Good pitching prospect who enrolled at LSU in January, 2000, after transferring from Sacramento City College … has an opportunity to see significant action this season after pitching well in LSU’s fall 2001 practice sessions … worked 10 innings in the fall intra-squad games, allowing three earned runs on nine hits with three walks and seven strikeouts … red-shirted in 2000, he made one mound appearance in during the 2001 season … teammate of LSU outfielder David Raymer at Sacramento City … pitched only on a limited basis at Sacramento CC in ’99 due to an arm injury … a 28th-round draft selection of the Minnesota Twins … comes from same school which produced former LSU pitchers Jake Esteves (1996-98) and Brandon Bowe (1998-99), former Tiger catcher Conan Horton (1996-97) and current LSU pitcher Jake Tompkins.
2001 Season: Made one relief appearance vs. Southern (March 6), allowing three runs on three hits in 0.1 inning.
High School: A three-year letterman at Miramonte High in Orinda, Calif… . in his senior year, he was 9-1 with a 0.43 ERA and 145 strikeouts in 85 innings … earned league MVP honors as a senior.
Personal: Full name is David Lloyd Shank Jr… . parents are David Sr. and Linda Shank … hobbies include weight training, surfing and golf … credits his mom and dad for having the greatest influence on his athletic career … majoring in general studies … born August 26, 1979.