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Highly-recruited pitcher who came to San Diego State last year after one season at Arizona...Played for the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod League during summer 2005 ... Played in the Connie Mack World Series ... Named to the all-tournament team ... Was the winning pitcher in the Cherry Creek Classic Championship game...Named MVP of the 2004 Pueblo Invitational.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2006
Moved between the bullpen and a starting role in his first season at San Diego State ... Made five starts and 17 relief appearances ... First win came in relief at Hawaii (Feb. 4) when he went 4.2 innings, allowing one unearned run on three hits ... Recorded second win with six-inning relief stint vs. Pepperdine (March 4), giving up just one run on six hits ... Season-high six strikeouts came over six innings in start vs. Cal Poly on Feb. 19...Overall strikeout-to-walk ratio of almost 2-to-1 (40 K, 21 BB) ... Longest outing was seven innings in start vs. Utah in which he struck out five and recorded a win ... That victory ended SDSU's record 14-game losing streak ... Was named the Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Week after that contest ... Walked seven and struck out 20 in 23.2 innings of MWC action ... His nine batters struck out looking in league play ranked eighth in the final MWC statistics.
ARIZONA 2005
Played as a true freshman at the University of Arizona for a Wildcat team that advanced to the NCAA Regional ... Made 14 appearances, all in relief...Picked up win vs. Arizona State , striking out three (a season high) over three innings ... Longest outing was 3.2 innings vs. Mississippi State.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four varsity letters as a baseball player at Douglas County High School under Coach Scott Fellers ... Team captain his junior and senior seasons as a pitcher and infielder ... Three-time all-Continental Conference selection (2002-04) ... Participated in the Top 40 Players in the State Game at Coors Field his senior year ... Tossed Douglas County's first no-hitter his junior year ... Also earned one letter in basketball as a shooting guard ... Four-time Principal Award winner for having a GPA of 3.7 or better ... Also played football as a freshman and basketball four years.
PERSONAL
Michael Pierre Koons was born Sept, 18, 1985, in Milwaukee, Wis. ... Son of Tom and Donna Koons ... Father played football for four seasons at Bloomsburg University ... Mother was inducted into the Bloomsburg University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990 after lettering in field hockey, softball and basketball ... Has two brothers, DJ (14) and Timothy (18) ... Enjoys playing basketball ... Favorite athlete is Roger Clemens ... Criminal justice major.
