Jared Lessman

Jared Lessman pitching against Lipscomb.

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

B/T:
L/L
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Cumberland, Wis.
High School:
St. Croix Falls
Prev School:
Iowa Western CC

2025: Made nine appearances on the mound with one start ... Finished with a 7.84 ERA over 10.1 innings ... Made his first career start at Louisville against Oakland on March 12, tossing two shutout innings ... Tossed a scoreless inning against Northern Kentucky on March 18.

2024: Made 17 relief appearances in his first season at Louisville ... Finished 1-1 with a 6.00 ERA ... Struck out 15 batters in 21.0 innings ... Made his first appearance as a Cardinal against UConn on Feb. 16 ... Pitched a scoreless inning against Youngstown State on March 1 ... Threw 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts against Northwestern on March 10 ... Worked three scoreless innings with three strikeouts against Virginia Tech on March 16 ... Tossed two shutout innings against Cincinnati on March 26 ... Allowed just one baserunner over three shutout innings against NC State on April 6 for his first win in a Louisville uniform ... Threw two scoreless innings at WKU on April 9.

2023 (Iowa Western): Made 14 appearances on the mound with eight starts … Posted a 2-4 record with two saves and a 6.15 ERA … Struck out 64 batters in 41 innings … Worked four scoreless frames with just one hit allowed and eight strikeouts against Dakota County Technical College on March 7 … Struck out a career-best nine and didn’t allow an earned run in five innings against Marshalltown CC on May 12.

2022 (Iowa Western): Made 11 appearances with two starts on the mound as a freshman … Went 1-0 with one save … Posted a 0.54 ERA with just one run allowed in 16.2 innings with 26 strikeouts.

High School: Lettered three years in baseball and basketball at St. Croix Falls High School … Earned All-State and All-Conference honors in both sports … 2021 Wisconsin Baseball Central Pitcher of the Year … 2021 Heart O’North Conference Player of the Year … Posted a perfect 11-0 record as a senior with a 0.64 ERA and 158 strikeouts.

Personal: Son of Troy Lessman and Kelly Wilson … Has three younger siblings – Drew, Violet and Teddy … Majoring in Health & Human Performance … Favorite movie is Rambo First Blood … Fan of the Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Wild … Favorite foods are chicken alfredo, burgers and steak … Favorite athlete is Clayton Kershaw … Won a bass fishing tournament when he was eight years old.