Josh Volmerding

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Height:
6-4
Weight:
195
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Santa Rosa, CA
High School:
Maria Carrillo Pumas

2024 — Made three starts and 12 relief appearances on the mound in first season at Cal Poly … 2-1 record and 3.82 ERA for the southpaw with 33 strikeouts over 35 1/3 innings … opposing batters hit .261 … earned one save against UC Santa Barbara on March 24. Allowing one run and two hits over 2 2/3 innings with season-high six strikeouts … also struck out five versus Long Beach State on May 24 … earned victories against UC Irvine (five scoreless innings in relief, four hits, two strikeouts, 99 pitches) on May 5 and UC San Diego (one run, two hits, three strikeouts in two innings) on May 19 … in addition to the five-inning stint at UC Irvine, Volmerding also pitched 4 2/3 innings against Long Beach State and four scoreless frames versus Ohio State … did not play summer ball.

High School — As a senior under head coach Sam Bruno at Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, Volmerding had an ERA of 2.15 and a 9-4 win-loss record, helping the Pumas to a 16-10 overall record and fourth-place North Bay Oak Division finish … Maria Carrillo reached title game of CIF-North Coast Section Division II playoffs … Volmerding struck out 128 batters over 78 innings with just 31 walks and compiled a .192 opponents’ batting average, earning first-team All-North Bay Oak Division honors … earned pair of complete-game shutouts and, in 13 starts, struck out 10 or more batters eight times, including 15 against Ukiah … In 12 appearances on the mound as a junior in 2022, Volmerding compiled a 5-5 record and 1.70 ERA with 92 strikeouts over 70 innings … opposing batters hit just .146 against the southpaw as he earned first-team All-North Bay League Oak Division honors … Pumas posted an 11-15-1 record and fourth-place North Bay League Oak Division finish, qualifying for the CIF-North Coast Section Division II playoffs. Volmerding allowed one hit over seven innings with nine strikeouts in an eight-inning 1-0 loss to Casa Grande, struck out 14 over six innings in a 4-0 victory over Ukiah, fanned 11 in a five-hit 4-2 triumph over Montgomery and also shut out Windsor 11-0 with a three-hitter and four strikeouts … as a sophomore in 2021, Volmerding was 0-2 with a 3.06 ERA and 27 strikeouts over 16 innings (eight appearances) … has played for the Santa Rosa Crushers travel team … chose to be a Mustang because "Cal Poly has an amazing baseball program and an amazing overall school."

Personal — Son of Susan and Bill Volmerding … enjoys playing with Legos … majoring in communication studies.