Kasey Ford

Photo by: Cooper Kinley | K-State Athletics

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Photo by: Cooper Kinley | K-State Athletics

Photo by: Cooper Kinley | K-State Athletics

Kasey Ford high fives his teammates vs. La Salle

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Kasey Ford throws a pitch against La Salle

Photo by: Cooper Kinley | K-State Athletics

Height:
6-6
Weight:
310
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bella Vista, Ark.
High School:
Bentonville HS

HONORS

Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2021)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (5/15/17)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2020)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2021)

2021 MLB DRAFT
Signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Houston Astros following the 2021 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

SENIOR (2021)
Made 17 appearances (eight starts) in 2021, posting a 4.07 ERA (27 ER. 59.2 IP) ... Went 4-2 with 50 strikeouts and 33 walks ... Started final five games of the season after primarily working as a long reliever ... Season-high 6 1/3 innings in relief in a 9-4 win over West Virginia to clinch the series, earning the win after allowing one unearned run on three hits ... Won season debut against Gonzaga on February 22, throwing 5 2/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts and four hits allowed ... Logged first quality start against Northern Illinois on March 12 with six innings and one earned run allowed while striking out five ... Season-high six strikeouts over four innings against New Mexico on March 20 ... Allowed one or no earned runs in 12 of 17 outings ... In Big 12 play, went 1-2 with a 7.56 ERA (21 ER, 25 IP) in eight games (three starts) with 22 strikeouts and 17 walks.

2020 SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for Perfect Timing Red of the Perfect Timing College League in Springdale, Arkansas ... posted a 1-0 record with a 1.54 ERA in four starts ... A PT League All-Star, he tossed three hitless innings while racking up six strikeouts in his last start on July 6 ... He totaled 18 strikeouts over 11 2/3 innings with only two earned runs allowed ... Over his last 10 innings of work, he struck out 15 batters while yielding just six hits ... PT Red finished the season fourth in the league with a 11-7-1 record.

SENIOR (2020)
Made three starts and one relief appearance in 2020, posting a 2.45 ERA and a 1-1 record ... Logged 14 2/3 innings with 16 strikeouts and four earned runs allowed ... Season-high 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one earned run given up on two hits in earning a win in his season debut at UTRGV (February 17) ... Struck out four in 4 2/3 innings in start at Wichita State (February 26) in suffering a loss (2 ER, 5 hits) ... One run allowed on five hits and three strikeouts in no-decision at Stanford on March 7 ... One scoreless inning of relief in season finale against South Dakota State on March 11.

2019 SUMMER LEAGUE

Pitched for the Rockford (Illinois) Rivets of the Northwoods League ... Made five starts, going 1-1 with a 1.51 ERA (5 ER, 29.2 IP) ... Struck out 29 while allowing nine walks ... Surrendered just one earned run over his final three starts, a stretch of 20 1/3 innings that included three consecutive quality starts ... Struck out nine over a season-long 8 1/3 innings on June 20, with one earned run allowed on four hits.

JUNIOR (2019)

Made 14 appearances (7 starts) during his junior season ... Went 0-4 with a 12.91 ERA (44 ER, 30.2 IP) and 32 strikeouts ... Season-long 4 2/3 innings of work in first appearance of the season, a start at CSUN on February 18, allowing three earned runs on nine hits with four strikeouts and five walks ... Matched season-best output of five strikeouts three times: March 19 vs. Canisius, April 7 at Creighton, April 13 at Texas ... In seven starts, went 0-4 with a 15.12 earned run average, allowing 28 earned runs on 37 hits with 17 strikeouts ... As a reliever, posted a 10.29 ERA in seven appearances with 16 earned runs on 15 hits and 15 strikeouts ... Went 0-2 with a 12.34 ERA in six games (three starts) in Big 12 play, striking out 11 in 11 2/3 innings.

SOPHOMORE (2018)

Made 11 appearances (all starts) in his sophomore campaign, posting a 5-2 record with a 4.67 ERA (32 ER, 61.2 IP) ... Led team in innings pitched, wins and strikeouts (45) despite missing three starts due to injury ... Five of his 11 starts were quality outings ... Struck out a career-high 10 batters on March 9 against Mercer, going seven full innings ... Career-high 7 2/3 innings on March 16 against Charleston, as four times he pitched at least seven innings ... Totaled 45 strikeouts and 31 walks ... Yielded just three hits over six innings in his final start of the season in a 5-1 win at San Francisco ...Made five Big 12 starts, going 1-1 with an ERA of 4.24 (11 ER, 23.1 IP) and 12 strikeouts and opponents hit .264 against him ... Went seven innings and allowed one run, striking out six in Friday night start at TCU on March 23 in a no-decision ... Picked series-opening win over Texas on March 29, going 5 1/3 innings with one earned run allowed on two hits.

FRESHMAN (2017)

Moved from the backend of the bullpen into a starting role by the end of the season, he appeared in 18 games with six starts during his freshman campaign ... Finished with a 3-1 record and 4.03 ERA (44.2 IP, 20 ER) with an opponents batting average of .275 ... Twice as many strikeouts (20) as walks allowed (10) ... As a starter, had a 2.73 ERA in 29 2/3 innings (9 ER) with 12 strikeouts and three walks ... Had his best start of the season at KU on May 14, tossing seven scoreless innings and scattering four hits with three strikeouts and was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week ... It was his second of two quality starts on the season ... Season-high four strikeouts in 14-3 victory over Abilene Christian in six innings (2 ER).

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended Bentonville High School in Bentonville, Arkansas ... Four-year letterwinner in baseball at Bentonville ... An all-state selection in both his junior and senior seasons ... Set a school record for strikeouts in one game (18) ... Member of a state championship team his junior year ... Two-time state champion in football along with earning all-conference and all-state honors.

PERSONAL

Born on January 10, 1998 in Logan, Utah ... Son of Michael and Linda Ford ... Has two siblings, Larry and Kaylee ... Kinesiology major.