2024 Baseball Roster
Roster
Long, Hunter
Jersey Number 44
Hunter Long
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Ladera Ranch, Calif.
- High School:
- Capistrano Valley
Bio
2024 (FRESHMAN): Made one appearance before suffering season-ending injury ... Made Spartan and collegiate debut on Feb. 23 vs. Marshall, at Port Charlotte, Fla., firing two strikeouts, with one walk and without a hit or run in 1.0 IP in lone outing.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at Capistrano Valley Christian School for head coach Clemente Bonilla ... Helped the Eagles to the CIF-SS Division 3 quarterfinals, their deepest playoff run since 2017 ... Named San Joaquin League Player of the Year ... Tabbed To Division 2 All-CIF Team ... Earned first-team All-League as a senior and junior after second-team All-League accolades as a sophomore ... Led Orange County in strikeouts with 118 ... Selected to play in the Orange County All-Star game, striking out first four batters on the way to five total Ks in three innings of work ... Senior season highlights included a six-inning, 11-strikeout, one-hit shutout in the Eagles’ win over St. Margaret’s to win their 12th-straight San Joaquin League title ... Also had a six-inning outing with six strikeouts, three hits and one run in CVCHS’s 7-1 win over Temecula Valley in the CIF-SS Division 2 first round ... Helped lead the Eagles to a 21-9 mark during junior season, advancing to the CIF Southern Section Division III Championship ... Posted a 4-0 record with a 0.95 ERA, yielding just five earned runs in 37.0 IP, with 60 strikeouts to just 15 BB, limiting opponents to hitting just .119 against him ... Highlights included an 11-strikeout,one-hit, no-run, 6.0 IP outing that helped clinch the Eagles’ 12th straight league title in 12-0 win over St. Margaret’s ... Was a two-time team captain ... Played summer league for the OC Riptide ... Also played on the Capistrano Valley football team as defensive end, offensive lineman and long snapper.
PERSONAL: Son of Danielle and Troy Long ... Brother played baseball and swam ... Majoring in kinesiology at MSU ... Named his father has biggest baseball influence from coaching him when he was little and always encouraging him to be better and never settling to be average, and always helping to motivate him ... Lists greatest athletic experience as having Coach VanAmeyde scouting him at game in which he throwing 12 strikeouts in six innings with only one earned run, and committing to Michigan State because of their belief in him ... Chose MSU over Kansas State, San Diego State, UC San Diego, UC Irvine and Lipscomb.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterwinner at Capistrano Valley Christian School for head coach Clemente Bonilla ... Helped the Eagles to the CIF-SS Division 3 quarterfinals, their deepest playoff run since 2017 ... Named San Joaquin League Player of the Year ... Tabbed To Division 2 All-CIF Team ... Earned first-team All-League as a senior and junior after second-team All-League accolades as a sophomore ... Led Orange County in strikeouts with 118 ... Selected to play in the Orange County All-Star game, striking out first four batters on the way to five total Ks in three innings of work ... Senior season highlights included a six-inning, 11-strikeout, one-hit shutout in the Eagles’ win over St. Margaret’s to win their 12th-straight San Joaquin League title ... Also had a six-inning outing with six strikeouts, three hits and one run in CVCHS’s 7-1 win over Temecula Valley in the CIF-SS Division 2 first round ... Helped lead the Eagles to a 21-9 mark during junior season, advancing to the CIF Southern Section Division III Championship ... Posted a 4-0 record with a 0.95 ERA, yielding just five earned runs in 37.0 IP, with 60 strikeouts to just 15 BB, limiting opponents to hitting just .119 against him ... Highlights included an 11-strikeout,one-hit, no-run, 6.0 IP outing that helped clinch the Eagles’ 12th straight league title in 12-0 win over St. Margaret’s ... Was a two-time team captain ... Played summer league for the OC Riptide ... Also played on the Capistrano Valley football team as defensive end, offensive lineman and long snapper.
PERSONAL: Son of Danielle and Troy Long ... Brother played baseball and swam ... Majoring in kinesiology at MSU ... Named his father has biggest baseball influence from coaching him when he was little and always encouraging him to be better and never settling to be average, and always helping to motivate him ... Lists greatest athletic experience as having Coach VanAmeyde scouting him at game in which he throwing 12 strikeouts in six innings with only one earned run, and committing to Michigan State because of their belief in him ... Chose MSU over Kansas State, San Diego State, UC San Diego, UC Irvine and Lipscomb.
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