2017: Selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, picked by the Oakland A's in the 29th round, pick No. 861 ... appeared in 14 games on the season, making 12 starts ... picked up a pair of wins and struck out 49 batters in 59.0 innings of work ... selected as the opening-day starter against Illinois Feb. 17 ... struck out five in 6.0 innings to pick up the victory over Northern Illinois April 4 ... collected another win in his next outing against Chicago State April 11, working 2.0 scoreless innings out of the bullpen, adding two K's ... tied his career-high with eight strikeouts against Oakland April 29.
• 2017 game-by-game in PDF Format
2016: Earned a spot in the weekend starting rotation and made the most of it, finishing with the lowest ERA of his career and collegiate-highs in games started, innings pitched and strikeouts ... posted a 3.79 ERA in 14 games, making 13 starts ... struck out 56 batters in 78.1 innings, allowing opponents to bat just .240 on the season ... finished sixth in the Horizon League in opponent batting average, seventh in innings pitched and 10th in ERA ... was also third in K's looking (24) ... went 2-4 on the year, suffering several tough-luck no decisions ... set a career-high with eight strikeouts against Kent State Feb. 28, throwing 5.0 scoreless innings in a no-decision outing ... struck out four in 6.1 innings against Arkansas State March 6, picking up the win after allowing just one earned run ... gave up just two hits in 8.0 shutout innings against Illinois State March 20, a game that UWM would eventually win in the 18th ... named Horizon League Pitcher of the Week after his outing against Youngstown State March 26 ... allowed a two-out hit in the first and then retired the next 16 batters, striking out four to earn the victory ... tied his career-high with eight K's in a no-decision against UIC April 24, allowing one earned run in 8.0 innings of work.
• 2016 game-by-game in PDF Format
2015: Set career highs across the board in a season in which he appeared in 15 games, making three starts ... went 2-1 with a 4.59 ERA, striking out 27 batters in 33.1 innings on the mound ... first start came against Grand Canyon Feb. 28, setting a career high with five strikeouts in 5.0 innings ... was the winning pitcher against Youngstown State March 14, working 5.0 shutout frames, fanning five ... also had five K's in his next start against Valparaiso April 3.
• 2015 game-by-game in PDF Format
2014: Made 14 appearances as a freshman, all but one out of the bullpen ... went 1-1 with a 6.48 earned run average ... struck out 10 batters in 16.2 innings on the hill ... threw a scoreless inning in the season opener at Cal-Bakersfield Feb. 14 in his collegiate debut ... fanned a pair in 2.0 innings of his next appearance against St. Bonaventure Feb. 23 ... made his only start of the campaign at Austin Peay March 9 ... picked up the victory with two strikeouts in a shutout frame at Northern Illinois April 9 ... did not allow a run in six of his final eight appearances of the season.
• 2014 game-by-game in PDF Format
High School: Illinois North Suburban All-League and Honorable Mention Lake County All-Area selection as a junior ... injured much of senior campaign, finishing 3-1 with a 2.63 ERA ... recorded 54 strikeouts in 39 innings and was selected by the Daily Herald as one of the top athletes in Illinois ... went 10-2 with one save in 2012, posting a 1.92 earned run average and 121 strikeouts in 92 innings of work ... was also selected to play in Stevenson Showcase for the Northern Knights, his summer travel team ... a multi-sport athlete, was the starting quarterback for his high school team, earning all-area and all-conference honors ... threw for over 4,000 yards in his career with over 800 rushing yards and 31 touchdowns ... Team MVP and captain ... honor roll member.
Personal: Son of Tim and Linda Reuss ... a civil engineering major ... chose UWM because it was a good fit both athletically and academically ... also because it's in a great city and has a great campus ... career goal is to win a national championship and play at the next level ... also to obtain his degree and reach his full potential ... most memorable sports experience placing 12th out of 100 teams in a tournament in Cooperstown when he was 12 years old ... lists hobbies as snowboarding and water skiing ... has done community service work with Warren Youth Football ... born March 14, 1995.
