Fran Oschell III

USA Baseball Collegiate National Team - Friendship Series (Chinese Taipei)

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USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp

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Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-7
Weight:
230
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Phoenixville, Pa.
High School:
Malvern Prep
B/T:
R/R

Awards

Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List (2024)
NCBWA Preseason First Team All-American (2024)
D1 Baseball Preseason First Team All-American (2024)
Perfect Game Preseason First Team All-American (2024)
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team (2023)
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Camp Invite (2023)
Perfect Game Second Team All-American (2023)
Baseball America Third Team All-American (2023)
D1 Baseball Third Team All-American (2023)

2024: Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List … Appeared in 22 games this season, starting his first career game against Oklahoma in the regional (6/2) … Worked 23.1 innings with a 6.94 ERA … Held opponents to a .198 batting average against and struck out 22 batters …

2023: USA Baseball Collegiate National Team... USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Camp Invite… Perfect Game Second Team All-American… Baseball America Third Team All-American... D1 Baseball Third Team All-American... Posted a perfect 6-0 record out of the bullpen for the Blue Devils in his 22 appearances… Finished the season with a 0.69 ERA allowing just three earned runs to score… Punched out 66 batters to his 18 walks and held opponents to a .133 average… Worked a career high four innings against NC State (5/23) in the ACC Tournament… Fanned a career high five batters against Boston College (4/14)… Earned the win against Virginia in game one of the Charlottesville Super Regional (6/9) working 2.2 innings and allowing just one hit… Finished the season on a 14 innings scoreless streak, beginning at Virginia (4/30)…

2022: Made seven appearances out of the Duke bullpen ... garnered a 10.29 ERA in seven innings pitched ... allowed nine runs, eight earned, on 10 hits and six walks while striking out six ... pitched 0.2 clean innings out of the bullpen at Baylor (2/27) ... allowed one run and fanned three in a career-long two innings pitched against William & Mary (3/22) ... tallied two strikeouts while allowing one hit in a scoreless inning against Miami (4/3).

Prior to Duke: Tabbed 417th overall player in the class of 2021 according to Perfect Game USA … seventh-ranked right-handed pitcher out of Pennsylvania and the No. 13 overall prospect in the state … lettered four seasons at Malvern Prep under coach Freddy Hilliard … finished his prep career with a 2.31 ERA over 113 innings pitched … totaled an 18-2 record on 123 strikeouts and a 1.12 WHIP in his career … missed the entirety of his junior season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … concluded his career with a strong senior year, putting together a 1.78 ERA with 68 strikeouts in 50.2 innings of work … made 12 appearances, including 10 starts and five complete games, while striking out 68 to just nine walks that year … also was a four-year letterwinner in basketball … a three-time all-conference selection and the 2019 conference champion.

Personal: Born Francis Joseph Oschell III on Oct. 18, 2002 … son of Frank and Jenn Oschell … has two brothers, Charlie and Will … dad, Frank, played football at Pennsylvania … mom, Jenn, was a member of the Lafayette field hockey program … mom was an assistant field hockey coach at Villanova from 1997-2002.