2023 Youngstown State Baseball Roster
Will Shaffer
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 215
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Year:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- New Castle, Pa.
- High School:
- Laurel
- Position:
- RHP
- Major:
- Exercise Science
2023 (R-Sophomore): Made 12 appearances out of the bullpen… Finished with an 0-3 record and a 24.24 ERA in 16.1 innings pitched… Struck out nine batters while walking 21… Opponents batted .420 against him… Recorded more than three outs in six of his appearances… Made one appearance during Horizon League play… Finished with an 11.57 ERA and one strikeout in 2.1 innings pitched during league action… Tossed a season-high 2.2 innings of relief at Kansas State (3/12)… Registered a season-high two strikeouts over 1.2 innings of work vs. Toledo (4/11)… Allowed one run on two hits over two innings vs. Akron (5/16).
2022 (R-Freshman): Made five appearances out of the bullpen… Finished with a 0-0 record and a 5.40 ERA in 3.1 innings pitched… Struck out two batters while walking three… Did not allow a hit… Made four relief appearances in Horizon League play… Finished with a 6.00 ERA in three innings pitched during league action… Pitched 0.1 scoreless innings in his collegiate debut vs. Pittsburgh (4/6)… Tossed a scoreless inning of relief with a strikeout in the second game of a doubleheader at Milwaukee (4/24)… Pitched a scoreless inning of relief at Wright State (4/30)… Tossed a scoreless inning of relief with a strikeout in the second game of a doubleheader at Northern Kentucky (5/15).
2021 (Freshman): Did not see action in any games… Redshirted.
High School: Earned 12 varsity letters in four sports (football, baseball, basketball, track & field) at Laurel High School… Five-time all-conference selection (2 - football, 1 - baseball, 1 - basketball)… Named to the 2019 WPIAL Class 2A All-Section Baseball Team… Lawrence County Athlete of the Year nominee… Captain on the football team… Owns school records for most receptions in a game and most doubles in a season… Named 2018 Track & Field Team MVP… Played baseball for coach Gene DiGennaro at Laurel… Played travel ball for DuraEdge and coach Terry Dobson in the Youngstown Class B League.
Personal: Parents are Steve and Ronda... Has a sister (Ellen)... Major is exercise science... Recipient of the 2022-23 Richard M. Mayberry Scholarship.
