2009: Did not compete due to injury.
2008: Appeared in seven games in relief, allowing one earned run or less in five of the contests ... Tossed two shutout innings, surrendering just one hit against UW-Milwaukee (4/30) ... Hurled a season-high 3.0 innings on three occasions: vs. Ohio State (4/25), at Illinois (5/3) and at Michigan (5/16) ... Allowed just one run to the 17th-ranked Wolverines ... Struck out a career-high four in 2.0 innings against Robert Morris (4/22) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2007: Did not compete due to injury.
2006: Appeared in 12 games, making one start vs. Penn State ... Pitched a total of 16.1 innings ... Lasted a career-high 3.1 innings in lone start ... Struck out two in 3.0 innings of work at Illinois.
High School: Two-time baseball letterwinner ... Lettered once in basketball ... Finished summer season with a perfect 6-0 record ... Made four starts and threw one complete game ... As a sophomore, pitched 8 1/3 innings of one-run baseball against Carmel High ... In that same season, pitched 6 2/3 innings of no-hit baseball against Marist High ... Competed in White Sox Prospects game at U.S. Cellular Field ... Also played in Fall League All-Star Team Regional ... Displayed talents at Northwest Suburban Showcase ... Competed on Arlington Heights (2004) and Lakeside Cardinals (2005) AAU teams ... Legion team finished second at Cook County Tournament in 2004 ... In 2005, Lakeside Cardinals made it to the NABF World Series in Jackson, Miss. ... National Honor Society member ... Spanish National Honor Society member ... Received High Honors from St. Viator following graduation ... Member of math and science clubs ... High school coach was Bill Pirman.
Personal: Born Michael Patrick Folan ... Son of Michael and Maureen Folan ... Double major in political science and economics.
Folan's Career Stats
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA BK2006.... 9.72 1-1 13 1 0 0/0 0 16.2 24 18 18 14 10 3 0 4 85 .348 4 1 1 0 02008.... 8.79 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 14.1 23 16 14 9 5 8 0 0 75 .365 1 0 2 1 0TOTAL... 9.29 1-1 20 1 0 0/0 0 31.0 47 34 32 23 15 11 0 4 160 .356 5 1 3 1 0