2022 Baseball Roster

Jersey Number 37
Zach Ottinger
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
- High School:
- Lassiter HS
2021 (Junior)
- Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
- Made 16 appearances out of the bullpen, tossing 17.2 innings on the year
- Finished with an 0-1 mark and 8.66 ERA with 23 strikeouts and 13 walks
- Struck out three in 2.0 innings in his season debut on Feb. 19, at Georgia State
- Also fanned three in 2.0 innings at Coastal Carolina on Feb. 27
- Tied a season-high four strikeouts in 3.0 innings on March 19, against Coastal Carolina
- Longest outing of the year came on April 24, at Kansas State; totaled four strikeouts in 3.1 innings of scoreless ball
2020 (Sophomore)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Made seven appearances out of the bullpen, totaling 9.0 innings pitched
- Finished with an 0-0 record and 1.00 ERA, while tallying nine strikeouts and yielding just one earned run
- Tossed 1.1 innings of scoreless work in the season opener at Jacksonville (Feb. 14)
- Also pitched two clean innings against Jacksonville on Feb. 16, and Saint Joseph’s on Feb. 22
- Worked a season-high 2.1 innings of relief at William & Mary on Feb. 29, earning four strikeouts
- Pitched twice in the Mercer series, going 1.2 innings on March 6, and 1.1 innings on March 8
2019 (Freshman)
- Academic All-12 Rookie Team
- Pitched 20.0 innings in 14 appearances, compiling a 2-0 record with an ERA of 4.50 with a save and 19 strikeouts
- Conceded just six walks all season
- Went 0.2 innings in his collegiate debut at Georgia Tech on Feb. 16
- Struck out a pair in one-inning relief outings at Marshall (March 27) and against Oklahoma (March 30)
- Punched out four hitters in 2.0 scoreless innings against Pitt on April 3
- Pitched two scoreless innings in relief against Texas Tech on April 13
- Struck out three in 1.2 innings of work at Texas on April 28
- Went a season-long four innings against Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship on May 25, allowing no runs or hits while striking out three and earning the save
- Logged 3.1 innings against Texas A&M on June 2, in the NCAA Tournament
High School
- Attended Lassiter High and played for coach Matt Hightower
- Named a Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American in 2018
- Was a Perfect Game All-Tournament Team selection and a 2017 Perfect Game Underclassmen All-America Honorable Mention honoree
- Ranked No. 15 in Georgia among right-handed pitchers and No. 46 overall in the state by Perfect Game
- Member of the No. 26-ranked 2018 WVU recruiting class, the highest-rated class in program history at the time
Personal
- Son of Chris and Melinda Ottinger
- Has one sister
- Birthday is July 19
- Majoring in sport management
- Dean’s List
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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