Phil Bickford - 2014 - Baseball - California State University, Fullerton

California State University, Fullerton

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17 Phil Bickford

Height 6-4
Weight 200
Bats/Throws R/R
Year Freshman
Hometown Newbury Park, Calif.
High School Oaks Christian HS

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CAREER ACCOLADES
2014 Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year
2014 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American

AS A FRESHMAN (2014)
Appeared in 20 games and made 10 starts on the mound in his firstyear with the Titans... Finished the season with a 6-3 record and a2.13 ERA... Allowed opponents to hit just .232 against him andstruck out 74 batters in 76 innings of work... Led the team with a8.76 strikeouts per nine innings average and ranked fourth in theBig West... In conference play, made five appearances and startedtwo games, going 2-1 with a 2.20 ERA. Struck out 11 batters in 16and 1/3 innings... Collected his first career victory in a reliefappearance at No. 9 Oregon on Mar. 2, allowing two hits whilestriking out seven, including six in a row, in just two and 2/3innings of work... Set a career high with nine strikeouts on Mar.29 at Wichita State.

2013 MLB DRAFT
Selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 10^th overallpick of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2013 graduate of Oaks Christian High School in WestlakeVillage, Calif…played four years on the varsity squad forhead coach Tim Penprase…in 2013, led the Lions to the CIFSouthern Section Division IV championship with an 18-strikeoutperformance in a 4-0 shutout of El Rancho High School…OaksChristian finished the season with a 29-3-1 record and won the TriValley League championship with an undefeated record of10-0…completed the year with a 12-1 record, 0.83 ERA and 146strikeouts in 84 and 2/3 innings…honors his senior seasonincluded: CIF Southern Section Division IV Player of the Year, MaxPreps California Medium Schools Baseball all-state team, LosAngeles Times All-Area Team, Los Angeles Daily News All-Area Team,Ventura County Star Player of the Year, Tri-Valley LeagueMVP… was named of one the top 20 pitchers at the 2012 AreaCode games by Louisville Slugger…played for the 2012Milwaukee Brewers Area Code Team…as a junior at OaksChristian was named the Tri-Valley League Most Valuable Pitcherafter finishing 2012 with a 2.42 ERA and an 8-3 record with sevencomplete games, one shutout and two saves…in 72 and 1/3innings struck out 107 and held opposing batters to a .201clip.

PERSONAL
Born in Newbury Park, Calif...parents are David and BarbaraBickford…has one brother (Robert) and four sisters (Tiffany,Sarah, Monique, Sandra)…major is radio, television,film…favorites include: Nolan Ryan (baseball player), FenwayPark (baseball stadium), Derek Jeter (athlete), Eminem, Beach boys(musical artists), Boston Red Sox (baseball team), “Legendsof the Fall” (movie), “The Great Gatsby” (book),Brad Pitt (actor).