Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
2015 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jersey Number 31
Johnathan Frebis
- Position:
- LHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Murfreesboro, Tenn.
- High School:
- Riverdale HS
- Major:
- Business Administration
Draft: Selected in the 33rd round, 982nd overall, by the Chicago White Sox in the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
2015 (Senior): Appeared in 15 games in 2015, all of which were starts … Was 5-8 with a 4.86 ERA while striking out a team-high 70 batters in 83.1 innings with only 35 walks … Held New Orleans (2/27) to three hits in 7.1 innings while striking out seven batters … Threw seven innings of four-hit ball with eight strikeouts to combine with Blake Stansberry for an 8-0 shutout against UAB (3/14) … Pitched a season-high eight innings while tying his season-high strikeout total of eight against WKU (5/1).
2014 (Junior): 2014 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Made a career-best 16 appearances, starting in 15 … Posted a 4-6 record with a 4.07 ERA … Went 4-3 after starting the year 0-3 … Earned his first win in 2014 against Charlotte on March 15 … Fanned a season-best seven in a no-decision against Old Dominion … Did not allow an earned run in a combined 7.1 innings pitched against Tennessee Tech (April 9) and Mississippi Valley State (April 13) … Had a strong outing against Marshall, allowing two unearned runs with three K’s on May 17 … Took a loss, despite surrendering only one unearned run in eight innings of work against Old Dominion (May 23) in the C-USA Championship ... 20 innings away from reaching the top-10 in career innings pitched ... 37 strikeouts away from reaching the top-10 on MT's all-time ledger.
2013 (Sophomore): Named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt team … Started 14 games on the mound, which he tied for the team lead with five wins ... Finished the season with a 5.82 ERA and 50 strikeouts in 68 innings of work … Started the season 3-0, giving up only one earned run in a combined 19 innings of work in his first three starts.
2012 (Freshman): Named Sun Belt Freshman of the Year ... Named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American ... Named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team ... Started all 15 of his appearances ... Earned a 6-3 record which gave him the most wins of any pitcher on the team ... Was fifth on the team with a 3.65 ERA ... Led team in innings pitched with 81.1 ... Led team in strikeouts with 61 ... Had a perfect game into the 8th inning against Florida Atlantic on March 24.
Riverdale HS: Named to the 2011 Daily News Journal All-Area First Team … Received all-district accolades as a junior and was named Riverdale’s Co-Pitcher of the Year … Played under head coach Barry Messer for the Warriors … Earned Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association All-Region honors in 2008.
Personal: Born Sept. 24, 1992, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. ... Son of Ray and Myra Frebis ... Majoring in Business Administration.
2015 (Senior): Appeared in 15 games in 2015, all of which were starts … Was 5-8 with a 4.86 ERA while striking out a team-high 70 batters in 83.1 innings with only 35 walks … Held New Orleans (2/27) to three hits in 7.1 innings while striking out seven batters … Threw seven innings of four-hit ball with eight strikeouts to combine with Blake Stansberry for an 8-0 shutout against UAB (3/14) … Pitched a season-high eight innings while tying his season-high strikeout total of eight against WKU (5/1).
2014 (Junior): 2014 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Made a career-best 16 appearances, starting in 15 … Posted a 4-6 record with a 4.07 ERA … Went 4-3 after starting the year 0-3 … Earned his first win in 2014 against Charlotte on March 15 … Fanned a season-best seven in a no-decision against Old Dominion … Did not allow an earned run in a combined 7.1 innings pitched against Tennessee Tech (April 9) and Mississippi Valley State (April 13) … Had a strong outing against Marshall, allowing two unearned runs with three K’s on May 17 … Took a loss, despite surrendering only one unearned run in eight innings of work against Old Dominion (May 23) in the C-USA Championship ... 20 innings away from reaching the top-10 in career innings pitched ... 37 strikeouts away from reaching the top-10 on MT's all-time ledger.
2013 (Sophomore): Named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt team … Started 14 games on the mound, which he tied for the team lead with five wins ... Finished the season with a 5.82 ERA and 50 strikeouts in 68 innings of work … Started the season 3-0, giving up only one earned run in a combined 19 innings of work in his first three starts.
2012 (Freshman): Named Sun Belt Freshman of the Year ... Named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American ... Named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team ... Started all 15 of his appearances ... Earned a 6-3 record which gave him the most wins of any pitcher on the team ... Was fifth on the team with a 3.65 ERA ... Led team in innings pitched with 81.1 ... Led team in strikeouts with 61 ... Had a perfect game into the 8th inning against Florida Atlantic on March 24.
Riverdale HS: Named to the 2011 Daily News Journal All-Area First Team … Received all-district accolades as a junior and was named Riverdale’s Co-Pitcher of the Year … Played under head coach Barry Messer for the Warriors … Earned Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association All-Region honors in 2008.
Personal: Born Sept. 24, 1992, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. ... Son of Ray and Myra Frebis ... Majoring in Business Administration.
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