University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

2008 Baseball Roster

Hunter Moody
Jersey Number 18

Hunter Moody

  • Position:
    Left-Handed Pitcher
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 / 200
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Silliman Institute

Louisville Slugger All-American (2006)
ABCA/Rawlings All-American (2006)
All South Central Region (2006)
Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year (2006)
All-Sun Belt Conference (2006, 2007)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2005)

2007 (Junior Season)
Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference...Finished the season with a team-high eight wins and a 4.13 earned run average...Tossed 85.0 innings on the year, recording 75 strikeouts compared to 21 walks...Surrendered 97 hits on the season with just 27 extra base hits...Ranked in the Cajuns’ top-five in earned run average, opposing batting average, win-loss percentage, wins, innings pitched, batters struck out and games started... Did not allow double-digit hits in any game he started...Had at least one strikeout in all 15 appearances on the season...Did not allow double-digit hits in any game he started...Had a 7-1 Sun Belt Conference record with a 3.08 conference ERA...Recorded 55 strikeouts with just 10 walks in SBC play...Worked 6.0 innings or more in eight of his 10 appearances in conference... Had a season-high nine strikeouts in his final outing of the season against No. 10 Texas A&M in the NCAA College Station Regional.

2006 (Sophomore Season)
Named Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year...Roger Clemens Award Nominee for Pitcher of the Year...Third on the Cajuns pitching staff with a 2.63 ERA...Finished the year ranked 68th in the nation in earned run average...Ranked third in the SBC in ERA and fifth in conference games only...Posted 12 wins on the season, which ranked 12th in the NCAA...Perfect 7-0 record in conference with a 3.02 ERA in eight appearances...Held opponents to a .239 batting average...Led team with 113.0 innings pitched...Had 86 strikeouts with just 26 walks...Had a career high 12 strikeouts against Minnesota...Allowed just 39 runs ? 33 earned runs...Allowed 101 hits, but just 28 extra base hits...Tossed five complete games...Had a complete game shutout against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and a combined shutout against Minnesota...Threw a complete game, three-hitter in a 7-1 victory over No. 15 Texas A&M...Named SBC Pitcher of the Week twice during the year.

2005 (Freshman Season)
Made 18 appearances with eight starts...Pitched 57.1 innings during the season, registering a 4.08 ERA...Was 2-0 on the season with one save...Recorded 47 strikeouts while walking just 21...Held opponents to a .258 batting average...Pitched a career high 7.0 innings against McNeese on Mar. 9...Recorded a career high 10 strikeouts against the Cowboys...In SBC action, he posted a 3.92 ERA...Recorded 14 strikeouts with seven walks against the conference...Opponents batted just .216 against the lefty in Sun Belt action.

High School
Lettered four years in baseball and three years in basketball for head coach Randy Sandifer at Silliman Institute...Led Wildcats to three district titles, a state championship in 2002 and reached semifinals in 2004...Named to All-District team as a freshman, sophomore and junior...Named District MVP as a junior and senior...Named All-State as a junior...Selected as Team Cy Young Award winner as a junior and most improved player as a sophomore...During junior season, struck 16 and 17 batters in two separate games...Also pitched a no-hitter in first round of state playoffs...Went 10-1, two saves with a 1.82 earned run average and 133 strikeouts.

Personal
Full name is Matthew Hunter Moody...Born January 31, 1986, in Baton Rouge, La...Son of Jeff and Valarie Moody...Has two younger brothers, Devan and Peyton...Majoring in business management.

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