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#6 - Dan Kern
Dan Kern
Class:
Senior
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Gilbertsville, PA
Weight:
145
High School:
Boyertown
Position:
Pitcher
Bats:
Right
Throws:
Right

2008 Season - Senior

Started 12 games as the #1 starter on Messiah's pitching staff. . .threw 5 complete games (1st on team and in Commonwealth) including 2 shutouts. . .led the conference and team with 79 innings pitched and 7 wins. . .struck out 43 batters (2nd on team, 4th in Commonwealth) while compiling a 3.42 ERA (1st on team, 2nd in Commonwealth) . . . Commonwealth Pitcher of the Week for the week of April 7th. . .earned Second-Team All Commonwealth honors. . . finishes Messiah career 5th in wins (16), 9th in appearances (38), 8th in starts (26), 9th in complete games (11), 5th in winning percentage, and 8th in innings pitched (185).

2007 Season – Junior
Appeared in 10 games, starting 9. . .threw 5 Complete games, including a shut-out April 14 vs. Susquehanna. . .compiled a 3.69 ERA (5th on team) in 63 1/3 innings pitched (1st on team, 4th in Commonwealth). . .team leading 6 wins (3rd in Commonwealth. . .struck out 31 batters (2nd on team).

2006 Season – Sophomore
Appeared in 8 games, starting 4. . .threw 1 complete game. . .3rd on team with 28 2/3 innings pitched.

2005 Season – Freshman

Appeared in 8 games (7 in relief). . .struck out 11 batters in 14 innings-pitched. . .won first game at Messiah in Conference Championship game vs. Elizabethtown May 7.

High School

3-year letter winner for Boyertown High School. . .pitched on team that was ranked 23rd in the country as a senior and 2nd in the state before post-season. . .pitched on legion team ranked 1st in the state. . .Won the Nathan Wheeler Pitching Award and Legion Achievement Award. . .as a senior, went 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA. . .also participated in soccer for 4 years and basketball for 2 years.

Personal

Daniel Thomas Kern was born August 28, 1985 in Perkasie, PA. . .son of Thomas and Joann Kern. . .has two younger brothers, David and Michael and a younger sister Jessica. . .Accounting Major with a statistics minor holding a 3.6 GPA. . .will be starting an auditing job at McKonly & Asbury in September. . .chose Messiah over Elizabethtown.

Kern By The Numbers

YEAR ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO AB B/Avg HBP
2008 3.42 7-3 12 12 5 2 0 79.0 93 37 30 13 43 308 .302 6
2007 3.69 6-2 10 9 5 1 0 63.1 62 29 26 17 31 247 .251 5
2006 8.48 2-3 8 4 1 0 0 28.2 45 34 27 11 11 129 .349 5
2005 5.14 1-0 8 1 0 0 0 14.0 19 11 8 6 11 61 .311 2
Totals 4.43 16-8 38 26 11 3 0 185 219 111 91 47 96 745 .294 18