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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 Football Press Conference (Players) - Texas State Game
Monday, October 06
Gerad Parker Press Conference - Texas State Game
Monday, October 06
Stuart Gore Postgame - Georgia Southern
Monday, October 06
Players Postgame Press Conference - South Alabama
Sunday, October 05
