In The News
- 5/11/20: Diving into the Draft - David Kiefer (GoStanford.com)
- 4/23/18: Mound Crew - Video (GoStanford.com)
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