2015: Made 17 appearances with 15 starts … went 5-5 with a 3.99 ERA … struck out 86 over 94.2 innings on the mound, ranking second on the team in both categories … pitched six innings of one-hit, shutout baseball in his season debut, earning the win at Arkansas State (2/13) … struck out a season-high 12 batters against St. Joseph’s (3/6), to earn his second win of the year … struck out 10, without allowing a walk, against Maine (3/10) … went six innings or longer in his final 10 starts of the season … struck out five or more batters in 10 of his 15 starts … finished the regular season with a win over Indiana State (5/15), allowing five hits and one earned run over seven innings, while striking out three … named to the Missouri Valley Conference and AFNI honor rolls … selected in the 13th round, with the 387th overall pick, in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, by the San Diego Padres.
2014: Made 15 appearances, including six starts, for the Redbirds … went 3-3 with a 4.70 ERA … recorded 55 strikeouts and walked just 26 batters in 46 innings of work … had his best outing of the year against Illinois Wesleyan (4/22), striking out a career-high 13 batters over seven shutout innings, while allowing just one hit and no walks … allowed one hit and no runs over a stretch of five relief appearances (3/11 to 3/22), totaling 6.1 innings … did not allow an earned run in more than half of his appearances … did not allow a home run.
2013: Made 16 appearances, including seven starts ... went 2-5 with a 4.85 ERA ... collected 51 strikeouts in 55.2 innings of work ... worked two perfect innings, tallying five strikeouts, in collegiate debut at Memphis (2/15) ... went 6.1 innings, with five strikeouts, in first collegiate start at Belmont (3/1) ... earned first career save at SIUE (3/19) ... secured first collegiate win against Northern Illinois (4/9), working seven innings of three-run ball with three strikeouts ... fired a seven-inning shutout against MacMurray (4/24) … named to the MVC and AFNI honor rolls.
Morton HS: Went 9-3 with a 0.76 ERA as a senior ... registered 163 strikeouts in 74 innings ... tallied four saves ... named the Peoria Journal Star Player of the Year … was an all-conference and all-state selection ... guided team to a regional championship ... also played four years of basketball.
Personal: Born Oct. 11, 1993 in West Lafayette, Indiana ... son of Jeff and Kim Headean ... has one brother, Tyler, and one sister, Abby ... majoring in school health education.
