Aidan Haugh

Photo by: AINSLEY E. FAUTH

Photo by: AINSLEY E. FAUTH

Position:
RHP
B/T:
R/R
Height:
6-6
Weight:
229
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Zebulon, N.C.
High School:
East Wake

Sixth round pick (No. 177 overall) by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2025 MLB Draft.

AS A SENIOR (2025)
• Made 17 appearances with 14 starts for the Tar Heels, logging a 5-4 record with a 3.72 ERA in 75.0 innings. It was the 9^th best ERA in the ACC.
• Racked up 85 strikeouts on the season. He finished with the second most KLs in the conference with 32.
• Part of the pitching staff that had the third best ERA in the nation (3.47) and the best in the ACC for the second straight season.
• Named both the ACC and NCBWA Pitcher of the Week following his one-hit complete game shutout of Boston College (3/23).
• He held a no-hitter until the final batter, throwing a complete game 7.0 inning shutout while racking up 11 Ks on just one walk and one hit (the final two batters of the afternoon).
• Appeared in relief for the first time of the season in the ACC tournament semifinal against Florida State (5/24), throwing 3.2 IP allowing just one hit and one run.
• Rolled to a dominant victory at East Carolina (2/24) with 10 strikeouts in 5.0 innings.
• Threw five looking strikeouts (eight overall) in a win over Stony Brook (3/02).
• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

16th round pick (No. 488 overall) by the Minnesota Twins in the 2024 MLB Draft but chose to come back to school.

As A Junior (2024)

Appeared in 22 games and made eight starts … Compiled a 4-3 record with a 4.83 ERA in 54.0 innings pitched … Posted a 2.26 strikeout-to-walk ratio, while averaging 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings … Each of his first 13 appearances were out of the bullpen … Collected his first win against Pittsburgh (3/10) with an inning of relief … Struck out seven in three innings of relief against South Carolina ... Made his first start as a Tar Heel on April 14 against Notre Dame, striking out six in five shutout innings to pick up the win … Earned the win in the series finale against NC State, allowing two runs in six innings with three strikeouts ... Received his final win of the season against Louisville (5/12) with five innings of work … Struck out six in 4.2 innings at Duke (5/18) … Made two postseason appearances, first against LSU (6/2) in the Chapel Hill Regional and then versus Florida State (6/18) at the College World Series.

At Fayetteville Tech (2022-23)
Played two seasons at Fayetteville Tech, appearing in 25 games and making 23 starts • Pitched 110.1 total innings • Averaged 12.8 strikeouts per nine innings • Compiled a 2.9 strikeout to walk ratio (157:54) • Fanned 76 batters in 44.0 innings, averaging 15.5 strikeouts per nine innings as a sophomore • Led NJCAA Region 10 in strikeouts and strikeouts per nine innings • Two-time academic all-conference.

High School
Four-year letterman at East Wake High School for coach Anthony Piercy • Academic all-conference.

Personal
Born April 28, 2003 in Raleigh, N.C. • Son of Paul and Heather Haugh • Has two older brothers, Andrew and Alex.