Honors and Awards
- 2021: NCBWA Second Team All-American
- 2021: Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
- 2021: NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Midseason Watch List
- 2021: Perfect Game Preseason All-Pac-12
Arizona 2021 (Senior)
Made 26 relief appearances in his third and final year with the program...Went 5-3 with a team-leading eight saves and a 2.78 ERA (10ERx32.1IP)...Struck out 38 batters for a 10.58 K/9...Finished his career with 12 saves, ninth-most in program history...Locked down eight saves for the Wildcats, tied for seventh-most in a single season in Arizona history and fourth-most in the Pac-12...Earned Second Team All-America honors from the
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association...Tabbed to the Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention squad...Selected to the
NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List...Held opponents scoreless in 16-of-26 relief appearances and limited teams to no hits seven times...Notched multiple strikeouts 12 times, including a season-high four strikeouts on May 23 at Oregon State (2.0,2,0,0,0,4)...Limited opposing hitters to a .268 batting average...Excelled in Pac-12 play, making 12 appearances and going 2-0 with five saves and a 3.68 ERA (6ERx14.2IP)...Struck out 20 batters in 14-plus innings for a 12.27 K/9 in conference games...Fielded his position well, posting a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on six chances.
POSTSEASON: Strong postseason performer, going 0-1 with one save and a 2.45 ERA (1ERx3.2IP) across four outings...Earned the save in the final game of the Tucson NCAA Regional versus UC Santa Barbara (1.0,2,0,0,0,1)...Worked two scoreless outings in the Tucson NCAA Super Regional versus Ole Miss; game one (1.0,0,0,0,0,0), game three (0.2,0,0,0,1,0)...Worked one-plus innings in the Wildcats College World Series opener against Vanderbilt (1.0,3,1,1,1,1).
Arizona 2020 (Senior)*
Posted five relief appearances, going 1-0 with a 1.35 ERA (2ERx13.1IP), 20 strikeouts, and a team-best two saves...Held opponents scoreless in four of five outings; did not allow a hit in three of five appearances...Limited opposing hitters to a .152 batting average...Finished the year ranked third on the team with 20 strikeouts...Two saves were tied for fifth most in the Pac-12...Posted career-high marks in innings pitched (4.1), strikeouts (6), pitches (85), and batters faced (19) on March 3 at Texas (4.1,5,2,2,1,6).
Arizona 2019 (Junior)
Made 26 appearances, one start, for the Wildcats as a junior...Went 2-2 with two saves and a 3.47 ERA (14ERx36.1IP) and 27 strikeouts...Limited opposing hitters to a .284 batting average...Logged three stretches of at least four games without allowing an earned run, including his final four outings of the season...Opened the year with 3.0 scoreless frames against UMass Lowell on February 16, striking out three and earning the win...Struck out a season-high five batters over 3.0 innings of scoreless relief on April 5 against Washington, earning the save...Worked a season-long 3.1 innings of relief on May 4 against Oregon, holding the Ducks scoreless while striking out three...Tossed 2.1 scoreless, one-hit innings on March 30 at No. 9 ranked Arizona State, striking out two...Posted a 2.08 ERA (3ERx13.0IP) across his final eight appearances of the season.
Before Arizona
Played two seasons at Florida Southwestern State College (2017-18)…Made 33 appearances (25 starts) and went 11-9 with a 2.60 ERA across 159.0 innings…Led the Buccaneers with a 2.15 ERA as a freshman…Attended Mason High School and played under head coach Curt Bly…Lettered two years in football (quarterback), three years in baseball (shortstop, pitcher, third base), and two years in wrestling…Selected to First-Team All-Conference twice as a junior and senior…As a junior and senior also earned All-City, All-District, and All-Region recognition…Named Second-Team All-State as a senior…First player in school history to be named team captain twice.
Personal
Vincent Guyteno Vannelle…Son of Jim and Holly Vannelle…One older brother, Nick…Enjoys fishing in his free time…Majored in General Studies, now a nondegree seeking graduate...Chose Arizona “to get the best coaching and to be involved in something great.”
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
