Missouri State

Honors
• First-team all-MVC (2021)
• Dave Dickensheet MSU Outstanding Pitcher Award (2021)
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
• MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2022-23)
• MVC Honor Roll (2019-20, 2022-23)

2023 (Senior)/Career Summary
Pitched in 30 games as a sixth-year senior, good for sixth on MSU’s single season list, on which he also appears in the Nos. 3 and 8 spots...Missouri State’s career leader with 103 pitching appearances, 15 ahead of second place...Career appearance total ranks tied for eighth in conference history...Had a season-high seven of the Bears’ school-record-tying 19 strikeouts on March 10 versus SIUE...Struck out 63 batters in 52.1 innings his final year, posting a 4.64 ERA and .239 opponent average...From Feb. 28-March 18, had a 12.2 inning scoreless streak during which he allowed just three hits and struck out 19...Retired 17 consecutive hitters over four appearances from April 20-28...Went 4-4 with a save in 2023...Finished career with a 17-12 record and three saves, 199 strikeouts and a .254 opponent average in 191 innings pitched.

2022 (Senior)
Regular out of the bullpen who made a team-high 33 appearances to lead the MVC and rank 16th nationally...Appearance total was third at MSU for a single season and moved him to seventh on the career list with 73...Posted a 5-5 record with two saves, 58 strikeouts in 62 innings and a 5.95 ERA...Held opponent scoreless in 16 outings, including five straight from March 6-26 that combined for 13.2 innings...Struck out season-high six batters against ORU (April 12), with five Ks versus Arkansas State (March 13) and SEMO (March 19)...Made one start, throwing four innings against Evansville in the MVC Tournament (May 28)...Ended the year with a 2.9:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

2021 (Junior)
A first-team all-MVC selection after going 8-2 with a 3.77 ERA and 56 strikeouts in 29 appearances, all in relief...Won MSU’s Dave Dickensheet Outstanding Pitcher Award...Went 6-1 with a 2.22 ERA in MVC games...Ranked second on the club in strikeouts and innings pitched (57.1)...Struck out five and allowed just one hit in three innings for a win at 18th-ranked Oklahoma State (March 23)...Did not allow an earned run in 16 of his appearances...Tossed five consecutive scoreless outings with a combined two hits and 11 strikeouts from March 10-23...Earned two wins in Bradley series (April 1 and 2) with five shutout innings in two games...Earned two relief victories in the Valparaiso series as well (May 21 and 22)...Ranked 21st nationally in appearances.

2020 (Sophomore)
Led the Bears and ranked second nationally with 11 appearances in his first season, all in relief ... Posted a 2.79 ERA, striking out 22 hitters in 19.1 innings ... Gave up just 10 hits, good for a .154 opponent average to rank third in the MVC ... Second on the team with a 0.93 WHIP ... Pitched a total of eight scoreless and five hitless outings, and allowed more than one run only once. ... Started the year with a 7.0-inning scoreless streak ... Did not allowed a hit in the 5.1 innings spanning his final three appearances ... Struck out a season-high six batters in four hitless innings against Oral Roberts (March 10) ... Fanned five hitters at Belmont (Feb. 21).

Background
Ziegenbein joined the Bears on the heels of a standout season with Johnson County (Kan.) Community College in which he logged 10 mound victories and a 2.64 earned run average to nab Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Freshman of the Year recognition...Struck out a school-record 109 hitters and limited opponents to a .228 batting average en route to earning All-KJCCC and NJCAA All-Region VI honors for a squad that peaked at No. 6 in the national rankings before finishing 46-12...Redshirted as a freshman at Johnson County while rehabbing from his second Tommy John surgery, which also sidelined the right-hander for his final two prep seasons at Blue Springs (Mo.) High School...Earned Academic All-State recognition in three consecutive seasons after picking up all-conference honors as a sophomore outfielder for the Wildcats.

Personal
Trey Ziegenbein is the son of Darren and Janelle Ziegenbein...Born Oct. 10, 1998, in Blue Springs, Mo....Earned his construction management degree in May 2022 and is in the sports management Master’s program.