Honors and Awards
- 2019: West Coast League All-Star
Arizona 2021 (Junior)
Made 14 appearances out of the bullpen and posted a sparkling 1.69 ERA (4ERx21.1IP) to go with one save and a 1-0 record...Struck out 31 opposing batters and logged an impressive 13.08 K/9 rate while limiting opposing hitters to a .178 batting average...After allowing two earned runs in his first outing of the year, strung together 10 consecutive outings from April 11 - May 27 without allowing an earned run...Worked a season-high 4.0 innings on May 16 vs. Washington, holding the Huskies scoreless on just two hits while striking out three...Struck out a season-high four batters three times: April 16 at Washington State, April 20 vs. New Mexico State, and May 23 at Oregon State...Earned his second career save on May 27 vs. Dixie State (1.1,0,0,0,0,3).
POSTSEASON: Pitched twice in the Tucson Regional, making relief appearances against Grand Canyon (0.2,2,1,1,0,1) and UC Santa Barbara (0.0,0,0,0,0,0).
Arizona 2020 (Junior)*
Made six appearances out of the Arizona bullpen, going 0-1 with a 7.45 ERA (8ERx9.2IP) with 13 strikeouts...Limited opposing hitters to a .263 batting average...Opened the year with two scoreless appearances spanning 4.2 innings of work with nine combined strikeouts...Logged his first career save on Feb. 21 vs. Southern Illinois at the Tony Gwynn Legacy event; worked 2.0 innings and struck out four without allowing a hit.
Summer 2019
Played with the Bend Elks in the West Coast League...Struck out 59 batters over 39.2 innings of work...His 59 strikeouts were fourth-most in the league and good enough for a blistering K/9 rate of 13.39...Posted two 12-strikeout performances across nine games (eight starts) and held opposing hitters to a .157 batting average.
Arizona 2019 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 19 games with two starts as a sophomore...Went 2-2 with a 9.16 ERA (19ERx18.2IP) with 21 strikeouts...Limited opposing hitters to a .239 batting average...Held opponents without an earned run in 10-of-17 relief appearances...Did not allow an earned run in four straight outings from February 27 - March 5...Notched at least one strikeout in 13-of-19 appearances, including four multi-strikeout performances...Worked a season-high 3.1 innings of scoreless relief with five strikeouts on March 30 at Arizona State...Earned first collegiate win on March 3 against Wisconsin-Milwaukee; worked 1.1 scoreless innings and struck out one in 12-11 victory.
Arizona 2018 (Freshman)
Led the team with 23 appearances out of the bullpen...Posted a 5.32 ERA and an 0-1 record...In 23 2/3 innings, struck out 32 and gave up 22 hits...Limited opposing batters to a .253 batting average...Struck out three in 1 1/3 scoreless innings against Arkansas on Feb. 21...Tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings against San Diego State on March 6, with a pair of strikeouts...Threw two innings against Oregon State on April 8 in 6-5 win, giving up one unearned run and striking out four...Pitched a season-high 3 1/3 innings against Arizona State on May 19 with four strikeouts...Finished the season with 1 2/3 scoreless innings over two appearances at Oregon.
High school
Prepped at Casa Grande Union High School for coach John Batina…Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger All-American…AIA Section Player of the Year…AIA All-Division First-Team…Posted a 1.16 ERA with 138 strikeouts in 2016 as a junior…Struck out 138 of 252 batters faced…Finished his high school career with 249 strikeouts and 11 wins…Graduated with a 3.8 grade point average.
Draft
Selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 9th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.
Personal
Son of Gilberto and Lis Luna…Has one sister, Viviana, and one brother, Daniel…Majoring in General Studies with an emphasis in Sports and Society…Chose Arizona because of the “amazing coaching staff, and because I loved the history of Arizona and it’s very close to home.”
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
