2016 Golden Spikes Award Finalist
2016 NCBWA District III Player of the Year
2016 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
2016 SEC Pitcher of the Year
2016 ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-America
2016 Baseball America First Team All-America
2016 Collegiate Baseball First Team All-America
2016 D1baseball.com First Team All-America
2016 NCBWA First Team All-America
2016 Perfect Game/Rawlings First Team All-America
2016 ABCA All-South Region First Team
2016 All-SEC First Team
2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team
2015 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Preseason Watch List
2014 Perfect Game National Freshman of the Year
2014 SEC Freshman of the Year
2014 Louisville Slugger Third-Team All-American
2014 Baseball America Freshman All-American
2014 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
2014 NCBWA Freshman All-American
2014 Perfect Game Freshman All-American
2014 All-SEC First Team
2014 SEC All-Freshman Team
2014 SEC Freshman of the Week (5/12)
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AS A JUNIOR (2016): Made 18 starts for the Gators this season as their primary Friday night starter…Pitched to a 12-1 record with a 2.31 ERA…Gave up 29 runs (27 earned) on 82 hits and 19 walks with 96 strikeouts in 105.1 innings pitched…Allowed opponents to hit just .215 against him, which ranked 6
th in the SEC among all qualified pitchers…Ranked third in the SEC and accumulated the fifth-most innings pitched while making more starts than any other pitcher in the conference…He was one of just three pitchers in the SEC to record 3 complete games and two shutouts this season…His first career shutout came on February 26 against then-no. 6 Miami in Coral Gables, giving up just 4 hits with no walks and 8 strikeouts while completing the nine frames in 95 pitches…His second career shutout came at home against Georgia, a game in which he allowed only two hits and a walk while striking out 6…Pitched to a 6-0 record in SEC play with an ERA of 2.48, tops among Gator starters…Only threw two wild pitches (tied for the lowest among Gator pitchers with at least 20 IP) and committed one error on the season…Made three starts during the NCAA Tournament, accumulating a 2-1 record with an ERA of 1.86, including 8 shutout innings against Florida State in an elimination game in the Super Regional…He is tied with Hudson Randall for the third-most games started by a Gator pitcher in their career with 52…Moves into second place all-time in UF history with 30 career wins…Ranks 7
th, just behind teammate A.J. Puk, among all Gator pitchers with 248 career strikeouts…Earned a spot on the All-SEC first team and was named the SEC Pitcher of the Year…One of four finalists for the Golden Spikes Award finalist, an award given annually to the top amateur baseball player…Named a semifinalist for the Dick Howser trophy along with teammate Peter Alonso…Named the District III Player of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)…Selected to the All-South Region First Team by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)…Named First Team All-America by every major outlet, including ABCA/Rawlings, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1baseball.com, NCBWA, and Perfect Game/Rawlings...Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll…Chosen with the 47
th overall pick in the 2
nd round of the MLB draft by the Oakland Athletics.
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AS A SOPHOMORE (2015): The Gators’ Friday night starter was 11-6 over a team-leading 19 starts, with 84 strikeouts, 24 walks and a 2.72 earned run average in a team-high 112.1 innings…The righty started three of the club’s four shutouts on the campaign and was responsible for two of the squad’s three complete games after going the distance against Alabama (March 27) and Mississippi State (April 17)…His total of 11 wins was the most by a Florida pitcher since Hudson Randall was 11-3 in 2011…Started all 10 SEC games for the second year in a row and was 3-6 with a 2.69 ERA, with 48 strikeouts in 63.1 innings…Was a perfect 5-0 during the postseason and compiled a 2.43 ERA, registering 24 strikeouts and permitting five walks in 29.2 innings…Shore’s four career NCAA Tournament victories are one shy of the school record held by Randall (2010-12)…Claimed both of his outings during the NCAA College World Series…Kept the Gators alive by downing eventual national champion Virginia (6.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 K)…Opened the action in Omaha with a win over Sunshine State rival No. 8 Miami (5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 6 K)…Held No. 10 Florida State scoreless over 5.2 innings in Game 1 of the NCAA Gainesville Super Regional…Limited Florida A&M to a pair of singles in five shutout frames to start the NCAA Gainesville Regional…Delivered 7.2 innings, with seven strikeouts and zero walks, to eliminate Auburn from the SEC Tournament…Allowed one run to No. 8 Vanderbilt over seven innings in the series opener in Nashville but was on the short end of a 2-0 score…Notched seven strikeouts without any walks in 7.1 innings during the first meeting with Kentucky but suffered the defeat…Twirled a complete game (6 H, 3 R, 6 K, 0 BB) to take game one at Mississippi State…Kept Missouri to one run on four hits in eight innings in the Gators’ 5-1 win in Columbia…Authored his first career complete game in the back end of a doubleheader with Alabama and matched his career-best total of eight strikeouts for the second time…Had a career-long stretch of 23.2 scoreless innings between March 30, 2014 (NCAA Gainesville Regional versus the College of Charleston)-March 13, 2015 (SEC opener against Tennessee)…Fired eight scoreless frames against Maine on March 6 after 6.1 innings without yielding a run to Stony Brook on Feb. 27…Raised the curtain on the campaign by putting up zeroes over five innings to defeat Rhode Island.
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AS A FRESHMAN (2014): Chosen as the National Freshman of the Year by Perfect Game and was the SEC Freshman of the Year, the first Gator pitcher to receive the honor…Was a third-team All-American by Louisville Slugger and earned Freshman All-American recognition from Baseball America, Louisville Slugger, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Perfect Game…A first-team All-SEC starting pitcher, joining the league’s Pitcher of the Year, LSU’s Aaron Nola, Shore was 7-4 with a team-low 2.16 ERA…Totaled a team-leading 68 strikeouts in 95.2 innings and 15 of his 16 appearances were starts…Worked at least five innings in each start…Turned in a sterling 7-1 mark in 10 SEC games, with a 2.08 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 65 innings…Started UF’s first outing of the NCAA Gainesville Regional and suffered the defeat against the College of Charleston (5.0 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 6 K)…Threw 7.1 scoreless innings as Florida captured its series opener with a 1-0 victory over No. 10 Vanderbilt on ESPNU’s Thursday Night Baseball and was later tabbed as the SEC Freshman of the Week for his efforts…Registered a career-high eight strikeouts and permitted just two singles to the Commodores…Vanderbilt hitters went 2-for-23 (.087) against the right-hander and none advanced past second base…Fired six shutout innings to claim the opener at No. 20 Alabama…Held Missouri to one run over 7.1 innings and had five strikeouts in the Gators’ 7-1 triumph…Earned the first win in the sweep of Georgia (5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R)…Kept No. 19 Kentucky scoreless over seven innings in Lexington to help the Orange and Blue even the series…Was one out shy of his first career complete game in a 6-2 victory over No. 4 LSU as Florida swept both ends of a doubleheader that day…Picked up first collegiate win in the SEC opener against Arkansas, when he surrendered one run in 6.1 innings and registered five strikeouts…Tossed seven shutout innings in the first meeting with UConn but received a no-decision…Casey Turgeon poked a game-winning, two-out single in the 11th inning to score Josh Tobias with the game’s lone run…Tallied seven K versus FGCU but was on the wrong end of a 2-1 score…Debuted with four strikeouts in 5.1 innings and the Gators plated four runs in the seventh to handle UCF, 5-1.
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SUMMER: Played for the 2015 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, along with Gator teammates A.J. Puk, Buddy Reed and JJ Schwarz…Ranked as the No. 7 prospect on Team USA by Baseball America and was No. 8 by Perfect Game…Appeared in three games and made one start, posting a 2-1 record…Tossed nine innings, his first eight scoreless, registering 10 strikeouts and permitting three walks…Tossed four shutout innings of relief for the win in his Team USA debut versus Chinese Taipei on June 27, allowing just three hits and striking out five…Worked four innings in relief against Cuba for his second win of the summer, allowing just two hits and striking out three…Final line was dented in a one-inning start versus the Canadian National Team, which won the Pan American Gold Medal.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Right-handed pitcher from Coon Rapids High School who played for head coach Jerry Coe…Selected in the 29th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft by the Minnesota Twins with the 860th choice…Named the 2013 Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Minnesota after going 9-0 with a 0.27 ERA on the mound and a .429 batting average at the plate…Claimed the 2013 Mr. Baseball Award, presented by the Minnesota Minute Men in cooperation with the Twins…Rated No. 2 in the state of Minnesota and was the No. 42 right-hander in the Class of 2013 Final Rankings by Perfect Game…Ranked No. 202 in the 2013 Baseball America 500…Chosen as a Third-Team Preseason All-American and to Rawlings’ Preseason Central All-Region First Team by Perfect Game prior to his senior year…Was a first-team pick on MaxPreps 2013 Preseason All-America Team…Fired a no-hitter in a 2-0 quarterfinal victory over Wayzata in the Class 3A state tournament…Pitched the Cardinals to their third section title in five seasons with an 8-1 victory over Maple Grove in the Section 5AAA Championship Game…Permitted two hits and yielded an unearned run over seven innings, with nine strikeouts and zero walks…Also delivered at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a first-inning RBI single…Threw a one-hitter in Coon Rapids’ Section 7AAA opener, allowing just a bunt for a base-hit…Was a first-team all-state selection and the Star-Tribune’s Metro Player of the Year in 2012, when he was 6-0 with a 0.80 ERA and 51 strikeouts…Made the 28-man cut for the 2012 USA 18-U National Team…Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and also lettered in hockey at Coon Rapids…Volunteered on behalf of youth baseball programs and Feed My Starving Children, which sends meals to malnourished children around the world.
SHORE’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year |
ERA |
W |
L |
App |
GS |
CG |
SHO |
CBO |
SV |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
2B |
3B |
HR |
BF |
B/Avg |
WP |
HBP |
BK |
SFA |
SHA |
2014 |
2.16 |
7 |
4 |
16 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
95.2 |
86 |
27 |
23 |
20 |
68 |
15 |
0 |
1 |
389 |
0.241 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2015 |
2.72 |
11 |
6 |
19 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
112.1 |
97 |
35 |
34 |
24 |
84 |
15 |
3 |
5 |
449 |
0.238 |
6 |
12 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
2016 |
2.31 |
12 |
1 |
18 |
18 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
105.1 |
82 |
29 |
27 |
19 |
96 |
16 |
6 |
4 |
412 |
0.215 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
TOTAL |
2.41 |
30 |
11 |
53 |
52 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
313.1 |
265 |
91 |
84 |
63 |
248 |
46 |
9 |
10 |
1250 |
0.231 |
11 |
27 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
SHORE’S CAREER HIGHS
Innings pitched: 9.0, 5 times
Walks allowed: 3, 5 times
Strikeouts: 10, Missouri, Mar 18, 2016
Batters faced: 37, Alabama, Mar 27, 2015
Field chances: 4, Bethune-Cookman, Jun 03, 2016; Auburn, May 14, 2015
Putouts: 2, at Missouri, Apr 03, 2015; Mississippi State, Apr 08, 2016; Florida A&M, May 29, 2015
Assists: 4, Auburn, May 14, 2015
Runners CS: 2, Rhode Island, Feb 13, 2015; Auburn, May 14, 2015