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Jersey Number 12
Dominic Voegele
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Columbia, Ill.
- High School:
- Columbia HS
Get to Know Dominic ...
At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?
- I started playing at the age of 5, I started by watching my dad's slow pitch softball games, and MLB on TV.
Do you have any pregame superstitions or routines?
- Listen to "First Day Out" before I warm up.
- Football, because I played it my whole life.
- I am afraid of heights.
- My dad because he taught me almost everything about the game.
- Colby Rasmus.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
JUNIOR – 2026
- Preseason All-Big 12 Team
- No. 6 MLB Draft prospect for 2026 in the Big 12 by D1Baseball
- No. 11 MLB Draft prospect for 2026 in the Big 12 by Perfect Game
- Perfect Game Preseason All-Big 12 Team
- No. 30 starting pitcher for 2026 by D1Baseball
- No. 65 junior for 2026 by Perfect Game
SOPHOMORE – 2025
- 3x-Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 31, April 28, May 19); first Kansas player to win the award three times in the same season
- 7-5, 5.70 ERA, 96.1 IP, 36 BB, 89 SO in 16 starts
- Second in the Big 12 in innings pitched (96.1), tied for fifth in wins (7) and ninth in strikeouts (89)
- Tied for the most innings pitched in Big 12 games (67.1)
- W, 7.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 SO at West Virginia 5/15/25
- W, 8.2 IP (career high), 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 SO at Utah 4/25/25
- W, 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 3 SO at UCF 4/4/25
- W, 8.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 10 SO vs. Oklahoma State 3/28/25; 8.0 IP were a career high at the time and 10 SO tied his career high
- W, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO vs. Baylor 3/14/25
- W, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 8 SO at Tarleton State 2/21/25
- Opening Day starter (6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 H, 1 BB, 7 SO)
- Big 12 Preseason Pitcher of the Year
- Preseason All-Big 12 Team (unanimous selection)
- D1Baseball Big 12 Preseason Pitcher of the Year
- D1Baseball Preseason Second Team All-American
- Perfect Game Preseason Second Team All-American
- NCBWA Preseason Third Team All-American
- Perfect Game Preseason All-Big 12 Team
- No. 9 starting pitcher for 2025 by D1Baseball
- No. 4 MLB Draft prospect for 2026 in the Big 12 by D1Baseball
- No. 10 MLB Draft prospect for 2026 in the Big 12 by Perfect Game
- No. 94 sophomore for 2025 by Perfect Game
FRESHMAN – 2024
- USA Baseball Collegiate National Team (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 2 APP)
- D1Baseball First Team Freshman All-American
- Baseball America First Team Freshman All-American
- NCBWA First Team Freshman All-American
- Perfect Game Second Team Freshman All-American
- Big 12 Freshman of the Year
- All-Big 12 Second Team
- Big 12 All-Freshman Team
- Perfect Game Midseason Second Team Freshman All-American
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- 7-2, 3.89 ERA, 81.0 IP, 29 BB, 80 SO in 15 starts
- His 80 strikeouts were the most by a freshman in program history and his 15 starts tied the most by a freshman in school history
- His seven wins were the most by a KU freshman pitcher since Jamie Splittorff in 1993
- Finished the regular season tied for third in the Big 12 in wins (7), tied for fifth in ERA (3.32), seventh in opponent batting average (.228) and tied for seventh in innings pitched (76.0)
- Seven wins were tied for the second most in the country among Power 5 freshmen and his 3.89 ERA was third lowest in the nation among Power 5 freshmen
- Allowed three earned runs or less in 12 of his 15 starts, including one earned run or less in eight of those outings
- Recorded eight quality starts, including five straight from 3/16-4/13/24
- His 10 SO on April 13 were the most by a Kansas freshman since John Quinn on April 5, 1984 vs. Baker and first against a Division I opponent since Jim Phillips on March 12, 1980 vs. Arkansas State
- W, 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 SO at Kansas State 5/4/24
- W, 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 5 SO vs. Texas Tech 4/27/24
- W, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 10 SO vs. Pacific 4/13/23
- W, 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 SO at BYU 3/29/24
- W, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 5 SO vs. #3 TCU 3/9/24
- Earned his first career win vs. Texas Southern 3/2/24 (W, 5.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 7 SO)
- Tossed six innings of one-run baseball vs. Washington State 2/24/24 (6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 SO)
- Made his first career start vs. Illinois-Chicago 2/17/24
- No. 6 impact freshman for 2024 in the Big 12 by D1Baseball
- No. 120 starting pitcher for 2024 by D1Baseball
HIGH SCHOOL
- Drafted in the 20th round of the 2023 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Played three years of baseball at Columbia High School
- Ranked the No. 5 pitcher in the state of Illinois, and the No. 9 overall prospect in the state according to Prep Baseball Report
- Named Post-Dispatch All-Metro Player of the Year in 2023
- All-State selection in 2022 and 2023
- All-Conference in 2021, 2022 and 2023
- Helped Columbia finish second in Class 2A in 2023 and third in 2022
- Helped Columbia become Cahokia Conference Champions in 2022
- Finished his senior season with a record of 10-0 and a 1.04 ERA in 67.1 innings pitched, which included 111 strikeouts, five complete games, three shutouts, a 0.86 WHIP and a .176 batting average against in 11 starts
- Hit .488 with 20 doubles, 12 home runs, 51 RBIs, 57 runs, 23 stolen bases and a .961 slugging percentage as a senior
- Also played four years of football and three years of basketball
- All-Conference in football all four years
PERSONAL
- Son of Matthew and Kiley Voegele
- Has two younger brothers, Mason and Xavier
- Committed in August 2022
- Picked Kansas over Illinois State and Western Kentucky
- Chose Kansas because, “When I went on my unofficial visit the coaches and people I talked to were awesome and the campus was amazing, which really made me want to be apart of the KU family. KU is also a good distance away from home, meaning it isn’t too far, but not too close.”
- Majoring in sport management
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Tuesday, February 03
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