2024 Baseball Roster
Beeker, Merritt
Jersey Number 20
Merritt Beeker
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Bats/Throws::
- L/L
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 198
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lexington, N.C.
- Prev School:
- East Carolina
Bio
2024 ABCA/Rawling Midwest First Team All-Region
2024 MAC Pitcher of the Year
2024 First Team All-MAC
BEFORE BALL STATE: Attended East Carolina University ... earned two letters ... played for Cliff Godwin ... regular season conference champions ... two-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2021-present) member … Named to the 2022 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... compiled a 2.70 ERA and 13 strikeouts against 12 walks in 13.1 innings of work … limited opposing hitters to a .234 batting average … allowed just three extra-base hits the entire season … pitched in a pair of American Athletic Conference games, recording a strikeout in one inning … appeared in three games in the postseason, giving up two earned runs and fanning five batters in 3.1 frames … held opponents to a .154 (4-for-26) batting average with runners on base … started games against Radford (March 9), Duke (May 10) and Campbell (May 17) … Recorded his first collegiate strikeout in the Pirates’ 15-1 win at Memphis (May 8) … tossed a career-high 3.1 innings in the 5-4 victory over Duke (May 10), giving up two earned runs and striking out a personal-best five hitters … notched four strikeouts versus Coastal Carolina (June 5) at the NCAA Greenville Regional
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman at North Davidson High School for coach Matt Griffin … three-time all-county selection (2018-19, 2021) and All-Central Carolina Conference honoree (2018-19, 2021) … two-time N.C. All-State pick (2019, 2021) … finished career with 21 wins and 275 strikeouts … helped the Black Knights win the 2018 CCC title as a freshman … during first year with the program appeared in 12 games tossing a no-hitter … led team in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and ERA … as a sophomore was runner-up for the CCC Pitcher of the Year … selected to play in the N.C. State Games … once again led the club in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and ERA … pitched in a pair of games as a junior before season was cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic … closed out prep career posting a 6-1 record sporting a 1.65 ERA with 73 strikeouts in 34 innings – all leading the team … held opposing hitters to a .095 composite batting average … played travel ball for the Dirtbags helping them win the 2019 PG Elite Upperclass Championship … listed as the fifth-best left-hander and 12th overall prospect in North Carolina by Perfect Game … tabbed as the 53rd-best lefty and 470th overall prospect nationally by Perfect Game … Listed as the fifth-best prospect in North Carolina by Impact Baseball … earned 2021 All-Atlantic Regional First-Team honors from Perfect Game … named All-Atlantic Second-Team by Perfect Game … high honorable mention selection by 2019 by Perfect Game … Top 500 national ranking from Perfect Game ... graduated from North Davidson with honors and a 4.0 GPA … National Honors Society member
PERSONAL: Full name is Merritt Erastus Beeker … born in Winston-Salem, N.C. … son of Tricia and Phillip Beeker … has two siblings (Brennan and Paxton) … cousin Clark Beeker played in the Minnesota Twins organization from 2016-18 … intends to major in business administration … favorite band is Led Zepplin … favorite movie is Star Wars … favorite athlete is Clayton Kershaw
2024 MAC Pitcher of the Year
2024 First Team All-MAC
BEFORE BALL STATE: Attended East Carolina University ... earned two letters ... played for Cliff Godwin ... regular season conference champions ... two-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2021-present) member … Named to the 2022 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... compiled a 2.70 ERA and 13 strikeouts against 12 walks in 13.1 innings of work … limited opposing hitters to a .234 batting average … allowed just three extra-base hits the entire season … pitched in a pair of American Athletic Conference games, recording a strikeout in one inning … appeared in three games in the postseason, giving up two earned runs and fanning five batters in 3.1 frames … held opponents to a .154 (4-for-26) batting average with runners on base … started games against Radford (March 9), Duke (May 10) and Campbell (May 17) … Recorded his first collegiate strikeout in the Pirates’ 15-1 win at Memphis (May 8) … tossed a career-high 3.1 innings in the 5-4 victory over Duke (May 10), giving up two earned runs and striking out a personal-best five hitters … notched four strikeouts versus Coastal Carolina (June 5) at the NCAA Greenville Regional
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman at North Davidson High School for coach Matt Griffin … three-time all-county selection (2018-19, 2021) and All-Central Carolina Conference honoree (2018-19, 2021) … two-time N.C. All-State pick (2019, 2021) … finished career with 21 wins and 275 strikeouts … helped the Black Knights win the 2018 CCC title as a freshman … during first year with the program appeared in 12 games tossing a no-hitter … led team in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and ERA … as a sophomore was runner-up for the CCC Pitcher of the Year … selected to play in the N.C. State Games … once again led the club in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and ERA … pitched in a pair of games as a junior before season was cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic … closed out prep career posting a 6-1 record sporting a 1.65 ERA with 73 strikeouts in 34 innings – all leading the team … held opposing hitters to a .095 composite batting average … played travel ball for the Dirtbags helping them win the 2019 PG Elite Upperclass Championship … listed as the fifth-best left-hander and 12th overall prospect in North Carolina by Perfect Game … tabbed as the 53rd-best lefty and 470th overall prospect nationally by Perfect Game … Listed as the fifth-best prospect in North Carolina by Impact Baseball … earned 2021 All-Atlantic Regional First-Team honors from Perfect Game … named All-Atlantic Second-Team by Perfect Game … high honorable mention selection by 2019 by Perfect Game … Top 500 national ranking from Perfect Game ... graduated from North Davidson with honors and a 4.0 GPA … National Honors Society member
PERSONAL: Full name is Merritt Erastus Beeker … born in Winston-Salem, N.C. … son of Tricia and Phillip Beeker … has two siblings (Brennan and Paxton) … cousin Clark Beeker played in the Minnesota Twins organization from 2016-18 … intends to major in business administration … favorite band is Led Zepplin … favorite movie is Star Wars … favorite athlete is Clayton Kershaw
Baseball // 5 AM Workouts
Tuesday, August 26
Ball State Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell discusses the NCAA vs. House Settlement
Tuesday, July 01
Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell discusses NCAA vs. House Settlement & Bill Richards Thank You
Friday, June 27
Baseball // Day 1 MAC Tournament Recap: Win vs. EMU
Thursday, May 22
