USD Baseball 2006

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nate BOMAN

josh BUTLER

6-0 + 185 • UL Junior Pitcher San Diego, CA ]Patrick Henry HS

6-5 • 200 • R/R Junior Pitcher . Danville, CA , San Ramon Valley HS 31

SOPHOMORE (2005): Led all Torero starting pitchers with a 3.42 ERA. . made 16 starts and 18 total appearances... began the season 1-3 despite posting a 2.78 ERA in his first five appearances... pitched a 7-inning com– plete-game shutout vs. Evansville (2-25-05)...named to the Aggie Baseball Classic all-tournament team ...struck out seven and allowed just two runs in eight innings of work against San Diego State (3-13-05)... rewarded for an outstanding month ofApril by being selected as the WCC/Rawlings Pitcher of the Month, going 3-1 with a 2.68 ERA, averaging 7.4 innings per start spanning five April appearances...set a career-high with nine strikeouts during a win at Santa Clara (4-9-05)... lasted seven or more innings in nine of his 16 starts .. . Ranked among the wee league-leaders with 82 strike– outs... supplied with only three runs per game spanning his final four starts, losing three straight decisions to finish the season with an overall record of 7-7... limited opposing batters to a .260 batting average and issued just 42 wa lks on the year. FRESHMAN (2004): Enjoyed a solid freshman season , making more ap– pearances (26) than any other USO pitcher... Called upon immediately out of the bullpen... Used twice in early-season series' against both No. 5 Texas and No. 23 Washington... Struck out four during two scoreless innings of work against Washington (2-13-04), a 5-1 USO win ... Fanned a season– high four batters on two different occasions... Named the WCC/Rawlings Pitcher of the Week (3-15-04), leading USO to three victories over nationally recognized school's Cal State Fullerton (3-9-04), No. 19 Nebraska (3-12-04) and No. 9 Long Beach State (3-14-04)... Threw a combined 6.2 scoreless innings in relief helping USO win all three of those games, cu lminated by recording his first col legiate save in three innings vs. Long Beach State (3- 14-04) in front of 20,737 fans at San Diego's new downtown stadium Petco Park... Allowed just 10 extra-base hits in over 45 innings of work... Posted a 3-2 record and a 4.96 season ERA. .. Fanned 25 batters and allowed 55 hits through 45.1 innings. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended San Ramon Valley High School and played for Rick Steen ... Was named the NCS Player of the Year as a prep senior.. All-State performer and East Bay Athletic League Player of the Year after leading the Wolves to the East Bay Championship in 2003. PERSONAL: Born on December 11 , 1984 in Auburn, Calif...also recruited by California , Santa Clara and Notre Dame...chose to attend USO for the location , academics and team reputation ...also lettered as a prep basketball player at San Ramon...son of Jeff and Susan Butler.

SOPHOMORE (2005): Was outstanding in seven starts and eight appear– ances before being sidelined with a season-ending shoulder injury... invited to play for 2005 USA Baseball National Team .. .candidate for the Brooks Wallace Award, given annually to the nation's top collegiate player...was 5-1 with a 2.28 ERA, striking out 53 batters in 47.1 innings... limited op– ponents to a .190 batting average...was named the WCC/Rawlings Pitcher of the Month (March)...turned in a dominating pitching performance over then-No. 11 Texas A&M (2-27-05) in College Station, hurling a three-hit shutout propelling USO to team championship honors at the 2005 Dominos Pizza Aggie Baseball Classic...during the month of March, Boman was also named the West Coast Conference/Rawlings Pitcher of the Week (3-1-05)...garnered weekly recognition from the College Baseball Founda– tion National Honor Roll (3-1-05). names to the Aggie Baseball Classic All-Tournament Team . FRESHMAN (2004): Impressive as a true freshman in 2004...untouchable in 12 relief appearances within WCC play, allowing just one earned run as USD's closer posting a 1.16 ERA and a 3-1 record in 23.1 innings .. recorded six saves...struck out 69 batters in 51 .2 innings...fanned a sea– son-high seven twice, first against Houston (3-1 3-04) and against Santa Clara (4-8-04)...was 3-1 with a team-leading 2.26 ERA in 22 appearances and four starts...made three starts early in the season and one at No. 21 UC Irvine (5-11-04)... 11 of his 13 earned runs were scored during his four starts... Limited opponents to 40 hits in 51 .2 innings... Fanned 4 or more batters in nine of his 22 outings... Issued 34 walks... Also started seven games as the DH , hitting .182 (6-for-33) with a double. HIGH SCHOOL: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels ofAnaheim in the 39th round of the 2003 MLB First-Year Player Draft after starring at San Diego's Patrick Henry High School ... Two-way standout at Patrick Henry posting a 9-3 record with 96 K's on the mound and hitting .360 with 5 homeruns as a prep senior... helped the Patriots reach post season play for three consecu– tive seasons... hit .443 with 3 HR and 39 RBIs as a junior leading Patrick Henry to a 22-10 record ...twice named a First Team All-Eastern League player.. .also played for San Diego's Dugout Club program, being named an all-tournament player twice. PERSONAL: Born on February 4, 1985 in Grand Forks, N.D....son of Rick and Lorraine Boman ... heavily recruited by UC Riverside, San Diego State, Arizona , Santa Clara and Long Beach State...chose to attend USO for the academic programs and the great baseball program.

Boman's Collegiate Pitching Record year g-gs era w-1 sv ip er

Butler's Collegiate Pitching Record ear - s era w-1 SV i er

cg

bb 34 14 48

so 69 53

h

so 25 82

bb 23 42 65

h

C

6 51.2 0 47.1

40 33 73

0 0 0

13 14 27

2.26 3-1 2.28 5-1 2.27 8-2

22-4

2004 2005

1 45.1 0 113.0 1 158.1

0 1 1

25 43 68

2004

4.96 3-2 3.42 7-7 3.86 10-9

55

26-1

8-7

112

2005 18-16 career 44-17

99.0

6

career 30-11

122

167 107

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