Collin Wilma

Photo by: Jan Salmon

Photo by: Michael Dann

Position:
RHP
B/T:
R/R
Height:
6-4
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tinley Park, Ill.
High School:
Tinley Park

2023: Made 17 appearances and three starts on the mound in 2023…Tied a career-high 27.2 innings pitched and faced a career-high 136 batters…Finished with a 5.20 ERA giving up just 31 hits and 16 earned runs…Opponents hit just .295 off Wilma and allowed just three home runs and seven doubles…Recorded 26 strikeouts to just 21 walks.

2022: Started five of the six games he pitched…Returned from a stress fracture to start at Missouri (5/3), where he pitched 1.1 innings…It was the first game he pitched in over a year…Finished with a 0-3 record…Recorded seven strikeouts in 10 innings…Had a season-high three strikeouts in 1.2 innings at Eastern Illinois (5/21)…Longest outing was 3.1 innings vs. Tennessee Tech (5/27).

2021: Garnered OVC All-Freshman Team accolades…Was limited to seven appearances and four starts due to injury…Went 2-0 with a 2.93 ERA and one combined shutout…Recorded 21 strikeouts in 27.2 innings of work…Allowed 22 hits, 10 runs and eight walks…Held opponents to a .220 batting average…Picked up his first win of the season after striking out three in 5.1 innings vs. Jacksonville State (4/3)…Threw four scoreless innings and allowed only one hit with five strikeouts out of the bullpen vs. Austin Peay (3/20)…Longest start of the season was 6.2 innings in a win over Tennessee Tech (4/17)…Posted a season-high six strikeouts in 4.2 innings of a no-decision at Murray State (4/10).

2020 (Shortened due to COVID-19): Appeared in four games and made three starts…Posted a 1-0 record with 19 strikeouts in 18.1 innings…Allowed five walks…Earned his first career win when he struck out five in 7.1 innings vs. Ohio (2/29)…Recorded a season-high six strikeouts 5.1 innings during his first career start vs. Northern Illinois (2/22)…Also worked 2.2 innings of relief at UL Monroe (2/15) and three innings in his first career OVC start at UT Martin (3/8).

Prep: Garnered All-State accolades as a senior at Tinley Park High School…Three-year starter who pitched and played third base…Notched 100 strikeouts and finished with a 2.00 ERA his senior year…Also hit .450 with five home runs and 48 RBI…Earned All-Conference honors each of his final three seasons as a prep…Four-time All-Conference pick in golf.

Personal: Born January 14, 2001…Majoring in Biology…Son of Mark and Lindsay Wilma.