Grant Umberger Season 2021

2022 at Virginia Tech
• Season Notes:  Made eight relief appearances … Registered a 5.06 ERA, allowing three runs (three earned) across five and one-third innings pitched … Scattered five hits, holding opponents to a .238 batting average … Recorded nine strikeouts while issuing five walks.
• NCAA Blacksburg Regional:  Collected three outs from four batters faced, posting two strikeouts during No. 4 Virginia Tech’s 24-4 win against Columbia (June 4).
• Picked up the final three outs, each by strikeout, during Tech’s 8-2 win against Kansas State (May 17).
• Struck out two batters, picking up the final three outs of the Hokies’ 13-8 victory at Radford (April 20).
• Made his season debut during Tech’s 10-4 win against UNC Asheville (Feb. 20).

2021:  Made nine relief appearances, tossing 4.1 innings … Struck out all three batters faced during a scoreless inning against Notre Dame (May 20) … Threw a scoreless inning against East Tennessee State (April 27) … Recorded two strikeouts and completed a scoreless inning during his season debut against Radford (Feb. 23).

High School: Earned three varsity letters playing for coach Peter Susi at Downingtown East ... Was a three-year varsity starter and was the team's captain as a senior ... In 2018, was 4-1 with a 1.33 ERA, striking out 42 batters in 31.2 innings pitched ... Also lettered three years on the Cougars' basketball team for coach John Goodman and captained the team as a senior.
 
Personal: Grant Thomas Umberger … Born October 14, 2001 in Paoli, Pennsylvania … Son of Max and Julie Umberger ... Has an older sister, Chase … Mother played field hockey at Penn State, playing in four NCAA tournaments and winning back-to-back A-10 regular season and tournament titles ... Father played basketball at Gettysburg College ... Sister was on the swim team at Connecticut ... Majoring in business.