University of Missouri Athletics

Awards & Honors

• 2014 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2012-13 First-Year Academic Honor Roll 

2015

• Drafted in the ninth round of the 2015 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers and began his professional career in June. 
• Posted his best single season ERA as a Tiger at 3.40, starting 15 games and posting a 4-5 overall record as Mizzou’s Sunday starter for much of the season.
• His 3.40 ERA was tops among Tiger starters in 2015.
• Opened the season as the Tigers’ Friday Night starter and tossed a career-high 76.2 innings
• Finished the season ranked 15th in the SEC in ERA (3.40) and 12th in strikeouts (79).
• Also tied for the SEC and team-lead in pickoffs with four.
• His 33 runs allowed were the 12th-fewest in the SEC in 2015.
• Struck out a career-high 11 batters over 7.0 innings in a 10-1 win at Tennessee (4/11) while allowing just five hits and one earned run.
• Shut down a potent Vanderbilt offense in the SEC Tournament (5/20), tossing 5.2 innings while striking out 10 and allowing just two earned runs over 5.2 innings. 
• Allowed just one hit over 7.0 innings, fanning six in a 6-0 shutout win at Georgia (3/15) to complete the Mizzou sweep. 
• Did not allow more than three earned runs in a start until his 13th start of the year at No. 1 LSU (5/10) and allowed one or fewer earned runs in eight of his 15 starts.
• Allowed just a team-low (among starters) 10 doubles on the season.
• Limited batters to .253 hitting on the season. 
• Was part of a Tiger weekend rotation that was the only team in the SEC to have the same three starters in every weekend.
• Boasted a 79-28 strikeout-to-walk ratio on the season.
• Was sensational on neutral sites, going 3-0 with a 1.42 ERA over 19 innings pitched, striking out 27 against just three walks while holding batters to a .171 average. 

2014

• Appeared in 19 games, starting eight, went 4-7 with a 4.33 ERA over 62.1 innings pitched.
• Gave up 39 runs, 30 earned runs, 72 hits, and 20 walks.
• Ranked fifth on the team in strikeouts with 33.
• Posted a 3.86 ERA in SEC play, ranked fourth on the team.
• Ranked fourth in the SEC in home runs allowed (one) and 15th in walks allowed (20).
• Pitched seven scoreless innings of relief against Vanderbilt on May 3rd, striking out a career high six batters.

2013

• Appeared in six games and compiled a 5.68 ERA in 6.1 innings pitched, allowing eight hits, one walk and four earned runs.
• Threw a scoreless inning against Truman State (3/13).
• Allowed two earned runs against Arkansas State (3/19) in 1.0 innings of work.
• Pitched 1.2 innings against Nebraska-Omaha (3/27) and did not allow an earned run while striking out one and walking won while scattering just one hit in what was likely his best outing of the season. 
• Allowed an unearned run against Illinois (4/2) while pitching at Busch Stadium, the home of the St. Louis Cardinals - his hometown team. He went 1.2 innings in the outing.

High School

• First Team All-Conference infielder in 2012 and was a Season Team All-Conference pitcher and outfielder in 2010 and 2009, showing his versatility while at Webster Groves High School.
• Named to the St. Louis Post Dispatch All-Metro Team as an infielder in 2012. 
• Guided his team to a 2012 Suburban South Conference Championship in his senior season. 
• Won eight career games and compiled a 3.82 ERA for Webster Groves. 
• Hit .393 with six home runs and 21 RBI in his senior season as well.
• Academic All-State Basketball honoree by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association in 2012.
• St. Louis Post Dispatch Scholar Athlete in 2012.

Personal

• Born Dec. 16, 1993, in Milwaukee, Wis., to parents Shane and Jane Fairbanks. 
• Father, Shane, played baseball for Mizzou in the 1980s and his uncles, Rich and Andy played football at Mizzou. 
• Plans to major in mathematics while at Mizzou.