AT GEORGIA STATE: Two-year letterwinner as a left-handed pitcher ... Compiled a career record of 9-6 with a 4.52 ERA and 100 strikeouts ... Joined the program in 2012-13 after two seasons at Gordon State ... Made the Dean’s List for the fall and spring semesters in 2012-13 and the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the fall 2013 and spring 2014 ... Earned the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award for 2012-13.
2014: Split time between the rotation and the bullpen, posting a 3-4 record ... Made 19 appearances, incuding eight starts.
Turned in his best outing on the season’s final day in a 5-4 victory at Western Kentucky. Did not figure in the decision but tied his career high with eight strikeouts as he pitched into the seventh inning and allowed just two runs on four hits ... Earned his biggest win of the season against South Alabama (5-4-14), when he allowed just one unearned run on four hits in 2.2 innings in relief in the 15-10 victory on Senior Day.
Pitched eight shutout innings against Northern Kentucky (3-1-14) with five strikeouts and just three hits allowed before surrendering three runs in the ninth ... Picked up wins in relief against Siena (3-12-14) and Savannah State (4-23-14).
2013: Georgia State’s top pitcher with a 6-2 record and a 3.04 ERA ... Also led the team in innings pitched (77.0) and strikeouts (51) ... Allowed just 61 hits in 77 innings ... Seventh in the CAA in ERA and first in opponent batting average against (.227) ... Had seven pickoffs ... Posted the fifth best season ERA in school history while tying for sixth in season winning percentage (.750) ... Moved into the weekend rotation as the Sunday starter after missing the first few weeks of the season recovering from injury.
Pitched a five-hit, complete-game victory with a career-high eight strikeouts at Northeastern (4-28-13). Allowed just five singles and one unearned run in the 2-1 win, retiring the final 13 batters he faced ... Combined with Aidan McLaughlin for a five-hitter in win over Towson (5-5-13), scattering three runs over seven innings to earn his fourth victory ... Narrowly missed another complete game against Hofstra, when he pitched into the ninth inning, scattering three runs on eight hits with five strikeouts to earn his sixth victory. Picked off two runners in the same inning.
In his first start, he pitched 7.2 innings and allowed just two runs on five hits with five strikeouts for win over Old Dominion (3-17-13) ... Made his GSU debut with five scoreless innings in relief to earn a win over Boston College (3-3-13); allowed just one hit and one walk ... Turned in another strong outing in series-clinching win over George Mason (3-10-13), allowing just two hits and one unearned run in 4.1 innings ... Pitched a complete game at Delaware but suffered the loss in a 4-2 defeat ... In win over Fordham (4-7-13), pitched 7.1 innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits with a career-high six strikeouts ... Came out of the bullpen at New Orleans (4-13-13) and allowed just one run on three hits with six strikeouts in 6.2 innings.
2011-12 (GORDON COLLEGE): Played two seasons at Gordon College in Barnesville, Ga. ... Earned all-conference recognition and the Gordon College student-athlete of the year award ... Pitched 60 innings in 16 games ... Posted a 3.30 ERA with 56 strikeouts on his way to a 5-2 record ... Fanned nine batters against West Georgia Tech (4/27) ... Helped lead Gordon College to a No. 3 ranking and the East-Central District title ... Appeared in 20 games and pitched 42.2 innings in 2011, when he posted a 3-2 record with a 3.59 ERA and 42 strikeouts.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four seasons at South Paulding High School ... Threw a complete game no-hitter on April 21, 2009, which was the first in South Paulding’s history.
PERSONAL: Andrew Fessler was born September 20, 1991 to Paul and Deborah Fessler ... Has two brothers, Michael and Daniel, and a sister, Joy.
