Oakland University Athletics

2023 (Redshirt Senior):

• Selected as a Team Captain
• Working his way back from March 2022 Tommy John surgery to be ready for the start of 2023, he received the Black and Gold Tom Ford Inspirational Award on April 17
• Nearly evenly split his time between the starting rotation and bullpen, appearing in 15 games and making 8 starts, going 1-3 with an 8.93 ERA, 1.62 WHIP and 34 strikeouts over 43.1 innings
• Earned Nike #HLBASE Pitcher of the Week honors after firing five shutout frames in a victory over the Big Ten Conference’s (B1G) Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor on March 8

2022 (Redshirt Junior):
- Made five appearances (three starts), going 1-1 with a 3.50 ERA, five walks and 15 strikeouts in 18 innings before undergoing Tommy John surgery and missing the remainder of the season
- Earned Co-Horizon League Pitcher of the Week honors on March 22 after tossing 8.2 innings of two-run, eight-strikeout baseball on 126 pitches in a road victory over the Wright State Raiders four days prior

2021 (Junior):
• Ranked third with eight starts on the season with 13 appearances 
• Posted 3-2 record with a 5.37 ERA and a save
• Led the pitching staff in strikeouts (62) and innings pitched (67.0), tied for second in wins (3)
• Picked up his first win of the season with a solid outing going 6.0 innings allowing six scattered hits, two earned runs with five strikeouts to lead Oakland to a 10-5 series-clinching win at Longwood (2/28)
• Tossed a career-best 10 strikeout performance against Milwaukee (4/3) earning second win of the season and was named United Wholesale Mortgage Student-Athlete of the Week (4/5). 
• Returned to his home state of Wisconsin and delivered a solid effort on the mound giving up only one run on five hits with no walks and five strikeouts in 6.2 innings of work to pick up his third win of the season leading Oakland to an 8-2 series-opening win at Milwaukee (4/30). 
• Recorded his first career save in relief going 3.0 innings allowing only one hit and one run off a sacrifice fly in the series-clinching 8-6 win at Milwaukee (5/2) to secure Oakland's first Horizon League series win of the season. He totaled eight strikeouts in 9.2 innings of work with a 1.82 ERA in the two series appearances

Madison College 2020 (Remainder of the season canceled due to COVID-19):
- Saw action in one road game against Heartland CC, allowing one run on three hits with four strikeouts over five innings
 
Illinois State 2019:
- Member of Illinois State team that won 2019 MVC Championship
 
High School:
- Three-time letterwinner in baseball for head coach Danny Cochran and four-year participant and two-time letterwinner in basketball
- Classic 8 First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Area and WBCA Honorable Mention All-State honoree as a senior in 2018
- Set Mukwonago single-season school records for strikeouts and K/BB ratio
- Classic 8 All-Conference Honorable Mention in basketball as a senior
 
Top Athletic Performance:
- Tossed complete game shutout with 14 strikeouts
- Set appearance record (21) with the Lafayette Aviators club team in the Prospect League in 2019
 
Academic Honors:
- Four-time High Honor Roll recipient
 
Personal:
- Full name: Bryce James Konitzer
- Birthdate: January 1, 2000
- Parents: Kelly and Rusty Konitzer
- Siblings: Sisters, Jenna and Brianna
- Cousin Chris Basak played professionally in the New York Mets, New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins organizations
- Major: Business
 
Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland:
1 - Baseball opportunity
2 - Coaching staff
3 - Education