Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2019
Selected first team All-Ohio Valley Conference … had a 5-2 record with a 0.83 ERA and 10 saves … struck out 90 batters in 54 and one-third innings … allowed just five runs on only 24 hits and 16 walks … opponents had a .133 batting average against him … made 30 appearances … one of only 11 players in OVC history with a sub-1.00 ERA with at least 50 innings pitched in a season … ranked second in the OVC in appearances, second in saves and sixth in strikeouts … ranked 44th in the nation in saves, 53rd in appearances and 127th in strikeouts … in four appearances against teams from the ACC and SEC he allowed three hits and struck out nine in six scoreless innings … those teams had a .143 batting average against him … on the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List … preseason All-OVC by coaches and communications directors … chosen as the OVC Pitcher of the Week on April 8 after earning a win and a save while pitching six and one-third innings without allowing a run or a hit and striking out 11 batters … chosen as the OVC Pitcher of the Week on May 20 after going 1-0, with a 0.00 ERA, one save, two hits, one walk and eight strikeouts in five innings pitched in two appearances against Belmont.  He held the Bruins to a .118 batting average … pitched two scoreless innings and struck out three against No. 8 Louisville (Feb. 19) … struck out all four batters he faced in one and one-third innings against Maryland Eastern Shore (Feb. 23) … picked up the win and struck out five in three and one-third innings of 1-hit relief against Oakland (March 10) … struck out six in two innings against Tennessee-Martin (March 24) … struck out six and earned the win against Austin Peay (April 6) after pitching four and one-third innings without allowing a hit … had nine strikeouts in four and one-third innings at Southeast Missouri (May 10) ... earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2018
Earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference All-Tournament Team … made a team high 25 appearances on the mound … made four starts … went 2-2 on the year with a 4.70 ERA … struck out a team high 71 batters in 51 and two-third innings pitched … had a team high nine saves … threw five innings allowing three hits and striking out a career high eight batters against Coppin State (March 2) … threw a season high five and one-third innings allowing three hits and striking out eight against Jacksonville State (May 25) … made two appearances in Eastern’s five OVC Tournament games, throwing a total of six and two thirds innings … did not allow a run, gave up just three hits, walked two and struck out 12 … tied for the tournament lead in strike outs and was one of only two pitchers to pitch six or more innings without allowing a run ... earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... over the summer of 2018, was third in the Cape Cod League in strikeouts per nine innings (10 or more innings pitched) and was fourth in total strikeouts.

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2017
Made 14 appearances on the mound … made eight starts … struck out 38 batters in 41 innings pitched … threw five innings allowing just one run and striking out two batters in picking up the win against Chicago State (March 18) … threw two innings without allowing a baserunner and striking out one against Tennessee (May 10) … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2016
Redshirt season … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2015
Made eight appearances with a 3.18 ERA … recorded one save … had 18 strikeouts in 11 and one-third innings pitched and only gave up four hits … had four strikeouts and allowed no hits or runs in three innings of work against Bowling Green (February 27) … had five strikeouts and allowed no hits or runs in two innings against Southeast Missouri (March 8) … had three strikeouts and allowed only one hit in one and two-thirds innings against Belmont (March 15) … missed remainder of season due to injury after eight appearances … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2014-15 Colonel Scholar.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time academic all-state at Paul Laurence Dunbar in Lexington, Kentucky … 0.63 ERA and 96 strikeouts his junior season.

PERSONAL
Full name is Aaron Ochsenbein ... son of James and Melissa … has one brother – Alex … majoring in aviation with a concentration in aerospace management.