2016 Baseball Roster
Roster
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
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.
