27 Andrew Keirstead
27 Andrew Keirstead
Nickname: Boomah
Height: 6-3
Weight: 225
Year: 2010
Hometown: Westbrook, ME
High School: Westbrook
Position: Pitcher
Major: Physical Education
Bats/Throws: L/L

2010: Pitched in 16 games, 14 in relief…went 2-2 with four saves and a 4.91 ERA…allowed 38 hits and seven walks with nine K’s in 25.2 innings…made five relief appearances before surrendering an earned run to start the season…made his first start of the year against Thomas on April 13th…scattered five hits and allowed one run in three innings against the Terriers…started against Western New England in the NCAA Regional Tournament on May 21st…allowed seven hits and two earned runs in 5.1 innings to help keep the Monks’ season alive…made three appearances in the regional overall…capped his career with a 17-9 record and a 4.66 ERA…made 54 appearances and tossed 183.2 innings with 82 K’s and 35 walks in his four seasons…he ranks second in program history in appearances, third in saves (8) and walks per nine innings (1.91), fifth in victories and seventh in innings pitched.

2009: Appeared in nine games with eight starts...recorded a 6.23 ERA and a 5-2 record with 14 strikeouts and 4 walks in 34 2/3 innings...allowed two earned runs over a span of 17 1/3 innings and picked up wins over Albertus Magnus, Lasell and Norwich during the stretch...enters his senior season as one of the best control pitchers in team history...holds the second-best career mark with 1.83 walks per nine innings pitched.

2008: Made 10 starts and appeared in a staff-high 15 games...led the team in innings (68 2/3) and tied for the lead in wins (6)...posted a 4.72 ERA with 33 K's and 18 BB's...allowed two runs and fanned three with no walks in a win over Bowdoin on April 8th...defeated Albertus Magnus in his next start with three K's and two earned runs while scattering eight hits in seven innings...took the  ball against Suffolk in a GNAC Quarterfinal game and baffled the potent Rams lineup for nine innings to earn a 5-1 victory...fanned four and allowed nine hits in the win, which was also Coach Sanborn's 400th career win...posted his second save of the season in the GNAC Championship game against Suffolk and garnered Tournament Most Valuable Player honors... stumped Suffolk again on May 8th, with six strikeouts and two hits allowed in a 2-0 triumph...named GNAC Pitcher of the Week on April 29th...named as the team's Pitcher of the Year...signed with the Sanford Mainers of the NECBL at the end of the summer and was a member of the 2008 Championship team.

2007: Appeared in nine games and made six starts as one of the Monks' top pitchers...Posted a 3.48 ERA with 25 strikeouts and just 10 walks in 54 1/3 innings...recorded a 4-2 record with a pair of saves...earned the win in his first collegiate start, tossing eight innings with two K's and nine hits allowed in eight innings against Drew University on March 15th...improved to 2-0 a week later with a complete-game effort in a 3-2 triumph over Roger Williams...fanned six in a 3-1 victory over Husson on May 1st...named NAC Rookie of the Week on March 19th...ranked second on the staff in ERA and innings...named as the team's Rookie of the Year following the season.

High School: Played three years of varsity baseball, two under Coach John Eisenhart at Westbrook High School...made the playoffs every year and won the Western Maine title his senior year...selected as an All SMAA MVP as well as SMAA All-Star...spent a post graduate year at Bridgton Academy under Brad Smith...also played hockey.

Personal: Andrew Dwight Keirstead, born September 27, 1986 in Portland, ME...son of Sally Fox and Dwight Keirstead...majoring in Physical Education.

 

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