WVU Baseball
WVU Baseball Adds Talented Left-Handed Pitching Transfer
WVU Baseball earned the commitment of Bryson Thacker, a left-handed pitcher who transferred from Tennessee, on Thursday, June 26.
In his commitment post, Thacker shared a picture of himself as a child wearing a coonskin cap, making him a natural fit for the Mountaineers.
A 6-foot-2, 189 pound redshirt sophomore, Thacker appeared in five games for the Volunteers last season, posting a 0.00 ERA with seven strikeouts across 4.1 innings.
Tennessee made the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament but despite Thacker’s success on the mound, he didn’t appear for any game action after mid April.
Thacker attended high school in Rome, Ga. where he earned four-time all-state selections, tossing a perfect game during his freshman year. Perfect Game ranked him as the No. 52 left-handed pitcher nationally during his senior season, when he put together a 1.20 ERA with 343 strikeouts across 170 innings pitched.
With that sort of durability, expect Thacker to work his way into the starting rotation at some point during his college career.
