Baseball

UC Santa Barbara
2015 All-Big West Second Team
2016 Preseason Big West Pitcher of the Year
2016 All-Big West First Team
2016 Rawlings Second Team All-American 

Career Stats (All-Time UCSB Rank): 23 wins (3rd), 12 losses, 2.73 ERA (5th), 44 starts, 8 CG, 300 IP (T-7th), 237 K (2nd), 38 BB, 7.11 K/9

2016: UCSB's Friday ace, Bieber accrued a 12-4 record with a 2.74 ERA over 18 starts spanning 134 2/3 innings ... Struck out 109 against just 16 walks ... His dozen wins were fifth-most in college baseball ... Added five complete games ... Was selected in the fourth round (144th overall) by Cleveland in the 2016 MLB Draft ... Third UCSB pitcher since 2000 to be taken in top four rounds ... After the regular season, was named a Rawlings Second Team All-American ... Was also voted to the All-Big West First Team ... His wins, starts, and innings each rank second in UCSB single-season history ... First Gaucho pitcher with 12 wins since 1983 ... Before the season, was named the Preseason Big West Pitcher of the Year by Perfect Game ... Made three postseason starts, going 1-1 with a 1.61 ERA in 22 1/3 innings ... Started UCSB's first game in the College World Series, throwing a complete game gem against Oklahoma State ... Allowed just one run on six hits with six strikeouts and no walks to the Cowboys, but he was bested by Thomas Hatch's complete game shutout in a 1-0 UCSB loss ... Started the opening game in the Louisville Regional, picking up the win with a solid seven-plus inning effort in which he scattered eight hits, walked one, and struck out seven ... Started UCSB's Nashville Regional Opener against Washington, allowing just one earned run while pitching into the eighth as the Gauchos eventually prevailed 3-2 in 14 innings ... As per usual, was one of the country's premier control pitchers, ranking 11th in the nation with a 1.07 BB/9 ... Led the Big West in starts, wins, and complete games ... Was second in the league with a 6.81 K-BB ratio and 109 strikeouts ... First Gaucho ever to record back-to-back 112+ IP seasons ... Picture of consistency: he pitched into the eighth in 14 of his last 15 starts, struck out six or more in nine of his last 11 starts, and walked one or fewer in 14 of his 18 starts ... Was 7-0 with a 1.07 ERA in eight starts at UCSB's Caesar Uyesaka Stadium ... Struck out 32 batters over 31 2/3 innings in May, his first month striking out over a batter per inning ... Reached the seventh inning in all 18 of his starts in 2016 and 31 of the final 33 starts in his career ... Team was 14-4 in his starts ... Had a 0.6 flyball to groundball ratio, tied for the team lead ... Averaged 7.5 innings per start ... Struck out 10 in a complete game win at UC Irvine on May 20 ... Named Big West Pitcher of the Week on Apr. 18 after posting a four-hit shutout of CSUN in a 1-0 Gaucho win ... Didn't allow an earned run in three of his starts ... Accrued 26 innings over three starts from Apr. 8-22, striking out 18. 

2015: Bieber made his case as one of the elite Sunday starters in the country as a sophomore, going 8-4 with a 2.24 ERA to go along with 95 strikeouts against 13 walks in 112 2/3 innings pitched ... Tied for the Big West lead in wins ... One of the best strike-throwers in the country, he ranked eighth in the NCAA in walks issued per nine innings (1.04) and 10th in K-BB ratio (7.31) ... Issued five walks over his final 12 starts ... Went 32.2 IP w/o a walk between Apr. 4 and May 3 ... Turned in complete game efforts against Wichita St. (3/14), Hawai'i (4/26), and UCR (5/23), with the Hawai'i start a complete game shutout ... Struck out a career-high 10 batters against Wichita State (3/14) and again versus UCR (5/23) ... Other standout starts include 7.2 IP of shutout ball against Dartmouth on Mar. 22 and back-to-back 8 IP, 1 ER outings against BYU and Kentucky to open the season ... A pitch-to-contact pitcher by trade, he racked up the strikeouts this season, ending the regular season with the fifth most in the pitching-heavy Big West ... Fooled batters to the tune of 38 backward K's, second-most in the conference ... Finished the regular season with the second-most innings pitched among Big West pitchers and the eighth-lowest ERA ... His 1.07 WHIP ranked eighth in the Big West ... Led the staff with 12 quality starts ... Pitched into the seventh in 13 of 15 starts, including 12 of his final 13 ... In the summer, made three starts for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League ... Went 1-1 with a 1.92 ERA over 18 2/3 innings pitched ... Struck out 14 batters and walked two. 

2014: Earned a spot in the weekend rotation as a true freshman ... Made 11 starts on the year, going 3-4 with a 3.76 ERA, and 33 strikeouts against nine walks in 52.2 innings pitched ... His 1.54 walks per nine innings led all UCSB pitchers and ranked No. 59 in the nation ... Walked just four batters in conference play, fewest among qualified Big West pitchers ... Earned his first collegiate win in his second start of the season, against Princeton on Mar. 2, throwing seven shutout hittings and striking out seven while allowing just four hits ... His nine walks and 64 hits allowed on the season were both the fourth fewest among all qualified Big West pitchers ... Didn't allow a home run all season, one of just nine qualified Big West pitchers to do so ... Other standout starts include an 8 IP, 1 R, 8 K, 0 BB performance at Long Beach State on Apr. 19 and a 5.2 IP, 1 R, 6 K stint at Cal Poly on Apr. 6 ... Was a hard luck loser in his Cal Poly start, as the Gauchos lost 1-0. It was his first loss of the season ... Allowed 2 ER or less in nine of his 11 starts ... Failed to walk a batter in four of his final five starts, walked just four batters over his final seven starts ... In conference play, had a 2-4 record with a 3.90 ERA ... Played summer ball for the Cowlitz Black Bears of the West Coast League: 1-0, 1.44 ERA, 37.1 IP, 41-5 K-BB. 

High School:  Played three years at Laguna Hills High School under coach Tim Ellis ... Played third base, outfield, and pitcher for the Hawks ... Had an 8-4 record with a 1.40 ERA to go along with 77 strikeouts and 16 walks in 80 innings as a senior ... Played in the 2013 Orange County All-Star Game ... In his senior year, was named Team MVP and made First Team All-League ... Was a three-time scholar athlete ... Finished high school with a 3.48 cumulative GPA.

Personal: Shane Robert Bieber was born on May 31, 1995 in Orange, Calif. ... Parents are Chris and Kristine Bieber ... Has one older brother, Travis ... Roots for the Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Seahawks ... Lists Wedding Crashers, Anchorman, and Shooter as his favorite movies ... Listens to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Luke Bryan ... Favorite TV show is Entourage ... Plays basketball and goes to the beach in his free time ... Calls Russell Wilson and Mike Trout his favorite athletes.