| Nathan Thornhill |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Cedar Park, Texas
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| High School:
Cedar Park
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| Height / Weight:
6-1 / 180
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| Position:
Pitcher
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| Bats/Throws:
Right/Right
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2012
He went 4-5 with a 3.87 ERA, making 11 starts in 18 appearances ... led the team with 83 2/3 innings ... he allowed 81 hits and 36 earned runs with 25 walks and 64 strikeouts ... opponents hit .255 against him ... finished the season with 4 2/3 scoreless innings on May 23 against Missouri, allowing just one hit ... gave up one earned run in two innings with two strikeouts on May 12 against Texas Southern in the second game of a doubleheader ... threw five innings of relief and allowed one run on three hits with a walk and four strikeouts on May 5 at Missouri ... allowed six runs (only two earned) in six innings on April 27 at Texas A&M with two walks and two strikeouts ... gave up just one run on four hits in a start of 6 2/3 innings with a walk and five strikeouts on April 13 against Oklahoma State ... got his third win of the season on March 30 against California with seven innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits with no walks and five strikeouts ... struck out a season-high seven batters on March 16 at Oklahoma in 6 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits with a walk ... threw a season-high 7 1/3 innings without allowing a run on March 11 in the first game of a doubleheader against Loyola Marymount, scattering five hits with a walk and five strikeouts ... struck out four in two no-hit innings of relief on March 6 against Dallas Baptist ... recorded a win against Rice on March 2, allowing six runs (five earned) on six five hits in six innings of work ... opened the season wit ha win against Duke on Feb. 18, throwing five scoreless innings with three hits, one walk and two strikeouts.
2011
in his first season with the Longhorns, he had a 3-0 record with a 1.89 ERA with two starts in 22 appearances ... in 38 innings, he allowed 30 hits and eight earned runs with six walks and 38 strikeouts ... opponents hit .211 against him ... registered a 0.73 ERA during Big 12 play in 12 appearances (12 1/3 innings) ... threw 3 2/3 innings of relief on June 5 to earn the win against Kent State in the NCAA Austin Regional, allowing one run and three hits with a walk and seven strikeouts ... pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief on May 21 against Texas A&M on May 21 ... tossed a perfect inning with two strikeouts on May 14 against Texas Southern ... threw 3 2/3 scoreless innings of relief, allowing just two hits while striking out four on May 8 against Nebraska ... threw a perfect five innings in the first start of his career on May 3 against Prairie View A&M while striking out four ... pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief against Texas State on April 26, striking out three ... picked up his first collegiate win on April 12 against Dallas Baptist after throwing 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts ... struck out two in 1 2/3 scoreless innings on March 27 against Oklahoma State ... threw a perfect inning with one strikeout on March 5 against Stanford ... member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll in the 2010 fall and 2011 spring semesters.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner as a designated hitter and pitcher under Coach Connie Cochran at Cedar Park (Texas) High School ... named district most valuable player, first-team all-state (DH) and third-team all-state (P) as a senior ... served as team captain as a senior ... tabbed a first-team all-district pitcher as a junior ... named first-team all-district, first-team All-Central Texas as a designated hitter as a sophomore ... also lettered in football for Coach Chris Ross where we won district offensive most valuable player as a quarterback his senior year ... played shortstop and pitcher for the Action Baseball Club in the summers for Coach Keith Jackson.
PERSONAL
Born on September 26th, 1991 in Austin, Texas ... son of Mike and Tisha Thornhill ... has three sisters - Rebekah, Hannah, and Marah, and one brother - Darren ... grandpa, Jerry Thornhill, is a UT alum ... majoring in corporate communication.
