Folger Boaz

Photo by: AINSLEY E. FAUTH

Position:
LHP
B/T:
L/L
Height:
6-2
Weight:
212
Class:
Sophomore
Major:
Communication Studies
Hometown:
Pilot Mountain, N.C.
High School:
East Surry

AS A SOPHOMORE (2025)
• Appeared in 23 games, making four starts for the Diamond Heels.
• He had the third most appearances and the second most games finished (9) on the team.
• Posted a 3-0 record, throwing 30.0 innings with 30 strikeouts and a 3.90 ERA.
• Part of the pitching staff that had the third best ERA in the nation (3.47) and the best in the ACC for the second straight season.
• Picked up his first win with 3.1 shutout frames closing out East Carolina (2/23).
• Got the start and threw 3.0 innings and struck out four in the team’s first no-hitter this century against Gardner-Webb (4/01).
• Logged four strikeouts in 2.2 shutout IP against Charlotte (4/15).

AS A FRESHMAN (2024)
• Made nine starts for the Tar Heels before sustaining a season-ending injury.
• Posted a 3-1 record, pitching 39.0 innings with 38 strikeouts.
• Set a new career-high with nine strikeouts in his win over Princeton (3/1).
• Started the season opener for the Tar Heels, surrendering just one run with five strikeouts. Thus became the first Tar Heel to make his Carolina debut as the opening-day starting pitcher since Ryan Snare in 1998.
• Picked up his third win of the year with five strikeouts against Wake Forest (3/29).

HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduate of East Surry High School.
• Selected as the 2022-23 NCHSAA Athlete of the Year.
• 2023 NCBCA 2-A Pitcher of the Year, posting a 9-1 record with a 1.15 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 54.2 frames; batted .527 with .645 OBP, 10 home runs and 45 RBIs.
• Finished his career with a 26-1 record and a 1.28 ERA with 320 strikeouts in 164.1 innings pitched.
• Three-time Foothills 2A Conference Player of the Year.
• Three-time all-state performer.
• Led ESHS to a runner-up finish in the 2021 2A NCHSAA state playoffs.
• Four-year letterman for coach Chad Freeman, playing first base in addition to pitching.
• Two-time conference football Player of the Year as quarterback.
• Finished ranked first all-time in NCHSAA history in completion percentage (.675) and was 34-4 as the starting quarterback.
• Ranked 10^th in North Carolina high school history career touchdowns (129), 16th in single-season passing touchdowns (48), 17th in career passing yards (8,594), and 18th in touchdown responsibility in a season (55).
• Was a reserve on ESHS’s 2019 state championship team behind his brother, Jefferson, who was named the 2020 NCHSAA Athlete of the Year.
• Three-year basketball letterman and two-time all-conference player.

PERSONAL
• Full name is Joseph Folger Boaz.
• Born June 16, 2004 in Pilot Mountain, N.C.
• Son of Jay and Merry Craig Boaz.
• Father was a Tar Heel football letterman in 1994.
• Brother Jefferson was a quarterback on the UNC football team (2020-23).
• Has a younger sister, Merry Parker Boaz.
• National Honor Society student.
• Eagle Scout.