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Jersey Number 44
Eli Ankeney
- Position:
- LHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 200
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- HS:
- Desert Vista
- Phonetic:
- ANK-i-nee
- Major:
- B.S. in Applied Management
- Opendorse NIL:
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2022 MLB Draft
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Lopes in the Pros 103rd pick View full history |
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Grand Canyon |
2021 | Sophomore
- Made career debut at Arizona on May 4, spinning a 1-2-3 inning in relief on 10 pitches with one strikeout.
- Did not pitch due to injury.
Summer Leagues |
- 2021: Bend Elks | West Coast League | Bend, Ore.
Desert Vista HS |
Phoenix, Ariz. |
- Earned second team all-conference honors as a senior in 2019.
- Posted 3-2 and 5-4 records as a senior and junior, respectively. Had a 3.74 ERA to go along with 132 strikeouts in under 100 innings of work between the two seasons.
- Was the winning pitcher in a pair of state playoff wins in 2019, defeating Chandler and Mountain View with a 1.08 ERA over 13 innings between the two games. Cites the two wins as his top high school sports memory.
- Was named the Freshman Athlete of the Year in 2016 and a three-time Scholar Athlete Award.
- Played senior season on same team as younger brother, Beau.
Personal |
- Parents are Chris and Dana Ankeney.
- Grandfather, Gary Fite, played baseball and basketball at Loyola Marymount.
- Younger brother, Beau, has signed to play with GCU and is set to join the program in Fall 2021.
- If he wasn't playing baseball, it'd be wrestling.
- Favorite TV shows are Friends and The Office.
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