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2026 Baseball Roster

35 Patrick Steitz

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height / Weight 6-8 / 210
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Peoria, Ariz.
  • High School (Prev. School) Liberty HS (Kansas)
  • B/T R/R

Biography

2025/RS- JUNIOR
  • Started in all six of his appearances
  • Recorded a 3.55 ERA and a 2-0 record
  • Threw 12.2 innings and struck out eight
  • Allowed one or fewer earned runs in five of his six appearances, three of them scoreless
  • Tossed 3.0 innings of one-hit ball against Tarleton State, allowing just one baserunner and fanning three (Feb. 23)
  • Went a season-long 4.0 innings with three punchouts, giving up just a run and a walk against Omaha (March 2)
2024/JUNIOR (Kansas)
  • Was ranked the No. 32 JUCO to 4-year school transfer by Perfect Game
  • Made six appearances, starting on the first six Sundays
  • Posted a 2.16 ERA with a 2-2 record
  • Tossed 25.0 innings and recorded 20 strikeouts
  • Underwent Tommy John surgery in April
  • Struck out three and gave up just two hits over 5.0 scoreless innings against Texas Southern (March 3)
  • Went a career-long 6.0 shutout innings in his Kansas debut, fanning five and surrendering four hits with no walks against Illinois Chicago; allowed just one of 21 batters faced to reach second (Feb. 18)
2023/SOPHOMORE (Central Arizona)
  • Named an NJCAA DI third-team All-American
  • Career: 18-4, 2.17 ERA, 133.0 IP, 31 BB, 165 SO, 0.93 WHIP in 28 appearances (25 starts)
  • 2023: 9-1, 1.06 ERA, 76.2 IP, 10 BB, 109 SO, 0.65 WHIP in 14 appearances (13 starts)
2022/FRESHMAN (Central Arizona)
  • Helped Central Arizona win the NJCAA Division I World Series in 2022
  • 2022: 9-3, 3.67 ERA, 56.1 IP, 21 BB, 56 SO in 14 appearances (12 starts)
  • Ranked 220th on the 2022 Perfect Game Top 500 JUCO Prospect List
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Played four years of baseball at Liberty High School in Peoria, Ariz.
  • Ranked the No. 3 ranked right-handed pitcher in the state of Arizona and the No. 8 overall prospect in the state according to Perfect Game in 2021
  • All-State selection
  • All-West Valley Preps Second Team
  • Helped his team win the 6A State Championship
  • Threw a complete game in the semifinals of the state tournament
  • Also played basketball for four years, lettered for two years at Liberty
PERSONAL
  • Born Oct. 7, 2002, in Peoria, Ariz.
  • Son of Jay and Melody Steitz
  • Has a sister, Lauryn Steitz
  • Favorite baseball memories are winning the State Championship and JUCO World Series
  • Majoring in liberal arts and sciences

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