High School: Attended Lafayette Senior High School … rated as the No. 28 overall recruit and No. 2 left-handed pitcher in Missouri, and a top-500 prospect nationally by Perfect Game … went 9-1 with a 1.17 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 54 innings over 10 starts as a senior in 2021 … as a sophomore in 2019, posted a 4-1 record with a 1.75 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 40 innings, earning all-conference honors … 2020 campaign was canceled due to COVID-19 … high school coach was Boyd Manne … also lettered three years in soccer, earning all-state honors.