There may be big things in store in Storrs this spring for Stephen Quigley.
The Halifax native and graduate student on University of Connecticut’s baseball team was selected as the Big East Preseason Pitcher of the Year.
In his first season at UConn last year, Quigley was named First Team All-Big East after tying a team-high with 74 strikeouts over a team-high 76.1 innings in which he went 4-3 with a 4.83 ERA.
The righty spent his first four years of college at Wheaton before transferring over to UConn. Quigley was a shortstop at Wheaton until his junior year when he transitioned to the mound and was dominant. Over 86 innings, he posted a dazzling 2.08 ERA and fanned 92 batters to just 18 walks. At the plate, Quigley hit .279, drove in 49 runs and scored 44 times playing for the Lyons. The Silver Lake product was the Region 1 Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-Region by both ABCA and D3Baseball.com. He was also named the NEWMAC Pitcher of the Year and a First Team All-Conference selection during his final season at Wheaton.
Stephen’s younger brother, Michael, a senior, is also a pitcher for UConn.
Quigley and the Huskies, the preseason favorites to win the Big East, open play Friday, Feb. 16 down in Tampa against South Florida at 6 p.m.