Stephen Ostapeck Class: Junior Hometown: Sacramento, Calif. High School: Jesuit Height / Weight: 6-6 / 208 Position: Pitcher Birthdate: 09/09/1991 Bats/Throws: Right/Right

On Ostapeck: Enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2011 and became one of the team's most trusted arms out of the bullpen ... Capable of pitching as a reliever or as a starter ... Shows great velocity with his fastball and throws strikes ... Poised to continue moving forward as a key member of the pitching staff this season.

Career: Has pitched in 27 games with one start and is 2-2 with a 3.75 ERA ... In 50 1/3 innings has allowed 66 hits and 35 runs (21 earned) while walking only nine and striking out 30 ... Opposing batters are hitting .322 against him ... Gave up just one home run to 228 batters faced ... Has never walked more than one batter in any appearance.

BIG EAST Regular Season: In conference games has made 12 appearances with one start and is 1-2 with a 3.12 ERA ... Allowed 36 hits and 20 runs (nine earned) in 26.0 innings pitched, while walking five and striking out 10.

2011: Ranked third on the team with 20 appearances, all but one coming in relief, and went 2-2 with a 2.96 ERA ... Pitched 45 2/3 innings and allowed 57 hits and 28 runs (15 earned) while walking just eight and striking out 27 ... Opponents batted .311 against him and he did not allow a home run to 204 batters faced ... His walk rate equated to just 1.6 walks per nine innings ... Put together a stretch of five consecutive relief outings between March 18 and April 3 in which he racked up 17 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings ... In that stretch he was 2-0 and allowed just nine hits and one walk while striking out 13 ... Began the stretch by pitching five innings, allowing two hits and striking out a career-high six to earn a win against St. Peter's ... Registered 10 relief outings of two or more innings pitched and three appearances with at least four innings pitched ... Threw four innings of relief and allowed just one earned run at Duke ... Pitched 2 2/3 hitless innings versus Holy Cross and three scoreless innings against La Salle; BIG EAST: Pitched in 11 conference games with one start and was 1-2 with a 3.16 ERA in 25 2/3 innings pitched ... Allowed 36 hits and 20 runs (nine earned) while walking five and striking out 10 ... Tossed a career-high 6 1 /3 innings of scoreless relief to earn a win against USF ... Yielded only two hits and did not walk a batter in that outing ... Pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings in a win over Seton Hall and two scoreless innings against West Virginia ... Made his first career start versus Connecticut and was charged with two earned runs allowed in 3 2/3 innings.

2010: Pitched in seven games out of the bullpen and logged 4 2/3 innings pitched ... Charged with nine hits and seven runs (six earned) allowed while walking one and striking out three ... Did not allow a run in four of his seven appearances and did not surrender a hit in three of those outings ... Pitched a scoreless inning in wins over Norfolk State, St. Bonaventure and La Salle; BIG EAST: Pitched one-third of an inning in one appearance in a conference game.

Jesuit High School: Named his team's Most Improved Player in 2009 ... Achieved Honor Roll status academically all four years.

Personal: Born 9/9/91 in Sacramento, Calif. ... Younger of two children of Glenn and Helen Ostapeck ... Has an older sister, Elizabeth (22) ... Has an uncle, Gary Hoffman, that played football at Santa Clara as an offensive lineman and went on to play in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers ... Majoring in Criminal Justice and is a BIG EAST Academic All-Star.