2016: Named to CoSIDA Academic All-Region Team ... Named Big South All-Academic Team ... Appeared in 19 games and finsihed 6-1 with four saves ... Posted a 2.93 ERA with 59 strikeouts in 55-1/3 innings ... Led HPU with a .226 opponent batting average ... Earned his sixth win of the season against Liberty (5/19/16) ... Picked up a save with four innings of relief work against Radford (5/7/16) ... Pitched 4-1/3 hitless innings in relief to get the victory at Maryland (4/3/16) ... Allowed only one run and struck out a career-high seven in five innings of relief against UNC Asheville (3/20/16) ... Allowed just two unearned runs over 3-2/3 innings of relief with five strikeouts against Rider (3/11/16) ...Â
Millis-Scholar Athlete.
2015: Played in 16 games with three starts in 2015 ... Improved to 3-1 with 1-1/3 innings of scoreless relief against Wake Forest (4/29/15) ... Earned his first career save with a 2-2/3 scoreless innings of relief at Radford (4/26/15) ... Pitched three shutout innings with three strikeouts out of the bullpen in a win over Davidson (3/24/15) ... Matched his career high with five innings pitched and struck out six in a start against LIU Brooklyn (3/7/15) ... Pitched a career-high five innings and allowed two runs, one earned,against UNCG in his first HPU start (2/14/15).Â
Prior to HPU: Played for one season at Catawba College and for one season at Pitt Community College ... Appeared in 16 games with one start at Pitt ... Pittched 26 innings and finished with a 2.77 ERA and 28 strikeouts ... Appeared in 11 games and pitched 12-2/3 innings as a freshman at Catawba.
Prep: Graduated from High Point Christian Academy ... Three-year letter winner ... Finished prep career with a 15-1 record ... Named All-State and All-Conference as a senior.
Personal: Majoring in Business Administration ... Son of Robert Preston and Julie Ann Britton ... Born on March 6, 1994 ... Has one older sister, Courtney, two younger brothers, Zachary and Chase, and one younger sister, Kinslee.
CAREER HIGHS:
Innings pitched: 5.0 (four times), last at UNC Asheville (3/20/16)
Strikeouts:Â 7, at UNC Asheville (3/20/16)
