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2023 Baseball Roster

Benjamin Massey

38 Landon Tomkins

  • Position
    Pitcher
  • Height
    6-3
  • Weight
    200
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Brandon, Miss.
  • High School
    Northwest Rankin HS
  • Prev School
    Hinds CC
  • Instagram
    landontomkins

Biography

CAREER HONORS
Drafted 287th overall (10th round) by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2023 MLB Draft
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021, 2022)

2023:
Made a team-high 30 appearances (tied for fourth most in program history) on the mound, including six starts ... Posted a 6-2 overall record with a 3.52 ERA with 75 strikeouts over 76.2 innings pitched ... Ranked second on the team in innings pitched, strikeouts, ERA, and victories ... Had 13 outings of throwing at least one inning and allowing zero runs ... Got the win in first start of the season versus Air Force (3/14), striking out a season-high six in 3.0 innings ... Matched his season high of strikeouts with six at Northwestern State (4/4), tossing 3.0 innings of no-hit ball ... Threw a season-high 6.0 innings in victory at Middle Tennessee (4/30), allowing just one run on five scattered hits ... Also threw a season-tying 6.0 innings in start versus UAB (5/7) ... Took a no-hitter into the sixth inning in regular season finale against UTSA (5/20), going 5.1 innings with just the one hit and one run allowed ... Made two appearances, one in relief and one as the starter, in the C-USA Championship.

2022:
Served as one of the primary arms out of the Bulldog bullpen ... Made 24 appearances and boasted a 4-0 record with a 3.45 ERA with 29 strikeouts over 28.2 innings pitched ... Earned his first win of the season hurling 2.1 innings of shutout ball and punching out two at McNeese State (3/5) ... Recorded his second win in a thrilling ninth-inning come-from-behind win as he struck out two in a clean eighth inning at UTSA (3/19) ... Picked up his third win against UL-Lafayette (4/5) and his fourth at Old Dominion (5/1) ... Completed his longest outing of the year versus Middle Tennessee (4/22) going three innings, allowing one hit and two runs which were both unearned ... Held opposing batters hitless in seven relief outings ... Recorded multiple strikeouts in 10 outings ... Did not allow an earned run in 17 of his 24 appearances ... Went 14.2 straight innings without allowing an earned run (4/5-5/28).

2021: Served as one of the primary closers out of the LA Tech bullpen … Made 20 relief appearances and sported a 3-2 record with 28 strikeouts, a 5.46 ERA and a .218 batting average against him over 28.0 innings pitched … Tied with a team-high five saves … Nailed down his first save as a Bulldog with three scoreless innings in a shutout of McNeese State (3/5) … Earned a save in Tech’s first conference game at Southern Miss by striking out two Golden Eagles to end the game (3/26) … Pitched three scoreless innings while allowing just two hits with four strikeouts at UL-Lafayette (3/2) … Logged a season-high five strikeouts in a four-inning save at FIU (5/8) … Recorded saves in back-to-back appearances twice … Allowed no earned runs in 10 of his 20 appearances … Held opposing batters hitless in seven relief outings … Recorded multiple strikeouts in eight relief appearances.

PRIOR TO LA TECH: Finished with a 1.71 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 21 innings pitched at Hinds Community College ... Led Hinds with 18 appearances out of the bullpen as a freshman in 2019 ... Helped Hinds reach No. 3 in the NJCAA rankings in 2020 ... Tabbed a Preseason All-American and All-District as a junior at Northwest Rankin High School ... Earned the closer award as a junior and as a senior ... Lettered two years in baseball ... Coached by Jeff McClaskey, Thad Bennett and Nathan Purvis.

PERSONAL: Born June 23, 2000 in Brandon, Mississippi ... Parents are Larry and Tracy Tomkins ... Has one younger sibling, Ansley Tomkins (18).

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2021Junior

    Pitcher
    6'3" 200 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2022Junior

    Pitcher
    6'3" 200 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2023Senior

    Pitcher
    6'3" 200 lbs
    38