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31 Will Canady

31 Will Canady

  • Position:
    OF/1B
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    205
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Bats/Throws:
    L/L
  • Hometown:
    Cumming, Ga.
  • High School:
    West Forsyth HS

Summary

Biography

2015 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 34 games and made 19 starts as a redshirt junior … Saw action at designated hitter and in right field … Batted a career-best .243 with five RBI, three doubles and 17 hits in 70 at bats … Had double the at bats in 2015 than in his previous two seasons combined (35 career at bats 2012-2014) … Forged a .325 on base percentage with eight walks … Batted 3-for-9 as a pinch hitter (.333) and was a .474 hitter (9-for-19) when leading off an inning … Posted three games with two hits … Went 2-for-2 at North Carolina Central (3/10) … Went 2-for-4 vs. VMI (4/18) … Went 2-for-4 with a run scored vs. Campbell (5/1) … Went 1-for-1 with an RBI and two runs scored, collecting four walks, at North Carolina A&T (3/31).

2014 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 12 games and made two starts … Batted .200 with three hits and four RBI … Was one of the team’s best pinch hitters … Made 10 appearances on the mound with one start … Hurled 12.0 innings with 11 strikeouts … Had a 5.25 ERA by season’s end … Had five scoreless appearances out of the bullpen … Did not allow an earned run in his final four appearances … Hurled 2.0 innings without allowing an earned run vs. Coastal Carolina (4/25) … Had a 1.80 ERA in four Big South Conference appearances and batted .400 (2-for-5) with four RBI in Big South games.

2013 at Gardner-Webb: Redshirted.

2012 at Gardner-Webb: Made seven appearances out of the bullpen and saw action in 10 games at the plate (five starts) … Hurled 9.0 innings and allowed 14 earned runs on the mound (four strikeouts) … Batted .200 with four hits, two runs scored, one home run and three RBI … Made scoreless relief appearances vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (4/17) and Liberty (3/23) … Belted a two-run home run at UNC Asheville (5/19), going 1-for-3 with a walk … Had a pair of hits in two Big South Tournament games … Ended season on a four-game hit streak.

High School: Played at West Forsyth (Ga.) High under Coach Byron Orr ... Outstanding two-way player ... A three-time All-Forsyth County selection ... Batted .368 with two home runs, 16 doubles and 26 RBI as a senior ... Went 3-1 on the mound ... Batted .416 with three home runs, 12 doubles and 28 RBI as a junior ... Went 1-0 on the mound with 68 strikeouts in just 34 innings of work ... Batted .423 with 15 doubles and four home runs as a sophomore ... Hit .343 with three home runs as a ninth grader.



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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2012Freshman

    OF/1B
    6'0" 200 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2013Sophomore

    OF/1B
    6'0" 210 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2014Redshirt Sophomore

    OF/1B
    6'0" 210 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2015Redshirt Junior

    OF/1B
    6'0" 205 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2016Redshirt Junior

    OF/1B
    6'0" 205 lbs
    31