Mizzou and UT will play at 6 p.m. Friday to kick off the series.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Pitched to a 4-2 record his Senior year with a 1.65 ERA and 41 strikeouts.
• Registered only 7 walks during his final season.
• Junior year gave up only 8 earned runs in over 51 innings pitched.
• Recorded a 10-0 record that year with a save, 54 strikeouts, and a WHIP of .91.
• School finished as Iowa's state runner-up his Senior season.
• Picked for the CIML Class 4A honorable mention team in 2008 and 2009.
• Chosen as a Globe Gazette Athlete of the Week in 2009.
• Selected to the INA 4A First team All-State group, Class 4A First All-District team, Class 4A First team All-Conference, Class 4A First team All-State by Iowa Sports Connection, Class 4A Second team Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association All State, Globe Gazette Baseball Player of the Year in 2010.
• Picked for the Class 4A First team All-District, Class 4A First team All-Conference, Class 4A First team All-State by Iowa Sports Connection, INA 4A Second-team All-State, Class 4A Second team IHSBCA All-State, Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason Central Region All-American First team, Globe Gazette's All-Area Baseball Team for the 2011 season.
• Was the 13th round draft pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2011 MLB First Year Player Draft.
• Four year Academic All-Conference selection for Baseball, Football, and Track.
• Played for the 2010 and 2011 baseball Conference Champion team, 2010 State Semi-finalist, and 2011 State Runner-up.
• Also medaled in the Distance Medley for his High School track team in the 2010 Iowa State Finals in 2010.
• Picked to the Class 4A State Track and Field Elite Super Team in 2010.
PERSONAL
• Born February 1, 1993 in Mason City, IA.
• Son of David and Sherri Platts.
• Plans to major in Nutrition and Fitness at Mizzou.
