2008 Baseball Roster
Roster
Ricky Bowen
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 197
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Jasper, AL
- High School/Previous School:
- Sumiton Christian School
CAREER:
Fourth-year junior with eight wins and five saves to his credit in 42 career appearances, 13 as a starter ? Has registered 101 strikeouts in 109-1/3 innings of mound duty ? Posted a 3-3 record and 3.53 ERA pitching for the Bourne (Mass.) Braves last summer in the Cape Cod League ? Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection.
2008:
Workhorse of the Bulldog pitching staff, totaling a team-leading 73-1/3 innings pitched in his first season in MSU’s starting rotation ? Compiled a 3-6 record with a 7.61 earned run average in 15 appearances, a staff-leading 13 as a starter ? Also paced the MSU pitching corps with 64 strikeouts ? Made his season debut and first career pitching start in opening weekend series finale at North Florida (Feb. 24) ? Earned wins in starts against Air Force (Mar. 2), Ole Miss (Mar. 16) and at Auburn (May. 3) ? Earned national and SEC Pitcher of the Week honors after tossing his first career complete-game, a nine-inning, two-hit shutout against Ole Miss (Mar. 16) ? Recorded a staff season-high and personal-best 11 strikeouts, walked two and lost his bid for a no-hitter with a two-strike, two-out hit in the ninth inning ? Earned the NCBWA Pro-Line Athletic National Pitcher of the Week, honored as a Collegiate Baseball newspaper Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week and was named to the College Baseball Foundation’s “National All-Star Lineup” ? Also notched quality starts (six or more innings pitched/three or less earned runs allowed) against Georgia (Mar. 30) and at Auburn (May 3) ? Pitched six innings or more in six of his 13 starts and five innings or better in three other outings ? Closed out his sophomore season with a nine-strikeout, no-decision effort against Arkansas (May 15) ? Also made relief appearances against Southern Miss (Apr. 23) and Middle Tennessee State (May 7) ? Compiled a 2-4 record and 6.95 ERA as the only Bulldog pitcher to draw starts against all 10 of MSU’s SEC opponents ? One of 12 Bulldog pitchers to take the hill as a starter ? Earned a berth on the 2008 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
2007:
Named by Collegiate Baseball newspaper to the 2007 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American team after compiling a staff-leading 3.00 earned run average with five saves and a 5-2 record in his first collegiate season ? Limited opponents to 13 runs (12 earned) in 27 relief appearances ? Did not allow a run in his first five outings and in nine of his last 10 appearances, including four in NCAA postseason play ? Recorded 37 strikeouts in 36.0 innings of pitching ? Earned wins in relief against Murray State (Feb. 25), South Carolina (Mar. 24), Memphis (Mar. 27), Southern Miss (Apr. 25) and Auburn (May 6) ? Notched the first of his five saves against Jacksonville State (Mar. 7) ? Also picked up saves with successful game-closing stints against San Francisco (Mar. 11), Memphis (Mar. 27), Kentucky (Mar. 30) and, in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, against Stetson (June 1) ? Blanked North Carolina and struck out three over 2-1/3 innings in the 2007 NCAA College World Series ? Pitched a season-longest 3.0 innings and fanned a career-best four batters in MSU’s 7-4 win against Southern Miss (Apr. 25) ? Made his MSU debut with a scoreless inning of relief against Murray State (Feb. 23) ? Recorded all five wins and three of his five saves and led the MSU staff with a 1.80 ERA in games played at Dudy Noble Field ? Logged a 2-2 record, a save and a 6.08 ERA in 10 SEC relief appearances ? Among 20 Bulldogs named to the 2007 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll ? Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Leadership Team at MSU.
2006:
Sat out the season 2006 season as a redshirt ? One of seven Diamond Dogs named to the 2006 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Two-time all-state selection at
PERSONAL:
Born Richard Russell Bowen Jr. on August 6, 1987 in Jasper,
