Honors:
- USA South All-Academic - with distinction (2019-20)
2020 (Junior - Stats): Made four appearances and four starts... Went 2-0 with a 2.88 ERA in 25 innings pitched... Held opponents to a .220 batting average against... Went at least five innings in all four starts, and seven innings in two starts... Went six innings and scattered three hits with zero earned runs in a win over Emory (Feb. 29)... Tossed seven innings and struck out a career-high-tying nine while allowing five hits and one earned run in a win against Averett (March 7)... In three years as a Scot, went 7-4 in 130.2 innings with 104 strikeouts and a 4.34 ERA... Named to the USA South All-Academic team, with distinction
2019 (Sophomore - Stats): Led the Covenant starting staff... Made 12 starts on the year and went 5-3 with a team-best 4.31 ERA in a team-leading 77.1 innings with a team-best 63 strikeouts... Tossed two complete-games on the year... Threw a complete-game in the first round of the USA South Tournament against No. 1 seed Piedmont (April 25) allowing two runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts on 123 pitches... Threw an eight-inning complete-game in a win over Berea (March 16)... Struck out a career-high nine batters in 5.2 innings in a win over Oglethorpe (Feb. 9)... His 77.1 innings for the year were second-most in a single-season in program history
2018 (Freshman - Stats): Appeared in 15 games, starting two... Went 1-1 with a 5.72 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 28.1 innings pitched... Made his collegiate debut at Oglethorpe, where he only allowed a hit and a walk in 1.1 innings pitched... Made his first collegiate start at Carson-Newman (Mar. 6)
High School: Attended Cherokee High School... Received a Gold Glove award... Had the highest GPA on the varsity team for two years... Earned a Georgia Merit Award
Personal: Parents are Travis and Kelly Cline... Has a sister, Madison... Cousin, Nicholas McEntyre, played baseball at Georgia State University... Favorite Bible verse is Matthew 5:16... Majoring in pre-engineering... Favorite athlete is Chipper Jones
Cline's Single-Game Highs:
Innings Pitched: 9.0, vs Piedmont -- April 25, 2019
Strikeouts: 9, Oglethorpe -- Feb. 9, 2019; Averett -- March 7, 2020
