High Point University Athletics

HPU CAREER HIGHS:
IP: 9.0; vs Gardner-Webb (5/22/19)
Strikeouts: 10; vs Gardner-Webb (5/22/19)
Pitches: 117; vs Gardner-Webb (3/31/17)

2019: Preseason Big South Pitcher of the Year... Made 14 appearances with 12 starts during his senior campaign... 3.44 career ERA sits fifth in Division I program history... 18 wins sit second in D1 Panther history and ninth in HPU history overall... With 215 Ks, he is one of nine HPU arms in history to strikeout over 200 batters, and just the third in the D1 era... His 215 strikeouts are seventh all time, and second among Division I Panther arms... tossed back-to-back quality starts at UNCG (4/3) and vs Longwood (4/15), giving up three earned runs over 12.0 IP... Kept UNC Asheville to seven hits and a single unearned run in a 7.0 inning start (4/29), surpassing the 200 K benchmark... Tossed his first career complete game against Gardner-Webb (5/22) in the Big South Tournament, striking out a career-high 10 batters with just two runs against... Millis Scholar-Athlete.

2018: Named first team All-Big South and Big South All-Academic ... Led the Panthers with 14 starts, going 6-5 with a 3.28 ERA in 74.0 IP, allowing 65 H, 32 R, 27 ER, 20 BB, 72 K ... Punched out a career-best nine in the Big South Championship against Radford (5/23/18) ... Struck out seven in seven innings in a win over Charleston Southern (4/6/18) ... Pitched five scoreless frames, yielded just three hits, and notched six strikeouts against Radford (3/23/18) ... Pitched career-high 8.1 innings in a win at Longwood (3/17/18), striking out six ... Earned first win of the season against Ohio State (3/10/18), striking out the last five hitters he faced in 5.0 innings ... Millis Scholar-Athlete.

2017: Named to the Big South All-Academic Team ... Started 11 games, compiling a 4-3 record with a 3.86 ERA in 56.0 IP, allowing 44 H, 33 R, 24 ER, 21 BB, 48 K ... Limited opponents to a .213 average, third-best on the team ... Allowed three earned runs or fewer in nine of his 11 starts ... Tossed 6.0 scoreless frames with seven strikeouts against Charleston Southern (5/5/17) ... Struck out seven in 5.2 innings to earn the win over Campbell (4/7/17) ... Tied his career-high by throwing 7.2 innings to go along with tying his career-high with eight strikeouts against Gardner-Webb (3/31/17) ... Pitched 5.0 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit in the season opener against NJIT (2/18/17) ... Millis Scholar-Athlete.

2016: Named second-team All-Big South ... Appeared in 14 games with 11 starts ... Finished with a 6-5 record and a team-best 2.65 ERA in 71.1 innings ... Pitched 7.0 innings and allowed two earned runs against Liberty in the Big South Tournament (5/24/16) ... Allowed one earned run and struck out five in 7.0 innings to earn the win at Campbell (5/15/16) ... Pitched 7.2 shutout innings to pick up a win over Radford (5/8/16) ... Allowed just one unearned run in 6.2 innings to get a victory at Gardner-Webb (4/17/16) ... Pitched 7.0 innings and struck out seven to earn the win against Longwood (4/10/16) ... Allowed just one run, two hits and a walk while striking out six batters in 7.0 innings against Rider (3/13/16) ...Earned his first HPU victory after pitching 5.0 innings of relief against Marist (2/28/16) ... Made his collegiate debut against UNCG (2/21/16) ... Millis-Scholar Athlete.

Prep: Graduated from Calvary Christian Academy ... Four-year letter winner ... Finished with a career .347 average and a career 1.80 ERA with 186 strikeouts in 170.0 innings ... 2015 Broward County Class 2A-5A Pitcher of the Year ... 2015 first-team All-County.

Personal: Majoring in Business Administration ... Son of Larry and Anne Gottfried ... Born on Dec. 5, 1996 ... Has two sisters, Sarah and Katie.