2019 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jarrett Thompson
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Mint Hill, N.C.
- High School:
- Independence HS
2018 at Gardner-Webb: Made 23 appearances on the mound, including one start ... Finished the year with an ERA of 5.51 in 32.2 innings of work with 34 strikeouts ... Had a 1-2 record and a team-high eight saves ... Allowed no runs in 16 trips to the mound, including his first six appearances of the season ... Earned the win in his first outing of the year, working the final 4.0 innings in a 6-3 win at Wake Forest, scattering two base hits and allowing no runs while fanning a season-high seven batters (2-18) ... That performance earned him the first-ever Big South Conference Relief Pitcher of the Week Award ... Longest outing of the year came in his first career start, going 4.2 innings against High Point at the 2018 Big South Conference Baseball Championships (5-25) ... Named to the 2017-18 Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll.
2017 at Gardner-Webb: Made a team-high 31 appearances throughout the season from the bullpen, which also led the Big South Conference … Had a 4.10 ERA win 41.2 innings of work with 32 strikeouts … Posted a 3-2 record as well as a pair of saves … Allowed no runs in 20 appearances, including a season-best stretch of eight consecutive scoreless appearances … Earned his first save of the year, working a perfect frame in a 4-3 win against UMBC (3-3) … Picked up his first win in two innings of work in a 10-9 win against Campbell (3-25) … Earned his second save, recording the final two outs in a 1-0 win at Charleston Southern (4-15) … Had a season-best three strikeouts on three occasions, at Western Carolina (3-22), at Charleston Southern (4-13), and against Liberty (4-22) … Longest outing of the season was 3.1 innings, part of a 6-5 win over Canisius (2-18).
2016 at Gardner-Webb: Made 13 appearances on the mound throughout the season, all coming from the bullpen … Finished the season with a 1-0 record and a 4.30 ERA … Struck out six batters in 14.2 innings throughout the year ... Did not allow a run in eight of his appearances, including six of his first seven ... Struck out a season-high two batters in his first collegiate appearance, hurling 1.0 innings in a 9-0 win over Delaware State (2-20) … Allowed no runs or hits with one strikeout in 2.0 innings of work in the series-opening 11-1 win over Iona (2-26) … Pitched a season-high 3.2 innings, allowing no runs in a 9-8 win over Iona to pick up his first collegiate victory (2-28) … Allowed no runs in 1.0 innings of work at North Carolina (3-8) … Struck out the only batter he faced at Campbell (4-9) … Fanned one batter, allowing no runs in 0.2 innings on the mound at UNC Asheville (5-13).
High School: Played at Independence (N.C.) High under former Gardner-Webb standout Daniel Cooke … Earned All-Conference honors for the Patriots as a junior and senior … Also played two seasons of basketball … Fanned 19 batters in 14.0 innings of relief work in 2015 … Batted .306 on offense … Recorded one save … Posted an 0.77 ERA and allowed only five hits in 2014 … Rated as one of the state’s top-100 senior prospects by Perfect Game … Played for the MegaStars travel team.
