Rider University Athletics

Winning pitcher in the 2008 MAAC Title Game, pitching six and one-third innings for his first victory as a starter since 2005...sat out most of 2006 and all of 2007 while recovering from “Tommy John” surgery...pitched in 15 games last season, starting 10...Rider was 6-4 in the 10 games he started last year...defeated LIU, pitching three and one-third innings of relief...two weeks earlier he started against LIU and struck out five in five innings of work...started all three of his appearances in 2006 before the injury...in his rookie year he won his last four starts of the season, defeating MAAC foes Fairfield, LeMoyne, Niagara and Saint Peter’s...tied for the team lead in games started that year...led the 2005 Bronc staff in innings pitched and was second on the team in strikeouts...was third on the team in opponents’ batting average as a freshman, fourth on the squad in earned run average...struck out 20 batters looking, most among Bronc pitchers in the 2005 season...was 4-3 against MAAC teams as a freshman...struck out seven Canisius batters in less than seven innings, while allowing just three hits in 2005...struck out seven Niagara batters in eight innings in the 2005 season...earned MAAC Rookie of the Week honors the final week of the 2005 season...at Salisbury earned All-Colonial League honors as a junior outfielder and again as a senior pitcher...led his team to the District II championships as a senior...also golfed and played basketball in high school, helping the basketball team win the Colonial League as a sophomore...Communication major.

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>2006 GBG
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