2018 Baseball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 16
Austin Ross
- Position:
- Right-handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Beaver, Pa.
- High School:
- Beaver Area
2018 Highlights • BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
Made return to mound after missing 2017 with shoulder injury…Inserted into starting role midway through season after serving in long relief role…Appeared in 17 games with 10 starts…Finished with 9-4 record and 3.54 ERA…Became only the fourth Highlander to win nine-plus games in a season…Led Big South in wins and ranked 30th nationally…Finished fifth in league in ERA…Struck out 69 in 68.2 innings, walking only 22 batters…Finished with a 3.14 strikeout-to-walk ratio…Struck 9.04 batters per nine innings…Opposing teams hit only .233…Went 6-3 with a 4.03 ERA in 10 Big South games, including eight starts…Finished with a 3-1 mark and 3.44 ERA in non-conference games…Held left-handed batters to a .225 average (23 for 102)…Allowed only 17 two-out hits…In seven games out of bullpen was 4-2 with a 3.50 ERA…Had four-plus strikeouts in eight games…Struck out a career-high 11 batters over 7.1 frames at Winthrop (April 14), allowing only one run on four hits…Struck out eight over four frames of relief at Virginia Tech (Feb. 27)…Had eight strikeouts in 5.2 innings versus Presbyterian (April 28)…Collected 30 strikeouts over 25.2 innings from April 8-28 in four starts.
2017 Highlights
Redshirted.
2016 Highlights
Appeared in a team-high 20 games, earning three starts…Finished with a 0-6 record with a 7.50 ERA… Converted 3 of 3 in save chances…The three saves came in a row (April 24-29)…Over the span, Ross threw 2.1 innings with one earned run and three strikeouts…Struckout 34 batters in 36 innings pitched…Punched out a season-high four batters in two innings of relief at Winthrop (April 15).
2015 Highlights
Came on the mound as relief in 16 games also earning 2 starts ... Posted a 2-0 record with a 5.11 ERA and 33 strikeouts ... Earned first win vs. Youngstown State with 5 strikeouts and no runs ... Had 1 hit, no runs and 5 strikeouts to earn the win at VMI ... Earned first career save at UNC Asheville ... Threw 1.1 innings vs. Coastal Carolina in the Big South Championship with no runs, no hits and a strikeout.
Made return to mound after missing 2017 with shoulder injury…Inserted into starting role midway through season after serving in long relief role…Appeared in 17 games with 10 starts…Finished with 9-4 record and 3.54 ERA…Became only the fourth Highlander to win nine-plus games in a season…Led Big South in wins and ranked 30th nationally…Finished fifth in league in ERA…Struck out 69 in 68.2 innings, walking only 22 batters…Finished with a 3.14 strikeout-to-walk ratio…Struck 9.04 batters per nine innings…Opposing teams hit only .233…Went 6-3 with a 4.03 ERA in 10 Big South games, including eight starts…Finished with a 3-1 mark and 3.44 ERA in non-conference games…Held left-handed batters to a .225 average (23 for 102)…Allowed only 17 two-out hits…In seven games out of bullpen was 4-2 with a 3.50 ERA…Had four-plus strikeouts in eight games…Struck out a career-high 11 batters over 7.1 frames at Winthrop (April 14), allowing only one run on four hits…Struck out eight over four frames of relief at Virginia Tech (Feb. 27)…Had eight strikeouts in 5.2 innings versus Presbyterian (April 28)…Collected 30 strikeouts over 25.2 innings from April 8-28 in four starts.
2017 Highlights
Redshirted.
2016 Highlights
Appeared in a team-high 20 games, earning three starts…Finished with a 0-6 record with a 7.50 ERA… Converted 3 of 3 in save chances…The three saves came in a row (April 24-29)…Over the span, Ross threw 2.1 innings with one earned run and three strikeouts…Struckout 34 batters in 36 innings pitched…Punched out a season-high four batters in two innings of relief at Winthrop (April 15).
2015 Highlights
Came on the mound as relief in 16 games also earning 2 starts ... Posted a 2-0 record with a 5.11 ERA and 33 strikeouts ... Earned first win vs. Youngstown State with 5 strikeouts and no runs ... Had 1 hit, no runs and 5 strikeouts to earn the win at VMI ... Earned first career save at UNC Asheville ... Threw 1.1 innings vs. Coastal Carolina in the Big South Championship with no runs, no hits and a strikeout.
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