2009 Baseball Roster
Roster
Kendal Volz
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bulverde, Texas
- High School:
- Smithson Valley
CAREER HONORS
• 2009 MLB Draft Pick (Boston Red Sox, 9th Round)
• 2009 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 Conference (SP)
• 2009 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 Conference • 2009 Baylor Captain
• 2009 Wallace Award Watch List
• 2009 Golden Spikes Watch List
• 2009 Baseball America No. 6 MLB Draft Prospect (college)
• 2008 USA Baseball National Team Member
• 2008 Baseball America No. 3 USA Baseball National Team Prospect
• 2008 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 Conference
• 2008 QTI Baylor Classic All-Tournament
• 2008 Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 25)
• 2007 Big 12 Conference Championship All-Tournament
• 2007 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 Conference (coaches)
• 2007 Fall Semester Baylor Award for Academic Excellence
• 2006 MLB Draft Pick (Arizona Diamondbacks, 50th Round)
• Five-time Big 12 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
BAYLOR RECORDS BOOK
Second in career games started in Big 12 play (26) ... Tied for 10th in Big 12 career saves (2) ... 10th in innings pitched in a Big 12 season (58.2) ... Sixth in Big 12 career innings pitched (140.2) ... Tied for first in hits allowed in Big 12 career (179) ... Tied for seventh in strikeouts in a Big 12 season (59) ... Ninth in career strikeouts (228) ... Third in strikeouts in a Big 12 career (153) ... Sixth in career strikeouts per nine innings (9.13) ... Fourth in career strikeouts per nine innings in Big 12 play (9.79).
2009 (JUNIOR)
Bears’ No. 1 starter early in first half of season ... First 12 appearances were all starts, then moved to bullpen for final three outings, all of which were in postseason play ... Started a game in all nine Big 12 series ... Posted 3-7 record with 4.50 ERA ... Led team in ERA, games started (12), innings pitched (86.0) and strikeouts (78) ... Tied for fourth on team in wins and was one of two Baylor pitchers to throw a complete game ... Also tied for second on team in saves (2) ... Worked 27 more innings than any other pitcher on Baylor’s staff ... Started season opener and worked 6.0 shutout innings against Pacific (2/20) ... Struck out five and allowed only two hits, but did not factor in the decision as Bears won in 10 innings ... Started against freshman phenom Gerrit Cole of No. 9 UCLA in second game of Houston College Classic (2/28) ... Got the win after working 7.0 shutout innings ... Working with a 1-0 lead throughout the game, allowed just four hits and struck out six ... Faced trouble in the seventh after a leadoff double and a sacrifice bunt put a potential tying runner on third with one out, but came back to strike out each of next two batters ... Again faced a top-10 team when the Bears took on No. 5 UC Irvine in second game of QTI Baylor Classic (3/7) ... Did not factor in the decision after allowing three runs on four hits with a pair of strikeouts in 6.1 innings ... Left with game tied 3-3, and Bears went on to win 4-3 ... Faced third straight top-10 opponent when Baylor traveled to No. 3 Texas A&M ... Took first loss of season after allowing four runs on just three hits in 7.0 innings ... Struck out nine, but got only two runs of support ... Picked up win by allowing two earned runs in 5.2 innings against Texas Tech (3/20) ... Struck out six, but allowed 10 hits after allowing just 13 hits through his first four starts combined ... Allowed three earned runs on 10 hits with four strikeouts in 7.0 innings of loss to Kansas State (3/27) ... Struggled through 4.2 innings at Kansas (4/3) ... Surrendered six runs on six hits and seven walks ... Struck out five, but did not factor in decision as Bears plated three runs in ninth to win 8-6 ... Worked into eighth inning, but took a tough-luck loss against Missouri (4/10) ... Allowed three runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts in 7.0 innings ... Got only two runs of support while in the game ... Picked up third win of season after nearly going the distance at Oklahoma State (4/17) ... Allowed two earned runs on nine hits with seven strikeouts in 8.1 innings ... Took another tough-luck loss in complete game effort against No. 13 Oklahoma (4/24) ... Worked 9.0 innings and allowed three earned runs on seven hits with 10 strikeouts, but got only two runs of support ... Struggled in start at No. 8 Texas (5/1), walking four and allowing 11 hits in 6.1 innings ... Surrendered nine runs — six of which were earned — and struck out nine in losing effort ... Had worst outing of year at Nebraska (5/15) ... Allowed seven extra-base hits among the 12 hits surrendered in 3.2 innings ... Struck out just one and allowed seven runs ... Moved to the bullpen for Big 12 Championship and saw action in first game against No. 5 Texas (5/20) ... Came on with Baylor leading 11-7 and allowed two runs in 3.0 innings to earn first career save ... Earned second save in third and final game of Big 12 Championship against Kansas (5/23) ... Entered game with Baylor leading 7-4 and allowed just one hit over 2.1 innings to seal the win ... Again came out of bullpen at crucial time, this time against No. 2 LSU in Baton Rouge Regional ... Entered game with two runners on, one out and Baylor trailing 2-1 ... Got first batter to pop out, but an error loaded the bases before he struck out the next batter to end the inning and keep the Bears within one run ... Baylor would tie the game in the bottom of the eighth ... Worked around a pair of two-out walks in the ninth, but couldn’t keep the Tigers off the board in the 10th after a pair of walks and a single loaded the bases with one out ... Took loss by allowing one run in 2.2 innings of relief.
SUMMER 2008
Pitched for the USA Baseball National Team ... Joined Pat Combs (1988), Jason Jennings (1997, 1998) and Zane Carlson (2000) as the only Baylor pitchers to play for the USA Baseball National Team ... Led Team USA to a 24-0 record, including gold medals at Haarlem Baseball Week in the Netherlands and the FISU World University Championships in the Czech Republic ... Member of pitching staff heralded as the best in USA Baseball[apos]s 30-year history ... Staff established program-record 0.88 ERA, eclipsing previous mark of 1.29 set in 2003 ... Team defeated Cuban Olympic Team twice at Haarlem Baseball Week, including a 4-1 victory in the event[apos]s gold medal game that marked the first time a USA collegiate team defeated Cuba[apos]s Olympic Team in the championship game of an international event ... Served as Team USA[apos]s closer, converting eight saves in as many attempts ... Allowed only one unearned run in 14.0 innings over 13 appearances for a staff-best 0.00 ERA ... Scattered six hits and five walks against 16 strikeouts ... Held opponents to a .130 batting average and posted a 0.786 WHIP ... Posted a 1.12 ERA with 13 strikeouts against four walks in 8.0 innings over four appearances during the National Team Trials ... Final appearance in Trials was a 2.0-inning relief appearance in an intrasquad ... Struck out all six batters faced in that outing on 25 pitches ... Pitched three times during Team USA[apos]s seven games in North Carolina ... Earned save with two strikeouts in 1.0 inning against Chinese-Taipei at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C. (6/27) ... Allowed one hit and struck out two in an inning of work against Chinese-Taipei at the USA Baseball National Training Center in Cary, N.C. (6/30) ... Scattered two hits with four strikeouts in 2.0 scoreless innings against the Martinsville Mustangs of the Coastal Plain Collegiate League (6/1) ... Recorded five saves in Team USA[apos]s seven wins at Haarlem Baseball Week ... Walked one and struck out one in two-thirds of an inning in Team USA[apos]s 5-2 win over Japan (7/5) ... Entered game with one runner on base and one out in the ninth and stranded the runner at second ... Preserved Team USA[apos]s 1-0 victory over Cuba, working through trouble for the save (7/6) ... Stranded runners at second and third with two strikeouts to end the game ... Notched fourth save of the tour against host Netherlands in a 2-1 Team USA victory (7/9) ... Allowed one hit and walked one over 1.0 inning of work ... Earned the save in Team USA[apos]s 5-2 semfinals victory over Chinese-Taipei with a walk and a strikeout in the ninth (7/12) ... Pitched a perfect ninth inning for the save against Cuba in the gold medal game (7/13) ... Pitched 1.0 perfect inning of relief with one strikeout in a 5-0 victory over the Czech Republic in a friendly game (7/16) ... Allowed a walk and an unearned run over 1.0 inning in a 5-2 victory over Korea in Team USA[apos]s first pool-play game at the FISU Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic ... Recorded one strikeout in 1.0 perfect inning of relief against Japan in a pool-play game at Brno, Czech Republic (7/15) ... Earned the save with a perfect ninth inning and one strikeout against Chinese-Taipei in Team USA[apos]s semifinal game (7/26) ... Completed Team USA[apos]s perfect tour with a save against Japan in a 1-0, 12-inning victory (7/27) ... Allowed a leadoff single in the bottom of the 12th; runner advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and then stole third ... Recorded a swinging strikeout on a 3-2 slider and induced a game-ending groundout to maintain Team USA[apos]s perfect record and personal perfect ERA ... Was named Team USA[apos]s third-best pro prospect by Baseball America.
2008 (SOPHOMORE)
Bears[apos] primary Friday starter ... Made 12 appearances, all starts ... Missed one start -- at Texas Tech in the regular season[apos]s final series -- due to a strained oblique muscle ... Posted a 3-6 record with a 4.20 ERA ... Recorded 85 strikeouts against 28 walks in 70.2 innings ... Established Baylor season record for strikeouts per nine innings by a starter (10.83), eclipsing Jason Jennings[apos] 1999 mark (10.55) ... Led staff and ranked sixth in the Big 12 in strikeouts ... Led all conference starters in strikeouts per nine innings ... Posted a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.04, the ninth-best season average among starters in Baylor history ... Held opponents to a .213 average (17-for-80) with two outs ... Foiled by poor run support, averaging a staff-low 3.92 runs per game ... Evidenced by 0-5 record in Big 12 play ... Recorded 58 strikeouts against 20 walks over 44.1 innings in eight Big 12 starts ... Led staff in strikeouts in conference action ... Big 12 strikeouts ranked fourth in the league and eighth in Baylor history ... Averaged 11.77 strikeouts per nine innings in Big 12 play, best in the conference by more than 2.0 strikeouts per nine innings and a Baylor season record ... Topped Jennings[apos] 1999 previous Baylor mark (11.02) ... Posted a 2.90 strikeout-to-walk ratio in Big 12 play, the sixth-best season mark in Baylor history ... Was 2-1 with a 3.05 ERA and 53 strikeouts against 13 walks over 38.1 innings in six starts at Baylor Ballpark ... Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week after tossing 8.0 scoreless innings against Purdue in the season opener (2/22) ... Held Boilermakers to four singles and two walks with 10 strikeouts ... Earned all-tournament honors at the QTI Baylor Classic after notching the victory against Illinois (2/29) ... Held Illini to three runs on six hits and no walks with six strikeouts over 6.0 innings ... Moved to 3-0 on season with victory in the series opener at Mississippi State but did not earn another win all season (3/9) ... Held MSU to four runs, only one of which was earned, on six hits and five walks with five strikeouts over 7.0 innings ... Allowed four runs on nine hits and three walks with 10 strikeouts over 7.2 innings in a no-decision in the series opener against 21st-ranked Oklahoma State (3/14) ... Held Kansas to three runs on eight hits and two walks with 12 strikeouts over 7.2 innings in the series opener but again did not factor in the decision (4/4) ... Suffered tough-luck loss in the series opener at Kansas State the following weekend (4/11) ... Allowed four runs, two earned, on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts over 6.1 innings in Bears[apos] 6-1 loss ... Again was bitten by bad luck in a 2-1 loss at 19th-ranked Texas A&M the following weekend (4/18) ... Held Aggies to two runs, one earned, on six hits and two walks with eight strikeouts over 7.1 innings ... Left game tied 1-1 and winning run scored after his exit ... Held eighth-ranked Nebraska to two runs on five hits and five walks with eight strikeouts over 6.0 innings (4/26) ... Did not factor in decision after leaving game tied 2-2 ... Suffered more tough luck the following weekend and was saddled with the defeat in Baylor[apos]s 12-1 loss against Texas (5/2) ... Held Longhorns to one run on three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts over 3.0 innings before leaving game with a strained oblique muscle ... Returned to action in Bears[apos] season finale against Kansas State at the Big 12 Championship (5/24) ... More tough luck ensued, suffering the loss after allowing three runs on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts over 5.1 innings in Baylor[apos]s 3-2 loss.
SUMMER 2007
Pitched for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod League ... Named league[apos]s 51st-best pro prospect by Perfect Game Crosschecker ... Was 1-7 with a 4.83 ERA in eight games, all starts ... Held opponents to a .266 average and logged 50 strikeouts against 14 walks in 50.1 innings.
2007 (FRESHMAN)
Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference honors from the league[apos]s coaches ... Split time as middle reliever and midweek starter prior to moving into weekend rotation in early March ... Appeared in 18 games with 14 starts, second on staff ... Finished third on team with 65 strikeouts and 8.60 strikeouts per 9.0 innings ... Tied for second on staff with six wins, becoming the first Baylor freshman since 2003 and only the ninth freshman in school history to record at least five victories ... Joined Matthew Marcom (1995), Kip Wells (1996), Ryan LaMotta (2003) and Abe Woody (2003) as the only freshmen to record at least five victories during head coach Steve Smith[apos]s tenure ... Appeared in nine Big 12 games, all starts ... Finished second on team with three victories in Big 12 play ... Was 3-0 in nine non-conference games, five of which were starts ... Went 4-1 with a 4.28 ERA in 10 games, eight starts, at Baylor Ballpark ... Allowed three runs on six hits and a walk over 1.2 innings against Houston at the Astros College Classic in Bears[apos] season opener (2/9) ... Made first career start against Texas State in Baylor[apos]s home opener (2/13) ... Surrendered only one run on two hits over 5.0 innings in a no-decision against the Bobcats ... Earned first career victory against UTSA (2/2), allowing one run on three hits and a walk with six strikeouts over 6.0 innings ... Tossed 2.2 scoreless innings of relief against San Diego State at Pacific State Bank Tigers Classic (3/4) ... Made first career weekend start against Mississippi State at Quala-T Imprints Baylor Classic but did not factor in decision (3/10) ... Scattered four hits with four strikeouts in 5.0 scoreless innings for the victory in the Texas Tech series finale (3/25) ... Allowed one unearned run on three hits and no walks with seven strikeouts over 7.0 innings for the victory in the series finale against 19th-ranked Oklahoma (4/6) ... Yielded one run on seven hits and a walk with five strikeouts over 5.0 innings for the win in series finale at Kansas (4/15) ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Big 12 Championship after dominating performance against Oklahoma (5/26) ... Established Big 12 Championship record with 13 strikeouts over 7.0 innings against the Sooners, allowing two runs on seven hits for the victory ... Joined Jason Jennings (1999) and Chad Hawkins (1999) as the only Baylor pitchers to record at least 10 strikeouts in a game at the Big 12 annual event ... Strikeout total was most by a Bear since Jason Jennings[apos] 14-strikeout effort against Kansas in 1999.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Smithson Valley High School in Spring Branch, Texas ... Pitched for head coach George Proctor ... Led team to playoffs three straight years, reaching state semifinals in 2005 ... No. 7 on Texas Baseball News Texas Top 25 ... No. 85 on Baseball America Prospect Plus National Top 300 ... Named No. 1 prospect at 2005 Perfect Game USA South Showcase ... Two-time all-state honoree ... 2006 Pro-Line Texas Player of the Year ... Three-time all-district and all-city honoree ... 2005 San Antonio Express News 5A Player of the Year, first-team all-state, Greater San Antonio Player of the Year and All-Greater San Antonio ... Three-time all-district and two-time district MVP ... Three-time academic all-district and three-time All-Comal County ... 2005 Comal County MVP ... Participated in 2006 THSBCA Sunbelt Classic ... Named 2006 San Antonio/Austin Regional All-Star by SportsIllustrated.com ... Posted a 14-3 record with a 1.29 ERA and 149 strikeouts in 97.1 innings as a junior ... Also hit .356 with two home runs, 12 doubles and 29 RBI ... Participated in 2005 Texas Scouts Association South All-Star game and 2005 Area Code Games ... Earned three letters in football ... Three-time all-district selection at linebacker ... All-state and all-city as a senior ... Led Smithson Valley to a 36-7 record in three seasons ... Graduated top five percent ... National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL
Full name is William Kendal Volz ... Born Dec. 2, 1987, in San Antonio, Texas ... Son of Roger and Karen Volz ... Business major.
