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2026 Catamount Baseball Roster

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12 Ryan White

  • Position Left-handed Pitcher
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Randleman, N.C.
  • High School Randleman HS

Biography

2026 (Senior): Named second-team Preseason All-Southern Conference as a relief pitcher.

2025 (Junior): Made 17 appearances, including 16 in relief with one start coming in the midweek against Presbyterian (May 7) … Finished the season with a 1-1 record and a 6.33 ERA over 21.1 innings of work … Struck out 30 against just eight walks, recording strikeouts in 14 of his 17 appearances and multiple K’s nine times … Had a team-best 3.8 strikeout to walk ratio … Tossed an inning or more 11 times … Struck out one in an inning of work on opening weekend at Georgia Southern (Feb. 14) … Struck out three in an inning of work at ETSU (April 13) … Earned the victory in WCU’s 14-13 road win at UNC Asheville (April 23), striking out one in a third of an inning … Struck out a season-high four over 2.2 relief innings in game two at Samford (April 26) … Tossed a season-long four innings with three strikeouts against Presbyterian (May 7).

2024 (Sophomore): Made 22 appearances on the season with 19 coming in relief and three starts, two coming in weekend series … Finished with a 3-1 overall record with an 8.42 ERA over 41.2 innings of work … Struck out 28 against 24 walks … Posted strikeouts in 17 of his 22 appearances … Tossed at least one inning 21 times and two or more innings nine times … Struck out a career-high four over five innings in a neutral field meeting with Western Michigan (March 10) at Fluor Field in scoring the win … Tossed 5.2 innings in the start against Harvard (March 17), collecting consecutive victories … Earned his third win of the year in relief, pitching an inning and a third at Gardner-Webb (April 2) … Listed on the initial NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2023 (Freshman): Made 21 appearances on the season – third most on the squad – with one start … Finished the year with a perfect 5-0 record and a 3.86 ERA over 30.1 innings … His five regular-season wins tied him with seven others for fifth in the SoCon … Allowed 29 total hits with just 11 going for extra bases, limiting opponents to a .261 batting average against ... Recorded 31 fly ball outs and 38 ground ball outs … Made his collegiate debut, tossing a third of an inning with a strikeout against Akron (Feb. 17) … Earned his first college victory in his fifth appearance, tossing three relief innings against Radford (March 18), striking out one against a walk and a single … Made his first collegiate start in the midweek at USC Upstate (April 18), tossing three innings, scattering three hits in holding the Spartans scoreless … Picked up victories in three of his final five relief efforts of the regular season ... Added 10 fielding assists … Named to the 2023 Southern Conference All-Freshman team ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Was a part of back-to-back 2-A state championships for Randleman High in 2021 and 2022 … Tossed a no-hitter in game three of the 2-A state championship game series in 2021, recording 11 strikeouts … Selected as the 2A State Championship Series MVP … Named to the 2022 North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association (NCBCA) 2-A All-State team … Chosen to play in the inaugural Triad Prep All-Star Classic baseball game … Pitched for the South Charlotte (SC) Panthers.

WCU Career – Pitching Game Highs:
  • Innings Pitched: 5.2, HARVARD (3/17/24)
  • Strikeouts: 4, twice - MR: at Samford, Gm2 (4/26/25)
  • Walks: 4, twice (MR: ETSU, 3/24/24)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 48

    2023Freshman

    Left-handed Pitcher
    5'9" 190 lbs
    48
  • 32

    2024Sophomore

    Left-handed Pitcher
    5'9" 190 lbs
    32
  • 12

    2025Junior

    Left-handed Pitcher
    5'9" 196 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2026Senior

    Left-handed Pitcher
    5'10" 190 lbs
    12