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27 Avery Weems

  • Position Left-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Flagstaff, Ariz.
  • High School Coconino HS

Biography

Arizona 2019 (Senior)
Led the Wildcats with 27 appearances, eight starts, as a senior...Posted a 4-5 record with two saves, a 7.15 ERA (49ERx61.2IP), and 47 strikeouts...Tossed first career complete game (9.0 IP) on May 13 against Sam Houston State; allowed just three runs and struck out a season-high eight batters with no walks...Earned his first save with the Cats on April 7 against Washington, working 3.1 one-run innings while striking out two...Notched his second save one week later on April 14 against California, this time with 2.1 innings of one-run relief and one strikeout...Following the conclusion of the season was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 6th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft.

Arizona 2018 (Junior)
Led Arizona with 26 total appearances with nine starts...Finished third on the team with 55 1/3 innings pitched...Went 2-3 with one save on the season...Struck out 39 on the season, with 21 walks...Earned the win in his first start at Arizona, going 5 2/3 innings on Feb. 18 against Bryant in a 10-1 win...Tossed 2 2/3 perfect innings at San Diego State on Feb. 23 with four strikeouts...Tossed 6 1/3 innings at Washington on March 18, giving up four hits, one run and striking out two...Earned the win against Arizona State on May 17...Pitched a scoreless innings with three strikeouts on May 25 at Oregon...Earned the save on May 4 versus UCLA, recording the final out in a 3-1 win. 

Before Arizona
Pitched two seasons for coach Ryan Cowgill at Yavapai College…Pitched 57 2/3 innings as a freshman in 2016, posting a 4-1 record with a 3.90 ERA…Struck out 61 batters and walked 24…Started 13 games with 14 total appearances…As a sophomore in 2017, posted a 2.89 ERA in 65 1/3 innings, striking out 87 batters…Posted a 6-4 record with five complete games…Made 18 appearances with 11 starts…Allowed just one home run…Prepped at Coconino High School in Flagstaff for coach Daniel Vander Valk…Posted a 1.56 ERA as a senior, holding opponents to a .197 batting average…Arizona Daily Sun Athlete of the Year…AIA All-Section First-Team, Division II…Totaled more than 200 strikeouts in his high school career.

Draft
Selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 6th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft.

Personal
Son of Glen and Feliz Weems…Majoring in sports and society…Has one brother, Jose Montoya…Chose Arizona because “it’s a high performance college in the Pac-12 conference.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2018Junior

    Left-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 205 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2019Senior

    Left-Handed Pitcher
    6'2" 205 lbs
    27
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