CAREER HONORS
• 2019 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Two-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017, Fall 2017)
• Two-time Dean's List (Fall 2016, Fall 2017)
2020 (RS Junior): Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Appeared in six games on the year, finishing with a 5.87 ERA in 7.2 innings of work in relief, striking out four batters as he was 0-1 on the year … made his season debut vs. Nebraska (2/15) where he tossed a season-high 2.1 innings, allowing one run on one hit with one walk … tallied a season-high two batters in a loss vs. Oral Roberts (2/21) where he threw 1.2 innings of work … threw one inning of scoreless baseball vs. UT Rio Grande Valley with one strikeout … made appearances in two of the Bears’ two wins at the Shriners College Classic, throwing 1.0 inning vs. LSU and 0.1 inning vs. Arkansas where he got the Bears out of a jam with a strikeout … also made an appearance in an 8-6 victory at Cal Poly (3/7).
2019 (RS Sophomore): Made 25 appearances as one of Baylor’s most reliable set-up men … Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Finished with a 2-1 record with a 1.67 ERA, second-lowest on the team … Struck out 36 batters in 37.2 innings … Allowed a team-low seven earned runs of any pitcher that has allowed a run … Worked a season-high four innings vs. Texas Southern (3/26) … Tallied season-high five strikeouts in two innings pitched vs. Kansas State (5/4).
2018 (Sophomore): Redshirted the 2018 season due to injury.
2017 (Freshman): Pitched in five games as reliever ... Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ... Made Baylor debut vs. Niagara (2/17) with 0.2 innings ... Threw scoreless frame vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/28) ... Tossed season-high two innings vs. UTSA (3/28) ... Recorded first career strikeout in lone batter faced vs. Prairie View A&M (5/10).
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner for coach Mike Cordero at Loyola High School ... Helped team finish second in Mission League during junior year ... 2015 Perfect Game Evoshield National Championship all-tournament team ... 2015 Area Code invitee ... 2015 Perfect Game All-American honorable mention ... 2015 Under Armour Preseason All-American ... 2015 Under Armour Top Velocity ... 2015 Elite Baseball Series Select ... Member of So Cal Bomber team that was ranked 26th in nation in 2015 ... Worked 22 innings while giving up just two earned runs with 24 strikeouts for So Cal Bomber squad.
PERSONAL: Born on Oct. 6, 1997 ... Son of D.J. and Holly Caruso ... Brother, Brandon, played baseball at Pepperdine from 2014-17 ... National Society of High School Scholars member ... Marketing major.
