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A preseason secon-team All-American selection by Collegiate Baseball...Member of the U.S. National Team during summer 2001...Moved into the role of SDSU’s stopper as a sophomore last season with great success...Saw some action in the designated hitter role during his freshman season...Local product who was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 1999 major league draft (41st round)...Played during summer 2000 in the Alaska League for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots where he went 3-1 with a 3.05 earned run average in 18 relief appearances. 2001 National Team: Appeared in 10 games in relief for the USA Baseball national team that compiled a record of 21-7-1 during its 2001 summer tour that included five games in Japan and three vs. Taiwan...Had one save and a 0.93 earned run average...Struck out 10 and walked four in 10.2 innings of work. 2001: Ranked among the elite closers in the nation during the regular season...Named to the all-West Region team...First-team all-Mountain West Conference selection...Led the MWC in saves with nine...His save total tied for third-most ever in a season by an Aztec...His 32 appearances were eighth-most in a season for an SDSU hurler...Selected SDSU’s Top Relief Pitcher...Despite the fact that he never threw more than two innings in a game, had a remarkable streak of 12 consecutive games with at least one strikeout from March 18-April 22...Fanned at least one batter in 16 of 17 games at one point of the season...Struck out five batters in two innings of work against Air Force on April 8...Added four strikeouts in 1.1 innings against New Mexico on April 22...Earned run average never went above 2.00...Maintained a strikeout to walk ratio of better than 6 to 1...Had a 0.63 ERA through his first 13 appearances (14.1 innings)...Struck out 13 batters and walked only two during that span, en route to going 5-0 and picking up three saves...Did not suffer his first loss until his 25th appearance (27.2 innings of work). 2000: Made 24 appearances as a middle relief specialist...Compiled a 6.07 ERA to accompany his 2-2 record...Struck out 31 batters in 26.2 innings pitched...Picked up the win in SDSU’s victory over UNLV in the first round of the conference tournament...Other win came over Washington State early in the season...Struck out a season-best six batters in 4.1 innings in that game vs. Washington State on Feb. 26...In his final four appearances, walked two and struck out seven with an ERA of 1.42 in 6.1 innings of relief work...As a designated hitter, put together a .292 batting average...Had a double in four consecutive games. High School: Attended Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley, where he won three varsity letters in baseball...Coached there by former Aztec player Mark Smelko...First-team all-Grossmont South League and an all-CIF selection as a senior...Named second-team all-county by the San Diego Union-Tribune...Team captain...Compiled record of 5-0-1 with a 2.95 earned run average...Also hit .402 with eight home runs...Tied the CIF playoff record with three wins...His 39 runs batted in was sixth-best total in the county in 1999...Second team all-CIF honoree as a junior in 1998 and second-team all-league as a sophomore (1996)...Three-year varsity pitching mark of 19-3...Member of the all-state team that traveled to Oklahoma for the Cal-Oklahoma baseball series. Personal: Roger Royce Ring was born Dec. 21, 1980, in La Mesa, Calif...Son of Lori Ring...Former Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Bill Simas is his cousin...Hobbies include golf, tennis and all sports...Lists favorite athlete as pitcher Nolan Ryan...Majoring in kinesiology at SDSU with plans to become a physical education instructor.
Ring’s SDSU Career Pitching Statistics Year G-GS-CG IP H R ER BB SO W L SV ERA 2000 24-0-0 29.2 37 24 20 17 34 2 2 0 6.07 2001 32-0-0 37.2 27 7 5 8 45 6 2 9 1.19 Totals 56-0-0 67.1 64 31 25 25 79 8 4 9 3.34 |
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