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Southpaw who has spent three years with the Georgia Tech pitching staff ... Has a live arm and very good "stuff" ... Uses an easy pitching motion, but has good velocity on his fastball ... Also throws a very good changeup and slider ... Has primarily been used as a left-handed setup reliever over the last three years.
2007: Appeared in 19 games during the season, nine of which were scoreless appearances ... Tossed 2.2 scoreless innings against Georgia State (2/21), allowing just one hit while striking out two ... Held Rutgers (3/2) to an unearned run on two hits while striking out a season-high four batters in 2.2 innings of work ... Made two scoreless appearances against Virginia Tech (3/9, 3/11) ... Held Boston College (3/18) scoreless on just one hit while striking out two in 2.2 innings of work ... Also made scoreless appearances against Miami (4/6-4/7) and North Carolina (5/13).
2006: Went 5-3 in 22 appearances, including making six starts during the season ... Pitched a total of 46.1 innings ... Earned his first career start against Kennesaw State (2/19), working five shutout innings and allowing just three hits to earn his first win of the year ... Improved to 2-0 by allowing just one run on four hits while striking out five in a career-long seven innings against Rutgers (3/5) ... Picked up his third win of the season by pitching 5.2 innings in relief against No. 5 Clemson (4/15) ... Allowed no runs on just three hits while striking out two against the Tigers ... Pitched 5.1 innings in relief against No. 5 Florida State (4/23) to earn his fourth win by allowing just one unearned run on four hits while striking out five ... Tossed a scoreless inning in relief against Duke to earn his fifth win of the year as Tech rallied for a 7-6 victory in 10 innings ... Allowed just one run on four hits in seven postseason appearances ... Was virtually untouchable in NCAA Tournament play, allowing no runs on just one hit in four appearances ... Made a total of 12 scoreless appearances during the season.
2005: One of Tech's top lefties out of the bullpen ... Made 18 appearances, posting a 1-0 record and one save ... Earned his first career save with his best outing of the season vs. William & Mary (3/8) ... Worked 4.1 innings and allowed one run on two hits ... Made scoreless appearances vs. Georgia State (twice), Rutgers, Georgia Southern, Wake Forest and Auburn ... Impressive in relief vs. Auburn (3/22) ... Entered a 6-6 game in the top of the ninth with a runner on third base and no outs and recorded two K's ... Picked up his first career win in the series finale at Miami (3/27), working 1.2 innings and allowing one run as Tech rallied for a 11-10 win in the ninth inning.
High School: A two-year letterwinner at Kell High School for coach Dennis Jordan after spending earning two letters for Mike Parker at Marietta High School ... Rated as the No. 9 prospect in Georgia and the No. 48 prospect in the country by Perfect Game USA ... Posted an 8-0 record and a 1.13 ERA for the East Cobb Yankees summer team that won the 2003 Connie Mack World Series ... Struck out 74 batters in 56 innings and allowed just 36 hits in 17 appearances ... Earned all-county honors as a junior and senior ... Struck out 110 batters in 70 innings as a junior.
Personal: Full name is Timothy Allen Ladd ... Born on November 2, 1985 ... Parents are Greg and Renate Ladd ... Majoring in Management.
Career Statistics Career Statistics Year G-GS W-L SV CG SH ERA IP H R ER BB SO Avg. 2005 18-0 1-0 1 0 0 5.50 18.0 21 11 11 10 11 .304 2006 22-6 5-3 0 0 0 4.27 46.1 62 29 22 15 32 .310 2007 19-0 0-0 1 0 0 7.25 22.1 36 23 18 11 18 .371 Totals 40-6 6-3 1 0 0 4.62 64.1 83 40 33 25 43 .309
