Merritt Beeker

Height:
6-2
Weight:
187
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lexington
High School:
North Davidson
Major:
business management

· No. 11 AAC Prospect in 2023 MLB Draft (D1Baseball)

2022: Appeared in 12 games with three starts … Compiled a 2.70 earned run average and 13 strikeouts against 12 walks in 13.1 innings of work … Limiting opposing hitters to a .234 batting average … Allowed just three extra-base hits the entire season … Pitched in a pair of American Athletic Conference games, recording a strikeout in one inning … Appeared in three games in the postseason, giving up two earned runs and fanning five batters in 3.1 frames … Held opponents to a .154 (4-for-26) batting average with runners on base … Started games against Radford (March 9), Duke (May 10) and Campbell (May 17) … Recorded his first collegiate strikeout in the Pirates’ 15-1 win at Memphis (May 8) … Tossed a career-high 3.1 innings in the 5-4 victory over Duke (May 10), giving up two earned runs and striking out a personal-best five hitters … Notched four strikeouts versus Coastal Carolina (June 5) at the NCAA Greenville Regional ... 2022 Summer: Played for the Bethesda Big Train of the Cal Ripken League with ECU teammates Jordan Little, Luke Nowak and Erik Ritchie ... Pitched in 18.1 innings over seven appearances, compiling a 1-0 record and 4.41 ERA with 26 strikeouts against 11 walks ... Also notched a save ... Fanned a season-high seven batters twice in a pair of victories over the Cropdusters (June 30 and July 6) ... Picked up his lone win of the campaign against the Cropdusters (July 16) where he allowed just one hit in 4.1 scoreless frames.

North Davidson High School: Four-year lettermen for coach Matt Griffin … Three-time all-county selection (2018-19, 2021) and All-Central Carolina Conference honoree (2018-19, 2021) … Two N.C. All-State pick (2019, 2021) … Finished career with 21 wins and 275 strikeouts … Helped the Black Knights win the 2018 CCC title as a freshman … During first year with the program appeared in 12 games tossing a no-hitter … Led team in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and ERA … As a sophomore was runner-up for the CCC Pitcher-of-the-Year … Selected to play in the N.C. State Games … Once again let the club in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and ERA … Pitched in a pair of games as a junior before season was cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic … Closed out prep career posting a 6-1 record sporting a 1.65 ERA with 73 strikeouts in 34 innings – all leading the team … Held opposing hitters to a .095 composite batting average … Played travel ball for the Dirtbags helping them win the 2019 PG Elite Upperclass Championship … Listed as the fifth-best left-hander and 12th overall prospect in North Carolina by Perfect Game … Tabbed as the 53rd-best lefty and 470th overall prospect nationally by Perfect Game … Listed as the fifth-best prospect in North Carolina by Impact Baseball … Earned 2021 All-Atlantic Regional First-Team honors from Perfect Game … Named a 202 All-Atlantic Second-Team accolades by Perfect Game … High Honorable Mention selection by 2019 by Perfect Game … Top 500 National Ranking from Perfect Game … Participated in several showcase events including 2016 WWBA 2020 Grads/14U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2016 14U Perfect Game World Series (Cartersville, Ga.), 2016 WWBA Freshman World Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2017 WWBA 2021 Grads/14U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2017 WWBA 2020 Grads/15U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2017 14U Perfect Game World Series (Cartersville, Ga.), 2018 WWBA 2021 Grads/15U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2018 15U Perfect Game World Series (Cartersville, Ga.), 2018 WWBA Sophomore World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2019 WWBA 2021/16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2019 PG 16U World Series (Sanford, Fla.), 2019 PG 18U Greensboro Grasshoppers Championship (Greensboro, N.C.), 2019 PG Elite Upperclass Championship (Marietta, Ga.), 2019 WWBA World Championship (Jupiter, Fla.), 2020 PG 17U National Elite Championship (Hoover, Ala.), 2020 Ultimate Baseball Championship (Hoover, Ala.), 2020 WWBA 2021 Grads/17U National Championship (Marietta, Ga.) and 2020 WWBA World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.) … Named to seven all-tournament teams in Perfect Game events … Named to the Tournament Elite Pitching squad for the Canes National Team at the 2018 WWBA Sophomore World Championships.

Personal: Full name is Merritt Erastus Beeker … Born in Winston-Salem, N.C. … Son of Tricia and Phillip Beeker … Has two siblings (Brennan and Paxton) … Cousin Clark Beeker played in the Minnesota Twins organization from 2016-18 … Graduated from North Davidson with honors and a 4.0 GPA … National Honors Society member … Intended major is business management ... Two-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2021-present) member … Named to the 2022 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.