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2022 Baseball Roster

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26 Kyle Crigger

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Corinth, Miss.
  • High School Corinth HS
  • Prev School Itawamba CC
  • Twitter KyleCrigger

Biography

CAREER HONORS
Drafted 202nd overall (7th round) by the Miami Marlins in the 2022 MLB Draft
2022 First Team All-Conference USA (RP)
2022 ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Region
2022 C-USA All-Tournament Team
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)


2022:
Served as the Bulldogs closer in his senior season ... Finished the year sporting a 2.35 ERA with 79 strikeouts over 69.0 innings all coming out of the bullpen ... Set the new single-season appearance record at Tech with 37 ... Ranked second in C-USA with 10 saves ... Also ranked second in ERA, tied for seventh in opposing batting average (.233), tied for ninth in strikeouts and second in earned runs allowed (18) ... Earned himself C-USA Pitcher of the Week honors after earning a win and a save over four innings of shutout ball and seven strikeouts in the first weekend versus Wichita State (2/18-2/19) ... Threw a perfect ninth inning in the 11-6 win over No.2 LSU (2/23) ... Put together one of his best performances at LSU (3/23) going four innings, allowing three hits and striking out a career-high eight batters in an extra inning thriller to earn his second win of the season and sweep the season series over the Tigers ... Went 19.1 straight innings without allowing a single earned run (3/12-4/8) ... Threw a career-high 4.2 innings twice (McNeese State & Middle Tennessee) ... Held a 1.43 ERA going into the C-USA Tournament.

2021: Served as one of the Bulldogs primary closers after returning from offseason elbow surgery on April 3 against UAB … Tied for a team-high in saves (five) and victories out of the bullpen (four) … Posted a 3.47 ERA with 29 strikeouts and just nine walks over 36.1 innings pitched … Limited opposing batters to a .248 batting average against him … Held a 4-2 record with a 1.21 WHIP … Recorded his first save of the season with three scoreless frames of two-hit baseball at Rice (4/11) … Registered two saves in a four-game weekend sweep of Middle Tennessee in Murfreesboro, including a four-inning save on Sunday where he threw four scoreless innings with four strikeouts … Earned the win in his final appearance of the season against Alabama in the Ruston Regional, going 4.1 innings while throwing a season-high 73 pitches to limit the Crimson Tide to one earned run … Tallied multiple strikeouts in nine of his 19 appearances … Made three appearances as a position player, including one start at third base … Scored a run at Air Force (2/21).

2020: Emerged as one of Tech's top bullpen arms in four appearances as a junior ... Was limited by nagging injuries for two weeks of the season ... Posted a 1.59 ERA with a 1-1 record ... Earned the save with three shutout innings against ULL on Opening Day (2/15) ... Struck out 7 of the first 10 hitters he faced (2/15-2/22) ... Finished the season with a 19.05 K/9 after punching out 12 batters in 5.2 innings ... Picked up his first win after tossing two scoreless innings against Southeastern Louisiana in Tech's final game of the season.

PRIOR TO LA TECH: Named the MHSAA 4A Player of the Year as a senior in high school ... Hit .374 with 30 extra base hits and 46 RBI at Corinth HS ... Went 17-9 with a 1.67 ERA in 183.2 innings during his high school career ... Hit .319 with 33 extra base hits and 62 RBI at Itawamba CC ... Earned 2nd Team All-State honors as a sophomore ... Won the 2019 MACJC Championship with Itawamba ... Coached by Rob Scarborough (HS) and Rick Collier (CC). 

PERSONAL: Born June 4, 1999 in Germantown, Tennessee ... Son of Chris and Tina ... Has one sibling: Will.

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2020Junior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 180 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2021Senior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 180 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2022Senior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 180 lbs
    26