AT SJSU: Completed his four-year career as a pitcher in 2013...finished career 6-13 with a 5.43 ERA in 169 innings pitched over 52 appearances including 24 starts...96 career strikeouts.
2013: Threw six innings of shutout ball and got the win versus UOP in his first start of the season (2/16)...appeared in 17 games, making 14 starts...finished 4-9 with a 5.75 ERA in 87.2 innings (2nd on the team)...struck out 42 batters and walked 31...completed six innings or more in 11 of his 14 starts got the starting nod for the Spartans' opening game at the WAC Tournament (5/22)...pitched a career-high eight innings in back-to-back games against UTSA (3/28) and Louisiana Tech (4/5)...allowed only one run in seven innings and struck out a career-high seven in a 2-1 win against CSU Bakersfield (5/17)...threw four innings of shutout relief allowing one hit against Dallas Baptist (3/24)...tied for the team lead striking out 15 batters looking.
2012: Started 10 games among 16 total appearances...Second on the team with 59 innings pitched and third with 41 strikeouts...Posted a 3.97 ERA and 2-3 record...Had a better-than 2-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks ratio at 2.2 (41 Ks, 19 BBs)...Led the Spartans to their first victory of the season with a seven-inning outing at San Francisco (Feb. 19)...Threw a career-long 7 2/3 innings and struck out a career-high six in his final start of the season versus New Mexico State (May 19)...Struck out five in 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief during the Spartans' 4-2 win over Columbia (March 9)...Went seven straight appearances from April 7-May 6 in which he walked just one or zero batters. He struck out 11 batters during that same stretch...Base stealers were least successful against him among all Spartans pitchers, only swiping a bag at a 44.4 percent clip.
2011: Made six appearances in relief...Threw a scoreless inning of relief at New Mexico State (April 16)...Longest outing of the season was 1 1/3 innings versus UC Davis (March 28)...Had two strikeouts in an inning of relief versus Brown (March 30).
2010: Appeared in 13 games all in relief...In 17 2/3 innings allowed 29 hits and 16 earned runs while striking out 10...Debut came against Saint Mary's (Feb. 20)...Worked a perfect inning at Stanford (May 4) throwing only 11 pitches...Longest outing was four innings at Nevada (May 7) where he recorded five strikeouts.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2009 graduate of Monterey (Calif.) High School...A three-year letterwinner (Coach Michael Groves)...Named to the 2009 Louisville Slugger High School All-American Team by Collegiate Baseball as a pitcher and outfielder...Selected to the CalHiSports.com All-State team...Chosen Monterey County Player of the Year by The Salinas Californian and The Herald...Honored as the Monterey Bay League (MBL) MVP...Went 5-0 with a 1.25 ERA in league, and overall 9-3 with an MBL-best 2.52 ERA...Set a single-season school record with 128 strikeouts in 83.1 innings...Strikeout total was ninth-best in the state...Single-game season high for strikeouts was 15...Made 12 starts among 15 appearances, with an area-best eight complete games...Reached double figures in strikeouts six times, fanning at least seven in every start one and in 12 of his 15 outings...At the plate he led the league with a .581 average and 21 RBI in MBL contests...Batted .433 overall, fourth-best in the MBL...Compiled 23 runs, 25 RBI, seven doubles, one triple and 30 stolen bases over 31 games...Led team to a share of its seventh straight MBL title, and then to the Central Coast Section Division II semifinals...Went 14-4 over his final two seasons, including 10-1 in league games...Lettered one year in water polo.
DAVID WAYNE: Majoring in business management...Enjoys going to the beach, hanging out with friends and playing video games...Played club baseball for the San Jose Blaze...A native of Monterey, Calif., David Wayne Russo was born October 26, 1990.