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2017: Horizon League All-Academic Team ... Made 23 appearances, second most on the team, all out of the bullpen ... Went 0-2 with a 3.13 ERA ... Averaged 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings ... Allowed only eight earned runs and three extra-base hits in 23.0 innings of work ... Did not surrender an earned run in 18 of 23 games ... Gave up more than one hit only four times, and more than two hits just once ... Pitched 0.2 IP during NCAA Championship Hattiesburg Regional at Southern Miss (June 2) ... Matched season-high with three strikeouts in Horizon League Championship victory over Wright State (May 27) ... Made nine consecutive scoreless appearances between April 18 - May 27 ... Lowered season ERA from 5.11 to 2.82 during that span ... Threw 2.0 scoreless IP with three strikeouts against Chicago State (April 25) ... Did not allow a baserunner against the Cougars ... Made Horizon League debut against Valparaiso (March 24) ... Threw season-high 3.1 IP in extra-inning victory at seventh-ranked Vanderbilt (Feb. 26) ... Made 2017 debut with 0.1 IP out of the bullpen during MLB Urban Youth Invitational game vs. Prairie View A&M (Feb. 17).

2016: Made 14 appearances (two starts), going 1-1 with a 9.12 ERA (26 ER/25.2 IP) … earned his first collegiate win in relief on 5/7 vs. Northern Kentucky (0 ER/2.0 IP) ... made six scoreless outings … went 0-1 with a 14.14 ERA (11 ER/7.0 IP) as a starter and 1-0 with a 7.23 ERA (15 ER/18.2 IP) in relief … threw career-high 4.0 IP in start on 3/5 at Missouri … tossed 2.2 scoreless IP in relief with two strikeouts on 3/22 at Notre Dame … allowed two earned runs or less in 10 of his 14 outings … made first collegiate start on 2/21 at Texas Southern, striking out three in 3.0 IP.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Earned First Team All-Conference honors at Bloomington (Ill.) High School ... saw action at first base, third base and pitcher ... was a three-year letterwinner in baseball ... played center on basketball team his freshman and sophomore year ... son of Todd and Darlene Cerny ... Majoring in Information and Decision Sciences.