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2025 Catamount Baseball Roster

Ava Schmitt

9 Kaden Fuller

  • Position Right-handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown King, N.C.
  • High School West Stokes HS

Biography

2025 (Redshirt Freshman): Made 12 appearances on the mound this season with one start … Did not have a decision, finishing the year with a 9.95 ERA over 12.2 total innings of work … Struck out 10 on the year with two-or-more Ks four times … Recorded 13 fly ball outs and 13 ground ball outs with one double-play … Limited left-handed batters to a .143 (3-for-21) batting average … Made his collegiate debut on opening weekend at Georgia Southern (Feb. 16), striking out a career-best three in an inning of work with two runs on one hit allowed … Made his first collegiate start in the neutral field match up with Michigan State (March 5), tagged for four runs on a hit with five walks … Tossed a career-long 2.0 innings against VMI (March 22) … Had one of best outings against Presbyterian (May 7), striking out two in an inning of scoreless, one-hit relief against the Blue Hose ... Named to the 2024-25 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Received a SoCon Commissioner's Medal.

2024 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Received a SoCon Commissioner's Medal.

Prior to Western Carolina: Was twice selected as the Mid-State 2-A Conference MVP as a reliever in both 2021-22 and 2022-23 ... Named to the 2022 NCBCA 2-A All-State team ... Two-time all-county and all-conference selection... Selected to play in the New Balance National Combine in Louisiana and also played in the Body Armor State Games while a prep ... Received the 2022 Baseball Best of Prep award ... As a junior, batted .390 with a .484 on-base percentage with eight doubles, two triples, two home runs, 25 runs scored and 23 RBI ... Also tossed 51 innings with a 4-1 record in five starts with 79 strikeouts and an ERA of 0.961.

Personal: Is the son of Miranda and Josh Fuller of King, N.C.

WCU Career – Pitching Game Highs:
  • Innings Pitched: 2.0 innings, vs. VMI (3/22/25)
  • Strikeouts: 3, at Georgia Southern (2/16/25)
  • Walks: 5, vs. Michigan State at Fluor Field (3/5/2025)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2024Freshman

    Right-handed Pitcher
    6'1" 210 lbs
    42
  • 9

    2025Redshirt Freshman

    Right-handed Pitcher
    6'1" 215 lbs
    9