2017-18 East Carolina Baseball Newcomer Bios
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2017-18 EAST CAROLINA BASEBALL NEWCOMER BIOS Zach Barnes RHP – 6-1 – 205 – R/R – Jr. San Jacinto, Ca. (Iowa Western CC) Iowa Western Community College (2017): Played for coach Marc Rardin helping the Reivers to a 44-16 record as a sophomore … Appeared in 20 games posting a 3-0 record with three saves … Struck out 43 while walking nine in 31.1 innings … Allowed six runs (five earned) on 19 hits for a 1.44 ERA … Held opposing hitters to a .178 (19-for-107) composite batting average … Notched wins against Seminole State and Southwestern (twice) … Worked two or more innings of relief six times (three-plus twice) with a season- best 3.2 against Southeast (April 26) … Fanned multiple batters in a game 13 times with a personal-best six against Southeast (April 26) and Southwestern (May 1) … Registered saves against Crowder (twice) and Indian Hills … San Jacinto High School: Four-year letterwinner for Rick Zepek … Three-time All-Mountain Pass League selection (2013-15) … Team captain for senior year … Named Team MVP as a senior and Offensive MVP as a junior … Named Bill Gray and Hemet Sportsman’s Club Pitcher-of-the-Year … Batted .332 (62-fo-187) with three home runs and 23 doubles with the Tigers … On the mound posted an 11-8 record with six saves … Sported a 1.76 ERA allowing 73 runs (31 earned) in 123 innings … Recorded 130 strikeouts to just 51 walks … Tossed five complete games during senior year … Held opposing hitters to a .219 composite batting average … Batted .390 while posting a 7-4 record with a 1.29 ERA in 70.2 innings on his way to first-team all-league honors …Played travel ball for San Gabriel Valley Arsenal … Named 2015 California Regional Honorable Mention selection by Perfect Game … Tabbed as the 92nd-best pitching prospect in California (No. 327 overall) by Perfect Game … Participated in 2013 PG/Evoshield Upperclassman National Championship (Goodyear, Ariz.), 2014 WWBA World Championships (Jupiter, Fla.) and 2014 California World Series (Los Angeles, Calif.) … Personal: Full name is Zachary Taylor Barns … Born in Riverside, Calif. … Son of Susan and James Barnes … Has three siblings (April, Brandy and Kaylee) … Intended major is communications. __________________________________________________________ Cole Beavin RHP – 6-5 – 175 – R/R – Fr. Ocoee, Fla. (West Orange HS) West Orange High School: Two-year letterwinner for coach Jesse Marlo that helped the Warriors to a 53-7 two-year record … Member of two District and Metro Championship Teams (2016-17) … 2016 Regional Champions … Runner-Up in Regional as a senior in 2017 … As a junior, sported an 8-0 record with a 1.55 ERA … Struck out 72 batters while walking 11 in 49.2 innings of work … Allowed 14 runs (11 earned) on 14 hits … Registered three saves … Won Team Cy Young Award … Credited with a save against Orange County University that gave the Warriors their first-ever FHSAA Final Four appearance – finished season 27-3 record … Named First-Team All-Orlando Sentinel as a senior after posting a 10-3 record with a 1.33 ERA … Recorded 95 strikeouts to 15 walks in 73.2 innings of work … Surrendered 21 runs (14 earned) on 51 hits … Played travel ball for Matt Gerber and the Orlando Scorpions … Posted a 1-0 mark with a 0.50 ERA in 14 innings while fanning 18 … Tossed a complete game four-hitter with seven strikeouts against Olympia (5-1) clinching the top seed for the Class 9A, District 3 Tournament … Named 2016 Underclass Honorable Mention by Perfect Game … Second-team All-Florida Regional and Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American in 2017 … Rated as the 39th right-handed pitching prospect (118 overall) in the state of Florida … Tabbed as No. 229 righty and No. 500 national ranking as a senior by Perfect Game … Named to nine all-tournament teams and selected as to Top Prospect Team at the 2015 Junior National Showcase at several Perfect Game events … Participated in several showcase events including 2014 14U Super25 (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2014 PG 14U Florida State Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2014 14U BCS Finals (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2014-15 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2015 16U Perfect Game World Series (Cartersville, Ga.), 2015 WWBA 2017 or 16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2015 WWBA 2016 Grads or 17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2015 Jr. National Showcase (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2015-16 WWBA World Championship (Jupiter, Fla.), 2015-16 WWBA Florida Qualifier (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2016 17U Perfect Game World Series (Mesa, Ariz.), 2016 17 U BCS Finals (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2016 WWBA 2017 Grads or 17 U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.) and 2016 National Showcase (Fort Myers, Fla.) … Personal: Full name is Cole Thomas Beavin … Born in Orlando, Fla. … Son of Stacey and Scott Beavin … Has one sibling (Scott) … Intended major is athletic training. __________________________________________________________ Alec Burleson LHP/1B – 6-1 – 215 – L/L – Fr. Denver, N.C. (East Lincoln HS) East Lincoln High School: Two-sport athlete who earned five letters (4 baseball, 1 basketball) … Helped the Mustangs to a 50-27 three-year varsity record under coach Chris Matile … Four-time all-conference selection … Three-time North Carolina 2A All-State Team honoree (2015-17) … Named 2016 Greater Charlotte Hot Stove High School Player-of-the-Year … Two-time Denver Weekly and 2017 SD-7 Conference Player-of-the-Year … Twelve-time MaxPreps.com Player-of-the-Game selection … Struck out just eight times over the last three years … During sophomore season batted .403 with three home runs and eight doubles … Drove in 36 run and walked 11 times … Posted a 7-3 record with a 0.77 ERA … Struck out 83 batters and walked 11 in 63.0 innings … As a junior stood second on the team with a .390 batting average and led the club with 30 RBI – second-most in program history … Laced seven doubles and hit six home runs, which tied him for fifth most in a season at East Lincoln … On the mound won a school record eight games, which is tied for second in a single-season following his seven-win campaign as a sophomore … Fanned a program-best 104 batters while sporting a 0.83 ERA (third on single-season charts) … Punched out 16 batters in a 3-1 playoff win over Mountain Heritage … Closed out prep career hitting at a .430 clip with three home runs and nine doubles … Drove in 23 runs and walked 15 times … Sported a 4-0 record with a 0.45 ERA where he struck out 53 batters and walked just two in 31 frames …Played travel ball for Don Hutchins of the South Charlotte Panthers … Batted .454 with 40 RBI, 17 extra-base hits while posting a 4-1 record with a 1.33 ERA … Fanned 48 batters while walking 17 in 40 innings … Two-time Underclassman Honorable Mention All-American (2015-16) … Second-Team All-Atlantic Region by Perfect Game (2017) … Named 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American … Rated at the seventh-best left-handed pitcher and 48th-best prospect in the state of North Carolina by Perfect Game … Also tabbed as the 137th-best lefty overall by Perfect Game … Named to five all-tournament teams at several Perfect Game events … Participated in several showcase events including 2014-16 WWBA World Championship (Jupiter, Fla.), 2014 WWBA 2015 Grads or 17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2014 WWBA 2016 Grads or 16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2014 WWBA 2017 Grads or 15U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2015 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2015 WWBA 2017 Grads or 16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2015 WWBA 2016 Grads or 17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2015 17U WWBA Elite Round Robin (Cartersville, Ga.) and 2016 WWBA 2017 Grads or 17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.) … Personal: Full name is Alec Michael Burleson … Born in Charlotte, N.C. … Son of Betty and Jason Burleson … Has one sibling (Bradley) … Intended major is sports studies. __________________________________________________________ Seth Caddell C/INF – 5-10 – 195 – R/R – Fr. Carthage (Pinecrest HS) Pinecrest High School: Four-year letterwinner and starter for head coach Jeff Hewitt … Helped the Patriots to a 71-34 four-year record … Owns a career .356 (104-for-292) career batting average with 16 home runs, 27 doubles ad 82 RBI … Scored 55 runs while walking 61 times … On the mound he appeared in 14 games sporting a 3.78 ERA … Allowed 13 runs (nine earned) with 17 strikeouts in 16.2 innings … Four-time Southeastern All-Conference selection (2014-17) … As a true freshman batted .338 (25-for-74) with a pair of homer, eight doubles and 19 RBI and earned the first of four-straight all-conference honors … Followed rookie season batting .302 (19-for-63) with three round trippers, three doubles and 12 RBI … As a junior helped the Patriots win the SEC Tournament Championship after he batted .345 (30-for-87) … He belted four home runs, laced seven doubles and drove in 23 runs while scoring 12 … Selected to play for the Atlanta Braves squad in the South Atlantic Border Battle under former ECU Assistant Coach and ECU Hall of Famer Billy Best following junior campaign … Named First-Team N.C. Baseball Coaches Association 4A All-State as senior after batting .441 (30-for-68) with seven home runs, nine doubles and 28 RBI … Scored 14 runs while drawing 18 walks to just eight strikeouts … Played travel ball for Jeff Petty and the Evoshield Canes where he batted .330 with five home runs and 28 RBI … Two-time Underclassman Honorable Mention All-American (2015-16) … First-Team All-Atlantic Region selection by Perfect Game (2017) … Named 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American … Rated as the third-best catcher and 19th-best prospect in the state of North Carolina by Perfect Game … Also tabbed as the 45th- best catcher and 440th overall prospect in the county by Perfect Game … Listed as the No.