McMurry University Athletics

The 2001 McMurry Baseball program – in just the sixth year of the program was reintroduced on campus – earned the second American Southwest Conference championship for the school.
 
Under the leadership of head coach Lee Driggers, McMurry not only won the ASC West Division and the ASC championship…but also qualified for the NCAA Division III regional tournament.
 
The defining moment for the team came in early April, as it traveled across town to face Hardin-Simmons University for a three-game series. McMurry swept all three games and that seemed to draw the group together. The McMurry team clinched a conference title by sweeping a doubleheader from Mary-Hardin Baylor.
 
McMurry was 26-17 overall and 16-8 versus the ASC.
 
The 2001 club still has several team pitching records on the books, including:  Lowest Team Season ERA- 4.02;  Fewest Earned Runs Allowed- 146;  Fewest Hits Allowed- 330, and;  Fewest Wild Pitches- 12. This was accomplished with hurlers like Ernest Herrera…who still holds the season record for lowest ERA at 2.43.  Ernest was 3-1 that year, as well.
 
Josh Duwe led the team with a 7-3 record and sported a 3.15 ERA; Josh Lee was 4-3 with a 4.12 ERA.
 
But while the pitching was spectacular, the team could hit, too. As a unit, the Indians had a .296 batting average. Chris Fritsch led the group with a .361 average and 8 homeruns.
 
Andrew Cox was #2 in the ASC for Triples and also #4 for times Hit by a Pitch in the season stats.