2021 Season: Appeared in 3 games... recorded 1 strikeout on 1.1 innings pitched.
2020 (Junior Season): Made four appearances, all in relief ... posted a 1-0 record and a 1.04 ERA in 8.2 innings pitched ... allowed just two runs (one earned run) and one extra-base hit ... received the win at No. 13 Arkansas after allowing one run in 1.2 innings pitched.
2019 (Sophomore Season): Made 13 appearances in relief ... posted a 1-0 record and a 4.76 ERA in 11.1 innings of work ... struck out 12 batters on the season ... pitched a career-high 3.0 innings and struck out a career-high four batters at SIUE (3/13) ... also tallied his first winning decision of the season at SIUE (3/13) ... had 11 scoreless outings and allowed one or no hits in 11 of his 13 appearances ... allowed only two extra-base hits in 59 batters faced,
2018 (Freshman Season): Appeared in 11 games, all in relief … posted a 1-1 record and a 14.46 ERA … struck out three batters while walking seven over 9.1 innings of work … made Illinois State debut at Arkansas State (2/18) … earned first collegiate win versus Dallas Baptist (4/8) … pitched a career-high two innings at Eastern Illinois (4/18) … made four scoreless relief appearances … allowed two or fewer runs in all but two appearances … allowed only one home run.
Plainfield North HS: Four-year member of the baseball team … went 6-1 with a 1.29 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 54 innings as a senior … earned all-conference and all-area honors as a senior … team won regional championships his final two seasons … team won a sectional championship and finished fourth in the state tournament as a junior … also played football all four years … tallied 50 receptions for 783 yards as a senior, setting school’s single-season receiving yards record … earned all-conference and all-area honors as a senior … football team finished as state runner-up as a senior … scored a touchdown in the state title game … named to the honor roll all four years … named school’s Outstanding Senior Student for Business.
Personal: Born June 26, 1998 in Winfield, Illinois … son of Joe and Debra Peplow … has two younger siblings, Quinn and McKenna … majoring in business.
