Jay Broughton

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
205
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.
High School:
Triton Central

Jay Broughton's Career & Game-By-Game Statistics (PDF)

2009 (Senior)
Appeared in two games to earn his fourth letter ... Worked one inning on the year in two games -- at Furman (Feb. 22) and at Missouri (March 7 - game two).

2008 (Junior)
Appeared in four games and made one start to earn his third letter ... Worked 7.1 innings on the season ... Started against Charleston Southern (April 12) and worked two innings.

2007 (Sophomore)
Appeared in eight games and made two starts to earn his second letter ... Struck out 12 batters in 13.2 innings ... Struck out a season-best four batters in a season-high 4.0 innings versus Oklahoma State (Feb. 18) ... Struck out three batters in 2.2 innings at Vanderbilt (Feb. 24).

2006 (Freshman)
Appeared in 16 games to earn his first letter ... Earned six starts as one of the team’s mid-week starters ... Finished the season 3-1 with a 5.55 ERA ... Struck out 38 batters in 48.2 innings of work ... Made first collegiate start March 7 at Belmont, allowing one earned run and striking out four batters in 5.0 innings ... Earned first career win March 18 at Louisville, throwing 3.1 innings out of the bullpen ... Also earned victories at Dayton (April 11) and against Indiana State (May 9), throwing a career-high 5.1 innings in each contest ... Held Indiana State scoreless on four hits while striking out a career-high five batters ... Also held Wright State scoreless, allowing three hits in 5.0 innings (March 28) ... Came out of the bullpen to secure the final two outs of Ball State’s May 25 MAC Tournament win against Central Michigan after the game had been suspended by weather.

High School
Earned four letters under coach Rob Robertson ... Named all-conference honorable mention as a junior and all-conference first team as a sophomore ... First team all-state as a junior ... Twice earned Shelby County Player of the Year title ... 2005 IHSBCA North-South All-Star Series participant ... Helped lead team to sectional, regional and state championships in 2002 and 2003 ... Established single-season school records for ERA (0.66), strikeouts (144) and wins (9) ... Set record with three home runs in a game ... Pitched 205 career innings, posting a record of 27-7 with a 2.43 ERA and 407 strikeouts ... Went 9-2 as a senior, with five complete games -- three shutouts -- plus one save ... Notched a 2.26 ERA and 143 strikeouts in 65 innings his senior year ... Played summer ball for the Indiana Mustangs ... Also lettered two years in football ... Named team’s defensive player of the year as a junior.

Personal
Majoring in exercise science with minors in sports medicine and gerontology ... Born Nov. 10, 1986, in Indianapolis, Ind. ... Son of Rick and Linda Broughton ... Has two brothers ... Full name is Matthew Jay Broughton.