2009 PRESEASON: Named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List honoring the nation’s top player ...

2008: First-Team All-America selection by Baseball America, National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association and Rivals.com ... Named All-Region selection by the American Baseball Coaches Association ... Named All-SEC second team as a reliever ... Semi-finalist for both the Clemens Award and the Stopper of the Year, honoring the nation’s top pitcher and closer ... Winner of the 2008 Cellular South Ferriss Award honoring the top collegiate baseball player in the state of Mississippi ... Made 27 appearances on the season ... Struck out 130 batters and walked only 30 in 70.2 innings of work ... Held opponents to .145 hitting and posted a 1.78 ERA on the year ...  Posted a 7-1 with wins over Mississippi State (3/15), #6 Vanderbilt (4/4), South Alabama (4/8), #8 Georgia (5/3), Auburn (5/11), #20 Kentucky (5/17) and #12 Missouri (6/1) ... Posted eight saves coming against: Southern Miss (3/4), TCU (3/8), LSU (4/11), #10 South Carolina (4/19), Arkansas State (4/23), Arkansas (4/25), Jackson State (4/30) and #6 Georgia (5/21) ... Suffered his only loss at Alabama (3/28) ... Struck out a career-high 12 batters against #12 Missouri ... Turned in a career-long 7.1 innings of work in the win at #20 Kentucky and struck out 10 batters ... NCAA REGIONAL: Made his only appearance in a win over #12 Missouri in an elimination game ... Struck out a career-high 12 batters in 4.1 innings pitched ...

2007: Made 28 appearances on the season, including 25 relief appearances and three starts ... Posted a 2-5 record on the year with seven saves ... His seven saves tied for second most in the Southeastern Conference on the year ... His 25 appearances was fifth in the SEC ... His 18 games finished was fifth in the SEC ... Struck out 59 and walked only 17 in 42.0 IP while turning in an ERA of 2.79 ...  Picked up the win in his first start against Murray State (4/24) ... The performance against Murray State was his most dominant as he stuck out five and walked none with only one hit in 3.0 IP ... Posted saves against No. 21 Evansville (2/18), Memphis (2/20), Belmont (2/27), No. 5 Arkansas (3/2), Austin Peay (3/6), No. 23 UCLA (3/11) and South Alabama (3/20) ... Pitched a season long 7.0 innings in a start against No. 1 Vanderbilt in the semi-finals of the SEC Tournament ... NCAA POSTSEASON: Drew the start in the NCAA Oxford Regional Championship Game against Sam Houston State ...

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Lettered two years at Northeast Texas Community College under head coach Chris Smith ... Named an All-Conference selection ... Selected to participate in the Texas-New Mexico All-Star Game ... Posted a 6-4 record in 11 appearances with a 4.24 ERA in 2005 ... Posted 67 strikeouts and walked only 23 in 58.0 IP ...

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time letterwinner at Texas High School under head coach Glenn Welch ... Selected to the All-District Team ... Posted a 5-3 record with two saves in 12 appearances ... Struck out 77 and walked 43 in 55 innings of work with a 2.08 ERA as a senior in 2004 ...

MISCELLANEOUS: Son of Joe and Nancy Bittle ... Born: August 27, 1986 ... Has one sister, Stacy (22) ... Graduated Cum Laude from Texas High ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Played summer league ball for the Mineral Wells Steam and was selected to play in the Texas Collegiate League All-Star Game ... Major is Psychology.