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Jersey Number 29
Corey Knebel
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Georgetown, Texas
- High School:
- Georgetown
Bio
2013
He was named to the Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll for the 2012 fall semester. 2012
He went 4-5 on the season with a 2.08 ERA, making three starts in 27 appearances with nine saves ... earned All-Big 12 first team honors ... threw one complete game shutout and participated in four combined shutouts ... in 73 2/3 innings, he allowed 50 hits and 17 earned runs with 20 walks and 68 strikeouts ... opponents hit .189 against him ... all three starts came in his last three appearances with his final one coming on May 23 against Missouri with 4 1/3 innings ... threw 6 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on three hits with four walks and four strikeouts on May 18 against Baylor ... picked up the complete-game win with seven shutout innings on May 12 against Texas Southern in the first game of a doubleheader, allowing one hit with a walk and six strikeouts ... recorded his ninth save of the season with 2 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up two hits with two strikeouts on May 4 at Missouri ... struck out five while giving up just one run on five hits in five innings of work on April 29 against Texas A&M ... picked up the save after two no-hit innings with four strikeouts on April 24 against Central Arkansas ... closed out a 7-2 win on April 22 against Kansas with 2 1/3 no-hit innings with two strikeouts ... struck out a season-high eight batters on April 6 at Texas Tech with 6 2/3 innings, scattering six hits with three runs (one earned) and four walks ... tallied the save with two scoreless innings with a hit and two strikeouts on April 5 at Texas Tech ... threw three no-hit innings on April 1 against California with a walk and three strikeouts ... at Kansas State on March 24, he threw four no-hit innings with two walks and four strikeouts ... did not allow a run in two innings on March 17 at Oklahoma, allowing only one hit ... got the save with two innings of relief on March 11 against Loyola Marymount in the second game of a doubleheader, striking out three while giving up a run on three hits ... earned his first win of the season against Dallas Baptist on March 6 with one scoreless inning ... opened the season with back-to-back saves in his season debut on Feb. 18 in a doubleheader sweep against Duke, throwing two no-hit innings in the first game with two strikeouts. 2011
As a freshman, Knebel earned a number of honors, including Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA (National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association) Freshman Pitcher of the Year honors while named NCBWA Stopper of the Year ... earned NCBWA All-America first team honors ... earned Baseball America, ABCA/Rawlings and NCBWA Freshman All-America first team and Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America team honors ... earned Baseball America All-America second team honors ... named ABCA All-Midwest Regional first team ... named to Baseball America Freshman All-America First Team ... earned All-Big 12 first team and unanimous Big 12 All-Freshman team honors ... he made 38 appearances and posted a 3-2 record with a 1.13 ERA ... in 55 2/3 innings, he allowed 28 hits and seven earned runs while walking 12 and striking out 61 with a .151 opponents[apos] batting average ... did not allow any home runs in 55 2/3 innings of work ... threw one inning only allowing one hit with one strikeout against Florida on June 18 ... in 3 1/3 innings of work from June 10-12, he recorded two saves, three strikeouts and allowed only one hit in the NCAA Baseball Super Regional against Arizona State (6/10-12) ... pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts on June 11 against Arizona State ... recorded his 17th save of the season on June 3, pitching 1 2/3 innings, allowing only one hit in the NCAA Austin Regional against Princeton ... tallied his Texas freshman single-season record 15th save with a perfect inning of relief with two strikeouts on May 6 against Nebraska ... tied Huston Street for the school freshman single-season saves record for his 14th save on April 30 against Oklahoma after pitching a scoreless inning ... struck out the side on April 26 against Texas State for his 13th save ... his 12th save of the season came on April 19 against UT Pan American ... threw a combined three innings of scoreless relief with three strikeouts and two saves in the series against Texas Tech (April 15-17) ... earned the save with a scoreless inning and one strikeout on April 12 against Dallas Baptist ... threw two perfect innings and struck out two on April 10 against Baylor ... combined to pitch 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief with one save and three strikeouts in the series against Missouri (April 1-3) ... hurled 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, allowing only one hit and one walk while striking out three against Oral Roberts on March 29 ... on March 25 against Oklahoma State, he pitched four scoreless innings of relief with two hits and three strikeouts ... threw 5 2/3 combined scoreless innings in relief, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out four in the series against Kansas State (March 18-20) ... earned the save with a perfect inning on March 18 in the series opener against Kansas State ... struck out the side to earn the save on March 15 against Texas State ... tossed two perfect innings in relief with two strikeouts for the save on March 12 against Brown ... struck out six and allowed one hit in 3 2/3 scoreless innings on March 8 against UTSA for his first win of the year ... got the save after throwing two innings of scoreless relief, striking out three on March 5 against Stanford ... recorded his first career collegiate save on March 4 against Stanford, retiring the only batter he faced ... allowed one run while striking out five in 3 2/3 innings against Hawai[apos]i on Feb. 26. HIGH?SCHOOL
He earned one varsity letter as a pitcher for Coach Danny Wallace at Georgetown High School and three letters for Coach Ben Gittenger at Bastrop High School ... posted a 9-2 record as a senior at Georgetown to earn first-team all-district recognition ... tabbed All-District Rookie of the Year and won his school[apos]s Cy Young award as a freshman, and was also named All-District MVP and Bastrop High School[apos]s Silver Slugger as a sophomore ... played for six years in the Austin Wings Select Baseball organization under Coach James Ellison and helped his team win the National Championship in 2009 ... named Bastrop High School[apos]s basketball MVP as a freshman. PERSONAL
Born Corey Knebel on November 26, 1991 ... son of Melissa and Jeffrey ... has one younger brother, Gatlin ... two-time Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll ... favorite sports teams are the Houston Texans, Houston Astros and Texas Rangers ... favorite athletes are Tom Brady, Roy Oswalt and Justin Verlander ... favorite movies are Spider-Man, Anchorman and Finding Nemo ... favorite television shows are Gossip Girl, Blue Mountain State and Family Guy ... majoring in applied learning and development.
He was named to the Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll for the 2012 fall semester. 2012
He went 4-5 on the season with a 2.08 ERA, making three starts in 27 appearances with nine saves ... earned All-Big 12 first team honors ... threw one complete game shutout and participated in four combined shutouts ... in 73 2/3 innings, he allowed 50 hits and 17 earned runs with 20 walks and 68 strikeouts ... opponents hit .189 against him ... all three starts came in his last three appearances with his final one coming on May 23 against Missouri with 4 1/3 innings ... threw 6 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on three hits with four walks and four strikeouts on May 18 against Baylor ... picked up the complete-game win with seven shutout innings on May 12 against Texas Southern in the first game of a doubleheader, allowing one hit with a walk and six strikeouts ... recorded his ninth save of the season with 2 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up two hits with two strikeouts on May 4 at Missouri ... struck out five while giving up just one run on five hits in five innings of work on April 29 against Texas A&M ... picked up the save after two no-hit innings with four strikeouts on April 24 against Central Arkansas ... closed out a 7-2 win on April 22 against Kansas with 2 1/3 no-hit innings with two strikeouts ... struck out a season-high eight batters on April 6 at Texas Tech with 6 2/3 innings, scattering six hits with three runs (one earned) and four walks ... tallied the save with two scoreless innings with a hit and two strikeouts on April 5 at Texas Tech ... threw three no-hit innings on April 1 against California with a walk and three strikeouts ... at Kansas State on March 24, he threw four no-hit innings with two walks and four strikeouts ... did not allow a run in two innings on March 17 at Oklahoma, allowing only one hit ... got the save with two innings of relief on March 11 against Loyola Marymount in the second game of a doubleheader, striking out three while giving up a run on three hits ... earned his first win of the season against Dallas Baptist on March 6 with one scoreless inning ... opened the season with back-to-back saves in his season debut on Feb. 18 in a doubleheader sweep against Duke, throwing two no-hit innings in the first game with two strikeouts. 2011
As a freshman, Knebel earned a number of honors, including Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA (National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association) Freshman Pitcher of the Year honors while named NCBWA Stopper of the Year ... earned NCBWA All-America first team honors ... earned Baseball America, ABCA/Rawlings and NCBWA Freshman All-America first team and Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America team honors ... earned Baseball America All-America second team honors ... named ABCA All-Midwest Regional first team ... named to Baseball America Freshman All-America First Team ... earned All-Big 12 first team and unanimous Big 12 All-Freshman team honors ... he made 38 appearances and posted a 3-2 record with a 1.13 ERA ... in 55 2/3 innings, he allowed 28 hits and seven earned runs while walking 12 and striking out 61 with a .151 opponents[apos] batting average ... did not allow any home runs in 55 2/3 innings of work ... threw one inning only allowing one hit with one strikeout against Florida on June 18 ... in 3 1/3 innings of work from June 10-12, he recorded two saves, three strikeouts and allowed only one hit in the NCAA Baseball Super Regional against Arizona State (6/10-12) ... pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts on June 11 against Arizona State ... recorded his 17th save of the season on June 3, pitching 1 2/3 innings, allowing only one hit in the NCAA Austin Regional against Princeton ... tallied his Texas freshman single-season record 15th save with a perfect inning of relief with two strikeouts on May 6 against Nebraska ... tied Huston Street for the school freshman single-season saves record for his 14th save on April 30 against Oklahoma after pitching a scoreless inning ... struck out the side on April 26 against Texas State for his 13th save ... his 12th save of the season came on April 19 against UT Pan American ... threw a combined three innings of scoreless relief with three strikeouts and two saves in the series against Texas Tech (April 15-17) ... earned the save with a scoreless inning and one strikeout on April 12 against Dallas Baptist ... threw two perfect innings and struck out two on April 10 against Baylor ... combined to pitch 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief with one save and three strikeouts in the series against Missouri (April 1-3) ... hurled 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, allowing only one hit and one walk while striking out three against Oral Roberts on March 29 ... on March 25 against Oklahoma State, he pitched four scoreless innings of relief with two hits and three strikeouts ... threw 5 2/3 combined scoreless innings in relief, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out four in the series against Kansas State (March 18-20) ... earned the save with a perfect inning on March 18 in the series opener against Kansas State ... struck out the side to earn the save on March 15 against Texas State ... tossed two perfect innings in relief with two strikeouts for the save on March 12 against Brown ... struck out six and allowed one hit in 3 2/3 scoreless innings on March 8 against UTSA for his first win of the year ... got the save after throwing two innings of scoreless relief, striking out three on March 5 against Stanford ... recorded his first career collegiate save on March 4 against Stanford, retiring the only batter he faced ... allowed one run while striking out five in 3 2/3 innings against Hawai[apos]i on Feb. 26. HIGH?SCHOOL
He earned one varsity letter as a pitcher for Coach Danny Wallace at Georgetown High School and three letters for Coach Ben Gittenger at Bastrop High School ... posted a 9-2 record as a senior at Georgetown to earn first-team all-district recognition ... tabbed All-District Rookie of the Year and won his school[apos]s Cy Young award as a freshman, and was also named All-District MVP and Bastrop High School[apos]s Silver Slugger as a sophomore ... played for six years in the Austin Wings Select Baseball organization under Coach James Ellison and helped his team win the National Championship in 2009 ... named Bastrop High School[apos]s basketball MVP as a freshman. PERSONAL
Born Corey Knebel on November 26, 1991 ... son of Melissa and Jeffrey ... has one younger brother, Gatlin ... two-time Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll ... favorite sports teams are the Houston Texans, Houston Astros and Texas Rangers ... favorite athletes are Tom Brady, Roy Oswalt and Justin Verlander ... favorite movies are Spider-Man, Anchorman and Finding Nemo ... favorite television shows are Gossip Girl, Blue Mountain State and Family Guy ... majoring in applied learning and development.
