36 Days until First Pitch - #36 Alex Barr

It's 36 days until the 2014 season's first pitch and the first three game home series against the Ohio Bobcats.

#36 Alex Barr

Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Hamptonville, N.C.
High School:Starmount HS
Height / Weight: 6-1 / 230
Position: LHP
B/T: L/L

2013 (Freshman): Made 13 appearances on the mound, all coming in relief ... Posted a 2-0 record with a 6.62 ERA through 17.2 innings of work ... Finished with 19 strikeouts against nine walks while six of the 23 hits allowed went for extra bases ... Had strikeouts in 11 of his 13 appearances with two-or-more Ks five times ... Recorded four fielding assists off the mound ... Made five appearances with one win in SoCon play, pitching 3.2 innings with five strikeouts against league foes ... Debuted with a third of an inning in relief on opening weekend against Washington State (Feb. 16) ... Threw a then career-long three innings against Cincinnati (Feb. 24) in early-season tournament action at Fluor Field ... Earned his first collegiate victory after throwing an inning and a third of relief at the College of Charleston (March 17) ... Struck out a career-high five in 2.1 innings of work, earning the victory in a home win over UNC Asheville (April 2) ... Tossed a career-long 3.2 innings out of the bullpen against Appalachian State (May 24) in the SoCon Tournament; Summer League: Pitched in 19 games during the summer with two starts for the Kernersville Bulldogs of the Carolina-Virginia Collegiate League ... Finished with a 2-1 overall record with three saves in three opportunities ... Finished with a 1.98 ERA while limiting opponents to a .189 batting average against ... Tossed a combined 35.1 innings, scattering 24 base hits and allowing 13 runs, 10 of which were earned ... Struck out 50 batters against 28 walks, recording at least one K in all but two outings ... Tossed a summer-long five innings in a start on June 4, picking up the victory ... Fanned a summer-best seven on two separate occasions.

Priorto Western Carolina : Played high school baseball at Starmount HS for head coach Mike McCann ... Scouted as a big-bodied southpaw that sports a fastball in the 90s ... Ranked by Impact Baseball as one of North Carolina's top 50 players ... Represented Region 7 in the North Carolina State Games ... Is coming off a knee injury suffered during basketball season of his senior year.

Personal: Full name is Alex Dane Barr ... Is the son of Darwin and Lisa Barr ... Has two siblings - Jake and Erin ... Was born in Elkin, N.C. ... His grandfather played professional baseball in the Boston Red Sox organization.


Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations