Thomas Cowley Bio

2004: Made 20 appearances on the mound season with 12 starts ... became the Friday starter for each weekend series ... finished the year with an 8-3 record and 4.74 ERA ... eight wins was the second most on the club ... 79 strikeouts led the team ... recorded four complete games, three of them coming against Big 12 opponents ... pitched a complete-game win over Bethune-Cookman (6/5) in the NCAA tournament, allowed just one run on two hits with 10 strikeouts ... was 5-3 with a 5.30 ERA in nine Big 12 starts ... made two appearances in the Big 12 Tournament earning the victory in both games ... pitched a complete game and allowed five runs on 11 hits to open the tournament against Texas A&M ... came on in the eighth inning of the championship game against Missouri and threw four and a third innings of two-hit ball to earn his second win of the tournament and seventh of the season ... charged with the loss against Missouri (5/21) ... allowed six runs on eight hits in 3.2 innings of work against the Tigers ... moved to 5-2 on the year with win over Texas Tech (5/14) ... allowed two runs on five hits in seven innings of work against the Red Raiders with three strikeouts and four walks ... won in a 7.1 inning start against Nebraska (5/8) ... allowed two runs on four hits with 10 strikeouts and four walks against the Huskers ... earned his third win of the season against Kansas State (4/23) allowing three runs on six hits ... notched a career high 12 strikeouts and allowed just three runs against Kansas (4/16) as he threw his second complete game of the year ... gave up six runs, five earned, on four hits in two and a third innings and received the loss ... earned his first victory of the season against Texas A&M (4/2) by throwing his first career complete game allowing one earned run on six hits ... surrendered seven hits and five runs in a career high 6.1 innings of work against Texas (3/26), but lost his first decision of the season ... made his first career start against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3/20), when he pitched a career long five innings.

2003: Went 0-0 with a 6.94 ERA in 11 appearances, all in relief ... struck out 13 batters in 11.2 innings of work ... limited batters to a .256 batting average ... did not allow a run in seven of his 11 trips to the mound ... longest outings were two inning showings against Texas (3/23), Northwestern Oklahoma State (4/23) and Oklahoma (4/26) ... recorded a career best three strikeouts against Western Illinois (5/19) in his final appearance of the year.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was the team MVP as a senior at St. John Vianney ... posted an 8-3 record with a 2.26 ERA on the mound ... also batted .403 as a first baseman ... earned three letters and was an All-Metro -Catholic Conference selection as an all-purpose player ... was a second team all-state pitcher ... played three years for the Lindbergh/Vianney Express in summer league ... also considered Georgia Tech, Missouri, Baylor and Nebraska.

PERSONAL: Dream job is to be a starting pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals ... a secondary education major ... son of Rebecca and ... has one brother, Nick ... born Dec. 30, 1983 ... chose OSU because he wants to go to the College World Series.

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