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#26 Luke Eldred
RHP • 6-5 270 R-Jr. • Mount Vernon, IA (Mount Vernon HS)
CAREER HONORS
2018:
Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
Perfect Game Second Team Freshman All-American
Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week (Week of February 12)
2020 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Did not see any game action during the 2020 season.
2019 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Made four appearances, including four starts ... Began the season as the team’s No. 2 starter in the weekend rotation before being lost to the season to injury after his start on March 9 ... Struck out 21 batters in 17.0 innings ... VS. NON-CONFERENCE: Worked 4.1 innings and allowed one run while striking out a season-high seven in a win over Kent State (2/16) ... Surrendered just one run over a season-high 6.0 innings and matched a season-high in strikeouts (7) versus Houston Baptist (3/1).
2018 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
hit to pick up the win ... VS. NON-CONFERENCE: Tabbed the MVC Pitcher of the Week after tossing 5.0 shutout innings and allowing just one hit while striking out five to earn the win in his collegiate debut versus Monmouth (2/18) ... Held Air Force (3/3) scoreless for 6.0 innings, surrendering just two hits and striking out five to notch his second win of the year ... Picked up a victory over Oral Roberts (3/10), going 5.0 innings and allowing a pair of runs ... MVC TOURNAMENT: Registered his sixth win of the year after shutting out Valparaiso (5/25) for 4.2 innings and striking out six ... FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL: Worked a season-high 8.0 innings and struck out a season-best seven batters to earn the win over then-ranked No. 8 Southern Miss at the Fayetteville Regional (6/3).
2017 (FRESHMAN)
Did not see game action in his first collegiate season.
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Pitched for the Eau Claire Express in the Northwoods League in 2018 ... Went 4-2 with a 3.27 ERA and issued just eight walks in 66 innings.
HIGH SCHOOL
Five-year letterman at Mount Vernon High School ... Played for head coach Jeremy Elliott ... Tabbed a Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All- American and also earned Central All-Region honors by Perfect Game in 2016 ... Rated the No. 3 right-handed pitcher and the 11th-best prospect from the state of Iowa by Perfect Game in 2016 ... Ranked among the top 500 seniors nationally by Perfect Game ... Named a Class 3A Second Team All-State selection as a utility player following his senior season ... Garnered Underclass Honorable Mention All-American honors from Perfect Game as a junior ... Was a two-time Class 2A Second Team All-State utility player in 2014 and 2015 ... Four-time First Team All-Conference selection during his prep career as a utility player ... Earned First Team All-District honors as a first baseman in 2016 and was two-time First Team All-District selection as a utility player following his sophomore and junior seasons ... Named Second Team All-District as a pitcher in 2013 ... Competed for Perfect Game Iowa Select Black in the summers.
PERSONAL
Born on October 26, 1997 ... Parents are Cal and Christi Eldred ... His father, Cal Eldred, was a first round draft pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1989 and pitched in the majors with three different teams including the Milwaukee Brewers (9), St. Louis Cardinals (3), and Chicago White Sox (2) ... Cal is in his third season as the pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals ... His older brother, C.J. Eldred, was a pitcher at the University of Iowa and currently pitches in the Kansas City Royals’ organization ... Majoring in Sports Management ... Favorite Bible verse is Proverbs 16:9.
Named a Freshman All-American by both Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game ... Also garnered Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors ... Made 14 appearances, including 12 starts and went 7-3 with a 3.28 ERA ... His seven wins were tied for the fourth most in the MVC ... Ranked third on the team in ERA ... Allowed just four walks while striking out 43 batters in 57.2 innings ... Began his career by not allowing a walk in his first 34.1 innings of work ... VS. MVC OPPONENTS: Notched his fourth win of the year after shutting out Evansville (5/6) for 6.0 innings while surrendering just one hit ... Kept Bradley (5/13) scoreless for 5.0 innings and allowed just one
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