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2026 Baseball Roster

Michael Nance

21 Josh Katz

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 200
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • Highschool Lane Tech College Prep

Biography

2025: Began and finished the season as a member of the starting rotation, making 13 total appearances with nine starts … Went 4-1 with a 7.42 ERA, striking out 53 batters and walked just 14 … Finished the year tied for the team lead in wins and strikeouts … His 47.1 innings ranked second on the team … Tossed 2.1 shutout innings against Rutgers (3/11), striking out three batters … Struck out four batters over four innings at Lafayette (3/15), allowing just one run on two hits … Allowed just three runs with seven Ks to pick up the win vs. Princeton (4/4) … Tallied a season-high nine strikeouts in a loss vs. Yale (4/19) … Pitched 6.1 innings, giving up just two earned runs at Brown (5/3).

2024: Pitched in 12 games on the bump while making seven starts … Struck out 40 batters, walking 20 over 37.2 innings of work … Earned the win in his first-career start against Abilene Christian (2/24), throwing four shutout innings with five strikeouts … Struck out six batters across five innings of one-run ball, picking up the win against Brown (3/24) … Threw 2.1 scoreless innings against Princeton (5/19) in the Ivy League Tournament, striking out five.

High School: Two-time team captain … Regional and Co-Conference Champions in 2023 … City Champions in 2022 … Regional and Conference Champions in 2021 … In 2023, named Conference Pitcher of the Year … City Pitcher of the Year … All-Conference and All-City Team … Lane Tech Baseball MVP … Academic All-America Team … In 2022, was named Conference Pitcher of the Year … Lane Tech Cy Young Award winner … All-Conference and All-City Team … Went 12-1 during high school career on the mound, with 119 strikeouts, a 1.21 ERA and a .755 WHIP … Offensively for his career, hit .388 with a 1.065 OPS and 92 hits for 50 RBI with 91 runs scored … Holds single-season Lane Tech records for ERA (0.87), WHIP (.669), strikeouts (62), batting average (.420) and hits (42).
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn?: “I chose Penn because it was the perfect combination of academics and baseball which was exactly what I was looking for in a school.”

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2024Freshman

    RHP
    5'11" 195 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2025Sophomore

    RHP
    6'0" 200 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2026Junior

    RHP
    6'0" 200 lbs
    21