Oregon RHP Jackson Pace enters NCAA transfer portal

Oregon right-handed pitcher Jackson Pace has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned.

The 6-foot-5 California native finished up his second season with the Ducks in 2024 but did not log any cumulative stats for the Ducks this past season. He will have three seasons of eligibility remaining.

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As a freshman in 2023, however, he finished 2-4 with an 8.67 ERA in 15 appearances on the mound, including 11 starts. He allowed 53 runs (44 earned) on 61 hits across 45.2 innings of work for Oregon. That also included 26 strikeouts and 26 walks.

He finsihed the 2023 season as one of four Oregon pitchers in the modern era to have earned wuality starts in their first two career starts as a freshman. In turn, he also became one of 11 Ducks pitchers to ever have logged a quality start in their first two starts of a season.

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Mark Wasikowski shares heartfelt message to Texas A&M after injuries

Texas A&M punched their tickets to Omaha and the College World Series with a 15-9 win over Oregon on Sunday night. But unfortunately in the process the Aggies lost two players to injuries, with Braden Montgomery and Shane Sdao both exiting the first innings of Games 1 and 2 of the College Station Super Regional over the weekend.

Postseason elimination is never an easy pill to swallow, but despite Oregon’s season coming to an end on Sunday, their head coach Mark Wasikowski opened up his postgame press conference with a thoughtful statement about the Aggies’ injured players.

“The first thing on my mind is Shane Sdao,” Mark Wasikowski said. “You know, having watched young guys that are super talented walk off the field with injuries is part of our lives now. Of even the guys that are sitting at this table, several guys that have done that and walked off the field and had to overcome adversity and it breaks your heart as a coach to see somebody go through that.”

The genuineness of Wasikowski’s words was evident in his remarks as the fifth-year Ducks head coach showed that he’s clearly a class act.

On3’s Kaiden Smith contributed to this report.