Baseball

#37 - David Qualben
LHP
Jr.
Brooklyn, NY
Xavier
6-3
215

Team's top lefthanded starter...had an outstanding summer season...named top pitching prospect in Coastal Plains Leage...listed by Baseball America as the 3rd best pitching prospect in NCAA Division II...has good fastball, is dominant with his change and curve...unmatched pickoff move. Northeast-10 1st Team Selection

2005: Breakout season on the hill...2004-05 Pace Athletics Co-Male Athlete of the Year...2005 Northeast-10 Conference 1st Team...National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association All-Northeast Region 1st Team...Honorable Mention on the NCBWA All-American Team...Ranked 3rd nationally with 1.19 ERA...ranked 7th nationally with 11.1 strikeouts per 9 innings...broke Pace single game record with 16 strikeouts against Southern New Hampshire on 3/31/05...allowed just seven extra-base hits and one homerun...allowed just three runs, all unearned, in last 50.2 innings pitched...allowed more than than one earned run once all season (6-Delta State, 2/27/05)...pitched eight shutout innings while allowing two hits and striking out 11 against West Chester on 3/21/05...threw a complete game shutout, allowing two hits while striking out a Pace single game record 16 batters against Southern New Hampshire on 3/31/05...Alllowed one run on three hits while striking out 11 in a complete game win over Stonehill on 4/12/05...scattered six hits over 7.2 innings pitched while striking out 13 against Franklin Pierce on 4/19/05...picked off six batters on the year....3.08 ERA ranks 6th all-time...116 K's rank 17th all-time

2004:  Second on the team with 10 starts. Posted 2-3 record with a 6.25 ERA.  Allowed 31 earned runs over 44.2 innings while striking out 32.

At Xavier: Led team to CHSAA Division Championship earning All-Borough MVP and Cy Young Award.