Missouri State

Honors
• MVC Pitcher of the Week (March 28, 2022)
• Dave Dickensheet MSU Outstanding Pitcher Award (2022)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
• MVC Honor Roll (2021-22)

Senior/Career Summary
Tied a school record with 17 starts on the mound in the Bears’ weekend rotation...Ranked third in the MVC with 90 innings pitched and 13th nationally in games started...Won MSU’s Dave Dickensheet Outstanding Pitcher Award...Winning pitching in the MVC Tournament title game...Went 6-5 with a 4.80 ERA and 70 strikeouts...Tossed eight shutout innings and faced one over the minimum on March 25 against Nevada to earn MVC Pitcher of the Week.

Background
Graduate transfer from Middle Tennessee State, where he made 16 relief appearances in two seasons, posting a 5.55 earned run average and 28 strikeouts in 24.1 innings with a .245 opponent average...Earned a spot on the Conference USA All-Academic Team in 2021 and posted a 20:5 strikeout-to-walk ratio that season with seven scoreless outings in 11 appearances...Spent his first two collegiate seasons at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Mo., going 7-1 with 84 strikeouts in 74.1 innings over two seasons and earning first-team Academic All-America honors...At Springfield Kickapoo High, went 18-5 with career strikeouts in 124 innings, earning second-team all-state and Ozark Conference Pitcher of the Year honors as a senior in 2017.

Personal
Adam Link is the son of Paul and Katy Link...Born June 9, 1998 in Springfield, Mo...Pursuing his Master’s of business administration.