Closing out baseball games -- and all the pressure and responsibility that accompany it -- had him hooked.
"You really become addicted to that adrenaline and that pressure," Storen said. "First tough spot I got put in, I was like, 'This is what I love right here.' Starting is great and everything, but I want to be the guy on the mound when the game is on the line."
In his two seasons at Stanford, Storen was all-everything out of the bullpen. Twice a member of the All-Pac-10 team, he was selected to several Freshman All-American teams after recording eight saves in 31 outings.