Longwood University Athletics

2023: Battled injury to make three appearances, two starts…Notched a 28.23 ERA with an 0-2 record in 7.1 innings of work…Struck out two to seven walks while giving up 24 runs, 23 earned…His two starts came against ACC opposition, with a start at Virginia on Feb. 21 and then at N.C. State on Feb. 28…
 
2022: Recorded an 8.41 ERA in 15 appearances out of the bullpen…recorded 12 strikeouts and allowed 33 hits…pitched a perfect inning at Duke where he struck out two on April 6^th…pitched another perfect inning at Radford and struck out one

2021: Had a 4.47 ERA in nine appearances, eight starts, while going 2-4 in 44.1 innings of work…Struck out 35 to 18 walks…Struck out at least four in six appearances…Pitched at least five innings in four starts…Earned the relief win in his first collegiate appearances, throwing three scoreless innings on Feb. 20 at The Citadel while striking out four in a 4-2 win in 10 innings…Struck out a career best seven in a 6.1 inning start at Charleston Southern while giving up four runs on six hits…Had his best career start on May 14 against Winthrop, pitching seven innings while only giving up two runs, one earned while striking out three…

High School: Four-time All-District selection at Heritage High School...Named to the All-Dulles First Team as a utility player and All-Dulles Second Team as a pitcher in 2019 when he hit .333 with 16 RBI and two homers to go with a 2.80 ERA and 38 strikeouts on the mound...Three-time team captain...Twice named First Team All-Region...Team MVP for three seasons...As a freshman, drove in the game-winning run to secure the Dulles District Conference Championship in 2016...Earned four letters in baseball and one letter in varsity basketball...

Personal: Son of Mike and Pam Saale with two siblings, Ryan and Taylor...Favorite athletes are Juan Soto and LeBron James...Hobbies include playing video games, hanging out with friends, fishing and working out...