2007: Selected in the sixth round (pick #192) of the 2007 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft by the Colorado Rockies... Listed as the top prospect in the Atlantic 10 by Baseball America... Ended the season with a 7-4 record and a 3.95 ERA over 14 starts... Struck out 100 batters this season in 100.1 innings pitched... Joined Hank Borowy (1939) and Dick Egan (1907) as the only Rams to reach 100 strikeouts in a single season, while also becoming the third Ram to have over 100 innings pitched in one year, joining Borowy (1939) and Paul Darrigo (1988)... Struck out eight batters in his first start of the seasons at VCU (2/24)... Threw a complete game win against Maine, striking out a career-high 12 batters (3/11)... Allowed two runs over seven innings with nine strikeouts in a win over NJIT (3/17)... Named Atlantic 10 Co-Pitcher of the Week, after tossing a complete game four-hit shutout at St. Bonaventure wth 10 strikeouts (3/30)... Struck out nine over eight innings of work in a win over Saint Louis (4/20)... Had nine more strikeouts in a win at Richmond (4/27)... Allowed four runs over seven innings with nine strikeouts in a win over Rhode Island (5/11)... Had a complete game win, allowing one unearned run on four hits with five strikeouts against La Salle (5/17)... Selected to the Atlantic 10 All-Championship team, helping the Rams to their first Atlantic 10 Championship game since 1998... In his lone start of the championship, he gave up one run on eight hits over 7.1 innings with six strikeouts against Richmond (5/24).
2006: Made 12 appearances with 10 starts… Recorded a 4-3 mark with a 4.94 ERA and 35 strikeouts… One of only two Fordham pitchers to have a complete game to their credit… Picked up his first win of the season against Fairfield, throwing six innings with four strikeouts (3/5)… Followed with seven strong innings against Wichita State, allowing three earned runs (3/10)… Threw a four-hit complete game shutout with four strikeouts against Bethune-Cookman, the third of his career (3/18)… Opened Atlantic 10 play with a season-high seven strikeouts in six innings of work in a win over Massachusetts (3/24)… Allowed only two earned runs in seven innings against Xavier (4/1)… Threw 3.2 innings of two-hit ball with four strikeouts versus Temple (4/7)… Pitched five scoreless innings, allowing five hits and striking out five versus Dayton (5/14)… Was a preseason All-Conference selection by
Baseball America… Listed on the Wallace Award Watch for College Baseball Player of the Year.
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2005: 2005 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year... Named Second Team All-Atlantic 10, and was the only freshman selected to the All-Conference team... Selected to the Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American Team... Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week three times, and Pitcher of the Week once... Tied for 28th in the NCAA in wins... Led the Rams' pitching staff with a 10-4 record to go with a 3.61 ERA and two shutouts... Had 66 strikeouts in 87.1 innings pitched... First pitcher to win 10 games at Fordham since 1988, and the first to throw two complete game shutouts since 1991... Opened his career with a relief win, pitching four innings, striking out four at Delaware State (2/19)... Allowed one run in six innings in a win over Virginia (2/27)... Struck out six batters in six innings in a win at La Salle (3/25)... Had six strikeouts each in back-to-back wins over Duquesne (4/3) and Xavier (4/9)... Threw a three-hit shutout with four strikeouts at Temple (5/1)... Followed with a nine-inning, two-hit shutout at Rhode Island, striking out a season-high 10 batters (5/8)... Picked up his 10th win of the season against Saint Joseph's, throwing seven shutout innings with eight strikeouts (5/16).
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Before Fordham: Played three seasons of varsity baseball and basketball at Haddam-Killingworth High School... Served as team captain of both teams as a senior... Named the Conference's Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Year... Was an All-State selection as a senior... Selected twice to the All-Area team, and three times to the All-Conference team... Was also an All-Conference basketball player as a junior and a senior, while earning All-Star status as a senior... Member of the Honor Roll.
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Innings: 9.0, 5x, last vs. La Salle (5/17/07) |
Strikeouts: 12, vs. Maine (3/11/07) |