| Willie Kempf |
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FALL 2007
Made six appearances with five starts ... Finished 2-1 with a 1.75 ERA ... Tallied 25 strikeouts against 12 walks over 25.2 innings ... Posted a .257 opponents' batting average ... Allowed 26 hits with only one extra-base hit, a triple.
SUMMER 2007
Pitched for the Wisconsin Woodchucks of the Northwoods League ... Posted a 4-1 record with a 2.95 ERA in 10 appearances, nine starts ... Held opponents to a .263 average with 35 strikeouts in 55.0 innings.
2007 (FRESHMAN)
Developed into Bears' primary long-relief man midway through season ... Made 19 appearances, tied for third on team, with 17 relief appearances ... Pitched in eight Big 12 games, all in relief ... Logged 19.0 relief innings in Big 12 play, second on team ... Joined Nick Cassavechia as only Baylor pitchers with at least 20.0 innings to average at least 9.0 strikeouts per 9.0 innings ... Finished second on team among regular pitchers with a .252 opponents' batting average ... Held opponents to a .179 average in Big 12 action ... Recorded a 26-to-10 strikeout-to-walk ratio in conference play ... Was 1-1 with two saves and a 3.60 ERA in 20.0 innings over 11 appearances in non-Big 12 action ... Posted a 2-0 record with one save and a 1.86 ERA in eight appearances at Baylor Ballpark ... Held opponents to a .200 average and recorded 26 strikeouts with only five walks over 19.1 innings at home ... Walked one batter in a scoreless third of an inning against Houston in Bears' season opener (2/9) ... Scattered four hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 3.0 scoreless innings of relief against Stephen F. Austin for first career save (2/16) ... Allowed a hit and struck out two in 1.0 scoreless inning of relief against San Diego State at the Pacific State Bank Tiger Classic (3/4) ... Pitched 2.0 perfect innings of relief against Texas State to earn first career victory (3/6) ... Struck out first five batters faced in a relief outing against Texas Tech (3/24) ... Struck out two in a perfect eighth inning at UT Arlington (3/27) ... Struck out the side in 1.0 inning of perfect relief against TCU (4/10) ... Allowed one hit with one walk and six strikeouts over 4.2 scoreless innings of relief against Missouri (4/21) ... Earned second save of season with 2.0 innings in a rain-shortened Baylor victory at Texas State (4/24) ... Allowed one run on four hits with five strikeouts over 4.2 innings of relief at 18th-ranked Texas A&M (4/28) ... Made first career start at second-ranked Rice (5/15) ... Allowed two runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts against the Owls ... Earned victory in second game of Kansas State series (5/19) ... Held Wildcats to two runs, one earned, on three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts over 5.0 relief innings ... Recorded two plate appearances against Texas Southern (3/20) ... Walked and scored a run against the Tigers ... Appeared in two other games as a pinch runner.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Medina Valley High School in Castroville, Texas ... Pitched and played third base for head coach Carl Keller ... Led Panthers to 29-4 record, area championship and regional semifinals as a junior ... Two-time all-state selection ... 2006 San Antonio Express-News Super Team ... Three-time all-district honoree ... 2005 Medina County Classic MVP ... Posted a 22-7 career record as a starter ... Had a .446 career average with six home runs ... 9-2 with a 1.58 ERA and 64 strikeouts over 70.2 innings as a junior ... Hit .437 with eight doubles, three triples, one home run, 32 RBI and 17 stolen bases in 2005 ... Played receiver and defensive back in football ... Three-time all-district selection ... 2004 third-team all-state and San Antonio Express-News Super Team honoree ... Graduated sixth in a 220-member class.
PERSONAL
Full name is William Francis Kempf ... Born Sept. 30, 1987, in Castroville, Texas ... Son of Frankie and Nadine Kempf ... Business major.
