2008 Summer League: Along with four other Bobcats, played for the Southern Ohio Copperheads, who went 19-21 in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League ... Appeared in nine games, making six starts on the hill ... Led the team with four wins, going 4-3 with a 5.34 ERA ... Pitched 32.0 innings, allowing 19 earned runs on 46 hits ... Was third on the team with 25 strikeouts, while allowing just five walks.

2008: Appeared in 13 games, starting nine, while going 2-2 with a 6.41 ERA ... Pitched 53.1 innings, which ranked fourth on the team, and allowed 38 earned runs ... Struck out 39 batters while issuing just 14 free passes ... Threw a complete-game shutout on March 25 against Rio Grande, scattering six hits with no walks, while striking out a season-high 11 batters, tying Ohio's single-game high for the season by himself ... Threw 6.0 innings of three-hit, scoreless baseball, allowing no walks and striking out four March 5 against Ohio Wesleyan ... Did not allow a walk in his first four appearances of the season.

2007 Summer League: Pitched for the Southern Ohio Copperheads of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League ... Was joined by five other Bobcat teammates ... Tied for first on the team with three wins ... Ranked second in innings pitched (38) and strikeouts (27) ... Finished with a 4.26 ERA.

Prior to Ohio: Made 18 appearances, including six starts as a sophomore at Ohio Valley University in 2007 ... Posted a 5.33 ERA and a 2-5 record ... Worked 56.0 innings, finishing second on the team with 44 strikeouts ... Had a team-high three saves.

High School: Played for head coach Jason Marling at Martins Ferry H.S. ... Selected first-team All-Ohio Valley Athletic Conference and first-team all-district.

Personal: A health services administration major ... Son of Charles and Barbara Fairbanks ... Born on Jan. 18, 1987.