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CAREER HONORS
• 2009 Baseball America No. 37 MLB Draft Prospect (college)
• 2008 Baseball America No. 18 Cape Cod League Prospect
• 2008 Cape Cod League All-Star
• 2008 Fall Semester Baylor Award for Academic Excellence
• 2007 Baseball America No. 4 Northwoods League Prospect
• 2007 Perfect Game Crosschecker No. 10 Northwoods League Prospect
• 2007 Northwoods League All-Star
• One-time Big 12 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
SUMMER 2008
Pitched for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League ... Named the league's 18th-best pro prospect by Baseball America ... Selected to the East Division All-Star squad but did not play in the game ... Posted a 2-3 record with a 3.43 ERA in eight appearances, all starts ... Ranked second on staff in strikeouts behind only fellow Bear Shawn Tolleson.
2008 (SOPHOMORE)
Appeared in 19 games with four starts ... Second on staff in appearances and third on staff with 15 relief outings ... Finished fourth on staff in ERA (4.80) and second in saves (3) ... Made nine appearances with two starts in Big 12 play ... Fourth on staff with 21.2 innings in conference action ... Held opponents to a .219 average (25-for-114) with runners on base ... Made first career appearance in the Purdue series finale, holding the Boilermakers scoreless on one hit with three strikeouts and no walks over 2.0 innings (2/24) ... Scattered two hits and two walks with four strikeouts over 4.0 innings of scoreless relief against Louisiana Tech (3/4) ... Earned first career save in the series opener at Mississippi State, allowing only a walk in 1.2 scoreless, hitless innings ... Notched save in second game of the Oklahoma State series, allowing one run on two hits and no walks with two strikeouts over 3.0 innings (3/16) ... Saddled with tough-luck loss at TCU, allowing two unearned runs on four hits and a walk with seven strikeouts over 5.0 innings of relief (4/1) ... Recorded victory in relief at Kansas State despite allowing two runs on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts over 3.0 innings (4/12) ... Established Baylor single-game record for strikeouts in relief with 10 over 7.0 innings to earn the win against Sam Houston State (4/30) ... Started and suffered the loss in the Texas series finale, allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts over 5.0 innings in the Bears' 2-0 loss ... Earned third save with 3.0-inning, two-hit, four-strikeout scoreless outing against Texas State (5/13).
SUMMER 2007
Pitched for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League ... Made 12 appearances, one in relief ... Was 5-1 with a 2.21 ERA and 52 strikeouts over 69.1 innings ... Recorded one strikeout at the Northwoods League All-Star Game in 0.2 inning of scoreless relief.
2007 (REDSHIRT)
Sat out season as a non-medical redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL
Pitched for head coach John Carter at Round Rock [Texas] High School ... Led Dragons to three consecutive playoff appearances ... Earned 2006 all-state, All-CenTex, all-county and all-district honors ... Went 7-2 record with a 1.44 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 77.2 innings as a senior ... Logged four shutouts in 2006, including two in the playoffs ... Tossed a perfect game against Westlake in 2006 ... Went 2-0 with a 1.08 ERA as a junior ... Earned academic excellence award all four years ... National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL
Full name is Craig Frederick Fritsch ... Born Dec. 29, 1987, in Austin, Texas ... Son of Darrell and Kay Fritsch ... Business major.
