Layne Looney

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Photo by: University of Richmond Athletics

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Photo by: Alex Edelman

Drafted in the 19th Round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs
2018 Atlantic 10 First Team

2019 (Senior)

Made 22 relief appearances throughout the year
Led the Spiders with five saves in 27.1 innings
Struck out 36 hitters and earned two wins
Logged multiple innings in 10 appearances
Season-high 2.0 innings pitched in four games
Struck out at least one hitter in 20 of his 22 appearances
Earned the win in the first game of the season, striking out three hitters in 1.2 innings at Georgia State (2/15)
Earned his first save of the season in the first game of the doubleheader with Bowling Green (2/24), striking out a hitter in in 1.0 innings of work
Tallied another save in a 10-8 win over Bryant after striking out a hitter (3/15)
Earned his third save after throwing 1.1 innings without allowing a run and two strikeouts against Princeton (3/18)
Earned his fourth save of the season after throwing 2.0 innings with a strikeout against George Mason (3/31)
Recorded his fifth save of the season after throwing a shutout inning at James Madison (4/2)
Struck out a season-high four hitters in 2.0 innings of shutout baseball in the nightcap against Dayton (4/13)
Back-to-back scoreless outings to end the season against Saint Louis (5/16) and in the A-10 Tournament against Davidson (5/24) with a combined five strikeouts

2018 (Junior)

Made 23 relief appearances to rank 10^th in single season appearances
Moved into the Spiders' closer role
Finished the season with a 0.60 ERA and a 1-0 record after 30 innings of work and 51 strikeouts
Earned his first career save at Jacksonville (3/13)
Had three-straight appearances where he earned saves
Went a season-long three innings vs. Davidson (4/22) and registered a career-best seven strikeouts
Moved into the Spider record book in single season saves (8)
Had 16-straight scoreless relief appearances (3/13-5/24)

2017 (Sophomore)

Made 15 appearances on the hill, including 14 starts
Finished the season with a 3.21 ERA and a record of 3-6 after 61.2 innings of work
Had a career long outing (7.0) at Dayton where he earned his second win of the season (3/25)
Registered a career-best six strikeouts in his season debut vs. North Carolina A&T (2/18) and matched it three additional times during the season

2016 (Freshman)

Made seven appearances out of the pen
Named "Baseball America's" Preseason A-10 Freshmen of the Year
Made his collegiate debut against Maryland-Eastern Shore, going two innings (2/28)
Earned his first win against Harvard (3/4)
Recorded a career-best three strikeouts at William & Mary as he came in for an inning of relief and struck out the side (3/22)

High School

Ranked nationally as “Top 500” prospect and No. 22-rated RHP in the state of Texas by Perfect Game
Posted a 12-0 record, including four no-hitters with a 0.53 ERA and 119 strikeouts as a junior for the Highland Park Scots
Named to 2014 CBS Sports Online-MaxPreps Underclass All-American Team (One of six players from Texas)
2014 Underclass Third-Team All-American by Perfect Game
Awarded First-Team All-State by both Texas Sports Writers Association and Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association
Invited to be an Under Armor Preseason All-American in 2015
Named First-Team All-Area by Dallas Morning News
Voted District MVP
2013 Perfect Game 16U National Championship All-Tournament Team
Selected as Dallas Morning News Player of the Week, VYPE Magazine Player of the Week and Texas High School Baseball Player of the Week
Texas Rangers Area Code and NY Mets Metropolitan Classic participant
Invited to represent Team Texas at Sun Belt Classic
National Honor Society
Cornerstone Scholar Athlete
HPISD Baseball Scholar Athlete
Member of Dallas Mustangs coached by Sam Carpenter