Junior left-hander who will start in the weekend rotation for the second straight season…joins Blair Varnes as a Collegiate Baseball third team preseason All-American…went 9-2 with a 3.61 ERA last year…a second team All-ACC selection…a power pitcher with outstanding control…listed as the second-best pitching prospect in the Cape Cod League over the summer by ESPN’s Peter Gammons after giving up just 32 hits in 51 innings…compiled a 3-2 record with a 1.59 ERA in the Cape, striking out 63 and walking only eight …has been named to the ACC Honor Roll in each of his first two years at FSU…has a career record of 16-2.
2001 AS A SOPHOMORE:Voted to the All-ACC second team after going 9-2… ranked seventh in the ACC with an ERA of 3.61 …nine wins tied Varnes for third in the confer-ence…finished seventh in the ACC with 85 strikeouts…six of his 15 starters went seven innings or longer…threw a rain-shortened (seven innings), complete game shutout against Liberty (3/14)…allowed just four hits, struck out nine and walked just two in that game… recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts in seven scoreless innings against the Citadel (3/27) …dropped ERA from 6.55 on 3/3 to 3.05 on 5/17 …picked up the victory at Georgia Tech on 4/28, allowing one earned run over seven innings.
2000 AS A FRESHMAN:Spent the year as the No. 4 starter behind Mike Ziegler, Jon McDonald and Blair Varnes …finished with a perfect 7-0 record and a 3.24 ERA…a first team Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American and a third team Baseball America Freshman All-American… invited to the Team USA trials following the freshman season…started against Evansville in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional and earned the victory after giving up two runs in eight innings and tying a season-high with eight strikeouts…made one appearance in the 2000 College World Series…earned the victory against St. Joseph’s (3/14) after going six innings, giving up one earned run and striking out eight…made a last minute start for an ill Blair Varnes at Virginia and responded with a 6.2 inning outing and a win…struck out six Cavaliers and gave up three runs… earned his first career save at North Carolina (5/14) after working three scoreless innings…struck out the side in a relief appearance against Miami in the Super Regional on 6/2 …lone appearance in the College World Series was against LSU, striking out one batter and giving up one hit (no runs)…ranked third on the team with 62 strikeouts.
PREP:A Collegiate Baseball All-American...participated in the Team One National Showcase...a tremendous athlete who lettered in baseball and football in all four years at John Carroll High...a first team all-state football player as a senior...a three time all-state and all-area selection, two time Player of the Year and a two time All-American in baseball...voted most valuable lefthanded pitcher in Pan-Am Games for Team USA...member of the National Honor Society, Key Club and Spanish Club.
PERSONAL:A risk management/insurance major...born on January 14, 1981...drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 46th round out of high school...roommates are brother Kevin Lynch, Blair Varnes and Brett Groves.
