2025 Baseball Roster
McDuffie, Walker
Jersey Number 40
Walker McDuffie
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Broadway, N.C.
- High School:
- Lee County
Bio
AS A FRESHMAN (2025)
• Named a second team freshman All-American by the NCBWA, D1Baseball, Baseball America, and Perfect Game.
• Appeared in a team-high 28 games, making one start for the Diamond Heels.
• Solidified himself as UNC’s go-to reliever, logging a 3-3 record with seven saves across 55.1 innings.
• Finished with a 3.74 ERA on 72 strikeouts and just 25 walks.
• Ranked fourth in the ACC in appearances and fifth in saves.
• Chosen among the ABCA Second Team All-Atlantic region honorees.
• Earned a spot on the All-ACC Freshman Team.
• 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.
• Was the first Carolina true freshman to earn a save since Shawn Rapp in Feb. 2020 and the first to have more than one save since Trent Thornton in 2013.
• He, alongside Ryan Lynch, made for the first UNC freshmen duo to have more than one save in a season since at least 1997.
• Picked up his first collegiate win in his debut on opening day, throwing 3.2 innings with five strikeouts and just one hit against Texas Tech (2/14).
• Added his first save the next weekend in the opener against East Carolina (2/22), pitching a hitless 2.1 with three punchouts.
• Logged seven strikeouts in a game three different times in games against VCU (2/25), Pitt (4/25), and the Chapel Hill Regional finale win over Oklahoma (6/02).
• Made his first collegiate start against George Mason, going a career-long 5.1 IP allowing just one run on two hits.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Named the 2024 NCBCA 3A Pitcher of the Year.
• Two-time All-State honoree by the NCBCA and HSOT.
• Earned All-Conference honors in his senior season.
• Then selected as the 2024 Conference Pitcher of the Year.
PERSONAL
• Son of Donna and Stephen McDuffie.
• Has one sister, Hannah.
• Intended major: Sports Administration.
• Why UNC? “I’ve grown up a UNC fan and this has always been my dream school.”
• Named a second team freshman All-American by the NCBWA, D1Baseball, Baseball America, and Perfect Game.
• Appeared in a team-high 28 games, making one start for the Diamond Heels.
• Solidified himself as UNC’s go-to reliever, logging a 3-3 record with seven saves across 55.1 innings.
• Finished with a 3.74 ERA on 72 strikeouts and just 25 walks.
• Ranked fourth in the ACC in appearances and fifth in saves.
• Chosen among the ABCA Second Team All-Atlantic region honorees.
• Earned a spot on the All-ACC Freshman Team.
• 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.
• Was the first Carolina true freshman to earn a save since Shawn Rapp in Feb. 2020 and the first to have more than one save since Trent Thornton in 2013.
• He, alongside Ryan Lynch, made for the first UNC freshmen duo to have more than one save in a season since at least 1997.
• Picked up his first collegiate win in his debut on opening day, throwing 3.2 innings with five strikeouts and just one hit against Texas Tech (2/14).
• Added his first save the next weekend in the opener against East Carolina (2/22), pitching a hitless 2.1 with three punchouts.
• Logged seven strikeouts in a game three different times in games against VCU (2/25), Pitt (4/25), and the Chapel Hill Regional finale win over Oklahoma (6/02).
• Made his first collegiate start against George Mason, going a career-long 5.1 IP allowing just one run on two hits.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Named the 2024 NCBCA 3A Pitcher of the Year.
• Two-time All-State honoree by the NCBCA and HSOT.
• Earned All-Conference honors in his senior season.
• Then selected as the 2024 Conference Pitcher of the Year.
PERSONAL
• Son of Donna and Stephen McDuffie.
• Has one sister, Hannah.
• Intended major: Sports Administration.
• Why UNC? “I’ve grown up a UNC fan and this has always been my dream school.”
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