Pepperdine University Athletics

CAREER: Appeared in 48 games with 21 starts through four seasons … Accumulated an overall record of 9-7 with two saves and a 3.96 ERA … Had 144 strikeouts in 141 innings.
 
PEPPERDINE 2023: Was the Waves’ game one starter, having made 14 appearances and 14 starts as a senior … Named All-WCC honorable mention …  Had an ERA of 4.15 and won four games … In 73.2 innings pitched had 71 strikeouts … Threw a season-high seven innings vs. LMU (5/12) … Had a season-high nine strikeouts at BYU (5/18) … In the WCC, ranked sixth in strikeouts (71) and ERA, and 12th in innings pitched …  Named WCC Player of the Week on 3/27.
 
PEPPERDINE 2022: Pitched in 17 games with five starts as a junior … Led the pitching squad with an ERA of 2.45 … Went 2-1 … Struck out 50 in 36.2 innings … Pitched 3.1 scoreless innings in relief vs. UC Santa Barbara (4/5) to get the win … Had season highs of seven scoreless innings and 10 strikeouts at Loyola Marymount (5/15) and collected the win … Named WCC Pitcher of the Week (5/16) following that performance.
 
PEPPERDINE 2021: Pitched in 11 games with two starts as a sophomore ... Went 2-1 ... Struck out 16 in 22.0 innings ... Pitched 5.0 innings in relief at Portland (5/8) to get the win ... Made his first start vs. Santa Clara (5/15) and also went 5.0 innings in a win ... Struck out a season-high four in both of those games.
 
PEPPERDINE 2020: Appeared in six games as a freshman during the COVID-19 shortened season ... Had a 1-0 record with two saves ... Had a 3.12 ERA in 8.2 innings pitched ... Struck out seven batters and gave up three runs ... Threw a season-high 3.1 innings against Florida International (2/28), striking out two batters.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Cathedral Catholic High School, located in San Diego, Calif., in 2019 ... Played two years of varsity baseball ... Had a career ERA of 1.30 over 54 innings pitched, with 57 strikeouts ... As a senior, named to the All-Western League first team, and was named to the San Diego All-Star Game ... Had a 1.14 ERA over 49 innings pitched with 51 strikeouts as a senior ... Helped team to Western League championships in both his junior and senior year.
 
CLUB: Played for Team San Diego (2017), San Diego Show (2018) and TB SoCal (2018).
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in pre-business administration ... Son of Dennis Telfer and MaryAnn Telfer ... Older brother to Corey, Caryn and Trey ... Chose Pepperdine because “I could continue to grow in my faith in this community, and I loved the leadership and family values that I felt from meeting the baseball players and coaches here.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys surfing, swimming and snowboarding ... Favorites include Fernando Tatis Jr. (pro baseball player), San Diego Padres (pro baseball team), Relentless by Tim Grover (book), Star Wars (movie), The Office (TV show), Led Zeppelin (musical artist), spaghetti (food) and surfing (sport besides baseball).