Matt Dermody

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Class: Junior Hometown: Norwalk, Iowa High School: Norwalk

Height / Weight: 6-5 / 205 Position: LHP Birthdate: 07/04/1990

2011 Academic All-Big Ten

Hawk Item -- Played summer ball in the Cape Cod League with the Hyannis Mets (2010, 2011)... selected in Major League Baseball's 2011 First-Year Player Draft by the Colorado Rockies in the 29th round (888th pick).

2011 Honors -- Academic All-Big Ten selection. 2011 -- Started all 14 games he appeared... finished with a record of 4-6... registered a 4.15 ERA, allowing 39 earned runs in 84.2 innings pitched... the 84.2 innings pitched are the 13th most in a season in school history and ranked eighth in the Big Ten... recorded 75 strikeouts, which ties for tenth-most in a season in Iowa history... the 75 strikeouts led the conference... recorded one shutout against Indiana (Apr. 17), allowing one run in the victory... went at least five innings in 12 of his 14 starts... allowed two runs or less in nine of his 14 outings... won four straight starts against Western Illinois, Michigan State, Illinois and Indiana from Mar. 27-Apr. 17... 25 batters struck out looking against the lefty, the third most in the Big Ten... ranked eighth in the Big Ten in conference games only with 53 innings pitched and second in number of batters struck out looking (17)... notched a 3.45 ERA at home and a 3.40 ERA in conference games... ranked second on the team in innings pitched per appearance (6.05) and third in strikeouts per nine innings (7.97)... tied for third on the team in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.9)... lefties batted .281 and righties hit .259 against the left-hander.

2010 -- Appeared in 10 games with seven starts... finished with a 7.93 ERA... started an elimination game vs. Purdue at the Big Ten Tournament and picked up the win after going six innings... in the tournament triumph (May 22) he allowed only two runs on eight hits with two strikeouts... earned his first career win Coe at the Corridor Classic (May 4)... his three wins tied for fourth-most on the team... seven starts tied for fourth-most on the pitching staff... opponents hit .318 off the lefty, the fifth-lowest average on the team... tied for third with a .600 win-loss percentage.

High School -- First pitcher in Iowa history to strike out all 18 batters faced in a six-inning perfect game... a three-time first team all-district honoree... earned first team all-conference honors his junior and senior seasons... named all-state super team pitcher and was awarded the Bob Feller Pitching Award his senior year... his senior campaign he hit .434 with 51 RBI and compiled a 10-3 record with 164 strikeouts and a 1.26 ERA... drafted in the 26th round (775th) by the Pittsburgh Pirates... set school records in runs scored (54), slugging percentage, single-season home runs (13) and RBI (51), and career strikeouts (436)... finished career at Norwalk with a 24-13 record on the mound... member of the 2009 state champion Norwalk team... earned three letters in football... received second team all-state award as a wide receiver... received four letters in basketball... named first team all-conference and all-district in basketball... lettered twice in tennis... named to the all-conference academic team all four years in every sport he lettered.

Personal -- Born 7/4/90... parents are Pat and Stephanie Dermody... high school coach was Chad Wiedmann... open major.