Drafted in the 14^th round by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays… bidding to become Guilford's first major-league player since Tony Womack '92 of Arizona… a dominant and durable power pitcher with an above-average changeup… continues to impress with increased velocity and confidence… has a fastball clocked in the low 90s… features three out pitches (fastball, slider, change up)… holds Guilford career records in complete games (24) and strikeouts per nine innings (10.01)… ranks among Guilford's career leaders in wins (4^th), appearances (2^nd), innings pitched (3^rd) and strikeouts (3^rd)… 2000: Earned second team ABCA/Rawlings All-South honors… named first team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) … threw Guilford's first no-hitter in 28 seasons, a seven-inning, 11-strikeout gem in the Quakers' 1-0 win over Eastern Mennonite (3/18)… received the Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball News National Pitcher of the Week and ODAC Player of the Week awards for his no-hitter… set school records for single-season shutouts (5), complete games (10) and strikeouts per nine innings (11.60)… became the fourth Guilford player to reach 100 strikeouts in a season (107) and the first since 1976… fanned 11 or more batters five times… received team Most Valuable Player and Most Valuable Pitcher awards from his teammates… struck out a career-best 13 batters in a seven-inning triumph over Randolph-Macon (4/10)… won last four decisions to post a career-high nine wins, the fifth-highest single-season total in school history… earned All-ODAC Tournament honors thanks to a nine-inning, 11 strikeout, seven-hit shutout of Washington and Lee in the tourney's first elimination game (4/29)… named to Academic All-ODAC team… earned spots on Guilford's fall and spring honor rolls… 1999: The Quakers' top hurler posting a team-low 3.42 ERA in a team-high 71.0 innings pitched… his 10.4 strikeouts per game ranked fifth in the conference… had two 10-strikeout appearances versus Gannon and Eastern Mennonite… held opponents to a team-low .244 batting average… 1998: Voted the Most Valuable Pitcher by his teammates… ranked fourth in the ODAC in earned run average and strikeouts per nine innings (9.08)… limited opponents to a .211 batting average, .197 versus ODAC rivals… posted a 5-2 league record… led Guilford in complete games, innings pitched, strikeouts and saves (2)… struck out a career and team season-high 11 batters in complete-game win over Randolph-Macon… won four straight decisions from March 17-April 2… notched the save in the opener of an ODAC doubleheader at Hampden-Sydney and tossed a complete-game two-hit shutout in game two… had 11 games with five or more strikeouts… 1997: Shook off a slow start to become one of the team's top starters… placed sixth among the ODAC's strikeout leaders… led the team in strikeouts and ranked second in wins… ended the season with a pair of seven-inning, complete-game ODAC wins, including a two-hit, nine-strikeout shutout of Hampden-Sydney… also struck out nine in four-hit win over Kenyon… Personal: Played two seasons with the Rhode Island Reds of the New England Collegiate League (1998, 1999) … named the NECL's 1999 Pitcher of the Year and started in the league all-star game… one of three hurlers tabbed for the All-NECL team… earned All-Chatham and All-Central Tar Heel 1-A Conference honors for Coach Jimmy Warfford's Jordan-Matthews H.S. team… played guard on Jets' 1994-95 state championship team… son of Brenda and Jimmy Coward… dean's list business management major.