As a Junior: Earned a spot on the MIAA First Team as a pitcher, going 6-0 in 12 starts in 2017 ... had a 2.42 earned run average in 67 innings pitched, which led the Mules and the MIAA ... struck out 63 hitters, second most on the team ... held opponents to a .188 batting average, including left-handers to just a .115 average ... Stepped up with men on base, giving up just 16 hits in 98 at bats with a runner on base ... threw a complete game, shutout with seven strikeouts, defeating Fort Hays State (Feb. 23) ... had a season-high nine strikeouts in win at Northwest Missouri (March 26) ... named MIAA Pitcher of the Week once (Feb. 28).

Before UCM: Played his first two seasons of college ball for former Mules head coach Darin Hendrickson at Saint Louis University ... was a two-time Atlantic 10 Conference Pitcher of the Week ... named a D1Baseball.com A10 Top Prospect ... had the second most strikeouts in a sophomore season in school history, those 75 punch outs in 2015 are the 14th most in a single-season in program history ... his seven wins that season are tied for 13th best in SLU history ... helped the Billikens to back-to-back A-10 conference championships ... was a 2014 Texas Collegiate League All-Star, 2014 Brazzos Valley Bombers TCL champions and team record holder for strikeouts in a season ... helped his Cape Cod League team, the Hyannis Harbor Hawks, to a Cape League runner-up finish in 2015 ... was a 2015 and 2016 Saint Louis University Academic Excellence member.

In high school: A two-time First Team All-State pitcher for head coach Dave Londene at Spring Hill High School ... also earned First Team All-State honors as a first baseman after helping his team to a pair of runner-up finishes at the state tournament ... was the 2013 Kansas Player of the Year ... 2012 and 2013 Frontier League First Team pitcher and first baseman, 2012 and 2013 Tri-County Player of the Year ... earned Second Team All-KC Metro honors in 2012 as a utility ... 2013 First Team All-Metro ... Spring Hill's single-season record holder in batting average (.583), RBI (42), and runs scored (48) ... also lettered in tennis and swimming.

Personal: Son of Troy and Kristi Girrens ... majoring in Aviation.