Florida Tech’s Jacob Pino Named Sunshine State Conference Pitcher of the Week
By Jeff Cooney Jr., Florida Tech // February 26, 2025
Pino transferred from NAIA Thomas University
🚨UPSET ALERT🚨 @FloridaTechBB shuts out a nationally ranked conference opponent 2-0!
Cole Patrick was the key piece on offense, going 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Jacob Pino was excellent on the bump, going 7 shutout with 4 strikeouts, allowing just 2 hits.#D2Baseball pic.twitter.com/LJ7xnBgSIa
— D2 Baseball (@divIIbaseball) February 22, 2025
ABOVE VIDEO: Jacob Pino was excellent on the bump, going 7 shutout with 4 strikeouts, allowing just 2 hits.
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Jacob Pino of the Florida Tech Baseball team has been awarded Sunshine State Conference (SSC) Pitcher of the Week for his elite performance in a Panther win over No. 4 Florida Southern.
The junior from Apopka pitched seven innings in a shutout 2-0 victory over the Moccasins.
Pino gave up just two hits and zero runs while totaling four strikeouts, facing 23 batters. The win helped Pino improve to 2-0 on the season while handing the starting pitcher for Florida Southern his first loss of the year.
Congratulations to junior Jacob Pino on earning NCBWA Region Pitcher of the Week honors!#GoPanthers | #TechBuilt pic.twitter.com/sqOGMzNM8G
— Florida Tech Baseball (@FloridaTechBB) February 26, 2025
Pino is in his first season with the Panthers after transferring from NAIA Thomas University. This is the first Pitcher of the Week award of his career. He is also the first Panther to win Pitcher of the Week since the 2023 season.
The Panthers are back in action this weekend for a three-game road series against Nova Southeastern.
The first game will start Friday, February 28 at 6 p.m. with a double-header to follow on Saturday, March 1 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m..
