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2023 Baseball Roster

Ashley Herman
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21 Nate Mitchell

  • Position RHP
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 210
  • Hometown Parker, Colo.
  • High School Cherry Creek
  • Bat/Throw R/R

Biography

Career Honors:
- 2023 All-Patriot League Second Team (SP)
 
Career Highs:
Innings Pitched: 8.0 IP, at Holy Cross (4/2/23)
Strikeouts: 10, vs. Lehigh (3/25/23)
Longest Outing w/1 Hit: N/A
Longest Outing w/o Walk: 7.1 IP, at Lehigh (4/2/22)

2023 (Senior)
- Named to the All-Patriot League Second Team as a starting pitcher
- Team Captain
- Ended career with a program-record 1.17 walks allowed per nine innings, allowing just 18 walks in 139 career innings
- Totaled seven quality starts and five starts with five-or-more strikeouts
- Paced the team with 13 starts, compiling the third-most wins in the Patriot League with a 6-5 record
- Led the team and ranked second in the league with a 3.16 ERA and 74 innings pitched
- Led the league with four complete games, ranking third among Division I pitchers
- Paced the Patriot League with 1.58 walks allowed per nine innings to finish 21st nationally, also posting a league-best 3.85 strikeout-to-walk ratio
- Ranked seventh in the league with a .276 opposing batting average and eighth with 50 strikeouts
- Posted a one-run, three-hit start against Air Force on Feb. 24, striking out five to help Navy claiming the first game of the Freedom Classic
- Registered a then-career high of seven strikeouts against UMass on March 4 in a five-inning outing
- Tossed the first seven-inning complete game of his career on March 11, beating Princeton with a one-run, three-hit performance
-Pitched a complete-game victory against Lehigh on March 25, tallying a career-high 10 strikeouts while allowing one run and no walks over seven innings
- Logged a career-high eight innings at Holy Cross on April 2, allowing just one earned run to help Navy post the extra-inning win over the Crusaders
- Held Holy Cross to just one run on six hits while striking out six in an April 8 complete-game win
- Ended collegiate career by holding Bucknell to two runs over 6.2 innings on May 13 in the Patriot League semifinals

2022 (Junior) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Made 10 starts on the mound as a member of the Mids' weekend rotation
- Walked just two batters and struck out 31 over 49 innings of work
- Finished the 2022 season ranking first nationally in walks per nine innings (0.37) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (15.50)
- Yielded a 6.43 ERA and posted a 2-3 record over his 10 starts
- Totaled a career-high six strikeouts on three separate occasions: Bucknell (3/18), Lehigh (4/2) and Lafayette (4/30)
 
2021 (Sophomore) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Made four appearances on the mound, making his first collegiate start on April 28 against Coppin State
- Against Coppin State, he finished with a career-high four strikeouts in two innings where he allowed two hits and no runs
- Finished the year with eight strikeouts and notched a punch-out in each appearance
- In eight innings of work, he finished the year with a 7.88 ERA and a record of 0-2
 
2020 (Freshman) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Appeared in four games out of the bullpen during his freshman season
- In eight innings, he allowed four runs on nine hits
- Finished the season with five strikeouts opposed to one walk
- Recorded his first collegiate win after throwing two innings of relief against Air Force in a 3-1 contest
- Tossed four-shutout innings against Mount St. Mary’s on March 10 allowing just two hits and striking out a career-high three batters

High School
- Lettered twice playing baseball at Cherry Creek and was a three-time letter winner in basketball
- He set the single-season record for wins as a pitcher after going 11-0
- Was a Second Team All-State honoree as a senior
- Earned First Team All-Conferences honors in 2019
 
Personal
- Son of Jim and Melissa
- Member of DECA
- Played baseball with former TCU pitcher and Washington Nationals draft pick Riley Cornelio, as well as Wofford’s Brice Martinez (previosuly at Metro State)

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

    RHP
    6'5" 185 lbs
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    2021Sophomore

    RHP
    6'5" 185 lbs
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    2022Junior

    RHP
    6'5" 210 lbs
    21
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    2023Senior

    RHP
    6'5" 210 lbs
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