Biography
Honors and Awards
Summit League Regular Season and Tournament Champion (2019)
All-Summit Second Team (2019)
Summit League All-Tournament (2019)
Academic All-Summit (2018, 2019)
Summit League Pitcher of the Week (April 23, 2018)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2015-16, 2016-17)
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2016-17)
As a Senior (2019)
Garnered Second Team All-Summit and Academic All-Summit honors… Summit League Regular Season and Tournament Champion… Summit League All-Tournament honoree... Finished his Maverick career as the program’s record holder in mound appearances for a single season (23)… Also tallied a Summit League-best seven saves which ranks tied for third all-time in program history for a season… Finished his career fourth all-time in career saves (12), third all-time in mound appearances (62), fifth all-time in games finished (32) and 10th all-time in batters faced (703)… Notched a 4.96 ERA with a 4-2 record in 2019… Recorded a team-high 23 mound appearances on the year… Tallied 49.0 innings of work with 58 strikeouts, 24 walks, 53 hits allowed, 28 runs allowed…Had a career-high nine strikeouts through 5.0 shutout innings on April 29, 2019… Picked up his final save in the semifinal round of The Summit League Championship in Omaha’s 3-2 win over Oral Roberts on May 24, 2019.
As a Junior (2018)
Made 20 mound appearances with four starts… Went 0-4 with a 3.86 ERA, which ranked fourth overall in The Summit League, on 60.2 innings pitched… Totaled a team-leading 58 strikeouts, 50 hits allowed, 20 walks and five saves while holding opponents to a .226 batting average on the season… Made his first season appearances and start against Northwestern Feb. 17, 2018… Pitched a season-high of 6.0 innings at Fort Wayne (April 21, 2018)… Earned his first save of the season in the March 24 victory over Oral Roberts where he pitched 3.0 innings and allowed only one hit with three strikeouts… Tallied a season-high of five strikeouts in a game on four separate occasions… Pitched five strikeouts through 4.0 innings in the 13-2 win over North Dakota State April 28… Also started and pitched 4.0 innings in the 12-8 win over Fort Wayne on March 18… tallied a season-low 3.49 ERA at Oral Roberts...Academic All-Summit Honoree (2018)...
As a Sophomore (2017)
Made 13 mound appearances with four starts...Went 1-2 with a 5.50 ERA over 34.1 innings pitched...Issued 32 strikeouts to 17 walks for the year and held opponents to a .260 batting average...Made his season debut with 2.0 innings of relief at UNLV (Feb. 20)...Threw 3.0 innings of scoreless relief vs. Western Illinois (April 9), allowing just two singles with five strikeouts and no walks...Tossed 4.0 innings vs. Oral Roberts (April 16), fanning a career-high six batters...Earned his first start of the season at North Dakota State (April 23), going 4.0 innings...Pinch hit at Nebraska (April 25), keying his first hit of the year with a single in the eighth...Made his longest relief appearance with 4.2 innings vs. Fort Wayne (May 5), surrendering just one single with a pair of strikeouts to pick up his first win of the year...Matched the longest outing of his career with a six-inning start at Oral Roberts (May 14), limiting the Golden Eagles to one run on five hits with a season-high-tying six strikeouts...Named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence and Academic Honor Roll.
As a Freshman (2016)
Appeared in 11 games and made six appearances on the mound with one start...Went 1-0 over 13.0 innings pitched...Made his collegiate mound debut vs. Eastern Michigan (Feb. 21), throwing 2.2 innings of relief with two runs on four hits, no walks and a strikeout...Registered his first career hit vs. Saint Louis (Feb. 26)...Earned his first start at Air Force (March 8), tossing a career-long 6.0 innings and allowing three runs, four hits and a walk with a career-high three Ks...Named to the Summit League's Academic Honor Roll.
Grand Island High School
Lettered three years for coach Rick Kissack at Grand Island High School...In his senior campaign, earned first-team Super State accolades from the Lincoln Journal Star...Helped his team to three straight top-three finishes at the Legion state tournament, including runner-up as a junior and third place as a sophomore and senior.
Personal
Born Sept. 18, 1996 in Grand Island, Neb....Parents are Monte and Tami Hehnke...Has one sister, Camdyn...Hobbies include playing sports...Member of the UNO Dean's List...Earned his degree in architectural engineering.
