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VILLANOVA: One of the top closers in the nation...A top major league prospect...Wildcats’ game plan is to get to the end of the game with the chance to put the ball in his hands...A NCBWA Preseason first team All- American...Named to the Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America third team...2003 Preseason All-Big East...Voted to the Preseason All-Conference squad by Baseball America...Listed among the top 50 seniors in the nation (31st) by Baseball America...Coming off a dominant summer in the NECBL where he earned an All-Star appearance and recorded a microscopic 0.44 ERA. 2002- Named a third team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)...Received ABCA/Rawlings first team All-East Region accolades... All-Big East second team…Broke the Villanova record for saves in a season and became the school’s all-time leader in career saves...Led the Big East in saves for overall games (15) and conference contests (8)...Among the nation’s leaders in saves all season long...Appeared in 22 games on the season...Tallied a 1-3 record, with 15 saves and a team-best 2.33 ERA...Finished tied for third in the nation with 15 saves…Pitched 27.0 innings, allowing 25 hits and 12 runs (7 earned), walking eight and striking out 35...Had two or more strikeouts in 12 of his 22 appearances...Was 1-0 with eight saves and a 1.62 ERA in Big East play...In 16.2 innings of work in Big East action, gave up just three earned runs on seventeen hits, walking three and striking out 21...Held Big East opponents to a .270 average. 2001- Appeared in 15 games on the season... Tallied a 2-2 record, with two saves and a team-best 3.65 ERA...Pitched 24.2 innings, allowing 24 hits and 11 runs (10 earned), walking 13 and striking out 19...Was 1-1 with one save and a 1.93 ERA in Big East play...In 9.1 innings of work in Big East action, gave up just two runs on eight hits, walking three and striking out nine...Held Big East opponents to a .222 average. 2000- Made six appearances on the year...Gave up seven hits and 10 runs (six earned) in 7.1 innings, striking out three and walking five...Opponents hits just .241 against him in 2000. GREECE ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL: Received two varsity letters in baseball for head coach Jason Bunting...First team All-League player as a junior and senior... Named a 1999 Preseason first team All-American by the Baseball Factory Recruiting Service...Member of the National Honor Society. PERSONAL: Marketing major...One of three children of William and Kathy Russell...Born 12/21/80 in Rochester, N.Y. |
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