2011 Baseball - Creighton University Bluejays

This is Creighton Records and History 2010 in Review Opponents Meet the Players Meet the Staff Creighton Baseball32Creighton BluejaysProfileBirthday: July 10, 1989Parents: Sharanne and MichaelMajor: Financial Services/EntrepreneurialManagementFavorite Athlete: Michael JordanFavorite Movies: Rudy and HoosiersFavorite Location on Campus: The lockerroomLike to Have Dinner With: Carrie UnderwoodFavorite Junk Food: SnickersFavorite Quote: “I’ve failed over andover again in my life and that is why Isucceed.” - Michael JordanInnings Pitched4.0 (5/27/10)Hits6 (4/28/10)Doubles1 (8x, 5/27/10)Triples--Home Runs1 (5/22/10)Single GameHighsRuns6 (4/28/10)Earned Runs6 (4/28/10)Walks2 (5/22/10)Strikeouts2 (4/10/10)Hit Batsmen--2010 (Sophomore)• Made 14 relief appearances.• Started season with three scoreless appearancesof 1.0 inning apiece against SIU Edwardsville (2/20)and Northern Colorado (3/5 and 3/6).• Made a then career-long appearance against IllinoisState (4/10), hurling 3.0 innings and strikingout two.• Allowed a run in two-thirds of an inning at Bradley(4/17).• Threw four straight scoreless outings, hurlingan inning apiece against Nebraska (4/20) and AirForce (4/27) and following that with two inningsagainst Nebraska (5/18) and three innings againstNew Orleans (5/22).• Took the loss in the final game of the season,throwing a career-long four innings, allowing twoearned runs against Indiana State (5/27).2009 (Freshman)• Appeared in three games inrelief for the Jays.• Made first collegiate appearanceagainst Albany on March 7,striking out his first batter.• Made second appearance athome against North Dakota(3/24).• Threw 0.2 innings againstNebraska, notching his secondscoreless outing of the year.• Did not walk a batter in histhree appearances.Tri-Center High School(2005-08)• Selected as 2008 Male Athleteof the Year by the Council BluffsDaily Nonpareil newspaper.• Started playing for Tri-Centerwhen he was in eighth grade.• Lettered in football four years,basketball four years, track fouryears and baseball five years.• Baseball team was WesternIowa Conference Championsthree times.20 • Kurt SpomerJr. • RHP6-2 • 215 • S/RHoney Creek, IowaTri-Center HSSpomer’s Career Pitching StatisticsYear ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO2009 9.00 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 0 12010 5.57 0-2 14 0 0 0 0 21.0 23 13 13 4 5Total 5.87 0-2 17 0 0 0 0 23.0 28 15 15 4 6• In baseball made second team all-conference andwas honorable mention all-district in eighth grade.• Was first team all-conference and all-district hisfreshman through senior seasons.• As a senior went 8-1 with a 0.98 ERA on themound with 81 K’s and 14 walks in just 57.0 innings.• At the plate hit .486 with six doubles, nine homeruns, 29 RBI and 17 stolen bases in 26 games.• Member of the National Honor Society.