Buddy Glass

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 220
Class:
Senior
High School:
East Ridge

All-Sun Belt Conference (2006, 2007)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2005, 2007)

2007: First Team All-Sun Belt Conference...Served as the Cajuns’ Friday night starter for a majority of the season...Made 16 appearances on the year with 15 starts...Posted a 3.42 earned run average on the season and collected seven wins on the year...Pitched 81.2 innings on the year...Struck out 65 batters while walking just 21...Of the 95 hits he gave up, he surrendered just 22 extra base hits...Struck out five or more batters in six of his 16 outings...Ranked in the top-five in earned run average, opponent batting average, win-loss percentage, wins, innings pitched, batters struck out and games started...Finished the regular season with a 7-3 record and a 2.99 earned run average...Had a season high 10 strikeouts in 7.2 innings of work against Florida Atlantic on March 23...Had a 4-1 Sun Belt Conference record with a 3.14 ERA.

2006: All-Sun Belt Conference selection...Roger Clemens Award Nominee for Pitcher of the Year...Tied for first on the Cajuns pitching staff with a 2.17 ERA...Finished the year with an ERA ranked 23rd in the nation...Ranked first in the Sun Belt in ERA and third in the Belt in conference games only...Went 8-3 on the season in 14 appearances...Held opponents to a .216 batting average...Second on the team with 107.2 innings pitched...Had 83 strikeouts with just 20 walks...Allowed just 31 runs ? 26 earned runs...Allowed 84 hits, but just 20 extra base hits...Hurled five complete games...Had a season high 14 strikeouts against Nicholls State on Mar. 7...Recorded 10 strikeouts in 9.0 innings of work against New Orleans on Apr. 15...Threw a complete game one-hit shutout on Apr. 8 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, earning him SBC Pitcher of the Week honors.

2005: Appeared in nine games, starting six...Had a 6.18 ERA in 27.2 innings of work...Had a 2-2 record on the season...Recorded 19 strikeouts, while only allowing seven base on balls...Earned his first win against UC-Davis...Against UC-Davis, he pitched a career-high 8.0 innings, allowing just one run on three hits, striking out five...Earned his second win of the season against Lamar...Against the Cardinals, he allowed three runs on six hits, striking out four and allowing no walks.

High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at East Ridge HS...Was an honorable mention All-State selection...Went 3-3 with 1.17 ERA and 64 Ks as a senior...Best season came as a sophomore, after posting a 6-3 record with a 3.16 ERA and 79 Ks...Struck out a career-high 16 batters in a single game during senior season...In his first career varsity start as a sophomore, threw a no-hitter...Struck out 10 batters against number two ranked team in Florida in regional semifinals as a junior...Holds school record for most career starts, complete games, batters faced, most shutouts, strikeouts and wins.

Personal: Full name is John David Glass, III...Son of John and Lisa Glass...Born on April 17, 1986, in Springfield, Mass...Majoring in business management.