Kyle Heckathorn Class: Junior Hometown: Ringgold, Ga. High School: Ringgold HS Height / Weight: 6-6 / 235 Position: Pitcher Bats/Throws: R/R

2008
Preseason all-conference...Named A-Sun Pitcher of the Week for the week of May 19 after pitching 7.0 innings against Jacksonville and tying the KSU Division I school record of 13 strikeouts and recording nine of his last 12 outs via strikeout...Finished the season tied for eighth in the conference with 64 strikeouts and finished tenth with a .209 opponent batting average...Pitched three solid innings and only gave up one hit against Lipscomb on March 28 before being relieved after a one hour rain delay...Pitched a solid game against Gardner-Webb on May 2 after giving up only one run on eight hits and striking out eight (four of his final five batters) in seven innings of work...Finished first on the team in won-less percentage (.667), strikeouts per game (9.65) and second in a number of categories including ERA (4.98), wins (4), innings pitched (59.2), games started (11), opposing batting average (.269), strikeouts (64)...Was 4-2 with a 4.59 ERA against conference opponents in 51.0 innings pitched and 54 strikeouts... Threw his longest outing in a start against North Florida on May 10 in which he pitched 7.1 innings and gave up only one earned run on six hits while striking out five.

2007
Was one of the brightest spots of the Owls pitching staff, starting 11 games before his season was cut short by an injury...His 4-2 record and 3.31 ERA and 77 strikeouts were good enough to earn him an A-Sun All-Freshmen Team selection...Was ranked 27th nationally with 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings pitched...Was first in the A-Sun in runs allowed (26), second in hits allowed (60) and runs allowed per game (3.44)...His ERA was good for fifth in the conference...Posted the lowest opponent batting average (.236) and struck out a team-high 20 batters looking...Made his first collegiate start against Western Carolina (2/18), going 6.2 strong innings and allowing only four hits and two runs while striking out nine Catamount batters...Averaged less than one hit allowed per inning pitched...Combined with his teammates for two shutouts...Went 2-2 in six appearances against conference opponents, posting a 2.68 ERA in 40.1 innings pitched...The Owls were 8-3 when he started...Posted a season-high and team single game-high 11 strikeouts in a season-high 7.1 innings versus Stetson (3/31)...Averaged 7.0 strikeouts and 6.2 innings per start...Allowed only two hits and struck out seven batters in six scoreless innings against Charleston Southern (3/11)...Pitched seven innings, striking out eight batters and allowing only four hits at Gardner-Webb (4/20) in his only other scoreless outing of the season...Allowed only two runs and struck out four batters in seven strong innings in his final appearance of the season against Mercer (4/27)...Struck out seven or more batters in six of his eleven starts...He walked only 24 batters to go with his 77 strikeouts for a 3.21 strikeout to walk ratio...Allowed only 25 earned runs in 68.0 innings pitched.

Prep
Kyle comes to Kennesaw State from Ringgold High School where he was a three-year Varsity letterman...Named the 2005 North Georgia Player of the Year, 2005 Chattanooga Time Freepress Player of the Year...Finished his senior season 11-1 with a .92 ERA, 104 strikeouts, .437 batting average, 27 RBI, nine home runs, one triple and five doubles.

Personal
Was born Kyle David Heckathorn in Ringgold, Ga. ...Is the son of Bill Heckathorn and Sandy King...Has one sibling, Krystal (24)...Kyle is undeclared on his major.