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2017 Baseball Roster

14 Grant Willcoxon

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Melbourne, Fla.
  • Previous School Viera HS

Biography

2017: Named to FIT Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Selected to Spring Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll... Received FIT Senior Award... Made 13 appearances, starting five games... 19 walks and 34 strikeouts in 38.1 innings pitched, for an ERA of 5.63... Faced 159 batters, limiting the opposite teams to a .302 batting average... Ended senior season with a 3-3 record... Tallied a season-high of seven strikeouts against Palm Beach Atlantic (Mar. 21)... Recorded a season-high of five innings pitched in win over Embry-Riddle (Apr. 14).

2016: Appeared in 15 games, earning one start on the mound...compiled an 0-3 record with a 5.23 earned run average...notched 22 strikeouts in 32.2 innings pitched...finished tied for fifth in the Sunshine State Conference in saves (3)...tossed a season-high five innings in relief against Embry-Riddle (4/16)...tied a season-high with four strikeouts in consecutive outings versus Valdosta State (2/14) and Augusta (2/20)...placed on FIT Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2015: Made 11 starts in 12 appearances on the mound...finished 4-4 with a 5.02 earned run average...tossed a complete game four-hitter at Benedict (2/7)...tied a season-high with eight strikeouts on two separate occasions...ninth in the SSC in opponent batting average (.253)...pitched 6.1 innings in FIT's 8-5 win over Lynn in the NCAA South Regional. 

2014: Made 12 starts for the Panthers as a freshman…named SSC Pitcher of the Week on April 14…named to FIT Athletic Director’s Honor Roll…recorded a 4-5 record with a 3.36 ERA…threw three complete games…was second on the team with 69.2 innings pitched…had a 20.2 scoreless innings streak…gave up 26 earned runs, walked 19, and struck out 30 batters…opposing batters hit with a .253 average…named to the SSC Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll.

High School: Attended Viera High School in Melbourne, Fla…played baseball and basketball and earned five varsity letters…helped teams win three district championships…two-time 1st Team Cape Coast Conference…starter on varsity team all four years…member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born Sept. 22, 1994…son of Jim and Rita Wilcoxon…has one sister (Erica)…has the post graduate goal of becoming a financial advisor…chose Florida Tech to stay close to home and for the education…admires his parents.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2014Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'1" 170 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2015Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'1" 190 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2016Junior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 185 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2017Senior

    Pitcher
    6'2" 185 lbs
    14