Biography
2006-07: Academic All-GLVC, recipient of Lewis[apos] Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes and a Deans[apos] List student both semesters and a Deans[apos] List student fall semester ... pitched in 12 games with 10 starts ... tied for the team lead in starts (10), wins (2) ... second in innings pitched (56 1/3), batters struck out (32) ... fourth in batters struck out looking (7) ... allowed only one home run ... threw a shutout, allowing no hits and striking out two batters in a 3-0 victory over Rockhurst (March 10) ... allowed only one earned run in a nine inning victory, striking out three and walking none a Indianapolis (March 28) ... struck out four and allowed only two earned runs in 5 1/3 innings against Dowling (March 6) ... gave up only one earned run and struck out four in four innings of work at Bellarmine (March 17) ... struck out four, giving up four earned runs in seven innings vs. Southern Indiana (April 14) ... in 5 2/3 innings of work, allowed only two earned runs and struck out five at Southern Illinois Edwardsville (April 28) ... struck out four, walked one and allowed only three earned runs in 5 1/3 innings of work vs. Kentucky Wesleyan (May 5) ... allowed no runs and only one hit in a relief appearance of two innings vs. Saint Joseph[apos]s (April 18) ... in GLVC play, made nine starts and pitched second most 52 innings with a 5.37 ERA. 2005-06: Academic All-GLVC, Delahanty Award recipient and a Deans[apos] List student both semesters ... made 13 appearances and eight starts ... led the team in strikeouts-to-walks ratio (2.26:1), and tied for the team lead in fewest walks per nine innings (2.66) ... second in innings pitched (64 1/3) and innings pitched per appearance (4.95), and tied for second in batters struck out looking (13) ... third in lowest opponents[apos] batting average (.273), and tied for third in complete games (two) ... fourth in total strikeouts (43), and tied for fourth in starts (eight) ... fifth in ERA (4.76), total appearances (13), strikeouts per nine innings (6.02) and fewest hits allowed per nine innings (10.21) ... held right-handers to a .256 batting average ... opponents hit just .244 against him with two outs ... his nine-inning stint vs. Kentucky Wesleyan tied for the team[apos]s longest of the season ... in that game, a 2-1 win, he allowed just six hits and two walks ... relieved and picked up the win (8-7) vs. Philadelphia (two earned runs, five hits, one walk in 4 1/3 innings) ... suffered difficult defeats vs. Southern Illinois Edwardsville (3-0, eight innings, no earned runs, five hits, one walk, career-high six strikeouts) and Bellarmine (2-1, one earned run, five hits, seven-inning complete game) ... gave no earned runs, three hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings as the starter vs. Rockhurst in a game the Flyers lost 3-2 in 11 innings ... six strikeouts in five innings vs. Missouri-Rolla ... in GLVC play, made 11 appearances and tied for the team lead with eight starts ... pitched a team-high 55 2/3 innings with a 3.88 ERA and led the staff in fewest walks per nine innings (2.59) in conference action. 2004-05: Academic All-GLVC, Delahanty Award recipient and a Deans[apos] List student both semesters ... made 12 appearances and two starts ... second on the team in strikeouts per nine innings (5.85) and relief appearances (10) ... fourth in strikeouts-to-walks ratio (1.6:1) ... fifth in fewest walks per nine innings (3.62), and tied for fifth in strikeouts (21) ... held opponents to a .233 batting average with two outs, best among the Flyers[apos] regular pitchers ... started and pitched 5 1/3 innings vs. Quincy in a game the Flyers came back to win 6-4 ... after stranding two inherited baserunners, went on to toss 3 1/3 innings of one-hit shutout relief vs. Missouri-St. Louis ... allowed no runs on two hits and struck out five in 5 1/3 relief innings vs. Kentucky Wesleyan ... fanned two in a perfect relief inning vs. Saint Joseph[apos]s ... hurled a scoreless relief inning vs. Northern Kentucky ... yielded an unearned run on just two hits while striking out three in 2 2/3 relief innings vs. Bellarmine ... in GLVC play, made eight appearances with one start and led the team in ERA (2.18), strikeouts per nine innings (7.40) and lowest opponents[apos] batting average (.244) ... allowed no home runs in GLVC games ... struck out 17 and walked only eight in 20 2/3 innings. High School/Other: Lettered two years ... team was conference champion and a sectional qualifier his senior year, and conference and regional champion and sectional runner-up his junior season ... National Honor Society member and four years on the high honor roll. Personal: Son of Ed and Michelle Harmatys ... history major.
