2026 The Citadel Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 29
Aryan Patel
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- UTL / RHP
- Ht. / Wt.:
- 6-0 / 175
- B / T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Hanahan, S.C.
- High School:
- Hanahan
AWARDS
2025 All-SoCon Tournament
2026 SoCon Golden Glove Award
2026 SoCon All-Defensive Team
2026 SoCon Pinnacle Award - Given to student-athlete with the highest GPA on a championship winning team
2026: Played in 59 games with 54 starts. Logged 28 runs, 37 hits, 17 RBIs and six doubles, adding 21 walks and 21 stolen bases… Led the team with 11 sacrifice hits while totaling 112 assists and 75 putouts… Collected a season-high five hits at UT Mar. tin (Mar. 14), adding three RBIs, two doubles and three runs scored… Stole a season-high three bases at Presbyterian (May 1), also scoring three runs with a triple… Posted a season-high six fielding assists vs Wofford (May 20)
2025: Appeared in 49 games, making 42 starts…hit .277 at the plate in 130 at-bats…recorded four hits against UNCG, including a double and a triple, falling a home run shy of the cycle and scoring three runs…also recorded a four-hit game against Charleston Southern, scoring three runs against in a victory over the Buccaneers…one of two Bulldogs to record 4+ hits in a game twice in the season…perfect on the base paths on the season, securing a stolen base in all 22 of his attempts…recorded three hits against UIC, scoring twice…had three hits in back-to-back games against Winthrop and Western Michigan, scoring four times and driving in two runs over the course of two games…collected two hits against Western Carolina and Mercer in back-to-back games in the SoCon tournament…recorded two hits against Samford, scoring twice and hitting a double…also pitched 3.1 innings on the season, allowing just two hits and giving up zero runs…struck out two batters in 2.1 innings pitched against South Carolina.
2024: Appeared in 29 games and started 21 games…hit .257 with a double and nine RBIs…had five hits in the series against USC Upstate, bringing home an RBI…had a two-hit day against College of Charleston, bringing home two RBIs and came around to score once.
2023: Appeared in eight games, making one start…made collegiate debut against Delaware State…made first start at Charleston Southern…drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk…also scored a run…drew a pinch-hit walk against Charleston.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Brian Mitchell at Hanahan High school…earned all-state and all-region honors after hitting .360 with four home runs as a senior…selected to the Diamond Prospects Fall All-Star Team…earned All-Region 8-3A honors after hitting .350 with 20 RBIS and 28 runs scored as a junior…named to the Post and Courier All-Lowcountry Team…tabbed the HHS offensive player of the year…Diamond Prospects All-Academic Team selection…received the HHS Baseball Leadership Award as a freshman and sophomore…ranked No. 3 in graduating class…member of the National Honor Society and Beta Club.
PERSONAL: Son of Stephanie and Nitesh Patel…majoring in civil engineering.
2025 All-SoCon Tournament
2026 SoCon Golden Glove Award
2026 SoCon All-Defensive Team
2026 SoCon Pinnacle Award - Given to student-athlete with the highest GPA on a championship winning team
2026: Played in 59 games with 54 starts. Logged 28 runs, 37 hits, 17 RBIs and six doubles, adding 21 walks and 21 stolen bases… Led the team with 11 sacrifice hits while totaling 112 assists and 75 putouts… Collected a season-high five hits at UT Mar. tin (Mar. 14), adding three RBIs, two doubles and three runs scored… Stole a season-high three bases at Presbyterian (May 1), also scoring three runs with a triple… Posted a season-high six fielding assists vs Wofford (May 20)
2025: Appeared in 49 games, making 42 starts…hit .277 at the plate in 130 at-bats…recorded four hits against UNCG, including a double and a triple, falling a home run shy of the cycle and scoring three runs…also recorded a four-hit game against Charleston Southern, scoring three runs against in a victory over the Buccaneers…one of two Bulldogs to record 4+ hits in a game twice in the season…perfect on the base paths on the season, securing a stolen base in all 22 of his attempts…recorded three hits against UIC, scoring twice…had three hits in back-to-back games against Winthrop and Western Michigan, scoring four times and driving in two runs over the course of two games…collected two hits against Western Carolina and Mercer in back-to-back games in the SoCon tournament…recorded two hits against Samford, scoring twice and hitting a double…also pitched 3.1 innings on the season, allowing just two hits and giving up zero runs…struck out two batters in 2.1 innings pitched against South Carolina.
2024: Appeared in 29 games and started 21 games…hit .257 with a double and nine RBIs…had five hits in the series against USC Upstate, bringing home an RBI…had a two-hit day against College of Charleston, bringing home two RBIs and came around to score once.
2023: Appeared in eight games, making one start…made collegiate debut against Delaware State…made first start at Charleston Southern…drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk…also scored a run…drew a pinch-hit walk against Charleston.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Brian Mitchell at Hanahan High school…earned all-state and all-region honors after hitting .360 with four home runs as a senior…selected to the Diamond Prospects Fall All-Star Team…earned All-Region 8-3A honors after hitting .350 with 20 RBIS and 28 runs scored as a junior…named to the Post and Courier All-Lowcountry Team…tabbed the HHS offensive player of the year…Diamond Prospects All-Academic Team selection…received the HHS Baseball Leadership Award as a freshman and sophomore…ranked No. 3 in graduating class…member of the National Honor Society and Beta Club.
PERSONAL: Son of Stephanie and Nitesh Patel…majoring in civil engineering.
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