San Clemente baseball left-handed pitcher Mike Erspamer signed with Stanford on Wednesday.

A year ago, he didn’t believe this was possible.

“I wasn’t one to be ‘out there,’” Erspamer said Wednesday. “No one knew me at all.”

He went to a showcase, which included a series of workouts attended by college and professional scouts. He impressed them and was later invited to a baseball camp at Stanford.

“I get to the Stanford camp and there are about 150 kids there,” Erspamer said. “I was the only one there who didn’t know who the coaches were. And I went there and I pitched and they offered me a scholarship on the spot.

Erspamer last season was 5-1 with a 1.24 ERA. He had 56 strikeouts in 51 innings.

Erspamer hit .389 last season and was third on the team in hits (28) and RBIs (13).