Joe Ingle

Height:
6-4
Weight:
203
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Fayetteville
High School:
Terry Sanford
Major:
recreation park management

All-America candidate that will be the Pirates closer for the third-straight year … Unanimous preseason All-American Athletic Conference selection by the leagues eight head coaches … Stopper-of-the-Year candidate for third consecutive year … Tallied 20 career saves, which ranks fourth all-time in the schools record books … 2016: Named to the Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List for the second-straight year … Made 32 relief appearances during sophomore season saving a team-best 12 games (currently ranks fourth on all-time charts with 20 saves) … Stood 23rd nationally in saves and 36th in appearances … Posted a 6-3 record with a 3.59 ERA … Allowed 25 runs (21 earned) on 36 hits … Struck out 75 while walking 40 in 52.2 innings … Tied for the league lead in saves, while ranking second in relief appearances and third in games finished … Named to American Athletic Conference Honor Roll on April 25 … Tossed a career-high 5.0 scoreless innings against No. 5 National Seed Texas Tech in game two of the Lubbock Super Regional (June 11) striking out six and walking five … Struck out a career-best nine batters against Maryland (Mar. 6) in the LeClair Classic … Allowed 16 of 38 inherited runners to scored (42.1 percent) … Picked up wins against Connecticut, Elon (twice), Maryland, Monmouth and Virginia – the latter came in the Charlottesville Regional … Registered saves against Cincinnati, Connecticut (three times), Duke, Jacksonville, Longwood (twice), Houston (twice), UCF and UNC Wilmington … At one point notched saves in five straight outings from March 22 to April 2 … Worked at least one full inning of relief in 24 games (multiple 11 times) … Did not allow a run in 19 games (no earned runs in 21 outings) … From March 20 to April 2 did not give up an earned run – a span of six games … Fanned at least one batter in 29 games (multiple 19 times) … Added a seven strikeout performance at Elon (April 5) in ECU’s 7-5 win in 11 innings … Surrendered one or less hit 23 times (none 12 times) … Did not allow a walk in 13 appearances … Appeared in three postseason games working seven innings allowing one run (earned) on one hit with 11 strikeouts … Had scoreless outings vs. Virginia and Texas Tech, both coming in the regional and super regional rounds … In league play, appeared in 16 games posting a 1-1 record with a 5.75 ERA and seven saves … Outside of AAC play, was 5-2 with five saves and a 2.23 ERA in 16 contests … In seven outings against ranked opponents, went 2-1 with a pair of saves and sported a perfect 0.00 ERA in 12.2 innings.

2015: Named National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) First-Team Freshman All-America (13th in school history) ... Selected to AAC All-Tournament Team after going 1-0 with a pair of saves and posting a 1.80 ERA in five innings ... Appeared in a team and conference-best 32 games out of the bullpen, which also ranked 32nd in the nation ... Posted a 1-0 record with eight saves in 31.2 innings of work ... Allowed just five runs (four earned) on 17 hits sporting a team-best 1.14 ERA with 41 strikeouts to just 23 walks ... Earned Louisville Slugger National Player-of-the-Week honors by Collegiate Baseball after tallying 10 strikeouts in 5.1 scoreless innings over three appearances from Mar. 24-29 ... During the week, he registered a career- high seven strikeouts at UNC Wilmington (Mar. 24) in which he fanned all seven batters he faced in 2.2 frames – the lone out he didn’t record via strikeout came when Travis Watkins threw out a runners to end the bottom of the fifth inning ... Registered one strikeout against Memphis (Mar. 28) in game two of a doubleheader and capped off the week with two more punch-outs in the series finale against the Tigers (Mar. 29) tossing 1.2 scoreless innings of relief ... Set three ECU freshman records (appearances/32, ERA/1.14, saves/8) ... Stood 78th nationally in saves ... Held opposing hitters to a .162 composite batting average ... Induced 29 fly outs and 18 ground outs (1.6 ratio) with one double play ... Also ranked among AAC leaders in relief appearances (first), saves (fourth) and games finished (sixth) ... Appeared in three AAC Tournament and both Coral Gables Regional games ... In league play, sported a 0.00 ERA in 15 games where he recorded fives saves ... Fanned 22 batters while walking six in 14.0 innings ... Allowed one run (unearned) on six hits ... On the season, allowed 15 of 45 inherited runners to scored (33.3 percent) ... Named AAC Honor Roll (May 18) after helping ECU close out the regular season with a series sweep at Cincinnati where he appeared in three games working 3.1 innings of scoreless relief with five strikeouts ... Recorded first collegiate win against UCF (May 20) tossing a scoreless inning of relief with one strikeout in ECU’s 4-3 walk-off win ... First career save was against Old Dominion (Mar. 4) where he allowed one run (earned) on two hits with three walks and a pair of strikeouts in 1.2 innings ... Also registered saves against UCF, Connecticut (twice), Houston, Cincinnati (twice) and Tulane ... Struck out multiple batters in a game 12 times ... Worked 1.0-plus innings in relief 17 times with a season-high 2.2 frames twice (UNC Wilmington, Tulane) ... Did not allow a run in 27 of 32 outings ... Kept opponents hitless in 20 games ... Did not allow a walk in 17 appearances.

Terry Sanford High School: Three-year letterwinner for coach Sam Guy ... Named team captain as a senior ...A two-way player that helped the Bulldogs to consecutive conference championships as a junior and senior ... As a sophomore batted .338 (22-for- 65) with eight doubles, nine RBI and 15 runs scored ... On the mound appeared in five games working 13.0 innings posting a 4.31 ERA ... Allowed 13 runs (eight earned) on 13 hits with 20 strikeouts and 14 walks ... Named NCISAA EPIC 2A All-Conference Honorable Mention honors ... During junior campaign earned Mid South Conference Player-of-the-Year and all-region first-team honors ... Batted .405 ranking third in the Cumberland County Schools ... Added 12 doubles, three triples to go along with 21 RBI and 22 runs ... On the mound posted a 7-1 record with a 0.49 ERA ... Struck out 87 batted in 57.2 innings ... Named Mid South All-Tournament Team ... Earned North Carolina 4A All-State honors ... Followed successful junior season by claiming Mid South Conference Pitcher-of-the-Year and all-region second-team accolades in 2014 ... Batted .420 with eight doubles and a home run ... Drove in 18 while scoring 14 runs ... Posted a 5-2 ledger on the bump with a 1.85 ERA ... Fanned 78 batters in 49.1 innings of work ... Earned 2014 Atlantic All-Region First-Team honors by Perfect Game ... Ranked as the No. 4 right handed pitching prospect in North Carolina (13th overall) by Perfect Game ... Participated in the 2012-13 Perfect Game WWBA 16U and 17U National Championships in Marietta, Ga. with the Evoshield Canes under the direction of Doug Collins ... National Honor Society member ... Honor Roll and scholar-athlete in the class room.

Personal: Full name is Joseph Lewis Ingle ... Son of William and Robin Chestnutt ... Intended major is recreation and park management … Named to ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll in Fall of 2016.