Utah Valley University Athletics

Before Utah Valley...
Senior (2012): Named the Great West All-Conference first team after going 10-3 with a 4.89 ERA ... was named to Great West[apos]s Academic All-Conference team ... was 5-0 with a 3.44 ERA in Great West Games ... finished career 17-6 with a 3.35 ERA in two seasons ... two-time Great West Pitcher of the Week winner (March 13 & April 9) ... earned both wins over UVU[apos]s victories over ranked opponents ... held #11 Arizona State hitless for 4.2 innings in UVU[apos]s 9-6 win in Tempe on March 14 ...pitched 7.0 innings in win over #4 and eventual National Champion Arizona on April 4 ... took no-hitter into sixth inning against Arizona and final line included two runs on four hits ... pitched six shutout innings in 4-1 win at Utah on April 10 ... struck out nine batters against NYIT on May 12 ... had two complete-game wins; vs. Texas-Pan American and Southern Utah ... allowed just one run in both complete games ... threw a team-high 95.2 innings.

Junior (2011): Named 2011 Great West Conference Pitcher of the Year and Newcomer of the Year ... named to First Team All-GWC ... twice named GWC Player of the Week (March 29 and April 12) ... led team with a 1.71 ERA and 7-3 record ... 1.71 ERA sets a UVU single-season record for lowest ERA ... ranked 16th in NCAA Div. I baseball in ERA ... allowed 17 earned runs on 82 hits with 36 strikeouts in 89.2 innings pitched ... appeared in 14 games (10 starts) ... threw two complete game shutouts on the year and pitched in two combined shutouts ... tied a UVU single-season record for most shutouts ... ranks in a tie for second in most complete games in a season at UVU with 3 ... opposing batters hit just .167 with two outs against him ... despite registering no strikeouts in the game, pitched a complete game shutout in which he allowed only three hits at Sacramento State on March 25 ... threw 10 scoreless innings with eight Ks in an 11-inning win at NJIT on April 9 ... pieced together a stretch of 24 consecutive shutout innings (April 9 to May 6) and didn[apos]t allow an earned run over his first 33 innings pitched in GWC games ... went 6-0 in GWC play with a 0.41 ERA in 43.2 innings.

Other College: Played two seasons at Western Nevada Community College ... went 8-2 with a 3.27 ERA as a sophomore, helping team to 42-17 record ... recorded a 3.38 ERA during freshman season ... part of a team that won the Scenic West Athletic Conference in 2009 ... team also won Region XVIII championship and Western District Championship and finished third at NJCAA World Series.

High School: Prepped at Olympia High School in Washington and earned All-State honors as a senior and was named to All-Narrows League ... helped team to third place finish at state.

Personal...
Born in Longview, Washington ... son of Don and Christine Gendlek ... majoring in Criminal Justice.