2023 Baseball Roster
Connor Foley
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Jasper, Ind.
- High School:
- Jasper
2024 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: All-Big Ten Second Team as a starting pitcher … named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (2/19) after four innings of scoreless work in win over No. 18 Coastal Carolina … Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Stats: Finished seventh in the Big Ten in strikeouts (82) … tops in the league among starters in batting average against (.165) … finished 34th in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings (11.71).
Season: Appeared in 14 games – all starts – as IU’s Saturday starter in 2024 … led the team in starts (14) … pitched to a 4.71 earned run average across 63.0 innings of work … finished with a 4-2 record with wins against Baylor (2/24), Illinois (3/23), Butler – 1 (3/30) and Maryland (4/6) … missed two scheduled starts due to back tightness in April … 12 of 14 starts lasted at least four or more innings … finished the season with 82 strikeouts … opponents hit just .165 against him on the season … allowed zero runs in six of his outings … went scoreless across five-plus innings in four games including a seven-inning, scoreless effort vs. Illinois (3/23) … tallied seven-or-more strikeouts in eight outings … career high 10 strikeouts in games vs. Illinois (3/23) and Maryland (4/6) … the Hoosiers were 11-3 in games started by Foley.
2023 (Freshman Season)
Season: Made 20 appearances, all in relief ... Collected four wins ... Owned two holds ... Posted three saves ... Made collegiate debut in relief against Miami (Ohio) (2/21) ... Owned victories over Bellarmine (3/9), Morehead State (3/16), at Northwestern (5/6) and at Kentucky (6/3) ... Posted holds against Miami (Ohio) (2/21) and at Xavier (5/10) ... Earned saves against Ohio (4/21), at Ball State (4/21) and at Michigan State (5/20) ... Did not allow a run of his own in 11 appearances ... Stranded eight of 11 inherited runners ... Held the opponent to three-or-fewer earned runs in all 20 appearances ... Issued two-or-fewer walks in 18 appearances, with zero walks in nine outings ... Owns four-or-more strikeouts in four appearances.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Terry Gobert at Jasper High School, where he was a three-year letterwinner … Helped JHS to the Indiana High School Athletic Association Class 4A state championship as a junior ... Selected All-State as a junior and senior ... Earned Courier & Press All-Southwestern Indiana Player of the Year as a senior ... named first-team All- Southern Indiana Athletic Conference as a senior ... Hit .436 with 12 extra base hits and 24 RBIs as a senior ... Posted a 1.55 ERA over 54 innings of work with 86 strikeouts as a senior ... Batted .370 with eight home runs and 37 RBIs as a junior ... Also lettered twice in basketball and twice in football ... named team MPV in basketball as a senior … named Indiana Football Coaches Association Class 4A Senior All-State at tight end ... Earned all-conference honors in basketball ... Son of Kristie and Mike Foley … Both parents graduated from Indiana ... Born on July 14, 2003 … Has one older sister, Madison … Is a sport marketing & management major.
