2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Nick Wohlbold
- Position:
- INF/RHP
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Columbia, Mo.
- Previous School:
- Rock Bridge HS
- High School:
- Rock Bridge HS
- Pronunciation:
- R/R
2021: Served as a versatile arm, making 19 appearances with seven starts…Collected three victories, a save, a 5.89 ERA and 45 strikeouts over 47.1 innings…Managed seven scoreless appearances (six as a reliever, one as a starter)…Began the season as the team’s closer, earning a save with 1.1 no-hit innings against Belmont on March 11…Was stretched out into a member of the weekend rotation from April 1 through May 8, allowing two or fewer earned runs in five of his starts…Went a career-high five innings and fanned a career-best nine batters at SIUE on April 10…Also equaled a career-best with five frames at Eastern Illinois (backend of the April 23 doubleheader) and at Murray State (May 8)…Pieced together a dozen multi-strikeout performances…Did not allow an earned run in five combined innings against UT Martin’s three ranked opponents (two innings in the win at No. 22 Alabama on Feb. 24, two innings in the narrow setback at No. 1 Vanderbilt on April 6, one inning in the victory at No. 11 Ole Miss on May 18)…Limited the opposition to a .233 batting average (14-for-60) with two outs…Was named Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week on April 12…Was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters...Was named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2020: Became UT Martin’s first-ever Preseason All-American when he earned National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association second team honors (one of top nine relief pitchers listed)…Was also named to the NCBWA Preseason Stopper of the Year watch list and Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference accolades…Made five appearances out of the bullpen during the abbreviated season, ranking fourth in the OVC in saves (two) and fifth in games finished (four)…Boasted the best strikeout-per-nine-inning average (15.43) on the team, fanning 12 batters over seven frames…Posted a 1.28 WHIP (six hits and three walks) and a 4:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio, allowing a .222 opponent batting average and just one extra-base hit (a double)…Was responsible for scoreless outings in his first four appearances, starting the season with a shutout streak of 5.2 innings…Both saves came on back-to-back days, as he struck out the side in no-hit outings against No. 30 South Alabama (Feb. 21) and Siena (Feb. 22)…Earned the mound victory in the season-opener against Saint Louis on Feb. 14...Was named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters...Was named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2019: Garnered All-OVC second team honors as he led the league in saves with 13 on the year which ranks seventh-most in the conference’s history for most in a single season…Ranked 11th in the nation in saves…Became the school’s all-time saves leader as his baker’s dozen jumped the previous record of nine…Clocked in for 35.2 innings pitched in 24 appearances as he struck out 44 along the way…Logged a season-high three innings pitched against North Alabama on Feb. 24 as he fanned six along the way in a scoreless outing…Struck out a year-best seven batters at Eastern Kentucky on March 24 in 2.1 innings of work…Rung up multiple batters on 12 occasions…Conceded just six extra base hits on the year…Shut the door in the squad’s first postseason win since 2011 as the Skyhawks defeated Eastern Illinois in the OVC Tournament by a 2-1 margin...Earned an OVC Medal of Honor for a perfect 4.0 Grade Point Average and was also named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2018: Was a versatile member of the UT Martin baseball program as he made two starts in the field while also making nine appearances on the mound in relief…Started at third base against Troy in the back end of a doubleheader on Feb. 17 and against No. 13 ranked Southern Miss as he collected a pair of base knocks and an RBI in the victory over the ranked opponent…Tallied an RBI against Arkansas State on March 6…Tossed 9.1 innings of relief while ringing up 11 batters on the season…Conceded just three extra-base hits all year (two doubles and one home run)…Put together a perfect 1.1 innings against Eastern Kentucky on March 30 as he struck out one along the way before coming back out the next day against the Colonels to toss 0.2 inning of perfect baseball with a strikeout in that span…Struck out the side against SIUE on April 21 and allowed no runs in the appearance...Earned a spot on the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
BEFORE UTM: Helped lead Rock Bridge High School to the 2014 state championship…Was a key part of the district championships won by Rock Bridge in 2014, 2015 and 2016…Racked up several individual accolades, including first team all-district in 2015 and 2016, as well as 2016 Perfect Game Preseason All-American.
PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 25, 1998…Son of Darin and Christy Wohlbold…Has one brother, Sam…Grandfather Jerry Davis played basketball at Iowa State…Majoring in animal science.
