Pacific University Athletics

2014: Second Team All-NWC selection as a starting pitcher…Finished the season with a 2-3 record and 2.79 earned run average in 11 games, including eight starts…In 61.1 innings, allowed 26 runs, 19 earned and had a team-low .290 opponent’s batting average among Pacific starters…Went nine innings, allowing no runs on nine hits with three strikeouts in eventual 1-0, 11-inning loss to George Fox on 3/9/14…Earned win in three innings of relief against Schreiner on 2/24/14, striking out four…Second win came against Whitworth on 4/12/14, allowing two runs on eight hits in 7.1 innings…Also made eight starts as an outfielder…Went season best 2 for 5 with a run, a RBI and a stolen base at Schreiner on 2/22/14.
 
2013: Played in seven games with one start as an outfielder…In lone start, went 2 for 4 with two RBIs against Whitman on 5/4/13…Made one pitching appearance, throwing one hitless inning at Corban on 3/27/13.
 
2012: Played in eight games and made one start in center field…Also made three appearances as a relief pitcher…In lone start against Willamette on 4/10/12, went 1 for 3…Best pitching performance against Puget Sound on 2/25/12, allowing one hit and striking out three in one inning.
 
High School: Played for Mark Rubadue and Derek Weldon at Timberline High School…2011: First Team All-Narrows League…Selected for the Washington Senior All-Star Game…2010: First Team All-Narrows League selection.
 
Personal: Son of Mike & Julie McCusker…History major and political science minor…Chose Pacific because of the good academic reputation and the chance to further his baseball career…Favorite TV Show: 24…Favorite Book: The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)…Favorite Class In School: History…Favorite Quote: Being average means you are as close to the bottom as you are to the top (John Wooden)…Career Ambition: Teacher and coach.