Post by The Cats on Jan 25, 2019 17:13:06 GMT -5
Let's meet & Welcome all the new Catamount baseball players on this year's team. We'll take them in numerical order, by year starting with the freshmen.
#39 Eric Wallington
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Asheville, N.C.
High School: T.C. Roberson HS
Height / Weight: 6'6"/ 220
Position: Left-Handed Pitcher
Prior to Western Carolina: Played for former WCU assistant coach, Eric Filipek, at T.C. Roberson HS, where he was a part of the state 4-A championship, 31-3 team as a junior ... Two-time WMAC All-Conference selection as a junior and senior ... Tabbed second-team All-WNC by the Citizen-Times as a senior ... Selected to the Collegiate Baseball 2018 High School All-America second team ... Earned Mountain Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year accolades as a junior featuring a perfect 11-0 record and a gleaming 0.76 ERA ... He struck out 61 batters in 55.1 innings of work ... Named to the NCBCA 4-A All-State team and to the Citizen-Times All-WNC team ... Played showcase baseball in the summer for the Southern Athletics.
Personal: Full name is Eric Michael Wallington ... Is the son of Danette West and Michael Wallington ... Has one sibling, Taylor.
Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations
#39 Eric Wallington
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Asheville, N.C.
High School: T.C. Roberson HS
Height / Weight: 6'6"/ 220
Position: Left-Handed Pitcher
Prior to Western Carolina: Played for former WCU assistant coach, Eric Filipek, at T.C. Roberson HS, where he was a part of the state 4-A championship, 31-3 team as a junior ... Two-time WMAC All-Conference selection as a junior and senior ... Tabbed second-team All-WNC by the Citizen-Times as a senior ... Selected to the Collegiate Baseball 2018 High School All-America second team ... Earned Mountain Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year accolades as a junior featuring a perfect 11-0 record and a gleaming 0.76 ERA ... He struck out 61 batters in 55.1 innings of work ... Named to the NCBCA 4-A All-State team and to the Citizen-Times All-WNC team ... Played showcase baseball in the summer for the Southern Athletics.
Personal: Full name is Eric Michael Wallington ... Is the son of Danette West and Michael Wallington ... Has one sibling, Taylor.
Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations