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Freshman (2007): Pitched in 19 games, making 12 starts ... led team with 79 innings pitched ... led all Falcon freshmen in starts ... posted 7.18 ERA, ranking third on the team ... also third on the team with 36 strikeouts ... walked just 18 batters ... pitched a career-best 8.1 innings allowing three runs and striking out four against Gonzaga ... pitched into sixth inning in nine starts ... held Northern Colorado and UNLV to one earned run in six innings in both starts ... walked no more that two batters in any appearance.
Stephen F. Austin HS (Austin, Texas): Lettered two years in baseball...all-district 16-SA pitcher...had a 1.40 earned run average as a senior...led S.F. Austin to district and regional titles as a junior...played summer ball for the Austin Baseball Club, coached by Andrew Prater...high school baseball coach was Glenn Bacak.
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 26, the Mighty Barons ... born March 2, 1988 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. ... major is geospatial science ... nickname is Loyd, which is his actual first name ... something most people don't know about him is that he likes chick flicks ... has two younger sisters, Kaitlin (17) and Sarah (15) ... .cousin, Will Allen, was a starting offensive lineman on the national college football champion Texas football team in 2006 ... completed Operations Air Force at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, this past summer ... aspires to become an A-10 pilot ... father, Ron, graduated from Air Force Academy in 1985 and was an A-10 pilot ... stepfather, Jon Egenberger, is a F-117 pilot ... son of Jana Truesdale.
Why I came to the Academy: "The people I know who graduated from the Academy are the most interesting, succesful, happy people I know and I just wanted to be part of the club. I also wanted to follow the footsteps of my dad and stepdad and become a fighter pilot."
