2026 Baseball Roster

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16 Jake Beaty

  • Position Left-handed pitcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 176
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Belmont, N.C.
  • High School South Point

Biography

2025: Made 21 appearances including three starts…Worked to a 2-3 record and a 7.24 ERA…Struck out 31 batters in 32.1 innings… Struck out three batters in 1.2 scoreless innings at Charlotte on March 18… Struck out three batters in 2.0 scoreless innings vs High Point on March 25… Made first career start against Old Dominion in game one of a doubleheader on March 29 and allowed just one run in 2.0 innings while striking out three and did not walk a batter…Escaped bases loaded jam with a double play en route to 2.0 scoreless innings vs Western Carolina April 9…Across final nine appearances tossed 15.1 IP and allowed just 8 ER (4.50 ERA) while striking out 11…Allowed one earned run or fewer 13 times…Worked at least 2.0 innings in seven outings including season-high 2.2 innings at South Alabama to earn the win on May 11.

2024: Made nine relief appearances...totaled 10.0 innings, registering six strikeouts and holding opponents to a .222 batting average...Five of nine appearances were scoreless outings...Made season debut Feb. 20 at High Point...Struck out two in scoreless outing at Texas State in first Sun Belt contest of the year...Best performance of the year came in the final game of the season, against No. 25 Southern Miss in the Sun Belt Tournament where he took the mound following a five-hour rain delay and fired three scoreless innings, striking out two, and allowing just one base runner...the outing matched his career-high in innings pitched.

2023: Made 12 relief appearances as a true freshman...Had his season cut short due to an injury suffered May 2 against ETSU...Posted nine strikeouts in 15 innings of work...Recorded final three outs in the Mountaineers opening weekend sweep of Queens...Did not allow an earned run in his first five appearances...Tossed a career-high three innings in relief against ULM on April 6.

High School: As a left-handed pitcher at South Point High School, Beaty capped his career with an incredible senior year, posting a 0.74 ERA and striking out 71 batters in 45.2 innings of work. He allowed just 13 hits and five earned runs on the season. Beaty was named to the all-conference team at the end of the season. The Belmont, N.C., native features a fastball, curveball and changeup.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2023Freshman

    Left-handed pitcher
    6'0" 160 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2024Sophomore

    Left-handed pitcher
    6'2" 175 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2025Junior

    Left-handed pitcher
    6'2" 176 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2026Senior

    Left-handed pitcher
    6'2" 176 lbs
    16