Pepperdine University Athletics

CAREER: Pitched in 25 games through three seasons … Had one win and seven saves.
 
PEPPERDINE 2022: Pitched in 19 games as a senior … Went 20.1 innings out of the bullpen … Was the Waves’ main closer with a team-high seven saves, which ranked fifth in the WCC … Collected first win in relief vs. San Francisco (4/14) in extra innings and struck out a season-high four batters … Threw a season-high 2.1 innings vs. BYU (5/6) … Earned WCC All-Academic honorable mention honors … Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

PEPPERDINE 2021: Pitched in five games as a junior ... Went 6.1 innings overall out of the bullpen ... Went a season-high 2.1 innings vs. Santa Clara (5/14) ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2020: Did not see any action during the COVID-19 shortened season ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2019: Made one appearance for the Waves as a freshman ... Threw 2.0 innings, striking out one against BYU (4/11) ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Flower Mound (Texas) High School in 2018 ... Played three years of varsity baseball ... In his career, had 44 innings pitched, 51 strikeouts, a 0.95 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in advertising ... Born in Flower Mound, Texas ... Son of Kathleen Georges Dieker and Steve Dieker ... Younger brother to Connor and Nathan ... Chose Pepperdine because of “the excellent academic program, numerous opportunities out of college and of course the baseball program.”
 
FAVORITES: Favorites include Greg Maddux (pro baseball player), Texas Rangers (pro team), Into the Wild (book), Field of Dreams (movie), That 70’s Show (TV show), A$AP Rocky (musical artist), Italian (food) and Ultimate Frisbee (sport besides baseball).