Lincoln Henzman

Position:
RHP
Height:
6-2
Weight:
205
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Lexington, Ky.
High School:
Lexington Christian

CAREER HONORS
• 2017 MLB Draft, 4th Round (117th overall), Chicago White Sox
• 2017 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year
• 2017 NCBWA First Team All-America
• 2017 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper First Team All-America
• 2017 Baseball America Second Team All-America
• 2017 ABCA Second Team All-America
• 2017 Perfect Game Second Team All-America
• 2017 D1Baseball Third Team All-America
• 2017 Gregg Olson Award Semifinalist (national breakout player of the year)
• 2017 All-ACC First Team
• 2016 MLB Draft - 31st Round (927th overall) - Seattle Mariners
• 2015 Baseball America Freshman All-America
• 2015 D1Baseball Freshman All-America
• 2015 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America
• 2015 All-ACC Academic Team
• 2015 ACC All-Freshman Team

2017: Named Stopper of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, was a First Team All-American and was selected in the fourth round of the MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox to cap three-year collegiate career... Ranked third in career saves at Louisville with 19 and third in single season saves with 16 during 2017 season... Added 3-0 record with 1.67 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 37.2 innings during junior season... Made two scoreless appearances in College World Series... Twirled 2.2 innings of shutout relief with three strikeouts and no hits to earn the victory against Xavier in the NCAA Regional title game... Registered two saves while pitching three scoreless innings of relief in series sweep at No. 7 Clemson... Made two perfect relief outings at Notre Dame striking out five of the six batters faced while adding 14th save of the season in May 5 win... Improved to 2-0 on the season after registering three strikeouts in 1.2 innings of perfect relief against Miami (Ohio) on May 2... Clinched save No. 13 with a perfect ninth inning against Northern Kentucky on April 26... Locked up 12th save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning against Duke on April 22... Earned two saves with two scoreless ninth innings in series sweep at Georgia Tech... Registered ninth save of the season in Louisville’s April 8 win over No. 17 Wake Forest... Earned eighth save of the season by recording final two outs in April 4 win over No. 8 UK... Made two scoreless relief outings and registered two saves in series win at No. 16 Virginia... Added two more saves during sweep of Boston College while also extending season-opening scoreless streak to 11.2 innings... Registered two saves with 2.1 innings of scoreless relief against Pittsburgh on March 10 and 12... Had four strikeouts in three no-hit innings of shutout relief against EMU on March 4... Made second straight scoreless relief outing with an inning of work against Omaha on Feb. 24... Had dominant season debut registering four strikeouts without allowing a hit in 2.2 innings of shutout relief to earn the save in Feb. 18 win over No. 22 Maryland in Clearwater, Florida.

2016: Made 20 relief appearances registering one save and finishing with 4.50 ERA in 24.0 innings... Worked two innings of dominant relief striking out two without allowing a run or a hit at Wake Forest on May 19... Had two strikeouts in scoreless inning of relief at No. 7 Vanderbilt on May 10... Worked two innings of scoreless relief in Cardinals’ May 8 win at No. 17 North Carolina... Finished with three strikeouts in one inning of shutout relief against St. John’s on April 30... Worked out of a bases loaded, no outs situation with a strikeout and a 3-6-1 double-play against Wright State on March 16... Earned third career save working two innings of shutout relief against Princeton on March 4... Made two scoreless appearances out of the bullpen in the Cardinals’ weekend series at No. 21 Ole Miss.

Summer 2015: In seven appearances and six starts for the Keene Swamp Bats of the NECBL, the rising sophomore righty had 23 strikeouts and only eight walks in 28.1 innings of work and finished with a 2.85 ERA overall... Closed summer by allowing just one earned run on four hits in six strong innings to the win against North Adams on July 29.

2015: Made a team-high 28 appearances on the mound, including two starts, and was 5-2 with two saves and a 2.32 ERA during Freshman All-America season... Delivered two innings of shutout relief to earn the save against Morehead State in NCAA Regional opener on May 29... Struck out a career best six in a career-long 6.0 innings of relief to earn the victory against North Carolina on May 20 at the ACC Championship... Worked 2.2 innings of shutout relief with three strikeouts in win over No. 7 Florida State to clinch ACC Atlantic Division championship on May 9... Earned fourth win of the season with 2.1 innings of shutout relief in series-clinching win at Clemson on May 4... Earned first collegiate save with three innings of shutout relief and three strikeouts against Wake Forest on April 18... Matched career high with four strikeouts in 2.1 innings of shutout relief at Ohio State on April 14... Made two scoreless relief appearances in series sweep at No. 22 Notre Dame on March 20-22... Earned third win of the season with two innings of shutout relief against Purdue on March 17... Improved to 2-0 on the season after striking out four in 1.2 innings of relief against Ole Miss on March 10... Earned first career collegiate win with 1.2 innings of relief against EKU on March 3... Allowed just one run on five hits with a strikeout in 4.2 innings during first career start against Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 25... Made collegiate debut with 2.0 innings of relief in Cardinals’ opening day victory over Alabama State in Clearwater, Fla.

High School: Earned four letters in baseball at Lexington Christian Academy where he won an All-A state championship... Ranked as the No. 2 player in the state of Kentucky and No. 332 nationally by Perfect Game... Earned All-City honors and was a Perfect Game First Team All-Central Region honoree... Competed in the Perfect Game junior national and national showcases... Also earned four letters in football at Lexington Christian Academy and was an All-District and All-City selection.

Personal: Born on July 4, 1995 in Lexington, Ky... Parents are Greg and Rhonda Henzman... Siblings are Cameron and Dalton... Majoring in sport administration... After college, he wants to play Major League Baseball and work in the sports industry... People with the greatest influence on his athletic career are his parents because they always wanted him to strive for the highest goals while doing something he loved... Hobbies and interests include watching movies and playing Xbox... Favorite foods are steak, mac and cheese, corn on the cob, spaghetti, chicken and chocolate milkshakes... His brother Dalton played college baseball at Middle Tennessee State and his brother Cameron played college football and baseball at Centre College.