Biography
Career
Has a 18-11 record and 4.50 ERA in 45 appearances, 43 starts ... has 264 strikeouts in 266.0 innings ... has 18 games with seven or more strikeouts
Awards
2024 ABCA All-America (third team)
2024 NCBWAÂ All-America (honorable mention)
2024 ABCA Central Region Pitcher of the Year
2024 ABCA All-Central Region (first team)
2024 D2CCA All-Central Region (first team)
2024 GAC Pitcher of the Year
2023 All-GAC (second team)
2024 All-GAC (first team)
2023 Academic All-GAC
2024 Academic All-GAC
Harding Rankings
Most strikeouts: 1st (264)
Most runners picked off: 2nd (8)
Most innings pitched: 4th (266.0)
Most games started: t-5th (43)
Most wins: t-7th (18)
Most strikeouts/9 inn game: 8th (8.93)
GAC Rankings
1st, Strikeouts (107) - 2024
1st, WHIP (1.12) - 2024
2nd, Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (4.86) - 2024
3rd, Games Started (16) - 2024
3rd, Walks Allowed per Nine Innings (1.88) - 2024
4th, Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (3.46) - 2023
5th, Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (3.35) - 2022
5th, Walks Allowed per Nine Innings (2.33) - 2022
5th, ERA (3.33) - 2024
6th, Strikeouts (90) - 2023
6th, Hits Allowed per Nine Innings (8.20) - 2024
7th, Strikeouts per Nine Innings (9.72) - 2023
7th, Wins (7) - 2023
7th, Walks Allowed per Nine Innings (2.81) - 2023
9th, Strikeouts per Nine Innings (9.14) - 2024
11th, Games Started (14) - 2023
NCAA Rankings
6th, Strikeouts (107) - 2024
13th, Games Started (16) - 2024
24th, Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (4.86) - 2024
40th, WHIP (1.12) - 2024
2024
Went 3-1 with a 3.33 ERA in 16 appearances, all starts ... led the GAC and ranked sixth in Division II with 107 strikeouts in a school-record 105.1 innings pitched ... 107 strikeouts ranked second in program history with 16 starts tied for second ... allowed two earned runs or fewer in 11 of his 16 starts ... struck out 10 or more batters four times ... had one walk or fewer in 10 starts ... allowed only one hit and one walk, striking out 11 in seven shutout innings vs. Southwest Baptist (2/9) ... struck out 10 with two earned runs allowed in a six-inning win over Okla. Baptist (2/23) ... struck out 11, allowing only three hits and one earned run in 7.2 innings vs. Northwestern Oklahoma (3/22) ... fanned 11 over seven innings against Ouachita Baptist (4/5) ... pitched a nine-inning shutout with seven strikeouts against Ouachita Baptist (4/5) ... did not allow an earned run in 7.1 innings in a win over Arkansas Tech (5/9) at the GAC Tournament.
2023
Went 7-4 with a 4.86 ERA in 14 appearances, all starts ... struck out 90 in 83.1 innings ... 90 strikeouts ranked third in an HU single season ... 14 games started tied for seventh in an HU single season ... seven wins and 83.1 inning pitched tied for ninth in an HU single season ... allowed three earned runs or fewer in nine of his 14 starts ... pitched a season-high 9.0 innings with six strikeouts in a win at Northwestern Okla. (3/24) ... struck out nine over six innings in a no decision vs. Southern Nazarene (2/18) ... fanned nine in five innings at Ouachita Baptist (4/7) ... struck out a season-high 10 and allowed only two earned runs in a win vs. East Central (4/22).
2023 Summer League
Went 3-0 with a 1.76 ERA in six appearances, all starts for the league champion Green Bay Rockers of the Northwoods League ... struck out 27 over 30.2 innings, allowing only 16 hits and one home run.
2022
Went 5-6 with a 5.70 ERA in 15 appearances, 13 starts ... struck out 67 with 20 walks in 77.1 innings ... allowed three earned runs or fewer in seven starts ... won his first start, allowing one earned run over four innings vs. McKendree (2/11) ... struck out nine with no walks and allowed only one earned runs in seven innings in a win over East Central (2/20) ... allowed only one earned run in eight innings in a win at Henderson St. (3/14) ... struck out five in six innings in a win over Arkansas Tech (4/30) ... earned a win in relief at the GAC Tournament vs. Ark.-Monticello (5/8).
Previous Schools
Transferred to Harding from the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain in Mena, Arkansas
Stats: Went 6-4 with a 5.55 ERA with 79 strikeouts in 73.1 innings pitched ... made 15 appearances with 11 starts in 2021
Pitched at Ouachita Baptist in 2020
Stats: 0-1 over five appearances, all in relief ... had six strikeouts in 4.0 innings
A 2019 graduate of Morrilton High School in Arkansas
Personal
Born: Russellville, Arkansas
Major: Kinesiology and Health
Parents: Matt and Darci Long ... has one sister (Sady)
Enjoys playing disc golf ... has lived in 11 different towns
Career Highs
Innings pitched: 9.0Â [t-3rd], Southeastern Okla., Apr 12, 2024 ; at Northwestern Okla., Mar 24, 2023
Strikeouts: 11Â [t-9th], Ouachita, Apr 05, 2024 ; Southwest Baptist, Feb 09, 2024 ; Northwestern Okla., Mar 22, 2024
Batters faced: 36, at Northwestern Okla., Mar 24, 2023
Field chances: 5, Henderson St., Apr 01, 2023
Putouts: 3, at Southeastern Okla., Apr 14, 2023
Assists: 3, Henderson St., Apr 01, 2023
Runners CS: 2Â [t-15th], Okla. Baptist, Mar 20, 2022
