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Baseball
FRESHMAN SEASON (2009): Enters college as one of the top left-handed pitching prospects in the country ... possesses a live fast ball that will touch 92 mph ... has a great slider that may allow him to compete for a spot in the rotation as a freshman (most likely mid-week) with other rookie southpaws Steve Sabatino and Joe Spano ... tremendous athletic ability that to run a 6.6 60-yard dash ... one of the nation's top-ranked baseball players in the SPARQ fitness test ... his mound presence and moxie is beyond his years ... made one appearance for the victorious Gold during the 2008 Blue-Gold World Series ... was quite impressive in game-three start ... tossed 4.0 scoreless and hitless innings ... struck out four, but also walked four. PREP & PERSONAL: Received second team all-league honors as a junior at Los Osos High School, after posting a 3-0 conference record with two saves and a 0.77 ERA in conference action ... also named most outstanding pitcher on the 2007 LOHS squad (while playing for coach Anthony Vasquez) ... currently playing for the Boston Red Sox scout team and the Milwaukee Brewers Elite Team ... selected to the Milwaukee Brewers 2007 Area Code Team during the summer of 2007, when he also was named to the Tommy Lasorda 2007 Dodger Elite Team ... named the tournament's top pitcher of the 2006 Goodwill Series that was held in China ... plays American Legion ball for coach Anthony Vasquez ... a scholar-athlete honoree, with a 3.53 cumulative GPA ... his father Thomas Ispas played basketball at Cal Poly Pomona and earlier was a two-sport start (baseball/basketball) in Hammond, Ind., at Bishop Noll High School ... his sister Genevieve is a member of the tennis and dance teams at LOHS ... son of Thomas and Pamela Ispas ... enrolled in First Year of Studies. |
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