Righthander who was in the weekend rotation during the early stages of the 2021 season, but was a long reliever thereafter ... changed his posture midway through the 2023 season, and he was more effective on the mound during the rest of the season ... saw action at the plate in the 2023 Clemson Regional and 2024 Clemson Super Regional ... in 80.0 innings pitched over 52 appearances (seven starts) and four seasons, he had a 4-4 record and 4.84 ERA while allowing 89 hits (.277 opponents’ batting average) and 30 walks with 71 strikeouts ... was 1-for-6 in three games (one start) over two seasons at the plate ... had an RBI and a hit-by-pitch.
Career Stats
Righthander who was in the weekend rotation during the early stages of the 2021 season, but was a long reliever thereafter … changed his posture midway through the 2023 season, and he was more effective on the mound during the rest of the season … saw action at the plate in the 2023 Clemson Regional and 2024 Clemson Super Regional … in 80.0 innings pitched over 52 appearances (seven starts) and four seasons, he had a 4-4 record and 4.84 ERA while allowing 89 hits (.277 opponents’ batting average) and 30 walks with 71 strikeouts … was 1-for-6 in three games (one start) over two seasons at the plate … had an RBI and a hit-by-pitch.
2024: Team co-captain … won the team’s Teammate & Service Award … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … had an 0-0 record and a 9.82 ERA in four relief appearances … in 3.2 innings pitched, he allowed four hits (.286 opponents’ batting average), no homers and five walks with seven strikeouts … was 0-for-1 with a hit-by-pitch in one game.
2023: Had a 1-0 record and 3.97 ERA in 17 appearances (one start) … in 22.2 innings pitched, he allowed 27 hits (.287 opponents’ batting average) and 10 walks with 18 strikeouts … was 1-for-5 with an RBI in two games (one start as the DH) … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no earned runs with two strikeouts against Georgia State on March 10 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits and no runs with one strikeout at Georgia Tech on March 25 … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs with four strikeouts against Georgia on April 18 … pitched 2.2 innings in relief, allowing no runs and no walks with one strikeout to earn the win against Kennesaw State on April 25 … pitched 2.0 innings in a starting role, allowing no hits with two strikeouts and went 1-for-4 with an RBI in his first career start in the batting order; was his first career hit … No. 42 ACC prospect for the 2023 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball.
2022: Had a 2-0 record and 4.11 ERA in 23 relief appearances … in 30.2 innings pitched, he allowed 34 hits (.276 opponents’ batting average) and nine walks with 28 strikeouts … allowed only two steals in six attempts … in 17.2 innings pitched over 13 relief outings at home, he allowed 10 hits (all singles), no runs and three walks with 15 strikeouts … pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in relief against Indiana on Feb. 18 … pitched 3.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs and no walks with three strikeouts to earn the win in the first game of a doubleheader against Hartford on Feb. 26 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs with four strikeouts to earn the win at Winthrop on March 29 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing two hits, no runs and no walks with two strikeouts against No. 22 Wofford on April 27 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with one strikeout against No. 21 Georgia Tech on May 6 … No. 17 ACC prospect for the 2023 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball.
2021: Had a 1-4 record and 5.87 ERA in eight appearances (six starts) … in 23.0 innings pitched, he allowed 24 hits (.267 opponents’ batting average) and six walks with 18 strikeouts … pitched 4.2 innings in a starting role, allowing two hits, no runs and no walks with three strikeouts to earn the win against Cincinnati on Feb. 20; was his first career appearance … pitched 4.1 innings in a starting role, allowing four hits and no walks with six strikeouts at No. 16 South Carolina on Feb. 28 … No. 23 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by D1Baseball … No. 39 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game … played for Lexington County in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, when he was 1-1 with a 2.36 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 26.2 innings pitched over six starts; hit .341 with 10 doubles, two homers, 19 RBIs and 18 runs in 24 games.
Before Clemson: No. 228 player in the nation by Perfect Game … No. 77 righthander in the nation by Perfect Game … No. 6 player in South Carolina by Perfect Game … No. 3 righthander in South Carolina by Perfect Game … three-time all-state selection … member of the state championship team as a senior … all-state quarterback … AAAAA player-of-the-year in football … member of four football state championship teams in a row … set the school career records for passing yards and passing touchdowns … lettered four times in baseball and four times in football at Dutch Fork High School, where he was coached by Casey Waites.
Personal: His brother, Derek, was an infielder at Erskine and Newberry (2017,18), where he was a first-team all-conference selection … graduated May 9, 2024 with a degree in parks, recreation & tourism management … born Tyler James Olenchuk on Oct. 10, 2001 in Irmo, S.C.
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