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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

National Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List (2026)
D1Baseball Top 100 Starting Pitchers, No. 74 (2026)
D1Baseball Preseason Top 200 Starting Pitchers, No. 200 (2026)

CAREER BESTS (Div. I)
(through games April 7, 2026)
  • Innings Pitched: 7.0 (2x), at Dayton, 3/14/26
  • Strikeouts: 7 (3x), last ST. BONAVENTURE, 3/28/26
  • Runs Allowed: 0 (8x), last ST. BONAVENTURE, 3/28/26
  • ER Allowed: 0 (9x), last ST. BONAVENTURE, 3/28/26
  • Hits Allowed: 1 (3x), last LA SALLE, 3/14/26
  • Walks: 0 (8x), last at Rhode Island-1, 4/4/26
2026/RS-SENIOR
  • Tabbed the No. 74 starting pitcher in D1Baseball's Top 100 list through Week Six
  • Ranked in D1Baseball's Preseason Top 200 Starting Pitchers in the nation
  • Named to National Pitcher of the Year Award initial watch list by College Baseball Foundation (March 11)
  • Named A-10 Pitcher of the Week (March 17)
2025/RS-JUNIOR (Kansas)
  • 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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