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Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 36th round (1,109 overall) of the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

Finished his career ranked third all-time in program history in ERA (2.11), tied for fourth in wins (20), ranked sixth in strikeouts (226) and ranked 11th in innings pitched (200.1)...Became the ninth player in program history to record 200 career strikeouts, and the 11th to log 200 career innings.

Among program single-season records, finished his career tied for first in wins (11, 2011), ranked second in ERA (1.23, 2011), ranked fourth in strikeouts (114, 2011) and tied for fifth in innings pitched (95, 2011).

As a Senior in 2013: Made 10 appearances on the mound for the Ravens, including nine starts...CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America Third Team selection...CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District I First Team selection...Northeast-10 Conference Academic All-Conference Team selection...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...Finished tied for 12th in the Northeast-10 in strikeouts (61)...Finished third on the team in starts and strikeouts...Logged 48.1 innings and posted a 2.23 ERA...Allowed 14 runs (12 earned) on 29 hits, walked 13, hit two batters and threw a pair of wild pitches...Recorded a .176 opponent batting average (29-for-165) on his way to a 4-1 record...Took the ball on Opening Day for the first time in his career, fired eight innings, allowed one run on three hits, walked two and struck out a career-best 14, the sixth double-digit strikeout outing of his career, to pick upt he win against Felician on 2/21...Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 2/24...Needed only 105 pitches to get through a career-best 10 innings, but still left well before the game would be decided, allowed just two runs (one earned) on three hits, did not issue a walk and struck out 13, the seventh double-digit strikeout outing of his career, in the first game of a doubleheader at Dowling on 3/10...Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 3/10...Tossed six shutout innings, allowed four hits, did not issue a walk and struck out nine to pick up the win in the first game of a doubleheader against Mercy on 3/15...Fired eight shutout innings and 105 pitches, allowed just two hits, walked two and struck out 10, the eighth and final double-digit strikeout performance of his career, to notch a win in the first game of a doubleheader against Saint Rose on 3/24...Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 3/24...Needed 118 pitches to battle through six innings, allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits, walked two, threw a wild pitch and struck out nine, but did not factor in the decision in the front end of a doubleheader against Massachusetts Lowell on 3/30...Tossed six innings and 57 pitches, allowed one run on three hits, walked two, struck out three and left with an eight-run lead on the way to a win in the first game of a doubleheader against Southern Connecticut State on 4/6...Exited his next two starts in the first inning due to injury and was effectively shut down for the remainder of the season...Though the team faced a huge deficit, was brought on to pitch the seventh and closed out his collegiate career with a scoreless inning, allowed three singles and threw a wild pitch, but got a strikeout to strand the bases full in the NCAA Championship National Finals against Grand Valley State on 5/29.
2013 Statistics 

As a Junior in 2012: Made 13 appearances on the mound for the Ravens, including nine starts...CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America Third Team selection...CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District I First Team selection...Northeast-10 Conference Academic All-Conference Team selection...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...Tied for 19th in the Northeast-10 in wins (5)...Tied for third on the team in games started...Posted a 5-2 record with one save, one complete game and a 3.47 ERA over 57 innings...Allowed 26 runs (22 earned) on 45 hits, walked 32, hit four batters, threw five wild pitches, struck out 51 and held opponents to a .210 batting average (45-for-214)...Came on in the seventh, pitched two innings, allowed one unearned run on one hit and struck out two at Tampa on 3/20...Started, threw six shutout innings, allowed three hits, walked one and struck out seven to pick up his first win of the season in the second game of a doubleheader against Concordia (N.Y.) on 4/5...Started, tossed six shutout innings, allowed two hits, walked four and struck out seven, but did not factor in the decision at Southern New Hampshire on 4/11...Started, threw five innings, was touched for six runs on eight hits, walked four and struck out three, but picked up the win against Southern New Hampshire on 4/17...Came on to start the ninth, did not allow a hit and worked around a two-out walk to protect a one-run lead and pick up his first career save in the first game of a doubleheader at Stonehill on 4/21...Started, fired eight innings, allowed one run on five hits, walked one, hit a batter and struck out eight to pick up the win against Merrimack on 4/29...Started, threw six innings, allowed four runs on three hits, walked six and struck out a season-best 11 to pick up the win in the first game of a doubleheader at Saint Michael's on 5/5...Took over in the sixth, pitched 2.2 shutout innings, allowed two hits, walked one and hit a batter in the Northeast-10 Championship against Le Moyne on 5/13...Started, went the distance for the first time in 365 days, allowed just one unearned run on six hits, walked four, hit a batter and struck out four to pick up the win in the NCAA Championship East Regional against Wilmington (Del.) on 5/18.
2012 Statistics 

As a Sophomore in 2011: Started 13 games on the mound for the Ravens...ABCA All-America First Team selection...Daktronics All-America First Team selection...NCBWA All-America First team selection...College Baseball Lineup Tino Martinez DII Player of the Year Award finalist...College Baseball Lineup DII All-Star Team selection...ABCA East Region Pitcher of the Year...Daktronics East Region Pitcher of the Year...NCBWA East Region Pitcher of the Year...ABCA All-East Region First Team selection...Daktronics All-East Region First Team selection...NCBWA All-East Region First Team selection...NEIBA All-Star Team selection...Northeast-10 Conference Pitcher of the Year...All-Northeast-10 Conference First Team selection...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...Ranked fifth in the nation in ERA (1.23), ranked eighth in strikeouts (114), tied for eighth in wins (11), ranked 18th in hits allowed per nine innings (5.97) and ranked 23rd in both strikeouts per nine innings (10.8) and walks allowed per nine innings (1.23)...Tied for the Northeast-10 lead in wins...Ranked second in the Northeast-10 in ERA, ranked third in strikeouts, ranked fourth in opponent batting average (.188) and tied for fifth in innings pitched (95.0)...Led the team in ERA, wins, complete games (4), shutouts (2), innings pitched and opponent batting average...Tied for the team lead in appearances and ranked second in strikeouts...Made his Franklin Pierce debut with a start, threw seven shutout innings, did not issue a walk and struck out nine to earn the win in the second game of a doubleheader against Dominican on 2/26...Fired seven innings, allowed one run on four hits, walked two and posted a career-high 13 strikeouts to tally the win in the second game of a doubleheader at Mercy on 3/4...Tossed seven shutout innings, allowed five hits, did not issue a walk and struck out eighth to earn the win against Felician on 3/12...Chucked six innings, allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits, walked one and struck out 12 to pick up the win in the second game of a doubleheader against St. Thomas Aquinas on 3/17...Tossed seven innings without allowing an earned run, surrendered one unearned run on four hits, walked two and struck out eight to pick up the win against Saint Anselm on 3/24...Fired eight shutout innings, allowed three hits, walked two and struck out 10 to defeat Southern Connecticut State in the second game of a doubleheader on 4/2...Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 4/3...Threw six shutout innings, allowed five hits, walked one and struck out seven to earn a win against Merrimack on 4/7...Fired a three-hit shutout, walked two and matched his career high with 13 strikeouts to win at Stonehill on 4/20...Named Northeast-10 Co-Pitcher of the Week for the week ending on 4/24...Followed that with a four-hit shutout, issued no walks and struck out seven to down Massachusetts Lowell on 4/26...Named Northeast-10 Pitcher of the Week for the week ending on 5/1...Tossed 5.1 innings, allowed two runs on four hits, walked one and struck out nine to get a win in the second game of a doubleheader at New Haven on 5/7...Went the distance, allowed three runs on eight hits, walked one and struck out one to defeat Massachusetts Lowell in the NCAA Championship East Regional on 5/19.
2011 Statistics 

As a Redshirt Freshman at University of Connecticut in 2010: Made five relief appearances for the Huskies...Posted an 0-1 record with a 9.53 earned-run average...Over 5.2 innings, allowed eight runs (six earned) on nine hits, walked four and struck out five...Made his collegiate debut, threw two-thirds of an inning of relief, allowed one run on two hits, walked one and took the loss against Northwestern on 2/26...Pitched a perfect inning out of the bullpen at Hartford on 4/5.
2010 Statistics 

As a Freshman at University of Connecticut in 2009: Did not pitch.

Before College: All-State selection as a sophomore and a junior at Souhegan High School (N.H.)...All-State Honorable Mention as a freshman...Captured an AAU national championship at the 13U level.

Personal: Son of Jan and Dale Thompson...Has an older brother, Sam...A mass communication major.