The Citadel Athletics

A hard-throwing right-hander who finished his career with an 18-7 record and 2.03 ERA … after his senior season, he was second in school history with 296 career strikeouts, having established the mark for strikeouts in a season (135 in 1994) and game (18, vs. Marshall in 1995 during the SoCon Tournament) … was a member of the 1994 pitching staff that set the mark with 531 strikeouts and he recorded 10 wins in 1995 … a two-time All-Southern Conference performer (first team in 1995; second team in 1994), he earned All-SoCon Tournament honors in 1994 and 1995 … in 1994 he had the best league ERA (2.16) and in 1995 was tops in the league in strikeouts per 9 innings (11.3) … played on two SoCon Tournament championship teams, one team that captured a regular-season title, and pitched in the 1994 East Regional at Clemson and the 1995 Mideast Regional at Knoxville … was drafted in the 17th round by the St. Louis Cardinals and in 2000 pitched for the Cardinals in the Division Series against Atlanta and the National League Championship Series against New York … he played six years in the Major Leagues for the Cardinals, Montreal Expos, Oakland Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates.