Crawford Wade

Height:
6-4
Weight:
180
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Charlotte, N.C.
High School:
Myers Park HS

Redshirt Junior (2024)
Appeared in eight games out of the bullpen... Recorded six strikeouts in nine total innings, finishing the season with a 3.00 ERA... Tossed a scoreless inning in his season debut against UNCG (April 2)... Pitched 1.2 scoreless innings in back-to-back appearances against Coastal Carolina (April 9) and at Boston College (April 12)... Recorded a season-high two strikeouts at Notre Dame... Notched a win against Appalachian State (April 30) after pitching 1.1 scoreless innings... Pitched a scoreless inning at NC State (May 16).

Junior (2023)
Made two appearances out of the bullpen… Allowed zero runs, zero walks and just one hit across 3.2 innings while striking out four… Pitched two shutout innings against Illinois (February 19)

Sophomore (2022)
Made 26 appearances out of the bullpen... Compiled a 3-1 record in 31.2 innings... Struck out a career-high 35 batters... Finished fourth on team in ERA (3.13)... Fanned a career-high three batters in three appearances... Tossed a career-high 2.2 innings with two strikeouts against Western Carolina (March 15) to earn first collegiate victory... Also posted wins against Georgia Tech (March 19) and Liberty (May 3)... Allowed no runs or hits in 11 outings...

Freshman (2021)
Made 17 relief appearances, tossing 17 innings and striking out 10 batters... Made collegiate debut in season opener against Northeastern (Feb. 19)... Fanned a career-high three batters in second appearance on Feb. 21 versus Northeastern... Tossed a career-high two scoreless innings at Duke (April 17)... Pitched scoreless outings eight times.

Background
Ranked by Perfect Game as a top-500 recruit nationally, including the No. 55 left-handed pitcher as well as the No. 14 prospect from North Carolina ... Did not have a senior season due to COVID-19 ... As a junior, struck out 41 batters in 21 innings with a sub-1.00 ERA ... In summer 2020, pitched in the Southern Collegiate Baseball League for the Carolina Venom, tallying a 1-1 record and 4.80 ERA with 25 strikeouts and nine walks in 24.1 innings ... Won 2019 PBR National Program Invitational with Five Star Carolina National.

Personal
Born on Dec. 21, 2001 ... Son of Renee and Deke Wade ... Has a twin brother, Cam ... High school teammates include UNC third baseman Patrick Alvarez and UNCG outfielder Pres Cavenaugh.