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2017 Baseball Roster

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41 Chris Myjak

  • Position RHP
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 270
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Itasca, Ill.
  • Highschool Saint Viator (Des Moines Area CC)

Biography

2017 – Senior Season: Ended the year with a 2.35 ERA that included a 2-2 record on the mound… Second on the team with 20 appearances… Led the team and the BIG EAST Conference with eight saves… Struck out 20 batters in 23 innings pitched… Limited the opposition to just six earned runs… First save of the season was recorded against La Salle (Feb. 19)… Got the final out of the game at Alcorn State to pick up his second save (Feb. 24)… Struck out two of three batters vs. Bucknell to earn his third save (March 4)… Tossed two full innings at Furman to record his fourth save of the season (March 8)… Fifth save of the season came against Saint Louis (March 17)… Struck out one and walked one Billiken to secure the win… Came back the next day for another save vs. Saint Louis (March 18)… Struck out two batters for his seventh save of the year vs. Lewis (March 22)… Tossed a season-high three full innings at Ohio striking out a season-high three batters (March 24)… Shut the door at Indiana for his eighth save of the season (April 19)… Struck out three Flyers vs. Dayton (April 25).

2016 - Junior Season (Redshirt): Limited to three games while recovering from off-season surgery... Made his season debut at Dayton (April 4)... Returned to the mound at IPFW on April 13... Final appearance came at home vs. Cleary on April 19... All three appearances were limited to one inning of work... Only allowed two hits.

2015 - Junior Season: Missed a large portion of the season due to an arm injury... Started the year in the weekend rotation... Made six starts before suffering the injury... Posted a 2-2 overall record with a 4.23 ERA... Tossed 38.1 innings... Recorded 15 strikeouts... Walked 10 batters... Allowed 44 hits resulting in 18 earned runs... Missed the entire BIG EAST season... Went seven full innings in his Bulldog debut, limiting Lipscomb to just three earned runs off 12 hits (Feb. 14)... First win of the year was another seven inning outing, this time at ETSU (Feb. 28)... Earned the win against Wabash by tossing 6.1 innings of action which resulted in just five hits and one earned run.

Des Moines Area CC: Helped the Bears post a 40-18 overall record in 2014 which included a 21-7 conference record in the ICCAC. The Chicago native led the team with 18 appearances, posting a 4-1 overall record to go with a 3.82 ERA. He struck out 43 batters in 37.2 innings of work and also recorded two saves.

High School: Posted a 3-3 record during his senior campaign with a 1.65 ERA... Recorded two saves... Named team MVP as a senior... All-Conference selection after his senior season.

Personal: Son of Andrew and Patricia Myjak... Has one brother named Matt and a sister named Amy Heiss... Majoring in accounting.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 41

    2015Junior

    RHP
    6'5" 260 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2016Redshirt Junior

    RHP
    6'5" 270 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2017Redshirt Senior

    RHP
    6'5" 270 lbs
    41
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