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Wayne State University Athletics

2026 Baseball Roster

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12 TJ McAllister

12 TJ McAllister

  • Position:
    RHP
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    180
  • Letters:
    3
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    St. Clair Shores, Mich.
  • High School:
    South Lake

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Pitched in 28 games across three seasons with the program ... made 26 appearances out of the bullpen, while making first two career starts during the 2025 campaign ... is the active career leader in games pitched (28) and relief appearances (26) ... earned first career pitching victory on April 14, 2024, at Parkside ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team in 2023 and 2024 ... was on the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team following the 2025 season ... 2024-25 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2025:  2024-25 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... saw a much larger role in his fourth season with the program, third in which he was able to play (freshman redshirt in 2022) ... appeared in 13 games, two as the starter, with a 3.21 ERA, 1-2 record, 16 strikeouts, 17 walks, and a batting average against of .226 ... shined bright in GLIAC play with a sub-two ERA of 1.96 in those five outings, two starts and 18.1 frames of work ... opposing hitters managed an average of just .203 in conference action ... first career starts, and only two of the season, came on back-to-back outings, April 5 against Roosevelt (4.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, 61 pitches) and April 13 at Saginaw Valley State (3.0 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO, 47 pitches) ... that effort against the Cardinals was one of six in which he didn't surrender a single earned run ... two of them came in his first two contests of the campaign, Feb. 8 at Newberry for his lone pitching victory of the year (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 SO, 26 pitches) and Feb. 25 vs. Ohio Dominican (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 10 pitches) ... his most impressive appearance came on March 28 at Purdue Northwest and was out of the bullpen (6.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 SO, 52 pitches) ... his other two outings without an earned run to his name were April 22 at Findlay (1.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 33 pitches) and May 9 against Grand Valley State in the GLIAC Tournament (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 22 pitches) ... gave up less than two earned runs in all but three of his 13 contests ... aside from being 0.00 through two games, his ERA was at its lowest at 2.45 on April 22 following the appearance against the Oilers ... fielded at a .917 percentage on 12 chances with two putouts, nine assists and one error ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2024:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... made eight appearances on the season, all out of the bullpen, with 10 innings pitched and 10.80 ERA ... earned first career win on April 14 at Parkside on 16 pitches ... threw an inning and a third while surrendering one earned run on one hit ... turned in scoreless outings on Feb. 17 against Hillsdale (1.0 IP, 1 K), March 12 vs. Minnesota Crookston (1.0 IP, 2 K) and his season finale on May 9 against Davenport in the first game of the GLIAC Tournament (1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 K) ... overall, struck out nine batters with six walks and batting average against of .326 ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2023:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... finished with an 8.44 ERA in seven appearances out of the bullpen, 5.1 innings pitched, five strikeouts, and four walks ... made the first game pitches of his career on March 6 against Ohio Dominican with two and a third scoreless frames, one hit allowed, two walks, and two strikeouts ... also had scoreless appearances against Saginaw Valley State on March 28 (0.1 IP, 1 H), Purdue Northwest on April 6 (0.1 IP, 1 H) and Ashland on April 18 (1 IP, 1 H, 2 SO) ... other three outings came vs. Seton Hill on March 9 (0.1 IP, 1 ER, 2 BB), Saginaw Valley State on April 23 (0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 SO) and Davenport on May 5 (0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER) ... selected to the Shoreline "Summer" All-League First Team ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2022:  Did not appear in any games ... was redshirted.

High School:  A 2021 graduate of South Lake High School ... would have been a four-year letterwinner (except 2020 season was canceled) for coach Jose Jimenez ... selected to the 2019 Macomb Area Conference (MAC) All-League squad for the Silver Division ... helped the Cavaliers reach the 2019 regional finals by leading the squad in batting average, home runs, extra base hits and victories to earn Team MVP recognition ... garnered All-District honors as a freshman outfielder in 2018 and again in 2019 ... was a three-year All-District performer in soccer and was named Team MVP in 2020 ... received Second Team All-Macomb County swimming accolades in 2019 in the 50 free, after placing sixth in the county as a freshman in the 200 free ... helped SLHS to a swimming league title as a freshman ... served as a team captain in all three sports ... named to the MAC All-Academic Team in 2018 ... was a member of the National Honor Society and was a student council representative ... played summer baseball for Jet Box and head coach Brandon Finn.

Personal:  Full name -- Thomas J. McAllister, Jr. ... born on December 4, 2002, in Southfield, Mich. ... son of Tom and Amy McAllister ... earned a bachelor's degree in Sport Management in May of 2025 ... currently pursuing a master's degree in Sports Administration ...  named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2022, Winter 2023 and Winter 2024 ... was a member of the WSU Student Leadership Council ... is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... inductee into WSU’s inaugural (2024-25) Chi Alpha Sigma Athlete Honor Society class.
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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2022Freshman

    RHP
    6'1" 172 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    RHP
    6'1" 172 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    6'1" 180 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2025Redshirt Junior

    RHP
    6'1" 180 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2026Graduate Student

    RHP
    6'1" 180 lbs
    12