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May 24, 2013
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  Keifer Nuncio

Keifer Nuncio

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Katy, Texas

High School:
Katy

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 195

Position:
RHP

Experience:
Jr.-2L

Updated 6/7/11

SOPHOMORE (2011)
2011 highlights

• Pitched a combined 3.1 innings of scoreless relief in the doubleheader against Maryland striking out one and allowing only two hits and one walk.
• Earned his first save of the season pitching 0.2 innings of perfect relief against Hawai'i (2/27).
• Worked 1.1 innings of scoreless relief against Stanford (3/5), allowing two hits and one walk.
• Pitched 1.1 innings of scoreless relief only allowing one hit and striking out one against UTSA (3/8).
• Logged 1.0 scoreless inning in relief with a strikeout against Brown (3/11).

FRESHMAN(2010)
2010 honors

• Spring 2010 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2010 SEASON
• Appeared in five games, registering a 2-0 record with a 1.35 ERA and two strikeouts in 6.2 innings.

2010 highlights
• Worked two innings of scoreless relief against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4/6), allowing one hit and one walk.
• Earned first career victory allowing one hit in 0.2 scoreless innings of relief against Texas State (4/13).
• Pitched one inning of shutout relief with one strike out against UT Arlington (4/20).
• Picked up second win of the season with 2.0 innings of shutout relief allowing one hit and one walk.
• Pitched for the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate League, logging an 0-1 record with one save, a 5.87 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 15.1 innings.

HIGH SCHOOL
• A four-year letterwinner as a pitcher for Coach Tom MacPherson at Katy (Texas) High School.
• Posted a combined 28-5 record in four seasons at Katy.
• Tabbed Rawlings Second-Team All-America as a senior, posting an 8-2 record.
• Also tabbed Second Team Class 5A All-State by the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association and Third Team Class 5A All-State by the Texas Sports Writers Association.
• Named the No. 75 High School Prospect by Baseball America in October 2008.
• Selected by Baseball America as one of the top 10 pitchers at the Perfect Game National Showcase in June 2008.
• Played for the Texas Rangers Area Code Games team in 2007 and 2008.
• Played for the Texas Scouts Association team at the World Wood Bat Championship in 2008.
• Earned all-state and All-District 18-5A honors as a junior, posting a 7-1 record with two saves and a 1.28 ERA in 2008.
• Tabbed first-team All-District 18-5A and All-Greater Houston as a sophomore, logging a 6-2 record with three saves and a 1.47 ERA in 2007.
• Named all-district honorable mention and Houston Class 5A Co-Newcomer of the Year in 2006 with a 7-0 record, three saves and a 2.13 ERA in 2006.
• Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 40th round of the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

PERSONAL
Born Keifer Thomas Nuncio on January 23, 1991 in Houston, Texas ... parents are Mandy and Sergio Nuncio ... interested in majoring in communication.

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