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AT ILLINOIS
2011 - Sophomore: Appeared in 12 games, including two starts, on the season ... Went 2-2 with a 6.03 ERA while striking out 20 batters in 31.1 innings of work ... Held opponents to a .167 average (4-for-24) with 2 outs ... Earned his first win of the season with a scoreless 2/3 of an inning at Southern Illinois on March 20 ... Allowed only one run in four innings in a start at Bradley on April 5 ... Held Iowa to one run in three innings of relief on April 9 ... Tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief vs. Southern Illinois on April 13 ... Threw a season-high five innings in a start against Illinois-Springfield on April 26 ... Allowed only two earned runs in 3 1/3 innings of relief against No. 20 Stanford on June 5 ... Played for the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League along with Illini teammates Willie Argo and Justin Parr during the summer.
2010 - Freshman: Appeared in 11 games, including seven starts ... Made his first career start against Chicago State on March 31, earning his first career win by allowing only one run in five innings while striking out five ... Allowed only one run in a four-inning start against Southern Illinois on April 14 ... Tossed a perfect inning of relief against Bradley on April 27 ... Struck out five and only allowed two earned runs in a four-inning start against SIU on May 4 ... Made his first career start at Ohio State on May 9, giving up three earned runs in two innings ... Played for the Fayetteville SwampDogs of the Coastal Plain League during the summer along with Illini teammate Lee Zerrusen, seeing time both on the mound and in the field.
HIGH SCHOOL
Drafted in the 35th round of the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Boston Red Sox ... Listed as the No. 8 recruit in the state of Illinois by Prep Baseball Report ... PBR lists him as the No. 1 two-way player, as having the No. 4 fastball, as the No. 7 defensive outfielder and the No. 9 best athlete in the state in the Class of 2009 ... Named the Tri-Cities captain on the Daily Herald All-Area team ... Named the Aurora Beacon-News Player of the Year in 2009 ... Hit .466 with eight doubles, seven triples, four home runs, 35 RBIs and a .556 on-base percentage in 2009 ... Also went 7-2 with a 1.76 ERA and 101 strikeouts in only 51 2/3 innings in 2009 ... Hit .467 with 44 RBIs, seven home runs, a .900 slugging percentage and 43 hits in 2008 ... Blasted three home runs in Marmion's sectional game in 2008 ... Named American Legion League MVP ... Named All-Area by the Aurora Beacon News, the Daily Herald and the Kane County Chronicle ... Named the 2008 Beacon News Player of the Year ... Broke the Marmion records for average, home runs and RBIs in 2008 ... Played in the Plainfield South Showcase ... Member of Team Illinois, a summer club team ... Three-year baseball letterwinner.
PERSONAL
Born Oct. 5, 1990 ... Parents are Timothy and Tamarah Milroy and Robert and Jennifer Gray ... Majoring in communication ... Brother, Tim, plays baseball at Concordia ... Cousin, Joe Milroy, played baseball at Northern Illinois ... Cousin, John Milroy, played baseball at Northwestern ... Cousin, V.J. Bellafonte, played football at Eastern Illinois ... Cousin, Brian Bonamarte, played football at Carthage College ... Grandfather, Bernard Milroy, played basketball at Loras College ... Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan.
