Career Stats
Major: Mass Communications
2018 All-American Athletic Conference Second Team
2018 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List
2017 Gregg Olson Award Semifinalist (6/5/17)
AS A JUNIOR (2018): Appeared in a team-high 24 games out of the pen as the team’s closer … Finished the season with a 2.34 ERA, a 6-3 record and 50 strikeouts in 42.1 innings … Recorded 12 saves, tied for ninth on USF’s single-season list … Has 19 career saves, eighth-most in program history … Logged multiple innings 10 times … Struck out five in a two inning save at Houston on April 6 … Named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List … Named to the All-American Athletic Conference second team … Drafted in the 8th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017): Appeared in 27 games out of the bullpen as the Bulls’ primary closer…Logged 39.2 innings, striking out 52…Finished with a 6-3 record and a team-high six saves…Struck out a season-high four batters twice, last at UCF on May 20…Logged 3.1 innings in relief twice, last coming vs. Florida on June 3 in the Gainesville Regional...Nine of his appearances were perfect with at least 1.0 inning of work…Struck out multiple men 16 times and struck out the side twice.
AS A FRESHMAN (2016): Appeared in 20 games, making two starts…Tallied one win and one save…struck out 36 batters in just 30.2 innings…Made his collegiate debut with a start against FGCU (2/23)…Moved to the bullpen with 3.0 innings of one-run baseball at Jacksonville (3/9)…Yielded just two earned runs in his first 16.0 innings as a reliever…Set season-high with five strikeouts in 2.0 innings against Memphis (4/9)…Followed up that performance with another 2.0 hitless innings and four more strikeouts against North Florida (4/12)…Notched his first win with 1.2 hitless innings versus UCF (4/30).
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letter winner for head coach Tim Beaman at Timber Creek HS…Compiled a 15-6 record with a 2.00 ERA and 192 strikeouts…Honorable mention all-state and team pitcher of the year as a senior, going 9-2 with a 1.95 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 51.2 innings, the most strikeouts in the district…Honorable mention all-state and team pitcher of the year as a junior, finishing 4-4 with a 2.30 ERA and 70 strikeouts…Went 3-0 as a freshman with a 1.50 ERA.
PERSONAL: Born Andrew Perez on July 25, 1997 in Orlando, Fla. …Parents are Felix and Miguelina…Has two sisters, Ashley and Angelique.
PEREZ'S CAREER HIGHS (as of 6/19/18)
Innings (Starter): 3.0, vs. FGCU (2/23/16)
Innings (Reliever): 4.0 vs. Hartford (6/2/18)
Hits Allowed: 6, 2x, last vs. No. 16 Tulane (5/7/16)
Runs: 6, at Bethune-Cookman (3/1/16)
Earned Runs: 6, at Bethune-Cookman (3/1/16)
Walks: 5, at Bethune-Cookman (3/1/16)
Strikeouts: 5, 2x, last at Houston (4/6/18)
