Tony Milo
#23
Sr. LHP
6-5 225
Bats: L Throws: L
Laguna Hills, Calif.
Laguna Hills HS

Arizona 1999: Relief pitcher and No. 4 starter ... Second-team Academic All-Pac-10 ... Tied for fifth in the Pac-10 with four saves ... Fourth on the team in innings pitched (51.1) and strike outs (43) ... Is 12-1 in his career against non-Pac-10 schools ... Suffered his first career loss to a non-Pac-10 team at regionals (Minnesota) ... Earned a four-inning save vs. UCLA (3/14), allowing no earned runs ... Earned a save at California (5/1) by retiring All-American Xavier Nady with tying run on base ... Struck out a season-best six in first win of the season vs. New Mexico, allowing no earned runs over 7.0 innings ... Did not allowe an earned run over his first two appearances (10.0 innings).

Summer 1998: Pitched for the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod League ... Team placed fifth in the East Division.

Arizona 1998: Starting pitcher ... First-team Academic All-Pac-10 South ... First Arizona pitcher to start his career 10-0 since Heath Lane (1987-88) ... Led the Cats and tied for fifth in the Six-Pac with eight wins ... Quickest Arizona pitcher ever to three wins (six Arizona games) ... Second on the team in appearances (19), innings (78.1) and starts in league play (8) ... Won first career Six-Pac start at Stanford (3/7), breaking a streak of 34 consecutive league starts by Hussman, Johnson and Shabansky ... Became the first Wildcat pitcher to start a season 7-0 since Jim McDonald in 1985 ... Held lefties to a .250 average (.174 in league play) ... Opponents hit .275 with two outs and .288 with runners on base ... Went 7-3 at home ... Cats scored at least seven runs in 14 of the 19 games in which he threw ... Struck out nine in earning win in first start of year (vs. San Diego, 1/24) ... Earned first career save with 2.1 hitless innings vs. Baylor (2/7) ... Earned the victory in the Cats' season-opener with Cal State Northridge (1/20) ... Went 0-for-3 as designated hitter vs. Arizona State (4/4).

Summer 1997: Played for the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod League ... Went 3-5, 3.86 in 12 games ... Named pitcher of the week (7/27-8/2) for throwing 11.0 innings of four-hit ball, allowing just one unearned run over three games, including a complete-game start ... Team placed fifth in the East Division ... Participated in the 1998 USA Baseball National Team Trials in November in Tucson ... Allowed two runs on three hits in 4.0 innings.

Arizona 1997: Long reliever and mid-week starter ... Won two of his three starts with a 2.50 ERA ... Made 15 relief appearances ... Pitched the Cats' first nine-inning complete game in 90 contests in his first collegiate start vs. Southern Utah (2/20) ... Posted an Arizona team season-high 12 strike outs in that game ... Struck out 40 batters in 40.2 innings ... Held left-handed batters to a .200 average ... Gave up seven steals in 12 attempts (58.3 percent) ... Threw two shutout innings at Southern California (3/16) and vs. Cal (4/5) ... Retired 11 of the 12 league batters he faced leading off an inning.

Summer 1996: Played for the Saddleback Cowboys in the Orange County Connie Mack League ... Also participated in the U.S. Junior Olympic Trials in Joplin, Mo.

Draft Status: Taken in the seventh round of the 1996 draft by the New York Mets.

High School: Graduated from Laguna Hills (Calif.) High School where he played for Coach Pete Tereschuk ... Earned four letters as a pitcher and first baseman ... Team captain as a junior and a senior ... Pacific Coast League Player of the Year, All-CIF, All-Orange County and a member of the California all-star Team ... Awarded the L.H.H.S. Medallion for excellent grade-point average.

Personal: Full name: Anthony Michael Milo ... Born 5/5/78 in Tucson ... Major: computer science ... Son of Robert and Andree Milo ... Father played in the Phillies system from 1955-65 ... Brother, Robert Jr., was a standout on the Stanford Baseball Team from 1989-92 ... Sister, Jennifer, played first base and designated hitter for the University of San Diego softball team.