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2017 MIT Baseball Roster

12 David Hesslink

  • Position P
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 160
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • High School West Hills

Biography

2017: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 34th round of the MLB Draft (#1023)... CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American... CoSIDA Academic All-District... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... Tied for the team lead in wins as he was 5-4 in a team-high 68.2 innings pitched... Made 11 starts with two complete games... Posted a 4.33 ERA with 42 strikeouts and a .291 opponent batting average... Opened the season with a 3-0 mark, capped by an eight-inning win at Coast Guard on 3/25 that made him the winningest pitcher in MIT history... He ended his career with 24 wins, which is the most in school history... Recorded a season-high 11 strikeouts in a road win at Oglethorpe on 3/18... Ranked 2nd in the NEWMAC in starts, fifth in wins, fourth in complete games, eighth in strikeouts and 20th in earned run average.

2016: NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team... ECAC New England Championship Tournament Most Outstanding Player... CoSIDA Academic All-District... CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... NEWMAC Pitcher of the Week on April 25th... Led the team with a 7-2 overall record in a team-leading 76.2 innings pitched... Made 12 starts with one complete game to go along with a team-high 51 strikeouts as opponents hit just .241 against him... Finished with a 2.35 ERA, which is top's among MIT starting pitchers... Led the NEWMAC in games started, wins and innings pitched... Ranked fifth in complete games, second in strikeouts and third in hits allowed... Posted a season-high eight strikeouts vs. Castleton on March 18th and at Emerson on April 8th... Allowed just two hits with four strikeouts over eight innings in a home shutout win over Babson on April 30th.

2015: A second solid season as one of MIT’s top starting pitchers … made 12 appearances with nine starts … second team All-NEWMAC … Academic All-NEWMAC … posted a 5-4 record with a 3.25 ERA … struck out 44 over his 61 innings pitched … both numbers led the staff … also led the team with his nine starts.

2014: Emerged as one of the top pitchers in the NEWMAC in his first year ... NEWMAC Pitcher of the Year … New England Region Rookie of the Year by d3baseball.com … appeared in 10 games with nine starts on the mound … first team All-NEWMAC … second team All-Region by d3baseball.com … NEWMAC and ECAC New England Pitcher of the Week (3/31) … compiled a 7-0 record with a 2.18 ERA … led MIT in wins … second in strikeouts (40) and innings pitched (62.0) … struck out a season-high nine in his collegiate debut against St. Vincent (3/15), allowing one earned run on four hits in five innings to pick up the win … hurled a complete-game shutout at Clark (3/29), allowing just one hit … struck out six and allowed just three hits against Emerson (4/5) with no runs allowed … defeated Wheaton (4/19), allowing a pair of unearned runs over eight innings … gave up three earned runs over seven innings at Springfield (4/28) in the NEWMAC Tournament, striking out four on his way to a victory … won his start at the NCAA Tournament, defeating Tufts (5/16) when he scattered eight hits and allowed three earned runs in six innings while striking out four.

Off the Diamond at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering... Worked as a baseball analytics intern with the Tampa Bay Rays... Earned the Dolphin Scholarship... Member of the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program.

High School: A 2013 graduate of West Hills High School… three-time letterwinner as a pitcher in baseball … league Newcomer of the Year (2013) … all-county first team (2013) … all-state all-star team selection (Team Maryland, 2012) … West Hills Male Student-Athlete of the Year (2013) … Academic League Team Captain … Science Bowl Team Captain/Club Founder … Valedictorian … National Merit Finalist … AP Scholar with Distinction … Math & Engineering Student of the Year.

Club: Played club ball for Mad Dogs Baseball Club and DC Dynasty.


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Historical Player Information

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    2014First Year

    P
    6'1" 160 lbs
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    2015Sophomore

    P
    6'2" 165 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2016Junior

    P
    6'2" 160 lbs
    12
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    2017Senior

    P
    6'2" 160 lbs
    12