Luke Seed

Luke Seed coming off the mound against Wake Forest.

Photo by: Tim Haag | Louisville Athletics

Photo by: Mike Miller | ND Athletics

Luke Seed and Henry Davis against Morehead State.

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B/T:
L/L
Ht./Wt.:
5-11 / 200
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Paducah, Ky.
High School:
McCracken County
Prev School:
John A. Logan College

CAREER HONORS
• 2021 All-ACC Academic Team

2022: Made five appearances on the mound with three starts ... Finished 1-1 with a 9.28 ERA ... Struck out 17 in 10.2 innings ... Made his season debut on March 4 with a scoreless relief inning against Akron ... Drew his first start of the year against Bellarmine on March 16, allowing two runs over four innings for his first win at Louisville.

2021: Made 12 starts on the mound in his first season with the Cardinals ... Posted an 0-1 record with a 2.64 ERA, striking out 44 batters in 47.2 innings ... Made his Louisville debut with a start against Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 23, striking out six over two innings of work ... Struck out seven in four scoreless innings against Morehead State on March 2 ... Drew the weekend start in the finale at NC State on March 21, allowing one run over three innings of work ... Allowed just one run on four hits in 6.2 innings at Notre Dame on March 27 ... Allowed just one run over seven innings against Wake Forest on April 3 ... Did not allow a run in 4.1 innings against Duke on May 8.

Prior to UofL: Played two seasons at John A. Logan College … teammates with Cameron Robinson for both seasons and Luke Brown in 2019 … made 19 appearances, 13 starts, in two seasons … was 9-1 in his career with a 2.20 ERA in 82 innings, striking out 152 … was a 2020 JUCO Baseball Blog All-American after going 4-0 with a 1.26 ERA in the shortened season.

High School: Lettered four years in baseball at McCracken County… 2017 First Region Player of the Year… 2017 First Region All-Purchase… 2017 First Team All-State… 2017 Paducah Sun Player of the Year… 2017 All-USA Today Kentucky Baseball First Team.

Personal: Parents are Steve and Linda Seed… Sibling is Wyatt… Majoring in Business Finance… Chose Louisville over NC State, Cincinnati, Dallas Baptist, South Carolina and Kentucky… Favorite movies are Miracle and Sandlot… Favorite athletes are Trevor Bauer and Marcus Stroman… Favorite team is the St. Louis Cardinals.