2023 Baseball Roster

Juan Blas
Ashley Ray
Maddie Washburn

12 Hurston Waldrep

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Junior
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Thomasville, Ga.
  • High School Thomasville (Southern Miss)

Biography

All-Time Program Record Holder in K/9 (13.81)
2023 First Round MLB Draft Pick (24th Overall, Atlanta Braves)
2023 Second Team All-American (D1Baseball)
2023 ABCA First Team Southeast All-Region
2023 NCAA Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team
2023 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC Pitcher of the Week (April 17)
2023 First Team Preseason All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
2022 Third Team All-American (D1Baseball)

2023 (Junior):
  • Named a Second Team All-American by D1Baseball and ABCA First Team Southeast All-Region
  • Went 10-3 with a 4.16 ERA while making all 19 of his scheduled weekend starts
  • Held opposing hitters to a .228 batting average
  • Struck out the second-most batters (156) in a single season in program history, coming just one shy of Alex Faedo’s program record set in 2017
  • Teamed up with Brandon Sproat to strike out more batters (290) than any two-pitcher duo in program history while forming the ninth 100-strikeout duo in team history
  • Posted a program-record 13.8 strikeouts per nine, topping John Burke’s 32-year record of 13.3 set in 1990
  • Struck out double-digit batters in seven outings while fanning six-plus in 15 of 19 starts
  • Fanned 13 batters in his second start as a Gator, allowing two earned runs on three hits and three walks vs. Cincinnati on Feb. 25
  • Set a career high with 14 strikeouts across six innings vs. Miami on March 4, marking the most by a UF pitcher since Rob Bonanno has 15 vs. Georgia on May 19, 1994
  • Tossed a quality start while striking out 10 batters, allowing three earned runs on four hits and six walks in six innings to earn the win over Auburn on April 1
  • Pitched seven innings of three-run ball on five hits and two walks while fanning nine to pick up the victory and quality start at Tennessee on April 7
  • Allowed one earned run across seven innings, surrendering just three hits and three walks with eight strikeouts vs. Georgia on April 15 to record his third-straight quality start
  • Struck out 12-plus batters in three-consecutive NCAA Tournament starts to combine for 37 vs. UConn, South Carolina and Oral Roberts
  • Churned out seven frames of one-run ball backed by 12 strikeouts to earn the victory against UConn on June 4
  • Delivered an eight-inning gem to defeat South Carolina and send UF to the College World Series, allowing zero runs on three hits and two walks while striking out 13 Gamecocks on June 10
  • Earned the win vs. Oral Roberts at the College World Series on June 18, pitching six innings with one run allowed on seven hits and three walks while striking out 12

PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
  • Competed at Southern Miss for two seasons from 2021-22
  • 2022 Third Team All-American (D1Baseball)
  • Pitched to a 7-2 record with a 3.22 ERA and 156 strikeouts in 28 career appearances spanning 106 1/3 innings
  • Went 6-2 with a 3.20 ERA, .213 BAA and 140 strikeouts in 90 frames last season, translating to a 14.0 K/9
  • Threw two complete games and one shutout in 2022
  • Helped power Southern Miss to a 2022 NCAA Super Regional berth
 
THOMASVILLE HS:
  • Four-time letterwinner in baseball under head coach Greg Crager
  • Was ranked the 14th-best right-handed pitcher (high school baseball) in the state of Georgia by Perfect Game in 2020
  • Collected Region 1-AA Pitcher of the Year honors and Region 1-AA First Team accolades
  • Earned Class AA All-State honors by the outlet Georgia Dugout Preview Magazine
  • Represented Team Georgia in the prestigious Junior Sunbelt Classic during the Summer of 2019
  • Won three Region 1-AA titles (2017, 2018, and 2019)
  • Helped the Thomasville to a 23-9 record in 2019 and to the quarterfinal round of the 2017 and 2018 state tournament
  • Was a star on the gridiron at Thomasville as well, earning multiple accolades as a kicker/punter
 
PERSONAL:
  • Son of Cliff and Debbie Waldrep
  • Brother, Ryan; Sisters, Morgan and Edon
  • Majoring in education sciences at the University of Florida
ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA
2021* 3.31 1 0 11 0 0 0/0 3 16.1 13 8 6 8 16 1 0 1 68 .217 2 0 0 0 0
2022* 3.20 6 2 17 17 2 1/0 0 90.0 71 38 32 33 140 13 1 6 375 .213 13 6 0 2 1
2023 4.16 10 3 19 19 0 0/2 0 101.2 85 50 47 57 156 16 0 12 449 .228 11 0 0 3 7
Total 3.68 17 5 47 36 2 1/2 3 208.0 169 96 85 98 312 30 1 19 892 .221 26 15 0 5 8
*Statistics from a prior team/school

UF SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Innings pitched: 8.0, vs. South Carolina, June 10, 2023
Walks allowed: 6, three times
Runs allowed: 6, at Ole Miss, March 25, 2023
Strikeouts: 14, Miami, March 4, 2023
Putouts: 1, six times
Assists: 1, six times

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