2007 Baseball Roster
Roster
Kevin Duke
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Left-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 215
- Hometown:
- Rancho Cucamonga, CA
THIS YEAR: Senior Kevin Duke will assume the No. 2 starting spot in the rotation ... Has good velocity and possesses four quality pitches ... Will chew up multiple innings ... Coming off a great fall season ... Can get people out ... Has improved location.
2007: Made 17 appearances and 10 starts ... Was 6-1 with a 4.05 ERA ... Was third on the team with 60 innings, allowing 27 earned runs and striking out 54 ... Limited opponents to a .239 average ... Picked up his first win after giving up just one earned run and striking out nine in six innings of work in a 14-7 win against Oklahoma Baptist ... Struck out a season-high 12 while giving up just five hits and one earned run in seven innings at Point Loma Nazarene ... Tossed a season-high 7.1 innings, allowing two earned runs in a 12-2 win over Concordia ... Threw seven shutout innings, giving up just three hits and striking out six in a 13-1 win over Vanguard.
OKLAHOMA: Played two seasons for head coach Sunny Galloway at NCAA Division I Oklahoma ... Made 12 appearances (two starts) in two seasons ... Was 1-0 with a 9.43 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 12.1 innings of work ... Threw 3.1 innings, allowing three earned runs and striking out three in four appearances as a 2006 sophomore ... Was 1-0 with a 10.00 ERA and seven strikeouts in nine innings of work (eight appearances) as a 2005 freshman ... Struck out three in three innings to pick up his lone win against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, combining with five other pitchers to record OU’s first-ever combined no-hitter.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped two varsity seasons for head coach Sean Sullivan at Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) High, graduating in 2004 ... Named All-Baseline League and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin All-Star after hitting .427 as a senior ... Led the team to the Baseline League title.
OTHER: Born July 11, 1986, in Upland, Calif., to Gregory and Debra Duke ... Has one brother (Brandon) and two sisters (Ashley, Taylor) ... Has a pair of uncles that played NCAA Division I (Air Force) and 1AA (Northern Iowa) football ... Majoring in criminology.
