2020 Baseball Roster

Darren Scoles

19 Walter Pennington

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Broomfield, Colo.
  • Highschool Broomfield
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2020: Signed a free agent contract with the Kansas City Royals on Aug. 24, 2020 ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American ... CoSIDA Academic All-District Pitcher ... RMAC Academic Player of the Year ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... D2ADA Academic Achievement Award ... NCBWA Preseason Honorable Mention All-America ... NCBWA Preseason First-Team All-Region ... Left-handed pitcher for the Orediggers with five starts in six appearances on the mound ... Finished his final season with a record of 3-2 and a 6.75 ERA while striking out 24 batters in 26.2 innings ... Top outing of the year was his last with a 7.0-inning, complete-game shutout at New Mexico Highlands on March 7 where he struck out four batters and gave up just five hits and zero walks ... Also struck out seven batters over 5.1 innings in the season opener on Jan. 31 against Arkansas-Monticello at Minute Maid Park in Houston as Mines won 2-0 ... Closed his career listed 13 times in the Oredigger record book including single-season leader in innings pitched and wins, second in all-time wins, third in all-time strikeouts and seventh in career ERA .. He also hit 11 home runs as a sophomore in 2018.

2019: NCBWA Second-Team All-Region ... Second-Team All-RMAC ... CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-American ... CoSIDA Academic All-District Pitcher ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... Served as Mines' ace on the mound, going 10-3 in 14 starts with a 3.51 ERA ... Finished the season with 93 strikeouts over 92.1 innings including four complete games ... Broke the program's single-season record for innings pitched and tied the single-season record for wins ... Top performance of the year was a 9.0-inning, complete-game victory which featured one run one six hits with six strikeouts ... Other notable performances included 12 strikeouts against Adams State (3/30) and 10 strikeouts against CSU-Pueblo (5/9) ... Also notched seven at-bats with one run and two RBI on one triple ... Finished the season ranked 11th in the nation in total victories.

2018: D2CCA Second-Team All-Region Utility (Pitcher) ... Honorable Mention All-RMAC Pitcher ... Honorable Mention All-RMAC Designated Hitter ... NCBWA Regional Hitter of the Week (3/21) ... RMAC Hitter of the Week (3/20) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District Pitcher ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... Key two-way player for Mines, appearing in 42 games with 37 starts as a hitter while going 6-3 in 10 starts and 13 appearances on the mound including two complete-game victories ... Also recorded one save and a 6.22 ERA with 53 strikeouts in 63.2 innings of work ... Batted .284 with 31 runs on 27 hits and 31 RBI ... Slugged .726 thanks to nine doubles and 11 home runs ... Recorded two games with multiple home runs ... Top offensive outing came against MSU Denver (3/17), going 3-for-4 with two runs and four RBI on two doubles ... Tossed first complete game at MSU Denver (3/17) with 7.0 innings of five-hit, two-run baseball while striking out five batters.

2017: RMAC Pitcher of the Week (5/9) … Freshman was a workhorse out of the bullpen, making a staff-high 18 appearances with one start … Ended with a 5-2 record and 3.86 ERA … Struck out 46 to only 17 walks in 42 innings of work … Had two saves … Had a save and a win in the RMAC Tournament, striking out six over 3.1 innings against UCCS in an extra-innings win … Whiffed six over 2.2 innings in his career debut against Montana State Billings … Also an outstanding producer at the plate, hitting .444 with three RBI and two triples in nine at-bats.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-way player for BHS... excelled as both a pitcher and outfielder... posted a 0.83 ERA (five earned runs) in 42 innings with 48 strikeouts to only nine walks in 2016... also batted .323 while being named Front Range Athlete of the Year... named CHSAA Academic All-State in both 2015 and 2016... participated in the 2016 Colorado High School Futures game at Coors Field... also lettered in basketball... graduated with a 4.0 GPA.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2017Freshman

    LHP
    6'2" 190 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2018Sophomore

    LHP
    6'2" 190 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2019Junior

    LHP/DH
    6'2" 190 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2020Senior

    LHP
    6'2" 205 lbs
    19