Baseball at Air Force for three games this weekend
Worked primarily as a short middle reliever and will likely begin the 2012 season in that role as well ... Played during summer of 2011 for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots of the Alaska League ... Made 16 appearances including eight starts while compiling a record of 3-2 with one save and a 4.66 earned run ... Drafted in the 50th round in June 2010 by the Baltimore Orioles.
SAN DIEGO STATE 2011
Worked out of the bullpen during his freshman campaign with his lone start coming against Utah on April 10 ... In his 11 relief appearances prior to that start he allowed three earned runs on eight hits in 12 innings for a 3.00 earned run average ... All three of those runs came against 22nd-ranked Connecticut ... His longest relief outing was on April 2 against Oral Roberts when he went 1.2 innings and gave up one hit while striking out a season-high three batters ... Recorded a season-high three strikeouts in that contest.
HIGH SCHOOL
Won two varsity letters at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego, Calif. playing for Coach Ryan Thompson ... Helped the Falcons to an Eastern League title as a senior in 2010 ... Made 10 starts and recorded four complete games including a pair of shutouts ... Compiled a record of 7-4 with a 2.38 earned run average ... Struck out 59 over 64.2 innings and held opponents to a .231 batting average ... A first-team all-Eastern League and second-team all-Division II selection as a junior in 2009 ... Record of 7-2 with one save and a 1.88 earned run average ... Seven of his 14 appearances came in a starting role as he tossed three complete games ... Opponents hit .237 against him ... Named to the San Diego Union-Tribune all-academic team honoree in both 2009 and 2010.
PERSONAL
Philip George Walby was born on July 24, 1992 in Macomb, Mich. ... Son of Philip and Judy Walby ... Plans to have a career in professional baseball and one day own a business ... Favorite athlete is Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Marmol ... Interests include music, cooking and going to the beach ... Also recruited by Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana and Loyola Marymount ... A business administration major at SDSU.
