Chico State Athletics

Transfer from Butte College in Oroville…Pre-Chico Days: Started 13 of 14 appearances for the Roadrunners in 2009, posting a 7-4 record and 3.04 earned run average while averaging nearly a strikeout an inning…Earned First Team All-Golden Valley Conference Honors…Played summer ball in ’09 with current Wildcats teammate Deven Braden for the Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox in Marysville…Played 2008 season at College of San Mateo and was used primarily as a reliever…2006 graduate of Soquel High School in Santa Cruz…Two-time All-Santa Cruz County Athletic League First Team selection…Named by the San Jose Mercury News to the All-Central Coast Section Baseball First Team as a senior…Led the Knights to the 2006 SCCAL championship…Second Team All-SCCAL selection as a freshman at Aptos High School…Personal: Born 6/8/88 in Watsonville…Son of Marty and Patty Strickland…Has one older sister, Stephanie…Enjoys playing guitar…Claims that baseball is the only sport he’s played…Sports hero is Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum…Non-sports hero is Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett…Has always wanted to sky dive…Never steps on the foul line coming into or out of the dugout…Kinesiology major.