#27 • Matt Rush 6-1 • 220 • Senior • R/R Pitcher LaMirada, Calif. Cypress College
Career Awards 2011 Second Team All-Summit League 2012 (Senior) Has 19 appearances and a team-high 4 saves as he continues to move up the career record books in that category ... has 18 strike outs in 17.1 innings of work and a 4.67 ERA ... pitched his longest outing of the season (2.1 innings) in the Summit League Tournament, holding Oakland to just one hit in an elimination game.
Orange Empire Conference in 2010 after going 3-1 with a 3.86 ERA in 19 appearances (3 starts) … tossed 37.1 innings and allowed 38 hits and 15 walks while striking out 47 batters … appeared in 20 games as a freshman, going 1-3 with five saves and a 3.82 ERA … allowed 35 hits and struck out 39 batters in 35.1 innings … played briefly last summer (2010) for the YarmouthDennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League, allowing just one run and seven hits in 9.0 innings over two appearances. High School
2011 (Junior) Had 41 strikeouts in 41.2 innings and nine saves in 26 relief appearances... Second Team All-Summit Team... Became the full time closer midway through the 2011 season... Collected nine saves and boasted a 8.9 strikeouts per-nine rate... Tied for ninth all-time in ORU career saves and seventh all-time in single season saves...
Career Statististics
ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY
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Personal Son of David and Kelley Rush … Education major.
Before ORU Played last two seasons at Cypress College in Cypress, Calif. … named first-team All-
2008 graduate of La Mirada High School in La Mirada, Calif. … led La Mirada to the 2007 CIF finals … named All-League and All-Area in Football and baseball in 2007 and 2008.
GOLDEN EAGLES
2012 ORU Baseball