Honors & Awards
2019 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2018 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2019 — Served as the Paladins’ Friday night starter in eight of the nine SoCon series...made 15 appearances and 13 starts...posted a 4-6 record with a 4.90 ERA...worked 82.2 innings, second highest on the staff...earned his first victory (6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K) in a 7-4 road victory at USC Upstate...pitched a complete game (9.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K) in a 10-3 triumph at UNCG...beat Western Carolina (7.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, career high 8 Ks) in a 9-4 triumph in Cullowhee, and collected his final victory of the season (8.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5K) in a 7-3 triumph at Wofford, setting the table for a series victory over the Terriers...recipient of the squad’s Carter Grote Award for dedication, hustle, and leadership for the second straight year...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.
2018 — Enjoyed a solid first season of action after redshirting in 2017...registered 16 appearances and seven starts...posted a 5-3 record with a 4.88 ERA...worked 51 2/3 innings...surrendered 12 walks...made his first seven appearances out of the bullpen, earning his first victory (4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K) in relief versus Penn (12-4 win)...picked his second win in his next appearance, his first career start (5.0 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K) in an 8-3 road triumph over Winthrop...returned to the bullpen and made it three wins in three consecutive appearances (2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 K) in an 8-6 triumph over Harvard...moved into the weekend starting rotation in late April following the exit of Matt Lazzaro due to injury...was the starting and winning pitcher (5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K) in a 19-1, run-rule victory at VMI...delivered a series-clinching winning start (6.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K) in regular season finale at East Tennessee State (9-4 win)...went 2-2 with a 4.06 ERA over his final five starts (31.0 IP, 14 ER, 6 BB, 10 K)...received Furman's Carter Grote Award for dedication, hustle, and leadership...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.
2017 — Did not see any action.
High School: 2016 graduate of Blessed Trinity (3A) Catholic High School...baseball coach was Andy Harlin... went 9-0 with a 1.16 ERA and earned first team all-state honors as a senior after helping lead his squad to a 33-4 record, region championship, state runner-up finish, and No. 40 national ranking by USA Today...team won its first 18 games in 2016 to run program winning streak to 49 games, which included 33 straight wins in 2015 en route to state championship...2015 squad went 33-2 was ranked 36th nationally by Baseball America...33-win campaigns marked a school record...posted a 9-0 record with 1.16 ERA and 63 strikeouts his senior year...first-team all-region pick in basketball and member of state Sweet 16 team his junior year.
Personal: Full name is John Michael Bertrand...born February 8, 1998, in Raleigh, North Carolina...son of Jim and Christine and Bertrand...father rowed collegiately at the University of San Diego...grandather played football at Missouri...Eagle Scout...philosophy major.
