TITANS `06: Was the most decorated Titan in
2006, the highest of honors being named Collegiate baseball's
Co-National Player of the Year • Started the season going 65.2
innings without issuing a walk before surrendering his first free
pass to Cal State Northridge's Jonathan Sakurai to lead off the
sixth inning on Mar. 31 • Was named Big West Conference
Pitcher of the Year after leading the league in opponents' batting
average (.220), innings pitched (155) and strikeouts (145), while
finishing second in wins (13) and ERA (2.38) • Was a four-time
Big West pitcher of the Week (Mar. 13, Apr. 3, Apr. 10 and May 29),
and a four-time College Baseball Foundation (CBF) Honor Roll member
• Named to the CBF Honors Team • Was a unanimous
first-team All-American and was named the ABCA District IX Player
of the Year • Was a semi-finalist for the Roger Clemens and
Dick Howser Awards and a finalist for the Brooks Wallace Award
given to the top collegiate player in the nation • Nearly
posted a 21:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio (145:7) on the season •
Lasted 7.2 innings per start on average, and worked eight-or-more
innings in 13 of his 20 starts • Finished the season with
three complete games • Set and tied a career-high in
strikeouts by fanning 12 opponents on three occasions (Mar. 10 vs.
East Carolina, Mar. 31 vs. Cal State Northridge, and June 3 vs.
Fresno State • Set a career-high in hit batters, plunking 23
opponents including a career-high four in one game at Rice on Mar.
3 • Surrendered six of his nine total home runs in the post
season, three against North Carolina on Jun. 21 to set a
career-high in one game • Named to the Fullerton Regional
All-Tournament Team with a 12-strikeout, eight-inning performance
against Fresno State on June 3 • Was invited and played with
the US National Team over the summer, going 2-0, with a 2.01 ERA in
22.1 innings pitched.
TITANS `05: Made quite a splash as a freshman,
emerging as the Titans' third starter after Ryan Schreppel went
down with a knee injury on Mar. 25 • Appeared in 21 games in
2005, making 10 starts • Went eight innings in his first start
as the Saturday starter, allowing just one run in the Titans' 6-1
victory over UC Irvine on Apr. 2. He struck out six and picked up
his first career victory • Struck out a season-high seven
batters on Apr. 16 vs. Pacific over eight innings of work •
Earned his first career save on Mar. 19 vs. Arizona, tossing 2.2
scoreless innings, striking out three • Averaged 7.2 innings
in games that he started, earning all his decisions in those 10
games (7-3) • Allowed just one home run in 90 innings pitched
• Though he had no complete games, he pitched a season-high
eight innings three times, earning the win in all three games (Apr.
2 vs. UC Irvine, Apr. 16 vs. Pacific and June 6 vs. Arizona) •
Set the Fullerton single-season record by plunking 18 opposing
hitters and hit three batters in a game on two occasions • Was
brilliant in the Fullerton Regionals, picking up wins against both
Harvard (June 3) and Arizona (June 6), striking out 10 in 15
innings of work without issuing a walk • Was named the
Fullerton Regional's Most Outstanding Player, helping advance the
Titans to the Super Regionals • The Big West Conference named
him the league's Freshman Pitcher of the Year and he earned
Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
honors.
GLENDORA HS: Lettered two seasons at Glendora
High School his junior and senior seasons • Was a second-team
all-league selection his junior year and was named most improved
• Was the team MVP his senior year, also picking up first-team
all-league and All-San Gabriel Valley recognition • Also
lettered three seasons and was named league MVP running for
Glendora's cross country team.
PERSONAL: Born October 7, 1986, in Pasadena,
Calif. • Parents are William Roemer and Diana Thorn •
Full name is Wesley William Roemer • Has one brother (Jon)
• Is undecided on a major • Lists his best friend as
having the greatest influence on his life • Doesn't run on the
baseline as a superstition • Enjoys playing basketball when he
is away from the ball field • Lists going 3-0 in CIF as his
greatest sports accomplishment • Would like to see the Miami
Hurricanes added to the Fullerton schedule • Favorites
include: Seattle Mariners (team), Ken Griffey, Jr. and Rich Harden
(players), Jerry Maguire (movie), Tom Cruise (actor), Tara Reid
(actress) and Family Guy (TV show).