ROB PURVIS #36

RHP, BR/TR, 6-2, 190, Senior

Atlanta, Georgia

Westminster School

Hard throwing, sidearm righthander who is expected to take over the closer's role this spring with Danny Rueckel moving into the starting rotation...worked over the summer and fall to improve consistency and control...already holds a pair of school career records for appearances (84) and saves (11) and is in position to a claim a couple more with a fine senior season...best pitch is a fastball with movement. 2001 ‹ Saw action in 28 games as a reliever, pitching a total of 44.1 innings...posted a 3.65 ERA with a 2-1 record and two saves...recorded 29 stikeouts while only walking 16...earned his first save of the year after piitching 2.0 innings and striking out two in Furman's 5-4 win over nationally fifth-ranked South Carolina...struck out a pair of batters in 1.2 innings of work and earned his second save of the year in a 2-1 win over The CitadelŠholds Furman's career appearances record (84). 2000 ‹ Registered a 3-2 record and 3.67 ERA in 32 appearances ‹ all in relief...matched Furman¹s single season record with seven saves and, in the process, ran his Furman career saves total to nine...struck out 33 batters in 41.2 innings of work...32 appearances marked the second highest single season total in Furman history...top performances included 2.2 innings of shutout ball in a 5-3 win over Georgia Southern and 1.1 innings of no-hit ball in a 7-6 win over Eastern Kentucky. 1999 ‹ Went 3-1 and paced Furman¹s pitching staff with a 3.47 ERA in 24 appearances ‹ all in relief...recorded two saves...struck out 23 in 23.1 innings of work while surrendering only 20 hits...opponents batted only .233 against him...saves came in 5-2 win over VMI and 9-7 triumph over East Tennessee State.

High School/Personal: Played at Westminster under Jim Jefferson...named one the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Œs Top 15 pitchers in 1998...team advanced to state playoffs in 1997...AAU national champs in 1997...full name is Robert Franklin Purvis...son of Mitch and Dixie Purvis...born August 22, 1980, in Charlottesville, Virginia...communications major.