William & Mary Athletics

Selected in the 2024 MLB Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays (Round 4, Pick 124)

ABCA/Rawlings All-America Third Team (2024)
NCBWA All-America Third Team (2024)
CAA Pitcher of the Year (2024)
All-CAA First Team (2024)
ABCA/Rawlings Atlantic All-Region First Team (2024)
Perfect Game Midseason All-America Third Team (2024)
College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Watch List (2024)
Named to D1Baseball’s Top 150 Starting Pitchers list, as high as No. 24 (2024)
Preseason All-CAA (2024)
All-CAA Honorable Mention (2023)
 
Junior (2024)
Selected in the 2024 MLB Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth round at overall pick No. 124, the fifth-highest pick in program history… Named third-team All-American by ABCA/Rawlings and NCBWA, became the first All-American pitcher in program history… Earned CAA Pitcher of the Year and first-team All-CAA honors… Tabbed to ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I Atlantic All-Region First Team… Named a Midseason All-American (Third Team) by Perfect Game… Received an invite to the 2024 MLB Draft Combine… Three-time CAA Pitcher of the Week on April 1, April 15 and May 13… Ranked among the top 25 nationally in four statistics with a 2.48 ERA (No. 9), 5.63 hits per nine innings (No. 13), 12.6 strikeouts per nine innings (No. 20) and 112 strikeouts (No. 21)… Ended the season ranked top-25 in W&M history in seven career categories with a .197 opponent AVG (No. 2), 10.67 K/9 (No. 3), 3.35 ERA (No. 9), 37 games started (No. 11), 204 strikeouts (No. 13), 15 victories (tied No. 17) and 12 runners caught stealing (tied No. 23)… Posted top-15 marks in eight single-season categories, including 19 starts (tied No. 1), three combined shutouts (tied No. 2), 12.6 K/9 (No. 3), 112 strikeouts (No. 4), 29 strikeouts looking (tied No. 6), eight wins (tied No. 8), .178 opponent batting average (No. 11), 2.47 ERA (No. 14)… Made 19 appearances, all starts… Threw a career-high 80 innings, fanning 112 batters and giving up just 50 hits… His .178 opponent batting average paced the CAA… Led the Tribe with a 1.11 WHIP… Allowed just 10 extra-base hits, a career best… Didn’t allow an earned run in 10 outings and had eight scoreless appearances… Gave up one or fewer hits in six outings… Earned the victory in highest-ranked win in program history at No. 6 Duke, going 4.0 innings, allowing two hits and one run and fanning four (4/9)… Recorded 12 punchouts against Towson, the most by a W&M pitcher since 2013, in 6.1 innings while allowing four hits and just one earned run (5/10)… Tossed 4.0 innings of two-hit ball, striking out five at No. 15 Virginia (3/12)… Strick out nine in 5.0 innings of two-hit ball against No. 24 UNCW (4/26)… Fanned nine in his final outing, going a career-long 7.0 innings, allowing just four hits to earn the victory in elimination game vs. Northeastern at CAA Championship (5/23).
 
Sophomore (2023)
Named All-CAA Honorable Mention… Pitched in 20 games and made a team-high and was third in the nation with 17 starts… Earned five wins on the season and led the team with 65.2 innings pitched… Struck out a team-high 70 men, had a 3.43 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, and held the opposition to a .211 batting average against… Allowed just 13 extra base hits over 246 at bats… Did not allow an earned run over the first four outings and struck out 13 over 12.0 innings (2/18-3/4… Struck out four over 3.0 innings pitched and did not allow an earned run against Fairfield (3/4)… Picked up a win over Monmouth allowing just one hit over 3.0 innings (3/24)… Picked up the win and did not allow a hit over 3.0 innings as the Tribe beat top-15 Campbell (3/28)… Pitched 4.0 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out five in a win over St. John’s (4/2)… Punched out a season-high eight batters without allowing a hit or a run over 3.0 innings against Elon (4/15)… Struck out five over 4.0 innings and gave up three hits at N.C. A&T (4/21)… Earned a win, pitching 5.0 scoreless innings, striking out six against Towson (5/5)… Struck out three over 3.0 innings and allowed just one run against UNCW (5/18). 
 
Freshman (2022)
Made 14 appearances with one start… Tossed 26.1 innings and had 22 strikeouts to go with a pair of wins… Made five appearances against CAA teams and held opponents to a .186 batting average in 12.0 innings… Earned his first career win tossing 2.2 innings and allowing just one hit to beat Rhode Island (Feb. 19)… Struck out a season-high five in 2.0 innings of scoreless pitching at Georgia Southern (Mar. 12)… Struck out a pair and did not allow a run at James Madison (Apr. 23)… Earned a win striking out three men in 3.0 innings of scoreless work against Elon (May 19)… Retired all six men he faced and struck out one in a CAA Tournament appearance against Northeastern (May 25).
 
High School
Four-year letterwinner at Yorktown High School… Was named Regional First Team and District Player of the Year as an outfielder and pitcher as a senior. 
 
Personal
Born September 21, 2003, in Arlington, Va., to parents Gregory and Kerry Knowles… Father Gregory played baseball at the University of Miami and professionally in the Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Cardinals organizations… Majoring in Philosophy.