2023 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 34
Tanner Knight
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Eupora, Miss.
- High School:
- Eupora HS
- Prev School:
- East Central CC
CAREER HONORS
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
2023: Made 10 appearances in relief ... Registered a 0-0 record with a 5.19 ERA, tossing 8.2 innings with 10 strikeouts ... Did not allow a single run through first eight appearances out of the bullpen ... Threw a season-high 2.0 innings against BYU (2/18), striking out a season-high three batters ... Made one appearance in C-USA Championship, throwing 1.0 innings versus Middle Tennessee (5/25).
2022: Made 14 appearances out of the Bulldog bullpen ... Finished the season with a 1-0 record, a 6.43 ERA with 17 strikeouts over 14.0 innings pitched ... Struck out the side in the ninth inning to close out a win against Little Rock (4/19) ... Tossed two perfect innings in relief with three strikeouts at Northwestern State (5/4) ... Threw a season-high three innings versus Old Dominion (5/28) in the C-USA Tournament allowing no hits and striking out two in an extra inning loss.
2021: Made 11 appearances out of the Bulldog bullpen … Finished the season with a 0-0 record, 12 strikeouts, a .289 batting average against him and a 2.53 ERA over 10.2 innings pitched … Pitched a scoreless, hitless inning of relief with two strikeouts in the season opener against Air Force (2/21) … Tossed 1.2 scoreless, hitless innings of relief against Southern (2/26) … Tossed a season-high 62 pitches over four innings while allowing just four hits and two runs (one earned) in long relief in a win at ULM (3/9) … Notched the final three outs against Rider in the opening game of the Ruston NCAA Regional (6/4).
PRIOR TO LA TECH: Posted a 3.01 ERA in 89.2 innings pitched in two years at East Central Community College ... Struck out 79 batters and notched five complete games as an underclassman ... Went 4-0 with a 2.82 ERA during a shortened 2020 season ... Named All-District three times at Eupora High School ... Tabbed All-District Pitcher of the Year three times ... Earned 1st Team All-State honors as a junior and as a senior ... Lettered all four years in baseball and football ... Coached by Clayton Dodd and Josh Glasner.
PERSONAL: Born Feb. 10, 1999 in Starkville, Mississippi ... Parents are Matt and Laci Knight ... Has one younger sibling, Parker (18).
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
2023: Made 10 appearances in relief ... Registered a 0-0 record with a 5.19 ERA, tossing 8.2 innings with 10 strikeouts ... Did not allow a single run through first eight appearances out of the bullpen ... Threw a season-high 2.0 innings against BYU (2/18), striking out a season-high three batters ... Made one appearance in C-USA Championship, throwing 1.0 innings versus Middle Tennessee (5/25).
2022: Made 14 appearances out of the Bulldog bullpen ... Finished the season with a 1-0 record, a 6.43 ERA with 17 strikeouts over 14.0 innings pitched ... Struck out the side in the ninth inning to close out a win against Little Rock (4/19) ... Tossed two perfect innings in relief with three strikeouts at Northwestern State (5/4) ... Threw a season-high three innings versus Old Dominion (5/28) in the C-USA Tournament allowing no hits and striking out two in an extra inning loss.
2021: Made 11 appearances out of the Bulldog bullpen … Finished the season with a 0-0 record, 12 strikeouts, a .289 batting average against him and a 2.53 ERA over 10.2 innings pitched … Pitched a scoreless, hitless inning of relief with two strikeouts in the season opener against Air Force (2/21) … Tossed 1.2 scoreless, hitless innings of relief against Southern (2/26) … Tossed a season-high 62 pitches over four innings while allowing just four hits and two runs (one earned) in long relief in a win at ULM (3/9) … Notched the final three outs against Rider in the opening game of the Ruston NCAA Regional (6/4).
PRIOR TO LA TECH: Posted a 3.01 ERA in 89.2 innings pitched in two years at East Central Community College ... Struck out 79 batters and notched five complete games as an underclassman ... Went 4-0 with a 2.82 ERA during a shortened 2020 season ... Named All-District three times at Eupora High School ... Tabbed All-District Pitcher of the Year three times ... Earned 1st Team All-State honors as a junior and as a senior ... Lettered all four years in baseball and football ... Coached by Clayton Dodd and Josh Glasner.
PERSONAL: Born Feb. 10, 1999 in Starkville, Mississippi ... Parents are Matt and Laci Knight ... Has one younger sibling, Parker (18).
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