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EthanWalker

  • position LHP
  • height 6-2
  • Weight 195
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Midlothian, Va.
  • Previous School Longwood
BIO

• Big South All-Freshman Team (2023)
• Two-time Big South Freshman of the Week (2023)

 

PRIOR TO KENTUCKY
Appeared in 32 games with 18 starts at Longwood, the same school that produced Hunter Gilliam…Pitched 84.2 innings with a 4.25 ERA…Struck out 99 batters in just 84.2 innings, a 10.52 K/9 rate, and allowed just 66 hits.

2024 (LONGWOOD)
Made 15 appearances on the mound with nine starts…Pitched to a 4.50 earned run average in 42.0 innings, allowing just 29 hits and striking out 59.

2023 (LONGWOOD)
Big South All-Freshman Team selection, the first in program history…Made 17 appearances with nine starts…Notched a 3-0 record with a 4.01 ERA in 42.2 innings of work…Struck out 40 to 23 walks while giving up 21 runs, 19 earned, on 37 hits…Held opponents to a .233 batting average…Began the season coming out of the bullpen, with a 2.0 inning scoreless relief outing at College of Charleston on March 8 representing his longest relief outing (2 K)…Earned the win in his first collegiate start on March 28 at Richmond…Went 5.1 innings while striking out three and only giving up two runs on four hits and three walks…Struck out 5 in his next start in 3.0 innings at Norfolk State…Went 5.0 innings at George Mason while striking out two against three runs on six hits and two walks…Struck out five batters in a truncated start against Norfolk State on April 18 (2.0 IP) to earn the win…Transitioned to weekend starter through the rest of the season, and had his first conference start at Charleston Southern on April 23…Struck out six in 4.2 scoreless innings while only walking two and giving up four hits in a no decision (Longwood won in extra innings)…Earned the win with five scoreless innings of one-hit ball against Radford on April 29 while striking out three

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for Joe Jordano at IMG Academy…Pitcher who lettered all four years in high school…struck out 44 in 24 innings of work his senior season…1.16 ERA his senior year.

PERSONAL
Full name is Ethan Thomas Walker…Born in Chesapeake, Virginia…Son of William and Kristen…Has two sblings, Alex and Lindsay…Major is Criminal Justice.
*Longwood athletic communications contributed to this bio

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