Shane Connolly Season 2021

Career Honors

• 2021 All-ACC Academic Team

2021:  Appeared in 21 games during his first season as a Hokie, making six starts … Threw the third most innings on the team (63.0) … Crafted a 4.14 ERA, ranking fourth among qualifying Tech pitchers … Registered the team's second highest strikeout tally, notching 81 while issuing 14 walks … Held opponents to a .238 batting average … Picked up his first win as a Hokie at Wake Forest (April 11), throwing 3.1 innings and allowing five hits … Started his first game for the Hokies at Clemson (March 21), striking out 11 batters across 7.0 innings while allowing three hits and one run … Made his first appearance in maroon and orange against Kent State (Feb. 21), tossing 2.2 innings, striking out three batters and allowing one hit.

2020 (at The Citadel): Started all four games appeared in, tied for the most on the team, and recorded three quality starts … Finished with a 3.29 ERA in 27.1 innings pitched, struck out 27 batters, walked 12 and posted a 3-1 record … Picked up wins against Coppin State (Feb. 14), Yale (Feb. 21) and St. Peter's (Feb. 28) ... Threw at least 6.0 innings in each start, 7.0 in three and a season-high 7.1 against the Peacocks, and struck out at least seven three times, including a season-best eight against the Eagles and Bulldogs … Held opponents to a .189 batting average.

2019 (at The Citadel): Started all 14 games appeared in, second most on the team, and recorded seven quality starts … Finished with a 4.66 ERA in 77.1 innings pitched, struck out 38 batters, walked 23 and posted a 3-7 record with two complete game shutouts, the only two for the team that season … Picked up wins in shutouts against Delaware State (Feb. 16) and VMI (March 23), while also beating North Alabama (March 2) ... After the VMI shutout, was the first Division I pitcher to throw two complete-game shutouts on the season ... Threw at least 5.0 innings in nine starts, and struck out a season-high four, four times.

2018 (at The Citadel): Appeared in nine games overall with one start, at Winthrop (March 7) ... Had an 18.41 ERA in 7.1 innings pitched, struck out seven batters, walked seven and posted a 0-1 record ... Threw at least 1.0 innings in six relief appearances, did not allow in a run in a pair - versus La Salle (Feb. 25) and UNCG (May 11) and struck out a season-high two in both of those games.