2019 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 27
Kevin Coulter
- Position:
- Pitcher (R)
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 227
- Class:
- Senior
- Letters:
- 3
- Hometown:
- Buford, Ga.
- High School:
- Buford HS
Awards/Accolades
- 2019 MLB Draft selection (33rd round, 1000th pick, Cleveland Indians)
- 2019 All-SoCon Second Team (Coaches)
- 2016 SoCon All-Freshman Team
Season-by-Season
2019 (Sr.)
- Threw a team-leading 83.0 innings over 21 appearances in final season as a Bear
- Earned his first All-SoCon Team honor, picking up second team accolades
- Was 5-3 with a 3.90 ERA
- Struck out 66 batters & issued just 19 walks
- Made 12 starts over 21 appearances
- Started season in the bullpen & recorded three saves in Mercer's first three wins of the season
- Moved back into weekend rotation vs. UNCG (March 23) & made 11 consecutive starts
- Threw one scoreless inning of relief vs. FAU (June 1) in the NCAA Athens Regional
- Tossed at least six innings in seven straight starts
- Pitched seven scoreless frames & struck out seven batters in a 1-0 series-clinching win vs. league-leading Samford (May 4)
- Came back on two-day rest to make second start at SoCon Tournament vs. ETSU (May 25)
- Made 20 appearances with five starts on the mound as a junior
- Pitched 40.1 innings & logged a 6.92 ERA & 0-2 record
- Opened the season as Mercer's Sunday starter in the rotation
- Picked up a save with 2.0 hitless innings of relief vs. Wofford (March 23)
- Tossed a career-high 11 strikeouts vs. Holy Cross (March 5)
- Made 12 starts over 15 appearances as Mercer's Sunday starter on the mound
- Went 5-3 with 4.86 ERA over 70.1 innings pitched
- Was at his best in SoCon play, going 3-0 with 2.61 ERA over seven appearances (five starts).
- Limited opposing batters to .245 average in SoCon play
- Logged 47 strikeouts to 17 walks on the season
- Recorded first career save at nationally-ranked East Carolina (3/17)
- Limited Samford (4/9) to three hits and one run over season-long 7.2 innings en route to the win
- Struck out career-high seven batters in win at The Citadel (4/23)
- Earned SoCon All-Freshman Team honors while serving as weekend starter
- Led Mercer in wins with 8-3 record and psoted 4.41 ERA over 17 appearances and 16 starts
- Struck out 38 batters over 85.2 innings pitched
- Saved his best for final two starts of the season: earned win in SoCon regular season title-clinching victory over UNCG (5/20) with 8.0 innings of one-run ball
- Topped that performance with complete game against Furman in SoCon Championship second round, scattering seven hits while allowing only one run (was Mercer's only complete game of the season)
- Struck out season-best six batters vs. Wofford (3/26)
- Earned first career victory with 5.2 innings vs. Radford (2/21)
Before Mercer
High School
- Three-sport star at Buford High School
- Earned three varsity letters for head baseball coach Tony Wolfe
- 2014 All-Region selection
- Led the Wolves to the 2015 GHSA 4A state title & final four appearance in 2014
- Finished his career with a 15-1 record and a 1.27 ERA
- Also played on the school’s basketball and cross country teams
- Member of school’s Academic Honor Roll
Personal
- Son of Frank and Cathy Coulter
- Born August 12, 1996 in Charlotte, N.C.
- Relative, Mark Fuller, has served as a pitching coach at both North Carolina State and Auburn
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