2009 (Sophomore): Did not see game action due to an injury.
2008 (Freshman): Tied a team-high with 21 appearances as a freshman, including three starts...Collected a 2-1 record with a 4.58 ERA and one save...Fanned 45 batters in 39.1 innings, walking just 12 and not tossing a wild pitch...Had a 3.8 strikeout to walk ratio...Opposing batters hit only .222 with runners on base...Fanned the first four batters faced in collegiate debut vs. FAMU (Feb. 23), and finished with six strikeouts in 3.0 innings...Did not allow a run in 12.2 innings of relief from March 1-30...Locked up first college win by pitching 3.0 relief innings vs. CMU (March 1), striking out five and giving up just two hits...Pitched 3.0 scoreless frames with three strikeouts against Monmouth (March 7)...Hurled a perfect ninth with a strikeout at Stetson (March 12)...Nabbed first collegiate save by getting the final out vs. Siena (March 15 G2)...Picked up two strikeouts in a perfect ninth inning vs. Wagner (March 19)...Struck out two in 1.1 scoreless innings at Southern Miss (March 21)...Struck out two in 1.2 frames at Southern Miss (March 23)...Added a strikeout in 1.0 innings to finish the win at FGCU (March 26)...Struck out all three hitters faced in a perfect eighth at Houston (April 4)...Won first collegiate start, going 8.0 innings with no walks, three runs, six hits and six strikeouts to defeat USF (April 8)...Worked 1.2 innings at Tulane (May 3), striking out three and giving up just one hit...Earned three strikeouts in 3.0 innings in a start at USF (May 6)...Pitched 1.1 innings of hitless ball vs. Clemson (May 16).
High School: Member of Boone High School[apos]s pitching staff under head coach Pete Post...Was an all-conference selection all four years...Listed as the top underclassman in the 2005 Academic Showcase by Perfect Game USA, both as a third baseman and as a pitcher, and the 25th top prospect in the entire country...Was the starting pitcher as a sophomore in the state championship title game...Also played four years at quarterback for the football team, leading the Braves to the Class 6A state semifinals in 2006...Led Boone to its first playoff victory in school history as a junior, where he threw a touchdown pass on fourth down vs. Sarasota to send it to overtime and then another TD strike in the extra session that set up the win.
Personal: Born in Orlando, Fla....Son of Craig and Billie Allen...Has a twin brother, Chad, and a sister, Chelsea...Majoring in interpersonal/organizational communication.