The Victoria Generals are excited to have Willie Kempf in their rotation for 2009.

CAREER HONORS
• 2009 Baylor Captain
• 2008 Cape Cod League All-Star
• Five-time Big 12 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll

BAYLOR CAREER RECORDS BOOK
Tied for fifth in Big 12 ERA (3.90).

SUMMER 2008
Pitched for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod League ... Led Mariners to a 24-20 record and the team's first Cape Cod League title in 21 years ... Selected to the Cape Cod League All-Star Game but did not play in the game ... Posted a 2-2 record with a 2.97 ERA and two saves ... Appeared in 18 games with two starts ... Also finished eight games ... Allowed 12 runs, 11 earned, on 25 hits and 15 walks with 35 strikeouts over 33.1 innings ... Scattered three hits with three strikeouts in 1.1-inning relief outing during 18-inning game Harwich won to reach the championship series ... Earned the victory in the Mariners' 2-1 championship series clinching win ... Held Coutit scoreless on two hits with two strikeouts over the game's final 2.1 innings as Harwich rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth.

2008 (SOPHOMORE)
Started the season as Baylor's Sunday starter before moving to the closer role late in the season ... Appeared in 16 games with 10 starts ... Led Baylor to an 8-2 record in 10 starts, best winning percentage of any starter with at least three starts ... Posted a 6-2 record with a 3.69 ERA and two saves ... Ranked 10th in Big 12 in ERA ... Allowed 33 runs, 28 earned, on 67 hits and 33 walks with 48 strikeouts over 68.1 innings ... Tied for staff lead in wins and ranked second in ERA and opponents' batting average (.263) ... Ranked third on staff in innings and starts ... Was 4-2 with a 4.53 ERA and one save in Big 12 play ... Made seven starts and four relief appearances in conference action ... Shared team lead in Big 12 wins ... Held opponents to a .211 average (28-for-133) with runners on base ... Went 6-1 with a 3.74 ERA in 10 starts ... Posted a 3.46 ERA in 13.0 innings as a reliever ... Was 4-1 with a 4.24 ERA in seven games at Baylor Ballpark ... Went 2-1 with a 3.72 ERA in seven games on opponents' home fields ... Was 3-0 with a 3.57 ERA in three starts when Baylor had a chance to sweep a series ... Started and earned victory to complete Baylor's sweep of Purdue (2/24) ... Held Boilermakers to one run on four hits and four walks with four strikeouts over 5.0 innings ... Allowed one run on two hits and three walks with four strikeouts over 5.0 innings in start against Stephen F. Austin but did not factor in the decision (3/2) ... Earned victory to complete sweep at Mississippi State (3/10) ... Allowed three runs on 10 hits and three walks with four strikeouts against MSU in a season-long 7.1-inning outing ... Started and earned victory to clinch series victory against Oklahoma State (3/16) ... Surrendered four runs on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts over 6.0 innings against the Cowboys ... Held Oklahoma to two runs on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts over 7.0 innings to earn the victory in the series finale at Norman (3/30) ... Completed Baylor sweep of Kansas, holding Jayhawks to three runs on six hits and four walks with five strikeouts over 5.1 innings to earn the win (4/6) ... Held Texas A&M to four runs, three earned, on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts over 6.2 innings in the series finale and left with lead but did not factor in the decision (4/20) ... Made first relief outing in the Nebraska series opener (4/26) ... Started series finale the following day and earned the victory, holding the Huskers to two runs on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts over 5.0 innings ... Notched first save of season in second game of Texas series, tossing 1.2 perfect innings at Austin (5/3) ... Worked in relief again the following day, holding Horns scoreless on one hit with two strikeouts over 1.1 innings ... Worked 2.2 scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts against Nebraska in Baylor's first game at the Big 12 Championship (5/21) ... Tossed another 2.2 scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts against Kansas State at the Big 12 Championship (5/24).

SUMMER 2007
Pitched for the Wisconsin Woodchucks of the Northwoods League ... Posted a 4-1 record with a 2.95 ERA in 10 appearances, nine starts ... Held opponents to a .263 average with 35 strikeouts in 55.0 innings.

2007 (FRESHMAN)
Developed into Bears' primary long-relief man midway through season ... Made 19 appearances, tied for third on team, with 17 relief appearances ... Pitched in eight Big 12 games, all in relief ... Logged 19.0 relief innings in Big 12 play, second on team ... Joined Nick Cassavechia as only Baylor pitchers with at least 20.0 innings to average at least 9.0 strikeouts per 9.0 innings ... Finished second on team among regular pitchers with a .252 opponents' batting average ... Held opponents to a .179 average in Big 12 action ... Recorded a 26-to-10 strikeout-to-walk ratio in conference play ... Was 1-1 with two saves and a 3.60 ERA in 20.0 innings over 11 appearances in non-Big 12 action ... Posted a 2-0 record with one save and a 1.86 ERA in eight appearances at Baylor Ballpark ... Held opponents to a .200 average and recorded 26 strikeouts with only five walks over 19.1 innings at home ... Walked one batter in a scoreless third of an inning against Houston in Bears' season opener (2/9) ... Scattered four hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 3.0 scoreless innings of relief against Stephen F. Austin for first career save (2/16) ... Allowed a hit and struck out two in 1.0 scoreless inning of relief against San Diego State at the Pacific State Bank Tiger Classic (3/4) ... Pitched 2.0 perfect innings of relief against Texas State to earn first career victory (3/6) ... Struck out first five batters faced in a relief outing against Texas Tech (3/24) ... Struck out two in a perfect eighth inning at UT Arlington (3/27) ... Struck out the side in 1.0 inning of perfect relief against TCU (4/10) ... Allowed one hit with one walk and six strikeouts over 4.2 scoreless innings of relief against Missouri (4/21) ... Earned second save of season with 2.0 innings in a rain-shortened Baylor victory at Texas State (4/24) ... Allowed one run on four hits with five strikeouts over 4.2 innings of relief at 18th-ranked Texas A&M (4/28) ... Made first career start at second-ranked Rice (5/15) ... Allowed two runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts against the Owls ... Earned victory in second game of Kansas State series (5/19) ... Held Wildcats to two runs, one earned, on three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts over 5.0 relief innings ... Recorded two plate appearances against Texas Southern (3/20) ... Walked and scored a run against the Tigers ... Appeared in two other games as a pinch runner.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Medina Valley High School in Castroville, Texas ... Pitched and played third base for head coach Carl Keller ... Led Panthers to 29-4 record, area championship and regional semifinals as a junior ... Two-time all-state selection ... 2006 San Antonio Express-News Super Team ... Three-time all-district honoree ... 2005 Medina County Classic MVP ... Posted a 22-7 career record as a starter ... Had a .446 career average with six home runs ... 9-2 with a 1.58 ERA and 64 strikeouts over 70.2 innings as a junior ... Hit .437 with eight doubles, three triples, one home run, 32 RBI and 17 stolen bases in 2005 ... Played receiver and defensive back in football ... Three-time all-district selection ... 2004 third-team all-state and San Antonio Express-News Super Team honoree ... Graduated sixth in a 220-member class.

PERSONAL
Full name is William Francis Kempf ... Born Sept. 30, 1987, in Castroville, Texas ... Son of Frankie and Nadine Kempf ... Business major.