Furman: Veteran hurler who heads into his senior season positioned as a valuable member of Furman’s bullpen...sports excellent control...throws a quality curveball, sinking fastball, and slider....with 66 appearances is only eight shy of cracking Furman’s career Top 10. 2010 — Made a squad high 31 appearances, all in relief, posting a 1-2 record and 6.49 ERA...lone win came in 5-4 Furman victory over Elon (0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 K)...notched a save in 6-5 win over UNC Asheville (1.0 IP, 1 H)...hurled 1.2 frames of scoreless, no-hit ball in 6-3 road victory over Appalachian State...season ERA without career worst outing in an 18-4 loss at Western Carolina ((0.1 IP, 9 H, 8 ER) would have been 4.45...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll. 2009 — Emerged as a solid contributor in his second campaign, logging 25 appearances, including four starts...tallied a 2-5 record and 5.93 ERA with two saves...issued only 11 walks in 68 1/3 innings — the best ratio on the staff... had one stretch of 14 appearances (Mar. 11-Apr. 25) and 35.0 innings in which he issued one walk...recorded several strong outings, including 3.0 innings of scoreless relief (2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K) in 4-2, 14-inning victory over Clemson and 6.0 frames of shutout relief (3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, career high 8 K) vs. Davidson (4-3 loss)...picked up his first save in an 11-2 victory over Samford (4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K)...earned his first win in relief in an 8-5 decision over Presbyterian (3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 K)...registered his second victory in relief against Georgia Southern (11-7 win)...delivered solid relief work in Furman’s 7-6 SoCon victory over Western Carolina (4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 3 K)...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll...played summer ball with the Kelowna Falcons of the West Coast League along with Furman teammate Reese Wade...in 13 appearances (2 GS), went 2-2 with a 2.55 ERA (35.1 IP, 25 H, 17 R, 10 ER, 9 BB, 19 K)...opponents hit just .203 against him...team went 24-24. 2008 — Made 10 appearances, all in relief...went 1-0 with a 7.50 ERA...longest and most effective outing (5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K) came in 8-7 victory over UNC Asheville...came back in his next outing (1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB) to pick up his first victory in a 9-5 triumph over High Point.
High School: 2007 graduate of Mountain Brook (6A) High School...coach was Lee Gann...served as team captain his senior year, helping his squad to a 24-12 record, region championship, and state playoff semi-finals...recorded 86 strikeouts and set school season record for fewest walks (8) over 66 innings...selected to play in Alabama North-South All-Star Game.
Personal: Full name is Jeffrey Edwin Friedman, Jr....son of Jeff and Anise Friedman...born November 10, 1988, in Birmingham, Alabama...has two sisters, Ellie and Annabelle...is a self-taught guitarist...political science major.
