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2024 Baseball Roster

Courtney Padgett

3 Jake Bunz

  • B/T L/L
  • Position LHP
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-7
  • Hometown Elkhorn, Neb.
  • Highschool Elkhorn South

Biography

2024 (at FGCU)
Emerged as one of the top arms on the FGCU staff...Appeared in 18 games with two starts...Finished with a record of 1-3 with a save...Struck out the side against Xavier (3/1)...Earned a win over Austin Peay with three innings of work, allowing just one hit and two walks with four strikeouts (4/19)...Pitched two scoreless innings in an FGCU win over Jacksonville (5/3)...Picked up a three-inning save against North Florida, not allowing any runs on one walk and three strikeouts (5/16)...Struck out 31 batters on the season...Saw action in two ASUN Championship games.

2023 (at Nebraska)
Appeared in 15 games with a record of 1-0 and an ERA of 3.86 ... Threw in 14 innings ... Earned his win with 1.1 IP and one hit allowed in a 6-4 win over Purdue (5/20) ... Did not give up an earned run in 12 of his 14 outings ... Pitched two innings against Illinois with one hit and three strikeouts (3/26) ... Struck out four in two innings of work at Michigan with only one hit allowed (4/9) ... Finished with 18 strikeouts on the season and a WHIP of 1.50.

2022 (at Nebraska)
Recorded one out before suffering a season-ending injury ..  Struck out the only batter he faced in season-opening series at Sam Houston.

2021 (at Nebraska)
Bunz had a team-high 20 appearances on the mound for the Huskers ... Tallied three starts and 17 relief appearances ... Totaled 42 strikeouts on the year ... Posted a 2-1 record with one save ... Boasted a 2.20 ERA in 32.2 innings with 42 strikeouts ... Garnered wins against Minnesota and Illinois ... Tossed a season-high four innings against Iowa and Minnesota ... Pitched four scoreless innings with five strikeouts in win against Minnesota ... Threw two perfect innings to post lone save of the season vs. Northwestern ... Recorded season-high five strikeouts vs. Purdue and Minnesota.

Before Nebraska: A native of Elkhorn, Neb., Jake Bunz spent the last two seasons at Hutchinson Community College under Coach Ryan Schmidt after playing high school baseball at Elkhorn South • As a freshman at Hutchinson in 2019, he went 8-1 with a 3.48 ERA and recorded 81 strikeouts in only 54.1 innings • Tabbed second-team all-region and first-team All-Jayhawk West • During his career at Elkhorn South playing under Coach Brandon Dahl, Bunz compiled a 15-5 record with a 2.83 ERA and 155 strikeouts from 2016 to 2018 • Also earned two letters playing football.
 
Personal
Parents are Scott and Danielle Bunz ... Has one brother, Joe ... Sports media and communication major who earned his bachelor's degree in May of 2023.

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