#26 Thatcher Hurd Season 2023

At UCLA (2022)

Made nine appearances – including six starts – in 2022 as a true freshman at UCLA, posting a 2-0 record with a 1.06 ERA, 10 walks and 48 strikeouts in 34 innings while limiting opponents to a .138 batting average … had 23 strikeouts in 10 innings over two outings against Omaha and Long Beach State in the first two starts of his career … posted a season-high 12 strikeouts in five innings against Long Beach State on March 1, as he and fellow pitcher Ethan Flanagan teamed up for a 19-strikeout one-hitter … On March 8, Hurd was named the Perfect Game/Rawlings National Pitcher of the Week and NCBWA National Co-Pitcher of the Week after a standout pair of outings against Long Beach State and Oklahoma (combined: 6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 15 K)  … allowed one earned run or fewer in all nine of his appearances in 2022 … named to the UCLA Director’s Honor Roll for fall and spring quarters.

High School

The nation’s ninth-ranked pitcher and the No. 1 pitcher in the state of California as a senior at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif. … was the top-ranked pitcher in California and the No. 4 overall prospect in the state … ranked nationally as the No. 9 right-handed pitcher and No. 32 overall prospect … two-time Preseason All-American … named to the Top Prospect Team at the 2020 Perfect Game National Showcase … played for the San Francisco Giants scout team in the 2020 WWBA World Championship … participated in the 2020 Area Code Games and in the Under Armour All-American Game.

Personal

Donated the money he received through LSU’s NIL program to the Baton Rouge Food Bank in February 2023 … Hurd’s donation provided 30,000 pounds of food for the food bank.