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44 Keegan Pulford-Thorpe

44 Keegan Pulford-Thorpe

  • Position:
    LHP
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    215
  • Letters:
    2
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Aurora, Ont.
  • High School:
    Newmarket (Central Florida / Georgia Highlands College)

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Pitched in 21 games across two seasons where he saw action with the baseball program ... came over to WSU after stints at Central Florida and Georgia Highlands College ... made first five career starts with the Warriors during his final campaign in 2025 ... awarded a spot on the GLIAC All-Tournament Team for his performance during the conference tournament in Lansing, Mich. ... banked first WSU pitching victory on April 8, 2025, at Findlay ... served as a team co-captain in his final year at Wayne State ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team in each of the last two seasons (2024 and 2025) ... a three-time recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25).

2025:  2024-25 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... finished final collegiate campaign with a 7.03 ERA (13 appearances, five starts), a 1-1 win-loss record, 32 innings pitched, 30 strikeouts, 28 walks, and a batting average against of .231 ... season was a tale of two halves as he turned it on down the stretch ... compiled a 16.20 ERA (18 ER surrendered) through first 10 innings pitched of the year spread across six outings (two starts) ... however, in his last 22 frames worked and seven appearances (three starts), his ERA was just 2.86 with a total of seven earned runs allowed in that span ... one of those final seven performances/three starts awarded him GLIAC All-Tournament Team recognition, the best and culminating performance of his collegiate career in Wayne State's 3-1 10-inning win over No. 8 Grand Valley State to advance to Championship Sunday ... that effort (quality start), he threw eight innings, three and one-third frames more than his previous career high, and didn't give up a hit through five and two-thirds ... he surrendered just the one earned run on three hits with six walks and four strikeouts on 118 pitches ... the next-longest effort of his career came in the appearance before that, a start with 4.2 innings pitched on May 4 against Parkside for the team's final home game of the season as well as Keegan's Senior Day ... that line included four hits, two earned runs, two free passes, four punchouts, and 75 pitches ... first pitching victory at Wayne State and his first since April 12, 2022 as a sophomore at Georgia Highlands College came out of the bullpen on April 8 at Findlay (4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 SO) ... that relief appearance came in the midst of four straight in which he didn't allow a single earned run ... the other three were March 29 at Purdue Northwest (1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 11 pitches), April 13 at Saginaw Valley State (0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 24 pitches) and April 17 at Grand Valley State (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 SO, 12 pitches) ... the seventh appearance of his final seven not listed above was a start on April 25 against Davenport (2.2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO, 68 pitches) ... achieved a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on eight chances with one putout, seven assists and one double play ... served as a team co-captain ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2024:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... recorded a 5.87 ERA, 0-1 win-loss record, eight appearances (all out of the bullpen), 7.2 innings pitched, four strikeouts, nine walks and batting average against of just .148 (4-for-27) ... made first appearance as a Warrior on March 11 at Saint Leo (1.0 IP, 1 BB, 12 pitches) ... lasted at least an inning in all but one of his eight outings and didn't surrender an earned run in six of those eight ... in fact, didn't give up an earned run in each of his first four showings (4.0 IP, 1 H, 3 BB, 2 SO combined) ... if not for his final effort of the season (1.0 IP, 3 ER, 2 BB), his season ERA is 2.70 in six and two-thirds innings of work ...2023-24 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2023:  2022-23 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... transferred to Wayne State in the summer of 2022 with three years of eligibility remaining ... did not see any playing time.

2022 (Georgia Highlands College):  Pitched in nine games and went 1-0 ... started one game and worked a total of six and 2/3 innings ... allowed seven earned runs and struck out six batters.

2021 (Central Florida):  Did not make an appearance.

2020 (Central Florida):  Did not make an appearance.

High School:  A 2019 graduate of Newmarket (Ont.) High School ... earned Academic Honor Roll recognition ... selected in the 33rd round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the San Diego Padres ... represented Canada on the bronze-winning COPABE U18 Pan Am Championships in Panama in 2018 ... named as a Perfect Game Preseason All-American Canada/Puerto Rico ... garnered All-Region First Team accolades ... selected by the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League in 2017 as a defenseman ... played summer ball for the Toronto Mets and coach Rick Leitch.

Personal:  Full name -- Keegan Pulford-Thorpe ... born on February 19, 2001, in Newmarket, Ontario ... son of Paul Thorpe and Jill Pulford-Thorpe ... father pitched in over 300 games during seven seasons in the Baltimore Orioles organization ... mother was a collegiate swimmer at York (Ont.) University ... has an older sister, Allie ... uncle Bob Pulford played over 1,000 games in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings, and was an NHL head coach for 12 seasons ... earned a bachelor's degree in Exercise & Sport Science in May of 2024 ... currently pursuing a master's degree in Exercise & Sport Science ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2022, Winter 2023 (4.00), Fall 2023, Winter 2024 (4.00), Fall 2024 (4.00) and Winter 2025 ... is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
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Historical Player Information

  • 44

    2023Redshirt Junior

    LHP
    6'2" 215 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2024Redshirt Senior

    LHP
    6'2" 215 lbs
    44
  • 44
    C

    2025Graduate Student

    LHP
    6'2" 215 lbs
    44
    C