Josh Eidell Class: Junior Hometown: Norristown, Pa. High School: Kennedy Kendrick Catholic Height / Weight: 6-1 / 207 Position: P Birthdate: 06/21/1987 B/T: R/R

On Eidell: Strong right-handed pitcher who made great strides as a sophomore ... Pitched in the starting rotation and eventually as the team's closer late in the season ... Coming off an outstanding summer and fall season and has the potential to be a front-line starting pitcher ... Owns command of a plus fastball and improved breaking pitches.

Career: Has been used mostly as a starter but was shifted to a late-inning relief role midway through his sophomore campaign ... Has started 17 of 32 collegiate appearances with a 5-8 record, four saves and a 5.02 ERA ... Pitched 123.2 innings, allowing 143 hits, 89 runs (69 earned) and walking 41 with 75 strikeouts ... Opposing batters hit .291 against him.

2007: Opened the season as a weekend starting pitcher and was shifted to the bullpen during the year to bolster the team's late-inning relief ... Developed into the team's closer and had a great deal of success ... Appeared in 20 games overall with eight starts ... Compiled a 3-3 record with four saves and a 5.20 ERA ... In 64.0 innings pitched allowed 79 hits and 37 earned runs while issuing 23 walks and striking out 41 ... Had a 3.60 ERA out of the bullpen and a team-best 3.99 ERA against BIG EAST opponents ... Did not allow a run in nine of 12 relief outings, including a stretch of 16 straight scoreless innings from April 28-May 23 ... During that stretch earned a win against Rutgers with 4.2 scoreless innings as Villanova clinched its first BIG EAST playoff berth in 10 years ... Five days later pitched two scoreless innings for a save as the Wildcats defeated Notre Dame in the second game of the conference tournament ... Went at least five innings in five of his eight starts ... Struck out a season-high eight batters against La Salle in five innings on March 13.

2006: Began the season as a possible mid-week starter, but stepped into a much larger role due to an injury ... Stepped up to become the team's third starter in weekend series and showed outstanding potential in that role ... Appeared in 12 games on the season, starting in each of his last nine appearances ... Surrendered two earned runs or less in six of his nine starts but was the winning pitcher in just two of those games ... Owned a 2-5 record and 4.83 ERA ... Pitched 59.2 innings and allowed 64 hits while walking just 18 ... Struck out 34 and allowed 32 earned runs ... Went 2-4 with a 4.25 ERA in his eight Big East starts, averaging more than six innings per start ... Chosen as the Philadelphia Diamond Five Pitcher of the Week on May 8 after allowing just one run in eight innings in a win over Cincinnati ... Allowed a mere .233 opponent batting average with runners on base.

Kennedy Kendrick Catholic High School: Lettered in soccer and baseball ... Two-time First Team All-Catholic League selection in both soccer and baseball ... First team All-Area pick in baseball ... Batted .537 and had a 7-3 pitching record ... Received numerous academic honors and awards.

Personal: Born 6/21/87 in Pottstown, Pa. ... Older of two sons of John and Miriam Eidell ... Has a younger brother Justin (16) ... Always believed that Villanova would be the right school for him ... Communications major.