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Eric Erickson

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Sarasota, Fla.
High School:
Sarasota
Height / Weight:
6-0 / 190
Position:
LHP

• 2008 NCBWA Preseason Third Team All-American
• 2008 Preseason Watch List for Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award
• 2007 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
• 2007 Baseball America Freshman All-American
• 2007 All-ACC First Team Selection

At Miami


Named to the preseason watch list for the 2008 Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award ... Named a 2008 NCBWA third team preseason All-American ... Named a Freshman All-American by Baseball America and Louisville Sluggger ... First UM freshman to be named first team All-ACC ... Southpaw who will be the leader of UM's rotation in 2007 ... a three-pitch guy who has great command of his pitches and good composure on the mound.

Freshman (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; first career start came against Elon on Feb. 24, which was a 17-4 Miami win.
  • vs. Florida State (5/25): Posted second win of the season over the the No. 3 Seminoles matching a career-long 8.0 outing in a 9-3 win.
  • vs. Duke (5/18): Tossed 7.2 innings in a 5-1 win holding the Blue Devils to one run on seven hits and striking out three.
  • at Wake Forest (5/12): Pitched 3.0 innings in a continuation of game one of the series, two-hitting the Demon Deacons as UM won 9-8 in 14 innings; 30 minutes later started the game two of the series and tossed 5.0 innings limiting Wake to one unearned run on three hits.
  • at Florida State (4/29): Scattered six hits over six innings and struck out three in the series finale to lift UM to a 7-1 win over the No. 1 FSU.
  • at Clemson (3/30): Pitched six innings and limited No. 11 Clemson to three runs in a 10-3 win.
  • vs. Maryland (3/16): Struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings and didn't allow a run in a 13-3 win.
  • vs. Fordham (3/3): Tossed a career-long eight innings and struck out five in an 8-1 win.
  • vs. UCLA (2/9): Struck out five in four innings and gave up only two hits in his first career appearance to earn his first career save.

Sarasota

  • Played for Clyde Metcalf at Sarasota High School ... compiled a combined record of 18-2 in his junior and senior seasons to lead Sarasota to a combined 55-6 record ... two time first team 6A All-State selection.
  • Senior (2006): Went 12-1 with a 0.50 ERA for the 6A state runners-up ... Florida Dairy Farmer 6A State Player of the Year ... Louisville Slugger All-American ... 6A First Team All-State Selection.
  • Junior (2005): Struck out 126 batters on the way to a 6-1 record with a 0.30 ERA ... 6A First Team All-State selection ... team finished 28-1 and was ranked No. 1 in the country by USA Today until losing a regional playoff game.

Personal

  • Son of Scott and Barbara Erickson.
  • Has a younger sister, Kelsey.
  • High school teammate of fellow Hurricanes sophomore Mark Sobolewski and freshman Joe Terdoslavich.
  • Goes by the nicknames of "E" and "Easy."
  • Majoring in sport administration.
  • Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 43rd round of the 2006 MLB Draft.