Moltzan -- who hails from Justin, Texas -- has played the past two seasons with the Texas Wesleyan University Rams, a NAIA school that plays out of the Sooner Athletic Conference.
In the Rams abbreviated 2020 campaign, the 6-foot-1, 200 pound exercise science major saw action in nine games and pitched 16 innings, allowing 16 earned runs on 27 hits and a 9.00 earned run average. Moltzan showed impressive control over that span, recording 23 strikeouts while walking 12.
In his junior season in 2019, Moltzan made 14 appearances -- including three starts -- and pitched 21 innings, allowing 22 hits and 14 earned runs with a 6.00 ERA. His control was again spot on, with 24 strikeout against only 10 walks.
Moltzan also saw limited action this past summer with the Mandan Flickertails in the Northwoods League, a wood-bat summer league similar to the WCBL. There, he made five starts and recorded a 5.40 ERA over 21 innings of work, including a quality start in his third outing of the season on Aug. 22 against Bismark, where Moltzan allowed a single run on four hits over six innings of work in a 3-2 loss. All told, he’d strike out 33 and walk only nine, while giving up 31 hits and 15 earned runs.
Texas Wesleyan is wasting no time getting their season started: their first contests are Jan. 30 when they travel to Fort Worth for a doubleheader against Arlington Baptist University.
The Moose Jaw Miller Express open their season on May 28 when they host the Medicine Hat Mavericks at Ross Wells Park.
