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PERSONAL ACCOLADES
2008 All-ACC Second Team
2008 NCBWA Preseason Third Team All-American
2008 Brooks Wallace Award Preseason Watch List
2007 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
2007 Baseball America Freshman All-American
2007 All-ACC First Team
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 43rd round of the 2006 MLB Draft
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Returns to the starting rotation after missing the entire 2009 season rehabilitating from Tommy John surgery ... Is UM's third-most experienced pitcher on its current roster, having logged 168.0 career innings in 30 career appearances (26 starts) in two seasons as a Hurricane ... Is 19-5 with a 3.27 ERA in his UM career ... Owns a career strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.9-to-1 (131 Ks, 34 BBs) ... Named a Freshman All-American by both Baseball America and Louisville Sluggger in 2007... Became the first UM freshman in school history to be named first team All-ACC in 2007 ... Southpaw who was an elite, top-of-the-rotation starter before his injury.
JUNIOR SEASON - 2009
Missed the entire season rehabilitating from Tommy John surgery.
SOPHOMORE SEASON - 2008
Named Second Team All-ACC
Ranked second on the Hurricanes' pitching staff with nine wins on the season
Ranked third on the staff in games started (13) and innings pitched (78.0) and fourth in strikeouts (68)
Won each of his first six starts on the season (Cincinnati - 2/22, Florida - 2/29, BC - 3/7, NC State - 3/14, Wake Forest - 3/21, FSU - 4/20)
His four wins in ACC play tied him with fellow starter Enrique Garcia for second-most on the staff
Started exactly one-fourth of team's Atlantic Coast Conference games (7-of-28)
Lasted at least six innings in eight of 13 starts
Allowed two runs or fewer in six of 13 starts
Had a 3.8-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio (68 Ks, 18 BBs)
Recorded a season-high nine strikeouts against Florida (2/29)
Longest '08 outing: 7.0 innings (BC - 3/7, Saint Mary's - 5/3, Ole Miss - 6/1)
Made only relief appearance on the season, picking up a win against Florida State at the College World Series after allowing just one run in five innings of work out of the pen
Struck out at least five batters in nine of 14 appearances
Best outing of the season came against Saint Mary's (5/3), allowing no runs on just two hits while striking out seven in seven innings of work in Coral Gables
Started and won the Coral Gables Regional championship game against Ole Miss, allowing only two first inning runs while striking out five in seven innings of work
FRESHMAN SEASON - 2007
Finished 10-4 with a 2.50 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 90 innings in his
inaugural season with the Hurricanes
Went 6-2 with a 1.93 ERA in ACC games
Started 13 of 16 games for Miami and recorded one save
His first career start came against Elon on Feb. 24 (UM won, 17-4)
Posted his second win of the season over third-ranked Florida State 5/25), tossing a career-long 8.0 innings in a 9-3 win at the ACC Tournament
Tossed 7.2 innings in a 5-1 win against Duke (5/18) in Coral Gables, holding the Blue Devils to just one run on seven hits while striking out three
At Wake Forest (5/12), tossed three full innings in a continuation of game one of the series, two-hitting the Demon Deacons as Miami won 9-8 in 14 innings. Thirty minutes later, he started game two of the series and tossed five more innings, limiting Wake Forest to just one unearned run on three hits
Scattered six hits over six innings and struck out three in the series finale at FSU (4/29), lifting UM to a 7-1 win over the top-ranked Seminoles
Pitched six innings and limited No. 11 Clemson to three runs in a 10-3 win on the road (3/30)
Struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings at Maryland (3/16), holding the Terps scoreless in a 13-3 UM win
Tossed a career-long eight innings and struck out five in an 8-1 win vs. Fordham (3/3)
Against UCLA (2/9), struck out five in four innings of work and gave up only two hits to earn his first career save in his first career appearance
PREP CAREER
Played for Clyde Metcalf at Sarasota High School
Compiled a record of 18-2 in his junior and senior seasons to lead Sarasota to a combined 55-6 record
A two-time first team 6A All-State selection
Went 12-1 with a 0.50 ERA for the 6A state runner-up his senior season in 2006
Named the Florida Dairy Farmer 6A State Player of the Year, a Louisville Slugger All-American and a 6A First Team All-State Selection in 2006
Struck out 126 batters on the way to a 6-1 record with a 0.30 ERA his
junior year in 2005
Earned 6A All-State First Team honors after leading team to a record of 28-1 and a No. 1 ranking in the country by USA Today until losing a regional playoff game.
PERSONAL
Son of Barbara and Scott Erickson
Has a younger sister, Kelsey
Majoring in Sport Administration