Paxton Meyers

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Class:
Senior
Position:
RHP
Height/Weight:
6-0 / 200
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
West Nyack, N.Y.
High School:
Clarkstown South
Concentration:
Health and Human Biology

2024: Appeared in and started 11 games on the mound, serving as the team’s No. 2 weekend starter…Led the Bears with a 4.43 ERA, which ranked fourth overall in the Ivy League…Tied for fifth in the Ivy League with 65.0 innings pitched and ranked seventh overall in the league with 57 strikeouts…Picked up four wins on the year, which tied for fourth in the league…Earned wins in consecutive starts early in the year at Stetson and Davidson…Allowed one earned run on five hits with seven strikeouts in an 8.0 inning effort against Bryant (3/16)…Allowed just one earned run on two hits and tied his season-high with eight strikeouts in a win over Princeton (4/6)…Tossed 7.0 shutout innings on five hits with three strikeouts to earn the win in his final Brown start on Senior Day against Cornell (5/4).

2023: Made six appearances, including five starts…In Ivy League games, he ranked second in the league by holding opponents to a .175 average and ranked 10th with 40 strikeouts in 33.0 innings…Made his season debut and first career start on April 2 against Yale, tossing 4.1 innings of shutout baseball with just one hit allowed and six strikeouts…Struck out a season-high nine batters while allowing just three runs over 6.0 innings against Penn (4/14)…Struck out eight while allowing one run on three hits in 6.0 innings in a win over Dartmouth (4/28)…Earned the win with seven strikeouts over 7.0 innings at Princeton (5/6).

2022: Honorable Mention All-Ivy selection...Made a team-high 19 appearances out of the bullpen…Ranked second in the Ivy League with a 3.16 ERA…Posted a 4-2 record…Struck out 39 batters over 37.0 innings…Held opponents to a .223 batting average…Struck out five batters in 3.0 perfect innings at Gardner-Webb (3/13)…Struck out the side in a perfect eighth inning of relief against Holy Cross, helping Brown throw the first no-hitter in program history (4/5)…Tossed three hitless innings with four strikeouts to earn the win at Yale (4/17)…Allowed zero earned runs over 5.2 innings of relief at Penn (4/23)…Named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week after throwing a season-high 6.0 innings of two-hit relief without allowing an earned run to earn the win against Princeton (4/30)...Picked up the win in relief with 2.2 innings of work in the season finale against Cornell (5/8).

2021: Team did not compete due to COVID-19.

Before Brown: Team captain for Clarkstown South … All-County … All-League … Rookie of the Year … Honorable Mention All-Section … 2018 section championship … Mu Alpha Theta … National Honors Society … Also served as team captain for the Piermont Riverhawks.

Personal: Son of Ilana and Glenn Meyers … Has three siblings, Ricky, Mackenzie and Waverly … Lists father, Glenn, as biggest sports influence … Father played baseball at Columbia and competed professionally in the Anaheim Angels organization … Hobbies include weightlifting, reading, running and hiking … Plans to concentrate in Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations.

Why Brown? “I knew Brown was the perfect fit the second I set foot on campus. I was instantly drawn to the cordiality I received from the coaching staff and the students at Brown. I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else.”