2014 Baseball Roster
Roster
Steven Schoonover
- Position:
- Left-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Olympia, Wash.
- High School:
- River Ridge/Yakima Valley CC
Honors and Awards
•Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2013-14)
•Summit League Pitcher of the Week (May 6, 2013; May 19, 2014)
As a Senior (2014)
Made nine starts on the mound in his senior season, going 3-2 with a Summit League-leading 1.58 ERA...Had a team-leading three complete games...Registered 20 strikeouts to just five walks over 51.1 innings pitched...Held his opponents to a .244 batting average...Struck out a career-high-tying four batters vs. Western Illinois (April 6)...Threw a season-long 7.0 innings four times: vs. Western Illinois (April 6), at North Dakota State (April 12), at Bradley (April 19) and at WIU (May 16)...Earned his first win of the year at North Dakota State (April 12) with a complete-game one-hit shutout, striking out three...Also got the win at Bradley (April 19), going 7.0 innings with six hits, no runs and three Ks...Threw a complete-game shutout in the first game of a doubleheader at Western Illinois (May 16), helping the Mavericks to their second straight conference championship...Allowed seven Leatherneck hits with one strikeout in the outing...Selected Summit League Pitcher of the Week on May 19...Named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Junior (2013)
Made 10 appearances on the mound with four starts, compiling a record of 3-4 with a 4.68 ERA…Totaled 17 strikeouts over 42.1 innings of work…Made his first start of the season at Kansas State (April 3), limiting the Wildcats to three runs – two earned – on seven hits over 6.0 innings while striking out three…Got the victory at Western Illinois (April 14), holding the Leathernecks to two runs over five innings of work and striking out three…Pitched UNO’s only complete game shutout of the season at Fort Wayne (May 4), going 9.0 innings while surrendering six hits -- all singles -- and striking out four with no walks...Named Summit League Pitcher of the Week on May 6.
As a Junior (2012)
Made two starting pitching appearances before sustaining a season-ending injury…Posted a record of 0-1 with a 6.35 ERA in 11.1 innings of work…Opened the year at Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Feb. 19), throwing six innings while allowing two runs on four hits with a pair of strikeouts…Threw his last game at Washington State (Feb. 24), giving up seven runs – six earned – on seven hits.
Played two seasons at Yakima Valley CC...As a sophomore, threw 63 innings while allowing just three walks with 40 strikeouts and a 6-1 record...Helped lead his team to an Eastern regional championship and the school’s first NWAACC Tournament berth in over a decade…As a freshman, served as a starter on the Yaks’ pitching staff...Tossed 27 straight shutout innings during the season...Helped his team to a runner-up finish in the regional tournament and the first playoff appearance in 10 years...Earned his associate’s degree in science.
River Ridge High School
Lettered three years in baseball at River Ridge High School…In his senior season, batted .417 and was named second-team all-league as an infielder…As a junior, compiled a record of 7-2 with a 1.50 earned-run average en route to first-team all-league recognition…Threw three complete game shutouts…Earned the all-academic award as a sophomore…Also lettered in the diving as a senior, placing seventh in the state...Also played baseball for the Klamath Falls Gems, part of the West Coast League, in Summer 2011…Totaled 40 innings of work, issuing just two walks with 21 strikeouts and a 0.85 ERA before the all-star break…Appeared in nine games with six starts.
Personal
Born on Sept. 27, 1990 to Jerry and Jacqueline Schoonover in Olympia, Wash....Has one brother, Richard...Hobbies include creating computer programs and diving…Majoring in computer science and hopes to have a career in either computer programming or professional baseball.
