Player Bio: Josh Conover - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
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Personal
Born May 5, 1982 ... son of Steve and Wendy Conover ... has an older brother,
Jason ... originally signed a Letter of Intent to play at UW for the 2001 season, but didn't come out for the team until 2002 ... majoring in sociology.
Washington
2004 (Junior) - Appeared in eight games, with one start ... picked up the victory on the final day of the regular season when he held UC Irvine to one run on three hits over five innings of relief, walking one and fanning three as the UW scored four in the ninth to give him the victory ... threw four innings of no-hit relief in that game before allowing a run on three hits in the top of the ninth ... lone start of the season came March 22 at Gonzaga (no decision in a UW win) ... allowed five runs on five hits, two walks and a strikeout over three and two-thirds in that game ... switched to a sidearm delivery midway through the season ... in 10 innings of work after the change, allowed three runs on six hits while fanning eight ... struck out six in two innings April 6 at Portland ... threw three shutout innings of relief (one hit) May 12 vs. the Pilots ... worked three innings of relief Feb. 14 at San Diego, allowing one unearned run on three hits ... 2003 (Sophomore) - Made 14 appearances on the season, including five starts ... won his first four starts, the first four starting outings of his career ... all starts came in mid-week action ... also very succesful out of the bullpen, allowing nine hits over 12.1 innings for a 2.19 earned run average as a reliever ... worked 2.1 perfect innings May 18 vs. Arizona State, fanning four ... no runs allowed in 5.1 Pac-10 innings ... was on his way to a fifth win May 6 vs. Portland, but left game with a minor back strain with two down in the fifth ... got fourth win in as many starts Apr. 29 vs. Lewis-Clark State, allowing three runs over six innings ... got third win Apr. 22 vs. Hawaii-Hilo, allowing no runs on four hits in four innings ... earned a win Apr. 15 at Kansas State, allowing four runs on five hits over 7.0 IP, walking one and fanning six ... pitched twice in relief at Stanford, combining to work 2.2 shutout innings ... started Mar. 25 at Portland, earning a win in his first career start ... allowed six hits and one run while fanning five in 5.0 innings for the win ... came on with the bases loaded and one out Mar. 11 at Oregon State, and got a strikeout and a flyout to get out of the jam ... pitched for Kirkland (Wash.) during the summer ... 2002 (RS-Freshman) - Made eight relief appearances didn't allow a hit in his first three outings and didn't surrender a run until his fifth ... top outing was probably April 10 vs. UC Irvine, when he struck out three in two shutout innings ... suffered only loss in final outing of the season when he gave up four runs (two-thirds of season total) vs. Gonzaga May 14 ... played for Bend (Ore.) over the summer, posting a solid 2.70 ERA.
Lake Washington High School
Earned three varsity letters, playing primarily as an infielder, at Lake Washington ... batted .350 as a sophomore, .375 as a junior and .360 as a senior ... named first-team All-KingCo third baseman as a senior after earning second-team as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore ... team captain his senior year.
JOSH CONOVER'S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2002 8.10 0-1 8/0 0 0 0 6.2 9 6 6 6 9 1 0 1 .333 0 0 0 2003 3.46 4-0 14/5 0 0 0 39.0 36 15 15 15 33 7 1 4 .255 2 6 0 2004 6.53 1-0 8/1 0 0 1 20.2 21 17 15 7 16 3 1 0 .276 2 7 0 Totals 4.88 5-1 30/6 0 0 1 66.1 66 38 36 28 58 11 2 5 .270 4 13 0
