Feb Fri. Fri. Sat. Sun. Fri. Sat. Sun.
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Opponent vs. Alcorn State at LSU vs. Alcorn State at LSU vs. Navy^ vs. Navy^ vs. Navy^
Location Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge, LA Kinston, NC Kinston, NC Kinston, NC
Time (At Site) 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 12:30 p.m.
March Fri. Sat. Sun. Fri. Sat. Sun. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tues. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tues. Wed. Fri. Sat.
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Opponent at USC Upstate at Wofford (DH) at Gardner Webb at Portland at Portland (DH) at Portland vs. Tennessee-Martin# at Saint Louis# vs. Western Illinois# at Oklahoma at Oklahoma UNLV* UNLV* UNLV* at Cal State Bakersfield at Cal State Bakersfield at San Diego State* at San Diego State*
Location Spartanburg, SC Spartanburg, SC Boiling Springs, NC Portland, OR Portland, OR Portland, OR St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO Norman, OK Norman, OK USAFA USAFA USAFA Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA
Time (At Site) 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 11 a.m. 1 p.m. 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
Home games at Falcon Field - USAF Academy, CO * Denotes Mountain West Conference Game ^ Freedom Classic - Kinston, NC # Saint Louis Tournament - St. Louis, MO All times local to site and are subject to change
April Sun. Tues. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tues. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun.
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Opponent at San Diego State* NORTHERN COLORADO NEW MEXICO* NEW MEXICO* NEW MEXICO* at TCU* at TCU* at TCU* at UNLV* at UNLV* at UNLV* at Northern Colorado NORTHERN COLORADO SAN DIEGO STATE* SAN DIEGO STATE* SAN DIEGO STATE*
Location San Diego, CA USAFA USAFA USAFA USAFA Fort Worth, TX Fort Worth, TX Fort Worth, TX Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Greeley, CO USAFA USAFA USAFA USAFA
Time (At Site) 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 12 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m.
May Fri. Fri. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tues. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Th.-Sun.
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Opponent vs. Missouri State at Kansas vs. Missouri State at Kansas TCU* TCU* TCU* at Northern Colorado at New Mexico* at New Mexico* at New Mexico* MWC Championships
Location Lawrence, KS Lawrence, KS Lawrence, KS Lawrence, KS USAFA USAFA USAFA Greeley, CO Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque, NM Las Vegas, NV
Time (At Site) 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 11 a.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 11 a.m. 3 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. TBA
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United States Air Force Academy Baseball 2012 INTRODUCTION Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Media Information/Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ROSTER & STAFF Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Head Coach Mike Kazlausky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Pitching Coach Tim Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Assistant Coach Toby Bicknell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Assistant Coach Mark Crocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 TV Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Season Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13 2012 FALCONS Returners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-34 Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-41 2011 SEASON IN REVIEW Class of 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 2011 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-44 2011 Game-By-Game Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 2011 Overall Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 2011 Conference Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 2012 OPPONENTS/Mountain West Info 2012 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-49 MWC Championship Info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Series History vs. Opponents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 MWC Composite Schedule/2011 Standings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 HISTORY Yearly Records/Postseason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Year-By-Year Statistical Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-55 Year-By-Year Team Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-57 Year-By-Year MWC/WAC Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-59 Season Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-61 Career Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-61 Game/Season Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Falcon Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-66 NCAA Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Lettermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69-71 Coaching History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Falcons in the Pros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 MLB Draft History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Plate 2 Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-75 Where Are They Now? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-78 ACADEMY INFORMATION Colorado Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Denver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 The Air Force Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Academy Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Academy Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Indoor Hitting Facility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Falcon Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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2012 Quick Facts General Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Air Force Academy, CO. Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1954 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,000 Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Falcons Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blue and Silver Home Field/Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Falcon Field/1,000 Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sport Turf Field Dimensions-LF/CF/RF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349/400/316 Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA I Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mountain West Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould Athletic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Hans Mueh Vice A.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA
Coaching Staff Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Kazlausky Alma Mater/Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .USAFA, 1991 Record at School/Yrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-36/1 Career Record/Yrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Same Baseball Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719-333-0835 Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Dixon (Cal State Fullerton) 2nd year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Toby Bicknell (Wingate, 2002) 2nd year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Crocco (Wingate, 2010) 2nd year
Team Information All-Time Record/Yrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .985-1,295-3/55 2011 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-36 2011 Conf. Record/Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-20/6th Letterwinners R/L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18/12 Starters R/L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7/4 Pitchers R/L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9/6 Starting Pitchers R/L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3/0 Newcomers/Pitchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13/4
Athletic Communications Baseball SID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Arseniak Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719-333-9251 Arseniak E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .nicholas.arseniak@usafa.edu SID Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719-333-3798 Press Box Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719-333-3472 Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .goAirForceFalcons.com SID Mailing Address 2169 Field House Dr. USAF Academy, CO 80840
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Media Information/Support Staff Media Guide The 2012 Air Force baseball media guide is produced as a source of information for the media. Other materials may be obtained by contacting the athletic communications office. Athletic Communications 2169 Field House Drive USAF Academy, CO 80840-9500 Phone: 719-333-2313 Fax: 719-333-3798 Post-Game Interviews Air Force head coach Mike Kazlausky and players are available for interviews on the field following the 10-minute period in which the head coach meets with the team. A member of the communications staff will be available to assist you in the interview process. In-Season Interviews All Air Force players and coaches are available for interviews during the week with the following guidelines: All interviews must be made through Nick Arseniak in the media relations office. (719-333-9251) Requests must be made at least one day in advance so that the player and/or coach can be properly notified. All interviews must be done between 1 and 2:30 p.m. or 5:00-6:00 p.m.MST.
Visiting Radio Upon receiving permission to broadcast the game, please contact the media relations office. The press box at Falcon Field has one booth for visiting radio. Contact the media relations office for phone line information.
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Press Facilities The press box at Falcon Field has seating for one visiting SID and one visiting media member plus a radio booth. Game notes, media guides and flipcards are available prior to each game. Box scores and play-by-plays generated from the Automated Scorebook are available following the game. A phone line is also available for media use in the press box. Directions From Interstate 25 take exit 156B heading west and enter through the North Gate of the Academy. Head straight for approximately 1.5 miles, up and over the overlook area and make your first left turn upon descending the hill, into the athletic fields. Take your second right and Falcon Field will be on your left.
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Opponent vs. Alcorn State at LSU vs. Alcorn State at LSU vs. Navy^ vs. Navy^ vs. Navy^
Location Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge, LA Kinston, NC Kinston, NC Kinston, NC
Time (At Site) 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 12:30 p.m.
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Opponent at USC Upstate at Wofford (DH) at Gardner Webb at Portland at Portland (DH) at Portland vs. Tennessee-Martin# at Saint Louis# vs. Western Illinois# at Oklahoma at Oklahoma UNLV* UNLV* UNLV* at Cal State Bakersfield at Cal State Bakersfield at San Diego State* at San Diego State*
Location Spartanburg, SC Spartanburg, SC Boiling Springs, NC Portland, OR Portland, OR Portland, OR St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO Norman, OK Norman, OK USAFA USAFA USAFA Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield, CA San Diego, CA San Diego, CA
Time (At Site) 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 11 a.m. 1 p.m. 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
April Sun. Tues. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sun. Fri. Sat. Sun. Tues. Wed. Fri. Sat. Sun.
1 3 5 6 7 13 14 15 20 21 22 24 25 27 28 29
Opponent at San Diego State* NORTHERN COLORADO NEW MEXICO* NEW MEXICO* NEW MEXICO* at TCU* at TCU* at TCU* at UNLV* at UNLV* at UNLV* at Northern Colorado NORTHERN COLORADO SAN DIEGO STATE* SAN DIEGO STATE* SAN DIEGO STATE*
Location San Diego, CA USAFA USAFA USAFA USAFA Fort Worth, TX Fort Worth, TX Fort Worth, TX Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Greeley, CO USAFA USAFA USAFA USAFA
Time (At Site) 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 12 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m.
Opponent vs. Missouri State at Kansas vs. Missouri State at Kansas TCU* TCU* TCU* at Northern Colorado at New Mexico* at New Mexico* at New Mexico* MWC Championships
Location Lawrence, KS Lawrence, KS Lawrence, KS Lawrence, KS USAFA USAFA USAFA Greeley, CO Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque, NM Las Vegas, NV
Time (At Site) 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 11 a.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 11 a.m. 3 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. TBA
May Fri. 4 Fri. 4 Sat. 5 Sat. 5 Fri. 11 Sat. 12 Sun. 13 Tues. 15 Thurs. 17 Fri. 18 Sat. 19 Thrs.-Sun. 24-27
Home games at Falcon Field - USAF Academy, CO * Denotes Mountain West Conference Game ^ Freedom Classic - Kinston, NC # Saint Louis Tournament - St. Louis, MO All times local to site and are subject to change
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Air Force Baseball 2012 Roster # 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 39 40
NAME Alex Baker Garrett Custons Casey Gibson Taylor Ausbun Matt Thorne Adam Hill Jack Hourin Blair Roberts Patrick Lobo Shaun Lovett Matthew Roberts Ryan Kramer Matt Zettler Victor Iacobbo Tyler Saleck Brian Sicher Alex Bast Noah Pierce Dillon Freeman Sean Carley Ben Bertelson Ben Yokley David Baska Todd Del Toro Cameron White Jake Schomaker Evan Abrecht Jake Sortor Mike Kazakoff Michael Ceci David Thomas Seth Kline Andrew Chaves Jake Wong Alexander Allard
POS. RHP C/OF IF C/OF IF IF RHP IF OF OF/C IF IF/OF RHP IF IF C OF IF LHP RHP LHP RHP RHP/IF RHP RHP OF RHP OF RHP LHP OF 1B IF OF RHP
B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/L R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/L R/R R/R R/R R/L L/R L/R R/R L/L R/R
HEIGHT 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-8 6-0 5-10 6-3 5-10 6-1 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-1 5-7 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-4 5-11 6-4 5-10 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-11
WEIGHT 190 200 175 185 190 180 175 175 195 175 185 190 190 160 190 185 185 180 175 230 190 170 180 175 210 190 200 180 185 195 205 225 185 175 190
38 37 42 2
Head Coach: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach:
Mike Kazlausky (USAFA, 1991) 2nd year Tim Dixon (Cal State Fullerton) 2nd year Toby Bicknell (Wingate, 2002) 2nd year Mark Crocco (Wingate, 2010) 2nd year
CLASS Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr.
HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) McKinney, Texas (McKinney) Sarasota, Fla. (Sarasota) Ft. Myers, Fla. (Cypress Lake) Puyallup, Wash. (Puyallup) Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Judge Memorial Catholic - SLC, Utah) Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Christian School) Austin, Texas (Lake Travis) Parker, Colo. (Chaparral) Miami, Fla. (Coral Reef Senior) Port Charlotte, Fla. (Port Charlotte) Greenville, S.C. (Greenville) Calabasas, Calif. (Chaminade College Prep) Winter Springs, Fla. (Winter Springs) Colorado Springs, Colo. (Coronado) Leesburg, Va. (Loudoun County) Orland Park, Ill. (St. Rita) Pensacola, Fla. (Pensacola atholic) Orlando, Fla. (West Orange) Queen Creek, Ariz. (Queen Creek) Melbourne, Fla. (Melbourne Central Catholic) Midland, Texas (Midland) Arvada, Colo. (Ralston Valley) Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Mission Viejo, Calif. (JSerra Catholic) Colleyville, Texas (Grapevine) Cincinnati, Ohio (Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy) Farmington, Ark. (Farmington) Mukilteo, Wash. (Kamiak) Littleton, Colo. (Heritage) Marietta, Ga. (Harrison) Houston, Texas (Fort Bend) Yakima, Wash. (Eisenhower) Las Vegas, Nev. (Basic) Boston, Mass. (Duxbury) Spokane, Wash. (Mt. Spokane)
Falcons By Class
Falcons By State (17 States)
Pronunciations
Seniors (6) Evan Abrecht, Michael Ceci,
Arizona: Freeman Arkansas: Abrecht California (2): Del Toro, Kramer Colorado (4): Iacobbo, Kazakoff, B. Roberts, Yokley Florida (8): Bast, Carley, Custons, Gibson, Lobo, Lovett, Pierce, Zettler Georgia: Ceci Illinois: Sicher Kansas: Baska Massachusetts: Wong Nevada: Chaves North Carolina: Hill Ohio: Schomaker South Carolina: M. Roberts Tennessee: Thorne Texas (5): Baker, Bertelson, Hourin, Thomas, White Virginia: Saleck Washington (4): Allard, Ausbun, Kline, Sortor
Abrecht - A-Brecht Ausbun - Ozz-bun Bast - Boss-t Bertelson - BERT-ell-son Ceci- Cheh-Chee Hourin - HORE-in Iacobbo - EYE-ah-cah-bo Lovett - Love-ett Schomaker - Show-maker Thorne - Thorn
Adam Hill, Victor Iacobbo, Mike Kazakoff, Blair Roberts Juniors (10): Alex Baker, Alex Bast, Ben Bertelson, Sean Carley, Garrett Custons, Todd Del Toro, Jack Hourin, Matthew Roberts, Matt Thorne, Matt Zettler Sophomores (7): David Baska, Seth Kline, Ryan Kramer, Patick Lobo, Shaun Lovett, Jake Schomaker, Cameron White Freshmen (12): Alexander Allard, Taylor Ausbun, Andrew Chaves, Dillon Freeman, Casey Gibson, Noah Pierce, Tyler Saleck, Brian Sicher, Jake Sortor, David Thomas, Jake Wong, Ben Yokley
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Head Coach Mike Kazlausky
#38 Mike Kazkausky Head Coach Second Year USAFA, 1991 Mike Kazlausky (Maj. Re red) enters his second
In his first year, Kazlausky led Air Force to its first
"This is my school and no one is more proud
year as Air Force baseball head coach in 2012.
win over a Pac 10 school in 21 years and its first
than I to have gone through the Academy and to
Kazlausky was named head baseball coach on
four-game sweep since 2003. The team fielded
have served for 20 years in the Air Force," Ka-
June 2, 2011, by Athle c Director Dr. Hans
.960 to set a new school record. Sophomore
zlausky said. "I look forward to having the op-
Mueh. Kazlausky re red from ac ve duty, ef-
Garre Custons earned First-Team All-Mountain
portunity to con nue to represent our United
fec ve June 1, and his interim tag was li ed to
West honors by ranking in the conference top
States Air Force Academy! It is a tremendous
official head coach status. Kazlausky signed a
10 in 11 categories. Sophomore right-hander
honor and a privilege to be associated with the
three-year contract through the 2014 season.
Sean Carley posted one of the best seasons ever
Academy and the Air Force as the Head Baseball
by a Falcon pitcher, earning Second-Team All-
Coach. I have a great understanding of all the
Kazlausky re red with the rank of major a er 20
MW honors, the first Falcon pitcher to earn all-
pillars at the Academy, and I truly understand
years of meritorious service with the U.S. Air
conference honors since 2002. Carley posted a
the mission of the Academy and the Air Force.
Force. As the interim head coach in 2011, Ka-
3.94 earned run average, the lowest at the
Our job, as a staff, is to ensure success not only
zlausky led the Falcons to a 19-36 overall record,
Academy in 28 years. His 4.10 ERA in confer-
on the baseball field but in all facets of the Acad-
leading the program to the most wins since
ence games set a school record in the Mountain
emy and that each young man is ready to lead
2002. The 19 wins were also the second-most in
West era. Air Force lowered its team ERA by
our great country upon gradua on!"
school history against Division I opponents and
over five runs a game from the 2010 season
the most Division I wins by a first-year head
(11.31 to 6.09). The 6.09 team ERA was the low-
Kazlausky, known as "Coach Kaz" is a 1991 Acad-
coach at the Academy.
est at Air Force in 29 years, da ng back to 1982.
emy graduate and has logged six years as an as-
Kazlausky and Kansas head coach Ritch Price exchange hats prior to Kansas-Air Force game in 2011.
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Head Coach Mike Kazlausky sistant coach at the Academy. He is the first
He later returned to the Academy in the fall of
Academy graduate to become head baseball
2000 as a TG4 and T-41/C-150 evaluator pilot in
coach at Air Force and was the program's first
the 94th Flying Training Squadron. In addi on
military coach since 1988.
to his flight du es, he also served as the volunteer baseball coach for the Falcons as well as the
As one of the most inspira onal and emo onal
Preparatory School head baseball coach. During
players to ever wear the Air Force baseball uni-
his tenure, the 2002 Falcon team set the school
form, Kazlausky came to USAFA baseball as a
record for most Div. I victories and two Falcon
walk-on and started all four years. At the me of
players were dra ed into the minor leagues. Ka-
his gradua on, he held eight career records and
zlausky then returned back to Charleston Air
s ll ranks among the top six in nine of the 13 of-
Force Base in 2004. He spent the next two and
fensive categories. A two- me all-Western Ath-
a half years as a C-17 pilot ac vely serving in the
le c Conference (WAC) selec on, Kazlausky led
War on Terror, before returning to the Academy
the Falcons in ba ng in 1989 and 1991.
from 2006-2008 for this third tour as an assistant baseball coach. Kazlausky spent 2010 as an
A er a standout baseball career with the Fal-
Air Officer Commanding (AOC) for cadet
cons, "Kaz" spent three seasons from 1993 to
squadron 12 at the Academy.
1995 as an assistant coach to former Falcon head coach Paul Mainieri, now the head skipper at LSU. During this me, the Falcons posted
In 2007, Kazlausky was inducted to the Lake
three consecu ve winning seasons. The 1994
County Hall of Fame in Lake County, Ill., for out-
team led the na on in ba ng average, slugging
standing achievement. In 2008, he was inducted
percentage and triples. The 1995 team won 29
into the 14th Airli Squadron Hall of Fame in
games, the second most in school history. A er
Charleston, S.C..
Kazlausky File Hometown: Lake County, Ill. Career & Academy Record: 19-36 (1 year) Educa on: Bachelor’s Science, 1991, USAFA Master’s Degree, from Northern Colorado Playing Experience: USAFA, 1988-91 Baseball Honors/Accolades: - Played under LSU head coach and former Falcon head coach Paul Mainieri. - All-WAC 1990, 1991 Re red Rank: Major (Re red, May 2011)
leaving the Academy in the summer of 1995, Kaz spent four years at Charleston Air Force
Coach Kaz and his wife, Kris, live in Monument
Base, S.C., as a pilot in the C-17 aircra .
with their daughter, Sammy and son, Mick.
Planes Flown: C-17, TG4, T-41/C-150, T-1, T-37, T-38 Flight Hours: 2,900 Assignments: - Charleston AFB, S.C. C-17 Pilot for War on Terror - USAFA, Assistant Coach (six years) - USAFA, TG4 and T-41/C-150 Instructor - USAFA, AOC - Cadet Squadron 12 Honors: - Lake County Hall of Fame inductee in 2007. - 14th Airli Squadron Hall of Fame inductee in 2008.
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Pitching Coach Tim Dixon
#37 Tim Dixon Pitching Coach Second Year Cal State Fullerton Tim Dixon enters his second year as pitching coach at Air Force.
iza ons. Dra ed in the 14th round of the 1995 MLB Amateur Dra , he
In his first year, Dixon was instrumental in direc ng the Falcon pitch-
went on to spend three of his six years in Triple A with the Expos and Red
ing staff to the greatest turnaround in school history. Dixon helped lower
Sox. While pitching for the Harrisburg Senators -- the AA affiliate of the
AFA’s team earned run average by over five runs a game from the 2010
Expos -- Dixon won back-to-back Eastern League Championships, finishing
season (11.31 to 6.09) which led to the program’s second-most wins over
his career with an overall 3.30 ERA and a 2:1 strikeout-to-walk ra o.
Div. I opponents in school history. The 6.09 team ERA was the lowest at
As a student-athlete at Cal State Fullerton, Dixon and the Titans won
Air Force in 29 years, da ng back to 1982. In addi on, Air Force earned
the 1995 Division I Na onal Championship, bea ng USC, 11-5. Dixon
its first win over a Pac 10 school in 21 years and swept a four-game series
pitched the semi-final game in Omaha, shu ng out Tennessee, 11-0. The
for the first me since 2003.
(combined) shutout was the last shutout thrown in the College World Se-
Of Air Force’s 12 returning pitchers in 2011, 11 lowered their ERA
ries for eight years un l Kyle Baker of Georgia Tech (combined) for a
from the previous season. Sophomore right-hander Sean Carley turned
shutout in an 11-0 victory over South Carolina in the 2002 CWS. Dixon
in one of the most dominant seasons in school history, earning second-
was 13-0 overall with a 3.43 ERA in 1995. Dixon s ll holds the record for
team All-Mountain West honors, the first Falcon pitcher to earn all-con-
most victories without a loss at Fullerton.
ference since 2002. His 3.94 ERA was the lowest at Air Force in 28 years
Dixon received his bachelor's degree from Na onal University in
and his 4.10 ERA in Mountain West play set a new school record. In ad-
2001 and master's in sports psychology from Op mal Performance Ins -
di on, sophomore closer Stephen Colangelo recorded seven saves for the
tute in 2008.
fi h-best mark in school history.
sents is truly an honor and privilege," Dixon said. "I want to thank
Dixon comes to the Academy a er spending the last four seasons on
"To be a part of what the Air Force Academy repre-
everyone that was involved in the hiring process and I am excited to be
the baseball staff at Southern Illinois University.
part of the greatest ins tu on in the country! I look forward to being
Prior to SIU, Dixon coached two years at both Feather River College
around such high quality young men and women who have made the ul-
(Quincy, Calif.) and two years at the University of Pacific, a member of
mate decision to serve our country. Alongside everyone involved with
the Big West Conference.
Falcon baseball, I look forward to raising the expecta ons of the program
In his four years at SIU as the Saluki pitching coach, Dixon coached
to the standards of what the Air Force Academy and the Air Force repre-
seven dra picks (Cody Adams, Jordan Powell, Kyle Ca o, David Kington,
sents."
Byant George, Ryan Bradley, and Nathen Forer), a freshman all-American
Dixon and his wife, Kendra, reside in Colorado Springs with their
(Bryant George) and four all-conference honorees (George-three mes,
daughter, Hailey (9) and son, Brayden (6).
Adams, Adam Curynski and Forer). Adams was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the second round (62nd overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball Dra , becoming SIU's highest dra pick since 2004. In 2009, George became SIU's all- me leader in saves as a junior and finished his career with 30 saves. While at Pacific, he handled the pitching staff and, in those years, had three pitchers selected in the MLB Dra . Before joining the college coaching ranks, Dixon served as the pitching coach at Archbishop Mi y High School in Saratoga, Calif. Mi y won back-to-back West Catholic League Championships and was ranked as high as seventh in the country during the 2002 season. Dixon and his staff helped send several players to Division I programs. As a player, Dixon pitched for six seasons at the professional level with the Expos, Brewers and Red Sox organ-
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Assistant Coaches
#42 Toby Bicknell Assistant Coach Second Year Wingate, 2002 Toby Bicknell enters his second year as assistant baseball coach at The Air Force Academy. In 2011, Bicknell helped lead the Figh ng Falcons to the most wins since 2002, their first win over a Pac-10 school in 21 years and their first series sweep since 2003. Defensively, Air Force set the school record for fielding percentage at .960. Several Falcon players accomplished career highlights in 2011 including senior Nathan Carter who set the NCAA Division I record with 33 career triples. Carter also led the Mountain West Conference with seven triples. Sophomore Garre Custons ranked in the top 10 among the Mountain West in 11 offensive categories while garnering a First-Team All-Mountain West selec on. Bicknell, who coaches the hi ers, infielders, ou ielders and catchers, along with running the offense from third base, also spearheads the recrui ng efforts for the Falcons. Bicknell spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons at Davidson College. At Davidson, Bicknell drama cally helped turn around the Wildcat offense and defense. During his first season with the Wildcats, the 2009 team improved in eight offensive categories - home runs (30 to 66), doubles (89 to 122), runs scored (272 to 313), RBIs (252 to 283), total bases (647 to 827), slugging percentage (.375 to .468), on-base percentage and stolen bases (45 to 56), and finished seventh or higher in the Southern Conference in five offensive categories. Davidson had five starters that ba ed over .300, three with double-digit homers and four starters with double-digits in doubles. Individually, several Wildcat hi ers showed major improvements and turned in career-best seasons. Zach Kayne, dra ed by the Chicago White Sox in the 22nd round of the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Dra , broke the school record with 22 doubles, while hi ng a career-high 10 home runs and leading the team with a .340 average. Drew Gadaire earned a spot on the All-Freshman Southern Conference team, a er hi ng 11 home runs in his rookie season, and Danny Weiss was named to the All-Southern Conference Second Team as the designated hi er. The Davidson College 2010 season was highlighted by a 2-2 record vs. ACC teams including wins over Duke and na onally ranked #16 Virginia Tech. The Wildcats also made great strides defensively, commi ng 13 less errors than the 2009 team, improving their fielding percentage to .960 and turning 36 double plays. The 2010 season saw Andrew Barna earn SoCon All-Freshman and Freshman All-American. Prior to his me at Davidson, Bicknell spent two seasons as the Volunteer assistant coach at Clemson University. During his me at Clemson, Bicknell worked primarily with infielders and hitters along with coordina ng summer camps at Clemson. The Tigers compiled a 70-51-1 record during his two years and he coached five players who were picked in the Major League Baseball dra . During the 2008 season, the Tigers boasted one of the toughest schedules in the country, taking five games over top-25 opponents, seven over regional teams and three over super regional teams. In his first season at Clemson in 2007, Bicknell helped coach one of the best infields in Tiger history, led by first baseman Andy D'Alessio, shortstop Taylor Harbin, and third baseman Marquez Smith. Smith was a First Team AllACC selec on who hit .336 with 13 homers and 56 RBIs, while D'Alessio, who was the MVP of the regionals, ba ed .319 with 17 home runs and 50 RBIs. Harbin added 19 doubles, 11 homers, and a team-high 62 RBIs. The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Super Regional in 2007 a er capturing the NCAA Regional tle. Clemson had 12 wins over teams ranked in the top25 of several of the baseball polls and had a school-record 11 players selected in 2007 MLB dra , including five players in the first three rounds.
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Prior to his me at Clemson, Bicknell spent two years as an assistant coach at North Carolina-Pembroke. The Braves posted a record of 63-47 in those two years, received a na onal ranking as high as seventh, and posted back-to-back 30 win seasons for the first me in program history, while tying the school record for wins at 32. The 2006 team posted school records in seven offensive categories while also having six of its starters hit .315 or be er. Defensively, the Braves set program records for fielding percentage, putouts and assists. Bicknell also coached All-American Jason Morales, who was eventually dra ed by the Kansas City Royals. Bicknell spent the 2003 and 2004 seasons at nearby Myers Park High School in Charlo e, NC. The 2003 Mustangs were Western North Carolina State Champions and NC 4A State runner-up. That team contained five future Division I players including former North Carolina pitcher Robert Woodard, who was dra ed by the San Diego Padres in the 2007 MLB Dra . From 2000-2004 Bicknell was a part of the On Deck O's where he coached 18 players that went on to play college baseball. Between 1998-00, Bicknell served as an assistant coach at Providence Senior High School in Charlo e, while also assis ng with the Post 235 Ma hews American Legion Team. Bicknell, who is entering his 14th year as a coach, has spent seven years in all coaching high school and travel baseball in the Charlo e area. He has coached 30 high school players that have gone on to play college baseball (25 at the Division I level), including seven ACC Players, 10 Southern Conference players, and three that were dra ed by MLB. In five years at the collegiate level, Bicknell has coached 11 all-conference players, two Freshman All-Americans, and eight MLB dra picks. All totaled, Bicknell has tutored 11 MLB dra picks. Bicknell was a starter on the 2002 Wingate baseball team, where he played third base. The Charlo e na ve le ered three mes at Charlo e Chris an School from 1995-97. He earned all-conference honors as a junior and senior and was all-state and All-Mecklenburg County as a senior. He also was a starter on the Knights football team both his junior and senior years, including star ng quarterback his senior season. Bicknell, earned his bachelor's degree in physical educa on at Wingate University in 2002, and his master's degree in sports administra on at UNC-Pembroke in 2006. Bicknell and his wife Faith have been married four years and reside in Monument, CO and have a boxer puppy named “Tebow”.
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Assistant Coaches
#2 Mark Crocco Assistant Coach Second Year Wingate, 2010 Mark Crocco enters his second season as an assistant coach at Air Force.
gram including game day opera ons, camp du es and assis ng the infield and hi ers throughout the 2010 championship season. Crocco coached under head coach Allen Osborne (University of Georgia). In 2010, Wingate's JV team went 12-4 on the year under Crocco.
In the 2011 campaign, Crocco served as the Falcons first base coach and worked alongside Toby Bicknell in coaching all the posi on players including the infielders, catchers, ou ielders and hi ers. In his first year on staff, Crocco helped lead the Figh ng Falcons to the most wins since 2002. Highlights of the 2011 year for Air Force include a school record for fielding percentage at a .960 clip. Senior ou ielder Nathan Carter ser the NCAA Division I record with 33 career triples. Sophomore Garre Custons was a First-Team All-Mountain West selec on and ranked in the top 10 in the league in 11 offensive categories. The Falcons accomomplished their first win over a Pac 10 school in 21 years and also completed their first fourgame sweep since the 2003 season. Air Force also had the second-most Division I wins in a season in the first year with the new coaching staff.
In the summer of 2010, Crocco took on the full me du es as the head coach for the Charlo e Area Anglers Showcase Baseball Team. He instructed and directed the high school baseball players in the Charlo e area by playing an extensive summer baseball schedule. The Anglers play for the Central Carolinas Prospects (CC Prospects) who have placed numerous high school baseball players throughout North Carolina into NCAA Universi es, Major League Baseball organiza ons and junior colleges all over the na on. The South Central Anglers were league champions in Crocco's first year as the head coach.
In the summer of 2011, Crocco’s du es also included running camps at The Air Force Academy. Crocco also worked numerous camps all over the country for organiza ons such as Top 96 Baseball, Head First Honor Roll Camps, Numerous Baseball Academy’s and ACC Powerhouses University of Virginia and Clemson University.
During the summer of 2009, Crocco was an assistant coach of the Nampa Wolfpack of the Boise (Idaho) Collegiate Summer League. The Wolfpack went 21-12 on the season and led the league in numerous offensive categories. He was also the online broadcaster and on field announcer for the summer league's news coverage while serving as director of baseball opera ons for the league. He was the head coach of the East Union Middle School baseball team in the spring of 2007.
Crocco comes from Wingate University, where he played second base for the Bulldogs (2005-2008) and spent the previous two seasons before the Academy as an assistant baseball coach, working with the Bulldog hi ers and infielders and was the head coach of the developmental team.
Crocco earned a bachelor's degree in physical educa on, with a minor in sport management, from Wingate University in 2010. Crocco is a na ve of Perkasie, Pa. He le ered in varsity baseball at Pennridge High School. Mark Crocco, Jr. is the son of Mark Crocco, Sr. and Dawn Crocco.
The 2010 Wingate Bulldogs were South Atlan c Conference Champions (19-5) in conference play. Crocco assisted in numerous facets of the pro-
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Falcon Baseball 2012 TV Roster
#3 Alex Baker Jr. RHP
#4 Garre Custons Jr. C/OF
#5 Casey Gibson Fr. IF
#6 Taylor Ausbun Fr. C/OF
#7 Ma Thorne Jr. IF
#8 Adam Hill Sr. IF
#9 Jack Hourin Jr. RHP
#10 Blair Roberts Sr. IF
#11 Patrick Lobo So. OF
#13 Shaun Love So. OF/C
#14 Ma hew Roberts Jr. IF
#15 Ryan Kramer So. IF/OF
#16 Ma Ze ler So. RHP
#17 Victor Iacobbo Jr. IF
#18 Tyler Saleck Fr. IF
#19 Brian Sicher Fr. C
#20 Alex Bast Jr. OF
#21 Noah Pierce Fr. IF
#22 Dillon Freeman Fr. LHP
#23 Sean Carley Jr. RHP
#24 Ben Bertelson Jr. LHP
#25 Ben Yokley Fr. RHP
#26 David Baska So. RHP/IF
#27 Todd Del Toro Jr. RHP
#28 Cameron White So. RHP
#29 Jake Schomaker So. OF
#30 Evan Abrecht Sr. RHP
#31 Jake Sortor Fr. OF
#32 Mike Kazako Sr. RHP
#33 Michael Ceci Sr. LHP
#34 David Thomas Fr. IF
#35 Seth Kline So. C
#36 Andrew Chaves Fr. IF
#39 Jake Wong Fr. OF
#40 Alexander Allard Fr. RHP
#38 Mike Kazlausky Head Coach
#37 Tim Dixon Pitching Coach
#42 Toby Bicknell Assistant Coach
#2 Mark Crocco Assistant Coach
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Season Outlook Air Force baseball head coach Mike Kazlausky took a moment from his busy schedule to talk about his Falcons as they prepare for the 2012 baseball season. How is the team looking headed into 2012? We are very excited to begin our second year with Falcon baseball. It is an honor and privilege for my staff and me to be able to coach this team of fine young men at the United States Air Force Academy. I am also excited to have all three coaches returning from last season. Coaches Tim Dixon, Toby Bicknell and Mark Crocco bring an invaluable amount of baseball knowledge to our program. There is no doubt that their enthusiasm and love for the game rubs off on our players. I have walked the walk at the Academy and served our na on for 20 years. I understand what our players go through on a daily basis and I also understand the importance of compe on, to bring out the best in our cadets in which will enable them to be at their best when our na on calls. Our cadets are different, and they are not normal college baseball players. They represent so much more. We will don the baseball uniform that says
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Air Force across the chest, but it may as well say USA. I expect total team commitment and not just on the field. I expect our team to be successful in the classroom, in the squadron, and in the community. These Cadets represent something so much bigger than themselves and the baseball team. They represent our Air Force Academy, our Air Force, and our Country! What an exci ng opening
weekend for the Falcons! We are headed to Baton Rouge, La., to play LSU and Alcorn State twice. There is no be er venue in the country than Alex Box Stadium and there is not a man I respect more than LSU coach Paul Mainieri. Coach Mainieri was my coach at the Academy while I was a Cadet and I had the ability to coach under him for two years while he was at the Academy. He has made me into the man that I am today and without his mentoring and tutelage, I would not be coaching at the Air Force Academy. You will not meet a be er coach or a be er man than Coach Mainieri. He represents everything that is good for college baseball and for all the people that he comes in contact with. Coach Mainieri is my mentor and it will be bi ersweet to play the Tigers. We return several starters with lots of experience as well as break in a handful of newcomers. Our team strength will be our starting pitchers as we return out en re star ng rota on from last year. As a team, we don’t put a lot of emphasis on the final outcome at the end of the game; we’re more concerned about how we play pitch-by-pitch. At the end of the game, whether the scoreboard is in our favor or not, we are more concerned on if we played Falcon baseball. Have we hustled? Have we put ourselves into a situa on to be successful? Those are the things we’re more concerned with.
Garre Custons Jr. • C/OF 2011 First-Team All-MountainWest
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Is there a team mo o this year? Our mo o for this year is pre y simple. It’s W.I.N. It stands for What’s Important Now. It summarizes all that encompasses what our players go through, not just on the field, but as cadets in their squadron, as students and as future military officers. We just want our cadets focused on the task at hand. What is the teams’ goal this year? Our number one goal this season is to make the Mountain West Championships. It’s been years since we’ve been to the championships and this is what our team will be striving for. It’s going to be a challenge, but we feel our program is headed in the right direc on and that this goal is a ainable. Who are you looking at to lead the team? We have a veteran group of seniors that we expect to provide leadership to our team. Having a big group of six seniors is an added benefit to us as a coaching staff. Our seniors, Evan Abrecht, Michael Ceci, Adam Hill, Victor Iacobbo, Mike Kazakoff and Blair Roberts have plenty of game experience and have developed into leaders through their four years at the Academy. The leadership they provide to our team is unprecedented and top-notch.
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Season Outlook Tell us about your pitching staff, first with the star ng pitchers? Our star ng pitching will be our team strength. We will lean heavily on seniors Evan Abrecht and Michael Ceci, as well as our juniors Sean Carley and Ben Bertelson. Evan has been solid for us over the past three years and Sean is a returning All-Mountain West selec on. Michael con nues to improve with each year and we look for Ben to con nue to make the strides he made as a sophomore last year. Cameron White made big strides as a freshman last year and he will also push for a spot in our rota on. How is the bullpen coming along? As we enter the season, we’re looking for several pitchers to step up in the bullpen. With last year’s closer Stephen Colangelo lost to injury, we expect Alex Baker to step in and close for us this year. He had a solid sophomore season as our setup man and we expect him to excel this year. Sophomore Cameron White will be a factor for us in both the bullpen and star ng rota on. Freshman Ben Yokley and sophomore David Baska, who comes to us from the football team, have looked good in prac ces and will be called upon to give us quality innings. We have a group of juniors in Ma Ze ler, Jack Hourin and Todd Del Toro that we expect to improve from last year. Senior Mike Kazakoff gave us solid appearances out of the pen as a situa onal guy last year, and we expect more of the same from him this year. What do you expect out of the infield? Junior Ma hew Roberts enters his third year as the star ng shortstop. Senior Blair Roberts projects as our star ng second baseman. At First Base we have three quality op ons. Senior Adam Hill will start the season at first and could also see me at third. Adam missed his en re junior season to injury, but we look for him to be back and ready to help us out on offense and defense. Sophomore Seth Kline contributed offensively last year and will see me at first and designated hi er. Freshman Tyler Saleck has a
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made a lot of improvements since the fall both offensively and defensively. Noah Pierce and Casey Gibson are freshman that have come on strong in their first year. Noah Pierce is the projected starter at third and Casey Gibson could see a good bit of me in the line-up as well.
Sean Carley Jr. • RHP 2011 Second-Team All-Mountain West
Who will be catching for you? Junior Garre Custons will anchor our offense and lead our defense when behind the dish. As a returning first-team All-Mountain West player, we’re going to ask a lot out of Garre again. He finished his sophomore season hi ng well and con nued it into summer ball in the Northwoods League. We expect him to be even be er as an upperclassman. Freshman Taylor Ausbun and freshman Brian Sicher will also see ac on at behind the plate. As the season progresses, we look at ge ng a bunch of players back who are currently injured. So what we see at the start of the season may not be what we see at the end of the season lineup-wise. It’s a tough situa on to put our young guys in, but they will get a chance to learn on the fly and gain valuable live game experience right away.
How is the ou ield shaping up? Junior Alex Bast, our returning team MVP, will anchor the ou ield in center field. Alex will also be counted upon to produce for us in the middle of the ba ng order as well. Patrick Lobo returns for his sophomore year a er finishing second on the team in ba ng. Adding to Bast and Lobo we have several other players who could see me in the ou ield; freshmen Jake Sortor and David Thomas, sophomores Jacob Schomaker, Shaun Love and Ryan Kramer. In addi on to catching du es, Taylor Ausbun will also get a look in the ou ield.
Looks like you have another tough schedule this year? This is year we have put together a pre y tough schedule, especially with the fact we play 41 road games, including our first 20 games on the road to start the season.
Blair Roberts Sr. • 2B
Ma hew Roberts Jr. • SS
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We also play three teams ranked in preseason Top-25 polls in LSU, Oklahoma and TCU. In addi on, we will face NCAA regional teams in Alcorn State and Navy. As we did last year, we will be playing Navy at a neutral-site. We are honored and so thankful for the first-class event the folks in Kinston, N.C. have setup for us. We look forward to a spirited series with our brothers in arms at the Naval Academy and at a great city and ball field in Kinston. We feel that the tough nonconference slate we play will only prepare us in our goal of competing for a tournament slot in the always-tough Mountain West Conference. At the end of the day, who we play doesn’t ma er as much as how we play. We stress to our players the importance of playing the game right, one pitch at a me. And in doing so, the results will speak for themselves. We try to stress upon our cadets about the importance of character, integrity and the drive to succeed; both on and off the field. We are looking to develop winners not just on the field, but in life and beyond. By playing this game right, with focus and intensity, we hope to ins ll skills and habits that these young men will be able to use as they go on to become officers in the United States Air Force.
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Evan Abrecht • #30 Senior • Pitcher 6-4, 200 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Farmington, Ark. High School: Farmington Major: Systems Engineering Junior (2011): Started all 14 games pitched to lead the team in starts...also led team in wins (5) and innings pitched (85.0)...second on team with 52 strikeouts...third on team with 7.09 ERA...post 5-8 record...won his first five starts to become first Falcon to start season 5-0 since 1995...eighth in the MW in innings pitched and 10th in wins...earned third All-Academic MW honor...pitched 5-plus innings in 12 starts...struck out a career-high 10 batters in win over Miami (Ohio)...pitched career-high nine innings in last start vs. BYU.
Farmington HS (Farmington, Ark.): Lettered four years in baseball and three in basketball...two-time all-state selection...three-time all-conference...allregion MVP...two-time all-state tournament...played in the Arkansas All-Star Game for the West team...allstate and all-state tourney in basketball...two-time all-conference in basketball... Arkansas All-Star game selection in hoops...National Honor Society member...high school baseball coach was Jay Harper...played summer ball for the Basic Block Braves, coached by Chris Mileham.
Sophomore (2010): Pitched in 22 games, starting three...led team and ranked seventh in conference with three saves...seventh in the conference with 11 games finished...struck out 45 in 53.1 innings pitched...second on team in strikeouts and third in innings pitched...earned saves vs. Georgia State and two vs. Creighton...posted 8.94 ERA and 1-7 record...earned win against Colorado Mines...had multiple strikeouts in 15 games...faned a careerhigh six in seven innings against TCU...Earned second All-Academic Mountain West honor.
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 21...future career plans are to become a pilot...has been on the Dean’s list six times, the athletic list three times and Superintendent’s list once...favorite movie is the Hangover...spent this summer at Yokota AB, Japan, as part of Operation Air Force...climbed Mt. Fuji this past summer...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...father, Derric, is a 1985 West Point graduate...has a younger brother ...son of Derric and Marcey Abrecht.
Freshman (2009): Appeared in 15 games, making nine starts...nine starts was second on the team and most by a freshman...third on the team with 47.2 innings pitched...struck out 28 batters, ranking fourth on the team...posted 8.69 ERA...pitched a career-best six innings in debut vs. Kansas, allowing one run while striking out four...struck out a career-high seven batters in five innings vs. Savannah State ...allowed oneor-fewer runs in six outings..All-Academic Mountain West Conference.
Evan Abrecht Career Statistics Year GP-GS 2009 Fr. 15-9 2010 So. 22-3 2011 Jr. 14-14 Career 51-26
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W 0 1 5 6
Abrecht Career High’s Innings Pitched
9.0
BYU, 5/20/11
Strikeouts
10 Miami (Ohio), 3/11/11
Games with 5+ IP
18
Games with 5+ Ks
6
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy because I truly love this nation and everything it stands for and want to give back by serving in the military. Also, the education is top notch and there is no place that I would rather be.”
L 4 7 8 19
Sv 0 3 0 3
IP 47.2 53.1 85.0 186.0
H 90 107 124 321
14
CG 0 0 1 1
SHO 0 0 0 0
R 59 60 74 193
ER 46 53 67 166
K 28 45 52 125
BB 18 17 29 64
ERA 8.69 8.94 7.09 8.03
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Michael Ceci • #33 Senior • Pitcher 6-4, 195 • Bats/Throws: R/L Hometown: Marietta, Ga. High School: Harrison Major: Management • Minor: Spanish Junior (2011): Pitched in 11 games, making nine starts...posted 2-4 record and 5.40 ERA in 40.0 innings pitched...struck out 16...earned wins against Washington and Portland...pitched seven innings in win against Washington...struck out a career-high four batters in six innings against Kansas...named All-Academic Mountain West and MW Scholar Athlete. Sophomore (2010): Pitched in 15 games, making three starts...pitched 23.2 innings, striking out six and walking five...posted 11.41 ERA...did not allow a run in five appearances...held batters to the second-lowest batting average on the team...named All-Academic Mountain West Conference. Freshman (2009): Pitched in 11 games, making five starts...five starts was the second-most by a freshman...also second amongst freshmen with 37.1 innings pitched...posted 8.20 ERA...made debut against Colorado Christian... pitched four scoreless innings of relief at the Citadel and 4.2 innings of scoreless relief vs. BYU...made first-career start vs. Creighton at Rosenblatt Stadium...pitched a career-high six innings vs. Northern Colorado and earned firstcareer win...held batters to a .316 average, the lowest on the team.
Michael Ceci Career Statistics Year GP-GS 2009 Fr. 11-5 2010 So. 15-3 2011 Jr. 11-9 Career 37-17
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W 1 0 2 3
Ceci Career High’s Innings Pitched Strikeouts
7.0
Washington, 2/20/11
4
Kansas, 3/6/11
Games with 5+ IP
4
Games with 2+ Ks
8
Harrison HS (Kennesaw, Ga.): Lettered four years in baseball...had a 1.07 earned run average as a senior and 1.16 career ERA...did not walk a batter in 19 innings as a senior...helped lead Harrison to the Region 5AAAAA Championship and a berth in the state playoffs...National Honor Society member...in the Beta and Spanish Club...high school baseball coach was Mark Elkins...played summer ball for the Atlanta Blue Jays, coached by Anthony Dye. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 27…hobbies are basketball and reading...favorite movie is Good Will Hunting...enjoys hanging out with friends and relaxing when away from baseball...favorite non-traditional sporting event to watch on TV is curling...spent part of last summer at Dover, AFB, Del., as part of Operations Air Force...credits his father has having the biggest influence on his sports career...has a sister ...son of James and Dianna Ceci. Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Air Force Academy to serve my nation and pay back my country for all the great things it has given me, to receive a great education, and of course to play baseball.”
L 4 1 4 9
Sv 0 0 0 0
IP 37.1 23.2 40.0 101.0
H 49 38 57 144
15
CG 0 0 0 0
SHO 0 0 0 0
R 37 32 31 100
ER 34 30 24 88
K 6 6 16 28
BB 8 5 10 23
ERA 8.20 11.41 5.40 7.84
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Adam Hill • #8 Senior • Infielder 5-10, 180 • Bats/Throws: L/R Hometown: Charlotte, N.C. High School: Charlotte Christian School Major: Economics Junior (2011): Sat out entire season after suffering knee injury during fall practices. Sophomore (2010): Played in 28 games, starting 16...batted .261 with three doubles and seven RBIs...had 18 hits and scored eight runs on the season...fielded a perfect 1.000 in the field...started 15 games as a designated hitter...also saw action in the field at second base...had a seven-game hitting streak...played in all four games of Georgia State series, going 7-for14...had a career-high three hits and added a triple vs. Georgia State...played summer ball for the US Armed Forces baseball team. Freshman (2009): Played in 25 games, making 16 starts...batted .185 with 12 hits, four doubles, nine runs and eight RBIs...started eight games at second base and shortstop...went 1-for-2 with a double in debut vs. Pittsburgh...had career-high two hits vs. Northern Colorado and the Citadel...had a careerhigh five assists vs. Charleston Southern.
Adam Hill Career Statistics Year GP-GS AB 2009 Fr. 25-16 65 2010 So. 28-16 69 2011 Jr. DNP - Injury Career 53-32 134
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Hill Career High’s At Bats Hits Runs RBIs Assists
6 3 2 2 5
Northern Colorado, 4/13/10 Georgia State, 4/17/10 The Citadel, 3/27/09 Colorado Chris an, 3/17/09 Charleston Southern, 2/28/09
Charlotte Christian School (Charlotte, N.C.): Lettered four years in baseball...two-time first-team all-conference selection...led Charlotte Christian to three state championships...high school baseball coach was Greg Simmons...played summer ball for the On Deck O’s, coached by Jason Hill. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 23…also considered attending High Point, Wingate and UNC Wilmington...favorite TV show is Baseball Tonight...favorite movie is the Natural...something most people don’t know about him is that he is an artist...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...has two older brother...son of Holger Hill and Teresa Stallworth. Why I came to the Academy: “To serve my country, get a great education, and to play baseball.”
R 10 8
H 12 18
2B 4 3
3B 0 1
HR 0 0
RBI 8 7
SB 1 2
BB 5 12
K 11 21
Avg. .185 .261
SLG .245 .333
OBP .254 .378
FLD .918 1.000
18
30
7
1
0
15
3
17
32
.224
.291
.320
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16
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Victor Iacobbo • #17 Senior • Infielder 5-7, 160 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo. High School: Coronado Major: Civil Engineering Junior (2011): Earned his way onto the team during the fall of 2010 through walk-on tryouts...appeared in one game, against BYU getting one at bat. HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in baseball and two in soccer...all-league 5A Metro League and team captain as a senior...first-team all-state academic and all-league 5A Metro League as a junior...helped lead Coronado to 5A Metro League title as a sophomore...high school baseball coaches were Rob Lizzaragga and Russell Jaffey...National Honors Society member...Academic Excellence award winner.
Victor Iacobbo Career Stats Year GP-GS AB 2011 Sr. 1-0 1
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R 0
Iacobbo Career High’s At Bats Hits Runs RBIs Assists
1 0 0 0 0
BYU, 5/21/ 11
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 16...has two siblings...nickname is Vic and “The Inflictor”...attended the USAFA Prep school prior to attending the Academy...aspires to become a civil engineer...is a black belt in Kempo Karate...favorite book is Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Vito and Laura Iacobbo. Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Air Force Academy to experience something that few people will ever be able to. I came to tackle obstacles and test myself against other extremely determined people.”
H 0
2B 0
3B 0
HR 0
RBI 0
17
SB 0
BB 0
K 0
Avg. .000
SLG .000
OBP .000
FLD .000
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Mike Kazakoff • #32 Senior • Pitcher 6-0, 185 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Littleton, Colo. High School: Heritage Major: Management Sophomore (2010): Pitched in four games, all in relief...struck out two in two innings pitched. Freshman (2009): Pitched in 14 games, making one start...fourth amongst freshmen in games pitched...struck out nine in 16 innings pitched...made debut against Kansas, tossing one scoreless innings of relief...notched career high’s of 3.2 innings pitched and three strikeouts vs. Northern Colorado and New Mexico...made first-career start vs. Northern Colorado.
Kazakoff Career High’s Innings Pitched Strikeouts
3.2
N. Colorado, 4/29/09
3
Twice
Scoreless Ou ngs 17 Games with 2+ Ks
3
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy because I wanted to serve and give back to America. When I look at other countries and compare their lifestyles to the way we are able to live in America it makes me so proud to be a part of this country and the least I can do is give back a few years of service to defend our countries and the principles that makes our country so much better than any other country in the world. I came to the academy to live the right way and do the right things and have the ability in the future to lead others to live that way as well.”
Heritage HS (Littleton, Colo.): Lettered three years in baseball and one year in football...all-conference...Colorado Class 5A All-State...high school baseball coach was Scott Horman...played summer ball for the Colorado Khaos, coached by Jason Livernois...played for the Colorado Rockies Select Scout team as a junior...on the silver honor roll all four years. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 26…nickname is Kazo...on the Dean’s and Commandant’s list...favorite TV show is Family Guy...favorite movie is The Town...favorite non-traditional sport to watch on TV is ultimate fighting...credits his youth minister as having the biggest influence on his sports career...enjoys training four-degrees (freshmen) and climbing Eagle’s Peak on weekends...has an older sister...son of Katherine Kazakoff.
Mike Kazakoff Career Statistics Year GP-GS 2009 Fr. 14-1 2010 So. 4-0 2011 Jr. 13-0 Career 31-1
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W 0 0 0 0
L 2 0 1 3
Sv 0 0 0 0
IP 16.0 2.0 6.2 24.2
H 35 9 5 49
18
CG 0 0 0 0
SHO 0 0 0 0
R 27 12 5 44
ER 22 11 4 37
K 9 2 9 14
BB 11 2 3 22
ERA 12.38 49.50 5.40 13.50
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Blair Roberts • #10 Senior • Infielder 5-10, 175 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Parker, Colo. High School: Chaparral Major: Economics Junior (2011): Played in 54 games, making 51 starts at second base...batted .276...10 sac bunts ranked third in the conference and tied for second-most in a season at AFA...third on team with 54 hits...second on team with six stolen bases...scored 22 runs and drove in 22 runs...led Falcon middle infielders with .959 fielding percentage...led team with 133 assists, which ranked ninth in the conference...had four hits in a game against Portland and San Diego State...had six assists against Texas State and Northern Colorado. Sophomore (2010): Played in 44 games, starting 40...batted .321 with 48 runs scored and 20 RBIs...led team with .441 on-base percentage...second on team with 27 walks...had 51 hits...fourth on team with three triples...second on team with six sac bunts...stole six bases in eight attempts...started 37 games at second and batted leadoff in 29 games...scored six runs in a game vs. Colorado Christian, which is the third-most in a game in Academy history...second on team and eighth in the conference with eight hit-by-pitches...started all 23 conference games...spent the summer playing summer ball for the Alexandria Beetles in the Northwoods League...was leading the NWL in steals when his three weeks with team were up.
Roberts Career High’s At Bats Hits Runs RBIs Assists
6 4 6 3 7
Twice Four mes Colorado Chris an, 3/30/11 Twice New Mexico, 4/25/10
Freshman (2009): Played in 42 games, starting 38...led all Falcon freshmen and was fourth on the team with a .303 batting average...sixth on the team with 44 hits...added 29 runs and 11 RBIs...fifth on team with seven stolen bases...third on the team with 76 assists...started 22 games at third and 16 at second...made debut vs. Colorado Christian...first-career hits came against Southern Utah...first-career homer was against Northern Colorado...had a career-high four hits vs. Utah Valley...scored three runs in a game vs. UNLV...fourth on the team with 14 mult-hit games. Chapparal HS (Parker, Colo.): Lettered two years in baseball...two-time AllContinental League selection... helped lead Chaparral to District 7 title as a senior... two-time First-Team Academic All-Colorado...captain of the Chaparral Fellowship of Christian Athletes...high school baseball coaches were Steve Eaton and Tony Persichina...played summer ball for the Colorado Khaos, coached by Scott Horman and Jason Livernois...also played for the Colorado Rockies Scout Team in the fall coached by Daven Bond and Brett Williamson. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 31…favorite TV show is Baseball Tonight...favorite movie’s are Good Will Hunting and Pulp Fiction...credits his family and high school baseball coaches as having the biggest influence on his sports career...has a younger brother... son of Rusty and Kathy Roberts. Why I came to the Academy: I came to the Academy to play for a Division I baseball team and to challenge myself. There are very few places in the world that can offer the opportunities that the Air Force Academy can.”
Blair Roberts Career Statistics Year GP-GS AB 2009 Fr. 42-38 145 2010 So. 44-40 159 2011 Jr. 54-51 196 Career 140-129 500
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R 29 48 22 99
H 44 51 54 149
2B 5 1 3 9
3B 1 3 0 4
HR 1 0 0 1
RBI 11 20 22 53
19
SB 7 6 6 19
BB 10 27 9 46
K 27 33 35 95
Avg. .303 .321 .276 .298
SLG .372 .365 .291 .338
OBP .370 .441 .327 .379
FLD .908 .951 .959 .945
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Alex Baker • #3 Junior • Pitcher 6-0, 190 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: McKinney, Texas High School: McKinney Major: Management Sophomore (2011): Second on team and in the Mounain West with 28 appearances, all in relief...2-2 record with 6.38 ERA...struck out 18 in 36.2 innings pitched ... 11scoreless appearances ...picked up wins against Northern Colorado and Sacramento State...struck out three in 1.2 innings vs. Kansas... pitched in 11 of Air Force’s winning games. Freshman (2010): Pitched in 20 games, making three starts...struck out 20 batters in 30 innings pitched...made debut and first-career start vs. CSU Bakersfield...pitched a career-best four innings vs. Navy and Hawai’i...struck out a career-high six batters vs. Navy...did not allow a run in seven appearances.
Alex Baker Career Statistics Year GP-GS 2010 Fr. 20-3 2011 So. 28-0 Career 48-3
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Baker Career High’s Innings Pitched Strikeouts
4.0
Twice
6
Navy, 2/28/10
Scoreless Ou ngs 18 Games with 2+ Ks 10
High School (McKinney): Lettered four years in baseball...first-team all-district as a junior and senior and second team as a sophomore...helped lead school to 9-4A District title as a senior...high school coach was Jeremy Price. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 8...attended USAFA Prep School in 2008-09 and played on the baseball team...nickname is Bake...has two siblings ...enjoys watching Baseball Tonight...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Chuck and Maria Baker.
L 4 2 6
Sv 0 0 -
IP 30.0 36.2 66.2
H 59 53 112
20
CG 0 0 0
SHO 0 0 0
R 44 34 78
ER 41 26 67
K 20 18 38
BB 18 19 37
ERA 12.30 6.38 9.05
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Alex Bast • #20 Junior • Outfielder 6-0, 185 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Pensacola, Fla. High School: Pensacola Catholic Major: Systems Engineering Management Sophomore (2011): Team MVP...played and started 54 games...led team in starts and games played...third on team with .318 average...21 doubles tied for team lead and is the third-most in a season at AFA...second on team with three triples...fourth on team with three homers...second on team with 30 RBIs and 37 runs scored...second on team with 19 walks, eight hit-by-pitches and .392 on-base percentage...homered against Missouri State, Northern Illinois and Portland...tied for team-lead with 19 multi-hit games...went 4-for-4 with a homer vs. NIU......played summer ball for the Marysville Goldsox in Marysville, Calif. ... led the Goldsox in hitting with .375 average.
High School (Pensacola Catholic): Lettered three years in baseball, four in football and one in soccer...three-time all-area...first-team all-area and honorable mention all-state as a senior...Panhandle Sports Broadcasting All-Area team...three-time all-area and twotime honorable mention all-state wide receiver football...helped lead team to three-straight FHSAA District 1 championships...led team to a 27-5 record and a top-15 national ranking in several publications as a senior...batted .344 with 10 homers, 31 hits, 29 RBIs and 41 runs scored as a senior...237th rated player in Florida...high school baseball coach was Richard LaBounty...member of National Honor Society.
Freshman (2010): Played in 52 games, starting 45...started 18 games at catcher and 27 games in the outfield, primarily in right field...batted .298 with 13 doubles, three triples and 24 RBIs...third in the Mountain West Conference with five sac flies...had 51 hits and 29 runs scored...third on the team with 24 walks...fifth on team with .381 on-base percentage...had 13 multi-hit games...had four hits in a game vs. Northern Colorado and BYU...capped off season by going 9-for-13 in seasonending series vs. BYU.
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 35...nickname is Bast or AB...has three siblings...also recruited by Army...on the Athletics List each semester...credits his parents as having the biggest influence on his sports career...aspires to become a pilot...most noteworthy thing about his hometown is that it is where the aircraft carrier was invented...son of Stephen and Sandra Bast.
Alex Bast Career Statistics Year GP-GS AB 2010 Fr. 52-45 171 2011 So. 54-54 211 Career 106-99 382
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R 29 37 66
H 51 67 118
2B 13 21 34
3B 3 3 6
HR 0 3 3
RBI 24 30 54
21
SB 1 5 6
Bast Career High’s At Bats Hits Runs RBIs Walks
BB 24 19 43
5 4 3 4 4
K 49 46 95
21 mes Three mes Twice Utah, 4/29/11 Northern Colo., 4/13/10
Avg. .298 .318 .309
SLG .409 .488 .453
OBP .381 .392 .387
FLD .969 .972 .971
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Ben Bertelson • #28 Junior • Pitcher 6-2, 190 • Bats/Throws: L/L Hometown: Midland, Texas High School: Midland Major: Management Sophomore (2011): Pitched in 16 games, ranking third with 11 starts...second on team with 5.78 ERA and third with 49 strikeouts in 62.1 innings pitched...2-7 record...struck out nine batters against BYU and San Diego State...struck out eight against New Mexico...earned wins over Portland and San Diego State...held San Diego State to one run on six hits in eight innings in win...the win snapped a 35-game losing streak to SDSU which dated back to the 2003 season...played summer ball for the Marysville Gold Sox in Marysville, Calif...posted 2-0 record with 13 strikeouts in 12 innings for Gold Sox. Freshman (2010): Led team with 26 appearances... appearances ranked fourth in the Mountain West Conference and is seventh all-time in a season at Air Force...struck out 24 in 36 innings pitched...had 14 appearances without allowing an earned run... made three starts...made debut vs. CSU Bakersfield...set career-high’s with 4.2 innings pitched and five strikeouts in start vs. Creighton.
Ben Bertelson Career Statistics Year GP-GS 2010 Fr. 26-3 2011 So. 16-11 Career 42-14
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W 0 2 2
Bertelson Career High’s Innings Pitched
8.0 San Diego St., 4/22/11
Strikeouts
9
Starts with 5+ IP
7
Games with 4+ Ks
7
Twice
High School (Midland): Lettered three years in baseball and football...firstteam all-district as a junior and secondteam as a senior...all-district in football as a senior...pitched 10 innings in his final game in the district playoffs...member of National Honor Society...high school coach was Barry Russell. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 22...has five siblings...nickname is Bert...favorite movie is We were soldiers...future career plan is Marine Corps Infantry...on the athletics and commandant’s list...father, Dan, played football at the University of Wyoming...credits father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Dan and Karen Bertelson. Why I came to the Academy: I came to the Academy because I wanted to embrace the challenge of being a cadet and in doing so become a part of something bigger than myself.
L 1 7 8
Sv 0 0 0
IP 34.0 62.1 96.1
H 69 80 149
22
CG 0 0 0
SHO 0 0 0
R 57 58 115
ER 43 40 83
K 24 49 73
BB 19 36 55
ERA 11.38 5.78 7.75
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Sean Carley • #23 Junior • Pitcher 6-4, 230 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Melbourne, Fla. High School: Melbourne Central Catholic Major: Management - 2011 Second Team All-Mountain West - 3.94 ERA in 2011 lowest since 1983 - AF record 4.10 ERA in MW play in 2011 Sophomore (2011): Turned in one of the best pitching seasons in Air Force history, posting 3.94 ERA and earning second-team All-Mountain West honors...started all12 games pitched...led team with three wins and 62 strikeouts...second with 82.1 innings pitched...led team with three complete games and one shutout...the 3.94 ERA was the lowest at Air Force since 1983 and lowest in Mountain West era...lowered era by 7.52 (11.46-to-3.94) from his freshman year... earned wins against Bowling Green, Portland and San Diego State...tossed complete games against Bowling Green, Utah and New Mexico...tossed a two-hit shutout against Bowling Green, striking out a careerhigh 12 batters...after allowing two singles in the first, retired 24 in a row to close out game vs. Bowling Green...pitched into the sixth inning in all but one start...pitched eight-plus innings five times...stuck out fiveplus batters six times...held opponents to three-or-fewer earned runs seven times...4.10 ERA in Mountain West games is the lowest by an Air Force pitcher in Mountain West era...MW pitcher of the week (March 15)...Collegebaseballinsider.com pitcher of the week (March 16)...College Baseball Foundation “National All-Star Lineup” (March 17). Freshman (2010): Pitched in 16 games, making 12 starts...second on team with 59.2 innings pitched and third with 41 strikeouts...second on team in starts...led team with three wins...posted 3-5 record with 11.46 ERA...pitched five-plus innings six times...first-career win as over Navy, striking out career-high seven in seven innings...pitched a career-high 7.1 innings in win against Georgia State...struck out six in three innings vs. BYU to pick up win...earned a save in win over #4 TCU. High School (Melbourne Central Catholic): Lettered four years in baseball and three in football...7-1 record with 1.14 ERA, striking out 67 in 55 innings as a senior...Space Coast pitching MVP, first-team All-Space Coast, MVP of county all-star game and led team to class 3A regional semifinals as a senior...Wendy’s High School Heisman Award Winner, All-State Pitcher Class 3A...4-1 with 0.81 ERA, striking out 77 in 44 innings Sean Carley Career Statistics Year GP-GS 2010 Fr. 16-12 2011 So. 12-12 Career 28-24
2012 Air Force Baseball
W 3 3 6
Carley Career High’s Innings Pitched
9.0
Bowling Green, 3/12/11
Strikeouts
12
Bowling Green, 3/12/11
Starts with 7+ IP
9
Games with 5+ Ks
7
pitched as a junior...All-Space Coast and summer MVP as a junior...tossed a no-hitter as a junior, striking out 15 batters in the game against Merritt Island Christian...rated #135 player in the state of Florida and #912 in nation...high school baseball coach was Tom Dooley...played summer ball for the Florida Stars, coached by Rich Korte...member of Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 37...nickname is Bro...also recruited by Central Florida, Dartmouth, Harvard and High Point...has four siblings...favorite movie is the Hangover...most notable thing about his home town is that it is the home of Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield...credits his high school baseball coach Tom Dooley as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Brian and Mary Beth Carley. Why I came to the Academy: The Academy, to me, means a guaranteed future. Graduation ensures a means of supporting a family, a guaranteed job, a free education, and an opportunity to serve in the greatest Air Force the world has ever seen. I am so honored to be here. I reflected one night on my new lifestyle, and how the choices I have made have affected the path of my life, and I wouldn’t change a thing. The academy has taught me so much already, I can only look forward to what I will learn in the future. Baseball is my passion. My lust for the game is what pushes me to get through the many challenges the academy dishes out. The friends on the team that I have made will be my best friends for life. We have been through so much as a class already, that our bonds together are that much stronger. I dream about those nights last year that I was on the bump, staring down the hitter, the crowd roaring. I can still put myself back in the game against TCU that I came in to close the day before I started. The amount of focus I had that night in the bottom of the ninth, the game riding on me…..I will never forget that moment. Even though our record did not reflect the hard work the team put in, I know that with the coaches we have this year, and the desire we have to change this program around, everything is possible.
L 5 5 10
Sv 1 0 1
IP 59.2 82.1 142.0
H 121 89 210
23
CG 0 3 3
SHO 0 1 1
R 83 43 126
ER 76 36 112
K 41 62 103
BB 27 24 59
ERA 11.46 3.94 7.10
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Garrett Custons • #4 Junior • Catcher/Outfielder 5-11, 200 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Sarasota, Fla. High School: Sarasota Major: Economics - 2011 First Team All-Mountain West Catcher - 2010 Louisville Slugger Freshman AllAmerican - 2010 Pro-Line Athletic NCBWA Freshman All-American - 2010 Ping!Baseball Freshman AllAmerican Sophomore (2011): First-team AllMountain West catcher, becoming Air Force’s first, first-team all-conference player since 2002...ranked amongst MW top 10 in 11 categories...lone Falcon to play all 55 games, starting 53...led team in hitting (.333), runs (42), hits (69), doubles (21), homers (6), stolen bases (13), slugging (.545) and on-base percentage (.413)...threw out 22-of-48 steal attempts, good for a 45.8 percent throw-out rate...also picked off seven baserunners...ranked second in the conference in runners thrown out and pickoffs...led team with .356 average in MW play...led team with 19 multi-hit games and 10 three-hit games...had longest hitting streak on the team at 11 games...scored multiple runs 11 times...had a base hit in 39 games...Played played summer ball for the Eau Clair Express in the Northwoods league, batting .333 with 23 hits and 11 RBIs in 16 games played...Mountain West player of the week (March 21) and goAirForceFalcons.com athlete of the week (March 21). Freshman (2010): Played in all 55 games, starting 53...batted .328 with 18 doubles, six triples, nine homers and 64 RBIs...set MWC freshman record for RBIs...set five school freshman records (at bats, hits, RBIs, sac bunts, total bases)...led MWC with 16 stolen bases...MWC top 10 in seven categories...threw out 14 of 29 runners attempting to steal...set school season record with 232 at bats...76 hits was Garrett Custons Career Statistics Year GP-GS AB 2010 Fr. 55-53 232 2011 So. 55-53 209 Career 110-106 441
2012 Air Force Baseball
R 49 42 91
Custons Career High’s At Bats Hits Runs RBIs Stolen Bases
7 6 4 9 3
Colorado Chris an, 3/30/10 Colorado Chris an, 3/30/10 BYU, 5/22/10 Colorado Chris an, 3/30/10 UC Davis, 3/11/10
ninth in a season at Air Force...64 RBIs is fifth all-time in a season at Air Force...six sac bunts is sixth in a season at AFA...is second in five freshmen categories (games, doubles, homers and stolen bases)...had 21 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games...had a teamleading 12-game hitting streak...had one of the best single games in AFA history vs. Colorado Christian, going 6-for7 with two homers, two doubles and nine RBIs...the nine RBIs is third-most in a game in AFA history and the six hits is second most at AFA...had six RBIs in a game vs. northern Colorado...had five RBIs and four runs scored in season finale vs. BYU...played summer ball for the Eau Clair Express in the Northwoods League...threw out 70% of baserunners for the Express. High School (Sarasota): Lettered two years in baseball and football...preseason Rawlings All-American third team...selected to and participated in the Perfect Game National Showcase...rated 56th best player from Florida and 282nd in nation...high school coach was Clyde Metcalf...played summer ball for the Raiders, coached by Bob Slaughter...member of National Honor Society. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 16...nickname is Skip...has an older sister...enjoys watching ESPN and playing ping pong...favorite movie is the Hangover...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Bruce and Joan Custons. Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy because it gave me the opportunity to get a great education, serve my country, and play baseball at the division I level.”
H 76 69 145
2B 18 21 39
3B 6 3 9
HR 9 6 15
RBI 64 23 87
24
SB 16 13 29
BB 15 19 34
K 43 42 85
Avg. .328 .330 .329
SLG .573 .545 .560
OBP .370 .413 .391
FLD .968 .981 .975
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Todd Del Toro • #27 Junior • Pitcher 5-11, 175 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Mission Viejo, Calif. High School: JSerra Catholic Major: Systems Engineering Management Sophomore (2011): Did not appear in any games. Freshman (2010): Pitched in 10 games, starting two games...posted team-leading 7.40 ERA...struck out 15 in 20.2 innings pitched...did not allow a run in five outings...allowed one-or-fewer runs in seven outings...allowed one run in 4.1 innings in start vs. TCU...allowed one earned run in 2.1 innings in start vs. BYU...struck out a career-high four batters vs. Creighton.
Del Toro Career High’s Innings Pitched Strikeouts
4.1
TCU, 5/15/10
4
Creighton, 4/27/10
Games with 2+ IP
6
Scoreless Ou ngs
5
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 26...has two siblings...favorite TV show is South Park...favorite movie is Green Street Hooligans...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Ron and Michelle Del Toro. Why I came to the Academy: To become a successful officer and leader.
High School (JSerra): Lettered one year in baseball...high school baseball coach was Brett Kay...played summer ball for Trombly Baseball, coached by Steve Trombly...member of president’s and dean’s honor roll.
Todd Del Toro Career Statistics Year GP-GS 2010 Fr. 10-2
2012 Air Force Baseball
W 0
L 1
Sv 0
IP 20.2
H 46
25
CG 0
SHO 0
R 20
ER 17
K 15
BB 6
ERA 7.40
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Jack Hourin • #9 Junior • Pitcher 6-3, 175 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Austin, Texas High School: Lake Travis Major: Management Sophomore (2011): Pitched in 12 games, all in relief...struck out nine in 14.2 innings pitched...had seven scoreless outings...struck out a season-high three batters against BYU...pitched a season-high 2.2 innings against Sacramento State. Freshman (2010): Pitched in 20 games, all in relief...struck out 14 in 22 innings pitched...second-lowest ERA on team at 8.18...made debut vs. CSU Bakersfield...earned win against Creighton ...set season highs with 2.2 innings pitched and three strikeouts vs. Georgia State...pitched 10 games without allowing an earned run.
Hourin Career High’s Innings Pitched
2.2
Twice
Strikeouts
3
Twice
Games with 2+ K’s
7
Scoreless Ou ngs 16
High School (Lake Travis): Lettered two years in baseball and football...posted 3-0 record, eight saves and 0.93 ERA and allowed just 15 hits in 30 innings pitched as a senior...had 65 tackles and led team in interceptions as a cornerback on football team...helped lead Lake Travis to Texas Class 4A State titles in 2007 and 2008...high school baseball coach was Roy Kinnan...played summer ball for the Austin Wings, coached by James Ellison...member of National Honor Society. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 8...has two siblings...favorite TV show is the Office...favorite movie is Old School...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Tom and Kate Hourin. Why I came to the Academy: To play baseball and get one of the best educations this country has to offer.
Jack Hourin Career Statistics Year GP-GS 2010 Fr. 20-0 2011 So. 12-0 Career 32-0
2012 Air Force Baseball
W 1 0 1
L 0 1 1
Sv 0 0 0
IP 22.0 14.2 36.2
H 30 21 51
26
CG 0 0 0
SHO 0 0 0
R 21 17 38
ER 20 16 36
K 14 9 23
BB 12 5 17
ERA 8.18 9.82 8.84
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Matthew Roberts • #14 Junior • Infield 6-1, 185 • Bats/Throws: L/R Hometown: Greenville, S.C. High School: Greenville Major: Social Sciences Sophomore (2011): Played in 42 games, starting 35...batted .244 with 29 hits and 19 RBIs...third on team with 108 assists...had season-high three hits, three RBIs and two runs vs. San Diego State...had season-high seven assists vs. BYU...fifth on team with four sac bunts...had six multi-hit games...batted .424 (14-for-33), slugged .545 and had .486 on-base percentage in MW games. Freshman (2010): Played in all 55 games, starting 54 at shortstop...batted .312 with 16 doubles and 40 runs scored...eighth in the Mountain West Conference with 157 assists...third on the team in doubles...fifth on the team with 63 hits...stole six bases in seven attempts...third on the team with .401 on base percentage...batted .345 in MWC games, ranking second on the team...had 18 multi-hit games...had an eight-game hitting streak...had a career-high four hits vs. Navy...scored four runs vs. Colorado Mines...had a career-high seven assists vs. Utah...second all-time at Air Force in games played and at bats and third in doubles and fourth in hits.
Matthew Roberts Career Statistics Year GP-GS AB 2010 Fr. 55-54 202 2011 So. 42-35 119 Career 97-89 321
2012 Air Force Baseball
R 40 12 52
Roberts Career High’s At Bats Hits Runs RBIs Assists
6 4 4 3 7
Twice Navy, 2/27/10 Colorado Mines, 3/16/10 Twice Twice
High School (Greenville): Lettered four years in baseball and three years in football...two-time Under Armour AllAmerican...selected to play in the High School All-American game at Wrigley Field, representing the Under Armour All-American team...South Carolina Upstate Athlete of the Year...Peach Blossom All-Region Team...all-state quarterback on the football team as a senior, throwing for 2,677 yards and 29 touchdowns...high school baseball coach was Steve Scolamiero. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 16...nickname is Robbie...also recruited by Clemson and Virginia...has two brothers...favorite TV show is Friends...credits his brothers as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Brad Roberts and Cheryl Batson. Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy to do something different and to challenge myself. The Academy is a rare place that offers challenges that will prepare me for whatever I may encounter in life. Something that I have learned most since I have been here is that I have made friends that will last a lifetime.”
H 63 29 92
2B 16 4 20
3B 0 1 1
HR 1 0 1
RBI 26 19 45
27
SB 6 2 8
BB 20 11 31
K 22 14 36
Avg. .312 .244 .287
SLG .406 .294 .364
OBP .381 .318 .358
FLD .921 .921 .921
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Matt Thorne • #7 Junior • Infielder 6-0, 190 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tenn. High School: Judge Memorial Catholic (SLC, Utah) Major: Economics Sophomore (2011): Appeared in 54 games, starting 50 at third base...batted .247 with 41 hits and 23 runs scored...nine doubles, a triple and two home runs...second on team with 114 assists...tied for team-lead with three sac-flies...homered against Portland and hit a grand slam against Sacramento State...had career-high four hits, three runs and five assists in a game against Utah. Freshman (2010): Sat out 2010 season under NCAA transfer rule. Sewanee University: Attended Sewanee in 2008-09 and practiced with baseball team but did not appear in any games.
Thorne Career High’s At Bats Hits Runs RBIs Assists
5 4 3 4 5
Utah, 4/29/11 Utah, 4/29/11 Utah, 4/29/11 Sacramento State, 4/17/11 Utah, 4/29/11
High School (Judge Memorial Catholic - Salt Lake City, Utah): Lettered four years in baseball (two at Siegel High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn. and two at Judge Memorial)...set Utah state high school record with 50 hits and 43 singles as a junior in 2007, garnering first-team all region honors...first-team all-state, first-team all-region and state tournament all-tournament team as a senior...helped lead Judge Memorial to state title as a senior in 2008...high school baseball coach was Jeff Myaer...member of National Honor Society. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 33...nickname is Thorny...has a younger sister...favorite TV show is Lost...favorite movie is Man on Fire...the most notable thing about his home town is that its in the geographic center of Tennessee...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Tim and Diane Thorne. Why I came to the Academy: “I wanted to be challenged while taking advantage of the many opportunities USAFA provides.”
Matt Thorne Career Stats Year GP-GS AB 2011 So. 54-50 166
2012 Air Force Baseball
R 23
H 41
2B 9
3B 1
HR 2
RBI 23
28
SB 2
BB 17
K 40
Avg. .247
SLG .349
OBP .333
FLD .922
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Matt Zettler • #16 Junior • Pitcher 6-1, 190 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Winter Springs, Fla. High School: Winter Springs Major: Civil Engineering Sophomore (2011): Pitched in 13 games, all in relief...second amongst relievers with 4.15 era...struck out seven in 13.0 innings...third amongst relievers with .280 batting average allowed...did not allow a run in 10 outings, including first 9-of-10 appearances to start the season...pitched season-high two innings vs. Bradley...struck out two batters vs. Portland and Utah...allowed just two extra base hits...earned second MW All-Academic honor.
High School (Winter Springs): Lettered two years in baseball...posted a 3-2 record with a 2.82 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 27.1 innings as a senior...rated as the #97 prospect from Florida...high school baseball coach was Jeff Perez...played summer ball for the Orlando Scorpions, coached by Sal Lombardo...three-time athletics scholar award winner...member of National Honor Society and Beta Clune and was an honor student all four years.
Freshman (2010): Pitched in 19 games, all in relief...struck out 18 in 24.1 innings...posted 1-3 record with one save...made debut vs. CSU Bakersfield...earned first-career save vs. South Dakota State...earned first-career win vs. Colorado Christian...pitched a career-high three innings vs. New Mexico...struck out a career-high three batters vs. Colorado Christian and San Diego State...had five scoreless outings...played summer ball for the US Armed Forces baseball team...MW AllAcademic.
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 6...nickname is Zett...on the dean’s list...has an older sister, Lynsey...also considered North Florida and Florida Institute of Technology...favorite TV show is Family Guy...favorite movie is the Hangover...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Maynard and Estelle Zettler.
Matt Zettler Career Statistics Year GP-GS 2010 Fr. 19-0 2011 So. 13-0 Career 32-0
2012 Air Force Baseball
W 1 0 1
Ze ler Career High’s Innings Pitched
3.0
New Mexico, 4/25/10
Strikeouts
3
Twice
Games with 2+ Ks
7
Scoreless Ou ngs 15
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the academy because my dad has worked for the Navy for over 30 years and I wanted to be able to serve my country like my dad has. Also because of what happened on 9/11 when I was in fifth grade, I’ve always admired the people who served our country and I wanted to be a part of that group of people.”
L 3 0 3
Sv 1 0 1
IP 24.1 13.0 37.1
H 47 14 61
29
CG 0 0 0
SHO 0 0 0
R 41 6 47
ER 40 6 46
K 18 7 25
BB 17 10 27
ERA 14.79 4.15 11.09
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Seth Kline • #35 Sophomore • 1B/DH 6-1, 225 • Bats/Throws: L/R Hometown: Yakima, Wash. High School: Eisenhower Major: Management Freshman (2011): Played in 40 games, starting 31...batted .236 with 29 hits and 28 RBIs...hit six doubles, a triple and two home runs...third on the team in RBIs...homered against Navy and Creighton...had six mult-hit games...hit a grand slam vs. Creighton...scored two runs vs. Washington, Portland and Northern Colorado...started 25 games at DH and six at first base...played inside linebacker with the Air Force football team during the fall. HIGH SCHOOL (Eisenhower): Lettered four years in baseball and basketball and three years in football...first-team all-conference as a senior...secondteam all-conference as a junior and sophomore...all-state in football as a junior and senior...three-time firstteam all-conference in football...National Honor Society member...high school baseball coach was Ryan Froula...played summer ball for the Yakima Beetles, coached by Mike Bailey.
Seth Kline Year 2011 Fr.
GP-GS 40-31
AB 123
2012 Air Force Baseball
R 17
Kline Career High’s At Bats Hits Runs RBIs Putouts
5 2 2 4 13
Four mes Six mes Three mes Creighton, 3/16/11 Northern Colorado, 4/15/11
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 25...originally recruited to the Academy to play football...has a younger sibling, Morgan...favorite TV show is Jersey Shore...favorite non-traditional sporting event to watch on TV are hot dog eating contests...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...enjoys playing the piano when way from baseball...son of Andy and Tamara Kline. Why I came to the Academy: “Its an honorable place to be at and it’s a great school to mold me into what I want to become. I was also recruited to play football.”
H 29
2B 6
3B 1
HR 2
RBI 28
30
SB 1
BB 7
K 32
Avg. .236
SLG .350
OBP .291
FLD .970
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Ryan Kramer • #15 Sophomore • IF/OF 5-11, 190 • Bats/Throws: L/R Hometown: Calabasas, Calif. High School: Chaminade College Prep Major: Management Freshman (2011): Appeared in 21 games, starting seven...missed significant portion of the season due to injury...had six hits on the season...drove in five runs...first-career hit came against Cal State Bakersfield...batted .300 in Mountain West play...doubled against Sacramento State...drove in two runs against Sacramento State and BYU.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 18...has an older sister...favorite book is Friday Night Lights...favorite TV show is Entourage...favorite movie is Remember the Titans...person in history he’d like to meet is Jackie Robinson...credits his parents as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Michael and Cheryl Kramer.
HIGH SCHOOL (Chaminade): Lettered two years in baseball and one year in golf...team MVP as a freshman and sophomore...did not play baseball as a junior due to injury...team captain as a senior, leading team to 25-6 record...school nominee to California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) spirit award...simultaneously lettered in golf as a senior, leading team to CIF Southern Section Championship by shooting a two-under 70...selected to play for the USA National Maccabiah baseball team in 2009...high school baseball coach was Frank Mutz...played summer ball for the Oakland Athletics’ area scout team..
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Air Force Academy to serve my country and to play baseball. The opportunities and education I will receive at the Academy cannot be matched by any other institution in the country.”
Ryan Kramer Year GP-GS 2011 Fr. 21-7
AB 36
2012 Air Force Baseball
R 1
H 6
2B 1
3B 0
HR 0
RBI 5
31
SB 1
Kramer Career High’s At Bats Hits Runs RBIs Putouts
BB 4
4 1 1 2 1
K 8
Twice Six mes Sacramento State, 4/17/11 Twice CSU Bakersfield, 3/5/11
Avg. .167
SLG .194
OBP .262
FLD 1.000
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Patrick Lobo • #11 Sophomore • Outfielder 6-1, 195 • Bats/Throws: R/L Hometown: Miami, Fla. High School: Coral Reef Senior Major: Management Freshman (2011): Played in 44 games, starting 34...made team as a walkon...second in hitting, batting .328...had 39 hits and was third on the team with 26 runs scored...second on team with eight hit-by-pitches...eight sac bunts was second on the team and a new Falcon freshman record...went 3-for-4 with a triple, two runs scored and four RBIs in debut vs. Washington...hit firstcareer homer against Northern Illinois...had 10 multi-hit games...also drove in four runs vs. Bowling Green.
Lobo Career High’s At Bats Hits Runs RBIs Putouts
5 3 3 4 6
Four mes Three mes San Diego State, 4/23/11 Twice Portland, 3/20/11
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 30...has a younger brother..favorite food is sushi...favorite class subject is engineering...favorite book is Catch22...favorite movie is Stepbrothers... credits is parents as having the biggest influences on his sports career...son of Doug and Joanie Lobo.
HIGH SCHOOL (Coral Reef): Lettered three years in baseball, two years in golf and one year in track...varsity baseball scholar athlete...school scholar athlete.
Patrick Lobo Year GP-GS 2011 Fr. 44-34
AB 119
2012 Air Force Baseball
R 26
H 39
2B 3
3B 2
HR 1
RBI 20
32
SB 1
BB 2
K 24
Avg. .328
SLG .412
OBP .374
FLD .941
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Shaun Lovett • #13 Sophomore • Catcher/Outfielder 6-1, 175 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Port Charlotte, Fla. High School: Port Charlotte Major: Civil Engineering Freshman (2011): Did not appear in any games. HIGH SCHOOL (Port Charlotte): Lettered three years in baseball...team captain as a junior and senior...all-area as a senior...coaches award winner as a junior and senior...high school baseball coach was Bob Bruglio...played summer ball for the West Coast Wave, coached by Jeff Balser. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 40...has three siblings, Jason, Thomas and Tyler...favorite TV show is Nip Tuck...favorite movis is Casino...some-
thing most people don’t know about him is that he dislikes clowns...enjoys fishing when away from baseball...son of Richard Lovett and Catherine Glazier. Why I came to the Academy: “I looked at the Academy as a challenge. A challenge that if I lived up to I would be able to live a life of surprise and adventure. I would be able to say I have graduated from a school that many do not dare to attend and I am better because of it. It is something that not only I can be proud of but also my friends and family can be proud of.”
Jake Schomaker • #29 Sophomore • Outfielder 5-11, 190 • Bats/Throws: R/L Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio High School: Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy Major: Economics Freshman (2011): Did not appear in any games. HIGH SCHOOL (Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy): Lettered three years in baseball and football...first-team allstate, first-team all-district, first-team all-city, first-team all-conference, allacademic as a senior...first-team allconference and all-academic as a junior...all-academic as a sophomore...honorable mention all-state, first-team all-district, first-team all conference in football...high school baseball coach was Larry Redwine...played summer ball for the Cincinnati Hurricanes, coached by Jack Kuzniczci.
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PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 26...nickname is Shoe...has an older brother...favorite book is Moneyball...favorite TV show is Entourage...something most people don’t know about him is that he likes cold weather...credits his brother as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Bill and Peggy Schomaker. Why I came to the Academy: “I came here to serve in the greatest Air Force in the world and to become a pilot.”
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Cameron White • #28 Sophomore • Pitcher 6-4, 210 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Colleyville, Texas High School: Grapevine Major: Management Freshman (2011): Pitched in 15 games, making four starts, both top marks amongst Falcon freshmen...5.55 ERA to go with 1-1 record...struck out 29 in 35.2 innings pitched...ranked second amongst relievers with 3.07 era in MW play...made pitching debut vs. Nebraska...first-career start came against Creighton...earned first-career win against Northern Colorado, pitching career-high six innings and allowing just one run...struck out seven against Wichita State...had multiple strikeouts in seven games...allowed just one earned run over five innings in start vs. BYU, while striking out four. HIGH SCHOOL (Grapevine): Lettered three years in baseball...first-team alldistrict, Texas High School baseball magazine Top 100 Texas pitchers, North Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Team selection and Grapevine top pitcher award winner as a senior...went 8-2 with 1.67 ERA, 67 strikeouts in 66 innings as a senior...high school baseball coach was Tim McCune...played summer ball for the DBAT Mustangs, coached by Dave Ostroff.
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6.0 Northern Colo., 4/26/11
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PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 4...has two brothers...attended the USAFA Prep school in 2009-10 and played on the baseball team...favorite TV show is Entourage...most noteworthy thing about his home town is that was ranked #100 in 100 best places to live in America...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...son of Ron and Carol White. Why I came to the Academy: "I came to the Academy to challenge myself in all aspects, play baseball and become an officer in the Air Force. Also, the opportunity to play division one baseball in the Mountain West Conference and receive an education from one of the nation's top institutions is a once in a lifetime offer."
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David Baska • #26 Sophomore • Pitcher/Infielder 6-0, 180 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Overland Park, Kan. High School: St. Thomas Aquinas Notable: Joins baseball team in 2012 as walk-on ... also the punter and placeholder on the football team ... averaged 40.7 yards per punt ... had seven punts of 50+ yards and six placed inside the 20-yard line ... his 56.5 punt average vs. Navy was the best in a game by a Mountain West punter … first baseballfootball player at AF since Jason Brown (WR-RHP/1B) in 2003-04. HIGH SCHOOL (Aquinas): Lettered three times in baseball and two in football ... was a two-time all-conference kicker and an all-conference punter once ... earned all-county honors in
each ... named all-conference and allcounty in baseball as a pitcher.
terback Michael Vick ... hobbies include playing all sports.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 21 ... son of Scott and Susan Baska ... is the oldest of four children ... majoring in social sciences ... went to Luke AFB, Ariz., on Operation Air Force this past summer ... also served as the superintendent of services for Global Engagement and took advanced chemistry this past summer ... is the athletic NCO in his squadron ... person in history he would like to meet is Michael Jordan ... favorite NFL team is the Kansas City Chiefs ... favorite player is Eagles' quar-
Alexander Allard • #40 Freshman • Pitcher 5-11, 190 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Spokane, Wash. High School: Mt. Spokane HIGH SCHOOL (Mt. Spokane): Lettered four years in baseball...all-league...Mt. Spokane Spring Sport Athlete of the Year...scholar athlete...honor roll...AP scholar...Deca state qualifier...ASB member...high school baseball coach was Alex Schuerman...played summer ball for the Spokane Heat, coached by Barry Matthews.
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PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 30...nickname is ARA...has two younger sisters...hobbies are snowboarding and chillin...favorite food is babyback ribs and pizza...favorite movie is Dodgeball...something most people don’t know about him is that he likes turtles...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...father is a former Major League pitcher...favorite athlete is Felix Hernandez and favorite team is the Seattle Mariners...son of Brian and Shelly Allard.
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy not only to get the best education available, but also to graduate with money instead of in debt. I wanted to be challenged in college, not to waste my life partying. Coming here also gave me any opportunity to give back to the country which has done so much for all of us. This place really allows you to do something more than most people could ever think of.”
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Taylor Ausbun • #6 Freshman • Catcher 5-8, 185 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Puyallup, Wash. High School: Puyallup NOTABLE: Spent 2010-11 at Green River C.C. ...was on the University of Oregon baseball team for two years, from 2009-10...was a member of the first Oregon baseball team in 28 years in 2009..will be a junior in terms of eligibility...head coach at Oregon was college baseball coaching legend George Horton and worked with pitching coach Andrew Checketts, who is now the head coach at UC Santa Barbara. HIGH SCHOOL (Puyallup): Lettered three years in baseball, golf and wrestling...first-team all-state and team captain as a senior...batted .512 with
five homers and 39 RBIs as a senior...two-time state wrestler and team captain in wrestling...high school baseball coach was Marc Wiese...played summer ball for the Bend Elks, coached by Scott Anderson...graduated with 3.99 grade point average.
athlete is Nomar Garciaparra...something most people don’t know about him is that he prides hisself on his cooking ability and that he can shred on the saxaphone...enjoys fishing when away from baseball...son of Jim and Candice Ausbun.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 40...brother, Ben, is a 2010 USAFA graduate and four-year letterwinner on the baseball team...nickname is Auzzy and Landfill...hobbies include fishing, skiing, golfing, hunting, cooking, music, dirt bikes, hiking and camping...favorite team is the Boston Red Sox and favorite
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy because I realized the University of Oregon was not the best fit for me any longer in my collegiate career and I wanted everything out of the next school I attended. I see the Academy as a place where I can fulfill my full potential in all aspects of life, in the
classroom and on the field, while at the same time surround myself with some of the most creative and brilliant people in the country. My brother Ben was a big influence along with his numerous life-long friends he made at the Academy. The people here make the place unlike any other college and I am truly honored to be a part of the United States Air Force Academy.”
Andrew Chaves • #36 Freshman • Infielder 6-0, 185 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev. High School: Basic HIGH SCHOOL (Basic): Lettered three years in baseball and one in football...all-conference as a senior...allstate academic... class valedictorian ...high school baseball coach was Jedd Bondurant...played summer ball for the Timet Wolves, coached by Kyle Bondurant. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squardon 32...has an older sister...hobbies are archery and dirtbiking...favorite food is spaghetti...favorite movie is the Sandlot...greatest moment in sports was hitting three home runs in consecutive at bats....something most people don’t
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know about him is that he likes the color purple...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...favorite athlete is Nomar Garciaparra and favorite team is the Boston Red Sox...if he could be on any reality TV show it would be Jersey Shore...favorite quote: “It’s not over when you’re losing terribly...its over when you quit.”--unknown...son of Frank and Yvonne Chaves.
Why I came to the Academy: “I initially came to the Academy in order to gain a great education as well as leadership experience. After going through Basic Cadet Training and having the opportunity to hear military leaders give inspiring speeches, I find my initial reasons for coming to the academy have shifted. I have become excited about serving the nation and leading airman and less about the degree I receive. I am excited for the adventure the Air Force will take me on through service to my country.”
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Dillon Freeman • #22 Freshman • Pitcher 6-5, 175 • Bats/Throws: L/L Hometown: Queen Creek, Ariz. High School: Queen Creek HIGH SCHOOL (Queen Creek): Lettered three years in baseball...all-region ...tossed the only no-hitter in school history...graduated with 4.1 cum GPA...high school baseball coach was Mike Campbell...played summer ball for the Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles scout team, coached by Kevin Henthorne. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 10...has a younger brother...hobbies are playing COD, basketball and eating...favorite food is a chipotle steak burrito...favorite movies are the Harry Potter series...something most people
don’t know about you is that he played the violin for seven years...credits his high school baseball coach, Mike Campbell, as having the biggest influence on his sports career...favorite athlete is Randy Johnson...favorite team is the Phoenix Suns...favorite quote: “If the world was perfect, it wouldn’t be.” – Yogi Berra...son of Donald and Pamela Freeman.
college and live at home, and I didn’t just want to go to a regular college and party. When I came here on my recruiting trip, I was just blown away by this place. The bond that everyone has, inside and outside of the baseball team, is amazing. Everyone is striving for the same goal, and pushing themselves to be the best they can be. And that is one of the main reasons I came to USAFA, to give myself a challenge, do something different, and be the best I can be.
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy because I saw that it was an experience not everyone has the opportunity to take. I realized that I didn’t just want to go to a community
Casey Gibson • #5 Freshman • Infielder 5-10, 175 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Ft. Myers, Fla. High School: Cypress Lake HIGH SCHOOL (Cypress Lake): Lettered four years in baseball and football...three-time first-team all-conference...team captain as a senior...National and Spanish Honor Society member...high school baseball coach was Rick Little...played summer ball for the Orlando Scorpions, coached by Matt Gerber.
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PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 1...nickname is Gibby...has a younger brother...hobbies are skiing, fishing, wakeboarding, going to the beach and relaxing...favorite food is chicken alfredo...favorite movie is the Hangover...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...best sports moment is when Randy Johnson hit a bird on a pitch...favorite athlete is Dustin Pedroia and favorite team is the Boston Red Sox...if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Jersey Shore...favorite quote: “Winners train, losers complain.”...son of John and Karen Gibson.
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Noah Pierce • #21 Freshman • Pitcher 6-1, 180 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Orlando, Fla. High School: West Orange HIGH SCHOOL (West Orange): Lettered three years in baseball...Under-Armour All-American...all-conference...part of four district champion teams....on the honor roll all four years...National Honor Society member...high school baseball coach was Jesse Marlo...played summer ball for the Orlando Scorpions, coached by Sal Lombardo.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 14...hobbies are playing baseball and hanging out with friends...favorite food is pizza...favorite movie is the Waterboy...credits his summer baseball coach, Sal Lombardo, as having the biggest influence on his sports career..pregame ritual is kissing his cross necklace....favorite athlete is Jose Reyes...favorite team is the Colorado Rockies...Favorite quote: “The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke...son of Dave and Kathee Pierce.
Why I came to the Academy: “The Academy is a place that is held with the highest regards. When I reflect on what I have done here, I know that this is the only place that it is all possible. I am honored to have the privilege of serving in the greatest Air Force in the world and to serve next to the brothers and sisters I have made along this journey. I have already grown so much as a person since being here, I am excited to see what will come.”
Tyler Saleck • #18 Freshman • Infielder 6-2, 195 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Leesburg, Va. High School: Loudoun County HIGH SCHOOL (Loudoun County): Lettered three years in baseball and two in basketball...first-team all-district third baseman...earned four academic letters and graduated with a 4.4 GPA...AP scholar...high school baseball coach was Tom Lucero...played summer ball for the Loudon County Hawks, coached by Eric Lascomb. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 25...nickname is Sal...has a younger sister...father, Joe, is a 1989 USAFA grad and three-year baseball letterwinner ...uncle Steve Saleck is a 1980 USAFA grad and is AFA’s all-time home run
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leader with 46 homers....hobbies are hanging out with friends, fishing, working out and listening to music...favorite food is pizza...favorite movie is Stripes...person in history he’d like to meet is Nolan Ryan...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...favorite athlete is Derek Jeter...favorite team is the Minnesota Vikings...Favorite quote: “You know who you are, and you know where you want to be in life. Don’t let anyone stop you” – Mom & Dad...son of Joe and Leslee Saleck.
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy because I wanted the opportunity to play college baseball at the Division I level. I came because I wanted to do something that was harder than anything my friends were going to do, and because I knew I would have a guaranteed job if I made it through. I came because I knew I wouldn’t be happy with my life if I just sat behind a desk and worked a regular 9-5 like most people in this country. I wanted to do something worthwhile, and I wanted to have stories to tell for the rest of my life.”
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Brian Sicher • #19 Freshman • Catcher 6-0, 185 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Orland Park, Ill. High School: St. Rita HIGH SCHOOL (St. Rita): Lettered four years in baseball and one in football...first-team all-conference and allarea...two-time state runner-up... summer state champions in 2009...high school baseball coach was Mike Zunica...played summer ball for the Illinois Sparks, coached by Len McEnery. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 26...nickname is Sich...has a younger brother...greatest moment in sports was playing in three state championship games...hobbies are hanging out with family and friends...favorite food is steak & chicken burrito from Chipo-
tle...favorite movie is Bull Durham... person in history he’d like to meet is Jesus...favorite athlete is Josh Hamilton...favorite team is the Chicago White Sox....favorite quote: “All it takes is all you got.”...son of Ron and Joeanne Sicher.
notch education, job security after graduation and a chance to play a high level of competitive baseball. These things are all earned, they are not given to you and that’s what makes it all a challenge. It is a very exciting time right now within our baseball team. Our program is on the rise and I cannot wait to compete and contribute to help us reach our goals.”
Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy because of the opportunities and challenges. What makes the Academy unique compared to every other school in the nation is how much opportunity is presented to you. There are very few schools in the country that can offer someone a free top-
Jake Sortor • #31 Freshman • Outfielder 5-10, 180 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Mukilteo, Wash. High School: Kamiak HIGH SCHOOL (Kamiak): Lettered three years in baseball and football...AllWesco South first-team outfielder as a senior...second-team quarterback as a senior...team captain for baseball and football as a senior...set school record for singles as a freshman and batted .423 and earned second-team all-conference...all-conference as a junior...National Honor Society member ...football scholar athlete...high school baseball coach was Steve Merkely...played summer ball for the Seattle Dodgers, coached by Chad Boudon.
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PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 2...went to Northwest Preparatory School prior to attending USAFA...nickname is Squanto...has five younger siblings...hobbies are playing guitar, surfing, traveling and creating his own clothing company...favorite food is Papa Murphy’s pizza...favorite movies are a tie with the Notebook and Twilight...something not many people know about him is that he broke his toe skimboarding, but still walks on...credits his grandfather has having the biggest influence on his sports career...favorite athlete is Ken Griffey Jr. and favorite team is the Seattle
Mariners...son of Jeff Sortor and Dana Sortor Babik. Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Air Force Academy to push myself in every aspect of my life and become a better person. While the challenges are many and tough, I know I will be better for coming here in the end. Also, the opportunities at the Air Force Academy are amazing, along with life-long bonds I will make with classmates.”
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David Thomas • #34 Freshman • Infielder 6-2, 205 • Bats/Throws: L/R Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Fort Bend HIGH SCHOOL (Fort Bend): Set school single-season records for home runs (10) and slugging (1.268)...helped lead Fort Bend to district title as a senior...two-time academic all-state... played summer ball for the Houston Heat, coached by Vinny Sinisi. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 9...nickname is DT...hobby is chillin with the boys...favorite food is sushi or Italian...favorite movie is Braveheart...person in history he’d like to meet is Jesus...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...favorite athlete is his high school
coach, Woody Williams...if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Minute to Win it...Favorite quote: “There are no great heroes without great battles.” Why I came to the Academy: “Above all, I came to the Academy so I could make a difference in other people’s lives. By providing one of the best educations money can buy and being filled with top notch facilities, the academy positions you for success in the Air Force and in the business world. I also decided to go to the Academy because I felt the call to serve my country.”
Jake Wong • #39 Freshman • Outfielder 5-11, 175 • Bats/Throws: L/L Hometown: Boston, Mass. High School: Duxbury HIGH SCHOOL (Duxbury): Lettered two years in baseball and track...high school baseball coach was Barney Earle... played summer ball for the JM Force, coached by Junior Medina. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 37...nickname is Wonger...has two sisters...hobbies are playing music and video games...favorite food is sushi...favorite movie is Zoolander...person in history he’d like to meet is Mickey Mantle...something not many people know about him is that he is a self-taught pianist...most noteworthy thing about his hometown is that its the home town of
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Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry...favorite athlete is Ichiro...roots for the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots...favorite quote: “If you’re not first, you’re last.” --Ricky Bobby...son of Ling and Karen Wong. Why I came to the Academy: “I came to the Academy because of my dream to become a fighter pilot. As long as I can remember (literally; since I was about 3) I have dreamed of being an Air Force pilot. The Academy is the place to go for people with that kind of aspiration, so the choice seemed easy to me.”
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Ben Yokley • #25 Freshman • Pitcher 6-0, 170 • Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Arvada, Colo. High School: Ralston Valley HIGH SCHOOL (Ralston Valley): Lettered three years in baseball...2011 Jefferson County 5A League MVP... graduated with honors and is a member of the National Honor Society...high school baseball coach was Shane Freehling. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 21...nickname is Yoke...has an older sister...hobbies are skiing, longboarding and shooting...greatest moment in sports is the 1980 U.S. hockey team beating the USSR in the Olympics...favorite food is anything not from Mitchell Hall (USAFA cadet dining
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area)... favorite movie is Zombieland... person in history he’d like to meet is Sun Tzu...something most people don’t know about him is that he’s lived in three countries and two states...credits Barry Butera as having the biggest influence on his sports career...favorite athlete is Jeremy Bloom...favorite quote: “These things we do so that others may live”...son of Joe and Christine Yokley.
Why I came to the Academy: “The Academy offers a challenge that can’t be compared, and if I didn’t attempt the most difficult things in life, I would look back and ask myself why I didn’t push myself to be better.”
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Class of 2011
Nathan Carter OF Nathan Carter Year GP-GS 2008 Fr. 50-49 2009 So. 48-45 2010 Jr. 55-54 2011 Sr. 51-51 Career 204*-199*
Parker Mayo 1B
Jon McMahon OF
Brad Pingel LHP/DH
Vai Schierholtz SS
AB 186 155 204 181 726*
R 51 39 51 33 174*
H 58 37 63 49 207
2B 16 8 8 7 39
3B 10 5 11 7 33^
HR 4 7 9 6 26
RBI 30 21 28 34 113
SB 19 15 13 6 53*
BB 34 33 23 27 117*
K 46 56 49 36 187$
Avg. .312 .239 .309 .271 .285
SLG .570 .490 .588 .486 .537
OBP .430 .392 .401 .375 .400
FLD .936 .991 .979 .985 .969
Parker Mayo Year GP-GS 2008 Fr. 34-33 2009 So. 38-24 2011 Sr. 53-52 Career 125-98
AB 56 82 188 326
R 4 10 21 35
H 8 16 50 74
2B 0 2 10 12
3B 0 0 2 2
HR 0 2 4 6
RBI 5 11 25 41
SB 0 0 1 1
BB 11 7 7 25
K 28 14 44 86
Avg. .143 .195 .266 .227
SLG .143 .293 .404 .331
OBP .284 .277 .305 .294
FLD .992 .982 .995 .991
Jon McMahon Year GP-GS 2008 Fr. 35-29 2009 So. 46-39 2011 Jr. 40-30 Career 121-98
AB 103 166 120 389
R 18 12 16 46
H 25 45 34 104
2B 3 6 9 18
3B 0 4 0 4
HR 1 0 1 2
RBI 9 24 9 42
SB 4 8 3 15
BB 5 11 6 22
K 27 24 24 75
Avg. .243 .271 .283 .267
SLG .301 .355 .383 .350
OBP .325 .318 .338 .326
FLD .934 .950 1.000 .948
Brad Pingel Pitching Year 2008 Fr. 2009 So. 2011 Jr. Career
GP-GS 22-4 16-0 6-1 44-5
Brad Pingel Hitting Year GP-GS 2011 Sr. 11-5
AB 18
Vai Schierholtz Career Statistics Year GP-GS AB 2008 Fr. 31-22 74 2009 So. 25-21 75 2011 Jr. 45-38 137 Career 101-81 286
W 3 0 0 3
L 3 0 2 5
Sv 1 1 0 2
IP 31.0 8.2 12.1 52.0
H 61 24 20 105
CG 0 0 0 0
SHO 0 0 0 0
R 42 18 12 72
ER 39 13 12 64
K 18 6 9 33
BB 14 5 6 25
ERA 11.32 13.50 8.76 11.08
R 3
H 5
2B 0
3B 0
HR 1
RBI 3
SB 0
BB 3
K 5
Avg. .278
SLG .444
OBP .381
FLD .969
R 10 4 17 31
H 17 16 33 66
2B 4 4 5 13
3B 0 0 0 0
HR 0 0 0 0
RBI 12 7 7 26
SB 2 3 6 11
BB 4 1 11 16
K 11 12 16 39
Avg. .230 .213 .241 .231
SLG .284 .267 .277 .276
OBP .275 .250 .311 .286
FLD .941 .905 .890 .905
* Denotes AFA Top 10 $ Denotes AFA School Record ^ NCAA Record
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2011 Season Review
Record Overall: 19-36 Conference/finish: 4-20/7th W-L (Home/Away/Neutral): 10-10/3-18/6-8
Head Coach Maj. Mike Kazlausky: Maj. Mike Kazlausky (USAFA 1991) completed his first year at Air Force.
Team MVP: So. OF Alex Bast
Top HItter: So. C/OF Garrett Custons (.330 avg., 69 hits, 21 doubles, 6 homers, 42 runs scored)
Top Pitcher: So. RHP Sean Carley (3-5, 3.94 ERA, 62 K, 82.1 IP)
Top Reliever: So. RHP Stephen Colangelo (1-2, 5.52 ERA, 30 App., 7 saves)
Top Freshmen: Patrick Lobo (OF) Cameron White (RHP)
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Team Highlights of 2011 - Winningest season since 2002. - 19 wins are the second-most vs. Div. I opponents (20 wins is record by 2002 team). - 19 Div. I wins are the most by a first-year head coach. - First win over a Pac 10 school (Washington) since 1990. - First win over San Diego State since 2003. - School record .960 fielding Pct. - .957 MW fielding pct. is second all-time in MW play. - 6.09 team ERA lowest since 1982. - 7.84 MW ERA second-lowest in MW play and lowest since 2002. - Lowered team ERA 5.22 runs (11.31-6.09) from 2010 season. - Four complete games are the most since 2003. - Eight saves are the most since 2002. - Pitching staff allowed the fewest homers since 1992 and the fewest ever in MW play. Individual Highlights of 2011 - Sean Carley two-hit shutout vs. Bowling Green, including 12 K’s and retiring 24 in a row to close game. - Nathan Carter sets NCAA Div. I record with 33 career triples. - Nathan Carter led MW with seven triples. - Sean Carley 3.94 ERA lowest at AFA since 1983. - Sean Carley 4.10 ERA lowest ever at AFA in MW play. - Stephen Colangelo’s seven saves ranks fifth in a season at AFA. - Stephen Colangelo’s 30 appearances is fourth in a season at AFA and led MW. - Alex Baker’s 28 appearances ranks fifth in a season at AFA and was second in MW. - Patrick Lobo’s 8 sac bunts is an AF freshman record. - Blair Roberts’ 10 sac bunts is tied for second in a season at AFA. - Garrett Custons ranks amongst MW Top 10 in 11 categories.
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Honors/Awards: - Garrett Custons first-team All-MW C - Sean Carley second-team All-MW RHP - Sean Carley MW Pitcher of the week (March 15) - Sean Carley CollegeBaseballInsider.com National Pitcher of the Week (March 16) - Sean Carley College Baseball Foundation "National All-Star Lineup" (March 17) - Garrett Custons MW Player of the Week (March 21) - Luke Dorlac MW Pitcher of the Week (March 21) - Garrett Custons goAirForceFalcons.com Athlete of the Week (March 21) - Ben Bertelson goAirForceFalcons.com Athlete of the Week (April 25) Bast Named Team MVP Sophomore outfielder Alex Bast was named Air Force’s team MVP for the 2011 season. The Pensacola, Fla., native led the Falcons with 21 doubles, which is tied for third-most in a season at AFA. He was second on the team with 67 hits, 30 RBIs, 37 runs scored and three triples. His .318 batting average ranked third on the team. Bast led the team with 54 starts. Kazlausky Earns Most Div. I Wins As A Rookie Coach With 19 wins this year, Maj. Mike Kazlausky is Air Force’s winningest first-year coach in terms of wins against Div. I opponents. Air Force’s 19 wins are the second most vs. Div. I opponents in a season and just one behind the 2002 team’s record 20 Div. I wins. Custons & Carley Named All-MW Garrett Custons and Sean Carley were named to the 2011 All-Mountain West Conference baseball team. Custons was named to the first-team as a catcher and Carley earned second-team honors as a right-hand pitcher. Custons led Air Force in several offensive and defensive categories. The Sarasota, Fla., native led the team in 10 offensive categories, which included a .330 batting average, 42 runs scored, 21 doubles, six homers and 13 stolen bases. The sophomore also ranked in the MW top 10 in 10 offensive categories. Defensively, Custons ranked second in the MW with 22 base runners thrown out and ranked second with seven pickoffs.
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2nd-Team All-Mountain West Sean Carley Custons caught fire late in the season, batting .538 (14-for-16) over the last two weekends to raise his batting average 31 points. Custons also led the Falcons with a .356 batting average in MW play. Carley had one of the strongest seasons ever by a Falcon starting pitcher, striking out 62 batters in 82.1 innings. His 3.94 earned run average was the lowest ERA by an Air Force starting pitcher in 28 years, dating back to Bob Wright's 3.58 ERA in 1983. The Melbourne, Fla., native's 62 strikeouts are the most by a Falcon pitcher since 2002, when Erik Fisher fanned 88. Carley posted a 3-5 overall record. Carley set a school record for the lowest MW ERA at Air Force, posting a 4.10 ERA in 37.1 innings pitched. Carley also led Air Force with three completegames and held opposing batters to a .279 batting average. He also pitched one of the best single games in Air Force history when he tossed a two-hit shutout against Bowling Green. After allowing base hit singles in the first and leading off the second, Carley retired 24 consecutive batters to close out the game. He also struck out a career-high 12 batters vs. Bowling Green. Carley is just the second Air Force pitcher to earn all-MW honors and the first since Matt Kaercher in 2002. Carter NCAA All-Time Leader In Triples Senior center fielder Nathan Carter hit 33 career triples, which is a new record for the most career triples in NCAA Div. I history. Carter surpassed the previous record of 32, held by Bob Zeihen of Indiana State, set back in 1988. Carter led the nation with 10 triples as a freshman. He led the Mountain West Conference with seven triples this year and ranked 10th in the nation.
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Abrecht With Fastest Start By AF Pitcher Since 1995 Junior right-hander Evan Abrecht got off to a hot start, winning his first five outings. Abrecht was the first pitcher to start the season 5-0 in his first five starts at Air Force since Dave Lyons won nine straight to start the 1995 season. Abrecht finished the season 5-8 on the season and was second on the team with 52 strikeouts in a team-leading 85.0 innings. Carley Lowest ERA Since 1983 Sophomore right-hander Sean Carley’s 3.94 earnedrun average was the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher at Air Force since Bob Wright posted a 3.58 ERA in 1983. Carley led the Falcons with 62 strikeouts and was second with 82.1 innings pitched. Colangelo Develops Into Closer Stephen Colangelo developed into an effective closer. The sophomore racked up seven saves on the season, which is tied for the fifth-most in a season at AFA. Colangelo led the MW with 30 appearances, which is fourth-most at AFA. Falcons Get Solid Starting Pitching Air Force starting pitchers had one of its best seasons in nearly a decade. The Falcon starting pitchers sported a 5.52 ERA, having struck out 198 in 298.1 innings. Last year, the Falcons starters had a 11.980 ERA and had struck out 144 in 227.1 innings. Starting Pitching The Last Two Years 2010 2011 Improvement W-L 5-29 14-27 +9 wins ERA 11.98 5.52 -6.46 runs p/gm IP 227.1 298.1 +71.0 innings SO 144 198 +54 Ks
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Relievers Pitch Well Too The Air Force relief pitching corps also showed improvement as a group from 2010. Air Force had six relievers with ERA’s below 5.52. Last year, Air Force’s lowest ERA for a reliever was 7.20. This year, the Falcons have seven relievers with ERA’s below that. Relief Pitching The Last Two Years 2010 2011 W-L 8-13 5-9 ERA 10.68 7.08 IP 242.2 169.0 SO 178 113 Falcons Set Fielding Record Air Force fielded .960 this season, setting a new school record. The Falcons broke the previous record of .958 set last year. Good At Turning Two Air Force was second in the Mountain West Conference with 52 double plays turned. Second baseman Blair Roberts was ninth in the MW with 36 double plays. First Win Over Pac 10 School Since 1990 Air Force’s 16-10 win over Washington was its first win over a Pac-10 conference school since 1990, a span of 21 years. The last team Air Force defeated from the Pac was none other than Washington at the Seattle Kingdome.
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2011 Game-By-Game Overall: 19-36
MWC: 4-20
Home: 10-10
Date
Opponenent
W/L
Score
AF / Opp R H E/ R H E
Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 March 3 March 4 March 5 March 6 March 11 March 12 March 12 March 13 March 16 March 16 March 18 March 19
vs. Missouri State % vs. Nebraska % vs. Washington % at Texas State % vs. Navy $ vs. Navy $ vs. Navy $ vs. Northern Illinois ^ vs. UC Riverside ^ vs. Cal State Bakersfield ^ vs. Kansas ^ vs. Miami (Ohio) + vs. Bowling Green + vs. Bradley + vs. Bucknell + CREIGHTON (G1) CREIGHTON (G2) PORTLAND PORTLAND (G1)
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7-2 1-8 16-10 4-9 8-2 4-6 3-13 10-8 7-19 0-5 1-4 7-4 6-0 0-6 1-5 2-1 9-11 12-4 8-3
7 1 16 4 8 4 3 10 7 0 1 7 6 0 1 2 9 12 8
2,386 1,540 1,632 1,632 1,216 2,112 1,867 234 231 241 122 142 178 189 301 -247 101 --
2:12 2:27 3:12 2:24 2:20 2:47 3:00 2:26 2:56 2:04 2:05 2:37 2:11 2:03 2:31 2:04 2:18 2:07 2:09
Abrecht 6 IP, 2 R; Carter 3H, 5 RBIs; Bast HR, Custons 3 R Carley 6 IP, 3 R; Bast 2 hits; Kline RBI Ceci 7 IP, 2 R; Custons 3H, 3R, 3RBIs HR; Carter, Mayo HR, Lobo 4 RBIs Roberts 2-for-5, RBI; Lobo 2-for-3; Mayo HR Abrecht 6 IP, 0 ER, 8 K; Bast 2H, 3 RBIs; M. Roberts 2H, 2 RBIs Bast 2-for-5, 2B; Kline HR, 2 RBIs Carley 6 IP, 0 ER, 8 K; Bast 3 hits; Kline 2H, 2RBIs; Schierholtz 2 H Bast grand slam; Lobo 3-for-4, HR; Abrecht 5 IP; Colangelo Save Carter 4-for-4, 2 RBIs; Pingel 3 IP, 0 R; B. Roberts, M. Roberts 2 RBIs Carley 7 IP, 3K; Colangelo 1IP, 2K; Mayo 2 hits; Carter, Custons 2B Ceci 6 IP, 3R, 4K; Custons 2 H, 2B, R; Carter RBI Abrecht 6 IP, 10 K; Colangelo SV; B. Roberts 3 H; Carter 3B; Custons 2R Carley 9 IP, 12K; Lobo 4 RBIs; B. Roberts, Carter, Bast 2 hits B. Roberts 2-for-3, BB; Zettler 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R Carter 2H, RBI; Custons, B. Roberts 2 hits; Colangelo 2 IP, 3K, 0 R Koehler 5 IP, 1R; Mayo 3-for-4; Carter 2H, R, RBI; Custons 2 H, R Kline grand slam; Roberts 3H, 2R, RBI; Custons 2H, 2R Abrecht 8 IP; Custons 3-for-4, HR; Kline 2, 2B, 2RBI; Thorne, Lobo 2 RBI Carley 8 IP, 6K; Schierholtz 3-for-4, 2R, 3RBIs; B. Roberts 3-for-5, R,2RBI
March 19 PORTLAND (G2) W 9-4 9 13 1/ 4 11 0 March 20 PORTLAND W 10-2 10 15 2/ 2 9 2 March 22 at #24 Wichita State L 2-10 2 5 2/ 10 12 1 March 23 at #24 Wichita State L 0-6 0 8 1/ 6 14 2 March 25 at Utah* L 3-5 3 12 2/ 5 10 0 March 26 at Utah* L 1-2 1 3 0/ 2 6 0 April 1 at #15 TCU* L 2-10 2 6 2/ 10 13 2 April 2 at #15 TCU* L 2-3 2 6 1/ 3 8 1 April 3 at #15 TCU* L 5-10 5 7 2/ 10 16 1 April 5 NORTHERN COLORADO W 10-6 10 12 2/ 6 10 2 April 7 at BYU* L 4-10 4 9 1/ 10 13 2 April 8 at BYU* L 1-10 1 9 0/ 10 13 0 April 12 at Northern Colorado W 7-5 7 10 2/ 5 13 2 April 15 at Sacramento State L 1-2 1 7 0/ 2 7 2 April 16 at Sacramento State L 2-3 2 8 1/ 3 4 3 April 16 at Sacramento State L 6-9 6 10 2/ 9 13 1 April 17 at Sacramento State W 8-7 8 8 0/ 7 13 2 April 19 NORTHERN COLORADO L 5-6 5 12 2/ 6 14 0 April 21 SAN DIEGO STATE* L 1-15 1 6 3/ 15 18 0 April 22 SAN DIEGO STATE* W 7-3 7 11 0/ 3 9 0 April 23 SAN DIEGO STATE* W 14-7 14 15 4/ 7 10 1 April 26 at Northern Colorado W 4-1 4 10 1/ 1 8 2 April 29 at Utah** L 10-13 10 13 3/ 13 18 1 April 29 UTAH* L 10-19 10 15 2/ 19 20 1 April 30 UTAH* L 6-10 6 8 2/ 10 17 2 April 30 UTAH* L 1-6 1 8 3/ 6 9 0 May 6 at New Mexico* L 0-5 0 4 2/ 5 9 0 May 7 at New Mexico* L 0-10 0 4 0/ 10 11 1 May 8 at New Mexico* L 4-16 4 9 3/ 16 19 0 May 13 UNLV* L 1-3 1 9 1/ 3 8 1 May 14 UNLV* W 7-6 7 9 0/ 6 13 3 May 15 UNLV* L 9-14 9 11 4/ 14 19 2 May 19 BYU* L 4-9 4 10 2/ 9 8 2 May 20 BYU* W 4-3 4 8 1/ 3 8 0 May 20 BYU* L 1-4 1 5 1/ 4 6 0 May 21 BYU* L 5-20 5 9 0/ 20 20 1 * Mountain West Conference Game **Game started March 27 in Salt Lake. Last two innings played at the Academy. % Texas State Tournament - San Marcos, Texas $ Freedom Classic - Kinston, N.C. ^ Coca-Cola Classic - Surprise, Ariz. + RussMatt Central Florida Invitational - Auburndale/Winter Haven, Fla.
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Bertelson (1-2) Ceci (2-3) Koehler (0-1) White (0-2) Abrecht (5-1) Carley (2-3) Abrecht (5-2) Colangelo (0-1) Ceci (2-4) Dorlac (2-0) Bertelson (1-3) Abrecht (5-3) Baker (1-1) Abrecht (5-4) Baker (1-2) Hourin (0-1) Baker (2-2) Colangelo (0-2) Abrecht (5-5) Bertelson (2-3) Carley (3-3) White (1-1) Dorlac (2-1) Abrecht (5-6) Carley (3-4) Bertelson (2-4) Carley (3-5) Bertelson (2-5) Abrecht (5-7) Bertelson (2-6) Colangelo (1-2) Dorlac (2-2) Bertelson (2-7) Dorlac (3-2) Abrecht (5-8) Pingel (0-2)
114 105 3,289 2,775 302 387 4,027 4,195 4,178 85 175 275 167 137 -238 324 51 144 205 139 156 327 121 -86 1,405 1,287 1,216 278 67 71 -68 155 351
2:13 2:12 2:21 2:07 2:15 2:09 2:33 2:11 2:31 2:31 2:38 2:05 2:40 2:02 1:39 2:49 2:33 2:28 2:33 2:26 2:45 1:57 2:45 2:41 2:55 2:30 1:45 2:06 2:31 1:57 2:57 2:44 2:08 1:56 1:36 2:39
Bertelson 6 IP, Dorlac SV; Thorne, Custon, Bast HR Ceci 6 IP; Roberts 4-for-5, 2R, 2 RBIs; Bast 2H, 2R, 2 RBIs Carter HR; Schierholtz 2-for-3; Custons 2B White 4 IP, 7K; Custons 2B Abrecht 7 IP, 5K; Carter, Schierholtz, Lobo, Mayo, Roberts 2 hits Carley CG, 8 IP, 8K; Custons HR Abrecht 5 IP; Mayo 2-for-4; Carter, Bast, Thorne 2B Carley 7.2 IP, 1 ER; McMahon 2-for-3, HR, 2R Carter, Bast 2H, Bast 2 2B; Kline 2 RBIs; Schierholtz 2 R Dorlac 4 IP, 0 ER; Carter HR, 3R, Pingel inside-park HR; Mayo 3 RBIs Bertelson 5.2 IP, 9 K; Thorne 3H, Kline 2H, 2RBI; McMahon 2H White 3.1 IP, 1H; Hourin 1 IP, 3K; Bast, Custons 2B; Kline RBI Custons 3 hits, 2 runs; Thorne 2 RBIs; bullpen 5.2 IP, 0 R Abrecht 8.1 IP, 2R; Carter, B. Roberts 2 hits; Carter 3B Bast 3-for-3, 2B; McMahon, Schierholtz 2 hits Carter 2-for-5 3 RBIs; Kline 2 RBI; Bast, Mayo 2 hits Colangelo 2 IP, 0 R, SV; Thorne GW Grand Slam; Bast 4-for-5, 2R White 4.1 IP, 0 R; Bast 3-for-4, 2 2B, 2R; B. Roberts, Thorne 2 hits Custons 3-for-4, 2B; Carter RBI; Bast R; Abrecht 5.2 IP Bertelson 8 IP, 1 R, 9 K; Carter 2H, 2 RBI, HR; Mayo 2H, 2 RBI Carley 8 IP, 2 ER, 5K; B. Roberts 4H, 3 RBI; Custons, M. Roberts 3H White 6 IP, 1 ER; McMahon, Thorne, Lobo 2 H Custons 3-for-5, 3 RBIs; Carter grand slam; Bast 3-for-4, 2R Bast 3-for-5, 4 RBIs; Thorne 4-for-5, 3R; Mayo 2 HR, 4-for-5, 5 RBIs Carley 5.2 IP; McMahon 2H, 2RBIs; Thorne 2 H; Custons 2 RBIs Bertelson 6 IP; Thorne 2H, RBI; Lobo 2 H Carley CG, 8 IP, 5K; Custons 2 hits, 2B Ceci 3 IP, 0 R; McMahon 2B, Custons SB Bast 2H, 2R; Thorne 2H; M. Roberts 2 RBIs Bertelson 7 IP, 0 ER, 8K; Custons 3-for-3, R; Carter RBI Custons 3-for-5, R, RBI; Thorne GW walkoff RBI 2B in 9th Carter 2-for-4, HR, 4 RBI; Custons 2H, 2R; Bast 2H, Lobo 2R, RBI Bast 2H, 2B, Custons 2B, Mayo, M. Roberts 2H White 5 IP, 1R; Dorlac 3 IP,1R; Colangelo SV; Custons HR; Kramer GW Hit Abrecht 9 IP, 4K; Bast 2B, RBI; Schierholtz 2B, R Pingel 4.2 IP; Custons HR, 2H, 2RBI; B. Roberts 3H; Mayo 2H, 2R
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Attend. Time Game Recap/AF Highlights
Abrecht (1-0) Carley (0-1) Ceci (1-0) Bertelson (0-1) Abrecht (2-0) Ceci (1-1) Baker (0-1) Abrecht (3-0) Kazakoff (0-1) Carley (0-2) Ceci (1-2) Abrecht (4-0) Carley (1-2) Ceci (1-3) Bertelson (0-2) Dorlac (1-0) Pingel (0-1) Abrecht (5-0) Carley (2-2)
W
2 8 10 9 2 6 13 8 19 5 4 4 0 6 5 1 11 4 3
Inn. AF Pitcher 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 9 9
W
2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 1/ 2/ 4/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 5/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 0/
Neutral: 6-8
0 1 0 0 2 1 5 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 2
L
10 5 18 9 9 8 9 14 11 7 5 12 11 5 8 10 9 10 13
Away: 3-18
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2011 Statistics INDIVIDUAL HITTING STATISTICS Player
AVG GP-GS
AB
R
H
2B
3B
TB
SLG%
BB HBP SO GDP OB%
SF SH SB-ATT PO
A
E
FLD
4 Custons, Garrett .330 55-53 11 Lobo, Patrick .328 44-34 20 Bast, Alex .318 54-54 40 McMahon, Jon .283 40-30 10 Roberts, Blair .276 54-51 5 Carter, Nathan .271 51-51 31 Mayo, Parker .266 53-52 7 Thorne, Matt .247 54-50 14 Roberts, Matthew .244 42-35 15 Schierholtz, Vai .241 45-38 35 Kline, Seth .236 40-31 --------------Below 2.0 At Bats Per Game 25 Pingel, Brad .278 11-5 6 Kramer, Ryan .167 21-7 29 Capra, Vince .143 10-2 34 Hulce, Shayne .125 9-2 17 Iacobbo, Victor .000 1-0 9 Hourin, Jack .000 1-0 Totals .275 55-55 Opponents .331 55-55
209 119 211 120 196 181 188 166 119 137 123
42 26 37 16 22 33 21 23 12 17 17
69 39 67 34 54 49 50 41 29 33 29
21 3 21 9 3 7 10 9 4 5 6
3 2 3 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 1
HR RBI 6 1 3 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 2
23 20 30 9 22 34 25 23 19 7 28
114 49 103 46 57 88 76 58 35 38 43
.545 .412 .488 .383 .291 .486 .404 .349 .294 .277 .350
19 2 19 6 9 27 7 17 11 11 7
11 8 8 4 6 5 4 6 2 3 3
42 24 46 24 35 36 44 40 14 16 32
4 2 3 0 4 1 2 6 3 1 2
.413 .374 .392 .338 .327 .375 .305 .333 .318 .311 .291
1 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1
1 8 1 2 10 0 6 3 4 5 1
13-17 1-3 5-8 3-5 6-9 6-8 1-2 2-4 2-4 6-9 1-1
278 44 167 26 126 129 375 27 55 54 62
40 4 9 0 133 4 33 114 108 91 2
6 3 5 0 11 2 2 12 14 18 2
.981 .941 .972 1.000 .959 .985 .995 .922 .921 .890 .970
18 3 5 36 1 6 14 1 2 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1846 272 508 1933 394 640
0 1 1 0 0 0 100 165
0 0 0 0 0 0 20 11
1 0 0 0 0 0 26 45
3 5 2 0 0 0 250 358
8 7 3 1 0 0 726 962
.444 .194 .214 .125 .000 .000 .393 .498
3 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 143 62 188 52
5 8 7 2 0 0 375 311
1 1 0 0 0 0 30 40
.381 .262 .143 .300 .000 .000 .345 .402
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 41 17 40
0-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 47-73 31-66
23 1 2 5 0 0 1402 1429
1 0 0 0 0 5 624 571
0 0 1 0 0 0 84 61
1.000 1.000 .667 1.000 .000 1.000 .960 .970
LOB - Team (405), Opp (434). DPs turned - Team (52), Opp (42). IBB - Team (1), CUSTONS 1, Opp (2). Picked off - ROBERTS, B. 2, KLINE 2, MAYO 1, SCHIERHOLTZ 1, KRAMER 1, BAST 1, THORNE 1, HULCE 1, LOBO 1.
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ERA
W-L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV
23 Carley, Sean 3.94 3-5 12 24 Bertelson, Ben 5.78 2-7 16 30 Abrecht, Evan 7.09 5-8 14 --------------Below 1.0 Innings Pitched Per Game 36 Dorlac, Luke 4.10 3-2 14 16 Zettler, Matt 4.15 0-0 13 33 Ceci, Michael 5.40 2-4 11 32 Kazakoff, Mike 5.40 0-1 13 22 Colangelo, Stephe 5.52 1-2 30 28 White, Cameron 5.55 1-1 15 3 Baker, Alex 6.38 2-2 28 25 Pingel, Brad 8.76 0-2 6 21 Koehler, Kincaid 9.00 0-1 10 9 Hourin, Jack 9.82 0-1 12 12 Lerda-Plog, Alex 16.20 0-0 4 18 Van Alstine, Kyle 33.75 0-0 2 29 Capra, Vince 99.00 0-0 1 Totals 6.09 19-36 55 Opponents 4.52 36-19 55
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
2B 3B
HR
AB
12 11 14
3 0 1
1 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
82.1 62.1 85.0
89 80 124
43 58 74
36 40 67
24 36 29
62 49 52
24 14 26
0 4 3
2 8 7
319 252 354
B/Avg WP HBP BK 5 10 8
6 7 1
1 1 1
4 1 4
10 5 4
2 0 9 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 55 55
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10
26.1 13.0 40.0 6.2 31.0 35.2 36.2 12.1 15.0 14.2 5.0 1.1 0.0 467.1 476.1
43 14 57 5 35 57 53 20 22 21 9 7 4 640 508
29 6 31 5 23 28 34 12 17 17 9 5 3 394 272
12 6 24 4 19 22 26 12 15 16 9 5 3 316 239
9 10 10 9 14 4 19 6 8 5 3 2 0 188 143
17 7 16 3 33 29 18 9 4 9 3 0 0 311 375
10 0 1 0 18 1 2 0 9 0 17 0 15 1 8 1 7 0 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 165 11 100 20
3 1 3 0 3 2 3 3 2 4 2 1 1 45 26
120 .358 6 50 .280 2 169 .337 3 22 .227 4 126 .278 1 160 .356 4 152 .349 7 51 .392 3 62 .355 2 61 .344 1 20 .450 0 11 .636 0 4 1.000 0 1933 .331 56 1846 .275 37
7 3 5 5 2 4 5 2 1 2 2 0 0 52 62
0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12
3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 14
2 1 4 1 0 4 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 40 41
.279 .317 .350
SFA SHA
PB - Team (5), CUSTONS 4, MAYO 1, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (11), CUSTONS 7, ABRECHT 2, DORLAC 1, WHITE 1, Opp (11). SBA/ATT - CUSTONS (26-48), MAYO (5-15), ABRECHT (7-14), CARLEY (4-12), BERTELSON (6-9), CECI (3-4), ZETTLER (2-4), BAKER (2-4), COLANGELO (2-3), PINGEL (0-3), KOEHLER (2-3), WHITE (2-3), DORLAC (1-3), HOURIN (0-2), LERDA-PLOG (0-1), KAZAKOFF (0-1).
Nathan Carter
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AVG GP-GS
AB
R
H
2B
3B
TB
SLG%
BB HBP SO GDP OB%
SF SH SB-ATT PO
A
E
FLD
4 Custons, Garrett .356 24-24 31 Mayo, Parker .296 24-24 11 Lobo, Patrick .288 23-16 20 Bast, Alex .274 24-24 40 McMahon, Jon .258 21-17 7 Thorne, Matt .253 24-23 15 Schierholtz, Vai .194 21-21 10 Roberts, Blair .194 23-21 5 Carter, Nathan .186 24-24 --------------Below 2.0 At Bats Per Game 14 Roberts, Matthew .424 17-10 6 Kramer, Ryan .300 7-2 25 Pingel, Brad .250 4-2 35 Kline, Seth .240 12-6 29 Capra, Vince .154 9-2 34 Hulce, Shayne .000 5-0 17 Iacobbo, Victor .000 1-0 Totals .261 24-24 Opponents .350 24-24
90 81 59 95 66 79 72 72 86
12 12 12 14 8 10 6 7 11
32 24 17 26 17 20 14 14 16
10 6 0 12 7 5 4 1 4
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
HR RBI 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
14 11 4 13 5 6 2 4 14
53 38 19 40 27 25 18 15 35
.589 .469 .322 .421 .409 .316 .250 .208 .407
6 5 1 7 3 8 5 4 14
6 1 5 2 3 3 2 2 0
18 16 14 16 13 25 10 15 20
2 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1
.427 .345 .354 .330 .319 .337 .266 .256 .300
1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1 3 3 0 1 0 2 4 0
3-4 0-1 0-0 1-2 2-4 1-2 3-4 0-2 2-2
119 192 19 76 9 9 31 55 58
16 17 2 1 0 53 59 47 3
5 1 0 3 0 5 8 5 2
.964 .995 1.000 .963 1.000 .925 .918 .953 .968
33 10 8 25 13 2 1 792 863
4 14 0 3 2 2 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 102 207 213 302
2 0 0 0 1 0 0 52 80
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 24
8 2 1 7 2 0 0 93 194
18 3 2 6 3 0 0 302 468
.545 .300 .250 .240 .231 .000 .000 .381 .542
4 1 3 1 0 0 0 62 97
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 22
4 2 2 10 6 0 0 171 131
2 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 16
.486 .364 .455 .286 .154 .000 .000 .332 .426
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 7
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16
0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 12-22 16-33
13 0 8 4 2 1 0 606 631
37 0 0 0 0 0 0 272 265
4 0 0 0 1 0 0 38 21
.926 .000 1.000 1.000 .667 1.000 .000 .959 .977
LOB - Team (168), Opp (186). DPs turned - Team (20), Opp (24). IBB - Team (0), Opp (2). Picked off - SCHIERHOLTZ 1, BAST 1, KLINE 1.
INDIVIDUAL PITCHING STATISTICS Player
ERA
W-L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV
23 Carley, Sean 4.10 1-3 5 24 Bertelson, Ben 5.26 1-5 8 30 Abrecht, Evan 9.85 0-7 8 --------------Below 1.0 Innings Pitched Per Game 32 Kazakoff, Mike 0.00 0-0 4 28 White, Cameron 3.07 0-0 7 25 Pingel, Brad 7.50 0-1 2 33 Ceci, Michael 7.71 0-1 5 16 Zettler, Matt 9.64 0-0 4 36 Dorlac, Luke 11.25 1-2 6 22 Colangelo, Stephen 11.70 1-1 11 3 Baker, Alex 12.79 0-0 11 9 Hourin, Jack. 13.50 0-0 7 21 Koehler, Kincaid 13.50 0-0 4 18 Van Alstine, Kyle 40.50 0-0 1 12 Lerda-Plog, Alex 99.00 0-0 1 Totals 7.84 4-20 24 Opponents 3.85 20-4 24
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
2B 3B
HR
AB
5 6 8
2 0 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
37.1 37.2 45.2
41 44 76
20 33 56
17 22 50
9 26 21
21 33 24
12 7 19
0 3 3
2 2 6
143 146 201
B/Avg WP HBP BK .287 .301 .378
1 7 7
2 6 1
1 1 1
SFA SHA 2 0 3
5 2 2
0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
3.0 14.2 6.0 11.2 4.2 8.0 10.0 12.2 7.1 2.2 0.2 0.0 202.0 210.1
1 18 9 21 6 18 17 24 13 6 5 3 302 207
1 7 5 13 5 17 14 18 12 6 3 3 213 102
0 5 5 10 5 10 13 18 11 4 3 3 176 90
3 1 2 2 3 5 8 11 3 2 1 0 97 62
0 11 6 5 3 3 13 5 6 1 0 0 131 171
1 3 4 6 0 4 5 7 7 1 3 1 80 52
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8
0 1 2 1 0 3 1 1 3 1 1 0 24 9
9 61 24 56 19 41 46 58 34 15 7 3 863 792
.111 1 .295 0 .375 1 .375 0 .316 1 .439 3 .370 0 .414 3 .382 0 .400 1 .714 0 1.000 0 .350 25 .261 16
2 2 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 22 25
0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 6
0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 16 16
PB - Team (2), CUSTONS 2, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (4), CUSTONS 2, DORLAC 1, ABRECHT 1, Opp (3). SBA/ATT - CUSTONS (14-24), BERTELSON (5-8), ABRECHT (4-8), MAYO (2-7), CARLEY (2-7), ZETTLER (2-3), PINGEL (0-2), BAKER (1-1), HOURIN (0-1), KOEHLER (1-1), WHITE (1-1), DORLAC (0-1).
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Parker Mayo
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Alcorn State Feb. 17 & 18 Baton Rouge, La. Lorman, Miss. 3,583 SWAC Braves Purple & Gold Braves Baseball Field Div. I
LSU Feb. 17 & 19 Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. 28,985 SEC - West Fighting Tigers Purple & Gold Alex Box Stadium Div. I
Navy Feb. 24-26 Kinston, N.C. Annapolis, Md. 4,300 Patriot Midshipmen Navy Blue & Gold Max Bishop Stadium Div. I
USC Upstate March 2 Spartanburg, S.C. Spartanburg, S.C. 5,471 Atlantic Sun Spartans Green, White & Black Harley Park Div. I
Wofford March 3 Spartanburg, S.C. Spartanburg, S.C. 1,550 Southern Terriers Old Gold & Black King Field Div. I
Barret Rey Southern (‘03) 54-58/2 110-154/5 David Gomez Kevin Vital
Paul Mainieri Florida International (‘80) 211-104-2/5 1,075-596-7/29 Alan Dunn Javi Sanchez Will Davis
Paul Kostacopoulos Providence (‘87) 182-138-4/6 686-470-6/21 LTJG. Matt Reynolds Ryan Mau Rob McKinley
Matt Fincher Georgia Southern (‘84) 312-451/14 Same Grant Rembert Dusty Blake
Todd Interdonato UNC Asheville (‘00) 80-138/4 Same Jason Burke Phil Disher J.J. Edwards
27-30 19-4/1st n/a n/a n/a
36-20 13-17/5th, West 21/13 10/5 7/7
33-25-1 12-8/1st 20/7 7/3 10/5
19-36 10-18/9th 19/8 8/1 8/5
22-33 9-21/9th 25/8 6/2 11/5
SID Contact: Office Phone: Press Box Phone: Fax Number: E-Mail Address: Web Site: Series History:
LaToya Shields 601-877-6501 n/a n/a latoya.shields@hotmail.com alcornsports.com First Meeting
Bill Franques 225-578-2527 225-578-4149 n/a wfranql@lsu.edu LSUsports.net First Meeting
Jeff Barnes 410-293-8771 410-293-5430 410-293-8954 barnes@usna.edu NavySports.com Tied, 14-14
Alex Edwards 864-503-5166 n/a 864-503-5127 aedwards@uscupstate.edu upstatespartants.com First Meeting
Brent Williamson 864-597-4093 864-597-4478 864-597-4478 williamsondb@wofford.edu woffordterriers.com First Meeting
School Date(s) of game(s)
Gardner Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. Boiling Springs, N.C. 4,300 Big South Runnin’ Bulldogs Scarlet & Black John Henry Moss Stadium Div. I
Portland March 9-11 Portland, Ore. Portland, Ore. 3,810 West Coast Pilots Purple & White Joe Etzel Field Div. I
Tennessee Martin March 16 St. Louis, Mo. Martin, Tenn. 7,913 Ohio Valley Skyhawks Navy Blue & Orange Skyhawk Field Div. I
Saint Louis March 17 St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. 13,785 A-10 Billikens Royal Blue & White Billiken Sports Center Div. I
Western Illinois March 18 St. Louis, Mo. Macomb, Ill. 13,331 The Summit League Leathernecks Purple & Gold Boyer Stadium Div. I
Rusty Stroupe Appalachian State (‘84) 256-250-1/9 612-483-1/21 Kent Cox Jason Burke Ray Green
Chris Sperry Portland (‘89) 279-457-1/14 Same Larry Casian Tucker Brack Dale Stebbins
Bubba Cates Delta State (‘82) 213-478-1/14 469-636-1/29 Brad Goss Zac Cole Mark Hinkle
Darin Hendrickson 116-109/4 606-283/15 Will Bradley Kevin Moulder Brad Flanders
Mike Villano Sanigaw Valley State (‘01) 35-77/2 Same Shane Davis Cooper Stewart Mike Vucsko
34-23-1 14-13 n/a n/a n.a
24-30 11-10/3rd 21/10 5/6 3/0
20-36 10-13/6th 22/13 n/a n/a
29-26 10-14 21/5 5/3 13/2
21-38 13-15/4th 15/12 7/2 8/6
Marc Rabb 704-406-4355 n/a n/a mrabb@gardner-webb.edu GWUSports.com First Meeting
Adam Linnman 503-943-7731 503-943-7253 503-943-7242 linnman@up.edu portlandpilots.com AF leads 4-0
Ryne Rickman 731-881-7632 n/a 731-881-7624 rrickman@utm.edu UTMSports.com First Meeting
Jake Gossage 314-977-2524 n/a n/a jgossage@slu.edu SLUBillikens.com Tied lone meeting in 1969
Cameron Weidenthaler 641-431-0483 n/a n/a ch-weidenthaler@wiu.edu GoLeathernecks.com First Meeting
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School Date(s) of game(s) Location: Enrollment: Conference: Nickname: Colors: Home Field: Affiliation: Head Coach: Alma Mater (Years): W-L/Years At School: W-L/Years Overall: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach: 2011 Record: Conference Rec./Place: Letterwinners Returning/Lost: Starters R/L: Pitchers R/L: SID Contact: Office Phone: Press Box Phone: Fax Number: E-Mail Address: Web Site: Series History:
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Oklahoma March 20-21 Norman, Okla. Norman, Okla. 30,754 Big 12 Sooners Crimson & Cream L. Dale Mitchell Park Div. I
CSU Bakersfield March 27-28 Bakersfield, Calif. Bakersfield, Calif. 8,000 Independent Roadrunners Blue & Gold Hardt Field Div. I
Northern Colorado April 3,25 at USAFA April 24, May 15 in Greeley Greeley, Colo. 12,499 Great West Bears Blue & Gold Jackson Field Div. I
Missouri State May 4-5 Lawrence, Kan. Springfield, Mo. 22,866 Missouri Valley Bears Maroon & White Hammons Field Div. I
Kansas May 4-5 Lawrence, Kan. Lawrence, Kan. 29,462 Big 12 Jayhawks Crimson & Blue Hoglund Ballpark Div. I
Sonny Golloway Oklahoma Chistian (‘84) 261-135-1/7 596-291/14 Aric Thomas Jack Giese Rich Hills
Bill Kernen
Carl Iwasaki Northern Colorado (‘85) 24-32/1 127-172/7 R.D. Spiehs Patrick Perry John Haefeli
Keith Guttin Missouri-St. Louis (‘78) 992-630/29 Same Brent Thomas Paul Evans Matt Lawson
Ritch Price Willamette (‘78) 299-250-2/9 516-470-3/16 Ryan Graves Ritchie Price Phil Thompson
41-19 14-11/3rd 11/15 4/4 4/7
33-22 n/a 14/5 6/3 n/a
24-32 19-7 13/9 5/4 7/4
33-23 11-9/4th 19/8 8/1 7/5
26-30 9-18/9th 17/12 6/3 5/7
Craig Moran 405-325-8231 405-325-8363 405-325-7623 cmoran@ou.edu SoonerSports.com OU leads, 3-0
Matt Turk 661-654-3071 n/a n/a mturk10@csub.edu gorunners.com CSUB leads 5-0
Heather Kennedy 970-351-1065 n/a 970-351-2018 heather.kennedy@unco.edu uncbears.com UNC leads, 95-57
Eric Doennig 417-836-4586 417-863-0395 417-836-4868 ericdoennig@missouristate.edu missouristatebears.com Tied 1-1
Mike Cummings 785-864-3575 785-864-4037 785-864-7944 mtc@ku.edu kuathletics.com Kansas leads 2-0
UNLV March 23-25 at USAFA April 20-22 at Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. 28,000 Mountain West Rebels Scarlet & Gray Earl E. Wilson Stadium Div. I
San Diego State March 30-April 1 at SDSU April 27-29 at USAFA San Diego, Calif. 32,396 Mountain West Aztecs Scarlet & Black Tony Gwynn Stadium Div. I
New Mexico April 5-7 at USAFA May 17-19 in Albuquerque Albuquerque, N.M. 27,304 Mountain West Lobos Cherry & Silver Isotopes Park Div. I
TCU April 13-15 at Fort Worth May 11-13 at USAFA Fort Worth, Texas 9,142 Mountain West Horned Frogs Purple & White Lupton Stadium Div. I
Tim Chambers Southern Utah (‘89) 33-25/1 499-220-1/12 Stan Stolte Kevin Higgins Jay Guest
Tony Gwynn San Diego State 264-277/9 Same Mark Martinez Eric Valenzuela Mark Viramontes
Ray Birmingham New Mexico State (‘78) 124-118/5 889-373-2/22 Ken Jacome David Martinez Ryan Barba
Jim Schlossnagle Elon (‘92) 348-153/7 425-200/11 Randy Mazey Tony Vitello Chuck Jeroloman
33-25 10-13/5th 18/12 11/7 9/6
22-36 11-13/4th 16/15 7/2 8/8
20-41 10-14/6th 17/2 6/1 7/1
43-19 20-3/1st 13/13 6/4 4/8
Paul Pancoe 702-895-3764 702-895-1595 702-895-0989 paul.pancoe@unlv.edu www.unlvrebels.com UNLV leads, 71-19
Dave Kuhn 619-594-5547 619-594-4103 619-594-6541 dkuhn@mail.sdsu.edu www.goaztecs.com SDSU leads, 81-17
Andrew Woerpel 505-925-5521 n/a 505-925-5529 awoerpel@unm.edu golobos.com UNM leads, 112-39
Brandie Davidson 817-257-7479 817-257-7966 817-257-7964 b.i.davidson@tcu.edu www.gofrogs.com TCU leads, 25-3
72-89/3 312-245-3/10 Jody Robinson Mike Mayne
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MW Championship Info 2012 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship Thursday-Sunday, May 24-27 Earl E. Wilson Stadium Las Vegas, Nev. Five of the Eight teams in the Mountain West Conference will put a baseball team on the field this season. Boise State, Colorado State and Wyoming do not have baseball programs. These five teams will play each other in home & away three-game series for a total of 24 conference games. Four of the five teams will qualify for the Mountain West Conference Tournament in Las Vegas, May 24-27. MWC Phone Directory Craig Thompson (Commissioner) Bret Gilliland (Assoc. Commissioner) Javan Hedlund (Communications) Kim Melcher (Communications) Judy Willson (Communications - Baseball Contact) Zach Eisendrath (Communications) Katie Cavender (New Media & Technology)
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Series History vs. Opponents All-Time Record vs. 2012 Opponents OPPONENT (Conference)
FIRST
LAST
MEETING
MEETING
2010
2011
2009
2011
Missouri State (MVC)
2002
2011
Navy (Patriot)
1990
2011
WON
LOST
LAST
Current
GAME
Streak
5
L, 0-5
CSUB 5
2
L, 1-4
KU 2
1
1
W, 7-2
AF 1
14
14
L, 3-13
Navy 2
Alcorn State (SWAC) CSU Bakersfield (Ind.) Gardner Webb (Big South) Kansas (Big 12) LSU (SEC)
New Mexico*
1957
2011
39
112
L, 4-16
UNM 20
Northern Colorado (Great West)
1957
2011
57
95
W, 4-1
AF 1
Oklahoma (Big 12)
1971
2004
Portland (WCC)
2011
Saint Louis (A-10)
1969
San Diego State*
1961
TCU*
0
3
L, 2-16
OU 3
4
0
W, 10-2
AF 4
2011
17
81
W, 14-7
AF 2
1997
2011
3
25
L, 5-10
TCU 4
1970
2011
19
71
L, 9-14
UNLV 1
Tie, 0-0
Tennessee Martin (OVC) UNLV* USC Upstate (A-Sun) Western Illinois (Summit) Wofford (SoCon) * Denotes MWC Opponent
Air Force vs. Non-Conference Opponent Conferences Schools
Games
Won
Lost
Tie
Played Atlantic Sun
1
2
0
2
Atlantic 10 (A-10)
3
4
1
2
Big South
3
15
8
7
Big 12
8
34
4
30
Great West
2
165
63
102
Missouri Valley (MVC)
6
35
8
33
Ohio Valley (OVC)
1
1
1
0
Pacific 10 (Pac 10)
9
43
6
37
Patriot
4
53
30
23
Southeastern (SEC)
4
7
1
6
Southern (SoCon)
1
4
0
4
Southland
2
1
1
2
Southwestern Athletic (SWAC)
1
3
2
1
The Summit League
4
39
20
19
West Coast (WCC)
6
15
7
8
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MW Composite Schedule/2011 MW Standings 2012 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE Composite Conference Game Schedule March 16 (Friday) SDSU at New Mexico, 6 p.m. MT TCU at UNLV, 6:05 p.m. PT
April 22 (Sunday) TCU at SDSU, 1 p.m. PT Air Force at UNLV, 1:05 p.m. PT
May 26 (Saturday) Mountain West Championship, Las Vegas, Nev.
NCAA Regionals (Campus sites) May 31-June 3 (Thursday-Sunday)
March 17 (Saturday) SDSU at New Mexico, 2 p.m. MT TCU at UNLV, 2:05 p.m. PT
April 27 (Friday) SDSU at Air Force, 3 p.m. MT UNLV at New Mexico, 6 p.m. MT
- Game 5 (Winner G3 vs. Loser G4), 3 p.m. PT - Game 6 (Winner G4 vs. Winner G5), 7 p.m. PT
NCAA Super Regionals (Campus sites) June 7-10 (Thursday-Sunday)
March 18 (Sunday) SDSU at New Mexico, 1 p.m. MT TCU at UNLV, 1:05 p.m. PT
April 28 (Saturday) SDSU at Air Force, 1 p.m. MT UNLV at New Mexico, 6 p.m. MT
March 23 (Friday) UNLV at Air Force, 3 p.m. MT TCU at New Mexico, 6 p.m. MT
April 29 (Sunday) SDSU at Air Force, 12 p.m. MT UNLV at New Mexico, 1 p.m. MT
March 24 (Saturday) UNLV at Air Force, 1 p.m. MT TCU at New Mexico, 2 p.m. MT
May 4 (Friday) New Mexico at TCU, 6:30 p.m. CT UNLV at SDSU, 6 p.m. PT
March 25 (Sunday) UNLV at Air Force, 12 p.m. MT TCU at New Mexico, 1 p.m. MT
May 5 (Saturday) New Mexico at TCU, 4 p.m. CT UNLV at SDSU, 6 p.m. PT
March 30 (Friday) UNLV at TCU, 6:30 p.m. CT Air Force at SDSU, 6 p.m. PT
May 6 (Sunday) New Mexico at TCU, 1 p.m. CT UNLV at SDSU, 1 p.m. PT
March 31 (Saturday) UNLV at TCU, 4 p.m. CT Air Force at SDSU, 6 p.m. PT
May 11 (Friday) TCU at Air Force, 3 p.m. MT New Mexico at UNLV, 6:05 p.m. PT
April 1 (Sunday) UNLV at TCU, 1 p.m. CT Air Force at SDSU, 1 p.m. PT
May 12 (Saturday) TCU at Air Force, 1 p.m. MT New Mexico at UNLV, 2:05 p.m. PT
April 5 (Thursday) New Mexico at Air Force, 3 p.m. MT SDSU at UNLV, 6:05 p.m. PT
May 13 (Sunday) TCU at Air Force, 11 a.m. MT New Mexico at UNLV, 1:05 p.m. PT
April 6 (Friday) New Mexico at Air Force, 1 p.m. MT SDSU at UNLV, 6:05 p.m. PT
May 17 (Thursday) Air Force at New Mexico, 12. p.m. MT
April 7 (Saturday) New Mexico at Air Force, 12 p.m. MT SDSU at UNLV, 1:05 p.m. PT April 13 (Friday) Air Force at TCU, 6:30 p.m. CT New Mexico at SDSU, 6 p.m. PT April 14 (Saturday) Air Force at TCU, 4 p.m. CT New Mexico at SDSU, 6 p.m. PT April 15 (Sunday) Air Force at TCU, 1 p.m. CT New Mexico at SDSU, 1 p.m. PT April 20 (Friday) TCU at SDSU, 6 p.m. PT Air Force at UNLV, 6:05 p.m. PT April 21 (Saturday) Air Force at UNLV, 2:05 p.m. PT TCU at SDSU, 6 p.m. PT
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May 27 (Sunday) Mountain West Championship, Las Vegas, Nev.
NCAA College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) June 15-25/26
- Game 7 (if necessary; Winner G6 vs. Loser G6 if first loss), 1 p.m. PT May 28 (Monday) NCAA Selection Show, TBA
Final 2011 MWC Standings Conference Overall W-L Pct. GB W-L 1. TCU (6) 20-3 .870 43-19 2. Utah 16-7 .696 4 29-21 3. BYU 11-12 .478 9 31-27 4. San Diego St. 11-13 .458 9.5 22-36 5. UNLV 10-13 .435 10 33-25 6. New Mexico* 10-14 .417 10.5 20-41 7. Air Force 4-20 .167 16.5 19-36 * MWC Tournament Champions and NCAA Regionals Participant Player of the Year - C.J. Cron, Jr. - Utah Pitcher of the Year - Tanner Peters, Jr. - UNLV Freshman of the Year - Jaycob Brugman - BYU Coach of the Year - Jim Schlossnagle - TCU
Pct. .694 .580 .534 .379 .589 .328 .345
2011 MWC Hitting Leaders
May 18 (Friday) Air Force at New Mexico, 12 p.m. MT SDSU at TCU, 6:30 p.m. CT May 19 (Saturday) Air Force at New Mexico, 12 p.m. MT SDSU at TCU, 4 p.m. CT May 20 (Sunday) SDSU at TCU, 1 p.m. CT May 24 (Thursday) Mountain West Championship, Las Vegas, Nev. - Game 1, 3 p.m. PT - Game 2, 7 p.m. PT
Average 1. Cron - Utah 2. Brooks - Utah 3. Cook - UNLV 4. Featherston - TCU 5. Elander - TCU
.434 .372 .368 .335 .333
Hits 1. Cron - Utah 2. Cook - UNLV 3. Witte - TCU 4. Brooks - Utah 5. Featherston - TCU
86 85 84 83 82
Home Runs 1. Cron - Utah 2. Bayardi - UNLV 2. Wolfe - BYU 4. Brugman - BYU 5. Nielsen - Utah
15 10 10 9 9
Slugging 1. Cron - Utah 2. Brugman - BYU 3. Cooper - Utah 3. Bayardi - UNLV 5. Brooks - Utah
RBI 1. Cron - Utah 2. Coats - TCU 3. Bayardi - UNLV 4. Brugman - BYU 5. Peterson - UNM
59 56 51 49 48
Stolen Bases 1. Hall - BYU 2. Law - BYU 3. Smith - SDSU 4. Rivera - TCU 5. Brugman/Custons AF
.803 .590 .589 .589 .583
19 17 15 14 13
2011 MWC Pitching Leaders
May 25 (Friday) Mountain West Championship, Las Vegas, Nev. - Game 3 (Loser G1 vs. Loser G2), 3 p.m. PT - Game 4 (Winner G1 vs. Winner G2), 7 p.m. PT
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Wins 1. Anton - Utah 1. Peters - UNLV 3. Winkler - TCU 4. Miller - TCU 5. Five pitchers
9 9 8 7 6
Appearances 1. Colangelo - AF 2. Baker - AF 3. Crichton - TCU 3. Majoney - BYU 5. Two pitchers
30 28 26 26 25
ERA 1. Winkler - TCU 2.Peters - UNLV 3. Neil - BYU 4. Anton - Utah 5. Mitchell - TCU Saves 1. Wagner - Utah 2. Hartman - UNLV 3. Colangelo - AF 3. Sanchez - UNM 5. Two pitchers
1.39 1.50 2.42 2.52 3.84
12 8 7 7 5
Strikeouts 1. Peters - UNLV 2. Winkler - TCU 3. Anton - Utah 4. Black - SDSU 5. Capper - BYU Innings Pitched 1. Peters - UNLV 2. Jaramillo - UNM 3. Anton - Utah 4. Cole - BYU 5. Winkler - TCU
105 99 85 78 75
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Yearly W-L Records • Postseason Yearly Records YEAR
OVERALL W-L-T PCT.
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961* 1962* 1963 1964* 1965 1966* 1967* 1968 1969* 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
6-9 9-9 8-7 14-9 12-12 20-11 15-13 22-5 10-12 17-10 16-9 14-17 16-8-1 21-12 19-20 16-19 13-12 18-14 16-18 17-24 20-18-1 22-15 33-13 27-9-1 12-30 28-19 18-21 22-20 18-27 18-28 13-28 25-33 27-27 26-34 22-27 23-24 28-22 26-24 29-25 18-36 13-37 14-39 19-32 23-34 23-33 27-28 15-39 6-49 9-44 10-38 8-44 18-33 14-37 13-42 19-36
CONFERENCE W-L-T FINISH
.400 .500 .533 .609 .500 .645 .536 .815 .454 .630 .640 .452 .660 .636 .487 .457 .520 .562 .470 .415 .526 .595 .717 .743 .286 .596 .461 .524 .400 .391 .317 .431 .500 .433 .500 .489 .560 .520 .537 .333 .260 .264 .372 .403 .411 .491 .277 .109 .170 .208 .154 .353 .275 .236 .345
5-19 12-12 7-16 11-13 9-15 7-17 7-17 7-21 13-13 7-21 1-20 5-20 5-16 7-15 10-18 8-21 6-24 7-23 5-20 6-23 8-21 14-15 3-27 0-28 4-26 1-21 0-23 4-20 3-18 3-20 4-20
Totals 985-1296-3
.432
189-604
1950’s 23-25 1960’s 156-106-1 1970’s 195-165-1 1980’s 208-242-1 1990’s 218-300 2000’s 153-379 2010’s 32-78
.479 .593 .540 .461 .421 .288 .291
78-143 61-198 43-222 7-40
5th T2nd 5th 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 7th 5th 8th 8th 7th 5th 6th 5th 6th 3rd 4th 11th 6th 6th 4th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th
VS. DI W-L-T
2-3 11-9 5-17 8-12 5-10 12-10 7-13 5-19 9-10 7-10 12-12 13-7-1 6-28 17-16 12-18 15-18 10-24 9-22 7-24 9-27 18-21 14-29 8-25 14-23 14-21 12-23 15-19 11-30 10-34 11-35 11-30 17-32 19-33 20-27 13-37 6-47 9-44 6-38 3-42 15-32 12-37 11-42 19-36
FALCONS IN THE POST-SEASON
VS. DII W-L-T
COACH
14-5-1 10-3 14-3 8-7 8-2 6-4 9-5 12-5 11-8-1 15-5 21-1 14-2 6-2 11-3 6-3 7-2 8-3 9-6 6-4 16-6 9-6 12-5 14-2 9-1 14-1 14-1 14-6 7-6 3-3 3-4 8-2 7-2 4-0 7-1 2-2 0-2 0-0 4-0 5-2 3-1 2-0 2-0 0-0
Capt. Glenn Mackie Jack Schwall Capt. Wendell Lawrence Capt. Wendell Lawrence Capt. Wendell Lawrence Capt. Wendell Lawrence Capt. Wendell Lawrence Lt. Col. John Sparks Lt. Col. John Sparks Col. John Sparks Col. John Sparks Capt. Rene Miller Capt. Terry Goewert Capt. Terry Goewert Capt. Joe Robison Capt. Joe Robison Capt. Joe Robison Capt. Joe Robison Capt. Joe Robison Ron Hudak Capt. Joe Robison Capt. Joe Robison Maj. Joe Robison Maj. Joe Robison Maj. Joe Robison Maj. Joe Robison Maj. Joe Robison Maj. Joe Robison Maj. Joe Robison Capt. Jim Hanley Capt. Jim Hanley Capt. Jim Hanley Paul Mainieri Paul Mainieri Paul Mainieri Paul Mainieri Paul Mainieri Paul Mainieri Eric Campbell Eric Campbell Eric Campbell Eric Campbell Joe Giarratano Reed Peters Reed Peters Reed Peters Reed Peters Mike Hutcheon Mike Hutcheon Mike Hutcheon Mike Hutcheon Mike Hutcheon Mike Hutcheon Mike Hutcheon Maj. Mike Kazlausky
469-1,056-1 343-126-2 .308 .730
1961 (District VII Playoffs) May 23 Wyoming, L 10-12 (A) May 25 Colorado State College, L 6-10 (A) 1962 (District VII Playoffs) June 1 Colorado State College, L 2-7 (A) June 2 BYU, W 4-2 (A) June 3 New Mexico, W 2-1 (A) June 4 Colorado State College, L 5-6 (A) 1964 (Regional Championships) May 23 Colorado State College, W 3-1 (H) May 25 Colorado State College, W 7-1 (H) June 1 Arizona State, L 1-6 (H) June 5 Arizona State, L 6-7 (A) 1966 (Regional Championships) May 21 Colorado State College, W 7-6 (10) (H) May 23 Idaho State, L 1-2 (A) May 26 Idaho State, L 2-4 (A) 1967 (District VII Playoffs) May 27 Idaho, W 5-0 (A) May 27 Idaho, W 10-7 (A) May 28 Arizona State, L 0-11 (A) May 29 Arizona State, W 5-2 (A) May 30 Arizona State, L 0-6 (A) 1969 (District VII Playoffs) May 25 Idaho, L 1-3 (A) May 26 Idaho, L 4-5 (A) 2000 (MWC Championships) May 17 New Mexico, L 3-17 (N) May 18 UNLV, W 13-11 (A) May 19 Utah, W 10-5 (N) May 20 ^San Diego State, L 4-9 (N) ^Championship Game Tournament played in Las Vegas, Nev. 2001 (MWC Championships) May 16 BYU, L 3-18 (A) May 17 San Diego State, L 0-8 (A) Tournament played in San Diego, Calif. 2002 (MWC Championships) May 22 BYU, L 3-18 (A) May 23 San Diego State, L 6-9 (N) Tournament played in Provo, Utah 2003 (MWC Championships) May 18 UNLV, L 1-10 (N) May 19 Utah, L 6-7 (N) Tournament played in Albuquerque, N.M. 2004 (MWC Championships) May 26 UNLV, L 9-13 (A) May 26 BYU, W 5-3 (N) May 27 New Mexico, L 2-23 (M) Tournament played in Las Vegas, Nev. 2005 (MWC Championships) May 25 San Diego State, L 21-6 (N) May 25 New Mexico, L 11-9 (N) Tournament played in Salt Lake City, Utah 2006 (MWC Championships) May 23 BYU, L 7-5 (N) May 24 San Diego State, L 26-1 (N) Tournament played in Las Vegas, Nev.
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Year-By-Year Statistical Leaders At-Bats 1957 Bob Beckel . . . . . . . 68 1958 Norm Haller . . . . . . 72 1959 Larry Thomson . . . . 72 1960 Norm Haller . . . . . . 92 1961 Jon Staples . . . . . . . 62 1962 Wilson Parma . . . . 122 1963 Darryl Bloodworth . 103 1964 Jim Steed. . . . . . . . 124 1965 Bruce Huneke . . . . . 88 1966 John McBroom . . . 100 1967 John McBroom . . . 101 1968 Barry Cline . . . . . . 116 1969 Rick Starr. . . . . . . . 103 1970 Herb Long . . . . . . . 118 Dick Smithwick . . . 118 1971 Tom Stites. . . . . . . 120 1972 Brad Fulk . . . . . . . . 122 1973 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . 82 1974 Jeff Greiner . . . . . . 127 1975 Jim Corrigan . . . . . 138 1976 Steve Murdoch . . . 157 1977 Karl Apfel . . . . . . . 132 1978 Steve Saleck . . . . . 135 1979 Steve Saleck . . . . . 164 1980 Jim Best. . . . . . . . . 140 1981 Joe Romanko . . . . 154 1982 Joe Romanko . . . . 173 1983 Kyle Skalisky . . . . . 136 1984 Paul Ayres . . . . . . . 151 Tom Coleman . . . . 151 1985 Tom Coleman . . . . 167 1986 Dan Broderick. . . . 142 1987 Joe Saleck . . . . . . . 149 1988 Mark Frankenberg. . 198 1989 Dan Broderick. . . . 171 1990 Darren Schwankl . 189 1991 Vern Mullis . . . . . . 153 1992 Mike Manor . . . . . 162 1993 Manny Robinson . 172 1994 Vern Mullis . . . . . . 165 1995 Lance Massey . . . . 191 1996 Derek Sawser . . . . 197 1997 Derek Sawser . . . . 194 1998 Travis Lauritsen . . 215 1999 Chris Humphrey . . 194 2000 Mike Thiessen. . . . 220 2001 Brian Labasco . . . . 191 2002 Adam Howes . . . . 211 2003 Adam Howes . . . . 215 2004 Nate DeRohan . . . 197 2005 Reid Lamson . . . . . 193 2006 Karl Bolt . . . . . . . . 153 2007 Karl Bolt . . . . . . . . 192 2008 Addison Gentry . . 194 2009 Matt Alexander . . 214 2010 Matt Alexander . . 232 Garrett Custons . . 232 2011 Alex Bast . . . . . . . . 211
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Runs 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
John Kuenzel. . . . . . 19 Larry Thomson . . . . 25 Norm Haller . . . . . . 14 Norm Haller . . . . . . 28 Larry Day . . . . . . . . . 16 Larry Day . . . . . . . . . 33 Jim Steed. . . . . . . . . 34 Darryl Bloodworth . . 31 John Ollila . . . . . . . . 22 John McBroom . . . . 26 Rick Starr. . . . . . . . . 34 Barney Mills . . . . . . 29 Rick Starr. . . . . . . . . 24 Dick Smithwick . . . . 33 Brad Fulk . . . . . . . . . 34 Brad Fulk . . . . . . . . . 41 Jim Ilseng . . . . . . . . 20 Brian Duffy . . . . . . . 30 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . 46 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . 35 Deacon Winters . . . 34 Steve Saleck . . . . . . 43 Jim Best . . . . . . . . . . 56 Deacon Winters . . . 60 John Johnson . . . . . 39 Joe Romanko . . . . . 44 Paul Ayres . . . . . . . . 34 Paul Ayres . . . . . . . . 42 Tom Coleman . . . . . 44 Eric Pharris . . . . . . . 44 Eric Pharris . . . . . . . 59 Mike White . . . . . . . 35 Mark Frankenberg. . . 55 Mike Kazlausky . . . . 63 Mike Kazlausky . . . . 57 Mike Kazlausky . . . . 44 Lance Pilch . . . . . . . 50 Manny Robinson . . 50 Lance Pilch . . . . . . . 51 Manny Robinson . . 51 Vern Mullis . . . . . . . 62 Lance Massey . . . . . 73 Mike Sharp . . . . . . . 65 Justin Collins . . . . . . 37 Derek Sawser . . . . . 37 Mike Thiessen. . . . . 52 Mike Thiessen. . . . . 71 Mike Thiessen. . . . . 70 Mike Thiessen. . . . . 48 Josh Phifer. . . . . . . . 59 Adam Howes. . . . . . 56 Nate DeRohan . . . . 36 Reid Lamson . . . . . . 52 Karl Bolt. . . . . . . . . . 30 Karl Bolt. . . . . . . . . . 34 Nathan Carter. . . . . 51 Matt Alexander . . . 53 Nathan Carter. . . . . 51 Garrett Custons . . . 42
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John Kuenzel. . . . . . 23 John Kuenzel. . . . . . 26 Norm Haller . . . . . . 24 Norm Haller . . . . . . 36 Kent Lammers. . . . . 27 Wilson Parma . . . . . 51 Bruce Huneke . . . . . 42 Jim Steed. . . . . . . . . 51 Bruce Huneke . . . . . 33 Barney Mills . . . . . . 35 John McBroom . . . . 42 Barney Mills . . . . . . 38 Dick Smithwick . . . . 34 Dick Smithwick . . . . 52 Tom Stites . . . . . . . . 45 Phil Hudson. . . . . . . 41 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . 29 Jim Corrigan . . . . . . 38 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . 52 Steve Murdoch . . . . 54 Kyel Bartels . . . . . . . 56 Steve Saleck . . . . . . 56 Steve Saleck . . . . . . 62 Deacon Winters . . . 60 John Johnson . . . . . 57 Joe Romanko . . . . . 65 Eric Pharris . . . . . . . 49 Paul Ayres . . . . . . . . 57 Tom Coleman . . . . . 69 Dan Broderick . . . . . 61 Joe Saleck . . . . . . . . 54 Mark Frankenberg. . . 86 Dan Broderick . . . . . 71 Darren Schwankl . . 70 Vern Mullis . . . . . . . 52 Vern Mullis . . . . . . . 62 Manny Robinson . . 65 Glenn Harris . . . . . . 69 Lance Massey . . . . . 82 Mike Sharp . . . . . . . 75 Derek Sawser . . . . . 65 Travis Lauritsen . . . 71 Mike Thiessen. . . . . 81 Mike Thiessen. . . . . 91 Brian Labasco . . . . . 62 Adam Howes. . . . . . 80 Josh Phifer. . . . . . . . 76 Karl Bolt. . . . . . . . . . 60 Reid Lamson . . . . . . 62 Karl Bolt. . . . . . . . . . 48 Karl Bolt. . . . . . . . . . 68 Nathan Carter. . . . . 58 Matt Alexander . . . 82 Matt Alexander . . . 80 Garrett Custons . . . 69
Batting Average 1957 John Kuenzel . . . . .418 1958 Jim Burton . . . . . . .463 1959 Norm Haller . . . . . .364 1960 Norm Haller . . . . . .391 1961 Roger Zoeller . . . . .467 1962 Wilson Parma . . . .418 1963 Bruce Huneke . . . .438 1964 Jim Steed . . . . . . . .411 1965 John McBroom . . .403 1966 Barney Mills. . . . . .357 1967 Tipp Simpson . . . . .422 1968 Dave Spencer. . . . .360 1969 Dick Smithwick . . .422 1970 Dick Smithwick . . .441 1971 Tom Stites . . . . . . .357 1972 Phil Hudson . . . . . .350 1973 Jeff Brown . . . . . . .354 1974 Jeff Brown . . . . . . .400 1975 Jeff Brown . . . . . . .419 1976 Jeff Brown . . . . . . .380 1977 Kyle Bartels . . . . . .434 1978 Steve Saleck. . . . . .415 1979 Jim Best . . . . . . . . .402 1980 Deacon Winters. . .488 1981 John Johnson . . . . .407 1982 John Johnson . . . . .491 1983 Eric Pharris. . . . . . .434 1984 Paul Ayres . . . . . . .377 1985 Eric Pharris. . . . . . .434 1986 Eric Pharris. . . . . . .476 1987 Joe Saleck. . . . . . . .362 1988 Mark Frankenburg . .434 1989 Mike Kazlausky . . .426 1990 Darren Schwankl . .370 1991 Mike Kazlausky . . .348 1992 Troy Simon. . . . . . .404 1993 Vern Mullis . . . . . .374 1994 Glenn Harris. . . . . .429 1995 Lance Massey . . . .429 1996 Mike Sharp. . . . . . .408 1997 Justin Collins . . . . .417 1998 Mike Boomsma . . .360 1999 Mike Thiessen . . . .424 2000 Mike Thiessen . . . .414 2001 Tony Shockley . . . .351 2002 Adam Howes . . . . .379 2003 Josh Phifer . . . . . . .413 2004 Karl Bolt . . . . . . . . .349 2005 Reid Lamson . . . . .321 2006 Karl Bolt . . . . . . . . .314 2007 Karl Bolt . . . . . . . . .354 2008 Nathan Carter . . . .312 2009 Matt Alexander . . .383 2010 Addison Gentry . . .346 2011 Garrett Custons. . .330
Home Runs 1957 John Kuenzel. . . . . . . 6 1958 Bob Beckel . . . . . . . . 3 John Kuenzel. . . . . . . 3 Bob Sapp . . . . . . . . . . 3 1959 Five players . . . . . . . . 1 1960 Clark Walker . . . . . . . 5 1961 Mke Quinlan . . . . . . . 3 1962 Kent Lammers. . . . . . 5 Leo Schuerling . . . . . 5 1963 Darryl Bloodworth . . 10 1964 Jim Steed. . . . . . . . . 10 1965 Bruce Huneke . . . . . . 4 1966 John McBroom . . . . . 5 Barney Mills . . . . . . . 5 Fred Withycombe. . . 5 1967 Barney Mills . . . . . . 10 1968 David Spencer. . . . . . 6 1969 Rick Starr . . . . . . . . . . 5 1970 Dick Smithwick . . . . 12 1971 Brad Fulk . . . . . . . . . 12 1972 Brad Fulk . . . . . . . . . 10 1973 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . . 7 Jim Ilseng. . . . . . . . . . 7 1974 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . 10 1975 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . 11 1976 Bob Wagner . . . . . . . 9 1977 Kyle Bartels . . . . . . . 10 1978 Steve Saleck . . . . . . 10 1979 Steve Saleck . . . . . . 15 1980 Deacon Winters . . . 20 1981 Jim Dahlman . . . . . . . 7 1982 Four players . . . . . . . 4 1983 Paul Ayres . . . . . . . . . 5 Ron Klein . . . . . . . . . . 5 1984 Paul Ayres . . . . . . . . . 9 1985 Chris Anspach . . . . . 10 1986 Dan Broderick . . . . . . 9 Eric Pharris . . . . . . . . 9 1987 Mike White . . . . . . . 19 1988 Mark Frankenberg. . . 21 1989 Joe Saleck . . . . . . . . 11 1990 Mike Kazlausky . . . . . 7 Tim Lambert . . . . . . . 7 1991 Troy Simon . . . . . . . 12 1992 Vern Mullis . . . . . . . 11 1993 Vern Mullis . . . . . . . . 9 1994 Glenn Harris . . . . . . 16 1995 Lance Massey . . . . . 18 1996 Jason Rudd . . . . . . . 11 1997 Justin Collins . . . . . . 11 1998 Travis Lauritsen . . . . 9 1999 Chris Humphrey . . . 13 2000 Chris Humphrey . . . 10 2001 Gerremy Goldsberry . . 9 Mike Thiessen. . . . . . 9 2002 Josh Phifer. . . . . . . . 13 2003 Josh Phifer. . . . . . . . 15 2004 Jason Brown . . . . . . . 6 2005 Karl Bolt. . . . . . . . . . 12 2006 Karl Bolt. . . . . . . . . . . 9 2007 Karl Bolt. . . . . . . . . . . 8 2008 Matt Alexander. . . . . 7 2009 Matt Alexander . . . 15 2010 Addison Gentry. . . . 13 2011 Nathan Carter . . . . . . 6 Garrett Custons . . . . 6
RBI 1957 John Kuenzel. . . . . . 21 1958 Norm Haller . . . . . . 21 Jim Kerr . . . . . . . . . . 21 John Kuenzel. . . . . . 21 1959 Jim Burton. . . . . . . . 12 1960 Clark Walker . . . . . . 24 1961 Jon Medina . . . . . . . 15 1962 Kent Lammers. . . . . 31 1963 Bruce Huneke . . . . . 28 1964 Jim Steed. . . . . . . . . 40 1965 Richard Lee . . . . . . . 18 1966 John McBroom . . . . 23 1967 Barney Mills . . . . . . 37 1968 David Spencer. . . . . 28 1969 Rick Starr. . . . . . . . . 23 1970 Dick Smithwick . . . . 53 1971 Brad Fulk . . . . . . . . . 37 1972 Brad Fulk . . . . . . . . . 27 Tom Stites . . . . . . . . 27 1973 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . 22 1974 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . 24 1975 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . 40 1976 Dave Lawson. . . . . . 33 1977 Kyle Bartels . . . . . . . 42 1978 Kyle Bartels . . . . . . . 45 1979 Deacon Winters . . . 56 1980 Deacon Winters . . . 63 1981 Joe Romanko . . . . . 34 1982 Joe Romanko . . . . . 45 1983 Kyle Skalisky . . . . . . 32 1984 Paul Ayres . . . . . . . . 43 1985 Chris Anspach . . . . . 53 1986 Dan Broderick . . . . . 55 1987 Mike White . . . . . . . 49 1988 Mark Frankenberg. . . 83 1989 Dan Broderick . . . . . 52 1990 Mark DeGrange . . . 44 1991 Troy Simon . . . . . . . 35 1992 Vern Mullis . . . . . . . 55 1993 Manny Robinson . . 59 1994 Glenn Harris . . . . . . 72 1995 Glenn Harris . . . . . . 58 1996 Jason Rudd . . . . . . . 50 1997 Justin Collins . . . . . . 44 1998 Travis Lauritsen . . . 48 1999 Chris Humphrey . . . 57 2000 Chris Humphrey . . . 60 2001 Gerremy Goldsberry . 46 2002 Josh Phifer. . . . . . . . 69 2003 Josh Phifer. . . . . . . . 62 2004 Nate DeRohan . . . . 34 2005 Karl Bolt. . . . . . . . . . 39 2006 Karl Bolt. . . . . . . . . . 30 2007 Karl Bolt. . . . . . . . . . 47 2008 Addison Gentry. . . . 46 2009 Matt Alexander . . . 65 2010 Garrett Custons . . . 64 2011 Nathan Carter. . . . . 34
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Year-By-Year Statistical Leaders Stolen Bases 1957 Roger Axlund . . . . . . 6 1958 Jim Burton. . . . . . . . . 5 Jim Kerr . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1959 John Kuenzel. . . . . . . 8 1960 John Kuenzel. . . . . . . 7 Mike Quinlan . . . . . . 7 Jon Staples . . . . . . . . 7 1961 Jon Staples . . . . . . . . 7 1962 Wilson Parma . . . . . . 8 1963 Darryl Bloodworth . . . 7 1964 Mimman . . . . . . . . . . 6 1965 Richard Lee . . . . . . . . 3 Gary May. . . . . . . . . . 3 John Ollila . . . . . . . . . 3 1966 Fred Withycombe. . 13 1967 Rick Starr . . . . . . . . . . 8 1968 Rick Starr. . . . . . . . . 24 1969 David Spencer. . . . . . 9 1970 Herb Long . . . . . . . . 14 Bill Maggio . . . . . . . 14 1971 Bill Maggio . . . . . . . 17 1972 Brad Fulk . . . . . . . . . . 7 1973 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . . 9 1974 Jim Ilseng. . . . . . . . . . 5 1975 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . . 8 1976 Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . . 6 1977 Kyle Apfel . . . . . . . . 10 1978 Tom Green . . . . . . . 26 1979 Jim Best . . . . . . . . . . 41 1980 Steve Saleck . . . . . . 16 1981 John Johnson . . . . . 23 1982 John Johnson . . . . . 28 1983 Paul Ayres . . . . . . . . 43 1984 Irv Higa . . . . . . . . . . 14 1985 Bruce Hawkins . . . . 10 Bob Johnson . . . . . . 10 1986 Eric Pharris . . . . . . . 29 1987 Chuck Cook . . . . . . . . 5 Bob Johnson . . . . . . . 5 1988 Tyler Eldred. . . . . . . 14 1989 Rick Wynn . . . . . . . . . 6 1990 Mike Kazlausky . . . . 13 Tim Lambert . . . . . . 13 1991 Mike Kazlausky . . . . 24 1992 Lance Pilch . . . . . . . 12 1993 Manny Robinson . . 15 1994 Glenn Harris . . . . . . 11 1995 Mike Sharp . . . . . . . 18 1996 Andy Watson . . . . . 17 1997 Derek Sawser . . . . . 11 1998 Mike Stolley . . . . . . . 9 1999 Chad Hillberg . . . . . 17 2000 Mike Thiessen. . . . . 16 2001 Brian Labasco . . . . . 12 Mike Thiessen. . . . . 12 2002 Adam Howes. . . . . . 27 2003 Adam Howes. . . . . . 17 2004 Josh Wolfram . . . . . 17 2005 Reid Lamson . . . . . . 18 2006 Chay Derbigny . . . . 12 2007 Chay Derbigny . . . . 16 2008 Chay Derbigny . . . . 31 2009 Nathan Carter. . . . . 15 2010 Garrett Custons . . . 16 2011 Garrett Custons . . . 13
Wins 1957 Jim Burton. . . . . . . . . 2 Jim Gunter. . . . . . . . . 2 1958 Jim Gunter. . . . . . . . . 5 1959 n/a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1960 Terry Norris. . . . . . . . 4 1961 Terry Norris. . . . . . . . 3 Bob Schaumberg . . . . . 3 1962 Bob Schaumberg . . . . . 6 1963 Pete Bracci . . . . . . . . 4 Gary Wallace. . . . . . . 4 1964 Pete Bracci . . . . . . . . 9 1965 Al McClure . . . . . . . . 7 1966 Dick Guido. . . . . . . . . 5 Al McClure . . . . . . . . 5 1967 Bill Horacek . . . . . . . . 7 1968 Bill Savage . . . . . . . . . 4 1969 Bill Horacek . . . . . . . . 5 1970 Ed Cole . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1971 Rich Haynie . . . . . . . . 5 1972 Rich Haynie . . . . . . . . 9 1973 Larry Bryant . . . . . . . 3 Dave Commons . . . . 3 1974 Rich Haynie . . . . . . . . 5 1975 Rick Sarver . . . . . . . . 3 1976 Wade Leatham . . . . . 4 1977 Bob Ciola . . . . . . . . . . 4 Keith Heise . . . . . . . . 4 1978 Keith Heise . . . . . . . . 5 1979 Wade Leatham . . . . . 9 1980 John Lahoff . . . . . . . . 6 1981 Bob Wright . . . . . . . . 4 1982 Bob Wright . . . . . . . . 9 1983 Bob Wright . . . . . . . . 5 1984 Bob Wright . . . . . . . . 6 1985 Roch Rhinehart . . . . . 6 1986 Scott Oss . . . . . . . . . . 5 Roch Rhinehart . . . . . 5 1987 Jon Mosier . . . . . . . . 4 1988 Jim Lucas . . . . . . . . . . 5 Scott Oss . . . . . . . . . . 5 1989 Mike Wollet . . . . . . . 9 1990 Steve Carson . . . . . . . 7 1991 Rob Lisch . . . . . . . . . . 7 1992 Kevin McCallum . . . . 5 1993 Kevin McCallum . . . . 7 Jason Rudd . . . . . . . . 7 1994 Dave Lyons . . . . . . . . 6 Keith Umlauf. . . . . . . 6 1995 Dave Lyons . . . . . . . 10 1996 Ryan Johnson . . . . . . 7 1997 Todd Ladd . . . . . . . . . 3 Jason Martin . . . . . . . 3 1998 Travis Lauritsen . . . . 6 1999 Matt Kaercher. . . . . . 6 2000 Erik Fisher . . . . . . . . . 6 Matt Kaercher. . . . . . 6 2001 Mike Tufte. . . . . . . . . 8 2002 Matt Kaercher. . . . . . 7 2003 Paul Vignola . . . . . . . 5 2004 Clayton Couch. . . . . . 3 2005 Paul Pratt . . . . . . . . . 3 2006 Mitch Brown . . . . . . . 3 2007 Jake Petro . . . . . . . . . 3 2008 Michael Ruvolo. . . . . 5 2009 Aaron Kurcz. . . . . . . . 3 Jake Petro . . . . . . . . . 3 2010 Season carley . . . . . . 3 Kincaid Koehler. . . . . 3 2011 Evan Abrecht . . . . . . 5
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ERA 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Jim Gunter . . . . . . 5.25 Jim Gunter . . . . . . 5.37 Bob Kellock . . . . . 4.96 Bob Schaumberg . . 3.88 Terry Norris . . . . . 4.15 Larry Backus . . . . 3.18 Gary Wallace . . . . 2.45 Pete Bracci. . . . . . 3.12 Al McClure . . . . . . 2.50 Al McClure . . . . . . 2.50 Bill Savage . . . . . . 3.15 Bill Horacek . . . . . 3.55 Dick McDonald . . 3.16 Dick McDonald . . 3.16 Rich Haynie . . . . . 2.54 Dave Smith . . . . . 2.93 Larry Bryant . . . . . 3.52 Rich Haynie . . . . . 3.62 Matt Martorano . 3.04 Bob Ciola . . . . . . . 3.45 Keith Heise. . . . . . 3.00 Greg Postulka . . . 3.18 Tom Grinstead. . . 2.15 Tom Grinstead. . . 4.64 Bob Wright . . . . . 3.58 Mike Schardt . . . . 2.73 Bob Wright . . . . . 3.58 Roch Rhinehart . . 6.40 Scott Oss . . . . . . . 7.33 Scott Oss . . . . . . . 7.70 Dave Krause. . . . . 5.72 Jim Lucas . . . . . . . 7.04 Jon Mosier . . . . . . 5.31 Mike Wollet . . . . . 4.72 Rob Lisch . . . . . . . 5.58 Kevin McCallum. . 5.46 Jason Rudd. . . . . . 5.54 Keith Umlauf . . . . 5.04 Keith Umlauf . . . . 3.96 Ryan Johnson. . . . 6.64 Todd Ladd . . . . . . 6.00 Todd Ladd . . . . . . 5.75 Erik Fisher . . . . . . 8.81 Erik Fisher . . . . . . 5.33 David Diehl . . . . . 4.32 Jesper Stubbendorff. 5.53 Josh Zumbrun . . . 6.44 Clayton Couch . . . 7.79 Paul Pratt . . . . . . . 9.62 Mitch Brown . . . . 5.65 Mitch Brown . . . . 5.87 Alex Truesdale . . . 6.73 Alex Truesdale . . . 7.04 Alex Truesdale. . 10.80 Sean Carley . . . . . 3.94
Strikeouts 1957 Jim Burton. . . . . . . . 47 1958 Jim Gunter . . . . . . . 38 1959 n/a 1960 Brian Kaley . . . . . . . 36 1961 Bob Kellock . . . . . . . 29 1962 Fred Olmsted . . . . . 59 1963 Pete Bracci . . . . . . . 80 1964 Pete Bracci . . . . . . 103 1965 Al McClure . . . . . . . 60 1966 Al McClure . . . . . . . 95 1967 Jim Hogarty. . . . . . . 71 1968 Bill Horacek. . . . . . . 73 1969 Bill Horacek. . . . . . . 46 1970 Ed Cole . . . . . . . . . . 51 1971 Rich Haynie . . . . . . . 75 1972 Rich Haynie . . . . . . . 82 1973 Larry Bryant . . . . . . 42 1974 Rich Haynie . . . . . . . 78 1975 Dave Commons . . . 40 1976 Wade Leatham . . . . 41 1977 Bob Ciola . . . . . . . . . 47 1978 Keith Heise . . . . . . . 41 1979 Wade Leatham . . . . 61 1980 Ernie Richardson . . 34 1981 Bob Wright . . . . . . . 52 1982 Bob Wright . . . . . . . 79 1983 Bob Wright . . . . . . . 74 1984 Bob Wright . . . . . . . 73 1985 Roch Rhinehart. . . . 55 1986 Roch Rhinehart. . . . 47 1987 David Krause. . . . . . 41 Jon Mosier . . . . . . . 41 Scott Oss . . . . . . . . . 41 1988 Jon Mosier . . . . . . . 59 1989 Jim Lucas . . . . . . . . . 74 1990 Mike Wollet . . . . . . 53 1991 Rob Lisch . . . . . . . . . 45 1992 Brody Pettit. . . . . . . 33 1993 Jason Rudd . . . . . . . 67 1994 Keith Umlauf. . . . . . 62 1995 Keith Umlauf. . . . . . 53 1996 Eric Eldridge . . . . . . 53 1997 Eric Eldridge . . . . . . 41 Tosh Smith . . . . . . . 41 1998 Travis Lauritsen . . . 67 1999 Matt Kaercher . . . . 48 2000 Erik Fisher . . . . . . . . 85 2001 Mike Tufte. . . . . . . . 93 2002 Erik Fisher . . . . . . . . 88 2003 Paul Vignola . . . . . . 36 2004 Clayton Couch. . . . . 47 2005 Kyle DePierre . . . . . 43 2006 Mitch Brown . . . . . . 51 2007 Mitch Brown . . . . . . 49 2008 Alex Truesdale . . . . 58 2009 Alex Truesdale . . . . 51 2010 Alex Truesdale . . . . 60 2011 Sean Carley . . . . . . . 62
Inings Pitched 1957 Jim Burton . . . . . . 52.0 1958 Jim Gunter . . . . . . 62.0 1959 n/a 1960 Terry Norris . . . . . 42.2 1961 Terry Norris . . . . . 47.2 1962 Gary Wallace . . . . 64.2 1963 Pete Bracci. . . . . . 73.2 1964 Pete Bracci. . . . . . 98.0 1965 Al McClure . . . . . . 86.1 1966 Al McClure . . . . . . 86.1 1967 Jim Hogarty . . . . . 80.0 1968 Bill Horacek . . . . . 75.2 1969 Bill Horacek . . . . . 54.1 1970 Ed Cole . . . . . . . . . 65.1 1971 Rich Haynie . . . . . 74.1 1972 Rich Haynie . . . . . 82.2 1973 Larry Bryant . . . . . 46.0 1974 Rich Haynie . . . . . 76.2 1975 Dave Commons . . 54.2 1976 Terry Taubert. . . . 69.1 1977 Greg Postulka . . . 48.1 1978 Greg Postulka . . . 48.1 1979 Wade Leatham . . 71.0 1980 Tom Grinstead. . . 54.1 1981 Bob Wright . . . . . 59.0 1982 Bob Wright . . . . . 85.0 1983 Bob Wright . . . . . 75.1 1984 Bob Wright . . . . . 68.0 1985 Roch Rhinehart . . 88.1 1986 Scott Oss . . . . . . . 60.2 1987 Scott Oss . . . . . . . 64.0 1988 Scott Oss . . . . . . . 86.0 1989 Jim Lucas . . . . . . . 84.0 1990 Steve Carson . . . . 63.1 1991 Rob Lisch . . . . . . . 59.2 1992 Kevin McCallum. . 61.0 1993 Jason Rudd. . . . . . 79.2 1994 Rob Lisch . . . . . . . 60.1 1995 Dave Lyons. . . . . . 96.0 1996 Eric Eldridge. . . . . 89.1 1997 Dave Lyons. . . . . . 63.2 1998 Travis Lauritsen . . 81.0 1999 Mike Tufte . . . . . . 87.1 2000 Erik Fisher . . . . . 104.1 2001 Mike Tufte . . . . . 103.2 2002 Matt Kaercher . . 110.1 2003 Jesper Stubbendorff . 76.2 2004 Clayton Couch . . . 71.2 2005 Paul Pratt . . . . . . . 62.2 2006 Mitch Brown . . . . 71.2 2006 Alex Truesdale . . . 79.0 2008 Alex Truesdale . . . 97.2 2009 Alex Truesdale . . . 70.1 2010 Alex Truesdale . . . 81.2 2011 Evan Abrecht . . . . 85.0
Saves 1957 n/a 1958 n/a 1959 n/a 1960 n/a 1961 n/a 1962 n/a 1963 n/a 1964 n/a 1965 n/a 1966 n/a 1967 n/a 1968 n/a 1969 Rex LeVoy . . . . . . . . . 5 1970 n/a 1971 n/a 1972 Corrigan, Haynie. . . . 1 1973 Glen Routh . . . . . . . . 5 1974 Rich Haynie . . . . . . . . 2 1975 Matt Martorano . . . . 3 1976 Wade Leatham . . . . . 1 1977 Bob Ciola . . . . . . . . . . 2 John Lahoff . . . . . . . . 2 1978 Ernie Richardson. . . . 2 1979 Jim Firth. . . . . . . . . . . 6 1980 Jim Firth. . . . . . . . . . . 2 1981 Mike Schardt. . . . . . . 2 1982 Mike Schardt. . . . . . . 2 1983 Chip Kozak. . . . . . . . . 1 1984 Bob Wright . . . . . . . . 2 1985 Eric Pharris . . . . . . . . 2 1986 Roch Rhinehart . . . . . 2 1987 Greg Schwartz. . . . . . 2 1988 Jim Lucas . . . . . . . . . . 3 1989 Jim Lucas . . . . . . . . . . 1 Jon Mosier . . . . . . . . 1 1990 Steve Carson . . . . . . . 4 1991 Steve Carson . . . . . . . 8 1992 Steve Carson . . . . . . . 4 1993 D. Sonson . . . . . . . . . 1 Keith Umlauf. . . . . . . 1 1994 Keith Umlauf. . . . . . . 9 1995 Keith Umlauf. . . . . . 11 1996 Travis Lauritsen . . . . 3 1997 Todd Ladd . . . . . . . . . 4 1998 Todd Ladd . . . . . . . . . 9 1999 Tommy Cisar . . . . . . . 1 2000 Kiwedin Cornell . . . . 2 2001 David Diehl . . . . . . . . 4 2002 Paul Pratt . . . . . . . . . 4 2003 Jason Pruitt . . . . . . . . 2 2004 Mitch Brown . . . . . . . 2 2005 Sam Rosener . . . . . . . 2 2006 Paul Vignola . . . . . . . 6 2007 David Miller. . . . . . . . 1 2008 Michael Ruvolo. . . . . 4 2009 Aaron Kurcz. . . . . . . . 7 2010 Evan Abrecht . . . . . . 3 2011 Stephen Colangelo . . 7
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Year-By-Year Hitting Statistics Year 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
G 14 18 18 15 23 22 27 26 27 22 27 25 31 25 33 39 35 25 32 34 41 39 37 46 37 42 47 39 40 45 46 41 58 54 60 49 47 50 50 54 54 50 53 51 57 56 55 54 55 51 48 52 51 51 55 55
Avg. .267 .260 .312 .254 .318 .323 .329 .328 .337 .284 .270 .301 .284 .290 .297 .274 .280 .262 .312 .313 .291 .316 .338 .329 .382 .274 .315 .314 .307 .346 .342 .301 .340 .334 .298 .293 .336 .319 .360 .334 .308 .283 .278 .323 .331 .289 .324 .327 .285 .279 .249 .272 .275 .291 .309 .275
AB 472 572 613 544 771 736 1,087 945 981 729 907 845 970 816 1,114 1,199 1,051 762 a1,056 1,182 1,257 1,114 1,125 1,400 1,167 1,301 1,479 1,241 1,288 1,381 1,420 1,267 1,836 1,568 1,730 1,385 1,432 1,484 1,602 1,675 1,712 1,667 1,768 1,775 1,963 1,849 1,897 1,906 1,743 1,740 1,491 1,700 1,704 1,793 1,986 1,846
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R 94 111 154 85 181 167 256 241 220 145 186 188 184 175 228 228 201 200 225 298 225 237 328 372 389 249 308 244 313 353 373 295 507 372 323 276 372 378 467 438 381 270 343 417 449 331 432 394 295 312 210 237 304 338 404 272
H 126 149 191 138 235 238 352 310 331 207 245 254 276 237 331 329 294 135 329 298 366 352 380 460 446 357 466 390 396 478 486 382 624 524 498 406 481 473 576 559 527 472 492 573 650 535 615 623 497 486 371 462 469 522 613 508
2B 15 19 24 23 33 30 53 47 49 29 44 33 48 34 51 36 41 32 52 49 60 52 64 68 68 42 91 70 71 81 89 73 151 105 99 67 93 83 118 115 117 90 120 135 142 103 142 134 95 95 66 92 97 94 122 100
3B 7 7 17 9 16 25 18 25 17 12 13 8 12 8 10 17 13 6 22 16 6 8 23 21 17 7 18 15 8 23 19 6 14 19 19 17 21 35 38 27 25 18 11 17 5 20 21 23 14 20 13 11 32 21 36 200
HR 4 9 13 5 17 26 34 59 40 13 26 34 21 18 32 28 28 25 43 53 30 40 41 49 60 26 30 26 44 38 43 44 73 45 29 46 45 32 76 72 60 34 44 56 48 31 42 63 26 49 32 23 31 57 48 26
RBI 73 96 136 72 149 152 215 205 210 95 155 161 154 153 204 196 180 112 201 244 191 211 269 311 327 196 154 204 264 304 311 253 448 337 278 244 313 327 418 376 336 231 302 362 413 287 378 361 242 277 184 215 283 303 361 250
TB 167 209 288 194 351 396 543 584 534 299 393 405 411 341 498 483 445 319 554 609 524 544 613 717 728 491 683 568 615 719 742 599 1,022 802 722 645 751 722 998 944 874 700 766 910 946 771 925 992 698 768 559 645 723 829 951 726
SLG .354 .365 .470 .357 .455 .538 .500 .618 .544 .410 .433 .479 .424 .418 .447 .403 .423 .419 .525 .515 .417 .490 .545 .512 .624 .377 .462 .458 .477 .521 .523 .473 .557 .511 .417 .466 .524 .487 .623 .564 .511 .420 .433 .513 .482 .417 .488 .520 .400 .441 .375 .379 .424 .462 .479 .393
BB
HBP SO
120
104 116 96 132 94 137 134 185 143 115 83 114 157 156 157 185 193 142 153 154 121 171 196 202 158 261 175 195 137 194 192 198 205 167 130 163 191 244 193 182 153 188 181 176 169 168 177 211 143
56
GDP OBP
SF
SH
187
13 11
3 7
14 9 12 8 13 12 22 20 17 22 13 24 11 8 22 55 48 30 55 28 41 60 76 59 36 52 76 68 35 34 50 50 42 54 43 66 41 42 62
157 116 145 168 191 211 145 254 278 177 158 196 163 249 188 167 204 149 231 222 176 188 178 166 168 267 222 280 220 244 201 260 257 345 322 345 356 344 403 308 385 474 420 335 360 381 344 401 375
14
17 14
21 25 24 28 12 37 29 33 20
46 41 45 34 7 31 45 36 46 35 45 40 52 52 37 24 27 28 29 29 31 33 24 30
.469 .411 .380 .396 .426 .411 .448 .430 .389 .348 .352 .406 .419 .364 .387 .388 .368 .359 .347 .351 .359 .365 .383 .345
8 6 12
12 9 6
12 39 21 6 16 17 15 13 21 10 18 15 14 14 15 18 23 28 22
11 26 17 18 21 21 23 20 7 9 9 11 16 22 8 12 12 12 10
23
8
21 37 20 16 13 10 9 21 17 20 14
18 23 13 20 22 24 25 28 20 44 41
SB-ATT 40 43 27 30 48 34 30 39 26 19 34 31 68 41 65 83 35-51 46-65 29-39 36-46 26-34 47-59 122-132 122-138 75-95 53-72 100-125 25-40 40-56 53-75 79-110 22-25 40-58 27-42 64-91 77-110 52-79 53-72 42-66 77-105 70-91 49-70 43-78 61-86 76-102 71-111 98-132 53-78 76-114 55-78 59-85 78-117 84-108 68-91 67-92 47-73
PO 354 422 442 399 573 525 767 656 696 529 673 609 744 601 831 909 769 585 749 837 925 805 800 1,025 795 957 1,070 888 919 976 968 866 1,237 1,104 1,315 1,049 1,023 1,084 1,090 1,203 1,226 1,194 1,289 1,261 1,384 1,394 1,360 1,327 1,278 1,250 1,172 1,286 1,302 1,272 1,411 1,402
A 167 176 193 163 230 207 302 261 264 200 260 249 282 236 357 357 276 212 272 331 399 399 320 480 323 428 511 390 409 419 401 359 550 431 552 409 461 492 455 633 581 492 572 569 588 607 579 617 490 553 497 622 529 546 585 624
E 59 78 54 54 71 62 58 74 59 39 52 68 73 55 83 65 59 54 59 65 99 68 86 68 77 118 110 90 84 92 105 102 164 100 125 100 112 91 77 112 118 133 146 135 145 136 106 95 116 100 90 95 83 85 87 85
FLD .898 .885 .922 .912 .919 .922 .949 .925 .942 .949 .947 .927 .933 .938 .935 .951 .947 .937 .945 .947 .931 .946 .929 .957 .936 .921 .935 .934 .941 .938 .929 .920 .916 .939 .937 .936 .930 .945 .953 .943 .939 .927 .927 .931 .932 .936 .948 .953 .938 .947 .949 .953 .957 .955 .958 .960
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Team Year-By-Year Pitching Statistics Team 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
G 14 18 18 15 23 22 27 26 27 22 27 25 31 25 33 39 35 25 32 34 41 39 37 46 37 42 47 39 40 45 46 41 58 54 60 49 47 50 50 54 54 50 53 51 57 56 55 54 55 51 48 52 51 51 55 55
W-L 5-9 6-12 9-9 8-7 14-9 12-10 18-9 15-11 22-5 10-12 17-10 16-9 14-17 16-8 21-12 19-20 16-19 13-12 18-14 16-18 17-24 20-18-1 22-15 33-13 27-9 12-30 28-19 18-21 21-19 18-27 18-28 13-28 25-33 27-27 26-34 22-27 23-24 28-22 26-24 29-25 18-36 13-37 14-39 19-32 23-34 23-33 27-28 15-39 6-49 9-42 10-38 8-44 18-33 14-37 13-42 19-36
ERA 7.72 6.70 6.31 7.17 5.70 5.16 4.26 4.16 3.45 4.38 3.29 3.64 4.20 3.67 5.40 4.67 4.67 4.98 5.02 6.03 5.27 6.67 4.70 4.32 7.14 9.48 5.53 6.23 8.46 10.75 9.66 10.12 10.03 7.46 6.90 7.70 7.44 6.15 7.85 7.11 9.55 9.23 9.05 9.96 6.87 7.42 7.96 9.07 12.16 12.18 10.69 8.36 8.34 8.34 11.31 6.09
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CG
10 22 10 16 15 14 9 11 19 16 5 13 10 15 16 20 22 23 10 16 14 13 12 11 9 18 13 7 5 4 13 2 4 10 2 3 7 9 4 10 6 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 4
SHO 1 0 0 0 4
3 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1
SV
10
2 7 2 3 1 7 6 9 2 5 3 1 5 3 3 3 4 2 7 9 6 2 10 12 3 7 10 1 3 8 8 2 2 4 6 1 7 9 5 8
IP 118.0 141.0 147.0 133.0 191.0 173.0 255.2 218.2 232.0 172.1 224.1 203.0 248.0 208.0 276.2 302.1 256.1 195.0 250.2 279.0 309.1 268.1 266.2 341.2 265.0 319.0 358.0 296.0 308.1 322.1 322.1 300.2 412.7 368.0 438.1 349.2 341.0 361.1 363.1 401.0 409.0 398.0 429.2 420.1 461.1 464.2 453.2 442.1 426.1 416.2 390.2 428.2 434.0 424.0 470.1 467.1
H 135 173 176 166 198 184 288 213 219 222 203 198 281 209 322 339 288 214 258 349 406 331 308 380 329 513 440 400 420 541 527 492 695 471 568 497 457 470 491 560 664 629 682 701 685 698 642 700 809 747 615 654 679 696 893 639
R 142 148 132 131 173 132 164 140 138 138 118 132 175 116 211 211 191 146 194 241 259 240 208 239 245 420 292 274 361 462 442 412 599 369 418 373 362 310 371 394 532 536 562 567 489 491 485 537 701 644 555 471 466 495 654 394
ER 101 105 103 121 99 121 101 89 97 82 82 116 85 166 157 133 108 140 187 181 188 139 164 211 336 220 205 290 385 346 338 460 305 336 299 282 247 317 317 434 408 432 465 352 383 401 446 576 564 464 398 402 393 591 316
57
BB 91 123 118 95 147 69
SO 95 94 93 93 143 115
133 114 107 104 76 110 86 144 152 130 107 149 175 168 141 145 161 132 203 157 148 208 230 193 188 283 220 246 203 217 172 212 194 239 246 236 214 183 196 219 231 271 247 252 201 179 153 226 188
220 217 125 208 149 223 158 191 215 202 163 195 204 180 184 204 210 157 185 212 212 219 183 193 199 237 302 353 221 223 251 294 258 266 293 298 245 337 378 339 223 290 263 253 224 275 253 322 311
2B 20 30 16 29 29 32 36 32 34 29 33 33 48 27 39 36 41 32 53 52 51 58 54 69 74 100 68 79 78 116 107 82 150 106 115 90 80 105 99 127 142 132 161 136 147 156 154 163 169 180 147 154 147 125 157 165
3B 9 11 12 6 6 13 16 20 8 12 5 6 12 5 12 17 13 6 7 13 10 16 17 12 7 12 17 6 10 5 19 15 25 10 23 13 23 8 11 11 28 20 22 15 28 30 24 23 36 30 18 33 22 18 21 11
HR 5 8 17 9 6 13 12 14 19 13 10 19 21 15 20 29 28 25 31 27 33 44 27 36 48 64 45 44 52 91 69 83 92 59 46 48 43 45 65 48 79 90 90 82 60 55 69 82 107 85 76 48 49 88 97 44
AVG .278 .296 .298 .296 .264 .277 .285 .235 .236 .306 .238 .244 .281 .260 .282 .275 .280 .262 .263 .301 .312 .299 .282 .283 .311 .357 .286 .319 .324 .366 .361 .365 .367 .307 .309 .334 .327 .316 .323 .330 .362 .353 .352 .368 .341 .341 .331 .361 .396 .389 .358 .354 .358 .369 .407 .331
WP 14 6 7 7 14
HP 9 12 5 5 14
BK
22 13 9 16 8 9
4 14 10 2 12 10 6
4 2 2 2 10
4 16 25 20 15 24 21 29 15 54 23 34 45 42 47 34 71 35 49 43 44 59 60 36 56 70 80 68 43 46 42 57 97 73 57 67 40 42 53 56
15 11 15
0 1 4 3 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 4 5 1 2 5 3 1 2 5 2 7 6 3 14 21 21 21 25 10 13 11 9 13 7 7
14 12 9 14 17 22 14 12 20 21 20 19 18 19 31 25 28 28 28 17 23 22 40 58 43 53 64 56 66 101 83 53 60 42 69 52
SFA SHA
2 3
9 8
11 11
12 6 10 20 18 13 15 22 17 17 35 16 9 14 25 23 16 25 29 23 25
11 16 12 11 9 15 23 14 10 4 12 12 27 16 29 12 18 15 11 14 16
31 20 30 29 33 32 33 24 25 30 35 17
26 27 15 16 11 15 20 34 28 21 28 40
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Year-By-Year Conference Hitting/Fielding WAC Years (1981-99) Team 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
GM Avg. AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
TB
SLG
BB
HP
SO
GDP OBP SF
SH
SB-ATT PO
A
E
FLD
24 24 24 24
.306 .299 .302 .359
777 730 785 767
143 132 178 224
238 218 237 277
49 41 49 47
8 6 5 12
17 19 23 26
124 111 137 189
360 328 365 426
.463 .449 .465 .555
63 71 68 126
13 8 15 11
116 99 105 94
7 13 9 8
13 14 14 21
39-55 11-19 26-35 28-41
564 543 526 524
277 249 213 205
59 61 42 56
.934 .929 .946 .945
21 28 26 28 21 25 21 22 28 29 30 30 22
.286 .318 .341 .284 .284 .300 .289 .341 .332 .313 .276 .295 .305
643 895 760 770 610 749 620 683 913 885 1,009 1,038 793
143 215 177 139 99 151 98 154 226 181 151 213 158
184 285 259 219 173 225 179 233 303 277 278 306 242
38 53 54 44 33 38 27 41 57 59 55 78 48
1 7 8 7 6 5 7 14 8 8 8 8 5
25 34 20 18 19 26 12 30 43 35 16 26 26
119 190 163 118 87 138 79 143 198 163 127 191 140
299 454 389 331 275 351 256 392 505 457 397 478 378
.465 .507 .512 .430 .451 .469 .413 .574 .553 .516 .393 .461 .477
62 120 72 86 56 78 51 67 107 69 72 91 62
9 30 19 10 23 8 12 19 35 28 27 26 21
75 151 106 117 117 151 91 104 148 173 216 192 178
6 5 4 8 9 4 6 6 8 5 5 4 11
4-4 18-30 6-12 14-25 18-31 21-35 15-24 10-20 38-56 35-47 33-44 25-41 14-30
520 570 436 532 445 465 639 631 729 747 553
212 249 179 246 199 210 352 297 290 347 238
50 57 50 64 44 42 68 64 82 100 48
.937 .935 .925 .924 .936 .941 .936 .935 .926 .916 .943
SH 6 10 9 6 13 15 12 11 11 6 19 16
SB-ATT 29-40 33-54 50-73 14-26 35-56 21-30 20-30 31-48 26-36 25-33 13-24 12-22
PO 709 728 742 767 651 706 547 586 609 543 603 606
A 307 305 318 375 257 304 228 277 253 232 249 272
E 86 70 50 57 55 55 48 45 40 35 32 39
FLD .922 .937 .955 .952 .943 .948 .942 .950 .956 .957 .964 .957
7 13 19 18 27 23 34 11
.374 .354 .415 .423 .381 .393 .362 .366
4 6 6 5 6 8 7 8 12 12 5 13 11
GDP 20 26 8 16 11 14 14 15 18 18 7 17
OBP .379 .348 .369 .349 .345 .338 .352 .358 .321 .333 .365 .332
SF 6 12 15 6 7 4 4 4 6 5 10 6
MWC Years (2000-10) Team 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
GM 29 29 29 30 28 28 22 23 24 21 23 24
Avg. .298 .284 .301 .291 .266 .265 .264 .286 .247 .266 .300 .261
AB 1,006 970 980 1,074 876 977 717 810 793 737 841 792
R 179 144 187 170 125 154 108 107 106 104 156 102
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H 300 275 295 313 233 259 189 232 196 196 252 207
2B 61 55 59 63 45 47 35 46 37 33 50 52
3B 3 5 9 9 8 10 7 3 12 10 13 8
HR 24 10 22 28 14 24 20 9 11 20 24 9
RBI 161 128 163 153 104 143 99 99 98 93 141 93
TB 439 370 438 478 336 398 298 311 290 309 400 302
SLG .436 .381 .447 .445 .364 .407 .416 .384 .366 .419 .476 .381
58
BB 109 84 100 66 87 86 79 73 60 61 78 62
HP 26 18 15 32 22 20 21 19 29 16 15 25
SO 204 211 188 248 264 250 170 180 176 161 163 171
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Year-By-Year Conference Pitching WAC Years (1981-99) Team 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
G
W-L
ERA
CG
SHO SV
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
2B
3B
HR
AVG
WP HP
BK
SFA SHA
24 24 24 24 24 21 28 26 28 21 25 21 22 28 29 30 30 22
12-12 8-16 11-13 15-9 7-17 4-17 7-21 13-13 7-21 1-20 5-20 5-16 7-15 10-18 8-21 6-24 7-23 4-18
5.98 7.31
7 9
1
188.0 181.0
248 280
156 198
125 147
70 88
109 189
36 58
12 5
26 31
.314 .347
11 17
7 31
3 1
13 10
5 7
12.19
5
2
175.0
336
294
237
124
106
83
1
63
.367
10
14
0
16
6
12.27 11.68 8.18 9.33 11.05 9.97 8.68 10.22 8.87 9.24 10.44 10.23 11.42
4 8 9 4 2 1 3 1 0 8 1 1 2
0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 6 2 3 4 0
149.2 205.0 176.0 190.0 145.0 177.2 148.1 155.0 213.0 210.1 243.0 249.0 184.1
286 377 233 296 249 290 236 254 358 356 420 454 331
240 332 197 243 227 244 168 209 265 273 368 368 274
204 266 160 197 178 197 143 176 210 216 282 283 234
92 147 97 134 101 119 77 106 101 112 155 118 93
84 110 136 142 69 102 78 111 125 126 184 151 94
50 80 53 58 42 59 44 48 80 72 89 1115 65
10 20 6 12 5 21 3 8 4 16 16 12 6
55 54 37 29 27 28 32 36 36 46 61 65 40
.401 .391 .309 .353 .380 .370 .369 .369 .375 .367 .376 .382 .388
26 41 8 32 21 22 29 35 22 35 48 40 35
9 13 7 15 14 13 10 12 11 7 17 28 33
1 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 3 1
12 17 7 3 7 19 16 6 16 9
2 8 5 14 10 13 7 7 11 4
5 2
14 9
4 10
2B 92 100 83 109 92 107 84 76 65 62 73 80
3B 20 20 12 15 26 14 11 19 9 8 10 7
HR 38 34 28 57 66 63 57 33 33 44 43 23
AVG .371 .373 .331 .391 .418 .409 .405 .402 .372 .393 .416 .349
WP 25 30 19 34 44 39 29 33 19 22 28 25
HP 20 28 33 33 32 54 43 18 27 18 25 22
BK 10 12 14 12 14 6 8 8 4 5 3 6
SFA 20 16 16 18 17 18 13 13 10 12 13 7
SHA 15 14 8 6 4 7 10 19 16 12 14 16
MWC Years (2000-10) Team 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
G 29 29 29 30 28 28 22 23 24 21 23 24
W-L 6-23 8-21 14-15 3-27 0-28 4-24 1-21 0-23 4-20 3-18 3-20 4-20
ERA 8.26 8.75 7.30 10.98 13.67 13.88 14.07 10.97 9.18 9.70 12.04 7.84
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CG 3 2 9 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 3
SHO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SV 3 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1
IP 236.1 242.2 247.2 255.2 217.1 235.1 182.1 195.1 203.0 181.0 201.0 202.0
H 394 414 350 461 448 460 357 359 339 325 389 301
R 302 300 247 367 392 406 347 275 243 243 298 213
ER 217 236 201 312 330 363 285 238 207 195 269 178
BB 104 105 110 143 140 150 137 92 79 57 103 97
59
SO 154 182 164 113 140 151 99 89 112 101 126 131
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Individual Season Records Games Played 1. Mark DeGrange (1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 2. Tim Lambert (1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Darren Schwankl (1990). . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 4. Chris Humphrey (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Mike Thiessen (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Mike Kazlausky (1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Mark Frankenberg (1988) . . . . . . . . . . . 57 8. Gerremy Goldsberry (2001). . . . . . . . . . 56 Gerremy Goldsberry (2000). . . . . . . . . . 56 Brendan Shannon (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Mike White (1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Mike Thiessen At bats Hits Doubles
Chay Derbigny Steals
Nathan Carter Triples Walks
Mark Frankenburg Home Runs Runs Batted In
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At Bats 1. Matt Alexander (2010). . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Garrett Custons (2010). . . . . . . . . . . . 232 3. K.J. Randhawa (2010). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 4. Mike Thiessen (2000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 5. Brendan Shannon (2000). . . . . . . . . . . 219 6. Adam Howes (2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Travis Lauritsen (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 8. Matt Alexander (2009). . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 9. Alex Bast (2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Adam Howes (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Hits 1. Mike Thiessen (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 2. Mark Frankenberg (1988) . . . . . . . . . . 86 3. Matt Alexander (2009). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Lance Massey (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 5. Mike Thiessen (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 6. Matt Alexnader (2010). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Adam Howes (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 8. Brendan Shannon (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Ryan Carville (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 10. Garrett Custons (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Josh Phifer (2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Runs Scored 1. Lance Massey (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 2. Mike Thiessen (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 3. Mike Thiessen (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 4. Mike Sharp (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 5. Mike Kazlausky (1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 6. Vern Mullis (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 7. Deacon Winters (1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 8. Josh Phifer (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Glenn Harris (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Eric Pharris (1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Doubles 1. Mike Thiessen (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2. Bowie Frost (2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3. Alex Bast (2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Garrett Custons (2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Josh Phifer (2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Darren Schwankl (1990). . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 7. Josh Phifer (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Ryan Carville (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Travis Lauritsen (1998). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Derek Sawser (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Mike Sharp (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Mike White (1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Triples 1. Vern Mullis (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3. Nathan Carter (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4. Nathan Carter (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. Lance Pilch (1993). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Manny Robinson (1993). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Charles Simmons (1974) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7. Nathan Carter (2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Daniel Walker (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9. Garrett Custons (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Lance Massey (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Glenn Harris (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mike Kazlausky (1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mike Kazlausky (1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chip Skinner (1985) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Jim Best (1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Jim Steed (1964) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 John Kuenzel (1958) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Home Runs 1. Mark Frankenberg (1988) . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2. Deacon Winters (1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3. Mike White (1987) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4. Lance Massey (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5. Glenn Harris (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Glenn Harris (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7. Matt Alexander (2009). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Josh Phifer (2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Steve Saleck (1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 10. Addison Gentry (2010). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Josh Phifer (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Chris Humphrey (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Runs Batted In 1. Mark Frankenberg (1988) . . . . . . . . . . . 83 2. Glenn Harris (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 3. Josh Phifer (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 4. Matt Alexander (2009). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 5. Garrett Custons (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 6. Deacon Winters (1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 7. Josh Phifer (2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 8. Addison Gentry (2010). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chris Humphrey (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 10. Manny Robinson (1993). . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Stolen Bases 1. Jim Best (1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 2. Chay Derbigny (2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 3. Eric Pharris (1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4. John Johnson (1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5. Adam Howes (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6. Tom Green (1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7. Mike Kazlausky (1991) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Rick Starr (1968) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 9. John Johnson (1981) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Steve Miller (1979). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Hit By Pitch 1. Glenn Harris (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Jason Rudd (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3. Josh Phifer (2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Chris Humphrey (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Chris Humphrey (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6. Chay Derbigny (2006). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Mike Kazlausky (1991) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 8. Josh Phifer (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Chris Humphrey (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Glenn Harris (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Vern Mullis (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Mike Kazlausky (1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Walks 1. Mike Kazlausky (1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 2. Lance Massey (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 3. Mike Thiessen (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 4. Mike Thiessen (2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Mike Thiessen (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6. Lance Massey (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 7. Mike Kazlausky (1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Eric Pharris (1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 9. Nathan Carter (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 10. Nathan Carter (2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Addison Gentry (2009). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sac Bunts 1. K.J. Randhawa (2010). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2. Blair Roberts (2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 K.J. Randhawa (2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4. Scot McLaughlin (1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5. Patrick Lobo (2011). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6. Steve Miller (1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ed Schumacher (1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8. Parker Mayo (2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Garrett Custons (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Blair Roberts (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Anthony Sansano (1991) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tom Coleman (1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Strikeouts 1. Nathan Carter (2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 2. Nathan DeRohan (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 3. Jason Davis (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 4. Alex Bast (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Nathan Carter (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Reid Lamson (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Geno Salazar (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Kevin Gross (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 9. Addison Gentry (2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 10. Alex Bast (2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Nathan Carter (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Jason Davis (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Batting Average 1. John Johnson (1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491 2. Deacon Winters (1980) . . . . . . . . . . . .488 3. Eric Pharris (1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .476 4. Roger Zoeller (1961) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467 5. Steve Saleck (1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463 Kent Lammers (1961) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463 Jim Burton (1958) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463 8. Dick Smithwick (1969) . . . . . . . . . . . . .442 9. Dick Smithwick (1970) . . . . . . . . . . . . .441 Slugging Percentage (min. 100 at-bats) 1. Deacon Winters (1980). . . . . . . . . . . 1.098 (135 TB, 123 AB) 2. Steve Saleck (1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .942 (114 TB, 121 AB) 3. Glenn Harris (1994). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .876 (141 TB, 161 AB) 4. Dick Smithwick (1970) . . . . . . . . . . . . .847 (100 TB, 118 AB) 5. Lance Massey (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .838 (160 TB, 191 AB) 6. Jeff Brown (1974) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .833 (75 TB, 90 AB) 7. Vern Mullis (1994). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .830 (142 TB, 171 AB) 8. Mark Frankenberg (1988). . . . . . . . . . .818 (162 TB, 198 AB) 9. Eric Pharris (1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .809 (102 TB, 126 AB) 10. Josh Phifer, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 (148 TB, 184 AB)
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Individual Season Records Total Bases 1. Mark Frankenberg (1988). . . . . . . . . . 162 (198 AB) 2. Lance Massey (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 (191 AB) 3. Matt Alexander (2009). . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 (214 AB) 4. Josh Phifer (2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 (184 AB) 5. Mike Thiessen (2000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 (220 AB) Vern Mullis (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 (171 AB) 7. Glenn Harris (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 (161 AB) 8. Mike Thiessen (1999). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 (191 AB) 9. Josh Phifer (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 (195 AB) 10. Deacon Winters (1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 (123 AB) Fielding Percentage (Attempts) (minimum of 50 attempts) 1. Chad Day (1994) (193) . . . . . . . . . . . 1.000 Darren Schwankl (1990) (95) . . . . . . . 1.000 Derck Kasel (2003) (91). . . . . . . . . . . 1.000 Mark Frankenberg (1987) (69) . . . . . . . 1.000 Matt Alexander (2008) (67) . . . . . . . 1.000 Paul Hanson (1966) (65) . . . . . . . . . . 1.000 Chris Gray (1987) (62). . . . . . . . . . . . 1.000 Dustin Smith (2006) (55) . . . . . . . . . 1.000 Ryan Fitzgerald (2004) (53) . . . . . . . 1.000 Derck Kasel (2002) (53). . . . . . . . . . . 1.000 Mike Lawrence (1978) (53) . . . . . . . 1.000 Deacon Winters (1977) (51) . . . . . . . . 1.000 Games (Pitcher) 1. Michael Ruvolo (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Keith Umlauf (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Keith Umlauf (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4. Stephen Colangelo (2011) . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5. Alex Baker (2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6. Michael Ruvolo (2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Nate Tarkowski (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Steve Carson (1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 9. Ben Bertelson (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Brian Oswalt (1994) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Complete Games 1. Pete Bracci (1964) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 (Consecutive) 2. Fred Olmsted (1964) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. Bob Wright (1983) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Bob Wright (1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Wade Leatham (1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Rich Haynie (1971) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Alan McClure (1966). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8. Five players. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Most recent, Jon Mosier, 1989
Strikeouts 1. Pete Bracci, 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 2. Alan McClure, 1965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 3. Michael Tufte, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 4. Erik Fisher, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Bob Wright, 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 6. Rich Haynie, 1972. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 7. Matt Kaercher, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Pete Bracci, 1963 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 9. Rich Haynie, 1974. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 10. Erik Fisher, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 11. Rich Haynie, 1971. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Innings Pitched 1. Matt Kaercher (2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.1 2. Erik Fisher (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.2 3. Michael Tufte (2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.2 4. Pete Bracci (1964) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.0 5. Alex Truesdale (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.2 6. Dave Lyons (1995). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.0 7. Johnny Koegel (2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.2 8. Matt Kaercher (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.1 9. Erik Fisher (2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.0 10. Eric Eldridge (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.1 11. Roch Rhinehart (1985) . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.1 12. Michael Tufte (1999). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.1 13. Michael Tufte (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.0
Victories 1. Dave Lyons, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 (10-4, nine straight) 2. Mike Wollet, 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 (9-3, four straight) Bob Wright, 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 (9-3, three straight) Wade Leatham, 1979 (9-4) . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Rich Haynie, 1972 (9-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Pete Bracci, 1964 (9-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7. Michael Tufte, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (8-9, three straight) Jon Mosier, 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (8-6, three straight) 9. Matt Kaercher, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ryan Johnson, 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Kevin McCallum, 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (7-5, three straight) Jason Rudd, 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (7-4, four straight) Rob Lisch, 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (7-3, seven straight) Steve Carson, 1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Bill Horacek, 1967. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Alan McClure, 1965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Runs Allowed 1. Mike Tufte (1999). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Roch Rhinehart (1985) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 3. Jon Mosier (1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 4. Alex Truesdale (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 5. Scott Oss (1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 6. Michael Tufte (2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 7. Matt Kaercher (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Matt Kaercher (2000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Dave Lyons (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 10. Eric Eldridge (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Eric Eldridge (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Earned Runs Allowed 1. Roch Rhinehart (1985) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 2. Alex Truesdale (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 3. Dave Lyons (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 4. Mike Tufte (1999). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 5. Matt Kaercher (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 6. Paul Vignola (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Chris Coffland (1985) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 8. Michael Tufte (2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 9. Scott Oss (1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 10. Matt Kaercher (2000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Walks Allowed 1. Alan McClure (1964) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 2. Roch Rhinehart (1985) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Jim Burton (1957). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 4. Jon Mosier (1988). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 5. Erik Fisher (2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Chris Coffland (1985) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 7. Jim Lucas (1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 8. Bob Wright (1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Alan McClure (1966) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Keith Umlauf Games Pitched Saves
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Losses 1. Paul Vignola, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Erik Fisher, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3. Mitch Brown, 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Mitch Brown, 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Matt Kaercher, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Matt Kaercher, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Nate Tarkowski, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Eric Eldridge, 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Jim Lucas, 1989. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Saves 1. Keith Umlauf, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2. Todd Ladd, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Keith Umlauf, 1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4. Steve Carson, 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5. Stephen Colangelo, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Aaron Kurcz, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7. Paul Vignola, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8. Glen Routh, 1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Rex Levoy, 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10. Michael Ruvolo, 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Paul Pratt, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 David Diehl, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Earned Run Average (Min. 30 IP) 1. Tom Grinstead, 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.15 2. Garry Wallace, 1963 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.45 3. Alan McClure, 1966. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 Alan McClure, 1965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 5. Rich Haynie, 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.54 6. Mike Schardt, 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.73 7. Jim Firth, 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.80 8. Dave Smith, 1972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.93 9. Keith Heise, 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00
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Alex Truesdale Innings Pitched
Ben Bertelson pitched in 26 games as a freshman in 2010.
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Vern Mullis Triples Runs Batted In
Deacon Winters Slugging Percentage
Mike Thiessen Games, At Bats, Hits, Runs, Doubles, Total Bases, walks
MOST GAMES 1. Mike Thiessen, 1998-01. . . . . . . . . . . . 212 2. Matt Alexander, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 207 3. Josh Phifer, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 4. Nathan Carter, 2008-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Mike Kazlausky, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . 204 6. Karl Bolt, 2004-07. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 7. Troy Simon, 1989-92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 8. Addison Gentry, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 195 Vern Mullis, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 10. K.J. Randhawa, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Adam Howes, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 12. Dan Broderick, 1986-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 MOST AT BATS 1. Matt Alexander, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 801 2. Mike Thiessen, 1998-01. . . . . . . . . . . . 786 3. Nathan Carter, 2008-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 4. K.J. Randhawa, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . . 707 5. Addison Gentry, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 702 6. Karl Bolt , 2004-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 7. Josh Phifer, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647 8. Vern Mullis, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 9. Mike Kazlausky, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . 636 10. Geno Salazar, 2004-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 MOST HITS 1. Mike Thiessen, 1998-01. . . . . . . . . . . . 294 2. Matt Alexander, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 264 3. Vern Mullis, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 4. Dan Broderick, 1986-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 5. Karl Bolt, 2004-07. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 6. Josh Phifer, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 7. Mike Kazlausky, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . 223 8. Addison Gentry, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 219 9. Steve Saleck, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 10. Eric Pharris, 1983-86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 11. K.J. Randhawa, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . . 209 MOST RUNS SCORED 1. Mike Thiessen, 1998-01. . . . . . . . . . . . 241 2. Mike Kazlausky, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . 218 3. Nathan Carter, 2008-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 4. Josh Phifer, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 5. Vern Mullis, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 6. Steve Saleck, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 7. Mike Sharp, 1993-96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 8. Dan Broderick, 1986-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 9. Deacon Winters, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . 155 10. Eric Pharris, 1983-86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
MOST TRIPLES 1. Nathan Carter, 2008-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 2. Vern Mullis, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3. Mike Kazlausky, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4. Mike Manor, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5. Glenn Harris, 1992-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6. Mike Sharp, 1993-96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Manny Robinson, 1991-93. . . . . . . . . . . 12 John Kuenzel, 1957-60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9. Derek Sawser, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Lance Pilch, 1991-93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Troy Simon, 1989-92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Eric Pharris, 1983-86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 John Ollila, 1964-66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 MOST HOME RUNS 1. Steve Saleck, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 2. Glenn Harris, 1992-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Vern Mullis, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 4. Deacon Winters, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . . 37 5. Jeff Brown, 1973-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 6. Mike Thiessen, 1998-01. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 7. Karl Bolt, 2004-07. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 8. Matt Alexander, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Josh Phifer, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Justin Collins, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Mike White, 1986-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 MOST RUNS BATTED IN 1. Vern Mullis, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 2. Matt Alexander, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 193 3. Dan Broderick, 1986-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 4. Josh Phifer, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 5. Steve Saleck, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 6. Addison Gentry, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 166 7. Mike Thiessen, 1998-01. . . . . . . . . . . . 165 8. Glenn Harris, 1992-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 9. Deacon Winters, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . 157 10. Karl Bolt, 2004-07. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 MOST TOTAL BASES 1. Mike Thiessen, 1998-01. . . . . . . . . . . . 486 2. Vern Mullis, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 3. Matt Alexander, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 439 4. Steve Saleck, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 5. Josh Phifer, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 6. Nathan Carter, 2008-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Karl Bolt, 2004-07. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Dan Broderick, 1986-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 9. Addison Gentry, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 389 Mike Kazlausky, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . 369
MOST DOUBLES 1. Mike Thiessen, 1998-01. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 2. Matt Alexander, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Addison Gentry, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . . 57 4. Mike Kazlausky, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 5. Josh Phifer, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 6. Vern Mullis, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 7. Dan Broderick, 1986-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 8. Mike Sharp, 1993-96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 9. Karl Bolt, 2004-07. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 10. Derek Sawser, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Eric Pharris,1983-86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
HIGHEST SLUGGING PERCENTAGE (min. 400 at-bats) 1. Deacon Winters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .792 (323 TB, 408 AB), 1977-80 2. Glenn Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .749 (367 TB, 490 AB), 1992-95 3. Steve Saleck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .724 (399 TB, 551 AB), 1977-80 4. Jeff Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .721 (312 TB, 433 AB), 1973-76 5. Joe Saleck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .715 (304 TB, 425 AB), 1987-89 6. Vern Mullis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .703 (454 TB, 646 AB),. 1991-94 7. Lance Massey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .686 (219 TB, 405 AB), 1993-95 8. Mike White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .663 (287 TB, 433 AB), 1986-88 9. Dan Broderick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .637 (390 TB, 612 AB), 1986-89 Eric Pharris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .637 (324 TB, 508 AB),1983-86 11. Justin Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .627 (318 TB, 507 AB), 1994-97 MOST STOLEN BASES 1. Jim Best, 1978-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 2. Steve Saleck, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 3. Chay Derbigny, 2006-08. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 4. Nathan Carter, 2008-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5. Adam Howes, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 John Johnson, 1980-82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 7. Mike Kazlausky, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 8. Eric Pharris, 1983-86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 9. Mike Thiessen, 1998-01. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 10. Manny Robinson, 1991-93. . . . . . . . . . . 38 HIGHEST BATTING AVERAGE 1. John Johnson, 1980-82 . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Eric Pharris, 1983-86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Kyle Bartels, 1976-78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Bruce Huneke, 1963-65 . . . . . . . . . . . 5. Jim Best, 1978-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. Mark Frankenberg (1987-88) . . . . . . . . 7. Jim Steed, 1963-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. Steve Saleck, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. Jim Burton, 1957-59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. Jeff Brown, 1973-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. Dick Smithwick (1968-70) . . . . . . . . . 12. Deacon Winters, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . Kent Lammers, 1960-62. . . . . . . . . . . 14. John Medina, 1961-63 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. Lance Massey, 1993-95 . . . . . . . . . . .
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MOST STRIKEOUTS 1. Nathan Carter, 2008-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 2. Geno Salazar, 2004-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 3. Jason Davis, 1996-99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 4. Addison Gentry, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 139 5. Josh Phifer, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 6. Karl Bolt, 2004-07. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 7. Chay Derbigny, 2006-08 . . . . . . . . . . . 130 8. Matt Alexander, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 127 9. Adam Howes, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 10. Ben Ausbun, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
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Individual Career Records MOST WALKS (Batting) 1. Mike Thiessen, 1998-01. . . . . . . . . . . . 143 2. Nathan Carter, 2008-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 3. Mike Kazlausky, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . 116 4. Addison Gentry, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . 100 Mike Sharp, 1993-96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 6. Lance Massey, 1993-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 7. Karl Bolt, 2003-07. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 8. Dan Broderick, 1986-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Steve Saleck, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 10. Tim Pharris, 1982-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
MOST RUNS ALLOWED 1. Matt Kaercher, 1999-02. . . . . . . . . . . . 355 2. Michael Tufte, 1998-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 3. Erik Fisher, 1999-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 4. Alex Truesdale, 2007-2010 . . . . . . . . . 334 5. Scott Oss, 1985-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 6. Dave Lyons, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 7. Mitch Brown, 2004-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 8. Eric Eldridge, 1995-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 9. Paul Vignola, 2003-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 10. Jon Mosier, 1987-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
MOST TIMES HIT BY PITCH 1. Josh Phifer, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 2. Chris Humphrey, 1998-00 . . . . . . . . . . . 45 3. Mike Kazlausky, 1988-91 . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 4. Karl Bolt, 2004-07. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Glenn Harris, 1992-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 6. Jason Rudd, 1993-96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 7. Vern Mullis, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 8. Nathan Carter, 2008-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chay Derbigny, 2006-08. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 10. K.J. Randhawa, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Anthony Sansano, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . 24
MOST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED 1. Alex Truesdale, 2007-09 . . . . . . . . . . . 289 2. Matt Kaercher, 1999-02. . . . . . . . . . . . 288 3. Michael Tufte, 1998-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 4. Erik Fisher, 1999-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 5. Paul Vignola, 2003-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 6. Dave Lyons, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Scott Oss, 1985-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 8. Mitch Brown, 2004-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 9. Eric Eldridge, 1995-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 10. Ryan Johnson, 1995-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
MOST SACRIFICE BUNTS 1. K.J. Randhawa, 2007-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2. Blair Roberts, 2009-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3. Irv Higa, 1982-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4. Vai Schierholtz, 2008-09, 11 . . . . . . . . . 14 5. Parker Mayo, 2008-09, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Jon Polston, 2005-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Mike Manor, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Tom Coleman, 1982-75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9. Ed Schumacher, 1978-79 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Scot McLaughlin, 1978-79 . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MOST GAMES PITCHED 1. Michael Ruvolo, 2007-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 2. Steve Carson, 1989-92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 3. Keith Umlauf, 1992-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 4. Mitch Brown, 2004-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 5. Matt Kaercher, 1999-02. . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 6. Erik Fisher, 1999-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 7. Paul Vignola, 2003-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 8. Alex Truesdale, 2007-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 9. Brian Oswalt, 1992-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 10. Michael Tufte, 1998-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 MOST COMPLETE GAMES 1. Bob Wright, 1981-84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2. Rich Haynie, 1971-74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3. Wade Leatham, 1976-79 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Alan McClure, 1964-66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5. Scott Oss, 1985-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Dave Commons, 1972-75. . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7. Bill Horacek, 1967-69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Pete Bracci, 1963-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 MOST INNINGS PITCHED 1. Erik Fisher, 1999-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.0 2. Matt Kaercher, 1999-02 . . . . . . . . . . 355.0 3. Alex Truesdale, 2007-10 . . . . . . . . . . 328.0 4. Michael Tufte, 1998-01 . . . . . . . . . . 298.1 5. Bob Wright, 1981-84. . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.1 6. Dave Lyons, 1994-97. . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.1 7. Scott Oss, 1985-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.1 8. Jake Petro, 2006-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.0 9. Mitch Brown, 2004-07 . . . . . . . . . . . 242.1 Rich Haynie, 1971-74 . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.1
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MOST HITS ALLOWED 1. Alex Truesdale, 2007-09 . . . . . . . . . . . 532 2. Matt Kaercher, 1999-02. . . . . . . . . . . . 502 3. Erik Fisher, 1999-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 4. Michael Tufte, 1998-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 5. Scott Oss, 1985-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 6. Dave Lyons, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 7. Mitch Brown, 2004-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 8. Paul Vignola, 2003-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 9. Eric Eldridge, 1995-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 10. Bob Wright, 1981-84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
MOST LOSSES 1. Erik Fisher, 1999-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 2. Alex Truesdale, 2007-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Mitch Brown, 2004-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4. Matt Kaercher, 1999-02. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5. Paul Vignola, 2003-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 6. Eric Eldridge, 1995-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Michael Tufte, 1998-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 8. Jake Petro, 2006-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 9. Dave Lyons, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 10. Ryan Johnson, 1995-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Jon Mosier, 1987-89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Scott Oss, 1985-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 MOST SAVES 1. Keith Umlauf, 1992-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2. Steve Carson, 1989-92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3. Todd Ladd, 1995-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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LOWEST EARNED RUN AVERAGE 1. Greg Postulka, 1976-78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.09 2. Pete Bracci, 1963-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.21 3. Rich Haynie, 1972-75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.34 4. Tom Grinstead, 1979-78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.44 5. Alan McClure, 1964-66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.53 6. Bill Horacek, 1967-69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.68 7. Jim Hogarty, 1965-67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.83 8. Ed Cole, 1968-70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.91 9. Bill Savage, 1967-69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.93 10. Dick McDonald, 1969-71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.03
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MOST STRIKEOUTS (Pitching) 1. Erik Fisher, 1999-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 2. Bob Wright, 1981-84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 3. Matt Kaercher, 1999-02. . . . . . . . . . . . 262 4. Michael Tufte, 1998-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Rich Haynie, 1971-74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 6. Alex Truesdale, 2007-10 . . . . . . . . . . . 205 7. Alan McClure, 1964-66 . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 8. Pete Bracci, 1963-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 9. Jon Mosier, 1987-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 10. Bill Horacek, 1967-69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 MOST WALKS (Pitching) 1. Erik Fisher, 1999-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 2. Bob Wright, 1981-84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 3. Dave Lyons, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 4. Chris Coffland, 1982-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 5. Alan McClure, 1964-66 . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 6. Jon Mosier, 1987-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 7. Mitch Brown, 2004-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 8. Matt Kaercher, 1999-02. . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Roch Rhinehart, 1983-85 . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Fred Olmsted, 1962-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 MOST WINS 1. Bob Wright, 1981-84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2. Matt Kaercher, 1999-02. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3. Dave Lyons, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4. Rich Haynie, 1971-74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5. Wade Leatham, 1976-79 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6. John Lahoff, 1977-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Alan McClure, 1964-66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8. Michael Tufte, 1998-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Jon Mosier, 1987-89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 10. Erik Fisher, 1999-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Rob Lisch, 1991-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Steve Carson, 1989-92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Scott Oss, 1985-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Bill Horacek, 1967-69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Fred Olmstead, 1962-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Greg Postulka Erik Fisher is the AFA all-time strikeout leader with 292 K’s and all-time innings pitched leader with 358 innings worked.
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Batting Average (min. 5 at-bats) - 1.000, John McBroom vs. Colorado College, May 10, 1967 (9 for 9) At Bats - 9, John McBroom vs Colorado College, May 10, 1967 Runs Scored - 7, Addison Gentry vs. Doane College, April 2, 2008; Rick Starr vs Colorado College, May 10, 1967 Hits - 9, John McBroom vs Colorado College, May 10, 1967 Doubles - 4, Matt Alexander vs. Colorado Christian, 3/4/09 Mike Kazlausky vs. New Mexico Highlands, March 10, 1991 Triples - 3, Charles Simmons vs Colorado College, April 12, 1974 Home Runs - 3, nine times. Most recent, Matt Alexander, vs. Utah Valley, April 4, 2009 Extra Base Hits - 5, John McBroom vs. Colorado College, May 10, 1967 (2 doubles, 1 triple, 2 HR) Runs Batted In - 12, John McBroom vs Colorado College, May 10, 1967 Total Bases - 19, John McBroom vs Colorado College, May 19, 1967 Stolen Bases - 6, Jim Best vs Colorado College, May 4, 1979 Walks - 5, Mark Frankenberg vs Colorado Mines, April 6, 1988 (1st Game); vs BYU, April 5, 1988 (2nd Game) Strikeouts (batting) - 6, Bob Wagner vs UC Santa Barbara, March 28, 1975 (15 innings) Errors - 4, four players. Most recent, Mike Kazlausky (SS) vs Regis, March 30, 1988 Double Plays - 4, by six players. Most recently by K. J. Randhawa vs. Mississippi State, April. 1 2008. Assists - 10, Marty Schmidt (3B) vs Denver, May 11, 1979 Putouts - 17, Don Meister (C) vs Doane College, May 11, 1979 Innings Pitched - 10, three players. Most recent, Bob Wright vs. BYU, April 18, 1983 Walks Allowed - 10 by Bobby Ciola vs Northern-Colorado, April 18, 1977 Home Runs Yielded - 7, Ernie Richardson vs BYU, Apr. 21, 1981 Runs Surrendered - 16, Price Paramore vs. SDSU, 5/5/06; Jeff Tetrault vs. BYU 3/31/05; Ernie Richardson vs Utah, 4/17/81 (1st Game); Kel Christianson vs Utah, Apr. 19, 1982 (2nd Game) Earned Runs Surrendered - 14, Shawn Jansen vs. BYU, April 24, 1987 Strikeouts (pitcher) - 17, two players. Most recent, Rich Haynie vs Doane, May 7, 1971 Wild Pitches - 5, Chris Jessop vs. BYU, Jan. 31, 1998 Strikeouts In An Inning - 5, Mike Wollett vs. Rhodes College, March 4, 1990
Games Played - 60, Mark DeGrange, 1990 At Bats - 232, Matt Alexander, Garrett Custons, 2010 Hits - 91, Mike Thiessen, 2000 Runs Scored - 73, Lance Massey, 1995 Doubles - 28, Mike Thiessen, 2000 Triples - 12, Vern Mullis, 1994 Home Runs - 21, Mark Frankenberg, 1988 Walks - 44, Mike Kazlausky, 1989 Times Hit By Pitch - 20 Glenn Harris and Jason Rudd, 1996 Strikeouts - 56, Nathan Carter, 2009 Runs Batted In - 83, Mark Frankenberg, 1988 Stolen Bases - 41, Jim Best, 1979 Batting Average (min. 100 ABs) - .491, John Johnson, (53-108), 1982 Hitting Streak - 33, Mike Thiessen, 19992000 Consecutive Times On Base - 15, Deacon Winters, 1980 Total Bases - 162, Mark Frankenberg, 1988 (198 AB) Slugging Percentage (min. 100 ABs) 1.098, Deacon Winters, 1980 (135 TB, 123 AB) Fielding Average (min. 50 attempts) 1.000, by 13 players. Most recent, Matt Alexander (OF/1B), 2008 (67 attempts) Games (Pitcher) - 33, Michael Ruvolo 2007, Keith Umlauf, 1995 Complete Games - 11, Pete Bracci, 1964 Innings Pitched - 110.1 Matt Kaercher, 2002 Runs Allowed - 115, Roch Rhinehart,1985; Mike Tufte, 1999 Hits Allowed - 157, Alex Truesdale, 2010 Strikeouts (pitcher) - 103, Pete Bracci,1964 Walks Allowed - 60, Alan McClure, 1964 Victories - 10, Dave Lyons, 1995 Losses - 11, Paul Vignola, 2004 and Erik Fisher, 2001 ERA - 2.15, Tom Grinstead, 1979 Saves - 11, Keith Umlauf, 1995 Pick-Offs - 10, Tom Grinstead, 1979 Scoreless Inning Streak - 21.1, Erik Fisher, Feb. 20-March 11, 2000
At Bats - 61 vs. Colorado College, May 10, 1987 Plate Appearances, Inning - 23 vs. Colorado College, 2/5/94 (2nd inning) Runs - 38 vs. Colorado College, 5/10/67 Runs, Inning - 18 (1st) vs. Metro St, 4/20/74 Runs in a loss - 29 vs. Denver (33), 5/13/68 Combined Runs in a game - 62, Air Force (29) vs. Denver (33), 5/13/68 Hits - 33 vs. Utah, 4/30/88 Hits, Inning - 14 (1st) vs. Metro St, 4/20/74 Combined Hits - 59, Air Force (30) vs. Denver (29), 5/13/68 Fewest AFA Hits - 0, five times. Most recent vs. San Diego State, 5/8/09. Doubles - 10 vs. Utah, 4/30/88 Triples - 6 vs. Hastings College, Jan. 26, 2001 Home Runs - 8 vs. South Dakota, 4/12/63. Combined Home Runs - 13, AFA (5) vs. Utah (8), 5/4/85 Consecutive Home Runs - 3 vs. Metro State (Jim Corrigan, Brian Duffy, Dave Bunker), 4/16/75. Extra Base Hits - 16 vs. Utah, 4/30/88 (9 doubles, 0 triples, 7 home runs) Runners Left On Base (seven inning game) - 17 vs. Grand Canyon, 3/12/95 Total Bases - 63 vs. Utah (60 AB), 4/30/88 Slugging Percentage - 1.162 vs. Hastings (43 TB, 37 AB), 2/8/03 Combined Total Bases - 104, AFA (48) vs. Denver (56), 5/13/68 Runs Batted In - 34 vs. Colorado College, 5/10/67. Combined RBI - 52, Air Force (24) vs. Denver (28), 5/13/68 Stolen Bases - 12 vs. Metro State, 5/10/78 (2d game) Walks - 17 vs. Colorado College, 5/25/60. Strikeouts - 22 vs. Stanford, 3/25/71. Assists - 22 vs. Denver, 5/15/58. Errors - 10 vs. UNLV, 3/26/84; vs. BYU, 3/30/97 Double Plays - 4, five times. Most recent vs. Ft. Hays State, 3/9/93. Earned Runs Allowed - 32 vs. BYU, 4/24/87 Runs Allowed - 36 vs SDSU 5/5/06. Hits Allowed - 34 vs BYU, 4/24/87. Fewest Hits Allowed - 0 vs. Idaho (Hogarty-pitcher), 5/28/67 Home Runs Allowed - 12 vs. BYU, 4/25/98 Stolen Bases Allowed - 8 vs. Wyoming, 5/4/80. Opponent Errors - 10 vs. Colorado Mines, 4/10/02. Innings Pitched - 15 vs. UC Santa Barbara, 3/27/75. Strikeouts - 17 by Doane, 5/7/71; Walks Allowed - 17 vs. Notre Dame, 2/29/92 Wild Pitches - 10 vs. Hawaii, 4/22/88. Consecutive Games Not Shut out - 141, 1977-81.
Games Played - 60, 1990 Victories - 33, 1979 Best Start - 7-0, 2001 Worst Start- 0-16, 1971 Consecutive Victories - 12, 1992 Consecutive Home Wins - 16, 1971 Consecutive Road Wins - 6, 1964, 1979, 1991 Consecutive Conf. Wins - 6, 2002 Consecutive Home Conf. Wins - 6, 1982 and 2002 Consecutive Road Conf. Wins - 4, 1984 Consecutive Losses - 35, 2004 Consecutive Home Losses - 13, 2004-05 Consecutive Road Losses - 26, 2004 Consecutive Home Conf. Losses - 15, 2004-05 Consecutive Road Conf. Losses - 30, 2004-05 Consecutive Winning Seasons - 4, 1977-80 Consecutive Losing Seasons - 15, 1996-2011 Consecutive Games Above .500 - 154, Feb. 6, 1993-96 Consecutive Games Below .500 - 97, Mar. 1, 2003-May 27, 2004 At Bats - 1,986, 2010 Batting Average - .382, 1980 Runs Scored - 507, 1988 Hits - 650, 2000 Doubles - 151, 1988 Doubles Per Game - 2.60 (151 in 58 g), 1988 Triples - 38, 1994 Triples Per Game - 0.96 (26 in 28 g), 1963 Home Runs - 76, 1988, 1994 Slugging Pct. - .623, 1980, 1994 Lowest Slugging Pct. - .393, 2011 Total Bases - 1,022, 1988 Fewest Total Bases - 645, 1991 Runs Batted In - 448, 1988 Walks - 261, 1988 Hit Batters - 76, 1995, 1999 Sacrifice Hits - 44, 2010 Sacrifice Flys - 37, 2002 Stolen Bases - 122, 1978 and 1979 Stolen Base Attempts - 132, 1982 On-Base Percentage - .469, 1988 Strikeouts - 474, 2004 Fewest Errors - 39, 1965 Most Errors - 163, 1988 Fielding Average - .960, 2011 Putouts - 1,411, 2010 Assists - 633, 1995 Team Earned Run Average - 3.45, 1964 Fewest Walks (Pitching) - 76, 1967 Most Strikeouts (Pitching) - 378, 2001 Hits Allowed - 893, 2010 Runs Allowed - 701, 2004 Earned Runs Allowed - 576, 2004 Doubles Allowed - 180, 2005 Triples Allowed - 36, 2004 Home Runs Allowed - 107, 2004 Opponents’ Batting Average - .396, 2004 Innings Pitched - 464.2, 2001 Complete Games - 23, 1980 Shutouts - 4, 1990, 2000 Saves - 12, 1995
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Falcon Honors 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Team Captains Bob Beckel Bob Beckel Larry Thomson Norm Haller Rich Mayo/Mike Quinlan Kenton Lammers Wilson Parma Darryl Bloodworth Bruce Huneke John Ollila John McBroom Barney Mills/Jim Reese Rick Starr Dick Smithwick Game Captains Tom Stites Rich Haynie Pat Corrigan Brian Duffy Jeff Brown Kyle Bartels Kyle Bartels Eddie Schumacher Deacon Winters Tim Gallagher John Johnson/Joe Romanko Ray Kozak Paul Ayres Tim Pharris Bruce Hawkins/Rock Rinehart Bobby Johnson Chuck Cook/Michael White Chuck Cook/Jon Mosier Mark DeGrange/Tim Lambert Dave O’Keeffe/Troy Simon Layne Kasper/Troy Simon K.McCallum/L.Pilch/M. Robinson R. Lisch/M.Manor/A.Sansano A. Barker/G.Harris/S.Sanders Kevin Gross/Mike Sharp J.Collins/A.Watson/D.Lyons Ryan Johnson/Nate Tarkowski Mike Boomsma/Chad Hillberg Brendan Shannon Brad Bashore/Michael Tufte Erik Fisher/Matt Kaercher Bowie Frost/Johnny Koegel Travis Fugler Brent Tittle Karl Bolt Did not have captains Chay Derbigny, Jake Petro Jake Petro, K.J. Randhawa M. Alexander, K.J. Randhawa, A. Truesdale Nathan Carter
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Team Most Valuable Players No MVP No MVP No MVP No MVP No MVP No MVP No MVP No MVP No MVP Al McClure, pitcher John McBroom, outfielder Barney Mills, outfielder Bill Horacek, pitcher Dick Smithwick, outfielder Dick McDonald, pitcher/first base Rich Haynie, pitcher Jim Ilseng, catcher Pat Corrigan, first base Jeff Brown, outfielder Steve Murdoch, first base Dave Reiner, outfielder Kyle Bartels, outfielder John Lahoff, pitcher Steve Saleck, outfielder Joe Romanko, infielder Joe Romanko, infielder Paul Ayres, infielder Paul Ayres, infielder Tom Coleman, outfielder Dan Broderick, outfielder Mike White, first base Mike White, first base Jon Mosier, pitcher Steve Carson, pitcher Troy Simon, catcher Manny Robinson, infielder Manny Robinson, infielder Glenn Harris, outfielder Lance Massey, outfielder Ryan Johnson, pitcher Justin Collins, designated hitter Travis Lauritsen, first base/pitcher Mike Thiessen, shortstop Chris Humphrey, designated hitter Michael Tufte, pitcher Bowie Frost, third base Josh Phifer, outfielder Nathan DeRohan, shortstop Reid Lamson, outfielder Karl Bolt, first base Karl Bolt, first base/outfielder Alex Truesdale, pitcher Matt Alexander, DH/1B Addison Gentry, 1B Alex Bast, OF
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2011 MVP Alex Bast
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Falcon Honors AFA Most Valuable Athlete 1961 Rich Mayo, Football/Baseball 1974 Rich Haynie, Football/Baseball 2002 Brian Gornick, Hockey/Baseball
1959 1962 1964 1975 1977 1978 1980 1992
AFA Athletic Leadership Bob Beckel, Basketball/Baseball Bob Schaumberg, Basketball/Baseball Darryl Bloodworth, Football/Baseball Mike Mark, Football/Baseball Dave Reiner, Football/Baseball Kyle Bartels, Baseball Deacon Winters, Baseball Troy Simon, Baseball
1959 1960 1961 1963 1967 1969 1985
AFA Athletic Excellence Larry Thomson, Football/Baseball John Kuenzel, Football/Baseball Mike Quinlan, Football/Baseball Wilson Parma, Baseball/Football Jim Hogarty, Football/Baseball Barry Cline, Football/Baseball Tom Coleman, Football/Baseball
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Winners 1967 Jim Hogarty 1975 Larry Bryant 1988 Tyler Eldred
Pilch Inducted To CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame Lance Pilch, a 1993 graduate and three-year letterwinner, was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame in the summer of 2007. A team captain who batted .361 in 1993, Pilch hit 11 career triples ranking seventh alltime at the Academy. At the time of induction he was one of only three pilots in the world qualified to fly the F-16, F-15 and the F-22.
AFA Scholar-Athlete Award 1974 Jeff Greiner 1975 Larry Bryant 1988 Tyler Eldred
ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE 1988 Tyler Eldred, OF
1995 James Ryan, P
2002 Jesper Stubbendorff, P
2008 Tyler McBride, OF
1988 Greg Harris, C
1996 Travis Lauritsen, P/IF
2003 Adam Howes, 1B
2008 Vai Schierholtz, 3B
1988 Jim Lucas, P
1996 Dave Lyons, P
2003 Dan Petro, C
2009 Evan Abrecht, P
1989 Kevin Cabanas, OF
1997 Dave Lyons, P
2003 Josh Phifer, OF
2009 Casey Allen, P
1989 Chuck Cook, IF
1998 Ben Menges, P
2003 Jason Pruitt, P
2009 Michael Ceci, P
1989 Mark DeGrange, IF
2000 Brad Bashore, P
2003 Jesper Stubbendorff, P
2009 Jon McMahon, IF
1990 Kevin Cabanas, P
2000 Brian Gornick, OF
2005 John Meyers, P
2009 Tytus Moss, OF
1990 Mark DeGrange, IF
2000 Josh Phifer, OF
2005 Dustin Smith, IF
2010 Evan Abrecht, P
1990 Keith Kelly, P
2000 Brendan Shannon, IF
2006 Billy Adams, IF
2010 Michael Ceci, P
1991 Kevin Cabanas, P
2001 Brad Bashore, IF
2006 Casey Allen, P
2010 Matt Zettler, P
1991 Mark Grotelueschen, P
2001 Kiwedin Cornell, P
2006 Josh Meents, P/OF/DH
2011 Evan Abrecht, P
1991 Keith Kelly, P
2001 Adam Howes, IF
2006 Dustin Smith, IF/OF
2011 Michael Ceci, P
1992 Lance Pilch, OF
2001 Dan Petro, C
2007 Casey Allen, P
2011 Luke Dorlac, P
1992 Daron Stewart, P
2001 Josh Phifer, OF
2007 Tyler McBride, OF
2011 Jon McMahon, OF
1993 Lance Pilch, OF
2002 Bowie Frost, 3B
2007 Josh Meents, C
2011 Vai Schierholtz, IF
1993 James Ryan, P
2002 Adam Howes, 1B
2007 Joe Peterson, P
2011 Matt Zettler, P
1993 Keith Umlauf, P
2002 Dan Petro, C
2008 Jake Allen, OF
1994 James Ryan, P
2002 Josh Phifer, OF
2008 Nathan Carter, IF/OF
1995 Dave Lyons, P
2002 Jason Pruitt, P
2008 Josh Meents, C
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Falcon Honors All-Americans
Matt Alexander 2009 First Team
Josh Phifer 2003 Honorable Mention
Mike Thiessen 2000 Third Team
Dan Broderick 1989 Third Team
Glenn Harris 1995 Third Team
Troy Simon 1992 Third Team
Dick Smithwick 1970 Second Team
All-Conference 1982 1982 1984 1985 1985 1985 1985 1986 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989 1989 1990 1991 1991 1991 1991 1992 1993 1994 1994 1995 1995 1995 1997 1999 2000 2000 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2007 2011 2011
Wilson Parma 1962 Third Team 1963 Third Team
Freshman All-Americans
John Johnson, OF (Northern) Bob Wright, P (Northern) Paul Ayers, IF (Northern) Tim Pharris, C (Northern) Eric Pharris, OF (Northern) Rock Rhinehart, P (Northern HM) Tom Coleman, OF (Northern HM) Eric Pharris, OF (Eastern/combined) Steve Edwards, IF (Eastern) Mike White, IF (Eastern) Mark Frankenberg, IF (Combined) Dan Broderick, OF (Combined second team) Joe Saleck, OF (Combined HM) Mike Kazlausky, IF (Combined HM) Darren Schwankl, OF (Combined HM) Troy Simon, C (Combined second team) Manny Robinson, IF (Combined HM) Mike Kazlausky, IF (Combined HM) Rob Lisch, P (Combined HM) Troy Simon, C (Combined first team) Manny Robinson, IF (Eastern) Vern Mullis, IF (Eastern) Glenn Harris, OF (Eastern) Glenn Harris, DH (Eastern) Lance Massey, OF (Eastern) Dave Lyons, P (Eastern) Justin Collins, DH (North) Ryan Carville, 1B (Combined) Mike Thiessen, CF (Combined first team) Chris Humphrey, DH (Combined second team) Bowie Frost, 3B (Combined first team) Matt Kaercher, P (Combined second team) Josh Phifer, OF (Combined second team) Derck Kasel, DH (Combined second team) Dan Petro, C (Combined second team) Josh Phifer, OF (Combined second team) Karl Bolt, DH (First team) Garrett Custons, C (First team) Sean Carley, RHP (Second Team)
Steve Sanders
Brian Bernard 1994 Hon. Mention
Mike Thiessen
Tom Coleman
Karl Bolt
Other MWC Honors 2002 2005
1992 Hon. Mention
Matt Kaercher
Reed Peters, Coach of the Year Jon Polston, Baseball Sportsmanship Award ^ All teams are first team unless otherwise noted ^ HM denotes honorable mention ^ 1981-1985 Western Athletic Conference was split North and South ^ 1986-1987 WAC was split East and West ^ 1988-1992, 1999 WAC was not divided ^ 1993-1995 WAC was split East and West ^ 1996-98 WAC split into North, South, West 2000-2005 Mountain West Conference six-team league 2006-11 MWC seven-team league
Steve Winters
1998 Hon. Mention 2002 First Team
Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans
Zach McAngus 2003 First Team
K.J. Randhawa 2007 Hon. Mention
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Garrett Custons 2010 All-American
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Dennis Hall Dick Smithwick Bill Maggio Brad Fulk Jeff Brown Kevin Ewing
1988 1992 1993 2002 2002 2003
Tyler Eldred Lance Pilch Lance Pilch Adam Howes Josh Phifer Josh Phifer
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NCAA Records Team Game Offense Most runs by two teams: 62, Denver (33) vs AFA (29), May 13, 1968 Most runs in first inning: 18, Air Force vs. Metro State, April 20, 1974 Most runs by losing team: 29, Air Force vs Denver (33), May 13, 1968
Team Pitching Most wild pitches in one game: 10 vs Hawai’i, April 22, 1988 Most strikeouts in one inning: 5, Mike Wollet vs. Rhodes College, Mar. 4, 1990
Air Force has led the nation in team batting more than any other team (five times). The team batting championships are as follows: YR G AB H HR AVG. 1962 32 1067 352 34 .330 1963 26 945 310 59 .328 1964 27 981 331 40 .337 1980 37 1167 446 60 .382 1994 50 1602 576 76 .360
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Individual Records Most hits in one game - 9, John McBroom vs. Colorado College, 5-10-67 Most Career Triples - 33, Nathan Carter, 2008-11
National Leaders Air Force ranks among the top in several single-season categories. * The .382 batting average in 1980 is the third-highest in NCAA history. * The Falcons averaged 2.60 doubles per game in 1988. That is the 10th-most in NCAA history. * The Falcons averaged 0.96 triples per game in 1963. That is the seventh-best in NCAA history. * Deacon Winters’ 1.098 slugging percentage in 1980 still ranks as the third-best slugging percentage in NCAA history.
NCAA INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Air Force has led the nation in slugging percentage four times, more than any other school. The slugging percentage titles follow: YR TB AB % 1975 610 1,183 .516 1980 728 1,167 .623 1994 998 1,602 .623 1995 944 1,675 .564
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Air Force has led the nation in triples per game four times. That total is the second most in the nation, behind Arizona. YR G 3B PER GAME 1993 50 35 0.70 1994 50 38 0.76 2008 51 32 0.63 2010 55 36 0.65
Triples
Slugging Percentage (three times - tied with BYU for most in NCAA history) 1957 John Kuenzel, .891 (49 TB, 55 AB) 1970 Dick Smithwick, .847 (100 TB, 118 AB) 1980 Deacon Winters, 1.098 (135 TB, 123 AB)
THE SPRING OF ‘94 The 1994 season was one of the most prolific in AFA history. The Falcons led the nation in batting average, triples per game and slugging percentage. The Falcons also ranked third in scoring (9.34 runs per game), sixth in home runs (1.52 per game) and 11th in doubles (2.36 per game).
RBI Per Game Jim Steed
1964 Jim Steed, 1.48 (40 RBI, 27 G) 1980 Deacon Winters, 1.75 (63 RBI, 36 G)
Individually, the Falcons ranked in the top 10 in six categories. Senior Vern Mullis led the nation in triples per game (0.24) and was 19th in runs scored per game (1.24). Junior outfielder Glenn Harris, who earned third-team All-America honors, was third in the nation in slugging percentage (.876), third in RBI per game (1.47), 10th in batting average (.429) and 19th in home runs per game (0.33).
Home Runs Per Game (three times - more than any other school in NCAA history) 1963 Darryl Bloodworth, 0.38 (10 HR, 26 G) 1964 Jim Steed, 0.37 (10 HR, 27 G) 1980 Deacon Winters, 0.52 (20 HR, 36 G)
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Triples Per Game 1974 Charlie Simmons 0.42 (8 3B, 19 G) 1994 Vern Mullis 0.24 (12 3B, 50 G) 2008 Nathan Carter 0.20 (10 3B, 50 G)
Triples 1994 Vern Mullis, 12 2008 Nathan Carter, 10
Career Triples 33 - Nathan Carter, 2008-11
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Falcon Letterwinners -AAbrecht, Evan . . . . . . . . . . . 2009-10 (12) Abt, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 (11) Adams, Billy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-06 (07) Ahmann, Luke . . . . . . . . . . 1990- 91 (93) Alexander, James W. . . . . . . . . 1960 (60) Alexander, Matt . . . . . . . . . 2007-10 (10) Alford, Justin . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-01 (03) Allen, Casey. . . . . . . . . . 2006-07, 09 (09) Allen, Drew . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-97 (97) Allen, Jake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 (08) Allen, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 (96) Amidon, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 (00) Apfel, Karl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977-80 (80) Arnett, Rob . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-03 (03) Atkins, Steven M. . . . . . . . . . . 1981 (82) Atzhorn, David . . . . . . . . . . 1976-78 (78) Ausbun, Ben . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-10 (10) Axlund, Roger . . . . . . . . . . . 1957-59 (59) Ayres, Paul F. . . . . . . . . . . . 1981-84 (84) -BBackus, Larry A. . . . . . . . . . 1961-63 (63) Baker, Alex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010-11 (13) Barattino, Matt . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09 (11) Barker, Alan. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992-95 (95) Barker, Chuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 (92) Bartels, Kyle M . . . . . . . . . . 1976-78 (78) Bashore, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-01 (01) Bast, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010-11 (13) Batey, Nick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 (10) Beckel, Robert D . . . . . . . . . 1957-59 (59) Bell, Jeffrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 (81) Berg, Sonje . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-00 (00) Bernard, Brian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 (97) Bernhart, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 (90) Bertelson, Ben. . . . . . . . . . . 2010-11 (13) Best, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978-80 (80) Bisbano, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 (95) Bloodworth, Darryl. . . . . . . 1962-64 (64) Bolt, Karl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-07 (07) Bonner, Charles J. . . . . . . . . . . 1970 (70) Boomsma, Michael. . . . . . . 1998-99 (99) Bourque, Valmore W. . . . . . . 1957 (59) Bow, Rudolph N . . . . . . . . . 1960-61 (62) Bracci, Peter G. . . . . . . . . . . 1963-64 (65)
-DDahlmann, James. . . . . . . . 1979-82 (82) Daly, Jake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 (09) Davis, Donald E. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976 (77) Davis, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99 (99) Day, Chad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992-94 (95) Day, Lawrence E. . . . . . . . . 1961-63 (63) DeGrange, Mark . . . . . . . . . 1987-90 (90) Del Toro, Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 (14) DePierre, Kyle . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-05 (06) DeRohan, Nathan . . . . . . . . 2002-05 (03) Derbigny, Chay . . . . . . . . . . 2006-08 (08) Diehl, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998-01 (01) Dorlac, Luke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 (13) Duffy, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973-75 (75) Dycus, Chesley . . . . . . . . . . 1998-99 (00)
Rich Haynie was the 1973 team captain. A four-year letterwinner, Haynie was also the team MVP in 1972. Haynie is fourth all-time at the Academy in wins (20) and strikeouts (224).
Broderick, Dan . . . . . . . . . . 1986-89 (89) Brown, Bruce C. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978 (81) Brown, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-04 (06) Brown, Jeff S. . . . . . . . . . . . 1973-76 (76) Brown, Mitch. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-07 (07) Brown, Walter J. . . . . . . . . 1969-70 (71) Brownlow, Blaine J. . . . . . . 1963-64 (65) Bruhn, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 (97) Bryant, Larry W. . . . . . . . . . 1973-75 (75) Buckner, Greg . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-94 (94) Bunker, David N. . . . . . . . . 1975-76 (77) Burns, Joe L. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1961-63 (63) Burton, James G. . . . . . . . . 1957-59 (59) Buschko, Michael D. . . . . . . . . 1976 (77) Buttress, John K. . . . . . . . . . . . 1979 (82) -CCabanas, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . 1988-91 (91) Capra, Vince . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 (12) Carley, Sean. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010-11 (13) Carpenter, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 (09) Carson, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . 1989-92 (92) Carter, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . 2008-11 (11) Carville, Ryan. . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-00 (01) Ceci, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009-11 (12) Chapados, Michael . . . . . . . 2001-03 (03) Chastain, John (Trey) . . . . . . . . 1992 (94) Ciola, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974-77 (77) Cisar, Tommy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 (02) Clark, Kirk B. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1961-62 (62) Clifford, Chris. . . . . . . . . . . . 1982-85 (85) Cline, Barry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967-69 (69) Clinton, Kyle . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-02 (03) Coffland, Chris K. . . . . . . . . 1982-85 (85) Colangelo, Stephen. . . . . . . 2010-11 (13) Cole, Edward S. . . . . . . . . . 1968-70 (70) Coleman, Tom. . . . . . . . . . . 1982-85 (85) Collins, Justin. . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-97 (97) Commons, David. . . . . . . . . 1973-75 (75) Cook, Chuck. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986-89 (89) Coon, Bryan Scott . . . . . . . . 1989-90 (92) Copenhafer, Robert . . . . . . 1971-72 (72) Corrigan, James. . . . . . . . . . 1972-75 (75) Nathan Carter set an NCAA record with Corrigan, Patrick . . . . . . . . . 1971-74 (74) 33 career triples. Carter also led the Cornell, Kiwedin . . . . . . . . . 2000-01 (01) NCAA with 10 triples as a freshman in Couch, Clayton . . . . . . . . . . 2003-04 (06) Cowart, Steve B. . . . . . . . . . 1991-94 (94) 2008. Custons, Garrett . . . . . . . . . 2010-11 (13)
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-EEdwards, Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 (07) Eldred, Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986-88 (88) Eldridge, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-97 (98) Ellis, Brett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-01 (03) Ely, Mark R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989 (92) Erdle, Michael P. . . . . . . . . . . . 1976 (76) Ewing, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981-82 (83) -FFeichtinger, Paul. . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 (95) Ferreria, Austin . . . . . . . . . . 2005-06 (08) Finneran, Gerald B.. . . . . . . 1957-58 (59) Finnern, Roger F. . . . . . . . . . . . 1970 (70) Firth, James A. . . . . . . . . . . 1978-80 (80) Fisher, Erik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-02 (02) Fitzgerald, Ryan. . . . . . . . . . 2001-03 (03) Fitzpatrick, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . 92-95 (95) Ford, Chuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 (92) Frady, Terry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 (91) Frankenberg, Mark. . . . . . . 1987-88 (90) Frederickson, Tony A. . . . . . . . 1981 (84) Frosch, Jared . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-98 (98) Frost, Bowie. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-03 (03) Fugler, Travis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 (05) Fulk, Bradley S. . . . . . . . . . 1971-72 (74)
Glenn Harris ranks second all-time at Air Force with 39 home runs and a .749 slugging percentage. In 1994, Harris hit 16 homers, drove in 72 runs and had an .876 slugging percentage.
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-HHall, Brad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 (96) Hall, Dennis G. . . . . . . . . . . 1968-70 (70) Hall, Karl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987-90 (90) Hall, Shea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 (10) Haller, Norman M. . . . . . . . 1958-60 (60) Hanson, Paul E. . . . . . . . . . 1966-67 (67) Harnly, Douglas. . . . . . . . . . 1971-74 (74) Harris, Glenn . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992-95 (95) Harris, Greg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985-88 (88) Hart, Adam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 (05) Hawkins, Bruce . . . . . . . . . . 1984-86 (86) Haynie, Rich. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1971-74 (74) Heintschel, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 (93) Heise, Keith H. . . . . . . . . . . 1977-78 (78) Hendrick, Blake M. . . . . . . . 1970-72 (72)
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Jeff Brown led the Falcons in hitting in 1973, 74, 75 and 76. Brown hit .400 in ‘74 and .419 in ‘75 and ranks 10th alltime at the Academy with a .390 career batting average. Higa, Irv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982-85 (85) Hill, Adam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009-11 (12) Hill, Thomas S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1959 (61) Hillberg, Chad . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99 (99) Hinman, Ellwood P. III . . . . . . . 1964 (64) Hodges, Trey . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-96 (96) Hodgson, Ken . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-04 (05) Hogarty, James . . . . . . . . . . 1965-67 (67) Hohl, Larry D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 (76) Horacek, Jack W. . . . . . . . . 1967-69 (69) Hourin, Jack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 (14) Houston, Joseph S. . . . . . . . . . 1968 (70) Howes, Adam . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-02 (03) Hudson, Philip R. . . . . . . . . 1971-72 (72) Hulce, Shayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 (12) Humphrey, Chris . . . . . . . . . 1998-00 (00) Huneke, Bruce V. . . . . . . . . 1963-65 (65) Hunt, Ronald B. . . . . . . . . . 1978-79 (79)
-KKaercher, Matt . . . . . . . . . . 1999-02 (02) Kaley, Brian G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1960 (60) Kasel, Dale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-05 (05) Kasel, Derck . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-03 (03) Kasper, Layne . . . . . . . . . . . 1989-92 (92) Kazakoff, Mike. . . . . . . . . . . 2009-11 (12) Kazlausky, Mike. . . . . . . . . . 1988-91 (91) Keck, Phillips W. . . . . . . . . . 1968-69 (69) Kellock, Robert E. . . . . . . . . 1959-61 (61) Kelly, Keith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989-91 (91) Kelter, Erol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-08 (08) Kerr, James A. Jr. . . . . . . . . 1958-60 (60) Kessler, Blair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 (12) Kirkendall, Robert H. . . . . . . . 1971 (74) Klein, Ron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982-83 (85) Kline, Seth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 (14) Koegel, Johnny . . . . . . . . . . 2000-03 (03) Koehler, Kincaid . . . . . . . . . 2010-11 (13) Kozak, Raymond . . . . . . . . . 1981-83 (83) Kramer, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 (14) Krause, Dave . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985-87 (87) Krusinski, Jeffrey . . . . . . . . 1991, 94 (94) Kuenzel, John D. . . . . . . . . . 1958-60 (60) Kurcz, Aaron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 (12) Kyle, James B. . . . . . . . . . . . 1960-61 (61)
-MMadison, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 (09) Maggio, William . . . . . . . . . 1969-71 (71) Manke, Robert . . . . . . . . . . 1970-71 (72) Manley, David A. . . . . . . . . 1981-83 (83) Manor, Mike T. . . . . . . . . . . 1991-94 (94) Mark, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 (75) Martin, Jason. . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-97 (97) Martinelli, Edward A. . . . . . 1960-61 (62) Martinez, Randy J. . . . . . . . 1976-77 (77) Martorano, Matthew . . . . . 1974-76 (76) Massey, Lance. . . . . . . . . . . 1993-95 (96) May, Gary M. . . . . . . . . . . . 1965-66 (67) Mayer, Jeffrey A. . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 (77) Mayo, James R. . . . . . . . . . 1960-61 (61) Mayo, Parker. . . . . . . . . 2008-09, 11 (11) McAllister, Branford J. . . . . . . 1973 (75) McAngus, Zach . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 (06) McArtor, Trusten . . . . . . . . 1962-64 (64) McBride, Tyler. . . . . . . . . . . 2007-09 (10) McBroom, John. . . . . . . . . . 1965-67 (67) McCallum, Kevin . . . . . . . . . 1991-93 (93) McCants, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 (04) McCants, Walter O. . . . . . . . . 1967 (68) McClure, Alan R. . . . . . . . . 1964-66 (66) McDonald, Richard . . . . . . 1969-71 (71) McDowell, Lance . . . . . . . . . . 1990 (90) McGrath, Jay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993 (96) McLaughlin, James . . . . . . 1980-81 (83) McLaughlin, Scott . . . . . . . 1977-79 (79) McMahon, Jon . . . . . . 2008-09, 11 (11) Meakins, Mark K. . . . . . . . 1975-77 (77) Mears, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-03 (03) Medina, Jon E. . . . . . . . . . 1961-63 (63) Meehan, David . . . . . . . . . 1977-78 (78) Meents, Josh . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-08 (08) Meister, Donald J. . . . . . . 1971-72 (73) Menges, Ben . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-98 (98) Meyers, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 (06) Michel, Norman E. . . . . . . . . . 1973 (74) Miller, David . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08 (10) Miller, Duane L. . . . . . . . . 1974-75 (77) Miller, Neil A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970 (71) Miller, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . 1978-80 (81) Mills, Barney . . . . . . . . . . . 1966-68 (68)
-LLaBasco, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-02 (03) Ladd, Todd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-98 (98) Lahoff, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977-80 (80) Lambert, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987-90 (90) Lammers, Kenton E. . . . . . 1961-62 (62) Lamson, Reid. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-05 (05) Laney, Russell M. . . . . . . . . . . . 1976 (76) Laswell, Greg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 (11) Laughrey, Ian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 (98) Lauritsen, Travis . . . . . . . . . 1995-98 (98) Lawrence, Michael . . . . . . . . . . 1978 (81) Leatham, Dale . . . . . . . . . . . 1976-79 (79) Lee, Richard W. . . . . . . . . . 1965-66 (66) Lerda-Plog, Alex . . . . . . . . . 2010-11 (13) LeVoy, James R. . . . . . . . . . 1968-70 (70) Liegl, Nick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-03 (03) Lisch, Rob M. . . . . . . . . . . . 1991-94 (94) Lobo, Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 (14) Long, Herbert B. . . . . . . . . . 1969-70 (71) Loyd, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . 2009-10 (12) Lucas, Jim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988-89 (91) Lupo, Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 (12) Lusk, Frank T J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 (77) Lyons, David . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-97 (97) Addison Gentry led the Falcons with 13 Matt Kearcher pitched two years in the homers and .346 batting average in Boston Red Sox minor league system 2010. Gentry ranks in the AFA top 10 in from 2002-03. Kearcher is Air Force’s seven offensive categories. second-winningest pitcher in school history with 23 wins.
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Vern Mullis is Air Force’s all-time leader with 195 career RBIs. He ranks second all-time with 39 homers and 20 triples. Mullis also led the Falcons in homers in 1992 and 1993. Moore, Charles L. . . . . . . . . . 1960 (62) Morelli, Peter E. . . . . . . . . 1965-66 (66) Morgan, Owen . . . . . . . . . . 1986-87(88) Mortenson, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 (00) Moses, Glenn E. . . . . . . . . 1971-73 (73) Mosier, Jon . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987-89 (89) Moss, Tytus . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09 (11) Mullis, Vern L. . . . . . . . . . 1991-94 (94) Murdock, Stephen . . . . . . 1973-76 (76) Murphy, Jim . . . . . . . . 1997-98, 00 (00) Musser, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 (06) -NNaugle, Shawn . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 (09) Neasham, John W. II . . . . . . . 1962 (64) Newton, Richard . . . . . . . . 1978 (75-77) Nixon, Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 (07) Nobriga, Nick . . . . . . . . . . 1995, 97 (98) Noegel, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 (00) Norris, Terry D. . . . . . . . . . 1959-61 (61) -OOakley, Josh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 (06) O’Connor, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . 1979 (80) O’Keeffe, David . . . . . . . . . 1990-91 (91) Ollila, John L. . . . . . . . . . . 1964-66 (66) Olmstead, Fred, Jr. . . . . . . 1962-64 (64) Olson, Bob. . . . . . . . . . 1993, 95-96 (96) Oss, Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985-88 (88) Oswalt, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . 1992-95 (95) -P/QPacker, Frank C. . . . . . . . . 1962-64 (64) Paramore, Price. . . 2001-02, 05-06 (06) Parma, Wilson H. . . . . . . . 1961-63 (63) Pederson, David J. . . . . . . 1960-62 (62) Perez, Juan . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07 (09) Peterson, Joe . . . . . . . . 2003, 2007 (07) Petro, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-03 (03) Petro, Jake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-09 (09) Pettit, Brody . . . . . . . . . . . 1990-91 (93) Pharris, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983-86 (86) Pharris, Ian S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991 (94) Pharris, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983-85 (85) Phifer, Josh . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-03 (03)
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Jeff Brown led the Falcons in hitting in 1973, 74, 75 and 76. Brown hit .400 in ‘74 and .419 in ‘75 and ranks 10th alltime at the Academy with a .390 career batting average. Phillips, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1957 (59) Pilch, Lance . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991-93 (93) Pingel, Brad . . . . . . . . . 2008-09, 11 (11) Pitetti, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 (98) Polston, Jon . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-06 (07) Postulka, Gregory . . . . . . . 1976-78 (78) Pratt, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 (06) Prouty, Nelson, . . . . . . . . . 2001-03 (03) Pruitt, Jason. . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-03 (03) Putnam, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 (96) Quinlan, Michael. . . . . . . . 1959-61 (61) -RRandhawa, K.J. . . . . . . . . . 2007-10 (10) Rampulla, John . . . . . . . . . 1987-88 (90) Ranes, Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 (06) Reese, James W. . . . . . . . 1967-68 (68) Regier, Phillip N. . . . . . . . . . . 1980 (83) Reiner, Dave . . . . . . . . . . . 1975-77 (77) Reitan, Richard M. . . . . . . 1966-67 (67) Remauldo, Mike J. . . . . . . 1990-92 (92) Rengel, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 (94) Reynolds, Larry W. . . . . . . . . 1970 (72) Rhinehart, Roch . . . . . . . . . . . 1986 (86)
-SSaffer, Edward K. . . . . . . . . . . 1971 (71) Saks, Michael J. . . . . . . . . . . . 1991 (94) Salazar, Geno . . . . . . . . . . 2004-07 (07) Saleck, Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987-89 (89) Saleck, Stephen. . . . . . . . . 1977-80 (80) Sanders, Steven. . . . . . . . . 1992-95 (95) Sansano, Anthony . . . . . . . 1991-94 (94) Sapp, Robert B. . . . . . . . . 1958-59 (60) Sarver, Richard E. . . . . . . . 1974-75 (75) Savage, James W. Jr. . . . . 1967-69 (69) Sawser, Derek . . . . . . . . . . 1995-97 (97) Schardt, Michael . . . . . . . . 1979-82 (82) Schaumberg, Robert. . . . . 1960-62 (62) Schierholtz, Vai. . . . . . . . . 2008, 11 (11) Schmidt, Marty . . . . . . . . . 1977-79 (79) Schoenbeck, Joe . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 (93) Schroeder, JT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 (07) Schuering, Leo H. Jr. . . . . . . . 1964 (64) Schulter, Thomas G. . . . . . . . 1979 (81) Schumacher, Eddie . . . . . . 1977-79 (79) Schwankl, Darren . . . . . . . . . . 1990 (93) Seliquini, Lou. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 (90) Seroka, Steven G. . . . . . . . 1981-84 (84) Sevening, Greg . . . . . . . . . 1996-98 (98) Shannon, Brendan . . . . . . 1998-00 (00) Sharp, Mike . . . . . . . . 1993, 95, 96 (96)
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The 1994 Falcons, which went 26-24 on the season, including a stellar 18-6 mark at home, were one of the top hitting teams in the nation that year. The ‘94 Falcons led the nation with a .360 batting average, .623 slugging percentage and a 0.76 triples per game average. The Falcons ranked third in runs per game (9.34), sixth in homers per game (1.52) and 11th in doubles per game (2.36).
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Tollstam, Larry C. . . . . . . . 1963-64 (65) Tomlin, Troy N. . . . . . . . . . . . 1960 (62) Troxell, Aaron . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 (91) Truesdale, Alex . . . . . . . . . 2007-10 (10) Tufte, Michael . . . . . . . . . . 1998-01 (01)
Richardson, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 (10) Richardson, Ernie . . . . . . . 1978-81 (81) Riddick, James T. III . . . . . . . . 1970 (70) Roberts, Blair. . . . . . . . . . . 2009-11 (12) Roberts, Craig A. . . . . . . . 1980-81 (83) Roberts, Matthew . . . . . . . 2010-11 (13) Robinson, James, Jr. . . . . . 1974-76 (76) Robinson, Manny . . . . . . . 1991-93 (93) Rodgers, Charles S. . . . . . . . . 1957 (59) Rolleg, Don . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-02 (03) Romanko, Joseph . . . . . . . 1979-82 (82) Rosane, Edwin . . . . . . . . . . . . 1957 (59) Rose, Mike. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-03 (04) Routh, John W. . . . . . . . . . 1973-74 (75) Rowe, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-97 (98) Rozelsky, Karl . . . . . . . . . . 1986-88 (89) Rozelsky, Kenneth II . . . . . 1982-84 (84) Rublesky, George C. . . . . . . . 1982 (84) Rudd, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-96 (96) Runyon, Kevin. . . . . . . . . . 1997, 00 (00) Ruvolo, Michael . . . . . . . . 2007-09 (10) Ryan, James. . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-95 (95) Dave Lyons won a school record 10 games, including nine in a row, for the Falcons in 1995. Lyons ranks third alltime at AFA with 21 career wins and is sixth with 270.1 innings pitched. Shay, Patrick J. . . . . . . . . . 1976-77 (77) Shepherd, Colin . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 (10) Shockley, Tony . . . . . . . . . 2001-03 (03) Sierra, Jose O. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981 (84) Simmons, Charles J. . . . . . 1974-75 (75) Simon, Albert J. . . . . . . . . . . . 1981 (81) Simon, Troy J. . . . . . . . . . . 1989-92 (92) Simpson, Shaun T. . . . . . . . . . 1973 (76) Simpson, Tipp . . . . . . . . . . 1965-67 (67) Singleton, John . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 (95) Skalisky, Kyle T. . . . . . . . . . . . 81-84 (84) Smith, Adam (Tosh) . . . . . 1996-98 (98) Smith, Clarence D. . . . . . . . . . 1972 (74) Smith, David S. . . . . . . . . . 1971-72 (73) Smith, Dustin. . . . . . . . . . . 2004-06 (06) Smithwick, Richard . . . . . . 1968-70 (70) Spencer, David . . . . . . . . . 1967-69 (69) Squire, John O. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976 (78) Stamp, Tait . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-98 (98) Starr, Benjamin III . . . . . . 1967-69 (69) Steed, James M. . . . . . . . . 1963-64 (65) Stein, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1964-66 (66) Stewart, Daron . . . . . . . . . 1989-92 (92) Stites, Thomas S. . . . . . . . 1971,73 (72) Stolley, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-98 (99) Stolte, Steven F. . . . . . . . . . . . 1978 (81) Strauss, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . 1996-97 (97) Stubbendorff, Jesper . . . . 98-99, 02-03 (03) Summberbell, Michael. . . . . 1963-64 (65) Swentkofske, Mark. . . . . . . . . 1988 (89) Swinney, Marc A. . . . . . . . 1988-89 (91) Szymkowicz, Bert . . . . . . . 1980-82 (83) -TTarkowski, Nate . . . . . . . . 1996-98 (98) Taubert, Terrence . . . . . . . 1973-76 (76) Teach, Adam . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-09 (09) Tetrault, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-04 (06) Thiessen, Mike . . . . . . . . . 1998-01 (01) Thomson, Laurence . . . . . 1957-59 (59) Thorne, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 (13) Thornton, James E. . . . . . . . . 1962 (64) Tittle, Brent . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-05 (05)
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-U/V/WUmlauf, Keith . . . . . . . . . . 1993-95 (95) Van Alstine, Kyle. . . . . . . . . . . 2011 (14) Vasquz, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 (07) Vernetti, Scott . . . . . . . . . . 1987-89 (90) Vignola, Paul. . . . . . . . . . . 2002, 04 (06) Wagner, Robert A. . . . . . . 1974-75 (76) Walker, Clark M. . . . . . . . 1959-60 (60) Walker, Daniel. . . . . . . . . . 2007-08 (10) Wallace, Gary E. . . . . . . . . 1961-63 (63) Wallace, Josh . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 (04) Walsh, Timothy J. . . . . . . . . . 1971 (73) Walter, Colton. . . . . . . . . . 2002-04 (05) Walts, Gregory M. . . . . . . 1968-69 (69) Wargula, Billy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 (09) Watson, Andy . . . . . . . . . . 1995-97 (97) Weida, Johnny A. . . . . . . . . . . 1978 (78) Weir, William C. . . . . . . . . 1968, 70 (70) Welsh, Mark A. III . . . . . . . 1975-76 (76) Werner, Matt . . . . . . . . . . 1999-02 (02) White, Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 (14) White, Mike. . . . . . . . . . . . 1986-88 (88) White, Scooter . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 (00) Williams, Robert . . . . . . . . 1972-74 (74) Williamson, Daniel G. . . . . . . 1980 (83) Wilson, Thomas W.C. . . . . 1960-61 (61) Winters, Deacon . . . . . . . . 1977-80 (80) Winters, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 (05) Withycombe, Frederick . . . . . 1965 (66) Wolfram, Josh. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 (06) Wolfram, Kris . . . . . . . . . . 1999-01 (02) Wollet, Mike M. . . . . . . . . 1988-90 (91) Woodmansee, Robert . . . . 1970-72 (72) Wright, Robert . . . . . . . . . 1981-84 (84) Wynn, Rick. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986-89 (89) -Y/ZYamamoto, Kyle . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 (08) Younker, Herbert L Jr. . . . . . . 1975 (78) Zettler, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . 2010-11 (13) Zicarelli, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 (03) Zoeller, Roger J. . . . . . . . . 1961-63 (63) Zuhlke, Chris Jay . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 (95) Zumbrun, Josh. . . . . . . . . . 2001-03 (03)
Wilson Parma is AFA’s only two-time All-American (1962 & 1963). Parma led the Falcons with a .418 batting average in 1962.
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Air Force Head Coaches Joe Robison
Paul Mainieri
Joe Robison could be called the “Father of Air Force Baseball.” His 282 wins are the most in school history and 130 more than the next closest coach (Mainieri). Robison led the 1979 team to a 33-13 record, the highest win total in school history. His 1980 team was 279-1 and posted the second-best winning percentage in school history. Robison led the Falcons to eight winning seasons, the most of any coach in AFA history. Robison led the Falcons into a new era in 1981 as the Falcons joined the Western Athletic Conference. Robison coached five seasons in the WAC and produced the most WAC wins (44) and the most WAC wins per season (8.8) in school history. During his 14 seasons, Robison coached four GTE/CoSIDA academic All-Americans and seven all-WAC performers. After leaving the Academy, Robison served as a scout in professional baseball. Robison helped build the New York Yankee baseball club that won the 1996, 1998 and 1999 World Series championships.
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YRS
Paul Mainieri’s legacy at the Academy will not soon be forgotten. An enthusiastic coach with a burning desire for success, Mainieri is the only coach in school history to win 20 or more games in six consecutive seasons. The Miami, Fla., native posted a 12-4 mark in service academy games. He coached three of AFA’s seven All-Americans, two of the five freshman All-Americans and 12 of AFA’s 36 all-conference players. Mainieri has the second-most wins in school history with 152 from 1989-94. In 1989, he led the Falcons to their best conference record (13-13) in AFA history. In 1993 and 1994, he led the Falcons to consecutive winning seasons for the first time in 15 years. Mainieri’s teams consistently ranked among the nation’s top hitting teams. In 1994, the Falcons led the nation in batting average, triples per game and slugging percentage. The team also ranked third in scoring and sixth in home runs. Following the 1994 season, Mainieri left the Academy to take the head coaching position at the University of Notre Dame. In 12 seasons with the Irish, Mainieri kept the program as a perennial national powerhouse, posting a 533213-3 record, leading the Irish to the 2002 College World Series. As a testament to Mainieri’s coaching legacy, he was hired as head baseball coach at LSU, one of the most storied programs in collegiate baseball history, in 2007 and begins his fifth year with the Tigers. In 2009, Mainieri led the Tigers to the NCAA national title by winning the CWS, giving LSU its sixth national title. Mainieri was also CollegeBaseballInsider.com and Rivals.com Coach of the year in 2009.
GMS
W-L-T
PCT
vs. DI
Pct.
vs. DII
Pct.
.520
24-8-1
.742
Glenn Mackie (56-57)
1
15
6-9
.400
Jack Schwall (58)
1
18
9-9
.500
Wendell Lawrence (59-63)
5
121
69-52
.570
John Sparks (64-67)
4
101
65-36
.643
Rene Miller (68)
1
31
14-17
.452
Terry Goewert (69-70)
2
58
37-20-1
.647
13-12
Joe Robison (71-75 & 77-85)
14
539
282-255-2
.525
138-205-1
.403
144-50-1
.741
Ron Hudak (76)
1
41
17-24
.417
5-19
.208
12-5
.706
Jim Hanley (86-88)
3
145
56-89
.386
26-83
.243
30-6
.833
Paul Mainieri (89-94)
6
310
152-158
.485
80-121
.398
72-37
.661
Eric Campbell (95-98)
4
211
74-137
.351
47-118
.285
27-19
.587
Joe Giarratano (99)
1
51
19-32
.373
11-30
.268
8-2
.800
Reed Peters (2000-2003)
4
222
88-134
.396
68-129
.345
20-5
.800
Mike Hutcheon (2004-10)
7
365
78-287
.213
62-282
.180
16-5
.762
19-36
.345
Mike Kazlausky (2011) TOTALS
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1
55
55
2,283
72
19-36
.345
985-1296-3
.432
459-1,056-1 .303
0-0
.000
341-126-2
.729
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Falcons In The Pros Air Force Baseball Players Selected in MLB Dra - 1972, Brad Fulk, Texas, 1st round, 2nd pick overall - 1975, Jeff Brown, Philadelphia - 1976, Jeff Brown, Philadelphia - 2001, Mike Thiessen, Arizona, 42nd round - 2007, Karl Bolt, Philadelphia, 15th round
Falcons That Played Pro Ball - Mike Thiessen, Lancaster, Adv.-A, Arizona, 2003 - Ma Kaercher, GCL Red Sox, Rookie League, Boston, 2003 - Ma Kaercher, Portland SeaDogs, Class AA, Boston, 2003 - Ma Kaercher, Sarasota Red Sox, Class A, Boston, 2004 - Karl Bolt, GCL Phillies, Rookie League, Philadelphia, 2007 - Karl Bolt, Lakewood BlueClaws, Class A, Philadelphia, 2008
Karl Bolt, one of the most complete hitters ever to come out of the Air Force baseball program, played professionally with the Gulf Coast League Phillies, a GCL Rookie League affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2007. Bolt batted .257 with 10 doubles, four triples and 31 RBI in 57 games for the GCL Phillies. He led the GCL with 95 total bases and eight homers. As a senior, Bolt was a first-team all-Mountain West Conference selection, batting .354 with eight homers and 47 RBI. A four-year letterwinner, Bolt batted .334 for his career at Air Force, hitting 33 home runs and driving in 148 runs. His 232 career hits ranks fourth all-time at the Academy. Bolt was drafted in the 15th round by the Phillies in the 2007 Major League Baseball amateur draft. in 2008, Bolt played for the Lakewood BlueClaws, the Single A affiliate of the Phillies. In 91 games, Bolt batted .266 with 15 doubles, five homers and 35 RBIs.
Mike Thiessen, one of the best players ever to come out of the Air Force baseball program, played professionally with the Lancaster JetHawks, an Advanced A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2003. A two-sport star at the Academy (was also the starting quarterback for the football program), Thiessen owns numerous AFA baseball records including hits, walks, games played, doubles and more. In 2003, Thiessen batted .278 with five homers and 42 runs scored in 85 games played for Lancaster. Thiessen was drafted in the 42nd round by the Diamondbacks in the 2001 Major League Baseball amateur draft. Thiessen was also a standout on the football team, earning Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors as a quarterback in 2000. He is currently the asst. head coach, co-offensive coordinator with the Air Force football team.
Matt Kaercher, the second-winningest pitcher in Air Force baseball history also played professionally, in the Boston Red Sox minor league system. The 2002 AFA graduate began the 2003 season pitching for the Gulf Coast League Red Sox in the GCL Rookie League where he posted a 2.70 earned run average. Midway through the season, Kaercher was promoted to the Portland Sea Dogs in the Eastern League at the AA level where he made one appearance. Kaercher concluded the season with the Sarasota Red Sox, a single A affiliate of the Red Sox in the Florida State League, where he had a 3.38 ERA in eight appearances.
Jeff Brown led the Falcons in hitting in 1973, 74, 75 and 76. Brown hit .400 in ‘74 and .419 in ‘75 and ranks 10th all-time at the Academy with a .390 career batting average.
Brad Fulk was the second overall pick in the 1972 winter draft by the Texas Rangers. In his two years with the baseball team at the Academy, Fulk led the team in home runs, runs and RBI. Fulk hit 12 homers in 1971 and 10 in 1970, for a total of 22 homers in 73 games. He drove in 64 runs and scored 75 runs in that span.
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Plate-To-The-Plane
Allan McArtor Class of 1964
Each year the Air Force baseball media guide features a former player who exemplifies the Air Force Academy. Allan McArtor class of 1964, has done exactly that. A legendary fighter pilot with over 4,000 flight hours and 200 combat missions under his best, McArtor has collected numerous accolades throughout his career, including two “Top Gun” honors and the Silver Star to name a few. McArtor is currently the Chairman of Airbus Americas, Inc., in addi on to serving on several other commi ees.
At the Academy • Earned six varsity le ers.(Football ‘61, ‘62, ‘63) (Baseball ‘62, ‘63, ‘64) • Played on the 1963 Gator Bowl football team. • Named to the NCAA District 7 All-Star Team. • Played in the College World Series Regional Tournament. • Ba ed .432 as a sophomore, .378 as a junior and .348 as a senior. • Graduated first in military order of merit. • Cadet Wing Commander in 1964 Spring Semester and June Week • Cadet First Group Commander in 1963 Fall Semester.
In The Air Force • UPT Vance AFB, Class 66B “Air Training Command Commander’s Trophy” (first in all ATC) and Vance AFB “Flight Training Award”. • F-102 “Top Gun Award”, ATC Fighter Interceptor School. • F-104 319th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Homestead AFB, FL ‘66-’68. • RF-4C TAC Combat Crew Training, “Top Gun Award” ‘68. • 12th Tac cal Reconnaissance Squadron, RF-4C, Vietnam ‘68-’69, 200 combat missions (Silver Star, DFC, 10 Air Medals). • Promoted to Major at age 27 (at the me, the youngest pilot Major in the Air Force). • Graduate Degree (MSE), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. ‘69-’71 Inducted into Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society, and later received the ASU Alumni Dis nguished Achievement Award. • USAF Academy, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, Associate Professor ‘71-’72 ...also Assistant Baseball Coach (under Joe Robison), and Freshman Quarterback Coach. • Demonstra on Pilot, USAF Thunderbirds (F-4E) ‘72-’74. Narrator and Le Wing. • Approx 4,000 flight hours.
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Plate-To-The-Plane A er The Air Force • Federal Express Corpora on: ‘79-’87 and ‘89-’94 Senior Vice President, Air Opera ons. • Received FedEx “Five Star Award” • Received Honorary Doctoral Degree, Chris an Brothers University, Memphis, TN (founding Trustee for the Center of Telecommunica ons and Informa on Systems) • Also served as President, FedEx Aeronau cs Corpora on. • ‘87-’89 Administrator, Federal Avia on Administra on (FAA). Appointed by President Ronald Reagan. • ‘96-’01 Founder and CEO of Legend Airlines, Dallas Love Field, TX. • ‘01-present... Chairman of Airbus Americas, Inc. (also Chairman of Metron Avia on, an Airbus subsidiary) • Received the 2009 ATCA Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award for life me contribu on to avia on. • Received the 2010 The Wings Club “Dis nguished Achievement Award” • Also serves on several corporate boards and non-profits.
Personal • Wife is Grace and married in July 1964 (47+ years). • Has two sons (Andy, USAFA class of 1990) and Sco and daughter Kelley passed away in 1980. • Has five grand children.
In His Own Words The team play and mutual support of our ‘64 Baseball Team was a great life lesson. Never give up, a ack every inning, run the bases, and never get called out “looking”. Same as combat...same as corporate life. I may have been the only catcher to bat leadoff in the region. And I loved to hit a pitch cap high “in the wheel house”. The team called it the “tomahawk swing”. We were a hustling bunch led by Darryl Bloodworth and Fred “Fredo” Olmsted...two true Academy Baseball legends. We had some good players...even some very good players...but not great players. What we had was a great team. We believed in ourselves, and we are s ll the best of friends. (And we had some great fans...led by Gracie!) Advice to the Falcons of 2012: Enjoy the experience, love the game, have pride, win every inning, keep your team friendships for a life me!
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The following players have been featured in the AFA baseball media guide: 1996 - Mike Kazlausky All-WAC player: 1991 C-17 Pilot: 1996-2000 1997 - Brian Duffy F-15 pilot: 1976-79 Three Space Missions: 1992-1996 1998 - Lance Pilch Academic All-American: 1992-93 F-16 Pilot: 1996-Present. 1999 - Fred Olmstead Led Falcons to NCAA’s: 1964 Two Silver Stars in Vietnam: 1969 2000 - Steve Carson One of best relievers ever at AFA UH-1N Helicopter Pilot: 1994-98 2001 - Deacon Winters All-District Outfielder in 1980 F-15 Pilot: 1984-92 2002 - Dave Lyons All-Conference Pitcher: 1995 F-16 Pilot: 2000-Present 2003 - Mike Stolley Top Gun Award Winner F-16 Pilot: 2000-Present 2004 - Michael Boomsma 2001 UPT Commander’s Trophy Winner F-15 Pilot: 2001-Present 2005 - Jason Davis 2001 Pilot Training Leadership Award Winner A-10 Pilot: 2001-Present 2006 - Chad Hillberg 41st FTS Instructor Pilot of the Year in 2003 F-16 Pilot: 2004-Present 2007 - Josh Phifer 2003 All-American F-22 Pilot: 2006-Present 2009 - Matt Kearcher Top Gun Award Winner A-10 Pilot: 2006-Present 2010 - Glenn Harris 1994 All-American AF Global Strike Command: 2009-Present 2011 - Steve Saleck 1980 Team USA Member B-737 Pilot - First Officer & Captain 2012 - Allan McArtor F-102, RF-4C Top Gun Award Winner 200 Combat Missions, 10 Air Medals
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Where Are They Now? Several former Air Force baseball players are currently serving their country in the United States Air Force, while others have either re red or separated from the Air Force. Here is just a sample of what some graduates are doing:
Class of 1963
Class of 1975
Joe Lee Burns -- Fighter pilot and re red Colonel. Currently Avia on Training Specialist (T-38 academics), Boeing Aerospace Opera ons Training Support Center, Universal City, Texas. Wilson Parma -- Senior Marke ng Advisor, FedEx, Memphis, Tenn.
Larry Bryant -- Re red Lieutenant Colonel Currently Director of Academic Compu ng and civilian faculty member at USAFA.
Class of 1976 Maj. Gen. David Commons -- Senior Reserve Assistant to the Chief of Air Force Reserve. Also, a 767 Captain at Delta Air Lines. Mick Erdle -- Re red Colonel President, The Academy Research and Development Ins tute, Colorado Springs, CO. Ma Martorano -- Re red as Colonel a er 25 years in Air Force. Currently management pilot/check airman on the A300 at UPS Airlines in Louisville, Ky. Gen. Mark A. Welsh -- Commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe; Commander, Air Component Command, Ramstein; and Director, Joint Air Power Competency Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
Class of 1964 Darryl Bloodworth -- Founding partner and senior trial lawyer in a 50lawyer Orlando, Florida based law firm. Former T-38 instructor pilot. Allan McArtor -- Chairman of Airbus Americas, Inc. Former Cadet Wing Commander, Thunderbird Pilot, Head of FedEx global air ops, Admistrator of FAA, Founder and CEO of Legend Airlines. Fred Olmsted -- Fighter pilot is re red from FedEx where he was Execu ve Officer to the System Chief Pilot. Former A-300 and B-727 Captain.
Class of 1967
Class of 1978
John McBroom -- Re red Major General Pacific Air Forces director of opera ons, HQ Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Was Wing Commander of F-15’s in Desert Storm. Paul Hanson -- Re red Lieutenant Colonel Currently Vice President, Quality Assurance/Contracts at Nellson Nutraceu cal, LLC. Irwindale, Calif.
Lt. Gen. Richard Newton -- Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director, Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
Class of 1980 Karl Apfel -- Former C-141/T-38 Instructor, 777 Pilot - American Airlines. Lives in Flower Mound, Texas. Jim Best -- Former C-130 pilot, re red Lieutenant Colonel, FEDEX pilot. Lives in Dallas, Texas. Jim Firth -- Former F-15 pilot, Brigadier General (USAF Reserves), Re red from Delta Airlines. Works for Boeing and lives in Suffolk, Va. Steve Salek -- Former F-15 pilot, 737 - Southwest Airlines. Lives in Fairplay, Colo. Deke Winters -- Former F-15 pilot, re red Colonel (USAF Reserves), 777 Pilot - United Airlines. Lives in Reston, Va.
Class of 1968 Barney Mills -- Re red Colonel Former Defense Contractor. Resides in Colorado Springs. Walter “Buck” McCants -- Re red Colonel C-141 pilot, Re red from FedEx and resides in Rock Hill, S.C. Jim “Mooch” Reese -- Re red Lieutenant Colonel Resides in Dunwoody, Ga. Vince Rusinak -- Re red Lieutenant Colonel Resides in Colorado Springs and owner of Rusinak Real Estate, Inc.
Class of 1982 Jim Dahlmann -- Lieutenant Colonel (Re red). Most of career spent in Special Opera ons. Currently Chief of Opera ons Support Division and Chief of Congressional Liaison with the Directorate of Admissions at USAFA. J.J. Johnson -- Pilot for United. Resides in Medford, N.J. Joe Romanko -- Pilot for American. Resides in Medford, N.J.
Class of 1970 Ed Cole -- Re red Lt. Col. F-4 and F-16 pilot. Re red from UPS where he flew 747, 757 and 767s. Resides in College Sta on, Texas, where he flies an Aero Commander 500/B (twin commander) mostly for fun.
Class of 1971 Class of 1983
Jim Brown -- Partner and Pricipal, Brandes Investment Partners in San Diego, Calif., managing over 50 billion dollars. Former T-38 instructor and B-52 pilot.
Tom S tes -- 1972 team captain is currently a real estate broker in Dallas, Texas, and part me B-737 pilot. Was a pilot for Delta Air Lines for 27 years, flying Captain on the B-737, B-757, B-767, and B-767-400.
Col. Raymond Kozak -- Director, Air, Space and Informa on Opera ons, Headquarters Fourth Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Maj. Gen.(S) James K. “Kevin” McLaughlin -- Director, Space and Cyber Opera ons, Deputy Chief of Staff for Opera ons, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Bert Szymkowicz -- Re red Lieutenant Colonel FedEx Express MD-11 Captain/PCA/LCA.
Class of 1974
Class of 1985
Dan Goodrich -- Re red Brigadier General Defense contractor residing in Melbourne, Fla.
Tom Coleman -- Prep school instructor and football coach. Re red USAF and C-141/C-5 Commant Pilot.
Class of 1972
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Where Are They Now? Class of 1986
Class of 1995
Bruce Hawkins -- Navy GOV civilian working for the Naval Satellite Opera ons Center (NAVSOC), Point Mugu, Calif. Jim Passaro -- Director of Defense Space Programs for Integrity Applica ons, Inc, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Also head of Air Force baseball Alumni group.
Alan Barker -- Opera ons manager for the Indianapolis Air Traffic Control Center. Lt. Col. Glenn Harris -- Air Force Global Strike Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. Lt. Col. Steve Sanders -- Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Commercial Airli Division, Sco AFB IL.
Class of 1987 Class of 1996
Bobby Johnson -- Resides in New Jersey and working as a director for SunTrust in the Capital Markets Trading Department in New York City.
Maj. Jason Allen -- C-17 Evaluator in AF Reserves at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash. Also a 737 first class officer at Alaska Airlines. Maj. Jason Rudd -- F-15C pilot, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
Class of 1988 Greg Harris -- United Airlines Pilot, First Officer on the Airbus A-320. Has logged over 10,000 flight hours in 14 different aircra and has landed on every con nent in the world--Antarc ca 8 mes. Resides in Parker, Colo.
Class of 1997 Lt. Col. Drew Allen -- Director of Opera ons, 445 Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif. F-22 & F-16 instructor/evaluator test pilot. Maj. Mike Bruhn -- Deputy Chief, Expedi onary Medical Opera ons Division at the Office of the Command Surgeon, HQ ACC/SG, Langley AFB, VA. Jus n Collins -- Student, Air Force Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. Previously opera ons officer/flight commander, Maxwell AFB, Ala. Maj. David “Heat” Lyons -- Airpower Strategist, Checkmate, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, DC. Previously F-16 Instructor pilot. Jason Mar n -- Air Reserve Technician headed to Maxwell AFB in Aug 11 for Air Command and Staff College. Formerly a flight commander, opera ons officer, and squadron commander (all in aircra maintenance).
Class of 1989 Brig. Gen.(S) Pete Gersten - Wing Commander 432d Wing / 432d Air Expedi onary Wing, Creech AFB, NV. Commander of the USAF RPA Program Rick Wynn -- Former F-16 pilot. Currently a program manager for CAE, responsible for building C-130J simulators for the USAF. Based in Tampa, Fla.
Class of 1991 Lt. Col. Mark Grotelueschen -- Staff of Air Forces Africa at Ramstein AFB, Germany. Author of two books on World War I. Mike Kazlausky -- Head coach, Air Force baseball, USAFA. David O’Keeffe -- Export Marke ng Manager, XCG John Deere (John Deere Construc on & Forestry Division), Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Class of 1998 Eric Eldridge -- Air Force Fellow, Lawrence Livermore Na onal Laboratory, Livermore, Calif. Jared Frosch -- Currently working in civil engineering at Randolph, AFB, Texas, as the chief of program development. Maj. Ryan "RJ" Johnson -- Commander, 2nd Contrac ng Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La. Travis Lauritsen -- Vice President, Goldman, Sachs & Co. Maj. Adam "Tosh" Smith -- Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell, AFB, Ala. Maj. Nate Tarkowski -- Instructor/Advisor, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
Class of 1992 Lt. Col. Brandon Baker -- Commander, 9th Opera ons Group, Detachment 3, Andersen AFB, Guam. Lt Col. Steve Carson -- HQ US European Command J-5. Layne Kasper -- Managing Partner of Kasper & Associates merger and acquisi on firm. Troy Simon -- CEO, Greeley Medical Clinic, Greeley/Loveland/Windsor, Colo. Daron Stewart -- CEO, McDowell Home Health, Danville, Ky.
Class of 1999
Class of 1994
Michael Boomsma -- Construc on Project Manager, Cordoba Construc on, Los Angeles, Calif. and Major, USAF Reserves, flight commander, 701st COS, March AFRB, Calif. Previously: F-15C instructor pilot. Maj. Jason Davis -- Chief of Weapons & Tac cs for the 107th Fighter Squadron, MI ANG. Maj. Chad Hillberg – T-6 Evaluator/Instructor Pilot, 80th Opera ons Group, Sheppard AFB, Texas. Previously: F-16 CJ flight lead and T-37 instructor pilot. Daniel McBroom -- M&A banker in the energy industry, Houston, Texas. Maj. Michael Stolley – MQ-1/MQ-9 weapons school instructor pilot, 26th WPS, Nellis AFB, Nev. Previously: F-16 CJ Mission Commander/Flight Lead.
Lt Col John W. “Trey” Chastain, III -- Aircra Maintenance Squadron (4 AMXS/CC), Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. Maj. Rob Giannoni -- C-37A Pilot, MacDill AFB, Fla. Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski -- Chief, Enlisted Force Management, HQ U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Lt. Col. Rob Lisch -- Deputy Director for the Commander's Ac on Group, United States Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii. Lt. Col. Mike Manor -- Director of Opera ons for the 2nd Space Opera ons Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo. Lt. Col. Vern Mullis -- Director, Commandants Issues, USAF Academy. Jeff Rengel -- Anesthesiologist at St. Mary's Medical Center, Duluth, MN. Formerly medical director of anesthesia, Wright Pa erson Air Force Base.
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Where Are They Now? Class of 2000
Class of 2007
Maj. Chris Humphrey -- Senior Budget IMA, MILSATCOM Systems Directorate, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. Maj. Brendan Shannon -- Standardiza on and evalua on officer for the 309 FS, Luke AFB, Ariz.
1st Lt. Karl Bolt -- Logis cs Readiness Officer, MacDill, AFB, Fla. 1st Lt. Mitch Brown -- Officer in charge, JSTARS Opera ons Center, Robins AFB, Ga. 1st Lt. Joe Peterson -- Finance officer, Sco AFB, Ill. 1st Lt. Jonathan Polston—Readiness and Emergency Management Flight Commander, 27 Special Opera ons Civil Engineer Squadron, Cannon AFB, N.M. 1st Lt. Geno Salazar -- C-17 Pilot, Hickam AFB, Hawaii.
Class of 2001 Brad Bashore -- F-15E WIC instructor, USAFWS, Nellis AFB, NV. Maj. David Diehl -- C-20H pilot, Ramstein AB, Germany. Formerly KC-10 Pilot, Travis AFB, Calif. Mike Thiessen -- Asst. Head coach/Co-Offensive Coordinator, USAFA Football.
Class of 2008 1st Lt. Jake Allen -- In pilot training to become a F-16 pilot at Luke AFB, Ariz. 1st Lt. Chay Derbigny -- In pilot training to become a U-28 pilot in the 19th Special Opera ons Squadron, Hurlburt AFB, Fla. 1st Lt. Josh Meents -- Opera ons analyst, Nellis AFB, Nev.
Class of 2002 Capt. Jim George -- Instructor pilot at USAFA, former C-17 pilot. Air Force baseball officer representa ve. 19th Air Force T-52 IP (Instructor Pilot) of the year. Erik Fisher -- Chief, C-17A Evaluator Pilot, 97 OG/OGV, at Altus AFB, Okla. Capt. Ma Kearcher -- A-10 Pilot, Osan AB, South Korea.
Class of 2009 2nd Lt. Casey Allen -- Execu ve officer to the commander, Air Force Office of Scien fic Research, Arlington, Va. 2nd Lt. Jason Griggs -- Assistant Officer In Charge, 494 Aircra Maintenance Unit, RAF Lakenheath, England. 2nd Lt. Jake Petro -- Commander, financial management flight 45 CPTS, Patrick AFB, Fla.
Class of 2003 Bowie Frost -- E-3 Pilot, Tinker AFB, Okla. Also 552 ACW chief of flight safety. Johnny Koegel -- F-15C pilot, RAF Lakenheath, England Nick Liegl -- Assistant director of athle cs, finance; USAFA. Dan Petro -- Corporate finance, USAA. San Antonio, Texas. Capt. Josh Phifer -- F-22 Pilot, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. Capt. Jesper Stubbendorff -- T-1 instructor pilot at Columbus, AFB, Miss. Former KC-10 instructor pilot.
Class of 2010 2nd Lt. Ma Alexander -- Pilot training, Columbus AFB, Miss. 2nd Lt. Ben Ausbun -- Pilot training, Laughlin AFB, Texas 2nd Lt. Addison Gentry -- Pilot training, Vance AFB, Okla. 2nd. Lt. Tyler McBride -- Pilot training, Columbus AFB, Miss. 2nd Lt. K.J. Randhawa -- Instructor/military training officer, USAFA Preparatory School. 2nd Lt. Alex Truesdale -- Pilot training, Laughlin AFB, Texas
Class of 2005 Special Agent Nathan DeRohan -- Chief, criminal, inves ga ons branch, Tinker AFB, Okla. Capt. Ken Hodgson - C-130 pilot, Li le Rock AFB, Ark. Capt. Tommy Fugler - F-16 Pilot, Misawa AB, Japan. Capt. Travis Fugler -- KC-135 pilot, Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan. Reid Lamson -- Air Force Reserve IMA for the 366th Communica ons Squadron in Mountain Home, Idaho.
Class of 2011 2nd Lt. Nathan Carter -- Pilot Training, Columbus AFB, Miss. 2nd Lt. Parker Mayo -- Finance, Robins AFB, Ga. 2nd Lt. Jon McMahon -- UAV Pilot Training, Randolph AFB, Texas 2nd Lt. Brad Pingel -- Space & Missiles, Vandenburg AFB, Calif. 2nd Lt. Vai Schierholtz -- Acquisi ons, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
Class of 2006 Capt. Clayton Couch -- Weapons systems officer(WSO) flying the F-15E Strike Eagle,Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. Capt. Kyle DePierre -- Missile squadron missile combat crew commander, 490th Missile Squadron at Malmstrom AFB, Mt. Capt. Ma Musser - C-130 pilot, Li le Rock AFB, Ark. Capt. Price Paramore -- 39th Medical Service Corps officer, Incirlik AB, Turkey. Paul Pra -- Engineer, Bas an Material Handling, Atlanta, Ga. Capt. Jeff Tetrault – Integra on and sustainment program manager, JSpOC mission system, Peterson AFB, Co. Capt. Josh Wolfram -- Deputy Budget Officer, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, McChord Field, Wash.
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Colorado Springs
AMERICA’S BEST
The immortal words of an eastern visitor in 1893 live perpetually at the base of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains.
Colorado Springs was ranked in 2007 as the No. 1 Best Big City (over 300,000) to Live by Money Magazine based on quality of life, climate, social activities, cleanliness and safety.
When teacher and poet Katherine Lee Bates took a wagon ride to the summit of Pikes Peak she was inspired to write a song that is still recited today. Her view from atop the 14,110-foot peak was the basis of her song “America the Beautiful”. The history of Colorado Springs traverses back to 1870 when Gen. William Jackson Palmer first visited the region and was captivated by its grandeur. A year later, he began designing his city of dreams. From its beginning on the corner of Pikes Peak and Cascade Avenues in downtown Colorado Springs, the city has grown more than 183 square miles and to nearly 400,000 people in the city and 600,000 in the metro area. Colorado Springs is known nationally for its natural attractions. The Garden of the Gods, the area’s No. 1 natural attraction, is a majestic out-cropping of red sandstone rocks which are more than 300 million years old. Colorado Springs is also home to the Pikes Peak Highway, a 19-mile drive up the world’s highest toll road. The area’s No. 1
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man-made attraction is the Air Force Academy’s Cadet Chapel.
Another major attraction is the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort. Built in the early 1900s, this fivestar resort, hosted the 1995 U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship and the 2008 Senior U.S. Open, and is nestled into the base of Cheyenne Mountain. The Pikes Peak region is home to the nation’s only mountain zoo. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, with an elevation of more than 6,800-feet, has received several changes in the past two years. For the outdoors enthusiast, the city and the state offer a plethora of recreational activities. A short drive to the northwest features some of the nation’s finest ski resorts, including the cities of Vail and Aspen. A short jaunt to the southwest or northwest will find some of the best white-water rafting, fishing, hiking and cycling that the country has to offer. Valuing its past with a vision for the future, Colorado Springs is truly a city with unparalleled culture, recreation, growth and opportunity in the 21st century. (Photos on this page courtesy of GerMaine Photography)
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Denver
Less than 45 minutes from the Academy and with over 300 days of sunshine per year, The Mile High City of Denver has it all. Truly a sports capitol, Denver has nine professional sports teams, including the Denver Broncos (NFL), Denver Nuggets (NBA), Colorado Avalanche (NHL), Colorado Rockies (MLB), Colorado Rapids (Major League Soccer), Denver Dynamite (Indoor Soccer League), Denver Outlaws (Major League Lacrosse) and the Colorado Mammoth (National Lacrosse League). Recent success among the teams has driven the excitement for these teams a mountain high. The Broncos won the Super Bowl in 1998 and 1999. The Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 1996 and 2001. The Rockies played in the World Series in 2007. Located just east of the Rocky Mountains and the Continental Divide, Denver has a mild and dry climate with more days of sunshine per year than San Diego and Miami. Golf courses are open year round as the average winter temperature is 45 degrees, warmer than Boston, New York City and St. Louis. The city sits at 5,280 feet above sea level. In fact, there is a step on the State Capitol Building that is exactly one
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mile above sea level. Even at a mile above sea level, the city is dwarfed by its backdrop. The foothills being just west of the city and the peaks of the mountain range reach heights of more than 14,000 feet. Despite the proximity to the mountains, the city receives just 8-15 inches of precipitation per year, about the same as Los Angeles. The United States Census Bureau estimates that, in 2006, the population of the City and County of Denver was 566,974, making it the 27th most populous U.S. city. The Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated 2006 population of 2,408,750 and ranked as the 21st most populous U.S. metropolitan statistical area. Denver has the largest city park system in the nation. There are 650 miles of off-street, bike paths, 90 golf courses and 200 parks. Within a 90-minute drive from downtown Denver, there are opportunities for some of the country’s best skiing, hiking, fishing, rafting and mountain biking. (all photos on this page courtesy of the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau)
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The Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy offers a four-year program of instruction and experience designed to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation. Each cadet graduates with a bachelor of science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force.
MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING An air, space and cyberspace-oriented military education, training and leadership program begins with basic cadet training and continues throughout the four years. Seniors are responsible for the organizational leadership of the cadet wing, while juniors and sophomores seek to develop team and interpersonal leadership and instructional skills. Cadets are projected into as many active leadership roles as possible to prepare them to be effective Air Force officers. Fundamental concepts of military organization -- drill, ethics, honor, Air Force heritage and physical training -- are emphasized the first summer during basic cadet training. Freshmen then study the military role in United States society as well as the mission and organization of the Air Force. Sophomores receive instruction in communication skills and juniors study the combat and operational aspects
COURSE OF STUDY Cadets are exposed to a balanced curriculum that provides the knowledge, skills and responsibilities essential to a career Air Force officer. The entire USAFA experience is integrated and mapped to achieve a set of desired outcomes in every graduate. The core academic curriculum includes courses in basic sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. Cadets take additional elective courses to complete requirements for one of 32 major areas of study. About 50 percent of the cadets complete majors in science and engineering; the remainder graduate in the social sciences and humanities. Some of the most popular majors include management, aeronautical engineering, foreign area studies, history, behavioral science, civil engineering, astronautical engineering, electrical engineering and engineering mechanics.
of the Air Force. The Academy offers courses in flying, navigation, soaring and parachuting, building from basic skills to instructor duties. Some cadets may fly light aircraft with the Cadet Flying Team. Summer training for cadets is divided into three, three-week training periods. There are a variety of programs available and each cadet is required to complete two training periods each summer with leave during the other period. All new cadets take six weeks of basic cadet training in their first summer. Combat survival training is a required three-week program during cadets' second summer. For other second-summer training periods, cadets have options such as working with Airmen in an operational unit at an Air Force installation, airborne parachute training, soaring or basic free-fall parachute training. During their last two summers, all cadets are offered leadership training as supervisors or instructors in the summer programs listed above. Extracurricular activities also are an integral part of the education program. The cadet ski club, drum and bugle corps, cadet chorale and forensics are a few of the programs available.
FACULTY COMPOSITION The majority of the Academy's faculty members, more than 500 total, are Air Force officers. They are selected primarily from career-officer volunteers who have established outstanding records of performance and dedication. Each has at least a master's degree and more than 55 percent have doctorates or other terminal degrees in their field of study. About 30 percent of the faculty are civilians who bring great depth of disciplinary and educational expertise and provide academic stability and continuity. Faculty members are intensely focused on cadet learning as an integral part of their officer development. The Air Force Academy has been ranked No. 1 in the nation for the most accessible and involved faculty for four years in a row. To provide greater contributions by a diverse faculty, the Academy has several distinguished visiting professors and endowed professors who serve one or more years. Officers from other services, as well as officers from allied countries are also members of the faculty. Distinguished civilian and military lecturers also share their expertise with the cadets during the academic year.
NOMINATIONS Nominations to the Academy may be obtained through a congressional sponsor or by meeting eligibility criteria in other categories of competition established by law. For information on admission procedures, write to HQ USAFA/RRS; 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 200; USAF Academy, CO 80840-5025 or go to www.usafa.edu.
ATHLETIC PROGRAM The Academy's athletic program is designed to improve physical fitness, teach athletic skills and develop leadership qualities. To achieve its goals, the Academy offers some of the most extensive physical education, intramural sports and intercollegiate athletic programs in the nation. Cadets take at least three different physical education courses each year.
HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY In 1948, a board of leading civilian and military educators was appointed to plan the curriculum for an academy that would meet the needs of the newly established Air Force. The board determined that Air Force requirements could not be met by expanding the other service academies and recommended an Air Force Academy be established without delay. In 1949, then Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington appointed a commission to assist in selecting a site and on April 1, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized creation of the United States Air Force Academy. After considering 580 sites in 45 states, the commission narrowed the choice to three locations. The summer of 1954, Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott selected a site near Colorado Springs, Colo. Colorado contributed $1 million toward purchase of the property. In July 1955, the first Academy class entered interim facilities at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, while construction began. It was sufficiently completed for occupancy by the cadet wing in late August 1958. Initial construction cost was $142 million. Women entered the Academy on June 28, 1976, as members of the class of 1980.
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Senior Leadership Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould is Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He directs a fouryear academic, military training, athletic and character development program leading to a bachelor’s degree and commission as an Air Force officer. The general is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Class of 1976. His career encompasses a wide range of assignments, ranging from head football coach of the Air Force Academy Preparatory School, to serving as Air Force aide to the President of the United States. He has held numerous command positions at the group, wing and numbered air force level, and was commander of Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center during 9/11. Prior to his return to the Academy, he was Director of Operations and Plans, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. General Gould is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours in the T-38, T-41, KC-10, C-5, C-17, C-21, C-141 and KC-135R. The general’s military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
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Director of Athletics Dr. Hans J. Mueh Director of Athle cs Eighth Year Dr. Hans J. Mueh is in his eighth year as the director of athletics at the Air Force Academy. A retired Air Force brigadier general, Mueh was vice dean of faculty for two years prior to his retirement from active duty in the summer of 2004. Mueh was heavily involved in Academy athletics before becoming director of athletics. He was the Academy's faculty athletics representative from 1996-2004 and was a long-time member of the board of directors for the Air Force Academy Athletics Association. Since becoming the director of athletics, Mueh has led the Academy to some remarkable feats. In 2007, the Academy was one of only three schools (Michigan State and Boston College) to reach post-season play in football (2007), men’s basketball and ice hockey (2006-07). It marked the first time a service academy has ever had a team compete in the post-season in all three sports. In addition, under Mueh’s watch the men’s basketball team has played in another NCAA tournament and the National Invitational Tournament’s Final Four. The ice hockey team has won the conference championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament four of the last five years. Mueh was on the selection committee that hired current head coach Frank Serratore and led the Academy’s move into the Athletic Hockey Association. The football program, the Academy’s flagship sport, has gone through a major overhaul under Mueh. He led the transition from the retirement of the legendary Fisher DeBerry after 23 years at the helm to hiring current head coach Troy Calhoun, a 1989 Academy graduate. Calhoun’s impact was immediate, leading the Falcons to a 9-4 overall mark and a second-place finish in the Mountain West Conference in 2007. The Falcons qualified for their first bowl game in five years, playing in the Armed Forces Bowl in 2007. The program then posted back-to-back eight-win seasons and was 9-4 last year while qualifying for bowl games every year. The school has averaged 9,000 bowl tickets sold during the four-year run.
ment and the announcement of the Holaday Athletic Center, an indoor training facility. The $15 million facility was completed in July 2011. Mueh has also been active within the conference and the NCAA. He was recently selected to be part of the NCAA Division I Amateurism Cabinet and has been active on the NCAA’s academics/eligibility compliance cabinet, the men’s golf committee and the region 7 postgraduate scholarship committee. Mueh has been equally active within the conference on various leadership committees. He is currently on the awards and recognition committee and has previously served on the joint council executive committee, and committees on championships, television and sportsmanship. Before assuming his duties as vice dean at the Academy, Mueh was permanent professor and head of the department of chemistry at the Academy, a position he held since October 1987 where he oversaw the annual design and instruction of 25 undergraduate courses for 1,500 cadets annually. Mueh was born Jan. 8, 1944, in Celle, Germany, and emigrated to the United States in 1951. He entered the Air Force in 1962 as a member of the Academy's eighth graduating class, and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1966. While at the Academy, Mueh was a two-year letterwinner in soccer as a goalie. He still holds the Academy record for saves in a game with 30, accomplishing it twice in 1965 against North Carolina and Benedictine. In his junior and senior years, Mueh helped the Falcons to the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League championship and quarterfinal berths in the NCAA tournament. He was a first-team all-league selection in 1965. Following graduation, Mueh completed two assignments in intelligence before attending the University of Wisconsin where he earned his master's degree in chemistry in 1970. He later earned
a doctorate degree in chemistry from Wisconsin in 1976 as a distinguished graduate. He has also completed Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College and Air War College. Between earning the two degrees, Mueh returned to the Academy as an instructor in the department of chemistry from 1970-72. He also served as assistant soccer coach and played semipro soccer with the Aurora Internationals in Denver during those two years, leading the Internationals to the Colorado state title in 1971. He volunteered for duty in Vietnam and served as an intelligence officer in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam and at Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand, in 1972 and 1973. After earning his doctorate degree, Mueh returned to the Academy in 1976 as an associate professor of chemistry. He remained at the Academy except for a stint in 1985-86 as the special assistant for technical matters at the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon. In 1986, he assumed the position of acting head, department of chemistry, before being selected for his position of permanent professor and head of the department of chemistry in 1987. As faculty athletics representative, he was active in both the Western Athletic Conference and Mountain West Conference, and was the Academy's representative on the transition team to form the new MWC, the only faculty athletics representative on the team. He competes in golf, racquetball, handball and tennis, and has promoted Air Force Academy intercollegiate sports throughout his tenure, beginning with work as chairman of the hockey eligibility committee, officer representative to the men's golf team and five years as the officer representative to the football team. Mueh is married to the former Sally Flax of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have three children: Kristine, Kurt and Deborah.
Dr. Hans Mueh enters his eighth season as the Academy’s Director of Athletics. At halftime of the Utah game on Oct. 30, 2010, Mueh congratulated the men’s gymnastics team for winning the USAG National Championship.
Mueh has been just as successful behind the scenes with the administration of the department. Mueh restructured the department with an internal/external model that has streamlined resources and made the department more effective from top to bottom. In addition, he has the department on course to become a federally chartered non-profit organization which will lead to more fund-raising opportunities. Mueh was instrumental in the USAFA Endow-
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Air Force Athletics Few schools in the country have an athletic program as extensive as the Air Force Academy's. The goals of the athletic program are to enhance the physical conditioning of all cadets, to develop the physical skills necessary for officership, to teach leadership in a competitive environment and to build character. There are three subdivisions of the athletic program: intercollegiate athletics, intramurals and physical education. The intercollegiate program has 17 men's and 10 women's NCAA-sanctioned teams, facing some of the top competition in the nation. Men’s teams are football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, cross-country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, lacrosse, rifle, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling. The Academy fields women's teams in basketball, cross-country, fencing, gymnastics, rifle, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and volleyball. In addition, the Academy sponsors two non-NCAA programs; boxing and cheerleading. The majority of the Academy’s men’s and women’s programs compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons compete in this conference against teams from Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV and Wyoming. All sports also compete against non-conference opponents, including many nationally-ranked teams.
Col. Billy Walker Vice Director of Athletics
William Carpenter Associate AD Recruiting Support
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The football team competes annually for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, which is emblematic of service academy football supremacy. The Falcons have won the trophy 17 times, which is more than any other academy. The winner of the annual rivalry visits the White House to have the trophy presented by the President of the United States. The USAFA Cadet Field House is one of the most impressive buildings in the country. It’s a modern, versatile structure with seemingly endless uses. The $5.6 million building is five stories high and 396 feet by 426 feet, the size of three football fields laid side by side. The structure is divided into three areas--basketball arena, ice hockey arena and multipurpose area. The three sections have a combined seating capacity of more than 9,000. Clune Arena seats 5,858. The Cadet Ice Rink has a seating capacity of 2,470, while the multipurpose area seats 1,000 fans for track and field competitions. The department’s newest facility, the Holaday Athletic Center (pictured left), was completed in July 2011.
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Jim Trego Senior Associate AD External Affairs
Wayne Kellenbence Associate AD Support
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Dermot Coll Associate AD Development/Gov’t
Karen Warner Associate AD Human Resources
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Indoor Hitting Facility The Falcon indoor facility was built in 2006. The state-of-the-art facility is located along the southeast corner of Falcon Field. The new facility features three cages for hi ng and pitching prac ce, player lockers, bathrooms and showers. In the coming years, a second floor is slated to be added to the facility and will feature the coaches offices, pitching lanes and a baseball-specific workout room.
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Falcon Field
Over the years, Falcon Field has become one of the toughest parks in which to play in the na on. Nestled against the Rampart Range of the Rocky Mountains, Falcon Field sits at over 7,000 feet above sea level. In 1991, the field became one of the most unique in the country. Due to the severe Colorado weather, an Astroturf infield was installed with a brand new grass ou ield and drainage system. The turf allowed the Falcons to play games a er spring snowstorms which, in the past, would have had to be postponed. Also in 1991, the fences were moved back more than 20 feet in some spots. The current dimensions are 349 in le field, 393 in le center, 400 in cen-
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ter, 365 in right center and 316 in right field. The “short porch” in right field is protected by a 24-foot chain link “Monster.” As part of the renova on, the dugouts were upgraded with heaters and, permanent helmet and bat racks and the park gained space for more than 500 fans with addi onal sea ng on the grass for a capacity of more than 1,000. In the fall of 2004, the old AstroTurf infield was replaced with new Sport Turf. During the first five seasons a er the renova on, the Falcons improved in every area of the game - team defense, team offense and team pitching. The ba ng average of .328 and fielding percentage of .942 were the highest in any five-year peL riod up to that point. The team ERA con7 sistently improved and the five-year ERA 2 of 7.25 is the best since joining a major 7 conference in 1981. 11 As a result, the Falcons posted 10 a 128-122 record during that me for a 12 winning percentage of .512, the best since
joining a major conference in 1981. The Falcons averaged nearly 26 wins per season in those five years, the best five-year average in school history. AFA’s home winning percentage of .550 in 2000 is the best since a .625 mark in 1995. Since 1957, the Falcons have won 55 percent of the games played at Falcon Field. The 1993 team broke the school record by winning 21 home games. In 55 seasons of Falcon baseball, the team has posted 34 winning seasons at home. In 2011, the Falcons were 10-10 at home. Falcon Field also earned na onal recogni on as the host of the 1976 and 1995 U.S. Olympic Fes vals. A new era began for Falcon Field in 2010, as a new FieldTurf surface was installed over the summer of 2009. The en re playing surface, with the excep on of a dirt mound, is FieldTurf. In addi on, the en re fence surrounding the park was replaced and a new hi ers eye was installed. Air Force also upgraded the dugouts, installing new wood seats and an an upgraded hea ng system.
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