2023 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 28
Izaak Siefken
- Position:
- RHP
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Hometown:
- Broomfield, Colo.
- High School:
- Holy Family
Career Highs
- Innings pitched: 3.0, vs. Wheaton, March 23, 2022
- Strikeouts: 3, vs. Wheaton, March 23, 2022
- Walks allowed: 1, 3x, last - vs. Notre Dame, March 4, 2022
- Batters faced: 11, vs. Wheaton, March 23, 2022
- Field chances: 1, vs. Wheaton, March 23, 2022
- Assists: 1, vs. Wheaton, March 23, 2022
Sophomore - 2023
- Did not make an appearance.
Freshman - 2022
- Went 0-2 with a 10.00 ERA in eight games, one start
- Made his Illini debut on Feb. 20 vs. Kansas
- Collected his first strikeout on March 4 vs. Notre Dame
- Back-to-back scoreless outings on March 15 vs. Butler and March 19 at Southern Illinois
- Made first-career start on March 23 vs. Wheaton; Worked a season-high 3.0 innings, allowing one run on two hits with three strikeouts
High School
- No. 12 recruit in Colorado by Prep Baseball Report
- No. 9 pitcher in Colorado by Prep Baseball Report
- Played for head coach Jon Ray at Holy Family
- Two-year letterwinner
- 3.09 ERA in high school
- National Honor Society
Personal
- Born September 18, 2002
- Son of Sid and Brenda Siefken
- One brother, Weston, and one sister, Jacquelynn
- Brother plays baseball at the Colorado School of Mines
- Plans to major in mechanical engineering
- Committed to Illinois in July 2020
- Chose Illinois over St. Louis, Wofford, Colorado School of Mines, Arkansas Little Rock
- Chose Illinois because, "Illinois fit perfectly in what I was looking for in a school a good engineering school and a high level baseball program, when considering schools in the recruitment process Illinois was a step above the rest of the schools I was considering in all aspects. After going to visit Champaign, I knew I found a home."
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