2025 Baseball Roster
Laif Palmer
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 207
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Golden, Colo.
- High School:
- Golden
2025
• Appeared in 18 games, making one start. Finished with a 2-0 record and 2.03 ERA. Struck out 19 in 31 innings and held opponents to a .168 batting average.
• Picked up his second win of the year after shutting out Portland over 2 1/3 innings (5/13).
• Tossed three innings of relief at Hawai’i (5/4).
• Worked a career-long three innings, striking out three, for his second save of 2025 in the win over UCLA (4/15).
• Tossed two scoreless innings of relief in the finale at Nebraska (3/30).
• Inherited two runners that did not score and struck out two in 1 1/3 innings against Washington (3/25).
• Struck out two in a career-long two innings of relief against Rutgers, getting the win (3/18).
• Picked up his first career save after striking out two in the ninth versus San Diego (3/9).
• Struck out two in 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief against Indiana (2/16).
2024
• Pitched in six games, making one start. Went 1-2 with a 14.29 ERA. Struck out five in 5 2/3 innings.
• Tossed 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief at Kentucky, striking out two (6/8).
• Made his collegiate debut and struck out one in a scoreless inning versus Gonzaga (4/2).
Golden High School
• Letterwinner for head coach Jackie McBroom.
• Named the Golden High School Scholar Athlete of the Year as senior.
• Ranked the No. 2 pitcher in the state of Colorado by Perfect Game.
• First-Team All-State as a senior.
• Went 9-0 with a 1.86 ERA his senior season. Struck out 128 batters in 71 innings.
• All-league selection as both a junior and sophomore.
• Honorable mention all-state as a junior.
• First-Team Academic All-State as a junior and sophomore.
• Finished 2022 with a 7-4 record and 2.33 ERA. Struck out 79 in 63 innings.
• Posted a 4-2 record and 2.40 ERA as a sophomore. Struck out 36 in 35 innings of work.
• Also lettered in basketball where he was all-conference as a junior.
Personal
• Born April 13, 2005 in Denver.
• Son of Cynthia and Trev Palmer.
• Finance major and would like to pursue that as a career after his playing career, or go into sports analytics.
• Member of the National Honor Roll and a four-year honor roll selection in high school. Also part of the Link Mentoring Club.
• Enjoys playing basketball and golf in his spare time.
• Chose Oregon State “because of the winning culture in the baseball program as well as the academic opportunities. I also love the town of Corvallis and the OSU campus is beautiful. It reminds me of home.”
Palmer’s Career Single-Game Highs
Innings pitched: 3.0, 4 times
Walks allowed: 3, vs Oklahoma, Feb 22, 2025
Strikeouts: 3, at UCLA, Apr 15, 2025
Batters faced: 12, Oregon, Apr 29, 2025 ; vs Iowa, May 09, 2025
Field chances: 3, vs Portland, Apr 08, 2025
Putouts: 1, vs Portland, Apr 08, 2025
Assists: 2, vs Portland, Apr 08, 2025
Runners CS: 1, at Kentucky, Jun 08, 2024 ; at Nebraska, Mar 30, 2025
