2018: Team captain.... Named to the 2018 NESCAC Spring All-Sportsmanship Team.... Made 11 appearances with a team-leading 10 starts on the mound.... Finished with a record of 3-4 with an ERA of 4.96 in a team-high 61.2 innings pitched.... Struck out 34 batters on the season and held opponents to a .268 batting average.... Gave up two earned runs over the course of 5.1 innings, striking out two against Puget Sound (Feb. 24).... Tossed five innings of one-run ball, allowing just three hits while striking out three in Bates' 3-2 win over Worcester State (March 10).... Struck out a career-high eight batters over seven innings pitched, allowing just two runs on four hits in Bates' 4-3 win over UMass-Dartmouth (March 25).... Allowed just two runs on six hits and struck out three in six innings pitched at Bowdoin (March 30).... Earned the win and threw a complete game seven innings of shutout ball, striking out three along the way in Bates' 11-0 victory at Colby (April 7).... Earned the win and threw five innings of two-run ball, striking out four in Bates' 6-2 win over Williams (April 14).... Earned the win with 5.1 innings of work against Trinity in Bates' 8-7 victory over the Bantams (April 20).... Battled for a season-long seven and a third innings against Tufts (April 27).... Gave up just two runs in six and two thirds innings, striking out two in the NESCAC tournament against Wesleyan (May 12).
2017: Made eight appearances with six starts.... Bates posted a record of 6-2 when Russell pitched.... Finished with a record of 2-1 and an ERA of 3.27 in 33 innings pitched.... Held opponents to a .256 batting average.... Tossed five shutout innings, allowing only three hits and striking out three to earn the win in Bates' 3-0 victory at Salem State (March 25).... Allowed two runs over four innings in Bates' 4-3 win over Bowdoin (April 8).... Tossed two shutout innings to earn the win in Bates' 9-4 win over Fisher (April 17).... Went a season-long seven and two thirds innings, allowing a lone run, which was unearned, on two hits, striking out one to earn the win in Bates' 4-1 victory over Trinity (April 22).... Tossed five and a third innings of shutout ball, striking out two and allowing only three hits in the NESCAC Championships against Amherst (May 13).
2016: Appeared in 10 games with four starts.... Finished with a record of 3-0 and an ERA of 5.24 in 34.1 innings pitched.... Struck out 38 batters and held opponents to a .265 batting average.... Showed great improvement throughout the season.... Held opponents to a combined total of three runs (one earned) over his final 19 innings pitched.... Struck out five and picked up the victory with five innings of two-run ball in Bates' 8-4 win over Lewis & Clark (Feb. 27).... Picked up the win out of the bullpen with 2.2 innings pitched and six strikeouts in Bates' 12-11 win over Endicott (March 29).... Delivered an outstanding performance out of the bullpen against Tufts (April 2), tossing 4.2 innings, allowing only one run and striking out seven.... Threw five innings of shutout ball and tallied four strikeouts against St. Joseph's (April 20).... Pitched a scoreless inning and struck out one against Southern Maine (April 28).... Allowed only two hits over the course of six innings of two-run (one earned) ball, striking out seven along the way, to pick up the win in Bates' 9-3 victory over Colby (April 30).... Turned in a brilliant seven-inning, five-hit, one-run (unearned), five-strikeout performance in the regular season finale, a 3-2 win for Bates over Williams (May 7).
2015: Appeared in 12 games with three starts... Registered a record of 1-2... Picked up the win with two scoreless innings in a 9-1 win over Caltech (Feb. 16) while striking out four... Struck out 18 batters in 25.2 innings pitched.
High School Athletic Honors: Maine Second-Team All-Conference Pitcher 2013, 2014.... Selected to Maine Underclassmen All-Star Game.... Senior Maine vs. New Hampshire All-Star Game.... 2014 Greely Spring Athlete of the Year.
