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13 Josh Hejka

  • Position RH Pitcher
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dearborn, MI
  • Highschool Divine Child High

Biography

Record Book
- Single Season

    - 1st - Games - 25
    - T-2nd - Saves - 7
    - 3rd - Games - 21

    - 5th - Saves - 6
    - T-12th - Games - 17

    - 15th - Innings Pitched - 77.1
- Career 
    - 1st - Saves - 15
    - 7th - ERA - 2.81
    - 21st - Strikeouts - 138
    - 25th - Innings Pitched - 166.2


Career Summary
- Made 74 career appearances with four starts
- 12-5 - 2.81 ERA - 166.2 IP - 138 K's
- 2019 College World Series All-Tournament Team
- 2017 ABCA Third Team Mid-Atlantic All-Region
- 2017 d3baseball.com Second Team All-Region
- 2017 First Team All-Centennial
- 2019 Second Team All-Centennial 
- 2017 ECAC First Team All-South Region
- Signed a professional contract in the New York Mets minor-league system


2019
- Set JHU single season appearance record with 25
- Set Career Saves record as he finished his career with 15
- Made 25 appearances with three starts
- Threw back-to-back complete games against Haverford on 5/6 to clinch the Centennial Conference Tournament Championship and followed that with a complete game against Farmingdale St. in the opening round of the NCAA Regional
- Pitched 9.2 innings against Babson on 5/31 in the College World Series
- Struck out a career-high 11 batters against Farmingdale St. 
- Finished the year with a 6-2 record and seven saves - seven saves are the second most all-time in a season
- Struck out 60 batters in 77.1 innings of work and allowed just eight walks


2018
- Made 11 appearances with one start 
- Made first collegiate start on 3/18 against Bethel where he pitched five innings with three strikeouts
- Went 2-2 on the year with a 2.53 ERA and two saves
- Struck out 27 batters in 32 innings of work
- Struck out five batters on 3/10 against Manhattanville


2017
- Made a team-high 17 appearances out of the bullpen
- Posted a 2.04 ERA for a 4-1 record and a team-leading six saves
- Struck out 29 in 35.1 innings pitched
- Held opponents to a .229 batting average, allowing only two extra-base hits in 30 hits allowed on the season
- Pitched a career-high 5.0 innings in back-to-back appearances at McDaniel (4/4) and against Salisbury (4/10), striking out four and five batters, respectively.


2016
Made a team-high 21 appearances for a total of 22.0 innings pitched
- Struck out 22 batters on the season
- Struck out a season high five batters and gave up only one hit against Wooster (3/14).


High School
Three-year team member 
- Helped lead his team to District Champions as a sophomore and junior, while helping make it to the Conference Semifinals as a junior and the Finals as a senior 
- Was honored with All-City, All-District, All-Region, All-Academic and All-State Honors as a junior and  senior 
- As a junior, struck out 40 hitters in 48 innings and struck out 69 hitters in 61 innings during senior season.
Personal
- Son of Janet and James Hejka 
- Has one younger sister, Samantha 
- Interned at DiCorp
- Majoring in computer science

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2016Freshman

    RHP
    5'11" 150 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2017Sophomore

    RHP
    5'11" 150 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2018Junior

    RH Pitcher
    5'11" 160 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2019Senior

    RH Pitcher
    6'1" 175 lbs
    13