2022 Baseball Roster

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Hayden Arnold #30 RHP

  • Position:
    Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 225
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Letters:
    4
  • Hometown:
    Rison, Ark.
  • High School:
    Watson Chapel H.S
  • Prev School:
    Watson Chapel H.S

Summary

Biography

2021 Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year
2021 First Team All-Sun Belt Conference

2022 Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference

2022 (5th Year): 
Second team All-Sun Belt selection … Appeared in 15 games in his 5th season at Little Rock, all of which being starts … Finished the season with a record of 5-6 and an ERA of 3.14 and 86 strike outs over 94.2 innings … Led Trojan pitching in many stat categories including ERA, opp. batting average, wins, innings pitched, strike outs, and games started … Also led the Sun Belt in innings pitched in conference (70.1), strike outs in conference (67), and finished second in strike outs looking (17) … Broke the all-time career strikeout record at Little Rock in a start against ULM (Apr. 29) and then was the first Trojan to surpass 300 strike outs in a career in a start at Louisiana (May 19) … Averaged 6.1 innings per start which was best on the team and exceeded 100 pitches 5 different times during the course of the season … Struck out a career best 12 batters during a complete game shutout of Louisiana (May 19) beating his previous best of 11 from opening day of 2020, his complete game shut out of Louisiana was the first of his career … Allowed 2 or less runs in 10 of his 15 starts on the year and held a 5.7 strike out to walk ratio … Did not allow double digit hits in any of his starts.

2021 (Senior): Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year ... First team All-Sun Belt selection ... Appeared in 15 games with 14 starts for the Trojans, posting a 7-4 record with a 3.07 ERA and 84 strikeouts over 85.0 innings ...  Boasted a league-best 1.54 ERA in conference games while pitching 52.2 innings, the most of any pitcher in the league ... Arnold ranked third in conference games in strikeouts (54) and wins (five) and fifth in opposing batting average (.191) ... Allowed just nine earned runs in eight starts, walking nine to give him a 6:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a 9.23 strikeout-per-nine tally ... Logged eight quality starts on the year ... Named Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week on April 21 ... Struck out 10 on a pair of occasions, including at Arkansas State (Apr. 2) and at ULM (Apr. 17) ... Allowed no earned runs through at least five innings on five different occasions ... Became the seventh player in program history to reach 200 career strikeouts, fanning eight in the win over Louisiana on Apr. 23 ... Exceeded 100 pitches on three occasions, including a career-high 119 with 10 strikeouts over 7.2 innings at Arkansas State (Apr. 2) .. Threw 109 pitches with eight strikeouts over 7.0 innings and allowed just three hits against App State (May 14) ... Logged 106 pitches over 7.2 innings with a pair of strikeouts and just three hits at UT Arlington (May 1) ... Had eight strikeouts at Sam Houston State (May 7), allowing just four hits over 5.1 innings ... Ended the year with an 8.9 strikeouts per nine tally and a 4.67 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

2020 (Junior): Made three starts for the Trojans as Little Rock's Friday starter ... Pitched 14.0 innings on the year with a 3.21 ERA and 24 strikeouts ... Boasted a 15.43 strikeouts per nine innings ... Earned the opening day win over Illinois State (Feb. 14), allowing no runs on five hits with 11 strikeouts over six innings ... Pitched four innings at Nicholls (Feb. 21), giving up a pair of earned runs with seven strikeouts ... Threw four innings against North Alabama (Feb. 28), allowing three earned runs on six hits with six strikeouts ... Gave up just three walks on the year ... 2020 NCAA baseball season was canceled on March 12, 2020, due to a global coronavirus pandemic.

2019 (Sophomore): Appeared in 20 games with 10 starts in the mound in his second year at Little Rock...Became a mainstay in the Trojans' weekend rotation, earning a 5-3 record with a 4.17 ERA in 69.0 innings pitched...Racked up 68 strikeouts and also picked up a save at Georgia Southern (March 23)...Threw 7.0 innings of shutout ball with nine strikeouts to pick up the win at Central Arkansas (March 12)...Tossed another shutout against Coastal Carolina, allowing just three hits in 7.0 innings of work (Apr. 12)...Shutout Arkansas State with another 7.0 innings, allowing just three hits on the night (Apr. 17)...Earned Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week honors (Apr. 16) for his stellar start against Coastal Carolina.

2018 (Freshman): Appeared in 23 games as a true freshman with four starts on the mound for the Trojans, posting a 1-2 record ... Registered a 3.53 ERA in 51.0 innings pitched, ranking fourth and fifth on the team, respectively ... Finished with 53 strikeouts while allowing just 38 hits, 20 earned runs and 21 walks on the year ... Held opponents to a .204 batting average ... Made his first career start at Troy (Mar. 17), allowing two runs in 4.2 innings with a pair of strikeouts ... Earned his first collegiate win against ULM (Apr. 14), pitching 4.1 innings of relief and holding the Warhawks hitless with a season-high seven strikeouts ... Struck out six in his start at Appalachian State (Apr. 28) ... Notched five strikeouts in 4.2 innings pitched against Northwestern State (Mar. 3), allowing just two hits with one run.

Watson Chapel HS: Named an All-Conference recipient for three years at Watson Chapel and received All-State honors his junior season.

Personal: Hometown is Rison, Ark.... Son of Jeff and Donna Arnold... Has one sister, Jordan.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 186 lbs
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    2019Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 186 lbs
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    2020Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 186 lbs
    30
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    2021Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 186 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2022Fifth Year

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 225 lbs
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