Caleb Pundsack

Baseball celebrates after walking off Charlotte on April 17, 2025

Photo by: Michael Shaw / University of South Florida Athletics

during the South Florida Baseball Game vs WSU on May 21, 2025.

(Chris Henry / University of South Florida Athletics)

Photo by: Chris Henry / University of South Florida Athletics

Photo by: Stephen Galvin / University of South Florida Athletics

Position:
LHP
Height:
6-1
Weight:
208
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Groveland, Fla.
High School:
South Lake HS

2024: Redshirt season due to injury.

2023: Made a career-high 18 appearances on the mound…owned an 8.05 ERA (17 ER/19.0 IP) with one save…struck out 12 batters…earned his first career save with two shutout innings vs. Army (3/18)…registered 2.0 IP four times…struck out a season-best three batters in one inning of work vs. Bethune-Cookman (4/11)…tallied 10 scoreless appearances…had six straight scoreless outings from 3/1-3/15.

2022: Made 16 appearances on the mound…went 0-1 with an 8.40 ERA…struck out 17 batters over 15.0 IP…logged nine scoreless appearances…struck out three over 1.1 IP vs. Brown (3/5)…tossed a season-high 3.0 IP with three punchouts vs. Wichita State (5/21).

2021: Made 10 appearances out of the bullpen in his first season...recorded a 7.27 ERA...struck out seven batters over 8.2 IP...tallied eight scoreless outings...season-high two strikeouts in two appearances.

HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Erik Leitner at South Lake High School, where he earned three varsity letters…served as team captain during his junior and senior seasons… threw a no-hitter as a junior...as a senior, gave up only three hits in the shortened 2020 season…member of the A/B Honor Roll throughout his high school career who graduated in the top 15 (top 5%) of his class.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 24, 2001 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin…son of Jenny and Randy Pundsack…mother is an elementary school teacher...has an older sister named Samantha…moved from Milwaukee to Florida at age 8…played club ball for Power Baseball 2020 based in Winter Garden…also received a scholarship offer from Columbia University…volunteered at Turn2 Sports Performance Youth Camp in Oakland, Fla., from 2016-18…majoring in chemistry…hobbies include working out, wakesurfing and tennis...favorite MLB team is the Milwaukee Brewers and favorite player is Christian Yelich...favorite non-baseball athlete is Aaron Rodgers...makes sure to never touch the foul lines when entering or exiting the field (for obvious reasons)...hidden talents include: juggling, solving a Rubik’s Cube and doing backflips.