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2024 Baseball Roster

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25 Nolan Vlcek

25 Nolan Vlcek

  • Position:
    RHP
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    200
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Mokena, Ill.
  • High School:
    Lockport

Summary

Biography

2024: CSC Academic All-District … All-MAC Second Team … All-MAC Tournament Team … Academic All-MAC … Pitched in 16 games for the Broncos and made 13 starts on the mound … Ranked sixth in the MAC with a 4.64 ERA … Led WMU and tied for second in the league with 91 strikeouts … His 91 strikeouts tied for fifth-most in a single season in program history … Was third in the conference with a 4.14 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Tied for the team lead and for second in the MAC with 85.1 innings pitched … Logged 6.0 innings or more in nine of 13 starts … Collected five wins, one shy of the team lead … Was fourth in the MAC in both innings pitched (59.1) and strikeouts (60) in conference games … Worked 3.0 shutout innings out of the bullpen on Opening Day against Michigan … Struck out seven in 3.2 scoreless frames to earn a save on Feb. 23 at Pepperdine … Made first start of the season against VCU (5.0 IP, 3R, 4K) … Picked up first win as a Bronco at Eastern Michigan (6.1 IP, 2R, 4K) … Threw a 9.0-inning complete game and struck out six in a win at Ohio … Fanned a career-high 11 at Akron … Struck out 10 in final home start against NIU … Shutout Bowling Green on three hits and struck out 10 in 7.0 innings in the MAC Tournament.

2023: Made six appearances, including one start … Logged a total of 5.2 innings and picked up six strikeouts … Started for the first time as a Bronco on March 7 at Presbyterian and worked a season-high 2.0 innings … Struck out a pair on Feb. 24 at Northern Kentucky and in the start at PC … Did not yield a run in three of his last four outings of the season.

2022: Tied for second-most relief appearances on the team with 13 ... Had a pair of saves, tied for most on the team ... Posted an 8.10 ERA across 13.1 innings ... Struck out 22 batters (14.9 K/9) ... Notched at least one strikeout in 11 of 13 outings and fanned multiple batters seven times ... Did not allow a hit in seven of his appearances and held opposing hitters to a .204 batting average ... Struck out both batters he faced to earn a save in his Bronco debut against Bradley ... Threw 2.0 hitless innings and fanned a season-high four at Kentucky ... Recorded the final two outs, both via strikeout, to earn a save at Eastern Michigan ... Worked a season-high 3.0 scoreless frames, yielding one hit and striking out three at CMU. 

Prior to WMU: As a starter at Marshalltown Community College, pitched 43.0 innings and had a team-high 59 strikeouts ... Posted a strikeout rate of 12.2 K/9 ... Selected to the All-Academic Team ... Three-year varsity player and two-year starter who won two conference championships at Lockport High School ... Earned one All-Conference selection and a Player of the Week award.

Personal: Parents are Eva and Jim ... Has a brother, Grant ... Graduated from WMU in April of 2024 with a degree in Criminal Justice.
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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2022Sophomore

    RHP
    6'2" 200 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2023Junior

    RHP
    6'2" 200 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2024Senior

    RHP
    6'2" 200 lbs
    25