#27 Breck Ashdown 2011-12 Baseball Roster

AT NOTRE DAME: Big, strong frame with good athleticism … impressed on the mound using a 3/4 arm angle to top out at 90 mph … owns a nice slider that can throw for strikes to keep hitters off balance.

HONORS & AWARDS: BIG EAST Academic All-Star (2012).

JUNIOR SEASON (2012): Made six appearances, all out of the bullpen … went 1-0 with a 10.38 ERA … allowed five hits in 4.1 innings of work as opposing batters hit .278 … struck out 1 and walked five … Notre Dame posted a 2-4 record when Ashdown pitched … roughed up for three runs, all earned, on just one hit, two walks and failed to retire a batter against Purdue on Feb. 19 … allowed two runs, both earned, on two hits in 0.2 innings of relief at Texas State on Mar. 2 … rebounded with 2.0 scoreless innings of relief in the shutout victory over UTSA on Mar. 14 … picked up first career victory with a scoreless inning of relief against Eastern Michigan on Mar. 20 … made a pair of scoreless relief appearances against Michigan State (Apr. 10) and Central Michigan (Apr. 25) … did not allow a run over last 3.2 innings of work.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011): Sat out the season due to the NCAA transfer rules.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2010): Did not see any game action at Oregon State.

PREP & PERSONAL: Lettered three years in baseball for head coaches Jeff Fowler and Lance Robertson … served as captain of baseball team … during his tenure at Catalina Foothills, was named a Louisville Slugger and Under Armour Preseason All-American … earned all-region honors his sophomore, junior and senior years … named all-Southern Arizona his junior and senior years … as a junior, batted .422 with 22 RBI, 10 doubles, three triples and four home runs … 2008 Team One West Top Ten player (ranked No. 2) … was rated as the nation[apos]s No. 52 infielder by PGCrossChecker.com, which also had him as the No. 8 player in the state of Arizona … as a sophomore, hit .339 with 20 RBI, two doubles, a triple and two home runs … also lettered for three seasons in football as the team[apos]s quarterback … earned All-Region honors in football his junior and senior seasons and was named Offensive Player of the Year his senior season … born Apr. 29, 1991, in Durham, N.C. … son of Kristin and Boyd Ashdown … brother, Brayden (`10), earned four baseball monograms for the Irish from 2007-10 … full name is Breck William Ashdown … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as an american studies major.

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