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Frank Duncan

Class: Junior Hometown: San Francisco, Calif. High School: Stuart Hall

Height / Weight: 6-4 / 209 Position: RHP Experience: HS B/T: R/R

Honors and Awards

• 2012 All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2012 KU's Jayhawk Trophy Pitcher of the Year
• 2012 Jayhawk Classic All-Tournament Team
• 2012 two-time big 12 Pitcher of the Week (April 23, May 21)
• 2012 CollegeBaseball360.com Primetime Performer (April 24)
• 2011 KU's Walt Houk Newcomer of the Year
• Two-time Big 12 Commissioner's honor roll
• Two-time Athletic Director's honor roll

2012 (Sophomore): Tabbed All-Big 12 Second Team by the conference office as well as the Waco Tribune-Herald ... Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week twice (April 23 and May 21) ... Selected to the Big 12 Commissioner's and Athletic Director's Honor Rolls ... Posted a 6-8 record with a 3.23 ERA in 15 starts ... Became the fifth pitcher in KU history to record 100 strikeouts in a season ... Held opponents to a .228 batting average, eighth-best in school history ... Right-handed hitters batted .217 against him ... His 3.23 ERA was the best by a Jayhawk since 2001 ... Earned wins in his first two starts, defeating Middle Tennessee (Feb. 17) and Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 24) ... Recorded eight strikeouts in victory at Minnesota (March 10) ... Pitched first complete game at Texas (April 20), tallying a career-high 11 strikeouts ... Allowed one earned run in eight innings with nine strikeouts against Air Force (May 4) ... Pitched a complete game shutout against Missouri (May 17), allowing no runs on seven hits ... Ranked sixth in the Big 12 in innings pitched (111.1), sixth in strikeouts (100) and seventh in opponents' batting average (.228).

Summer 2011: Pitched for the Neptune Beach Pearl of the Far West Collegiate Summer League ... Head coach was Brant Cummings.

2011 (Freshman): Made 24 appearances out of the bullpen ... Went 0-3 with a 3.09 ERA in 46 2/3 innings of work ... Led the team in innings pitched out of the bullpen ... Struck out 35 batters on the year while allowing only 16 earned runs ... Picked up his first collegiate save against Arkansas-Little Rock (March 22) ... Pitched three innings of relief and allowed only one hit against Nebraska (April 10).

At Stuart Hall HS: Lettered four times for head coach Eddie Russell ... Named team MVP in 2010 ... Posted a 7-4 record with a 1.36 ERA and 127 strikeouts in 72.0 innings pitched during his senior year ... His 127 k's were the 11th-most in California high school baseball ... Tossed a no-hitter against Point Arena High School ... Also had a one-hitter against University High School ... Batted .355 with four homers and 28 RBIs with 24 stolen bases in 2010 ... Went 5-0 with an ERA below 1.00 as a freshman ... Team won the BCL league championship in 2007 and 2010 ... Also lettered four years in basketball and twice in soccer ... Made the scholastic honor roll all four years of high school.

Personal: Born in San Francisco, Calif. ... Son of Ken and Carol Duncan ... Majoring in civil engineering with an environment focus.