Pitcher
5-11 • 195 •
Soph. • R/R
Twinsburg, Ohio
Twinsburg High
School
Career Stats
2008: Named the Horizon
League Pitcher of the Year and
first-team all-league ... joined
former Major League Baseball
fourth-round draft choice Justin
Thomas (2005) and first-round pick
Brad Hennessey (2001) as the only
Penguins in school history to be
named conference pitcher of the year
... also earned Academic All-Horizon
League honors ... went 6-1 with five
complete-games in seven starts
against Horizon League opponents
during the regular season ... went
the distance in five of those wins
... struck out a league-high 65
batters and walked just 14 batters
in 99.0 innings ... tied YSU's
single season record and led the
league in innings pitched ... was
6-3 overall with a 3.55 ERA ...
pitched in 15 games, starting 13 and
coming out of the bullpen twice in
midweek contests ... walked two or
fewer batters in 12 of his starts
... ranked 16th nationally in fewest
walks per nine innings (1.27)... ranked second in the Horizon
League in ERA, third in opposing
batting average (.258) and sixth in
starts ... defeated Butler and
Valparaiso twice, Wright State and
Cleveland State ... earned the win
in four straight starts from April
19 to May 10 in which he was on the
mound for all but two of the 36 outs
recorded ... allowed one run on
eight hits and struck out four to
earn his first win against Butler
(3/22) ... also went 1-for-4 at the
plate against the Bulldogs en route
to being named the Horizon League
Pitcher of the Week ... held
Valparaiso to one run on seven hits
and struck out 10 to earn his second
win (4/5) ... defeated Butler again
despite allowing five funs on nine
hits (4/19) ... earned his fourth
complete-game victory over Cleveland
State, allowing seven runs - six of
which came in the third and fourth
innings - and striking out 10 ...
earned the win against Wright State,
allowing four earned runs on 10 hits
and struck out 10 for the second
consecutive start (5/4) ... earned
his final win against Valparaiso,
holding the Crusaders to one run on
five hits while striking out seven
in a complete game victory ... named
the Horizon League Pitcher of the
Week for his effort ... left with a
2-1 lead in the seventh innings of
the first round of the Horizon
League Tournament but did not factor
in the decision ... also held
Georgia tech to one run on five hits
in seven innings in his first start
(2/24).
2007: Appeared in 22 games
and started six ... was the team’s
only pitcher to finish with a
winning record (3-2) ... was third
on the team in appearances and wins
and fourth in strikeouts (36),
innings (58.1) and starts ...
allowed two earned runs or fewer in
16 of his outings ... struck out
five batters in 4.2 innings at
Bowling Green (3/20) and against
Cleveland State (4/10) ... earned
his first win against BGSU, holding
them to one run on two hits ...
earned the win against Wright State
despite allowing six runs in six
innings (4/21) ... also defeated
Cleveland State, throwing 1.2
innings of scoreless relief ...
threw three scoreless innings out of
the bullpen against Milwaukee
(5/12).
High School: Was a
two-time letterwinner ... played in
the Northeast Ohio Coaches
Association All-Star Game ... earned
honorable mention All-Western
Reserve Conference honors ... started the
regional championship game for
Twinsburg, throwing 4 2/3 scoreless
innings ... picked up the victory over
North Royalton in the regional
semifinal a day earlier ... was also
Twinsburg’s starter in the State
semifinal game against Lewis Center Olentangy.
Personal: Son of David and
Linda Swenson ... has two sisters
(Molly and Kari) ... major
is business marketing ... born March
25, 1987.
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