University of North Florida Athletics

2006: Fought through arm pain all season to make 10 appearances and nine starts... finished with a 4-5 record and a 5.63 ERA... his best outing of the season came against UCF on Feb. 17 when he threw seven scoreless innings, allowed just two hits and fanned six batters to guide UNF to a 1-0 win... finished the season with 38.1 innings pitched and 35 strikeouts... surrendered 24 earned runs and 13 walks. 2005: Pitched in 18 games and started 17 ... finished his junior season 8-3 with a 3.61 ERA in 107. 1 innings of work ... one of only two UNF pitchers to record more than 100 innings on the mound ... his eight wins was tops on the UNF staff ... ranked second on the team with 89 strikeouts, including 25 strikeouts looking ... tallied five or more strikeouts in 11-of-18 appearances ... held opponents to a .249 average ... led the UNF staff with five complete games, including a two-hit, five-strikeout performance against Southern Connecticut State in the Division II National Baseball Championships on May 29 ... also earned a complete-game victory over USC Aiken in the South Atlantic Regional on May 19 ... recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts in a complete game, 6-1 win over Augusta State on May 1 ... pitched a five-inning gem against Kennesaw State on one day[apos]s rest to help the Ospreys take a 6-5 win over Kennesaw State in the championship game of the South Atlantic Regional en route to being named tournament MOP ... won 8-of-10 starts from March 26 to May 29, including a win over eventual national champion Florida Southern on May 11. 2004: Redshirted. 2003: Pitched in 14 games and started 11 ... made a huge leap into the third conference starting pitcher[apos]s role his sophomore season after seeing time at first base in 2002 ... finished 2003 7-4 in 77 innings of work, helping UNF clinch a share of the regular-season conference title, throwing a complete game and allowing just five hits while striking out six and walking one ... also knocked out Francis Marion in the South Atlantic Regional by throwing his other shutout, working seven innings and allowing just four hits while striking out five. 2002: Played in 15 games, batting .333 with four hits and scored five runs ... compiled an on-base percentage of .556. High School: Graduated with honors from R.O.W.V.A. High ... played for head coach Rod Hatch ... batted .545 as a junior and .527 as a senior ... was 8-1 with a 1.20 ERA, earning third-team All-America honors, and was a Rawlings second-team All-America ... drafted in the 18th round by the Oakland A[apos]s. Personal: Born April 26, 1983, in Pittsfield, Ill. ... raised in hometown Oneida, Ill. ... son of Mike and Karen Dixon ... enjoys fishing, computers and hanging with friends ... favorite sports personality is Nolan Ryan.