Grant Papelian

Height:
6-0
Weight:
170
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Marietta, Ga.
High School:
Pope

2015 SoCon Pitcher of the Week (Mar. 23-29)
2014 A-Sun Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 21-27)

2014 at Mercer: Saw action as both a weekend starter and out of the bullpen in 2014 … Made 20 appearances during the year … Ranked second on the team with 14 starts … Finished with a 5-4 record and a 4.13 ERA … Second on the team with 80.2 innings pitched … Made three quality starts on the year … Tallied a 1-0 mark with a 0.90 ERA out of the bullpen … Recorded 44 strikeouts … Held opponents to .289 hitting … Ranked 10th in the conference with 2.0 walks per nine innings … Gave up two runs in 5.2 innings to earn his first victory of the season in the Bears’ 8-3 triumph over Evansville (Feb. 22) … Named the A-Sun Player of the Week after tossing a complete-game shutout in a 4-0 victory of FGCU and throwing a scoreless inning of relief in a 4-3 win at Georgia Tech … Surrendered just one run on six hits in eight innings of work against Stetson (May 10).

2013 at Mercer: Rotated in-between mid-week starter, weekend starter and reliever throughout the season … Appeared in 23 games on the season and ranked third on the team with 10 games started … Compiled a 3-4 overall record to go along with a 5.60 ERA … Struck out 32 batters and finished sixth on the team with 53.0 innings pitched … Earned his first weekend start of the season against Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 24) and picked up the win after allowing three runs to go along with four strikeouts in five innings pitched … Collected another win after giving up three runs on six hits in six innings pitched in a 9-6 win over Miami (OH) (March 2) … Put together his best outing of the season in a start against Kennesaw State (March 16) setting new career-highs with seven innings pitched and five strikeouts … Got a no-decision after allowing three runs in seven innings of work while throwing a season-high 95 pitches at Stetson (March 23) … Hurled an inning of scoreless relief and struck out two against Belmont (May 8).

2012 at Mercer: Was one of the most utilized members of Coach Gibson’s pitching staff, teaming up with classmate Morgan Pittman to form a legitimate one-two punch as left-handed relievers out of the bullpen ... Finished second on the team and ninth in the A-Sun Conference with 27 appearances and one start ... Finished fourth on the team with a 2.66 ERA to go along with a 1-1 record ... Struck out 17 batters in 20.1 innings pitched ... Was very stingy against left-handed hitters, holding them to a .226 batting average ... Started his collegiate career with 13-straight scoreless relief appearances from Feb. 21-April 1 ... Picked up his lone win of the season when he struck out a season-high three batters in a scoreless inning of relief in a 8-5 win at Savannah State (March 6) ... Threw 1.2 scoreless innings at SEC power Mississippi State (March 11) ... Pitched two shutout innings against A-Sun rival Stetson (March 31) ... Got lone start of the season and pitched a season-high 2.1 innings in a 8-5 road win at Jacksonville (April 29).

High School: Played baseball for two years at Pope High School under head coach Jeff Rowland … Was an All-Region selection and named the team’s Cy Young award winner and Pitcher of the Year as a senior … Also led the Hounds to a Regional Championship and an Elite Eight appearance in the state playoffs as a senior.

Personal: Son of Tom and Laurie Papelian … Has one younger brother, Kyle … Born on September 4, 1992 in Marietta, Ga. … Plans to major in business at Mercer … Lists Dustin Pedroia as his favorite athlete and Wiz Khalifa as his favorite musician.