Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks

USC UNION

• 2021-2023
• 2022
  • College career best in every pitching category

HIGH SCHOOL

• Attended Nation Ford High School where he graduated in 2021
• 2021
  • Led the pitching staff my first year pitching
  • 2nd on team in RBI's
• 2019
  • All-Region defensively as a second baseman

PERSONAL

• Born on September 30th, 2003 to Byron and Charlene Yelton
• Majoring in Business with a concentration in Entrepreneurship

What are your goals for the upcoming season? 
"Goals for the upcoming season include a personal goal of a 5 inning minimum per outing to give my team the best shot to win. 70% first pitch strike."

Why did you choose SWU? 
"I chose SWU because it felt like a second home for me when I toured the campus and baseball facilities."

What is your favorite thing about SWU? 
"The community, teammates, coaches, and professors I'm surrounded by."

Why is your sport important to you? 
"Baseball was the first sport I was introduced to in my childhood."

Who is your greatest influence in life? Why? 
"The greatest influence in my life is my dad because of the constant example he has set in my life. From serving our nation in the military, to becoming the president of his business, he always sets an example."

Where do you want to be in 5 years? 
"In five years, I want to be a couple years into my dream job as a real estate lawyer after graduating from the USC Law School."

Do you have a nickname? What is it? 
"Big E/Jerry."

How did you get your nickname? 
"Big E: I received this nickname in my senior year of high school after I returned from the extended COVID break and was noticeably heavier. Jerry: I received this nickname from some of the pitchers when I first got to SWU because it took several teammates to learn my name, but until then they called me Jerry."

Who is your favorite athlete? 
"Tyler Glasnow."

What is your favorite food? 
"Cheeseburger."