Northwestern State University of Louisana

2023 All-Southland Conference Second-Team P
2023 No. 16 Southland Conference MLB Draft Prospect (D1Baseball.com)
2022 Southland Conference All-Academic First Team
2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2020-21 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2023 Season:
• Made 15 starts, taking every turn in the rotation, in his first season as a starting pitcher.
• struck out 89 hitters, the eighth-best single-season total in school history.
• posted his sixth quality start of the season (6 IP, 3 ER) in a May 25 SLC Tournament elimination-game loss to New Orleans.
• struck out eight in five innings of a no-decision against McNeese on May 13.
• took a hard-luck loss despite a notching his third straight quality start (6 IP, 1 ER) at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on May 6.
• picked up his third straight win, beating Nicholls with a quality start (6 IP, 3 ER) on April 29.
• limited UIW to two hits and one run while striking out eight in six dominant innings of an April 22 win against UIW.
• earned his first Southland Conference win as a starter, striking out six in four innings of a seven-inning win against Houston Christian on April 16.
• struck out eight in four innings against Little Rock on March 18, part of a 19-strikeout performance by Demon pitching, a school record for a nine-inning game.
• fanned a career-high 12 and allowed one hit in six shutout innings of a March 11 win against Alabama A&M.
• turned in a quality start (6 IP, 2 ER) and struck out 11 in a Feb. 25 win against New Mexico State to earn his first career win as a starter.
• took a no-decision in his first career start, working four innings and striking out three in a Feb. 18 loss against UAB.

2022 Season:
• Made 16 appearances out of the Demon bullpen, tied for the third most on the team.
• his 33 strikeouts in relief were second among Demon relievers and his 13.7 K/9 led the team.
• struck out four in 1 2-3 dominant innings at McNeese on May 8.
• spun a perfect seventh inning at Louisiana Tech on April 20.
• worked 6 2-3 consecutive scoreless innings across five appearances from Feb. 27-March 23.
• struck out at least two in his first six appearances of the season, including four in a Feb. 20 win against Stephen F. Austin.
• struck out two in a clean seventh inning against Grambling on March 23.
• worked two scoreless innings in a March 2 loss at UL Lafayette.


2021 Season:
• Made 15 relief appearances in his first collegiate season.
• struck out 39 batters, second most among Demon relievers.
• struck out a pair on a scoreless ninth inning against Nicholls in the series finale to earn his second save of the season. 
• tossed 3 2-3 shutout innings of relief in an April 11 loss to Lamar.
• earned his first career save, working two scoreless innings and striking out four against Incarnate Word on March 12.
• combined with Cal Carver on a three-hit shutout of Austin Peay, tossing two scoreless innings on March 6.
• tossed a career-long 4 2-3 innings of scoreless relief, striking out four against Tarleton on Feb. 26.
• made his NSU debut, earning the win against Southern Miss (Game 2) on Feb. 21, striking out four and allowing a run.

High School: 

• Three-year letterman for coach Rob Stramp’s Indians.

• worked nine innings, striking out 17 and allowing one run in two starts of his pandemic-shortened senior year.

• team went 43-20-1 in his first two years, reaching the fourth round of the state playoffs his sophomore season.

• graduated with a 3.98 grade point average and was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Environmental Club and the Society of Young Gentlemen. 

Personal: 

• Born Jan. 17, 2002.

• son of Lourdes Ramboa and Patrick Makarewich.

• has one younger brother, Zach.

• life’s ambition is to live a life that makes his family proud.