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Jersey Number 18
Keaton Hopwood
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Wilmington, Ill.
- High School:
- Wilmington
2022 (Sophomore)
- Pitched in three games on the season
- Went 0-0 with a 13.50 ERA on the year
- Tossed 1.1 innings on the year
- Held opponents to a .250 batting average for the season
- Threw 1.0-complete inning with one strikeout in the road game at Wake Forest (March 30)
- Also pitched out of the bullpen versus nationally-ranked Central Michigan (Feb. 19) on Opening Weekend and at home against the College of Charleston (April 6)
2021 (Freshman)
- Pitched in 13 games on the season, including making three starts as a true freshman
- Went 4-3 with a 5.97 ERA on the season
- Struck out 28 batters compared to 14 walks over 31.2 innings pitched
- Held opponents to a .262 batting average on the season
- Struck out a season-high four batters twice - at UTA (April 10) and at UNCW (April 28)
- Recorded at least one strikeout in all but one appearance on the season
- Made his Chant debut with 1.0 inning in the loss to Duke (Feb. 20) on Opening Weekend
- Picked up his first career win as a Chant by throwing 2.0-scoreless innings and striking out three Demon Deacon hitters in the 4-1 extra-inning win at Wake Forest (Feb. 23)
- Also earned the win with 2.2 innings pitched out of the bullpen in the 13-11 home win over Kennesaw State (Feb. 28)
- Recorded the win over FIU (March 14), throwing a season-high 5.2 innings and striking out three hitters in his second career start as a Chant
- Earned the relief win at West Virginia (March 21), pitching 3.0-scoreless innings out of the bullpen in the 9-6 road win
- Made his first career start on the mound for CCU versus UConn (March 7), but did not factor in the decision after pitching 3.2 innings
- Threw 2.0-scoreless innings of relief work with four strikeouts in the road win at UTA (April 10)
- Also pitched 2.0-scoreless innings out of the bullpen with three punchouts in the loss to Troy (May 9)
- Made a start at Louisiana (April 28), pitching 3.2 innings
High School
- Lettered in both baseball and football at Wilmington High School in Wilmington, Illinois
- Played both in the infield and pitched for the Wildcats on the diamond
- Ranked as high as the No. 9 right-handed pitcher in the state of Illinois for the Class of 2020 by both Perfect Game and the Prep Baseball Report
- Was ranked as high as the No. 22 overall prospect in the state of Illinois for the Class of 2020 by Perfect Game
- Rated as high as the No. 27 overall prospect for the Class of 2020 in the state of Illinois by Prep Baseball Report
- A 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-Central second-team selection
- A two-time PG Preseason Underclass All-American honorable mention selection (2018 and 2019)
- Ranked in Perfect Game's Top 500 National rankings
- Was an all-tournament team selection at the 2019 WWBA 17U Prospect Meadows National Championship, 2019 WWBA 17U National Championship, and 2017 15U Perfect Game World Series tournaments
- Earned Interstate Eight All-Conference honors in 2019 as a junior
- Posted a 1.86 ERA and struck out 25 batters over 13 innings on the mound as a junior
- Played travel baseball with the Cangelosi Sparks
Saturday, May 30
Wednesday, April 01
Sunday, March 08
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