| Shawn Tolleson |
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CAREER HONORS
• 2009 Baseball America No. 23 MLB Draft Prospect (college)
• 2008 Baseball America No. 15 Cape Cod League Prospect
• 2008 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 Conference (coaches)
• 2008 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 Conference
• 2008 Ted Lyons Baylor Most Valuable Pitcher Award
• 2008 College Baseball Foundation National All-Star Lineup (March 18)
• 2008 Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week (March 17)
• Five-time Big 12 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
BAYLOR CAREER RECORDS BOOK
Tied for seventh in Big 12 complete games (2) ... Tied for fifth in shutouts (2) ... Tied for first in Big 12 shutouts (2) ... Fourth in Big 12 hit batsmen (11).
SUMMER 2008
Pitched for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League ... Named the 15th-best prospect in the league by Baseball America ... Appeared in 12 games with five starts ... Posted a 1-2 record with a 3.41 ERA ... Allowed 22 runs, 14 earned, on 38 hits and 12 walks with 53 strikeouts in 37.0 innings ... Ranked fourth in the league in strikeouts ... Averaged a league-best 12.89 strikeouts per nine innings.
2008 (FRESHMAN)
Bears' primary Saturday starter ... Also made one Friday start and one Sunday start ... Started in all 14 appearances ... Led Baylor to a 9-5 record in 14 starts ... Posted a 6-4 record with a 5.06 ERA ... Tossed two complete games, both shutouts ... Joined Kyle Evans as the only Baylor pitchers to throw two complete-game shutouts in Big 12 play in a season and/or in a career ... Allowed 44 runs, 35 earned, on 75 hits and 35 walks with 63 strikeouts over 78.1 innings ... Shared team lead in wins ... Became the 10th Baylor freshman in program history to record at least six victories ... Joined Matthew Marcom (1995), Kip Wells (1996), Ryan LaMotta (2003), Abe Woody (2003) and Kendal Volz (2007) as the only Baylor freshmen to record at least five wins during head coach Steve Smith's tenure ... Joined LaMotta, Woody and Volz as the only ones of that group with at least six wins ... Tied for eighth on Baylor's single-season list with two complete games in Big 12 play ... Tied for third in Big 12 in complete games ... Led staff in innings and games started ... Second in strikeouts and opponents' batting average (.259) ... Posted a 4-4 record with a 4.61 ERA in Big 12 play ... Led team and ranked sixth in the conference with 56.1 innings in league play ... Only Baylor pitcher and one of 15 pitchers in the league to start at least one game in each Big 12 series ... Second on staff and ninth in league in Big 12 strikeouts (48) ... Second on staff and 11th in conference in Big 12 opponents' batting average (.250) ... Ranked ninth in Big 12 in conference strikeouts ... Tied for second in the league in Big 12 complete games (2) ... Joined Missouri's Aaron Crow as the only pitchers in the league to throw more than one shutout in Big 12 play ... Worked into the seventh inning in six of nine Big 12 starts ... Held opponents to a .230 average (31-for-135) with runners on base and a .218 average (19-for-87) with two outs ... Was 4-2 with a 3.12 ERA in eight starts away from Baylor Ballpark ... Made first career appearances in a starting role against Purdue in the season's second game (2/23) ... Earned first victory in the second game of the Mississippi State series (3/9) ... Allowed four runs, three earned, on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts ... Posted a 7.43 ERA in first three starts and a 4.43 ERA in 11 starts the remainder of the season ... Earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors after tossing a two-hit shutout against 23rd-ranked Oklahoma State in first career Big 12 outing (3/15) ... Held the game's final 22 batters hitless after allowing a two-out single in the second and a one-out bunt single in the third .. Retired 13 of the game's final 14 batters, yielding only a leadoff walk in the ninth ... Suffered a tough-luck loss the following weekend at Missouri after holding the Tigers to three runs, two earned, on eight hits and two walks with six strikeouts over 7.0 innings in a 3-0 loss (3/22) ... Again bitten by bad luck the following weekend at Oklahoma (3/29) ... Allowed two runs on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts over 8.1 innings but did not factor in the decision ... Both runs allowed were solo homers, including a wind-aided round-tripper with one out in the bottom of the ninth on his last pitch of the game, which Baylor lost 3-2 in 10 innings ... Was not as sharp but still earned the victory in the middle game of the Kansas' series, which clinched the series win for the Bears (4/5) ... Allowed five runs on five hits and three walks with seven strikeouts over 5.2 innings against the Jayhawks ... Gave Baylor the series victory in the finale at Kansas State with a four-hit shutout (4/13) ... Notched a career-high 12 strikeouts against two walks in the game ... All four hits allowed were singles and each came in a different inning ... Struck out the game's final two batters ... Did not pitch past the third inning in either of his next two starts, including not escaping the first inning against Nebraska (4/26) ... Tossed 2.0 perfect innings with three strikeouts in a pitch-count start at UT Arlington (4/29) ... Became the first Baylor freshman pitcher to start and win at Texas since the inception of the Big 12 in 1997 (5/3) ... Held Longhorns to one run on seven hits and six walks with seven strikeouts over 7.1 innings ... Performance snapped Bears' 11-game losing streak against Texas that dated back to the 2005 season ... Earned Baylor's lone victory at the Big 12 Championship, holding 12th-ranked Nebraska to four runs on five hits and three walks with two strikeouts over 6.1 innings in the Bears' 10-4 win (5/21).
SUMMER 2007
Did not play competitively while continuing rehabilition.
2007 (REDSHIRT)
Sat out season while going through rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery conducted in March 2006.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterwinner for head coach Paul Pool at Allen [Texas] High School ... Led Allen to regional quarterfinals as a sophomore and regional semifinals as a junior ... Missed most of senior season due to Tommy John surgery ... First-team 2006 preseason All-America by Collegiate Baseball ... Two-time Baseball America Preseason All-American ... No. 5 on Texas Baseball News Texas Top 25 ... No. 9 on Baseball America Perfect Game National Showcase Top 20 ... No. 11 on Baseball America Prospect Plus National Top 300 ... No. 15 on Baseball America East Cobb World Wood Bat Championships Top 20 ... Named to Baseball America "Closest to the Majors" list prior to 2006 season ... First-team all-state, all-area and all-district selection during sophomore and junior seasons ... One of only three sophomores (only pitcher) on 2004 THSCA all-state team ... Honorable mention all-state in 2005 ... USA Baseball Junior National Team member in 2004 and 2005 ... Allowed one run on 10 hits with 16 strikeotus over 12.1 innings with 2005 team ... Tossed 5.2 scoreless innings in relief with 10 strikeouts against Cuba in Pan Am Games Championship ... Posted a 9-2 with a 0.42 ERA and 137 strikeouts in 89.0 innings as a sophomore ... Went 7-4 with a 0.89 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 80.0 innings as a junior ... 2005 Cape Cod All-Star game and Area Code Games participant ... National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL
Full name is Shawn Mark Tolleson ... Born Jan. 19, 1988, in Dallas, Texas ... Son of Mark and Jana Tolleson ... Uncle David Tolleson and cousin Mike Tolleson both played football at Texas A&M ... Pre-dental major.
