Jimmy Loper

Duke Baseball wins the ACC Championship against NC State at Truist Field in Charlotte, NC. May 30, 2021 - Reagan Lunn / Duke Athletics

Duke Baseball takes on Wright State University in the second game of the NCAA tournament at Lindsay Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, TN. June 5, 2021 - Reagan Lunn / Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-4
Weight:
215
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Chesapeake, Va.
High School:
Hickory
B/T:
R/R

2022: Made 24 appearances out of the bullpen, primarily as the program's closer ... worked a 4.44 ERA with a 3-3 record in 48.2 innings of work ... totaled 64 strikeouts to 17 walks and 45 hits in 48.2 innings ... recorded five saves, ranking tied for sixth in the conference ... his 19 games finished were the sixth-most in the ACC ... ranked third on the team with 11.84 strikeouts per nine innings to help Duke set a school record as a team (10.60) and rank in the top 15 nationally ... led the team with a 3.8 strikeout to walk ratio ... put together a nine-out save with six strikeouts against VMI (2/20) ... produced three scoreless innings with five strikeouts to earn the win at Baylor (2/27) ... earned the save with 2.2 perfect innings with three strikeouts against UMass Lowell (3/9) ... recorded the win against Virginia (3/13), allowing two runs on four hits and a walk while fanning two in three innings ... earned another save against West Virginia (3/15), fanning three in two innings of work ... pitched two shutout innings with four strikeouts versus North Carolina (3/19) ... had a stellar weekend against No. 10 Notre Dame, earning a win and a save while allowing two hits and two walks and striking out 11 across two games ... pitched a three-inning save against NC State (5/15), allowing two hits and striking out three in three scoreless frames.

2021: Made 25 appearances out of the bullpen … put together a 3-1 record with a 3.00 ERA in 45 innings of work … his 25 appearances were the second most on the team and ranked in the top 10 in the ACC … tallied five saves on the season, tied for the ninth-most in the ACC … finished fourth on the team with a 1.29 WHIP … assisted the Duke pitching staff to break the program record in strikeouts per nine innings (9.81) ... part of a Duke pitching staff that boasted a 1.00 ERA with 41 strikeouts to just five walks in the ACC Baseball Championship on its way to winning the first tournament title in program history … threw 1.1 shutout innings with two strikeouts in the ACC title game against NC State (5/30) on the way to Duke’s 1-0 win … was just the third time a team threw a shutout in the championship game in the event’s history … helped the Blue Devils to win 12 straight heading into NCAA postseason play, the longest winning streak by a Duke team since 1998 …opened the season with a scoreless outing, fanning five in 3.2 innings of one-hit baseball at Coastal Carolina (2/21) … stellar in March, allowing one run in 11.2 innings of work and struck out 16 to just one walk … fanned seven to earn the save in three perfect innings against Pittsburgh (3/6) … earned saves in three consecutive appearances, UNC Greensboro (3/23), Georgia Tech (3/28) and Liberty (3/30), without allowing a run … closed the season by allowing just one run in his final eight appearances … allowed 11 hits and five walks while fanning 14 in 16.2 innings in that stretch … aided Duke in sweeping Clemson in the final series of the season, pitching a scoreless 3.1 innings against the Tigers (5/21) … struck out five in four innings, his longest appearance of the year, to close Duke’s win over Florida State at the ACC Championship (5/26).

2020: Made eight appearances on the season that was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, working a total of 8.1 innings … began the season with six consecutive scoreless outings … made his collegiate debut in the season opener with Army West Point (2/14), working 1.0 clean inning … helped Duke to its first shutout of the season, working 1.1 frames in the series finale with the Golden Knights, allowing one hit while striking out two … picked up his first career win in the second game of the series with Cornell (2/23), tossing 1.0 hitless inning, and picking up two strikeouts … worked 1.1 frames in the second game of the CambriaCollegeClassic against Minnesota (2/29), yielding one walk while racking up three punchouts … struck out the side in his lone inning of work in the midweek matchup with Campbell (3/4).

2019: Did not see action in 2019.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Hickory High School in Chesapeake, Va. ... 2018 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American and Atlantic Region Honorable Mention selection ... Listed among Perfect Game's top 500 prospects in the 2018 recruiting class as well as the No. 370 right-handed pitcher ... Also rated PG's No. 23 overall prospect and No. 9 RHP in the state of Virginia ... Earned first team all-conference honors after posting an unblemished 10-0 record as a junior ... Allowed six runs over 55.0 innings in 2017, striking out 55 against 10 walks for a 0.76 ERA ...2017 Underclass High Honorable Mention honoree ... 2016 Underclass Honorable Mention selection ... Also competed for the Hickory swim team, earning first team all-conference honors as part of the school-record-setting 400 medley relay ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born James Kali'i Loper on September 8, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii ... The son of Jim and Mary Beth Loper ... Has one older sister (Maddie) and one younger brother (Bobby) ... Sister was a member of the Notre Dame rowing team from 2011-15.

Last updated 6/23/2022