2006 Baseball Roster
Roster
Tom Branca
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bismarck, N.D.
- High School:
- Bismarck Century HS
Possesses good pop on the ball and is slated for the No. 3 spot in the starting rotation entering his senior season...Has made only five career starts, but has 30 appearances and almost 70 innings under his belt...2005 SEASON (JUNIOR): Made two starts in 13 appearances, finishing 1-1 with a team-best 4.65 ERA...Made five relief apperances (9 1/3 innings) between starts without giving up an earned run...Took a loss with six solid innings at 11th-ranked Nebraska (4/13), where he allowed eight runs (five earned) on 12 hits, struck out two and walked two...Pitched seven innings for a win at Oakland (5/21) in his final appearance, allowing three runs on eight hits, fanning five and walking none...2004 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Made three starts in 10 games and finished 4-1 with a 5.26 ERA...Earned all four wins in consecutive appearances...Went 4 1/3 innings and struck out five in his first collegiate start against Wayne State (Mich.)...Struck out four in three innings of relief in his next outing for a win over Winona State...Appeared for 2 2/3 innings against Nebraska-Omaha, and struck out four in a three-inning starting role against Minnesota-Crookston...His only loss was in the start at Minnesota, where he surrendered three runs on five hits in two innings...2003 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Worked 12 innings over seven appearances with a 1-0 mark and a 5.25 ERA as a freshman...His win came in an 8-7 decision over Bemidji State, pitching four innings, allowing one run and striking out five...Pitched in four league games, allowing five runs over seven innings...2002 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2001 from Century High School, where he started for three years as a pitcher and center fielder under longtime coach Gene Severson...Named to the all-West Region team those three years and was tabbed Bismarck-Mandan’s City MVP his junior year...Also played basketball for three years, lettering twice and being named all-state as a junior and All-Western Dakota Association his senior campaign...Averaged a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds per game as a senior for the Patriots...PERSONAL: Studying management information systems with a minor in computer science...Worked as a crew leader for a moving company in the summer...Has an older brother, Joe...Son of Bill and Pat Branca of Bismarck, N.D.
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2003.... 5.25 1-0 7 0 0 0/1 0 12.0 8 7 7 6 8 2004.... 5.26 4-1 10 3 0 0/1 0 25.2 33 24 15 7 22 2005.... 4.65 1-1 13 2 0 0/0 0 31.0 34 21 16 15 13 TOTAL... 4.98 6-2 30 5 0 0/2 0 68.2 75 52 38 28 43
