2011
Went 7-4 with a 2.01 ERA in 16 appearances (15 starts) in a terrific freshman campaign...secured Freshman All-America acclaim from Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association...earned All-Pac-10 team honors...posted a 2.01 ERA, the second-lowest mark in the Pac-10 Conference...registered 92 strikeouts and 24 walks in 107.2 innings, limiting the opposition to a .193 batting average...ranked fourth in the Pac-10 in opposing batting average (.193), eighth in strikeouts (92) and tied for 10th in victories (seven)...in nine Pac-10 starts, went 3-2 with a 2.51 ERA, 44 strikeouts, 13 walks and a .210 opposing batting average in 61.0 innings...allowed two runs or fewer in 13 of 15 starts...pitched at least 6.0 innings or more in 14 of 16 appearances...earned Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors after throwing a two-hit complete game shutout at Oregon (May 8), striking out seven batters and walking one...in an elimination game, earned the victory against San Francisco (June 5) by limiting the Dons to one hit in 7.2 scoreless innings, logging six strikeouts and two walks...in a crucial Pac-10 series finale, limited California (May 22) to two runs and three hits, striking out three batters and walking one through eight innings...logged a season-high 12 strikeouts and walked one, allowing two runs and four hits in eight innings to secure the win against Cal State Bakersfield (May 15)...allowed one run (unearned) and four hits in 6.1 innings at Stanford (April 23, no-decision)...allowed one run and two hits in eight-plus innings at Washington State (April 10, no-decision)...allowed one hit in seven scoreless innings against Washington (April 3, no-decision)...scattered six hits in six scoreless innings at Nebraska (March 6, no-decision)...earned victory against San Jose State in the second game of a doubleheader (Feb. 27), allowing one run and four hits in seven innings...notched the win in his first collegiate start, scattering two hits in six scoreless frames against San Francisco (Feb. 20)...surrendered one run through his first 19.0 innings as a freshman.
High School
Four-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Glendora High School under head coach Dan Henley...also was a one-year varsity football letterwinner at Glendora under head coach Mark Pasquerella (served as team's kicker in fall 2006)...selected in the sixth round of the 2010 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros...went 10-1 with a 1.36 ERA, 97 strikeouts and 18 walks in 67.0 innings as a senior (2010)...went 7-3 with a 2.60 ERA, 62 strikeouts and a .216 opponent batting average in 64.0 innings as a junior (2009)...went 2-5 with a 4.24 ERA, 35 strikeouts and one save in 39.2 innings as a sophomore (2008)...went 2-1 with a 3.33 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 27.1 innings as a freshman (2007)...earned CIF Southern Section Division II Player of the Year honors as a senior...helped lead Glendora High School to the 2010 CIF Southern Section Division II championship...selected as a 2010 Under Armour Pre-Season All-America selection...played in USA Baseball's Tournament of Stars in 2008 and 2009...competed in the Area Code Games in 2008 and 2009...played for the Brewers Elite Team in 2008 and 2009 and for the Red Sox Scout Team from 2006-09...was a three-time Sierra League All-Academic Team selection (2007-09), posting a 3.7 GPA...listed among the top 75 draft prospects for 2010 by Perfect Game...selected to the ESPN Rise All-Area Code Team in 2009...was named a top California underclassman by ESPN Rise in 2009.
Personal
Full name: Adam Gregory Plutko...born October 3, 1991 in Pomona, Calif...Adam is the younger of Gregory and Philomera Plutko's two children...has one older sister, Sara, was a three-year women's soccer letterwinner at Oregon...undeclared major.
Career Highs
Innings Pitched - 9.0 at Oregon (5/8/11)
Strikeouts - 12 vs. Cal State Bakersfield (5/15/11)
