Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

2018: Did not appear in a game in 2018.

Honors and Awards (Omaha): Three-time Summit League Pitcher of the Week...Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll (2014-15).

2017 (Omaha): Made 16 mound appearances, including 12 starts...Went 3-11 with a 6.75 ERA over 62.2 innings pitched...Threw a team-leading three complete games...Opened the season with a win at UNLV (Feb. 19), limiting the Runnin' Rebels to one run on five hits with no walks and five strikeouts...Picked up the complete-game win at Fort Wayne (March 24), surrendering one run with a season-high eight strikeouts...Earned his third win the following week vs. North Dakota State (March 31), keeping the Bison to two hits over 7.0 shutout innings with no walks and three strikeouts...Named Summit League Pitcher of the Week on April 3.

2016 (Omaha): Named Summit League Pitcher of the Week on March 14 and May 16…Made 15 mound appearances with 13 starts…Went 8-3 with a 4.06 ERA over 75.1 innings of work, the second-most innings of any Maverick pitcher…Issued 51 strikeouts to 19 walks and held his opponents to a .269 batting average…Ranked first in the Summit League for complete games (two) and shutouts (one) and third for wins (seven)…Earned his first win of the year vs. NJIT (Feb. 20), going 5.0 innings and allowing one run with four strikeouts…Picked up another victory vs. Morehead State (Feb. 27)…Named league pitcher of the week for the first time in his career after tossing a complete-game three-hitter vs. Bowling Green (March 12)…Recorded a career-high six strikeouts, no walks and just one earned run over nine innings to pick up the win…Improved to 4-0 with a win over North Dakota State (March 27), allowing two runs on five hits with four strikeouts in 5.1 innings of work…Got his fifth win vs. Air Force (April 26), limiting the Falcons to two hits with two strikeouts over 4.0 scoreless innings…Added another victory at Fort Wayne (April 30), where he gave up one run on four hits and two walks with a pair of Ks…Collected his second weekly league award after throwing a complete-game three-hit shutout at Western Illinois (May 15)…Went 8.0 innings in Omaha’s 14-0 victory, limiting the Leathernecks to three hits – all singles – with no walks and five strikeouts…Grabbed his eighth win vs. Oral Roberts (May 21), striking out a career-high-tying six.

2015 (Omaha):
Made seven mound appearances in his inaugural season, including one start…Threw 9.1 innings for the year with nine strikeouts…Debuted with one inning of relief against Chicago State (Feb. 20)…Made his first career start at Wichita State (Feb. 24), striking out a season-high four batters in 2.0 innings…Matched his four-strikeout total with 2.0 innings of relief vs. North Dakota State (March 20)…Tossed an inning of scoreless, hitless relief at South Dakota State (April 17)…Named to the Summit League Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Three-year letterwinner for Coach John Buteyn at Eden Prairie High School...Earned all-conference and first-team all-metro recognition as a senior...Helped the Eagles to state tournament appearances in 2012 and 2014, including a runner-up finish in his senior season...Also played for the Minnesota Millers for Coach John Gaub and Coach Joe Loftus.

Personal
Born Nov. 11, 1995 in Victoria, Minn....Parents are Scott and Sherri Binger...Has one brother, Ben...Member of the UNO Dean's List...Majoring in business.