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Jersey Number 17
Andrew Carson
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 188
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rochester, Mich.
- High School:
- Stoney Creek
- Prev School:
- Lansing CC
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades.
2023 (SENIOR): Collected Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Posted a 3.93 ERA with a 3-4 record with one save in 22 appearances and six starts, with 49 K, including 22 KL, and 23 BB in 55.0 IP ... Ranked fifth in the B1G in ERA (3.93) and sixth in batters struck out looking (22) ... Led the team in strikeouts looking (22), while ranking second on team in ERA (3.93), total strikeouts (49), appearances (22) and games finished (6), third in games in relief (16), fourth in innings (55.0) and fifth in games started (6) ... Rang up season-high five Ks at Iowa (May 13), one of nine outings with three or more punchouts, including a stretch of four-straight outings (March 11-26) ... Logged two outings without allowing a hit and eight outings without yielding a run ... Posted nine appearances of 3.0 IP or more, highlighted by season-high 6.0 IP in first outing and first start of season, March 20 at Grand Canyon, ringing up three Ks in only allowing three hits and one run in the propelling the 7-1 Victory for MSU ... Collected second win of the season in 5.0 IP relief outing vs. Kansas in Greenville (March 11), with four strikeouts, while scattering five hits without a hit ... Also earned wins in relief appearances vs. Western Illinois (April 14), with 2.0 IP outing with one K ... Picked up lone save of season with four strikeouts in 3.0 IP without a hit or run vs. Ohio State (April 7).
2022 (JUNIOR): Made a team-leading 26 appearances, which ranked fifth in the B1G overall and tied for second in the league during the regular-season ... Logged a 2-0 record with two saves, registering 45 strikeouts with 25 walks in 35.2 IP ... Also led team in games in relief (26), while sharing team lead for strikeouts looking (18) and won-loss percentage (1.000), additionally also ranking tied for second in saves (2), third in strikeouts (45) and fourth in opposing batting average (.254) ... Made Spartan debut in season-opener at UNLV (2/18/22), going 3.0 IP with three Ks with one hit and no runs ... Posted career-high five Ks and went career-long 4.0 IP vs. Minnesota (5/1/22), including ringing up three Ks in sixth inning, getting first two Ks then yielding a single before finishing off frame with another punchout, which was also one of 12 outings with multiple strikeouts and one of 16 outings of 1.0 IP or longer ... Struck out the side on three KLs vs. Notre Dame (4/26/22) at Comerica Park ... Rang up a 1-2-3 inning with back-to-back strikeouts to end inning at Northwestern (4/24/22) and earn first save of Spartan career ... Worked a three-up, three-down ninth inning at Western Michigan (5/11/22) to log second save ... Had two outs on just one pitch, coming in and inducing a double play on first pitch vs. Minnesota (4/29/22) ... Had 12 outings without yielding a run, including a stretch of five-straight appearances (4/20-5/1/22) ... Registered six appearances without allowing a hit ... Fielded position by running down foul ball and making running catch in front of Minnesota dugout (5/1/22), one of five putouts and adding four assists.
AT LANSING CC (2020-21): Played two seasons at LCC for former Spartan player and assistant coach Jordan Keur, helping the Stars to a 47-3 record in 2021 and a runner-up finish at the NJCAA Region XII Championship ... Earned first-team All-League and All-District accolades in 2021, after posting a 5-0 record and a 2.84 ERA with 60 Ks in 38.0 IP, making eight appearances ... Registered a 14.21 K/9 average that led LCC and ranked 10th in the NJCAA ... Tallied a 7-0 two-year career record at LCC in 10 appearances, with 75 Ks in 47.0 IP (14.36 K/9) with a career ERA of 2.68.
AT BOWLING GREEN: Redshirted the 2019 season at Bowling Green.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at Stoney Creek High School for coach Clint Rodgers ... Earned honorable mention All-State accolades, along with earning All-Region, All-District and All-OAA honors after helping Stoney Creek to a 30-11 record and conference title ... Selected to play in the Michigan High School All-Star game ... Pitched 48 innings, yielding only three earned runs, posting a 0.34 ERA as a senior, which broke the school record ... Played summer league for the Royal Oak Leprechauns and Jetbox Oakland ... Also was a two-year letterwinner on the basketball team as shooting guard ... Chose MSU over Michigan, Purdue, Indiana State.
PERSONAL: Son of Paula and Jimmy Carson ... Has two brothers and one sister ... Father, Jimmy Carson, played 10 seasons in the NHL, including playing for the LA Kings and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1987, part of scoring more goals as a teenager than any player in NHL history with 92 goals and later reached 100 goals as the second-youngest at 20 years, 116 days old, trailing only Wayne Gretzky (20 years, 40 days old) ... Jimmy also played for the Edmonton Oilers, Detroit Red Wins, Vancouver Canucks and Hartford Whalers, including selected to play in the 1989 NHL All-Star Game while with the Edmonton Oilers ... Majoring in economics ... Lists his father as his biggest baseball influence because he’s always pushing him to reach the highest levels of his athletic ability ... Lists striking out 17 batters in six innings in a junior college playoff game as his greatest athletic achievement.
2023 (SENIOR): Collected Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Posted a 3.93 ERA with a 3-4 record with one save in 22 appearances and six starts, with 49 K, including 22 KL, and 23 BB in 55.0 IP ... Ranked fifth in the B1G in ERA (3.93) and sixth in batters struck out looking (22) ... Led the team in strikeouts looking (22), while ranking second on team in ERA (3.93), total strikeouts (49), appearances (22) and games finished (6), third in games in relief (16), fourth in innings (55.0) and fifth in games started (6) ... Rang up season-high five Ks at Iowa (May 13), one of nine outings with three or more punchouts, including a stretch of four-straight outings (March 11-26) ... Logged two outings without allowing a hit and eight outings without yielding a run ... Posted nine appearances of 3.0 IP or more, highlighted by season-high 6.0 IP in first outing and first start of season, March 20 at Grand Canyon, ringing up three Ks in only allowing three hits and one run in the propelling the 7-1 Victory for MSU ... Collected second win of the season in 5.0 IP relief outing vs. Kansas in Greenville (March 11), with four strikeouts, while scattering five hits without a hit ... Also earned wins in relief appearances vs. Western Illinois (April 14), with 2.0 IP outing with one K ... Picked up lone save of season with four strikeouts in 3.0 IP without a hit or run vs. Ohio State (April 7).
2022 (JUNIOR): Made a team-leading 26 appearances, which ranked fifth in the B1G overall and tied for second in the league during the regular-season ... Logged a 2-0 record with two saves, registering 45 strikeouts with 25 walks in 35.2 IP ... Also led team in games in relief (26), while sharing team lead for strikeouts looking (18) and won-loss percentage (1.000), additionally also ranking tied for second in saves (2), third in strikeouts (45) and fourth in opposing batting average (.254) ... Made Spartan debut in season-opener at UNLV (2/18/22), going 3.0 IP with three Ks with one hit and no runs ... Posted career-high five Ks and went career-long 4.0 IP vs. Minnesota (5/1/22), including ringing up three Ks in sixth inning, getting first two Ks then yielding a single before finishing off frame with another punchout, which was also one of 12 outings with multiple strikeouts and one of 16 outings of 1.0 IP or longer ... Struck out the side on three KLs vs. Notre Dame (4/26/22) at Comerica Park ... Rang up a 1-2-3 inning with back-to-back strikeouts to end inning at Northwestern (4/24/22) and earn first save of Spartan career ... Worked a three-up, three-down ninth inning at Western Michigan (5/11/22) to log second save ... Had two outs on just one pitch, coming in and inducing a double play on first pitch vs. Minnesota (4/29/22) ... Had 12 outings without yielding a run, including a stretch of five-straight appearances (4/20-5/1/22) ... Registered six appearances without allowing a hit ... Fielded position by running down foul ball and making running catch in front of Minnesota dugout (5/1/22), one of five putouts and adding four assists.
AT LANSING CC (2020-21): Played two seasons at LCC for former Spartan player and assistant coach Jordan Keur, helping the Stars to a 47-3 record in 2021 and a runner-up finish at the NJCAA Region XII Championship ... Earned first-team All-League and All-District accolades in 2021, after posting a 5-0 record and a 2.84 ERA with 60 Ks in 38.0 IP, making eight appearances ... Registered a 14.21 K/9 average that led LCC and ranked 10th in the NJCAA ... Tallied a 7-0 two-year career record at LCC in 10 appearances, with 75 Ks in 47.0 IP (14.36 K/9) with a career ERA of 2.68.
AT BOWLING GREEN: Redshirted the 2019 season at Bowling Green.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at Stoney Creek High School for coach Clint Rodgers ... Earned honorable mention All-State accolades, along with earning All-Region, All-District and All-OAA honors after helping Stoney Creek to a 30-11 record and conference title ... Selected to play in the Michigan High School All-Star game ... Pitched 48 innings, yielding only three earned runs, posting a 0.34 ERA as a senior, which broke the school record ... Played summer league for the Royal Oak Leprechauns and Jetbox Oakland ... Also was a two-year letterwinner on the basketball team as shooting guard ... Chose MSU over Michigan, Purdue, Indiana State.
PERSONAL: Son of Paula and Jimmy Carson ... Has two brothers and one sister ... Father, Jimmy Carson, played 10 seasons in the NHL, including playing for the LA Kings and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1987, part of scoring more goals as a teenager than any player in NHL history with 92 goals and later reached 100 goals as the second-youngest at 20 years, 116 days old, trailing only Wayne Gretzky (20 years, 40 days old) ... Jimmy also played for the Edmonton Oilers, Detroit Red Wins, Vancouver Canucks and Hartford Whalers, including selected to play in the 1989 NHL All-Star Game while with the Edmonton Oilers ... Majoring in economics ... Lists his father as his biggest baseball influence because he’s always pushing him to reach the highest levels of his athletic ability ... Lists striking out 17 batters in six innings in a junior college playoff game as his greatest athletic achievement.
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