Jaden Winter

Height:
6-5
Weight:
226
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Apex
High School:
Pro5 Baseball Academy
Major:
Communication

2024: Appeared in 22 games with two starts … Compiled a 2-2 record with a 7.96 earned run average, 31 strikeouts and 20 walks in 26.0 innings of work … Collected wins over Liberty (March 10) and Elon (April 9) … Combined with Chris Kahler and Parker Thomas to record a no-hitter in the Pirates’ 12-0 run-rule win over Elon (April 9) … Logged multiple strikeouts in nine outings, including a season-best five in four innings of the home win over Elon … Struck out two batters in 2.0 scoreless innings versus Evansville in game one of the NCAA Greenville Regional finals.

2023: Appeared in 10 games out of the bullpen ... Compiled an 8.10 earned run average with 15 strikeouts and seven walks in 10.0 innings of work ... Limited opposing hitters to a .243 batting average ... Notched multiple strikeouts in three contests ... Registered his first career save in East Carolina’s 6-5 midweek win over William & Mary (March 15), tallying a personal-best five strikeouts in 2.0 scoreless frames ... Collected a pair of strikeouts twice – versus Liberty (March 11) and UNCW (March 28) ... 2023 Summer: Played for the Olney Cropdusters of the Cal Ripken Collegiate League ... Earned All-League Second Team accolades ... Selected to the league all-star game where he pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts ... Compiled a 1-1 record and 3.05 earned run average with 20 strikeouts against three walks in 17.1 innings ... Transferred to the Cape Cod League midway through the summer and suited up for the Orleans Firebirds ... Started the series clinching game of the league semifinals against Yarmouth-Dennis, pitching four innings and allowing just one run with five strikeouts.

2022: Appeared in one game, throwing 2.0 innings at Elon and picking up the victory as the Pirates defeated the Phoenix 7-1 … Allowed just one earned run with no strikeouts or walks … The outing totaled 23 pitches of which 16 were strikes … 2022 Summer: Named to the Cal Ripken League Cropdusters Baseball club.

Pro5 Baseball Academy (2021): Played one year under coach Mike Griffin … Helped the Team Fighters claim the 2021 National Academies Association regular season and playoff tournament championships sporting a 37-14 overall record … Posted a 0.78 ERA as a senior … Struck out 14 and walked two in nine innings.

Holly Springs High School (2019-20): Played two seasons for coach Rod Whitesell … Earned MaxPreps Player-of-the-Game honors on March 29, 2019 … Appeared in nine games as a sophomore on the JV squad posting a 3-1 record with a 1.70 ERA … Allowed 10 runs (six earned) on 17 hits in 24.2 innings … Struck out 37 batters while walking 11 … Held opposing hitters to a .177 composite batting average … Played in just two games as a junior before season was cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic … Posted an 0-1 record with one save and a 0.00 ERA… Gave up two runs (both unearned) on two hits … Struck out 10 batters while walking five in six innings of work … Played travel ball for the Dirtbags … Listed as the seventh-best right-hander and 24th overall prospect in North Carolina by Perfect Game … Tabbed a Top 500 prospect and the 260th-best righty national prospect by Perfect Game … Listed as the 27th-best prospect in North Carolina by Impact Baseball … Named a 2019 Preseason Underclass All-American High Honorable Mention by Perfect Game … Selected as a 2020 Preseason First-Team All-Atlantic Region and 2021 Preseason Second-team All-Atlantic Regional pick … Played in several showcases including 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 2020 Grads/17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2019 WWBA 2021 Grads/16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2019 PG 18U Greensboro Grasshoppers Championship (Greensboro, N.C.), 2019 WWBA Underclass World Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2019 WWBA World Championship (Jupiter, Fla.), 2020 PG 17 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 four all-tournament teams in Perfect Game events.

Personal: Full name is Jaden Alan Winter … Born in Holly Springs, N.C. … Son of LaDonna and Matt Worrell … Intended major is exercise physiology ... Six-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2021-present) member … Named to the 2022-23 and 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Teams.