Career Stats
Major: International Studies
2017 All-American Athletic Conference Second Team
2017 American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (3/13/17)
AS A SENIOR (2017): Started a team-leading 16 games as the Bulls' Friday night starter for a second-straight year…Posted a 2.78 ERA and a 6-2 record…Led USF with 97.0 innings pitched and 109 strikeouts…Finished second in The American with a 4.36 strikeout-to-walk ratio and second in strikeouts…Second on the team and fourth in the conference with 10.11 strikeouts per nine innings…Named to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll on March 13…Logged a season-long 7.0 innings five times and struck out double-digit batters three times…Put together back-to-back 7.0 inning outings with double-digit strikeouts on March 10 and March 17…Allowed just five hits with 10 K's, one walk and no runs vs. Valpo on March 10 and four hits with a season-high 11 K's and one walk vs. Harvard on March 17. Pitched 7.0 scoreless innings allowing just five hits with seven strikeouts in the Gainesville Regional opener vs. Bethune-Cookman on June 2…Drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 10th round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft on June 13.
AS A JUNIOR (2016): Appeared in 16 games, making 15 starts...Finished 5-5 with a 4.15 ERA and one save...Ranked third in The American in shutouts (one), fifth in strikeouts (95), sixth in games started (15), and eighth in innings pitched (95.1)...Ranked sixth in conference play in strikeouts (45)...Two-time Pitcher of the Week in The American (3/28, 5/2)...Served as the team's Friday night starter throughout the season...Made his Bulls debut, going 6.0 innings and allowing one earned run in the 11-10 Opening Day victory over Liberty (2/19)...Threw his first complete game with 9.0 scoreless innings of five hit, one walk, seven strikeout baseball in the 4-0 victory over Dartmouth (3/25)...Fired 8.0 scoreless innings, yielding one walk and two hits, while striking out 12 in a 4-0 win against UCF (4/29)...Earned the save with a scoreless inning against East Carolina in The American Conference Tournament (5/25)...Delievered a quality start versus Memphis (6.0 innings and three runs) in The American Conference Tournament (5/27).
AS A SOPHOMORE AT DAYTONA ST. COLLEGE (2015): Appeared in 16 games, making 14 starts…Went 6-6 with a 2.50 ERA…Led team in complete games (three) and strikeouts (71)…Fired 6.0 scoreless innings of six hit baseball, for the win, in a 5-1 victory at Polk St. (2/7)…Struck out a season-high nine batters, yielding just one run in 7.0 innings of work, earning the win, in a 4-2 victory at Rollins College (2/23)…Tossed a complete game of one-run baseball, for the win, in a 4-2 victory over Lake Sumter St. College (3/4)…Tossed another complete game allowing two runs on nine hits, claiming the win, in a 8-3 victory at College of Central Florida (4/6).
AS A FRESHMAN AT DAYTONA ST. COLLEGE (2014): Appeared in and made 12 starts…Went 4-6 with a 3.17 ERA…Struck out a team-high 52 batters…Walked just eight hitters in 65.1 innings pitched.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year letter winner for head coach Ron Brooks at Buchholz High School.
PERSONAL: Born Phoenix Clark Sanders on June 5, 1995 in Aussburg, Germany…Parents are Kevin and Lorea…Has two brothers Dallas and Hudson, and one sister, Brooklyn.
SANDERS' CAREER HIGHS (as of 6/4/17)
Innings (Starter): 9.0, vs. Dartmouth (3/25/16)
Innings (Reliever): 1.0, vs. East Carolina (5/25/16)
Hits Allowed: 12, 2x, last, at #21 East Carolina (5/13/16)
Runs: 8, 2x, last, vs. Memphis (4/8/16)
Earned Runs: 7, 2x, last, at #21 East Carolina (5/13/16)
Walks: 4, at UCF (4/15/16)
Strikeouts: 12, 2x, last, vs. UCF (4/29/16)
