2020-21 Baseball Roster

#37 Joe Sheridan Baseball Roster

Height 6-0

Weight 180

Class Graduate Student

B/T L/L

Hometown Oviedo, FL

High School Hagerty/UCF

Bio / Statistics

HONORS AND AWARDS

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2021 – Notre Dame)

Made 17 appearances and three starts on the season.
Finished the year with a 1-2 record and 3 saves over 43.1 innings pitched with 31 strikeouts.
Tied for the team lead in saves and tied for third on the squad in appearances.
Was one of seven Irish pitchers to record a save and was one of 11 pitchers to make a start on the season.
Tossed 6.1 innings of scoreless relief in the 6-4 win in 13 innings against Duke (3/19).
Earned his first save in an Irish uniform against Virginia (3/12).

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020 – UCF)

Made four starts during the shortened season
Finished the year with a 2-0 record over 19.0 innings pitched with 18 strikeouts and a .225 opponent batting average
Made his first start in almost two years on Feb. 16 against Siena, going 4.0 innings and allowed just one run while striking out five
Picked up his first win of the season in the 12-2 victory on the road against Auburn after tossing 5.0 innings of one-run ball and struck out five
Closed the season out with his second win over Butler after six innings of work with five strikeouts and just one run allowed.

AS A JUNIOR (2019 – UCF)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018 – UCF)

12 GP, 11 GS, 3-3, 3.36 ERA, 56.1 IP, 49 K, 46 H, 28 R, 21 ER, 37 BB, .219 BA

Named Preseason All-Conference in The American
Was sixth in The American in hits allowed per nine innings at 7.35
Notched the 10th lowest ERA in the conference
Recorded the fifth lowest opponent batting average
Posted a trio of quality starts, finishing the year with a 3.46 ERA and a .221 opponent batting average as a starter
Had the second most starts on the team
Came out of the bullpen once against Wagner to throw 1 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run
Threw a career-high eight innings against ECU (3/24) with four punchouts and one earned run against on seven hits
Matched career-high nine strikeouts in two games against Savannah State (2/24) and Miami (3/14)
Did not allow an earned run for the first 18 1/3 innings of the year
Gave up just two hits over five innings with four strikeouts at No. 1 Florida (3/7) to pick up the win
Diagnosed with a torn labrum at the end of the 2018 season

AS A FRESHMAN (2017 – UCF)

Appeared in 17 games and made 12 starts
Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper/Louisville Slugger
Earned Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshman All-America Second Team honors
Struck out 64 batters in 72 innings pitched
Started season in the bullpen before working into the rotation in March
Posted six quality starts
Put up a 3.25 ERA and held opponents to a .268 batting average
Tied for the conference lead with 10 wins, along with Robby Howell
Pitched five innings with one earned run, and four strikeouts in a win vs. Florida (3/1)
Threw six innings and five strikeouts in shutout win vs. Dartmouth (3/26)
Tallied 7.2 innings, six strikeouts, and held the opponents scoreless in a win at ECU (4/15)
Had a season-high nine strikeouts in 6.1 innings pitched in a win vs. Memphis (4/30)
Powered Knights to the AAC regular-season title with seven inning, six hit, one earned run performance against USF in the final day of the regular season

PREP AND PERSONAL

As a Senior for the Huskies he was named 1st team All-Conference, Seminole County Player of the Year and Central Florida Player of the Year
All-time leader for the Huskies in wins, starts and innings pitched
Season leader in batting avg and hits
As a Junior for the Huskies he was named 1st team All-Conference and 1st team All-Area
As a Sophomore for the Huskies he was named 1st team All-Conference
As a Freshman for the Huskies he was a Breakthrough Player of the Year Honorable Mention