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Kurt<br />
SPoMER<br />
Sophomore • #20<br />
RHP • 6-2 • 200 • S/R<br />
Honey Creek, Iowa<br />
Tri-Center High School<br />
Single Game Highs<br />
Innings Pitched<br />
1.0 (3/7/09)<br />
Hits<br />
3 (3/24/09)<br />
doubles<br />
1 (2x, 3/24/09)<br />
Runs<br />
2 (3/24/09)<br />
Earned Runs<br />
2 (3/24/09)<br />
Walks<br />
1 (3/7/09)<br />
was selected as the Southwest Iowa Basketball Player<br />
of the Year by the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil<br />
... Was<br />
Iowa Sports Connection’s Player of the Year in 2007 ...<br />
As a senior was ranked as the 13th-best player in Iowa<br />
by Iowarivals.com ... A preseason nominee for the 2008<br />
McDonald’s All-American basketball team ... Averaged<br />
20.5 points and 10.0 rebounds in 2008 ... In baseball<br />
made second team all-conference and was honorable<br />
mention all-district in eighth grade ... Was first team allconference<br />
and all-district his freshman through senior<br />
seasons ... A preseason nominee in 2008 for Under Armour<br />
Pre-Season All-American ... As a senior went 8-1<br />
with a 0.98 ERA on the mound ... He struck out 81 and<br />
walked 14 in just 57.0 innings ... At the plate hit .486<br />
with six doubles, nine home runs, 29 RBI and 17 stolen<br />
bases in 26 games ... Member of the National Honor<br />
Society.<br />
Profile<br />
Birthday: July 10, 1989<br />
Parents: Sharanne and Michael Spomer<br />
Major: Business<br />
Why <strong>Creighton</strong>: Excellent academics and baseball<br />
Favorite Athlete: Michael Jordan<br />
Favorite MLB Team: Yankees<br />
Did You Know: Pitched a perfect game his senior year<br />
2010 Bluejay B<br />
aseBall<br />
Player Profiles<br />
2009 (Freshman)<br />
• Played in more games than any freshman on the Blue-<br />
7<br />
jay roster.<br />
• Finished third on the squad in home runs (5) and hit<br />
by pitch (10).<br />
• Posted a .994 fielding percentage behind the dish.<br />
• Threw out 37% of base stealers (7-19).<br />
• Had five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games.<br />
• Belted a single in his first career at-bat at Sam Houston<br />
State (Feb. 20).<br />
• Hit first career home run in game two of the Sam<br />
Houston series (Feb. 21).<br />
• Was hit by pitch three times in Feb. 21 Sam Houston<br />
State game, coming one away from a school record.<br />
• Posted first career double on Feb. 27 against Dayton.<br />
• Recorded career-high four RBIs against Northern Iowa<br />
(April 12).<br />
• Scored season-best three runs in May 2nd game at<br />
Illinois State.<br />
J.K. Mullen High School (2005-08)<br />
Lettered in baseball his sophomore through senior years<br />
... Owns school record for highest batting average for<br />
a sophomore (.444), junior (.510) and senior (.459) ...<br />
Was captain of the team his senior year ... First-Team All-<br />
Centennial League his junior and senior years ... Going<br />
into 2008 was Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason West<br />
Region Top Player ... Touted as the Rocky Mountain<br />
News’<br />
5A Top Player ... Also named ESPN Rise Denver’s<br />
Top Player ... In 2008 played in the Colorado Rockies<br />
Top-50 Senior Game ... Named academic all-state honorable<br />
mention ... Played AAU baseball for the Salmmers<br />
Select in 2005-06 under Matt Hopper ... In the Summer<br />
of 2007 played for the Slammers Connie Mack under<br />
Clint Zavaras ... In summer of 2008 was a member of<br />
Slammers Connie Mack under Mark Holzemer and Daryl<br />
Milne ... Was on the honor roll for three years ... Played<br />
AA Hockey for Arapahoe in 2004-05 ... Was state champions<br />
and second place in the West Regionals.<br />
Profile<br />
Birthday: October 6, 1989<br />
Parents: Dianne and Dan Thornburg<br />
Major: Business/Finance<br />
Why <strong>Creighton</strong>: Academics and baseball program<br />
Favorite Athlete: Ted Williams<br />
Favorite MLB Team: Red Sox<br />
Triples<br />
0<br />
Home Runs<br />
0<br />
Strikeouts<br />
1 (3/7/09)<br />
Hit Batsmen<br />
0<br />
2009 (Freshman)<br />
• Appeared in three games in relief for the Jays.<br />
20<br />
-<br />
-<br />
• Made first collegiate appearance against Albany on<br />
March 7, striking out his first batter.<br />
• Made second appearance at home against North Da<br />
kota (3/24).<br />
• Threw 0.2 innings against Nebraska, notching his sec<br />
ond scoreless outing of the year.<br />
• Did not walk a batter in his three appearances.<br />
Tri-Center High School (2005-08)<br />
Selected as 2008 Male Athlete of the Year by the Coun-<br />
cil Bluffs Daily Nonpareil<br />
newspaper ... Started playing<br />
for Tri-Center when he was in eighth grade ... Lettered<br />
in football four years, basketball four years, track four<br />
years and baseball five years ... Baseball team was<br />
Western Iowa Conference Champions three times ...<br />
Was a state qualifier in the 4x800 relay his freshman<br />
year, the 4x100 and 4x400 relay his sophomore year,<br />
the shuttle hurdle relay his junior year and in the shuttle<br />
hurdle relay and 4x100 his senior year ... Earned the<br />
bronze medal in the shuttle hurdle relay his junior year<br />
... In football was honorable mention all-district QB his<br />
freshman year, first team all district QB as well as MVP<br />
his sophomore year, first team all-district QB his junior<br />
year and first team all-state QB his senior year ... Going<br />
into the 2008 season, was rated as the 47th top player<br />
in Iowa by Iowarivals.com ... Named to the I.F.C.A. Academic<br />
All-State Team in 2008 ... In basketball was first<br />
team all-conference all four years ... Was named to the<br />
Omaha World-Herald’s<br />
All-Decade Team ... As a junior<br />
Spomer’s Career Pitching Statistics<br />
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHo SV IP H R ER BB So<br />
2009 9.00 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 0 1<br />
Total 9.00 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 0 1<br />
Scott<br />
THoRNBURG<br />
Sophomore • #7<br />
C • 6-2 • 200 • R/R<br />
Lakewood, Colo.<br />
J.K. Mullen High School<br />
Single Game Highs<br />
At-Bats<br />
5 (2x, 3/14/09)<br />
Runs<br />
3 (5/2/09)<br />
Hits<br />
2 (5x, 5/2/09)<br />
doubles<br />
1 (7x, 5/2/09)<br />
Triples<br />
0<br />
Home Runs<br />
1 (5x, 5/3/09)<br />
RBIs<br />
4 (4/12/09)<br />
Walks<br />
2 (2x, 3/21/09)<br />
Strikeouts<br />
3 (2/28/09)<br />
Total Bases<br />
6 (3/15/09)<br />
HBP<br />
3 (2/21/09)<br />
Sacrifice Hits<br />
1 (4x, 4/25/09)<br />
Stolen Bases<br />
0<br />
Errors<br />
1 (4/29/09)<br />
Thornburg’s Career Hitting Statistics<br />
Year AVG GP-GS oBP%SLG%AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB So TB HBP SF SH SB-ATT E Fld%<br />
2009 .241 43-37 .360 .431 116 20 28 7 0 5 16 12 25 50 10 1 5 0-0 1 .994<br />
Total .241 43-37 .360 .431 116 20 28 7 0 5 16 12 25 50 10 1 5 0-0 1 .994<br />
2010 <strong>Creighton</strong> BaseBall [29]
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