Redshirt Freshman Season (2017)
Electric right-handed reliever who won the closer role in the preseason and quickly emerged as one of the top late-inning guys in college baseball • Finished 4-2 with 13 saves and a 1.90 ERA over 52.0 innings of work • Made a team-high 32 appearances on the year and his 13 saves were fifth-most in UNC single-season history • Earned first-team All-America honors from Baseball America and the NCBWA • Was a consensus freshman All-American, earning first-team freshman honors from Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball, NCBWA and Perfect Game • NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Finalist • ABCA/Rawlings first-team all-region selection • Earned first-team All-ACC honors as a reliever • Matched a season high with 4.2 scoreless innings against Davidson in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional • Allowed an earned run in just four of 32 appearances and finished the regular season with a 1.00 ERA • Appeared in all three games of the Clemson sweep, allowing no runs and three hits over 5.2 innings with a win and a save • Earned ACC Pitcher of the Week honors for his performance against the Tigers • Struck out a season-high six batters against NC State on April 16 • Picked up his first collegiate win with 2.2 scoreless innings at Florida State on April 1 • Also worked a six-out save against the Noles to help UNC to its first-ever sweep in Tallahassee • Recorded a save in each of his first five appearances, including saving all three wins of the season-opening sweep of Kentucky • Shared the team's S.H. Basnight Award for most valuable pitcher with J.B. Bukauskas.

Providence High School
Four-year varsity pitcher who also played middle infield • All-state and Louisville Slugger first-team as a senior • Ranked the No. 5 right-handed pitcher and the No. 17 overall player in the state of North Carolina by Perfect Game • Earned 2014 Underclass High Honorable Mention and 2013 Underclass Honorable Mention from PG • Named to the Top Prospect Team at the 2013 Atlantic Coast Top Prospect Showcase • Coached by Danny Hignight at Providence. 

Personal
Joshua Landen Hiatt is the son of Earl and Angie Hiatt • Birthday is March 27 • Plans to major in business at Carolina.