Missouri State

Honors
• Preseason All-MVC (2018)
• Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America (2016)

2017: Coleman posted a breakthrough sophomore season, sharing the Bears' team lead with eight mound victories and a Missouri Valley Conference-best 106 strikeouts to help MSU to a 43-20 campaign highlighted by an MVC regular-season title and NCAA Regional crown ... Ranked among the Valley's top 10 hurlers in opposing batting average (.229), starts (16), wins (8), innings pitched (99.1) and strikeouts (106) ... Ranked 48th nationally in strikeouts and 60th in victories ... Held left-handed hitters to a .219 batting mark and allowed just 19 two-out hits in 106 such opponent at-bats ... Shared the MVC lead with five wins during conference play ... Struck out seven or more hitters in four of his first six starts of the season ... Picked up his first win of the season with 7.0 innings of one-hit baseball at Middle Tennessee (Feb. 26), striking out eight in the 5-0 MSU victory ... Won his MVC debut with 7.0 strong innings during a 13-3 victory over Bradley (April 1), then topped DBU with 6.0 innings in an 11-8 Bears win the following weekend as part of a three-game MSU sweep ... Logged wins in back-to-back outings April 23 and April 28, striking out five while scattering three earned runs on six hits over 7.0 frames vs. Wichita State, then tossing 4.2 innings of relief in a 13-8 win at Evansville ... Held Indiana State to one run on one hit and a pair of walks in an eight-strikeout effort over 7.0 innings of a 4-1 victory that clinched the Valley title for the Bears on May 13 ... Fanned a career-high 13 batters over 6.1 innings against Wichita State in an elimination game at the MVC Championship (May 26) ... Struck out six hitters in his NCAA Championship debut at Arkansas (June 3), helping the Bears to a 5-4 victory over the host Razorbacks ... Registered a dominant 10-strikeout performance over a career-long 7 1/3 innings in the opening game of the Fort Worth Super Regional, scattering three hits and permitting just two earned runs ... Pitched for the Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod League over the summer, striking out 10 over 7.2 innings in three appearances.

2016: Fashioned an impressive rookie campaign, going 6-4 with 4.98 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 72.1 innings to earn Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America recognition from Collegiate Baseball ... His 82 K’s ranked fifth in the Valley and third on the Bears’ freshman strikeout list; tied for sixth among all MSU rookie hurlers and 10th overall in the MVC in 2016 with six wins ... Won his first three starts while fanning 18 hitters over 17.0 innings, Feb. 20-March 6 ... Turned in a strong debut for the Bears, striking out five and allowing just three hits over 5.0 innings to earn the win in a 10-6 victory at Central Arkansas (Feb. 20) ... Beat Austin Peay (Feb. 28) on the road with five K’s in 5.0 innings of an 11-4 MSU win ... Logged back-to-back eight-strikeout efforts vs. SIU Edwardsville (March 6) and Memphis (March 13); held SIUE to a single unearned run on five hits over a season-best 7.0 innings of an 11-1 victory ... Posted his top performance of the season April 1 vs. Central Michigan by fanning a season-high 11 hitters in 7.0 shutout innings of four-hit baseball ... Earned his first MVC victory with 5 1/3 innings at Wichita State (April 16), holding the Shockers to one run on two hits while striking out six batters ... Finished the year second in the MVC and 57th nationally with a 10.20 K/9.0 IP ratio.

Background: Brought a lengthy prep resume as a two-sport standout at Potosi (Mo.) High School to Missouri State, earning all-state honors on both the diamond and hardwood ... Batted .426 and won logged seven mound victories to lock up first-team MSHSBCA Class 4 All-State recognition as a utility player for the second straight year, leading a 21-8 Potosi squad to a state playoff berth in the process ... Posted a breakthrough junior campaign that saw the 6-foot-6 right-hander hit .478 with 17 RBIs, 13 extra-base hits and 14 steals in 27 games, while compiling a 6-1 mound mark with an 0.57 ERA and one save in 11 appearances ... Racked up 72 strikeouts in 49.1 innings and a minuscule .130 opponent batting average ... Also starred for the Trojans in basketball, tallying over 2,300 points in his career to shatter a 45-year-old school scoring record.

Personal: Dylan David Coleman is the son of David and Lorraine Coleman ... Born Sept. 16, 1996, in Potosi, Mo. ... Majoring in criminology.