Colby Dunlop

Photo by: Stephen Slade

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-null
Weight:
182
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Dover Plains, N.Y.
High School:
Upton Lakes Christian School

2021 Season: Appeared in seven games out of the UConn bullpen, logging 6.1 innings with eight strikeouts. Pitched a season-high 1.2 innings vs. URI (3/27). Threw scoreless outings of 0.2 innings of work against Xavier (4/27) and Bucknell (5/1).

2020 Season: Made four starts in shortened season due to Covid-19. Logged 15.1 innings and struck out 12. Went 5.0 strong innings of one-run ball against No. 1 Vanderbilt (2/15) that featured four punch outs. Fired 5.0 innings, allowing one hit and one earned run at Presbyterian (3/8).

2019 Summer: Pitched in five game and made three starts for the Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod Baseball League. Tossed 14.2 innings and struck out 12 for the Braves while going 0-2 with a 5.52 ERA. Threw two scoreless innings with five strikeouts vs. Wareham (7/1).

2019 Season: Appeared in 19 games and made 10 starts for the Huskies. Led the team with seven wins. Recorded a 4.31 ERA while registering 56.1 innings and 36 strikeouts. Threw 2.0 scoreless innings at No. 19 Coastal Carolina. Fired 5.1 innings of one ruin ball and notched four strikeouts at Virginia (3/20). Earned victory vs. Boston College (3/27) behind five innings and zero earned. Beat Wichita State (5/25) in the American Athletic Championship with 5.1 shutout frames while scattering two hits. Threw an eight-inning gem vs. Nebraska (6/2) to send Huskies to NCAA Oklahoma City Regional Final. Struck out season-high six Cornhuskers to earn the win.

2018 Summer: Made eight starts on the mound for the Keene Swamp Bats in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League… Logged 40.0 innings and 40 strikeouts while notching three wins on the season… Pitched 5.0 shutout frames at North Adams (July 2) with just two hits scattered and season-high seven punch outs… Posted a quality start with 6.0 innings and three runs allowed at Sanford (July 16)… Closed out the summer on a high note with season-high 7.0 inning performance that included six strikeouts in a victory at North Adams (July 31).

2018 Season: Pitched in 17 games and made seven starts on the mound for the Huskies…Registered a 2-3 record with a 4.76 ERA…Accumulated 34.0 innings and struck out 19…Fired two shutout innings at Georgia State (Feb 17) to close out the first victory of the year for the Huskies…First career start came vs. UCF (April 8)…Started at Wichita State (April 13) and earned first career victory in 4.0 inning performance that featured just three hits, zero walks and two strikeouts…Pitched a career-long 6.0 innings at Rhode Island (May 15)…Fired three innings vs. Washington (June 3) in the NCAA Conway Regional.

High School: Lettered in baseball and basketball at Upton Lake Christian School…Played one prep school season for head coach Rob Arndt in 2017…2016 Under Armour Preseason All-America, 2017 All-WNEPBL, went 4-2 on the mound with a 3.00 ERA and logged 39 strikeouts in 42 innings pitched…2016 Perfect Game Northeast Region Second Team...Three-time Team MVP (2015-2017)…Won league championship from 2012-2016…On the basketball court was Team MVP his senior season in 2016…Team won league championship from 2014-2016.

Personal: Colby Nathaniel O’Brien Dunlop…Son of Robert and Vicki Dunlop…Has two brothers, Mackenzie Dunlop and Justin O’Brien…An exploratory major.