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Local product who was SDSU’s starting shortstop as a freshman...Became one of the team’s top relief pitchers as a sophomore before moving into a starting role last season...Was arguably the Aztecs’ number-one hurler until his season was ended prematurely by injury...Is expected to reclaim his spot in the starting rotation this season...Played last summer with the Alaska Goldpanners where he compiled a mark of 2-0 with a 0.64 earned run average...Struck out 40 and allowed just 13 walks in 28.2 innings...Was added to the roster of the Anchorage Glacier Pilots for the NBC World Series and helped that team win the national title...Played with Goldpanners during the summer of 2000, compiling a 2.67 earned run average over 33.2 innings. 2001: Was the Aztecs’ top starting pitcher over the first third of the season...He missed the final two months of the season after taking a line drive off the forearm and suffering a broken bone at UNLV on March 16...Averaged over a strikeout an inning with a walk-to-strikeout ratio of almost 3-to-1...Had nine K’s in 5.1 innings vs. Oregon State...Picked up his win in relief vs. Houston, allowing no hits and striking out five in 3.1 innings...Opponents hit just .171 against him over the course of the season...Set SDSU record with five hit batters vs. Gonzaga on Feb. 24. 2000: Emerged as the Aztecs’ top long reliever as the season progressed...Named to the all-MWC Tournament team as relief pitcher...Appeared in three games there, throwing 4.1 innings and allowing two hits and one earned run...Picked up a save in SDSU’s second game of the tourney (a 6-5 win over BYU)...His first appearance of the season was a start against Hawaii-Hilo in which he threw a seven-inning complete game...Had a six-game span in which he did not allow an earned run in 11 innings...Threw 1.2 innings of scoreless ball on April 15 at Utah to pick up the first save of his collegiate career...Named SDSU’s Top Relief Pitcher for the 2000 season. 1999: Appeared in over half of SDSU’s games in 1999 at shortstop as a freshman...Hit .253 and tied for third on the team with nine doubles...Committed only one error in the field in 33 games...Best game was a 2-for-2 performance with three RBIs vs. Utah...Made seven relief appearances as a pitcher...Best outing was against Kansas State with three strikeouts and one hit allowed in two innings of middle relief. High School: Won three varsity letters in baseball at Granite Hills High in El Cajon...Played under coach Gordy Thompson...Was named the 1998 San Diego CIF Player of the Year after hitting .416 with five home runs and 38 runs batted in...Also compiled an 8-1 record as a pitcher with a 1.45 earned run average...A first-team all-CIF and all-Grossmont South League selection...Selected Grossmont South Player of the Year...Named to the all-San Diego County first team...Granite Hills High was ranked first in the nation in the preseason poll by Baseball America...Eagles won the 1998 San Diego CIF Division I championship...Also won two letters as a member of the basketball team. Personal: Christopher Jason Dunwell was born Jan. 29, 1980, in San Diego...Son of Scott and Karen Dunwell...Hobbies include going to the beach, playing basketball and watching sports...A communications major at San Diego State... Favorite athlete is Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez.
Dunwell’s SDSU Career Pitching Statistics Year G-GS-CG IP H R ER BB SO W L SV ERA 1999 7-0-0 6.0 8 7 7 6 6 0 0 0 10.50 2000 25-3-1 47.2 45 30 23 33 46 2 1 2 4.34 2001 8-4-0 34.0 21 15 10 14 36 1 2 0 2.65 Totals 40-7-1 87.2 74 52 40 53 88 3 3 2 4.12 |
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