University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA
2026
College Baseball Hall of Fame National Pitcher of the Year … Perfect Game College Pitcher of the Year … NCBWA District 9 Player of the Year … Dick Howser Trophy Finalist … Baseball America National Pitcher of the Year Finalist … Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist … NCBWA All-America First Team … Baseball America All-America First Team … Perfect Game All-America First Team … ABCA/Rawlings All-America First Team … ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region First Team … Big West Pitcher of the Year … All-Big West First Team … NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team … Big West Championship All-Tournament Team … Named Golden Spikes National Player of the Week after throwing a second complete game shutout in as many starts against Cal Poly on April 2 … Named The Big West Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 16 and April 6 … Set a program single-season record with 133 strikeouts … His 1.06 ERA is the best single-season mark in the program’s Division-I era (since 1970) and second-best all time … Pitched 38 1/3 consecutive innings without allowing a run from March 6 to April 10, the longest verified streak in program history … The first Gaucho since Austin Pettibone in 2014 to throw multiple shutouts in the same season, with CGSOs against Cal Poly on April 2 and UC Riverside on May 14 … Pitched 102 innings over 16 games for the Gauchos, starting all of them … Finished with a 12-0 record … Pitched five or more innings while allowing two or fewer earned runs in 15 of his 16 starts … Matched his career high with 12 strikeouts against Hawai’i on March 20 and UC Riverside on May 14 … Did not allow a single earned run in eight of his 16 starts … Did not have an ERA of 2.00 or higher at any point in the season … Carried a perfect game into the eighth inning of his CGSO against UC Riverside on May 14.

2025
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp invitee ... All-Big West First Team … Named NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week and Big West Pitcher of the Week after throwing his first career complete game shutout against Cal Poly on April 19 … One of 61 Division-I pitchers to throw a complete game this season … Became the first Gaucho since 2011 to throw a one-hitter in his CGSO against Cal Poly, handing the Mustangs their first Big West series loss of the year … Pitched 75 innings for the Gauchos, second-most on the team, across 13 appearances, 11 of them starts … Finished the year with a 3.60 ERA, 86 strikeouts and a .209 batting average against … Ranked 27^th nationally in WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched), with an even 1.00, and 32^nd nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio, at 5.06 … Recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings of relief against Cal State Fullerton on May 4 … Opened the season on a 12-inning shutout streak against Campbell, San Diego State and Fresno State.

2024
All-Big West Honorable Mention … Pitched 47 innings over 23 games for the Gauchos, making four starts … Finished with a 3.83 ERA, 3-2 record and five saves … Did not allow an earned run in seven of his first eight outings … Struck out a season-high seven hitters over three near-perfect innings of work at Sacramento State on Feb. 25 to earn his first career save … Made his first career start on March 5 against Villanova, throwing a season-high four innings without allowing a run.

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HIGH SCHOOL
A two-way player at Foothill High School, where he pitched and played in the infield.

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PERSONAL
Son of Lisa and John Flora … Has an older sister, Ellie, and a younger brother, Hudson … Majoring in Communication at UC Santa Barbara.