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Braden Shipley (25

Braden Shipley

  • Class
  • Induction
    2024
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball
Earned Mountain West Pitcher of the Year honors in 2013 and WAC Pitcher of the Year honors in 2012… first-team all-conference the last two seasons in two different conferences ... posted a 17-7 career record that is the ninth best winning percentage (.708) in school history ... ranks sixth in school history with 203 career strikeouts… posted a 7-3 record with a 2.77 ERA  in 2013... led the team in wins and ERA that year… struck out 102 which ranks as the seventh best season in school history and was second in the MW…  switched to the mound in 2012 after playing shortstop for the Wolf Pack in 2011… went 9-4 with a WAC best 2.20 ERA in 2012… led the WAC in ERA (2.20), opponent batting average (.212) and wins (9) and was second in the conference in innings pitched (98.1) and third in strikeouts (88) that year… selected as the 15th overall pick of the 2013 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks ... highest selected athlete in the history of Nevada athletics ... a pair of Wolf Pack basketball players Kirk Snyder (2005) and Luke Babbitt (2011) were picked 16th in the first round… made his Major League debut with the Diamondbacks and made 13 appearances his rookie season… has played several more seasons in the Minor Leagues and in the Mexican League ... Voted to the Mountain West 25th Season Baseball Team in 2024.
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