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Jersey Number 3
Brandon Donovan
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- High School:
- Steel Valley
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2020)
Made four starts on the rubber, finishing the season with a 2-2 record ... Threw a team high 22.2 innings, striking out 27 ... Tossed a career-best 6.2 innings in the season opener against N.C. Central (Feb. 14) and racked up a career-high 11 strikeouts ... Allowed two runs with six strikeouts in 6.0 innings in his final start of the season against Canisius (Mar. 7) ... Ranked fourth in the Big South with 27 strikeouts ... Had at least six strikeouts in all but one of his starts.
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2019)
Appeared in 16 games, making seven starts ... Had a 1-3 record with a 6.00 ERA in 42.0 innings ... Set career highs with 5.0 innings pitched against Longwood (Apr. 20) and five strikeouts against USC Upstate (Apr. 5) ... Earned the win against Charleston Southern (Mar. 22) after tossing 2.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts ... ERA dropped to 4.15 across eight Big South appearances ... Had five appearances of four innings or longer and four appearances with three or more strikeouts ... Allowed two or fewer walks in all but one appearance.
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2018)
Worked way back from Tommy John…Appeared in 11 games out of bullpen, making one start…Finished with 1-2 record and 10.19 ERA…Tossed 17.2 innings, striking out 15 batters…Held right-handed batters to a .217 average…Had two outings of 3.0 innings and two appearances of 2.0 frames…Earned first collegiate save at Winthrop (April 14) with two shutout innings…Struck out three in first appearance of season in one frame (March 17)…In Big South Tournament, struck out three in three frames against High Point (May 23).
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2017)
Made collegiate debut on Feb. 28 at Virginia Tech after sitting out 2016 season due to shoulder surgery … Allowed two runs on two hits, while striking out two in 1.2 innings … Earned first collegiate start at George Mason (March 7), yielding only one hit over 3.1 innings, striking out one batter … Missed rest of 2017 season due to elbow injury.
AS A FRESHMAN
Redshirted
PREP
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Player of the Year as a senior for Steel Valley High… Two-time All-WPIAL team and two-time Daily News Player of the Year… All-Section as a junior and WPIAL AA championship pitcher… Team MVP and Member of Daily News Elite 18 as a sophomore… Member of Chartier Valley Colts Palimino World Series team… Also four-year starter in football and three-year starter in basketball.
Made four starts on the rubber, finishing the season with a 2-2 record ... Threw a team high 22.2 innings, striking out 27 ... Tossed a career-best 6.2 innings in the season opener against N.C. Central (Feb. 14) and racked up a career-high 11 strikeouts ... Allowed two runs with six strikeouts in 6.0 innings in his final start of the season against Canisius (Mar. 7) ... Ranked fourth in the Big South with 27 strikeouts ... Had at least six strikeouts in all but one of his starts.
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2019)
Appeared in 16 games, making seven starts ... Had a 1-3 record with a 6.00 ERA in 42.0 innings ... Set career highs with 5.0 innings pitched against Longwood (Apr. 20) and five strikeouts against USC Upstate (Apr. 5) ... Earned the win against Charleston Southern (Mar. 22) after tossing 2.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts ... ERA dropped to 4.15 across eight Big South appearances ... Had five appearances of four innings or longer and four appearances with three or more strikeouts ... Allowed two or fewer walks in all but one appearance.
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2018)
Worked way back from Tommy John…Appeared in 11 games out of bullpen, making one start…Finished with 1-2 record and 10.19 ERA…Tossed 17.2 innings, striking out 15 batters…Held right-handed batters to a .217 average…Had two outings of 3.0 innings and two appearances of 2.0 frames…Earned first collegiate save at Winthrop (April 14) with two shutout innings…Struck out three in first appearance of season in one frame (March 17)…In Big South Tournament, struck out three in three frames against High Point (May 23).
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2017)
Made collegiate debut on Feb. 28 at Virginia Tech after sitting out 2016 season due to shoulder surgery … Allowed two runs on two hits, while striking out two in 1.2 innings … Earned first collegiate start at George Mason (March 7), yielding only one hit over 3.1 innings, striking out one batter … Missed rest of 2017 season due to elbow injury.
AS A FRESHMAN
Redshirted
PREP
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Player of the Year as a senior for Steel Valley High… Two-time All-WPIAL team and two-time Daily News Player of the Year… All-Section as a junior and WPIAL AA championship pitcher… Team MVP and Member of Daily News Elite 18 as a sophomore… Member of Chartier Valley Colts Palimino World Series team… Also four-year starter in football and three-year starter in basketball.
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