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2011 Baseball Roster

33 Travis Pedersen

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wauconda, Ill.
  • Highschool Wauconda

Biography

Awards & Recognition
2010 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Selection
2011 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Selection
Named to The 2010-11 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence

2011 (SENIOR): Pitched 2.1 scoreless innings at Kansas State and did not allow a hit... made 17 appearances and thrown 20.2 innings so far this season... pitched 2.0 innings at Oakland on April 22 and did not allow an earned run... did not allow a run in 0.2 of an inning at Southern Utah... tossed the final inning at IPFW on May 7 and did not allow a hit and struck out one hitter... has not allowed a run in his last five outings, spanning 5.2 innings... finished with the lowest ERA on the team at 2.18.

2010 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 15 games and made three starts... tossed one scoreless inning in his first career appearance at Furman (2/27, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB)... set a career high with three strikeouts at Saint Louis (3/3)... pitched a career-high 5.1 innings in relief at Bradley (4/14, 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO)... made his first career start against IPFW (4/18, 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO)... tossed 2.1 scoreless innings against Southern Utah (5/14, 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 2 SO).

 

AT COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY: Two-time All-Skyway Conference selection... received the 'Defensive Rookie of the Year' award... selected as a member of the Skyway All-Star team... earned Academic Honor Roll honors... team won the 2009 Skyway Conference and Region IV championship... posted a 9-5 record and 3.30 ERA during his two-year career as a starting pitcher... struck out 22 batters to four walks allowed in 24 innings his sophomore year... started and earned the win in the Regional Championship game, striking out seven in six innings of work.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in baseball and basketball... played baseball for coach Bill Sliker... four-year member of the Honor Roll... two-time North Suburban All-Conference honors... earned All-Area honors his senior year by the Daily Herald and Lake County Journal... selected to participate in the area's Hitting Derby... Honorary Captain Award his final two seasons... twice led the team in hitting... inducted into the program's Wall of Fame.

PERSONAL: Son of Steve and Pam Pedersen... born June 6, 1989 in Wauconda... his father was a 1976 Olympic qualifier for cycling and speed skating... high school teammate of current Leatherneck Rich Mascheri... in the summer of 2007 pitched for the Kenosha Indians and led the team in strikeouts... No. 1 sports highlight was pitching in San Diego for the summer and during his high school career hit a 3-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh to defeat conference rival Mundelein HS... his father has been a major influence, "He was an Olympic qualifier."... enjoys water sports, baseball and playing the guitar... favorite professional team is the Chicago Cubs

MAJOR: Communications/Fire Administration

Career Statistics

Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha
2010.... 7.75 0-2 15 3 0 0/0 1 33.2 47 30 29 16 19 11 1 5 160 .346 2 6 1 0 2
2011.... 2.18 0-0 17 0 0 0/0 1 20.2 18 9 5 11 13 1 0 0 90 .254 1 2 0 4 2
TOTAL... 5.63 0-2 32 3 0 0/0 2 54.1 65 39 34 27 32 12 1 5 250 .314 3 8 1 4 4
 

 



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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2010Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 195 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2011Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'3" 195 lbs
    33