USF Baseball LHP Shane McClanahan Named American Conference Pitcher Of The Week

USF baseball redshirt sophomore lefty Shane McClanhan was named the American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the week on Monday for his opening night performance against No. 6 North Carolina.

McClanahan threw six innings of scoreless baseball against the sixth-ranked Tar Heels in a 4-3 USF win on Friday night.

The Bulls lefty was consistently at 94-96 on the radar gun and even hit 99 on his way to striking out 11 Tar Heels, allowing only three hits. It was the fourth career double-digit strikeout game for the Bulls ace.

McClanahan racked up four preseason awards including the Perfect Game All-American second team, the Baseball America first team, the College Sports Madness fourth team and the the D1Baseball.com third team.

USF (1-2) followed Friday nights upset win over the Heels with a blowout 12-5 loss on Saturday and a 9-8 extra inning defeat in the rubber match on Sunday afternoon.

The road doesn’t get any easier for the Bulls as they head to Tallahassee for a midweek match up with No. 5 Florida State on Tuesday at 4 p.m. USF knocked off FSU last season, 4-2.

McClanahan will get the ball again on Friday night when the Bulls open a weekend series against Fordham at 7 p.m.