2015 Baseball Roster
Roster
Erik Heiligenstadt
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Forest, Va.
- High School:
- Jefferson Forest HS
2014 at Gardner-Webb: Part of a valuable, veteran weekend rotation again as a redshirt junior … Made 13 starts, which ranked third on the team and served primarily as the Sunday rotation man … Went 5-6 with a 4.32 ERA in 81.1innings of work … Showed control with 53 strikeouts and only 17 walks, three of which were intentional … Was part of three shutouts on the season … Held teams to a .277 batting average … Uncorked only three wild pitches … Hurled a pair of complete games … First shutout came in 9.0 innings of three-hit work vs. Winthrop (3/15) … Fanned 10 and did not issue a walk in that game … Hurled a four-hit shutout in 9.0 innings vs. William & Mary (5/10) … Pitched 6.0 shutout innings and fanned four in a 10-0 win at Presbyterian (5/16) … Pitched 7.0 innings and allowed just two runs in a win over Coastal Carolina (4/27) … Picked up a win with 6.0 innings and six strikeouts (three runs) vs. Longwood (4/6) …Allowed two runs in 7.0 innings of a no decision vs. Furman (3/9)… Had nine starts last at least 6.0 innings.
2013 at Gardner-Webb: Made a successful return to the rotation after missing the 2012 season … Posted a 5-4 record with a 3.58 ERA in 65.1 innings pitched … Made 12 appearances and 11 starts … Proved to be a solid weekend starter throughout the season … Fanned 36 and walked just 14…Twice named Big South Conference Pitcher of the Week… Hurled two complete-game wins … Had a complete-game, four-hit shutout against North Division champion Campbell (3/16) … Also picked up a complete-game win over Charleston Southern (4/7) … Had 6.0 shutout innings to beat Furman (2/20) … Fanned four in 3.0 innings of relief work in a win over Dayton (2/15) … Had six strikeouts in 5.0 innings at UNC Wilmington (3/3) … Didn't allow an earned run in 5.0 innings of a win vs. Air Force (3/10) … Allowed only two home runs all season … Held opponents to a .270 batting average … Ranked second on the team in wins.
2012 at Gardner-Webb: Redshirted.
2011 at Gardner-Webb: Made 18 appearances and led team with 15 starts on the mound as a true freshman ... Went 3-7 with a 6.52 ERA, regularly working against a tough slate of teams in mid-week action ... Made back-to-back starts against national powers North Carolina (5/3) and Clemson (5/7) in the same week ... Hurled 2.0 no-hit innings vs. the Tar Heels ... Pitched a career-high 8.0 innings and fanned seven batters with no walks and three runs allowed to beat Furman (4/19) ... Allowed just one run in 5.0 innings of road work in a win at Furman (4/27) ... Had at least 5.0 innings pitched in six starts.
High School: Played at Jefferson Forest (Va.)High ... Runner up for Virginia State Player of the Year honors in Class 2A ... Named All-Timesland Player of the Year by the Roanoke Times and was named Co-Player of the Year for Region 3-2A ...Earned first-team Class 2A All-State honors ... Went 11-0 with a1.03 ERA and 111 strikeouts in 68.0 innings of work ... Walked just seven batters all season ... Threw a no-hitter on April 16, which followed a perfect game on April 9 ... Posted a 23-1 career record,1.34 ERA and 252 strikeouts in 162.0 innings pitched on the high school level.
