MAAC All-Academic team member...led Rider in wins last year after being second on the 2008 team in victories, also led Rider in strikeouts...opponents batted .253 against him last year, best on the Rider staff...won his last two starts of the regular season before suffering a 2-1 loss in the MAAC playoffs..pitched six innings against Manhattan in MAAC playoffs and struck out six...struck out nine Jaspers in regular season shutout win at Manhattan...also defeated Saint Peter's, VMI, Iona and Marist last season...owned a 2.89 earned run average against MAAC teams last year...MAAC hitters batted .232 against him in 2009...struck out seven Saint Peter's batters in a 6-1 compete game victory on the final day of the 2009 regular season...struck out five batters in the first two innings he pitched, both in relief...struck out the side in an inning of work at Gardner-Webb...struck out two Niagara batters in two shutout innings of relief in MAAC victory...struck out four in two shutout innings of relief in win over Monmouth...struck out four batters in two innings of relief in win over Temple...was a member of the 2008 NJCBA All-Rookie Team...shared the 2008 team lead with 22 appearances, 18 in relief...all six of his wins as a freshman came in relief...defeated Delaware, Iona, Fairfield, Niagara (twice) and Lafayette in 2008...struck out seven in seven innings in a 2008 start against Marist...struck out three Virginia batters in one and one-third innings of relief in NCAA Regional as a freshman...owned the fourth best earned run average on the 2008 team...was fourth on the 2008 team in innings pitched and strikeouts...second on the 2008 team in batters struck out looking (15)...earned First Team All-County honors in both baseball and volleyball at Fallston High...Finance major.