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Jersey Number 6
Wyatt Rush
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Grand Ledge, Mich.
- High School:
- Grand Ledge
- Prev School:
- Lansing CC
Bio
CAREER NOTES: A two-time recipient of the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit MSU Team Award, the award given to the most positive team player who is enthusiastic, trustworthy, conscientious, hard-working, and good humored in honor of Spartan Baseball alum Craig Hendricks ... A three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... Ended his Spartan career with 12 saves, good for tied for No. 5 on MSU’s career saves list.
2023 (SENIOR): Earned the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit Award for the second-straight season, the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit Award is given to the most positive team player who is enthusiastic, trustworthy, conscientious, hard-working, and good humored in honor of Spartan Baseball alum Craig Hendricks ... Was third in the B1G and tied for 19th in the NCAA in saves with 10 ... The Spartan closer led the MSU pitching staff by posting a 5-0 record with a 3.61 ERA, with 43 strikeouts in 26 appearances ... Along with leading the staff in saves (10), also topped staff in ERA (3.61), appearances (26), games in relief (26), games finished (25), tied for lead in won-loss percentage (1.000), tied for second in wins (5), third in strikeouts (43) and fifth in strikeouts looking (11) ... Was one of four pitchers on staff to go undefeated, but only one doing so with more than one win ... Also second on staff for fewest walks with more than 10 appearances (10 walks), a mark that would have led B1G but didn’t have enough IP to qualify ... One of his gutsiest performances came in the B1G Tournament, when he came on in the fifth inning in the elimination game against Rutgers and finished the game, earning the win in the 6-4 Victory for MSU ... As the Spartans’ closer, had only pitched more than 2.0 IP in five of his 25 previous appearances this season, and came on in the fifth inning with the bases loaded and one out, and after yielding a sacrifice fly, rang up a strikeout to end the Scarlet Knights’ rally and keep MSU within one at 4-3 ... Went on to finish the game, going a career-high 4.2 IP with four Ks, spraying three hits and walking one while not allowing any runs in facing a career-high 19 batters, earning the win to improve to 5-0 on the season ... Was his second-straight outing without allowing a run and his 16th overall outing of the season without a run ... Had stretch of six-straight outings without a run (March 11-31), as part of a spurt of eight scoreless outings in nine appearances (March 11-April 11), which was part of bigger stretch of 12 scoreless outings in 14 appearances (March 11-April 29), which encompassed a four-game streak (April 19-29) ... Had 10 games without a hit ... With the 10 saves, becomes just the fourth Spartan pitcher to finish with double-digit saves, finishing fourth on MSU’s single-season saves list, as well as tied for No 12 on the single-season pitching appearances list ... Ended his Spartan career with 12 saves, good for tied for No. 5 on MSU’s career saves list.
2022 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Recipient of the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit MSU Team Award, the award given to the most positive team player who is enthusiastic, trustworthy, conscientious, hard-working, and good humored in honor of Spartan Baseball alum Craig Hendricks ... Garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Was a veteran mentor to the younger Spartans, particularly the younger MSU pitchers, providing mentorship and leadership on and off the field ... Made 21 appearances on the mound with two starts, posting two saves to go with a 3-3 record and a 4.33 ERA, logging 26 strikeouts in 43.2 IP ... Tied career-high with five strikeouts in 2.2 IP of relief at Abilene Christian (Feb. 27), one of five outings with multiple strikeouts, adding three outings without yielding a hit and eight appearances without a run ... Logged four Ks in 2.2 IP vs. Eastern Michigan (April 20), with just two hits and no runs ... Fired three punchouts in next outing in 2.1 IP at Northwestern (April 23), also adding three Ks in 3.0 IP vs. Kansas (March 4) at Fluor Field at Greenville in picking up first save of the season ... Earned second save in win over Minnesota (May 1) ... Posted three outings without yielding a hit and 10 outings without allowing an eared run ... Earned first win of year in 3.1 IP with only one hit and no runs vs. Illinois (March 27), picking up second win vs. EMU (April 20) and third win vs. Notre Dame (April 26) with 1.1 IP with two hits, one K and no runs, in game at Comerica Park.
2021 (REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE): Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Made 11 appearances, making one start and 10 relief appearances ... Chalked up 21 strikeouts in 22.0 IP ... Rang up two or more Ks in six outings, highlighted by season-high five punchouts in 3.1 IP without a hit or run vs. Michigan (May 8), part of stretch of three-straight multi-strikeout outings to close out season, which was part of four times in five appearance spurt ... Added four Ks in 4.0 IP vs. Purdue (April 8) ... Started season with back-to-back outings with three Ks, first in 2.0 IP vs. Maryland (March 7) in season-debut at Greenville, then in next outing vs. Illinois (March 20) in Ann Arbor ... Added two punchouts in 1.2 IP at Penn State (April 30) and in 1.2 IP at Ohio State (May 14) ... Fielded his position by making two putouts and two assists.
2020 (REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN): Made six appearances, all in relief, posting a 1.93 ERA with two strikeouts in 4.2 IP ... Made three appearances without yielding a hit ... Rang up a strikeout in two separate appearances, first vs. Ball State (March 1) and one vs. USC-Upstate (March 4) ... Made Spartan debut on Feb. 16 vs. Morehead State, pitching 0.2 of inning without a hit... Yielded only one earned run ... Fielded his position with two assists, one each in games vs. Kansas (Feb. 28) and vs. USC-Upstate (March 4).
BEFORE MSU: Played two seasons at Lansing Community College for coaches Drew Huard and former Spartan assistant coach Jordan Keur ... Earned First-Team All-Region XII, First-Team All-MCCAA and First-Team All-Eastern Conference accolades ... Helped the Stars compile a 36-8 overall record, ending the regular season ranked seventh in the country, advancing to the NJCAA Region XII tournament, after winning the Eastern Conference with a 27-1 league mark ... Was named a Second-Team All-American as a freshman ... Also earned Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) Eastern Conference Player of the Year (POY) and Freshman of the Year accolades after setting LCC program record for wins (10) and ERA (2.09) ... Made 14 appearances in posting a 10-3 record ... Chalked up 86 strikeouts in 77.2 innings points, posting a 9.96 strikeouts-per-9-innings ratio ... Helped lead the Stars to a 40-12 record and advanced to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Region XII District 1 quarterfinals.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year lettermen at Grand Ledge High School for coach Patrick O’Keefe ... Earned Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Dream Team honors, along with first-team All-State Division 1 and first-team All-Region accolades as a senior after posting a 9-0 record with a 0.65 ERA and firing 56 strikeouts ... At the plate, batted .440 with 40 RBIs and two HR ... Was a three-time all-conference and two-time all-area honoree ... Rated as the No. 7 pitcher in Michigan and No. 60 player overall in Michigan by Prep Baseball Report ... Also a three-time academic all-conference and two-time academic all-district honoree ... Chose the Spartans over Michigan, Central Michigan, Kansas State, Xavier, Murray State and Wayne State.
PERSONAL: Son of Bryan and Eileen Rush ... Majoring in communication.
2023 (SENIOR): Earned the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit Award for the second-straight season, the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit Award is given to the most positive team player who is enthusiastic, trustworthy, conscientious, hard-working, and good humored in honor of Spartan Baseball alum Craig Hendricks ... Was third in the B1G and tied for 19th in the NCAA in saves with 10 ... The Spartan closer led the MSU pitching staff by posting a 5-0 record with a 3.61 ERA, with 43 strikeouts in 26 appearances ... Along with leading the staff in saves (10), also topped staff in ERA (3.61), appearances (26), games in relief (26), games finished (25), tied for lead in won-loss percentage (1.000), tied for second in wins (5), third in strikeouts (43) and fifth in strikeouts looking (11) ... Was one of four pitchers on staff to go undefeated, but only one doing so with more than one win ... Also second on staff for fewest walks with more than 10 appearances (10 walks), a mark that would have led B1G but didn’t have enough IP to qualify ... One of his gutsiest performances came in the B1G Tournament, when he came on in the fifth inning in the elimination game against Rutgers and finished the game, earning the win in the 6-4 Victory for MSU ... As the Spartans’ closer, had only pitched more than 2.0 IP in five of his 25 previous appearances this season, and came on in the fifth inning with the bases loaded and one out, and after yielding a sacrifice fly, rang up a strikeout to end the Scarlet Knights’ rally and keep MSU within one at 4-3 ... Went on to finish the game, going a career-high 4.2 IP with four Ks, spraying three hits and walking one while not allowing any runs in facing a career-high 19 batters, earning the win to improve to 5-0 on the season ... Was his second-straight outing without allowing a run and his 16th overall outing of the season without a run ... Had stretch of six-straight outings without a run (March 11-31), as part of a spurt of eight scoreless outings in nine appearances (March 11-April 11), which was part of bigger stretch of 12 scoreless outings in 14 appearances (March 11-April 29), which encompassed a four-game streak (April 19-29) ... Had 10 games without a hit ... With the 10 saves, becomes just the fourth Spartan pitcher to finish with double-digit saves, finishing fourth on MSU’s single-season saves list, as well as tied for No 12 on the single-season pitching appearances list ... Ended his Spartan career with 12 saves, good for tied for No. 5 on MSU’s career saves list.
2022 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Recipient of the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit MSU Team Award, the award given to the most positive team player who is enthusiastic, trustworthy, conscientious, hard-working, and good humored in honor of Spartan Baseball alum Craig Hendricks ... Garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Was a veteran mentor to the younger Spartans, particularly the younger MSU pitchers, providing mentorship and leadership on and off the field ... Made 21 appearances on the mound with two starts, posting two saves to go with a 3-3 record and a 4.33 ERA, logging 26 strikeouts in 43.2 IP ... Tied career-high with five strikeouts in 2.2 IP of relief at Abilene Christian (Feb. 27), one of five outings with multiple strikeouts, adding three outings without yielding a hit and eight appearances without a run ... Logged four Ks in 2.2 IP vs. Eastern Michigan (April 20), with just two hits and no runs ... Fired three punchouts in next outing in 2.1 IP at Northwestern (April 23), also adding three Ks in 3.0 IP vs. Kansas (March 4) at Fluor Field at Greenville in picking up first save of the season ... Earned second save in win over Minnesota (May 1) ... Posted three outings without yielding a hit and 10 outings without allowing an eared run ... Earned first win of year in 3.1 IP with only one hit and no runs vs. Illinois (March 27), picking up second win vs. EMU (April 20) and third win vs. Notre Dame (April 26) with 1.1 IP with two hits, one K and no runs, in game at Comerica Park.
2021 (REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE): Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Made 11 appearances, making one start and 10 relief appearances ... Chalked up 21 strikeouts in 22.0 IP ... Rang up two or more Ks in six outings, highlighted by season-high five punchouts in 3.1 IP without a hit or run vs. Michigan (May 8), part of stretch of three-straight multi-strikeout outings to close out season, which was part of four times in five appearance spurt ... Added four Ks in 4.0 IP vs. Purdue (April 8) ... Started season with back-to-back outings with three Ks, first in 2.0 IP vs. Maryland (March 7) in season-debut at Greenville, then in next outing vs. Illinois (March 20) in Ann Arbor ... Added two punchouts in 1.2 IP at Penn State (April 30) and in 1.2 IP at Ohio State (May 14) ... Fielded his position by making two putouts and two assists.
2020 (REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN): Made six appearances, all in relief, posting a 1.93 ERA with two strikeouts in 4.2 IP ... Made three appearances without yielding a hit ... Rang up a strikeout in two separate appearances, first vs. Ball State (March 1) and one vs. USC-Upstate (March 4) ... Made Spartan debut on Feb. 16 vs. Morehead State, pitching 0.2 of inning without a hit... Yielded only one earned run ... Fielded his position with two assists, one each in games vs. Kansas (Feb. 28) and vs. USC-Upstate (March 4).
BEFORE MSU: Played two seasons at Lansing Community College for coaches Drew Huard and former Spartan assistant coach Jordan Keur ... Earned First-Team All-Region XII, First-Team All-MCCAA and First-Team All-Eastern Conference accolades ... Helped the Stars compile a 36-8 overall record, ending the regular season ranked seventh in the country, advancing to the NJCAA Region XII tournament, after winning the Eastern Conference with a 27-1 league mark ... Was named a Second-Team All-American as a freshman ... Also earned Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) Eastern Conference Player of the Year (POY) and Freshman of the Year accolades after setting LCC program record for wins (10) and ERA (2.09) ... Made 14 appearances in posting a 10-3 record ... Chalked up 86 strikeouts in 77.2 innings points, posting a 9.96 strikeouts-per-9-innings ratio ... Helped lead the Stars to a 40-12 record and advanced to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Region XII District 1 quarterfinals.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year lettermen at Grand Ledge High School for coach Patrick O’Keefe ... Earned Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Dream Team honors, along with first-team All-State Division 1 and first-team All-Region accolades as a senior after posting a 9-0 record with a 0.65 ERA and firing 56 strikeouts ... At the plate, batted .440 with 40 RBIs and two HR ... Was a three-time all-conference and two-time all-area honoree ... Rated as the No. 7 pitcher in Michigan and No. 60 player overall in Michigan by Prep Baseball Report ... Also a three-time academic all-conference and two-time academic all-district honoree ... Chose the Spartans over Michigan, Central Michigan, Kansas State, Xavier, Murray State and Wayne State.
PERSONAL: Son of Bryan and Eileen Rush ... Majoring in communication.
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