2024 Baseball Roster
Willard, Owen
Jersey Number 3
Owen Willard
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 190
- Position:
- P
- Hometown:
- Butler, Ind.
- High School:
- Eastside
- B/T:
- R/R
Bio
• 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2025: Played in 33 games, seeing time at both pitcher and as an infielder ... Made 10 pitching appearances ... Played in 23 games in the field with 13 starts at second base ... Doubled, singled, walked and scored once in first career start in the field in a win at Michigan State (April 22) ... Tripled in a run at Milwaukee (May 10) ... Had three hits, drove in two and scored twice vs. Youngstown State (April 26) ... Totaled thee hits, two runs and one run batted in vs. Wright State (May 15).
2024: Made 20 pitching appearances with five starts ... Got the save vs. No. 20 Indiana after not allowing a run in 1.1 innings (Feb. 27) ... Didn't allow a run in 2.1 innings at Murray State (Feb. 19) ... Threw three scoreless innings with four Ks at Youngstown State (March 15) ... Threw a scoreless inning at Western Kentucky (Feb. 25).
2023: Pitched in 17 games with six starts ... Threw a scoreless inning at Indiana (March 8) ... Didn't allow a run in outings at Toledo (May 16) and at Milwaukee (May 19).
High School: Named First Team All-State, KPC All Area- and First Team All-Conference in 2021... Helped Eastside to a Class 2A State runner up finish and 26-7 record... Went 9-1 in 78 innings pitched while recording 136 strikeouts and a 0.54 ERA... KPC All-Area in basketball... National Honor Society and honor roll member... Played for Five Star Midwest National 2018-21 ... Threw a perfect game while hitting for the cycle for Eastside High School against Prairie Heights in a game played at Parkview Field (home of the Fort Wayne Tincaps) (April 20, 2022).
Other: Brother Cade played baseball at Purdue Fort Wayne 2018-21... Father played at Huntington.
Personal: Son of Kerri and Aaron Willard... Has one brother, Cade, and one sister, Madison... Majoring in General Studies.
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2025: Played in 33 games, seeing time at both pitcher and as an infielder ... Made 10 pitching appearances ... Played in 23 games in the field with 13 starts at second base ... Doubled, singled, walked and scored once in first career start in the field in a win at Michigan State (April 22) ... Tripled in a run at Milwaukee (May 10) ... Had three hits, drove in two and scored twice vs. Youngstown State (April 26) ... Totaled thee hits, two runs and one run batted in vs. Wright State (May 15).
2024: Made 20 pitching appearances with five starts ... Got the save vs. No. 20 Indiana after not allowing a run in 1.1 innings (Feb. 27) ... Didn't allow a run in 2.1 innings at Murray State (Feb. 19) ... Threw three scoreless innings with four Ks at Youngstown State (March 15) ... Threw a scoreless inning at Western Kentucky (Feb. 25).
2023: Pitched in 17 games with six starts ... Threw a scoreless inning at Indiana (March 8) ... Didn't allow a run in outings at Toledo (May 16) and at Milwaukee (May 19).
High School: Named First Team All-State, KPC All Area- and First Team All-Conference in 2021... Helped Eastside to a Class 2A State runner up finish and 26-7 record... Went 9-1 in 78 innings pitched while recording 136 strikeouts and a 0.54 ERA... KPC All-Area in basketball... National Honor Society and honor roll member... Played for Five Star Midwest National 2018-21 ... Threw a perfect game while hitting for the cycle for Eastside High School against Prairie Heights in a game played at Parkview Field (home of the Fort Wayne Tincaps) (April 20, 2022).
Other: Brother Cade played baseball at Purdue Fort Wayne 2018-21... Father played at Huntington.
Personal: Son of Kerri and Aaron Willard... Has one brother, Cade, and one sister, Madison... Majoring in General Studies.
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