Biography
Honors
• Second-Team All-MVC (2019)
• MSU Dave Dickensheet Pitcher of the Year (2019)
• MVC Pitcher of the Week (April 22, 2019; Feb. 17, 2020)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
• MVC Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020)
• Honorable Mention All-MVC (2018)
2021 (Senior/Career Summary)
Started a team-high 11 games as a sixth-year senior, going 5.4 with a 3.47 ERA and 58 strikeouts...Held opponents to a .234 average...Finished career ranked fifth in school history with 41 starts and eighth with 271.2 innings pitched...Accumulated 19 wins and 231 strikeouts with a career 3.71 earned run average.
2020 (Senior)
Missouri State’s No. 1 starter, Wiley went 2-1 with a 3.09 ERA and 23 strikeouts in four outings ... Pitched at least seven shutout innings in three of his four starts, opening the season with 15 scoreless frames ... Fanned seven and allowed three hits over seven shutout innings at Central Arkansas (Feb. 14) to earn MVC Pitcher of the Week honors ... Pitched eight scoreless frames with seven strikeouts at Belmont (Feb. 21), the longest pitching appearance for an MVC player in 2020 ... Struck out six and allowed five hits in seven shutout innings versus Maine (March 6) ... Yielded just two walks on the season to rank 24th in the NCAA in walk rate, and ranked 23rd nationally with a 11.5 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... Gave up 22 hits, good for a 1.03 WHIP.
2019 (Junior)
Wiley emerged as the Bears’ No. 1 weekend starter as a junior, logging team-leading totals for wins (5), innings pitched (90.2) and strikeouts (82) en route to earning MSU’s Dave Dickensheet Pitcher of the Year honor, and his second-consecutive all-conference nod ... Ranked among the Valley’s top 10 hurlers in ERA (3.67), innings pitched, strikeouts and starts (15) ... Went 3-0 with a 3.48 ERA in league play to garner Second-Team All-MVC recognition ...Turned in a club-best seven quality starts, including four in Valley play and five in his final six starts (April 19-May 21) ... Drew the Bears’ opening day start against Nevada (Feb. 15) and held Fresno State (Feb. 24) to three runs over 6.0 innings at the Tony Gwynn Legacy in San Diego ... Held UC Irvine (March 1) to a single unearned run on two hits while striking out seven in a no-decision ... Dropped a pair of tough-luck road decisions to Oklahoma (March 17) and UC Santa Barbara (March 24), permitting five total earned runs over a combined 9.2 innings in the two outings ... Blanked Indiana State (March 31) on six hits over 7 1/3 innings, striking out six hitters in another no-decision ... Won his first decision of the season at Southern Illinois (April 6), before tossing his first complete game as a Bear against New Orleans (April 19); held the Privateers to a single unearned run on four hits while matching a career high with nine punchouts in the 6-1 victory ... Named MVC Pitcher of the Week (April 22) ... Struck out eight Bradley (April 27) hitters, limiting the Braves to two runs over 6.0 innings in the no-decision ... Earned a 4-3 victory over DBU (May 4), allowing two earned runs over 7.0 frames ... Worked his fourth-consecutive quality start May 10 at Evansville, allowing three runs on five hits over 7.1 innings ... Notched the first of two-straight wins over Valparaiso (May 16), scattering four hits over 5 2/3 innings and fanning eight Crusaders in the 5-4 victory; also beat Valpo (May 21) in the opening round of the MVC Tournament, holding the Crusaders to one run on four hits while posting eight strikeouts in 8.0 innings ... Named to the MVC Honor Roll.
2018 (Sophomore)
Stepped into the Bears’ regular weekend rotation as one of the club’s go-to stoppers in his first season on Missouri State’s active roster, winning seven games and recording 68 strikeouts—both totals good for second on the squad ... Appeared in 22 games overall, including 11 starts, logging 85.0 innings, a 4.13 earned run average and a .251 batting average against ... Went 3-0 with a 3.06 ERA in eight total appearances at Hammons Field; struck out 27 hitters and walked just two in his 32.1 innings at home ... Selected as an honorable mention All-Missouri Valley Conference pick ... Completed at least 6.0 innings in five of his last seven starts, including three separate 7.0-inning outings or better ... Started his Bears career with 2.0 scoreless innings in MSU’s 11-2 win at Lamar (Feb. 16) on opening day; also worked 3.2 strong innings of a 6-5 win over Texas Southern (Feb. 18), striking out three Tigers to earn his first win as a Bear ... Closed out a 5-2 victory at Central Arkansas (Feb. 25) to lock up his lone save of the season ... Limited Oklahoma State (March 7) to one hit over 2.2 scoreless innings of relief, then struck out five Arkansas State (March 10) hitters over another 2 2/3 inning effort in his next appearance, combining to fan nine hitters in 5.1 innings over the two outings ... Earned a win over Iowa in his first start for MSU, striking out seven Hawkeyes over 5.2 innings of the 8-3 victory ... Notched another mound victory in his next start, an 8-2 decision that secured a series sweep of CSUN (March 25), allowing just two runs on five hits over 7.0 innings ... Struck out a season-high nine Evansville (April 8) batters in six innings of three-hit baseball to log his fourth win of the year ... Limited Arkansas (April 17) to a single run over 3.1 innings of relief ... Permitted just one run on five hits in a career-best 7.1 frames to notch a 6-3 win over Illinois State (April 21) ... Followed with back-to-back seven-strikeout efforts at Bradley (April 28) and Valparaiso (May 5); suffered the tough-luck 2-0 setback to the Braves after allowing just one earned run (two total) over 6.0 innings, then added his sixth win of the season by scattering two runs on five hits over 7.0 innings against the Crusaders ... Knocked off Indiana State (May 25) with 6 1/3 innings of an eventual 9-6 win that propelled the Bears into the MVC Tournament title game ... Matched his personal best with 7.1 innings against Tennessee Tech (June 3) in a season-ending 2-1 loss at the NCAA Oxford Regional; allowed just one earned run on five hits while fanning three hitters ... Named to the MVC Honor Roll ... Pitched for the White River Cobras of the Show-Me Collegiate League over the summer, posting a perfect ERA with 24 strikeouts and one save over 11.0 innings spanning eight appearances.
2017 (Redshirt)
Sat out the 2017 season as a redshirt.
Background
Joined the Bears for the 2017 season as a sophomore transfer ... The Springfield, Mo., product spent much of his freshman season at Kansas State at the Wildcats’ primary midweek starter, going 3-2 with a 5.97 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 34.2 innings spanning 15 appearances ... As a prep standout, the right-hander logged 26 mound victories over his four-year career at Kickapoo High School, including a 6-1 mark as a senior ... Was an MHSBCA first-team all-state selection, as well as a Perfect Game Preseason All-America High Honorable Mention pick in 2015, when he helped the Chiefs to a third-place finish at the Class 5 state tournament ... Cited as the No. 15 recruit and No. 4 right-handed pitcher in the state of Missouri’s class of 2014 by Prep Baseball Report.
Personal
Logan Wiley is the son of Chuck and Angie Wiley ... Born Nov. 11, 1996, in Shawnee Mission, Kan. ... Mother played collegiate basketball at Pittsburg State, while his father played baseball at Johnson County Community College and professionally in the Seattle Mariners organization ... Working on his graduate certificate in project management after earning a bachelor’s degree in construction management
