College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
Summit League All-Academic Baseball Team (2024)
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2023, 2024)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
2024: Split time between the bullpen and starting rotation ... appeared in 13 games, including four starts ... pitched 3 1/3 innings of one-run ball at New Mexico State in season opener (2/16) ... tossed three scoreless innings of relief in relief appearance at Dayton (3/9) ... helped secure road sweep of Oral Roberts by logging 6 2/3 scoreless innings as starter in series finale, allowing only one hit while striking out a season-high four batters and walking two en route to lone victory of the campaign (3/17) ... also made starts in Summit League play at North Dakota State (4/6) and Omaha (4/13) ... saw mound duty twice in series at Northern Colorado, combining for 2 1/3 innings (5/3-5)
2023: Began the season in the bullpen before moving to the starting rotation ... made a total of 14 appearances with eight starts ... ranked third on the team with 47 innings pitched ... struck out seven and allowed only one run in 4 1/3 innings of relief in season opener at Little Rock (2/17) ... tossed a combined 6 2/3 scoreless innings over final two relief appearances of the season, registering 2 2/3 scoreless innings against Iowa (3/17) and hurling four shutout frames in first game of doubleheader at Northern Colorado (3/24) ... gave up one run on two hits over four innings at Western Illinois (4/7) ... collected lone victory of the season by pitching career-high six innings with five strikeouts and two runs allowed in series opener versus Omaha (4/14) ... started Summit League Baseball Championship opener against North Dakota State, working 4 1/3 innings in helping the Jackrabbits to a first-round win (5/24)
2022: Ranked third on the team in appearances with 16 — all in relief — during his freshman campaign ... struck out 21 and walked only four batters in 21 innings ... allowed one earned run over two innings of work in collegiate debut against Purdue (2/19) ... was awarded the victory after tossing two shutout innings at Minnesota (3/2) ... blanked Northwestern State over the final three innings with three strikeouts to complete first career save in series opener (3/17) ... made a pair of appearances totaling two innings in first Summit League series of the season, at Oral Roberts (3/25-27) ... threw 2 2/3 innings and matched season high with three strikeouts in second road win of the season at Minnesota (4/26) ... combined for three shutout innings and four strikeouts over two appearances in home series against Oral Roberts (5/20-21) ... made final appearance of the season in Summit League Baseball Championship opener at Oral Roberts (5/26)
BEFORE SDSU: Reece was a member of state championship teams and an all-state performer at both O'Gorman High School and for the Renner American Legion program … earned American Legion all-state honors three times (2019-21) and was a high school all-stater twice (2019, 2021) … set Post 307 career records for wins (26), innings pitched (235) and games started (41), while ranking second with 232 strikeouts … compiled a 2.11 career earned run average at the American Legion level and a 1.34 ERA in high school …. turned in a 7-1 record with a 1.30 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 53.2 innings pitched en route to earning all-tournament honors at the 2021 Central Plains Regional during his final Legion season … also excelled academically as a National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar and member of the National Honor Society … his father, Aaron, played baseball and his mother, Jen, played softball collegiately at Dakota State