2025 Baseball Roster

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37 Caleb Cross

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 196
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Sanford, N.C.
  • High School Southern Lee
  • Prev School UNCA

Biography

2025: Led the team with 14 games started…Worked to a 7-4 record and a 4.19 ERA…Struck out 64 batters in 77.1 innings of work, holding opponents to a .258 batting average…At the conclusion of the regular season ranked sixth in the Sun Belt in innings pitched and tied for third in wins…Was named the opening day starter against Queens on Feb. 14 after missing all of 2024 due to injury… Struck out career-high ten batters in 5.1 scoreless innings against UMass Lowell on Feb. 21 to earn first win of season…Went through an extraordinary four-start stretch from March 28-April 18 where he went 4-0 with a 0.82 ERA (3 ER/33IP), featuring seven no-hit innings against Old Dominion (retired final 13 batters faced), an eight-inning complete game against ULM, a nine-inning shutout at Marshall and a nine-inning complete game vs James Madison…Named the Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week on April 15 following his complete game shutout against Marshall on April 11….In final start of the season, earned the win against Georgia State in regular season finale on May 17 to earn spot in Sun Belt tournament…One of nine pitchers in the nation to throw at least three complete games during the 2025 college baseball regular season.

2024: Used a medical redshirt while recovering from injury.

2023: After beginning the season in the bullpen where he made ten relief outings, he was inserted into the starting rotation where he made seven starts to finish the year...Went 5-3 with a 7.80 ERA on the season, while also recording a save...struck out 33 batters in 47.1 innings...Struck out first four batters he faced on his way to a career-high seven strikeouts April 23 vs ODU...Fired career-high six innings against JMU on April 30, and again in a win over Arkansas State in his final start of the season, giving up just two runs, and retiring 10 of the final 13 batters he faced...had season cut short due to injury, May 14 against Arkansas State...Scored two runs as a pinch-runner.

2022: Was one of the most reliable relievers for the Mountaineers in his first season with the program, making 19 appearances and holding opponents to a .196 batting average on the campaign. He finished the season with a 4.22 ERA, earning three wins in relief. In his first 11 outings of the season, did not allow more than one earned run in an appearance (2.93 ERA). Tossed 3.2 innings April 16 against Coastal Carolina in which he retired the first 11 batters he faced. Gave up just one earned run in 4.2 innings in relief, April 24 at ULM. Thew 4.2 innings without allowing a run or a hit, earning the win, and combining with Eli Ellington to one-hit UT Arlington May 14. Fired a career-high 5.2 innings in relief, allowing just one run on one hit, May 20, vs Troy. Earned win in Sun Belt Tournament against Little Rock, striking out three in two innings against Little Rock, May 24.

Prior to App State: Transfer from UNC-Asheville … The right-handed pitcher from Sanford, North Carolina appeared in 13 games for the Bulldogs and made one start on the mound … Recorded 19.2 innings, struck out 11, and held opposing hitters to a .278 batting average in 2021… Tossed more than one inning in eight of his 13 outings … Finished his freshman season with a 5.03 ERA.

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Historical Player Information

  • 37

    2022Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 177 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2023Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 188 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2024Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 195 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2025Redshirt Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 196 lbs
    37