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2007 FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN
Collegiate Baseball ~ Ping! Baseball
2007 BIG TEN CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
2007 ALL-BIG TEN CONFERENCE
Second Team ~ Starting Pitcher
BIG TEN CONFERENCE PITCHER OF THE WEEK
March 22, 2007
SOPHOMORE / 2008
Named to the 2008 Brooks Wallace National Player of the Year Watch List ... tabbed as a "For Your Consideration" player on the Ping! Baseball Preseason All-America team ... Preseason All-Big Ten selection by Rivals.com.
SUMMER 2007
Played for the Lima Locos of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League ... honored as the league's Pitcher of the Year ... led the GLSCL with five wins and an ERA of 1.02, and was third in the league with 41 strikeouts ... made nine appearances with seven starts ... limited opposing hitters to a .201 average and five earned runs over 44.0 innings ... selected to the league's all-star game, pitching one scoreless inning with a strikeout.
FRESHMAN / 2007
Named to the Freshman All-America teams by Collegiate Baseball and Ping! Baseball ... named Big Ten Freshman of the Year by the conference's head coaches, and was selected to the All-Big Ten third team ... appeared in 14 games on the mound, starting six ... was 3-2 on the season with one complete game, one shutout and two saves ... posted a 2.85 ERA in 60.0 innings ... struck out 61 batters against just eight walks, establishing a program season record with 7.625 strikeouts per base on balls ... 61 strikeouts establishes a Purdue record for a freshman ... was 2-2 with a 3.60 ERA in Big Ten play in six appearances and four starts ... fanned 30 conference batters in 35.0 innings of work ... struck out a season-best 11 batters in his first collegiate start, pitching 7.0 scoreless innings at Alabama-Birmingham (3/14) ... named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week for his performance in games vs. UAB and Samford, picking up his first collegiate win and save ... had a perfect game through eight innings in a no-decision against Notre Dame (4/18), finishing his outing with one hit allowed and seven strikeouts in 9.0 innings ... pitched a complete-game shutout against Ohio State (4/28), limiting the Buckeyes to four hits while striking out five in Purdue's 16-0 win.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinner at New Haven High School ... finished with a 3-2 record and nine saves as a freshman with 63 strikeouts and a 3.20 ERA ... tallied a 9-1 record with a 1.20 ERA as a sophomore while breaking the school record with 120 strikeouts and being named first team all-conference ... had an 11-2 record with a 0.70 ERA in his junior year, breaking his own record for strikeouts in a season with 137 ... also named first team all-conference, first team all-area, and first team all-state as a junior ... had a 12-3 record with a 1.21 ERA as a senior with 133 strikeouts and just 9 walks while setting school records for career wins (35) and strikeouts (453), again being named first team all-conference, all-area, and all-state ... was named Fort Wayne News-Sentinel's Sterling Sentinel Award winner for best male athlete in 2006 ... three sport athlete in high school, taking part in basketball and tennis as well as baseball ... his father, Dave Bischoff, was his high school baseball coach.
PERSONAL
Full name is Matthew David Bischoff ... was born on May 21, 1987, in Fort Wayne, Ind. ... son of Kristen and Dave Bischoff ... has one brother, Kyle ... majoring in communication.
Purdue vs. Michigan, Big Ten Championship Game
