MAJOR: Management2014-15 MVC Honor Roll AS A SOPHOMORE (2015): Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll...Appeared in 21 games, all out of the UE bullpen…3-2 with a 4.55 ERA…Team-leading nine saves and .188 opponents’ batting average…Finished fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference in saves, and fifth in games finished (15)…In league play, ranked third in the MVC in saves (four), and fifth in games finished (seven)…Recorded first win of the season with 1.2 hitless innings vs. Western Kentucky (Feb. 22)…Pitched season-long 3.2 innings with season-high four strikeouts at #1 Vanderbilt (Mar. 3)…Tallied first save with a hitless inning vs. Dallas Baptist (Mar. 22)…Threw another season-high 3.2 innings of one-hit, four strikeout baseball for the win at Indiana (Apr. 15)…Earned the win vs. Southern Illinois (May 1) and then a save against the Salukis (May 2)…Posted three saves in the month of April and four in May…Did not allow a run in 15 of his 21 appearances in the season.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2014): Appeared in a team-high 26 games out of the bullpen, posted a 2-1 record with a 3.52 ERA and two saves…Ranked second on the team with 59 strikeouts and led all Evansville relievers with 53.2 innings of work…Limited opponents to a .218 average, which ranked second on the squad…Appeared in nine games in Missouri Valley Conference play, going 0-0 with a 4.96 ERA…Opened the season by hurling 20.1 scoreless innings, spanning eight outings, before allowing a run vs. Indiana State (Mar. 22)…Tallied multiple strikeouts in 20 of his 26 outings, including a season-high five against both Western Illinois (Feb. 28) and Austin Peay (Mar. 26)…Recorded victories vs. Maine (Mar. 15) and at Charlotte (Apr. 6)…Notched his two saves at Lipscomb (Feb. 15) and vs. Illinois State (May 11).
AS A FRESHMAN (2013): Appeared in 18 games out of the bullpen…Finished the season with a 1-4 record and 6.07 ERA…Tossed 29.2 innings of relief, racking up 26 strikeouts, while walking only nine…Made his collegiate debut by tossing 2.0 scoreless innings at Vanderbilt (Feb. 27)…Recorded a perfect inning of relief against Milwaukee (Mar. 4)…Threw a season-high 3.2 innings out of the bullpen against Creighton, allowing two runs on three hits, while notching three strikeouts (Mar. 23)…Struck out three in 1.2 perfect innings of relief vs. SIU Edwardsville (May 8).
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at Carl Sandburg for head coach Jim Morsorillo...named team captain as a senior, leading the Eagles to a 25-9 record...finished with an 11-4 record as a varsity pitcher...played summer ball for Chicago Elite for head coaches Brian Forystek and Eric Welsh.
JURCEKA’S CAREER STATISTICS
Overall Season Statistics
YEAR | ERA | W | L | APP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
2013 | 6.07 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 | 34 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 26 |
2014 | 3.52 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.2 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 59 |
2015 | 4.55 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 27.2 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 31 |
CAREER | 4.46 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 111.0 | 96 | 59 | 55 | 42 | 116 |
MVC Regular-Season Statistics
YEAR | ERA | W | L | APP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
2013 | 10.12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 12 |
2014 | 4.96 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.1 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 15 |
2015 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
CAREER | 6.75 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36.0 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 34 |
MVC Tournament Statistics
YEAR | ERA | W | L | APP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
2013 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | 10.12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
2015 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CAREER | 10.12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
JURCEKA’S CAREER HIGHS (as of 6/1/15)
Innings (Starter): N/A
Innings (Reliever): 4.0, at Lipscomb (2/15/14)
Strikeouts: 5, vs. Western Illinois (2/28/14)
Hits Allowed: 5, 2x, last vs. Xavier (4/13/13)
Runs: 6, at Illinois State (5/12/13)
Earned Runs: 6, at Illinois State (5/12/13)
Walks: 3, vs. Wichita State (4/13/14)