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2019 Baseball Roster

44 Quinten Sefcik

  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 215
  • Position RHP
  • Hometown Wauconda, Ill.
  • High School Carmel Catholic

Biography

MLB Draft

  • 2019 MLB Draft - 24th Round - Cincinnati Reds

Career Highs

  • Innings pitched: 5.1, at Milwaukee, Feb 18, 2017 
  • Strikeouts: 5, Maryland, May 05, 2017 
  • Batters faced: 24, at Milwaukee, Feb 18, 2017 
  • Field chances: 2, 4 times
  • Putouts: 1, 6 times
  • Assists: 2, Southern Illinois, May 04, 2016 

Redshirt Senior - 2019

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Illinois' set-up man
  • 2 saves, 2-1, 4.15 ERA, 30. 1 IP, .208 BAA, 16 BB, 39 SO
  • Third on the team with 26 appearances
  • Fifth on the team with 39 strikeouts
  • Tied for fifth on the team with a .208 batting average against
  • 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K during the six-game foreign trip to Curaçao and Aruba

Redshirt Junior - 2018

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Appeared in 16 games, all in relief 
  • 1-1, 4.32 ERA, 25.0 IP, 28 H, 12 R, 22 K, 13 BB

Redshirt Sophomore - 2017

  • 3-3, 4.53 ERA, 19 APP, 2 GS, 43.2 IP, 27 BB, 24 SO, .242 BAA
  • 0-0, 3.86 ERA, 8 APP, 21.0 IP, 17 BB, 14 SO, .192 BAA during Big Ten games
  • Second on the team in ERA during Big Ten games (3.86)
  • Wins against Coastal Carolina 3/10/17, Toledo 3/17/17 and Indiana State 4/2/17
  • Career-best 5 1/3 innings pitched and 24 batters faced against Milwaukee 2/18/17
  • Career-best 5 strikeouts against No. 24 Maryland 5/5/17

Redshirt Freshman - 2016

  • 0-0, 6.46 ERA, 15.1 IP, 22 H, 11 ER, 11 BB, 10 SO
  • Eight appearances, two starts
  • Starts vs. Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois
  • Allowed one or zero runs in five of eight appearances

Freshman - 2015

  • Redshirted the 2015 season

High School

  • Earned all-area honors by Daily Herald and Pioneer Press in 2014 along with being an ESCC all-conference selection
  • Named to Top 100 players by the Chicago Tribune
  • Lettered in baseball all four years
  • Struck out 15 Glenbrook South batters in a game during his senior season in 2014
  • Took eighth place at Jupiter Nationals in 2013 as a part of the Chicago Scout Team
  • Honorable mention Honor Society during all four years

Personal

  • Born Nov. 26, 1995
  • Parents are Jeff and Christy Sefcik
  • Dad, Jeff Sefcik, played first and third base for Coastal Carolina University in 1988-1989
  • Nickname is "Q"
  • Majoring in communication
  • Credits his dad for getting him into baseball through watching him coach high school baseball
  • Also credits his grandpa for helping him become the athlete he is today
  • Favorite Illini heroes are Pat Arlis and Frank Williams

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 44

    2015Freshman

    IF/RHP
    6'1" 190 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2016Redshirt Freshman

    INF/RHP
    6'1" 190 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2017Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    6'1" 210 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2018Redshirt Junior

    RHP
    6'1" 210 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2019Redshirt Senior

    RHP
    6'1" 215 lbs
    44