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Jersey Number 15
Drew Lanphere
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Wendell, N.C.
- B/T:
- L/R
- Major:
- Sport Management
- High School:
- East Wake Academy
2025 - Redshirt Sophomore Season
2024 - Redshirt Freshman Season
2023 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
- Appeared in 36 games for the Wolfpack, starting in 23
- Hit .217 on the season with 18 hits, three doubles, one home run and 14 RBIs
- Came on as a pinch hitter against Virginia (4/6) and hit a grand slam, turning an 8-2 ball game into an 8-6 game, leading to a Wolfpack walk-off win
- Had a career-best three-walk game against Louisville (4/11)
2024 - Redshirt Freshman Season
- Made 32 appearances with 18 starts as a redshirt freshman
- Made 13 starts as the designated hitter, four starts at catcher and one start in left field
- Batted .273 with 21 hits, 13 runs scored, two doubles, two homers and 14 RBI
- Recorded five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games
- Turned in a career performance against Queens on Feb. 28, setting career bests in hits (three), home runs (two), total bases (nine), RBI (four) and runs scored (three)
- Delivered NC State’s first of seven walk-off wins with a walk-off RBI single in a 6-5 win over Towson on March 1
- Notched his first two career hits in his first career start against VCU on Feb. 18
- Finished his redshirt freshman season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, recording 32 putouts and two assists on 34 defensive chances
2023 - Freshman Season
- Redshirted
High School / Prep Career
- Over three full seasons of action posted a .493 batting average highlighted by a .568 clip as a senior and a .515 average as a junior
- Compiled a three-year ERA of 1.45 during 2019, 2021 and 2022 seasons with a career-best of 1.19 during his junior year
- Ranked as Perfect Game’s No. 3 third basemen in North Carolina







