AS A JUNIOR (2018): Saw action in 18 games from the mound, including one start … Posted a 6-2 record and a 5.21 ERA in 38 innings pitched with 46 strikeouts and 23 walks … Also registered four saves as the primary closer on the staff … Held opponents to a .252 (34-for-135) batting average … Did not commit an error in six total defensive chances … Earned three wins in his first four appearances of the campaign, all in relief … Struck out five in two hitless innings of work and picked up the win in game two against Shepherd … Struck out four and allowed just two hits and one earned run in two innings of work … Struck out five and allowed just one hit over six scoreless innings of relief on the way to picking up the win in the series finale at Young Harris … Struck out one in a scoreless ninth on the way to notching his first save of the season against Wingate at home … Notched wins in consecutive home appearances against Winston-Salem State (4.0 IP, 3 H, 4 K) and USC Aiken (2.0 IP, 2 H, 5 K) … Struck out one in a scoreless ninth at Barton and logged his second save of the season … Struck out four and earned his third save of the season with three innings of relief work against Barton at home … Struck out three over 2-2/3 hitless innings of work and notched his sixth win of the season in game two against Flagler … Struck out four and allowed just one hit in two scoreless innings in game two against Georgia Southwestern and grabbed his fourth save.
AS A JUNIOR (2017): Redshirted … Did not see game action.
AS A SOPHOMORE AT UNC WILMINGTON (2016): Saw action in 16 games from the mound, all in relief … Posted a 1-0 record and an 8.10 ERA in 13-1/3 innings pitched with 16 strikeouts and six walks … Held opponents to a .302 batting average … Earned win against High Point after striking out a pair of batters in 1-2/3 innings from the hill … Registered scoreless innings of relief against both NC State and Coastal Carolina … Made a pair of relief appearances against South Carolina in the NCAA Regionals.
BEFORE UNC WILMINGTON: Played one season (2015) at USC Lancaster … Saw action in nine games from the mound as a freshman, including one start … Posted a 2-1 record and a 6.06 ERA in 32-2/3 innings pitched with 20 strikeouts and 22 walks.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Millbrook High School for coach Austin James … Earned all-state and second-straight all-conference laurels as a senior after tallying eight wins, 94 strikeouts and a 1.61 ERA in 13 appearances … Turned in a 4-1 record and a 2.22 ERA as a junior.
PERSONAL: The son of Cherish and Robert Deal … Has two brothers, Chance and Camden, and two sisters, Ashton and Britain … Earned academic all-conference honors at Millbrook High School … A recreation major at UNCP.
| CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: Preseason) |
| Pitches Thrown |
74 vs. USC Aiken (3/31/18) |
| Inning Pitched |
6 at Young Harris (3/4/18) |
| Strikeouts |
5, three times - last vs. USC Aiken (3/29/18) |
