Josh Hartle

Photo by: Trevor Bowens

Height:
6-5
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
King, N.C.
High School:
Reagan
Deals:

Career Accolades
2024 Team Captain
2024 Preseason First Team All-American by D1 Baseball
2024 Preseason First Team All-American by Perfect Game
2023 Baseball America First Team All-American
2023 NCBWA First Team All-American
2023 ABCA Second Team All-American
2023 Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American
2023 First Team All-ACC
2023 Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
2023 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List
Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (March 6)

Junior (2024)
Named Preseason First Team All-American by D1 Baseball and Perfect Game... Named Team Captain by Coach Walter... Started 15 games on the mound... Recorded 81 strikeouts across 74.2 innings of work... Finished the season with a 6-3 record... Named opening day starter, picking up the win against Fordham (Feb. 16)... Picked up wins against Dayton (Feb. 23) and Binghamton (March 2) while notching 13 strikeouts across the two games... Pitched six inning in a win against Louisville (March 21)... Threw eight strikeouts across 5.2 scoreless innings against Boston College (April 13)... Recorded his longest start of the season against Florida State (April 20), pitching 6.2 innings while recording seven strikeouts... Tallied seven strikeouts over six innings in a winning effort against Western Carolina (May 5)... Recorded a season-high nine strikeouts to pick up his sixth win of the season against Clemson.

Sophomore (2023)
Named First Team All-American by Baseball America and NCBWA, Second Team All-American by ABCA and Collegiate Baseball… Garnered First Team All-ACC honors… Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist… Made 17 starts and one appearance out of the pen… Posted the fourth-lowest ERA in the ACC (2.81), which ranked 30th in the nation across 102.1 innings pitched… Accumulated an 11-2 record, good for third in the conference and eighth in the nation in total victories… Struck out the second-most batters in program history (140) which ranked fifth in the nation… Finished second in the conference in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.83) and third in strikeouts-per-nine (12.31) … Had the fifth-lowest WHIP (1.12) and fourth-fewest walks-allowed-per-nine (2.11) in the ACC… Earned Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week honors for his performance against Cornell with a career-high 12 strikeouts and just one walk, one run and four hits allowed in seven innings of work (March 5)... Recorded two other double-digit strikeout performances against Mount St. Mary’s (11) and Alabama (11)

Freshman (2022)
Made 14 starts as Wake Forest's Saturday starter, just one of two pitchers in program history to do so.. Became just the sixth freshman in program history to earn seven victories in a season... Tossed 69.2 innings with 54 strikeouts compared to 24 walks, the lowest among the weekend rotation... Conceded just one earned run in starts against Georgetown (Feb. 19), Central Michigan (March 5), Longwood (April 30), NC State (May 20) and LIU (June 4)... Struck out at least five in six outings... Earned first collegiate victory in Demon Deacon debut against Georgetown (Feb. 19)... Fanned a career-best eight batters while allowing a season-low two hits in 6.2 scoreless innings in victory against NJIT (Feb. 26)... Also allowed just two hits in ACC victory against Duke (April 9)... Threw a season-long seven innings in NCAA Tournament debut against LIU (June 4), allowing one run and three hits with five strikeouts... Walked no batters against Central Michigan (March 5) and Longwood (April 30).

Background
Rated the No. 25 recruit in the country by Perfect Game... Also ranked No. 2 in North Carolina (No. 1 LHP)... Ranked the 34th-best prospect in the 2021 MLB Draft by Baseball America... Named 2021 Gatorade N.C. Player of the Year... Four-year letterwinner.. Helped lead Reagan High School to the North Carolina 4A State Championship... Won the 2021 West Regional Championship…Named 2021 Central Piedmont Central Pitcher of the Year... Earned All-Conference honors all four years in addition to a pair of All-State awards... High school teammates with infielder Austin Hawke.