Texas State Athletics

2025: Pitched in 12 games, making five starts... Went 0-1 with a 9.82 ERA in 25.2 innings... Recorded 21 strikeouts... Tossed 1.2 innings of relief in season debut against Illinois (2/22)... Punched out two in 1.1 innings at App State (3/14)... Went four innings with four strikeouts and allowed a run on three hits in first start of the season at #5 Texas (4/1)... Threw a season-high five innings and had two strikeouts at Louisiana (4/6)... Recorded three strikeouts apiece in starts against Southern Miss (4/13) and at South Alabama (4/19) and Troy (4/27)... Struck out two in 1.2 scoreless frames versus Southern Miss (5/21).

2024 (Blinn College): Earned second team all-conference honors... Helped lead the Buccaneers to the NJCAA Division I National Championship... Pitched in 13 games, starting 10... Went 5-0 with a 5.44 ERA in 46.1 innings... Tossed two complete games and two shutouts... Struck out 53 and walked 28... Held opponents to a .257 batting average... Recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts in six shutout innings against Coastal Bend College (4/2).

2023 (Blinn College): Pitched in 15 games... Went 5-0 with a 5.46 ERA in 62.2 innings... Recorded one complete game and shutout... Posted 60 strikeouts to 38 walks... Had a season-high six strikeouts five times... Tossed a five-inning complete game shutout in a 15-0 run-rule victory in the NJCAA Divsion I World Series against Gaston (5/31).

High School: Graduated from Klein Oak High School... Earned district MVP honors... Chosen as the district's pitcher of the year... Played quarterback on the Panthers' football team.

Personal: Son of Sean and Tanya Connell... Has two older siblings, Erika and Siena... Favorite hobby is hunting... Chose Texas State over offers from Baylor, Houston, Kansas, Oklahoma and Sam Houston... Born Oct. 14, 2003.