University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2023 Baseball Roster
Couch, Jerry
Jersey Number 27
Jerry Couch
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 200
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bossier City, La.
- High School:
- Airline
- Prev School:
- Charleston Southern
Bio
2023 Season (at Louisiana)
Made 16 appearances in his lone season with the Ragin' Cajuns and posted a 2-1 record with a 4.11 ERA ... fanned 10 batters in 15.1 innings pitched ... pitched season-high 2.1 innings of scoreless relief at James Madison (4/22) ... earned first victory with 1.1 innings of scoreless relief in win over Texas State (5/14) ... helped Louisiana defeat Coastal Carolina in the Sun Belt Conference Championships after holding the Chanticleers to two hits in 1.1 innings of relief ... fanned a pair of batters in games against Rice (2/18) and ULM (5/6).
2022 Season (at Charleston Southern)
Posted a 3-3 record on the mound with two saves and a 6.55 earned run average ... pitched 56.1 innings in 17 appearances with eight starts ... was second on the team in innings pitched and third in strikeouts (55) ... pitched a season-high 6.2 innings against Radford (3/19) allowing one run with four strikeouts ... struck out eight batters in 3.2 scoreless innings against Longwood (5/20) ... scattered six hits and fanned seven batters in 5.0 innings against Delaware State (2/25) ... earned the save against top-seeded Campbell (5/26) in the Big South Conference Tournament.
Junior College (at LSU Eunice)
Made 38 career appearances with 22 starts in three seasons at LSU-Eunice ... a third-team NJCAA All-American and second-team All-Louisiana member in 2021 ... helped the Bengals to the NJCAA national title after finishing 12-1 with a 3.82 ERA on the mound as a Covid Sophomore in 2021 ... struck out 68 batters in 92.0 innings while being named a NJCAA Gold Glove recipient ... was dominate in postseason play, going 3-0 in four starts including a pair of wins in the World Series ... settled down from a rocky first two innings and helped LSUE stave off elimination against Western Oklahoma State in a best-of-three series in the NJCAA Division II College World Series to earn a win and limiting WOSU to five hits in six innings of work ... was 4-0 on the mound with a 4.08 ERA in 2020 and 2-1 with a 3.45 ERA as a freshman in 2019.
High School
Named as an all-district pitcher and 2018 All-Star Game participant at Bossier City's Airline High School.
Personal
Born April 25, 2000 in Bossier City ... the son of Melissa and Jerry Couch ... has one sister ... majoring in general studies with a concentration in business.
Made 16 appearances in his lone season with the Ragin' Cajuns and posted a 2-1 record with a 4.11 ERA ... fanned 10 batters in 15.1 innings pitched ... pitched season-high 2.1 innings of scoreless relief at James Madison (4/22) ... earned first victory with 1.1 innings of scoreless relief in win over Texas State (5/14) ... helped Louisiana defeat Coastal Carolina in the Sun Belt Conference Championships after holding the Chanticleers to two hits in 1.1 innings of relief ... fanned a pair of batters in games against Rice (2/18) and ULM (5/6).
2022 Season (at Charleston Southern)
Posted a 3-3 record on the mound with two saves and a 6.55 earned run average ... pitched 56.1 innings in 17 appearances with eight starts ... was second on the team in innings pitched and third in strikeouts (55) ... pitched a season-high 6.2 innings against Radford (3/19) allowing one run with four strikeouts ... struck out eight batters in 3.2 scoreless innings against Longwood (5/20) ... scattered six hits and fanned seven batters in 5.0 innings against Delaware State (2/25) ... earned the save against top-seeded Campbell (5/26) in the Big South Conference Tournament.
Junior College (at LSU Eunice)
Made 38 career appearances with 22 starts in three seasons at LSU-Eunice ... a third-team NJCAA All-American and second-team All-Louisiana member in 2021 ... helped the Bengals to the NJCAA national title after finishing 12-1 with a 3.82 ERA on the mound as a Covid Sophomore in 2021 ... struck out 68 batters in 92.0 innings while being named a NJCAA Gold Glove recipient ... was dominate in postseason play, going 3-0 in four starts including a pair of wins in the World Series ... settled down from a rocky first two innings and helped LSUE stave off elimination against Western Oklahoma State in a best-of-three series in the NJCAA Division II College World Series to earn a win and limiting WOSU to five hits in six innings of work ... was 4-0 on the mound with a 4.08 ERA in 2020 and 2-1 with a 3.45 ERA as a freshman in 2019.
High School
Named as an all-district pitcher and 2018 All-Star Game participant at Bossier City's Airline High School.
Personal
Born April 25, 2000 in Bossier City ... the son of Melissa and Jerry Couch ... has one sister ... majoring in general studies with a concentration in business.
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