Career Stats
2011 Season Statistics
2010: Medical Redshirt
2009: Made 11 appearances including four starts as a junior ... tied for second on the team with three victories on the mound ... finished 3-2 with a 16.50 ERA ... registered 12 strikeouts and issued nine walks ... allowed 29 hits and 22 earned runs over 12 innings pitched ... credited with relief wins vs. Lyon (2/24), Purdue (2/27) and Northern Illinois (3/14) ... season-high two innings pitched and three strikeouts vs. Northern Illinois (3/14).
2008: Pitched in 13 games, making 10 starts ... finished 1-3 with a 6.97 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 50.1 innings pitched ... allowed 72 hits and 39 earned runs ... issued 18 walks ... earned a victory vs. Jacksonville State (5/24) in the semi-final round of the OVC Tournament, with four strikeouts and three earned runs allowed over six innings ... threw a complete game at Memphis (3/16), allowing only one earned run with three strikeouts ... started the season opener at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/22), allowing no earned runs with a season-best nine strikeouts over five innings ... struck out six hitters over six innings in a no-decision vs. Samford (4/20).
2007: OVC All-Freshman selection ... started a team-high 15 games on the mound ... compiled a 4-4 record with a 4.32 ERA, allowing only 81 hits over 81.1 innings ... second on the team with 69 strikeouts to go along with only 23 walks, led team with a 3.0 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... ranked sixth in the OVC with 7.64 strikeouts per game and seventh in the conference with only 2.55 walks per game ... made only one start without recording a strikeout
and only one start with more than three walks allowed ... right-handers hit just .259 against him, and 55 of his strikeouts came against righties ... posted a 2.75 ERA in 36.0 innings over six starts against non-conference opponents ... led team with three pickoffs, struck out 10 batters over five scoreless in his college debut at Jackson State (2/17) ... had 14 strikeouts while allowing no runs and just three hits in six innings vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/18), just three strikeouts shy of tying the school record ... season-high 8.1 innings vs. Samford (5/25) in the season finale in the OVC Tournament, giving up three earned runs with three strikeouts ... Southeast Scholar Athlete.
Prep: 2006 graduate of St. John Vianney High School in Kirkwood, Mo. ... earned first team all-state, all-metro and all-conference honors ... led team to the Class 4 state championship as a sophomore, taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning against nationally ranked Rockhurst in the final ... also a member of the 2006 state championship squad ... National Honor Society member.
Personal: Born 3-16-88 ... son of Rick and Therese Syberg ... majoring in Marketing Management ... favorite MLB player is Chris Carpenter ... also recruited by Missouri, Central Missouri and Illinois-Chicago.
