Rider University Athletics

Hoey won 12 games, saved 10 others and compiled 156 strikeouts in three seasons at Rider before being selected in the 13th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft. He set the Rider single season record for appearances with 23 as a sophomore. He spent three seasons (2006, ’07, ’11) in the major leagues with Baltimore and Minnesota. In a minor league game his fastball was once clocked at 100 mph.