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P l ay e r B i o s #1 Zach willis
#37 michael wills
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Sophomore • Infielder 5-10 • 188 • L/R Bartlett, Tenn. Bartlett HS Major: Undeclared
r-Junior • Pitcher 6-1 • 183 • L/L Germantown, Tenn. Christian Brothers HS Major: Accounting
2011 - Freshman Played in 21 games in first season at Division I level...Made NCAA debut against Evansville (2/20/11) as a pinch hitter...Collected his first career hit against Saint Peter’s (3/12/11)... Had a key pinch-hit single in the Tigers’ 6-5 victory over Southern Miss (4/8/11) in the series opener...Also came up big as pinch hitter in sweep of UAB (4/16/11) with two runs scored and a single...Made eight appearances as a pinch runner and scored seven runs on the season...Finished the year error-free in the field...Tallied six defensive assists and five putouts. Prep Was a four-year letterwinner at second base for former Tiger Phil Clark at Bartlett High School...Helped the Panthers to three-straight 30-win seasons (100 wins in three years), including a 35-5 finish and a TSSAA Tennessee State runner-up in 2008...Earned All-Metro, All-District 14-AAA and All-District 14-AAA Tournament honors in his prep career...Was an All-Region 7 pick in 2010.
2011 - Redshirt Sophomore Made 13 appearances, including one start, and finished the year with a 4.79 ERA...Allowed no runs in eight of his 13 appearances...Picked up the win against Evansville (2/20/11) after allowing no runs on one hit in 1.1 innings... Allowed no runs on two hits in two innings of work against Saint Peter’s (3/13/11) and struck out three batters...Struck out five batters over 2.2 innings and allowed no runs on one hit against Alcorn State (4/1/11)...Allowed one hit in two scoreless innings of work to earn win at UAB (4/16/11).
see Regional All-Tournament Team member in 2007 and 2008...Went 8-2 with a 1.52 ERA (13 earned runs in 60 innings) and a save en route to garnering All-Conference West Tennessee accolades as a senior...Picked up a pair of complete-game victories in the 2008 Tennessee High School State baseball tournament... Posted a 16-3 record with three saves in his Purple Wave career...Was a high school teammate of former Tiger Drew Martinez. Personal Son of Claudia and Gordon Wills...Second cousin of San Diego Chargers quarterback, Phillip Rivers...Majoring in accouting and minoring in political science.
#4 ford wilson Sophomore • Outfielder 5-10 • 180 • R/R Thompson’s Station, Tenn. Independence HS Major: Undeclared
2010 - Redshirt Freshman Made seven appearances...Logged a 14.14 ERA in seven innings...Recorded two strikeouts... Pitched one-third of an inning at Ole Miss in his collegiate debut (3/2/10)...Put together his strongest outing of the year, allowing one hit and striking out one in two scoreless innings versus South Alabama (3/16/10)...Tossed two innings of relief at No. 14 Oklahoma (5/15/10).
2011 - Freshman Played in 36 games in his first season at the Division I level and earned seven starts in the outfield...Made his collegiate baseball debut against Evansville on Feb. 18...Scored his first career run in game three of the series against Evansville after being walked in his at-bat... 2009 - Freshman Season Collected first career hit on April 16 at UAB... Redshirted the 2009 season as a true fresh- Had a 3-for-4 performance against Houston Personal on May 14...Belted his first career home run Son of Greg and Stacey Willis...Undecided on a man. against the Cougars...Finished season hitting major...Also lettered as a golfer at Bartlett High Prep .175 (7-of-40) with two RBI, four runs scored School. Was a three-year letterwinner for head coach and eight walks. Buster Kelso at CBHS...Earned All-Shelby Metro honors in 2008...Was tabbed a West Tennes-
Willis’ Career Hitting Stats Year 2011
avg .429
gp-gs 21-0
ab 14
r 7
h 6
2b 0
3b 0
hr 0
rbi 0
tb 6
slg% .429
bb 0
hbp 0
so 3
gdp 0
ob% .429
sf 0
sh 0
sb-att 0-1
po 5
a 6
e 0
fld% 1.000
e - 0 0 0
fld% 1.000 1.000 1.000
e 1
fld% .967
Wills’ Career Pitching Stats Year 2009 2010 2011 Totals
era - 14.14 4.79 7.28
w-l app - - 0-0 7 2-1 13 2-1 20
gs - 0 1 1
cg - 0 0 0
sho - 0/0 0/0 0/0
sv - 0 0 0
ip - 7.0 20.2 27.2
h - 18 22 40
r - 12 11 23
er - 11 11 22
bb - 3 5 8
so - 2 18 20
2b - 4 4 8
3b - 0 0 0
hr bavg - - 0 .462 4 .275 4 .371
wp hbp - - 1 1 3 0 4 1
bk sfa sha - - - 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
po - 1 0 1
a - 0 2 2
Wilson’s Career Hitting Stats Year 2011
avg .175
gp-gs 36-7
ab 40
r 4
h 7
2b 1
3b 0
hr 1
University of Memphis
rbi 2
tb 11
slg% .275
2012
bb 8
hbp 0
so 12
gdp 1
ob% .313
sf 0
sh 1
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sb-att 0-0
po 29
a 0