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Spartans Bios16Scott EckardLHP • R-L • 6-1 • 175 • So.Lake Mary HSLake Mary, FL4 Matt Goyea2B • L-R • 5-9 • 165 • Sr.Jefferson CollegeSt. Charles, MOWill pitch again in the conference rotation this season...a very effective pitcher who will be counted upon... has show anoutstanding breaking ball... continues to work to refine his change-up... will belooked upon as a leader on the pitching staff this season.2005: Appeared in 13 games, starting 12 of them... finished with a teamleading7-3 record...recorded a team-high three complete games... pitched ateam-high 76.2 innings pitched... second on the team in ERA with 2.82...thirdon the team in strikeouts with 67... his 76.2 innings pitched ranks ninth on thesingle-season list... his 2.82 ERA is good for fourth on the single-seasonlist... pitched six innings of four-hit ball to earn his first collegiate victoryover Bloomfield on February 6... earned his first conference victory twoweeks later, pitching six innings and striking out five against UNC Pembrokeon February 19... pitched seven innings of shutout ball to pick up the victoryover Shepherd on March 6... would go on to win his next four starts invictories over Francis Marion, Columbus State, Armstrong Atlantic State,and Lander... struck out a career-high nine batters against Francis Marion onMarch 19 and Armstrong Atlantic State on April 3BEFORE USC UPSTATE: Went 7-2 and had a 1.30 ERA as a senior...totaled 129 strikeouts during his senior year... named to the Florida AthleticCoaches Association All-State Team... named third-team all-state... playedat the same high school as former USC Upstate pitcher and career strikeoutleader Trevor Berryhill... played for Allen Tuttle at Lake Mary.PERSONAL: Born Dec. 7, 1985.MAJOR: Business.Eckard’s Overall StatsYear ERA W-L G-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER SO2005 2.82 7-3 13-12 3 2 0 76.2 79 31 24 6729Doc GodfreyRHP • R-R • 5-9 • 165 • Sr.Mauldin HSSimpsonville, SCWill pitch out of the bullpen... a senior who will belooked upon as a leader... has an outstanding breaking ball... working on achange-up.2005: Appeared in 14 games while starting three... recorded a 2-1 record,pitching 31.1 innings... struck out 20 batters... pitched 2.1 innings of shutoutrelief to earn the victory over Lenoir-Rhyne on February 9... pitched 6.2innings, giving up only three runs to pick up a victory in a starting role againstMars Hill on April 5.2004: Appeared in 18 games, all out of the bullpen... pitched four inningsto record a win over Belmont Abbey... pitched one inning of shutout reliefagainst Mars Hill.2003: Appeared in seven games with one start... pitched in 14 inningsduring his freshman season... went five innings in his first collegiate startagainst Coker... had the second-lowest ERA on the team at 3.68... struck outthree in two innings against Southern Wesleyan.BEFORE USC UPSTATE: Played for Scott Freeman at Mauldin.PERSONAL: Born Oct. 23, 1984.MAJOR: Finance.Returns for his senior season after having quite possiblythe most successful season a USC Upstate baseball player has everhad... will return as the starter at second base but could also see time as adesignated hitter... can hit to all fields... has great plate discipline... will becounted on heavily to provide offense this season.2005: Played in 46 games while starting 44 of them... led the team and thePeach Belt in batting average with a .425 clip... led the team in hits with 77...tied for the team-lead in doubles with 17... first on the team in on-basepercentage with .485... second onthe team in slugging percentage with.575... finished third on the squad inRBIs with 44... struck out only 10times in 181 total at-bats... hit .423in PBC games... batted .418 at homeand batted .434 on the road... batted.418 versus right-handers and.457 versus left-handers... batted.442 with runners on base... batteda team-high .556 with the basesloaded... batted .507 with runners inscoring position... batted .667 withrunners on third and less than twoouts... had a team-high 28 multi-hitgames which include nine three-hitgames and one five or more hitgames... second on the team with14 multi-RBI games... went 3-for-4with three runs scored and three RBIsin a victory against Bloomfield onFebruary 5... was a perfect 5-for-5with an RBI and a run scored in avictory against Lenoir-Rhyne onFebruary 9... had a perfect 3-for-3game including a double and a runscored against USC Aiken on February 12... went 3-for-4 with a double anda homerun along with three RBIs in a victory over Columbus State on March26... went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBIs in a victory againstLander on April 9... went 6-for-13 in the final weekend series of the seasonagainst Augusta State... committed only 10 errors on the season at secondbase.BEFORE USC UPSTATE: Named to the all-conference and all-regionteams at Jefferson...was an Honorable Mention JUCO All-American... batted.466 his final season... won the Rawlings Big Stick Award as the best hitter inthe South Central Region... made Dean’s List each semester... played forDave Oster at Jefferson... an all-state and conference player of the year atSt. Charles... named to the All-Metro St. Louis team... made honor roll forfour years... played for Charles Meeker at St. Charles.PERSONAL: Born June 4, 1983.MAJOR: Biology.Goyea’s Overall StatsYear AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B H R RBI B B SLG%2005 .425 46-44 181 45 77 17 2 2 44 22 .575Godfrey’s Overall StatsYear ERA W-L G-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER SO2005 7.47 2-1 14-3 0 0 0 31.1 49 34 26 202004 6.83 1-2 18-0 0 0 0 27.2 39 29 21 182003 3.68 0-0 7-1 0 0 0 14.2 14 9 6 8Totals 6.58 3-3 39-4 0 0 0 72.5 102 72 54 4613