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): Made 19 appearances including two starts... recorded
his first save of the season and as a Leatherneck at Missouri State with 1.1
innings to hold on a one-run lead for Western Illinois... has struck 21 hitters
in 35.2 IP... recorded a save at Iowa in the 4-2 victory over the Hawkeyes...
earned the win over Bradley on April 13 with 2.0 innings of scoreless
baseball... tossed a scoreless inning at Iowa with two strikeouts... did not
allow a run in his outing at Southern Utah in 1.1 innings... went a season-high
five innings in his last outing against Centenary and allowed one earned run...
appeared twice in the final regular season series at NDSU and did not allow a
run in those 1.2 innings... put his time on the all-time saves list with three
saves (tied for seventh).
2010 (JUNIOR): Made nine appearances
including eight starts on the mound... picked up his first career win in game
two of a doubleheader against Southern Utah (5/16, CG, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER,
3 BB, 6 SO)... struck out a season-high seven batters against Culver Stockton
(5/5)... tossed five or more innings in four of his eight starts.
AT BLACK HAWK CC: Earned Second Team
All-Conference and All-Region honors... played one year at Kirkwood CC...
impressive work in the classroom earned him Academic All-American accolade.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in baseball (3),
basketball (3) and football (2)... named Second Team All-Conference two
consecutive years in baseball... named Honorable Mention All-State on defense and
on offense selected First Team All-Conference.
PERSONAL: Son of Doug and Julie Below... born February 5, 1989... has a
twin sister (Britney)... his dad played baseball at Indian Hills CC and Mankato
State while his sister plays basketball at Briar Cliff.
MAJOR: Communications
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.... |
6.54 |
1-4 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
0/0 |
0 |
42.2 |
53 |
40 |
31 |
16 |
21 |
13 |
0 |
3 |
203 |
.308 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
| 2011.... |
5.30 |
2-2 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
0/0 |
3 |
35.2 |
38 |
29 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
167 |
.281 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
| TOTAL... |
5.97 |
3-6 |
28 |
10 |
1 |
0/0 |
3 |
78.1 |
91 |
69 |
52 |
37 |
42 |
23 |
2 |
3 |
370 |
.296 |
16 |
11 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
