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Sacramento State

2025 Baseball Roster

21 Ethan Lay

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 230
  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Colusa, Calif.
  • High School Colusa HS
  • Previous College Chico State
  • Position P

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
• Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week (3/10/25)

SACRAMENTO STATE
2025: Started 13 of his 14 appearances on the mound for the Hornets… Finished the year with a 5-3 record and a 3.55 ERA, allowing 78 hits over 76 innings, striking out a team-high 66 against only 16 walks… Opponents hit just .262 against him… The five wins matched teammate Noah Lucchesi for second on the team… Finished the year ranked seventh in the Western Athletic Conference in ERA, tied for 12th in innings pitched, and 10th in strikeouts and strikeouts looking (19)… Averaged 5.43 innings per game, which ranked seventh in the league, while also standing sixth in fewest walks allowed per game (1.89), fifth in fewest runs allowed per game (4.14), and seventh in fewest earned runs allowed per game (3.55)… Ranked No. 60 in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.13) and No. 43 in walks allowed per nine innings (1.89)… Earned his first career win in his second start of the year against South Dakota State (2/26), allowing one run on four hits over six innings and striking out three… Named the WAC Pitcher of the Week on March 10 after throwing seven shutout innings, allowing just one hit and striking out 11 against Pacific (3/9)… Threw a season-high eight innings, allowing one run on four hits and striking out nine without a walk against UC Riverside (4/26)… Finished the year with seven “quality starts”… Also struck out eight over six innings at Utah Valley (5/10)... Pitched at least five innings in 10 of his 13 starts.

CHICO STATE
Played two seasons for the Wildcats… Finished 2-2 over 51.2 innings of work (15 appearances, two starts) as a freshman… Ranked second on the team in innings pitched and strikeouts (37)… Posted a season-best 6.2 shutout innings against Fresno Pacific on Feb. 11, 2023, allowing four hits and striking out nine… Ended his sophomore season with a 5-4 record and a 3.74 ERA over 55.1 innings pitched (12 appearances, 11 starts)… Struck out 43 hitters while walking only eight… Went seven-plus innings three times and struck out a season-high eight hitters against Montana State Billings on Feb. 8, 2024… Went 15 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run in back-to-back starts against Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State San Bernardino… Did not walk a batter through his first 14 innings (three appearances) of the season… Named an academic all-conference award winner as a sophomore in 2023-24.

COLUSA HS
All-Sacramento Valley League selection as a freshman pitcher and third baseman, hitting .298 with a 0.98 ERA and a 3-1 record on the mound… Earned league MVP and all-league honors as a junior in 2021, while being named first-team All-State… Helped the Redhawks to back-to-back league and section titles as a junior and senior… Hit .400 as an infielder on the left side, while posting an 8-0 record and 0.32 ERA as a junior, following that up with a .406 average, a 14-0 record, and a 0.16 ERA as a senior… Earned All-CIF, all-league, and league MVP honors as a senior, while also picking up All-State first team honors... Led the nation in wins and finished third in strikeouts as a prep player in 2022… Set school records for wins, ERA, strikeouts (155) and innings (85.1) in his senior season… Helped the Redhawks win 33 straight games as a senior, culminating in a state playoff run… Also ran cross country and played basketball at Colusa HS.

PERSONAL
Parents are Eric and Jennifer… Has a brother, Jax, and two sisters, Annie and Addison… Father played baseball at Yuba College and Cal State East Bay… Sister Annie played volleyball at Pasadena City College… Named Salutatorian of his 2022 high school class.

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