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March 16, 2010
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  Sam Stafford

Sam Stafford

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Spring, Texas

High School:
Klein Collins

Height / Weight:
6-4 / 190

Position:
LHP

Experience:
So.-SQ

SOPHOMORE (2009)
2009 HONORS
•Spring 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
•Fall 2008 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2009 SEASON
•Made three appearances as a freshman, posting a 0-0 record with a 10.12 ERA and one strikeout in 2.2 innings.

2009 HIGHLIGHTS
•Pitched 1.0 shutout inning against Penn State (2/27), allowing one hit and one walk.
•Worked 1.0 scoreless inning versus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4/15), yielding one hit and one walk while striking out one.
•Pitched in nine games, including eight starts, for the Santa Barbara Foresters of the California Collegiate League, posting a 3-1 record with a 2.74 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 46.0 innings.

HIGH SCHOOL
· A three-year letterwinner as a pitcher for Coach Kent Meador at Klein Collins High School in Spring, Texas.
· Named second-team All-District 16-5A as a senior.
· Tabbed to the Louisville Slugger All-America team prior to his senior season.
· Ranked as the No. 6 recruit in the state on Inside Prep Baseball's Texas Top 25 list.
· Named to the Houston Area Baseball Coaches Association Junior All-Stars Team in 2007.
· Member of the Texas Rangers Area Code Team in 2007.
· Logged a 7-1 record with a 1.38 ERA and 92 strikeouts in 50.2 innings as a junior to earn All-District 16-5A honors.
· Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 40th round of the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

PERSONAL
Born Samuel Eliot Stafford on April 27, 1990. ... parents are Ed and Stephanie Stafford ... interested in majoring in education.

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