Wichita State Athletics

2026 Junior
Worked in 19 games in his first season with the Shockers, making six starts to go along with 13 relief appearances...finished 3-2 with a 5.65 ERA over 43.0 innings...struck out 57 to 22 walks...allowed 57 hits...earned his first Wichita State win in his Shocker debut, flipping 4.0 shutout innings with five strikeouts against Northern Colorado on February 15...powered the Shockers to a road win at Hawaii on February 22, punching out six over 4.0 strong innings with just one run allowed...racked up a season-high seven strikeouts against Butler on March 14, tallying the win by conceding one run in 4.0 innings...fired 3.2 innings of shutout relief against Florida Atlantic on May 10, adding four strikeouts...gave the Shockers 3.2 strong innings out of the bullpen at the American Conference tournament against Rice on May 21, fanning six hitters while giving up just one run...named to American Conference All-Academic Team.

Fort Scott CC (2024-25)
Appeared in 20 games with 17 starts over two seasons with the Greyhounds...combined for a 10-2 record and 4.83 career ERA in 95.0 innings...earned Honorable Mention All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference honors as a sophomore in 2025, finishing 8-1 with a 5.02 ERA in 12 starts covering 71.2 innings...struck out 43 and walked 28...tied for sixth in the conference with eight wins...named NJCAA D1 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner at pitcher...opened the season with 6.0 innings of one-run ball to earn the win against Pratt on February 7...held Allen County CC to just two hits and one run over 8.0 innings on March 20, fanning a season-high-tying six batters...went 2-1 with a 4.24 ERA as a freshman in 2024...teammates at Fort Scott with former Shockers Ayden Benson, Wyatt Foley and Owen Rush.

High School
Prepped at Pius X High School in Lincoln, Nebraska...earned All-City utility honors and participated in the Lincoln City High School All-Star Game.

Personal
Son of Matt and Laura Kortum...has two brothers, Matthew and Ryne...born August 11...majoring in Business Administration at Wichita State.