2011 Baseball Roster
Roster
Andrew Busby
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Gardendale, AL
- High School/Previous School:
- Gardendale HS
2011:
Appeared in 13 games as a sophomore, posting a 1-0 record and a
10.38 earned run average while earning his first varsity letter • Also saw duty
as a mid-week starter against Southern
Miss (Apr. 5) and at South Alabama (May 3) • Made his MSU debut and earned his first win with 2.1
innings of relief against Northwestern
State (Feb. 22) • Fanned three batters in that
game and matched that season-best showing with three strikeouts against Eastern Illinois (Mar. 15) • Carded a season-longest 2.2-inning mound performance
against Iowa (Mar. 4) • Appeared in six SEC contests (2.2), including an inning
of scoreless relief against eventual national champion South Carolina (Apr. 22) • Played summer league baseball in the Cotton States
Collegiate League with the Tippah
County Tribe, posting a 2-1
record and a 1.04 earned run average en route to earning first-team all-league
honors.
JUNIOR
COLLEGE:
Starred on the mound during his lone season
of competition at Wallace
State Community College in Hanceville,
Ala. • Coached by Randy
Putman • Compiled a 6-3 record with a
5.28 earned run average and two saves as a freshman • Drew 10 starts and made
seven relief appearances, registering a pair of complete-game pitching
performances • As a rookie ranked second on the Wallace State staff with 75.0
innings pitched and 67 strikeouts.
HIGH
SCHOOL:
Three-year starter from 2007 to 2009 as a
pitcher and catcher at Gardendale
High School • Coached in high school by Pat Keedy • Earned Birmingham
News All-Metro honors during his
prep career • Played summer league baseball with Birmingham Baseball, coached by R.L.
Langston and John Renfroe • Member of the GHS chapter of the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes.
PERSONAL:
Born Andrew Phillip
Busby on October 26, 1990 in Birmingham, Ala. •
Son of Liz and Phillip
Busby of Gardendale, Ala. • Majoring in
kinesiology.
