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SOPHOMORE (2008)
Emerged as the Tar Heels' top left-hander out of the bullpen • Made 40 appearances to rank third in the ACC and tie for fourth on Carolina's single-season list • Posted a 2.76 ERA and 72 strikeouts over 49 innings • Issued just 17 walks for a 4.2-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio • Averaged 13.2 strikeouts per nine innings • Finished with a 1-2 record and a pair of saves • Pitched in 16 ACC games with a 2.53 ERA • Fanned 32 and walked just four in 21 1/3 innings in league play • Recorded eight games with four or more strikeouts • Pitched in eight of UNC's 10 NCAA Tournament games with 10 strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings • Won the Walter Rabb Award as the Tar Heels' most improved pitcher • First career victory came with two innings against UNC Wilmington June 1 in the NCAA Cary Regional • Picked up the final out at Clemson April 12 to earn first career save • Also earned a save against Wake Forest May 23 in the ACC Tournament • Fanned a career-best six in 2 2/3 innings against No. 14 Georgia Tech April 6 • Struck out 14 in a 6 2/3-inning stretch from April 2-8 • Struck out five in 2 2/3 innings against Charlotte April 16 • Also fanned five at No. 1 Miami May 16 • Fanned all four batters faced versus NC State March 29 • Worked a career-best 3 1/3 scoreless innings and allowed just two hits in the series-clincher against No. 2 Florida State April 27 • Struck out four in 2 1/3 innings at Maryland March 21. Summer 2008: Pitched in six games, making five starts, for the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plain League • Went 3-1 with one save and a 2.72 ERA in 36 1/3 innings • Walked just five and struck out 31 • Started Wilson's only game in the 2008 Petitt Cup Tournament and allowed just two runs over seven innings.
FRESHMAN (2007)
Posted a 3.38 ERA over 13 relief outings • Struck out seven and walked just one over eight innings • Held opponents to a .207 average • Did not allow a base hit over his first seven appearances or a run over his first 10 outings • Worked 3 1/3 innings over seven ACC games • Went 1 1/3 innings versus Wake Forest April 1 for his longest outing of the season • Struck out a season-best two batters versus the Demon Deacons and against Davidson March 28. Summer 2007: Played with the Glen Falls Golden Eagles of the New York Collegiate Baseball League • Went 5-3 with a 1.52 ERA in 10 games, including seven starts • Tossed four complete games • Struck out 49 and walked only seven in 65 innings.
IONA PREP
Pitched and played first base for four seasons at Iona Prep under coach Fred Gallo • Named county player of the year as a senior • Also earned all-league, all-county and all-archdiocese honors • Named team MVP as a senior and played in the CHSAA All-Star Game • Also earned all-county honorable mention honors as a junior • Active in the Gaelic Society and played in the Brothers Basketball Tournament • Played summer ball with the ProSwing Pride.
PERSONAL
Brian William Moran is the son of Bill and Diane Moran • Born Sept. 30, 1988, in Rye, N.Y. Has one brother and one sister • Majoring in communication studies • Has two uncles that played Major League Baseball - former Tar Heel B.J. Surhoff and Rich Surhoff • Lists favorite movie as "Head of State" and favorite book as the "Catcher in the Rye" • Favorite teams are the New York Yankees and New York Giants • Modeled his game after Barry Zito.
BRIAN MORAN'S CAREER STATS
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA BK
2007.... 3.38 0-0 13 0 0 0/1 0 8.0 6 3 3 1 7 2 0 2 31 .207 0 1 0 0 1
2008.... 2.76 1-2 40 0 0 0/3 2 49.0 45 19 15 17 72 9 1 2 208 .245 0 2 1 4 0
TOTAL... 2.84 1-2 53 0 0 0/4 2 57.0 51 22 18 18 79 11 1 4 239 .239 0 3 1 4 1
CAREER HIGHS:
Innings: 3.1 vs. Florida State (4/27/08)
Strikeouts: 6 vs. Georgia Tech (4/6/08, G1)
Hits: 3 vs. Coastal Carolina (3/11/08), at Clemson (4/11/08)
Walks: 2 vs. Coastal Carolina (3/11/08), vs. Charlotte (4/16/08)
Runs: 3 vs. Coastal Carolina (3/11/08)
Earned Runs: 2 on four occasions
