Elon University Athletics

2010: Was a 15th round selection of the Minnesota Twins in the MLB Draft … Went 3-2 with eight saves in 27 appearances as the team’s closer … Fanned 25 hitters in 27.0 innings of work … Held opponents to a .212 batting average … Appeared on the preseason watch list for the Stopper of the Year Award … Earned the win with one shutout inning at No. 5 Clemson … Became the SoCon’s all-time saves leader when he picked up the 30th of his career after hurling 1.1 perfect innings in a victory at Liberty … Tied a career-high with three strikeouts against East Carolina … Concluded the season ranked first on the program’s career saves list with 35 and third on the career appearances chart with 85.

2009: Earned first-team All-SoCon relief pitcher honors from the league’s coaches … Was a member of the second-team All-SoCon squad as selected by the media … Named to the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association’s All-State Team … Selected as a member of the All-SoCon Tournament team … Led the SoCon and ranked third nationally with a school and league-record 17 saves … Became Elon’s all-time leader in saves when he picked up the 22nd of his career during a win at league foe Samford … Made 29 appearances out of the bullpen, notching 25.1 innings and striking out 38 while walking just 14 … Fanned three in 1.2 scoreless innings in a SoCon win at Western Carolina.

2008: Named 2008 SoCon Freshman of the Year and was a first-team All-SoCon pick by both the league’s coaches and the media … Selected as a 2008 “Louisville Slugger” Freshmen All-American Baseball Team member … Named second-team Freshman All-America by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association … Second-team All-Ping! Freshman Team member … Placed on the watch list for the 2008 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award … Led the SoCon, ranked 35th nationally and tied for second on Elon’s single-season chart with 10 saves … Went 5-2 with a 4.15 ERA in 29 appearances, the fifth-most outings ever in a season by a Phoenix hurler and the 10th-most of the season by a SoCon pitcher … Struck out 31 hitters in 26.0 innings of work … Held opponents to a .233 batting average … Did not allow an earned run in his first seven outings …Was at the back end of the bullpen that helped Elon go 38-3 when leading after six innings in 2008 … Earned the first saves of his career in both ends of a doubleheader sweep of La Salle … Worked 0.1 inning to pick up his first career victory in a league game against Georgia Southern … Struck out three in 1.2 innings to become the winning pitcher in a SoCon game against Western Carolina … Earned his 10th save of the year with an inning of work against Mount St. Mary’s in NCAA Regional play … Received his team’s Freshman of the Year award.

Prep: Named first-team All-Mecklenburg by The Charlotte Observer in 2007 … Notched a no-hit, seven-strikeout performance in a 3-1 victory over Central Cabarrus … Member of the Sports Leadership Conference.

Personal: Thomas Mays Girdwood is the son of Jeff and the late Maggie Girdwood … Born on March 14,1989 … Majoring in business administration.

Season	ERA	W-L	App	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	B/Avg.	WP	HBP	BK	SFA	SHA
2008	4.15	5-2	29	0	0	0	10	26.0	24	20	12	19	31	.233	4	3	1	0	1
2009	5.33	0-3	29	0	0	0	17	25.1	29	17	15	14	38	.296	5	4	2	1	3
2010	5.33	3-2	27	0	0	0	8	27.0	22	18	16	11	25	.212	4	3	1	0	1
Career	4.94	8-7	85	0	0	0	35	78.1	75	55	43	44	94	.246	13	10	4	1	5