Junior • SP • 6'5 • 215 • Brooklyn, N.Y. • Berkeley Carroll
Adam Ottavino became the second-highest Major League draft pick in the history of Northeastern when he was selected 30th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals on June 6, 2006. Northeastern’s highest-ever was Carlos Pena, who was selected 10th overall by the Texas Rangers in 1998.
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2006: Led Northeastern with a 2.98 ERA and 120 strikeouts in 93-2/3 innings...had a 4-5 record...named first-team All-CAA...dominated No. 1 ranked Georgia Tech, striking out 12 batters while allowing just two hits, but lost 2-1 on March 7...struck out 12 batters again and allowed just four hits and no runs as Huskies blanked Delaware 3-0...earned his 200th career strikeout in the game, just the seventh Husky pitcher to do so...named CAA Co-Pitcher of the Week on March 28...earned another win after fanning eight batters in seven innings in 7-4 win over UNC Wilmington March 31...threw his first career no-hitter and struck out 14 batters in 2-0 win over James Madison April 7...named CAA Pitcher of the Week, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Pro-Line Cap National Pitcher of the Week, CollegeBaseballInsider.com's National Player of the Week and the Rosenblatt Report National Pitcher of the Week on April 10...struck out 13 more batters and yielded just one run in no-decision vs. Old Dominion April 14...struck out a career-high 16 batters and limited William & Mary to two hits in 2-0 win April 21...became NU's all-time leader in strikeouts, passing Jordan Thomson's 241...named CAA Pitcher of the Week for the third time on April 24...named CollegeBaseballInsider.com National Player of the Week on April 27...held Virginia Commonwealth to two runs on five hits while fanning six batters on May 13...struck out nine in just 4-2/3 innings in 15-10 win at George Mason May 18...broke his own single-season record for strikeouts, notching his 107th K.
2005: Was the ace of the Northeastern pitching staff, going 8-4 with a 3.09 ERA...named America East Pitcher of the Year after sporting a 6-0 record with a 1.96 ERA in seven conference starts...also named first team All-Conference...broke the school record for most strikeouts in a season, fanning 106...also pitched a school-record 96 innings...gave up only one earned run in four and a third innings against Northwestern, but took the loss, 7-1, on Feb. 26...struck out 11 batters in eight innings, but lost to Holy Cross, 2-1, on March 26...struck out nine more batters and allowed just two runs in eight innings, picking up his first win of the year, 8-2 over Hartford April 1...defeated Hartford for the second time in a week, recording eight punchouts in 14-4 win April 9...notched third consecutive victory, going eight and two-thirds innings, striking out nine and yielding just one run in a 3-2 victory over Albany April 16...earned the win after beating Vermont, 3-2, tossing seven and a third innings and fanning nine batters...won his fifth consecutive start in a 5-1 decision over UMBC...he struck out 10 batters in the victory...struck out eight more batters and allowed just one run on one hit and received a no-decision in 2-1 victory over Binghamton May 8...beat Maine, 5-2, on May 17 with a complete game 12-strikeout performance...dismantled Stony Brook, yielding just one hit in seven innings and striking out 11 in 5-0 win May 20...named America East Pitcher of the Week on May 23....earned a win in the America East Tournament on May 26 after besting Binghamton 7-3, tossing seven and two-thirds innings, allowing three runs.
2004: Went 1-4 and tallied a 3.25 ERA and 64 strikeouts in 63-2/3 innings in his first season at Northeastern University...two of his losses were by scores of 1-0; the other two came in relief outings...pitched a stellar debut for the Huskies, going eight innings with 11 punchouts, but took the loss as NU was beaten, 1-0, by St. Anselm March 1...pitched a scoreless inning against the Red Sox March 5...earned the win, allowing a run in seven innings against Indiana-Purdue on March 6...allowed a run in 2-1/3 innings of relief against NC State March 14...pitched a seven-inning complete game and struck out nine batters against Hartford but took the loss as NU was defeated, 1-0, April 4...allowed one earned run over four innings while striking out four as NU beat UMass, 4-3, in the first round of the Beanpot April 20...pitched three shutout innings and struck out three batters as NU beat Central Connecticut May 11...pitched 2-1/3 scoreless innings at Connecticut May 19...pitched 5-1/3 innings as NU lost to Albany 8-1 in the final game of the season, giving up four runs (two earned).
High School: Played pitcher and shortstop for four years…team captain as a senior…selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 30th round of the 2003 MLB Amateur Draft…averaged 17 strikeouts per game over his junior and senior year…threw eight one-hitters…once struck out 54 batters over a three-game stretch…named All-State and All-City…named team MVP his junior and senior years…led Berkeley Carroll to the private school state tourney all four years.
Personal: Born Nov. 22, 1985…majoring in History…hopes to play professional baseball…Class of 2008.
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
2004.... 3.25 1-4 17 7 1 0/1 2 63.2 48 28 23 38 64 4 1 1 272 .219 8 9 4 2
2005.... 3.09 8-4 14 13 2 0/1 0 96.0 78 35 33 45 106 10 0 7 408 .223 9 8 1 5
2006.... 2.98 4-5 14 13 2 1/2 0 93.2 71 37 31 33 120 8 2 4 384 .211 5 9 2 4
TOTAL... 3.09 13-13 45 33 5 1/4 2 253.1 197 100 87 116 290 22 3 12 1064 .218 22 26 7 11
