Loyola Marymount University Athletics

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Alex Gillingham is in his third season with LMU baseball... AT LMU
2010... posted a 2-4 record and a 5.28 ERA over 17 appearances and 10 starts... ERA placed second on the team and 15th in the WCC... matched a career-high with eight innings pitched versus Pepperdine on May 14... posted eight strikeouts on three occasions... lasted at least five innings in eight of his 10 starts... recorded victories over Albany and Pepperdine... notched a save against Oklahoma State in the championship game of the 2010 Dairy Queen Classic on March 7... tossed a team-high 76.2 innings and struck out a team-best 63 hitters... walked 22 hitters and hit a team-high 12 over that span... picked-off one runner... recorded a 6.41 ERA and a 1-3 record in WCC play... notched victories over Albany and Pepperdine... 2009... recorded a 4-4 record and a 5.74 ERA over 14 appearances and 13 starts as a freshman... tossed 73.2 innings, ranking third on the squad... struck out 51 batters and walked only nine for an impressive 5.67 strikeout-to-walk ratio... 1.10 walks per nine innings placed ninth in the nation... 51 strikeouts placed second on the team... picked-off two runners... in WCC games alone, managed a 2-1 record and a 4.97 ERA... walked just two WCC batters while striking out 24 over 41.2 innings of work... tossed a season-high eight innings against San Diego on May 2... punched-out a season-best 10 batters in his first career appearance and start against Utah on February 21... lasted at least five innings in 10 of his 13 starts, and at least six innings in seven... walked one batter or fewer in all but two of his appearances, including none on seven occasions... first career victory came over Utah on February 21... also recorded wins over Holy Cross, San Francisco and San Diego... held leadoff hitters to just a .217 average against... HIGH SCHOOL
A 2008 graduate of Westlake High School in Westlake Village, Calif... earned three varsity letters for coach Zach Miller... served as team captain in his senior year... garnered All-Conference recognition as a junior and senior... named Team Most Valuable Player and Pitcher of the Year as a senior... played against current LMU teammates Ryan Hawthorne and Shon Roe in high school... high school teammate of current LMU teammates Nick Truhan and Jason Barmasse... recruited by UC Santa Barbara, University of Nevada and UC San Diego, but chose LMU because of the academics and the baseball program... PERSONAL
Alex Rodney Gillingham was born October 17, 1989 in Westlake Village, Calif.... son of Andrea and Dr. Frank Gillingham... has two sisters, Lauren and Olivia, and a brother, Jeff... an accounting major.