2007 Baseball Roster
Roster
Andy Wilson
- Position:
- LHP
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 184
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Columbus, GA
- High School/Previous School:
- Columbus HS
CAREER:
Fifth-year senior southpaw and one of four pitchers among five seniors on the team ? Has made nine career appearances (0-0, 6.75 ERA) in an injury-curtailed career ? Four-time SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll selection ? Fourth-year member of MSU’s Fellowship of Chirstian Athletes Leadership Team and serving second term as an M-Club officer.
2007:
Sidelined by stress fracture in his pitching elbow ? One of 20 MSU players named to the 2007 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
2006:
Saw limited duty after undergoing preseason sports hernia surgery ? Appeared in one game as a sophomore, working 1-2/3 innings in relief in MSU’s 13-12 loss at Louisiana Tech (Apr. 4) ? Among a school-record 21 Diamond Dogs named to the 2006 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll Pitched during the summer for Athletes in Action in the Alaska League.
2005:
Sat out the 2005 campaign as a redshirt ? Named to the 2005 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
2004:
Pitched in eight games as a true freshman, all in relief ? Did not have a decision but compiled a 3.48 earned run average with seven strikeouts in 10.1 innings out of the pen ? Made his Mississippi State debut against Birmingham-Southern (Mar. 23) ? Struck out a season-high three, walked one and allowed a single in two innings of scoreless relief ? Worked a season-longest 3.0 innings against Mississippi (Apr. 2) ? Did not allow an earned run in his first nine innings (six appearances) ? Made relief appearances in conference play (2.50 ERA in 6.0 innings) at LSU, against Mississippi and Florida at Dudy Noble Field, and at Vanderbilt ? One of four Bulldog rookies named to the 2004 SEC Freshman Honor Roll ? Pitched for the Danville (Ill.) Dans in the summer and was named to the 2004 Central Illinois Collegiate League All-Star Team.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-year letterman and mainstay of the pitching staff at Columbus High School ? Posted a 7-3 record with a 1.89 earned run average as a senior ? Registered 57 strikeouts and walked but 14 batters in 48-1/3 innings ? Helped lead coach Bobby Howard’s club to a 31-8 record and a runner-up finish in the state playoffs ? Earned Columbus Ledger-Enquirer All Bi-City first-team honors in 2003 ? Paced the Blue Devil pitching staff as a junior with a 7-0 record and a 1.14 ERA ? Registered 51 strikeouts and allowed but eight earned runs in 50-2/3 innings as a junior ? Was the school’s JV Pitcher of the Year in 2001, and a member of the Blue Devils’ team that rolled to a 36-3 record and captured the 2000 Georgia 3A state title ? Member of the National Honor Society, the Beta Club and the Spanish Honor Society ? Four-year Alpha Scholar Award winner at CHS ? Recipient of his school’s Capt. Patrick M. McKenna Award for loyalty, honesty, determination and dedication to CHS ? Voted Mr. Columbus High School as a senior ? Received U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award.
PERSONAL:
Born Andrew Armour Wilson on November 9, 1984 in Athens, Ga. ? Son of Olin Wilson and Debbie Wilson of Columbus, Ga. ? Majoring in biological sciences (pre-med) with a minor in Spanish ? Will enter medical school and the University Media Center in Jackson in August 2008.
