Ricardo Pecina

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Class: Junior Hometown: San Diego, CA High School: James Madison HS

Weight: 200 Position: LHP B/T: L/L

SOPHOMORE (2007): Made 19 appearances with nine starts...helped team win the WCC regular-season Championship...helped Toreros achieve a program-best No. 4 national ranking...posted a 5-4 record with 3.86 ERA...allowed no runs on six hits in 6.0 innings of work in picking up a win against Cal Poly (2/28/04)...allowed two runs on five hits in 6.0 innings of work against Wake Forest (2/24/07)...allowed one run on four hits, while striking out five in 5.2 innings of work against UC Irvine.

FRESHMAN (2006): Made 20 appearances with nine starts...posted a 4-4 record with an ERA of 4.42 in 55.0 innings of work...Picked up his first collegiate win against Washington allowing three runs on nine hits, while striking out five in 5.1 innings of work (3/7/06)...picked up a win against Texas Southern allowing one run on six hits, while striking out five in 6.1 innings of work (3/15/06)...picked up a win against UNLV allowing no runs on four hits in six complete innings of work (3/26/06).

High School: Earned two varsity letters playing for Robert Lavato at James Madison High...hit .466 with 112 strikeouts during his senior season...named the Harbor League Player of the Year during his senior season...hit .516 with 115 strikeouts during his junior season en route to earning the Harbor League Offensive Player of the Year award...also lettered in football.

Personal: Born July 1, 1987 in San Diego, California...undeclared major at USD...chose to attend USD because it was close to home and because of the baseball program.