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BEFORE UNCP: Played one semester (Fall 2016) at Coastal Carolina before transferring to USC Lancaster … Saw action in 15 games from the mound, all in relief … Posted a 3-1 record and a 5.67 ERA in 27 innings pitched with 29 strikeouts and six walks … Also recorded two saves … Held opponents to a .243 batting average … Earned save in first collegiate appearance at Catawba Valley … Struck out three and scattered six hits across four innings of work on the way to picking up first collegiate victory against Limestone JV … Struck out a season-best five batters in 2-2/3 innings from the hill at Florence-Darlington Tech.
 
AS A FRESHMAN AT COASTAL CAROLINA (2015): Logged seven appearances, all in relief … Posted a 0-0 record and an 18.47 ERA in 6-1/3 innings pitched with five strikeouts and nine walks … Saw first collegiate action against Canisius … Registered 1-1/3 innings of relief against Illinois and at The Citadel … Struck out one and allowed just two hits over a season-long two innings against North Carolina … Also saw a relief stint at Florida State.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Chapin High School for coach Scott McLeod … Missed senior season with knee injury … Struck out 100 batters in 68 innings pitched over his sophomore and junior campaigns … Posted a combined 9-1 record and a 2.39 ERA in those two seasons as well … Listed fourth on the SCVarsity.com Top 15 players of the Midlands and was a preseason PerfectGame.com All-Atlantic Region selection … Also lettered in basketball for the Eagles.
 
PERSONAL: The son of Deanae and Donnie Durant … Has two brothers, Ryan and Zach … Maintained a 3.2 cumulative grade point average at Chapin High School … A communications major at UNCP.