Trevor Simms

Photo by: Parker Waters

Height:
6-4
Weight:
205
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Hurst, Texas
High School:
Liberty Christian

Career: A fire-balling right-hander who served as a reliable arm out of the bullpen – in addition to making one clutch start - during his lone season with the Green Wave…went 4-1 with a save to go along with a 3.44 ERA in 16 games with one start after spending the first three years of his collegiate career at Rice, Weatherford College and West Virginia…totaled 18.1 innings with 22 strikeouts while holding opponents to a paltry .186 batting average…was a 32nd-round draft pick (959th overall) of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

2016 (Redshirt-Senior): Appeared in 16 games with one start…went 4-1 with a 3.44 ERA and one save in 18.1 innings…allowed 11 hits and eight runs (seven earned) while striking out 22 and walking 11…held opponents to a .186 batting average…was third on the team in games finished (7), tied for fourth in saves (1) and games in relief (15) and tied for fifth in wins…picked up the win out of the bullpen vs. Illinois (2/19)...fanned two in relief vs. Alabama A&M (2/24)...struck out two in relief vs. Nebraska (2/28)...got the win in 1.0 inning of work vs. Pepperdine (3/6)...fanned five in 3.0 innings in a win vs. UL-Lafayette (3/8)...picked up the series-clinching win at Texas (3/20), fanning two in 1.1 innings...got the save in 1.0 inning of work at UCF (4/23)...struck out one in 1.0 inning vs. Southern (5/11)...played in left field for an inning during the first game of a doubleheader at Houston (5/20)... made his first start of the season vs. UCF, striking out four in 2.1 innings at The American Baseball Championships (5/24)...struck out one in 1.1 innings vs. Boston College during the season finale at the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5).

2015 (Senior): Sat out the season according to NCAA transfer rules.

Prior to Tulane

West Virginia (2014):Played in 28 games at the plate with four starts and in six games on the mound with one start for the Mountaineers in 2014...hit .050 with one hit, six runs, one RBI and one stolen base on the season...posted an ERA of 7.56 in 8.1 innings...went 0-1 with three strikeouts.

Weatherford College (2013):Played in 55 games for the Coyotes as a sophomore...hit .294 with 10 doubles, two triples, one home run and 19 RBI...also made 11 appearances on the mound during the season...went 4-4 with a 5.40 ERA in 43.1 innings...recorded 38 strikeouts.

Rice (2012):Appeared in three games for the Owls as a true freshman...totaled 2.0 innings, allowing four hits and five runs...notched three strikeouts and walked two...also served as a backup kicker for the Owls' football squad.

About Trevor Simms

Prep:Starred for Liberty Christian High School in Hurst, Texas...named the school's Male Athlete of the Year in 2011... earned first team all-state honors competing in the Texas Association of Private & Parochial Schools (TAPPS) as a senior...led the Warriors to a 20-10 record and the finals of the TAPPS state tournament...named to the state's all-tournament team while also picking up first team all-District 1-5A... went 10-0 with a 2.69 ERA as a senior while registering 93 strikeouts in 60 innings...held opposing hitters to a composite .135 average...went 4-1 with a save in nine appearances as a junior in 2010, averaging 13.5 strikeouts per nine innings...a member of the 2010 Texas Rangers Area Code Team who participated in the Area Code Tournament in Long Beach, Calif....also earned four varsity letters in football and one in track & field...earned all-state accolades as a kicker and receiver...was a TAPPS state champion in the 100- and 200-meters.

Personal: Born Trevor Austen Simms on March 15, 1992...the son of Patrick and Christi Simms...has one brother, Jason, who played baseball at Sam Houston State...father played collegiate baseball at Cal State Fullerton...plans to major in economics at Tulane... earned first team all-state honors competing in the Texas Association of Private & Parochial Schools (TAPPS) as a senior...led the Warriors to a 20-10 record and the finals of the TAPPS state tournament...named to the state's all-tournament team while also picking up first team all-District 1-5A... went 10-0 with a 2.69 ERA as a senior while registering 93 strikeouts in 60 innings...held opposing hitters to a composite .135 average...went 4-1 with a save in nine appearances as a junior in 2010, averaging 13.5 strikeouts per nine innings...a member of the 2010 Texas Rangers Area Code Team who participated in the Area Code Tournament in Long Beach, Calif....also earned four varsity letters in football and one in track & field...earned all-state accolades as a kicker and receiver...was a TAPPS state champion in the 100- and 200-meters.

Personal: Born Trevor Austen Simms on March 15, 1992 in Orange, Calif...one of two sons of Patrick and Christi Simms...has one brother...father played collegiate baseball at Cal State Fullerton...plans to major in economics at Tulane.

Simm's Career Kicking Statistics