| Chad Bettis |
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2008 SEASON
Turned in a solid freshman season and was Tech's top weekend starter all season long...showed tremendous promise for the future with the Red Raiders by making 12 starts on the season, mostly as the Sunday starter in the weekend rotation...finished the year with a 6.78 ERA but led the squad with 68 innings pitched...IN BIG 12 PLAY...went 2-5 in the league with an 8.03 ERA and led the pitching staff with 49 1/3 innings pitched...struck out a season-best seven hitters against Northern Illinois on March 9...logged a season-high seven innings of work against Oklahoma on April 26...his freshman season led him to a spot in the prestigious Cape Cod summer league where he spent the summer with the Falmouth Commodores.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2007 graduate of Lubbock Monterey High School...one of the top high school pitchers in the state of Texas in 2007...selected to the Texas Sports Writers First-Team All-State list...Lubbock Avalanche-Journal's South Plains Player of the Year recipient...THSBCA All-Star...First-Team All-State...District 2-5A Most Valuable Player...First-Team All-District...Louisville Slugger High School All-American honorable mention...posted a 1.11 ERA and an 11-2 record in 88 innings of work and 12 starts...struck out 109 batters and only allowed 11 walks and 14 earned runs...coached by Fred Oliver and Jared Morris....drafted in the eighth round of the 2007 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros.
PERSONAL
Born on April 26, 1989, in Lubbock, Texas...son of Cody and Nadine Bettis...has one sister, Larhee...enjoys playing golf and collecting baseball cards...majoring in business.
