2018 Baseball Roster
Bobby Hearn
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- Jesuit HS
Career Summary
A five-year member of the program, Hearn served as a two-year team captain. He finished his career with a 5-2 record, 4.93 ERA and one save ... Over 63 appearances, he threw 73.0 innings, allowing 40 earned runs on 71 hits and 40 walks with 69 strikeouts.
2020 (Graduate - Season shortened by COVID-19)
Served as a team captain ... Finished with a 1-0 record and 6.52 ERA with 12 strikeouts and three walks in 9.2 innings ... Six of the seven earned runs conceded came in one outing ... Earned the win with 3.0 shutout frames against Sacred Heart (March 1) ... Capped off his career by retiring all five hitters he faced with two strikeouts at Coastal Carolina (March 11) ... Also had scoreless outings against UNCG (Feb. 18), Long Beach State (Feb. 23), Appalachian State (Feb. 26), and Louisville (March 6).
2019 (Redshirt Junior)
Graduated after the season with a degree in finance and will return to Wake Forest for his redshirt senior season to pursue a master's degree ... Served as a team captain ... Recorded career-bests in nearly every statistical category, earning a 2-0 record, 3.31 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 32.2 innings ... Earned victories over App State (March 12) and High Point (Apr. 9) ... Tallied a 3.52 ERA in 14 ACC games, allowing conference foes to hit just .232 against him ... Held lefties to a .190 average over the season ... Had an ERA of 1.50 midway through April ... After that mark elevated to 3.90 in early May, Hearn closed the year with four-straight scoreless outings over 5.0 innings to lower it to the season-ending 3.31 ... Notched season-highs of 2.2 innings and four strikeouts at Coastal Carolina (March 5).
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Pitched in 22 games with one start, finishing with a 1-2 record and 5.67 ERA ... Struck out 26 batters in 27.0 innings ... Had a stellar start to the season, recording a 0.93 ERA in 9.2 innings over his first four outings ... Tossed 3.0 perfect innings in his season debut to earn a save against Gardner-Webb (Feb. 18) ... Threw a career-high 4.1 innings at Santa Clara (Feb. 24), allowing one run on four hits ... Had his role altered and became a lefty specialist later in the season, and didn't allow a run his last nine outings, striking out 10 batters in 6.0 innings over that span ... Pitched on back-to-back days at NC State (May 11-12), recording all five outs via strikeout without allowing a run ... Also had scoreless outings against ACC foes Clemson (Apr. 22), Georgia Tech (Apr. 28), and Virginia (May 18).
2017 (Redshirt Freshman)
Missed the majority of the season after breaking his wrist on the season-opening trip to Houston ... Finished the year with a 1-0 record and 9.82 ERA in three appearances ... Picked up the win in his collegiate debut against Coastal Carolina (Apr. 11), striking out three batters over 1.2 innings ... Tossed a scoreless inning against Boston College (May 6) ... Split the summer between the Loudon Riverdogs and Charlottesville TomSox.
2016 (Freshman)
Redshirted.
High School
Rated as a top-1,000 recruit by Perfect Game, and the No. 183 prospect in the state of Florida ... Honorable Mention Underclass All-America by Perfect Game in 2013 and 2014 ... Served as a team captain and earned three varsity letters ... Has high school teammates who went on to play at Vanderbilt, North Carolina, Duke and Florida State.
Personal
Born Sept. 25, 1996 ... Son of Bob and Christine Hearn ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Active as a peer minister and member of Agmen Cristi, a Catholic service club ... Graduated cum laude.
