2017
Worked in 11 games with one start, owning a 3-2 record with a 7.97 ERA … Worked 20.1 innings, allowing 22 hits with nine walks, striking out 14, holding opponents to a .286 average … Worked in three games in Sun Belt play, tossing 5.1 innings with four walks and four strikeouts … Inherited 14 runners, allowing only five to score … Got an out vs. Louisiana Tech in his season debut, before getting four outs vs. Dallas Baptist three days later … Worked 3.1 shutout innings for the relief win at Abilene Christian, allowing just a single with four strikeouts … Earned second win of the year vs. Milwaukee with an inning in relief … Tossed a shutout frame vs. ACU … Worked 3.1 innings in relief of Kadon Simmons at Arkansas State, allowing a run over three walks … Made lone start with five innings at No. 3 TCU, allowing five hits and five runs, before working two innings at Texas State.
2016
Appeared in 13 games with five starts, owning a 1-2 record and a 4.38 ERA … Tossed 49.1 innings, allowing 50 hits and 17 walks, striking out 29 … Allowed eight doubles, one triple, five homers and a .267 average … Appeared in six games with two starts in Sun Belt play, owning a 0-1 record and a 4.62 ERA in 25.1 innings … In his five starts, had a 0-2 record and a 7.52 ERA … In eight relief outings, was 1-0 with a 2.17 ERA in 29 innings … Inherited nine runners and allowed four to score … Worked 5.1 innings at Louisiana Tech, allowing two earned runs … Worked four shutout innings vs. Texas A&M Corpus-Christi … Tossed 5.2 innings in relief, allowing a run, vs. Arkansas State … Worked a season-long 6.2 shutout innings in relief at South Alabama … Made first career start vs. Incarnate Word, allowing two runs in 4.1 innings … Allowed one run in four innings vs. Dallas Baptist … Worked 2.1 shutout innings in relief vs. Georgia Southern.
2015
Appeared in 17 games with 15 starts, sporting a 2-7 record and a 4.87 ERA … Worked 57.1 innings, allowing 65 hits and 20 walks, striking out 27 … Allowed 17 doubles and three homers … Held opponents to a .286 average … Earned first career win with six innings, allowing just a run on five hits and a walk, over six innings vs. Michigan State … Picked up second career win with five shutout innings vs. South Alabama … Worked 5.2 innings at UC Santa Barbara, allowing just a run … Worked six quality innings, allowing a run vs. Georgia State … Worked 6.1 shutout innings in a no decision vs. ULM … Made a two-inning start at Texas A&M, allowing two runs … Worked five innings, allowing two runs, at Louisiana … Suffered hard-luck loss vs. Appalachian State, allowing two runs over five innings.
High School
Played at McKinney High School for coach Jeremy Price … Named 2013 pitcher of the year.
Personal
Son of Bryan and Kelli Vassar … Has a brother … Is a kinesiology major.
