June 7, 2011
NORFOLK, VA--Old Dominion University senior lefthander Kyle Hald (Springfield, VA.), the Colonial Athletic Association's Co-Pitcher of the Year has been selected in the 18th (560 overall) round by the St. Louis Cardinals in the Major League Baseball draft today.
Hald compiled an 8-3 record with a 3.67 earned run average and for the second straight year he led the CAA in strikeouts with 108 in 95.2 innings, earning him a second straight first team All-CAA honor. The 6-0 Hald also averaged 10.13 strikeouts per nine innings which also was best in the CAA.
This season, Hald fanned 11 batters against Fairfield and VCU and 10 against James Madison as he helped lead ODU to second place in the CAA during the regular season and the CAA Championships.
He fanned eight or more batters in seven of his 14 games. Opponent hitters had only a .230 batting average against him.
As a junior in 2010, Hald tossed shutouts against LaSalle and George Mason and fanned 10 batters against Rutgers as he was the CAA's co-leader with four complete games. He also earned All-Region Honors.
Hald, who graduated in May with a degree in sports management completed his career with 256 strikeouts in 258 innings which ranks him fifth all-time at ODU.
ODU'S ALL-TIME STRIKEOUT LEADERSJustin Verlander (2002-04) 427 in 335.2Kevin Bearse (1984-87) 325 in 316Dan Hudson (2006-08) 295 in 292John Smith (1991-94) 268 in 318.2Kyle Hald (2008-11) 250 in 252
Kyle Hald'S CAREER AT ODU
YR GP GS W-L IP H R ER BB SO ERA08 19 2 3-3 43 51 31 24 18 35 5.0209 7 3 0-2 19.1 25 16 16 12 18 7.5810 13 13 8-4 100.0 100 41 31 29 95 2.7911 14 14 8-3 95.2 82 51 39 46 108 3.67TL 53 32 19-12 258.0 258 139 109 105 256 3.80