San Diego Athletics

Drake Frize, who spent six seasons on the mound in a Torero uniform from 2021-2026, joined the San Diego baseball coaching staff as a Pitching Analytics Coordinator in August 2026. He will enter his first season on the Torero coaching staff in 2027, working with USD's pitchers to turn data into clear, usable information on the mound.

A native of Orange, California, Frize concluded his college career this spring after spending six years on the USD roster from 2021 to 2026. After redshirting in his freshman campaign in 2021, he appeared in 24 games and threw 21.2 innings as a redshirt freshman (2022) and redshirt sophomore (2023) before a breakout redshirt junior season in 2024. Frize was at his best that year, helping lead San Diego hoist a pair of West Coast Conference Championship trophies as he posted a 3-1 record, 2.38 ERA, 41 strikeouts, and two saves across 18 appearances and 22.2 total innings.

Frize's standout effort in 2024 earned him a selection by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 17th round (524th overall pick) of that summer’s MLB Draft, but he elected to return to USD to recover from Tommy John surgery and exercise his final year of college eligibility.

After missing the 2025 season as part of his recovery, Frize returned to the mound in February 2026 after a 652-day absence and once again became one of the Toreros’ most dependable options on the mound, registering a 3-5 record with a 5.98 ERA in 52.2 innings pitched with 42 strikeouts. He achieved new career-highs in both innings and strikeouts in his final college appearance, throwing six innings of one-run ball with nine punchouts as part of a 7-3 USD win against Loyola Marymount at Fowler Park.

All told, he totaled seven wins, three saves, and 107 strikeouts across 58 college appearances and 97 innings pitched as a Torero, and was a part of four WCC Championships.

Frize, a 2024 WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention, graduated from USD with degrees in Real Estate and Business Administration alongside master’s certificates in both Coaching Leadership and Data Analytics.