2016-17 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2018 (Junior): Appeared in 19 games out of the bullpen for the Jackets on the season … Went 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA over 16.0 innings of work … Struck out 12 batters on the season … Was a right-on-right specialist for the Jackets all season long … His 19 appearances ranked third on the team among all pitchers … Threw a season-high 2.2 innings at Pittsburgh (April 4) … Struck out a season-high three batters at No. 13 Auburn (March 13) … Also struck out two hitters versus Miami (March 31) and against Georgia State (April 11) … Threw one scoreless inning in the loss to No. 6 Florida State (April 6) … Totaled 3.0-scoreless innings in two outings out of the bullpen at Pittsburgh on back-to-back days (April 14 & 15) … Pitched one scoreless inning in the home win over Kennesaw State (April 18) and in the victory over Radford (May 5).
2017 (Sophomore): Made 17 appearances out of the bullpen on the season … Struck out 22 batters over 19.2 innings of relief … Pitched a career-high 3.1 innings twice on the season – versus Youngstown State (Feb. 26) and against No. 9 North Carolina (Mar. 18) … Also struck out a career-high four batters versus the Penguins (Feb. 26) and the Tar Heels (Mar. 18) …Threw one scoreless inning with one strikeout in wins versus Marshall (Feb. 18), at Georgia Southern (Feb. 21) and over Youngstown State (Feb. 24) … Pitched 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts over two appearances versus Miami (Mar. 11 & 12) … Allowed just one run on three hits, while striking out four over 3.1 innings of relief work in the 12-inning win over No. 9 North Carolina (Mar. 18) … Threw 0.2 scoreless innings in the series finale versus the Tar Heels (Mar. 19) … Struck out two over 2.0 shutout innings versus No. 16 Auburn (Mar. 21) … Pitched 1.2 scoreless innings in the 5-1 win against No. 5 Clemson (April 1) … Did not allow an earned run over 0.2 innings in two outings versus Notre Dame (April 7 & 9).
2016 (Freshman): Made 10 relief appearances during his rookie season, posting a 7.20 ERA in 10.0 innings … Did not allow an earned run in his first 5.2 innings of work … Made his collegiate debut on Feb. 20 vs. Western Michigan, allowing one hit with a strikeout over a scoreless inning … Allowed four runs on four hits in one-third of an inning against Duke on April 3 … Surrendered three runs on three hits with a season-high two strikeouts in a season-long 2.0 innings vs. Miami on May 8 … Pitched one-third of an inning at Florida on June 5 in his first career postseason appearance.
Before Tech: Four-year letterwinner at The Lovett School under head coach Lance Oubs.
Personal: Full name is Robert Spalding Winborne … Born Jan. 25, 1997 in Atlanta, Ga. … Son of Robert Sr. and Lauren Winborne … Has five siblings — Boiling, Wallace, Frank, Arthur and Josephine … Older brother, Arthur, currently attends Tech … Majoring in business administration.
