Mitchell Wade

Height:
6-0
Weight:
205
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Powder Springs, Ga.
High School:
Hillgrove

2014 at Mercer: Appeared in 10 games duringjunior season … Recorded a 0-0 record with a 5.56 ERA… Collected eight strikeouts in 11.1 innings of work… Set a career-high 2.1 scoreless innings in an 8-5 win overFlorida A&M (Mar. 5) … Struck out a career-high threebatters at Georgia State (Apr. 9) … Finished season with 3.1consecutive scoreless innings pitched.

2013 at Mercer: Saw action in six games,putting together a 0-0 record and a 3.38 ERA … Struck outseven batters in 5.1 innings pitched … Threw a scorelessinning of relief and tied his career-high with two strikeouts in a19-4 win over Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 24) … Set a newseason-high by tossing two scoreless innings in an 18-3 win overSavannah State (March 27).

2012 at Mercer: Made six appearances as afreshman, four of which were scoreless outings ... Had a 0-0 recordwith a 5.40 ERA ... Struck out seven batters in five inningspitched ... Threw a scoreless inning of relief to go along with aseason-high two strikeouts in his collegiate debut againstPresbyterian (Feb. 24) ... Threw a scoreless inning of relief atA-Sun foe Lipscomb (March 24).

High School: Played baseball for two seasonsat Hillgrove High School under head coach David Richardson …Combined to amass 10 saves and a 4.43-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratioover 33.2 innings pitched during his junior and senior seasons… Was named All-Region after his senior year.

Personal: Son of Clyde and Karen Wade… Has one older sister, Kayln …Born on July 5, 1992in Atlanta, Ga … Plans to major in psychology at Mercer… Lists Albert Pujols as his favorite athlete and Family Guyas his favorite TV show.