2025 (Sophomore Season at Indiana)
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten selection.
 
Season: Made 12 appearances for the Hoosiers – all in relief … threw 12.2 innings on the season and maintained an 8.53 earned run average … upped his season strikeout total to 16 … made first appearance of the year with a scoreless inning of work against No. 7 Oregon State (2/16) … pitched four times in February without allowing a run … had back-to-back two-inning outings against Mount St. Mary’s (2/28) and Northern Kentucky (3/4) … best outing of the year came in high-leverage relief appearance against Ball State (4/8) … last pitched in game at Victory Field against Ball State (4/23) … recorded multiple strikeouts on five occasions … allowed zero earned runs in seven of his 11 cameos … pitched in seven different midweek contests.
 
2024 (Freshman Season at Indiana)
Season: Made nine appearances – all in relief … pitched 11.0 innings with 10 strikeouts … collegiate debut came against Purdue Fort Wayne (3/27) … threw three innings, his longest outing of the season, at Vanderbilt (3/12) … three of his appearances were longer than an inning … had two-or-more strikeouts on three occasions.
 
Prep/Personal
Played at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. under head coach David Turgeon … helped IMG to the 2023 National Championship and was named the team’s pitcher of the year … went 7-0 as a senior with a 0.69 earned run average across 40.1 innings of work … conceded just four earned runs while striking out 70 batters in his senior campaign … ranked as the No. 215 overall prospect in the nation by Perfect Game and the No. 32 overall left-handed pitcher … Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Second Team High School All-American in 2023 … son of Oralia and Michael Rushing Sr. … has three brothers, Michael Jr., Matt and Zach.