2009: Made 12 appearances, eight of which werein relief... Made his first start at James Madison, allowing threeearned runs on nine hits in seven innings in a no decision(3/10)... Also made starts against Pittsburgh (3/17), at Duquesne(3/24) and at West Virginia (5/11)... Allowed three earned runs infive innings against the Mountaineers... Threw two innings ofscoreless relief at UIC (3/27)... Also had a scoreless inning outof the bullpen against Marshall (4/29)... Walked just seven battersin 31 innings, including three in the final 18.3.
2008: Made 15 appearances, eight of which werestarts... Finished 2-3 with a 5.59 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 58innings... Ranked 45th nationally in walks allowed per nine innings(1.55)... Did not walk more than two batters in any appearance...Named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on April 7 followinghis seven shutout innings against Valparaiso... Allowed only sixhits and did not walk a batter while striking out seven against theCrusaders (April 5)... Combined with Adam Kalafos for thePenguins’ only shutout of the season... Also defeated UIC,allowing two runs on five hits in six innings (April 12)... Retiredthe first eight Flames he faced and allowed only two runners toreach scoring position through the first five innings... Alsostruck out seven in his first outing of the season at Xavier,allowing two runs in five innings (March 12)... Had his ERA at 3.15after April 12.
2007: Made 12 appearances out of the bullpenand four starts... Showed tremendous control, walking only threehitters over his final 35.1 innings and six total... Had a 4.50 ERAin his final 10 appearances... Had a 3.86 ERA over 16.1 inningsagainst Horizon League opponents... Allowed two earned runs orfewer in 12 outings... Struck out a career-high four batters in twoinnings against Cleveland State (4/10)... Earned his first win inhis first start at Pittsburgh, allowing four runs in six innings(4/4)... Also defeated Milwaukee, allowing three runs on five hitsin 5.1 innings (5/12)... Allowed two earned runs or fewer in threeof his losses, including not allowing a single earned run in two ofthem.
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner andteam captain one year... Earned First-Team All-Inter County Leaguehonors as a junior and senior... Threw a no-hitter as a junior...Went 5-1 with a 0.45 ERA, giving up four earned runs in 62 inningsas a Senior... Also struck out 114 batters while only walking 11.
Personal: Son of Richard and Lydia Vukovic...Has three brothers (Richard, Adam and Matt) who all attended YSU...Major is exercise science / physical therapy... Born March 15,1988.
