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#25 Ross Carver RHP • 6-2 191 Jr. • Benton, AR (Crowder College)
MLB DRAFT
23rd Round - Texas Rangers (2019)
2020 (JUNIOR)
Made eight relief appearances ... Went 1-0 with a 2.35 ERA and held opponents to a .154 batting average ... VS. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Tossed 0.1 innings in relief in a 3-0 shutout win at No. 13 North Carolina (2/23) ... Kept No. 9 Oklahoma (3/3) scoreless for 1.0 inning ... VS. NON-CONFERENCE: Threw one shutout inning and struck out two batters in his Patriot debut versus South Dakota State (2/16) ... Held UT Arlington (2/25) scoreless in 1.2 innings of work ... Shutout Arkansas State (2/28) and struck out two batters in 1.0 inning ... Helped lift DBU to a win at Baylor (3/11) after throwing 1.2 scoreless innings.
2019 (SOPHOMORE – CROWDER COLLEGE)
Garnered First Team All-Region honors after posting an 8-2 record in 13 appearances, including 12 starts ... Struck out a team-high 113 batters in 67.1 innings for an average of 15.8 strikeouts per nine innings ... Ranked second in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings and 10th in
strikeouts ... Selected by the Texas Rangers in the 23rd round of the Major League Draft following his sophomore season.
2018 (FRESHMAN – CROWDER COLLEGE)
Made 13 appearances, including 11 starts and went 5-3 in
his freshman season ... Totaled 76 strikeouts in 57.0 innings ... Averaged 12.0 strikeouts per nine innings.
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Pitched for the Frisco Roughriders in the summer of 2020 and was named to the Texas Collegiate League All-Star Team.
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-year letterman at Benton High School ... Played for head coach Mark Balesterri ... Named an All-Conference selection as a senior ... Selected to the All-State Tournament Team in 2017 ... Rated the fifth-best right-handed pitcher and the No. 13 overall prospect from the state of Arkansas by Perfect Game in 2017 ... Competed for the Arkansas Prospects in the summers.
PERSONAL
Born on August 27, 1999 ... Parents are Allen and Cindy Carver ... Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies ... Favorite Bible verse is John 3:16.
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