Baseball
- Title:
- Student Manager
D.J. Lidyard enters his third year at Washington as a student manager.Β
Lidyard comes to UW after four years of junior college coaching experience.Β He spent two years at Lower Columbia College serving as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for one of the premier junior colleges in the Northwest.Β One of those years was spent working under current UW Baseball assistant Donegal Fergus.Β Lidyard also spent two years as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Tacoma Community College.Β Β
Lidyard attended Lower Columbia College where he helped lead LCC to the NWAACC Championship in 2005. His ERA was an outstanding 0.92 while going 9-2 with 71 strikeouts in 59 innings and giving up 20 walks. After a very successful freshman year, Lidyard was voted Western Region 1st Team pitcher and was drafted in the 19th round by the Baltimore Orioles.
In 2006 while attending LCC, Lidyard was named Western Division first team pitcher and All-NWAACC. He led LCC to a 43-5 record and within one out of winning a second NWAACC championship. Lidyard struck out 103 batters in 70 innings while only walking 22 batters with a fastball that reached 95 MPH.
He signed a letter of intent with the defending national champions Oregon State Beavers and was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers. In the summer of 2006 Lidyard pitched for the Wenatchee Applesox in the WCCBL and set the league strikeout record with 86 strikeouts. He was named the starting pitcher for the league's inaugural All Star game and went on to be named Co-MVP. By the end of the summer, Lidyard decided to turn down a scholarship at OSU to pursue his professional career and signed a contract with the Brewers.
After playing 2 seasons in the Minor Leagues, his Professional career was cut short with a shoulder injury. He played professionally for the West Virginia Power in the South Atlantic League, where the Power lost in the finals for SAL Championship. Lidyard graduated in 2004 from Cascade Christian High School in Puyallup, Wash. where he played football and baseball.
