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2024 Baseball Roster

Dave Dorn

29 Sam Downs

  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 225
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Frederick, Md.

Biography

AT UMBC
As A Graduate (2024):

  • America East First Team All-Conference 
  • America East All-Academic Team
  • 2x Pitcher of the Week (2/27 and 3/5)
  • Appeared in 21 games with six starts on the mound
  • Threw 6.0 innings and struck out five batters against Yale, recording the win for the Retrievers 
  • Recorded a 4-1 record with six saves in 72.0 innings pitched
  • Struck out 62 batters on the season


AT STEVENSON UNIVERSITY
Accolades

  • 2023 MAC-Commonwealth Pitcher of the Week 1x
  • 2023 MAC-Commonwealth Pitcher of the Year
  • 2023 MAC-Commonwealth First Team


As a Graduate (2023):

  • Appeared and started ten games on the mound
  • Posted a 5-2 record with a league leading 2.10 ERA
  • Tossed 51.1 innings allowing just 12 runs
  • Led league in opponent batting average (.202), strikeouts looking (28), hits allowed (39), and home runs allowed (1)
  • Tallied six or more strikeouts eight times
  • Recorded a career/team high 11 strikeouts in win over Messiah (3/18/23)
  • Pitched 5.0 hitless innings with ten Ks against Ursinus (2/26/23)


As a Senior (2022):

  • Started 3 games on the mound
  • Tossed 4.2 innings striking out eight batters
  • Struck out 4 batters in game against York(Pa.) (4/5/22)


As a Junior (2021):

  • Made two starts on the mound 
  • Went 0-1 with a 10.13 ERA in 5.1 IP 
  • Registered seven strikeouts in four innings, allowing just two hits and no runs in win against Eastern (3/6/21)


As a Sophomore (2020):

  • Finished 3-0 with a 1.57 ERA in four starts.
  • Struck out 26 in 23 innings pitched.
  • Ended the season tied for No. 16 in Division III in victories.
  • Struck out eight in five innings in the season opener at Gallaudet (2/21)
  • Allowed three hits and fanned seven in five shutout innings against CCNY (2/29)
  • Recorded seven strikeouts in six innings against Lancaster Bible (3/4)
  • Surrendered one unearned run in seven innings against Montclair State, allowing four hits (3/10)


As a Freshman (2019):

  • Went 3-1 with a 2.94 ERA in 11 appearances (three starts)
  • Allowed one hit in four innings en route to a win against MCLA (3/3)
  • Surrendered four hits and one run in six innings against Widener (3/29)
  • Started and allowed three hits and one unearned run in a win against Catholic (4/22)

Background:
  • Getting a master's in Entrepreneurship Innovation and Leadership 
  • Attended Linganore High School Net Market, MD
  • Son of Brian And Stephanie Downs
  • Conference Pitcher Of The Year MAC Commonwealth 2023 
  • Dean's List 2018-2023 
  • Favorite Food: Steak 
  • Favorite Pro Team: The Baltimore Ravens

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Land Acknowledgement
UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. Learn more about this statement here.