Nolan Moody Class: Senior Hometown: East Lansing, Mich. High School: East Lansing Height / Weight: 6-1 / 200 Position: RHP Experience: 2L B/T: L/R

Scouting Moody: Right-handed pitcher with a deceptive delivery and a live arm...has the ability to throw three above-average pitches...will compete for time as a "go-to" situational pitcher in the bullpen.

2007: Academic All-Big Ten selection...ranked fourth on the team with 17 appearances and a 5.02 ERA...recorded a 1-0 record and one save...retired all five batters he faced - including four strikeouts - to pick up a save versus Jacksonville (2/25)...fanned three in 1.1 innings at South Florida (3/10)...pitched 1.1 perfect frames at Indiana (3/31)...pitched career-high three innings - all scoreless - and struck out a pair against Central Michigan (4/25)...worked a scoreless frame at Western Michigan (5/8)...hurled a perfect eighth inning against Northwestern (5/11)...pitched a scoreless inning and picked up his lone win of the season in second game of a doubleheader versus Northwestern (5/12).

2006: Academic All-Big Ten selection...posted a 3.68 ERA in nine appearances, all in relief...struck out three and allowed seven hits in 7.1 innings of work...pitched 2.1 innings of scoreless relief and only gave up one hit in two outings against Western Illinois (3/25-26)...struck out two in one inning of work against Indiana (3/31)...did not allow an earned run in six of his nine appearances, including three of his last four outings.

2005: Did not see game action.

High School: Went 10-1 with a 2.06 ERA and 81 strikeouts as a senior...also compiled a .420 batting average with 41 RBI in 2004...two-time all-conference and all-district honoree...named to the Lansing State Journal Dream Team in 2004...set a single-game school record with 16 strikeouts against Waverly...a two-year letterwinner at East Lansing...led team to a No. 8 state ranking as a senior...also lettered in football for two years... was an all-conference selection as a linebacker in his senior season.

Personal: Born Sept. 24, 1985 in Lansing, Mich...son of Kevin and Nancy Moody...general business administration/pre-law major...earned a spot in the MSU baseball "Top 9" for the second time in three years...lists father as his biggest baseball influence...favorite team is the Detroit Tigers, and favorite player is Joel Zumaya...pitched for the San Luis Obispo Blues of the California Collegiate League in the summer of 2007 and will return there in 2008.