2023 Rice Baseball Roster
Roster
Durke, Hayden

Jersey Number 20
Hayden Durke
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 206
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Abbeville, Louisiana
- High School:
- North Vermilion
Bio
2023: Did not see action.
Louisiana: Appeared in 10 games (one start) in 2022... Top outing was in relief vs. SE Louisiana (4,2,1,1,0,3)… Struck out a season-high four vs. LA Tech in his lone start (3,3,2,2,3,4)… Posted a 2-3 record with one and a 5.26 ERA as a freshman in 2021 ... Made 14 appearances on the season with eight starts ... Fanned 46 and walked 24 in 39.1 ... held opponents to a .224 average ... Opening Day starter at Tulane (2/19) tossing 5.0 innings, allowing one hit with five strikeouts in a no-decision ... Earned his first collegiate victory in his next start against Rice (2/26), pitching 5.0 innings with nine strikeouts ... Pitched a career-high 6.2 innings in a win over Houston Baptist (3/6) scattering three hits while striking out six ... Earned his first collegiate save with a scoreless inning and a strikeout against Nicholls (4/6).
Prior to Louisiana: A heralded recruit out of North Vermilion High School, ranking as the 89th-best overall prospect in the country and the best prospect in the state of Louisiana by PerfectGame.org despite having his senior season cancelled by the pandemic … Earned LHSAA All-State First Team as a utility player as a junior ... First-team LBCA All-State team as a pitcher ... was 7-3 and a 3.34 ERA as a junior season with 78 strikeouts in 44 innings ... fanned 80 batters in 58.1 innings as a sophomore.
Louisiana: Appeared in 10 games (one start) in 2022... Top outing was in relief vs. SE Louisiana (4,2,1,1,0,3)… Struck out a season-high four vs. LA Tech in his lone start (3,3,2,2,3,4)… Posted a 2-3 record with one and a 5.26 ERA as a freshman in 2021 ... Made 14 appearances on the season with eight starts ... Fanned 46 and walked 24 in 39.1 ... held opponents to a .224 average ... Opening Day starter at Tulane (2/19) tossing 5.0 innings, allowing one hit with five strikeouts in a no-decision ... Earned his first collegiate victory in his next start against Rice (2/26), pitching 5.0 innings with nine strikeouts ... Pitched a career-high 6.2 innings in a win over Houston Baptist (3/6) scattering three hits while striking out six ... Earned his first collegiate save with a scoreless inning and a strikeout against Nicholls (4/6).
Prior to Louisiana: A heralded recruit out of North Vermilion High School, ranking as the 89th-best overall prospect in the country and the best prospect in the state of Louisiana by PerfectGame.org despite having his senior season cancelled by the pandemic … Earned LHSAA All-State First Team as a utility player as a junior ... First-team LBCA All-State team as a pitcher ... was 7-3 and a 3.34 ERA as a junior season with 78 strikeouts in 44 innings ... fanned 80 batters in 58.1 innings as a sophomore.
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