Patrick Steitz

SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS

• Innings pitched: 6.0, vs Illinois-Chicago, Feb 18, 2024
• Walks allowed: 2, vs Kentucky, Feb 25, 2024 ; TCU, Mar 10, 2024 ; at Cincinnati, Mar 17, 2024
• Strikeouts: 5, vs Illinois-Chicago, Feb 18, 2024
• Batters faced: 28, at Cincinnati, Mar 17, 2024
• Field chances: 4, Texas Southern, Mar 03, 2024
• Putouts: 2, Texas Southern, Mar 03, 2024
• Assists: 2, Texas Southern, Mar 03, 2024
• Runners CS: 1, at Cincinnati, Mar 17, 2024

JUNIOR – 2024

• Transferred to Kansas with two years of eligibility remaining
• Committed in October 2022

CENTRAL ARIZONA COLLEGE – 2022-23

• Spent two years in the Central Arizona program
• NJCAA DI Third Team All-American in 2023
• Career: 18-4, 2.17 ERA, 133.0 IP, 31 BB, 165 SO, 0.93 WHIP in 28 appearances (25 starts)
• 2023: 9-1, 1.06 ERA, 76.2 IP, 10 BB, 109 SO, 0.65 WHIP in 14 appearances (13 starts)
• 2022: 9-3, 3.67 ERA, 56.1 IP, 21 BB, 56 SO in 14 appearances (12 starts)
• Helped Central Arizona win the NJCAA Division I World Series in 2022
• Ranked 220th on the 2022 Perfect Game Top 500 JUCO Prospect List

HIGH SCHOOL

• Played four years of baseball at Liberty High School in Peoria, Arizona
• Ranked the No. 3 ranked right-handed pitcher in the state of Arizona, and the No. 8 overall prospect in the state according to Perfect Game in 2021
• All-State selection
• All-West Valley Preps Second Team
• Helped his team win the 6A State Championship
• Threw a complete game in the semifinals of the state tournament
• Also played basketball for four years at Liberty

PERSONAL

• Son of Jay and Melody Steitz
• Has one older sister, Lauryn
• His aunt attended KU
• Picked Kansas over Grand Canyon
• Chose Kansas because, “Kansas just felt right and with many relatives in Kansas it’s going to be a home away from home.”