2023 Baseball Roster
Shaffner, Andrew
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Jersey Number 48
Andrew Shaffner
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Elk Creek, Va.
- B/T:
- L/R
- Major:
- Sport Management
- High School (Last School):
- Grayson County
Bio
2025 - Junior Season
2024 - Sophomore Season
2023 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
- Made 18 appearances, recording his first career start against Richmond (2/25)
- Ranked first on the team with seven saves
- Tossed a career-high 4.1 innings against UNC Greensboro, along with a career-high seven strikeouts (4/1)
- Held opposing batters to a .237 batting average
- Finished his junior season with a 4-1 record, 3.13 ERA, and 39 strikeouts over 37.1 innings pitched
- Named to the 2025 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List
2024 - Sophomore Season
- Played in 17 games in the field/at the plate and made seven pitching appearances as a sophomore
- Recorded 11.1 innings pitched with eight strikeouts
- Limited opposing batters to a .238 batting average against him
- Nailed down the first save of his career with three scoreless, hitless innings of relief at No. 10 Georgia in the NCAA Super Regionals on June 8
- Tossed 1.2 scoreless frames with a strikeout against No. 8 Wake Forest on May 17
- Saw action in the outfield as a defensive replacement and on the basepaths as a pinch runner
- Scored three runs during his sophomore season
- Logged his first career hit and the first two RBI of his career with a two-RBI single against Norfolk State on May 7
2023 - Freshman Season
- Made 15 bullpen appearances as a freshman
- Finished his freshman season with a 3.86 ERA over 21.0 innings pitched
- Sported a 23-to-9 strikeout to walk ratio
- Tossed a career-high five strikeouts over three innings in a win at UNCG (March 7)
- Tied a career-high with five strikeouts against Elon (March 14) and Davidson (April 18)
- Struck out all five batters he faced in a win over Davidson (April 18)
- Pitched a career-high four innings while allowing just two hits against Elon (March 14)
- Recorded multiple strikeouts six times and did not allow an earned run in 10 appearances
- Tossed two scoreless innings in his NCAA Tournament debut at South Carolina (June 3), firing two strikeouts without allowing a walk
High School / Prep Career
- Named Virginia High School League’s Class 1 Player of the Year in 2022
- Hit .545 with 11 home runs, 39 RBI, and 51 runs during his senior year
- Posted a .664 on-base percentage, 1.114 slugging percentage, and 1.778 OPS in addition to 48 hits in the batter’s box
- Compiled a 6-0 record on the mound with three saves, a 0.16 ERA, and 94 strikeouts on 45 innings pitched
- Sister (Kacie Shaffner) is a junior guard at Concord University in Athens, West Virginia