| 2018 |
2017 |
D2CCA All-So. Region 2nd-Team
All-GSC 1st-Team
Preseason All-GSC |
D2CCA All-So. Region 1st-Team
NCBWA Second-Team All-So. Region
All-GSC 1st-Team |
CAREER: Posted a 19-2 record with a 3.47 ERA with 166 strikeouts against 58 walks over 202.1 innings pitched... opponents .258 against and scored 100 runs, 78 earned on 201 hits...his 19 wins ranked in the top 15 on the DSU career wins list...the Statesmen captured the 2017 GSC Regular Season and Tournament Championships along with the schools 12th NCAA Division II Region Championship and 12th NCAA Division II World Series appearance.
2018 (Senior): Helped the Statesmen to a 42-11 overall record and the Gulf South Conference regular season title with a 23-5 mark...ranked first in the GSC adn seventh in the NCAA with 16 games started on the mound...posted a 9-0 record with a .393 ERA 83 strikeouts against 35 walks in 100.2 innings pitched...allowed 93 hits and yielded 57 runs, 44 earned...struck out 10 and walked three while allowing two runs on six hits against West Alabama (5.6) in the first game of the 2018 GSC Baseball Championship...tossed 7.2 inning with seven strikeouts against two walks against West Alabama (3.17)...pitched a season-high eight innings with seven strikeouts at North Alabama (4.20) and threw eight inning with six strikeouts against Shorter (3.23)...recorded at least five strikeouts in 11 outings and had at least six punch outs in seven games...opponents hit .246...his 1.000 winning percentage is tied first on the GSC season winning percentage list...246 opponent batting average finished ranked sixth in the GSC.
2017 (Junior) Helped the Statesmen finish 45-13 and 25-8 in the GSC, winning their 14
th GSC title and 12
th NCAA Regional Championship while making their 12
th NCAA Division II College World Series appearance…made 16 starts with four complete games…amassed a 10-2 record with 83 strikeouts against 23 walks and a 3.01 ERA…yielded 43 runs, 34 earned, on 108 hits in 101.2 innings pitched… tossed six plus innings over his last 10 starts and recorded five plus strikeouts in 11 of 16 starts…tossed a five hit shutout with three strikeouts and one walk at West Florida (4.15)…fanned a season-high eight batters with no walks in a six hit shutout of Christian Brothers (4.2)…led the GSC in wins (13
th NCAA) and ranked second in innings pitched, fifth in strikeouts and strikeouts looking (23)...struck out seven in six innings of work to help the Statesmen claim a win over Florida Southern in the NCAA Division II South Region Tournament opener.
2017 (Junior) Helped the Statesmen finish 45-13 and 25-8 in the GSC, winning their 14
th GSC title and 12
th NCAA Regional Championship while making their 12
th NCAA Division II College World Series appearance…made 16 starts with four complete games…amassed a 10-2 record with 83 strikeouts, 23 walks and a 3.01 ERA…yielded 43 runs, 34 earned on 108 hits in 101.2 innings pitched…tossed six plus innings over his last 10 starts and recorded five plus strikeouts in 11 of 16 starts…tossed a five hit shutout with three strikeouts and one walk at West Florida (4.15)…fanned a season-high eight batters with no walks in a six hit shutout at Christian Brothers (4.2)…led the GSC in wins (13
th NCAA) and ranked second in innings pitched, fifth in strikeouts and strikeouts looking (23)...struck out seven in six innings of work to help the Statesmen claim a win over Florida Southern in the NCAA Division II South Region Tournament opener.
JUCO: Spent two seasons under Robert White at Dyersburg State Community College in Dyersburg, Tenn…made 26 appearances, 10 starts, posting a 9-3 record with a 4.96 ERA in two seasons…registered 96 strikeouts against 54 walks in 114.2 innings pitched…went 5-1 (13 appearances/11 starts) with a 5.55 ERA, 54 strikeouts and 21 walks in 60 inning of work in 2016…posted a 4-2 mark (13 appearances/8 starts) with 42 strikeouts against 33 walks in 54.2 innings.
PREP: Played for Coach Chris Messer at Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tenn.
PERSONAL: Seth Birdsong...pre engineering major.
