The national championship hockey team will throw out first pitch on Saturday
AS A JUNIOR (2011)
Missed the entire season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in August 2010.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2010)
Appeared in 21 games with eight starts, emerging as an important reliever on the weekend ... went 4-2 with a 5.14 ERA in 63.0 innings ... allowed 37 runs - 36 earned - on 69 hits while striking out 37 and walking 24 ... got the win against Georgia Tech (5/22) to clinch a spot in the ACC Championship, starting and throwing 5.1 innings, allowing three runs on five hits ... also earned a win against Dartmouth (5/16), giving up four runs on six hits in 6.0 innings ... he struck out four and did not issue a walk against the Big Green ... threw 2.0 perfect innings of relief at Virginia Tech (5/1) ... tossed 4.1 innings from the bullpen at NC State (4/23), getting the win after allowing a run on five hits and fanning four with no walks ... picked up his only save of the year when he threw 3.0 innings of relief versus Wake Forest (4/18), giving up two hits and a run ... got his first win of the year at Bryant (3/17), throwing 6.0 innings and allowing one run on five hits ... did not give up a run in four of his first five appearances ... tossed scoreless innings at Miami (3/14) and FIU (3/9) ... worked 2.2 scoreless frames vs. Florida Atlantic (2/2&) and also threw 0.2 innings at Tulane (2/21).
AS A FRESHMAN (2009)
Appeared in nine games with five starts ... went 0-2 with an 8.31 ERA ... started and tossed 4.0 innings at Bryant (3/18), allowing two runs - one earned - on three hits ... also started at Florida Gulf Coast (3/4), allowing five runs - two earned - and six hits in 4.0 innings of work.
BEFORE BC
Was a three-time Class LL All-State selection as a pitcher at Bunnell High School ... gained All-Southwestern Conference honors in each of his four seasons ... was a three-time All-Area choice ... had a 10-1 mark with a 1.02 earned-run average in 2008; fanned 120 batters, while issuing just seven walks ... finished with a 7-2 record and a 1.10 earned-run average in 2007; recorded 105 strikeouts and nine walks ... played for head coach Scott Szturma ... also starred on the Bulldogs basketball team.
PERSONAL
Enrolled as a communications major in the College of Arts & Sciences ... Taylor and his younger brother Justin are the sons of Lynne and Eugene Lasko ... born on May 3, 1990.
LASKO'S CAREER STATISTICS
Year
ERA
W-L
APP-GS
IP
Hits
Runs
ER
BB
SO
2009
8.31
0-2
9-5
17.1
27
21
16
10
14
2010
5.14
4-2
21-8
63.0
69
37
36
24
37
Career
5.84
4-4
30-13
80.1
96
58
52
34
51
LASKO'S CAREER HIGHS Innings: 6.2 vs. Maryland (4/10/10) Strikeouts: 5 at Florida Gulf Coast (3/4/09)
