Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

2011 [Junior]: Made a team-high 21 appearances for the Warhawks … posted a 3-1 record with a 2.97 earned run average … added three saves … tossed 33 1/3 innings, allowing 11 earned runs and striking out 18 … earned first collegiate save with 3.0 innings of scoreless relief against SCAD-Savannah on Jan. 30, matching a season-best with three strikeouts … recorded his first career win with season-best 4.0 innings of scoreless relief against Talladega on Feb. 26 … struck out three in 2.0 innings of relief against Faulkner on March 6 to earn a save … allowed one run and one hit in 1 1/3 innings to record the win against Belhaven on March 26 … tossed 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, allowing two hits and striking out two, to pick up his third save of the season at Columbus State on April 20 … recorded just one out, but picked up a victory against Southern Poly on March 29.

Prior to AUM: Was a two-year letterwinner at Lurleen B. Wallace Community College in Andalusia, Ala. … finished his career with 32 appearances, a 10-5 record and 3.71 earned run average … tied for the team lead with 11 appearances as a freshman … finished his first season with a 5-3 record, while adding a team-high five saves … limited opponents to a .216 batting average as a freshman … tossed 7.0 one-hit innings against Wallace CC on May 16, 2009, striking out a season-best six … struck out five, allowing just one run in 6 1/3 innings against Pensacola JC on Feb. 22, 2009 … lead the team with 21 appearances and three saves as a sophomore … struck out nine in 6.0 scoreless innings against Blackhawk CC on March 15, 2010 … tossed a complete-game six-hitter, striking out five, against Catawba Valley on May 14, 2010 … helped the Saints to the regional championship as a freshman … was an Academic All-American as a sophomore.

Prep: Was a four-year letterwinner in baseball and three-year letterwinner in football for head coach Tommy Parks at Harris County High School in Harris County, Ga. … earned the Tigers' Academic Award as a sophomore.

Personal: Born on Aug. 14, 1990 … full name is Preston Tyler Dent … is the son of Clyde and Jeannie Dent … has a younger sister, Grace … is majoring in social science.