2024 Baseball Roster

Sam Baechli
Matt Present

44 Grey LaSpaluto

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher/Infielder
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Apex, N.C.
  • High School Apex Friendship
  • Prev School Gardner-Webb/Chattanooga State CC

Biography

2022 Chancellor's List

2024:
Made 23 relief appearances for the Mountaineers, striking out 46 batters in 38.2 innings, and holding opponents to a .261 batting average...Went 8-1 with a 6.28 ERA...Finished the conference tournament tied for the league-lead in wins and ranks tied for tenth for single-season wins in program history...Struck out career-high five batters three times in outings against No. 13 Coastal Carolina, James Madison and Georgia State...App State went 17-5-1 when he made an appearance...11 of his outings were scoreless...In Sun Belt Tournament threw 2.0 innings against Coastal Carolina on May 23 and came back the next day to fire 2.2 innings against Troy to help App State stave off elimination in both games.

2023: Made 20 appearances out of the Mountaineers bullpen, going 2-2 on the year across 49.1 innings...Held opponents to a .257 batting average...Tossed a career-high 4.1 innings in relief against JMU on April 29 and followed that up with a career-high 5.1 innings May 13 against Arkansas State...Recorded a career-high four strikeouts April 18 vs UNC Asheville...Made team-high three appearances in the Sun Belt Tournament, including four innings of one-run ball against Southern Miss in a 4-2 win on May 27...Scored two runs as a pinch runner including the tying run on Hayden Cross' walk-off double against Gardner-Webb on March 4

2022: In his first season with the Mountaineers, made 13 appearances including four starts. In first start against North Carolina A&T on March 15 worked 4.0 innings and struck out three. Earned first career win with two scoreless innings, in 14-innining victory at Little Rock, March 25. Earned a three-inning save in an 11-1 win over Asheville, March 29. Entered the Sun Belt Tournament opener against Little Rock, following rain delay, and struck out three including the final out, May 25.

Gardner-Webb/Chattanooga State:

A Gardner-Webb and a Chattanooga State transfer … The shortstop played 37 games for Chattanooga State in 2021 averaging .360 up at the dish … Drove in 20 runs and hit three home runs … The two-way JUCO player also tossed 23.1 innings striking out 7.71 batters per game … Attended Apex Friendship High School for coach Guy Civitello … Led high school squad in hits, doubles, triples, and in walks in 2018  … Also earned Academic All-Conference honors.

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Historical Player Information

  • 44

    2022Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher/Infielder
    5'10" 162 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2023Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher/Infielder
    5'10" 169 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2024Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher/Infielder
    5'10" 175 lbs
    44