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Jersey Number 30
August Souza
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Reno, Nev.
- High School:
- Reno HS
Bio
Career Highlights
2024 NCBWA โStopper of the Yearโ Watch List
2023 All-WCC Honorable Mention
2025
Matched a team-high with 30 appearances out of the bullpen in his one season at UCLA...Posted a 6.04 ERA in 28.1 innings...Racked up 28 strikeouts and recorded a K/9 ratio of 8.89...Held opposing batters to an average of .202...Allowed just four earned runs over his last 10 appearances...Best appearance of the season came in the final game of the Los Angeles Regional final against UC Irvine on June 1 when he fanned three batters in 1.1 scorelessย innings pitched to escape a jam in the eighth inning...Had a streak of four straight scoreless outings from March 23-29...Enjoyed another scoreless streak when he did not allow an earned run from April 15-29...Tossed a season-high two shutout innings and struck out three batters at Illinois on May 10...Struck out two of the three hitters he faced in his scoreless inning over work in the Big Ten Tournament Championship game against Nebraska on May 25...Punched out four hitters and threw two scoreless innings over hisย two appearances in the Los Angeles Super Regional (June 7-8).
At Santa Clara
Was a five-year member of the program, joining for his freshman season during the COVID-19-shortened 2020 campaign and playing through 2024 ... Was named all-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention in 2023 ... Placed on the 2024 NCBWA โStopper of the Yearโ watch list in 2024 ... Made 43 career appearances almost entirely in relief (two starts) ... Logged five saves in 2023, tied for the most by any single Broncos pitcher in a seven-year span (2018-24) ... Tallied 68 career strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings pitched ... Only allowed four home runs in five years against more than 330 batters faced (338) ... Completed his Santa Clara career with a 2-2 record and 5.43 ERA.
2024ย
Landed on the NCBWA โStopper of the Yearโ watch list ... Made two appearances in the first two weeks of the season before his year was cut short due to injury ... Threw 4 1/3 innings at Arizona State (Feb. 18), striking out a career-high six ... Also threw an inning versus UMBC (Feb. 25) with one strikeout ... Finished the year with an 0-0 record, a 6.75 ERA, seven strikeouts and four walks in 5 1/3 innings pitched.
2023ย
All-WCC Honorable Mention โฆ Appeared in 13 games and made one start โฆ went 1-2 โฆ had a 1.85 ERA in 34 innings โฆ 31 strikeouts against 11 walks โฆ Tallied five saves โฆ Led the team in ERA and saves โฆ Went 5 1/3 innings in relief to get the win vs. Portland (May 25) in the WCC Tournament.
2022ย
Appeared in 13 games โฆ tossed 10.2 innings โฆ 16 strikeouts โฆ struck out 3 in one inning at Stanford (Feb. 22) โฆ struck out 3 in 1.2 innings at BYU (April 8).
2021
Appeared in 10 games, started in one ... finished with a 1-0 record and a 7.36 ERA ... picked up a win against San Francisco (April 11) throwing a scoreless inning ... threw a season-high 3.1 innings against Saint Maryโs (May 23) ... struck out a season-high three batters against Stanford (Feb. 26) ... did not allow a home run in 14.2 innings of work.
2020
Appeared in five games, all out of the bullpen ... made his Bronco debut against San Jose State (Feb. 15) ... threw season-high 2.0 innings in two games, against San Jose State (Feb. 15) and CSU Bakersfield (March 8) ... part of trio of pitchers along with starter Freddie Erlandson and reliever Jared Feikes to throw a combined shutout against CSU Bakersfield (March 8).
High School
Graduated from Reno High School in Reno, Nevada, in 2019 ... ranked as the No. 8 pitcher and No. 10 player overall in Nevada for the class of 2019 by Prep Baseball Report ... selected to play for the 17U Trosky National Team during 2017-18 season finishing third in the Perfect Game World Series played in Peoria, Arizona ... a Perfect Game top 500 nationally ranked player.
Personalย
Parents are David and Elizabeth Souza โฆ has two siblings, Pierson and Anne โฆ earned a graphic design certificate from the state of Nevada ... enjoys skiing and spending time with family and friends.
2024 NCBWA โStopper of the Yearโ Watch List
2023 All-WCC Honorable Mention
2025
Matched a team-high with 30 appearances out of the bullpen in his one season at UCLA...Posted a 6.04 ERA in 28.1 innings...Racked up 28 strikeouts and recorded a K/9 ratio of 8.89...Held opposing batters to an average of .202...Allowed just four earned runs over his last 10 appearances...Best appearance of the season came in the final game of the Los Angeles Regional final against UC Irvine on June 1 when he fanned three batters in 1.1 scorelessย innings pitched to escape a jam in the eighth inning...Had a streak of four straight scoreless outings from March 23-29...Enjoyed another scoreless streak when he did not allow an earned run from April 15-29...Tossed a season-high two shutout innings and struck out three batters at Illinois on May 10...Struck out two of the three hitters he faced in his scoreless inning over work in the Big Ten Tournament Championship game against Nebraska on May 25...Punched out four hitters and threw two scoreless innings over hisย two appearances in the Los Angeles Super Regional (June 7-8).
At Santa Clara
Was a five-year member of the program, joining for his freshman season during the COVID-19-shortened 2020 campaign and playing through 2024 ... Was named all-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention in 2023 ... Placed on the 2024 NCBWA โStopper of the Yearโ watch list in 2024 ... Made 43 career appearances almost entirely in relief (two starts) ... Logged five saves in 2023, tied for the most by any single Broncos pitcher in a seven-year span (2018-24) ... Tallied 68 career strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings pitched ... Only allowed four home runs in five years against more than 330 batters faced (338) ... Completed his Santa Clara career with a 2-2 record and 5.43 ERA.
2024ย
Landed on the NCBWA โStopper of the Yearโ watch list ... Made two appearances in the first two weeks of the season before his year was cut short due to injury ... Threw 4 1/3 innings at Arizona State (Feb. 18), striking out a career-high six ... Also threw an inning versus UMBC (Feb. 25) with one strikeout ... Finished the year with an 0-0 record, a 6.75 ERA, seven strikeouts and four walks in 5 1/3 innings pitched.
2023ย
All-WCC Honorable Mention โฆ Appeared in 13 games and made one start โฆ went 1-2 โฆ had a 1.85 ERA in 34 innings โฆ 31 strikeouts against 11 walks โฆ Tallied five saves โฆ Led the team in ERA and saves โฆ Went 5 1/3 innings in relief to get the win vs. Portland (May 25) in the WCC Tournament.
2022ย
Appeared in 13 games โฆ tossed 10.2 innings โฆ 16 strikeouts โฆ struck out 3 in one inning at Stanford (Feb. 22) โฆ struck out 3 in 1.2 innings at BYU (April 8).
2021
Appeared in 10 games, started in one ... finished with a 1-0 record and a 7.36 ERA ... picked up a win against San Francisco (April 11) throwing a scoreless inning ... threw a season-high 3.1 innings against Saint Maryโs (May 23) ... struck out a season-high three batters against Stanford (Feb. 26) ... did not allow a home run in 14.2 innings of work.
2020
Appeared in five games, all out of the bullpen ... made his Bronco debut against San Jose State (Feb. 15) ... threw season-high 2.0 innings in two games, against San Jose State (Feb. 15) and CSU Bakersfield (March 8) ... part of trio of pitchers along with starter Freddie Erlandson and reliever Jared Feikes to throw a combined shutout against CSU Bakersfield (March 8).
High School
Graduated from Reno High School in Reno, Nevada, in 2019 ... ranked as the No. 8 pitcher and No. 10 player overall in Nevada for the class of 2019 by Prep Baseball Report ... selected to play for the 17U Trosky National Team during 2017-18 season finishing third in the Perfect Game World Series played in Peoria, Arizona ... a Perfect Game top 500 nationally ranked player.
Personalย
Parents are David and Elizabeth Souza โฆ has two siblings, Pierson and Anne โฆ earned a graphic design certificate from the state of Nevada ... enjoys skiing and spending time with family and friends.
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