2013: Drafted in the 25th round of the Major League Baseball First Year Players Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks... Made 14 starts, tying a career-high with five wins... Set new career bests in earned run average (2.89), strikeouts (84), opponent batting average (.254) and innings pitched (106.0)... Threw seven complete games out of 14 starts to lead the Big South Conference in that category... Was named The Crons Brand Pitcher of the Week on March 4 for a complete-game, 13-strikeout win over High Point in which he allowed one run and issued zero walks... Ranked third in the Big South in overall strikeouts and innings pitched and second in league strikeouts (51, an average of 7.25 per Big South game)... Limited opponents to one earned run in seven of 14 starts and pitched at least seven innings in nine appearances... Picked up wins over Savannah State (2/16), High Point (3/3), Winthrop (3/23), Furman (3/30) and UNC Asheville (4/14)... Led the squad in double plays created, with seven, inducing nearly a third of the team’s 23 twin killings in 2013... Fanned nine against Savannah State and eight against Gardner-Webb (5/16).
2012: Made 12 starts, picking up three wins... Earned a victory over NJIT (3/10)by not allowing a run in six innings... Struck out a season-high six in a seven-inning win against UNC Asheville (3/30), setting up the team's lone shutout of the season... Allowed only one run in seven innings to grab a win over Charleston Southern (4/20)... Struck out at least three batters in eight straight appearances... Tallied three assists against Wofford (2/26).
2011: Started 13 games for the Blue Hose, second-most on the squad, going 5-7... Ranked second on the team in wins, with five and second in strikeouts, with 39... Held opposing batters to a .297 average… Picked up first win in his first collegiate start against Navy on 2/19, allowing four runs (two earned) in five innings of work... Struck out five batters in back-to-back games (3/4 vs. VCU and 3/12 vs. NC Central)... Picked up wins in four out of his first five collegiate appearances... Earned a win over Davidson on May 3, allowing six hits and three runs in five and one-third innings while striking out four… Received his first collegiate save against UNC Asheville on 5/20, holding the Bulldogs to one hit in one and one-third innings.
High School: Pitched for two years at Dreher High School… Struck out 24 in 29.1 innings pitched in 2010, accumulating a 3.23 ERA and limiting opposing batters to a .174 average… Worked 41 innings in 2009, striking out 41 and turning in a 3.07 ERA… Also pitched for American Legion Post 6, where he posted a 2.45 ERA in 44 innings, striking out 45 and holding opponents’ batting average to .216.
Personal: Donald Hoke Jeter, Jr…. Son of Don and Janet Jeter… Father Don played tennis at Presbyterian College from 1976-80… Majoring in history.
