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Jersey Number 16
Robert Wegielnik
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Fort Myers, Fla.
- High School:
- Cypress Lake
- Prev School:
- Florida Southwestern State College
- Birthday:
- 9/6/01
- Major:
- Biology
Bio
2023 (Redshirt Junior)
- Led the team with six saves but pitched in a variety of situations including two outings of 5+ innings
- Did not allow an earned run in 15 consecutive appearances from March 24 until May 19 (a stretch of 31.2 innings)
- Pitched 5.2 scoreless innings in the 16 inning defeat against LA Tech on May 13
- Held opposing hitters to a .207 average
2022 (Sophomore)
- Established his role as the Owls' closer with seven saves
- Four of the seven were multi-inning efforts
- Finished third on the staff with a 4.34 ERA
Prior to FAU
- Had a stellar three seasons on and off the field at Florida Southwestern, under coach Ben Bizier
- Pitched in a school-record 47 games and holds a program-best winning percentage of .833, going 10-2
- Totaled six saves and a 3.44 career ERA, striking out 103 batters in 117 innings
- For his work in the classroom, was twice a member of the Suncoast Conference All-Academic Team, and in 2021, was named both to the NJCAA All-Academic Second Team, and to the FSCAA Academic All-State Team
High School
- Pitched at Cypress Lake, where his head coach was Anthony Ficcaro
- Three times, was named Team MVP
- Twice was honored as a Scholar Athlete
- Also played for SWFL
Personal
- Son of Malgorzata Challapalli and Rahul Challapalli
- Born in Brooklyn, New York
- Plans to major in biology, and outside of baseball aspirations, wants to become a doctor
- Favorite pro team is the New York Yankees; favorite athlete is Gerrit Cole
- Top movie is The Dark Knight
- Favorite restaurant is Chipotle
- Enjoys cooking
- Most people don't know that he is Polish and is bilingual
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