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Matt Heber Season 2008

Pos.RHP
Weight185 lbs
Height6-0
YearSenior
HometownBatavia, Ohio
B/TR/R

2005 Game-by-Game Stats

Career:

  • Tied for 10th on UC career appearances list with 65.

2008 Season (Senior):

  • Ranked third on team with 20 appearances out of the bullpen, spanning 28.2 innings.
  • Recorded 13 strikeouts and walked just eight.
  • Picked up relief win at Wright State (4/9).
  • Had best outing of season with 2.1 shutout innings against USF (3/21).
  • Tossed season-long 3.0 innings against Xavier (4/30).

2007 Season (Junior):

  • Appeared in just three games while battling injuries.
  • Threw one inning with a strikeout at North Carolina A&T (2/24).

2006 Season (Sophomore):

  • A regular out of the Bearcat bullpen for the second straight year, having pitched in a career-best 22 games.
  • Earned victory over St. John's (5/19) and notched first career save with three innings of work against Dayton (4/19).
  • Was outstanding in last six appearances, allowing just one run in 7.2 innings for a 1.17 ERA.
  • Worked a career-high 3.2 innings at Connecticut (3/24).

2005 Season (Freshman):

  • Pitched in 20 games out of the bullpen as a true freshman, holding a 4.44 ERA.
  • Earned first career win at Saint Louis (4/10), throwing career-best 3.2 innings.
  • Held opponents scoreless in 11 of 20 appearances.
  • Opponents hit just .232 against him.

High School: A three-time first team all-conference selection at Batavia High ... named Southern Buckeye Conference Player of the Year as a junior ... led Batavia to four conference championships and two sectional crowns ... threw a perfect game as a senior ... named to the Cincinnati Enquirer All-City first team ... posted a 4-2 record and a 1.96 ERA as a senior ... also a three-time all-conference selection in football, including a conference player of the year award as a senior at quarterback ... helped football to league championship and state playoff appearance during senior season.

Personal: Born Feb. 16, 1986 ... son of Gary and Tami Heber.

Academic Major: Health sciences.

Honors: Bearcat Scholar (2007).


Heber's Career Statistics

Year ERA W-L App GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
2005 4.44 1-0 20 0 0 0 26.1 23 20 13 24 17
2006 7.46 1-0 22 0 0 1 25.1 38 25 21 14 15
2007 54.00 0-0 3 0 0 0 1.2 5 10 10 6 1
2008 4.40 1-1 20 0 0 0 28.2 36 18 14 8 13
Career 6.37 3-1 65 0 0 1 82.0 102 73 58 52 46