Outlook Southpaw Miami transfer is one of the top prospects in the nation, was tabbed as the 57th-best college prospect available for the 2011 MLB Draft by Baseball America ... Has the best swing and miss pitching ability on the UK pitching staff ... Could be a weekend starter for UK or a late-inning closer out of the bullpen ... Had the most productive fall of any pitcher on the club, tossing 19 innings and owning a 0.95 ERA with 19 strikeouts ... Most recently, transferred from Heartland Community College, along with UK outfielder Zac Zellers ... Had a 2-0 record and a 2.57 ERA in 2010 as a freshman at Miami in nine games and two starts, and a 7-3 record with a 3.77 ERA in 12 games at Heartland.
Junior College Was named one of the top 20 NJCAA prospects by Baseball America ... Teamed with current UK teammate Zac Zellers at Heartland Community College ... Appeared in 12 games for Heartland, tossing 62 innings, with 70 strikeouts, 34 walks, a 3.77 ERA and a 7-3 record ... Allowed only 50 hits in 62 frames.
Miami (2010) Played his freshman season for coach Jim Morris at the University of Miami (Fla.) ... Appeared in nine games with two starts, posting a 2-0 record and a 3.57 ERA ... Tossed 17.2 innings, allowing six walks and striking out 13 ... Allowed one homer on the year, with opponents hitting .239 ... Miami posted a 43-20 overall record with a 20-11 mark in ACC play, advancing to the NCAA Tournament ... Had the worst outing of his two-year career in his collegiate debut, allowing three hits and five runs - three earned - with one walk, not getting an out vs. Rutgers ... Rebounded in his next outing, going two shutout innings with two hits and two strikeouts vs. Manhattan ... Turned in a shutout inning vs. Central Florida on March 9, walking one with two strikeouts ... Made his first career start against Fordham on March 17, going four innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs with no walks and four strikeouts ... Started in his next appearance and turned in the best outing of his Miami career, going six innings for his first NCAA win, allowing two hits and one run, not issuing a walk with two strikeouts in just 68 pitches ... Picked up his second career win in a 6-5 thriller with No. 6 Florida State, going 1.1 shutout innings with one walk ... The following day in the finale vs. No. 6 FSU, come on in relief of starter Eric Erickson, going 1.1 innings, allowing one run without surrendering a hit, walking two ... Appeared in a win over South Florida on April 28, tossing one inning, allowing three hits and one run, with one punchout ... In his final appearance of the year vs. Maryland on May 2 at Alex Rodriguez Park, tossed a shutout inning, allowing one hit, one walk with two strikeouts.
High School One of the more highly recruited players in the nation coming out of high school, was a member of the Baseball America draft top-100 listing ... A first-team all-state honoree as a senior in 2009, also earning all-conference and all-area three times ... Totaled a 0.43 ERA as a senior in 2009, with a 6-3 record and 109 strikeouts ... Set the school record as a sophomore with 18 strikeouts in a game ... Named the 2009 Male Student-Athlete of the Year ... Went 4-3 with a 1.14 ERA and 110 strikeouts as a sophomore and 5-3 with a 1.88 ERA as a junior ... Played on the White Sox Area Code team ... Played at Johnsburg High School for coach Dann Giesey ... Also played football as the three-year starting quarterback, earning all-conference accolades three years and all-area honors as a junior and senior.
Personal Full name is Jerad Scott Grundy ... Son of Randy and Linda Grundy ... Has four sisters, Ashley (25), Jordan (23), Avery (13) and Arden (9) ... Father played football at North Texas.
