Northern Illinois University Athletics

2025:
- Appeared in nine games out of the bullpen
- Threw a scoreless inning of relief with two strikeouts at Miami on March 16
- Earned the save in NIU’s 15-14 win at Eastern Illinois on March 25, getting the final two outs of the game

2024:
- Academic All-MAC
- Pitched in 11 games with three starts
- Struck out two batters in a scoreless inning of relief at Ohio (Mar. 8)
- Had two scoreless innings at Illinois (Apr. 12)
- Allowed one earned run on three hits over five innings at UIC (Apr. 24)
- Threw four innings of relief at Milwaukee (May 1), allowing an unearned run on two hits
- Recorded a season-high three strikeouts against Ball State (May 5)

2023:
- Academic All-MAC
- Made 12 appearances on the mound, throwing 21.2 innings
- Threw two perfect innings in his first career start at Minnesota on March 7
- Struck out three batters in two innings of relief against Central Michigan on April 8
- Had four strikeouts in consecutive appearances against UIC (April 25) and Akron (April 28)
- Struck out a career-high five batters in 2.1 innings at Bowling Green on May 12

2022:
- Made seven appearances from the bullpen
- Allowed an unearned run in one inning in his NIU debut Feb. 19 at Sacramento State, striking out a pair
- Also had two strikeouts in two innings of relief at Murray State on Feb. 27
- Had at least one strikeout in each of his appearances

Prior to NIU: Three-year letterwinner at Libertyville High School…First-Team All-North Suburban Conference selection as a senior…Posted a 5-2 record on the mound in 2021 with 38 strikeouts in 36 innings…Member of Libertyville’s 2021 North Suburban Conference championship team that also won its regional.

Personal: Son of Angela and William Lutes…Business Administration major.

Lutes' Career Highs:
Innings Pitched: 5.0 at UIC, 4/24/24
Strikeouts: 5 at Bowling Green, 5/12/23
Hits Allowed: 6 vs. Akron, 4/28/23
Runs Allowed: 6 vs. Ball State, 4/23/22
Earned Runs: 6 vs. Ball State, 4/23/22
Walks Allowed: 4, 2x (M.R. at UIC, 4/24/24)