Peter Michael

The Cardinals after winning the 2025 Louisville Super Regional.

Photo by: Nicole Finch | Louisville Athletics

Photo by: Caleb Jones | Louisville Athletics

Peter Michael coming off the mound against UIC.

B/T:
R/R
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 215
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Calabasas, Calif.
High School:
Chaminade College Prep
Prev School:
Northwestern

CAREER HONORS
• 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
• 2025 Academic All-ACC Team

2025: Made 14 appearances on the mound with 13 starts in his first season at Louisville ... Finished 4-3 with a 4.83 ERA ... Recorded 52 strikeouts in 50.1 innings and held opponents to just a .215 average ... Made his Louisville debut on Feb. 16 against Arizona, allowing just one run on one hit over 4.2 innings ... Allowed one run over 5.2 innings with a career-high six strikeouts against St. John’s on March 2 for his first collegiate victory ... Tossed five shutout innings with a career-high eight strikeouts for the win over UIC on March 9 ... Carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning, finshing with 6.1 shutout frames and just one hit allowed with seven strikeouts for the victory over North Carolina on March 16 ... Allowed just one run over six innings for the victory over Boston College on April 6 ... Struck out three over 1.2 innings against Coastal Carolina on June 18 at the College World Series in his lone relief outing of the year.

2024 (Northwestern): Made 12 relief appearances on the mound … Finished 0-1 with a 15.68 ERA … Struck out eight in 10.1 innings … Worked a scoreless inning at Tulane (2/17) … Struck out four in two scoreless innings against Purdue (4/27).

2023 (San Diego): Appeared in 10 games, including two starts … Went 0-1 with a 9.82 ERA across 7.1 innings, striking out seven... Struck out two in a perfect inning at Oregon (3/4).

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Chaminade College Preperatory … Set a Mission League record with a 17-strikeout no-hitter as a senior ... Led the Mission League in strikeouts as a senior and was named a Perfect Game Preseason All-American ... Also played for PNT National baseball club.

Personal: Parents are Greg and Lisa Michael … Has one sibling – Sabrina … Chose Louisville over Cal, San Diego State and Rice … Hobbies include film, golf and surfing … Favorite movie is Back to the Future … Fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers … Favorite athlete is Clayton Kershaw … Favorite TV show is Game of Thrones … Favorite music artist is Zach Bryan.