University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
2024 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 35
Justin Needles
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Wyncote, Pa.
Bio
Awards & Honors
2024 Season (Junior) - Made 17 appearances out of the bullpen earning two wins...Logged 39.2 innings while striking out 38...Posted a season-high five innings against Siena on Mar. 2...Struck out a season-high six against Niagara on Mar. 9...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.Â
2023 Season (Sophomore) - In his first season as a Bulldog, Needles pitched in 18 games...In 31.1 innings pitched, Needles went 2-0 with a 6.61 ERA to go with 25 strikeouts...Made his first appearance in an Asheville uniform on February 19 vs. Sacred Heart where he pitched 2.2 innings...Picked up wins against Radford and High Point...Pitched a season-high five innings to secure the win vs. Radford...He also struck out eight batters in that contest...In eight of his 18 appearances, Needles pitched more than one inning.
Prior to UNC Asheville -Â Played for Coach Randy Mower at Germantown Friends, where he was a four-year varsity starter...Selected to play in the 2019 Carpenter Cup...Was a 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-American Honorable Mention...A Top 1,000 prospect by Perfect Game, he was also ranked as the 1,159th right-handed pitcher in the country, 116th overall in Pennsylvania, and the 39th right-hander in Pennsylvania.
- 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 Season (Junior) - Made 17 appearances out of the bullpen earning two wins...Logged 39.2 innings while striking out 38...Posted a season-high five innings against Siena on Mar. 2...Struck out a season-high six against Niagara on Mar. 9...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.Â
2023 Season (Sophomore) - In his first season as a Bulldog, Needles pitched in 18 games...In 31.1 innings pitched, Needles went 2-0 with a 6.61 ERA to go with 25 strikeouts...Made his first appearance in an Asheville uniform on February 19 vs. Sacred Heart where he pitched 2.2 innings...Picked up wins against Radford and High Point...Pitched a season-high five innings to secure the win vs. Radford...He also struck out eight batters in that contest...In eight of his 18 appearances, Needles pitched more than one inning.
Prior to UNC Asheville -Â Played for Coach Randy Mower at Germantown Friends, where he was a four-year varsity starter...Selected to play in the 2019 Carpenter Cup...Was a 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-American Honorable Mention...A Top 1,000 prospect by Perfect Game, he was also ranked as the 1,159th right-handed pitcher in the country, 116th overall in Pennsylvania, and the 39th right-hander in Pennsylvania.
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