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2013 FURMAN UNIVERSITY p BASEBALL Player Profiles 12 Matt SOLTER New Bern, North Carolina New Bern High School RHP p 6-3 p 210 p Sophomore 2012 — Enjoyed a high impact freshman season, ranking second on the team in appearances (32) behind Stephen Gary while going 2-2 and a save in 35.0 innings of work...opponents hits just .245 against him...served primarily in a setup role...picked up his first win in a 9-8 victory over UNCG (0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R)...second win came in another 9-8 decision over Western Carolina (1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 K) in Southern Conference Tournament elimination round game...turned in his strongest outing of the season (3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 5 K) and recorded his first save in series opener against Davidson (12-1 win) that clinched league tournament bid for Paladins...tossed two shutout, hitless frames against Georgia (5-4 win)... earned Valley Baseball League All-Star honors pitching for the Strasburg Express...posted a 2-1 record with a 1.48 ERA and five saves while limiting opponents to a .140 batting average...allowed only 14 hits and recorded 30 strikeouts in 30 1/3 innings. High School: 2011 graduate of New Bern (4A) High School, which also produced current Paladin freshman Matt Towarnicky...head coach was Gary Smith...earned first team All-Mideastern Conference and all-state honors and was named Sun Journal Player of the Year his senior year...landed second team all-conference all-area accolades as a junior and sophomore...helped New Bern to a conference crown in 2010, his junior year...played three seasons of football, seeing action at quarterback and wide receiver...member of 2010 16u WWBA National Championship squad and 16u, 17u Dynamic World Series crown. Personal: Full name is Matthew Alan Solter...son of Alan and Amy Solter...born June 4, 1993, in Quantico, Virginia...health sciences major. season tally in Furman history...recorded saves in three consecutive outings: vs. Miami of Ohio (8-6 win), Gardner-Webb (6-4 win), and Toledo (9-5 win)...delivered a season high five innings of one-hit relief (1 BB, 2 K) to earn the victory in an 8-6, 12-inning road triumph at The Citadel...was superb (1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 3 K) in earning the save in a 6-2 win over Georgia Southern...came back the next day to collect the win (2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R) in a 9-8 series winning triumph over the Eagles... selected to SoCon Academic Honor Roll. High School: 2011 graduate of Ponte Vedra (5A) High School...head coach was Tom Stanton... three-time first team all-county, all-district, and all-region selection...went 7-0 with a 1.39 ERA his senior year...as a junior posted a 7-3 record and 1.72 ERA in helping his team to district and regional championships and Florida High Shool Athletic Association Final Four appearance. Personal: Full name is Lewis Elliott Brown Warford...son of Lewis and Betty Warford...born September 27, 1992, in Lexington, Kentucky...undeclared major. WARFORD'S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS/SUPERLATIVES YEAR W L ERA APP-GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO BF OBA WP HB BK FLD% 2012........6......0..... 3.61........31-3......0.....7.....52.1.....58.....25.....21....21.....36... 233... .290....... 6...... 3...... 0.......750 Innings: 8.0 vs. Appalachian State (May 25, 2012) Hits: 10, Appalachian State (May 25, 2012) Runs: 5, Appalachian State (Game 2/Apr. 21, 2012) Walks: 4, College of Charleston (Mar. 11, 2012), Georgia (Apr. 17, 2012) Strikeouts: 8 vs. Appalachian State (May 25, 2012) 8 Jake WOLFF SOLTER'S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS/SUPERLATIVES YEAR W L ERA APP-GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO BF OBA WP HB BK FLD% 2012........2......2..... 5.40........32-0......0.....0.....35.0.....34.....28.....21....20.....28... 167... .245....... 4...... 4...... 0....1.000 Innings: 3.0 vs. Miami, OH (Game 1/Feb. 18, 2012), Davidson (May 17, 2012) Hits: 6, Miami, OH (Game 1/Feb. 18, 2012) Runs: 3, 4 times Walks: 3, Georgia Southern (Mar. 23, 2012) Strikeouts: 5 vs. Davidson (May 17, 2012) Mountain Rest, South Carolina Walhalla High School RHP p 6-1 p 190 p Sophomore 30 Elliott WARFORD Ponte Vedra, Florida Ponte Vedra High School RHP p 6-2 p 190 p Sophomore 2012 — Put together an outstading freshman campaign, going 6-0 with a 3.61 ERA and seven saves...named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman and Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America squads...worked almost exclusively in a closer's role but made three starts and picked up wins in all three....first two starts were designated — a 7-5 decision over Presbyterian (4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 1 K) and 5-4 triumph over Georgia (3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 2 K)...third start was his finest outing of the season (8.0 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 8 K) in 13-4 Southern Conference elimination game rout of league regular season champion and No. 1 seed Appalachian State... yielded three runs on five hits in first frame against ASU before settling down to surrender only one unearned run over his final seven innings...ranked third on the squad in appearances (31)... allowed runs in only six of his 28 relief appearances...seven saves ranked tied for fourth highest 2012 — Appeared in eight games and made one start vs. USC Upstate (2.0 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K)...did not figure into the decision after team rallied from 6-0 deficit for a 10-7 win over the Spartans...tossed 1 2/3 innings of no-hit relief against College of Charleston (14-6 loss)...worked a perfect frame in 9-5 victory over Toledo...opponents hit just .237...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll...earned Southern Collegiate Baseball League All-Star honors as a closer in 2012, going 3-2 with a 1.92 and one save in helping the Carolina Chaos advance to the SCBL Championship Game. High School: 2011 graduate of Walhalla (3A) High School...pitched and played infield...coach was Jamie Garland...set single season (10) and career (20) home run records...SCBCA North-South All-Star selection...two-time all-region pick...earned region player of the year, All-Mountain Lakes Player of the Year, and all-state honors as a junior (.493, 7-0, 1.96 ERA, 110 K)…member of two district title teams...three-time pick to SC District 1 Big League World Series team and twice named to Palmetto Games... All-Diamond Prospects Team and Diamond Prospects All-Academic Team…SC Scholar Athlete...Walhalla High School MVP, Cy Young Award, Silver Slugger Award…played summer ball with the Diamond Devils (2010 WWBA 17U National Champs)…also played basketball. Personal: Full name is William Jacques Wolff III... son of the late Billy Wolff (2002) and Sherry and Rick Moxley...grandfather is former Paladin basketball great Nield Gordon (1951-52), a member of the Furman, Newberry, Winthrop, South Carolina, and NAIA Athletic Halls of Fame who played alongside Paladin All-American Frank Selvy, averaging 22.6 ppg in his Furman tenure...his No. 27 is one of five retired Furman jerseys...health sciences major. WOLFF'S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS/SUPERLATIVES YEAR W L ERA APP-GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO BF OBA WP HB BK FLD% 2012........0......0..... 5.79..........8-1......0.....0.......9.1.......9.......8.......6......5.......3..... 47... .237....... 3...... 3...... 0...1.050 Innings: 2.0 vs. USC Upstate (Mar. 14, 2012) Hits: 6, USC Upstate (Mar. 14, 2012) Runs: 6, USC Upstate (Mar. 14, 2012) Walks: 2, Appalachian State (2nd Game/Apr. 21, 2012) Strikeouts: 1, 3 times 21