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Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 Champion (2018)
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention (2021)
  • Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America (2018)
  • NCBWA Freshman All-America (2018)
  • Perfect Game Freshman All-America (2018)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2019)
  • Compiled an 11-3 record with a 3.51 ERA and six saves over 73 appearances (seven starts) and 138 1/3 innings pitched in his career
  • Struck out 113 batters compared to 44 walks while limiting opponents to a .260 average against

As a Senior (2021)

  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention
  • Made 21 appearances out of the bullpen, compiling a 2-0 record and a 3.86 ERA with two saves
  • Struck out 29 hitters compared to 11 walks over 35 innings
  • Posted a 1-0 record with a 1.37 ERA over 11 relief appearances in Pac-12 play
  • Struck out 20 hitters while walking four over 19 2/3 innings against Pac-12 foes
  • Appeared in all three games against No. 17 UC Irvine in the Stanford Regional, picking up the save in the finale (June 7)
  • Pitched the final 3 2/3 innings to record a save vs. No. 5 Arizona at the College World Series (June 21)
  • Struck out three over 3 1/3 scoreless innings at Arizona State (April 17)
  • Three hitless innings of work with three strikeouts to pick up the victory at USC (April 30)
  • Earned the victory after striking out three over 3 1/3 innings vs. California (May 17)
  • Tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings and struck out a pair at No. 13 Oregon (May 22)
  • Three scoreless innings of work with three strikeouts vs. Oregon State (May 28)

As a Junior (2020)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Did not appear

As a Sophomore (2019)

  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
  • First career start vs. Wichita State (Feb. 16), tying a career high with 7 strikeouts in a career-high 5.0 IP
  • Career-high 81 pitches in a career-high 5.1 innings against UNLV (Feb. 23)
  • Allowed 3 hits and earned the win in 5.0 IP at Cal State Fullerton (March 1)
  • Struck out six with career highs in IP (6.0) and pitches (98) against Texas (March 8)
  • 1.0 shutout inning at San Francisco (April 9)
  • Struck out two and allowed one hit in 3.0 relief innings against Washington (April 13)
  • 2.1 scoreless innings in relief at USC (May 3)
  • 1.2 shutout innings against Oregon State to earn the win (May 17)
  • 1.1 shutout innings at Arizona State (May 23)

As a Freshman (2018) • Pac-12 Champions

  • Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-America
  • NCBWA Freshman All-America
  • Perfect Game Freshman All-America
  • Made 26 relief appearances, owning a 1.72 ERA and .198 batting average against
  • Struck out 36 with 12 walks in 47.0 innings, adding four saves and contributing to a team-high four shutouts
  • Threw a perfect 1.1 innings in relief, needing just seven pitches against Baylor (June 3)
  • Struck out four in 2.1 relief innings against Wright State (June 1)
  • Threw 2.0 scoreless innings in a 9-6 win against Washington State (May 20)
  • Struck out two, allowing two hits in 2.2 shutout innings against BYU (May 15)
  • 5 K in 2.0 IP against Santa Clara (May 8)
  • 2 K and 1 H in 2.0 IP at Arizona (April 20)
  • 2 K and 0 R in 2.2 IP against Oregon (March 31)
  • Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in a 7-1 win at Texas (March 9)
  • Gave up no base runners in 2.1 IP against Michigan (March 3)
  • Earned his first career win after going 3.2 IP, striking out 7 and allowing 1 hit
  • Pitched 3.0 innings of scoreless ball  with 2 K in Stanford’s 2-0 win over Rice (Feb. 25)
  • Made his collegiate debut in a 5-3 win over Fullerton (Feb. 17)

Prior to Stanford

  • 2016 MaxPreps All-American
  • 2016 first-team all-district and state tournament MVP
  • 2015 second-team all-district
  • Team won 2016 state championship
  • Team captain of football and baseball teams as a senior
  • 2016 first-team academic all-state
  • Two-time district MVP in football (2015, 2016)
  • Second-team all-district in basketball (2015-16)

Personal

  • Son of Sandy and Terry Palisch
  • Has two older brothers, Zack and Austin
  • Aspires to be a software developer
  • National Merit Commended Scholar
  • Pianist
  • Volunteered weekly at local elementary school to tutor children in literature (David G. Burnet Elementary)
  • Down Syndrome Guild Buddy Walk
  • North Texas Food Bank