Collin Baumgartner

SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS

• Innings pitched: 7.1, at The Citadel, Mar 17, 2023
• Walks allowed: 5, at Stephen F. Austin, Feb 21, 2020
• Strikeouts: 12, Tennessee Tech, Mar 6, 2020
• Batters faced: 30, Baylor, Mar 31, 2023
• Field chances: 2, 8 times
• Putouts: 1, 11 times
• Assists: 2, at Austin Peay, Apr 26, 2019 ; at West Virginia, Apr 07, 2023
• Runners CS: 1, 10 times

GRADUATE – 2023

• No. 18 MLB Draft prospect for 2023 in the Big 12 by Perfect Game
• No. 39 MLB Draft prospect for 2023 in the Big 12 by D1 Baseball
• No. 40 senior prospect by Perfect Game
• Transferred to Kansas with one year of eligibility remaining
• Committed in July 2022

SIU-EDWARDSVILLE – 2018-22

• Spent five years in the SIU-Edwardsville program
• Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference selection in 2021
• Career: 7-11, 5.43 ERA, 187.2 IP, 83 BB, 177 SO in 50 appearances (38 starts) over four seasons
• 2022: 4-2, 6.50 ERA, 54.0 IP, 19 BB, 38 SO in 13 appearances (13 starts) as a senior
• Missed the 2021 season with an injury
• 2020: 1-1, 3.05 ERA, 20.2 IP, 9 BB, 31 SO in 4 appearances (4 starts) as a junior
• Averaged 13.50 strikeouts per nine innings which was second best in the Ohio Valley Conference in 2020
• Opponents’ batting average of .190 was fourth-best in the OVC in 2020
• 2019: 2-5, 4.72 ERA, 74.1 IP, 30 BB, 82 SO in 15 appearances (15 starts) as a sophomore
• Led the Ohio Valley Conference with 15 regular season starts, which was among the top 10 in NCAA Division I in 2019
• Fifth in the OVC at season’s end with 9.93 strikeouts per nine innings in 2019
• 2018: 0-3, 6.57 ERA, 38.1 IP, 25 BB, 26 SO in 18 appearances (6 starts) as a freshman

HIGH SCHOOL

• Played four seasons of varsity baseball for Southwestern High School in Piasa, Illinois
• Class 2A All-State selection as a junior and senior as chosen by the Illinois Baseball Coaches Association (2016, 2017)
• Three-time All-South Central Conference selection (2015, 2016, 2017)
• 2017 Player of the Year as a senior by the Alton Telegraph
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Team (2017)
• Owns Southwest High career records for innings pitched (206.2), earned run average (1.15), strikeouts (280), wins (22), and games started (32)
• Helped his team win the conference championship three times (2014, 2015, 2016) and regional championship three times (2015, 2016, 2017)
• 8-3 with a 0.43 ERA as a senior
• Struck out 117 compared to just eight walks his senior season
• Also played four seasons of both basketball and golf
• Holds the school record in basketball for rebounds (756) and blocks (194); ranks No. 3 all-time with 1,389 career points
• Played club ball for the St. Louis Naturals

PERSONAL

• Son of Steve and Kristie Baumgartner
• Has one younger sister, Sydney
• Chose Kansas because, “Coach Fitzgerald and his staff’s expectation of the program impressed me greatly. I was also amazed on my visit of how supportive and invested the people of Lawrence are towards the Jayhawks. I am extremely excited to play in front of them.”
• Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science in May 2020 from SIU-Edwardsville
• Obtained his MBA in August 2021 from SIU-Edwardsville
• Plans to attend law school and become an attorney after baseball
• Currently working on his second master’s degree in sport management