2019 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 10
Josh Garner
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 210
- Position:
- RHP
- Hometown:
- Plainfield, Ill.
- High School:
- Plainfield North
Junior - 2019
- Transferred to Illinois with two years of eligibility remaining
- Member of the Illinois team
- Did not see game action
- 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 HBP, HR, BB, 2 K during the six-game foreign trip to Curaçao and Aruba
Sophomore - 2018 (Parkland College)
- 0-1, 9.00 ERA, 5 IP, 2 BB, 6 SO as a sophomore
Freshman - 2017 (Saint Louis)
- Pitched at Saint Louis University as a freshman in 2016
- 1-1, 3.22 ERA, 44 2/3 IP as a freshman at SLU
High School
- Played for head coach John Darlington at Plainfield North
- Conference player of the year in high school
- 2016 Herald News All-Area
- 2016 Illinois Coaches Association Clash MCStrong All-Star
- 2016 Voyager Media Baseball Player of the Year
Personal
- Born Jan. 12, 1998
- Son of Jim and Sandy Garner
- Father, Jim Garner, played baseball at North Central College
- Mother, Sandy Garner, swam at North Central College
- One younger brother, Corey, and one younger sister, Lindsay
- Majoring in finance
- Aspires to work in the front office of a professional baseball team
- Chose Illinois because, "of its excellent reputation for academics that would provide me with a degree from one of the best colleges in the country. Also, to have the opportunity to play Big Ten baseball has been a goal of mine."
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