Luke Hunter

Bio

2015 at Taylor: Toed the rubber for a career-high 11 starts and 12 games overall … Piled up 55.1 innings with three complete games and a 4.39 earned-run average … Stuck out career-high 53 batters … Ranked seventh in the NAIA with seven walks allowed … Ranked 20th in NAIA with 1.14 walks per nine innings pitched … Excelled against Crossroads League lineups with 3.16 ERA and 41 strikeouts over seven starts … Ranked second among all CL hurlers in strikeouts during league play … Picked up 30 strikeouts and walked just one batter over 29 innings at Winterholter Field … Recorded both victories in consecutive starts, with zero earned runs and 15 strikeouts combined against Goshen and Indiana Wesleyan on April 17 and April 23.

2014 at Taylor: Made immediate impact on the bump for TU with 63.2 innings of work over 15 appearances … Took the start nine times … Posted 4-2 record and one save with 3.82 ERA … Tossed three complete games … Notched 40 strikeouts to just 17 walks … Ranked third on roster in games, starts, complete games, innings and strikeouts … Ended fifth on team in ERA and wins … Ranked top-15 among CL hurlers in innings and strikeouts … Ranked 12th in the CL with 3.49 ERA against league hitters … Went 4-1 with three complete games in seven league starts … Posted 3.29 ERA over 54.2 innings on Winterholter Field mound … Posted 3.37 ERA as a starter … Went at least five full innings in eight-of-nine starts … Picked up first collegiate save with two scoreless frames in 3-1 win at Warner on January 29 … Logged first collegiate victory in 6-2 win over Marian on March 22 … Followed with 10-0 shutout victory over RV Mount Vernon Nazarene on March 27 … Named as Indiana College Baseball Summer League All-Star.

Prep: Four-time letterman at Norwell High for head coach Andy McClain … Prep classmate of current TU junior Nate Shelton … Helped Knights to Indiana State Championship in 2013 … Named as North/South All-Star … Member of National Honors Society.

Personal: Son of Lex and Janice Hunter … Brother of current TU men’s tennis player Alex Hunter … Majoring in accounting.