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30 Preston Price

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 198
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Oceanside, Calif.
  • High School Cathedral Catholic HS
  • Instagram @prestonprice_
  • Twitter @preston_price11

Biography

Arizona 2021 (Senior)
Limited to just 16 relief appearances due to injury...Went 1-1 with three saves and a 3.38 ERA (8ERx21.1IP) in final collegiate campaign...Posted a dominant 14.77 K/9 after striking out 35 batters in 21-plus innings...Limited opposing hitters to a stingy .184 batting average...Inherited 25 baserunners over the course of the season and allowed only five (20%) of them to score...Three times inherited a bases-loaded situation and did not allow a run to score...Made four conference appearances and went 0-1 with a 5.06 ERA (3ERx5.1IP)...Limited Pac-12 hitters to a .200 batting average and struck out 10 in five-plus innings...Suffered an injury in early April and did not return to action until May 28 final regular season series versus Dixie State. POSTSEASON: Pitched three times out of the bullpen during the Wildcats postseason run...Struck out three batters over 2.2 innings of work...Made postseason debut in game three of the Tucson NCAA Regional versus UC Santa Barbara (1.1,0,0,0,1,2)...Logged time in game three of the Tucson NCAA Super Regional versus Ole Miss (1.0,1,1,1,1,1)...Appeared in Arizona's College World Series opener against Vanderbilt (0.1,2,2,2,0,0).

Arizona 2020 (Senior)*
Led all Arizona pitchers with eight appearances, all in relief...Posted a 1-0 record with a 2.45 ERA (3ERx11.0IP) and 11 strikeouts...Limited opposing hitters to a .262 batting average...Held opponents off the scoreboard in six of his eight outings...Earned the win in Arizona's final game of the season vs. Houston on March 8 (1.1,0,0,0,1,2)...Worked a season-high 2.2 innings twice in back-to-back games vs. Rhode Island on March 1 (2.2,4,2,2,1,0) and at Texas on March 3 (2.2,3,1,1,0,2).

Arizona 2019 (Junior)
Made 13 relief appearances for the Cats as a junior...Posted an 8.31 ERA (12ERx13.0IP) without facting into any decisions...Opened the season with three straight scoreless outings, spanning 2.0 innings of work...Tossed a scoreless inning of relief on April 20 at No. 2 ranked Oregon State, striking out two...Struck out multiple batters on four occasions.

Summer 2018
Pitched for the Anchorage Bucs of the Alaska Baseball League...Earned Arizona Baseball Summer Pitcher of the Year honors...Went 3-2 with a 3.07 ERA in eight starts...Logged 41 innings, allowing 36 hits and 11 walks, while striking out 35.

Arizona 2018 (Sophomore)
Threw 9 2/3 innings as a sophomore, posting a 2.79 ERA...Struck out six, gave up eight hits and held opposing batters to a .235 average...Made his first appearance of the season on Feb. 18 versus Bryant, tossing a scoreless inning with a strikeout...Went a season-high 2 1/3 innings March 13 at Arizona State and earned the win...Gave up three hits, no runs and struck out one against the Sun Devils...Tossed two hitless innings on March 31 versus Nicholls State...Tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings against Grand Canyon on May 8...Made his final appearance of the season on May 11 at California.

Arizona 2017 (Freshman)
Made one appearance in relief as a freshman.

High school
Played for Coach Gary Remiker at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego…Totaled 77 2/3 innings total as a junior and senior, registering seven wins, 78 strikeouts and an ERA of 1.98 in 17 appearances…Went 6-3 with a 2.20 ERA as a senior…Pitched 57 1/3 innings, striking out 57 batters.
 
Personal
Is the son of Roger and Kristie Price…Has two sisters, Riley and Tyler, and one brother, Parker…Dad played football at BYU…Sister played softball at Sacramento State…Brother, Parker, played soccer at University of San Diego…Majoring in General Studies with an emphasis in Sports and Society…Chose Arizona because “it has been my dream school since seventh grade.”

*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 197 lbs
    30
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    2018Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 207 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2019Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 207 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2020Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 202 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2021Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 198 lbs
    30
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