University of South Alabama Athletics

SOUTH ALABAMA
2025 (Gr.): Logged 13 middle-relief appearances for a 10.80 ERA in 10 innings pitched … Went for a season-high in both innings pitched (4) and strikeouts (3) at Troy (5/2) … Posted 11 strikeouts in 51 batters faced. 

2023 (Junior): Made four starts and three relief appearances … Pitched 17.0 innings with 17 strikeouts and 28 hits allowed … Threw a career best 4.1 innings with nine strikeouts against Eastern Kentucky (2/18). Junior College:  Appeared in 13 games with 12 starts as a sophomore in 2022 at Santa Fe CC in Gainesville, Fla. ... Finished 5-3 with one save and two complete games ... Recorded a 4.84 ERA with 58 strikeouts and 22 walks in 61 1/3 innings ... Made 13 relief appearances as a freshman in 2021 ... Struck out 18 batters against seven walks in 19 innings while posting a 1.89 ERA.

High School:  Lettered four years in baseball at Keystone Heights High School in Keystone Heights, Fla. ... Earned first-team all-county honors as a senior in 2020 after posting a 1.00 ERA with 26 strikeouts in 14 innings pitched in the Covid-shortened season ... Named second-team all-county as a junior after recording a 1.58 ERA with 44 strikeouts in 35 innings pitched.

Personal:  Full name is Garfield Matthew Johns ... Born Oct. 8, 2001, in Starke, Fla. ... The second of three children to Kevin Johns and Amie Oody ... Has one older sister, Grace, and one younger brother, Grady ... Majoring in sport management.