2008 Tied for second on team in games started with 10... Fourth on the team in innings pitched at 57 1/3... Finished with 35 strikeouts against 20 walks... Finished 2-4 in conference play... Picked up consecutive wins over Mercer and Lipscomb... Pitched 5.0 innings and struck out 4 in win over Mercer (3/29/08) and 5 2/3 innings with 2 strikeouts in win over Lipscomb (4/5/08)... Season high 6 strike outs vs. LSU (3/8/08) and again vs. Iowa (3/19/08)... Opened the season with a season-high 7 1/3 innings pitched, 4 strike outs and no earned runs allowed vs. Michigan State (2/22/08).
2007 Led the Atlantic Sun Conference in shutouts with two... Finished tied for sixth in the conference with two complete games... Named to the A-Sun Championship All-Tournament Team... Tied for fourth on the team in appearances with 17... Third on the team in games started with 13 and in innings pitched with 78.2... Finished with 42 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.89... Pitched nine innings, struck out a season-high six batters and picked up a 3-0 shutout over Kennesaw State (3/31/07)... Pitched 9.2 innings giving up just one run and equaling a season-high striking out six batters in Stetson’s 2-1 win over Mercer (5/25/07).
2006 Went 6-0 in 20 appearances, including two starts... Named to Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team... Third on the team with a 3.52 ERA... Earned the win in first career start with six innings of one-run ball April 2 vs. Vermont... Won his only other start April 18 vs. Bethune-Cookman... Threw six innings allowing three runs on six hits... In his debut, tossed 4 1/3 scoreless innings with four strikeouts against Southern Miss. on Feb. 18... Threw three scoreless innings in a 9-1 victory at Belmont on April 9.
High School Posted a 5-1 record with a 2.40 ERA his junior year at Santa Fe High School... Struck out 60 batters in 37 innings... Helped lead his team to a county and district championship with an overall 21-7 record... Also competed in basketball and golf.
Personal Robert Jake Hitchcock was born January 28, 1987, in Gainesville, Florida... Is the son of Alan Hitchcock... Majoring in Business Administration at Stetson... Father and sister both competed in basketball at the community college level.
