High School: Three-year letterwinner at Loyola Academy ... Served as team captain for the Ramblers ... Named to Chicago Catholic League Blue All-Conference Team and Loyola's team MVP ... Hit .439 with 20 extra-base hits in 2014 ... Posted 2.10 ERA with 36 strikeouts in 30 IP as a senior ... Batted .385 with 29 hits and an on-base percentage of .595 as a junior in 2013 ... Hit .445 as a sophomore in 2012 ... Named team MVP in 2011 and 2012 ... Played in the 16U CABA World Series in Marietta, Ga. ... Participated in the Connie Mack Summer All-Star Game ... Ranked 42nd player in Illinois by Prep Baseball Report ... Played basketball for two seasons ... Academic Scholar and First Honors recipient.

Personal: Born Thomas P. Bordignon on 10/14/95 ... Son of Tom and Josie Bordignon ... Played with fellow newcomer JR Reimer on the Illinois Longshots ... Chose Northwestern over Holy Cross, Duke and Bucknell ... Anticipated majors are communications and economics.

Stevens on Bordignon: "Tommy is a two-way player who has really blossomed on the hill over the last year. He'll provide us with some much-needed depth in the bullpen with his live young arm. He comes to us from right down the street at Loyola Academy and we're grateful that he's chosen to continue his baseball experience in Evanston."