AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017: Appeared in six games in his first season with the Jaguars … Pitched eight innings and posted eight strikeouts … Had the second-best ERA on the team (4.50).

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Marvin Ridge High School in Waxhaw, N.C., in 2016 … Lettered in all four years of baseball … Also lettered in football … Comepted in baseball under coach Mark Mennitt … Played club ball with the Carolina BlackSox out of Marvin, N.C., under coach Tony Womack.

PERSONAL: Born in Boca Raton, Fla., on May 2, 1998 … Son to Terri and Gene Wotell and brother to Max, William, and Merissa … Plans on studying communications.