Casey Hudspeth  •  RHP  •  South Florida •  Sophomore

2004 in the Cape League:   Appeared in 10 games for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod League … Made eight starts, earning a 2-3 record with a 2.59 ERA … Recorded two saves … Struck out 32 batters in 48 and two-thirds innings … Held opponents to a .214 batting average (39-of-182) …

2004: Received Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball … A member of the C-USA All-Freshman Team … Became the first freshman pitcher at USF to record eight wins since Mark Roberts and Pat Ryan in 1994 … Earned first team All-Conference USA honors … Appeared and started in 16 contests in 2004, earning an 8-4 record … Allowed three walks per every nine innings pitched … Recorded a 3.45 ERA while striking out 74 batters in 104 and one-third innings pitched … Notched USF's only complete game of the season (4/25) … Led C-USA in games started (16) and innings pitched (104.1) … His 3.45 ERA ranked fourth among all C-USA pitchers … Finished the 2004 season with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 2-to-1 … Averaged six strikeouts per contest … Made 10 starts in C-USA action, earning a 5-3 record, with a 3.52 ERA … Struck out 41 batters in 69 Conference USA innings … Left-handed opponents hit .336 (44-of-131) versus the right-handed pitcher while right-handers hit .285 (75-of-263) … Recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts at UAB (5/14) to earn eighth win of the season ... Earned seventh win of the season in USF's 9-4 win over No. 13 Tulane (5/7), allowing four runs on seven hits in seven innings of action ... Was one out away from second-consecutive complete game, seeing action in a career-high eight and two-thirds innings versus Charlotte (5/1) to earn his sixth win of the season ... Registered first-career complete game, allowing one run on six hits while striking out five at Memphis (4/25) ... Tied a career-high in strikeouts with nine versus Saint Louis (4/2), earning his fifth win of the season ... Named C-USA Pitcher of the Week (for the week ending March 21), registering two wins in two starts, including a victory over No. 6 Miami) ... Earned third-straight victory, allowing two runs on eight hits while   striking out two in six innings of action versus Cincinnati (3/21) ...   Held Miami to just three hits in seven and two-thirds innings of action, striking out   six (3/16) ... Credited with his second victory of 2004, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out four and allowing no walks in five innings of action versus UMass (3/12) ... Earned first collegiate win, allowing three runs on 11 hits, while striking out six as USF defeated Illinois, 10-4 (3/6) ... Saw action in a career-high seven innings versus Virginia Tech (2/28) ... Retired the first six batters he faced at Jacksonville (2/22) ... Earned a “no-decision”, allowing four runs on eight hits while striking out nine batters in six innings pitched (2/22 at Jacksonville) ... Recorded first collegiate start, pitching three and two-thirds innings versus East Tennessee State (2/14) ... Struck out six batters....   High School —   A Class 6A third team all-state player at Sarasota High ... In running his senior season to 5-0, he defeated Bloomingdale High in a two-hit, 14 strikeout performance ... He struck out the side in four of seven innings ... Strong junior season included 6-2 record with three saves and a 2.05 ERA ... Struck out 76 and walked 11 in 41 innings pitched ... Tossed seven innings of shutout relief in the district title game against Bloomingdale and then struck out eight in 4-3 win over Parkland Douglas in regional semi-finals ... Head coach at Sarasota High School   was Clyde Metcalf ...   Personal — Full name is Casey Steven Hudspeth ... Born Oct. 1, 1984, in Sarasota, Fla. ... Son of Larry and Tricia Hudspeth ... Has one brother, Colby, 13 ... Has not declared a major.