Anthony Simonelli Season 2020

2021:  Made 13 starts for the Hokies on the mound, posting a 5-2 record ... Achieved the second best ERA among Tech starting pitchers (3.91) ... Ranked second on the staff in innings pitched (66.2) ... Paced Tech pitchers with his .176 opposing batting average ... Recorded 77 strikeouts while issuing 28 walks ... Set a season high with 10 strikeouts and allowed one run on four hits during seven innings of work at Duke (May 15) ... Struck out eight batters across 7.2 innings against Toledo (May 8) ... Picked up his team-best fifth victory, recording seven strikeouts while allowing two hits and one earned run against Virginia (May 1) ... Charted six strikeouts across six scoreless innings against Georgia Tech (April 17) ... Earned the win at Wake Forest (April 10), striking out seven batters across 6.1 innings while allowing one hit, two runs and four walks ... Racked up seven strikeouts during his winning performance at Pitt (March 27) ... Won his season debut against Kent State (Feb. 21), striking out four batters and allowing one run across 5.1 innings.

2020: Started all four games appeared in, tied for the most on the team, and recorded one quality start … Posted a 2.95 ERA in 21.1 innings pitched, struck out 26 batters, walked 13 and posted a 2-1 record … Picked up wins against Louisiana (Feb. 22) and Bryant (March 1) ... Threw at least 5.0 innings in each start, including a season-high 6.0 against the Bulldogs and struck out at least five, including a season-best eight against Bryant … Pitched 15 scoreless innings, including 8.0 consecutive … Also, threw six perfect frames and, at one point, retired nine straight batters … Held opponents to a .195 batting average, one of three pitchers with at least 4.0 innings under .200 ... Had one double play turned behind him, a lineout DP ... In the NCAA, finished tied for 29th in starts.

2019 (at St. John’s River SC): Started 13 of 15 games on the mound … Went 6-3 on the year with a 3.54 ERA … Struck out 77 batters in 68.2 innings … In first start, threw six hitless innings versus Gulf Coast State (Jan. 31) and went seven no-hit innings at South Georgia State (Feb. 15), while striking out a season-high 12 batters … Named NJCAA National Pitcher of the Week for the effort and was a two-time FCSA Player of the Week … Also struck out eight against Daytona State (March 13) and nine versus Sante Fe (April 29).­­

2018 (at Coastal Carolina): Pitched in nine games for the Chants, making six starts on the mound … Went 3-1 on the year with a 7.00 ERA … Struck out 13 batters in 27.0 innings … Started the season going 3-0 with wins in each of his first three starts … Recorded his first career win in his first career start, throwing 7.0-scoreless innings with two strikeouts versus the College of Charleston (Feb. 21) … With effort, tabbed the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 28 … Also had wins in starts versus UNCW (Feb. 28), striking out a season-high five Seahawks, and Wake Forest (March 7) … Threw 1.0-scoreless innings at Appalachian State (May 19) and versus LIU Brooklyn (June 1) in the NCAA Conway Regional … Named to the 2017-18 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll … Earned Dean’s List recognition in the fall of 2017.

High School: Earned varsity letters all four years pitching for coach Brian Burke at Millbrook … A Rawlings/Perfect Game honorable mention all-American and first-team all-Atlantic Region selection ... Named to the second team VHSL Group 4A all-state as a junior and first team as a freshman (missed sophomore and senior seasons due to injury) ... Posted an 8-1 record with a 0.57 ERA and 71 strikeouts in 49 innings pitched his junior season ... Was the Conference 21 West Pitcher of the Year and Winchester Star Player of the Year.
 
Personal: Anthony Michael Simonelli … Born December 23, 1998 in Winchester, Virginia … Son of Michael and Kelley Simonelli ... Has a younger brother, Christopher … Majoring in management.