Georgia State University Athletics

CAREER STATISTICS

ACADEMIC HONORS
• Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll, 2020-21
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Fall 2020; Spring 2021; Fall 2021; Spring 2022

AT GEORGIA STATE: Five-year letterwinner as a right-handed pitcher who ranks fifth in GSU history with 75 career appearances, covering 202 innings ... Stands ninth in the GSU record book with 179 career strikeouts ... Earned four wins and one save with a 5.26 ERA, including 4.14 over his final three seasons.

2022: Moved into the Friday starter role midseason at Coastal Carolina and in eight starts since then, he went 2-1 with a 3.28 ERA and a .215 average against ... Led the team in innings (53.0) and strikeouts (57) ... Pitched a three-hit complete game in 10-2 win at Arkansas State for GSU’s first complete-game victory since 2018. Allowed one run in the sixth and a solo homer with two outs  in ninth. Six strikeouts and two walks ... Picked up his first win of the season Friday vs. App State, when he pitched five innings and allowed just one unearned run on three hits with six strikeouts ... Pitched five innings and allowed just one unearned run on two hits while tying his career-high with seven strikeouts at Georgia Southern ... Pitched 6.1 innings in start vs. Louisiana ... Threw three scoreless innings with five strikeouts out of the bullpen in combined 15-0 shutout of Villanova ... Made his second start of the season at Coastal Carolina and pitched four innings, allowing two earned runs with six strikeouts.

2021: Second on the team with 21 appearances ... Moved into the rotation at midseason and made six starts ... In his first start vs. Georgia Southern he allowed two runs in five innings in a game the Panthers would go on to win in extra innings ... Pitched six innings in start vs. Troy and allowed three runs on four hits with a career-high seven strikeouts ... Threw 2.2 scoreless innings vs. Mercer ... Pitched two scoreless innings out of the bullpen at No. 2 Florida ... Made a midweek start vs. Mercer and pitched four scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out six ... Finished the season with two scoreless, hitless innings with three strikeouts in Sun Belt tourney win over Little Rock.
    
In his first career at-bat vs. Wofford, he came to the plate in a tie game with two outs in the bottom of the 14th inning. Worked the count full and then dropped a single into to shallow left field to drive in the winning run. 

2020: Posted a career-best 2.29 ERA in six outings ... Helped GSU to an Opening Day win over Cincinnati with 3.2 scoreless, hitless innings out of the bullpen ... Made a Sunday start at ETSU ... Pitched a scoreless eighth inning in 3-1 win over North Alabama ... Recorded two key outs in the eighth and ninth innings of 10-7 win over UNC Asheville in the final game of the abbreviated season.
 
2019: Made 11 starts in 17 appearances ... Posted a 2-6 record with a 6.75 ERA ... Had the longest and best outing of his career at Little Rock (3-31-19) as he allowed just one run on three hits with five strikeouts through eight innings before allowing a leadoff single in the ninth to his final hitter ... One game earlier pitched six scoreless innings vs. UT Arlington (3-24-19), allowing four hits and striking out five ... Earned his first career victory with four innings of relief in comeback victory over Coastal Carolina (4-28-19). Allowed just one run with five strikeouts.
               
In his first career start vs. UIC (2-16-19), he went 4.2 innings and allowed just one earned run with a career-high six strikeouts and no walks ... Allowed just one hit in five innings vs. Charleston Southern (2-23-19) ... Against Samford (3-2-19), he went five innings, allowing two runs on five hits with one walk and three strikeouts ... Had one of his best outings vs. ETSU (3-9-19) as he pitched 7.0 innings and allowed just one unearned run on five hits with one walk and five strikeouts but did not get a decision ... Earned the victory over Georgia Southern in the final game of the season; pitched five innings in relief and allowed two runs on two hits with six strikeouts.
 
2018: Pitched in 17 games out of the bullpen ... Threw 22.1 innings ... Pitched 3.0 scoreless innings vs. Texas State in a season-long outing ... Tossed two scoreless frames in a combined shutout of Jacksonville ... Season-high four strikeouts vs. Georgia Southern.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Second-team all-region selection as a senior at Allatoona High School ... Three-year letterwinner for coach Keith Hansen .... 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Southeast Region honorable ... Perfect Game Underclass All-American in 2016 (honorable mention).
 
PERSONAL: Full name is Joe Rex Horton III but goes by Trey ... Born April 4, 1999 ... Parents are Joe and Gwynn Horton ... Majoring in public policy.