UIC Athletics

2020: Appeared in two games out of the bullpen before the season was cut short due to COVID-19 … Threw 2.0 IP … Tallied three strikeouts. 

2019: Did not appear in a game and will receive medical redshirt ... Graduated from UIC in May with degree in entrepreneurship ... Intends to enroll in MBA program.

2018: Appeared in five games and made one start ... Threw 7.0 IP ... Tallied nine strikeouts ... Threw a scoreless inning and struck out the side at Northern Illinois (April 10) ... Saw first Horizon League action in second game of a doubleheader at Youngstown State (March 31) ... Made first start for Flames vs. Roosevelt (Feb. 27) ... Threw 4.0 scoreless innings with four strikeouts against the Lakers ... Made UIC debut vs. Prairie View A&M during Andre Dawson Classic (Feb. 18).

PRIOR TO UIC: Played two seasons at De Anza College in Cupertino, Calif. ... Two-time Coast Golden Gate All-Conference First Team selection ... Won team-high nine games as a sophomore in 2016 with 14 starts and 17 appearances with a 2.68 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 77.1 innings pitched ... Ranked third in the conference in strikeouts and fourth in innings pitched ... Went 5-1 with a 1.26 ERA as a freshman.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Lettered four years at St. Ignatius High School in San Francisco, Calif. … Honorable Mention All-WCAL for the Dons in 2014 and 2015… Born Dec. 14, 1996 ... Son of Coral Soutar and Ron Simonian… Has three siblings, Megan and Timothy … Enjoys hiking and has hiked the highest peak in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, at 14,508 feet … Majoring in entrepreneurship at UIC.