Honors and Awards
2013 Preseason First Team All-America (Perfect Game)
2013 Preseason First Team All-America (Louisville Slugger)
2013 Preseason First Team All-America (NCBWA)
2013 Preseason First Team All-America (Baseball America)
2013 Senior CLASS Award candidate
2013 Golden Spikes Award Watch List
2013 Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (March 4)
2013 Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (March 11)
2013 Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (March 5)
2013 NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week (March 5)
2013 Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (March 11)
2013 Baseball America Midseason Top Pitcher (April 4)
2012 NCBWA Pitcher of the Year
2012 First Team All-America (Collegiate Baseball)
2012 First Team All-America (NCBWA)
2012 Second Team All-America (Baseball America)
2012 First Team All-Pac-12
2012 NCAA Stanford Regional Most Outstanding Player
2012 Golden Spikes Award finalist
2012 Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist
Off The Farm
Selected eighth overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2012 MLB Draft
Selected in the 15th round (450th overall) by the Detroit Tigers in the 2009 MLB Draft
Named 2011 Team USA's No. 1 prospect by Baseball America
Pitched for Team USA in the summer of 2011 (4 APP, 5.00 ERA, 9.0 IP, 11 K, 2 BB, 0 ER)
Named the No. 2 prospect in the Cape Cod League by PerfectGame.org in 2011
Pitched for Yarmouth-Dennis in the Cape Cod League during the summer of 2011 (20.0 IP, 25 K, 3 BB, 3 ER)
Pitched for Newport in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer of 2010 (6-1, 1.87 ERA, 43.1 IP, 33 H, 24 K)
2010 New England Collegiate Baseball League Mid-Summer All-Star
Named the No. 2 prospect in the New England Collegiate Baseball League by Baseball American in 2011
As a Junior (2012)
NCBWA Pitcher of the Year
First team All-America (Collegiate Baseball)
First team All-America (NCBWA)
Second team All-America (Baseball America)
First team All-Pac-12
Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Stanford Regional
Golden Spikes finalist
Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist
10-2, 2.56 ERA, 123.0 IP, 5 CG 130 K, 30 BB, 97 H, .213 opp/avg.
Pitched at least 7.0 innings in 14 of 16 starts
Two nine-inning no-decisions that went extra innings
Struck out at least 10 batters in eight starts (four against top-10 teams)
Led Pac-12 in strikeouts, third in opp. average, fourth in innings pitched, fifth in wins during regular season
7-0 in final 11 regular-season starts
Opened campaign with four no-hit innings, 5 K in 7.0 innings against No. 10 Vanderbilt
Picked up win over No. 7 Texas with (then) career-best 10 K, 3 BB and 3 H in 7.0 innings
Eleven strikeouts at Fresno State
Fourteen strikeouts, two runs and four hits in 9.0 innings during a no-decision at No. 4 Rice (retired 12- and 11-straight batters during the outing)
Thirteen strikeouts in 9.0 frames during no-decision against No. 10 Oregon
Improved to 4-0 against top 25 teams with April wins against No. 20 Arizona State and No. 10 UCLA
Ten strikeouts in 7.0 innings against UCLA
Cruised through May with wins over Oregon State, Washington State, Utah and Cal
Ten strikeouts in first career complete-game shutout against Washington State
Lone losses came at Fresno State (8.0 IP, 7 ER, 11 K, 8 H) and Florida State (4.0 IP, 7 R)
As a Sophomore (2011)
Top starter on Friday nights
6-7, 3.02 ERA, 110.1 IP, 17 GS, 86 K, 29 BB, 114 H, .277 opp/avg.
Surrendered only two home runs on the season
Reached the sixth inning in each of 15 weekend starts
Fanned at least five in 12 of 15 starts
Fanned at least seven in five starts
Nine hits and three runs allowed in 7.0 frames during 4-1 win over UCLA
Tossed second career complete game in NCAA Regional opener vs. Kansas State (8 K, 3 R, 7 H)
Gave up four earned runs over 24.1 innings (2-0) heading into Super Regionals
Six no-hit innings in first career complete game at USC, finishing with seven strikeouts and no walks
Twice fanned nine batters in eight-inning wins over Washington and Arizona
Eight shutout innings against Arizona
As a Freshman (2010)
Reliever and spot starter
2-1, 5.92 ERA, 38.0 IP, 44 H, 26 K, 19 BB, .295 opp/avg. as a starter
3.45 ERA, 31.1 IP, 21 APP, 12 ER out of the bullpen
Started campaign without allowing a run over first five appearances spanning 6.1 innings
Five strikeouts and one hit in 2.0 shutout innings for first career win against UC Santa Barbara
Second win came against Pepperdine in 2.2 innings while allowing two runs
Two strikeouts and one earned run in 1.0 inning against Arizona State
Two shutout innings against Hawaii
First save came after 3.0 scoreless innings at Oregon State
Second career save came with 5.0 innings of one-run ball against Santa Clara
Retired first eight batters against Santa Clara
The Appel File
Two-time letterman in basketball and baseball at Monte Vista (Calif.)
Named one of the top-100 prep players in 2009 by Baseball America, Perfect Game, Rivals, Maxpreps and Baseball Factory
2009 Contra Costa Times Baseball Prep Athlete of the Year
2009 Contra Costa Times Basketball Prep Athlete of the Year
4-0, 0.90 ERA, 31.0 IP, 9 GP, 5 GS, 3 S, 21 H, 45 K, 6 BB during senior season
Ended senior season with 24.0 consecutive scoreless innings, including a no-hitter against defending league champion Livermore
Led baseball team to North Coast Sectionals in 2008 and 2009
Led basketball team to 2009 D1 North Coast Sectional title
Three-time scholar athlete
Basketball team's most improved player as a junior
Son of Patrick and Sondra Appel
Older brother, John, was a 6-10 reserve center for back-to-back Division III national champion Washington University (St. Louis)
Number of family members attended Rice, including uncle, John Casbarian, who is the dean of Rice's architecture school
Majoring in management, science and engineering