Alex Meyer Class: Sophomore Hometown: Greensburg, Ind. High School: Greensburg Height / Weight: 6-9 / 220 Position: RHP B/T: R/R

• SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (2009)

• 20th round draft pick in 2008 (Red Sox)

Outlook
Arguably the most highly-touted recruit in UK baseball history, had a solid season as a true freshman in the weekend rotation in the best conference in college baseball ... A 6-foot-9, 220-pound right-hander who possesses electric stuff, including a high-velocity fastball and an excellent curveball, with his changeup and two-seam fastball developing ... Regarded as one of the top prospects in college baseball, is considered a candidate for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft ... An Aflac All-American who was drafted out of high school by the Boston Red Sox and elected to join UK's school-record fourth-ranked freshman class in 2009 ... Ranked sixth in the NCAA with 12.06 strikeouts per nine innings ... Had issues with command at times but enjoyed breakout performances at LSU, at Ole Miss and at Alabama as a true freshman ... Will join senior left-hander James Paxton in what many analysts consider the best starting pitching duo in college baseball ... After a significant workload as a freshman, spent the summer in Lexington, adding 15 pounds of muscle and an inch in height to his projectable frame and working on his degree in summer classes.

2009
Became UK's Sunday starter for the opening SEC series against eventual NCAA Champion LSU ... Pitched in 13 games with 11 starting assignments, starting nine of UK's SEC games ... Totaled a 1-4 record and a 5.73 ERA, totaling one save ... Pitched 59.2 innings, allowing only 53 hits and 38 earned runs, striking out 80 hitters ... Ranked sixth in the NCAA with 12.06 strikeouts per nine innings ... Ranked eighth in the SEC with a .239 opponent batting average, ranking 11th in strikeouts and eighth in pickoffs (three) ... Among qualifying pitchers, allowed the fewest hits of any hurler in the league ... Led the league with the fewest doubles (three) and triples (zero) allowed ... Also ranked first in the league with 14 wild pitches, ranking fifth in the league with 10 hit batters ... Struck out 64 in 43.1 innings in SEC play ... Without four bad starts that saw him allow four or more runs, had a 1-2 record and a 3.18 ERA in 39.2 innings, allowing only 24 hits with 46 strikeouts ... Had outstanding outings at LSU, at Ole Miss and at Alabama ... At LSU, in his first career SEC start, tossed five innings, allowing just two hits and three runs, walking five with six strikeouts, exiting the game to a standing ovation from the LSU faithful ... Against South Carolina, tossed five innings, allowing three hits and one run, walking six and striking out four ... At SEC Champion Ole Miss, had a career outing, going 6.1 innings, with five hits and two runs allowed issuing just one walk and fanning 10 ... Had the best outing of his career at the SEC's leader in batting average, Alabama, going seven innings, allowing four hits and two earned runs, walking one and striking out 11 ... In a must-win game at Florida, with UK needing a win to clinch a post-season berth, went five innings with two walks and a career-best 12 strikeouts ... In his second career start against Georgetown College on March 10, tossed six hitless innings, walking one with six strikeouts ... Opened his career with three innings in relief against James Madison in the Caravelle Resort Invitational in Myrtle Beach, S.C., allowing three runs ... In his first career start against Eastern Kentucky, tossed 4.1 innings with two runs, six walks and six strikeouts.

High School
Aflac All-America and Louisville Slugger High School All-American ... Rated as the No. 5 prospect in all of high school baseball by Baseball America ... Ranked as the No. 2 prospect by Baseball America at Perfect Game's National Showcase in Cincinnati ... Gatorade Indiana Player of the Year and Louisville Slugger Indiana Player of the Year ... Named Indiana Mr. Baseball and first-team all-state ... Posted a 0.95 ERA and a 8-0 record in 51 innings as a senior, striking out 108 and walking 30 ... Holds school records for most strikeouts in a season, career and lowest season ERA ... Earned EIAC Conference MVP honors and EIAC All-Conference accolades in 2008 ... A member of the Indiana Bulls travel team over the summer, Meyer played in the East Coast Professional Showcase in Lakeland, Fla., in August ... As a junior, Meyer went 3-4 with two saves and a 3.45 ERA ... In 47 innings in 2007, he allowed 28 hits, 27 of which were singles, and held his opponents to a .172 batting average ... Of the 206 total batters faced, Meyer struck out 72 as a junior ... In 2006, as a sophomore, Meyer went 6-2 with a 1.92 ERA ...Three-year letterwinner for coach Scott Moore at Greensburg High School ... A two-time all-conference basketball player, played all four years, playing football as a freshman.

Personal
Full name is Alex John Meyer ... Born January 3, 1990 in Greensburg, Ind. ... Son of David and Sandy Meyer ... Has a brother, Eric (17) and a sister, Kristen (22) ... Has a cousin, P.J. that played college basketball at Mount Saint Josephs.