Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR IN 2017
Appeared in 11 games … started on the mound in eight games … 18 strikeouts and 11 walks … threw four shutout innings with a season-high four strikeouts against Tennessee-Martin (April 2nd) … pitched one and two-thirds innings at Missouri where he struck out two and allowed no earned runs.

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2016
Appeared in and started 14 games … 5.14 ERA over 77 innings pitched with 46 strikeouts … posted a 6-4 record … made six quality starts … went six innings giving up no earned runs and striking out four batters in a win against VCU (February 26) … pitched eight innings giving up a lone earned run and striking out five batters in a win at Belmont (March 18) … tossed eight innings while notching eight strikeouts and giving up two earned runs in a win against Murray State (May 14).  

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2015
Appeared in four games … had a 7.71 ERA … recorded two strikeouts over his four and two-thirds innings of work … 2014-15 Colonel Scholar.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2014
Suffered a season ending injury … 2013-14 Colonel Scholar.
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2013
Earned two starts on the mound in rookie season and made 15 relief appearances … recorded a 1-2 record … struck out 13 batters in 27and two-thirds innings … finished five games … picked off two runners … won first collegiate start against Marshall (April 3) … pitched three innings and struck out two batters in the win … played for the Hamilton Joes in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League during the summer of 2013, finishing with a 2-3 record and a 3.26 ERA in eight starts … he walked only five batters in 41 and one-third innings … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2012-13 Colonel Scholar.

HIGH SCHOOL
Set a school and conference record with 84 strikeouts his senior year at Mariemont High School in Cincinnati, Ohio … had a 2.05 ERA and a 0.97 WHIP his senior season … also led the team with 25 RBIs and was second on the squad with a .364 batting average … as a junior he had 70 strikeouts with a 1.85 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP … set school records for single game (16) and career strikeouts (231) … three-time all-conference … all-city … team MVP … Cincinnati East/West All-Star.

PERSONAL
Full name is Eric Gerard Nerl … son of Tom and Julie Nerl … his father, Tom, played football and baseball … majoring in marketing.