Dallas Baptist University Athletics

CAREER HONORS
2018:
Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri Valley Conference First Team Scholar-Athlete
 
2018 (JUNIOR)
Garnered Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors … Led DBU in appearances (27) and ERA (3.12) in his first season at DBU … Ranked second on the staff in both saves (4) and strikeouts (71) … Struck out one of the two batters that he faced in his Patriots’ debut versus Monmouth (2/18) … Held Oral Roberts (3/11) scoreless over 2.2 innings and struck out four batters while allowing just one hit … Recorded his first save of the year against Brown (3/18), giving up just one unearned run in 2.2 innings … Fired 3.0 scoreless frames and stuck out five to notch his first win versus Xavier (3/30) … Picked up the win over then-ranked No. 23 TCU (4/3), allowing one run in 2.2 innings of work … Helped lift DBU to a win over No. 4 Texas Tech (4/10) with 2.2 scoreless innings out of the pen … Held Southern Illinois (4/14) without a run over 2.1 innings … Worked a season-high 3.2 innings and struck out five while not surrendering a run to record the save at Indiana State (4/22) … Struck out a season-high six batters and shutout Bradley (5/11) over 2.2 innings to pick up the save … Shutout Missouri State (5/18) for 2.1 innings to pick up another save … Matched his season-high in strikeouts with six against Valparaiso in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (5/23) … Registered his fourth save of the year in a win over Valparaiso (5/25) … Struck out five batters over 3.1 innings versus Missouri State in the MVC Championship game (5/27) … Earned his third win of the year and equaled his season-high in strikeouts with six in a victory over Oral Roberts at the Fayetteville Regional (6/2).
 
2017 (SOPHOMORE – NORTHEAST TEXAS CC)
Went 4-4 with a 4.57 ERA in 14 starts … Led the pitching staff in innings pitched (80.2) and strikeouts (82) … Averaged 9.15 strikeouts per nine innings.
 
2016 (FRESHMAN – SAN JACINTO COLLEGE)
Made four relief appearances and notched one save … Posted a 2.08 ERA in 4.1 innings on the mound.
 
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for the Elsah Voyagers of the Lewis & Clark Baseball League in 2015.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman at Pleasant Grove High School … Played for head coach Riley Fincher … Garnered Honorable Mention All-American honors by Perfect Game as a senior … Named a Texas All-Region First Team selection by Perfect Game in 2015 … Also honored as a Underclass Second Team All-American by Perfect Game in 2014 … Tabbed a two-time First Team All-Area selection … Helped guided his team to a Class 3A state title in 2012 … Competed for the East Texas Canes in the summers.

PERSONAL
Born on December 29, 1996 … Parents are Sidney Bayless and Glenda Huddleston … Majoring in Exercise Physiology … Favorite Bible verse is Romans 9:16.