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2000-2001Honors
Gordy Kocher
# 23 * PITCHER
6-0 * 185 * JUNIOR
R-R * Age: 21
NORTHAMPTON, PA - Northampton
Northampton, Pa. - One of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's top pitchers
last
season . . . led the PSAC Eastern Division in earned-run average at 2.28 . . . posted 5-2 record with six
complete games.
Complete pitcher who knows how to work on batters . . . has increased his velocity since
last season and is throwing in upper 80s . . . has outstanding breaking ball and effective changeup.
Has posted 8-4 record over two seasons with eye-catching 2.60 ERA . . . has
potential to
break school records before career is finished.
Sophomore Year: Hurled a pair of three-hitters against Mansfield . . .
fired shutout in
5-0 away win . . . gave only one earned run in 14-2 home victory . . . tossed complete game in 12-3 win
over Shippensburg . . . other wins were over Columbia Union and Ashland . . . lost close decisions to
Kutztown, 2-1 and Millersville, 4-2.
Freshman Year: Pitched in 11 games and made ten starts . . . posted 3-3
record and had
best earned-run average of the regulars at 2.31 . . . hurled complete-game victory and struck out seven in
7-3 win over Franklin Pierce . . . had wins over New Jersey Tech and Scranton . . . struck out 38 batters
in 36 1/2 innings.
Background: Led Lehigh Valley in strikeouts as a pitcher for Northampton
High School . . .
made All-Conference . . . helped team to district championship and most wins in the school's history at
25-4 as a junior . . . team finished as runner-up in districts in senior year . . . attended Northampton
Community College but did not play baseball . . . majoring in Sport Management.