Kennesaw State University Athletics

2006 Season Bubba played in 9 games for the Owls before being red-shirted by an injury...Finished 2-4 with a 4.64 ERA with 31 strikeouts as opposed to 13 walks in 42.2 innings pitched. 2005 Season Bubba is back for his sophomore season after nine games in his freshman year and developed into one of the top pitchers in the Kennesaw State rotation...The Owls were 8-1 in games in which he started...Finished the year second on the team in earned run average with an impressive 2.84 mark in 18 appearances...Had a record of 7-2 with a team high 85.2 innings pitched...Led the Owls staff with 62 strikeouts for a per game average of 6.51...Pitched a complete game, six-hitter at Augusta State on March 25, allowing only one run while striking out six in nine innings of work...He gave up only two runs on six hits while striking out five batters during an 11-2 victory over Erskine on April 29...Opponents batted .274 against him, with left-handers hitting at a .351 clip and righties batting a paltry .252...Pitched 25.1 innings in relief and posted a record of 2-1 with a 1.78 earned run average and earning one save...As a starter he was 5-1 with a 3.28 ERA in 60.1 innings pitched...Led the starting staff with 44 strikeouts...Recorded his only save of the year against North Florida in a 4-1 win in Jacksonville...Notched a career-best eight strikeouts on two occasions...The first time came during a Peach Belt Conference game against UNC Pembroke on March 20...He also fanned eight against Barton on April 2...During the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Region Championships he posted a 2.47 earned run average in a pair of appearances against Francis Marion and North Florida. Personal Was born Dustin Bradley Blalock in Macon, Georgia...Is the son of Marsha and Brad Blalock...Bubba is majoring in Chemistry.