FULLERTON COLLEGE (JC): Pitched two years for Nick Fuscardo at Fullerton
College • Was 1-4 with a 7.96 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 57.2 innings
in the 2000 season • Gave up just two home runs and none over his final
46.2 innings of work • Picked up his only win against Saddleback, when
he allowed five runs on seven hits in 8.1 innings • Struck out a career-high
10 batters in that game and followed suit with 10 more strikeouts his next
start against Cypress • Also posted a 1-4 record as a freshman along
with one save and a 6.51 ERA • Appeared in 15 games and started six,
working 37.1 innings • Picked up his only win against L.A. Valley •
Selected by Baltimore in the 21st round of the 1999 MLB draft.
WALNUT H.S.: Played two years for Coach Jeff Jordan at Walnut H.S. in
Walnut, Calif. • Posted sub 3.00 ERAs both seasons (2.64 his senior
year, 2.31 his junior year) • Earned honorable mention All-Miramonte
League honors his senior season, when he was 2-4 and struck out 31, while
walking 15, in 45 innings • Posted a 3-1 record his junior campaign,
striking out 27 batters in 36.1 innings of work • Helped the Mustangs
to a second-place league finish his junior year • Also played first
base and outfield, before working only as a pitcher his senior season •
Was on the Dean’s List and honor roll.
PERSONAL: Born on August 19, 1980, in West Covina, Calif. •
Parents are John and Tonya Waroff • Has an older sister, Amy •
Majoring in business administration • Wants to be a baseball player,
coach, firefighter or computer tech • Says his father has had the most
influence on his baseball career • Favorite musical artist is Tim McGraw
• Enjoys trout fishing • Would have liked to meet Abraham Lincoln.
