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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Stillwater, Okla.
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| High School:
Stillwater HS
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| Height / Weight:
6-0 / 175
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| Position:
RHP
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| Experience:
1-VL
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| Bats/Throws:
R/R
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A standout fall season forced the coaching staff to take a closer look at him as a starter ... Led the team with a 0.40 ERA and hitters batted just .160 against him during fall intrasquad games ... Earned second team All-Big 12 honors as a closer last year.
2003 (Sophomore): Avoided the sophomore slump and enjoyed a successful second season on the mound ... Served as the team's closer ... Fell two outings shy of setting the program's single-season appearances mark ... Ended up third on OU's single-season saves list with nine ... Earned All-Big 12 Conference second team recognition from the league coaches and the Dallas Morning News ... Ended the season ranked second in appearances and fourth in saves in the Big 12 ... Averaged at least three appearances a week for most of the season ... Three of his losses came in extra-inning affairs ... Pitched two or more innings in each outing ... Picked up his first save in his first opportunity of the year against UTSA (2/14) ... Worked his way out of a bases loaded jam in the eighth inning and recorded a perfect ninth inning to close out the game ... Struck out the side in the ninth inning in the Michigan series finale (3/9) to earn his second save ... Pitched two scoreless innings to allow the Sooners to regain the lead and secure the victory in OU's 6-5 upset win over No. 1 Arizona State (3/14) ... Appeared twice during the Nebraska series (3/28-30) and gave up only one hit and struck out four in 3.2 innings of work ... Did not allow the three runners he inherited to score during the series ... Picked up his third save by securing the final three outs of Oklahoma's 5-4 win over Wichita State (4/1) to end the team's 10-game losing streak ... Followed with another save against No. 19 Texas A&M (4/4) over the weekend ... Held Kansas scoreless (4/19) over the final two innings to earn his fifth save ... Picked up two saves during the year against Oklahoma State (4/26 & 5/22), one during the regular season and one during the Big 12 Tournament ... Logged a save and a win during the Texas Tech series (5/2-4) ... Shut down Kansas State (5/10) and picked up a save after the Wildcats had climbed back into the game with a six-run ninth frame.
2002 (Freshman): Named to the Freshman All-Big 12 Conference Team by the league coaches ... Saw most of his action out of the bullpen ... Proved to be a valuable starter as well ... Two saves ranked third on the club ... Won his first career start against Baylor (3/31) ... Went seven innings and allowed just one earned run while striking out three ... Earned his first save after getting out of a ninth inning bases-loaded, no-out jam unscathed in the ninth against Kansas State (5/4) ... Picked up his second save against Kansas (5/12) ... Excelled off the field as well where he achieved Dean's List, Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and Sooner Scholar status during the fall semester.
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Stillwater High School under the direction of head coach Gary Gardner ... Inside High School Sports Player of the Year ... First-team Frontier Conference selection ... Member of the East squad for the Oklahoma All-State game ... Ferguson Jenkins Outstanding Student Athlete winner from the Oklahoma Sports Museum ... Led Stillwater to 6A state second-place finish.
Personal: Full name is Jarod Matthew McAuliff ... Born on July 24, 1982, in Stillwater, Okla. ... Parents are Joe and Debbie McAuliff ... Has an older brother named Jordan ... Majoring in communications.
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