2026 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2026 Season
• Made 16 relief appearances, posting no decisions and a 4.96 ERA in 16.1 innings with 15 walks and 15 strikeouts
• Worked 2.0 scoreless innings vs. Tulane (May 5) with two hits, no walks and one strikeout
• Pitched 2.0 innings and recorded three strikeouts vs. Bethune-Cookman (April 7)
• Recorded 2.0 shutout innings versus Louisiana Tech (March 24), allowing two hits with no walks and two strikeouts
• Entered the season rated No. 1 among the 2026 Perfect Game Top High School RHPs in Ohio, and No. 32 among the 2026 Perfect Game Top High School RHPs in the Nation
High School
• Rated by Perfect Game in 2025 as the No. 1 high school right-handed pitcher in the state of Ohio and the nation’s No. 32 RHP
• Recorded a 23-3 mark in his career at Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, with a 1.40 ERA and 245 strikeouts in 164 innings … a two-time All-State and All-Conference selection
• Named the 2024 Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year in his junior season, when he posted a 10-1 mark and a 1.15 ERA in 55 innings with 86 strikeouts and three complete-game shutouts … fired a no-hitter vs. Elder High in his senior season, striking out 17 batters
Personal
Full name is Zion Kane Theophilus … born June 28, 2006, in Columbus, Ohio … Dad is Ted Theophilus, CEO of DirecTec … has one older sibing, Vega … chose to attend LSU because of “the amazing coaches and awesome atmosphere.”
Theophilus’ LSU Career Highs
Innings: 2.0 three times; most recently vs. Tulane (5/5/26)
Strikeouts: 3 vs. Bethune-Cookman (4/7/26)
Hits Allowed: 2 five times; most recently vs. Florida (5/15/26)
Runs: 2 three times; most recently at Mississippi State (4/26/26)
Earned Runs: 2 three times; most recently at Mississippi State (4/26/26)
Walks: 3 three times; most recently at Georgia (5/9/26)