Dylan Lester

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Position:
P
Height:
6-1
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Brenham, Texas
High School:
Brenham HS

CAREER: Made 21 appearances with one start on the mound … owns a record of 0-0, 6.16 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, one save and 35 strikeouts ... Thrown 30.2 innings of work.

2021: Made 15 appearances with one start … Recorded a 7.06 ERA, 1.48 WHIP, and a .253 B/AVG … Tallied 27 strikeouts, one saves and 21.2 innings pitched … Produced seven multiple-strikeout games … Recorded strikeouts in five-straight appearances.

2020: Appeared in six games, all out of the bullpen … recorded a 0-0 record and 4.00 ERA in 9.0 innings pitched … struck out eight batters with five walks … limited opponents to a .207 batting average … pitched 2.2 innings with zero walks and four strikeouts against USF (3/10) … had 1.2 scoreless innings of relief with no hits and walks given up against Eastern Michigan (2/21).

2019 (SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-NORTH): Appeared in 19 games out of the bullpen ... Had a 2-3 record with two saves and a 2.27 ERA in 31.2 innings pitched ... Registered 48 strikeouts to just 10 walks ... Only allowed three extra-base hits in 117 at-bats against.

2018 (HOUSTON): Appeared in six games in 2018, all out of the bullpen ... Struck out four in 5.0 innings of work ... Owned a 5.40 ERA ... Made first career appearance vs. Vanderbilt (March 4), tossing 1.1 shutout innings with a strikeout ... Went a season-long 1.1 innings in relief vs. ECU in the American Championship (May 25) ... Made an NCAA Regional appearance in the final game of 2018 vs. North Carolina (June 3) ... Helped Houston to a conference regular-season title and an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament ...

2017 (HOUSTON): Did not appear in any games due to suffering a season-ending injury to his throwing arm.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Brenham High School in Brenham, Texas … earned All-District Honorable Mention his sophomore year … awarded to First-Team All-District, All-State Honorable Mention, and Brenham Baseball MVP his junior year … earned First-Team All-District, All-State Honorable Mention, Academic All-State, and Brenham Baseball MVP while tallying a 1.46 ERA, 83 strikeouts and 72 innings pitched his senior year … graduated cum laude.
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PERSONAL: Born Feb. 5, 1998 … son of Dennis and Sandra Lester … has an older sister, Brianna … likes to play guitar, hunt, and grill … father played at Southwest Texas University Class of 1988 ... majors in Health Services.