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2000
Made 18 appearances in relief...finished the season with a 1-2 record...threw 28.2 innings...struckout five batters...got win against UT-San Antonio on March 3...served mainly as a middle reliever...pitched back-to-back five inning games against Oklahoma and UT-San Antonio
1999
Contributed as mainly a middle reliever … throws sidearm … Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll member … effective reliever as he held opponents to a .118 (2-17) average in the first batter faced out of the bullpen … only five of 21 the runners he inherited on season scored … the first three batters upon Fossum entering the game went a combined 10-42 (.238) against him … went 3.2 innings and allowed only two hits and no runs in NCAA Regional championship game vs. Rice … ended NCAA Regionals with 0.00 ERA and one strikeout in 14 batters faced … struck out season-high three batters in 3 2/3 innings of relief against College of the Southwest … went career-high 4 1/3 innings and allowed five hits and three runs in registering victory vs. Oregon State … lowered ERA to season-low 2.70 in 1.0 inning, two strikeout performance at San Diego on 2/17 … shut down USC, struck out two batters in 3.0 innings of relief at Southern California.
1998 at Texas A&M
Pitched at Texas A&M during his freshman season ... helped Aggies to Big 12 Conference regular season title and 46-18 record ... appeared in 12 games and allowed 21 hits, 16 runs (11 ER), walked 13 batters and struck out 23 in 21.2 innings pitched ... finished 0-0 with a 4.57 earned run average ... worked with Aggie Athletes Involved.
High School
A 1997 graduate of Midway High School in Hewitt, Texas where he lettered three years in baseball for head coach Harlan Lane ... pitched and played shortstop ... earned All District honors as a pitcher as a senior and earned first team All-District utility as a junior ... injured early in his senior season but came on with four consecutive district shutouts, leading his team into the playoffs ... led Midway to regional semifinals as a senior and regional finals as a junior ... member of National Honor Society.
Amateur Experiences
Pitched for Dallas Phillies and helped lead them to the NBC World Series championship this summer … played summer baseball for Dallas Mustangs in 1996 and 1997 ... led team to 1996 Connie Mack World Series championship ... team finished fifth in 1997 championships ... went 9-1 with a 1.37 ERA in 1996 and finished 11-0 with a 1.85 ERA in 1997 ... selected to play as a AABC Connie Mack National All Star in the National Amateur All Star Baseball Tournament held at Comiskey Park in Chicago ... compiled a 20-1 record
Personal
Born Clancy Fossum on July 14, 1979 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey ... son of Jim and Della Fossum of Waco, Texas ... brother, Casey, is a former pitcher at Texas A&M … Casey was drafted as a sandwich pick in the 1999 Major League Baseball draft and was drafted No. 48 by the Boston Red Sox ... father, Jim, played baseball and basketball at Grand Canyon University ... likes to play golf, fish, hacky sack and ping pong ... also likes to read ... greatest athletic thrill was winning the 1996 Connie Mack World Series ... favorite baseball team is the Atlanta Braves and his favorite pro athlete is Greg Maddux ... favorite baseball show is Baseball Tonight ... favorite movie is the Natural ... majors in management information systems.
