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After emerging as one of the top closers in the west as a true freshman, could see action in a starting role during his sophomore campaign ... Named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American and a Ping Freshman All-American in his first season at SDSU ... Selected the Mountain West Conference co-Freshman of the Year ... Appears on the 2007 Wallace Award Watch List, an honor given to the top collegiate player in the nation ... Played for the Torrington Twisters of the New England Collegiate Baseball League in summer 2007 ... Made 13 relief appearances, compiling mark of 1-0 with seven saves and 1.29 ERA ... Struck out 25 over 14 innings pitched ... Named league's top reliever and top pro prospect as well as first-team all-league closer ... Started exhibition contest vs. Team USA, allowing no hits and striking out seven in three innings ... Was invited to join Team USA for its series vs. Chinese Taipei (June 29-July 3) ... Made two appearances in that series, striking out four in five innings and picking up one save with a 1.80 ERA ... Competed for the San Diego Show Connie Mack team during summer 2006 ... Member of the Orange County (Calif.) Braves in a fall scout league in 2005 ... Played for the San Diego Prospects under-18 team during summers of 2003-05.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2007
Earned second-team all-MWC honors, the only freshman in the conference to be named to the all-league squad ... His seven saves tied for seventh-most in a season by an SDSU pitcher ... Of his 25 appearances, 16 were one-inning stints while six others were two innings or less ... Longest outing came in regular-season finale when he tossed five innings in the 13-inning loss to BYU ... Season-high six strikeouts in that contest ... Averaged well over a strikeout an inning with 47 Ks in 37 innings... Recorded at least one strikeout in 23 of his 25 appearances ... Opponents hit just .141 against him (18-for-128) with four extra-base hits (all doubles) ... Of the 10 earned runs he allowed in 2007, four came in one inning against USC ... Discarding that outing, his season earned run average would have been 1.50 ... Other than that USC game, he gave up more that one earned run in only one other contest (vs. TCU 4/27) ... Named MWC Pitcher of the Week on April 8 after picking up a win and a save in two games against New Mexico on April 5-6 ... Named Star of the Month for April by the San Diego Hall of Champions ... During that month, recorded a win and three saves with a 2.38 earned run average ... In league play, had a 2.04 earned run average , walking eight and striking out 22 in 17.1 innings.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at West Hills High School in Santee, Calif. ... Played under coach Scott Hopgood ... During his senior season, finished with a 1.68 earned run average ... Struck out 74 batters in 62.1 innings pitched ... Tossed seven complete games ... His ERA and shutout total set school records, while his strikeouts and inning pitched ranked third-most all time at West Hills High ... Named second-team all-Grossmont League North and team MVP ... West Hills HS 2006 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
PERSONAL
Stephen James Strasburg was born July 20, 1988, in San Diego, Calif. ... Son of Jim Strasburg and Kathleen Swett ... Both parents attended San Diego State ... Enjoys playing golf ... Favorite athlete is San Diego Padre pitcher Jake Peavy ... Was also recruited by Arizona State, Arizona, UNLV, Stanford, Yale and Harvard ... Business management major at San Diego State.
