Pettway Honored as Freshman All-American
July 05, 2018 | Baseball
LOS ANGELES – UCLA's right-handed pitcher Zach Pettway was named first team Freshman All-America by D1Baseball, announced the organization on Thursday.
It is Pettway's fourth freshman All-America honor after earning first-team distinction from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, and second team honors from NCBWA and Perfect Game. He was also named All-Pac-12 honorable mention.
Pettway, a native of Long Beach, Calif., finished his freshman campaign with an 8-4 record in 16 appearances, including 15 starts, and posted a 3.35 ERA. He was one win shy of tying the program's freshman record for wins. He led the team with 78 strikeouts in 96.2 innings and walked just 19 batters all season. He recorded six starts this season without allowing a walk.
Pettway ended the regular season top-10 in the Pac-12 in wins, strikeouts and innings pitched. He became the first Bruin freshman since 2012 to start his career 5-0 and also the first UCLA freshman since Adam Plutko in 2011 to start and earn a win on the opening weekend. Pettway tossed 8.0 shutout innings against Baylor in his second career start and set a career-high with 10 strikeouts at Arizona on May 4.
