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Jersey Number 22
Drew Nelson
- Position:
- LHP/UTL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 211
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Troy, Ala.
- High School:
- Pike Liberal Arts School
- Prev School:
- Auburn
2025 (Junior)
Season: Two-way player for the Trojans who made 10 appearances with eight starts on the mound and seven appearances with two starts at the plate … Went 3-1 with a 5.94 ERA, 25 strikeouts, 18 walks and a .285 opponent batting average … At the plate, had eight at-bats and recorded two hits and three walks with two RBIs … Pitched six innings with four hits, one earned run and a season-high six strikeouts in a win over Penn (Mar. 2) … Pitched six innings with three hits, one earned run and five strikeouts in a win at USC Upstate (Mar. 9)
Season: Didn’t allow a run in three appearances and 2.0 innings … struck out four batters … made his season debut vs. Austin Peay (Mar. 10) and struck out a batter in 0.2 innings … struck out a pair in a scoreless inning vs. Georgia Tech (Apr. 16) … made his first SEC appearance vs. Ole Miss (May 3) and recorded a strikeout … 2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023 (Freshman - at Auburn)
Season: Went 3-3 with a 6.34 ERA in 18 appearances, including five starts … struck out 32 batters in 32.2 innings pitched … tossed one complete game and registered a save … held opponents to a .220 average against … made his season debut by starting in the series finale vs. Indiana (Feb. 19) … struck out five in 1.2 scoreless innings in his SEC debut at Arkansas (Mar. 17) … earned his first career win in 4.0 scoreless innings in a start vs. South Alabama (Mar. 21) … pitched a season-high 7.0 innings, giving up one earned run and striking out a season-high seven batters, in a seven-inning win vs. North Alabama (Mar. 28) … the outing was the longest by an Auburn pitcher to that point in the season … made a pair of appearances vs. Texas A&M (Apr. 6-7), holding the Aggies scoreless in 3.0 total innings pitched … turned in 1.2 scoreless innings vs. Samford (Apr. 18) … pitched a combined 5.0 scoreless innings in wins vs. LSU (May 7) and at Ole Miss (May 13) … the outing vs. LSU marked his first career save and the outing at Ole Miss marked his first career SEC win … pitched a scoreless inning with a strikeout in the SEC Tournament vs. Vanderbilt (May 24) ... named to the 2022-23 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.
High School
Attended Pike Liberal Arts School in Troy, Ala. … rated by Perfect Game as the No. 276 overall player in the class, including the No. 4 player and No. 2 left-handed pitcher in Alabama … participated in the 2020 Perfect Game Junior National Showcase and 2021 Perfect Game National Showcase … also participated in the 2021 USA Baseball PDP League … turned in a 7-1 record with a 0.70 ERA in 114.0 innings with 141 strikeouts during parts of six years on the Perfect Game circuit … also hit .331 during the span … as a senior at Pike Liberal Arts School, hit .463 with six homers and 42 RBI while turning in a 1.00 ERA and striking out 106 in 49.0 innings on the mound … turned in two no-hitters and six shutouts … named the 2022 Alabama Baseball Gatorade Player of the Year and 2022 ASWA AISA Class AAA Player of the Year … two-time AISA Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-State pitcher … helped lead Pike Liberal Arts to four baseball state championships, two basketball state championships and one football state championship … member of the National Honor Society and AISA All-State Student-Athlete Team.
Personal
Birthday is August 5 ... Son of David and Candace Nelson ... Has one sister, Kate, and one brother, Carter ... Majoring in finance economics
Troy vs. USC (Full Highlights)
Friday, November 21
Scott Cross Postgame Press Conference (USC)
Friday, November 21
Player Postgame Press Conference (Leilani Guion, Emani Jenkins, Zay Dyer) - Missouri
Thursday, November 20
Chanda Rigby Postgame Press Conference - Missouri
Thursday, November 20
