2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Luke Boyd
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ojai, Calif.
- High School:
- Nordhoff HS
CAREER HONORS
โข T-7th all-time at BU with 70 career relief appearances
โข 2021 CBF Second Team All-American
โขย 2021 NCBWA Third Team All-American
โข 2021 First Team All-Big 12
โข ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region Second Team
โข 2021 Preseason NCBWA First Team All-American
โข Preseason All-Big 12 Team
โข Tied for the national lead with six saves in 2020
โข Drafted in theย 38th round (1141st overall) of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels
โข 2019 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
โขย 3x Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2019, 2020, 2021)
โข 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
โข Two-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017, Fall 2017)
โขย Two-time Dean's List (Fall 2016, Fall 2017)
2021 (FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR): NCBWA Third Team All-American โฆ College Baseball Foundation Second Team All-American ... First Team All-Big 12 โฆ ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region Second Team โฆ First Team Academic All-Big 12 โฆ Preseason NCBWA First Team All-American โฆ Preseason All-Big 12 Team โฆ made 24 appearances in the closer role โฆ boasted a team-leading 1.27 ERA in 28.1 innings pitched โฆ led the team with eight saves โฆ 4th in Big 12 in saves โฆ struck out 43 while only walking 11 โฆ held opponents to a .152 batting average โฆ only gave up two extra-base hits โฆ picked up saves against Memphis (3/5 & 3/7), UTSA (3/16), Texas State (3/30), UT Arlington (4/6), WVU (4/9 & 4/10), at SHSU (4/13) โฆ earned the win vs. OU (5/20) after hurling 1.2 scoreless innings.
2020 (SENIOR):ย Tied for the national lead with six saves on the year โฆ 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... appeared in seven games on the year, earning saves in six of them, tossing 11.0 total innings, striking out 16 to just one walk and allowed one run on one hit โฆ opponents hit just .179 against him โฆ earned his first save of the year on Feb. 15 vs. Nebraska, tossing a season-high 2.0 innings โฆ earned saves against Oral Roberts (2/22), Oral Roberts (2/23), UT Rio Grande Valley (2/26), Missouri (2/28), LSU (2/29), Arkansas (3/1) and at Cal Poly (3/8) โฆ earned saves in all three games as the Bears swept through three ranked SEC opponents at the Shriners College Classic in Houston โฆ struck out a season-high three batters vs. UT Rio Grande Valley (2/26).
2019 (JUNIOR):ย Has made 24 appearances including two starts as one of Baylorโs most dependable set-up men โฆ Academic All-Big 12 First Team โฆ Owned a 3-0 record with a 2.14 ERA โฆ Has 41 strikeouts in 33.2 innings pitched โฆ Held opponents to a .170 batting average, second lowest on the team โฆ Worked a season-high 2.2 innings and punched out a season-best five batters at UTA (4/9) โฆ Tallied 18 scoreless outings.
2018 (SOPHOMORE):ย Appeared in nine games in relief โฆ Academic All-Big 12 Second Team โฆ Recorded career-best 6.97 ERA โฆ Made two multi-inning relief appearances โฆ Posted four scoreless outings โฆ Notched three or more strikeouts in two appearances โฆ Posted career-high four strikeouts vs. UAPB (4/18).
2017 (FRESHMAN):ย Pitched in seven games with one start ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (fall 2017) ... Made Baylor debut in relief vs. Niagara (2/18), tossed 0.2 frames ... Tallied first career start vs. Nevada (2/20), throwing five scoreless innings while allowing three hits and three walks with first two career strikeouts ... Posted scoreless inning at Dallas Baptist (3/15) with two strikeouts ... Longest relief appearance came in 2.2-inning outing vs. West Virginia (3/17).
HIGH SCHOOL:ย Posted 56 innings pitched for Nordhoff High School in 2016 with 99 strikeouts and eight complete games while holding a 2.20 ERA ... Batted .283 with 18 doubles and one home run.
PERSONAL:ย Born Nov. 21, 1997 ... Son of Bob and Stacey Boyd ... Graduated with a degree in sports, sponsorship and sales marketing ... Currently enrolled in the sports management graduate program.
