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Grant Adler
Position
RHP
B/T
R/R
Class
Sr.
Height
6-3
Weight
200
Hometown
Wichita, Kan.
High School
Derby HS
Previous School
Cowley County Community College/Wichita State
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Innings pitched: 9.0, East Carolina, Apr 23, 2023
- Walks allowed: 4, at Cincinnati, Apr 02, 2023 ; at Tulane, Apr 16, 2023
- Strikeouts: 11, at Utah Tech, Feb 25, 2023
- Batters faced: 31, at Long Beach St., Feb 19, 2023 ; East Carolina, May 23, 2023
- Field chances: 4, East Carolina, Apr 23, 2023
- Putouts: 2, East Carolina, Apr 23, 2023
- Assists: 2, East Carolina, Apr 23, 2023
- Runners CS: 1, 4 times
SENIOR – 2024
- No. 80 impact transfer for 2024 by D1Baseball
- No. 94 starting pitcher for 2024 by D1Baseball
- Transferred to Kansas with one year of eligibility remaining
- Committed in June 2023
WICHITA STATE – 2023
- Spent one year in the Wichita State program
- Named the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Newcomer Pitcher of the Year in 2023
- 5-4, 2.55 ERA, 77.2 IP, 23 BB, 75 SO in 14 appearances (14 starts)
- Led the AAC with a 2.55 ERA over 77.2 innings pitched in 2023
- Seven starts of at least six innings
- Tossed a complete game shutout against No. 7-ranked East Carolina on April 23, 2023
COWLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 2021-22
- Spent two years in the Cowley program
- All-Region VI First Team in 2022
- All-KJCCC First Team in 2022
- KJCCC East Division Pitcher of the Year in 2022
- All-KJCCC Second Team in 2021
- Career: 19-2, 3.35 ERA, 147.2 IP, 41 BB, 158 SO, 1.08 WHIP in 33 appearances (31 starts)
- 2022: 12-2, 3.18 ERA, 87.2 IP, 16 BB, 85 SO, 3 CG in 19 appearances (18 starts)
- Helped lead Cowley to a runner-up finish at the 2022 NJCAA Division I World Series
- 2021: 7-0, 3.60 ERA, 60.0 IP, 25 BB, 73 SO in 14 appearances (13 starts)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of baseball at Derby High School in Derby, Kansas
- Also played football and basketball at Derby
- All-State selection in baseball and football
- All-Metro in baseball
- All-Conference in basketball
PERSONAL
- Son of Mike and Rainey Adler
- Has three sisters, Courtney, Emily and Sydney
- His cousin, Eric Adler is in the Chicago White Sox organization
- His sisters, Emily and Sydney are on the softball team at Oklahoma Baptist
- His father, Mike played baseball at Phillips University
- His cousin, Ben Adler played football at Kansas State
- His cousin, Nate Adler played baseball at Wichita State
- His sister, Courtney played softball at Cowley Community College
- Picked Kansas over TCU, Arizona State, Miami, Oklahoma, Kansas State and South Carolina
- Chose Kansas because, “The coaches, former teammates, it’s close to home, and I like blue.”