Troy University Athletics
2007 Baseball Roster
Roster
Josh Dew
- Position:
- 1B/RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 225
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Jeff Davis HS
THROWS: Right
2007 Preseason Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year ... Has been named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List for the college baseball player of the year as well as the Roger Clemens Award Watch List for the college baseball pitcher of the year ... Has been named to several preseason All-America teams and was named one of the top five dual threats in college baseball this season by CSTV ... Was a 2006 first team All-Sun Belt Conference selection.
2006 Hitting: Hit .317 in 55 starts ... 30 of his 66 hits went for extra bases ... Had just four hits in the series at Memphis, but they included two long home runs and a triple to deep center ... Recorded two multiple home run games in the span of four days, against Memphis (3/10) and Georgia Southern (3/14) ... During a five game stretch (2/26-3/10) hit .562 (9-for-16) with 10 runs scored ... Two-run homer in the first at Alabama (3/22) helped Troy to 8-5 win ... Hit .500 (5-for-10) with six RBI in the Mississippi Valley State series ... Walked three times and had two hits, scoring three runs, against South Alabama (4/2) ... Had two hits, including a homer, scored three times and drove in three runs against Birmingham-Southern (4/5) ... Had a 10-game hitting streak snapped on April 8 at Western Kentucky ... Had two hits, including a three-run double, against Kennesaw State (4/11) ... Was 6-for-13 (.461) in the series at Arkansas State ... Hit his 10th home run on 4/21 at ASU ... Earned Player of the Week honors from the Sun Belt Conference after a four home run weekend, with 11 RBI, in the series at UALR ... Hit three homers in one game (5/12) and just missed two more, finishing the game with five hits and seven RBI ... Was named Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball magazine and Proline Caps National Hitter of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association for his performance against UALR ... Was limited to four singles in the series against Middle Tennessee, but drove in seven runs ... Earned All-Tournament honors at the Sun Belt Championship by going 5-for-16 with three home runs and nine RBI ... Hit two homers and drove in five runs in the championship game.
2006 Pitching: After starting the season slowly, became perhaps the most dominant closer in the Sun Belt by the end of the season ... Was the winning pitcher against UAB (2/26) in the Wiregrass Classic, but allowed four runs on six hits in two innings, blowing the save opportunity ... Made his first appearance in more than a month against South Alabama (4/2), working two strong innings to earn his first save ... Pitched an inning against Birmingham-Southern (4/5) and allowed a two-run homer before striking out the side ... It was the only homer he allowed all season ... Made two appearances in the series against FIU, working 7.1 innings and allowing just one unearned run on two hits while striking out eight ... Was the winning pitcher over FIU on April 16 ... Worked two innings, needing just 22 pitches to strike out all six men he faced, against UAB (4/18) ... Earned his second save with a solid inning against ASU (4/21), walking one before striking out three in a row ... Allowed just two earned runs in 19.2 innings (0.91 ERA) before surrendering a pair of runs to ULL (5/5) in taking the loss ... Averaging 11.73 strike outs per nine innings for the season ... Bounced back from the loss to ULL to pitch four strong innings the next day, earning his third save (5/6) ... Worked five innings against UALR (5/14) to earn his third win of the year ... Allowed four runs on six hits in the outing with five strikeouts ... Earned a save with two innings of work against Middle Tennessee in the series opener (5/18) and the win with three innings in the series finale (5/20) ... Struck out the final MTSU hitter as the Trojans clinched the Sun Belt Conference regular season title ... Worked in two games at the Sun Belt Tournament, earning a win in one game and a save in the title game ... Worked seven innings, allowing two earned runs with 10 strikeouts in the two outings ... Earned saves in both of the Trojans’ NCAA Regional Tournament victories over Southern Miss.
Junior College: Played two seasons for coach Steve Helms at Lurleen B. Wallace Community College in Andalusia, Ala. ... Played infield and pitched for the 2003 State Champion Saints ... As a sophomore, had a .380 batting average with 16 home runs ... Also had a 7-1 record with four saves as a pitcher ... Was named 2004 Player of the Year ... As a freshman, batted .320 with 12 home runs ... Biggest thrill was hitting home run in JUCO State Tournament to win the championship.
High School: Played four seasons for coach Tommy Goodsen at Jefferson Davis High School in Montgomery, Ala. ... As a senior, had a .330 batting average with nine home runs for the Volunteers ... Was named first-team All-State and All-Metro Player of the Year ... Also played in the East/West All-Star game ... As a junior hit seven home runs ... Was named second-team All-District and second-team All-Metro.
Personal: Full name is Joshua Dan Dew ... Was born January 15, 1985, in Montgomery, Ala. ... Is the son of Dan and Valeri Dew ... Has one sister, Jessica ... Majoring in Social Science.
| Career Hitting & Fielding Highs | |
| AB: | 6, at UALR on 5/12/06 |
| Runs: | 4, 3 times (Last: at UALR on 5/12/06) |
| Hits: | 5, at UALR on 5/12/06 |
| Streak: | 8 games (4/2-4/15/06) |
| RBI: | 7, at UALR on 5/12/06) |
| Doubles: | 2, vs. Mississippi Valley State on 3/24/06 |
| Triples: | 1, at Memphis on 3/11/06 |
| HR: | 3, at UALR on 5/12/06 |
| BB: | 4, at Jacksonville State on 2/28/06 |
| SO: | 3, 4 times (Last: vs. UNO on 4/28/06) |
| SB: | None |
| HBP: | 1, 9 times (Last: vs. USM on 6/2/06) |
| Putouts: | 17, vs. South Alabama on 3/31/06 |
| Assists: | 4, vs. South Alabama on 4/2/06 |
| Errors: | 2, vs. Georgia Southern on 3/14/06 |
| Career Pitching Highs | |
| Innings Pitched: | 5.2, vs. FIU on 4/16/06 |
| Hits: | 6, Twice (Last: at UALR on 5/14/06) |
| Runs: | 4, Twice (Last: at UALR on 5/14/06) |
| Earned Runs: | 4, Twice (Last: at UALR on 5/14/06) |
| Bases on Balls: | 3, 4 times (Last: vs. USM on 6/2/06) |
| Strikeouts: | 6, vs. UAB on 4/18/06 |
| Wild Pitches: | 2, vs. UAB on 2/26/06 |
| Hit Batters: | 2, vs. Middle Tennessee on 5/27/06 |
