Alec Marsh Season 2018

Junior (2019)

• Alec Marsh has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 31 of his last 34 appearances dating back to his freshman season and was named an All-Pac-12 First Team selection this week.
• Dating back to last season, Marsh has a posted a quality start (6+ innings pitched with 3 or fewer earned runs allowed) in 16 of his 23 starts since assuming the mantle of Mr. Friday Night midway through the 2018 campaign. 
• Marsh is tied for second in the Pac-12 and 22nd in the nation with nine victories this season, currently posting an 9-3 record.
• His 3.17 ERA is currently 11th in the Pac-12 while his 92 strikeouts sit 5th in the league.
• Marsh leads Pac-12 pitchers and is is among the Top-25 nationally with 96.2 innings pitched this season.
• The junior is not hesistant about pounding the strike zone, throwing a strike on 63.1 percent of his pitches while falling into 2-0 counts just 53 times on 397 batters faced on the year (.134).
• Marsh dominates when getting ahead of the count, holding batters to 3-30 hitting (.100) on 0-2 counts and 11-of-63 hitting (.175) on 1-2 counts with 48 combined strikeouts between the two. 2-2 counts have been especially deadly when facing Marsh this season, with opponents going 4-for-53 (.075) with 30 punchouts and a 69.5 strike percentage. 
• Marsh is responsible for one ASU’s two complete game this season, a masterful three-hit effort as he shut down third-ranked Oregon State to the tune of a 4-1 victory. 
• Alec Marsh struck out 10 batters in back-to-back games against Nebraska and Cal and has done so three times this season. He is the first Sun Devil to record back-to-back 10-strikeout outings since Mike Leake did so in three straight games in the 2009 season (May 15, May 22 and May 30). Marsh is also the first Sun Devil to have at least three games in the same season striking out 10 batters in a game since Leake and Josh Spence during that 2009 campaign.
• Alec Marsh was named a Midseason First Team All-American by Perfect Game on April 4 and was also named to USA Baseball’s Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List.
• Marsh was added to the Collegiate Baseball Hall of Fame’s Watch List for the National Pitcher of the Year on April 17.

Sophomore (2018):

• Made a significant leap from his first to second year on campus in Tempe.
• Finished with a 3-3 record while posting a 3.89 ERA in 71.2 innings pitched.
• Struck out 64 batters and held opponents to a .232 batting average.
• Started the season by throwing 13.1 consecutive scoreless innings, allowing seven hits and striking out 10 over that span.
• Put together his best performance as a Sun Devil in a 5-1 victory over USC (4/6), going 8.1 dominant innings, allowing one run while striking out seven carrying a shutout into the ninth inning. 
• Recorded a career-high eight strikeouts against Oregon State (3/4), going seven innings while allowing two runs on five hits.
• Dealt 4.2 scoreless innings in his first start of the season, a  1-0 win against Long Beach State (2/27).
• Allowed three earned runs or less in 11 of his 12 starts.

Freshman (2017):

• Finished his freshman campaign with an 8.14 ERA in 11 appearances totaling 21 innings
• Threw three innings of hitless relief against Cal, striking out two while scattering three hits (4/8)

High School:

• Participated in many showcases including the 2016 Perfect Game National Pre-Draft, 2015 Perfect Game National and 2015 Perfect Game National Pre-Draft showcases
• Earned Second-Team All-State honors in Wisconsin
• Prep Baseball Report listed him as the No. 7 prospect in Wisconsin, and No. 43 overall right-handed pitcher in the region
• Ranked No. 108 overall player in PBR coverage area
• Rated the No. 5 overall player in Wisconsin, No. 87 overall right-handed pitcher and No. 273 overall prospect in the nation by Perfect Game
• 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American Central
• Perfect Game All-Region First Team
• Received Second-Team All-State honors
• Maintained a .470 average and a 1.21 ERA during his senior year
• Lead his team both offensively and on the mound to a victory over Arrowhead High School advancing Reagan Prep to the state playoffs
• Captain of the baseball team his senior year

Personal: Born on 5/14/1998... Majoring in Sports Business and Media... Father is Jordan and mother is Sheri... Has one brother, Xavier, and one sister, Zahra... Says the most exciting aspect of sports is waking up every day and being able to play... Hobby is fishing...