As A Junior: Appeared in 17 games with a team-best 14 starts - second-best in school history - on the mound ... Posted a 5-7 record with a 3.84 ERA, while striking out 57 ... Second on the team in ERA and strikeouts, and third in wins ... ERA is second-best, single-season mark for an Islander ... Tossed a team-high four complete games going 3-1 in those contests ... Earned his first win as an Islander against Texas-San Antonio (2/13) ... Threw his lone shutout of the season against Texas State (3/13) in a nine-inning performance striking out a career-best nine and scattering five hits ... Backed the shutout up with a second-straight complete game victory over Purdue (3/18) as he allowed one earned run on six hits and no walks in nine innings of work ... Named Independent Pitcher of the Week for the effort ... Tied his career-best in strikeouts with nine at Grambling State (4/10) in a complete-game performance.

In Junior College: Started for two seasons at Galveston Junior College for coaches Ruben Felix and Javier Solis ... Posted a 3-12 record despite recording a 2.11 ERA in 88 innings as a sophomore ... As a freshman posted a 5-3 record with a 2.12 earned run average in 80 innings pitched ... Finished career in the top three in ERA and innings pitched ... Team was 39-49 in his two seasons.

In High School: Played for Mark Brevell at Lumberton High School ... First-team all-district his final three years & Team went 24-3 his senior season ... Was 7-1 with a 1.12 ERA and hit five home runs at the plate as a senior ... Compiled a 6-2 record with a 0.35 ERA as a junior with a school-record 10 home runs ... Newcomer of the Year as a freshman ... Holds the career record for homers ... Lettered twice in basketball earning all-district honors as a junior and senior.

Personal: Joshua Ryan Mitchell was born March 26, 1982 in Lumberton ... Son of Connie and Buster Mitchell ... Has two brothers and two sisters ... Majoring in kinesiology.