Missouri State

Honors
• MVC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 25, 2025)
• Danny Cook MSU Rookie of the Year (2025)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025) 

2025 (Freshman)
Friday night starter for the majority of the season, leading the team with 71 innings over 14 starts and one relief appearance...Second freshman in school history to start on Opening Day, joining Gary Wilson’s in 1964 in the program’s first ever game...Struck out 63 batters and walked just 22 while going 4-3 with a 5.83 ERA...Voted the Bears’ Danny Cook Rookie of the Year by his teammates...Struck out 13 batters before issuing his first walk of the season...Fired seven shutout innings with two hits and eight strikeouts at No. 18 Mississippi State (Feb. 21), becoming the fourth MSU freshman ever to be named the MVC Pitcher of the Week for that performance...Tossed a complete game against Belmont (March 28), the first by an MSU freshman since 2019...Followed that with another complete game at Southern Illinois (April 6), becoming the first Bear to throw consecutive CGs since Pierce Johnson in March 2012...Went five-plus innings in seven of his starts...Season high of nine strikeouts came on Feb. 28 against ULM.

Background
Dominant on the mound in high school and summer ball in addition to spending two-and-a-half years with the Canadian Junior National Team...Was the 15U Player of the Year as a freshman, going 6-0 with a 0.43 ERA, 111 strikeouts, seven walks and 13 hits allowed in 50 innings...Went 8-1 with 100 strikeouts, a 0.86 ERA, 17 walks and 45 hits in 64 innings his sophomore year for the provincial champions and was the MVP of the championship tournament...Played for the Okotoks Dawgs, going 8-0 with a 2.60 ERA and 74 Ks across 56 competitive innings in 2023...In 2024, went 9-1 with a 1.21 ERA, 80 strikeouts and three saves in 57.2 innings for Okotoks.

Personal
Michael Yusypchuk is the son of Paul and Corrie Yusypchuk...Born March 21, 2006 in Edmonton, Alberta...Physics major.