2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Will Bednar
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 229
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Valencia, Pa.
- High School/Previous School:
- Mars Area
- Major:
- Business Administration
Career Notes & Records
Draft: First round pick (No. 14 overall) in the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the San Francisco Giants.
2021 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Third-team All-American (NCBWA), Newcomer All-SEC, SEC Newcomer of the Week (5/24), NCAA Starkville Regional All-Tournament Team, College World Series All-Tournament Team, College World Series Most Outstanding Player
Season: Started in 16 games and collected a 3.12 ERA for the season and a 9-1 record… Most innings pitched (92.1)... Lowest opposing team batting average (.214)... Highest batters that struck out looking (34)... 32 earned runs allowed… 72 hits allowed… 35 runs allowed… 26 walks allowed and 139 strikeouts. Most wins (9) with a win/lose percentage of (.900).
Kent State (3/5): Made his first relief appearance of the season… struck out two in one inning pitched. Grambling (3/9): Started on the bump, allowed one hit through two innings and struck out five of the six batters he faced. Eastern Michigan (3/14): Came in for four innings of relief, allowing one hit and striking out seven. LSU (3/20): Started and pitched five innings, allowing three hits, a walk, and striking out seven batters in his first collegiate win. Arkansas (3/27): Started five innings, allowing four earned runs on six hits and striking out 10. Kentucky (4/2): Allowed two runs on three hits through six innings, second consecutive appearance with 10 strikeouts. Auburn (4/10): Allowed just one run on four hits through seven innings pitched, striking out seven batters. Vanderbilt (4/24): Gave up one run in five innings on three hits and three walks with eight strikeouts. Texas A&M (5/1): Allowed one run and five hits through five innings started, walked three and recorded seven strikeouts. South Carolina (5/8): Through six innings, allowed three runs on six hits with striking out 13. Alabama (5/21): Pitched eight complete innings, allowing no runs on three hits and two walks and striking out 11, and ended the game with a 0.00 game ERA. Samford (6/4): Through seven complete innings, allowed three runs on six hits with one walk and striking out eight. Notre Dame (6/12): Striking out four and giving up seven hits, four runs two walks in three innings. Texas (6/20): Allowing one hit and one walk through six innings pitched and striking out 15. Texas (6/26): In 6.1 innings pitched, allowed four hits, three runs, and two walks while striking out seven. Vanderbilt (6/30): Through six innings, allowed zero runs, zero hits with three walks and striking out four.
2020 (Freshman Season)
Awards: Earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
Season: Appeared in four games with one start...First three appearances came in relief...Made collegiate debut in the middle game of the series with Wright State (2/15)...Made first collegiate start against Quinnipiac (3/7)...Posted first career save at Long Beach State (2/29)...Tied for second on the team in saves (1) and strikeouts (23)...Posted one save: at Long Beach State (2/29)...Struck out five-or-more batters in three of four outings.
Rankings: Finished tied for No. 4 among SEC freshmen in strikeouts (23).
Wright State (2/14-16): Made collegiate debut in relief during the middle game in the series...Threw three innings and allowed two runs on three hits...Walked two and struck out four. Oregon State (2/21-23): Tossed three scoreless innings of relief...Allowed one hit and walked two...Fanned five. at Long Beach State (2/28-3/1): Threw the final four innings in the middle game of the series to combine with Christian MacLeod for the shutout...Allowed just three hits and struck out six. Quinnipiac (3/6-8): Made his first collegiate start in the middle game of the series...Allowed one run on two hits in 5 1/3 innings...Struck out a season-best eight and walked two.
High School
Lettered three times for head coach Andy Bednar at Mars Area High School...Selected team captain as a senior...Named team MVP as a junior...Garnered All-America honors from Perfect Game as a junior...Named first-team All-Region by Perfect Game as a senior...Tabbed Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Player of the Year as a junior...Earned Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) All-Section honors as a junior...Participated in both the Area Code Games and East Coast Pro Showcase following his senior season...Finished high school with a 4.00 GPA...Earned high honors all four years of high school.
Personal
Born William Ross Bednar on June 13, 2000 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...Son of Sue and Andrew Bednar...Has one younger sister, Danielle...Has one older brother, David...Brother, David, lettered in baseball at Lafayette (Pa.) College (2014-16) and was a 35th-round draft pick of the San Diego Padres in 2016...David made his major league debut for the Padres on September 1, 2019...Majoring in business administration.
