Spink has become one of the team's most reliable relief pitchers this season, leading Seattle U with 23 appearances, all of them out of the bullpen. He has a 3-2 record with a 2.33 earned run average and one save. In 38 2/3 innings of work, he has allowed just 26 hits and 17 runs, 10 of them earned, with 12 walks and a team-high 36 strikeouts.
The lefty earned his first victory of the season by pitching 2 1/3 innings of one-hit relief in Seattle U's 4-3 win over Cal State Northridge Feb. 20. He helped the Redhawks clinch the athletic department's first victory over crosstown rival Washington since the beginning of the reclassification process in 2008 with 3 2/3 innings of hitless relief March 8. Spink struck out six Nevada batters in 3 1/3 innings of work during Seattle U's 8-7 win over the Wolf Pack April 8.
In the classroom, Spink has been a solid student since arriving at Seattle University from Lower Columbia Community College, currently maintaining a 3.64 grade point average as a political science major. He was named Featured Student-Athlete of the Week on GoSeattleU.com Feb. 22 after his performance during the team's opening series at Cal State Northridge.
The 2011 Capital One Academic All‐District ® Baseball Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, recognize the nation's top student‐athletes for their combined performance on the baseball diamond and in the classroom. CoSIDA began this program in the 1950's and, since then, has honored thousands of deserving student-athletes from numerous sports and across all divisions with these elite Capital One Academic All-America® scholar-athlete honors.
The Seattle University baseball team, currently 18-22 in the 2011 season, are in the middle of a three-game series at BYU in Provo, Utah, with single games scheduled Friday, May 6, at 6 p.m. local time and Saturday, May 7, at 1 p.m. Mountain time.