2024 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 19
Korey Bunselmeyer
- Position:
- RHP
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 204
- Hometown:
- Ava, Ill.
- High School:
- Trico Senior
- Prev School:
- Rend Lake CC
 University of Illinois Graduate |
CAREER HIGHS
- Innings pitched: 3.0, at Purdue, May 18, 2024
- Strikeouts: 4, vs. Southern Indiana, March 15, 2024
- Walks allowed: 3, vs. Ohio State, May 4, 2024
- Batters faced: 10, at Purdue, May 18, 2024
- Field chances: 2, vs. Missouri, March 26, 2024
- Putouts: 1, 2x, last: vs. Northern Illinois, April 13, 2024
- Assists: 1, 4x, last: vs. Southern Indiana, March 17, 2024
- Runners CS: 2, vs. Penn State, March 30, 2024
SENIOR - 2024
- Academic All-Big Ten.
- Went 3-0 with a 4.44 ERA (13 ER/26.1 IP) in 21 relief appearances...struck out a total of 16 batters.
- Did not allow an earned run in a five-game stretch from March 30 to April 21, spanning 7.0 innings.
- Picked up the first save of his Illini career on May 18 at Purdue, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings to end the game...allowed just one hit.
- Tossed a scoreless inning during the NCAA Lexington Regional on June 2 vs. Indiana State.
JUNIOR - 2023
- Went 2-2 with a 2.81 ERA (8 ER, 25.2 IP) in 21 relief outings...racked up 24 strikeouts and recorded two saves.
- Did not allow an earned run in 15 of his appearances.
- Made Illini debut on Feb. 19 at No. 6 Wake Forest...worked 0.2 innings, allowing no runs and no hits.
- Worked a season-high 1.2 innings on March 18 vs. Southern Illinois...entered game with runners on the corners and no outs in the seventh and did not allow a run in the frame.
- Tossed 2.2 scoreless innings against Missouri in the Braggin' Rights Game on March 28, striking out a season-high matching three batters.
- Season-high 4.0 scoreless innings streak from May 5-13, spanning three games...allowed just two hits and struck out four batters.
SOPHOMORE - 2022 (REND LAKE COLLEGE)
- Went 5-7 with a 4.41 ERA (39 ER/79.2 IP) over 14 games, two starts, in his sophomore season
- Whiffed 90 batters and walked just 30. Posted a 10.17 ERA
- Set career-high marks in innings pitched (9.0) and strikeouts (13) on April 22 at Kaskaskia College
- Had seven total outings on the season with at least eight strikeouts
FRESHMAN - 2021 (REND LAKE COLLEGE)
- Went 0-1 with a 6.11 ERA (12 ER/17.2 IP) over 15 games in his debut season
- Fanned a total of 20 batters while issuing just nine walks. Posted a 10.19 K/9 ratio
- Converted six saves
- Struck out a career-high four batters over 2.0 innings of work on May 7 at Kaskaskia College
- Tossed a career-high 3.0 innings on April 27 at Southeastern Illinois College, earning the first win of his career
HIGH SCHOOL
- Ranked as the No. 112 overall player in Illinois and the No. 10 right-handed pitcher by Perfect Game
- Attended Trico Senior High School
PERSONAL
- Born on May 29, 2002
- Son of Keith Bunselmeyer and Rebecca Grammer
- Has two sisters, Kristin and Kassidy
- Was a member of National Honor Society all four years
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