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Updated 7/11/11
SOPHOMORE (2011)
2011 honors
• Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team
2011 highlights
• Pitched 1.0 scoreless inning of relief giving up only walk and striking out one against Maryland (2/20).
• Threw 2.0 innings of relief, allowing two hits, no earned runs and striking out two against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4/5).
• Pitched 3.0 perfect innings in relief with four strikeouts against Dallas Baptist (4/12).
FRESHMAN (2010)
2010 honors
• Fall 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Spring 2010 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2010 season
• Appeared in three games, registering a 0-0 record with a 3.00 ERA and four strikeouts (two walks) in 3.0 innings.
2010 highlights
• Worked 1.0 scoreless inning, walking one vs. Iowa (3/14).
• Fanned two of the threee batters he faced in 1.0 shutout inning vs. Texas A&M at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (5/29).
• Started seven games for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League, logging an 1-4 record with a 5.26 ERA and 24 strikeouts (17 walks) in 39.1 innings.
• Pitched 7.0 scoreless innings in his only Cape Cod League postseason appearance, holding the to four hits and four walks while striking out six in a 3-2 win vs. the Bourne Braves.
HIGH SCHOOL
• A four-year varsity letterwinner and two-year captain as a pitcher, first baseman and third baseman for Coach Chris Payne at Dripping Springs (Texas) High School.
• Earned First Team All-District 25-4A honors as a pitcher following senior season.
• Logged a 9-2 record with six complete games, a 1.20 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 58.1 innings and hit .483 with 18 doubles and 28 RBI in 2009.
• Garnered First Team All-District 25-4A accolades as a first baseman in 2008, batting .363 with seven doubles, one triple, two home runs and 20 RBI in 28 games.
• Also posted a 6-4 record with one save, a 1.40 ERA and 98 strikeouts in 60 innings as a junior.
• Participated in the 12th annual Texas Scouts Association Invitational and invited to Perfect Game WWBA World Championship in 2008.
• Tabbed First Team All-District 10-5A by the Dallas Morning News as a sophomore in 2007.
• Earned all-district honorable mention as a freshman.
• Helped Austin Wings to Premier Junior national titles in 2008 and 2009, including posting a 6-0 record in 2009.
• Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 19th round of the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
PERSONAL
Born Joshua Dean Urban on March 1, 1991 in Lubbock, Texas ... parents are Larry Urban and Shirley Urban ... has one older sister, Deana ... interested in majoring in communication.
