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Wright State University Athletics

2024 Baseball Roster

Alex Underwood

14 Jake Shirk

  • Position Right-handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fort Wayne, IN
  • Highschool Carroll

Biography

2024: Served as Wright State’s Friday starter, leading the team with 78.2 innings pitched in 14 starts…Only pitcher to start in every appearance…Struck out 64 batters, while only walking 17…Held a 4-4 record, including three wins during conference play…Received the win, pitching seven innings of two run ball in the 5-3 win at Eastern Kentucky (3/8)…Threw seven innings in Wright State’s 7-6 win at Oakland, receiving a no-decision (5/3)… Top-10 HL pitching marks in walks allowed (2nd, 17), doubles allowed (3rd, 15), sacrifice bunts allowed (3rd, 1), triples allowed (5th, 1), home runs allowed (5th, 9), opposing batting average (6th, .290), earned runs allowed (7th, 56), runs allowed (7th, 61), innings pitched (7th), ERA (7th, 6.41), hits allowed (8th, 91), strikeouts (9th), and wins (10th).

2023: Named to the All-Horizon League First Team… Appeared in 16 games, making 15 starts… Went 5-5 with a 4.77 ERA and 71 strikeouts in 83.0 innings pitched… Led the Horizon League in walks allowed per nine innings (1.52, 16th nationally) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.07, 27th nationally)… Top-10 conference marks in innings pitched (4th), strikeouts (5th), ERA (6th), and opposing batting average (9th)… Lauded Pitcher of the Week by D1Baseball.com, Perfect Game USA, and the Horizon League after firing a one-hit shutout at Oakland (4/29), striking out a career-high 14 batters while allowing just an infield single in the first inning and walking none… Earned Horizon League Pitcher of the Week after tossing six scoreless innings in WSU’s season-opening win at Hawaii (2/18)… Allowed four or fewer earned runs allowed in five-plus innings in nine starts… Named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

2022: All-Horizon League Second Team selection… Appeared and started in 16 games… Went 6-6 with a 5.55 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 86.0 innings pitched… Led the Horizon League in wins and games started… Ranked fourth in the conference in innings pitched and ninth in strikeouts and opponent batting average (.276)… Earned Horizon League Pitcher of the Week after firing a complete-game shutout with a career-high eight strikeouts against Northern Kentucky (4/23)… Threw four quality starts… Tossed a career-high 8.1 innings in win over Youngstown State (4/29)… Had five shutout innings in win at Bradley (4/9).

2021: Appeared in 12 games… complied a 7-0 record in 22.1 innings (2.01 ERA), striking out 14 batters… Had a season-high 3.2 innings against Oakland (May 14)… Recorded three strikeouts, twice (v. Northern Kentucky, March 5; at Northern Kentucky, April 25).

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2021Freshman

    Right-handed Pitcher
    6'2" 200 lbs
    38
  • 14

    2022Sophomore

    Right-handed Pitcher
    6'2" 200 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2023Junior

    Right-handed Pitcher
    6'2" 200 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2024Senior

    Right-handed Pitcher
    6'2" 200 lbs
    14