Graham Firoved Season 2021

2021:  Made 21 relief appearances … Allowed eight earned runs across 20.2 innings pitched (3.48 ERA) ... Posted a 3-0 record … Completed three saves, ranking second on the Hokies … Struck out 36 batters while issuing 17 walks … Gave up four extra-base hits across 75 opposing at-bats, including one home run ... Held opponents to a .213 batting average … Credited with the win against Toledo (May 8) after collecting the final four outs via strikeout … Received the win against VMI (April 20), tossing 1.1 innings of hitless ball while recording three strikeouts … Saved Tech's victory at Georgia Tech (April 17), striking out five batters across 3.0 shutout innings while allowing two hits … Closed out the Hokies' victory at Wake Forest (April 11) to the tune of a 1-2-3 inning, earning his second save of the year … Scored his first save of the season against Boston College (April 3), entering with two outs in the ninth inning and the potential tying run at second base … Celebrated his first win of the year against North Carolina (March 6), striking out six of eight batters faced.

2020 (at Northwest Florida State): Appeared in three games during the shortened season … Had a 10.38 ERA in 4.1 innings pitched, struck out nine batters, walked three and posted a 0-1 record ... Threw at least 1.0 innings and struck out at least two in each game, including a season-high four in 2.0 innings versus Motlow State. 

2019 (at Radford): Appeared in 16 games, with one start … Had a 3.18 ERA in 22.2 innings pitched, struck out 27 batters, walked 13 and posted a 1-0 record with one save ... In nine relief appearances, tossed at least 1.0 innings and did not allow an earned run … Had nine multi-K outings, including a season-high seven in 2.2 innings at Gardner-Webb (April 27) as he struck out the side in the seventh and eighth ... Made lone start against Harvard (March 9), tossing a season-high 3.0 innings ... Won his only game against UAB (March 1) and earned a save versus Wake Forest (May 14).

High School: Earned varsity letters all four years playing for coach Scott Stubbe at First Colonial … Helped the Patriots to the 6A Regional Championship in 2018 and a conference title in 2014 and 2015 ... A two-time preseason All-American and two-time Most Valuable Pitcher of the region ... Recorded a 1.23 ERA, fanned 100 batters and allowed a .175 batting average against for First Colonial ... Also played basketball for the Patriots.

Personal: Jeffrey Graham Firoved … Born September 26, 1999 in Virginia Beach, Virginia … Son of Alex and Rae Ann Firoved ... Has a younger brother, Ethan, who is also on the Tech baseball team … Majoring in real estate.