2010: Appeared in 18 games, starting seven ... Posted a 5.86 ERA with a 3-2 record in 62.0 innings pitched ... Ranked fifth on the team with 54 strikeouts ... Tied for the team lead with R.J. Fondon with five pickoffs ...Pitched a complete game against Southern Utah (3/18) in a 10-3 win, giving up three earned a tying a career-high with nine strikeouts ... Struck out nine batters in back-to-back starts against Southern Utah (3/18) and Jacksonville (3/23) ... Had a 5.19 ERA in six appearances out of the pen in conference play ... Held batters to a .206 average in conference play.
2009: Recorded eight starts in 14 appearances ... Posted a 6.46 ERA ... Tied for fourth on the team in wins (5) and strikeouts with 44 ... Pitched a season-high eight innings while striking out a season-high nine vs. Bethune Cookman (4/22)... Struck out three in three scoreless innings at home against Jacksonville on (2/20) ... Issued five punch outs on four different occasions ... Fifth on the team with two pickoffs ... Struck out 13 batters looking.
2008: Made 15 appearances including one start against Florida Gulf Coast (2/27) ... 0-2 with an 8.77 ERA in 25.2 innings pitched ... Recorded two saves and struck out 25 batters ... Three straight scoreless appearances from (3/2-3/8) ... Season-high 3.2 innings pitched vs. Northern Colorado (3/23) ... One of 19 baseball student-athletes to make the 2007 Fall Honor Roll with a grade-point average above 3.0.
Prior to FIU: Played baseball for four years for Jorge Perez and Lazer Collazo at Gulliver Prep in Miami, Fla., compiling a career record of 14-2 ... Played with former FIU teammates Kevin Mirabal, Jorge Castillo and Garrett Trezona at Gulliver ... Battled through a knee injury his senior year to go 2-1 with a 1.90 ERA to help take Gulliver to the state finals for the second time in his career ... Second Team All-Dade, Third Team All-State and Gulliver's Pitcher of the Year and MVP as a junior, going 8-1 with a 2.10 ERA and 65 strikeouts ... Went 2-0 as a sophomore ... Gulliver's Rookie of the Year as a freshman when he went 2-0 for the 2004 state champions.
Personal: Born September 11, 1988 ... Son of Frank and Diane DeSimone ... Has a younger brother, Brian ... Majoring in sports management ... Chose FIU after receiving interest from Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Florida State, Miami (FL), Stetson, Tampa and USF.
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2008.... .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 6 4 .636
2009.... .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 8 0 1.000
2010.... .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 5 12 5 .773
2011.... .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 6 6 2 .857
TOTAL... .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 13 32 11 .804
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA
2008.... 8.77 0-2 15 1 0 0/0 2 25.2 52 35 25 12 21 11 2 4 143 .430 3 3 0 4 2
2009.... 6.46 5-4 14 8 0 0/0 0 47.1 70 44 34 11 44 13 0 6 228 .343 2 6 1 5 2
2010.... 5.86 3-2 18 7 1 0/0 0 66.0 88 57 43 24 54 17 2 10 313 .313 5 6 0 1 1
2011.... 4.24 5-2 13 13 2 1/0 0 70.0 81 40 33 19 48 15 1 10 308 .286 3 2 0 0 4
TOTAL... 5.81 13-10 60 29 3 1/0 2 209.0 291 176 135 66 167 56 5 30 992 .327 13 17 1 10 9
