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2008 (Sophomore): Selected to the C-USA All-Academic Team...Earned a 4-3 record with a 7.07 ERA and one complete game, while starting the combined no-hitter vs. Wagner...Struck out a career-high 71 batters in just 56.0 innings, good for an 11.41 strikeout-per-game average...Recorded double-digit strikeouts in a game twice...Hurled 3.2 innings with five strikeouts in a start vs. No. 5 Missouri (Feb. 25)...Struck out nine and did not issue a walk in 6.0 innings of work against JU (March 4)...Had 12 strikeouts in just 6.0 innings for a win over Pitt (March 11)...Combined with Austin Hudson to no-hit Wagner (March 17)...In the no-no, set a career-high with 13 strikeouts in 7.0 innings, throwing 109 pitches...Pitched 6.0 shutout innings for the win vs. East Carolina (March 28), striking out nine and giving up just four hits...Struck out six in 5.0 innings vs. Memphis (April 12)...Picked up five strikeouts in 3.2 innings of work vs. Rice (April 27)...Hurled a complete-game, seven-inning three-hitter at Tulane (May 4), not allowing an earned run and striking out four for the win.
2007 (Redshirt): Earned a redshirt...Recorded six starts before suffering an injury...Had a 4.50 ERA and 33 strikeouts...Fanned eight in a 6.1 inning performance vs. Rutgers (March 17)...Struck out 10 while holding UMass (March 10) to just one run on three hits in 7.0 innings in a 5-2 win...Earned the start in the series opener with Monmouth (March 2), striking out four in 5.1 innings...Did not allow an earned run while striking out five in 4.2 innings in a start at LSU (Feb. 23)...Made first start of the year, tossing 3.0 innings against Maryland (Feb. 16)...Struck out two in 1.1 innings of relief vs. FIU (Feb. 4).
2006 (Freshman): Named to the All-Conference USA Freshman Team...Tied for second-most starts at UCF with 11, posting a 3-4 record and a 4.24 ERA...Struck out 70 in 63.2 innings while tossing one of UCF[apos]s two complete-game shutouts...Held lefties to a .192 average...Dominated would-be base runners, recording seven pickoffs and giving up just four stolen bases all year...At the plate, hit .259 with two RBI and four runs scored...First collegiate game was as a starter at designated hitter in season opener at Florida International (Feb. 5)...Was 2-for-5 with a run scored in the series finale vs. North Florida (Feb. 19)...First career start on the mound came vs. Michigan (March 1)...Earned first victory vs. Penn (March 8), holding the Quakers to two hits in six shutout innings with seven strikeouts...Went 1-for-2 with a double, a RBI and two runs scored vs. Wagner (March 13)...Against Siena (March 18), yielding two runs on seven hits in six innings of work while striking out seven...Pitched 8.0 innings and gave up just one hit with a career-high 11 strikeouts vs. Stetson (March 28)...Retired 13 straight Hatters at one point during the game and sat down 17 of the final 18 batters faced...Notched first complete-game shutout with a four-hitter at USF (April 4), registering eight strikeouts and just one walk...Was the first freshman at UCF since 2004 to throw a complete-game shutout...Held No. 23 Tulane to two runs on four hits in 7.2 innings with nine strikeouts (April 15) to earn the win...Performed well in a starting role vs. No. 1 Rice (April 29), limiting the Owls scoreless over 5.1 innings with eight strikeouts...Allowed one run in 6.0 innings with three strikeouts at No. 10 Houston (May 6).
Prior to UCF: Selected in the 50th round of the 2005 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers...Was a two-year letterwinner at Cypress Bay High School for head coach Pete Colabella...Also lettered two seasons at Hollywood Christian School before transferring to Cypress Bay...Tossed a no-hitter in the 2004 Florida Class 6A state championship game vs. Miami Killian to lead Cypress Bay to the state title...Yielded a run with 11 strikeouts in the state championship game...Three-time all-state honoree, including a first-team all-state selection in 2004...Miami Herald all-Broward County team as a first baseman during senior season...Hit .328 with 19 RBI and a .489 on-base percentage...Four-time South Florida Sun-Sentinel all-county selection...As a junior, was an all-region selection by the American Baseball Coaches Association...Batted .493 with three home runs and 36 RBI at first base...Notched a 4-1 record on the mound during junior campaign.
Personal: Mitchell Alvin Houck was born in Weston, Fla....Son of Steve and Shelly Houck...A sports and fitness major.