Dawgs Sign RHP from Rutgers

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team portraits at the RAC on Monday, December 14, 2015 (Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics)
Colin Bohnert

2015 (Sophomore): Appeared in 12 games as a relief pitcher … organized the Vs. Cancer Foundation fundraiser … threw a scoreless frame against Michigan State (4/18) … struck out three batters in 1.2 innings versus Manhattan (3/31) … retired all four batters faced in relief with one strikeout versus NJIT (3/24) … tossed 1.2 scoreless frames at Ball State (3/18) … worked two innings of relief at No. 24 Florida Atlantic (3/7) … stranded an inherited runner with a looking strikeout and worked 1.2 innings versus Old Dominion (2/28) … made season debut out of the bullpen at No. 9 Miami (2/13) and recorded a strikeout.

2014 (Freshman): Appeared on the mound in 16 games in relief, most of any true freshman … pitched to a 2.37 ERA over final 12 appearances of the season … worked a scoreless inning versus Memphis (5/23) in the conference playoffs … earned his first career save at Memphis (5/17) with a scoreless frame … pitched 1.1 innings of relief against USF (5/10), giving up only one hit … tossed two innings of one-hit relief against Temple (5/4) … earned first career win after pitching 4.1 innings of relief with three strikeouts against Iona (5/1) … struck out one in 1.1 innings of work at UCF (4/27) … pitched 2.2 innings out of the bullpen against Wagner (4/23) … pitched a perfect inning of relief against Fordham (4/8) … tossed three innings out of the bullpen at UConn (3/29), allowing no runs with two strikeouts … closed out the home opener with one inning of work versus Hofstra (3/11) … tossed 1.2 innings of relief, striking out one at Oklahoma (3/7) … made collegiate and season debut at FIU (2/15) with 2.2 innings on the mound.

Prior to Rutgers: Earned two varsity letters at James Caldwell … named First Team All-Group II and all-conference in addition to second team all-county as a senior … played in the New Jersey Senior All-Star game … picked up honorable mention all-conference as a junior and won the Life-Blood MVP Award … played travel baseball for the NJ Nationals in 2010, 2011, and 2013 … a member of the High Honor Roll and National Honor Society in high school.

Personal: Son of Dave and Eileen Bohnert … has an older sister, Kasey … an economics major.

 

Class:Junior
Hometown: West Caldwell, N.J.
High School: James Caldwell
Height / Weight: 6-2 / 205
Position: RHP