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Stephen Villines

Position RHP
Height 6'2''
Weight 175 lbs.
Class Senior
Hometown Lake Forest, Calif.
High School El Toro

Honors and Awards

  • 2016 All-Big 12 Second Team
  • 2015 Fall Athletic Director’s and Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
  • 2015 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
  • 2014, 2015 & 2016 Jimmy Walker KU Fireman Award
  • 2014 NCBWA Second-Team Freshman All-American
  • 2014 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
  • 2014 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
  • 2014 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (5/12)
  • 2014 Bob Allison KU Rookie of the Year

2016, Junior season
Posted a 5-2 record in 25 relief appearances … Led the team with five saves … Recorded a 2.13 ERA, allowing 12 earned runs over 50 2/3 innings of work … Held opponents to a .235 batting average … Picked up first win of the season (2/22) and first save of the season (2/23) against Northern Colorado …  Tossed season-high two and 2/3 innings of relief against Utah (2/29) to earn the win … Pitched season-high three and 1/3 innings vs. BYU (3/5) … Notched two-inning save vs. Saint Louis (3/12) … Posted second-consecutive two-inning save against Murray State (3/16) … Picked up fourth save in two-inning fashion against then-No. 16 Missouri State … Pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts against Wichita State (4/19) … Career-high six scoreless innings against then-No. 8-Texas Tech (5/8).

2015, Sophomore season
2015 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … Pitched in 28 games for the Jayhawks with a 3.40 ERA in 53 innings of work … Finished the season with a career-best 13 saves, which ranked second in the Big 12 … Concluded the year with a 3-5 record … Worked a career-high five innings and struck out a career-high eight batters in a 14-inning game against Texas (4/17) … Struck out a career-best 56 batters throughout the season.

2014, Freshman season
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Second-Team Freshman All-American … All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … Big 12 All-Freshman Team … Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (5/12) … Pitched in 29 games for the Jayhawks with a 1.50 ERA in 48 innings of work … Finished the season with an all-time KU freshman-best eight saves … Earned a win in his first appearance as a Jayhawk against Milwaukee (2/22) … Struck out 23 batters on the season.

El Toro HS
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Mike Gonzales and the Bulls … Tossed 49.1 innings his junior year for a record of 6-2 and an ERA of 1.41 … Started three games on the bump, including a complete game shutout … Struck out 33 batters and surrendered just seven walks in his junior campaign … Was a perfect 4-0 his senior year … Threw 30 innings in 10 appearances for a 1.40 ERA … Struck out 19 batters, walking just six, for a .233 opponent batting average.

Personal
Born in Irvine, California … Son of Barry and Rhonda Villines … Has two siblings, a brother, Benjamin, and a sister, Brianna … Majoring in communications.