Slippery Rock University Athletics

Personal: Son of Carol and Rick Hare … Majoring in safety management … Mother is a Slippery Rock graduate.
 
2026: Made 10 starts as a member of The Rock’s starting rotation … Ended true freshman season with a 3-1 record in 37 innings pitched … Registered 53 strikeouts and held opponents to a .216 batting average to go with a 4.38 ERA … Led The Rock in strikeouts while ranking fifth in both innings pitched and ERA … Struck out 10 batters over 4.2 shutout innings vs. West Virginia State to earn first career win in second collegiate start … Followed WVSU outing by posting nine strikeouts and scattering two runs over five innings in winning effort against Mansfield … Tossed 3.2 shutout innings with just one hit allowed and eight strikeouts versus Pitt-Johnstown … Also struck out eight batters with just one hit yielded in 3.1 innings as part of an eventual SRU victory over Clarion … Game-by-Game Statistics

High School: Enjoyed a distinguished prep career as a two-sport (baseball / football) athlete at Riverside High School … Led Riverside to WPIAL and state baseball titles in both 2023 and 2025 … Concluded prep career with a 21-1 record and 237 strikeouts over 123.2 innings while batting .438 … Was dominant as a senior, going 10-0 with a 0.68 ERA and 138 strikeouts in 72.1 innings in addition to hitting .405 with 18 runs, four home runs and 26 RBIs … Named the 2025 MaxPreps National Small Town Player of the Year … Also collected Player of the Year recognition from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Beaver County Times, Pittsburgh Union Progress and TribLIVE.com … Struck out a national record 66 batters in the 2025 postseason during Riverside’s run to a state championship in which Hare was 5-0 with only two hits allowed in 37.2 playoff innings pitched … Also an all-conference selection in football as a linebacker and tight end … An honor roll student … Competed in club competition for Fennell Brothers Baseball.
 

Top Performances
Date	Opponent	Stats
3/8/26	WV State	4.2 IP, 10 K, 0 R, W