USD Baseball 2010

TORERO PROFESSIONALS Professional Contracts Signed

Four Toreros Drafted in 2009 The University of San Diego baseball team had four play– ers drafted in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft.Junior right-handed pitcher Matt Thomson was taken in the 12th round by the DetroitTigers, redshirt sophomore right-hand– ed pitcher Casey Schmidt was drafted in the 15th round by the New York Mets,senior shortstop Sean Nicol was drafted in the 16th round by the Washington Nationals and junior right-hander AJ Griffin was taken in the 34th round by the Philadelphia Phillies. Thomson,a 6-4 junior from Santa Rosa, Calif., finished the season with a 5-5 record, led the team with 88 strikeouts and posted a 5.98 ERA.Thomson took home one West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Week honor after tossing a com– plete-game two hit shutout against Pepperdine University on March 28. Schmidt, a 6-3 redshirt sophomore transfer from Creigh– ton University, did not play a single inning for the Toreros this season due to NCAA transfer rules. While at Creighton, Schmidt Earned Freshman All-America honors from Col– legiate Baseball after going 6-1 with a 3.12 ERA in the 2007 season, then sat out the 2008 season with an injury before transferring to USO this past season. Nicol, a 5-11 senior from Scottsdale, Ariz., finished up his Torero career with a bang in 2009, as he hit .323 in WCC games with 30 hits, 10 doubles, six home runs and 20 RBI. He was named the WCC Player of the Week once this season. Nicol was not only solid at the plate in WCC action, but he also helped lead the USO offense overall,as he hit .359 with 79 hits, led the team in doubles with 19, had two triples, a team-best eight home runs and 39 RBI. Griffin, a 6-5 junior from El Cajon, Calif. and a first-team All-West Coast Conference selection, entered the season as the all-time leader in career saves, then added three more to that record, which now stands at 28, before having to move into a starting role for the Toreros, due to injuries on the USO pitching staff. Griffin posted a 5-2 record in league games, with a 4.17 ERA and rung up 50 batters. Griffin was also named WCC Co-Pitcher of the Week once this season. Overall, Griffin posted a record of 8-3 with a 3.33 ERA and was second on the team in strikeouts with 85.

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