2008: Appeared in 14 games on the mound, all as a starter... 5-7 record with a 6.27 ERA in 80.1 innings pitched... Led the team in wins (5) and runners picked off (7)... Fourth on the team in opposing batting average... Struck out eight in 5.2 innings vs. Wagner (3/1)... Threw 6.2 innings, giving up five hits and two earned runs at Troy (3/8)... Struck out ten in six innings at New Orleans (4/19)... Pitched 7.2 innings, striking out eight and giving up three earned runs at Arkansas State (5/2)... Threw eight innings, giving up seven hits and two earned runs vs. South Alabama (5/9)...One of 19 baseball student-athletes to make the 2007 Fall Honor Roll with a grade-point average above 3.0...is a top candidate to return to FIU’s starting rotation.
2007: Started 15 of the 18 games he appeared in and went 4-8 with a 6.15 ERA...ranked second on the team in innings pitched (90.2) and strikeouts (80)...gave up 62 earned runs and walked 35...went at least 6.0 innings in nine of his 15 starts and pitched a season-long 8.0 innings at Troy (3/24) to earn the win...picked up his first career win in his collegiate debut against Central Florida (2/3), giving up three runs, one earned, on seven hits with five strikeouts and a walk in 6.2 innings...posted a 2-5 record with a 6.25 ERA against Sun Belt foes...charged with the loss in his final start of the season at Florida Atlantic (5/18), giving up five runs on nine hits in 7.0 innings with five strikeouts and a walk...dropped his two previous starts against Middle Tennessee (5/12) and South Alabama (5/5), giving up five runs in each outing...picked up his first win in more than a month against New Orleans (4/28), striking out four and walking one in 6.0 innings...gave up six earned runs on nine hits with seven strikeouts and three walks in 7.1 innings in a no-decision at Arkansas-Little Rock (4/21)...struck out a career-high nine batters in 6.1 innings and gave up just one run on eight hits in a no-decision against Louisiana at Monroe (4/14)...was charged with a loss at Arkansas State (4/7) after he gave up four runs, three earned, on seven hits in 7.0 innings with six strikeouts and a walk...gave up a season-high seven earned runs in 4.2 innings to pick up the loss against Louisiana-Lafayette (3/31)...overcame a career-high six walks and gave up one run in 8.0 innings to earn the win at Troy (3/24)...tagged for four earned runs in 1.1 innings of relief against Western Kentucky (3/18)...picked up a loss against Manhattan (3/13) after giving up four earned runs on six hits in 5.0 innings...gave up three earned runs in his first career relief appearance against Boston College (3/6)...earned the win against Wagner (3/2), going 5.0 innings and giving up two runs, one earned, with four strikeouts...earned a no-decision against Rhode Island (2/23) after giving up five runs on nine hits in 3.2 innings of work...struck out seven in 5.0 innings and gave up four earned runs on eight hits in a no-decision against Florida A&M (2/16)...charge with his first career loss after giving up three runs, two earned, in 6.0 innings against Missouri (2/9)...won his career debut against Central Florida (2/3), striking out five and walking one in 6.2 innings, allowing one earned run on seven hits.
Prior to FIU: Played four years of baseball for head coach Ed Doskow at Southridge HS...team MVP as a junior and senior...First Team All-Dade and Second Team all-state pick as a senior after going 8-2 with a 0.65 ERA and 109 strikeouts...also played golf for two years.
Personal: Born October 1, 1987...son of Stephen and Susan Polizzano...has and older brother, Michael...majoring in sports management.
