Completed Event: Baseball at BYU on May 15, 2026 , Win , 7, to, 6
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Jersey Number 34
Mathis Nayral
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 210
- Hometown:
- Montpellier, France
- High School:
- Lycée Bellevue
- Prev School:
- Cochise College
Get to Know Mathis ...
At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?- I started baseball at the age of 11. When I was 10, a coach came to my school and made my class try baseball. That's how I discovered the sport.
- I drink a tropical red bull 20 minutes before the game starts and I take a minute to think about my family..
- Volleyball because I’m tall and I really like to play it.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
JUNIOR – 2026
- Drafted in the 13th round (No. 402 overall) by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2026 MLB Draft; third French player to ever be selected in the MLB Draft
- 4-3, 4.96 ERA, 69.0 IP, 28 BB, 71 SO in 18 appearances (17 starts)
- His 17 starts were tied for the fifth most in Kansas single-season history and tied for third most in the Big 12 (T-11th nationally)
- Started and threw 4.1 scoreless innings in the Big 12 Tournament Championship game vs. West Virginia 5/23/26
- W, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 SO vs. Utah 4/3/26
- Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 30)
- W, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 11 SO (career high) at Cincinnati 3/28/26; retired the final 14 batters he faced
- Earned the win in his first two starts of the season
- W, 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO at McNeese 2/21/26
- W, 7.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 SO at UTRGV 2/14/26; faced only two batters over the minimum in his first career start at the Division I level
- College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List
- No. 43 MLB Draft prospect for 2026 in the Big 12 by D1Baseball
- Committed in January 2025
COCHISE COLLEGE – 2024-25
- Spent two years at Cochise College
- All-ACCAC First Team in 2025
- NJCAA All-Region 1 Second Team in 2025
- Went 12-6 with a 3.48 ERA in 116.1 innings pitched, including four complete games, with 44 walks and 116 strikeouts in 24 career appearances (22 starts)
- 2025: 8-3, 2.70 ERA, 80.0 IP, 34 BB, 84 SO, 2 CG in 16 appearances (14 starts)
- Led the team in ERA (2.70), starts (14) and shutouts (2) in 2025
- 2024: 4-3, 5.20 ERA, 36.1 IP, 10 BB, 32 SO, 2 CG in eight appearances (all starts)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Lycée Bellevue in Toulouse, France
PERSONAL
- Son of Laurent Nayral and Claudie Benistand
- Has two older sisters, Elodie and Jade, and one younger brother, Jason
- Chose Kansas because, “The culture."
- Majoring in liberal arts & sciences
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