Selected in the seventh round of the 2016 first-year player draft…Graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School (Texas) in 2012…Drafted in the 20th round by San Francisco in 2015, but did not sign…*2016: *Went 6-4 with a 3.28 ERA in 14 starts at Oregon State, including a two-hit shutout vs. USC on May 20 in which he was perfect through the first 6.2 innings…in professional debut with Burlington (APP) in 2016, compiled 4-1 mark with a 3.43 ERA in 11 appearances, including 10 starts…struck out 48 batters in 44.2 innings…his grandfather, Travis Eckert, played in the Chicago Cubs' organization from 1954-55.