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Jersey Number 31
Karson Ligon
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 205
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- High School/Previous School:
- River View HS / Miami (Fla.)
Bio
Honors / Awards
2024 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll2023 ACC Pitcher of the Week (April 3)
2022 ACC All-Freshman Team
2022 All-ACC Academic Team
2024 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in 15 games, while making two starts … Finished with 21 strikeouts, 17 hits and 16 runs (12 earned) to put together a 4.56 ERA … Ended the season with a 1-0 record in 23.2 innings pitched … Made his MSU debut on February 18 against Air Force … Held opponents to a .202 batting average … Tallied a strikeout in 14 of his 15 appearances.
Air Force (2/18): Picked up a punchout in an inning of work. Austin Peay (2/21): Surrendered three runs and struck out one in 1/3 of an inning pitched. Georgia Southern (2/24): Punched out a season-high three batters … Allowed a single earned run in 2.2 innings of work. Southern Miss (3/5): Made first Diamond Dawg start … Had one strikeout in an inning pitched. New Orleans (3/13): Tied a season-high with three strikeouts … Allowed a single hit without an earned run in three innings of relief work. LSU (3/16): Second-straight outing with three punchouts and did not allow a run in 3.1 innings pitched. Florida (3/31): Picked up second start of the season…Struck out one in 2.1 innings of work. Ole Miss (4/13): Did not allow an earned run while surrendering a single hit and two walks. Alcorn State (4/16): Punched out one in a single inning pitched. Vanderbilt (4/28): Struck out one through 1.1 innings of relief work. Alabama (5/5): Did not walk a batter and struck out one through 1.2 innings of work. Arkansas (5/12): Surrendered two hits and three runs in a single inning pitched. Virginia (6/2): Struck out one in 2/3 of an inning pitched.
2023 (Sophomore Season – Miami (Fla.))
Pitched in ten games, making ten starts as a sophomore … Finished the season with a 3-2 record, 4.80 ERA and 37 strikeouts over 50.2 innings pitched … Pitched a season-high eight innings against Florida State on March 31 … Tallied a season-best seven strikeouts against NC State on March 10 … Tallied at least one strikeout in nine of his ten appearances.
2022 (Freshman Season – Miami (Fla.))
Pitched in 16 games, making 15 starts in rookie campaign … Finished the season with 6-6 record, 4.90 ERA and 67 strikeouts over 75.1 innings pitched … Posted 4-1 mark and 1.45 ERA, while holding opponents to .197 batting average across first seven appearances … Made collegiate debut with three innings of one-run baseball against Towson (Feb. 19) … Earned first career start, allowing one run on two hits and striking out co-season-high eight over five frames vs. FAU (Feb. 23) … Punched out eight batters in seven innings, while limiting No. 14 Florida (Mar. 5) to one run and three hits in first weekend start … Struck out seven over six innings, surrendering one run in ACC debut vs. Boston College (Mar. 12) … Scattered one unearned run and three hits across 5.1 innings at No. 18 Clemson (Mar. 19) … Pitched five frames, yielding two tallies in no-decision against No. 13 North Carolina (Mar. 26) … Twirled six scoreless innings in 4-3 win at Duke (Apr. 2) … Tossed season-long eight innings and allowed one run, while matching season-best eight strikeouts, vs. Pitt (Apr. 23) … Surrendered one unearned run in five frames against North Dakota State (May 5).
High School
Three-year letterman at Riverview High School, serving as captain in 2020-21 … Went 6-2 with 1.93 ERA and 61 strikeouts over 57.2 innings pitched as senior … Tossed 98-pitch no-hitter with 12 strikeouts in final year with Rams.
Personal
Son of Jeff and Page Ligon … Has one older brother, Kendall.
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