NIL Opportunities

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."