Tom Zelasko Class: Junior Hometown: Lansing, IL High School: Mount Carmel Height / Weight: 6-0 / 190 Position: P Experience: Sq B/T: L/L

2009: Set career-marks with two wins, 47.0 innings, four saves and 27 strikeouts in 32 appearances ... Pitched a scoreless inning of relief in the season opener vs. North Florida (2/20) ... Picked up his first career win vs. Mississippi State (2/21)... Struck out two over three shutout innings at SIU (3/8)... Had a scoreless innings streak of 7.1 over eight appearances snapped at Southeast Missouri (3/13) ... Closed the Huskies' win over Buffalo with a hitless inning (3/21) ... Earned his second win of the season in a walk-off win vs. Buffalo (3/22) ... Saved his first game of his career at Bradley (3/25) ... Tossed a perfect ninth inning to earn a save vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (4/1) ... Gave up one unearned run in 5.1 innings of relief with a career-best three strikeouts at Akron (4/12) ... Closed out a Huskie win at Central Michigan, pitching 1.2 innings of no-hit baseball (5/2) ... Posted a scoreless appearance vs. Ball State, striking out a pair in 1.2 innings (5/10) ... Led the team in earned run average (3.26), opposing batting average (.256), saves (4), appearances (32), and games finished (24).

2008: Made seven relief appearances on the year and one start ... Made collegiate debut vs. Hawai'i (2/28) ... Received first career start against Bradley (3/25) ... Appeared in first MAC game vs. Central Michigan (5/4) ... Gave up 12 hits, six earned runs, one walk and struck out three in 5.0 innings of relief work ... Threw 0.2 innings with a strikeout and gave up no runs against Dallas Baptist (3/14) ... Recorded first career strikeout against Texas Tech (2/28).

High School: Ranked 47th among Illinois seniors by Prep Baseball Report and listed on the Chicago Tribune Top 100 area players list ... A two-time all-area and all-conference selection and earned all-state accolades as a senior ... Earned honorable mention all-state recognition after posting a 6-1 record, 1.44 ERA and 67 strikeouts with 41 hits allowed in 53.1 innings pitched as a senior ... Posted a school-record 37.1-inning scoreless streak during his senior season ... Earned the Ceaser Cirillo King of the Hill Award and first team all-area and honorable mention all-conference accolades after compiling a 6-3 record, 3.15 ERA and 51 strikeouts with just 16 walks in 55.2 innings while helping his team to regional and sectional championships as a junior ... Went 4-1 with a 3.47 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 34.1 innings over 10 appearances during his sophomore season ... Went 2-0 with a 4.20 ERA in three varsity starts and had one complete game while totaling 15.0 innings as a freshman ... Honor roll member for three years and was named to National Honor Society as junior.

Personal: History major ... Born August 12, 1988 in Harvey, Ill. ... Parents are Anthony and Lisa Zelasko ... Admires Brett Favre ... Hobbies include weight lifting.

zelasko's Career highs

Innings Pitched: 5.1, 4x, last vs. Akron, 4/12/09

Strikeouts: 3, vs. Akron, 4/12/09