2025 - Senior (at Lawrence University)

• Totaled 39.1 innings pitched across 10 starts in 2025
• Posted a 6.18 ERA with 28 strikeouts 
• Threw a season-high 7.0 innings with eight strikeouts and two earned runs at Illinois College (4/26/25)
• Recorded a 5.0-inning outing with six strikeouts against Grinnell College (4/12/25)
• Fired 6.2 innings of two-run ball with two strikeouts at Beloit College (4/5/25)
• 2025 D3 Midwest Conference regular season champion
• 2025 Dean’s List
• 2024-25 Academic All-Midwest Conference

2024 - Junior (at Lawrence University)

• Appeared in two games
• Struck out four batters in his 1.0 inning of work against Elmhurst College (3/3/24)
• 2024 Dean’s List
• 2024 D3 Midwest Conference regular season champion

2023 - Sophomore (at Lawrence University)

• Missed the entire season while recovering from Tommy John surgery
• 2023 Dean’s List

2022 - Freshman (at Lawrence University)

• Made 13 appearances, including two starts, while earning a team-best six saves as a freshman
• Totaled six saves, which ranks first in a single season in Vikings history
• Posted a 6.00 ERA with 26 strikeouts over 27.0 innings, holding opponents scoreless in seven different outings
• Registered 8.1 innings of scoreless baseball across five outings in May, including three starts during that stretch
• Secured the save in the Midwest Conference tournament championship win, tossing 2.2 scoreless innings (5/14/22)
• Fired 3.0 innings of one-hit, scoreless relief with five strikeouts at the University of Chicago (5/7/22)
• Went 6.0 innings with five strikeouts in a 7-6 win vs. Ripon College (4/5/22)
• Tallied his first career win in a five-inning outing against SUNY-Cobleskill (3/21/22)
• Earned his first career save in his first collegiate appearance vs. Wisconsin Lutheran (3/5/22)
• 2022 D3 Midwest Conference regular season champion
• 2022 Midwest Conference Baseball tournament champion

HIGH SCHOOL

• Attended Lincoln-Way Central

PERSONAL

• Born on Nov. 5, 2002
• Son of Rich and Laura LaCien
• Chose Illinois because it “felt like a no-brainer. Tons of friends went to school here, I knew some former players and only heard great things about the staff, and it’s only two hours from home, so my parents can come to every game. It’s also an opportunity to play and prove myself at the Division I level after earning my bachelor’s degree at a Division 3 school. I’ve been on campus multiple times and loved it.”
• Pursuing a graduate certificate in strategic leadership and management