Reese Dutton

Position RHP

B/T R/R

Class Sr.

Height 6-2

Weight 210

Hometown Kenosha, Wis.

High School Kenosha Tremper HS

Previous School Heartland Community College/USC Upstate

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SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS

Innings pitched: 8.0, Winthrop, Mar 31, 2023 ; at BYU, Mar 28, 2024
Walks allowed: 4, Campbell, May 18, 2023 ; Texas Southern, Mar 01, 2024 ; at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
Strikeouts: 12 [t-6th], at BYU, Mar 28, 2024
Batters faced: 33 [t-38th], at BYU, Mar 28, 2024 ; at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
Field chances: 4, at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
Putouts: 3, at Kansas State, May 03, 2024
Assists: 3, at UNC Asheville, Apr 14, 2023
Runners CS: 1, 5 times

SENIOR – 2024

Big 12 Pitcher of the Week & Co-Newcomer of the Week (March 11)
Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week (April 1)
Won six consecutive starts from Feb. 23-March 28. First KU pitcher with six-straight wins since Jamie Splittorff, who won his first eight starts to begin the 1994 season
NCBWA Preseason All-America Second Team
No. 85 starting pitcher for 2024 by D1Baseball
No. 123 impact transfer for 2024 by D1Baseball
Transferred to Kansas with one year of eligibility remaining
Committed in June 2023

USC UPSTATE – 2023

Spent one year in the USC Upstate program
10-3, 3.29 ERA, 90.1 IP, 30 BB, 102 SO in 15 appearances (15 starts)
All-Big South First Team
Big South All-Tournament Team
Set the single-season program record with 102 strikeouts and tied the single-season program record with 10 wins
One of 22 Division I pitchers with 10 or more wins in 2023
His 102 strikeouts were the 41st most in the country in 2023
Named to the College Baseball Foundation Pitcher of the Year watch list in April 2023

HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 2020-22

Spent three years in the Heartland program
Went 16-1 with a 3.55 ERA in 134.1 innings pitched with 44 walks and 178 strikeouts in 26 career appearances (22 starts) at Heartland
Posted a 10-0 record with a 1.51 ERA in 65.2 innings pitched with 23 walks and 91 strikeouts in 11 starts in 2022; opponents hit .174 against him
NJCAA Division II Pitcher of the Year in 2022
NJCAA First Team All-American in 2022
NJCAA Region 24/Mid-West Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2022
NJCAA Region 24/MWAC First Team in 2022
Helped Heartland to the No. 3 Seed in the NJCAA DII JUCO World Series in 2022
Helped Heartland to a NJCAA Region 24/Mid-West Athletic Conference Championship in 2022

HIGH SCHOOL

Played four years of baseball at Kenosha Tremper High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Named the 2019 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I Southeast Conference Player of the Year
Named a 2018 WIAA D1 Southeast Conference First Team selection
Two-time Second Team All-State selection (2018 & 2019)
Two-time First Team All-County selection (2018 & 2019)
Helped the Trojans to a pair of WIAA D1 Southeast Conference Championships (2017 & 2018)
Posted a 2.24 ERA and .337 batting average as a senior
Also was a member of the wrestling team for four years at Kenosha Tremper
Two-time WIAA State Wrestling Tournament qualifier (2015-16 & 2018-19)
Earned a sixth-place finish in the 160 pounds division at the 2018-19 WIAA State Wrestling Tournament
Crafted a 172-48 career wrestling record
Owns the school single-season takedowns record

PERSONAL

Son of Joel and Kathy Dutton
Has two younger brothers, Riley and Rory
His brother, Riley played baseball at UW Platteville
His mother, Kathy played softball at UW Parkside
His father, Joel wrestled at UW Parkside
Chose Kansas because, “I wanted to be apart of something special and continue to build the long standing history within the baseball program. I also wanted to develop & challenge myself in the Big 12 Conference, be the best student, athlete, and person as a Jayhawk.”