Pat Young Class: Sophomore Hometown: The Woodlands, Texas High School: College Park Height / Weight: 6-7 / 208 Position: Starting Pitcher Birthdate: 03/24/1992 Bats/Throws: Right/Right

On Young: Classic power pitcher with a dominant fastball to go with an arsenal of secondary pitches ... Made significant strides last season and should be ready to handle a role in the starting rotation ... Has a high ceiling as he continues to develop.

2011: Pitched in 14 games with six starts and finished the year with a 2-2 record and a 5.28 ERA ... Logged 44 1/3 innings and allowed 57 hits and 38 runs (26 earned) ... Issued 18 walks and had 29 strikeouts ... Gave up just one home run to 215 batters faced ... Totaled 15 2/3 innings pitched in his eight relief appearances and struck out 16 batters in those outings (9.2 strikeouts/nine innings) ... Went more than two innings four times in his eight relief outings and three or more innings twice ... Recorded his first collegiate win in a relief outing against Cornell, during which he pitched four hitless innings with a season-high five strikeouts; BIG EAST: Pitched in eight conference games, starting four, and went 1-2 with a 6.15 ERA ... Pitched 26 1/3 innings and issued 15 walks with 14 strikeouts ... Recorded a win in his final start of the season against St. John's, going a season-high seven innings and allowing just two earned runs on seven hits while striking out four ... In his second conference start pitched 5 1/3 innings without allowing an earned run against West Virginia ... Retired all five batters he faced in late-inning relief against Rutgers, protecting a one-run lead in an eventual 5-4 victory.

The Woodlands College Park High School: Earned two varsity letters in baseball as a pitcher, infielder and outfielder ... Earned first team All-District 14-5A and first team All-Houston honors as a senior ... During his senior season compiled an 8-3 record with a 1.89 ERA ... In 63 innings pitched, allowed 56 hits and 17 earned runs while walking just 13 and striking out 74 ... As a batter hit .325 (25-77) with three home runs and 24 runs batted in with 13 runs scored.

Personal: Born 3/24/92 in Houston, Texas ... Youngest of four children of George and Martha Young ... Has three older siblings, Carlie (25), Allison (23) and Gerard (21) ... Undeclared major in the school of Liberal Arts.