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2024 Baseball Roster

35 Gant Starling

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 210
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Jesup, Ga.
  • Highschool Wayne County HS

Biography

SOUTH ALABAMA
2024 (Graduate): Appeared in 21 games with a 5-2 record and two saves … Threw 25.0 innings for a 3.24 ERA, totaling 35 strikeouts for 12.6 K/9, 1.6 WHIP, and three extra-base hits allowed … Recorded first win of the season for the Jags against North Alabama (2/16) … Earned the first save while on the road at Alabama on 1.2 innings with three strikeouts and only one hit allowed … Entered against JMU for 5.0 innings with four strikeouts and no earned runs … Signed a spring training deal with the Colorado Rockies.

THE CITADEL
2023 (Senior):  Appeared in 23 games, making two starts…Went 2-2 with a 5.52 ERA and three saves…Struck out 57 over 44.0 innings…Earned the save in the series finale against Delaware State…Had scoreless innings against Charleston Southern and LIU…Struck out three over 1.0 innings at South Carolina…Posted seven strikeouts over 4.1 innings against Mercer, allowing one unearned run on three hits…Threw 2.0 scoreless innings in start against South Carolina…Struck out four over 2.2 innings to pick up the win at Charleston Southern…Allowed four hits over 6.2 shutout innings in two appearances against VMI…Was named SoCon Pitcher of the Week after allowing one unearned run over 9.1 innings…Allowed one run over 4.0 innings, with seven strikeouts, to earn the save at Western Carolina…Gave up just one hit over 2.2 innings to pick up the win over VMI in SoCon Tournament.

 
2022 (Junior): Appeared in one game out of the bullpen…Saw action against Texas.

 
2021 (Sophomore): Appeared in 17 games out of the bullpen…Went 0-0 with an 8.50 ERA and three saves…Pitched a scoreless inning in season debut against Longwood…Did not allow a run over 2.1 innings to earn save against North Florida…Followed it up with 2.0 shutout innings to earn second save against Jacksonville…Closed out the final inning to pick up save in middle game against North Carolina A&T…Threw 2.0 scoreless innings against Wofford…Ended season with scoreless inning against Western Carolina.

 
2020 (Freshman): Appeared in eight games out of the bullpen…went 0-0 with a 2.70 ERA and two saves…struck out two in scoreless inning in debut against Coppin State…tossed another scoreless inning the next day…earned first career save in series opener against Yale…tossed season-long 2.1 innings to earn the save against Charleston Southern…did not allow a run over final four appearances, spanning 4.2 innings.

 
High School: Played for head coach Justin McDonald at Wayne County High School…helped lead the Yellow Jackets to three-straight region championships…received the Shane Williamson FCA Award as a senior…also helped football team to a pair of region championships.

 
Personal: Son of Buddy and Billie Jo Starling…Sister, Autumn, played softball at Brewton Parker College…Graduate studies in Sport Management.

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