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2023 Catamount Baseball Roster

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47 Dawson Elder

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 210
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Taylorsville, N.C.
  • High School Alexander Central HS

Biography

2023 (Junior): Made seven appearances with two starts and five in relief out of the bullpen … Tossed 8.1 innings on the year with seven strikeouts against seven walks … Finished with a 14.04 ERA in limited action, allowing 14 runs with 13 earned runs on 16 base hits allowed … Recorded 13 fly ball outs and five ground outs … Tossed a career-long 3.2 innings in a dominant road win at USC Upstate (April 18), striking out a career-best four ... Named to the Spring 2023 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Sophomore): Made 22 relief appearances on the season, tossing 23.0 innings with a 2-0 record and a 5.87 collective ERA … Struck out 19 against just six walks and four hit batters … Only eight of the 28 hits allowed on the year went for extra bases – six doubles and two homers … Limited left-handed batters to a .231 (9-for-39) batting average against … Recorded 27 ground ball outs and 20 fly outs … Tossed a career-long 2.2 innings out of the bullpen at Wake Forest (March 15) … Earned his first collegiate win in relief against UT Martin (March 20), striking out three in an inning and a third of one-hit work out of the bullpen ... Named to the Spring 2022 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll; Summer: Expected to pitch for the Lenoir (N.C.) Legends of the Old North State League.

2021 (Freshman*): Made six appearances with a pair of starts … Pitched 8.2 innings, finishing with an 0-1 record and a 9.35 ERA … Struck out five with five walks and one hit batter … Allowed 13 runs – nine earned – on 17 hits including five for extra bases with three doubles, a triple and a home run … Made two starts midweek including against UNC Asheville (Feb. 23) and Kennesaw State (March 10), tossing two innings in both appearances … Struck out a season-high three in an inning and a third relief effort against Mercer (May 8) ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and was named Academic All-Southern Conference.

2020 (Freshman): Made two relief appearances out of the bullpen, tossing 4.0 total innings with a 9.00 ERA in the small sample size … Made collegiate debut with two innings of two-run, two-hit relief against Chicago State (Feb. 15) … Struck out two in two innings out of the pen against Bryant (March 11), suffering the loss in his first collegiate decision … Named to the 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Season shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of spring sports in mid-March.
 
Prior to Western Carolina: Named to the All-Northwestern 3A/4A Conference in 2019 … Finished the season 6-2 with three saves, helping guide ACHS to the fourth-round of the state playoffs at 23-8 that included a 12-game winning streak … Struck out 12 batters in 6.1 innings in a win over Hickory St. Stephens in winning the Catawba County Easter Classic … A two-year varsity letter winner, finished his high school career with 10 wins on the mound and 119 career strikeouts … Pitched and played infield for the Heat Baseball NC … Also played basketball as a prep.

Career Game Highs:
  • Innings Pitched: 3.2, at USC Upstate (4/18/23)
  • Strikeouts: 4, at USC Upstate (4/18/23)
  • Walks: 3, AKRON-1 (2/18/23)

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'4" 210 lbs
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  • 43

    2021Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'4" 210 lbs
    43
  • 47

    2022Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'4" 210 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2023Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'4" 210 lbs
    47