After just one season with U. Central Florida, junior pitcher Owen Dew has decided to try his luck in the pros.
Dew, who was selected in the 21st round of the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Cleveland Indians, signed a professional contract with the club, ending his collegiate career.
Dew has been assigned to Class A Mahoning Valley Scrappers, who play in the short season New York-Penn League.
In his lone season at UCF, Dew compiled a 5-3 record to go along with a 5.89 ERA. He pitched a team-high 73.1 innings and struck out 48 batters. He was the only Knight pitcher to start in every weekend series.
Dew’s best outing as a Knight came on April 17 against Rice, when he allowed nine singles and two walks in 8.1 innings to lead the Knights in a 6-4 win.
He was previously drafted before coming to UCF by the Los Angeles Angels in 2009.
They selected him in the 33rd round, but he elected to stay in the collegiate ranks and play at UCF.
Dew transferred to the Knights from Seminole State College, where he played his freshman and sophomore campaigns.
In 2009, he led all pitchers with eight wins, 14 starts, four complete games and 81 strikeouts in 91.1 innings.
Dew isn’t the only UCF player to make some noise this week.
Chris Duffy, who was picked by the Phillies in the draft, was once again honored for his play this season.
The senior outfielder, who is a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award, continued to rake in the praise this week as he was named a First Team All American by the Baseball America and the Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
Yahoo! Sports also tabbed Duffy on its first-team ballot.
Since the end of the season, five All-American teams have been released, and Duffy’s name has appeared on each one.
The Orlando native produced a monster season in 2010, putting up historic numbers. He broke the UCF and Conference USA records for batting average and slugging at .447 and .850, respectively.
The slugger also smacked out a school record 21 home runs and tied Bobby Kiser for the all-time record for most home runs in a UCF career with 43. To cap it all off, Duffy hit his first-career grand slam in his final at bat as a Knight against Tulane on May 22.
Football
Conference USA has finally announced the kickoff time for UCF’s road game against Memphis on Nov. 27 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
The Knights and the Tigers will kick off at noon, with the game to be broadcast live on CSS.
UCF has defeated Memphis in each of it’s past five meetings, with the most recent win being a 32-14 victory in Orlando last season.
In that game, UCF running back Brynn Harvey rushed for 219 yards.
The game will be one of six nationally televised games for the Knights this fall, with three of those on ESPN or ESPN2.