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Carson Myers Season 2024

#24

Carson Myers Season 2024

PositionLHP
Weight204 lbs
Height6-2
ClassJunior
HometownBowling Green, Ky.
Previous SchoolUAB

HONORS AND AWARDS
SEC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 19, 2024)

2024 – JUNIOR SEASON
Went 2-3 with a save and a 4.94 ERA, good for second among qualified pitchers … eight of his 14 appearances were starts … ranked second on the team with 47.1 innings pitched … struck out 35 batters … went 1-2 with a 5.70 ERA in SEC play … was third on the team with 30.0 innings pitched in league play … turned in 6.0 scoreless innings with a season-high eight strikeouts and earned the win vs. Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 18) in his first start in an Auburn uniform … was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week for his performance … was a part of the Tigers’ starting rotation the first five weeks of the season … made his first relief appearance in the win in the series finale vs. Arkansas (Mar. 23) … earned the win and struck out four in 3.2 scoreless innings of relief vs. Tennessee (Apr. 5) … re-entered the starting rotation at Mississippi State (Apr. 21) and allowed one run with five strikeouts in 6.0 innings … struck out four batters in 3.0 innings and earned the save in game two at Missouri (May 11) … logged a scoreless inning with a strikeout in the series-clinching win vs. Alabama (May 17) ... 2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. 

2023 – SOPHOMORE SEASON AT UAB
Led qualified pitchers with a 3.52 ERA in 14 appearances and 13 starts … struck out 70 batters in 71.2 innings … held opponents to a .231 average against … improved his ERA to 3.29 in C-USA play … struck out a season-high seven batters in his season debut vs. Northwestern State (Feb. 18) … allowed one run in 6.0 innings vs. Michigan (Mar. 11) … earned his first win of the season at FIU (Mar. 26) … matched a season high with seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings of one-run ball at Charlotte (Apr. 23) … struck out seven for a third time in 6.0 scoreless at Louisiana Tech (May 7) … pitched a career-high 8.0 innings at Middle Tennessee (May 14).

2022 – FRESHMAN SEASON AT UAB
Led the team with 25 relief appearances … struck out 28 batters in 28.1 innings … earned the win in his collegiate debut vs. Northwestern (Feb. 18), striking out five in 4.0 innings in the contest … earned his second win in 2.0 scoreless innings vs. Belmont (Mar. 11) … didn’t allow a run in three appearances from Apr. 10-14 … matched a season high with five strikeouts in 2.1 innings at Western Kentucky (May 6).

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Bowling Green High School (KY) … rated by Perfect Game as a top-40 player in Kentucky, including the No. 4 left-handed pitcher … turned in a 0.80 ERA with 78 strikeouts in 52.1 innings … three-time Academic All-State honoree … also played golf.

PERSONAL
Son of Michelle and Matt Myers … his dad pitched at Tennessee (1996-97) and was Auburn’s pitching coach from 2005-07 … he also served as the head coach at Western Kentucky from 2012-15 … twice competed for Bowling Green in the Little League World Series (2015-16) ... born in Asheville, North Carolina, on June 3, 2003.