Dallas Baptist University Athletics

MLB DRAFT
19th Round – Pittsburgh Pirates (2009)
 
CAREER HONORS
2011:
First Team Academic All-Big 12
Five-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
 
2013 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR – UNIV. OF TEXAS)
Made 16 appearances, including four starts … Went 1-0 with a 1.51 ERA … In 35.2 innings, walked 16 and struck out 21 … Held opponents to a mere .200 batting average against.

2012 (JUNIOR – UNIV. OF TEXAS)
Made one appearance, throwing 2 2/3 innings before missing the remainder of the season due to injury.

2011 (SOPHOMORE – UNIV. OF TEXAS)
Made 13 appearances on the mound and posted a 2.65 ERA while helping in two combined shutouts ... in 17 innings on the mound, allowed 12 hits and five earned runs with 10 walks and 23 strikeouts ... Opponents hit .200 against him ... Worked three perfect innings of relief against Dallas Baptist with four strikeouts on April 12 ... Tossed two innings of relief on April 5 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, allowing no earned runs on two hits and two strikeouts ... Pitched one scoreless inning of relief giving up only a walk and striking out one against Maryland on February 20.

2010 (FRESHMAN – UNIV. OF TEXAS)
Appeared in three games, posting a 0-0 record with a 3.00 ERA and four strikeouts in three innings ... Fanned two of the three batters he faced in one inning on May 29 against Texas A&M in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Game ... Tossed a scoreless inning on March 14 against Iowa ... Pitched for the Wareham Gateman of the Cape Cod Baseball League in the summer.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman and two-year captain as a pitcher, first baseman and third baseman at Dripping Springs High School … Played for Head Coach for Coach Chris Payne … Garnered 1st Team All-District honors as a pitcher following his senior season ... Earned 1st Team All-District accolades as a first baseman in 2008 … Participated in the 12th annual Texas Scouts Association Invitational and invited to the Perfect Game WWBA World Championship in 2008 ... Named 1st Team All-District as a sophomore in 2007 ... Tabbed All-District
Honorable Mention as a freshman … Competed for the Austin Wings in the summers.
 
PERSONAL
Born on March 1, 1991 ... Parents are Larry and Shirley Urban ... has one older sister, Deana … Currently pursuing a Masters of Kinesiology at Dallas Baptist … Favorite Bible verse is Colossians 3:23.