THE FLATS – Junior LHP Dylan Loy (Pigeon Forge, Tenn./Tennessee) has been named to the National Pitcher of the Year Watch List, the College Baseball Foundation announced today. The announcement comes after a tremendous start to Loy’s career in White & Gold, as the junior lefty leads the No. 3/4-ranked Yellow Jackets in innings pitched (17.2), strikeouts (21) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.00) through five appearances and three starts.
Loy, who transferred from Tennessee over the summer, has started the last two Saturday games for the Yellow Jackets, pitching at least 4.0 innings on both occasions and helping GT to victories over both Northwestern and Virginia Tech. He made his first start as a Yellow Jacket at Georgia Southern, where he struck out a career-best six batters in 2.0 innings, allowing only one hit on an infield single. He would match that career high in his next outing, a 5.2 inning appearance out of the bullpen against Stony Brook, the longest outing of any Tech pitcher this season. He brings a 2.04 ERA into this weekend’s Top 10 ACC battle at No. 8/11 Clemson and is now one of 142 pitchers across the nation to be on the National Pitcher of the Year Watch List.
Loy’s addition to the staff has helped GT to a 3.60 team ERA, the lowest team ERA through 17 games in a decade (since 2016).
The National Pitcher of the Year Award was first awarded in 2009. For more information on the National Pitcher of the Year Award, visit the College Baseball Foundation website at www.collegebaseballhall.org. The Yellow Jackets regained their place in the National Pitcher of the Year conversation last season, when Mason Patel was named a semifinalist, becoming the first Jacket to do so since Buck Farmer in 2013.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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