Garrett Helsel

Position:
Left-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-5
Weight:
240
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Blacklick, Ohio
High School:
Gahanna Lincoln
B/T:
L/L

2025 (at SIUE): Started 11 weekend games for the Cougars…Finished 0-4…Struck out 33 hitters in 33.1 innings…Tied his career high with six strikeouts in just three innings at Little Rock April 21…Pitched a season-high 4.1 innings April 6 against Southeast Missouri…Ranked eighth in strikeouts per nine innings at 8.56 in eight starts in OVC play…Cougars won each of his last four starts.

2024 (at SIUE): Tied for second on the team with 19 appearances…Also second on the team with eight starts…Finished 2-4 with an 8.20 earned run average…Second on the team with 52.2 innings and 51 strikeouts…Pitched a career-high 6.1 innings in a start against Morehead State at the OVC Tournament May 16, where he also struck out a career-high six hitters...Worked six innings in a win May 11 against Tennessee Tech…Also picked up the win April 27 against Little Rock thanks to 2.2 scoreless innings of relief.

2023 (at SIUE): All Freshman selection in the Ohio Valley Conference…Third on the team with 19 appearances… Made three starts…Struck out 24 hitters in 36.2 innings…Started and worked a career-best five innings March 7 against SIU Carbondale…Struck out a career-high four hitters May 5 at Tennessee Tech…First win came in 1.2 innings of relief at Louisiana-Monroe Feb 26…Finished 3-1.

Prior to SIUE: Played at Gahanna Lincoln HS.