Personal
Born in Newport Beach, Calif., ... parents are Larry and Kitty ... cousins Travis ('90, '93-95) and Tyson ('93, '96-97) DowDell played baseball at BYU ... served mission to Osorno, Chile ... wife's name is Desirae ... majoring in political science, minoring in business management.
Before BYU
Prepped at Capistrano Valley High, where he was coached by Bob Zamora ... lettered two times in baseball and was awarded most inspirational player ... lettered twice in football and was special teams MVP ... played on American Legion team that won two state titles in 1995 and 1997 and was ranked No. 5 nationally ... while playing in the Pacific Coast League, he led his team in batting average, RBI and hit by pitch ... recruited by Colorado, Washington and Arizona.
Stats
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO 2003 5.93 1-0 9 1 0 0 13.2 17 12 9 5 14 2005 7.20 0-0 8 0 0 0 10.0 17 13 8 8 12 2006 4.74 1-1 13 0 0 0 19.0 21 16 10 4 15 TOTALS 5.70 2-1 30 1 0 0 42.2 55 41 27 17 41
Appeared in nine games with a 1-0 record ... had 14 strikeouts in 13.2 innings ... sidelined by an injury midseason
Sat out due to arm surgery.
Struck out four in a 10-8 victory at Utah in 1.1 innings ... came in relief with runners on first and third in that game and struck out the side against the Utes ... kept BYU in the game with his work in a 13-12 victory vs. San Diego State in Provo, with two shutout innings ... struck out four in two innings in a 25-2 victory over Air Force ... had two key strikeouts in a 14-7 victory over New Mexico in Provo.
Led the team with the lowest on-base percentage in league games at .200 ... his victory came against Utah Valley State ... registered four strikeouts in three innings against Southern Utah.