Indiana University Athletics
Back Home Again: Joey DeNato
11/5/2014 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Nov. 5, 2014
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Joey DeNato, a 19th round selection by the Philadelphia Phillies organization in the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft, recently returned "home" for IU baseball's Alumni Game in October and sat down with IUHoosiers.com. A San Diego, Calif., native, DeNato is Indiana's all-time career leader in wins (37), strikeouts (297) and innings pitched (369.1).
IU's single-season record holder in innings pitched (109.1) and wins (13) in 2014, DeNato was part of IU's rise to national prominence.
"The whole four years I was here, we started at the very bottom, projected last in the Big Ten," DeNato said. "From there, I was part of the program when we made it all the way to the College World Series and we were projected to finish first in the Big Ten. Pretty much all of that sums up how awesome it was being here and how much of a blast it was."
Click play above as DeNato gives an update on his first year in the professional ranks and reflects on his time as a Hoosier.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Joey DeNato, a 19th round selection by the Philadelphia Phillies organization in the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft, recently returned "home" for IU baseball's Alumni Game in October and sat down with IUHoosiers.com. A San Diego, Calif., native, DeNato is Indiana's all-time career leader in wins (37), strikeouts (297) and innings pitched (369.1).
IU's single-season record holder in innings pitched (109.1) and wins (13) in 2014, DeNato was part of IU's rise to national prominence.
"The whole four years I was here, we started at the very bottom, projected last in the Big Ten," DeNato said. "From there, I was part of the program when we made it all the way to the College World Series and we were projected to finish first in the Big Ten. Pretty much all of that sums up how awesome it was being here and how much of a blast it was."
Click play above as DeNato gives an update on his first year in the professional ranks and reflects on his time as a Hoosier.
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