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2018 Baseball Roster

27 Ty Wiest

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher/Infield
  • Height 6-1
  • B/T R/R
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Castle Rock, Colo.
  • High School Rock Canyon
  • School Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

2018: Pitched in 16 games, starting seven games … Struck out 43 in 53.2 innings … Tossed six innings of shutout, one-hit ball in relief in game two ILCS win at Yale … Earned save in game one of ILCS, working a perfect final two frames … Went four innings with five strikeouts to pick up first save of season against Penn (4/28 - Game 2) … Picked up victory at Brown (4/14 – Game 1) after two scoreless innings of relief … Struck out four allowing only one earned run in six innings and registered a win against UTSA (3/9).

2017: Pitched in 10 games, making nine starts … Was 2-3 with 4.32 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 41.2 innings … Threw two scoreless frames with four K’s in Lou Gehrig Division Playoff against Penn … Fanned career-high seven batters against Cornell (4/16) … Tossed 6.1 innings of three-hit ball, allowing one earned run and striking out three … Pitched 3.2 scoreless frames in season debut at No. 3 Florida (3/5).

2016: Missed season due to injury.

2015: Made 14 appearances, making two starts… Went 3-1 with 2.25 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 32 innings of work… Struck out four in two scoreless innings at No. 6 Houston (2/27)… Earned victory over Cougars on March 1… Blanked Dartmouth for two innings (3/28 – Game 1)… Pitched three shutout frames, allowing just one hit at Brown (4/6 – Game 2)… Fanned six in 4.2 innings of relief, allowing no earned runs against Cornell to pick up a win (4/18 – Game 2)… Earned nine-out save, surrendering just one hit against Penn (4/25 – Game 2)… Came back next day and closed out a win over Quakers to help Lions force Lou Gehrig Division playoff game (4/26 – Game 2)…  Ivy League Pitcher of the Week on April 28… Pitched two perfect innings in game two of Ivy League Championship Series against Dartmouth and started series the next day… Made the start of elimination game against FIU at NCAA Regional, lasting 4.2 innings allowing just one earned run on three hits.

2014: Threw 10.1 innings in eight appearances … Struck out two in two innings during first collegiate appearance at South Florida (3/1) … Racked up five strikeouts in two innings against St. John’s (4/16).

Rock Canyon: A baseball and football player, he earned six varsity letters ... Played both pitcher and first base ... Hit .451 and drove in 18 runs to earn first team All-Continental League honors as a senior ... Was selected to the All-Continental League second team as a junior.

Personal: Intends to major in finance ... Graduated with honors from Rock Canyon ... Hobbies include mountain biking, playing golf and snowboarding ... Parents are Jim and Stacey Wiest ... Father, Jim, played baseball at Colorado State.

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2014First Year

    Right-Handed Pitcher/Infield
    6'1" 195 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2015Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher/Infield
    6'1" 195 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2016Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher/Infield
    6'1" 215 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2017Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher/Infield
    6'1" 205 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2018Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher/Infield
    6'1" 205 lbs
    27