Missouri State

Adam Link stays with the Bears’ baseball program as a graduate assistant after spending his fifth and final collegiate season as the team’s Friday night starter in 2022.

Link tied a school record with 17 starts on the mound in his lone season with Missouri State, ranking third in the Missouri Valley Conference with 90 innings pitched and 13th nationally in games started. He was MSU’s Dave Dickensheet Outstanding Pitcher, going 6-5 with a 4.80 ERA and 70 strikeouts. Link was the winning pitcher in the MVC Tournament title game and tossed eight shutout innings and faced one over the minimum on March 25 against Nevada to earn MVC Pitcher of the Week.

A Springfield native, Link pitched the 2020 and 2021 seasons at Middle Tennessee after two years at Jefferson College before returning home as a grad transfer while pursuing his Master’s of business administration.