Kevin MacLachlan Class: Junior Hometown: Matawan, N.J. High School: St. John Vianney Height / Weight: 6-3 / 205 Position: Pitcher Birthdate: 02/24/1991 Bats/Throws: Right/Right

On MacLachlan: Capable of being a key contributor to the pitching staff either in the starting rotation or out of the bullpen ... Has a wealth of potential and should continue to make strides during the coming season.

Career: Pitched in 27 games with 16 starts and is 6-4 with a 4.63 ERA ... In 91 1/3 innings has allowed 111 hits and 59 runs (47 earned) while walking 31 and striking out 50 ... Opponents are hitting .305 against him and he has yielded just two home runs to 415 batters faced ... Has allowed three earned runs or less in 11 of his 16 career starts.

BIG EAST Regular Season: Owns an 0-1 record with a 6.64 ERA in eight conference appearances, including three starts ... Pitched 20 1/3 innings and allowed 32 hits and 19 runs (15 earned) while walking 10 and striking out six ... Faced 85 batters and allowed only one home run.

2011: Appeared in 13 games with seven starts and was 2-4 with a 5.70 ERA ... Pitched 42 2/3 innings and allowed 64 hits and 36 runs (27 earned) while walking 16 and striking out 26 ... Faced 208 batters and gave up just one home run ... Allowed three earned runs or less in five of his seven starts ... Earned the win in the championship game of the Liberty Bell Classic at Citizens Bank Park, going 5 2/3 innings against Delaware and allowing just two earned runs ... Went seven strong innings for his first win of the year, allowing one run on five hits with a career-high six strikeouts to beat Lafayette ... Pitched four innings of relief and allowed just one run on two hits against Temple ... Tossed five scoreless innings against Bucknell in his first start of the year; BIG EAST: Pitched in five games with two starts and was 0-1 with an 11.32 ERA ... Logged 10 1/3 innings and allowed 24 hits and 17 runs (13 earned) while walking six and striking out four.

2010: Philadelphia Big Five Co-Rookie of the Year ... Top midweek starter for Villanova who also earned consideration for innings in BIG EAST games late in the year ... Wound up pitching in 14 games with nine starts and went 4-0 with a 3.70 ERA while holding opponents to a .263 batting average against him ... Pitched 48 2/3 innings and allowed 47 hits, 23 runs (20 earned) and 15 walks while striking out 24 ... Allowed just one home run to 207 batters faced ... Surrendered three earned runs of less in six of his nine starts ... Pitched four scoreless innings in a start against Penn to earn his first collegiate win ... Logged six innings without allowing an earned run in a win over La Salle; BIG EAST: Pitched in three conference games, including one start, and was 0-0 with a 1.80 ERA spanning 10.0 innings ... Allowed eight hits and held opponents to a .242 batting average ... Gave up two earned runs, walked four and struck out two ... On the final day of the season made his first BIG EAST start against West Virginia and carried a five-hit shutout into the ninth inning before exiting with one out in the ninth.

St. John Vianney High School: Earned four varsity letters in baseball and one in football as a wide receiver ... Second team All-Shore Conference and first team All-A Central Division as both a junior and a senior ... Named the Pitcher of the Year in the A Central Division in 2008 and was a second team All-Monmouth County pick in 2009 ... Chosen as his team's Most Valuable Player and was named the "Ace of the Staff" in both his junior and senior seasons ... Achieved Honor Roll status academically all four years.

Personal: Born 2/24/91 in Red Bank, N.J. ... Son of Doreen MacLachlan ... Majoring in Accounting.