2013: Named a CollegeBaseballInsider.com All-American, American
Baseball Coaches Association All-Midwest Region First-Team honoree and First-Team
All-Missouri Valley Conference ... made 15 starts for Illinois State ... tied the Illinois
State record with 10 wins, and finished 10-0 with a 1.79 ERA ... tied Chris Razo for the
team-lead with 5 complete-games ... posted a pair of shutouts ... paced the Redbird
pitching staff in innings pitched (100.1), strikeouts (98) and batting average-against
(.180) ...earned one Missouri Valley Conference pitcher of the week honor ... secured first
win of the season, firing five innings with six strikeouts versus LIU Brooklyn (3/8) ...
allowed no earned runs in seven innings of work, earning the victory against Bowling Green
(3/16) ... struck out eight batters in back-to-back starts (both wins) against Eastern
Illinois and at Wichita State (3/22, 3/30) ... blanked Missouri State over eight innings
(4/6) ... defeated Creighton and Evansville in consecutive weeks to improve to 8-0 (5/4,
5/11) ... fired a shutout, with eight strikeouts, at Southern Illinois (5/17), in a victory
that clinched a share of the Missouri Valley Conference title for Illinois State ... in
lone appearance in the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, fired a complete-game, with
a career-best 12 strikeouts, versus Missouri State (5/22) at Duffy Bass Field ... was named
a Cape Cod League all-star during the summer.
2012:Redshirt
2011: Established a 3.92 ERA, which was the second-lowest among
starters ... went 3-4 with 68 strikeouts, which totaled the second-most strikeouts on the
team ... started 12 for 14 games appeared in, pitching 66.2 innings ... allowed opposing
batters to hit .253 against him ... earned his first collegiate win in his first collegiate
start, allowing just one earned run, striking out four and walking one through six innings
at Belmont (2/20) ... earned Illinois State's first-ever victory at Miami, allowing two
earned runs, striking out six and walking one through six innings (3/9) ... struck out a
career-high 12 batters through 6.2 innings without allowing an earned run, but did not earn
the victory against Creighton (4/10) ... credited with the win in a five-inning performance
with nine strikeouts and no earned runs allowed at Bradley (4/16) ... gave up just one
earned run and struck out four through six innings versus Evansville, but did not earn the
win (5/20).
Leyden High School:Amassed a 1.64 ERA during his senior season ...
struck out 84 batters in 60 innings of work, averaging 11.86 strikeouts per game ... issued
just 18 walks ... earned all-area and All-West Suburban honors ... as a junior pitched 28
innings, striking out 47 while walking just 16.
Personal:Born 7-11-92 in Park Ridge, Ill. ... son of Dean and Kathy Savas
... has one sister, Kristen ... major: Accounting.
