Murray State University Athletics
2006 Baseball Roster
Roster
Daniel Calhoun
- Position:
- Left-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Evansville, Ind
- High School:
- North HS
- Prev School:
- North HS
2009: Named to College Baseball Insider All-America ... It was his fourth All-America award in his MSU career ... Other accolades included second-team honors from All-Ping!Baseball ... third-team honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Collegiate Baseball ... Named to the ABCA All-South Region Second Team ... As a senior in 2009 was 11-3 record with a 2.32 ERA and one save ... Struck out 85 and walked only six in 97 innings ... His 11 complete games established a new single-season mark at MSU and his 11 wins tied former Major League All-Star Kirk Rueter for the most in a single season ... Helped the Breds to a 13-8-1 mark and the No. 2 seed in the OVC Tournament, MSU's first appearance since 2007 and 18th appearance overall ... Helped Rob McDonald earn the OVC Coach of the Year award ... In the OVC Championship, the T-Breds lost their opener to eventual champion Tennessee Tech but rebounded with wins over Morehead State and Eastern Illinois in elimination games to advance to the semifinals ... Calhoun was named OVC Pitcher of the Year .. Led NCAA D-I n Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings (0.56), was 10th in victories and 11th in ERA .. In 14 starts, tossed a complete game 11 times ... Was teammates with Wes Cunningham, future MSU Hall of Famer .. Calhoun was selected in the 29th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals ... Made 103 total minor league appearances in four seasons of minor league baseball. three with St. Louis Cardinals organization including Batavia (Class A), Quad Cities (2010), Springfie97ld (2011), Palm Beach (2011) ... Final season was in 2012 with Southern Illinois of Frontier League ... minor league career produced 23-7 record with 3.03 ERA in 297.1 IP with 294 H, 100 ER, 233 SO, 52 BB and a WHIP of 1.164. Â
2008: Went 5-3 with a 3.00 ERA in 13 appearances and 12 starts...was 4-3 with a 3.28 ERA in nine OVC starts...team leader in ERA, complete games (6) and quality starts (8)...tied for the team lead in wins...struckout 67 and walked 15 over 81 innings...tossed five-straight complete games...earned his first victory of the season by striking out a career-best 10 and allowing only six hits in shutout innings against Central Arkansas...allowed one unearned run in a complete-game victory over Morehead State...surrendered just one run in the complete-game victory over UT Martin.
2007: Red-shirted.
2006: Went 2-5 with a 7.99 ERA in 15 appearances and four starts...had 20 strikeouts to 18 walks...went 1-2 in OVC play in four appearances...first career win came against Akron...first career OVC win came against Morehead State...had a season-high five strikeouts at Arkansas State in five innings...had four strikeouts at Southern Illinois in three innings.
BEFORE MSU: Pitched four seasons at North High School...as a senior, helped the Huskies to a 24-7 record and a state runner-up finish, winning semi-state, regional and sectional titles...named to the all-city team and was named honorable mention all-metro.
PERSONAL: Born Daniel Robert Calhoun on Sept. 5, 1986...son of Bob and Sharon Calhoun...has a brother, Michael (19), and a sister, Melissa (13)...graduated from NHS with a 3.1 grade-point average...majoring in business and marketing.
