Nate Griep

Height:
6-2
Weight:
185
Class:
Junior
High School:
Millard West

2015 MLB DRAFT
Selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round (241st overall) of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2015)
All-Big 12 Second Team … First K-State pitcher to earn all-conference honors since 2013 (Jake Matthys) ... All-Academic Big 12 Second Team … Second career all-academic honor ... Big 12 Pitcher of the Week in back-to-back weeks to end the regular season (May 11 and 18) … First K-State pitcher to earn conference pitcher of the week honors since 2011...Went 6-3 with a 2.63 ERA (23er, 78.2ip), 64 strikeouts and 33 walks in 13 starts ... Held opponents to a .218 batting average against, the lowest clip against by a Wildcat starting pitcher since 2000 (min. 10 starts) ... His 64 strikeouts were the most by a K-State hurler since 2012 ... Finished 10th among Big 12 pitchers in ERA in overall games ... His ERA was the lowest by a Wildcat pitcher since 2011 ... Also finished sixth among conference pitchers in batting average against and tied for third in complete games in overall contests ... Led the team in strikeouts, wins, ERA, innings pitched, batting average against and complete games ... In 6 conference starts, he was 2-1 with a 1.96 ERA (8er, 36.2ip), 23 strikeouts and 16 walks ... In Big 12-only games, he finished fourth in the conference in ERA and eighth in batting average against (.237) ... Tossed his second career shutout on May 8 vs. Oklahoma, holding the Sooners to 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 3 in 9.0 innings ... Matched his career-high in strikeouts with 8 on May 15 at Kansas as he also held the Jayhawks scoreless in 7.0 innings and surrendered 5 hits ... Established his career-high in strikeouts for the first time on February 28 at Cal, fanning 8 Bears in a quality start (6.1 IP, 3 ER) ... Threw a team-best 6 quality starts over the season, including 4 straight from February 19-March 13 ... Registered his second career complete game on February 19 vs. Utah in the Big 12/Pac-12 Challenge … Allowed 2 runs on 5 hits and no walks in 9.0 innings while striking out 6 … K-State walked off with a 3-2 win in the bottom of the ninth ... Had 6 or more strikeouts in 7 of his 13 starts, including in 5 consecutive starts to open the season … Had not recorded more than 5 strikeouts in his first 10 career starts as a redshirt freshman ... Did not allow a run in 3 starts, with all 3 starts being 7 or more innings ... Surrendered 2 runs or less in 10 of his 13 starts ... Finished the regular season with 16 straight scoreless innings, the longest such streak of his career.

2014 SUMMER LEAGUE
Pitched for the Topeka Golden Giants of the Mid-Plains League (MPL) ... Joined the team late in the summer, appearing in 3 games and allowing one run in 6 1/3 innings (1.42 ERA) ... Also struck out 8 and walked 3.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2014)
Went 3-7 with a 4.66 ERA (33er, 63.2ip), 32 strikeouts and 25 walks in 15 appearances (10 starts) ... Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on March 24 after going 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA in 2 starts that week ... Opened the season as a reliever, posting a 1.59 ERA (1er, 5.2ip) in his first 4 relief appearances of the season ... Did not allow a run in 3 of the 4 games ... Moved to a starting role beginning on March 12 vs. Omaha and went on to make 10 starts, going 3-6 with a 4.85 ERA (30er, 55.2ip), 24 strikeouts and 18 walks ... His final appearance of the season was as a reliever, striking out 2, walking 4 and allowing 2 runs in 2 1/3 innings against Texas on May 18 ... Finished the season with a 3.38 ERA as a reliever ... Struck out 4 in 2 2/3 hitless innings at San Francisco on Feb. 18...Fanned 5 and walked 2 while allowing 2 runs, one earned, in 5 2/3 innings in his first career start on March 12 vs. Omaha ... In his first weekend start, as well as his first Big 12 start, he threw a shutout at No. 30 Oklahoma on March 23 ... Allowed 3 hits in 9 innings, earning his second career win ... Was the first shutout thrown by a K-State pitcher in a road conference game since 1986 ... Struck out 5 and allowed 2 runs in 7.0 innings on March 30 at Creighton, earning the win in his hometown of Omaha ... Suffered the loss on April 6 vs. Kansas despite allowing 2 runs in 8.0+ innings pitched ... Loss vs. Kansas started his seven-game losing streak to end the year.

FRESHMAN (2013)
Did not play (redshirt)

MILLARD WEST HS
Lettered four years for the Wildcats under head coach Frank Ryan... Finished second in school history in career appearances (36), wins (23), strikeouts (225), ERA (1.71) and complete games (11), while he was first in shut outs (5)... Was a Louisville Slugger High School All-American as a right-handed pitcher and an outfielder, while he was the 2012 Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year... Also earned an invitation to the under-18 USA Baseball tryouts... Went 8-1 with a 1.62 ERA in 48 innings as a senior with 76 strikeouts... Went 6-2 with a 1.28 ERA in 48 innings with 56 strikeouts as a junior, while he was 5-0 with a 2.13 ERA as a sophomore, earning first team all-state accolades on each occasion... Was an honorable mention all-state selection as a freshman when he went 4-2 with a 1.98 ERA.

PERSONAL
Nate Kendall Griep was born October 11, 1993, in Portland, Oregon ... Son of Kendall and Cindy Griep ... Has two siblings, Maddy and Kohle ... Majored in business administration.

Season	ERA	W-L	G-GS	CG	SH/CB	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WP	HBP
2014	4.66	3-7	15-10	1	1/0	0	63.2	68	36	33	25	32	4	7
2015	2.63	6-3	13-13	2	1/2	0	78.2	62	26	23	33	64	9	3
Career	3.54	9-10	28-23	3	2/2	0	142.1	130	62	56	58	96	13	10