Biography
2007 (Junior Season)
Named to the All-MEAC second team as a relief pitcher…made 26 appearances, 19 in relief and seven starts…tied for third in the MEAC in appearances…posted a 3-6 record…had a career-low 4.29 ERA, fourth on the team and 10th-best in the MEAC…led all Spartan pitchers with 75 strikeouts, tied for seventh in the conference and the fifth-most in a single season in school history…was third in the MEAC in saves, with four…earned first win of the season in relief against St. Joseph’s, pitching three scoreless innings and striking out six (2-9-07)…earned another win in relief against St. Joseph’s two days later, allowing one hit and no runs with five strikeouts in four innings of work…got his first start of the season against Old Dominion, pitching five scoreless innings (2-21-07)…earned his first save of the year against Sacred Heart (2-25-07), getting the final two outs of the game…second save of season came against Seton Hall, throwing the two final innings, striking out two (3-10-07)…earned the win against Seton Hall the next day, pitching four scoreless innings with four strikeouts…named MEAC Pitcher of the Week for the week of March 12 after going 1-0 with a 0.96 ERA in three appearances the week before…struck out a season-high seven batters, allowing two earned runs and five hits in a start against Longwood (4-4-07)…earned third save against Savannah State, pitching one inning and striking out two (5-13-07)…fourth save of the season came against North Carolina A&T in the MEAC Tournament (5-18-07)…allowed two hits in two innings in that game…selected to play for the Outer Banks Daredevils of the Coastal Plain League during the summer of 2007 …set an Outer Banks club record with 24 appearances…went 2-1 with a 2.89 ERA in 37.1 innings pitched…pitched a complete game in his only start.
2006 (Sophomore Season)
Appeared in 17 games, 11 of them starts, and made six relief appearances…was 3-6 with a 4.93 ERA…pitched the second-most innings on the team (84)…logged the most innings (46.2), had the sixth-lowest ERA (3.66), the second-most complete games (four) and tied for third in strikeouts (40) among MEAC pitchers in conference games…pitched seven innings against Marist, allowing three hits, two unearned runs, and striking out five (3-5-06)…earned first win of the season against Coppin State, allowing three hits and one run in 8.1 innings (4-2-06)…struck out seven batters in that game…earned first career save against Longwood, pitching two hitless innings in relief and striking out two (4-6-06)…had first complete game of the season against Maryland-Eastern Shore, allowing seven hits and four unearned runs to go with six strikeouts (4-9-06)…named MEAC Pitcher of the Week for the week of April 10…struck out eight batters in a complete-game loss at Bethune-Cookman (4-16-06)…also pitched complete games at Delaware State (4-23-06) and vs. Florida A&M (5-6-06)…fanned a career-high 11 batters against FAMU, the most for an NSU pitcher during the season.
2005 (Freshman Season)
Made a team-high 17 appearances, starting eight games…pitched the second-most innings on the team (68.1) and finished with a 3-5 record…struck out a season-high eight over 5.2 scoreless innings in relief in the second game of a doubleheader with Villanova (2-26-05)…pitched the first 5.2 innings without giving up a hit against Binghamton (3-6-05)…pitched a complete game against Coppin State, giving up one earned run and striking out six in eight innings (3-20-05)…first win of the season came against Delaware State (4-9-05)…pitched six innings in relief, giving up five hits and one run to go with four walks and four strikeouts in that one…his second complete game of the season came against Savannah State (4-16-05), when he allowed four runs (three earned) and four hits in seven innings…earned the win in the first Bethune-Cookman game in the MEAC Tournament, allowing two hits and no runs in four relief innings (4-29-05)…pitched 7.1 scoreless innings in three appearances in the MEAC Tournament…had an ERA of 0.71 in his nine relief outings.
High School
Went 6-3 with a 1.98 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 64 innings pitched as a senior at Heritage…also had two saves…batted .300 with one homer, 12 RBI and a .459 on-base percentage as a senior…played shortstop when he wasn’t pitching…played in the Virginia Commonwealth Games as a junior…attended Warwick High School his freshman through junior seasons, playing on the varsity team his latter two years there…went 3-4 with a 1.42 ERA as a junior, striking out 55 and batting .342…was 6-3 with a 2.01 ERA as a sophomore.
Personal
Joseph Craig Seal…goes by Joey…son of Craig and Debi Seal…born March 17, 1986…majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
