2026 Baseball Roster
Auburn Regional Preview: Elliott Avent on ACC PM
Thursday, May 29
Game Three Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Tuesday, June 11
Game Two Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Sunday, June 09
Game One Press Conference - Athens Super Regional
Saturday, June 08
Jersey Number 41
Jacob Dudan
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 191
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Huntersville, N.C.
- B/T:
- L/R
- Major:
- Sport Management
- High School (Last School):
- Lake Norman Charter
2025 - Sophomore Season
2024 - Freshman Season
2024 Baseball America Second Team Freshman All-American, RP
2024 ACC All-Freshman Team
High School / Prep Career
- Made 22 appearances, recording his first career start against Campbell (3/5). Went 3.0 IP, allowing no runs, no hits, and no walks, matching his career best in strikeouts with six. Dudan started the game striking out five of six batters, picking up his first win of the season
- Earned his first save of the season in game one against Wright State getting the last six outs allowing just one hit and striking out four
- Ranked second on the team with five saves
- Held opposing batters to a .250 batting average
- Finished his sophomore season with a 2-2 record, 3.90 ERA, and 41 strikeouts over 30 innings pitched
- Stretch of 12 appearances: 17.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 6 BB, 30 K, 0.51 ERA.
2024 - Freshman Season
- Named a Freshman All-American and to the ACC All-Freshman Team after leading the Wolfpack with 27 pitching appearances, all of which came out of the bullpen
- Ranked second on the team with six saves
- Finished his standout freshman season with a 4-2 record, 4.50 ERA and 56 strikeouts over 48.0 innings pitched
- Ranked first among Wolfpack freshman pitchers with 56 strikeouts
- Ranked tied for third on the team with four pitching victories
- Limited opposing batters to a .218 batting average against him, allowing just 12 extra-base hits over 48.0 innings pitched
- Recorded his first career save in 1.1 scoreless, hitless frames against VCU on Feb. 18, helping head coach Elliott Avent record his 1,000th win at NC State
- Did not allow an earned run in his first eight collegiate appearances
- Set a career-high with six strikeouts over three scoreless, hitless innings to notch a save in his NCAA Tournament debut against Bryant on May 31
- Logged a career-high 4.0 innings pitched with five strikeouts and no walks allowed against UNCW on April 30
- Registered his first career win with 0.2 scoreless frames against Towson on March 1
- Nailed down three saves in league play, earning stops against No. 9 Duke (March 22), No. 11 North Carolina (April 19) and at No. 10 Virginia (May 10)
- Named to NCAA All-Raleigh Regional Team after leading the Pack with 10 strikeouts in the NCAA Raleigh Regional, recording a save and posting a 1.80 ERA over 5.0 innings pitched
- Tied for a team-high four pitching appearances in the NCAA Tournament, tossing 13 strikeouts while limiting opposing batters to a .207 batting average against him
- Notched the win in the decisive NCAA Super Regional game against No. 10 Georgia on June 10, escaping a bases-loaded jam and pitching 1.2 innings with two strikeouts
- Named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Summer League Tour Roster
2024 Baseball America Second Team Freshman All-American, RP
2024 ACC All-Freshman Team
High School / Prep Career
- Credited as the 12th-best right-handed pitching prospect and 44th-best overall prospect in the state of North Carolina in the 2023 Perfect Game prospect rankings
- Earned All-Southern Piedmont Conference honors in 2022 and 2023
- Named an Honorable Mention for the 2023 High School OT All-State Baseball Team
- Logged a 1.54 ERA with 71 strikeouts in 45.1 innings pitched as a senior
- Played club baseball for Showcase Baseball Academy and earned Preseason Perfect Game All-American Atlantic Region Honorable Mention honors in 2022 and 2023
- Named a 2021 Second Team Preseason Perfect Game All-American Atlantic Region recipient