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2022 Catamount Baseball Roster

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24 Jacob Corn

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 225
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Landrum, S.C.
  • High School Landrum HS

Biography

2022 (Redshirt Senior): Made 19 appearances, 17 coming in relief with a pair of starts … Pitched 44.0 innings, finishing with a 3-3 record with a save … Finished with a 5.32 ERA, surrendering 29 runs – 26 earned … Recorded 41 strikeouts, posting strikeouts in 15 of his 19 appearances with three-or-more Ks five times … Tallied 58 ground ball outs – fourth on the team – with 25 fly ball outs … Earned a three-inning save to help WCU win the series at Xavier (April 3) … Matched a career-high with eight strikeouts over a five-inning relief effort against ETSU (April 9) … Tossed a season-long 5.1 innings in the starting role at The Citadel (April 24) and started on Senior Weekend against UNCG (May 19).

2021 (Redshirt Junior*): Made 16 appearances, 15 coming in relief with one start ... Pitched 28.1 innings, finishing with a 2-1 record … Allowed 22 runs, 19 of which were earned … Tossed at least one inning in 13 of his 16 appearances … Tallied 28 strikeouts, posting two-or-more strikeouts seven times … Recorded 24 fly ball outs and 33 ground outs … Struck out four in two relief innings in picking up the victory at home over The Citadel (March 26) … Tossed a career-long 6.0 innings in relief at UNCG (May 1) … Made his lone start at home against Mercer (May 8), tossing 2.2 innings with four strikeouts … Struck out a career-high six over 5.0 innings against Wofford (May 15), tallying the win in relief; Summer 2021: Made eight appearances for the Spartanburgers (S.C.) in the Coastal Plain League including seven starts ... Tossed 32.1 innings with a 4-3 overall record and a 2.78 ERA ... Struck out 41 against just 12 walks .. the team won five of the eight games in which he saw action.

2020 (Redshirt Junior): Made a pair of relief appearances, tossing 2.2 combined innings … Posted an ERA of 3.38 on the shortened season, allowing one earned run on just three hits that included a pair of doubles … Tossed a season-long 1.2 innings against Bryant (March 11) recording his only strikeout of the year … Season shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of spring sports in mid-March.

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Made 21 appearances on the season including two weekend starts, recording at least two-thirds of an inning in each appearance … Tossed 27.2 innings on the year with a 5.86 ERA, posting a 3-1 record and securing four saves … Recorded 23 strikeouts against 18 walks … Tallied 32 fly ball outs and 24 groundouts including inducing three double-plays … Made his WCU debut in the second game of the season, tossing 2.1 relief innings against Oakland (Feb. 16), striking out three while allowing three runs on four hits in securing his first victory … Picked up his first save at WCU in the one-run, game-two victory over Indiana State (Feb. 27), walking and striking out one in an inning out of the bullpen … Scored the victory over Ohio State (March 10), tossing a WCU career-long 2.2 innings with his third win coming against Gardner-Webb (March 20) … Started at UNCG (March 29) and at home against Wofford (April 5), lasting just three combined innings between the two starts.

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from Spartanburg Methodist ... Over two seasons at Spartanburg Methodist, made 16 appearances including six starts posting a 5-1 record with a pair of complete games … Threw 41.2 innings, striking out 50 against 15 walks with a 3.89 ERA.

Personal: Full name is Jacob Levi Corn ... Is the son of Robbin and Keith Corn.

Career Game Highs:

  • Innings Pitched: 6.0, at UNCG (5/1/21)
  • Strikeouts: 8, twice (MR: ETSU, 4/9/22)
  • Walks: 4, at The Citadel (4/24/22)

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 225 lbs
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    2020Redshirt Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 225 lbs
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    2021Redshirt Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 225 lbs
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    2022Redshirt Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 225 lbs
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