2017 Baseball Roster
Herd, Connor
Jersey Number 26
Connor Herd
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Junior
- Letters:
- 2
- Hometown:
- Cologne, Minn.
- High School:
- Holy Family Catholic HS
Bio
Season-by-Season
2018
- Did not play during senior season
2017
- Tossed 2.2 innings over four appearances as a junior
- Did not allow an earned run
- Allowed only one hit and struck out four batters
- Limited opponents to .100 batting average
- Struck out the side in one inning of relief vs. Savannah State (3/7)
- Made 13 starts, third most among the Bears, as a sophomore
- Led team with .214 opposing batting average
- Went 2-3 over 49.1 innings pitched (17 appearances)
- Recorded 6.02 ERA and struck out 46 batters
- Tossed five or more innings twice against VMI (4/16) and UNCG (5/19)
- Logged career-high 10 strikeouts while allowing three hits in no-decision start vs. VMI (4/16)
- Earned wins in back-to-back appearances at Kennesaw State (3/19) and Georgia (3/22)
- Served as mid-week and weekend starter for Mercer as a freshman
- Made 11 appearances with seven starts
- Compiled 2-2 record with 5.64 ERA
- Tossed 30.1 innings on the year
- Recorded 14 strikeouts
- Earned first career victory against Bethune-Cookman after surrendering one run in 5.1 innings of work
High School
- Three-year letterwinner at Holy Family Catholic High School under head coach Bryan DeLorenzo
- 2013 Perfect Game USA Preseason High School Underclassmen All-American Honorable Mention
- Garnered all-state, all-conference and Second Team All-Metro recognition as a senior
- Tabbed as an Academic All-State selection in 2014
- Named an All-Conference selection as a junior after posting 5-1 record, 0.95 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 37.0 innings pitched
- Helped lead the Fire to 2012 Minnesota Class AA State Championship, recording the final out in a state championship final
- Member of school’s National Honor Society
- Son of Mark and Bridget Herd
- Born July 2, 1996 in Chaska, Minn.
- Has one sister, Anna
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