Lalewicz … Majoring in political science with a focus in international relations.
