UIC Athletics

2020: Third Team CoSIDA Academic All-America Team … First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District Team …Appeared and started in four games before the season was cut short due to COVID-19 … Led the team with 25.1 innings pitched … Tied for team lead with 15 strikeouts … Pitched season-high 7.0 innings and recorded eight strikeouts vs. Georgetown (March 6). 

2019: Horizon League Pitcher of the Year ... All-Horizon League First Team ... Google Cloud Academic All-District Team ... Horizon League All-Academic Team ... Horizon League Spring Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Season ... Tied for 13^th nationally with team-high 16 starts ... Led Horizon League with 105.2 innings pitched ... Ranked third in conference with career-high 90 strikeouts ... Led League with 32 batters struck out looking ... Finished regular season with 3.12 ERA in 14 starts, lowest mark among all starting pitchers (minimum five starts) ... Tallied nine quality starts, including six against Horizon League opponents ... Has at least seven strikeouts in eight of 16 starts and seven of last 11 ... Started first game of NCAA Louisville Regional against Louisville (May 31) ... Struck out three and allowed three earned runs in 5.0 IP against Cardinals ... Took first collegiate at-bat against Louisville after UIC had to eliminate the designated hitter ... Earned second Horizon League Pitcher of the Week award after throwing 8.0 scoreless IP and allowing only two hits against Milwaukee (May 3) ... Did not allow an earned run in 8.2 IP and allowed only three hits vs. Wright State (March 22) ... Picked up Horizon League Pitcher of the Week honors after allowing a lone unearned run in a complete game victory over Chicago State (March 8) ... Struck out season-high nine in 7.2 IP complete game at SIUE (March 1) ... Posted streak of 27.1 consecutive IP without a walk between Feb. 15 and March 16.

2018: Named to All-Horizon League Second Team ... Google Cloud Academic All-District Team ... Horizon League All-Academic Team ... Integral member of staff that set program record for fewest earned runs allowed (140) and most strikeouts (403) ... Made 12 starts and had one relief appearance ... Produced five quality starts ... Ranked second on team and sixth in conference with 74.0 innings pitched ... Led Flames and ranked sixth in conference with 72 strikeouts ... Struck out 34 batters looking, second most in Horizon League ... Punched out at least three hitters in every outing and at least six on six occasions ... Surrendered three earned runs or less nine times in 12 starts ... Threw 7.0 scoreless IP and allowed two hits with four strikeouts and no walks vs. Milwaukee (April 29) ... Allowed season-low three hits  with five strikeouts over 6.0 IP at Wright State (May 6) ... Collected first victory of season at Georgia Tech as Flames topped Yellow Jackets, 12-5 (March 4) ... Fanned career-high 11 and did not allow an earned run in 5.2 IP at UTRGV (Feb. 25) ... Struck out nine and walked only one in season debut at Andre Dawson Classic vs. Southern (Feb. 17) in a game televised on MLB Network.

2017: Appeared in 12 games with 10 starts ... Six of 10 starts were quality outings (at least 6.0 IP with three earned runs, or less, allowed) ...  Tallied a record of 6-0 with a 2.44 ERA in 51.2 innings of work ... Ranked third on the team with six wins ... Opponents batted .246 against with only four extra-base hits (all doubles) ... Made second Horizon League start and secured a victory against Milwaukee (May 6) ... Faced first conference opponent at Northern Kentucky (April 23) ... Threw season-high 102 pitches over 6.0 innings in victory at Northern Illinois (April 11) ... Helped shut out Northwestern with six scoreless innings vs. Northwestern (April 4) ... Struck out three and did not issue a base on balls to the Wildcats that night ... Matched season high with five strikeouts at Northwestern (March 7) ... Threw 5.1 IP in relief over two games in back-to-back games at seventh-ranked Vanderbilt (Feb. 24-25) ... Made collegiate debut on the mound against Grambling State (Feb. 19) ... Scattered two hits and two runs (one earned) over 6.0 IP with five strikeouts in team's first win of the season at MLB Urban Youth Invitational.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Lettered four years in baseball and one year in basketball at Siegel High School … Helped Stars win the 2016 Class AAA State Championship ... Earned save by striking out side on one day's rest in title game ... Claimed District 7-AAA title and tournament championship … Won District 4-AAA Region, Sectional, and Class AAA championships in 2016… Named District 7-AAA and 4-AAA Pitcher of the year as a senior … Won 10 games and owned 1.18 ERA with 96 strikeouts and 22 walks in 77 innings as a senior ... Named Class AAA Tennessee “Mr. Baseball” Finalist in 2016 … Participated on All-Region and All-State teams in 2016… Was a member of Knight Baseball TN club team… Son of Jeff and Cindy Key… Has one brother Josh… Current major is Mechanical Engineering.