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Oral Roberts University

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

2015 Baseball

34 Kurt Giller

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 220
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position RHP
  • Hometown Manhattan, Kan.
  • High School Manhattan HS
  • Prev School Nebraska
  • B/T L/R

Biography

2015
Giller started the season as the Golden Eagles’ Saturday starter before an injury sidelined the sixth-year senior during the month of April … He went 4-3 with a 3.12 ERA that included wins over Memphis, IPFW and Omaha while totaling 43.1 innings pitched … He recorded 40 strikeouts and just 12 walks as opponents hit just .235 against … Giller had a season high seven strikeouts at Louisiana Tech and recorded five strikeouts three times including a 6.2 inning performance in a win over Memphis on Feb. 14 … He returned from injury on Senior Day against Western Illinois to throw one perfect inning out of the bullpen on May 16 tallying one strikeout.

2014
Started 12 games and appeared in 16 for the Golden Eagles… Went 3-4 with a 4.61 earned run average in 68.1 innings… Finished second on the team with 54 strikeouts… Pitched a seven-inning complete game victory with eight strikeouts in the series opener against Northwestern State (3/14)… Struck out six batters in seven innings in a win at Nicholls State (3/19)… Sat down five batters in three innings against No. 8 Oklahoma State (4/22)… Threw two shutout innings out of the bullpen for his third victory of the year at Missouri State (5/6)… Didn’t allow a run over a seven inning stretch in three straight appearances against Central Arkansas (5/3), Missouri State (5/6) and Abilene Christian (5/11).

2013
Made 18 appearances for the Golden Eagles, including seven starts... Threw 39.1 innings, recording an 0-3 record with a 4.35 ERA... Added two saves... Struck out 21 batters... Threw two scoreless innings against Wichita State (3/5)... Threw five innings at Oklahoma (3/19), getting a no decision after allowing four runs... Went a season-high 5.1 innings against Central Arkansas (3/24), allowing two runs... Struck out a season-high four batter against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3/30)... Shifted to the bullpen with a scoreless inning against Southeastern Louisiana (4/14), kicking off a season-ending streak where he posted scoreless outings in nine of 11 appearances... Went 3.1 innings without allowing a run against Lamar (5/4)... Notched a save with a scoreless inning of work at Missouri State (5/7)... Tossed a scoreless inning against College World Series runner-up Mississippi State (5/14)... Picked up his second save with a scoreless outing against Northwestern State (5/16).

2012

  • First Team All-Summit League

Started 14 contests and came out of the pen in relief on two other occasions... Finished the season with a 6-4 record and a 3.42 ERA... Struck out at team high 79 batters in 84.1 innings pitched... Had a pair of double digit strikeout performances against Missouri State (3/16) (10) and versus Oakland (4/6) (11)... Pitched a complete game on Southern Utah (4/12) on the road... Went all seven innings, shutting out Western Illinois (4/21) at home...Named First Team All-Summit League.

2011
Redshirted the season after transferring to ORU.

PRIOR TO ORU
Played at Nebraska in 2010... Was 0-1 with one save and an 11.80 ERA in eight appearances... Pitched 13.2 innings with 11 strikeouts and nine walks... Picked up his first career save at Fresno State (2/26), tossing four innings of one-run ball in a 4-1 victory... Underwent elbow surgery in April and missed the rest of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL
2009 graduate of Manhattan HS in Manhattan, Kan... Led Manhattan to a state championship runner-up finish in 2007 with a 9-0 record and a 0.91 ERA... Second Team All-State selection following his sophomore year... All-State honorable mention his junior year... First Team All-State as a senior... Three-time First Team All-Centennial League... Earned First Team All-America honors from Collegiate baseball/Louisville Slugger in 2009... Drafted in the 21st round by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2009.

PERSONAL
Son of Tom and Mary Giller... Received a degree in business administration in Spring 2014.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2011Sophomore

    RHP
    6'2" 230 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2012Junior

    RHP
    6'2" 230 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2013Redshirt

    RHP
    6'2" 220 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2014Redshirt Senior

    RHP
    6'2" 220 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2015Redshirt Senior

    RHP
    6'2" 220 lbs
    34
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