PRIOR TO VIRGINIA (SETON HALL)
2026
- Preseason All-Big East Team
- Made two starts on the mound for the Pirates, totaling a 4.50 ERA, before being sidelined due to injury.
- Struck out 11 hitters across 8.0 innings
2025
- Went 6-0 with four saves across 14 relief appearances.
- Earned a 2.70 ERA across 50.0 innings pitched.
- Struck out 45 hitters, with 20 walks and a .253 opponent average.
- Tossed 5.0 scoreless innings against St. John’s.
- Struck out a season-best seven hitters across 4.0 innings against UConn.
2024
- Made four appearances with one start.
- Struck out four hitters across 5.0 innings.
2023
- Started two games as a first-year for the Pirates.
- Struck out three hitters across 3.1 innings on the season.
CHAMINADE HIGH SCHOOL
- Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 14 left-handed pitcher in New York.
- 2022 State Champion and two-time Long Island Catholic League Champion.
PERSONAL
- Born in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
- Son of Denis and Christine Downing
- Has a younger sister, Maeve, a soccer player at the Catholic University of America.