2017 Baseball Roster

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35 Kevin Elwell

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Clarks Summit, Pa.
  • Position Pitcher
  • High School Abington Heights
  • Height 6-0
  • Major Engineering
  • Weight 170
  • Bats/Throws R/R

Biography

AWARDS & HONORS

2017 // Senior
- All-Landmark Conference Second Team SP
- Landmark Conference Pitcher of the Week (3/6)

2016 // Junior
- ABCA/Rawlings All-Mid-Atlantic Region First Team P
- All-Landmark Conference First Team SP
- Landmark Conference Pitcher of the Year
- Landmark Conference Pitcher of the Week (3/7)

2015 // Sophomore
- Landmark Conference Pitcher of the Week (3/23, 4/27)
 

2017 // Senior // Game-by-Game Stats
- Started 12 games and threw a Landmark-high 76.0 innings.
- Led the Blue Jays and ranked tied for second in the conference with seven victories (7-4).
- Tied for second in the Landmark with three complete games.
- Named All-Landmark Conference Second Team.
- Posted a better than 3:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio with 37 punch outs and 12 walks allowed.
- Allowed one walk or less in 9-of-12 starts.
- Capped E-town career second all-time in wins (25), second in innings (248.1) and tied for 11th in complete games (13).
- Opened the season with a complete game four-hitter to beat Swarthmore, 5-2, in game one on Feb. 26.
- Shut down nationally-ranked #11 La Roche with an 8-inning, six-hit shutout and five strikeouts in a 1-0 extra-inning victory on March 5.
- Received fourth career Landmark Pitcher of the Week award on March 6.
- Struck out a season-high six vs. Penn State Behrend, March 10.
- Limited Moravian to six hits and one unearned run in a 6-1, game one, complete game victory on March 25.
- Worked six innings and struck out five in Blue Jays' first game of the NCAA DIII Mid-Atlantic Regional against Wheaton (Mass.), May 18.

2016 // Junior // Game-by-Game Stats
- Landmark Conference Pitcher of the Year and All-Landmark First Team selection.
- Selected to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Mid-Atlantic Region First Team.
- Became just the third hurler in more than 80 seasons of E-town baseball to win 10 games (10-2).
- Team leader in ERA (3.27), wins, complete games (five), shutouts (two), innings pitched (77.0) and strikeouts (38).
- Tied Derik Aasan (2000) for second on the program's single-season pitching wins list.
- Topped the Landmark in wins and innings pitched, while ranking second in ERA and complete games.
- Put up gaudy numbers in regular season conference play, going a perfect 7-0 with a 2.98 ERA, four complete games and a shutout.
- Held opposing conference hitters to a .232 batting average across 48.1 innings.
- Started the season on a high note, shutting out Massachusetts Maritime with a two-hit, four-strikeout performance.
- Success rolled into his second start, when he quieted Eastern over seven innings, allowing three hits and striking out four more, while extending his scoreless streak to 14 innings.
- Whiffed a career-high seven in a win at Juniata on April 8.
- Threw a four-hit shutout at Drew on April 23.
- Earned 10th win of the year by holding Moravian to two runs over 6.1 innings, as the Jays captured an 18-3 victory in the opening game of the Landmark Conference semifinals, May 8.
- Voted Landmark Pitcher of the Week for the week ending March 6.

2015 // Sophomore // Game-by-Game Stats
- Registered a 4-4 record and 4.27 ERA over nine starts.
- Led the team and Landmark Conference with two shutouts.
- Ranked second on the Blue Jays in victories, innings pitched (46.1) and complete games (three).
- Tied for seventh in the Landmark in wins and complete games.
- Recovered from a rocky start to the season with three straight quality starts (at least 6 IP with 3 ER or less) from March 6-29.
- Blanked Catholic with a complete game two-hitter, March 22.
- Tied a season-high with four strikeouts in a two-hit, complete game shutout at Susquehanna on April 25.
- Both shutouts were 1-0 victories for Elizabethtown.
- ERA dipped as low as 2.96 following win vs. Juniata on April 4, which capped a four-game run where he allowed just three earned runs in 24.1 innings.
- Honored as the Landmark Pitcher of the Week on March 23 and April 27.

2014 // Freshman // Game-by-Game Stats
- Made an immediate impact on the mound for the Jays as a freshman.
- Led the pitching staff with four wins (4-2).
- Threw 49 innings, while making six starts and nine appearances overall.
- Finished with a 2.39 ERA, second-best on the team.
- Also ranked second on the team in strikeouts with 23.
- Earned first career win on March 7, pitching six scoreless innings and fanning three in a 3-0 victory over Misericordia.
- Recorded season-high five strikeouts in back-to-back April starts against Alvernia and Messiah.
- Victorious in his final start of the season, vs. Lebanon Valley on April 26, going all seven innings for his second shutout of the season.
- E-town had a 6-3 record in his nine appearances.

High School
- Competed on baseball, basketball and soccer teams at Abington Heights High School, excelling in all three sports.
- Coached by Bill Zalewski (baseball), Ken Bianchi (basketball) and Steve Klingman (soccer).
- Received nine varsity letters.
- Named team captain in all three sports.
- Baseball team went 14-6, won the District 2 Class AAA championship and advanced to the state semifinals.
- Hit better than .400 during his senior season on his way to leading the Comets in hits, runs and doubles.
- Received two Lackawanna League All-Star nods and all-region recognition once on the diamond.
- Part of 2012-13 Comet basketball team that won 25 games, the Lackawanna League and District 2 Class AAA titles and advanced to the PIAA state quarterfinals.
- Lackawanna League Second Team All-Star in basketball.
- Averaged better than 10 points per game for his career on the hardwood and scored more than 100 points as a member of the soccer team (43 goals, 16 assists).
- Helped lead AHHS soccer team to a district runner-up finish.
- Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches' Association (PSCA) All-State forward as a senior.
- Two-time Lackawanna League All-Star and two-time all-region selection in soccer.

Personal
- Son of Henry and Deborah Elwell.
- Has an older brother, Mark, and three older sisters, Diana, Jessica and Maria.
- Engineering major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2014Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'0" 165 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2015Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'0" 170 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2016Junior

    Pitcher
    6'0" 170 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2017Senior

    Pitcher
    6'0" 170 lbs
    35