A proven winner who has posted 20 pitching victories during his first two seasons ... Will be one of the Hokies' starting pitchers again this fall ... Brings poise, experience and a great command of his pitches to the mound ... Loves to compete ... Is continuously working to reach his full potential ... Battled through some minor knee problems last season and pitched some big games for the Hokies ... Hurled a seven-inning no-hitter in an 8-0 win at La Salle on May 13 ... Was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team after a complete-game pitching performance against UMass in the first round ... Was the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and a first-team freshman All-American in 1999 ... Set a Tech record for pitching victories by a freshman that season with 11 ...
1999-00: Carried a 9-6 record with a 4.79 earned run average ... Appeared in 17 games, including 16 starts ... Led the team with six complete games and 109 innings pitched ... Issued just 21 walks, while striking out 70 batters ... Pitched six innings for a win against Tennessee, allowing just four hits and one unearned run ... Struck out 10 batters in a complete-game win at Campbell ... Went 5-1 in A-10 regular-season games with a 3.77 ERA and two shutouts ... Held league opponents to a .230 batting average ... Allowed just three baserunners in his no-hitter against La Salle ... Blanked Rhode Island on five hits ... Fanned 11 men in six innings for a win at UMass ... Worked 7.1 innings for a win at Virginia ... Tech scored three runs or less in four of his six losses ...
1998-99: Appeared in 16 games during his first collegiate season ... Started 12 of those games on the mound ... Worked 84.1 innings, posting an 11-2 record and a 4.59 earned run average ... Turned in three complete games ... Registered 56 strikeouts and 26 walks ... Only issued 13 walks during his first 57.1 innings on the collegiate level ... Held opposing hitters to a combined .256 batting average for the season ... Pitched six strong innings in his first career outing to pick up a win at High Point ... Earned a win in relief against Campbell ... His first loss came at Virginia Commonwealth in a relief role ... Compiled a 6-0 record in Atlantic 10 regular-season games, including a three-hit shutout against La Salle ... Struck out eight and allowed only three runs in a complete-game win over Dayton ... Posted seven straight wins before suffering a loss at the hands of La Salle in the Atlantic 10 tournament ... Named second-team all-conference ... Named to the Louisville Slugger TPX Freshman All-America team ... Spent the summer at the Bollettieri Sports Academy in Bradenton, FL ... Played for The Baseball Academy Stan Musial League team ... Helped his team win the AABC World Series in Battle Creek, MI ...
High School: Earned four letters as a pitcher for Coach Ken Moore at Douglas Freeman High School ... Was named all-district, all-region, all-metro and all-state as a senior ... Posted a 5-4 record and 2.18 earned run average ... Carried a .328 batting average ... Was 6-4 on the mound his junior year with a 3.09 ERA ... Hit .422 that season on the way to all-district, all-region and all-metro honors ... A three-time all-academic pick in the district and a two-time choice in the region ... Picked for the state all-academic team his senior year ... Lettered three years in volleyball and twice in basketball ... Voted the school's athlete of the year as a senior ... Was a Wendy's National High School Heisman Scholarship Finalist as one of the top 10 student athletes in Virginia ... Named one of the top three scholar athletes in Richmond and earned the Matt Davis Scholarship at Freeman ... Graduated in the top 10 percent of his class ... Played in the 1998 Virginia High School League all-star baseball game ... Pitched in the Ohio Connie Mack state championship game this past summer and helped his team to a win ...
Personal: Thomas Jason Bush ... Born 5/19/80 in Richmond, VA ... Son of Norman and Carolyn Bush ... Studying industrial and systems engineering.
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A proven winner who has posted 20 pitching victories during his first two seasons ... Will be one of the Hokies' starting pitchers again this fall ... Brings poise, experience and a great command of his pitches to the mound ... Loves to compete ... Is continuously working to reach his full potential ... Battled through some minor knee problems last season and pitched some big games for the Hokies ... Hurled a seven-inning no-hitter in an 8-0 win at La Salle on May 13 ... Was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team after a complete-game pitching performance against UMass in the first round ... Was the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and a first-team freshman All-American in 1999 ... Set a Tech record for pitching victories by a freshman that season with 11 ...
1999-00: Carried a 9-6 record with a 4.79 earned run average ... Appeared in 17 games, including 16 starts ... Led the team with six complete games and 109 innings pitched ... Issued just 21 walks, while striking out 70 batters ... Pitched six innings for a win against Tennessee, allowing just four hits and one unearned run ... Struck out 10 batters in a complete-game win at Campbell ... Went 5-1 in A-10 regular-season games with a 3.77 ERA and two shutouts ... Held league opponents to a .230 batting average ... Allowed just three baserunners in his no-hitter against La Salle ... Blanked Rhode Island on five hits ... Fanned 11 men in six innings for a win at UMass ... Worked 7.1 innings for a win at Virginia ... Tech scored three runs or less in four of his six losses ...
1998-99: Appeared in 16 games during his first collegiate season ... Started 12 of those games on the mound ... Worked 84.1 innings, posting an 11-2 record and a 4.59 earned run average ... Turned in three complete games ... Registered 56 strikeouts and 26 walks ... Only issued 13 walks during his first 57.1 innings on the collegiate level ... Held opposing hitters to a combined .256 batting average for the season ... Pitched six strong innings in his first career outing to pick up a win at High Point ... Earned a win in relief against Campbell ... His first loss came at Virginia Commonwealth in a relief role ... Compiled a 6-0 record in Atlantic 10 regular-season games, including a three-hit shutout against La Salle ... Struck out eight and allowed only three runs in a complete-game win over Dayton ... Posted seven straight wins before suffering a loss at the hands of La Salle in the Atlantic 10 tournament ... Named second-team all-conference ... Named to the Louisville Slugger TPX Freshman All-America team ... Spent the summer at the Bollettieri Sports Academy in Bradenton, FL ... Played for The Baseball Academy Stan Musial League team ... Helped his team win the AABC World Series in Battle Creek, MI ...
High School: Earned four letters as a pitcher for Coach Ken Moore at Douglas Freeman High School ... Was named all-district, all-region, all-metro and all-state as a senior ... Posted a 5-4 record and 2.18 earned run average ... Carried a .328 batting average ... Was 6-4 on the mound his junior year with a 3.09 ERA ... Hit .422 that season on the way to all-district, all-region and all-metro honors ... A three-time all-academic pick in the district and a two-time choice in the region ... Picked for the state all-academic team his senior year ... Lettered three years in volleyball and twice in basketball ... Voted the school's athlete of the year as a senior ... Was a Wendy's National High School Heisman Scholarship Finalist as one of the top 10 student athletes in Virginia ... Named one of the top three scholar athletes in Richmond and earned the Matt Davis Scholarship at Freeman ... Graduated in the top 10 percent of his class ... Played in the 1998 Virginia High School League all-star baseball game ... Pitched in the Ohio Connie Mack state championship game this past summer and helped his team to a win ...
Personal: Thomas Jason Bush ... Born 5/19/80 in Richmond, VA ... Son of Norman and Carolyn Bush ... Studying industrial and systems engineering.
