AT COLLEGE OF IDAHO: Root is in his fourth season with the Coyote baseball program; enters the season with 11 career wins, striking out 104 batters in 154.1 innings at C of I.

2021: Pitched in 13 games, 12 starts, posting a 4-3 record with a 4.88 ERA in 66 innings, striking out 54 batters; logged starts of 7-or-more innings four times; pitched seven-plus innings of 3-hit ball in a win over Eastern Oregon, while tossing seven shutout innings, allowing just four hits, in a win over Oregon.

2020: Started seven games on the mound prior to the season ending due to CoVID-19, throwing a staff-high 41 innings; went 3-3 with a 5.93 ERA, striking out 24 batters; went seven or more innings, allowing two earned runs or less, in his last three starts; pitched eight innings of 6-hit ball in a 3-1 win at Corban, while striking out a career-high seven batters in a home win over Park-Gilbert.

2019: As a freshman, made 10 appearances on the mound, including seven starts, tying for the team lead in victories with four; went 4-4 with a 5.55 ERA in 47 innings of work, striking out 26 men; threw five innings of two-hit ball in a victory over Providence Christian, allowing just thee hits in six innings in a victory over St. Martin's.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2018 graduate of Twin Falls High, where he was named Great Basin Conference Pitcher of the Year as a senior, leading his team to the District 4 title; had a 1.50 ERA, striking out 51 batters in 42 innings of work.

LEGION/CLUB TEAM: Twin Falls Cowboys

PERSONAL: Studying accounting.