2014: All-Conference Second Team honors... Member of the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team... Posted an 8-5 record in 16 appearances in his second season as a Patriot with 15 starts... Mason went 10-5 when he was the starting pitcher... Only relief appearance came on March 2 when he pitched the final six innings in a 12-inning loss to Hartford... Led Mason with 115.0 inning pitched, fourth most in a single season at Mason... Second on the team with an ERA of 2.03, third lowest starter ERA in a single season at Mason... Eight wins and 73 strikeouts, 25 of them looking... Allowed 26 earned runs, 35 total... Opponent batting average of .240... Three complete games, two of them shutouts... Complete-game shutout vs. Fordham (3/22) and at Rhode Island (4/19)... Also tossed a complete game in a 2-1 in over Longwood (2/26)... Picked-off nine baserunners, first in the Atlantic 10... Ranked second in the A-10 in ERA and inning pitched... Season-high six strikeouts in seven shutout innings at UMass (5/3)... Finishes career in the top-25 all time in games started (28), innings pitched (198.0), fewest walks per nine innings (1.91), lowest opponent average (.282), strikeout to walk ratio and career ERA (3.77).
2013: Made 13 starts, going 2-9 in first season with the Patriots after transfering from South Mountain Community College ... over 83.0 innings of work, posted a 6.18 ERA and threw three complete games ... allowed 73 runs (57 earned) on 116 hits with 49 strikeouts and just 15 walks ... added name to several single-season records including games started (13, 17th), innings pitched (83.0, 25th), fewest walks/nine innings (1.62, 11th) and strikeout:walk ratio (3.27, 17th) ... made first start at Mason against High Point (2/16), going 5.2 innings and allowing five runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and two walks ... picked up first win against Iona on February 24, working 6.0 innings and giving up just one run on six hits with a season-high eight strikeouts and two walks ... threw first complete game in an 11-2 win over James Madison, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits with five strikeouts and a walk ... other complete games came at Delaware (4/5) and at Old Dominion (5/3).
At SMCC: Over two seasons appeared 41 times with 20 starts ... posted a 14-9 record and three saves ... over 157.3 innings pitched had 104 strikeouts with 97 runs scored (79 earned) ... spent the summer of 2012 playing for the Kitsap Blue Jackets of the West Coast Collegiate League.
High School: Earned three letters in baseball at Scottsdale Christian ... served as team captain during senior campaign ... was first team all-state as a senior and second team all-state as a junior ... named the Metro Region Player of the Year in 2010 ... over three seasons was 26-2 with 219 strikeouts in 148 innings.
Personal: Son of John and Lisa ... has three siblings ... brother, Johnny, played baseball at Phoenix College.
CAREER STATISTICS (AT MASON)
| YEAR |
GP/GS |
CG |
W-L |
SV |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
ERA |
| 2013 |
13/13 |
3 |
2-9 |
0 |
83.0 |
116 |
73 |
57 |
15 |
49 |
6.18 |
| 2014 |
16/15 |
3 |
8-5 |
0 |
115.0 |
101 |
35 |
26 |
27 |
73 |
2.03 |
| TOTALS |
29/28 |
6 |
10-14 |
0 |
198.0 |
217 |
108 |
83 |
42 |
122 |
3.77 |
