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Jersey Number 25
Will Hesslink
- Position:
- Left-Hand Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Shelburne, Vt.
- High School:
- Avon Old Farms
Bio
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Innings: 4.1, Northeastern (3/20/18)
Strikeouts: 4, Northeastern (3/20/18)
AS A JUNIOR (2020)
Pitched in six games of relief… posted a 10.80 ERA with three strikeouts in 6.2 innings of work… struck out two in 0.2 innings at No. 8 Arizona State (2/21)… tossed 2.2 innings with a strikeout vs. the Sun Devils (2/23)… pitched 2.1 innings at North Carolina A&T (3/2).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019)
Appeared in 13 games… posted a 0-1 record, pitched 7.0 innings, struck out seven and allowed seven walks with a 12.86 ERA… pitched one-shutout inning and struck out two vs. Evansville (3/1)… struck out one in a scoreless-frame vs. Clemson (3/22)… threw 1.1-shutout innings with a strikeout at Florida State (3/30).
AS A FRESHMAN (2018)
Pitched in nine games out of the bullpen; totaling 11.2 innings... totaled 12 strikeouts and held opponents to a .225 batting average... made collegiate-debut with two-scoreless innings with a strikeout vs. Rutgers (2/25)... pitched 4.1 innings of shutout-relief with four strikeouts in an 18-inning affair against Northeastern (3/20) in the first game ever played at the Harrington Athletics Village.
BEFORE BC
A four-year member of the Rice Memorial High School baseball team in South Burlington, Vt., under the director of Jamie Merhant … went on for a postgraduate year at Avon Old Farms under head coach Brian Doyle … helped the Knights to a Division I State Championship in 2014 and 2015 … captained the team in 2016 … earned first-team all-state honors as a sophomore, junior and senior … in 2014, went 7-0 with a 1.37 ERA, striking out 85 over 71.2 innings and to go along with a .490 batting average … went 10-0 with a 0.62 ERA with a Vermont Metro League leading 98 strikeouts over 65 innings and a .455 average at the plate … ranked the top overall player in Vermont by Perfect Game USA … collected Perfect Game USA All-American Northeast Region honorable mention honors in 2017 … named to the Second-Team Northeast Region Team … earned a spot on Perfect Games USA’s 17-U World Series All-Tournament Team in 2015 and the High School Showdown All-Tournament Team in 2017 … also played hockey at Rice, captaining the team in 2015 and 2016 … member of the Avon Old Farms honor roll … Relay For Life Captain in 2017 … member of the school play all four years at Rice.
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PERSONAL
Enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … recipient of the 2019 D'Agostine Family Athletic Scholarship...Will is the youngest of Cindy and Geoff Hesslink’s three children … has an older brother, Geoffrey and sister, Katherine … mother was on the Vermont gymnastics team (1986-89). Recipient of The James R. Savage '51 Memorial Flynn Scholarship Fund.Â
Innings: 4.1, Northeastern (3/20/18)
Strikeouts: 4, Northeastern (3/20/18)
AS A JUNIOR (2020)
Pitched in six games of relief… posted a 10.80 ERA with three strikeouts in 6.2 innings of work… struck out two in 0.2 innings at No. 8 Arizona State (2/21)… tossed 2.2 innings with a strikeout vs. the Sun Devils (2/23)… pitched 2.1 innings at North Carolina A&T (3/2).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019)
Appeared in 13 games… posted a 0-1 record, pitched 7.0 innings, struck out seven and allowed seven walks with a 12.86 ERA… pitched one-shutout inning and struck out two vs. Evansville (3/1)… struck out one in a scoreless-frame vs. Clemson (3/22)… threw 1.1-shutout innings with a strikeout at Florida State (3/30).
AS A FRESHMAN (2018)
Pitched in nine games out of the bullpen; totaling 11.2 innings... totaled 12 strikeouts and held opponents to a .225 batting average... made collegiate-debut with two-scoreless innings with a strikeout vs. Rutgers (2/25)... pitched 4.1 innings of shutout-relief with four strikeouts in an 18-inning affair against Northeastern (3/20) in the first game ever played at the Harrington Athletics Village.
BEFORE BC
A four-year member of the Rice Memorial High School baseball team in South Burlington, Vt., under the director of Jamie Merhant … went on for a postgraduate year at Avon Old Farms under head coach Brian Doyle … helped the Knights to a Division I State Championship in 2014 and 2015 … captained the team in 2016 … earned first-team all-state honors as a sophomore, junior and senior … in 2014, went 7-0 with a 1.37 ERA, striking out 85 over 71.2 innings and to go along with a .490 batting average … went 10-0 with a 0.62 ERA with a Vermont Metro League leading 98 strikeouts over 65 innings and a .455 average at the plate … ranked the top overall player in Vermont by Perfect Game USA … collected Perfect Game USA All-American Northeast Region honorable mention honors in 2017 … named to the Second-Team Northeast Region Team … earned a spot on Perfect Games USA’s 17-U World Series All-Tournament Team in 2015 and the High School Showdown All-Tournament Team in 2017 … also played hockey at Rice, captaining the team in 2015 and 2016 … member of the Avon Old Farms honor roll … Relay For Life Captain in 2017 … member of the school play all four years at Rice.
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PERSONAL
Enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … recipient of the 2019 D'Agostine Family Athletic Scholarship...Will is the youngest of Cindy and Geoff Hesslink’s three children … has an older brother, Geoffrey and sister, Katherine … mother was on the Vermont gymnastics team (1986-89). Recipient of The James R. Savage '51 Memorial Flynn Scholarship Fund.Â
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