2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2020-21 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2023 Season:
• Appeared in 17 games, starting two, in his final collegiate season.
• posted six scoreless appearances.
• worked a scoreless inning of relief to close out a May 7 win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
• tossed two perfect innings of relief, striking out three, in an April 7 win against Lamar.
• worked 1 1-3 scoreless innings of relief in a 13-inning April 4 win against Louisiana Tech.
• worked a season-long 3 1-3 innings at Oregon in Game 2 of a March 25 doubleheader.
• made his first start of the season, picking up a win against LSU-Alexandria on March 21 in a designated short start.
• allowed one run in two appearances, covering 3 2-3 innings against UT Arlington on March 3 and 5.
• worked a scoreless inning of relief in a Feb. 24 win against Seton Hall on Feb. 24.
2022 Season:
• Appeared in 11 games, starting three, in his second season at NSU.
• had the best walks per nine inning rate on the team at 2.1.
• notched his first career save with a perfect ninth inning in a May 13 win against New Orleans.
• picked up the win against ULM, allowing two runs in a three-inning, designated short start on May 10.
• worked two scoreless innings, striking out two, in an April 26 win at Grambling.
• struck out a career-high seven in a career-long five innings against LSU-Alexandria on April 19.
• tossed a scoreless inning with a strikeout in his Feb. 27 season debut against Oklahoma.
2021 Season:
• Made seven appearances, including one start, in his first season at the Division I level.
• earned his first career win, tossing two scoreless innings in a start at LSU on May 18.
• tossed 1 2-3 scoreless innings at Sam Houston on March 21, his longest outing of the season.
• worked out of a bases-loaded jam with consecutive strikeouts against Incarnate Word on March 13.
• tossed a scoreless inning, allowing one hit, in his Northwestern State debut at ULM on Feb. 24.
Prior to NSU:
• Pitched two seasons at Colby Community College where former Demon Josh Oller was his pitching coach.
• was 3-1 in five appearances (four starts) in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
• went 1-1 with a save in 20 appearances as a freshman, striking out 36 in 31 2-3 innings.
• graduated with a 3.8 grade point average and was a President’s List member.
High School:
• Played two seasons at Foothills Composite.
• helped lead Foothills to championships at the Best of the West, the Butler University 18U Invitational and the Dawgs Mother’s Day Tournament as a senior.
• part of championship teams at the Ohio State Buckeye, the Spokane Invitational and the Dawgs Mother’s Day tournaments as a junior.
• graduated with honors.
Personal:
• Born Feb. 1, 2000.
• son of Nola and Trent Francis.
• majoring in business administration and has a 3.6 grade point average.
• plans to play professional baseball or work in the financial sector,
• life’s ambition is to be happy and positively affect the people around him.
