Niagara University Athletics

2006: Appeared in a career-high 22 games, starting three…Posted a 3-2 record with one save…Posted a 1-0 record in six conference appearances…Team was 2-1 in games he started…Ranked second on the team with 22 appearances…Picked up a 9-2 win against St. Bonaventure (April 18), pitching a season-high six innings and allowing four hits, an earned run, and recording a season-best four strikeouts…Recorded his first career save, striking out the only batter he faced at Radford (March 18)…Averaged 5.9 strikeouts per nine innings.

2005: Made three starts in non-conference games...Threw a season-high 5.1 innings and earned lone win over Pittsburgh (May 4)…Was third on the team with 19 appearances…Made first career plate appearances against the Panthers...Had two strikeouts in five games...Saw action against five MAAC teams and posted a 4.50 ERA in six innings of work.

2004: Made 18 appearances and 10 starts…Recorded second-most appearances and starts on the team…Posted second-most appearances in a single-season at Niagara…Tied for second with six wins…Held opponents to a .279 batting average…Made collegiate debut in season opener at Wofford (March 1)...Won first collegiate decision at Morehead State (March 12), allowing a hit with two strikeouts in two innings…Won five consecutive decisions spanning 34.2 innings and 11 appearances...Threw a personal-best seven innings, allowing three hits and no runs in a 6-0 shutout of Saint Peter’s (April 18)...Struck out six in 5.1 innings of work vs. Marist (May 9).

South Carleton High School: Member of the Ottawa-Nepean club team and was voted Top Pitcher in 2001…Recipient of the Principals Award for leadership in high school athletics.

Personal: Born Nov. 21, 1984, in North York, Ont….Son of Steve and Brenda Virtue…Has a younger sister, Caitlin.