Dallas Baptist University Athletics

MLB DRAFT
5th Round – Baltimore Orioles (2012) – 162nd Overall Pick
 
2015 (JUNIOR)
Redshirted after transferring to DBU.
 
2014 (SOPHOMORE – UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS)
Made 18 appearances, including eight starts … Posted a 3-1 record with a 3.00 ERA … Held opponents to a mere .225 batting average and struck out 28 batters in 39.0 innings on the mound.
 
2013 (FRESHMAN – UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS)
Made eight appearances, including five starts … Went 3-0 and posted a solid 1.37 ERA … Averaged more than one strikeout per-inning as he struck out 23 in 19.2 innings of work … Held opponents to a .176 batting average … Named the Southeastern Conference’s Freshman of the Week after tossing five shutout innings and striking out six versus the University of New Orleans in his collegiate debut and then holding Evansville scoreless for 2.1 innings.
 
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Pitched in 2013 for the Willmar Stingers of the Northwoods League … Tabbed the Northwoods League’s Top Prospect by both Baseball America and Perfect Game … Named to the Northwoods League All-Star Team … Averaged more than a strikeout-per-inning with 61 strikeouts in 52.1 innings.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-year letterman at Flower Mound Marcus High School … Played for Head Coach Dustin Sykora … Named the Pitcher of the Year in 2012 by the Dallas Morning News after going 7-3 with a 0.21 ERA, 97 strikeouts and six complete games as a senior … Tabbed a Class 5A Third Team All-State selection by the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association in 2012 … Named the District’s Pitcher of the Year following his senior season … Set the school’s single-season record for strikeouts and ERA … Rated the 489th best recruit nationally and the No. 59 prospect in the state of Texas in the class of 2012 by Perfect Game … Competed in the summers for the Dallas Mustangs.
 
PERSONAL
Born on January 17, 1994 … Parents are Dan and Susan Poche … Majoring in Kinesiology … Favorite Bible verse is Psalm 23:4