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2008 First Team Freshman All-America (Collegiate Baseball)
2008 Second Team Freshman All-America (NCBWA)
An excellent command pitcher with outstanding size ... Has four quality pitches in his repertoire ... Served as the Yellow Jackets' top mid-week starter in his first season and will move to the weekend rotation in his second year on the Flats.
Tabbed a 2008 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball ... Named to the NCBWA Freshman All-America second team in 2008.
2008
Finished his first year on the Flats leading the Yellow Jackets in victories (8) and pacing the starting pitchers with a 3.46 ERA ... Went 8-1 on the season, which ties him for the 13th best winning percentage (.889) in a season at Tech ... Started 13 games and made four relief appearances on the season ... Three of his four relief appearances were scoreless outings ... Became the first pitcher since the 1995 season to notch two wins in the same season against Georgia ... Held Georgia Southern (2/26) to one run on three hits through seven innings to earn the first win of his career ... Yielded just one run - a home run - and struck out eight in seven innings of work against Western Carolina (3/4) for his second win of the year ... Tossed a scoreless inning in relief against Florida State (3/15) ... Tossed seven shutout innings against Kennesaw State (3/18), limiting the Owls to just three hits while striking out six for his third win of the year ... Picked up win No. 4 on the season by limiting Georgia State (3/25) to one run on three hits while striking out five in five innings of work ... Fifth victory of the season came April 9th when he held Georgia to three runs on four hits through 5.2 innings ... Notched seven strikeouts against the Bulldogs ... Worked five innings at Georgia Southern (4/16), giving up just three runs to earn his sixth victory of the season ... Held Mercer (4/22) to two runs on four hits while fanning six and walking none in six innings of work for win No. 7 on the year ... Pitched a gem in Athens, recording a season-high nine strikeouts while holding Georgia (5/7) to one run on four hits through seven innings for his eighth victory ... Started Tech's first game of the ACC Championships, giving up just one earned run on five hits to NC State (5/21) ... Held Lipscomb (5/31) to three runs on six hits while striking out six through 6.2 innings in Tech's second game of the NCAA Athens Regional.
High School
Four-year letterwinner for coach Grant Odell at Deep Run High School ... Led Deep Run to a pair of Colonial District championships in 2006 and 2007 ... Player of the Year for the state of Virginia in 2007 ... Named to the all-state first team in 2006 and 2007 ... Played in the VHSCA Senior All-Star Game ... Holds the Deep Run records for strikeouts in a game (17), season (129) and a career (320) ... Also the career record-holder in wins (20), ERA (1.96), home runs (14) and RBI (97) ... Hit .471 with five home runs and 31 RBI while going 10-1 on the mound with 129 strikeouts and a 1.35 ERA his senior year at Deep Run ... Also a four-year letterwinner for coach Lenny Pritchard as the quarterback of the football team ... Helped Deep Run to the 2006 Colonial District and Central Region Championship ... Led the team to a 12-1 record and an appearance in the state playoffs his senior year ... Tabbed the first-team Colonial District quarterback in back-to-back years ... Four-year member of the honor roll.
Personal
Full name is William Deck McGuire ... Born June 23, 1989 ... Son of Randy and Evelyn McGuire ... Management major at Georgia Tech.
Career Statistics
Year ERA W-L App/GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA BK
2008 3.46 8-1 17/13 0 0/2 0 78.0 70 35 30 32 70 14 1 8 336 .240 10 6 1 5 1
TOTAL 3.46 8-1 17/13 0 0/2 0 78.0 70 35 30 32 70 14 1 8 336 .240 10 6 1 5 1
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