Shane Mathews • 6'3 • 195 • RHP • East Carolina

As a Sophomore in 2005: Made one start during his sophomore campaign before having season-ending surgery (Tommy John) ... Against College of Charleston (2/12), pitched three innings, surrendering five runs on 10 hits while striking out and walking one ... Received medical redshirt.

As a Freshman in 2004: Turned in sterling rookie season, earning a selection to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team ... Promoted to the Pirates' starting rotation after the first month of the season ... Made 18 total appearances with 11 starts, all coming after the second week of March ... Rolled to a 7-1 record and compiled a 3.72 earned run average in 77.1 innings ... Tossed one complete game (at USF 4/10) ... Surrendered 76 hits, 35 runs, 32 earned runs and just 19 bases on balls ... Struck out 54 and allowed just six home runs, fewest of any member of the starting rotation ... Opponents hit just .258 (.248 vs. RH, .282 vs. LH) ... Topped all pitchers with four pickoffs ... Among team leaders by allowing just a .190 average with two outs ... Was 6-1 with a 4.07 ERA as a starter (11 games) in 66.1 innings ... Made collegiate debut with a scoreless 2.0 innings against UNC Asheville at Harrington Field ... In fact, did not allow an earned run until 3/21 (Tulane), which was his last relief outing of the season ... Earned first win of career in one-inning relief role vs. Georgia Southern 2/29 during Keith LeClair Classic ... Made first career start vs. Charleston Southern 3/14, scattering three hits in 6.0 shutout innings for second victory... Made two more relief appearances after CSU start before assuming permanent position on weekend starting staff beginning with the Memphis tilt 3/28, a game in which he pitched 5.1 innings during an 8-4 ECU win to earn third victory ... Picked up other triumphs over USF (4/10), Cincinnati (4/18), Houston (5/2) and Stony Brook (6/5) during NCAA Kinston Regional ... Checked the Seawolves on just two runs while fanning a personal-best seven in a season-high 8.0 innings of work to send the Pirates to the Regional finals ... Suffered only loss of year in regular season meeting against TCU (5/16), allowing just three runs in 7.0 innings during a 3-1 ECU setback ... Also faced Horned Frogs in C-USA elimination game (3.2 innings, 8 hits, 4 runs) but did not figure into decision ... Went 4-1 with a 4.50 ERA in 10 C-USA appearances (eight starts) ... Was 3-0 with a 2.13 ERA in eight non-league contests (three starts) ... Led the starting staff with a 2.53 ERA (4-1 record) in games played at Harrington Field which spanned 42.2 innings of work ... Was 5-1 with a 3.86 clip in 14 day game appearances (2-0, 3.32 in four night game outings) ... Monthly totals include February (1-0, 0.00 in four games/zero starts), March (2-0, 2.60, 5/2), April (2-0, 3.46, 4/4), May (1-1, 6.43, 4/4) and June (1-0, 2.25, 1/1) ... In addition to effort vs. Stony Brook, matched seasonhigh strikeout effort of seven on two other occasions (vs. Louisville 4/25 and Houston 5/2 on back-to-back starts) ... Made a total of seven "quality" starts (of 11), pitching 6.0 or more innings ... Went at least 7.0 or innings on six occasions ... Enjoyed a stretch of four consecutive seven-inning outings from 4/10 (USF) to 5/2 (Houston) ... Suffered shortest stint as a starter vs. Saint Louis 5/9 (3.1 innings, 7 hits, 5 runs) but was aided by the Pirates' offensive support in a 16-5 win ... In fact, was the beneficiary of strong support all season as ECU scored eight or more runs in eight of his 11 starts.

At St. Stephens High School: Earned three baseball letters as a pitcher ... Earned all-state honors as a junior after establishing a school-record for lowest ERA (0.68) ... Posted a 6- 5 record with a 1.06 ERA with 89 strikeouts in 66 innings as a senior ... Named to all-conference squads as a junior and senior ... Also selected to the All-Piedmont Team and was the 2003 Southwestern Foothills Player-of-the- Year ... Played in 2003 North Carolina-South Carolina All-Star Game ... Selected in the 20th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Cleveland Indians.

Personal: Full name is Shane Dustin Mathews ... Born March 28, 1985 in Hickory, N.C. ... Son of Gary and Becky Mathews ... Has an older sibling, Tatum ... Major is construction management.