Longwood University Athletics

2025: Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week on March 24…Made 26 appearances, with one start, on the mound…Went 2-3 with two saves with an 8.80 ERA…Pitched 29.2 innings while striking out 21 against 44 hits, 37 runs and 12 walks…Tied with Reid Dittner for the team lead in saves…Earned the save against Towson (March 7) while giving up one run on one hit in 2.1 innings of work with one strikeout…Earned the win at UNC Asheville (March 23) while tossing 1.1 scoreless, hitless innings of relief with one strikeout and one walk…Struck out a season-best three at Charleston Southern (April 18) while giving up four unearned runs in 2.1 innings on two hits and no walks…Struck out a season high three batters against Winthrop (April 27)...Earned the win over Radford (May 16) with 1.1 scoreless relief innings while striking out one against one hit…Followed it up with the save against Radford (May 17) after recording the final out of the season in a 4-2 win that completed the sweep of the Highlanders…
 
2024: Relief pitcher who made 15 appearances in his sophomore campaign. Went 1-1 with a 7.15 ERA over 11.1 innings. Struck out a career best 12 batters while giving up 10 runs over 15 hits. Pitched a season long at Norfolk State (April 17) where he threw 3.0 innings while striking out four. Picked up his only win on the season at George Mason (March 19) where he threw an inning allowing only one hit and no runs. 
 
2023: Righthanded reliever who made nine appearances with one start in his true freshman season…Went 1-1 with a 7.53 ERA in 14.1 innings of work…Struck out nine against three walks while giving up 13 runs, 12 earned, on 21 hits…Went a season-long 3.0 innings with a season best three strikeouts at Bethune-Cookman on March 4 (3.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 K)…Took the loss in a 2.0 inning start on March 8 at College of Charleston where he gave up one run on four hits and a walk…Threw 2.0 scoreless relief innings at Norfolk State on April 4 while striking out one without giving up a hit…Earned the win against VCU in his final appearance on the season on May 9 (1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K)…
 
High School: Pitcher who lettered five times in baseball and once in basketball…named all-district, all-region and all-state as a pitcher…named all-district and region as an outfielder…struck out a school record 100 batters his senior season in 60 innings pitched…had a 1.04 ERA in that span
 
Personal: Son to Justin and Terri Bunch…both parents graduated from Longwood…dad played baseball at Longwood…has two siblings, Carter and Bailee…enjoys hunting…favorite athlete is Max Scherzer