NIL Opportunities

Career Highs

• Innings pitched: 8.0, vs. Indiana State, May 31, 2024
• Strikeouts: 9, vs. Akron, Feb. 16, 2024
• Walks: 6, at Wake Forest, Feb. 18, 2023
• Batters faced: 27, vs. Indiana State, May 31, 2024
• Field chances: 2, 5x, last: vs. Indiana State, May 31, 2024
• Putouts: 2, at Ohio State, April 28, 2023
• Assists: 2, 3x, last: vs. Indiana State, May 31, 2024
• Runners CS: 1, 3x, last: at Minnesota, April 5, 2024

SENIOR - 2024

• Went 7-2 with a 4.88 ERA (49 ER/90.1 IP) in 16 games, starts.
• Set career-best marks in wins (7), starts (16), innings (90.1), strikeouts (80) and opponents average (.217).
• Ranked among qualified Big Ten pitchers in innings pitched (2nd), WHIP (1.22, T-6th), average against (7th) and strikeouts (8th)
• Illinois went 11-5 in games that he started, including a run of seven-straight wins from March 15 - April 26.
• Punched out at least five batters in 11 of his 16 outings, including closing out the season with four-straight games with at least five strikeouts...had seven or more strikeouts in three starts.
• Whiffed a career-high nine batters in the Illini's season opener on Feb. 16 vs. Akron...first quality start of the season.
• Worked his second quality start of the campaign on March 15 vs. Southern Indiana (7.0 IP, 1 ER).
• Tossed three-straight quality starts from April 12-26...April 12 vs. Northern Illinois (6.0 IP, 3 ER), April 19 vs. Northwestern (6.2 IP, 2 ER), April 26 at Maryland (6.0 IP, 2 ER)...overall, went 3-0 with a 3.38 ERA to go along with 15 strikeouts during that span.
• Turned in the best start of his career on May 31 vs. Indiana State in the opening round of the NCAA Lexington Regional...worked a career-high 8.0 innings allowing just one run on three hits while striking out five batters with no walks issued.

JUNIOR - 2023

• Went 3-3 with a 7.87 ERA (37 ER/42.1 IP) in 17 games, six starts...struck out a total of 35 batters.
• Worked a season-high 5.2 innings on March 4 at Sam Houston...allowed two runs on six hits while striking out three batters to go along with no walks.
• Whiffed a season-high five batters on April 22 vs. Minnesota over 4.0 scoreless innings to earn his second win of the season...allowed just two hits and issued no walks.
• Matched a season-high with five strikeouts against Michigan on May 24 in the Big Ten Tournament.
• Had a season-high 7.0 scoreless inning streak from April 18-22...struck out nine batters and walked one during that span.

SOPHOMORE - 2022

• Went 3-1 with a 6.13 ERA (27 ER/39.2 IP) in nine starts
• Struck out 32 batters and walked 16
• Had three starts with at least six strikeouts
• Tossed two quality starts
• Illini went 6-3 in his starts
• Opened season with a quality start in his first-career start vs. Butler on March 15 (6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 6 SO, 1 HR)
• Struck out a career-high eight batters on April 16 vs. Northwestern

Freshman - 2021

• Appeared in nine games out of the bullpen in 2021
• Received the win after a scoreless 9th inning at No. 25 Indiana 5/18/21
• Finished the game and earned his first career win vs. Nebraska 4/3/21
• No. 10 MLB Draft prospect for 2023 in the Big Ten by Perfect Game
• Ranked No. 21 impact freshman in the Big Ten by D1Baseball

High School

• No. 2 right-handed pitcher in Illinois by Perfect Game and No. 3 by Prep Baseball Report
• No. 35 right-handed pitcher in the nation by Perfect Game and No. 77 by Prep Baseball Report
• No. 4 recruit in Illinois by Perfect Game and No. 8 by Prep Baseball Report
• No. 135 recruit in the nation by Perfect Game and No. 236 by Prep Baseball Report
• Three-year letterwinner
• Played for head coach Adam O'Reel at Plainfield East
• 2019 All-Southern Prairie Conference
• 2019 Perfect Game Preseason Underclassmen All-American second team
• 2019 WWBA 17 U Prospect Meadows National Championship MVP
• 2019 WWBA Kernels Foundation Championship MVP
• 2019 WWBA 17 U Prospect Meadows National Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2019 WWBA 17U National Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2019 WWBA Kernels Foundation Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2018 Perfect Game Preseason Underclassmen All-American honorable mention
• 2018 WWBA Kernels Foundation Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2017 15U Perfect Game World Series All-Tournament Team
• Led Plainfield East to three straight regional championships
• Topped at 95 MPH according to Perfect Game
• Bengal Athletic Leadership Council
• Involved with community service through Feed My Starving Children

Personal

• Born July 25, 2002
• Son of David and Jennifer Crowder
• Older brother, Dalton, played baseball at Lewis University
• Played summer ball for the Cangelosi Sparks with Illini Branden Comia and Cam McDonald
• Committed to Illinois as a sophomore
• Chose Illinois over Michigan, Penn State, Iowa, and Indiana
• Chose Illinois because, "it was the best fit for me, and I loved the coaches and the players."