Western Carolina University

2023 (Senior): Made 14 relief appearances on the season … Posted a 1-0 record with an 8.31 ERA over 8.2 total innings of work … Allowed 11 runs, only eight of which were earned on 10 hits with just two going for extra bases on a pair of doubles … Struck out eight including a season-high two twice against USC Upstate (April 4) and in earning the victory at UNC Asheville (April 11) … Tossed a season-long two innings at the College of Charleston (April 21)  ... Named to the Spring 2023 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Junior): Made 12 appearances on the season with six starts and six out of the bullpen … Finished the year with an 0-2 record and a 7.17 ERA, surrendering 24 runs – 17 of which were earned – on 20 hits including 11 doubles and one home run … Struck out 23 against 22 walks with seven hit batters … Recorded 21 fly ball outs and 17 ground outs including inducing two double plays … Tossed a career-long 5.0 innings in his first start of the year against Niagara (Feb. 18), striking out a career-best seven … Matched his career-best with seven strikeouts against Michigan State (March 12) in tournament action at Fluor Field... Named to the 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Sophomore*): Made 20 relief appearances, tossing 13.1 innings on the year … Finished with an 0-1 record and a 6.75 ERA … Pitched one inning in 10 of his 20 relief efforts … Made 12 hitless, scores relief appearances … Struck out 18 against 18 walks with three hit batters … Only allowed seven hits including five singles, a double and a triple … Struck out the side with a walk in an inning of work against UNC Asheville (Feb. 23) … Fanned two at Elon (April 28) and against Wofford (May 15) … In the SoCon Tournament with Wofford (May 29) threatening with two on and two out, got an infield pop-up for his third of an inning to strand two in preserve a four-run lead in the sixth inning, halting the Terriers’ three-run rally ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll; Summer 2021: Started all nine games in which he appeared for the Souris Valley (N.D.) Sabre Dogs in the Expedition League ... Posted a 4-1 record and a 2.26 collective ERA over 43.2 innings of work ... Struck out a team-best 61 to rank sixth in the league for the summer against 21 walks.

2020 (Sophomore): Due to injury and the subsequent recovery and rehab, did not see game action ... 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.

2019 (Freshman): Made seven appearances including six out of the bullpen and one start … Tossed a combined five innings on the year with an ERA of 23.40 over a small sample size … Struck out five against 19 walks and two hit batters … Made his collegiate debut at the Keith LeClair Classic against Utah (March 2) … Earned his first career start against Gardner-Webb (March 20) … Tossed a career-long 2.0 innings against VMI (April 27), striking out a career-high four ... Named to the 2018-19 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Played for former WCU assistant coach, Eric Filipek, at T.C. Roberson HS, where he was a part of the state 4-A championship, 31-3 team as a junior ... Two-time WMAC All-Conference selection as a junior and senior ... Tabbed second-team All-WNC by the Citizen-Times as a senior ... Selected to the Collegiate Baseball 2018 High School All-America second team ... Earned Mountain Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year accolades as a junior featuring a perfect 11-0 record and a gleaming 0.76 ERA ... He struck out 61 batters in 55.1 innings of work ... Named to the NCBCA 4-A All-State team and to the Citizen-Times All-WNC team ... Played showcase baseball in the summer for the Southern Athletics.

Personal: Full name is Eric Michael Wallington ... Is the son of Danette West and Michael Wallington ... Has one sibling, Taylor.

Career Game Highs:

• Innings Pitched: 5.0, NIAGARA-2 (2/18/22)
• Strikeouts: 7, twice (MR: vs. Michigan State, 3/12/22)
• Walks: 5, twice (MR: UT MARTIN-2, 3/18/22)