Cavaliers roll to fourth ACC series sweep of season
2012 • Fired 60.0 innings, fourth on team (51.0 out of bullpen) • Finished second on team with 57 strikeouts • Top lefty option out of bullpen with 32 appearances including two starts (second on team, sixth in ACC) • Opponents batted .204 against him, which ranked third in the conference (.227 in ACC play) • His team-best 2.25 ERA ranked fifth in the ACC • Made 19 appearances in ACC play (tied for second most in league and tied for most on team) • Allowed only six extra-base hits (all doubles) • Ranked 11th nationally in WHIP (0.93) • Struck out 36 and allowed just three earned runs and two walks in his last 15 appearances (34.0 IP, 0.79 ERA) • Held BC scoreless for five innings in his first appearance of the season (2/17) • Earned first start of the season against JMU to get his second win (4/4; 4.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 2K) • Pitched four innings of one-hit ball out of the bullpen in final game against Wake Forest (4/9; 4.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K) • Struck out four batters in 3.0 IP in the first game of the North Carolina series (4/13; 3.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K) • Started against Radford (4/24) and worked 5.0 innings, allowing just unearned run while striking out career-high eight • Did not allow an earned run over 5.1 innings of work in Miami series (4/28-30); pitched in games 1 and 3 • Worked 4.2 scoreless innings in first two games of Georgia Tech series; pitched 3.2 scoreless with 5 strikeouts in Game 1 • Gave up pair of runs in first game of Maryland series to snap streak of 18.2-consecutive scoreless innings (5/17), but still earned win; rebounded to throw 1.1 scoreless innings in Game 3. • Made two appearances in the ACC tournament, striking out three in 2.1 IP and earning the win over Clemson on Thursday (5/24-26) • Worked 3.2 scoreless innings over two outings in NCAA tournament (6/2-3)
2011
• Saw action in 27 games, with 26 coming out of bullpen • Held opponents scoreless in 22 of his 27 outings • Pitched twice against South Carolina during College World Series • Fired two scoreless innings in first CWS game vs. USC (6/21), then tied career high with four innings against the Gamecocks (6/24) • Tossed 0.2 innings in Durham during the ACC Tournament, recording two outs with a total of four pitches (5/28-29) • Earned his second win in relief against Maryland (3/26; 0.2 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER 0BB, 1K) • Earned the win in his first career start against William and Mary without surrendering a run (4.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K) • Made first career appearance versus Arkansas State at the Auburn Tournament (2/20, 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K)
PREP • 2010 Gatorade Virginia Player of the Year • Two-time State Player of the Year (2009, 2010) • Two-time Daily Press Baseball Player of the Year (2009, 2010) • Earned first team all-region and all-district honors at pitcher and outfield in 2009 and 2010 • Posted 14-0 pitching record and racked up .448 batting average in 2010, his senior year • Went 13-0 as pitcher and hit .443 his junior year • Also was first team all-district pitcher in 2008 • Pitched and played outfield and first base • Coached by Kenny Bennett at Poquoson • Member of National Honor Society • Did volunteer work for Make a Wish Foundation • Worked with Special Friends program (working with kids with reading disabilities)
PERSONAL • Parents are Gary and Diane Crockett • Has one brother, Adam
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