Florida Gators

2016 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Finalist
2016 NCBWA First Team All-America
2016 ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-America
2016 Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-America
2016 Perfect Game/Rawlings Second Team All-America
2016 D1baseball.com Third Team All-America
2016 ABCA All-South Region First Team
2016 All-SEC First Team
2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
 
AS A JUNIOR (2016): Appeared in 36 games this season, serving the role of closer for the Gators…Pitched to a 3-0 record with a miniscule ERA of 0.97…Gave up 6 runs (5 earned) on 31 hits and 7 walks with 60 strikeouts in 46.1 innings…His .189 batting average against led all Gator pitchers with more than 25 innings pitched…Only allowed two extra base hits all season long…Recorded 13 saves, which ranked first in the SEC and tied the Gator record for most saves in a season, held by Josh Fogg (1998) and Danny Wheeler (1994)…His 0.97 ERA set the Gator record for the lowest in a season since the introduction of aluminum bats in college in 1974…He also ranked fifth all-time in ERA among all UF pitchers…His stellar play earned him the recognition of being named a Stopper of the Year Finalist by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), an award given to the best closer in college baseball…Had 5 wild pitches and only committed one error on the season…Named a First Team All-American by the NCBWA…Named a Second Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball, the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings, and Perfect Game/Rawlings…Named a Third Team All-American by D1baseball.com…Named to the ABCA All-South Region First Team…Named to the All-SEC First Team…Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll…Selected with the 88^th overall pick in the 3^rd round of the MLB draft by the Boston Red Sox.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015): Earned a berth on the SEC Academic Honor Roll…Saw action in 16 games spanning 22 innings and was 0-0 with a 4.09 earned run average…Made his first career start at No. 13 Florida State in Tallahassee on April 14 and yielded two hits and a run in 2.1 innings…Had six relief appearances during SEC play and recorded eight strikeouts in nine innings of work…Was not scored upon in four postseason appearances and totaled eight strikeouts without yielding any walks…Closed the 10-2 victory over No. 8 Miami at the NCAA College World Series with a pair of strikeouts, ending the Hurricanes’ season…Came through with a career-best four punch-outs over two frames in the NCAA Gainesville Regional shutout of Florida A&M…Fanned the lone batter he faced during the SEC Tournament Championship Game against Vanderbilt…Tossed a perfect eighth inning in the series-opening triumph over No. 21 South Carolina…Struck out two of three batters he faced as the Gators claimed the regular-season series with a 2-1 win over Miami at McKethan Stadium…Equaled his career-long of 2.2 innings in the second game of the year versus Rhode Island.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2014): Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll…Made 14 relief appearances for the Gators and was 0-2 with a 5.60 ERA and one save in 17.2 innings…The righty totaled eight strikeouts and issued three walks…Saw action in five SEC games spanning five innings…Threw two scoreless frames against Mercer with a K…Closed the 7-1 victory at FGCU by retiring all three batters he faced…Worked a season-high 2.2 innings and limited No. 17 Miami to one run in the series opener in Coral Gables…Debuted with a scoreless inning and picked up a save against North Florida on Feb. 19.
 
SUMMER: Competed for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod League last summer…In eight appearances, including three starts, Anderson was 0-2 with a 4.09 ERA in 22 innings and totaled 15 K…Started the opener of the CCBL Playoffs but was on the hook for the defeat to Bourne…Fired four shutout frames in a 5-2 win over Harwich…Notched six strikeouts and gave up one hit over five scoreless innings against Bourne…Played for the Lakeshore (Wis.) Chinooks in 2014, along with Gator teammate Ryan Larson…Ranked as the No. 49 top prospect in the NWL by Perfect Game…The Chinooks were crowned as the 2014 Perfect Game Summer Collegiate Team of the Year after winning the league’s championship…Ranked No. 34 on the Northwoods League Top 200 released by the league office…In 10 regular-season appearances, including eight starts, Anderson was 5-1 with a 2.40 ERA and had 43 strikeouts in 52.1 innings…Worked 8.2 innings in Game 2 of Lakeshore’s Divisional Series against Wisconsin, yielding one run on six hits, with five strikeouts and a walk…Did not receive a decision but his squad won on a walk-off single in the 10th inning.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Right-handed pitcher from American Heritage High School who played for head coach Bruce Aven…Selected in the 40th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft by the Washington Nationals with the 1,216th and final pick of the three-day event…Named the 15th recipient of the annual MLB.com “Don’t Count Him Out Award,” marking the second year in a row that a Gator had earned the accolade after former Gator right-hander Eric Hanhold was tabbed in 2012…Was named to Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason Florida Region First Team prior to his senior year…Ranked No. 30 in the state of Florida, No. 6 among right-handers in the Class of 2013 Final Rankings from Perfect Game…An all-state pick in Class 5A who was named the 2013 Miami Herald/Sun-Sentinel Broward County 5A-2A Pitcher of the Year…Anderson was 12-1 and registered a 1.10 ERA in 70 innings, with 94 strikeouts, three complete games and a pair of shutouts…Chosen to the MaxPreps 2013 Baseball Medium Schools All-American Team…Fired a four-hitter in the Region 4-5A semifinal as American Heritage blanked Jensen Beach, 10-0…Was 6-1 with a 0.77 ERA and totaled 74 strikeouts in 63 innings as a junior, when the Patriots claimed the Class 5A state title…Limited Tampa Jesuit to one hit over seven innings and retired the final 14 batters he faced during the semifinal round, a 3-0 victory…American Heritage went on to defeat Ponte Vedra, 9-0, to bring home the 2012 state title.

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