Butler University Athletics

2008: Appeared in just three games during his senior season dueto injury...allowed three earned runs on four hits in three framesagainst Southern Illinois on March 10...tossed a scoreless inningof relief at Tennessee Tech on March 14...finished with fivestrikeouts in 7.2 innings...2007: Led the Horizon League with 16starts...finished second in the league with a 3.40 ERA and 62strikeouts, tied for third with six wins and fourth with 98.0innings...also finished 10th with a .292 opponent battingaverage...Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on April 30 and theleague's Scholar Athlete of the Week on May 22...had 3.1 strikeoutsfor every walk (62 K, 20 BB)...worked at least 6.0 innings in 11 ofhis starts and 8.0 or more in five...tossed eight scoreless inningsagainst Youngstown State, allowing just six hits while striking outfour (4/27)...allowed one run on nine hits in 8.1 innings againstCleveland State (3/31)...struck-out a season-high eight batters atCleveland State (4/13)...allowed just two earned runs in 8.0innings against CSU in the Horizon League Tournament...2006:Started in seven of his 18 appearances...second on the team with 50strikeouts...third on the squad with 63.1 inningspitched...struck-out six and yielded only two runs in six inningsagainst IPFW (2/24)...struck-out five in 5.0 innings of reliefagainst Youngstown State (4/30)...yielded only one run in fourrelief innings against Wright State in the Horizon LeagueChampionship game (5/28)...2005: Led the Bulldogs with 19appearances in initial season...posted the team's best earned runaverage and finished second on the team in strikeouts...had ateam-best two saves...picked up first collegiate victory with threeand two-thirds scoreless innings against Xavier...allowed twoearned runs in seven innings as a starter to earn a win overChicago State...pitched four and two-thirds scoreless innings toearn a victory at Samford...had a career-high six strikeoutsagainst Chicago State and UW-Milwaukee...High School: All-Statepitcher at Lawrence North High School...three-time all-countypick...two-time all-conference...earned three varsity letters inbaseball...high school coach: Richard Winzenread...Personal: BornSeptember 11, 1985...son of Tim and Judy Dages...finance major.