Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards & Honors

CBHOF National Pitcher of the Year Watch List: 2026
NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List: 2026
First Team All-SAC: 2024
APSU Dean’s List: S25

2026 | Austin Peay

• Made five starts on the mound before ending his season short due to injury.
• Pitched to a 2-2 record with a 1.63 ERA, while striking out 25 batters and walking just six across 27.2 innings of work.
• Picked up his first win of the season at UNLV (Feb. 14) after striking out a career-high seven batters and allowing an unearned run over 5.0 innings.
• Tossed 5.2 innings of no-hit ball and struck out six in his win against Eastern Michigan (Feb. 22).
• Threw his first-career complete game at Cincinnati (Feb. 28), despite taking the loss and matching his career-high seven strikeouts and tossing a career-high 8.0 innings.

2025 | Austin Peay

• Made 17 appearances on the mound for the Govs, starting in his first four.
• Finished the season with a 9.19 ERA, a 2-2 win-loss record, and four saves over 31.1 innings of work.
• Was the Govs’ opening day starter against New Mexico (Feb. 14) in the MLB Desert Invitational, going 3.1 innings with four strikeouts.
• Picked up his first save against Southern Indiana (March 19), throwing one inning and striking out a batter.
• His first win of the season came at home against Tennessee Tech (March 25) after 0.2 innings of work.
• Had a season-high six strikeouts against Middle Tennessee State (April 9) in the game’s final 3.1 innings of work, picking up the save.

2024 | Oklahoma City University

• Started on the mound ten times for the Stars, where he threw 54 innings and finished the year with a stellar 7-2 record.
• Held opponents to a .254 average while striking out 47 batters and allowing just 22 earned runs on the season.
• Tossed his first collegiate complete game in the 7-2 win over Texas Wesleyan (March 22), where he had seven innings of work, allowing just a pair of runs on seven hits while striking out a pair of batters in 108 pitches.
• Threw five innings and was credited the win after throwing five innings against Southwestern Christian (April 6), where he struck out a career-high eight batters, only allowing three walks and one hit.
• Struck out six in five innings of work at Oklahoma Panhandle State (March 15), holding the Aggies scoreless on just five hits, giving him the win to improve to 2-1 on the season.

2023 | Oklahoma State University

• Appeared in three games for the Cowboys, throwing 2.2 innings in relief and accumulating a 10.12 ERA.
• Made his collegiate debut against Arkansas (Feb. 19), where he had 1.1 innings of work, striking out a pair and only allowing one hit.
• Threw one inning to close out against Austin Peay (March 3), striking out one and allowing one earned run.

Prep Career

• Prepped at Edmond Santa Fe under head coach Ryan Phillips.
• Named to the All-COAC Second Team.
• Named the 2021 COAC Pitcher of the Year as a junior after going 8-3 with a 1.16 ERA and 105 strikeouts in 66 innings.

Personal 

• Kade Michael Shatwell is the son of Michael and Carrie Shatwell.
• Has an older sibling, Peyton.
• His mother was a professional roller skater.