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Will Vest
Jersey Number 2

Will Vest

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Position:
    RHP
  • Hometown:
    Houston, Texas
  • High School:
    Ridge Point
2017 (Junior): 12th Round pick in the MLB Draft by the Detriot Tigers...Southland Conference All-Academic First Team...All-Southland Conference Third Team...Made a move from the infield to the pitching rubber and quickly distinguished himself as one of the top relief arms in the Southland Conference...Ranked second among all arms in the 13-team league and 35th in all of NCAA Division I baseball by making 31 appearances - all of which came in relief...Worked his way through 45.2 innings of action...Finished with a 3-0 record as well as one save and a 1.38 ERA to show for his efforts...Let up only 12 runs on 38 hits and 18 walks while striking out 46 batters...Those 46 strikeouts through 45.2 frames work out to a strikeouts per nine innings figure of 9.07 - the seventh-highest single-season mark in program history...Toed the pitching rubber for the first time as a collegian in a non-conference home victory over Southeast Missouri State in which he struck out a career-high three batters in one inning (2/17)...Locked down his first collegiate pitching victory with a one-inning relief showing in a non-conference home triumph over Little Rock (3/10)...Picked up his first and only save with a two-inning performance in a Southland Conference home win over Northwestern State (4/8)...Logged a season-high 3.2 frames of relief in a Southland Conference victory at Nicholls which signified his final win at the collegiate level (5/6).

2015 (Sophomore): Appeared in 26 games with 16 starts ... .220 batting average ... .355 on base percentage ... .240 slugging percentage ... 11 hits in 50 at bats ... Drew 10 walks ... One double ... Four RBI ... Four stolen bases ... 24 putouts with two errors.

2014 (Freshman): Appeared in 44 games making 35 starts in the infield, as a true freshman ... .158 batting average ... .267 on base percentage ... .202 slugging percentage ... 114 at bats ... 18 hits ... 14 runs ... 12 RBI ... five doubles ... one stolen base ... season-high three RBI versus UT Arlington (2/14) ... 64 put outs.

Before SFA: Two-year letterwinner and starter at middle infield for Ridge Point ... 2013 Houston 4A All-Star team ... Honorable mention All-Houston in 2013 ... 2013 Academic All-Excellence team.