One of the Hokies' most effective pitchers during fall practice ... Has contributed in a variety of roles ... Helped Tech overcome some of the adversity that struck its pitching staff in 2000 ... Opened the season in middle relief but ended up as one of the Hokies' weekend pitchers ... Is expected to vie for a spot in the starting rotation again this season ... Throws three above-average pitches for strikes ... Continues to improve his velocity ... Surrenders hits, but possesses good enough control to be successful ... Recovers quickly and could contibute in relief if needed ... Has earned his success with hard work ... Will play an important role again this spring ...
1999-00: Earned a win in relief against West Virginia ... Made his first start of the season against Kent and went nine innings for a win ... Pitched 7.1 strong innings for an A-10 win at GW ... Allowed just two runs in a complete-game win against Rhode Island ... Suffered back-to-back losses against UMass and Wake Forest ... Worked 4.1 innings of relief, fanning six batters, to collect a win against Duquesne ... Struck out 10 batters in the A-10 championship game against UMass but did not get a decision ... Pitched in a total of 17 games, with nine starts ... Finished 5-4 on the season with an 8.65 ERA ... Ranked third on the squad in innings pitched (67.2) and strikeouts (56) ... Led the team in batters struck out looking with 22 ... Seventy-six percent of his outs came on ground balls and strikeouts ... Coaxed eight double-plays and 98 total groundouts ...
1998-99: Appeared in 14 games, including a start at home against Liberty ... Pitched 6.1 innings of relief at James Madison ... Earned a win with 1.1 scoreless innings against West Virginia ... Posted a save in Tech's 12-10 win over St. Bonaventure ... Worked 3.1 innings and suffered a loss in his lone start against Liberty ... Pitched three strong innings of relief and struck out five during Tech's loss to La Salle in the second round of the A-10 Championships ... Came back the next day to contribute a season-high 6.2 innings and pick up a win over La Salle in the tournament championship game ... Finished the season with a 2-2 record, one save and a 6.94 earned run average in 35 innings of work ...
High School: Played his senior year at Greenbrier Christian Academy where he posted an 8-0 pitching record and 0.86 earned run average for Coach Gary Lavelle ... Struck out 82 batters in 57 innings pitched ... Also played third base ... Contributed a .378 batting average and 36 RBIs at the plate ... Named the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools Most Valuable Player ... Also first-team all-Tidewater and all-state ... Was a preseason honorable mention All-America pick by High School Baseball USA magazine ... Played his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons for Coach Phil Braswell at Nansemond River ... Compiled a 7-2 pitching mark and 2.68 ERA on the way to team MVP honors as a junior ... Hit .385 and drove in 15 runs ... Was 5-1 on the mound his sophomore year with a 1.89 ERA ... Posted a .358 batting mark that season with 29 runs batted in ... Earned all-district, all-region and honorable mention all-state honors ... A member of the National Honor Society ...
Personal: Roy Aldon Runyon III ... Born 9/27/80 in Portsmouth, VA ... Son of Roy and Kathy Runyon ... Majoring in finance.
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One of the Hokies' most effective pitchers during fall practice ... Has contributed in a variety of roles ... Helped Tech overcome some of the adversity that struck its pitching staff in 2000 ... Opened the season in middle relief but ended up as one of the Hokies' weekend pitchers ... Is expected to vie for a spot in the starting rotation again this season ... Throws three above-average pitches for strikes ... Continues to improve his velocity ... Surrenders hits, but possesses good enough control to be successful ... Recovers quickly and could contibute in relief if needed ... Has earned his success with hard work ... Will play an important role again this spring ...
1999-00: Earned a win in relief against West Virginia ... Made his first start of the season against Kent and went nine innings for a win ... Pitched 7.1 strong innings for an A-10 win at GW ... Allowed just two runs in a complete-game win against Rhode Island ... Suffered back-to-back losses against UMass and Wake Forest ... Worked 4.1 innings of relief, fanning six batters, to collect a win against Duquesne ... Struck out 10 batters in the A-10 championship game against UMass but did not get a decision ... Pitched in a total of 17 games, with nine starts ... Finished 5-4 on the season with an 8.65 ERA ... Ranked third on the squad in innings pitched (67.2) and strikeouts (56) ... Led the team in batters struck out looking with 22 ... Seventy-six percent of his outs came on ground balls and strikeouts ... Coaxed eight double-plays and 98 total groundouts ...
1998-99: Appeared in 14 games, including a start at home against Liberty ... Pitched 6.1 innings of relief at James Madison ... Earned a win with 1.1 scoreless innings against West Virginia ... Posted a save in Tech's 12-10 win over St. Bonaventure ... Worked 3.1 innings and suffered a loss in his lone start against Liberty ... Pitched three strong innings of relief and struck out five during Tech's loss to La Salle in the second round of the A-10 Championships ... Came back the next day to contribute a season-high 6.2 innings and pick up a win over La Salle in the tournament championship game ... Finished the season with a 2-2 record, one save and a 6.94 earned run average in 35 innings of work ...
High School: Played his senior year at Greenbrier Christian Academy where he posted an 8-0 pitching record and 0.86 earned run average for Coach Gary Lavelle ... Struck out 82 batters in 57 innings pitched ... Also played third base ... Contributed a .378 batting average and 36 RBIs at the plate ... Named the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools Most Valuable Player ... Also first-team all-Tidewater and all-state ... Was a preseason honorable mention All-America pick by High School Baseball USA magazine ... Played his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons for Coach Phil Braswell at Nansemond River ... Compiled a 7-2 pitching mark and 2.68 ERA on the way to team MVP honors as a junior ... Hit .385 and drove in 15 runs ... Was 5-1 on the mound his sophomore year with a 1.89 ERA ... Posted a .358 batting mark that season with 29 runs batted in ... Earned all-district, all-region and honorable mention all-state honors ... A member of the National Honor Society ...
Personal: Roy Aldon Runyon III ... Born 9/27/80 in Portsmouth, VA ... Son of Roy and Kathy Runyon ... Majoring in finance.
