Tickets2024 Season: CSC Academic All-District…Appeared in 18 games, making 15 starts…Tallied 64 strikeouts in 70.2 innings pitched…Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week and Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week following his March 16 start vs. Kansas when he took a no-hitter into the ninth inning…Struck out eight and held the Jayhawks out of the hit column before allowing a single in the top of the ninth…Seven starts of at least five innings…Struck out seven in 5.2 innings of work against TCU (April 6)…Struck out season-high nine hitters in 6.1 innings against West Virginia (May 4)…Allowed just one run in 5.1 innings, struck out seven at BYU (May 10)…Starting pitcher in UC’s Big 12 Tournament win vs. Texas (May 22).
2023 Season: Made 12 starts in 14 appearances with a 2-1 record and 6.27 ERA… Second on the staff in starts (12) and fourth in strikeouts (43) and innings pitched (47.1)… Made six starts in conference play with 17 strikeouts in 20.0 innings pitched… Struck out a career-high nine batters in five shutout innings of one-hit ball in win over Miami (OH) on April 11 – most strikeouts by a Bearcat in 2023… Earned his first collegiate win at Xavier on March 22, allowing three runs on six hits and striking out four batters with two walks over five innings… Made his first career start at Eastern Kentucky (March 8) and collegiate debut at Florida (Feb. 26).
Prior to UC: Attended Wheaton Warrenville South High School where he was a three-year varsity letterwinner… Was a part of a combined no hitter as a junior… Threw a perfect game and two one-hitters his senior season.
Personal: Born June 16, 2004… Parents are Jonathan and Jennifer Boba… Has a sister, Rachel… Relative Lou Agase was a tight end at the University of Illinois from 1944-47… Relative Alex Agase played football for Illinois (1941-42, 1946-47) and Purdue (1943) and later played in the AAFC and NFL… Relative Herbert Agase pitched for the University of Illinois from 1949-51 and Philadelphia Phillies from 1951-1953.
2023 Season: Made 12 starts in 14 appearances with a 2-1 record and 6.27 ERA… Second on the staff in starts (12) and fourth in strikeouts (43) and innings pitched (47.1)… Made six starts in conference play with 17 strikeouts in 20.0 innings pitched… Struck out a career-high nine batters in five shutout innings of one-hit ball in win over Miami (OH) on April 11 – most strikeouts by a Bearcat in 2023… Earned his first collegiate win at Xavier on March 22, allowing three runs on six hits and striking out four batters with two walks over five innings… Made his first career start at Eastern Kentucky (March 8) and collegiate debut at Florida (Feb. 26).
Prior to UC: Attended Wheaton Warrenville South High School where he was a three-year varsity letterwinner… Was a part of a combined no hitter as a junior… Threw a perfect game and two one-hitters his senior season.
Personal: Born June 16, 2004… Parents are Jonathan and Jennifer Boba… Has a sister, Rachel… Relative Lou Agase was a tight end at the University of Illinois from 1944-47… Relative Alex Agase played football for Illinois (1941-42, 1946-47) and Purdue (1943) and later played in the AAFC and NFL… Relative Herbert Agase pitched for the University of Illinois from 1949-51 and Philadelphia Phillies from 1951-1953.