The College of New Jersey Athletics

Bill Opel is coming off a banner campaign that saw him earn a spot on the 2006 All-State NJCBA First Team and a place on the 2006 ABCA Regional All-America Third Team. As a junior, he went 6-1 for the Lions with four starts and had an impressive 2.04 ERA, tops among the starters. He added 47 strikeouts for the season with one save in 53 innings pitched. He also held the opposition to a .222 batting average and yielded just eight extra-base hits on the season.

As a sophomore, he worked in 15 games for TCNJ and went 1-1 with a save. He had a 3.52 ERA with 28 strikeouts along the way. He brings a 7-2 career record into the 2007 season with four saves and a 2.44 career ERA. He has 83 career strikeouts as well under his belt in 85 innings pitched. He should emerge as the closer this spring after sharing that duty with Blake Ortiz and Dave Waseleski in 2006.

A former team captain and second team all-conference pick at St. Peter’s Prep, Opel helped lead his team to three conference championship titles in high school.

He is majoring in English at TCNJ.

Career Stats
Year       ERA   W-L   App  GS  CG SHO/CBO  SV     IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  2B  3B  HR    BF  B/Avg  WP HBP SFA SHA
2004....  2.00   0-0     7   0   0   0/0     2    9.0   10    2    2    3    8   3   0   0    38   .286   3   0   0   0
2005....  3.52   1-1    15   1   0   0/1     1   23.0   18   12    9   18   28   2   1   2   105   .212   1   1   1   0
2006....  2.04   6-1    12   4   0   0/0     1   53.0   40   13   12   30   47   7   0   1   222   .222   5   6   2   4
TOTAL...  2.44   7-2    34   5   0   0/1     4   85.0   68   27   23   51   83  12   1   3   365   .227   9   7   3   4