ConnorMattison

• Two-time WAC Pitcher of the Week
• Midseason First-Team Freshman All-American (2024)
• National Pitcher of the Week, Perfect Game & D1Baseball (2024)
• Threw no-hitter in 2024

PRIOR TO KENTUCKY
Spent two seasons at Grand Canyon where, as a freshman, he pitched the school’s first no-hitter in 42 years…Pitched to a 5.57 ERA with two saves in nearly 100 innings with the Lopes, striking out 12.5 batters per nine innings pitched.

2025 (GRAND CANYON)
Appeared in 11 games with five starts…Backed up starter Isaac Lyon in series openers in five of first seven outings before missing time (April 11 to May 4) and returning to make short starts to end the season…Led the team in strikeout rate with 41 in 33 1/3 innings…Opened season with five shutout innings in relief against No. 16 Vanderbilt in a nationally televised game, striking out six and earning WAC Pitcher of the Week honors.

2024 (GRAND CANYON)
Led the Lopes in games started (13) and strikeouts (80) and tied for the team lead in wins (6)…Struck out 80 batters on the season (second in WAC) and 59 batters in conference games (led the WAC)…His strikeout rate of 11.93 per nine innings was the fourth-highest single-season rate in all-time GCU history…Freshman season was highlighted by throwing GCU’s first no-hitter in 42 years on March 29 vs. Sacramento State…It was the seventh no-hitter in program history but first by a freshman and first at the Division I level…It was the 28th no-hitter in WAC history…He struck out 10 batters in the nine-inning outing that required 125 pitches… He earned national pitcher of the week accolades from Perfect Game and D1Baseball and WAC Pitcher of the Week…Named a Midseason First-Team Freshman All-American by Perfect Game..Made career debut in front of the largest crowd in GCU Ballpark history, throwing three innings of relief and striking out seven of the 12 batters he faced to earn a save…Earned first career victory against Nebraska on Feb. 24, striking out seven in five innings.