HONORS AND AWARDS
NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List (2021)
2022 – SENIOR SEASON
Went 6-3 with a 4.45 ERA in 27 appearances, including one start … his 27 appearances were the second most on the team … registered career highs in nearly every category including wins, innings (58.2) and strikeouts (70) … turned in a 5-1 K-BB ratio … made his season debut and pitched a scoreless seventh inning in the win against Texas Tech in Arlington (Feb. 19) … turned in 3.0 scoreless against Yale (Feb. 26) and 4.0 scoreless with a win against Rhode Island (Mar. 4) in his next two appearances, striking out four in both trips to the mound … pitched a career-high 5.2 innings against Middle Tennessee (Mar. 11) … earned his second win in the series opener at LSU (Mar. 31) … improved to 3-0 in 2.2 innings of work against Vanderbilt (Apr. 8) … pitched all three games against South Carolina (Apr. 22-24), earning the win in the opener and ultimately allowing just one baserunner in 3.1 innings against the Gamecocks … struck out four batters in 2.1 scoreless innings against Samford (May 17) … made his first start since 2019 in the SEC Tournament against Kentucky (Mar. 25) and struck out a season-high seven in 3.0 scoreless frames … pitched 1.2 innings in the regional final against UCLA (June 5) … struck out five and allowed just one baserunner in 3.0 innings in game one of the Corvallis Super Regional (June 11) … logged 2.0 innings and earned the win in the decisive game three in Corvallis (June 13) … struck out six batters in 4.0 innings in the College World Series opener against Ole Miss (June 18) … turned in 2.0 more frames in the final game against Arkansas (June 21) … pitched multiple innings in 16 of his 27 trips to the mound.
2021 – JUNIOR SEASON
Named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List ... tied for third on the team with 19 appearances … posted a 2-2 record and 4.25 ERA with a pair of saves, tying for the team high … struck out 37 and issued nine walks in 29.2 innings … did not allow a run through his first six appearances and 6.2 innings … picked up a win or a save in four straight SEC appearances from May 8-21 … earned his first win of the season and struck out four in 2.1 hitless and scoreless innings in the series finale vs. LSU (May 8) … recorded his second straight win and struck out four in 3,0 innings in the series opener vs Texas A&M (May 14) … earned his first save of the season and struck out three in the series-clinching win vs Texas A&M (May 16) … picked up another series-clinching save at Missouri (May 21) ... pitched a season-high 3.2 innings and struck out a season-high six batters in Auburn's SEC Tournament game vs. Ole Miss (May 25).
2020 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Tied for the team lead with seven appearances … posted a 0-0 record with a 1.00 ERA … struck out 12 batters and issued three walks in 9.0 innings … didn’t allow a run in his first six appearances … made his season debut and pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts vs. Illinois-Chicago (Feb. 15) … pitched a season-high 2.0 innings vs. Oakland (Feb. 19) … allowed just one hits with two walks and seven strikeouts in four appearances and a combined 4.1 innings pitched from Feb. 22 – Mar. 8 … pitched 1.2 innings and allowed his first and only run of the season vs. Georgia Tech (Mar. 10) ... named to the 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2019 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Made 17 appearances with eight starts in his first season on the Plains … posted a 3-3 record with two saves and a 7.46 ERA … made his Auburn debut and picked up the save by tossing the final 3.0 innings in the season opener vs. Georgia Southern (Feb. 15) … earned the win in his first career start vs. Alabama A&M (Feb. 19), striking out a season-high eight in 4.0 innings … threw 2.0 innings en route to the win in the series finale at UCF (Feb. 24) … made his first career start on the weekend vs. Cincinnati (Mar. 2) … did not allow a hit and struck out five batters over 2.1 innings en route to his second save of the season vs. UT Martin (Mar. 6) … threw a season-high 4.2 scoreless innings and struck out five batters en route to the win vs. UTSA (Mar. 9) … made his first career SEC start in the series finale vs. Tennessee (Mar. 17) … turned in scoreless outings in relief vs. Arkansas (Apr. 5) and at Jacksonville State (Apr. 23) … earned two more midweek starts at Georgia Tech (Apr. 16) and vs. UAB (May 7).
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Hewitt-Trussville (Ala.) High School for coach Jeff Mauldin … rated the No. 7 left-handed pitcher and No. 28 overall player in the state by Perfect Game … also tabbed the No. 90 southpaw nationally … posted a 9-3 record with a 1.50 ERA as a senior … struck out 133 batters in 88.2 innings ... hit .406 with 16 doubles, eight triples, four homers, and 49 RBI … posted an 8-1 record with a 1.31 ERA and 91 strikeouts as a junior … his 11 wins on the mound as a sophomore are a school record … led Hewitt-Trussville to its first AHSAA State Championship in 2016 and earned Tournament MVP honors ... three-time ASWA 7A First Team All-State honoree… named the 2018 All-Birmingham Player of the Year by AL.com and also made AL.com's 2018 Super All-State Team … 2018 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American … 2016 and 2017 Underclass High Honorable Mention.
PERSONAL
Son of Scott and Tammy Skipper … has one sister, Katelyn, who also attends Auburn … his father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all collegiate athletes … great-grandfather, William Henry Cuppett, played professional baseball for the Buffalo Bisons ... enrolled in College of Liberal Arts ... born Aug. 12, 1999.