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Jersey Number 31
John Witkowski
- Position:
- Right-Hand Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Melrose, Mass.
- High School:
- Avon Old Farms
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
Innings: 4.0, Massachusetts (4/10/18)
Strikeouts: 5, Massachusetts (4/10/18)
AS A JUNIOR (2018)
Pitched in 17 games out of the bullpen... posted two saves and 23 strikeouts in 25 innings of work... tossed two innings against Northeastern (3/20)... struck out five in four-scoreless innings against Massachusetts (4/10) to earn first save of the season... worked one-scoreless innings with two strikeouts vs. Wake Forest (4/14)... pitched two-shutout innings with two strikeouts against Dartmouth (4/18) for his second save... tossed 1.2-scoreless innings vs. Florida State (4/21)... allowed one unearned run on three hits with three strikeouts in three innings against Maine (5/15).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
Made 19 appearances, all in relief … recorded a 6.06 ERA with a 1-1 record, two combined shutouts and one save … allowed 36 hits, 23 runs – 22 earned – 19 walks and 15 strikeouts in 32.2 innings … second on the team for total appearances, relief appearances and games finished (5) … allowed just four of the 12 inherited runners to score … threw just three wild pitches on the season … recorded one pickoff …made 12 appearances in ACC action, recording a 6.86 ERA … allowed 25 hits, 16 runs, 14 walks and struck out 10 in 21 conference innings … tied a career high by pitching three innings against NC State in the ACC Tournament (5/23), allowing four hits, including a three-run home run, two walks and striking out two … threw an inning of scoreless relief in the victory over Notre Dame (5/18) … earned first career save in a two-inning, scoreless outing in the 3-0 shutout of Quinnipiac (5/13), allowing just one hit and striking out one … aided in the 8-0 shutout at No. 17 Wake Forest (5/6), throwing 2.2 innings, allowing just one hit, walking three and striking out one … tied a career high with three Ks in the win against Miami (4/30), pitching two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk … threw 1.1 scoreless innings at Fenway Park in the series-opening win against NC State (4/22), giving up one hit … did not allow a run in 1.1 innings, surrendering one hit and one K … threw an inning of scoreless relief at Northeastern (3/21), striking out one after missing time due to an arm injury.
AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Made 19 appearances, all in relief … recorded the second-best ERA among relievers – 3.10 – a 2-0 record, one combined shutout and a .232 opponent batting average … allowed 16 hits, eight runs – seven earned – eight walks and 20 strikeouts over 20.1 innings … allowed earned runs to score in just three of 20 appearances … fifth on the BC pitching staff for relief appearances … did not surrender a run in seven appearances – 10.2 innings – from April 13 to May 4 … made three appearances in ACC games, allowing five hits, three runs, one walk and three strikeouts in four innings … did not allow a run to score in two appearances in the Coral Gables Super Regional, allowing three hits and striking out two in 2.1 innings against No. 3 seed Miami (6/10-12) … threw 2.1 innings of relief in the Oxford Regional Championship against No. 15 Tulane (6/5), retiring the first seven batters faced and allowing two hits, one unearned run, and one strikeout … threw one inning against Utah (6/4) in Oxford, allowing one hit, one walk and striking out one … threw a scoreless inning with one walk and two strikeouts against Niagara (5/15) … struck out one in a 123 inning at Northeastern (5/4) … recorded two Ks while retiring the side at Rhode Island (5/3) … struck out two in 1.2 innings of work against Bryant (4/27), allowing a walk and hit … tied a career high with three strikeouts in a season-high 2.2-inning outing against No. 4 Louisville (4/24), allowing just one hit … threw a 123 inning with one K in the Eagles’ 2016 Beanpot Championship win over Northeastern (4/20) … picked up first career win with a 123 eighth, striking out one, with BC gaining a lead in the bottom of the inning in the first round of the Beanpot against Massachusetts (4/13), sending the Eagles into the finals … in first collegiate outing, struck out the side in order against Northern Illinois (2/20) … named an all-star in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, playing for the Ocean State Waves.
BEFORE BC
Played two years at Tilton School (2011-13) and three at Avon Old Farms (2013-15) … helped Tilton to back-to-back Lakes Region titles … at Avon Old Farms, named a captain as a senior and earned Pitcher of the Year award in 2014 … helped the Beavers to the 2014 and 2015 Colonial and Founder's League titles … also played basketball at both high schools … earned NEPSAC Class A All-New England Team honorable mention and All-Tristate Second-Team honors … honor roll student.
PERSONAL
Enrolled as a communication major in the Morrissey School of Arts and Sciences … recipient of the 2019 John E. Buehler, Jr. Family Athletic Scholarship... John is one of Jan and Diane Witkowski’s two sons … has a younger brother, Packy … father played football at Massachusetts Lowell and mother was a majorette in the Boston College Marching Band … recipient of the John E. Buehler, Jr. Family Athletic Scholarship Fund.
Innings: 4.0, Massachusetts (4/10/18)
Strikeouts: 5, Massachusetts (4/10/18)
AS A JUNIOR (2018)
Pitched in 17 games out of the bullpen... posted two saves and 23 strikeouts in 25 innings of work... tossed two innings against Northeastern (3/20)... struck out five in four-scoreless innings against Massachusetts (4/10) to earn first save of the season... worked one-scoreless innings with two strikeouts vs. Wake Forest (4/14)... pitched two-shutout innings with two strikeouts against Dartmouth (4/18) for his second save... tossed 1.2-scoreless innings vs. Florida State (4/21)... allowed one unearned run on three hits with three strikeouts in three innings against Maine (5/15).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
Made 19 appearances, all in relief … recorded a 6.06 ERA with a 1-1 record, two combined shutouts and one save … allowed 36 hits, 23 runs – 22 earned – 19 walks and 15 strikeouts in 32.2 innings … second on the team for total appearances, relief appearances and games finished (5) … allowed just four of the 12 inherited runners to score … threw just three wild pitches on the season … recorded one pickoff …made 12 appearances in ACC action, recording a 6.86 ERA … allowed 25 hits, 16 runs, 14 walks and struck out 10 in 21 conference innings … tied a career high by pitching three innings against NC State in the ACC Tournament (5/23), allowing four hits, including a three-run home run, two walks and striking out two … threw an inning of scoreless relief in the victory over Notre Dame (5/18) … earned first career save in a two-inning, scoreless outing in the 3-0 shutout of Quinnipiac (5/13), allowing just one hit and striking out one … aided in the 8-0 shutout at No. 17 Wake Forest (5/6), throwing 2.2 innings, allowing just one hit, walking three and striking out one … tied a career high with three Ks in the win against Miami (4/30), pitching two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk … threw 1.1 scoreless innings at Fenway Park in the series-opening win against NC State (4/22), giving up one hit … did not allow a run in 1.1 innings, surrendering one hit and one K … threw an inning of scoreless relief at Northeastern (3/21), striking out one after missing time due to an arm injury.
AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Made 19 appearances, all in relief … recorded the second-best ERA among relievers – 3.10 – a 2-0 record, one combined shutout and a .232 opponent batting average … allowed 16 hits, eight runs – seven earned – eight walks and 20 strikeouts over 20.1 innings … allowed earned runs to score in just three of 20 appearances … fifth on the BC pitching staff for relief appearances … did not surrender a run in seven appearances – 10.2 innings – from April 13 to May 4 … made three appearances in ACC games, allowing five hits, three runs, one walk and three strikeouts in four innings … did not allow a run to score in two appearances in the Coral Gables Super Regional, allowing three hits and striking out two in 2.1 innings against No. 3 seed Miami (6/10-12) … threw 2.1 innings of relief in the Oxford Regional Championship against No. 15 Tulane (6/5), retiring the first seven batters faced and allowing two hits, one unearned run, and one strikeout … threw one inning against Utah (6/4) in Oxford, allowing one hit, one walk and striking out one … threw a scoreless inning with one walk and two strikeouts against Niagara (5/15) … struck out one in a 123 inning at Northeastern (5/4) … recorded two Ks while retiring the side at Rhode Island (5/3) … struck out two in 1.2 innings of work against Bryant (4/27), allowing a walk and hit … tied a career high with three strikeouts in a season-high 2.2-inning outing against No. 4 Louisville (4/24), allowing just one hit … threw a 123 inning with one K in the Eagles’ 2016 Beanpot Championship win over Northeastern (4/20) … picked up first career win with a 123 eighth, striking out one, with BC gaining a lead in the bottom of the inning in the first round of the Beanpot against Massachusetts (4/13), sending the Eagles into the finals … in first collegiate outing, struck out the side in order against Northern Illinois (2/20) … named an all-star in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, playing for the Ocean State Waves.
BEFORE BC
Played two years at Tilton School (2011-13) and three at Avon Old Farms (2013-15) … helped Tilton to back-to-back Lakes Region titles … at Avon Old Farms, named a captain as a senior and earned Pitcher of the Year award in 2014 … helped the Beavers to the 2014 and 2015 Colonial and Founder's League titles … also played basketball at both high schools … earned NEPSAC Class A All-New England Team honorable mention and All-Tristate Second-Team honors … honor roll student.
PERSONAL
Enrolled as a communication major in the Morrissey School of Arts and Sciences … recipient of the 2019 John E. Buehler, Jr. Family Athletic Scholarship... John is one of Jan and Diane Witkowski’s two sons … has a younger brother, Packy … father played football at Massachusetts Lowell and mother was a majorette in the Boston College Marching Band … recipient of the John E. Buehler, Jr. Family Athletic Scholarship Fund.
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