Mark Appel Class: Junior Hometown: Houston, TX High School: Monte Vista HS Height / Weight: 6-5 / 215 Position: RHP Experience: HS Bats/Throws: R/R

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Highs: bullpen--5.0 innings (v. SCU, 5/3/10); starter--9.0 innings (at USC, 4/8/11, 2011 NCAA Regional v. Kansas State)... 9 strikeouts (v. Washington, 5/6/11)

MLB Draft / Summer Ball: Drafted in the 15th round by the Detroit Tigers following high school... pitched for Team USA before heading over to Yarmouth-Dennis in the Cape Cod League in the Summer of 2011... gave up just eight earned runs all summer over eight games and 29.0 innings for a 2.48 ERA with 36 strikeouts and five walks, earning No. 1 prospect status for Team USA by Baseball America... with five games with the Americans, had a 5.00 ERA over 9.0 innings striking out 11 and walking two, not allowing a run in four relief appearances and five earned runs over 4.2 innings against Japan... in 20.0 innings with Y-D, gave up three earned runs with 25 strikeouts and three walks... rated as the No. 2 prospect in the Cape Cod League by perfectgame.org and the No. 2 prospect by the same website for Team USA... pitched for the Newport Gulls with classmate Kenny Diekroeger in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer of 2010, going 6-1 with a 1.87 ERA over 43.1 innings. Allowed just 33 hits and struck out 24... tied for first in the NECBL in wins, seventh in ERA and 12th in innings pitched... named a mid-summer All Star in the NECBL, starting the mid-summer event... following the 2010 summer was rated as the No. 2 prospect behind Diekroeger, according to Baseball America... named an NECBL Pitcher of the Week after a starter against Keene (New Hampshire), where he pitched 5.2 no-hit innings en route to a 7.0 shutout innings.

Stanford Career: Has an 8-8 record and 3.76 career ERA over two seasons, pitching 148.1 innings with 112 strikeouts and 48 walks... has given up 158 hits... Friday night starter as a sophomore after having two saves in 24 games as a freshman... opponents are hitting .282 against him in two seasons.

As a sophomore in 2011: Went 6-7 with a 3.02 ERA as the Cardinal's top starter on Friday nights, producing a 3.02 ERA over 17 starts and 110.1 innings.. two of the starts were midweek affairs totaling 3.0 shutout innings... struck out 86 and walked 29 while giving up 114 hits for a .277 opponent batting average... gave up just two home runs all season... reached the sixth inning in all 15 of his weekend starts... struck out at least five in 12 of 15 starts and struck out at least seven in five starts... had two complete games, at USC (4/8) and against Kansas State (6/3) in the NCAA Regional... going against some of the top junior arms in the country, went 1-3 against Taylor Jungmann (Texas), Sonny Gray (Vandy) and Andrew Gagnon (LBSU). Beat UCLA's Garrit Cole in 4-1 win on April 21 when he gave up three runs on nine hits over 7.0 innings... the Texas and Gray losses were each by one run, as he gave up two runs over 6.0 innings in a 2-1 loss in Nashville, before pitching in a 2-1 game until the eighth at Texas the next week, giving up four earned over 7.1 innings in a 4-3 loss... entered the Super Regional by giving up four earned runs over his last 24.1 innings, going 2-0, prior to three runs (two earned) over 6.0 innings in a loss at North Carolina. The week prior, pitched his second ever complete game in the opener of the NCAA Regional over Kansas State, where he gave up three runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts... in first ever complete game, at USC (4/8), he pitched six no-hit innings, before giving up one run in a four-hitter with seven strikeouts and no waks... twice struck out a career-best nine on the season, against Washington (5/6) and Arizona (5/20), both in eight innings... pitched eight shutout innings over the Wildcats.

As a Freshman in 2010: Reliever and spot starter... appeared in 24 games overall with three spot starts, going 2-1 with a 5.92 ERA over 38.0 innings... gave up 44 hits for a .295 opponent batting average, struck out 26 and walked 19 for NCAA Regional team... had a 3.45 ERA out of the bullpen this season over 21 games (12 er in 31.1 IP)... struck out two and allowed one earned run in 1.0 inning against ASU (5/29)... 2.0 shutout innings against Hawai'i (5/18)... gave up five runs in the second in Sunday start at LBSU (5/9)... second save came with five innings against Santa Clara (5/3), in which he gave up one run on four hits... three scoreless innings for his first save at OSU (4/16). This after three shutout innings, retiring the first eight Broncos at SCU (4/13)... had a 3.86 ERA prior to his first career start v. USC (3/26), where he gave up six runs over 2.2 innings... started freshman campaign without allowing a run over his first five appearances, spanning 6.1 innings... struck out five and gave up a single hit over 2.0 shutout innings for first collegiate win against UC Santa Barbara (3/5/10)... second career win against Pepperdine with 2.2 innings (3/21/10), allowing two runs.

High School: Two-year letterman in basketball and baseball ... named one of the top-100 prep players in 2009 by Baseball America, Perfect Game, Rivals, Maxpreps and the Baseball Factory ... named by the Contra Costa Times as the Prep Athlete of the Year in 2009 for both baseball and basketball ... named all-league honorable mention in 2009 ... appeared in nine games as a senior, producing an 0.90 ERA over 31.0 innings ... gave up just 21 hits, striking out 45 and walking just six over five starts ... overall went 4-0 with three saves ... ended the season with 24 consecutive scoreless innings, including a no-hitter against defending league champion, Livermore ... three-year scholar athlete ... as a junior named the team's most improved player in basketball ... baseball team reached the North Coast Sectionals in 2008 and 2009, while the basketball team were Division-I North Coast Sectional state champions in 2009 and reached the semifinals of the state tournament.

Personal: Son of Patrick and Sondra ... has one older brother, John, who is a 6-10 reserve center for the back-to-back Division-III national champion Washington University (St. Louis) basketball team ... a number of family members attended Rice University, including his uncle, John Casbarian, who is the Dean of the Architecture school ... majoring in management, science & engineering.