2025: Two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® selection … Team’s opening day starter and veteran arm in the starting rotation … Third-most starts of any pitcher with nine … Tossed 36 2/3 innings, the fourth most of any starter … Had an 0-5 record with a 8.84 ERA … Allowed 40 runs (36 earned) on 51 hits … Punched out 20 batters while walking 18 … Went five innings of four-hit, two-run ball on opening day against Centre (Feb. 14) with a season-best four strikeouts … Did not allow an earned run in six innings of work against Ripon (March 21) … Only gave up one run on two hits across 5 2/3 innings in a no decision in game two vs. Eureka (March 15) … Got the ball in the NCAC Championship Round vs. Denison (May 10) and pitched 3 1/3 innings allowing four runs on five hits … Member of the NCAC Dr. Gordon Collins Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll … Member of both the fall semester and spring semester AD Honor Roll.
2024: CSC Academic All-District® selection … Regular part of the starting rotation, logging the third-most innings on the team with 30 … Made seven starts with a 2-1 record and a 7.20 ERA … Gave up 26 runs (24 earned) on 27 hits … Struck out 15 batters and walked 14 … Won first two starts of the season against Otterbein (Feb. 24) and Marywood (March 11), giving up a combined seven runs on nine hits and recording a season-high tying five strikeouts in each game … Only allowed one unearned run in no decision at LaGrange (March 18), throwing a season-high six innings … Got the ball in the season finale at Wabash (May 4), tossing four innings of three-hit baseball and only giving up an unearned run … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the fall and spring semester AD Honor Roll.
2023: Third-team All-NCAC selection after ranking in the top eight among qualified pitchers in wins and ERA in the conference … Went 5-1 with a 3.99 ERA … Made 10 appearances, eight of which were starts … Worked 47 1/3 innings and allowed 25 runs (21 earned) on 48 hits … Struck out 42 and walked just seven batters … Two-time NCAC Pitcher of the Week … Fired eight innings of four-hit shutout baseball in first collegiate start against Arcadia (March 14), in what marked Barry Craddock’s 250th career win as collegiate head coach … Handcuffed Hiram (April 29), allowing just two hits through eight innings in debut NCAC Saturday start … Wound up with a run on four hits on line against Hiram … Had two seven-strikeout games, including against Kenyon (April 4) … Allowed two runs on six hits in complete-game win at Kenyon.
Prior to Wooster: Two-time honorable mention all-state selection at Hawken School … Earned all-region, all-district, and all-conference honors as a junior and senior … Helped team to regional championship game appearance as a senior in what marked deepest state tournament run in program history … Posted a 0.98 ERA as a senior … Coached by Aaron Brandt … Four-year letterwinner in baseball, basketball, and golf.
Personal: Parents are Don Anthony and Gretchen Gardner … Business economics major and statistical and data sciences minor … Involved with Night to Shine special needs prom … Youth summer team coach.
