University of California, Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara

2017: Appeared in five games out of the bullpen as a redshirt freshman, logging a 12.60 ERA and no record over five innings ... Struck out a pair, also walked two ... Made collegiate debut on Feb. 25 against Tulane, giving up one hit and striking out one over a scoreless inning of relief ... Also had 2/3 innings of scoreless relief against New Mexico St. on Mar. 25 ... Did not appear after Apr. 1. 

2016: Redshirted in his first season at UCSB. 

High School: Played three years for Newark Memorial High school under head coach Phil Castellanos ... Played pitcher and right fielder for the Cougars ... Was selected All-Mission Valley Athletic League in 2014 ... Was selected as Collegiate Magazine's All-State team in 2013 and 2014 ...Appeared in the postseason in 2012-13 and 13-14 ... Also competed in football ... Played for the Alameda Merchants of the Golden State Collegiate League before coming to UCSB.

Personal: William Traynor was born on Oct. 13, 1997 to parents Angie and Bud Traybor in Hayward, Calif. ... Has a younger sister named Katie ... He is planning on majoring in history ... Aspires to be a teacher or a coach in the future ... Favorite sports team are the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco Giants ... His most memorable pre-UCSB sporting moment is his shutout of Clayton Valley in high school ... Favorite movie is The Godfather ... Calls The Arm his favorite book ... Favorite musical artists are Florida Georgia Line, Tupac, and Garth Brooks ... One of his hobbies is fishing ... Favorite athletes are Matt Harvey, Jake Peavy, Marco Estrada, and Tim Brown ... Favorite TV show is NCIS.