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GENERAL INFORMATION 2009 Quick Facts Media Information
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2009 SEASON PREVIEW 2009 Roster 2009 Photo Roster 2009 Squad Breakdown 2009 Season Preview 2009 Schedule
2009 OPPONENTS
2009 Opponents
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ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE This is the A-Sun
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2009 FGCU BASEBALL Swanson Stadium 18-19 Head Coach Dave Tollett 20-21 Assistant Coach Rusty McKee 21-22 Assistant Coach Derek Tate 22-23 Assistant Coach Nolan Neiman 23 Graduate Manager Jeff Bromley 23-24 Student Assistant Anthony Galvin 24
2009 PLAYER PROFILES Returners Mikel Alvarez Greg Belden Craig Crumbly Shane Effertz Richie Erath Robert Greene Tim Kiley Eric Krznaric Ryan Horton
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Trent Landa Patrick Nathanson Tim Roberson Chris Sale Derek Shaw Josh Upchurch Nick Ursitti Stephen Wickens Pete Woodworth Newcomers Jacob Barnes Bobbie Barrie Josh Chester CJ Evans Joe Guarnaccia Zach Maxfield Kurtis Mullaney Evan Rainford Brad Roberts CJ Stallings Michael Sylvestri
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THIS IS FGCU The City of Fort Myers Florida Gulf Coast University FGCU President Dr. Wilson G. Bradshaw Interim Athletics Director Dr. Jo-Ann Nester Staff Directory FGCU Facilities Sports Medicine Strength & Conditioning Compliance
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2008 Overall Statistics Against the A-Sun FGCU Baseball When.... 2008 Baseball Superlatives 2008 Miscellaneous Statistics 2008 Homerun Chart
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RECORDS Eagles on Draft Day All-Time Letterwinners Year-by-Year Results FGCU Individual Game Records FGCU Team Records FGCU Individual Season Records FGCU Individual Career Records
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FGCU ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of FGCU Athletics is to fully and effectively accomodate the needs and interests of student-athletes in their quest for excellence in the arena of highly competitive sport while working toward the achievement of an undergraduate degree.
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MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS The 2009 FGCU Baseball Media Guide is a publication of the Florida Gulf Coast University Athletics Department.
Front Cover (Clockwise, L to R): Nick Ursitti, Josh Upchurch, Derek Shaw.
Covers Design: Chris Perry Inside Design and Layout: Chris Perry Editing: JJ Crumbley, Joe Hunt, Chris Perry Photography: Brian Tietz, Jason Smith, FGCU Sports Information Printing: Tennant Printing Company
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Back Cover (Top to Bottom, T to B): Chris Sale, Richie Erath, Pete Woodworth, Mikel Alvarez.
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FLORIDA GULF COAST U QUICKS FACTS
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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION
School Florida Gulf Coast University City/Zip Fort Myers, FL 33965 Founded 1997 Enrollment 10,366 Nickname Eagles Colors Cobalt Blue and Emerald Green Facility Swanson Stadium (1,500) Affi liation NCAA Division I Conference Atlantic Sun President: Dr. Wilson Bradshaw Athletic Director Jo-Anne Nester SWA/Associate AD Kathy Peterson Athletic Department Phone 239-590-7012 BASEBALL STAFF INFORMATION
Head Coach: Dave Tollett (7th season, Tusculum ‘88) Office Phone: (239) 590-7051 Best time to reach: Weekday Mornings Record at FGCU: 230-99-2 (6 years) Overall Record: 230-99-2 (6 years) Assistant Coach Rusty McKee (5th season, UNF ‘00) Assistant Coach Derek Tate (1st season, San Francisco ‘04) Assistant Coach Nolan Neiman (1st season, DeSales ‘05) 2008 REVIEW
2008 Overall Record Home
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Away Neutral A-Sun Record A-Sun Regular Season Finish
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2009 TEAM INFORMATION
Letterwinners Returning/Lost Position Starters Returning/Lost Pitchers Returning/Lost Newcomers
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PROGRAM HISTORY
First Season 2003 All-Time Record (Seasons) 230-99-2 (6) All-Time A-SUN Record (Seasons) 25-8 (1) Most Wins (Season) 41 (2006) NCAA Appearances 2 (NCAA Division 2) Last NCAA Opponent Florida Southern Result Lost, 4-1 Regular Season Conference Title One Stadium Capacity Surface Dimensions
STADIUM INFORMATION
Swason Stadium 1,500 Grass LF - 330, CF - 400, RF - 330
COMMUNICATIONS (AREA CODE 239)
Media Relations Contact Media Relations Office Media Relations Fax Baseball Office Perry E-Mail Website
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Sports Information Office The Florida Gulf Coast University Sports Information Office is located in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics in Alico Arena. The Sports Information Office is on the third floor in room 1090. Press/Photo Credentials Press Credentials will be issued to working members of the media only. All requests for working press, photo, and broadcast credentials must be made at least 24 hours prior to the event. Media regularly assigned to cover FGCU and the visiting school will receive top priority. Credentials can be picked up at the Sports Information Office or will-call window at the front entrance of Alico Arena. NCAA policy establishes that only photographers on assignment will be afforded credentials. Designated areas for photographers have been marked, all photographers must remain within the designated areas. Press BOX Working space for the media is located behind homeplate. Spouses, dates and other non-workers are not permitted in the press box. Working personnel are expected to follow guidelines established by the NCAA. Statistics, pre-game notes, game programs, and media guides will be available in the Sports Information Office prior to the game. Final box scores and play-by-play accounts will be distributed as quickly as possible at the conclusion of the game. E-mail Service Every press release that is released by FGCU Athletics is available via e-mail. This includes release copy and pdf-formatted game notes. To be added to the distribution list, please send an e-mail request to Michael Hill, Interim Sports Information Director, at mhill@fgcu.edu or Chris Perry, Assistant Sports Information Director, at cperry@ fgcu.edu. Radio FGCU grants broadcast rights to the official flagship radio station of the visiting team and provides one complimentary telephone line on a reciprocal basis. In-Season Player Interviews All player interviews should be scheduled through the Sports Information Department or Chris Perry. Please allow at least 24 hours to set up interviews. Players may not be interviewed on game day once they enter the locker room or athletic training room. Post-Event Interview Policy Head coaches and requested players will be available for post-game interviews after a 10 minute “cooling off” period as prescribed by the NCAA. See visiting Sports Information Director regarding interviews with members of their coaching staff or players. In-Season Coaches Interviews In-person interviews with the head coach or staff can be arranged through the Sports Information Department or Chris Perry. The head coach and his staff may be reached for telephone interviews from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday by calling the Sports Information Office at (239) 590-7064.
MEDIA OUTLETS
Wire Services Associated Press Sports Editor 9100 N.W. 36th Street Miami, FL 33178 Office: (800)824-5498/(305)594-5825 Fax: (305) 594-9265 Newspapers Craig Handel Sports Writer Fort Myers News-Press 2422 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33901 Office: (239)335-0357 Fax: (239)334-0708 Ed Reed Sports Editor Fort Myers News-Press 2422 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33901 Office: (239)335-0357 Fax: (239)334-0708 Seth Soffian Sports Writer Fort Myers News-Press 2422 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33901 Office: (239)335-0357 Fax: (239)334-0708 Dana Caldwell Sports Writer Naples Daily News 1075 Central Ave. Naples, FL 34102 Office: (239)403-6135 Fax: (239)263-4816 Greg Hardwig Sports Editor Naples Daily News 1075 Central Ave. Naples, FL 34102 Office: (239)403-6135 Fax: (239)263-4816 Jim Linette, Editor Breeze Newspaper PO Box 151306 Cape Coral, FL 33915 Office: (239)574-1110 Fax: (239)574-5693 John Fineran
Sports Editor Charlotte Sun Herald 23170 Harborview Road Port Charlotte, FL 33980 Office: (941) 206-1122 Carlos Calante Sports Editor Eagle News 10501 FGCU Blvd. South Fort Myers, FL 33965 Office: (239) 590-7945 Radio David Moulton SportsRadio 770 20125 S. Tamiami Trail Estero, FL 33928 Office:(239)495-2100 Mark Miller SportsRadio 770 20125 S. Tamiami Trail Estero, FL 33928 Office:(239)495-2100 Television Clayton Ferraro Sports Director WINK-TV (CBS) 2824 Palm Beach Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33916 Office:(239)344-5021 Fax:(239)338-4383 Brian Colleran Sports Director WZVN-TV (ABC) 3719 Central Ave. Fort Myers, FL 33901 Office:(239)275-2000 Fax:(239)939-3244 Chris Long Sports Director WBBH-TV (NBC) 3719 Central Ave. Fort Myers, FL 33901 Office:(239)275-2000 Fax:(239)939-3244 Eric Foust Sports Director WFIX (FOX) 621 S.W. Pine Island Rd. Cape Coral, FL 33991 Office:(239)574-6397 Fax:(239)574-4803
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Practice Coverage Practice sessions are open to media coverage. Please notify the Sports Information Office, 24 hours in advance, if you are planning to attend a practice. Video Streaming A-Sun.TV is a live streaming video service available through the official website of the FGCU Eagles, FGCUAthletics.com. This collaboration between NeuLion and the Atlantic Sun allows fans to subscribe on a game-by-game, monthly or yearly basis for live and on-demand programming Michael Hill Interim Sports Information Director (239) 590-7064 mhill@fgcu.edu - Men’s Soccer - Men’s & Women’s Basketball - Softball
Chris Perry Assistant Sports Information Director (239) 590-7061 cperry@fgcu.edu - Women’s Soccer - Baseball - A-Sun TV
The official website of FGCU Athletics is www.FGCUAthletics.com. It is the main means of information dissemination utilized by the athletics department. In addition to releases, specific team information (rosters, schedules, statistics, bios, etc.) for all varsity sports is available. Box scores for events are available in the Schedule/Results section of the particular sport page.
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NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 1 Josh Upchurch CF L/R 5-11 175 Sr. Cape Coral, Fla./Mariner 2 Michael Sylvestri C R/R 5-11 170 Fr. Coconut Creek, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons 4 Joe Guarnaccia OF R/R 5-9 150 Fr. Davie, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 5 Tim Roberson 3B/C R/R 5-10 190 So. West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Central 6 Trent Landa P L/L 6-0 207 So. Jacksonville, Fla./Arlington Country Day 7 Brad Roberts INF R/R 5-9 190 Jr. Tampa, Fla./Pasco-Hernando CC 8 Mikel Alvarez INF R/R 6-0 155 So. West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Central 9 Evan Rainford INF S/R 5-2 125 Fr. Punta Gorda, Fla./Charlotte 10 Robert Greene C R/R 6-3 205 So. Cape Coral, Fla./Mariner 11 Eric Krznaric INF R/R 6-0 180 Jr. Fort Myers, Fla./FAU 12 Stephen Wickens SS R/R 5-10 162 So. Whitoy, Ontario/Sinclair Secondary 13 Josh Chester OF/1B R/R 6-2 195 Jr. Weston, Fla./St. Petersburg College 14 Kurtis Mullaney C R/R 6-3 215 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny 15 CJ Evans P R/R 5-10 185 Fr. Tampa, Fla./Chamberlain HS 16 Nick Ursitti P R/R 5-9 205 Sr. Lehigh Acres, Fla./Central Florida CC 17 Bobbie Barrie OF L/R 6-0 171 Fr. Daytona Beach, Fla./Spruce Creek 19 CJ Stallings P R/R 6-5 210 So. Northport, Fla./Polk CC 20 Richie Erath P R/R 6-3 180 So. West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Central 21 Derek Shaw P R/R 6-3 240 Sr. New Port Richey, Fla./J.W. Mitchell 22 Jason Forjet P R/R 6-2 165 Fr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Nova HS 23 Jacob Barnes P R/R 6-2 210 Fr. St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg 24 Zach Maxfield INF R/R 6-0 205 So. North Port, Fla./Pasco-Hernando CC 26 Greg Belden P R/R 6-1 208 So. Osteen, Fla./Pineridge 31 Craig Crumbly P R/R 6-0 204 So. Winter Haven, Fla./Lake Region 32 Pete Woodworth P R/R 6-1 190 Jr. St. Petersburg, Fla./USF 35 Ryan Horton P L/L 6-0 176 Sr. Orlando, Fla./Seminole CC 36 Shane Effertz P L/L 6-1 195 Sr. Albuquerque, N.M./St. Petersburg CC 40 Patrick Nathanson P L/L 6-5 202 So. Maitland, Fla./Trinity Prep 41 Chris Sale P L/L 6-6 172 So. Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland 42 Tim Kiley P R/R 6-7 205 So. Palm Harbor, Fla./Palm Harbor University HS COACHING STAFF Head Coach Dave Tollett (7th season, Tusculum ‘88) Career Record: 230-99-2 (6 years) Record at FGCU: 230-99-2 (6 years) NCAA Appearances: one (NCAA Division II Regional, 2006) Assistant Coach Rusty McKee (5th season, UNF ‘00) Assistant Coach Nolan Neiman (1st season, DeSales ‘05) Graduate Manager Jeff Bromley (1st season, Eckerd ‘08) Student Assistnat Anthony Galvin (4th season)
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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Jason Forjet Joe Guarnaccia Eric Krznaric Michael Sylvestri Kurtis Mullaney
Four-Jet Gar-NA-chea Kriz-NAR-ic Sill-VEST-re Muh-LAY-nee
SQUAD ANALYSIS Letterwinners Returning/Lost 16/11 Position Starters Returning/Lost 3/7 Pitchers Returning/Lost 11/4 Newcomers 10 Class Breakdown 30 (Sr-5, Jr-4, So-13,Fr-8/11) States Fla-28, NM-1, Canada-1 How they hit Right-11,Left-2,Switch-1 How they pitch Right-13, Left-3
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ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name (Pos.) 8 Mikel Alvarez (INF) 23 Jacob Barnes (P) 17 Bobbie Barrie (OF) 26 Greg Belden (P) 13 Josh Chester (OF/1B) 31 Craig Crumbly (P) 36 Shane Effertz (P) 20 Richie Erath (P) 15 CJ Evans (P) 22 Jason Forjet (P) 10 Robert Green (C) 4 Joe Guarnaccia (OF) 35 Ryan Horton (P) 42 Tim Kiley (P) 11 Eric Krznaric (INF) 6 Trent Landa (P) 24 Zach Maxfield (INF) 14 Kurtis Mullaney (C) 40 Patrick Nathanson (P) 9 Evan Rainford (INF) 5 Tim Roberson (3B/C) 7 Brad Roberts (INF) 41 Chris Sale (P) 21 Derek Shaw (P) 19 CJ Stallings (P) 2 Michael Sylvestri (C) 1 Josh Upchurch (OF) 16 Nick Ursitti (P) 12 Stephen Wickens (INF) 32 Pete Woodworth (P)
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Josh Upchurch
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Michael Sylvestri
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Mikel Alvarez
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Robert Greene
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Derek Shaw
Jacob Barnes
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Stephen Wickens
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Josh Chester
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CJ Stallings
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Greg Belden
Brad Roberts
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Bobbie Barrie
Zach Maxfield
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Trent Landa
Eric Krznaric
Nick Ursitti
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CJ Evans
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Tim Roberson
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Evan Rainford
Kurtis Mullaney
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Joe Guarnaccia
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Richie Erath
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Craig Crumbly
Pete Woodworth
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Ryan Horton
Shane Effertz
Patrick Nathanson
Chris Sale
Rusty McKee Assistant Coach
Nolan Neiman Assistant Coach
Jeff Bromley Grad.Manager
Anthony Galvin Student Assist.
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Dave Tollett
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Player Mikel Alvarez Robert Greene Tim Roberson Josh Upchurch Stephen Wickens
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Pos. Ht. INF 6-0 C 6-3 3B/C 5-10 OF 5-11 INF 5-10
Player R/L Ht. Greg Belden RHP 6-1 Craig Crumbly RHP 6-0 Shane Effertz RHP 6-1 Richie Erath RHP 6-3 Ryan Horton RHP 6-0 Tim Kiley RHP 6-7 Trent Landa LHP 6-0 Patrick Nathanson LHP 6-5 Chris Sale LHP 6-6 Derek Shaw RHP 6-3 Nick Ursitti RHP 5-9 Pete Woodworth RHP 6-1
RETURNING PLAYERS (17) POSITION PLAYERS (5)
Cl. So. So. So. Sr. So.
Wt. 208 204 195 180 176 205 202 202 172 240 205 190
Wt. AVG 155 .346 205 .226 190 .237 175 .325 162 .251
GP-GS AB R H 2B -3B -HR RBI BB SB-ATT 49-47 205 44 71 6-2-2 35 18 1-1 14-7 31 4 7 1-1-0 4 2 0-0 21-13 59 8 14 2-0-3 11 6 0-0 53-53 228 54 74 7-0-2 23 31 20-25 52-51 167 38 42 9-0-1 22 27 2-5
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Cl. ERA W-L So. 0.00 0-0 So. 2.12 3-0 Sr. 1.80 1-0 So. 3.62 2-1 Sr. 20.25 0-0 So. 4.50 0-1 So. 7.71 0-0 So. 5.91 0-3 So. 3.47 2-0 Sr. 1.46 1-1 Sr. 2.89 2-0 Jr. 4.27 7-3
A/GS CG SHO SV IP H R-ER BB SO 1/0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0-0 0 0 10/3 0 0/0 0 34.0 30 9-8 8 23 6/0 0 0/0 0 5.0 3 1-1 3 2 9/4 0 0/1 0 27.1 23 12-11 7 15 2/1 0 0/0 0 1.1 3 3-3 4 0 5/0 0 0/0 0 4.0 3 3-2 4 2 7/0 0 0/0 0 7.0 11 6-6 2 5 6/5 0 0/0 0 21.1 31 20-14 4 17 21/1 0 0/1 2 36.1 36 15-14 10 43 12/0 0 0/0 0 24.2 24 6-4 1 25 15/3 0 0/0 1 28.0 25 15-9 13 29 15/11 0 0/0 1 78.0 77 38-37 27 78
Mikel Alvarez started 47 as a freshman. Alvarez finished third on the team inaverage which landed him on the Second team A-Sun and All- Freshman A-Sun teams.
NEWCOMERS (11)
Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School Bobbie Barrie OF L/R 6-0 171 Fr. Daytona Beach, Fla./Spruce Creek Jacob Barnes P R/R 6-2 210 Fr. St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg Josh Chester OF/1B R/R 6-2 195 Jr. Weston, Fla./St. Petersburg College CJ Evans P R/R 5-10 185 Fr. Tampa, Fla./Chamberlain HS Joe Guarnaccia OF R/R 5-9 150 Fr. Davie, Fla./St. Thomas Aquainas Zach Maxfield INF R/R 6-0 205 So. Northport, Fla./Pasco-Hernando CC Kurtis Mullaney C R/R 6-3 215 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny Evan Rainford INF S/R 5-2 125 Fr. Punta Gorda, Fla./Charlotte Brad Roberts INF R/R 5-9 190 Jr. Tampa, Fla./Pasco-Hernando CC CJ Stallings P R/R 6-5 210 So. Northport, Fla./Polk CC Michael Sylvestri C R/R 5-11 170 Fr. Coconut Creek, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons
Player Pos. Ozzie Borrell OF Casey Coleman P/SS Jason Peacock 1B Stephen Rassel IF/OF Vinnie Scarduzio OF Graig Smith C
Ht. 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-2 5-9
Player R/L Ht. Richard Bleier L 6-3 Casey Coleman R 6-2 JJ Crumbley R 5-9 6
KEY LOSSES (9) POSITION PLAYERS (6)
Wt. AVG GP-GS 195 .353 53-53 180 .314 43-41 215 .434 51-51 190 .335 52-52 190 .275 49-49 155 .227 36-28
Wt. ERA 210 2.09 180 4.11 160 1.50
AB R H 2B-3B-HR RBI BB SB-ATT 224 39 79 25-2-7 54 18 1-2 172 23 54 11-3-5 32 10 3-3 196 43 85 12-0-9 53 34 0-0 218 43 73 11-3-1 33 15 9-12 193 32 53 13-3-9 44 20 0-0 110 20 25 2-0-2 13 13 1-1
PITCHERS (3) W-L 7-1 7-3 6-2
Richie Erath was chosen as the A-Sun player of the week in FGCU’s first ever conference series as a member of Division I. Erath finished the year with 27.1 innings, a 2-1 record, and a 3.62 ERA.
A/GS CG 12/12 4 13/13 0 24/0 0
SHO SV IP 0/0 0 90.1 0/1 0 70.0 0/1 5 48.0
H R-ER BB 79 33-21 17 71 37-32 35 41 10-8 14
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Pete Woodworth finished the year tied for the most wins in the A-Sun with a 7-3 record. Woodworth also finished second in the A-Sun in strikeouts, and was chosen to the second team All A-Sun in the 2008. season.
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head coach Dave Tollett. “We will be able to pitch and The Eagles became the third team in A-Sun history to that will be our strength in the upcoming year. We lost win a regular-season championship in their first year in the league and the first to win the title in the onesome power but will make it up in speed. This is easily division alignment. At 25-8, the Eagles established the the most challenging schedule that we have ever faced. Wichita State, Florida, Florida State and Miami are all record for the most conference wins by a program great programs that have a chance to make it to Omaha in their first year in the A-Sun, breaking the record every year. We are trying to bring high quality baseball set in 1999 when Jacksonville finished its first year at 22-8. Even without A-Sun Pitcher of the Year Richard programs to Southwest Florida and this schedule has Bleier and A-Sun Player of the Year Jason Peacock, the done that.” Eagles return four players who earned A-Sun honors, “Our rotation will be strong, and we have great depth Pete Woodworth Second Team All-Atlantic Sun, and on the mound this season. If we stay healthy, I believe three Atlantic Sun All-Freshman nominees Mikel Alvarez, Richie Erath and Chris Sale. The 2009 Eagle we will be in the running for another A-Sun regular season title.” baseball team will have a different look after losing 2009 OFFENSIVE ANALYSIS eight seniors and two junior arms to the draft. Don’t The big question in 2009 will be the Eagles offense. let those numbers fool you. The Eagles are young but The Eagles lost 37 out of a total 43 homeruns from very talented. “We will be a young, but talented team in 2009,” said last year’s squad, and two of their top hitters in Jason Peacock (.434/9/53) and Ozzie Borrell (.353/7/54). The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles returned four your starter and leadoff hitter Josh Upchurch (.325/2/23) for his senior year. Upchurch, the Eagles career leader in steals will be the catalyst for this year’s team. He will receive help from Mikel Alvarez (.346/2/35). Alvarez is coming LEFT FIELD Josh Chester off one of the best years in school history Joe Guarnaccia as a freshman. Alvarez is listed on Wallace watch list. At shortstop, Stephen Wickens (.251/1/22) will be the guy. Wickens and Alvarez were an unbelievable middle combination CENTER FIELD Joe Guarnaccia for the Eagles in 2008. They Josh Upchurch give the Eagles a solid, combination and throw in Upchurch in the middle SHORTSTOP Evan Rainford and the Eagles are very Stephen Wickens sound. Tim Roberson 3rd BASE Tim Roberson will be over at third; Brad Roberts RHP Roberson had an Jacob Barnes impressive 2nd BASE Greg Belden Mikel Alvarez summer in the Craig Crumbly LHP RIGHT FIELD Northwoods League. Eric Krznaric Trent Landa CJ Evans Bobbie Barrie Patrick Nathanson Shane Effertz Junior college transfer Josh Chester Chris Sale Richie Erath Josh Chester will add Ryan Horton 1st BASE an offensive spark to Tim Kiley Zach Maxfield the 2009 Eagles. Derek Shaw Kurtis Mullaney Other new birds CJ Stallings CATCHER Nick Ursitti that look to make an Robert Greene Pete Woodworth Tim Roberson impact for the Eagles Michael Sylvestri * This chart is not intended as a depth chart, it depicts are Zach Maxfield, who will play at each position 2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
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first base, Brad Roberts infielder, and Bobby Greene at catcher. PITCHING After losing two juniors to the draft, Richard Bleier in the sixth round and Casey Coleman in the 15th round, the Eagles strength is still on the Hill. The Eagles will
The bullpen will lean on freshman Jacob Barnes, and seniors Derek Shaw (1-1/1.46) and Nick Ursitti (2-0/2.89). In the closing role this year will be Stephen Wickens. SCHEDULE The schedule features 31 home games and 13 games against teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
The Eagles open the season with a 15-game home stand beginning on February 20th against Central Michigan in the FGCU Invitational. The field for the tournament includes super regional participant Wichita State. The Shockers are a fixture in postseason baseball under legendary coach Gene Stephenson. The field also includes Temple. The following weekend, the Eagles host the FGCU Baseball Classic which includes Samford, Towson, South Florida and Bethune-Cookman. After the Classic, the Eagles host Boston College for two games and begin A-Sun play with Campbell. The final two games of the 15-game home stand see the Eagles host Big 10 foe Penn State for two games.
Pete Woodworth have a good weekend rotation with Pete Woodworth, Chris Sale and Richie Erath. Their bullpen will be as strong or better than last years team. Second Team All-Atlantic Sun pitcher Pete Woodworth (7-3/4.27) moves into the ace role. Richie Erath (2-1/3.62) who was hurt for most of 2008 re-enters into a starting role; Erath was the third starter last year as a freshman in theEagles rotation. Chris Sale (2-0/3.47) will move into the starting rotation after only starting in one game last season, along with Patrick Nathanson (0-3/5.91) who started a combined nine games last season. 8
The Eagles then get into the bulk of conference play with series at UNF and home against Jacksonville. Following the Jacksonville series, the Eagles begin an 11-game road trip with College World Series participant Florida State and road trips to A-Sun foes Belmont and Mercer. One of the highlights of the season is a visit from Florida on Tuesday April 21. The Eagles and Gators will face off in Hammond Stadium and then travel to Miami on the 22nd of April for the first of two meetings against the Hurricanes. Last season, the Eagles dropped a 4-2 heartbreaker in extra innings to the #1 ranked team in the county. The Eagles finish the season with three games at home against Atlantic Sun rival Stetson. WHAT TO WATCH FOR Last season the Eagles pitching staff led the A-Sun with a 3.19 ERA, while the offense finished tied in second with a .312 average over 53 games. The Eagles outscored their opponents 372-109 and while the pitching staff held their opponents to a .256 batting average. Mikel Alvarez earned a spot on the preseason 2009
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Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch List. The Wallace Award is presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate baseball player in conjunction with the
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Beach, Fla., native will return for the 2009 season as a solid bat in the top of the lineup and a versatile defensive player for the eagles. RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS
Mikel Alvarez College Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. Sophomore Alvarez appeared in 49 games while starting 47 of them for the Eagles in 2008. Alvarez landed on the Second Team A-Sun and All- Freshman A-Sun teams. He had the third best batting average on the team (.346), had 71 hits and set an FGCU record for hitting streak where he recorded at least one hit in 20 straight games. Alvarez scored 44 runs, walked 18 times, and had 6 doubles on the year. The West Palm
Category No. Average .346 Runs 54 Hits 74 Doubles 9 Triples 2 Home Runs 3 RBI 35 Total Bases 87 Slugging Pct. .424 Walks 31 Hit by Pitch 12 On-Base Pct. .411 Stolen Bases 20 Earned Run Average 4.27 Wins 7 Appearances 21 Starts 11 Saves 2 Innings Ptiched 78.0 Strikeouts 78
Player Mikel Alvarez Josh Upchurch Josh Upchurch Stephen Wickens Mikel Alvarez Tim Roberson Mikel Alvarez Mikel Alvarez Josh Upchurch Mikel Alvarez Tim Roberson Josh Upchurch Stephen Wickens Josh Upchurch Josh Upchurch Pete Woodworth Pete Woodworth Chris Sale Pete Woodworth Chris Sale Pete Woodworth Pete Woodworth
PRESEASON COACHES POLLS
All-Conference Team SP Rex Brothers (Jr.) Lipscomb SP Kyle Heckathorn (Jr.) Kennesaw State SP Brandon McClurg (Sr.) Lipscomb SP Pete Woodworth (Jr.) FGCU RP Jimmy Stanley (Sr.) Belmont C Jeremy Gillan (Sr.) Jacksonville 1B Derek Wiley (Sr.) Belmont 2B Mikel Alvarez (So.) FGCU 3B Robert Crews (So.) Stetson SS Casey Frawley (Jr.) Stetson OF * Jeremy Cruz (Sr.) Stetson OF Ryan Hamme (Sr.) Campbell OF Jacob Robbins (Sr.) Kennesaw State DH Joe Winker (So.) Mercer Player of the Year Pitcher of the Year * Jeremy Cruz, Stetson Kyle Heckathorn, Kennesaw State
Preseason Poll Team Pts (1st) Kennesaw State 116 (6) Lipscomb 95 (3) FGCU 95 (1) Stetson 94 Jacksonville 76 (1) UNF 74 Belmont 50 Mercer 47 Campbell 33 USC Upstate 30 ETSU 16 Tournament Champ: Lipscomb and Stetson tied with five votes apiece * Unanimous A tie in the voting resulted in four starting pitchers earning AllConference spots.
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2008 A-SUN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS Date Day Opponent/Event Location 2/20 Friday Central Michigan Swanson Stadium 2/20 Friday Central Michigan Swanson Stadium 2/21 Saturday Wichita State Swanson Stadium 2/22 Sunday Temple Swanson Stadium 2/26 Thursday Samford Swanson Stadium 2/27 Friday Towson Swanson Stadium 2/28 Saturday USF Swanson Stadium 3/1 Sunday Bethune-Cookman Swanson Stadium 3/3 Tuesday Boston College Swanson Stadium 3/4 Wednesday Boston College Swanson Stadium 3/6 Friday Campbell (DH) Swanson Stadium 3/7 Saturday Campbell Swanson Stadium 3/10 Tuesday Penn State Swanson Stadium 3/11 Wednesday Penn State Swanson Stadium 3/14 Saturday UNF (DH) Jacksonville, Fla. 3/15 Sunday UNF Jacksonville, Fla. 3/20 Friday Jacksonville Swanson Stadium 3/21 Saturday Jacksonville Swanson Stadium 3/22 Sunday Jacksonville Swanson Stadium 3/24 Tuesday Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. 3/25 Wednesday Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. 3/27 Friday Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 3/28 Saturday Belmont (DH) Nashville, Tenn. 3/31 Tuesday Bethune-Cookman Daytona Beach, Fla. 4/1 Wednesday Bethune-Cookman Daytona Beach, Fla. 4/3 Friday Mercer Macon, Ga. 4/4 Saturday Mercer Macon, Ga. 4/5 Sunday Mercer Macon, Ga. 4/8 Wednesday Florida International Miami, Fla. 4/14 Tuesday UCF Swanson Stadium 4/15 Wednesday UCF Orlando, Fla. 4/17 Friday Lipscomb Swanson Stadium 4/18 Saturday Lipscomb Swanson Stadium 4/19 Sunday Lipscomb Swanson Stadium 4/21 Tuesday Florida Hammond Stadium 4/22 Wednesday Miami Miami, Fla. 4/24 Friday USC Upstate Swanson Stadium 4/25 Saturday USC Upstate (DH) Swanson Stadium 4/28 Tuesday Florida International Swanson Stadium 4/29 Wednesday Miami Miami, Fla. 5/1 Friday ETSU Johnson City, Tenn. 5/2 Saturday ETSU (DH) Johnson City, Tenn. 5/5 Tuesday Florida Atlantic Swanson Stadium 5/6 Wednesday Florida Gainesville, Fla. 5/8 Friday Kennesaw State Kennesaw, Ga. 5/9 Saturday Kennesaw State (DH) Kennesaw, Ga. 5/12 Tuesday Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Fla. 5/14 Thursday Stetson Swanson Stadium 5/15 Friday Stetson Swanson Stadium 5/16 Saturday Stetson Swanson Stadium
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WICHITAW STATE
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
February 21 • 8 p.m. Fort Myers, Florida
February 20 • 12:01a.m., 8 p.m. Fort Myers, Florida School Information Name Central Michigan Location Mount Pleasant, Michigan Founded 1892 Enrollment 27,354 Nickname Chippewas Colors Maroon and Gold Conference Mid-American Series First meeting Stadium Theunissen Stadium (7,245) Head Coach Steve Jaksa Record at Central Michigan 135-93 Assistant Coaches Jeff Opalewski, Jamie Guhn,J.T. Jones SID, E-mail Scott Rex, scott.rex@cmich.edu Phone 989-774-1763 2008 Record 29-27-1; (13-15, 5th) Athletics Website www.cmuchippewas.com
School Information Name Wichita State Location Wichita, Kansas Founded 1895 Enrollment 14,298 Nickname Shockers Colors Black and Yellow Conference Missouri Valley Series First meeting Stadium Eck Stadium (7,851) Head Coach Gene Stephenson Record at Wichita State 1653-550-3 Assistant Coaches Brent Kemnitz, Jim Thomas, Jarod Goodale SID, E-mail Larry Rankin, tcutler@goshockers.com Phone 316-978-3265 2008 Record 48-17; (19-5, 1st) Athletics Website www.GoShockers.com
SAMFORD
TEMPLE
February 26 • 4 p.m. Fort Myers, Florida
February 22 • 12 p.m. Fort Myers, Florida School Information Name Temple Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Founded 1884 Enrollment 34,000 Nickname Owls Colors Cherry and White Conference Atlantic 10 Series First meeting Stadium Skip Wilson Field (1,000) Head Coach Rob Valli Record at Temple 57-107 Assistant Coaches Greg Lemon, Brandon Anderson SID, E-mail Kevin Bonner, kbonner@temple.edu Phone 215-204-9149 2008 Record 27-29; (16-11, 4th) Athletics Website www.Owlsports.com
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School Information Name Samford Location Birmingham, Alabama Founded 1841 Enrollment 4,500 Nickname Bulldogs Colors Red and Blue Conference Ohio Valley Series First meeting Stadium Joe Lee Griffin Field (1,000) Head Coach Casey Dunn Record at Samford 86-89 Assistant Coaches Tony David, Mick Firldbinder, Rucker Taylor SID, E-mail Joe Mullins, jmmullil@samford.edu Phone 205-726-2799 2008 Record 33-23; 19-7, 1st) Athletics Website www.samfordsports.com
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TOWSON
SOUTH FLORIDA
February 27 • 8 p.m. Fort Myers, Florida School Information Name Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Colors Conference Series Stadium Head Coach Record at Towson Assistant Coaches SID, E-mail Phone 2008 Record Athletics Website
Towson Towson, Maryland 1866 19,758 Tigers Gold, White and Black Colonial Athletic Association First meeting Towson Tiger Stadium (600) Mike Gottlieb 495-515-7 Scott Roane Eric Rhew, erhew@towson.edu 410-704-6258 30-28; (14-16, 6th) www.towsontigers.com
February 28 • 4p.m. Fort Myers, Florida
School Information Name USF Location Tampa, Florida Founded 1956 Enrollment 44,000 Nickname Bulls Colors Green and Gold Conference Big East Series 1-1 Stadium Red McEwen Field (1,500) Head Coach Lelo Prado Record at USF 67-51 Assistant Coaches Lazer Collazo, Greg Paris, Bryant Ward, Tino Martinez SID, E-mail Amy Woodruff, woodruff@admin.usf.edu Phone 813-974-4087 2008 Record 31-27; (14-13, 3rd) Athletics Website www.Gousfbulls.com
BETHUNE-COOKMAN
BOSTON COLLEGE
February 3 • 6 p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida February 4 • 6 p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida
February 1 • 12 p.m. • Fort Myers, Floirda March 31 • 6 p.m. • Daytona Beach, Florida April 1 • 3 p.m. • Daytona Beach, Florida
School Information Name Bethune-Cookman Location Daytona Beach, Florida Founded 1904 Enrollment 3,100 Nickname Wildcats Colors Maroon and Gold Conference Mid-Eastern Atlantic Series 1-1 Stadium Jackie Robinson Ballpark (3,127) Head Coach Mervyl Melendez Record at BCU 276-247 Assistant Coaches Joel Sanchez, Jose Vazquez, Phil Enright SID, E-mail Mark Johnson,johnsonmark@coockman.edu Phone 386-481-2206 2008 Record 36-22; (17-1, 1st) Athletics Website www.bccathletics.com
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School Information Name Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Colors Conference Series Stadium Head Coach Record at BC Assistant Coaches SID, E-mail Phone 2008 Record Athletics Website
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Boston College Chesnutt Hill, Massachusetts 1863 14,500 Eagles Maroon and Gold Atlantic Coast Conference First meeting Eddie Pellagrini Diamond (2,500) Mike Aoki 50-54-1 Joe Hastings, Steve Enright, Jesse Woods Ben Warnick, warnick@bc.edu 617-552-4508 26-27; (9-21, T-10th) www.bceagles.com
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PENN STATE
CAMPBELL
February 10 • 6p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida February 11 • 4p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida
February 6 (DH) • 4p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida February 7 • 1p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida
School Information Name Campbell Location Buise Creek, North Carolina Founded 1887 Enrollment 6,654 Nickname Fighting Camels Colors Orange and Black Conference Atlantic Sun Series 3-0 Stadium Taylor Field (1,000) Head Coach Gregg Goff Record at Campbell 21-37 Assistant Coaches Justin Haiwe, Aubrey Blackwell, John Caddell SID, E-mail Quinn LaSage, Lesage@campbell.edu Phone 910-814-4367 2008 Record 21-31; (13-20, 11th) Athletics Website www.gocamels.com
School Information Name Penn State Location University Park, Pennsylvania Founded 1855 Enrollment 42,039 Nickname Nittany Lions Colors Blue and White Conference Big Ten Series First meeting Stadium Medlar Field at Labrano Park (5,406) Head Coach Robbie Wine Record at Penn State 106-114 Assistant Coaches Jason Bell, Eric Folmer SID, E-mail Matt Beltz, mxb71@psu.edu Phone 814-865-1757 2008 Record 27-31; (18-15, 4th) Athletics Website www.GoPSUsports.com
JACKSONVILLE
NORTH FLORIDA
February 20 • 7p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida February 21 • 7p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida February 22 • 1p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida
February 14 • 1p.m. • Jacksonville, Florida February 15 (DH) • 1p.m. • Jacksonville, Florida
School Information Name Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Colors Conference Series Stadium Head Coach Record at UNF Assistant Coaches SID, E-mail Phone 2008 Record Athletics Website
UNF Jacksonville, Florida 1965 17,000 Ospreys Navy Blue and Gray Atlantic Sun 2-1 Harmon Stadium (1,000) Dusty Rhodes 856-389 Shepherd, Greg Labbe, Damon Olinto Tom Strother, tstroth@unf.edu 904-620-4026 29-26; (18-15; 4th) www.UNFOspreys.com
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School Information Name Jacksonville Location Jacksonville, Florida Founded 1934 Enrollment 3,436 Nickname Dolphins Colors Green and White Conference Atlantic Sun Series 3-0 Stadium John Sessions Stadium (3,253) Head Coach Terry Alexander Record at Jacksonville 594-477-2 Assistant Coaches Tim Montez, Todd Claus, Les Wright SID, E-mail Josh Ellis, jellis@ju.edu Phone 904-256-7402 2008 Record 27-29; (13-20, 10th) Athletics Website www.judolphins.com
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FLORIDA STATE
BELMONT
February 24 • 6p.m. • Tallahassee, Florida February 25 • 6p.m. • Tallahassee, Florida
February 27 • 4p.m. • Nashville, Tennessee February 28 (DH) • 1p.m. • Nashville, Tenn.
School Information Name Florida State Location Tallahassee, Florida Founded 1851 Enrollment 32,525 Nickname Seminoles Colors Garnet and Gold Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Series First meeting Stadium Dick Howser Stadium (6,700) Head Coach Mike Martin Record at Florida State 1,538-520-4 Assitant Coaches
School Information Name Belmont Location Nashville, Tennessee Founded 1951 Enrollment 5,017 Nickname Bruins Colors Navy, Blue, and White Conference Atlantics Sun Series 2-1 Stadium Greer Stadium (10,139) Head Coach Dave Jarvis Record at Belmont 301-284 Assistant Coaches Matt Barnett, Scott Hall, Josh Horn SID, E-mail Marcel Pourtout, mediarelations@mail.belmont.edu Phone 615-460-8023 2008 Record 25-33; (16-17, 7th) Athletics Website www.belmontathletics.com
SID, E-mail Phone 2008 Record Athletics Website
Jason Leturmy, jleturmy@fsu.edu 850-664-5656 54-14; 24-6, 1st) www.seminoles.com
MERCER
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
April 3 • 6p.m. • Macon, Georgia April 4 • 4p.m. • Macon, Georgia April 5 • 1p.m. • Macon, Georgia School Information Name Mercer Location Macon, Georgia Founded 1833 Enrollment 7,500 Nickname Bears Colors Orange and Black Conference Atlantic Sun Series 3-0 Stadium Claud Smith Field (500) Head Coach Craig Gibson Record at Mercer 139-145 Assistant Coaches Tim Boeth, Brent Shade SID, E-mail Bryan Geelan, geelan_bd@mercer.edu Phone 478-301-5209 2008 Record 24-33; (17-16, 6th) Athletics Website www.mercerbears.com
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April 8 • 6p.m. • Miami, Florida April 28 • 6p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida School Inofrmation Name FIU Location University Park, Miami, Florida Founded 1972 Enrollment 38,000 Nickname Golden Panthers Colors Blue and Gold Conference Sun Belt Series 3-1 Stadium FIU Baseball Stadium (2,163) Head Coach Turtle Thomas Record at FIU 20-36 Assistant Coaches Sean Allen, Scott Humes SID, E-mail Brian Goldman, bgoldman@fiu.edu Phone 305-348-2084 2008 Record 20-36; (12-18, 9th) Athletics Website www.FIUSports.com
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LIPSCOMB
UCF
April 17 • 7p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida April 18 • 7p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida April 19 • 1p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida
April 14 • 6p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida April 15 • 6:30p.m. • Orlando, Florida School Information Name UCF Location Orlando, Florida Founded 1963 Enrollment 48,699 Nickname Knights Colors Black and Gold Conference Conference USA Series 1-1 Stadium Jay Bergman Field (2,000) Head Coach Terry Rooney Record at UCF First Season Assistant Coaches Cliff Godwin, Jeff Palumbo, Aaron Smith SID, E-mail Brian Orminston, borminston@athletics.ufc.edu Phone 407-823-2409 2008 Record 31-27; (8-16, 11th) Athletics Website www.ucfathletics.com
School Information Name Lipscomb Location Nashville, Tennessee Founded 1891 Enrollment 2,744 Nickname Bison Colors Purple and Gold Conference Atlantic Sun Series 1-2 Stadium Ken Dugan Field at Stephen L. Marsh Stadium (1,200) Head Coach Jeff Forehand Record at Lipscomb 61-59 Assistant Coaches Bryan Ryman, Lantz Wheeler SID, E-mail Mark MeGee, mark.megee@lipscomb.edu Phone 615-966-5862 2008 Record 33-29; (19-14, 3rd) Athletics Website www.lipscombsports.com
MIAMI
FLORIDA
April 21 • 7p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida May 6 • 6:30p.m. • Gainesville, Florida
April 22 • 7p.m. • Coral Gables, Florida April 29 • 6p.m. • Coral Gables, Florida
School Information Name Florida Location Gainesville, Florida Founded 1853 Enrollment 51,520 Nickname Gators Colors Orange and Blue Conference Southeastern Conference Series 0-1 Stadium Mckethan Stadium (5,500) Head Coach Kevin O’Sullivan Record at Florida 34-24 Assistant Coaches Craig Bell, Brad Weitzel, Don Norris SID, E-mail John Hines, johnh@gators.uaa.ufl.edu Phone 352-375-4683 2008 Record 34-24; (17-13, 3rd) Athletics Website www.gatorzone.com
School Information Name Miami Location Coral Gables, Florida Founded 1925 Enrollment 15,670 Nickname Hurricanes Colors Orange, Green and White Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Series 0-1 Stadium Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park (2,965) Head Coach Jim Morris Record at Miami 695-256-3 Assistant Coaches J.D. Arteaga, Gino DiMare, Joe Mercendante SID, E-mail Kerwin Lonzo, klonzo@miami.edu Phone 305-284-3248 2008 Record 53-11; (23-5, 2nd) Athletics Website www.hurricanespots.com
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USC UPSTATE
EAST TENNESSEE STATE
April 24 • 6p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida April 25 (DH) • 1p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida
School Information Name USC Upstate Location Spartanburg, South Carolina Founded 1967 Enrollment 5,000 Nickname Spartans Colors Hunter Green, White and Black Conference Atlantic Sun Series 1-2 Stadium Haley Park (1,500) Head Coach Matt Fincher Record at USC Upstate 257-341 Assistant Coaches Russell Triplett, Grant Rembert, Ryan Feeteau SID, E-mail Bill English, benglish@uscupstae.edu Phone 864-503-5129 2008 Record 25-29; (17-16, 5th) Athletics Website www.upstatespartans.com
May 1 • 7p.m. • Johnson City, Tennessee May 2 (DH) • 1p.m. • Johnson City, Tennessee
School Information Name Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Colors Conference Series Stadium Head Coach Record at ETSU Assistant Coaches SID, E-mail Phone 2008 Record Athletics Website
FLORIDA ATLANTIC
KENNESAW STATE
May 5 • 6p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida May 12 • 6p.m. • Boca Raton, Florida School Information Name Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Colors Conference Series Stadium Head Coach Record at FAU Assistant Coaches SID, E-mail Phone 2008 Record Athletics Website
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Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Florida 1961 26,000 Owls Blue and Red Sun Belt 2-0 FAU Stadium (2,324) John McCormack First Season Jason Jackson, Ben Sanderson, Brad Frick Nick Mirkovich, nmirkovi@fau.edu 561-297-3063 32-27-1; (15-12-1, 4th) www.FAUSports.com
ETSU Johnson City, Tennessee 1911 13,389 Buccaneers Navy Blue and Old Gold Atlantics Sun 3-0 Cardinal Park (2,000) Tony Skole 214-281 Clay Greene, Reid Casey Jeff Schneider, schneidj@etsu.edu 423-439-5612 18-38; (9-24, 12th) www.etsubucs.com
May 8 • 6p.m. • Kennesaw, Georgia May 9 (DH) • 1p.m. • Kennesaw, Georgia School Information Name Kennesaw State Location Kennesaw, Georgia Founded 1963 Enrollment 19,500 Nickname Owls Colors Black and Gold Conference Atlantics Sun Series 2-1 Stadium Stillwell Stadium (1,065) Head Coach Mike Sansing Record at KSU 694-307 Assistant Coaches Kevin Erminio, Ryan Loe SID, E-mail Mark Toma, mtoma@kennesaw.edu Phone 770-499-3217 2008 Record 30-26; (21-12, 2nd) Athletics Website www.ksuowls.com
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ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE
STETSON
May 14 • 7p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida May 15 • 7p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida May 16 • 1p.m. • Fort Myers, Florida School Information Name Stetson Location Deland, Florida Founded 1883 Enrollment 2,492 Nickname Hatters Colors Hunter Green and White Conference Atlantic Sun Series 2-1 Stadium Mclching Field (2,874) Head Coach Pete Dunn Record at Stetson 1044-625-3 Assistant Coach Clint Chrysler, Mitch Markham, Chris Roberts SID, E-mail Dean Watson, dwatson@stetson.edu Phone 386-822-8100 2008 Record 26-33; (15-18, 9th) Athletics Website www.stetsonsports.com This is the Atlantic Sun conference For 30 years the Atlantic Sun Conference has stood for achievement with integrity in both the academic and athletic arenas, with a focus on the balance between the two for its student-athletes. The A-Sun consists of a blend of the Southeast’s most dynamic and prestigious private universities and public institutions in the region; the conference commits itself to Building Winners for Life. The experience for a studentathlete in the A-Sun is supported by the entire university community, from coaches to faculty, and from the CEOs to the athletic and academic support staff. With All-America selections, National All-Academic honorees, teams and individuals qualifying for and advancing in NCAA Championship play, Atlantic Sun student-athletes achieve at the highest levels of collegiate athletics.
Membership The A-Sun is a blend of the southeast’s finest private and most dynamic state schools. Belmont Bruins - Nashville, Tenn. Campbell Camels - Buies Creek, N.C. East Tennessee State Bucs - Johnson City, Tenn. Florida Gulf Coast Eagles - Fort Myers, Fla. Jacksonville Dolphins - Jacksonville, Fla. Kennesaw State Owls - Kennsaw, Ga. Lipscomb Bisons - Nashville, Tenn. Mercer Bears - Macon, Ga. North Florida Ospreys - Jacksonville, Fla. USC Upstate Spartans - Spartanburg, S.C. Stetson Hatters - DeLand, Fla.
Athletic Excellence Men’s basketball garnered unprecedented attention with upsets of nationally-ranked Kentucky and Southern Cal, plus a win at Cincinnati in a four-day span. The feats earned a full-page feature from USA Today, as well as notoriety from ESPN.com, The Sporting News and Rivals.com. The league added wins against SEC foes Georgia and Alabama during the course of the year. Belmont captured the A-Sun Tournament title for the third straight season, becoming the first A-Sun school to ever do so and enters 2008-09 as one of just six schools in the country to have won its league’s championship in each of the previous three seasons. Among the company Belmont keeps in this achievement are the two finalists from the NCAA Tournament, Kansas and Memphis. Lipscomb, Belmont’s Nashville rival, provided a pair of memorable moments on the baseball diamond. The Bisons secured their first NCAA Tournament appearance by defeating Gardner-Webb in the A-Sun Championship game 9-8 in a 15-inning marathon, the longest conference title game in Division I history. Then, they drew Georgia for their opening NCAA Championship game, and despite allowing four runs in the first inning, came back to stun the eventual national runner-up Bulldogs 10-7. The league’s four newest members, Kennesaw State, North Florida, Florida Gulf Coast and South Carolina Upstate all enjoyed successes in 2007-08. Kennesaw State captured its first women’s soccer tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. The Owls also added titles in men’s indoor and outdoor track and field. North Florida won its first A-Sun title of any kind, erasing a nine-stroke deficit in the final two days to dethrone East Tennessee State in men’s golf. Florida Gulf Coast and South Carolina Upstate each made its first year in the conference memorable, combining to win three outright regular-season titles and sharing in two others. The Eagles finished atop the standings in volleyball, baseball and tied for the softball title. The women’s hoops team, one year removed from the Division II national title game, won 22 games including an opening round game in the WNIT, the first postseason win for an A-Sun school in ten years. The Spartans turned in an unblemished women’s tennis campaign for their first-ever A-Sun title in any sport.
Academic Excellence For the second straight year, all 11 institutions placed at least 50 percent of its student-athletes on the All-Academic Team. The membership also established a new overall record of 59 percent of all student-athletes earning All-Academic status during the 2007-08 academic year. Belmont proved to be the class of the conference in capturing the All-Academic Trophy for the sixth time in seven years with 70.3% of the student-athletes earning All-Academic status. Justin Hare, one of the most celebrated Bruin student-athletes, earned the conference’s male Scholar Athlete of the Year for the second straight year, in addition to multiple national scholar honors. Hare was far from alone when it came to national honors, as Jacksonville’s Anton Axelsson, the conference Player of the Year in men’s soccer earned CoSIDA’s Academic All-America of the Year. Overall, 25 student-athletes earned places on the 2007-08 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Teams.
East Tennessee State featured two top individual efforts as golfer Gareth Shaw made the cut at the NCAA Championship and helped Europe win the Palmer Cup, a Ryder Cup-style event featuring the top collegiate golfers. He garnered All-America status for both his play and his academic achievement. Buccaneer tennis star Enrique Olivares won two matches at the NCAA men’s singles championship, joining his coach, Yaser Zaatini, as the only two in school history to make the Sweet 16 and earn All-America honors. Jacksonville’s dynamic duo of Natasha Harvey and Shaquania Lundy carried the Dolphins to indoor and outdoor track and field titles. They finished onetwo in five events at the two championships, and finished first and second at the NCAA East Regional in the long jump. Harvey earned All-America honors in both indoor and outdoor track, finishing in the top three at both championships. The two competed for the chance to represent their country at the 2008 Olympic Trials. Harvey would don the team USA colors at the North American-Central American-Caribbean under-23 championships, taking second in the long jump.
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YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD AT SWANSON STDIUM
Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Totals
GP/Dates Att. Ave. Record 35/35 9,894 282 27-8 26/26 5,487 211 20-6 31/25 5,346 213 25-6 25/25 8,205 328 20-5 25/24 9,944 414 19-6 142/135 38,876 288 111-31
Pct. .771 .769 .806 .800 .760 .782
Located adjacent to FGCU’s main arena, Swanson Stadium is fully enclosed and features one of the best playing surfaces in the country surrounded by spacious dugouts and a press box directly behind home plate at field level. A large electronic scoreboard is in left-center field with bullpens next to each dugout, batting cages down the right field line and permanent seating for 1,500 spectators. The stadium is known for the beautiful palm trees that line the main entrance to the facility, as well as surround the outfield fence. Swanson Stadium has served as the home of the FGCU baseball program since its grand opening on February 1, 2004, a 20-2 win over Ed Waters College before a capacity crowd. In April 2005, the complex was renamed Swanson Stadium in recognition of two strong supporters of Florida Gulf Coast University and civic leaders - Duane and Cookie Swanson.
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DUANE AND COOKIE SWANSON The longtime residents of Ft. Myers are the owners of Raymond Building Supply and have supported a range of worthy causes throughout South¬west Florida for many years. Mr. Swanson is a founding board member of the HillmyerTremont Student Athlete Foundation, which helps FGCU attract and assist deserving FGCU student athletes through scholarship support.
Off the field of play, providing scholarship support for student-athletes is extremely important to the Swanson’s. Duane and Cookie have established the Swanson Fam¬ily Scholarship Fund. The new scholarship funding doubled the amount that was previously available for baseball scholarships. Duane Swanson Sr. and his wife, Cookie, have donated generously for baseball scholarships and the construction of a baseball field. Recently Mr.Swanson’s company, Raymond Building Supply, also gave a generous donation for The Outdoor Sports Complex. The roughly 20,000-square-foot building features offices and operations for soccer, baseball, softball, umpires and concessions. “Duane and Cookie have played a critical role in the development of Athletics at FGCU and continue to play a vital role in our move to Division I,” said FGCU Interim Athletics Director Jo-Ann Nester “We would not be able to grow at the pace we have without supporters like the Swanson’s.” “We wouldn’t be here without him,” said head baseball coach Dave Tollett said. “When you have a place like this, as nice as this, it certainly helps in recruiting.” The couple is happy to support FGCU’s Athletics program. “The Southwest Florida community has been a great place for me, both personally and professionally,” said Mr. Swanson Sr. “Cookie and I believe strongly in giving back to this community. We both enjoy our relationship with the FGCU Athletics Department, the coaches and studentathletes, and we saw the need to help the program as it was beginning.” The Swanson’s believe sports benefit students on and off the field. “We believe in the role that athletics can play in both helping a young person grow and in shaping the character of a young person,” said Mr. Swanson.
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DAVE TOLLETT
Head Baseball Coach 7th Seaon at FGCU 230-99-2
Tusculum ‘88
0 Dave Tollett is in his eight season as head coach of the Florida Gulf Coast University baseball program. He was named the first-ever head baseball coach in August, 2001.
THE DAVE TOLLETT FILE
Full Name David Tollett Birthdate March 3, 1966 Hometown Punta Gorda, Fla. Education Tusculum 84-88 BA Special Education Coaching Career Charolette H.S. 88-02 FGCU 01-Present Playing Career Tusculum 84-88
Tollett has led FGCU to at least 35 wins in each of the first seven seasons of the program’s history, posting a school record 41 wins during the 2006 campaign. He earned his 200th career victory in 2007 and has a career record of 230-99. During his tenure, he has coached seven Division II All-South Region selections, two All-America honorees, and seven all Atlantic Sun players including the A-Sun player and pitcher of the year in 2008. 10 former Eagles have gone on to play professional baseball while six are currently playing minor league baseball. This past season, Tollett led the Eagles to their first ever conference championship in the Atlantic Sun with a conference record of 25-8. Senior Jason Peacock received the A-Sun Player of the year while junior Richard Bleier earned A-Sun Pitcher of the year. The Eagles were honored as four players earned 1st team A-Sun recognition including Jason Peacock, Ozzie Borrell, JJ Crumbley, and Richard Bleier. Two Eagles including Pete Woodworth and Mikel Alvarez were named with 2nd team A-Sun honors while Chris Sale and Richie Erath earned freshman A-Sun selections. FGCU saw three players drafted, including a pair of pitchers, in the Major League Baseball draft as Richard Bleier was picked in the sixth round by the Texas Rangers, becoming the highest player drafted from FGCU. Year Record 2003 35-15-2 During the 2007 season, coach Tollett 2004 39-17 guided the Eagles to their first ever conference championship. FGCU finished 2005 37-18 the year with a 38-15 (25-8) record while 2006 41-17 2007 40-17 he was named 2007 Atlantic Sun 2008 38-15 Conference Coach of the Year. 20
TOLLETT CAREER RECORD
Percentage A-Sun .673 - .696 - .672 - .706 - .701 - .678 25-8
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A 1988 graduate of Tusculum College, Tollett made his mark as one of the top high school coaches in the state of Florida. During his 10-year stint as head coach at Charlotte High in Punta Gorda, he posted a 175-96 record to become the winningest coach in school history. In six of his last seven seasons with the Tarpons, his peers selected him as the FHSAA District 16 Coach of the Year. His teams won one district championship and made five appearances in the Florida High School Athletic Association state playoffs in a district that included perennial state powers Sarasota and Venice. In addition to developing numerous players drafted by professional teams, Tollett’s teams have averaged over a 3.50 grade point average in the classroom over his last five seasons. Tollett also spent five years as the Director of Coaching for the Southwest Florida Eagles, a developmental program that has turned out 24 Division I athletes and eight professional players. He served as the coach of the Southwest Florida All-Star team on nine occasions and served as the Florida Athletic Coaches Regional Chairman in 2002. An active member of the American Baseball Coaches Association, he is the proud parent of twins Cal and McKenna and resides in Fort Myers.
RUSTY McKEE
Assistant Coach Recruiting Coordinator 5th Seaon at FGCU UNF ‘00
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Rusty McKee is in his fifth season as an assistant coach with the Florida Gulf Coast University baseball program. A 13-year veteran of college coaching in the state of Florida, McKee has been responsible for coordinating the recruiting efforts for the program as well as assisting head coach Dave Tollett with all aspects of the program. During the 2008 season, FGCU’s first as a Division I program, McKee helped guide the Eagles to an Atlantic Sun Championship, setting a record for wins by a first year A-Sun program with 25 league wins. He helped develop A-Sun hitter of the Year Jason Peacock who was a 25th round selection by the Florida Marlins in the 2008 MLB Draft. Peacock posted the fifth highest batting average in league history and ranked among the nations leaders in batting average, on base percentage and slugging percentage. FGCU hit .312 during the season, 2nd best in the league. The Eagles were one of the top defensive squads in the country under McKee. FGCU posted a fielding percentage of .971, best in the league and among the leaders in NCAA Division I. In addition to Peacock, Ozzie Borrell and Mikel Alvarez were each honored as All-Atlantic Sun selections. During the 2007 season, FGCU’s final season as a
THE RUSTY McKEE FILE Full Name Rusty McKee Birthdate September 17, 1972 Hometown Jacksonville, Fla. Education FCCJ Cen. Fla. CC UNF ‘00 Date Announced as FGCU Assistant Coach Coaching Career UNF 95-01 Flagler 03-04 Playing Career Cen. Fla. CC 92-93 2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
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HITTING STATISTICS UNDER McKEE
Year Record Ave. Hits 2005 37-18 .306 542 2006 41-17 .327 650 2007 40-17 .333 645 2008 38-15 .312 602
2B 116 137 117 103
3B HR RBI OBP. 14 53 365 .407 21 54 428 .417 30 35 439 .432 14 43 340 .386
member of NCAA Division II, McKee helped lead the Eagles to their second consecutive 40 win seasons and appearances in the NCAA tournament. FGCU boasted one of the top offenses in the country as they hit .333 and scored a program record 512 runs. The Eagles drew an amazing 300 walks while posting a .432 on base percentage as a team. In 2006, FGCU set a school record with 41 wins while hitting .327 under McKee. They hit 54 homeruns and had a .499 slugging percentage as they made their first trip to the NCAA Tournament. FGCU pounded out a school record 650 hits and advanced to the South Region final before falling to the eventual national champions. During McKee’s first season, the Eagles posted then school records 53 homeruns and .957 fielding percentage. During the season, their first as
a Division II member, the team hit .306 during the season.
Slug. .477 In addition, he helps direct all FGCU .499 youth baseball camps, which welcomed .478 more than 300 participants in 2008. .447
A 2000 graduate of the University of North Florida, McKee was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida from 2002-04. He also served as an assistant coach at UNF under legendary head coach Dusty Rhodes from 1996-2002. During his tenure on the UNF staff, the Ospreys went to four NCAA Division II regionals and two NCAA Division II World Series. McKee, who has also served as a manager in the Northwoods and MINK collegiate summer leagues, has coached 11 all-Americans, 16 all-region players and 26 all-conference selections during his coaching career and worked with more than 66 players who have played professionally, including three major leaguers. McKee and his wife Traci, reside in Fort Myers.
NOLAN NEIMAN
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Nolan Neiman begins his first season as assistant baseball coach at the Florida Gulf Coast. Neiman arrives at FGCU after spending the past two seasons as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator at DeSales University, where the Bulldogs won the Freedom Conference Championship in 2008 and finished up runners up in 2007.
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Full Name Nolan Neiman Birthdate June 17, 1982 Hometown Center Valley, Penn. Education DeSales 01-05 Coaching Career Un. Penn. 05-06 DeSales 06-08 FGCU 08-Present Playing Career DeSales 01-05 New Jersey Jackets 05 Prior to DeSales Neiman severed as an assistant coach at The University of Pennsylvania. In addition, Neiman served as the Head Coach for the New Market Rebels in the Valley League 2008, and the Limeport Milkmen in 2007. He also had assistant coaching stints with the New Market Rebels in 2006 with the Lehigh Valley Catz in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League in 2005 and for the Lehigh Valley Keystone State Games team. Overall Neiman has coached 8 all region players, 21 all conference players, and 17 players who have signed professional contracts.
JEFF BROMLEY
Graduate Assistant 1st Seaon at FGCU Eckerd ‘08
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Jeff Bromley comes to FGCU after earning a Bachelor’s degree in Management from Eckerd College in the Spring of 2008. Bromley was a middle infielder and a three-year starter
THE JEFF BROMLEY FILE Full Name Jeff Bromley Birthdate June 11, 1986 Hometown Tampa, Fla. Education King HS 00-04 Eckerd 04-08 BA Business Admin. FGCU Grad. School 08-Present Coaching Career FGCU 08-Present Playing Career King HS 00-04 Eckerd 04-08
at Eckerd, a member of the Sunshine State Conference (considered by many to be the best Division II Conference in the country). He hit over .300 for his career and as a junior lead all middle infielders in the Conference with a .982 fielding percentage. In the summer of 2007 Bromley played for the Woodstock River Bandits in the Valley League. During the 2008 summer season, he became a volunteer assistant for the Woodstock River Bandits. Bromley is currently a student assistant pursuing a masters degree in Business Administration at FGCU.
ANTHONY GALVIN
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Anthony Galvin has been with the FGCU baseball team for 4 years and is currently majoring in Sports Management. Anthony will graduate in Spring 2009. He assits the entire coaching staff with on and off the field duties such as scouting, study hall, and game day operations. Anthony plans to pusure a career in the field of baseball opertions perferably at the Major League Baseball level.
THE ANTHONY GALVIN FILE
Full Name Anthony Galvin Birthdate May 30, 1987 Hometown Orlando, Fla. Education FGCU 05-Present Coaching Career FGCU 05-Present Playing Career Colonial HS 01-05
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Head Coach Dave Tollett dtollett@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7051 Assistant Coach Rusty McKee rmckee@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7058 Assistant Coach Derek Tate dtate@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7059 Assistant Coach Nolan Neiman nneiman@fgcu.edu (239) 851-5065 Graduate Manager Jeff Bromley jmbromle@eagle.fgcu.edu Student Assistant Anthony Galvin amgalvin@eagle.fgcu.edu
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MIKEL ALVAREZ
INFIELDER L• R 6-0 • 155 Sophomore West Palm Beach, Fla. Palm Beach Central
ALVAREZ’ CAREER STATISTICS Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT 2008 .346 49-47 205 44 71 6 2 2 35 18 22 1-1 TOTAL .346 49-47 205 44 71 6 2 2 35 18 22 1-1
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Pitcher (RHP) R•R 6-1• 208 RD. Sophomore Osteen, Fla. Pineridge H.S.
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Freshman: Appeared in 49 games while starting 47 of them for the eagles in 2008. Mikel had a great freshman year that landed him on the Second team A-Sun and All- Freshman A-Sun teams. He had the third best batting average on the team (.346), had 71 hits and set an FGCU record for hitting streak where he recorded at least one hit in 20 straight games. He scored 44 runs, walked 18 times, and had 6 doubles on the year. He will return for the 2009 season as a solid bat in the top of the lineup and a versatile defensive player for the eagles.
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Prep: Graduated in top 5% of class...Member of
Prep: Greg graduated in 2006 at Pine Ridge High
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Rd. Freshman: Greg had 1 appearance while throwing 0.1 innings and he gave up no hits and no runs. He will return for the 2009 season as an option out of the bullpen for the eagles.
Freshman: Was a redshirt member of the 2007
National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor School. Played for Coach Rob Hammond...2005-06 Society…Received Palm Central High School’s Athletic/ First Team All-Area, 2006 2nd Team All-Central Academic Award. Florida, and a 2006 FACA Florida High School All-Star participant. Personal: Major is Business Management...Favorite sport moment is winning conference championship Achievements: Garduated Summa Cum Laude... at FGCU in it’s first year of DI competition…Favorite Received the Owen-Ames-Limball Civil Engineering sport to watch is football...Favorite sport movie is Scholrship...2005-2006 First Team All-Area...2006 We Are Marshall...One person he would like to meet FACA Florida High School All-Star participant. is Derek Jeter...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a baseball scholarship for college... Personal: Major is Civil Engineering...Favorite sport His career aspiration is to eventually start his own moment is completing his 20 win season during small business...Mikel is the son of Maria and Felipe high school…Favorite sport to watch is baseball... Alvarez. Favorite sport movie is The Mighty Ducks...One person he would like to meet is Greg Maddux...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a full academic scholarship to FGCU... Greg is the son of Dawn Garrison and Tom Belden. BELDEN’S CAREER STATISTICS Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2008 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
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Pitcher (RHP) R•R 6-0 • 205 Sophomore Winter Haven, Fla. Lake Region H.S.
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Freshman: Appeared in 10 games for the eagles while starting 3 of them during 2008. Craig finished the year with a 3-0 record and a 2.12 ERA. He only gave up 8 runs in 34 innings, had 23 strike out and held opponents to a .246 batting average. He will return for the 2009 season as solid forth of fifth starter for the eagles. Prep: 2007 graduate of Lake Region High School where he played under Coach Bill Bullock…2006 1st team East Polk, All-State Honorable Mention…2007 FACA 5A Player of the Year, 1st team All County, 1st team East Polk.
the 2009 season as a valuable left-handed option out of the bullpen for the eagles.
Prior to FGCU: Transferred from St. Petersburg College.
Prep: 2005 graduate of Alonzo High School where he played under Coach Landy Feado…Was named 1st team All-County in 2005.
Personal: Major is Business...Favorite sport moment is winning conference championship at FGCU in it’s first year of DI competition …Favorite sport to watch is water polo...Favorite sport movie is Cool Running... One person he would like to meet is Tiger Woods... His biggest accomplishment in life so far is graduating from college... Shane is the son of Denise and Tom Effertz. EFFERTZ’ CAREER STATISTICS Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2008 1.80 1-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 5.0 3 1 1 3 2 TOTAL 1.80 1-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 5.0 3 1 1 3 2
RICHIE ERATH
Personal: Major is Marketing...Favorite sport moment is winning the A-Sun Championship in 2008…Favorite sport to watch is baseball...Favorite sport movie is For The Love of the Game...One person he would like to meet is Greg Maddux...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a Division I scholarship... His career aspiration is to market for an MLB team…Craig is the son of Louan and Dave Crumbly. CRUMBLY’S CAREER STATISTICS Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2008 2.12 3-0 10 3 0 0/0 0 34.0 30 9 8 8 23 TOTAL 2.12 3-0 10 3 0 0/0 0 34.0 30 9 8 8 23
SHANE EFFERTZ
Pitcher (LHP) R•L 6-1 • 195 Senior Albuquerque, N.M. St. Pete College
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Junior: Appeared in 6 games while throwing 5 innings for the eagles on the mound in 2008. He finished the year with a 1-0 record and a 1.80 ERA. Shane held opponents to a .176 batting average while recording 2 strikeouts and 3 walks. He will return for 26
Pitcher (RHP) R•R 6-3 • 180 Sophomore West Palm Beach, Fla. Palm Beach Central
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Freshman: Started 4 times for the eagles while appearing in 9 games during 2008. He finished the year with 27.1 innings, a 2-1 record, and a 3.62 ERA. He recorded 15 strike outs and held opponents to a .237 batting average. In FGCU’s first ever conference series he was chosen as the A-Sun player f the week due to his 8 inning, 11 strike outs, 2 run performance against UNF. Richie was chosen to the A-Sun All Freshman team. He will return as a top starter for eagles in 2009. Prep: 2007 graduate of Palm Beach Central High School where he played under Coach Benedict…Bright Futures Scholarship award winner. Personal: Major is Business Management...Favorite sport moment is winning the A-Sun Championship
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ERATH’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2008 3.62 2-1 9 4 0 0/1 0 27.1 23 12 11 7 15 TOTAL 3.62 2-1 9 4 0 0/1 0 27.1 23 12 11 7 15
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while starting 7 of them. He hit .226 with 4 RBI’s and scored 4 runs. He will return for the 2009 season and will primarily catch for the eagles.
Freshman: Was a redshirt during the 2007 season. Prep: 2006 graduate of Mariner High School...Played under coach Steve Larsen.
Personal: Major is Criminal Justice...Favorite sport moment is winning conference championship at FGCU in it’s first year of DI competition…Favorite sport to watch is baseball...Favorite sport movie is Happy Gilmore...One person he would like to meet is Ivan Rodriguez...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is just living the dream... Bobby is the son of Marcia and Robert Greene. GREENE’S CAREER STATISTICS Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT 2008 .226 14-7 31 4 7 1 1 0 4 2 11 0-0 TOTAL .226 14-7 31 4 7 1 1 0 4 2 11 0-0
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Catcher R•R 6-3• 205 RD. Sophomore Cape Coral, Fla. Mariner H.S.
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RYAN HORTON
Pitcher (LHP) L•L 6-0 • 176 Senior Orlando, Fla. Seminole CC
record. Opponents only batted .230 off of Tim and he recorded 2 strikeouts with 4 walks. He will return for the eagles during 2009 as a solid option out of the bullpen.
Prep: 2007 graduate of Palm Harbor University High School where he played under Coach Jeremy Albrecht…All-County selection junior and senior year.
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Junior: After battling back from multiple injuries, Ryan completed the year with 2 appearances, while starting 1 game for the eagles. He pitched 1.1 innings and had a 20.25 ERA. He will return for the 2009 season healthy and will battle for a spot in the rotation.
Prior to FGCU: Transferred from Seminole Community College.
Prep: 2004 graduate of Bishop Moore Catholic High School where he played under Coach Dave Wheeler… Two time All-State, Three time All-County, Three time All-District and FHSAA All-Star Selection…Drafted by Atlanta Braves in the 32nd round of the 2004 MLB First Year Player Draft.
Personal: Major is Legal Studies...Favorite sport moment is hitting a 3-run homerun during his last high school at-bat after his coach told him to …Favorite sport to watch is baseball...Favorite sport movie is The Natural...One person he would like to meet is Derek Lowe...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving an athletic scholarship...His career aspiration is to play professional baseball...Tim is the son of Coleen and Kevin Kiley. KILEY’S CAREER STATISTICS Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2008 4.50 0-1 5 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 3 3 2 4 2 TOTAL 4.50 0-1 5 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 3 3 2 4 2
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INFIELDER R•R 6-0 • 180 Senior Fort Myers, Fla. Florida Atlantic
Personal: Major is Criminal Justice with a minor in Business...Favorite sport moment is winning the junior olympics…Favorite sport to watch is college football...Favorite sport movie is For The Love of the Game...One person he would like to meet is Michael Phelps...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is graduating from college...His career aspiration is to become a lawyer...Ryan is the son of Robert and LouAnn Horton. HORTON’S CAREER STATISTICS Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2008 20.25 0-0 2 1 0 0/0 0 1.1 3 3 3 4 0 TOTAL 20.25 0-0 2 1 0 0/0 0 1.1 3 3 3 4 0
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Pitcher (RHP) R•R 6-7 • 205 Sophomore Palm Harbor, Fla. Palm Harbor University H.S.
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Freshman: Appeared in 5 games for the eagles in 2008.
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Junior: Eric sat of the entire 2008 season due to injury. Will return for the 2009 season and provide the eagles with another solid defensive middle infielder.
Sophomore: Appeared in 12 games, hitting .357… Made one start, against Gannon…Went 1-for-2 with a pair of RBI and two runs scored…Also picked up a pair of stolen bases on the season.
Prior to FGCU: Played at Florida Atlantic University... Named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic team in 2006.
Prep: 2005 graduate of Herndon High School in Virginia...Coached in High School by Allan McCullock... All-District shortstop.
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moment is going 4-4 with a grand slam in a high school game…Favorite sport to watch is baseball... Favorite sport movie is Major League...One person he would like to meet is Derek Jeter...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is his academic and athletic success... Eric is the son of Janice Vaughn and Paul Krznaric.
TRENT LANDA
Pitcher (LHP) L•L 6-0 • 207 Sophomore Jacksonville, Fla Arlington County Day H.S.
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PATRICK NATHANSON
Pitcher (LHP) L•L 6-5 • 202 Sophomore Maitland, Fla. Trinity Prep
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Freshman: Appeared in 6 games, primarily as a mid-week starter for the eagles. Pat finished his freshman campaign with 21.1 innings, a 5.91 ERA, and a 0-3 record. Opponents batted .352 off of him but he recorded 17 strikeouts and only 4 walks. He will return for the 2009 season and will look to battle for a spot as a starter.
Freshman: He had 7 appearances out of the bullpen Prep: 2007 graduate of Trinity Preparatory where he for the eagles in 2008. Trent threw 7 innings while completing the year with a 0-0 record and an ERA of 7.71. Opposing teams batted.357 off the lefty during his freshman year. He will return as match up lefty out o the pen for the eagles in 2009.
Prep: 2007 graduate of Arlington County Day School where he played under Coach Scott Hennessey…Only pitcher in Florida history to win both Semi-Final and the Final in the FHSAA Final Four. Personal: Major is Criminal Justice...Favorite sport moment is pitching a complete game in the State Final…Favorite sport to watch is college football... Favorite sport movie is Remember the Titans...One person he would like to meet is Derek Jeter...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a baseball scholarship for college...His career aspiration is to become a major league baseball player...Trent is the son of Kim and Jeff Landa.
played under Coach Dale Salapa…Named 1st team AllState and 2nd team All-Central Florida.
Personal: Major is Management...Favorite sport moment is when Tiger Woods won the 2008 US Open… Favorite sport to watch is baseball...Favorite sport movie is Rookie of the Year...One person he would like to meet is Sandy Koufax...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is earning a Division I baseball scholarship...His career aspiration is to play major league baseball...Patrick is the son of Diane and Ian Nathanson.
NATHANSON’S CAREER STATISTICS Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2008 5.91 0-3 6 5 0 0/0 0 21.1 31 20 14 4 17 TOTAL 5.91 0-3 6 5 0 0/0 0 21.1 31 20 14 4 17
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Third Base • Catcher R•R 5-10• 190 Sophomore West Palm Beach, Fla. Palm Beach Central
LANDA’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2008 7.71 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 7.0 11 6 6 2 5 TOTAL 7.71 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 7.0 11 6 6 2 5
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Freshman: Appeared in 21 games in 2008 while starting 13 of them. Began the year in the 3 hole for the eagles and became a solid option off the bench for the remainder of the 2008 season. He batted .237 with 3 homeruns and played both third and primarily Designated Hitter. He will return for his sophomore 2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
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campaign in 2009 and looks forward to battling for a starting spot in the middle of the lineup.
Prep: 2007 graduate of Palm Beach Central High School where he played under Coach Scott Benedict… Named 1st team All-Conference and 1st team AllArea…2007 Louisville Slugger All-American. Personal: Major is Criminal Justice...Favorite sport
One person he would like to meet is Randy Johnson... His biggest accomplishment in life so far is making it to a great college...His career aspiration is to play professional baseball...Chris is the son of Maria and Allen Sale. SALE’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2008 3.47 2-0 21 1 0 0/1 2 36.1 36 15 14 10 43 TOTAL 3.47 2-0 21 1 0 0/1 2 36.1 36 15 14 10 43
moment is hitting a home run in the championship game in the Phil Nevin National Classic...Favorite sport to watch is football...Favorite sport movie is For The Love of the Game...One person he would like to meet is Johnny Bench...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a baseball scholarship for college... His career aspiration is to become a major league baseball player...Tim is the son of Marie Lower and Tim Roberson. ROBERSON’S CAREER STATISTICS Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT 2008 .237 21-13 59 8 14 2 0 3 11 6 20 0-0 TOTAL .237 21-13 59 8 14 2 0 3 11 6 20 0-0
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Pitcher (LHP) L•L 6-6 • 172 Sophomore Lakeland, Fla. Lakeland H.S.
DEREK SHAW
Pitcher (RHP) R•R 6-3 • 240 Senior New Port Richey, Fla. J.W. Mitchell H.S.
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Freshman: As a freshman, Chris was second on the team with 21 appearances, all but 1 in relief. He finished the year with a 2-0 record and 2 saves. He threw 36.1 innings with an amazing 46 strikeouts and only 9 walks. He had a 3.47 ERA and held opponents to a .250 batting average. He was chosen to the Freshman All A-Sun team. He will return for the 2009 season and look to move from the bullpen to battling for a spot in the starting rotation.
Prep: 2007 graduate of Lakeland High School where he played under Coach Mike Campbell…21st round draft selection by the Colorado Rockies.
Personal: Major is Criminal Justice...Favorite sport
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Junior: Derek battled back from surgery during 2008 to become one of the most reliable options out of the bullpen for the eagles in 2008. He finished the year with 12 appearances, 24.2 innings, had 25 strike outs. He had a 1-1 record with a 1.46 ERA and held opponents to a .255 batting average. He will return for his senior season healthy and will look to be one of the eagle’s main options out of the bullpen. Sophomore: Appeared in 18 games, making a pair
of starts…Went 3-0 with a 2.72 ERA in 39.2 innings… moment is winning conference championship at FGCU Fanned 38 batters while walking just 10…Had a .221 in it’s first year of DI competition …Favorite sport to opponents batting average…Struck out five batters in watch is baseball...Favorite sport movie is Sandlot... each of his two starts, both going 4.0 innings that
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were FGCU wins…Gave up no runs in either start… Retired every batter he faced in four appearances.
Prior to FGCU: Attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical School in Daytona Beach.
Prep: 2005 graduate of J.W Mitchell High School. Personal: Major is Marketing with a minor in Advertising...Favorite sport moment is winning the A-Sun Championship in 2008…Favorite sport to watch is baseball...Favorite sport movie is Sandlot... One person he would like to meet is Tiger Woods... His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a Division I scholarship and graduating with a Bachelors degree... Derek is the son of Susan and William Shaw. SHAW’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2007 2.72 3-0 18 2 0 0/3 0 39.2 32 14 12 10 38 2008 1.46 1-1 12 0 0 0/0 0 24.2 24 6 4 1 25 TOTAL 2.24 4-1 30 2 0 0/3 0 64.1 56 20 16 11 63
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leadoff spot of the lineup. He batted .325, had a team leading 54 runs scored, drew 31 walks, and had 23 RBI’s. He recorded a personal and FGCU best, 20 stolen bases and played an excellent center field all year while committing 0 errors in 125 chances. He was one of the catalysis for the eagles during a record setting year in the A-Sun. He will return for the 2009 season as a durable leadoff man and a valuable veteran leader.
Sophomore: Appeared and started in 55 games last season…Led FGCU in batting average, runs scored, hits and stolen bases…Had 25 multiple game hits during the season…Drove in at least two runs nine times during the season…Had a nine-game hitting streak where he went 19-for- 36 (.528) where he scored 17 runs and drove in nine during that stretch…Twice during the year had five consecutive games where he picked up at least two hits in a game…Hit .376 on the season…Scored 62 runs, 58th in NCAA Division II… Also drew 40 walks, 35th in NCAA Division II…Played for Alexandria Beetles of the Northwoods League during the summer…Had a record setting season with Alexandria…Named to the 2007 mid-season and postseason All-Star teams, was named to the 2007 Northwoods League Rawlings Silver Glove award given to the league’s “Finest in the Field,” recognizing the top fielders at each position…Upchurch set five franchise records during the summer including hits (80), at-bats (256), runs scored (46) and stolen bases (40) and was named team MVP. Freshman: Named to Independents Collegiate
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Center Field L•R 5-11 • 175 Senior Cape Coral, Fla. Mariner H.S.
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Athletic Association Division II First Team...Started 54 games in center field as Eagles’ lead-off hitter...Led FGCU freshmen in all batting statistics...Was fourth on the team in hitting with a .352 batting average...Led the team with 62 runs scored, six triples, 32 walks, 11 sacrifice hits, and 15 stolen bases (15/16)...Second on the team with 76 hits...Had .500 slugging percentage and .963 fielding percentage...Also added 11 doubles and three homeruns.
Prep: 2005 graduate of Mariner High...Earned FHSAA Class 5A All-State first-team honors as an outfielder... Hit .462 as senior.
Junior: Appeared and started in all 53 games in the
Personal: Majoring in Criminal Justice...Favorite sport moment is making a catch against the fence
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in the first game last year...Favorite sport to watch is football...Favorite sport movie is Angels in the Outfield...One person he would like to meet is Bobby Cox...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is making it to college...His career aspiration is to become a professional baseball player...He is most thankful for his family...Josh is the son of John and Dawn Upchurch.
played under Coach Nic Hill…Four year letterman in baseball and soccer, two year letterman in football… All-Area and All-State in soccer and baseball…2nd team Mid-Florida Conference…FCCAA All-Star Honorable Mention.
Personal: Major is Criminal Justice...Favorite sport moment is pitching a no-hitter in high school and a UPCHURCH’S CAREER STATISTICS 0ne hitter in Junior college…Favorite sport to watch is Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT baseball...Favorite sport movie is Talladega Nights... 2006 .352 54-54 216 62 76 11 6 3 38 32 35 15-16 One person he would like to meet is Ronaldinho... 2007 .376 55-55 210 62 79 10 3 2 37 40 42 15-20 2008 .325 53-53 228 54 74 7 0 2 23 31 46 20-25 His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving TOTAL .350 162-162 654 178 229 28 9 7 98 103 123 50-61 a Division I scholarship... Nick is the son of Nancy and John Ursitti. URSITTI’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2008 2.89 2-0 15 3 0 0/0 1 28.0 25 15 9 13 29 TOTAL 2.89 2-0 15 3 0 0/0 1 28.0 25 15 9 13 29
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Pitcher (RHP) R•R 6-1 • 190 Junior St. Petersburg, Fla. South Florida
Shortstop R•R 5-10 • 162 Sophomore Whitoy, Ontario Sinclair Secondary
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Freshman: Appeared in 52 games at shortstop while Sophomore: Pete appeared in 15 games on the stared 51 of them. He completed his freshman year with a .251 batting average, 38 runs scored, 9 doubles, and 22 RBI’s. He had a team leading 12 hit by pitches, and walked 27 times. His highlight of the year was his only homerun which he hit against #1 in the nation University of Miami. He will return for the 2009 season and provide valuable time at shortstop once again.
Prep: 2007 graduate of Sinclair Secondary School where he played under Coach Geoff Whant.
Personal: Major is Business Management...Favorite sport moment is hitting a walk-off homerun to win states…Favorite sport to watch is hockey...Favorite sport movie is Remember the Titans...One person he would like to meet is Alex Rodriguez...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a Division I scholarship... Stephen is the son of Dianne and Paul Wickens. WICKEN’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT 2008 .251 52-51 167 38 42 9 0 1 22 27 19 2-5 TOTAL .251 52-51 167 38 42 9 0 1 22 27 19 2-5
mound for the eagles in 2008 but was primarily a starter; starting 11 games. He finished the year tied for the most wins in the A-Sun with a 7-3 record. He recorded a 4.27 ERA in 78 innings of work and held opponents to a .260 batting average. He finished second in the A-Sun in strikeouts with 78 and has 28 walks. He was chosen to the second team All A-Sun and will return for the 2009 as the top starter for the eagles.
Freshman: Posted a 4.26 ERA after tossing 44.1 innings…Made 18 appearances and started five times… Went 4-2 on the season… Struck out 56 batters while walking just 20…Led team with four saves and allowed opponents to hit just .239…In first career start, went 4.0 innings while striking out eight batters to earn a win…Also struck out in relief at Rollins, going 4.0 innings while allowing one run to earn the save…Also picked up a save against Notre Dame, working 2.1 innings, surrendering just one hit and striking out a pair of batters.
Prep: 2006 graduate of St. Petersburg Catholic High School...Coached there by Charles Guastella. Personal: Major is History...Favorite sport moment is winning conference championship at FGCU in it’s first year of DI competition…Favorite sport to watch is baseball...Favorite sport movie is Baseball: a film by Ken Burns...One person he would like to meet is Greg Maddux...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a baseball scholarship for college...His career aspiration is to become a Hall of Fame pitcher in the major league...Pete is the son of Mary Kae and Robert Woodworth. WOODWORTH’S CAREER STATISTICS
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2007 4.26 4-2 18 5 0 0/2 4 44.1 42 26 21 20 56 2008 4.27 7-3 15 11 0 0/0 1 78.0 77 38 37 27 78 TOTAL 4.27 11-5 33 16 0 0/2 5 122.1 119 64 58 47 134
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Outfielder L•R 6-0 • 171 Freshman Daytona Beach, Fla. Spruce Creek H.S.
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JACOB BARNES
moment is hitting his first homerun …Favorite sport to watch is football...Favorite sport movie is The Little Giants...One person he would like to meet is his father when he was the same age...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is playing Division I baseball...His career aspiration is eventually receive a job offer that he is happy with...Bobby is the son of Audry and Charles Barrie.
JOSH CHESTER
Pitcher (RHP) R•R 6-2 • 210 Freshman St. Petersburg, Fla. St. Petersburg H.S.
Outfielder • First Base L•R 6-2 • 195 Junior Weston, Fla. St. Petersburg College
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Prep: 2008 graduate of Chamberlin High School…Received honorable mention All-State in 2008.
Personal: Major is Business Management...Favorite sport moment is the Tampa Bay Rays 2008 trip to the world series …Favorite sport to watch is college football...Favorite sport movie is Sandlot...One person he would like to meet is Chipper Jones...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a scholarship to play college baseball...His career aspiration is to become a major league baseball player...Jacob is the son of Tammi Barnes and Raymond Radcliff.
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Prior to FGCU: Prior to FGCU Josh spent two years at St. Pete College…Received 2nd team All-Conference honors twice…Accumulated a 3.8 GPA in two year.
Prep: 2006 graduate of Cypress Bay High School… 12nd team all county three times in high school.
Personal: Major is Accounting...Favorite sport moment is the 1997 Marlins world series victory...Favorite sport to watch is major league basebalFavorite sport to watch is major league baseball...Favorite sport movie is The Rookie...One person he would like to meet is Alex Ro driguez...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a baseball scholarship for college...His career aspiration is to become a major league baseball player and then an accountant...Josh is the son of Robert and Martha Chester.
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Pitcher (RHP) R•R 5-10 • 185 Freshman Tampa, Fla. Chamberlin H.S.
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Prep: 2008 graduate of Chamberlin High School…4 year letterman.
Prior to FGCU: Prior to FGCU Josh spent two years
at Pasco Hernando Community College…Received 2nd team All-Conference honors last year
Prep: 2006 graduate of North Port High School…3 time all area player…2006 MVP in the Sarasota area… Most distinguished athlete at North Port High School in 2006…2006 MVP for North Port High…All academic team all 4 years of high school. Personal: Major is Criminal Justice...Favorite sport
Personal: Major is Business Management...Favorite sport moment is playing at East Cobb …Favorite sport to watch is Nascar...Favorite sport movie is Happy Gilmore...One person he would like to meet is Tiger Woods...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is excelling in college...His career aspiration is to eventually run his own business...CJ is the son of Kelly and Rob Evans.
moment is winning the district title...Favorite sport to watch is major league baseball...Favorite sport movie is Remember the Titans...One person he would like to meet is Lil Wayne...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a baseball scholarship for college... His career aspiration is to become a major league baseball player...Zach is the son of Trent and Jeri Maxfield.
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JOE GUARNACCIA
Catcher R•R 6-3• 215 Freshman Jacksonville, Fla. Bishop Kenny H.S.
Outfielder R•R 5-9 • 150 Freshman Davie, Fla. St. Thomas Aquainas
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MVP of his baseball team in 2008...Made the honor roll all four years in high school.
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Personal: Major is Physical Therapy...Favorite sport
ment is winning districts...Favorite sport to watch is football...Favorite sport movie is Rudy...One person he would like to meet is Brandon Jacobs...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a baseball scholarship for college...His career aspiration is becoming a major league baseball player...Joey is the son of Robert and Donna Guarnaccia.
ZACH MAXFIELD
moment is winning a state championship his senior year …Favorite sport to watch is college football... Favorite sport movie is Happy Gilmore...One person he would like to meet is Jessica Alba...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is earning a 4.3 GPA throughout high school...His career aspiration is to find a job the he enjoys and become successful... Kurtis is the son of Kelly and Mike Mullaney.
Infielder R•R 6-0 • 205 Sophomore Northport, Fla. Pasco-Hernando CC
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Infielder S•R 5-2 • 125 Freshman Punta Gorda, Fla. Charlotte H.S.
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Prep: 2008 Graduate of Charlotte High School. Personal: Majoring in Criminal Justice…Favorite sports moment is defeating Sarasota High School his sophomore year…Favorite athlete is Dustin Pedroia… Favorite sports movie is For The Love of the Game… Favorite book is The Life You Imagine by Derek Jeter… Choose FGCU because it provided him with the best opportunity to be the best that he could be…Son of Dan and Maria Rainford.
BRAD ROBERTS
Infielder R•R 5-9 • 190 Junior Tampa, Fla. Pasco-Hernando CC
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Prior to FGCU: Prior to FGCU CJ attended Polk Community College.
Prep: 2006 graduate of North Port High School. Personal: Major is Biology-Pharmacy...Favorite sport moment is winning districts...Favorite sport to watch is football...Favorite sport movie is The Sandlot... His biggest accomplishment in life so far is receiving a baseball scholarship for college...His career aspiration is become successful...CJ is the son of Donna Lutinski and Rick Stallings.
MICHAEL SYLVESTRI
Catcher R•R 5-11 • 170 Freshman Coconut Creek, Fla. Cardinal Gibbons H.S.
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Prior to FGCU: Prior to FGCU he attended PascoHernando Community College…Voted male athlete of the year in junior college…Received 2nd team AllConference.
Prep: 2006 graduate of Robinson High School…Team MVP junior and senior year…1st team All-Conference his senior year…Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Major is Criminal Justice...Favorite sport moment is winning the colt division world series in Lafayette, Indiana …Favorite sport to watch is baseball...Favorite sport movie is Happy Gilmore... One person he would like to meet is Lil Wayne...His biggestaccomplishment in life so far is playing Division I baseball...His career aspiration is to become a successful and wealthy professional...Brad is the son of Belinda and Michael Garcia.
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CJ STALLINGS
Pitcher (RHP) R•R 6-5 • 210 Sophomore Northport, Fla. Polk CC
Prep: 2008 graduate of Cardinal Gibbons High School…2008 team MVP…2008 2nd team All-County selection…4 year honor roll student…Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Award…Pinnacle Award winner… BCCA Student Athletic Award winner.
Personal: Majoring in Civil Engineering...Favorite sport moment is beating undefeated Bishop Moore to win a tournament...Favorite sport to watch is college football...Favorite sport movie is Friday Night Lights... One person he would like to meet is Derek Jeter...His biggest accomplishment in life so far is playing Division I baseball...His career aspiration is to become and engineer for a multi-million dollar company...Michael is the son of Anthony and Donna Sylvestri.
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“The City of Palms”
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In the late 1800s, Tootie McGregor and Thomas & Mina Edison began the beautification of Fort Myers. Imported Royal Palms were planted along Riverside Drive, later renamed McGregor Boulevard. These magnificent Royal Palms, some towering at 75 feet, give the City of Palms its nickname.
Incorporated in 1886, Fort Myers is the center of a popular tourist area in Southwest Florida and the seat of Lee County. It is located about 120 miles south of Tampa at the meeting point of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caloosahatchee River. Fort Myers was the frequent winter home of Thomas Edison and is the current home of the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins spring training camps. The first known resident of what is now Fort Myers was Manuel Gonzalez, a Spaniard from the province of Asturias, who came via Cuba in the 19th century. Fort Myers, built in 1850 as a military fort to fend off Seminole Indians that were massacring the area's few settlers, was named after Col. Abraham C. Myers, who was stationed in Florida for seven years and was the son-in-law of the fort's establisher and commander. In 1858, after years of elusive battle, Chief Billy Bowlegs and his warriors were persuaded to surrender and move west, and the fort was abandoned. Billy's Creek, which flows into the Caloosahatchee River and runs between The Beau Rivage Condominiums and Alta Mar, was named after a temporary camp where Billy Bowlegs and his men awaited ships to take them west. The fort was abandoned until 1863 when a small number of Federal troops re-occupied the fort during the Civil War. In 1865 the fort was attacked unsuccessfully by a very small group of Confederates. After the war, the fort was again deserted. The first settlers arrived in 1866, but it wasn't until 1882 when the city experienced a significant influx of settlers. By 1885, when Fort Myers was incorporated, it was the second largest city only to Tampa on Florida's west coast south of Cedar Key - even larger than Clearwater and Sarasota, also growing cities at the time. Fort Myers first became a nationally known winter resort with the building of The Royal Palm Hotel in 1898. The real spark of the city's growth was the construction of the Tamiami Trail Bridge built across the Caloosahatchee River in 1924. After the bridge's construction, the city experienced its first real estate boom and many Famous People that have called the subdivisions sprouted around the city.
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FORT MYERS IS..... • The home of the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Winter Estates • The home of the Fort Myers Miracle baseball club of the Florida State League, and is the spring training locale for the Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox. • The home of three minor league sports teams. The Florida Everblades (ECHL hockey team), Florida Firecats (Arena Football League 2 team) and Florida Stingrays (AIFA indoor football team).
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- Patty Berg (Founding member of the LPGA)
- Jerry “The King” Lawler (WWE wrestler and announcer)
- Larry Bird (NBA Hall of Famer)
- Rocco Mediate (PGA golfer)
-Mike Ditka (NFL Hall of Famer)
- Deion Sanders (Former NFL/MLB Player)
- Thomas Edison (Inventor)
- Steven Spielberg (Film director/writer)
-Henry Ford (Founded the assembly line)
- Walt Wesley (Former NBA player)
- Earnest Graham (NFL, Tampa Bay Bucs)
- Cliff Williams (Bass player for AC/DC)
- Javon Kearse (NFL, Tennessee Titans)
- Algernod “Plies” Washington (Rapper)
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The Florida of days long past, with unspoiled white sand beaches, exotic wildlife and lush subtropical foliage, still can be found on The Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel in southwest Florida. Known as Florida’s tropical island getaway, this paradise is a favorite vacation spot because of its feel of old Florida that no longer exists in many areas. In addition to the beautiful natural environment, active travelers are pleased to find an abundance of golf, tennis and watersports, as well as some unusual attractions. Lee County embraces nine distinct areas, each with its own unique character. Best known are Sanibel and Captiva islands, connected to the mainland by an alluring three-mile-long causeway and, to each other, by a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it bridge at Blind Pass. Sanibel is known worldwide for its shelling. More than 400 varieties of shells litter the beaches, and particularly can be found after an especially high or low tide. For most visitors, however, shelling is merely a delightful excuse to enjoy hours of sun worshipping along some of the finest shoreline in North America. Interesting shops, restaurants, and art galleries dot the road from the Sanibel Lighthouse to Tarpon Bay Road. On the way to Captiva Island, located toward Sanibel’s northern tip, the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge is home to many exotic species of birds and plants. A four-mile drive with access to walking and canoe/kayak trails offers outstanding wildlife viewing opportunities. The refuge occupies more than half the island. The main attraction on Captiva is that there are none. Many people wile away the hours in one outdoor endeavor or another. It was here that Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of the famous aviator, wrote her best-selling book, “A Gift from the Sea.” Further south, Estero Island, home of Fort Myers Beach, long has been recognized as one of the “world’s safest beaches” because of its gently sloping shoreline. The sand is particularly soft and white, akin to powdered sugar. Especially suited for family vacations, Estero offers every imaginable water toy, from windsurfer to catamaran and parasailing. Numerous marinas operate boating and fishing charters. Local restaurants benefit from the catch, which generally includes red snapper and grouper. Anyone suffering from island fever can find instant relief by paying a call to the “City of Palms,” in Fort Myers, with its charming downtown historic district and expanding hub of urban activity that extends to shopping malls, restaurants, and nightclubs. Inventor Thomas Edison and his friend, automobile manufacturer Henry Ford, decided early on to make their winter homes in Fort Myers. Today visitors tour their neighboring estates with Edison’s botanical gardens, laboratory and museum. During Edison’s 46 winters in Fort Myers, he and his wife Mina hosted well-known house guests like industrialist Harvey Firestone, President Herbert Hoover and cereal king John Harvey Kellogg. Henry Ford purchased his quaint home, “Mangoes,” in 1916 to spend the winter months visiting Edison. The two properties were separated by a fence the two families named “The Friendship Gate.” Other in-town attractions include the Southwest Florida Historical Museum, downtown river cruises, and the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium. Shell Factory in North Fort Myers and Eden Vineyards, the country’s southernmost bonded winery, to the east are also popular stops. For the sports minded, public golf courses and tennis courts make southwest Florida some of the best playing turf in the state.
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Florida Gulf Coast University, with its innovative programs, technology friendly campus, and outstanding faculty, is one of the most exciting educational environments in America. FGCU, a member of the State University System of Florida, is a comprehensive university created to address the educational needs of the rapidly growing Southwest Florida population. Classrooms showcase state-of-the-art multimedia instructional systems that feature Internet access, document cameras, and audio and video presentations. Florida Gulf Coast University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate, baccalaureate, and master’s degrees. FGCU received initial accreditation by SACS in 1999. The history of Florida Gulf Coast University is a visionary one built on support for providing higher education opportunities in Southwest Florida. Area citizens began the initiative to bring a state university to this part of Florida, and their early requests were quickly supported by elected officials at the local and state levels. With support from the Florida Board of Regents and the full Florida Legislature, a new university was born. The Board of Regents formally recommended in January 1991 the development of Florida’s tenth state university to be located in Southwest Florida; and, in May 1991, then Governor Lawton Chiles signed the legislation authorizing the new university. Southwest Florida’s support for a university was never more evident than during the next year, when private landowners offered more than 20 gift sites for the university campus. In early 1992, the Board of Regents selected the site offered by Ben Hill Griffin III and Alico, Inc. of 760 acres of land located just east of Interstate 75 between Alico and Corkscrew Roads.
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Roy McTarnaghan was named founding university president in April 1993. Initial staff were hired that summer, and the university’s academic and campus planning began in earnest. Plans for the first phase of campus construction were unveiled in February 1994; and shortly thereafter, the Florida Legislature named the institution as Florida Gulf Coast University. The vision for the university was one which would address emerging higher education needs for the 21st century, including the use of technology in the learning/teaching process and multi-year contracts as an alternative to faculty tenure. The Board of Regents approved an agreement in May 1995 with the United Faculty of Florida allowing FGCU to offer a contract system for faculty. Campus groundbreaking was held on November 28, 1995, with more than 600 people participating in the celebratory event for Southwest Florida. With aggressive academic program and campus development schedules slated to culminate in an opening day of August 25, 1997, the early staff and faculty were busy meeting deadlines every month. Inaugural degree programs were approved by the Board of Regents in March 1996. The FGCU Foundation, a private fundraising arm of the university, gained extraordinary financial support for an institution which at the time could only be seen on a drawing board. Faculty throughoutthe country were attracted to FGCU for the opportunity to offer higher education in new and innovative ways. The first FGCU student, Mariana Coto, was admitted in January 1997; and she participated in the historic ribbon cutting on the university’s August 25, 1997 opening day. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools awarded FGCU accreditation candidacy later that year, and a comprehensive self-study was launched. The first commencement was held in May 1998, with 81 FGCU graduates. In August 1998, the first phase of student housing opened. In September, Founding President McTarnaghan announced his intention to step
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Vision Florida Gulf Coast University will achieve national prominence in undergraduate education with expanding recognition for selected graduate programs. Mission Established on the verge of the 21st century, Florida Gulf Coast University infuses the strengths of the traditional public university with innovation and learning-centered spirit, its chief aim being to fulfill the academic, cultural, social, and career expectations of its constituents. Outstanding faculty uphold challenging academic standards and balance research, scholarly activities, and service expectations with their central responsibilities of teaching and mentoring. Through these efforts, the faculty and University transform students’ lives and the southwest Florida region. Florida Gulf Coast University continuously pursues academic excellence, practices and promotes environmental sustainability, embraces diversity, nurtures community partnerships, values public service, encourages civic responsibility, cultivates habits of lifelong learning, and keeps the advancement of knowledge and pursuit of truth as noble ideals at the heart of the university’s purpose.
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down on May 1, 1999. FGCU’s second commencement ceremonies, held May 1999, marked the last official act of the founding president, as well as the graduation of 417 students. The Board of Regents launched a national search held during the spring and summer for FGCU’s second president; and the university received official notification in June 1999 that it had achieved, in record time, accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In July 1999, the Board of Regents named William C. Merwin as FGCU’s second president. President Merwin arrived on campus for his first day on September 16, 1999. He immediately initiated a highly participatory strategic planning process for students, faculty, and staff to carry the young institution to its next stage of development. As FGCU moves forward, student applications and admissions are dramatically increasing; campus construction of academic and support buildings remains aggressive; an athletics program and other new initiatives are being launched; new degree programs are being added; the Foundation’s private fundraising continues to be successful; and the excitement level for FGCU’s future is high.
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Academics: Five colleges offer 42 undergraduate degree programs and 19 graduate degree programs in Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Health Professions and Professional Studies. Business, criminal justice, nursing, education and communication are among the most popular. Student-to-Faculty Ratio: With more than 675 full-time faculty and staff employed, FGCU features small class sizes and individual attention to every student at an 18:1 ratio. Admissions: FGCU has a rolling admission policy. Freshmen are encouraged to apply six to eight months before anticipated enrollment. FGCU admits approximately 60 percent of freshman applicants. Most students accepted possess a 3.39 high school grade point average and test scores of at least 21 on the ACT and 1050 on the SAT I. FGCU invites interested students to the Eagle EXPO Open House conducted annually in October. Financial Assistance/Scholarships: Students should complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. To apply for institutional scholarships, students should use the online application available through the Office of Financial Aid website. FGCU automatically considers all students admitted by February 15 for Office of Undergraduate Admissions scholarships, which are based on an excellent academic record. In 2004-05, 67 percent of FGCU students were awarded some form of financial assistance. Student Body: FGCU’s growing enrollment tops 7,200 students. Students come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and over 70 countries. Student Activities: FGCU has over 120 active clubs and organizations ranging in scope from ethnic to education and recreation to honorary, offering students opportunities to develop leadership skills in areas related to their personal interests.
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Everglades Hall
Everglades Hall is the first phase of the South Village residential community. The five-story, 124,000-square-foot building will house 406 first-year students. Most units are two-bedroom single suites, with two furnished single bedrooms sharing a split-style bathroom.
North Lake Village
North Lake Village is home to FGCU’s apartmentstyle housing. The apartments are fully furnished consisting of 4 single or 2 double bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, and two bathrooms. 455 of the 495 apartments offer single-occupancy bedrooms. Amenities within the apartment include high-speed Internet access and basic cable TV in each bedroom and local phone service and basic cable in the living room.
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SoVi is the new dining experience on campus. All appliances are Energy Star compliant, and all food selections will be freshly prepared right in front of the customer. The restaurant promotes trayless dining at the all-you-can-eat cafeteria. This method encourages smarter food consumption and wastes less, plus it saves water by not having to wash trays.
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The Logo Florida Gulf Coast University’s official athletics logo was designed by Kelly McCarthy, who is employed by FGCU and works in Community Relations and Marketing.
Why Eagles The Eagle was adopted as the official symbol to reflect FGCU’s mission and purpose. The eagle serves to identify not only the physical environment of Southwest Florida but also the University’s relationship with it. The eagle embodies the characteristics of freedom, strength, spirit, intelligence, grace and the pursuit of excellence. It is master of its environment but also an integral part of it. It survives and prospers only in balance with the environment.
Fight Song “Follow the Eagle” (written by: George Krumenacker) Follow the Eagle, Follow the Eagle Soaring through the skies so blue. Fight! Fight! Fight! With integrity and might, Follow the Green and Blue, GO EAGLES! Follow the Eagle, Follow the Eagle, Lead us on to Victory! Strive for the goal; Give heart and soul, Fly on F-G-C-U!
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School Colors FGCU’s Founding President Roy McTarnaghan selected emerald green and cobalt blue as symbols of the earth and water, in keeping with FGCU’s environmental mission.
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Wilson G. Bradshaw was appointed as the third president of FGCU by the Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees on August, 25, 2007.
“This is certainly one of the best days of my life. Thank you to the community, the board and the University.” Bradshaw said. “This was a grueling but honest process. A lot of people who cherish this University did a lot of work on its behalf. I am so pleased to be the next president of this fine institution. I can’t imagine a finer day in my life. The last thing I would like to say is in terms of a pledge. Now that I have been named the next president of FGCU, I promise I will give you my best. Thank you so much.” The FGCU 13-member Board of Trustees made the selection of Bradshaw unanimous, many citing his track record as a builder, a problem solver and a motivator. “Dr. Bradshaw has an extraordinary amount of energy. He has the emotional energy, the experience and the vision to lead this institution,” chairman Scott Lutgert said. Trustee Michael Villalobos said, “Dr. Bradshaw has the dynamics I think we need. He has the out of the box thinking we will need in the next decade.”
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Trustee Larry Hart said, “Dr. Bradshaw has all of the tools he needs to get in the automobile and drive it.”
Bradshaw, before receiving the president position at FGCU, was the president at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minn., where he was also a professor of psychology and a full member of the graduate faculty. From 1995 to 2000, he served as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. From 1990 to 1995, Bradshaw was the vice president and dean for Graduate Studies and Research at Georgia Southern University. He also served as professor in psychology at Georgia Southern University. He held several titles at Florida Atlantic University including dean of Graduate Studies and tenured associate professor in psychology. Bradshaw earned a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1980, a Master of Arts in experimental psychology from Florida Atlantic University in 1973 and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Florida Atlantic University in 1971. In 1981, Bradshaw was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship for “Laboratory of Neural and Endocrine Regulation” from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2001, he attended the Harvard Presidents’ Workshop on Fundraising, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) New Presidents’ Academy in 2002.
Bradshaw’s career in academia includes a wide spectrum of educational posts including assistant professor of pharmacology at Florida A&M University/VA Medical Center, instructor of physiology at the Wright State University School of Medicine in Ohio, and instructor at the University of Pittsburgh.
The Wilson G. Bradshaw File EXPERIENCE (Administrative Appointments) • 2000-07 - President, Metropolitan State University • 1995-00 - Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bloomsburg University (Pa.) • 1990-95 - V.P. and Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, Georgia Southern University • 1988-90 - Dean of Graduate Studies, Florida Atlantic University • 1984-88 - Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies, Florida Atlantic University
(Faculty Appointments) • 2001-07 - Professor of Psychology, Metropolitan State University • 1990-95 - Professor of Psychology, Georgia Southern University • 1984-90 - Associate Professor of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University
Bradshaw is widely published in professional periodicals and journals. His contributions include published articles in USA Today, Florida Neuroendocrine Society and Science 194. In the research arena, Bradshaw has been granted more than one million dollars for academic study in several areas including math, science, computers and technology education; microbiology for health education; and neuroscience. He has been honored with several professional awards including the Spurgeon Award for career excellence, exceptional community service, and serving as role models for young people.
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• 1981-83 - Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Florida A&M University • 1978-79 - Instructor of Physiology, Wright State University • 1977 - Instructor of Physiological Physiology, University of Pittsburgh • 1975-76 - Instructor of Physiology, University of Pittsburgh
EDUCATION • 1980 - Doctorate’s in Psychobiology, University of Pittsburgh • 1973 - Master’s in Experimental Psychology, Florida Atlantic University
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Dr. Jo-Ann Nester was named Interim Athletics Director on after Carl McAloose resigned on October 31, 2008.
Dr.Nester begins her third year at Florida Gulf Coast University. Nester will serve as the Associate Athletic Director for Compliance. Nester brings over 20 years of experience in college athletics with her to FGCU. Her main duties will be to oversee the full university compliance with the NCAA rules and regulations. Dr. Nester came to FGCU after serving as the Associate AD for Academics, Compliance and Student Services at USF. Prior to her tenure at USF, Dr. Nester was the sitting Director of Athletics at the University of San Diego. Dr. Nester holds an Ed.D, Doctor of Education with a concentration in sports administration from Temple University and enjoys expansive involvement in academics, both as a teacher and administrator. She had been at the University of San Diego since July 2002, first as Associate Director of Athletics and Senior Woman’s Administrator. She was then elevated to Interim Director of Athletics in July 2003 and assumed that role permanently in September of that same year. Prior to arriving at San Diego, Dr. Nester was Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance and Student Services at Dartmouth College between 1993-02. In addition to managing all aspects of compliance and student services, Dr. Nester supervised nine varsity sports and the promotions and marketing department. She had been the Promotions and Marketing Director as well, prior to hiring an Assistant Athletics Director for that area.
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Dr. Nester is also a past Director of Athletics and Recreation at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN, where she also served as chair of the department of physical education. She held those roles at Saint Mary’s from 1984-93, while in the mean time she was also Head Tennis Coach (1985-93) and Head Basketball Coach (1991-93). Dr. Nester also completed the Executive Program with the Sports Management Institute - a prestigious co-operative between Notre Dame, Southern California and North Carolina while she was at St. Mary’s. Dr. Nester holds a Doctorate of Education from Temple University, a master’s degree from West Chester State College and a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education, also from West Chester State.
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Coaching Staff Dave Tollett........................................................................................................................................ Baseball Head Coach Rusty McKee................................................................................................................................ Baseball Assistant Coach Dave Balza........................................................................................................................... Men's Basketball Head Coach Nick Bennett.................................................................................................................. Men's Basketball Assistant Coach Leo Miller...................................................................................................................... Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach Cassandra Goodson.................................................................................... Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Head Coach Bill Harward......................................................................... Men's & Women's Cross Country Volunteer Assistant Coach Jim Suttie....................................................................................................................................... Men's Golf Head Coach Brent Jensen............................................................................................................................ Men’s Golf Assistant Coach Brittany Bertilson...................................................................................................................... Women’s Golf Head Coach Heather Hagerman............................................................................................................. Women’s Golf Assistant Coach Bob Butehorn............................................................................................................................ Men's Soccer Head Coach Alex Aldaz............................................................................................................................ Men's Soccer Assistant Coach Hobie Hare.......................................................................................................................... Men's Soccer Assistant Coach Tim Hogan........................................................................................................................... Men's Soccer Assistant Coach J. Webb Horton......................................................................................Men's Tennis Head Coach, Asst. Athletic Director Jennifer Gabou (Magley).........................................................Women’s Tennis Head Coach, Assistant Academic Advisor Karl Smesko.................................................................................................................... Women's Basketball Head Coach Nathan Daume......................................................................................................... Women's Basketball Assistant Coach Chelsea Dermyer................................................................................................. Women’s Basketball Graduate Assistant Ericka Haney............................................................................................................. Women's Basketball Assistant Coach Kate Schrader........................................................................................................... Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach Jim Blankenship....................................................................................................................Women's Soccer Head Coach Mario Rincon.................................................................................................................. Women's Soccer Assistant Coach Jess Zabel........................................................................................................................ Women’s Soccer Assistant Coach David Deiros....................................................................................................................................... Softball Head Coach Paige Jones................................................................................................................................... Softball Assistant Coach Tom Thompson............................................................................................................................. Softball Assistant Coach Neal Studd....................................................................................................... Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach Elizabeth Lykins......................................................................................... Women's Swimming & Diving Assistant Coach Patricia Stringham..................................................................................... Women's Swimming & Diving Assistant Coach Dan Jimar................................................................................................... Women’s Swimming & Diving Assistant Coach Dave Nichols.................................................................................................................................... Volleyball Head Coach Danny Mahy........................................................................Assistant Volleyball Coach, Director of Volleyball Operations Fernanda Nelson....................................................................................................................... Assistant Volleyball Coach Administrative Staff Dr. Jo-Ann Nester............................................................................................... Interim Director of Athletics/Compliance Colleen Sorem.............................................................................................................. Assistant AD/Business Operations Butch Perchan........................................................................................................................ Associate AD/Advancement Kathy Peterson......................................................................................................................................Associate AD/SWA Tom Vida...............................................................................................................................Athletic Field Superintendent Jamie Cavileer............................................................ Assistant Director of Business Operations/Director of Concessions Joyce Prive.......................................................................................................................................... Cheerleading Coach Will Pitt........................................................................................................... Equipment/Gameday Operations Manager Kristin Consolino.........................................................................Director of Concessions/Gameday Operations Manager Dr. Cecil Carter................................................................................................................. Faculty Athletics Representative Jake Perkins.................................................................................................................................... Marketing Coordinator Michael Hill.................................................................................................................... Interim Sports Information Director Chris Perry............................................................................................................................... Sports Information Assistant Mike Pierce......................................................................................................................... Sports Information Grad. Asst. J.J. Crumbley....................................................................................................................... Sports Information Grad. Asst. Jessica Rouse................................................................................................................................. Compliance Grad. Asst. Marin McCabe............................................................................................................................... Compliance Grad. Asst. Randy Popple.............................................................................................................................................. Strength Coach Patricia Blankenship..................................................................................................Alico Arena Administrative Assistant Kathryn Smith....................................................................................................................... OSC Administrative Assistant Michael Estes, MS, ATC, LAT Sports Medicine...................................................................................Head Athletic Trainer Elisa Araujo, MS, ATC, LAT Sports Medicine................................................................................Assistant Athletic Trainer
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Alico Arena
Alico Arena, located in beautiful Fort Myers, Fla., is a 120,000 square-foot complex and serves as the centerpiece of Florida Gulf Coast University's NCAA Division I athletics program. Opened in the fall of 2002, Alico Arena also serves as the home of the Campus Fitness and Recreation and Intramurals, as well as the Human Performance and Athletic Training programs in the College of Health Sciences. It is also home to the FGCU volleyball and basketball programs. A naming rights gift by Alico Incorporated significantly enhanced the facility. Alico Arena has 4,500 seats in an oval configuration and a permanent hardwood floor. It includes four full-sized basketball courts and six suites. In addition to the arena, the facility includes offices for the Athletics Department and arena staff, as well as 12 locker rooms, and a hospitality room. In addition to recreation and athletic functions, Alico Arena is designed to host music and entertainment events - concerts, speakers, road shows, trade shows and corporate events. Since its opening, Alico Arena has already hosted several special events. The facility has hosted the Hillmyer-Tremont Classic, the National Independent Basketball tournament, the 2007 NCAA South Regional, and the 2008 WNIT. Each summer basketball and volleyball camps are also held in this state of the art building. The arena has also been the site of several concerts, including Dierks Bentley and the Beach Boys. Alico Arena has also hosted events for , U.S. Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev, retired General Colin Powell, and acclaimed poet and author Maya Angelou.
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Athletic Facilities
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Soccer Swanson Stadium Aquatics Center
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Academic Learning Center
The building sits just east of Alico Arena’s parking lot and north of the recently completed soccer field. The grand opening took place February 28, 2008. The 20,000-square-foot complex houses coaches’ offices, locker rooms, showers, laundry facilities, lounges, conference rooms, and study space for the men’s and women’s soccer, baseball and softball teams, and offices for the men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf and the women’s swimming and diving teams. The spacious VIP Suite is a spot that’s likely to be in great demand for all sorts of events. It sports an attached kitchen and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the baseball field. It can accommodate up to about 80 people for a broad range of activities, including sporting event receptions and conferences requiring PowerPoint presentations. Besides well-appointed locker rooms and offices, there are two rooms devoted to study, a vital aspect of the Athletics program. Student-athletes must maintain high GPA’s in order to play.
Baseball Players Lounge
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Sports Medicine
It is the goal of the sports medicine-athletic training staff to provide the student athletes, participating in intercollegiate athletics at FGCU the highest standard of medical care possible. This care is provided both on the field and in the athletic training facilities. The health of every student-athlete at Florida Gulf Coast University is the primary concern of the FGCU Sports Medicine-Athletic Training staff, a group that covers every facet of comprehensive healthcare. From emergency medical care through the functional return to play, the Sports Medicine-Athletic Training staff serves the many needs of the FGCU student athletes. The staff is constantly updating knowledge on the latest in sports medicine and athletic training techniques through seminars and clinics. The Athletic Training Staff consists of National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification (NATA) certified and Florida state-licensed practitioners in cooperation with orthopedic, podiatric and internal medicine physicians. Under the guidance of Director of Sports Medicine Michael Estes, MS, ATC, LAT, and Head Team Physician Dr. James Guerra, the FGCU sports medicineathletic training staff offers the most comprehensive health care with a special emphasis placed on injury prevention (Prehab) methods. The sports medicine-athletic training facilities offer daily services and care for all FGCU intercollegiate athletes. FGCU student athletes receive highly specialized medical care when required from orthopedist and head team physician Dr. James Guerra. Aside from the team physicians, FGCU student athletes have priority access to all services of the NCH Healthcare System and other consulting specialty physicians. They provide a comprehensive team approach in the delivery of health care service to the FGCU student athletes. Located on the first floor of Alico Arena, the spacious main sports medicine-athletic training facility offers the finest available equipment for the prevention, care, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Located in this facility are a hydrotherapy area, treatment/rehabilitation area, functional rehabilitation area, private physician exam room, and a taping/first aid area. The opening of the second Athletic Training facility occured in Jan. 2008 within the FGCU Outdoor Sports Complex. Located in this facility is a taping/first aid area, treatment/rehabilitation area, hydotheraphy area and a private office/physician exam area along with the Sports Medicine staff. Together these two facilities provide FGCU student-athletes with the finest in comprehensive health care while competing at FGCU.
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FGCU provides all students and student-athletes with state of the art strength and conditioning equipment. Alico Arena’s workout facilities include free weights and machines, an array of treadmills and elliptical bikes, an aerobics room, and a power lifting room. FGCU’s weight room is open to all students and faculty, free of charge, seven days a week. The Strength and Conditioning staff prepare all workouts and conditioning schedules for FGCU’s student-athletes.
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Florida Gulf Coast University is committed to full compliance with all Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun) and National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) rules and regulations. Therefore, Florida Gulf Coast University is responsible for insuring its studentathletes, coaches, faculty and staff, alumni, donors, boosters and friends adhere to the rules of the A-Sun and NCAA. The loyalty and support demonstrated by our fans, alumni and friends is unparalleled. Please help Florida Gulf Coast University position itself for greatness today and in the future by reviewing this summary of NCAA rules. I. Representatives of Athletic Interests. A “representative of FGCU’s athletic interests,” or booster is anyone who: • Have participated in or to be a member of an agency or organization promoting the institution’s intercollegiate athletics program; • Have made financial contributions to the athletics department or to an athletics booster organization of that institution; Be assisting or to have been requested (by the athletics department staff) to assist in the recruitment of prospects; • Be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families; or Have been involved otherwise in promoting the institution’s athletics program.
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Compliance is a wide-ranging area, covering all functions of the athletics department including - but not limited to - recruiting, financial aid, eligibility, playing seasons, awards, extra benefits and rules education. As a member of the NCAA, FGCU is responsibile for the actions of its studentathlets, staff, alumni, boosters and fans. The Compliance Office coordinates, monitors and verifies adherence to all NCAA and Atlantic Sun regulations. We are dedicated to providing educational programs and interpretive support to ensure that all individuals involved with our athletics program understand and meet FGCU’s compliance expectations.
The NCAA stipulates that once an individual has been identified as a “representative” of Florida Gulf Coast University’s athletic programs he or she retains this status forever. This is true even if the individual no longer contributes to the athletics program. II. Recruiting. Only coaches and athletic department staff can be involved in the recruiting process. Athletic representatives are prohibited from contacting a prospective student-athlete or members of his/her family by telephone, letter or in person for the purpose of encouraging participation in athletics at Florida Gulf Coast University. Please contact the coaching staff if you know of a prospect that may have the interest and ability to participate in intercollegiate athletics at Florida Gulf Coast University. The coach can then take appropriate action. III. Prospective Student-Athlete. A prospective student-athlete is a person who has started classes for the ninth (9th) grade. In addition, a student-athlete who has not started classes for the ninth grade becomes a prospective student-athlete if the institution provides such an individual (or the individual’s relatives or friends) any financial assistance or other benefits that the institution does not provide to prospective students generally. IV. Extra Benefits. An extra benefit is any special arrangement by an institutional employee or a representative of the institution’s athletics interests to provide a student-athlete (or a student-athlete’s relative or friend) a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation. Extra benefits would include, but are not limited to: • Cash or loans in any amount • Co-singning or arranging a loan • Gifts or free services (airline ticket, restaurant meals, etc.) • Use of an automobile • Rent-free or reduced-cost housing • Money for, or a guarantee of, bail or bond • Employment of a student-athlete at a rate higher than the wages paid for similar work •Payment to a student-athlete for work not performed Your commitment to helping Florida Gulf Coast University comply with the letter and the spirit of the rules and regulations of the A-Sun and the NCAA is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions concerning A-Sun or NCAA rules which help govern FGCU Athletics, please contact the FGCU Compliance Office at (239) 590-7573.
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W 25 21 19 18 17 17 16 15 15 13
L Pct. 8 .758 12 .636 14 .576 15 .545 16 .515 16 .515 17 .485 18 .455 18 .455 20 .394
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W 38 30 33 29 24 25 25 29 26 21
L 15 26 30 26 33 29 33 30 33 37
Pct. .717 .536 .524 .527 .421 .463 .431 .491 .441 .362
2008 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS First Team SP Richard Bleier SP Brandon McClurg SP Carlo Testa RP J.J. Crumbley C Caleb Joseph 1B Jason Peacock 2B Jacob Robbins 3B Anthony Russell SS Casey Frawley OF Justin Bass OF Ozzie Borrell OF Carlo Testa
FGCU Lip Bel FGCU Lip FGCU KSU ETSU Stet Stet FGCU Bel
All-Freshmen P Richie Erath FGCU P Matt Loosen JU P Ryan Rodebaugh KSU P Chris Sale FGCU P/OF Nate Woods Bel C Matt Zeblo Bel
Second Team SP Pete Woodworth FGCU SP Andy Mauldin Stet SP Kyle Bowley UPST RP Tyler Stohr UNF C Jeremy Gillan JU 1B Jeremy Cruz Stet 2B Mikel Alvarez FGCU 3B Robert Crews Stet SS Chad Knight UNF OF Brock Miller GWU OF Jay Morrow KSU OF John Dortch Mer DH Bubbie Spake GWU DH Joe Winker Mer INF Ellis Lowe INF Robert Crews INF Mikel Alvarez INF Sean Emory INF Paul Hoilman OF Blake Green OF Joe Winker
Player-of-the-Year 2008 Jason Peacock 1B FGCU 2007 Pete Cliff ord OF JU 2006 Daniel Murphy 3B JU 2005 Adam Godwin OF Troy 2004 Chris Westervelt C Stet 2003 Chad Hauseman C JU 2002 Chris Westervelt C Stet 2001 Justin Pope P UCF 2000 Frank Corr OF Stet 1999 Todd Moser P FAU 1998 Sammy Serrano C Stet 1997 Kevin Nicholson SS Stet 1996 Jason Glover OF GSU 1995 Evan Thomas P FIU 1994 Chuck Beale P Stet 1993 Aaron Iatarola OF Stet 1992 Wes Weger SS Stet 1991 Wes Weger SS Stet 1990 Todd Greene OF GaSo 1989 George Tsamis P Stet 1988 Jeff Shireman SS GaSo 1987 Keith Richardson P GaSo 1986 Craig Cooper 1B GaSo 1985 Craig Gibson 1B Mer 1984 Ben Abner OF GaSo 1983 Jack Pool 3B Mer 1982 Frank Millerd OF Mer Pitcher-of-the-Year 2008 Richard Bleier FGCU 2007 Corey Kluber Stet 2006 Matt Dobbins JU 2005 Brett Adcock Troy 2004 Matt Fox UCF Freshman-of-the-Year 2008 Robert Crews 3B Stet 2007 Rex Brothers SP Lip 2006 Derek Wiley IF Bel 2005 Chris Johnson 1B Stet 2004 Braedyn Pruitt 3B Stet 2003 Gordie Gronkowski 1B JU 2002 Dee Brown OF UCF 2001 Brian Zenchyk IF Stet Tournament MVP 2008 Caleb Joseph C Lip 2007 Pete Cliff ord OF JU 2006 Brandon Paritz 2B Stet 2005 Shane Jordan OF Stet 2004 Rusty Brown 1B FAU 2003 Gordie Gronkowski 1B JU
2002 Mike Myers SS UCF 2001 Jeremy Kurella IF UCF 2000 Jeff Christy OF Stet 1999 Jeff Nebe 1B Mer 1998 Edwin Franco P FIU 1997 Gregg Pacitti OF UCF 1996 Nick Presto SS FAU 1995 Todd Tocco 1B UCF 1994 Dan Newman 2B SLU 1993 Tony Marrillia OF UCF 1992 Kirk Bullinger P SLU 1991 Kevin Lucero P FIU 1990 Todd Greene OF GaSo 1989 Mike Pinckes 3B Stet 1988 Mike Sempeles OF Stet 1987 Brett Hendley 1B GaSo 1986 Mike Shepherd OF GaSo 1985 Craig Cooper 1B GaSo Coach-of-the-Year 2008 Dave Tollet FGCU 2007 Pete Dunn Stet 2006 Terry Alexander JU 2005 Bobby Pierce Troy 2004 Jay Bergman UCF 2003 Dave Jarvis Bel 2002 Jay Bergman UCF 2001 Jay Bergman UCF 2000 Chip Smith Cam 1999 Kevin Cooney FAU 1998 Danny Price FIU 1997 Rudy Abbott JSU 1996 Pete Dunn Stet 1995 Danny Price FIU 1994 Barry Myers Mer 1993 Greg Marten SLU 1992 Greg Marten^ SLU 1991 Danny Price^ FIU 1990 Pete Dunn^ Stet 1989 Pete Dunn^ Stet 1988 Pete Dunn^ Stet 1987 Jack Stallings^ GaSo 1986 Jack Stallings GaSo 1985 Jack Stallings GaSo 1984 Mike Knight NichSt 1983 Barry Myers Mer 1982 Larry Martindale H-SU 1981 Barry Myers^ Mer 1980 Jack Stallings^ Ga So 1979 Barry Myers^ Mer ^ Automatically awarded to Coach of Tournament Champion
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2/25 Travis Martin 3/3 Matt Lopez 3/10 Dan Maier 3/17 Josh Drewery 3/24 Ozzie Borrell 3/31 Josh Peacock 4/7 Jacob Robbins 4/14 Derek Wiley 4/21 Brandon Scott 4/28 Jacob Robbins 5/5 Ben Allen 5/12 Vinnie Scarduzio 5/19 Justin Bass
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2/25 Matt Dobbins 3/3 Richie Erath 3/10 Dan Maier 3/17 Brandon McClurg 3/24 Justin Freeman 3/31 Brandon McClurg 4/7 Matt Branham 4/14 Justin Lilly 4/21 Justin Lilly 4/28 Chad Jenkins 5/5 Pete Woodworth 5/12 Pete Woodworth 5/19 Kyle Heckathorn
JU FGCU JU LIP KSU LIP UPST CAM CAM KSU FGCU FGCU KSU
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TEAM BATTING
TEAM BATTING G Avg AB R H 2B 3B Gardner-Webb 59 .321 2162 442 694 115 17 North Florida 55 .312 1949 367 608 113 10 Florida Gulf Coast 53 .312 1932 372 602 103 14 Mercer 57 .308 2073 391 638 112 12 Stetson 59 .306 2152 406 659 122 15 ETSU 56 .302 2011 393 607 126 7 Lipscomb 62 .296 2185 385 647 137 1 USC Upstate 54 .292 1900 316 555 77 13 Belmont 58 .292 1985 354 579 109 18 Jacksonville 56 .291 1955 334 569 85 8 Kennesaw State 56 .289 1932 351 558 82 9 Campbell 58 .270 1878 284 507 88 7 Totals 341 .300 24114 4395 7223 1269 131 TEAM PITCHING TEAM PITCHING G ERA W L Sv IP H Florida Gulf Coast 53 3.19 38 15 9 482.1 467 Kennesaw State 56 4.60 30 26 11 497.1 549 Lipscomb 62 5.10 33 29 10 549.0 617 Belmont 58 5.40 25 33 14 499.2 583 Jacksonville 56 5.59 27 29 15 492.2 581 Gardner-Webb 59 5.63 29 30 10 525.2 652 Stetson 59 5.68 26 33 10 524.1 665 North Florida 55 5.80 29 26 13 477.2 624 Mercer 57 5.81 24 32 7 506.1 614 Campbell 58 5.93 21 37 5 502.2 657 USC Upstate 54 6.13 25 29 8 471.2 623 ETSU 56 6.51 18 38 6 488.1 644 Totals 341 5.45 325 357 118 6017.2 7276 TEAM FIELDING TEAM FIELDING G PO A E Pct DP PB SBA-ATT Florida Gulf Coast 53 1447 613 61 .971 59 5 29-50 Lipscomb 62 1647 697 81 .967 66 11 79-105 Gardner-Webb 59 1577 647 77 .967 51 10 70-86 Mercer 57 1519 597 74 .966 56 17 45-71 North Florida 55 1433 594 75 .964 53 14 69-90 Belmont 58 1499 566 79 .963 31 17 79-102 Kennesaw State 56 1492 553 84 .961 36 14 73-92 USC Upstate 54 1415 523 80 .960 43 13 46-76 Jacksonville 56 1478 557 98 .954 40 10 67-91 ETSU 56 1465 654 103 .954 47 22 76-99 Stetson 59 1573 642 108 .954 54 8 84-102 Campbell 58 1508 594 106 .952 36 9 51-82 Totals 341 18053 7237 1026 .961 572 150 768-1046
HR 52 25 43 46 65 78 48 18 37 30 37 20 499
BB 202 219 214 234 220 242 219 181 213 241 207 178 2570
SO 381 335 334 320 425 417 413 346 320 444 342 357 4434
R ER 209 171 308 254 360 311 369 300 370 306 397 329 420 331 362 308 388 327 419 331 370 321 446 353 4418 3642
SB-ATT 122-150 23-40 38-51 67-91 57-72 45-59 64-87 14-23 83-106 81-101 58-82 106-141 758-1003
BB 152 189 267 224 248 212 178 190 254 236 200 227 2577
SO 415 461 459 358 377 331 380 336 345 302 328 322 4414
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ERA ERA BLEIER, Richard FGCU 2.19 APRIL,Dan MER 2.70 McCLURG, Brandon LIP 3.34 MAULDIN, Andy STET 3.61 BOWLEY, Kyle UPST 3.66
INNINGS PITCHED BROTHERS, Rex LIP McCLURG, Brandon LIP BLEIER, Richard FGCU JENKINS, Chad KSU DUNN, Michael LIP
IP 97.0 91.2 90.1 88.2 88.1
WINS BLEIER, Richard FGCU MAULDIN, Andy STET WOODWORTH, Pete FGCU COLEMAN, Casey FGCU 9 tied with 6 victory(s)
W-L 7-1 7-2 7-3 7-3
OPP. BATTING AVERAGE AVG. 1. BLEIER, Richard FGCU .235 2. McCLURG, Brandon LIP .237 3. PRYOR, Ty UNF .238 4. APRIL,Dan MER .240 5. WOODS, Nate BEL .246
STRIKEOUTS BROTHERS, Rex LIP WOODWORTH, Pete FGCU JENKINS, Chad KSU McCLURG, Brandon LIP BLEIER, Richard FGCU
SO 96 78 78 77 76
SAVES STOHR, Tyler UNF BOHANA, Michael KSU ELSEMILLER, Robbie STET SCHLEE, Billy JU STANLEY, Jimmy BEL
Sv 10 6 6 6 6
BATTING AVERAGE Avg PEACOCK, Jason FGCU .434 BASS, Justin STET .404 CRUZ, Jeremy STET .404 TESTA, Carlo BEL .387 GILLAN, Jeremy JU .377
TRIPLES TESTA, Carlo BEL KINARD, Jamall GWU DORTCH,John MER ROBBINS, Jacob KSU FRAWLEY, Casey STET
No. 8 6 4 4 4
HITS BASS, Justin STET CRUZ, Jeremy STET JOSEPH, Caleb LIP FRAWLEY, Casey STET PEACOCK, Jason FGCU
No. 97 90 89 89 85
HOME RUNS RUSSELL, Anthony ETSU JOSEPH, Caleb LIP WILEY, Derek BEL CRUZ, Jeremy STET TRENT, Derek ETSU
No. 21 17 17 15 15
RUNS SCORED BOLDEN, Allen LIP BASS, Justin STET FRAWLEY, Casey STET 3 tied with 57 run(s) scored
No. 64 62 59
STOLEN BASES SCOTT, Brandon CAM MILLER, Brock GWU COOKE, Daniel GWU KINARD, Jamall GWU TESTA, Carlo BEL
SB 35 33 31 26 26
RUNS BATTED IN WILEY, Derek BEL SPAKE, Bubbie GWU RUSSELL, Anthony ETSU JOSEPH, Caleb LIP GILLAN, Jeremy JU
No. 65 63 62 61 60
WALKS ELKINS, Packy BEL ROBBINS, Jacob KSU FLEMING, Kyle JU BOLDEN, Allen LIP TESTA, Carlo BEL
BB 44 42 38 38 With a .434 clip, Jason Peacock became the first 37 Eagle to lead the A-Sun in batting.
DOUBLES BASS, Justin STET BORRELL, Ozzie FGCU SANDERS, Justin LIP BOLDEN, Allen LIP JOSEPH, Caleb LIP
No. 27 25 22 21 20
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SLUG% .704 .686 .663 .633 .627
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2008 SEASON IN REVIEW
The 2008 season for the FGCU Eagles set a standard of excellence that all of Dave Tollett’s team strive to achieve. The Eagles finished the year with a 38-15 record, third most for any season in the short 7 year history of the program. The Eagles, who were slated to finish eleventh out of twelve teams in the Atlantic Sun Conference, finish their 2008 campaign with a regular season championship.
After shattering records for a team in its first year in the Atlantic Sun, Florida Gulf Coast racked up the hardware with Jason Peacock (Player of the Year), Richard Bleier (Pitcher of the Year) and head coach Dave Tollett (Coach of the Year) winning the league’s top three individual awards. The Eagles became the third team in A-Sun history to win a regular-season championship in their first year in the league and the first to win the title in the one-division alignment. At 25-8, the Eagles established the record for the most conference wins by a program in their first year in the A-Sun, breaking the record set in 1999 when Jacksonville finished its first year at 22-8. Bleier, a junior from Davie, Fla., was a unanimous selection as the Pitcher of the Year and also earned a spot on First Team with a unanimous vote. He led the A-Sun in ERA (2.19), innings pitched (90.1) and complete games (four). He shared the top spot in wins with seven and ranked fourth in strikeouts with 76. Peacock, a senior from Bartow, Fla., finished with the sixth-highest batting average in A-Sun history, producing a .434 mark while reaching base at a .525 clip. He increased his production during conference play, hitting .466 with a .566 on-base percentage. All told, FGCU saw eight of its players earn some level of recognition. In addition to Bleier and Peacock, reliever J.J. Crumbley and outfielder Ozzie Borrell made the First Team. Pete Woodworth, who tied Bleier atop the A-Sun with seven wins and freshman second baseman Mikel Alvarez landed on the Second Team. Alvarez, right-hander Richie Erath and left-hander Chris Sale all earned spots on the All-Freshman team. Crumbley was 6-2 with five saves on the year and had a 1.50 ERA in 24 appearances. Crumbley was selected as the only relief pitcher on the team. Borrell finished second in the league in doubles and led FGCU with 54 RBI. He was one of two players to start all 53 games for FGCU this season. Head Coach Dave Tollett was named Atlantic Sun Coach of the year after guiding the Eagles to one of the most successful seasons in A-Sun history. The Eagles 25 wins are tied for the third most wins in conference history. Tollett was named Coach of the Year after leading the first year program to an outright championship while setting numerous league records on the way. Pete Woodworth and Mikel Alvarez were each second team selections. Woodworth, a sophomore, was twice selected as Atlantic Sun pitcher of the week and finished tied for second in the league with 78 strikeouts. Alvarez, who was also selected to the All-Freshman team, recorded a school-record 22 game hitting streak and finished with a .345 batting average. He was one of three A-Sun freshmen to receive 2nd team All-Conference honors. Sale posted a 3.47 ERA in 21 appearances and fanned 43 batters in 36.1 innings. He recorded an amazing 6-1 strikeout to walk ratio in conference play. Erath became the first Eagle to receive the A-Sun pitcher of the week award after leading FGCU to an 8-0 win over UNF in the first conference series of the year. He limited the Ospreys to just two hits in 8.0 innings. He finished the year with a 2-1 record and 3.62 ERA in 27.1 innings. 2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
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FLORIDA GULF COAST U 2008 GANE-BY-GAME
Date Opposing team Feb 22 SOUTHEASTERN Feb 23 SOUTHEASTERN Feb 23 SOUTHEASTERN Feb 27 at FIU Mar 01 NORTH FLORIDA* Mar 01 NORTH FLORIDA* Mar 02 NORTH FLORIDA* Mar 04 at USF Mar 05 FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY Mar 06 BOWLING GREEN Mar 07 GARDNER-WEBB* Mar 08 GARDNER-WEBB* Mar 08 GARDNER-WEBB* Mar 11 at Florida Mar 12 vs IPFW Mar 14 at Kennesaw State* Mar 15 at Kennesaw State * Mar 15 at Kennesaw State* Mar 18 at Bethune-Cookman Mar 19 at Bethune-Cookman Mar 22 MERCER* Mar 22 MERCER* Mar 23 MERCER* Mar 25 USF Mar 26 UCF Mar 28 at Campbell* Mar 28 at Campbell* Mar 29 at Campbell* Apr 01 at FIU Apr 02 at UCF Apr 04 BELMONT* Apr 04 BELMONT* Apr 05 BELMONT* Apr 08 at Miami Apr 09 FIU Apr 11 at Lipscomb* Apr 12 at Lipscomb* Apr 12 at Lipscomb* Apr 18 at Jacksonville* Apr 18 at Jacksonville* Apr 19 at Jacksonville* May 02 at Stetson* May 03 at Stetson* May 04 at Stetson* May 06 FIU May 07 at FAU May 10 ETSU* May 10 ETSU* May 11 ETSU* May 13 FAU May 15 at UPST* May 16 at UPST* May 16 at UPST* * = Conference game () extra inning game
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Score W 11-1 W 7-1 W 18-1 W 13-1 1-5 L W 4-3 W 8-0 W 5-4 W 9-2 2-5 L W 6-3 W 10-2 W 7-1 1-2 L W 7-6 W 7-1 8-13 L W 13-5 5-6 L W 13-6 W 16-4 W 6-5 W 8-5 2-3 L 4-8 L W 3-2 W 13-3 W 3-2 W 13-6 W 6-4 W 7-6 W 9-2 5-12 L 2-4 L 3-4 L 6-7 L 1-6 L W 10-9 W 5-1 W 4-1 W 8-5 W 7-5 4-7 L W 5-3 W 12-1 W 7-5 W 9-5 W 6-2 W 15-2 W 5-1 1-2 L W 9-0 3-9 L
r-h-e 11-12-2 7-12-0 18-21-0 13-18-1 1-5-2 4-14-1 8-16-1 5-10-0 9-10-0 2-4-1 6-11-1 10-17-2 7-11-3 1-4-0 7-10-2 7-15-1 8-10-1 13-11-2 5-10-1 13-11-0 16-17-2 6-10-1 8-15-0 2-11-2 4-8-3 3-9-1 13-19-1 3-7-3 13-12-0 6-13-1 7-15-2 9-11-1 5-11-3 2-8-1 3-6-1 6-10-1 1-5-2 10-16-0 5-8-1 4-6-1 8-14-1 7-14-1 4-8-2 5-11-0 12-14-0 7-13-1 9-13-2 6-11-0 15-21-0 5-8-2 1-6-2 9-13-2 3-7-0
r-h-e Inns Overall A-Sun 1-7-3 9 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-4-1 9 2-0-0 0-0-0 1-7-3 9 3-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-3 9 4-0-0 0-0-0 5-8-0 9 4-1-0 0-1-0 3-8-1 (10) 5-1-0 1-1-0 0-2-0 9 6-1-0 2-1-0 4-7-2 9 7-1-0 2-1-0 2-9-3 9 8-1-0 2-1-0 5-9-0 9 8-2-0 2-1-0 3-8-1 9 9-2-0 3-1-0 2-5-0 9 10-2-0 4-1-0 1-6-3 9 11-2-0 5-1-0 2-5-1 9 11-3-0 5-1-0 6-7-3 9 12-3-0 5-1-0 1-4-0 9 13-3-0 6-1-0 13-13-1 9 13-4-0 6-2-0 5-12-4 9 14-4-0 7-2-0 6-9-0 9 14-5-0 7-2-0 6-14-2 9 15-5-0 7-2-0 4-10-0 7 16-5-0 8-2-0 5-15-2 (14) 17-5-0 9-2-0 5-11-0 9 18-5-0 10-2-0 3-10-1 9 18-6-0 10-2-0 8-15-3 9 18-7-0 10-2-0 2-5-0 9 19-7-0 11-2-0 3-7-2 9 20-7-0 12-2-0 2-6-2 (10) 21-7-0 13-2-0 6-8-5 9 22-7-0 13-2-0 4-12-1 9 23-7-0 13-2-0 6-12-0 (10) 24-7-0 14-2-0 2-7-2 9 25-7-0 15-2-0 12-15-2 9 25-8-0 15-3-0 4-9-0 (11) 25-9-0 15-3-0 4-10-2 9 25-10-0 15-3-0 7-12-3 (10) 25-11-0 15-4-0 6-10-1 9 25-12-0 15-5-0 9-14-1 9 26-12-0 16-5-0 1-6-2 9 27-12-0 17-5-0 1-6-1 9 28-12-0 18-5-0 5-15-2 9 29-12-0 19-5-0 5-11-1 (12) 30-12-0 20-5-0 7-10-3 9 30-13-0 20-6-0 3-7-0 9 31-13-0 21-6-0 1-10-5 9 32-13-0 21-6-0 5-9-1 (11) 33-13-0 21-6-0 5-8-0 9 34-13-0 22-6-0 2-6-1 9 35-13-0 23-6-0 2-8-3 9 36-13-0 24-6-0 1-8-1 9 37-13-0 24-6-0 2-7-1 9 37-14-0 24-7-0 0-5-1 9 38-14-0 25-7-0 9-16-1 9 38-15-0 25-8-0
SCORE BY INNINGS Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total FGCU 54 45 41 45 38 33 44 37 27 8 372 Opponents 20 39 31 12 19 16 25 20 24 3 209
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Pitcher of record Attend BLEIER (W 1-0) 657 COLEMAN (W 1-0) 484 ERATH (W 1-0) 310 WOODWORTH (W 1-0) 428 COLEMAN (L 1-1) 435 CRUMBLEY (W 1-0) - ERATH (W 2-0) 350 WOODWORTH (W 2-0) 724 CRUMBLY (W 1-0) 239 NATHANSON (L 0-1) 413 COLEMAN (W 2-1) 428 BLEIER (W 2-0) 238 URSITTI (W 1-0) 371 WOODWORTH (L 2-1) 2539 CRUMBLEY (W 2-0) 175 BLEIER (W 3-0) 308 COLEMAN (L 2-2) 293 WOODWORTH (W 3-1) 296 KILEY (L 0-1) 115 EFFERTZ (W 1-0) 72 BLEIER (W 4-0) 290 CRUMBLEY (W 3-0) 186 URSITTI (W 2-0) 387 SHAW (L 0-1) 703 NATHANSON (L 0-2) 652 BLEIER (W 5-0) 317 WOODWORTH (W 4-1) 317 CRUMBLEY (W 4-0) 151 CRUMBLY (W 2-0) 286 COLEMAN (W 3-2) 951 CRUMBLEY (W 5-0) 382 WOODWORTH (W 5-1) 381 ERATH (L 2-1) 291 CRUMBLEY (L 5-1) 1511 NATHANSON (L 0-3) 432 CRUMBLEY (L 5-2) 502 WOODWORTH (L 5-2) 382 COLEMAN (W 4-2) 382 BLEIER (W 6-0) 301 COLEMAN (W 5-2) 412 CRUMBLEY (W 6-2) 508 SALE (W 1-0) 1501 COLEMAN (L 5-3) 1384 WOODWORTH (W 6-2) 1422 CRUMBLY (W 3-0) 592 SALE (W 2-0) 305 BLEIER (W 7-0) 489 WOODWORTH (W 7-2) 613 COLEMAN (W 6-3) 309 SHAW (W 1-1) 312 BLEIER (L 7-1) 124 COLEMAN (W 7-3) 204 WOODWORTH (L 7-3) 206
Attendance Home attendance Away attendance Total attendance
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Total 9944 16116 26060
Dates Average 24 414 28 575 52 501
Time 2:43 2:15 2:30 3:08 2:42 2:48 2:25 3:28 3:38 2:38 2:33 2:47 2:39 1:50 2:41 2:17 3:27 3:15 2:26 3:03 2:02 6:20 2:42 2:52 3:12 2:16 2:47 3:49 3:25 3:02 2:47 2:32 2:46 3:04 2:44 2:54 2:13 2:37 2:25 2:25 3:12 3:40 2:50 2:46 2:41 3:33 2:27 2:34 2:46 2:20 2:28 2:35 2:25
UNIVERSITY BASEBALL 2008 OVERALL STATISTICS
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BATTING
Record: 38-15 Home: 19-6 Away: 18-9 Neutral: 1-0 Atlantic Sun: 25-8 Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% 33 PEACOCK, Jason .434 51 51 196 43 85 12 0 9 53 124 .633 34 8 26 6 .525 5 BORRELL, Ozzie .353 53 53 224 39 79 25 2 7 54 129 .576 18 0 23 5 .390 8 ALVAREZ, Mikel .346 49 47 205 44 71 6 2 2 35 87 .424 18 0 22 2 .397 37 RASSEL, Stephen .335 52 52 218 43 73 11 3 1 33 93 .427 15 3 28 2 .382 1 UPCHURCH, Josh .325 53 53 228 54 74 7 0 2 23 87 .382 31 4 46 3 .411 17 COLEMAN, Casey .314 43 41 172 23 54 11 3 5 32 86 .500 10 0 33 3 .344 19 SCARDUZIO, Vinnie .275 49 49 193 32 53 13 3 9 44 99 .513 20 1 47 1 .341 12 WICKENS, Stephen .251 52 51 167 38 42 9 0 1 22 54 .323 27 12 19 2 .391 --2.5 AB/Game-----------7 RODRIGUEZ, Victor .258 18 7 31 4 8 0 0 1 5 11 .355 7 0 10 0 .395 3 ROBERSON, Tim .237 21 13 59 8 14 2 0 3 11 25 .424 6 2 20 1 .328 4 SMITH, Graig .227 36 28 110 20 25 2 0 2 13 33 .300 13 2 21 2 .317 10 GREENE, Robert .226 14 7 31 4 7 1 1 0 4 10 .323 2 1 11 1 .294 28 BISSELL, D.J. .216 22 7 37 8 8 0 0 1 8 11 .297 4 0 10 1 .293 18 FIBBE, Paul .161 21 18 56 11 9 4 0 0 3 13 .232 9 3 17 1 .309 27 JONES, Darrin .000 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 29 FOSS, Jason .000 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 32 WOODWORTH, Pete .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals .312 53 53 1930 372 602 103 14 43 340 862 .447 214 36 334 30 .386 Opponents .256 53 53 1817 209 466 69 9 23 187 622 .342 152 57 415 49 .332 LOB - Team (471), Opp (410). DPs turned - Team (59), Opp (34). IBB - Team (13), PEACOCK 7, SCARDUZIO 3, UPCHURCH 2, RODRIGUEZ 1, Opp (3). Picked off - UPCHURCH 3, RASSEL 1, ALVAREZ 1, WICKENS 1, FIBBE 1, ROBERSON 1.
SF 4 7 1 2 2 4 3 1
SH 2 5 11 17 7 1 1 8
SB ATT 0 0 1 2 1 1 9 12 20 25 3 3 0 0 2 5
PO A E 441 37 2 89 7 2 67 123 9 75 68 5 125 3 0 47 91 8 58 1 4 92 162 23
FLD% .996 .980 .955 .966 1.000 .945 .937 .917
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 10
0 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 60 30
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 25
0 3 216 50 7 142 0 1 4 1447 1422
.000 .929 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 1.000 .875 .971 .960
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 46
0 10 29 5 0 19 0 0 3 614 531
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 61 81
PITCHING
Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 30 BLEIER, Richard 2.09 7 1 12 12 4 0 0 0 90.1 79 33 21 17 76 10 1 2 341 .232 6 10 1 1 7 17 COLEMAN, Casey 4.11 7 3 13 13 0 0 1 0 70.0 71 37 32 35 58 15 2 3 269 .264 3 6 0 1 4 32 WOODWORTH, Pete 4.27 7 3 15 11 0 0 0 1 78.0 77 38 37 27 78 14 2 8 296 .260 9 11 1 1 3 --1 IP/Game-----------34 HORTON, Andy 0.00 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 9 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 29 .310 0 1 0 0 0 39 BARRETO, Edgar 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 26 BELDEN, Greg 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 21 SHAW, Derek 1.46 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 24.2 24 6 4 1 25 4 1 0 94 .255 2 1 1 0 1 9 CRUMBLEY, J.J. 1.50 6 2 24 0 0 0 1 5 48.0 41 10 8 14 38 5 0 1 169 .243 1 3 0 3 9 36 EFFERTZ, Shane 1.80 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 17 .176 1 0 0 0 0 31 CRUMBLY, Craig 2.12 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 34.0 30 9 8 8 23 4 0 2 122 .246 1 1 2 1 2 16 URSITTI, Nick 2.89 2 0 15 3 0 0 0 1 28.0 25 15 9 13 29 1 0 0 101 .248 3 5 0 1 2 41 SALE, Chris 3.47 2 0 21 1 0 0 1 2 36.1 36 15 14 10 43 4 1 2 142 .254 1 4 0 1 0 20 ERATH, Richie 3.62 2 1 9 4 0 0 1 0 27.1 23 12 11 7 15 2 1 2 97 .237 3 5 0 0 2 42 KILEY, Tim 4.50 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 2 4 2 1 0 0 13 .231 1 0 0 0 0 40 NATHANSON, Patric 5.91 0 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 21.1 31 20 14 4 17 4 0 3 88 .352 2 7 1 1 0 6 LANDA, Trent 7.71 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 11 6 6 2 5 5 1 0 30 .367 0 3 0 0 0 35 HORTON, Ryan 20.25 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 7 .429 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 3.17 38 15 53 53 4 2 2 9 482.1 466 209 170 152 415 69 9 23 1817 .256 33 57 6 10 30 Opponents 5.58 15 38 53 53 3 0 0 7 474.0 602 372 294 214 334 103 14 43 1930 .312 39 36 13 25 60 PB - Team (5), SMITH 4, FIBBE 1, Opp (11). Pickoffs - Team (13), FIBBE 3, SMITH 3, BLEIER 3, NATHANSON 2, WOODWORTH 1, COLEMAN 1, Opp (8). SBA/ATT - SMITH (10-23), FIBBE (10-17), WOODWORTH (7-9), COLEMAN (6-9), GREENE (5-6), BLEIER (2-6), CRUMBLEY (3-5), CRUMBLY (0-4), URSITTI (2-3), SALE (2-3), ERATH (1-3), NATHANSON (1-2), SHAW (0-1), HORTON, A. (1-1).
FIELDING
Player 4 SMITH, Graig 18 FIBBE, Paul 1 UPCHURCH, Josh 10 GREENE, Robert 41 SALE, Chris 16 URSITTI, Nick 28 BISSELL, D.J. 20 ERATH, Richie 21 SHAW, Derek 34 HORTON, Andy 40 NATHANSON, Patric 6 LANDA, Trent 36 EFFERTZ, Shane 29 FOSS, Jason 35 HORTON, Ryan 33 PEACOCK, Jason 5 BORRELL, Ozzie 37 RASSEL, Stephen 8 ALVAREZ, Mikel 17 COLEMAN, Casey 19 SCARDUZIO, Vinnie 30 BLEIER, Richard 3 ROBERSON, Tim 12 WICKENS, Stephen 9 CRUMBLEY, J.J. 32 WOODWORTH, Pete 31 CRUMBLY, Craig Totals Opponents
C 245 161 128 55 9 8 7 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 480 98 148 199 146 63 28 14 277 18 8 7 2122 2034
PO A E 216 29 0 142 19 0 125 3 0 50 5 0 4 5 0 2 6 0 7 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 441 37 2 89 7 2 75 68 5 67 123 9 47 91 8 58 1 4 9 17 2 3 10 1 92 162 23 6 10 2 4 3 1 1 5 1 1447 614 61 1422 531 81
FLD% 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .996 .980 .966 .955 .945 .937 .929 .929 .917 .889 .875 .857 .971 .960
DPs 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 49 1 9 29 13 0 0 2 43 2 0 1 59 34
SBA 10 10 0 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 3 7 0 25 37
CSB 13 7 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 2 2 4 21 12
SBA% .435 .588 .000 .833 .667 .667 .000 .333 .000 1.000 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .667 .000 .333 .000 .000 .600 .778 .000 .543 .755
PB 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11
CI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Ursitti posted a 2-0 record and made 15 appearances in his first year as an Eagle.
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Record: 25-8 Home: 13-2 Away: 12-6 Atlantic Sun: 25-8
BATTING
Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH 33 PEACOCK, Jason .466 31 31 116 26 54 6 0 5 31 75 .647 19 7 14 2 .556 2 2 5 BORRELL, Ozzie .387 33 33 142 23 55 20 2 3 34 88 .620 11 0 17 0 .420 4 3 1 UPCHURCH, Josh .355 33 33 138 37 49 6 0 1 12 58 .420 25 2 28 1 .458 1 4 8 ALVAREZ, Mikel .353 31 31 136 33 48 3 2 1 25 58 .426 10 0 13 1 .395 1 9 37 RASSEL, Stephen .350 33 33 143 24 50 7 1 1 28 62 .434 5 2 16 1 .377 1 11 17 COLEMAN, Casey .324 27 26 111 14 36 6 2 3 20 55 .495 3 0 23 1 .331 4 1 19 SCARDUZIO, Vinnie .292 29 29 113 19 33 10 2 6 29 65 .575 15 1 27 0 .371 3 1 12 WICKENS, Stephen .222 33 33 108 23 24 5 0 0 12 29 .269 17 9 10 2 .373 0 6 ---2.5 AB’Games----------3 ROBERSON, Tim .250 11 8 32 2 8 0 0 1 4 11 .344 4 2 8 1 .368 0 1 28 BISSELL, D.J. .250 12 3 16 4 4 0 0 0 3 4 .250 1 0 4 0 .294 0 0 7 RODRIGUEZ, Victor .227 11 4 22 2 5 0 0 0 3 5 .227 4 0 7 0 .346 0 0 4 SMITH, Graig .182 23 20 77 14 14 1 0 2 8 21 .273 10 2 15 1 .289 1 3 10 GREENE, Robert .182 5 2 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .182 2 0 5 0 .308 0 0 18 FIBBE, Paul .147 13 11 34 5 5 2 0 0 2 7 .206 6 1 7 1 .293 0 3 Totals .323 33 33 1199 227 387 66 9 23 211 540 .450 132 26 194 11 .397 17 44 Opponents .257 33 33 1147 138 295 43 5 17 122 399 .348 96 34 254 31 .331 6 19 LOB - Team (303), Opp (261). DPs turned - Team (37), Opp (15). IBB - Team (11), PEACOCK 6, SCARDUZIO 2, UPCHURCH 2, RODRIGUEZ 1, Opp (3). Picked off - UPCHURCH 3, ALVAREZ 1, FIBBE 1, RASSEL 1, WICKENS 1.
SB ATT 0 0 1 2 13 17 1 1 6 9 1 1 0 0 2 3
PO A E 274 18 2 58 5 2 74 2 0 41 78 6 65 50 4 28 57 5 30 0 2 58 102 18
FLD% .993 .969 1.000 .952 .966 .944 .938 .899
0 0 0 1 0 0 25 16
3 4 0 152 20 77 903 888
1.000 1.000 .000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .968 .968
0 0 0 1 0 0 34 29
6 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 4 0 12 0 391 43 338 41
PITCHING
Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 9 CRUMBLEY, J.J. 1.64 5 1 14 0 0 0 1 4 33.0 31 8 6 11 28 5 0 0 121 .256 1 3 0 3 5 30 BLEIER, Richard 2.24 6 1 11 11 4 0 0 0 84.1 73 32 21 16 69 8 1 2 317 .230 6 10 1 1 7 17 COLEMAN, Casey 5.00 5 3 10 10 0 0 1 0 54.0 58 35 30 31 40 13 2 3 209 .278 2 5 0 1 2 32 WOODWORTH, Pete 5.17 5 2 10 8 0 0 0 0 54.0 63 32 31 18 52 11 1 7 216 .292 7 5 1 0 2 -------------21 SHAW, Derek 0.00 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 3 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 26 .115 0 0 0 0 0 36 EFFERTZ, Shane 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .000 0 0 0 0 0 34 HORTON, Andy 0.00 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 .500 0 1 0 0 0 6 LANDA, Trent 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 16 URSITTI, Nick 2.89 2 0 9 2 0 0 0 1 18.2 18 9 6 8 15 0 0 0 68 .265 3 3 0 1 1 41 SALE, Chris 3.22 1 0 11 0 0 0 1 2 22.1 23 9 8 5 24 2 0 2 89 .258 0 2 0 0 0 20 ERATH, Richie 3.57 1 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 17.2 14 8 7 5 10 2 1 1 61 .230 3 4 0 0 2 31 CRUMBLY, Craig 7.20 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 5 4 0 5 1 0 2 22 .318 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 3.38 25 8 33 33 4 2 2 7 301.0 295 138 113 96 254 43 5 17 1147 .257 23 34 2 6 19 Opponents 5.69 8 25 33 33 3 0 0 4 296.0 387 227 187 132 194 66 9 23 1199 .323 22 26 7 17 44 PB - Team (3), SMITH 2, FIBBE 1, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Team (7), BLEIER 3, FIBBE 2, COLEMAN 1, SMITH 1, Opp (7). SBA/ATT - SMITH (6-15), FIBBE (8-12), WOODWORTH (6-8), COLEMAN (3-6), BLEIER (2-6), CRUMBLEY (3-3), GREENE (2-2), URSITTI (1-2), ERATH (0-2), CRUMBLY (0-1), SALE (1-1).
FIELDING
Player 4 SMITH, Graig 18 FIBBE, Paul 1 UPCHURCH, Josh 10 GREENE, Robert 3 ROBERSON, Tim 16 URSITTI, Nick 41 SALE, Chris 20 ERATH, Richie 28 BISSELL, D.J. 34 HORTON, Andy 36 EFFERTZ, Shane 21 SHAW, Derek 33 PEACOCK, Jason 5 BORRELL, Ozzie 37 RASSEL, Stephen 8 ALVAREZ, Mikel 17 COLEMAN, Casey 19 SCARDUZIO, Vinnie 30 BLEIER, Richard 9 CRUMBLEY, J.J. 12 WICKENS, Stephen 32 WOODWORTH, Pete 7 RODRIGUEZ, Victor 31 CRUMBLY, Craig 6 LANDA, Trent Totals Opponents
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C 170 89 76 24 9 7 6 5 4 2 1 1 294 65 119 125 90 32 25 11 178 4 0 0 0 1337 1267
PO A E 152 18 0 77 12 0 74 2 0 20 4 0 3 6 0 1 6 0 2 4 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 274 18 2 58 5 2 65 50 4 41 78 6 28 57 5 30 0 2 7 16 2 4 6 1 58 102 18 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 903 391 43 888 338 41
FLD% 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .993 .969 .966 .952 .944 .938 .920 .909 .899 .750 .000 .000 .000 .968 .968
DPs 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 9 18 7 0 0 1 26 0 0 0 0 37 15
SBA 6 8 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 16 25
CSB 9 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 13 9
SBA% .400 .667 .000 1.000 .000 .500 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .500 .000 .333 1.000 .000 .750 .000 .000 .000 .552 .735
PB 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
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CI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Sale went 2-0 and struck out 43 in 36.1 innings pitched in his freshman campaign.
UNIVERSITY BASEBALL FGCU BASEBALL WHEN ....
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WIN-LOSS RECORD WHEN...
Win-Loss Record When Overall 38-15 Conference 25-8 Non-Conference 13-7 Home games 19-6 Away games 18-9 Neutral site 1-0 Day games 21-6 Night games 17-9 vs Left starter 14-6 vs Right starter 24-9 1-Run games 8-6 2-Run games 4-1 5+Run games 18-4 Extra innings 6-2 Shutouts 2-0 Scoring 0-2 runs 0-7 3-5 runs 8-6 6-9 runs 18-2 10+ runs 12-0 Opponent 0-2 runs 19-2 3-5 runs 14-5 6-9 runs 5-6 10+ runs 0-2 Scored in 1st inning Opp. scored in 1st Scores first Opp. scores first
20-2 8-5 25-3 13-12
After 6 leading trailing tied After 7 leading trailing tied After 8 leading trailing tied
28-2 3-11 7-2 30-1 2-11 5-3 30-1 4-12 3-2
Hit 0 home runs 1 home run 2+ home runs
12-12 17-3 9-0
Opponent 0 home runs 30-6 1 home run 6-6 2+ HRs 2-3
Made 0 errors 1 error 2+ errors
12-1 16-7 10-7
Opp. made 0 errors 1 error 2+ errors
9-4 11-6 18-5
Out-hit opponent Out-hit by opponent Hits are tied
32-2 4-13 2-0
Current losing streak Longest winning streak Longest losing streak Home attendance Away attendance Total attendance
1 7 5
9944 ( 24 dates avg = 414 ) 15910 ( 27 dates avg = 589 ) 25854 ( 51 dates avg = 506 )
The Eagles became the first team to win a regular-season championship in the one-division alignment. At 25-8, the Eagles established the record for the most conference wins by a program in their first year in the A-Sun, breaking the record set in 1999 when Jacksonville finished its first year at 22-8.
Record when team scores Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 0-0 0-4 0-3 2-2 2-2 4-2 4-1 7-0 3-1 4-0 12-0 Record when opponent scores Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 2-0 10-0 7-2 4-1 3-2 7-2 4-2 0-2 0-1 1-1 0-2 Record when leading after Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 19-1 22-3 25-2 28-3 28-5 28-2 30-1 30-1 Record when trailing after Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 4-5 7-10 8-9 4-9 3-10 3-11 2-11 4-12 Record when tied after Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 15-9 9-2 5-4 6-3 7-0 7-2 5-3 3-2
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TEAM GAME HIGHS
INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
BATTING
BATTING
At bats: 54 - Mercer (vs FGCU, Mar 22, 2008) Runs scored: 18 - FGCU (vs Southeastern, Feb 23, 2008) Hits: 21 - FGCU (vs ETSU, May 11, 2008) 21 - FGCU (vs Southeastern, Feb 23, 2008) RBIs: 16 - FGCU (vs Mercer, Mar 22, 2008) Doubles: 7 - FGCU (vs Campbell, Mar 28, 2008) 7 - Lipscomb (vs FGCU, Apr 12, 2008) Triples: 2 - (5 games tied) Home runs: 4 - FGCU (vs Southeastern, Feb 23, 2008) Total bases: 33 - FGCU (vs FloridaInternational, Feb 27, 2008) Walks: 9 - FGCU (vs Mercer, Mar 22, 2008) Strikeouts: 19 - Stetson (vs FGCU, May 02, 2008) Sac hits: 4 - (3 games tied) Sac flies: 3 - Florida Gulf Coast (vs Jacksonville, Apr 19, 2008) Stolen bases: 3 - (7 games tied) Caught stealing: 2 - (6 games tied) Hit by pitch: 4 - (3 games tied) Runners LOB: 15 - FGCU (vs Mercer, Mar 22, 2008) Hit into DP: 3 - (9 games tied)
At bats: 7 - (3 players tied) Runs scored: 4 - UPCHURCH, FGCU (vs Mercer, Mar 22, 2008) 4 - RASSEL, FGCU (vs Southeastern, Feb 23, 2008) Hits: 5 - (3 players tied) RBIs: 5 - BORRELL, Florida Gulf Coast (vs Jacksonville, Apr 19, 2008) 5 - SCARDUZIO, FGCU (vs ETSU, May 11, 2008) Doubles: 3 - BORRELL, FGCU (vs Campbell, Mar 28, 2008) Triples: 2 - HOYTE, Bethune-Cookman (vs FGCU, Mar 19, 2008) Home runs: 2 - SCARDUZIO, FGCU (vs ETSU, May 10, 2008) Total bases: 10 - BORRELL, FGCU (vs FloridaInternational, Feb 27, 2008) Walks: 3 - (3 players tied) Strikeouts: 4 - RODRIGUEZ, FGCU (vs Kennesaw State, Mar 15, 2008) Sac hits: 2 - (4 players tied) Sac flies: 1 - (35 players tied) Stolen bases: 2 - (6 players tied) Caught stealing: 1 - (33 players tied) Hit by pitch: 2 - (8 players tied) Runners LOB: 8 - ALVAREZ, FGCU (vs Gardner-Webb, Mar 08, 2008)
FIELDING
FIELDING
Putouts: 18 - SMITH, FGCU (vs Stetson, May 02, 2008) Assists: 8 - ALVAREZ, FGCU (vs UPST, May 16, 2008) Errors: 3 - Arrojo, FloridaInternational (vs FGCU, May 06, 2008) Passed balls: 2 - McPHEE, Southeastern (vs FGCU, Feb 22, 2008) 2 - GILLAN, J., Jacksonville (vs Florida Gulf Coast, Apr 19, 2008)
Putouts: 42 - FGCU (vs Mercer, Mar 22, 2008) Assists: 18 - FGCU (vs Mercer, Mar 23, 2008) Errors: 5 - FloridaInternational (vs FGCU, May 06, 2008) 5 - FloridaInternational (vs FGCU, Apr 01, 2008) Passed balls: 2 - (3 games tied) DPs turned: 3 - (9 games tied)
PITCHING
Innings pitched: 9.0 - (6 players tied) Strikeouts: 13 - BLEIER, FGCU (vs Stetson, May 02, 2008) Wild pitches: 3 - BEDROSIAN, Mercer (vs FGCU, Mar 22, 2008) 3 - C. Giardina, UCF (vs FGCU, Mar 26, 2008) Hit batters: 3 - (4 players tied)
PITCHING
Innings pitched: 14.0 - FGCU (vs Mercer, Mar 22, 2008) Strikeouts: 19 - FGCU (vs Stetson, May 02, 2008) Hits allowed: 2 - FGCU (vs FloridaInternational, Feb 27, 2008) 2 - FGCU (vs North Florida, Mar 02, 2008) Wild pitches: 4 - Florida Gulf Coast (vs Jacksonville, Apr 19, 2008) Hit batters: 4 - (3 games tied) FGCU STARTING PITCHING
Player ERA 31 CRUMBLY, Craig 1.20 30 BLEIER, Richard 2.09 16 URSITTI, Nick 2.45 17 COLEMAN, Casey 4.11 20 ERATH, Richie 4.26 32 WOODWORTH, Pete 4.86 40 NATHANSON, Patric 5.75 41 SALE, Chris 18.00 35 HORTON, Ryan 81.00 Totals 3.76 Opponents 6.08
W 2 7 1 7 2 6 0 0 0 25 8
L APP GS 0 3 3 1 12 12 0 3 3 3 13 13 1 4 4 3 11 11 3 5 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 11 53 53 28 53 53
CG 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
SHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
CBO 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IP 15.0 90.1 11.0 70.0 19.0 66.2 20.1 2.0 0.1 294.2 275.1
H 15 79 9 71 16 66 28 5 1 290 370
R ER 2 2 33 21 4 3 37 32 9 9 36 36 19 13 4 4 3 3 147 123 237 186
BB 3 17 4 35 5 25 4 2 4 99 111
SO 10 76 13 58 12 67 15 2 0 253 175
2B 2 10 0 15 1 12 4 0 0 44 58
3B 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 7 9
HR AB 0 57 2 341 0 40 3 269 2 69 7 252 3 82 0 10 0 2 17 1122 28 1143
B/Avg .263 .232 .225 .264 .232 .262 .341 .500 .500 .258 .324
WP 0 6 0 3 1 7 0 0 0 17 18
HBP 0 10 3 6 5 9 7 1 0 41 19
BK 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 8
SFA 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 16
SHA 0 7 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 16 35
Player ERA 34 HORTON, Andy 0.00 35 HORTON, Ryan 0.00 26 BELDEN, Greg 0.00 39 BARRETO, Edgar 0.00 32 WOODWORTH, Pete 0.79 21 SHAW, Derek 1.46 9 CRUMBLEY, J.J. 1.50 36 EFFERTZ, Shane 1.80 20 ERATH, Richie 2.16 41 SALE, Chris 2.62 31 CRUMBLY, Craig 2.84 16 URSITTI, Nick 3.18 42 KILEY, Tim 4.50 6 LANDA, Trent 7.71 40 NATHANSON, Patric 9.00 Totals 2.25 Opponents 4.89
W 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 7
L APP GS 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 12 0 2 24 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 7 0 0 12 0 1 5 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 4 53 0 10 53 0
CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
CBO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
SV 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 7
IP 6.1 1.0 0.1 0.1 11.1 24.2 48.0 5.0 8.1 34.1 19.0 17.0 4.0 7.0 1.0 187.2 198.2
H 9 2 0 0 11 24 41 3 7 31 15 16 3 11 3 176 232
R ER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 4 10 8 1 1 3 2 11 10 7 6 11 6 3 2 6 6 1 1 62 47 135 108
BB 3 0 0 0 2 1 14 3 2 8 5 9 4 2 0 53 103
SO 4 0 0 0 11 25 38 2 3 41 13 16 2 5 2 162 159
2B 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 1 4 2 1 1 5 0 25 45
3B 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5
HR AB 0 29 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 44 0 94 1 169 0 17 0 28 2 132 2 65 0 61 0 13 0 30 0 6 6 695 15 787
B/Avg .310 .400 .000 .000 .250 .255 .243 .176 .250 .235 .231 .262 .231 .367 .500 .253 .295
WP 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 2 16 21
HBP 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 16 17
BK 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
SFA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 9
SHA 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 14 25
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CATCHERS
Pos Player 4 SMITH, Graig 18 FIBBE, Paul 10 GREENE, Robert
PITCHERS
FIELDING BY POSITION
C PO A E 226 198 28 0 140 125 15 0 54 49 5 0
Pos Player C PO 41 SALE, Chris 8 3 16 URSITTI, Nick 8 2 20 ERATH, Richie 5 2 34 HORTON, Andy 3 0 21 SHAW, Derek 3 2 36 EFFERTZ, Shane 2 1 6 LANDA, Trent 2 0 40 NATHANSON, Patric 1 0 30 BLEIER, Richard 24 8 17 COLEMAN, Casey 23 8 9 CRUMBLEY, J.J. 17 5 32 WOODWORTH, Pete 8 4 31 CRUMBLY, Craig 7 1 42 KILEY, Tim 1 0
FIRST BASE
A E 5 0 6 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 15 1 14 1 10 2 3 1 5 1 0 1
FLD% 1.000 1.000 1.000
DPs 1 1 1
FLD% 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .958 .957 .882 .875 .857 .000
DPs 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0
Pos Player C PO A E FLD% DPs 1b 33 PEACOCK, Jason 422 388 32 2 .995 43 1b 37 RASSEL, Stephen 53 46 6 1 .981 6
SECOND BASE
Pos Player C PO A E FLD% DPs 8 ALVAREZ, Mikel 174 58 107 9 .948 27 17 COLEMAN, Casey 78 25 48 5 .936 6
THIRD BASE
Pos Player C PO A E 5 BORRELL, Ozzie 3 1 2 0 17 COLEMAN, Casey 24 9 14 1 37 RASSEL, Stephen 73 17 52 4 3 ROBERSON, Tim 14 3 10 1
SHORTSTOP
FLD% 1.000 .958 .945 .929
DPs 0 1 1 2
Pos Player C PO A E FLD% DPs 12 WICKENS, Stephen 257 86 150 21 .918 39 17 COLEMAN, Casey 5 2 2 1 .800 2
OUTFIELD
Pos Player 1 UPCHURCH, Josh 37 RASSEL, Stephen 28 BISSELL, D.J. 29 FOSS, Jason 5 BORRELL, Ozzie 19 SCARDUZIO, Vinnie
C PO A 118 115 3 11 9 2 7 7 0 1 1 0 93 86 5 59 54 1
MULTIPLE HIT GAMES
Player 33 PEACOCK, Jason 5 BORRELL, Ozzie 37 RASSEL, Stephen 1 UPCHURCH, Josh 8 ALVAREZ, Mikel 17 COLEMAN, Casey 19 SCARDUZIO, Vinnie 12 WICKENS, Stephen 4 SMITH, Graig 3 ROBERSON, Tim 7 RODRIGUEZ, Victor 10 GREENE, Robert 28 BISSELL, D.J. TEAM
2 3 15 9 18 2 18 6 15 4 14 7 10 6 11 2 7 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 116 41
4 3 2 - 4 - 1 1 1 - - - - - 12
5+ - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3
E 0 0 0 0 2 4
FLD% 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .978 .932
DPs 1 1 0 0 1 0
SBA 10 9 5
CSB SBA% 13 .435 5 .643 1 .833
PB 4 1 0
CI 0 0 0
STARTERS BY POSITION
Pitcher: Casey Coleman 13, Bleier 12, Woodworth 11, Nathanson 5, Erath 4, Crumbly 3, Usitti 3, Sale 1, Horton 1 Catcher: Snith 28, Fibbe 18, Greene 7 FIRST BASE: Peacock 50, Rassel 3 SECOND BASE: Alvarez 35, Coleman 17 THIRD BASE: Rassel 38, Coleman 11, Roberson 3, Borrell 1 SHORTSTOP: Wickens 51, Coleman 2 LEFT FIELD: Scarduzio 49, Rassel 3, Bissell 1, CENTER FIELD: Upchurch 53 RIGHT FIELD: Borrell 52, Bissell 1 DESIGNATED HITTER: Alvarez 12, Coleman 10, Roberson 10, Rassel 8, Rodriguez 7, Bissell 5, Peacock 1
STARTERS BY LINEUP SPOT 1. Upchurch 53 (38-15) 2. Alvarez 41, Rassel 12 3. Rassel 21, Peacock 18, Borrell 14 4. Peacock 28, Borrell 19, Roberson 5, Rassel 1 5. Borrell 19, Rassel 12, Coleman 7, Scarduzio 6, Peacock 5, Alvarez 2, Bissell 1, Smith 1 6. Coleman 19, Scarduzio 14, Smith 8, Rassel 5, Bissell 3, Alvarez 1, Rodriguez 1, Roberson 1, Borrel 1 7. Scarduzio 23, Coleman 9, Roberson 5, Fibbe 5, Smith 4, Rodriguez 4, Bissell 2, Rassel 1 8. Smith 14, Fibbe 8, Greene 7, Wickens 7, Coleman 6, Scarduzio 6, Roberson 2, Rodriguez 2, Bissell 1 9. Wickens 44, Fibbe 5, Alvarez 3, Smith 1
2008 MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS
MULTIPLE RBI GAMES
Player 33 PEACOCK, Jason 5 BORRELL, Ozzie 19 SCARDUZIO, Vinnie 37 RASSEL, Stephen 17 COLEMAN, Casey 8 ALVAREZ, Mikel 1 UPCHURCH, Josh 12 WICKENS, Stephen 4 SMITH, Graig 3 ROBERSON, Tim 10 GREENE, Robert 28 BISSELL, D.J. 18 FIBBE, Paul 7 RODRIGUEZ, Victor TEAM
2 13 11 8 3 1 3 2 4 4 2 - - 1 1 53
3 3 1 4 4 5 2 3 - - 1 1 - - - 24
4 1 3 1 1 1 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - 10
5+ - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Tot 17 16 14 8 7 6 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 89
HITTING STREAKS HITTING STREAKS 8 ALVAREZ, Mikel 37 RASSEL, Stephen 33 PEACOCK, Jason 12 WICKENS, Stephen 17 COLEMAN, Casey 19 SCARDUZIO, Vinnie 1 UPCHURCH, Josh 5 BORRELL, Ozzie 4 SMITH, Graig 28 BISSELL, D.J. 3 ROBERSON, Tim 10 GREENE, Robert 7 RODRIGUEZ, Victor 18 FIBBE, Paul
Longest Current 22 19 11 17 9 9 9 2 8 2 8 8 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 -
Stephen Wickens started 51 at shortstop and finished his freshman year with a .251 batting average, 38 runs scored, 9 doubles, and 22 RBI’s.
Tot 27 25 24 23 21 17 14 9 5 2 2 2 1 172
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2008 A-SUN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS No. Player Gm# Date Opponent Pitcher On Base Inn Outs Count Score Final 1. ROBERSON 1 Feb 22 Southeastern RIDEOUT 1 1 2 0-1 0-0 W 11-1 2. PEACOCK 1 Feb 22 Southeastern RIDEOUT 0 1 2 1-0 2-0 W 11-1 3. BORRELL 1 Feb 22 Southeastern DONOVAN *0 6 0 3-1 8-1 W 11-1 4. SCARDUZIO 2 Feb 23 Southeastern BARRON 0 4 1 0-0 0-1 W 7-1 5. BORRELL 2 Feb 23 Southeastern BARRON 0 5 2 1-0 1-1 W 7-1 6. PEACOCK 2 Feb 23 Southeastern BARRON 1 5 2 0-2 2-1 W 7-1 7. ALVAREZ 2 Feb 23 Southeastern PATTERSON *0 8 0 3-2 5-1 W 7-1 8. BORRELL 4 Feb 27 at FloridaInternational Trezona 1 6 1 2-2 5-1 W 13-1 9. COLEMAN 4 Feb 27 at FloridaInternational Horstmann 1 7 1 0-1 7-1 W 13-1 10. UPCHURCH 4 Feb 27 at FloridaInternational Santana 1 9 0 2-2 11-1 W 13-1 11. PEACOCK 8 Mar 04 at USF KAUFMAN 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 W 5-4 12. BISSELL 9 Mar 05 Fairfield University Fico 3 4 2 0-0 5-0 W 9-2 13. SCARDUZIO 11 Mar 07 Gardner-Webb BEAL, W. 1 6 1 0-0 2-3 W 6-3 14. RODRIGUEZ 15 Mar 12 vs IPFW HERROLD 1 5 1 1-2 0-2 W 7-6 15. PEACOCK 16 Mar 14 at Kennesaw State JENKINS 1 1 2 2-1 0-0 W 7-1 16. ALVAREZ 16 Mar 14 at Kennesaw State JENKINS 0 3 2 1-0 2-0 W 7-1 17. SCARDUZIO 17 Mar 15 at Kennesaw State TIGNOR 2 3 0 0-1 3-7 L 8-13 18. BORRELL 18 Mar 15 at Kennesaw State FREEMAN *0 2 0 1-1 0-2 W 13-5 19. BORRELL 20 Mar 19 at Bethune-Cookman MACHADO 1 5 0 3-2 0-4 W 13-6 20. SCARDUZIO 20 Mar 19 at Bethune-Cookman RIVERA-COLA 3 8 2 3-2 8-6 W 13-6 21. COLEMAN 20 Mar 19 at Bethune-Cookman RIVERA-COLA 0 8 2 2-1 12-6 W 13-6 22. PEACOCK 21 Mar 22 Mercer WEBSTER 0 2 2 1-2 6-1 W 16-4 23. COLEMAN 26 Mar 28 at Campbell LILLY 0 2 1 3-1 1-0 W 3-2 24. PEACOCK 27 Mar 28 at Campbell LEHMAN *0 8 0 1-0 9-3 W 13-3 25. ROBERSON 29 Apr 01 at FloridaInternational Santana *0 9 0 0-0 11-6 W 13-6 26. UPCHURCH 32 Apr 04 Belmont WHITAKER 0 8 1 0-0 8-2 W 9-2 27. WICKENS 34 Apr 08 at Miami Gutierrez, D 0 5 1 0-0 1-1 L 2-4 28. SMITH 38 Apr 12 at Lipscomb Dunn 0 4 1 0-0 3-1 W 10-9 29. COLEMAN 38 Apr 12 at Lipscomb Smith 2 7 1 0-2 5-2 W 10-9 30. PEACOCK 39 Apr 18 at Jacksonville DOBBINS, M. 1 3 2 1-0 0-0 W 5-1 31. SCARDUZIO 40 Apr 18 at Jacksonville LOOSEN, M. 1 4 2 0-0 0-1 W 4-1 32. SMITH 41 Apr 19 at Jacksonville GREEN, S. *0 2 0 1-1 3-1 W 8-5 33. PEACOCK 44 May 04 at Stetson DONOVAN *0 4 0 0-0 0-2 W 5-3 34. PEACOCK 46 May 07 at FAU Kloess 1 11 1 0-1 5-5 W 7-5 35. RASSEL 47 May 10 ETSU Plumlee, D. 1 2 0 2-0 0-1 W 9-5 36. COLEMAN 47 May 10 ETSU Plumlee, D. 1 7 2 1-0 3-2 W 9-5 37. SCARDUZIO 48 May 10 ETSU Langston, B. 1 2 0 1-2 1-2 W 6-2 38. SCARDUZIO 48 May 10 ETSU Langston, B. 0 4 1 3-2 3-2 W 6-2 39. SCARDUZIO 49 May 11 ETSU Andrews, B. 1 3 2 1-0 4-2 W 15-2 40. BORRELL 49 May 11 ETSU Burton, B. 1 7 2 1-0 12-2 W 15-2 41. SCARDUZIO 50 May 13 FAU Melendres *0 3 0 1-0 0-0 W 5-1
* - leadoff homerun
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Justin Stiver became the first studentathlete from FGCU to get drafted by a major professional sports league when he was selected in the first day of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft IN 2006. The righthander, was selected in the 17th round by the 2005 national league champion Houston Astros. He was the 519th player selected overall. Stiver posted a 6-5 record with a 3.81 ERA as the top starter for the Eagles.
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2008
Luis Pardo became the third FGCU baseball player to get drafted by a major professional sports league when he was selected in the 9th round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft in 2007. This is the highest any Eagle has been drafted. In his last season for the Eagles he went 5-3 and posted a 2.93 ERA. Pardo struck out 87 batters in 76.2 innings while appearing in 18 games with 10 starts. Richard Bleier became the highest Eagle ever drafted when the Texas Rangers selected the FGCU left-handed pitcher in the 6th round with the 183rd pick. Bleier was named the Atlantic Sun pitcher of the year after leading the conference in wins, ERA, complete games and innings. He was a the only unanimous selection to the A-Sun’s first team. Bleier, a junior from Davie, Fla., was dominant in the 2008 season with a 7-1 record and 2.09 ERA. He logged 90.1 innings and made 12 starts with four complete games. He struck out 76 batters while walking just 17 and limiting opponents to a .232 average.
The Cincinnati Reds selected Eagles’ third baseman Jason Louwsma in the 29th round with the 864th overall pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball Amatuer Draft in 2006. Louwsma finished his senior season at FGCU hitting .361, with 86 hits, 28 doubles, 10 homeruns, and a team-high 74 RBI. He was also selected to the 2006 National College Baseball Writer’s Association NCAA Division II All-South Region Team and the Rawlings All-South Region Second Team. In just two years at FGCU, Louwsma set career records for most doubles (47), and homeruns (23). He started every game for the Eagles in his two years and finished with a lifetime batting average of .373.
Jason Kiley was selected in the 25th round with the 784th pick by the New York Yankees in 2007. Kiley finished his career as the leader in all-time wins at FGCU with 25. In his last season, he led the staff with 87.2 innings pitched while winning seven games. Kiley struck out 84 batters, and posted a 3.49 ERA and was a second team all-region selection by Daktronics.
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Casey Coleman became the second FGCU pitcher to be taken in the top 15 rounds of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft in 2007. Coleman was picked by the Chicago Cubs in the 15th round with the 461st pick.
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2008 A-SUN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS Coleman , one of the top two-way players in the Alessandria 2007 Atlantic Sun finished his last year with the Eagles, Alexander 2003 posting a 4.11 ERA and 7-3 record. His ERA was Alvarez 2008 10th best in the league. He pitched 8.0 innings Barreto 2007-08 in a 6-4 win over FGCU’s first win over a ranked Beall 2004-06 opponent as he defeated #25 UCF. He tossed 70.0 Belden 2008 innings on the year and struck out 58 batters. He Bissell 2008 also played third, second and shortstop while hitBleier 2006-08 ting .312 with five homers while driving in 32 runs Borrell 2007-08 in 173 at bats. Bromley 2007 Brown 2003-04 Buhrow 2003 Burns 2005 Cahill 2003-04 Carrio 2004 Cleghorn 2005-06 Coleman 2006-08 Cooper 2003-05 Corrigan 2003-04 D Cox 2003,05 E Cox 2005 Crumbley 2005-08 Crumbly 2008 Cunningham 2003-04,06 Deese 2003 2008 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year Jason PeaEdge 2004-05 cock was selected by the Florida Marlins with the Effertz 2008 778th pick in the 26th round. In 2008, Peacock Erath 2008 had a .434 average which was the sixth best averEsser 2006 age in league history. He was among the national Fibbe 2007-08 leaders in batting average and on base percentage as he was in the top 10 in NCAA Division I in Fischer 2006 both categories. Peacock was one of the most Florin 2003-04 feared hitters in the Atlantic Sun this season and Foss 2008 was 1st Team All-Conference selection in addition Garcia 2003-04 to being named Player of the Year. Garrido 2006 Gill 2003 Greene 2008 Griffin 2005-06 C Hassen 2003-06 L Hassen 2005 F Hernandez 2003 J Hernandez 2005 A Horton 2008 R Horton 2008 Howard 2003-04 Johnson 2005 Jones 2008 Jordan 2003 Kennedy 2003-04 T Kiley 2008 J Kiley 2004-07
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Krznaric Laliberte Landa Louwsma Manson Masino Mastin Mathews Meyer Miller D Miller J Miller Mollica Montgomery Nathanson Novak Pardo Parrott Peacock Perez Perry B Phillips D Phillips Prive Ralston Rassel Redovan Roberson Rodriguez Rottmayer Rotunno Ruiz Sale Scarduzio Shaw Short Smith Sommer Sowell Stelzer Stiver Stubbe Thompson Tolisano Upchurch Ursitti Wickens Williams Woodworth Yates
2007 2006 2008 2005-06 2005-06 2004 2005 2003-06 2004 2003 2007 2007 2004-07 2004 2008 2003 2007 2004 2007-08 2005 2003-06 2004-05 2004-05 2003 2004 2007-08 2003-04 2008 2007-08 2006 2006 2003-04 2008 2007-08 2007-08 2003-05 2005-08 2003 2007 2003 2006 2003-05 2003-04 2003 2006-08 2008 2008 2004-06 2007-08 2006
UNIVERSITY BASEBALL 2003 (35-15-2)
2/1 2/2 2/5 2/12 2/14 2/15 2/15 2/18 2/19 2/21 2/22 2/22 2/25 2/25 3/3 3/5 3/8 3/9 3/10 3/10 3/12 3/14 3/14 3/17 3/19 3/19 3/20 3/21 3/23 3/23 3/25 3/28 3/29 3/30 3/30 4/1 4/4 4/5 4/5 4/8 4/11 4/12 4/12 4/15 4/15 4/16 4/16 4/18 4/19 4/19 4/22 4/25
Savannah College of Art & Design Savannah College of Art & Design UNF Palm Beach Atlantic Northwood (Fla.) Northwood (Fla.) Northwood (Fla.) Southeastern Florida Tech Warner Southern Warner Southern Warner Southern Clearwater Christian Clearwater Christian Salem International South Dakota Point Park Minnesota-Morris Robert Morris Robert Morris Stonehill (Mass.) Lock Haven Lock Haven Cardinal Strich Bluefield State Bluefield State UMass-Boston East Stroudsburg Mount Mercy Mount Mercy Thomas Mt. Vernon Nazarene Mount Mercy Gustavus Adolphus Gustavus Adolphus Barry Webber International Webber International Webber International Barry Florida Memorial Florida Memorial Florida Memorial Clearwater Christian Clearwater Christian Southeasern Southeastern St. Thomas St. Thomas St. Thomas Palm Beach Atlantic Flagler
2/1 2/5 2/5 2/6 2/7 2/7 2/14 2/14 2/15 2/17 2/17 2/21 2/21 2/22 2/22 2/24 2/24 2/27
Ed Waters Clearwater Christian Clearwater Christian Northwood Northwood Northwood Florida Tech Florida Tech Florida Tech Clearwater Christian Clearwater Christian St. Leo St. Leo Saint Vincent Saint Vincent Florida Memorial Florida Memorial Palm Beach Atlantic
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
2008 A-SUN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS
W 12-0 W 18-7 L 2-14 W 9-4 W 4-3 W 11-6 L 0-4 W 7-5 L 7-12 L 5-6 L 0-2 L 1-3 W 10-1 W 6-1 W 7-4 W 10-6 W 18-0 W 10-2 L 2-9 W 12-0 W 11-8 W 6-4 W 11-4 W 11-2 W 8-5 W 18-6 W 14-5 T 10-10 W 6-3 W 10-7 W 17-7 W 5-4 L 6-7 W 6-2 W 9-3 L 2-7 W 10-2 W 3-1 W 7-1 T 11-11 L 3-4 L 4-6 L 3-12 W 17-0 W 9-4 W 15-1 W 13-2 L 4-10 L 2-8 L 6-7 W 3-2 W 13-11
2004 (39-17) W W W W W L W L W W W W L W W W W W
20-2 18-5 11-0 11-1 13-0 3-6 9-2 1-6 9-3 11-1 11-0 13-4 1-16 15-0 8-1 10-2 3-2 7-0
The 2003 season marked the first year for FGCU Baseball, the Eagles won 35 games in their inaugural season. 2/28 2/28 2/29 3/2 3/6 3/8 3/8 3/10 3/12 3/13 3/15 3/16 3/19 3/19 3/20 3/23 3/23 3/25 3/25 3/27 3/27 3/30 3/30 3/31 4/3 4/4 4/4 4/9 4/10 4/10 4/17 4/17 4/18 4/20 4/24 4/24 4/25
Palm Beach Atlantic Palm Beach Atlantic Augustana St. Anslem Central Missouri State Shippensburg Indiana-Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg Lynn Lynn North Dakota State North Dakota Caldwell Teikyo Post Shawnee State Mt. Vernon Nazarene Mt. Vernon Nazarene William Woods William Woods Florida Southern Florida Southern Oberlin Hartwick Hartwick Nova Southeastern Nova Southeastern Nova Southeastern Tampa Tampa Tampa Barry Barry Barry Florida Tech Barry Barry Barry
L W W W L L L W W L W L W W W W L W W L W W W W W W W L L L W W W L L W L
2/5 2/5 2/6 2/9 2/12 2/13 2/15 2/22 2/23 2/26 2/26 2/27 2/28 3/1 3/5 3/5 3/6 3/8
Albany State Albany State Albany State Nova Southeastern Florida Tech ( 13 inn. ) Florida Tech Barry Saint Vincent ( PA ) Palm Beach Atlantic Saint Leo Saint Leo Saginaw Valley State Gannon Salem-International Concordia ( MN ) Regis ( CO ) St. Joseph’s Clark Atlanta
W 16 - 2 W 10 - 0 W 8-0 L 5-8 W 6-5 L 3-4 L 0-8 W 3-0 W 9-8 W 3-2 W 4-2 W 4-3 W 15 - 4 W 12 - 1 W 7-3 W 3-1 W 6-5 W 14 - 1
2005 (37-18)
0-3 5-2 4-1 10-0 2-5 2-10 4-5 11-0 14-4 4-12 15-8 5-7 10-0 8-1 9-0 1-0 1-3 11-1 6-2 2-3 5-3 15-4 23-0 23-0 10-1 11-3 8-6 3-4 3-5 2-7 9-4 6-5 5-4 4-5 3-7 3-1 2-5
3/8 Clark Atlanta 3/9 Morehouse 3/9 Morehouse 3/10 Albany State 3/10 Albany State 3/15 Post 3/16 Indianapolis 3/18 Winona State 3/18 Winona State 3/21 Saint Rose 3/21 Saint Rose 3/22 Saint Rose 3/25 Florida Southern 3/26 Florida Southern 3/26 Florida Southern 3/29 Benedict 3/29 Benedict 3/30 Benedict Nova Southeastern ( 10 inn ) 4/2 Nova Southeastern 4/2 Nova Southeastern 4/8 Tampa 4/9 Tampa 4/9 Tampa 4/12 Lynn 4/16 Barry 4/16 Barry 4/17 Barry 4/19 Florida Tech 4/19 Florida Tech 4/20 Nova Southeastern 4/28 Rollins 4/29 Rollins 4/29 Rollins 5/6 Lynn 5/7 Lynn 5/7 Lynn
W 11 - 0 W 19 - 2 W 7-6 W 9-0 W 3-1 W 7-1 W 6-5 W 14 - 2 L 2-4 W 3-0 W 15 - 0 W 29 - 5 L 1-2 L 13 - 18 L 0-5 W 20 - 3 W 5-3 W 23 - 5 4/1 L 5-6 W 5-4 W 5-1 W 6-1 L 7-9 L 0-4 L 8-9 L 1-2 W 4-3 W 6-5 W 7-5 L 3-6 L 4 - 10 L 7 - 18 L 3-8 W 5-3 L 6-8 W 9-6 L 1-6
2006 (41-17)
2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
2/1 2/4 2/4 2/5 2/10 2/11 2/12 2/15 2/18 2/18 2/19 2/24 2/25 2/25 3/3 3/4 3/4
Barry Albany State Albany State Albany State #5 Georgia College & State V Valdosta State Eckerd Barry Florida Tech Florida Tech Florida Tech Palm Beach Atlantic Palm Beach Atlantic Palm Beach Atlantic #20 Florida Southern #20 Florida Southern #20 Florida Southern
W 12 - 3 W 2-0 W 6-0 W 13 - 5 L 1-8 L 3-7 W 7-6 W 5 -1 W 7-1 W 5-1 L 4-5 W 6-5 W 19 - 2 W 8-4 L 5-6 W 11-10 W 5-4
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W 28 - 0 L 2 -4 W 20 - 2 W 10 - 3 W 9-2 W 14 - 4 W 7-1 W 8-4 W 12 - 11 W 14 - 1 W 16 - 1 W 20 - 1 W 5-1 W 15 - 1 L 1-4 L 2 - 19 W 10 - 7 L 3-6 W 8-7 L 4-5 W 12 - 7 W 3-2 W 8 - 4 W 7-3 W 6-3 W 9-1 L 7 - 14 L 2-5 W 12 - 1 W 4-1 W 15 - 3 L 6 - 14 L 7-8 W 5 - 4 L 7-8 W 6- 4
L
3- 5
2/1 2/2 2/3 2/3 2/6 2/6 2/8 2/8 2/9 2/16 2/18 2/18 2/24 2/24 2/25 2/27 3/4 3/4 3/5 3/7 3/9 3/12 3/13 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/21 3/23
L W W W W W L W W L W W W L W W W L W W L W W L W W W W
1-6 25-0 27-0 13-1 12-0 19-2 4-5 7-3 22-3 2-3 6-3 5-1 10-7 1-2 10-7 29-3 9-3 5-6 1-0 10-0 8-10 16-8 16-0 1-2 5-3 7-3 8-3 10-4
2007 (40-17)
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3/7 Albany State 3/7 Albany State 3/10 Saginaw Valley State 3/11 Regis ( Colo. ) 3/14 Post ( Conn. ) 3/15 Post ( Conn. ) 3/16 Missouri - St. Louis 3/17 Slippery Rock 3/19 Wayne State ( 10 inn. ) 3/23 Franklin Pierce 3/27 Clark Atlanta 3/27 Clark Atlantic 3/28 Morehouse 3/28 Morehouse 3/31 # 1 Tampa 4/1 # 1 Tampa 4/1 # 1 Tampa 4/7 Barry 4/8 Barry ( 12 inn. ) 4/11 Lynn ( 10 inn. ) 4/18 Saint Leo 4/19 Palm Beach Atlantic 4/22 Paine College 4/25 Saint Leo 4/29 Lynn 4/30 Lynn 4/30 Lynn 5/2 Stillman 5/2 Stillman 5/3 Stillman 5/3 Stillman 5/6 Florida Tech 5/7 Florida Tech 5/7 Florida Tech 5/12 Rollins 5/13 Rollins 5/18 Lynn NCAA South Regional 5/19 #4 Catawba NCAA South Regional 5/20 #1 Tampa NCAA South Regional 5/20 #4 Catawba NCAA South Regional Barry Clark Atlanta Clark Atlanta Clark Atlanta Benedict Benedict Paine Paine Paine Florida Southern Florida Southern Florida Southern Florida Tech Florida Tech Florida Tech Gannon Rollins Rollins Rollins Winona State Central Missouri Stillman Stillman Dayton Notre Dame NY Tech Hillsdale Tampa
W 7-5 W 10 - 7 L 5 - 12
In 2006, the Eagles earned their first post season appearance as a Division II member, and they beat Lynn University 6-3. 3/24 Tampa 3/24 Tampa 3/27 Saint Leo 3/30 Barry 3/31 Barry 3/31 Barry 4/3 Barry 4/6 Flagler 4/7 Flagler 4/7 Flagler 4/13 Palm Beach 4/13 Palm Beach 4/14 Palm Beach 4/14 Palm Beach 4/17 Saint Leo 4/20 Lynn 4/21 Lynn 4/21 Lynn 4/24 Lynn 4/28 Stillman 4/28 Stillman 4/29 Stillman 4/29 Stillman 5/3 Albany State 5/4 Albany State 5/11 Florida Southern 5/17 Carson Newman (NCAA Division II South Regional) 5/18 Tusculum (NCAA Division II South Regional) 5/19 Florida Southern (NCAA Division II South Regional) 2/22 2/23 2/23 2/27 3/1 3/1 3/2 3/4 3/5 3/6 3/7 3/8 3/8 3/11 3/12 3/14 3/15 3/15
2008 (38-15)
Southeastern Southeastern Southeastern Florida International *UNF *UNF *UNF USF Fairfield Bowling Green *Gardner-Webb *Gardner-Webb *Gardner-Webb Florida IPFW *Kennesaw State *Kennesaw State *Kennesaw State
L 1-8 L 1-10 W 12-6 W 6-3 L 6-8 L 2-3 L 2-4 W 5-4 W 10-5 W 7-1 W 8-1 W 11-4 W 5-2 W 13-4 W 7-4 L 5-6 W 5-4 L 4-8 W 4-3 W 26-5 W 14-6 W 14-0 W 9-1 W 9-6 L 10-15 W 10-9 W 10-2 L
6-7
L
1-4
W 11-1 W 8-1 W 18-1 W, 13-1 L 5-1 W 4-3 (10) W 8-0 W 5-4 W 9-2 L 5-2 W 6-3 W 10-2 W 7-1 L 2-1 W 7-6 W 7-1 L 13-8 W 13-5
2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
3/18 3/19 3/22 3/22 3/23 3/25 3/26 3/28 3/28 3/29 4/1 4/2 4/4 4/4 4/5 4/8 4/9 4/11 4/12 4/12 4/18 4/18 4/19 4/29 4/30 5/2 5/3 5/4 5/6 5/7 5/10 5/10 5/11 5/13 5/15 5/16 5/16
Bethune-Cookman Bethune-Cookman *Mercer *Mercer *Mercer USF # 19 UCF *Campbell *Campbell *Campbell Florida International # 25 UCF *Belmont *Belmont *Belmont #1 Miami Florida International *Lipscomb *Lipscomb *Lipscomb *Jacksonville *Jacksonville *Jacksonville Florida Florida *Stetson *Stetson *Stetson Florida International Florida Atlantic *ETSU *ETSU *ETSU Florida Atlantic *USC-Upstate *USC-Upstate *USC-Upstate
L 6-5 W 13-6 W 16-4 (7) W 6-5 (14) W 8-5 L 3-2 L 8-4 W 3-2 W 13-3 W 3-2 (10) W 13-6 W 6-4 W 7-6 (10) W 9-2 L 12-5 L 4-2 (11) L 4-3 L 7-6 (10) L 6-1 W 10-9 W 5-1 W 4-1 W 8-5 Canceled Canceled W 7-5 (12) L 7-4 W 5-3 W 12-1 W 7-5 (11) W 9-5 W 6-2 W 15-2 W 5-1 L 2-1 W 9-0 L 9-3
UNIVERSITY BASEBALL INDIVIDUAL BATTING - GAME
Most home runs
Most at bats 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
ALVAREZ, Mikel ALVAREZ, Mikel Casey Coleman Chris Alessandria Chris Brown Graig Smith Graig Smith Jason Cooper Jason Cooper Jason Louwsma Jason Louwsma Mike Cleghorn Pat Garrido Shawn Griffin Travis Cunningham
Mercer at Stetson Florida Southern Gannon at Barry University at Benedict College Florida Southern at Florida Tech at Barry University Florida Southern at Albany State at Barry University Florida Southern Saint Rose College Florida Southern
Mar 22, 2008 May 02, 2008 Mar 03, 2006 Feb 27, 2007 Apr 8, 2003 Mar 30, 2005 Mar 03, 2006 02/12/05 Apr 8, 2003 Mar 03, 2006 Mar 07, 2006 Apr 08, 2006 Mar 03, 2006 03/22/05 Mar 03, 2006
Most runs scored 5 5 5
Chris Alessandria Josh Upchurch Vinnie Scarduzio
Gannon at Stillman at Paine College
Feb 27, 2007 Apr 28, 2007 Feb 09, 2007
Most hits 5 5 5 5 5 5
BORRELL, Ozzie BORRELL, Ozzie BORRELL, Ozzie Jason Cooper Jason Louwsma Vinnie Scarduzio
at FloridaInternational at Campbell ETSU vs Thomas College Post University at Paine College
Feb 27, 2008 Mar 28, 2008 May 11, 2008 Mar 25, 2003 Mar 15, 2006 Feb 09, 2007
Most runs batted in 9 9 8 8
Adam Masino Ozzie Borrell David Cox Mike Cleghorn
Hartwick College at Stillman at Southeastern College at Morehouse College
Mar 30, 2004 Apr 28, 2007 Apr 16, 2003 03/09/05
BORRELL, Ozzie Chris Brown David Cox David Cox Jason Louwsma Jason Louwsma Shawn Griffin Stephen Rassel Vinnie Scarduzio
at Campbell at Mount Mercy College at Benedict College Clearwater Christian Barry University Post University Nova Southeastern at Stillman Stillman
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Adam Masino Chris Brown David Alexander David Cox Derek Mollica Jason Cooper Jason Cooper Jason Louwsma Jason Louwsma Jason Louwsma Joey Tolisano Mike Cleghorn Mike Howard Mike Mathews Ozzie Borrell Robby Rotunno SCARDUZIO, Vinnie Shawn Griffin
Hartwick College at Clearwater Christian at Palm Beach Atlantic at Southeastern College at Northwood University at Southeastern College Clearwater Christian Saint Rose College at Lynn University at Albany State at Clearwater Christian at Morehouse College vs Thomas College Hartwick College at Stillman Palm Beach Atlantic ETSU vs Clark Atlanta
Mar 30, 2004 Apr 15, 2003 Feb 12, 2003 Apr 16, 2003 Feb 07, 2004 Apr 16, 2003 Feb 05, 2004 03/21/05 05/06/05 Mar 07, 2006 Apr 15, 2003 03/09/05 Mar 25, 2003 Mar 31, 2004 Apr 28, 2007 Feb 25, 2006 May 10, 2008 Mar 27, 2006
Most times hit by pitch 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Chris Perry Jason Louwsma Chris Alessandria Chris Garcia Chris Perry Chris Perry Chris Perry Chris Perry Chris Perry Chris Perry
vs Clark Atlanta vs Clark Atlanta Winona State Hartwick College Albany State Univ. at Albany State Univ. at University of Tampa at St Thomas at Barry University vs Minnesota Morris
Mar 27, 2006 Mar 27, 2006 Mar 07, 2007 Mar 31, 2004 02/06/05 03/10/05 04/08/05 Apr 19, 2003 Apr 8, 2003 Mar 09, 2003
Most times struck out 4 4 4
RODRIGUEZ, Victor Shawn Griffin Vinnie Scarduzio
at Kennesaw State Saint Leo at Florida Southern
Mar 15, 2008 02/26/05 May 11, 2007
Most times grounded into DP
Most doubles 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
FGCU INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS
2008 A-SUN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS
Mar 28, 2008 Mar 23, 2003 03/29/05 Feb 25, 2003 Feb 1, 2006 Mar 15, 2006 02/09/05 Apr 29, 2007 Mar 13, 2007
2 2 2 2 2 2
BORRELL, Ozzie Jason Cooper Jason Cooper Jason Louwsma Jason Peacock Ozzie Borrell
FAU Winona State Univ at Barry University at Florida Tech at University of Tampa at Rollins College
May 13, 2008 03/18/05 Apr 8, 2003 May 07, 2006 Mar 24, 2007 Mar 04, 2007
Most sacrifice flies 2 2 1
Chad Kennedy Jason Peacock (several times)
Clearwater Christian Gannon
Feb 25, 2003 Feb 27, 2007
Most sacrifice hits
Ozzie Borrell tied an Eagle record for most doubles in a game with 3 in his performance against Campbell on March 28, 2008.
Most triples 2 2 2 2 2
Ian Manson Ian Manson Josh Upchurch Ozzie Borrell Vinnie Scarduzio
Saint Rose College Barry University at Stillman Dayton Flyers Clark Atlanta
03/22/05 Feb 1, 2006 May 03, 2006 Mar 15, 2007 Feb 03, 2007
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Casey Coleman Chris Alessandria Chris Brown Chris Perry Derek Mollica Josh Upchurch Josh Upchurch Mike Howard Ozzie Borrell Pat Garrido Pat Stubbe RASSEL, Stephen RASSEL, Stephen Rene Ruiz Rene Ruiz Stephen Rassel Stephen Rassel Victor Rodriguez Vinnie Scarduzio WICKENS, Stephen
2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
FLAGLER vs Tusculum Barry University Winona State Univ at Florida Tech at Paine College Central Missouri St. Mt. Vernon Nazarene at Florida Tech vs Eckerd College at Florida Tech Mercer at Campbell Barry University at Barry University at Florida Southern Barry at Florida Southern at Paine College Mercer
Apr 06, 2007 May 18, 2007 Apr 17, 2004 03/18/05 Feb 24, 2007 Feb 08, 2007 Mar 09, 2007 Mar 23, 2004 Feb 24, 2007 Feb 11, 2006 02/12/05 Mar 22, 2008 Mar 28, 2008 Apr 18, 2004 Apr 8, 2003 Feb 18, 2007 Mar 30, 2007 Feb 18, 2007 Feb 08, 2007 Mar 22, 2008
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Most stolen bases
4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pat Stubbe Chris Brown David Cox Graig Smith Graig Smith Josh Upchurch Josh Upchurch Josh Upchurch Josh Upchurch Mike Howard Mike Howard Pat Stubbe Travis Cunningham UPCHURCH, Josh UPCHURCH, Josh UPCHURCH, Josh UPCHURCH, Josh
2008 A-SUN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS
Concordia University at Webber International at Barry University Palm Beach Atlantic vs Clark Atlanta at Paine College at Paine College at Morehouse College Tampa at Saint Leo Gustavas Adolphus Post University Clearwater Christian at FloridaInternational at Jacksonville Gardner-Webb FloridaInternational
03/05/05 Apr 4, 2003 Apr 8, 2003 Apr 13, 2007 Mar 27, 2006 Feb 08, 2007 Feb 09, 2007 Mar 28, 2006 Mar 31, 2006 Feb 21, 2004 Mar. 30,2003 03/15/05 Feb 25, 2003 Apr 01, 2008 Apr 18, 2008 Mar 08, 2008 May 06, 2008
(several times) Most steal attempts (3) Pat Stubbe Concordia University Chris Brown at Webber International David Cox at Barry University Graig Smith Palm Beach Atlantic Graig Smith vs Clark Atlanta Josh Upchurch at Paine College Josh Upchurch at Paine College Josh Upchurch at Morehouse College Josh Upchurch Barry Josh Upchurch Tampa Mike Howard at Saint Leo Mike Howard Gustavas Adolphus Pat Stubbe Post University Travis Cunningham Clearwater Christian Travis Cunningham Shawnee State Travis Parrott Ed Waters College UPCHURCH, Josh at FloridaInternational UPCHURCH, Josh at Jacksonville UPCHURCH, Josh Gardner-Webb UPCHURCH, Josh FloridaInternational
Josh Upchurch Josh Upchurch Kevin Burns Kevin Burns Kevin Burns Mike Howard Mike Howard PEACOCK, Jason Paul Fibbe RASSEL, Stephen Robby Rotunno Shawn Griffin Shawn Griffin UPCHURCH, Josh Vinnie Scarduzio WICKENS, Stephen
Palm Beach Atlantic Barry University Saint Leo at Nova Southeastern at Lynn University Clearwater Christian at Northwood University at USF at Rollins College at FAU Albany State Saginaw Valley Salem-International at Stetson at Stillman at Lipscomb
Apr 14, 2007 Feb 15, 2006 02/26/05 04/02/05 05/06/05 Feb 05, 2004 Feb 06, 2004 Mar 04, 2008 Mar 04, 2007 May 07, 2008 Feb 04, 2006 02/27/05 03/01/05 May 03, 2008 Apr 28, 2007 Apr 11, 2008
INDIVIDUAL PITCHIING - GAME
Most innings pitched
Most times caught stealing 1 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
03/05/05 Apr 4, 2003 Apr 8, 2003 Apr 13, 2007 Mar 27, 2006 Feb 08, 2007 Feb 09, 2007 Mar 28, 2006 Mar 30, 2007 Mar 31, 2006 Feb 21, 2004 Mar. 30,2003 03/15/05 Feb 25, 2003 Mar 20, 2004 Feb 01, 2004 Apr 01, 2008 Apr 18, 2008 Mar 08, 2008 May 06, 2008
9.0 BLEIER, Richard 9.0 BLEIER, Richard 9.0 BLEIER, Richard 9.0 Billy Phillips 9.0 Casey Coleman 9.0 Chris Hassen 9.0 Jason Kiley 9.0 Jason Kiley 9.0 Jason Short 9.0 Kiley, J. 9.0 Kiley, J. 9.0 Les Hassen 9.0 Luis Pardo 9.0 Richard Bleier 9.0 Tony Korson
at Jacksonville at Kennesaw State at Campbell Palm Beach Atlantic Saint Leo Augustana College at University of Tampa Lynn at Webber International at University of Tampa Lynn Post University Winona State Palm Beach Atlantic at Palm Beach Atlantic
Apr 18, 2008 Mar 14, 2008 Mar 28, 2008 Feb 27, 2004 Apr 25, 2006 Feb 29, 2004 04/08/05 Apr 24, 2007 Apr 4, 2003 04/08/05 Apr 24, 2007 03/15/05 Mar 07, 2007 Apr 13, 2007 Apr 22, 2003
Most intentional walks 2 2 1
Mike Mathews UPCHURCH, Josh (several times)
at Nova Southeastern Mercer
Apr 4, 2004 Mar 22, 2008
Most times struck out looking 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
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Juan Hernandez Robby Rotunno ALVAREZ, Mikel BORRELL, Ozzie Chad Kennedy Chad Kennedy Chris Alessandria Chris Brown Chris Brown Chris Brown Chris Perry Chris Perry David Cox David Cox David Cox Derek Mollica Derek Mollica Derek Mollica GREENE, Robert Graig Smith Graig Smith Graig Smith Ian Manson Jason Cooper Joey Tolisano
at Nova Southeastern Palm Beach Atlantic at Lipscomb at Lipscomb Barry University North Dakota at University of Tampa Barry University at Nova Southeastern Shippensburg at Tampa vs Robert Morris Colleg Albany State Univ. Saint Leo Univ. Indianapolis at Lynn vs Eckerd College at Florida Southern at Stetson at Rollins College at Barry Tampa Saginaw Valley at University of Tampa at St Thomas
04/01/05 Feb 25, 2006 Apr 11, 2008 Apr 12, 2008 Apr 18, 2004 Mar 16, 2004 Mar 24, 2007 Apr 1, 2003 Apr 4, 2004 Mar 08, 2004 Apr 10, 2004 Mar 10, 2003 02/05/05 02/26/05 03/16/05 Apr 20, 2007 Feb 11, 2006 May 11, 2007 May 04, 2008 04/29/05 Feb 01, 2007 Mar 31, 2006 02/27/05 04/08/05 Apr 19, 2003
Richard Bleier recorded three complete games in the 2008 season, and also earned the A-Sun Pitcher of the Year. Most hits allowed 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Jason Short Luis Pardo Billy Phillips Chris Hassen JJ Crumbley Jason Kiley Jason Short Kiley, J. Luis Pardo
at St Thomas at University of Tampa at Nova Southeastern Tampa Tampa Tampa Mount Mercy College Tampa at Lynn
Apr 18, 2003 Mar 24, 2007 04/01/05 Apr 01, 2006 Apr 01, 2006 Apr 01, 2006 Mar 29,2003 Apr 01, 2006 Apr 21, 2007
Most runs allowed 10 Chris Hassen 10 Chris Hassen 10 Justin Stiver
at Florida Southern at Saint Leo at Florida Tech
03/26/05 Feb 21, 2004 May 06, 2006
Most earned runs allowed 10 9 8 8 8 8
Justin Stiver Chris Hassen Chris Hassen JJ Crumbley Jason Kiley Jason Kiley
2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
at Florida Tech at Florida Southern at St Thomas Tampa at Rollins College Tampa
May 06, 2006 03/26/05 Apr 19, 2003 Apr 01, 2006 04/28/05 Apr 01, 2006
UNIVERSITY BASEBALL 8 8 8
Kiley, J. Kiley, J. Luis Pardo
04/28/05 Apr 01, 2006 Mar 24, 2007
Chris Cahill Jason Kiley Kiley, J.
at Mount Mercy College at Florida Tech at Florida Tech
Mar 23, 2003 May 07, 2006 May 07, 2006
Most strikeouts 14 13 13 13
Chris Hassen BLEIER, Richard Luis Pardo Luis Pardo
at Lock Haven at Stetson Winona State Dayton Flyers
Mar 14, 2003 May 02, 2008 Mar 07, 2007 Mar 15, 2007
North Dakota State at Lipscomb Tampa
Mar 15, 2004 Apr 12, 2008 Apr 01, 2006
Most doubles allowed 6 5 5
Ryan Williams COLEMAN, Casey JJ Crumbley
Most triples allowed 2 2 2
Billy Phillips Jason Short Jason Short
at Florida Southern Indiana-Univ PA North Dakota
03/25/05 Mar 08, 2004 Mar 16, 2004
Most home runs allowed 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
WOODWORTH, Pete Billy Phillips Billy Phillips Billy Phillips Chris Hassen Jason Kiley Jason Kiley Jason Kiley Kiley, J. Kiley, J. Kiley, J. Luis Pardo WOODWORTH, Pete
at Lipscomb at University of Tampa at Rollins College at Tampa at Rollins College at Barry Wayne State (Mich) vs Catawba at Barry Wayne State (Mich) vs Catawba at Lynn ETSU
Apr 12, 2008 04/09/05 04/29/05 Apr 10, 2004 04/29/05 Apr 24, 2004 Mar 19, 2006 May 20, 2006 Apr 24, 2004 Mar 19, 2006 May 20, 2006 Apr 21, 2007 May 10, 2008
Lynn Lynn Saint Leo
Apr 24, 2007 Apr 24, 2007 Apr 25, 2006
Most wild pitches 4 4 4
Chris Cahill Jason Kiley Kiley, J.
at Bluefield State Coll at Valdosta State at Valdosta State
Mar 19, 2003 Feb 11, 2006 Feb 11, 2006
Chris Hassen (several times)
at Northwood University
Feb 07, 2004
at Warner Southern at University of Tampa at Northwood University Bluefield State Coll at University of Tampa Barry University
Feb 22, 2003 Mar 24, 2007 Feb 06, 2004 Mar 19, 2003 Mar 24, 2007 Apr 1, 2003
Most sac flies allowed 2 2 2 2 2 2
Chris Cahill Jason Kiley Jason Short Jason Short Kiley, J. Tony Korson
Most sac hits allowed 3 CRUMBLEY, J.J. Mercer 2 (several times)
Mar 22, 2008
Most strikeouts looking 7 6 6 6
Casey Coleman Chris Cahill Ryan Williams Willie Edge
at Florida Tech vs Robert Morris Colleg Saint Vincent Hartwick College
(several times)
Most chances 20 19 17 17 17 17
SMITH, Graig Graig Smith Graig Smith Jason Peacock Paul Fibbe Paul Fibbe
at Stetson Rollins College at Florida Tech Notre Dame FLAGLER Dayton Flyers
May 02, 2008 May 13, 2006 Feb 25, 2007 Mar 16, 2007 Apr 06, 2007 Mar 15, 2007
Most putouts 18 17 16 16 16 16 16
SMITH, Graig Graig Smith FIBBE, Paul Graig Smith Ian Manson Jason Peacock PEACOCK, Jason
at Stetson Rollins College Belmont at Florida Tech Florida Southern Notre Dame Belmont
May 02, 2008 May 13, 2006 Apr 04, 2008 Feb 25, 2007 Mar 03, 2006 Mar 16, 2007 Apr 04, 2008
Most assists 9 8 8 8
Derek Mollica ALVAREZ, Mikel Derek Mollica Rene Ruiz
at University of Tampa at UPST Barry South Dakota
Mar 24, 2007 May 16, 2008 Mar 31, 2007 Mar 05, 2003
Most errors 4 3 3 3
Rene Ruiz Pat Garrido Pat Garrido Stephen Rassel
Stonehill College Florida Tech Rollins College Stillman
Mar 12, 2003 Feb 19, 2006 May 12, 2006 Mar 12, 2007
Most passed balls 4 3 2 2
Ian Manson Joey Tolisano Billy Corrigan Joey Tolisano
at Valdosta State at Palm Beach Atlantic at Webber International at Barry University
Feb 11, 2006 Feb 12, 2003 Apr 4, 2003 Apr 8, 2003
5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Billy Corrigan Chris Cahill COLEMAN, Casey Graig Smith Jason Cooper Jason Cooper Jason Kiley Kiley, J.
at Warner Southern at Warner Southern at UCF at Paine College Nova Southeastern at Tampa at Paine College at Paine College
Feb 22, 2003 Feb 22, 2003 Apr 02, 2008 Apr 22, 2006 04/20/05 Apr 10, 2004 Apr 22, 2006 Apr 22, 2006
Most caught stealing by
Most balks 2 1
1
Most stolen bases against
Most batters faced 38 Jason Kiley 38 Kiley, J. 37 Casey Coleman
Most intentional walks allowed
INDIVIDUAL FIELDING- GAME
Most walks allowed 8 6 6
FGCU INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS
2008 A-SUN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS
at Rollins College Tampa at University of Tampa
Feb 25, 2007 Mar 10, 2003 Feb 22, 2004 Mar 30, 2004
3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Graig Smith Billy Phillips CRUMBLEY, J.J. Chris Hassen ERATH, Richie FIBBE, Paul FIBBE, Paul Graig Smith Graig Smith Graig Smith Graig Smith J.J. Crumbley Jason Cooper Jason Short Joey Tolisano Justin Miller Luis Pardo Paul Fibbe Richard Bleier Richard Bleier SMITH, Graig
2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
Central Missouri St. at Barry at Miami at Albany State Univ. North Florida North Florida at Bethune-Cookman at Benedict Palm Beach Atlantic Florida Southern at Rollins College Central Missouri St. at Albany State Univ. Northwood Northwood Clearwater Christian Dayton Flyers Dayton Flyers at Benedict at Rollins College at Miami
Mar 09, 2007 Apr 24, 2004 Apr 08, 2008 03/10/05 Mar 02, 2008 Mar 01, 2008 Mar 19, 2008 Feb 06, 2007 Feb 24, 2006 Mar 04, 2006 Mar 05, 2007 Mar 09, 2007 03/10/05 Feb 14, 2003 Feb 14, 2003 Feb 25, 2003 Mar 15, 2007 Mar 15, 2007 Feb 06, 2007 Mar 05, 2007 Apr 08, 2008
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2008 A-SUN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS TEAM BATTING RECORDS - SEASON Innings pitched
Highest batting avg. .348 (567-1629) - 2003 Lowest batting avg. .306 (542-1772) - 2005 Highest slugging pct. .513 (1629 AB) - 2003 Lowest slugging pct. .447 (1930 AB) - 2008 Highest on base pct. .433 (1629 AB) - 2003 Lowest on base pct. .386 (1930 AB) - 2008 Highest stolen base pct. .836 (51-61) - 2005 Lowest stolen base pct. .741 (40-54) - 2007 Most games played 58 - 2006 Fewest games played 52 - 2003 Most at bats 1985 - 2006 Fewest at bats 1629 - 2003 Most runs scored 512 - 2007 Fewest runs scored 372 - 2008 Most hits 650 - 2006 Fewest hits 539 - 2004 Most doubles 137 - 2006 Fewest doubles 100 - 2004 Most triples 30 - 2007 Fewest triples 14 - 2008 Most home runs 54 - 2006 Fewest home runs 34 - 2004 Most runs batted in 439 - 2007 Fewest runs batted in 340 - 2008 Most total bases 991 - 2006 Fewest total bases 777 - 2004 Most walks 300 - 2007 Fewest walks 196 - 2003 Most intentional walks 13 - 2008 Most times hit by pitch 85 - 2005 Fewest hit by pitch 36 - 2008 Most times struck out 354 - 2005 Fewest strikeouts 227 - 2003 Most times struck out looking 128 - 2005 Most sacrifice flies 32 - 2006 Fewest sacrifice flies 23 - 2004 Most sacrifice hits 74 - 2007 Fewest sacrifice hits 39 - 2005 Most stolen bases 53 (53-70) - 2003 Fewest stolen bases 34 (34-44) - 2006 Most times caught stealing 17 (53-70) - 2003 Fewest caught stealing 10 (34-44) - 2006 Most stolen base attempts 70 (53-70) - 2003 Fewest stolen base attempts 44 (34-44) - 2006 Most times reached base on error 81 - 2003 Most times reached on fielder’s choice 75 - 2006 Most times reached on catcher interference 2 - 2006 Most times grounded into DP 39 - 2006 Fewest grounded into DP 30 - 2008 Most times hit into triple play 0 Most fly outs 542 - 2006 Most ground outs 504 - 2008 Most picked off 10 - 2003
TEAM PITCHING RECORDS - SEASON Lowest earned run avg. Highest earned run avg. Lowest opponent batting avg. Highest opponent batting avg. Fewest walks allowed/9 inn game Most walks allowed/9 inn game Most strikeouts/9 inn game Fewest strikeouts/9 inn game Most wins Fewest wins Most losses Fewest losses Most saves Fewest saves Most complete games Fewest complete games Most shutouts Fewest shutouts
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3.13 (425.2 IP) - 2004 4.29 (390.1 IP) - 2003 .254 (477.2 IP) - 2007 .272 (486.2 IP) - 2006 2.49 (425.2 IP) - 2004 4.01 (390.1 IP) - 2003 9.16 (477.2 IP) - 2007 7.74 (482.1 IP) - 2008 41 (41-17) - 2006 35 (35-14) - 2003 18 (38-18) - 2004 14 (35-14) - 2003 13 - 2006 4 - 2003 20 - 2003 4 - 2008 13 - 2004 2 - 2008
Most hits allowed Fewest hits allowed Most runs allowed Fewest runs allowed Most earned runs allowed Fewest earned runs allowed Most walks allowed Fewest walks allowed Most intentional walks allowed Fewest intentional walks allowed Most strikeouts Fewest strikeouts Most strikeouts looking Most doubles allowed Fewest doubles allowed Most triples allowed Fewest triples allowed Most home runs allowed Fewest home runs allowed Most batters faced Most at bats against Most wild pitches Fewest wild pitches Most balks Fewest balks Most hit batters Fewest hit batters Most sacrifice flies allowed Fewest sacrifice flies allowed Most sacrifice hits allowed Fewest sacrifice hits allowed Most fly outs Most ground outs Most runners picked off
486.2 - 2006 515 - 2006 412 - 2003 274 - 2006 192 - 2004 195 - 2006 148 - 2004 178 - 2006 118 - 2004 4 - 2005 1 - 2004 486 - 2007 362 - 2003 148 - 2004 89 - 2006 64 - 2007 22 - 2004 7 - 2007 27 - 2006 11 - 2004 2158 - 2006 1896 - 2006 52 - 2003 22 - 2005 9 - 2005 3 - 2006 57 - 2008 32 - 2003 18 - 2007 10 - 2008 36 - 2007 14 - 2003 408 - 2006 566 - 2007 22 - 2005
TEAM GAME RECORDS Most at bats 57; Florida Southern; Mar 03, 2006 Most runs scored 29; Saint Rose College; 03/22/05 29; Gannon; Feb 27, 2007 Most hits 28; Saint Rose College; 03/22/05 Most runs batted in 28; Saint Rose College; 03/22/05 Most doubles 8; Stillman; Mar 13, 2007 Most triples 3; Barry University; Feb 1, 2006 Most home runs 5; at Morehouse College; 03/09/05 5; at St. Leo; Apr 17, 2007 Most walks 18; Clark Atlanta; Feb 02, 2007 Most times hit by pitch 8; vs Clark Atlanta; Mar 27, 2006 Most times struck out 14; at Lynn University; 05/06/05 14; at Barry; Feb 01, 2007 Most times grounded into DP 4; at Barry University; Apr 8, 2003 4; South Dakota; Mar 05, 2003 Most sacrifice flies 4; Clark Atlanta; Feb 02, 2007 Most sacrifice hits 5; at Florida Southern; Feb 18, 2007 5; at Florida Tech; Feb 24, 2007 Most stolen bases 7; Post University; 03/15/05 Most times caught stealing 2; Saint Leo; 02/26/05 2; at St Thomas; Apr 19, 2003 2; at Jacksonville; Apr 19, 2008 2; at Lynn; Apr 20, 2007 2; at Barry; Apr 24, 2004 2; at Florida Tech; Feb 24, 2007 2; Bowling Green; Mar 06, 2008 2; Indiana-Univ PA; Mar 08, 2004 2; Shawnee State; Mar 20, 2004 Most steal attempts 7; Post University; 03/15/05 Most intentional walks 3; Mercer; Mar 22, 2008 Most times struck out looking 6; Univ. Indianapolis; 03/16/05 6; at Nova Southeastern; 04/02/05 6; at St. Leo; Apr 17, 2007 6; vs Eckerd College; Feb 11, 2006 6; Shippensburg; Mar 08, 2004 Most innings pitched 15.0; Florida Southern; Mar 03, 2006 Most hits allowed 26; Tampa; Apr 01, 2006
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Most runs allowed 19; Tampa; Apr 01, 2006 Most earned runs allowed 16; Tampa; Apr 01, 2006 Most walks allowed 11; at Florida Tech; Feb 19, 2003 Most strikeouts 19; Hartwick College; Mar 30, 2004 19; at Stetson; May 02, 2008 Most doubles allowed 9; Tampa; Apr 01, 2006 Most triples allowed 3; North Dakota; Mar 16, 2004 Most home runs allowed 3; at Florida Southern; 03/26/05 3; at Barry University; Apr 08, 2006 3; Florida Memorial; Apr 12, 2003 3; at Lipscomb; Apr 12, 2008 3; at Lynn; Apr 21, 2007 3; Wayne State (Mich); Mar 19, 2006 3; vs Catawba; May 20, 2006 Most batters faced 68; Florida Southern; Mar 03, 2006 Most wild pitches 6; at Bluefield State Coll; Mar 19, 2003 Most balks 2; at Northwood University; Feb 07, 2004 Most sac flies allowed 2; at Barry; 02/15/05 2; Nova Southeastern; 04/20/05 2; Barry University; Apr 1, 2003 2; at Northwood University; Feb 06, 2004 2; at Warner Southern; Feb 21, 2003 2; at Warner Southern; Feb 22, 2003 2; at Florida Tech; Feb 25, 2007 2; Shippensburg; Mar 08, 2004 2; Bluefield State Coll; Mar 19, 2003 2; at University of Tampa; Mar 24, 2007 2; at Florida Southern; May 11, 2007 Most sac hits allowed 4; at Barry University; Apr 08, 2006 Most strikeouts looking 10; FLAGLER; Apr 06, 2007 Most intentional walks allowed 2; Saginaw Valley; 02/27/05 2; at Barry University; Apr 08, 2006 Most chances 67; Florida Southern; Mar 03, 2006 Most putouts 45; Florida Southern; Mar 03, 2006 Most assists 20; Barry University; Apr 18, 2004 Most errors 7; Shippensburg; Mar 08, 2004 7; Stonehill College; Mar 12, 2003 Most passed balls 4; at Valdosta State; Feb 11, 2006 Most stolen bases against 5; at Warner Southern; Feb 22, 2003 Most caught stealing by 3; at Barry; Apr 24, 2004 3; Central Missouri St.; Mar 09, 2007
Highest batting avg. (minimum 125 AB) .454 - Chris Brown (89-196) - 2003 .434 - PEACOCK, Jason (85-196) - 2008 .430 - David Cox (80-186) - 2003 .415 - Chris Brown (78-188) - 2004 .397 - Jason Cooper (73-184) - 2004 Highest slugging pct. (minimum 125 AB) .724 - Chris Brown (196 AB) - 2003 .687 - Jason Louwsma (214 AB) - 2005 .654 - Chris Brown (188 AB) - 2004 .640 - David Cox (186 AB) - 2003 .633 - PEACOCK, Jason (196 AB) - 2008 Highest on base pct. (minimum 125 AB) .525 - PEACOCK, Jason (196 AB) - 2008 .495 - Chris Brown (188 AB) - 2004 .495 - David Cox (186 AB) - 2003 .491 - Chris Brown (196 AB) - 2003 .482 - Ian Manson (195 AB) - 2006 Highest stolen base pct. (minimum 10 attempts) .938 - UPCHURCH, Josh (15-16) - 2006 .923 - Pat Stubbe (12-13) - 2005 .909 - Travis Cunningham (10-11) - 2004 .846 - RASSEL, Stephen (11-13) - 2007 .833 - Chris Brown (15-18) - 2003 Most games played 58 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 57 - Pat Garrido - 2006 57 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007 56 - Derek Mollica - 2007 56 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007 Most games started 58 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 57 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007 56 - Pat Garrido - 2006 56 - Derek Mollica - 2007 55 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2007 Most at bats 238 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 228 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2008 224 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2008 218 - RASSEL, Stephen - 2008 217 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007 Most runs scored 63 - Chris Brown - 2004 62 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007 62 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006 62 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2007 57 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007 Most hits 89 - Chris Brown - 2003 86 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 85 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2008 80 - David Cox - 2003 80 - Jason Louwsma - 2005 Most doubles 28 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 25 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2008 24 - Ian Manson - 2006 24 - Chris Brown - 2003 21 - Jason Cooper - 2004 Most triples 8 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007 7 - Chris Brown - 2004 7 - Chris Brown - 2003 6 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007 6 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006 Most home runs 14 - Jason Louwsma - 2005 13 - Geoff Rottmayer - 2006 10 - Joey Tolisano - 2003 10 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 9 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2008
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Most runs batted in 74 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 65 - Jason Cooper - 2004 65 - Chris Brown - 2003 63 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007 61 - Jason Louwsma - 2005 Most total bases 148 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 147 - Jason Louwsma - 2005 142 - Chris Brown - 2003 129 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2008 124 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2008 Most walks 51 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007 40 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2007 34 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2008 32 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006 31 - Ian Manson - 2006 Most intentional walks 7 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2008 5 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007 3 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2008 2 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2008 2 - Ian Manson - 2006 Most times hit by pitch 21 - Mike Cleghorn - 2006 19 - Chris Perry - 2004 18 - Chris Perry - 2003 18 - David Cox - 2005 17 - Ian Manson - 2006 Most times struck out 49 - David Cox - 2005 49 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007 47 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2008 46 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2008 46 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007 Most times struck out looking 19 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007 17 - Jason Cooper - 2005 17 - David Cox - 2005 17 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007 15 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2008 Most sacrifice flies 7 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2008 6 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007 6 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 5 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007 5 - Derek Mollica - 2007 Most sacrifice hits 19 - RASSEL, Stephen - 2007 17 - RASSEL, Stephen - 2008 12 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2007 11 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006 11 - ALVAREZ, Mikel - 2008
Most stolen bases 20 - UPCHURCH, Josh (20-25) - 2008 15 - UPCHURCH, Josh (15-16) - 2006 15 - UPCHURCH, Josh (15-20) - 2007 15 - Chris Brown (15-18) - 2003 12 - Pat Stubbe (12-13) - 2005 Most times caught stealing 5 - UPCHURCH, Josh (20-25) - 2008 5 - UPCHURCH, Josh (15-20) - 2007 4 - BORRELL, Ozzie (3-7) - 2007 3 - Travis Parrott (8-11) - 2004 3 - Chris Brown (15-18) - 2003 Most stolen base attempts 25 - UPCHURCH, Josh (20-25) - 2008 20 - UPCHURCH, Josh (15-20) - 2007 18 - Chris Brown (15-18) - 2003 16 - UPCHURCH, Josh (15-16) - 2006 15 - Chris Brown (12-15) - 2004 Most times reached base on error 13 - Pat Garrido - 2006 11 - Chris Perry - 2005 11 - Mike Howard - 2003 10 - Chris Perry - 2003 10 - Jason Cooper - 2003 Most times reached on fielder’s choice 13 - RASSEL, Stephen - 2008 11 - Chris Brown - 2004 10 - WICKENS, Stephen - 2008 10 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007 10 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2008 Most times reached on catcher interference 1 - Jason Louwsma - 2005 1 - Mike Cleghorn - 2006 1 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 Most times grounded into DP 11 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007 7 - Shawn Griffin - 2006 7 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 7 - Jason Louwsma - 2005 6 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007 Most fly outs 87 - Jason Louwsma - 2006 70 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2008 67 - Jason Louwsma - 2005 64 - Derek Mollica - 2007 60 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2008 Most ground outs 76 - ALVAREZ, Mikel - 2008 73 - RASSEL, Stephen - 2008 68 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007 66 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006 65 - RASSEL, Stephen - 2007 Most picked off 3 - Shawn Griffin - 2005 3 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2008 2 - Mike Howard - 2003 2 - Chris Garcia - 2003 2 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007
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Lowest earned run avg. (minimum 25 IP) 1.39 - Tony Korson (32.1 IP) - 2004 1.50 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. (48.0 IP) - 2008 2.04 - Chris Hassen (39.2 IP) - 2006 2.09 - BLEIER, Richard (90.1 IP) - 2008 2.10 - BLEIER, Richard (34.1 IP) - 2006 Lowest opponent batting avg. (minimum 25 IP) .189 - Tony Korson (32.1 IP) - 2004 .212 - Chris Cahill (46.1 IP) - 2003 .221 - SHAW, Derek (39.2 IP) - 2007 .222 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. (59.1 IP) - 2007 .228 - Troy Beall (32.1 IP) - 2006 Fewest walks allowed/9 inn game (minimum 25 IP) 0.36 - Kiley, J. (50.0 IP) - 2004
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0.96 - Jason Short (65.2 IP) - 2004 1.53 - Billy Phillips (70.2 IP) - 2005 1.69 - BLEIER, Richard (90.1 IP) - 2008 1.75 - Jason Short (77.0 IP) - 2003 Most strikeouts/9 inn game (minimum 25 IP) 11.37 - WOODWORTH, Pete (44.1 IP) - 2007 10.67 - Chris Hassen (71.2 IP) - 2003 10.65 - SALE, Chris (36.1 IP) - 2008 10.51 - Ryan Williams (55.2 IP) - 2006 10.21 - Luis Pardo (76.2 IP) - 2007 Most wins 9 - Chris Hassen (9-3) - 2003 8 - BLEIER, Richard (8-2) - 2007 8 - Ryan Williams (8-4) - 2004 8 - Chris Hassen (8-4) - 2005 7 - Billy Phillips (7-3) - 2004 Most losses 6 - Kiley, J. (7-6) - 2007 5 Jason Short (4-5) - 2004 5 - Justin Stiver (6-5) - 2006 4 - Chris Hassen (8-4) - 2005 4 - Ryan Williams (8-4) - 2004 Most saves 6 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006 5 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2008 4 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005 4 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2007 4 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2007 Most appearances 26 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2007 24 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2008 22 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2006 21 - Eric Jordan - 2003 21 - SALE, Chris - 2008
JJ Crumbley finished his career, leading the Eagles in appearances and saves. Most games started Most complete games Most games finished
15 - Kiley, J. - 2006 14 - Kiley, J. - 2007 14 - Chris Hassen - 2005 13 - Justin Stiver - 2006 13 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2008 6 - Chris Hassen - 2003 5 - Jason Short - 2003 4 - BLEIER, Richard - 2008 4 - Chris Cahill - 2003 4 - Billy Phillips - 2005 17 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2007 16 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2008 13 - Matt Laliberte - 2006 12 - SALE, Chris - 2008 10 - Tony Korson - 2004
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Most shutouts 1 - Luis Pardo - 2007 1 - Ryan Williams - 2004 1 - Kiley, J. - 2004 1 - Chris Hassen - 2004 1 - Billy Phillips - 2004 Most combined shutouts 4 - Chris Hassen - 2005 3 - BLEIER, Richard - 2007 3 - Kiley, J. - 2004 3 - SHAW, Derek - 2007 2 - Ryan Williams - 2004 Innings pitched 90.1 - BLEIER, Richard - 2008 87.2 - Kiley, J. - 2007 85.0 - BLEIER, Richard - 2007 83.1 - Chris Hassen - 2005 78.0 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2008 Most hits allowed 89 - Kiley, J. - 2007 88 - Jason Short - 2003 88 - BLEIER, Richard - 2007 87 - Jason Short - 2004 84 - Kiley, J. - 2006 Most runs allowed 58 - Kiley, J. - 2006 52 - Kiley, J. - 2007 50 - Tony Korson - 2003 48 - Justin Stiver - 2006 47 - Chris Hassen - 2005 Most earned runs allowed 43 - Kiley, J. - 2006 41 - Chris Hassen - 2005 41 - Kiley, J. - 2005 40 - Eric Jordan - 2003 37 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2008 Most walks allowed 39 - Justin Stiver - 2006 35 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2008 34 - Chris Hassen - 2003 7 - SMITH, Graig - 2005 5 - Billy Phillips - 2004 5 - Eric Jordan - 2003 30 - BLEIER, Richard - 2007 28 - Ryan Williams - 2004 Most intentional walks allowed 2 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2008 2 - Ryan Williams - 2006 1 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2007 1 - Ryan Williams - 2004 1 - Matt Laliberte - 2006
Most strikeouts 91 - Chris Hassen - 2005 87 - Luis Pardo - 2007 85 - Chris Hassen - 2003 84 - Kiley, J. - 2007 78 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2008 Most strikeouts looking
Most hit batters 15 - BLEIER, Richard - 2007 13 - Chris Hassen - 2005 12 - Chris Hassen - 2003 12 - Kiley, J. - 2005 12 - Kiley, J. - 2007 Most sacrifice flies allowed
30 - Billy Phillips - 2004 30 - BLEIER, Richard - 2007 30 - Billy Phillips - 2005 29 - Chris Hassen - 2005 29 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2007 Most doubles allowed 19 - Tony Korson - 2003 17 - Billy Phillips - 2005 16 - Kiley, J. - 2005 16 - Ryan Williams - 2004 15 - Eric Jordan - 2003 Most triples allowed 7 - Jason Short - 2004 5 - Kiley, J. - 2005 4 - Justin Stiver - 2006 4 - Billy Phillips - 2004 4 - Chris Hassen - 2004 Most home runs allowed 8 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2008 6 - Kiley, J. - 2006 5 - Chris Hassen - 2005 5 - Tony Korson - 2003 4 - Ryan Williams - 2006 Most batters faced 385 - Kiley, J. - 2007 381 - BLEIER, Richard - 2007 376 - BLEIER, Richard - 2008 357 - Chris Hassen - 2005 351 - Justin Stiver - 2006 Most at bats against 344 - Kiley, J. - 2007 341 - BLEIER, Richard - 2008 327 - BLEIER, Richard - 2007 318 - Jason Short - 2003 310 - Chris Hassen - 2005 Most wild pitches 13 - Ryan Williams - 2004 12 - Chris Cahill - 2003 9 - Jason Short - 2003 9 - Kiley, J. - 2006 9 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2008 Most balks 2 - Jason Short - 2003 2 - Billy Phillips - 2005 2 - Chris Hassen - 2004 2 - Jason Short - 2004 2 - Chris Hassen - 2003
5 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2007 5 - Kiley, J. - 2007 4 - Tony Korson - 2003 4 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2007 4 - Jason Short - 2004 Most sacrifice hits allowed 9 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2008 9 - BLEIER, Richard - 2007 8 - Luis Pardo - 2007 8 - Jason Short - 2004 7 - BLEIER, Richard - 2008 Most fly outs 72 - Justin Stiver - 2006 68 - Billy Phillips - 2004 62 - Kiley, J. - 2005 60 - Kiley, J. - 2007 59 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2008 Most ground outs 130 - BLEIER, Richard - 2008 130 - BLEIER, Richard - 2007 106 - Kiley, J. - 2006 106 - Kiley, J. - 2007 95 - Jason Short - 2003 Most runners picked off 11 - SMITH, Graig - 2006 7 - Billy Phillips - 2005
Chris Hassen struck out 91 in the 2005 season to lead the Eagles to a 37-18 record.
2008 Pitcher of the Year Richard Bleier threw 90.1 innings to lead the Eagles to A-Sun regular season championship. 2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
Graig Smith picked off 11 runners in the 2006 season to help the Eagles to a season best 41 wins.
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Highest batting avg. (minimum 250 AB) .435 - Chris Brown (167-384) - 2003-04 .380 - PEACOCK, Jason (155-408) - 2007-08 .375 - Jason Cooper (203-541) - 2003-05 .367 - Jason Louwsma (166-452) - 2005-06 .359 - Ian Manson (99-276) - 2005-06 Highest slugging pct. (minimum 250 AB) .690 - Chris Brown (384 AB) - 2003-04 .653 - Jason Louwsma (452 AB) - 2005-06 .627 - Ian Manson (276 AB) - 2005-06 .585 - David Cox (378 AB) - 2003,05 .569 - BORRELL, Ozzie (441 AB) - 2007-08 Highest on base pct. (minimum 250 AB) .493 - Chris Brown (384 AB) - 2003-04 .484 - Ian Manson (276 AB) - 2005-06 .474 - PEACOCK, Jason (408 AB) - 2007-08 .450 - Chris Perry (508 AB) - 2003-06 .449 - Jason Cooper (541 AB) - 2003-05 Highest stolen base pct. (minimum 35 attempts) .820 - UPCHURCH, Josh (50-61) - 2006-08 Most games played 174 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 173 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 167 - Derek Mollica - 2004-07 162 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 157 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08
Chris Perry was a member of the inaugural team in 2003 and has played in more games than any other Eagle. Most games started Most at bats Most runs scored Most hits Most doubles
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162 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 152 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 152 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 150 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 150 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 654 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 541 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 522 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 508 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 490 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 178 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 134 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 129 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 121 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 118 - Chris Brown - 2003-04 229 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 203 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 167 - Chris Brown - 2003-04 166 - Jason Louwsma - 2005-06 158 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 47 - Jason Louwsma - 2005-06
In two years Jason Louwsma hit 24 homeruns and helped the Eagles earn their first appearance in an NCAA Division II Regional in 2006. 45 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 40 - Chris Brown - 2003-04 40 - David Cox - 2003,05 38 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007-08 Most triples 14 - Chris Brown - 2003-04 10 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007-08 9 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 9 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 9 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007-08 Most home runs 24 - Jason Louwsma - 2005-06 17 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007-08 16 - Shawn Griffin - 2005-06 16 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 16 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007-08 Most runs batted in 149 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 135 - Jason Louwsma - 2005-06 117 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007-08 109 - Chris Brown - 2003-04 107 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007-08 Most total bases 302 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 296 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 295 - Jason Louwsma - 2005-06 265 - Chris Brown - 2003-04 251 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007-08 Most walks 103 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 76 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 75 - Derek Mollica - 2004-07 73 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 71 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007-08 Most intentional walks 8 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007-08 8 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007-08 3 - Mike Mathews - 2003-06 3 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 3 - Jason Louwsma - 2005-06 Most times hit by pitch 58 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 30 - David Cox - 2003,05 29 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 26 - Mike Howard - 2003-04 26 - Mike Cleghorn - 2005-06 Most times struck out 123 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 96 - SCARDUZIO, Vinnie - 2007-08 84 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 77 - Mike Mathews - 2003-06
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76 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 Most times struck out looking 39 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 31 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 31 - Derek Mollica - 2004-07 29 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 27 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007-08 Most sacrifice flies 12 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007-08 10 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 10 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007-08 10 - Jason Louwsma - 2005-06 9 - Derek Mollica - 2004-07 Most sacrifice hits 36 - RASSEL, Stephen - 2007-08 30 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 19 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 19 - Rene Ruiz - 2003-04 19 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 Most stolen bases 50 - UPCHURCH, Josh (50-61) - 2006-08 27 - Chris Brown (27-33) - 2003-04 20 - Travis Cunningham (20-25) - 2003-04,06 20 - RASSEL, Stephen (20-25) - 2007-08 18 - Pat Stubbe (18-21) - 2003-05 Most times caught stealing 11 - UPCHURCH, Josh (50-61) - 2006-08 6 - Chris Brown (27-33) - 2003-04 5 - BORRELL, Ozzie (4-9) - 2007-08 5 - Travis Cunningham (20-25) - 2003-04,06 5 - RASSEL, Stephen (20-25) - 2007-08 Most stolen base attempts 61 - UPCHURCH, Josh (50-61) - 2006-08 33 - Chris Brown (27-33) - 2003-04 25 - Travis Cunningham (20-25) - 2003-04,06 25 - RASSEL, Stephen (20-25) - 2007-08 21 - Pat Stubbe (18-21) - 2003-05 Most times reached base on error 34 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 22 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 21 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 19 - Derek Mollica - 2004-07 19 - Chris Brown - 2003-04 Most times reached on fielder’s choice 26 - Derek Mollica - 2004-07 22 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 21 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 20 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 20 - Chris Brown - 2003-04 Most times reached on catcher interference 2 - Jason Louwsma - 2005-06
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1 - Mike Cleghorn - 2005-06 Most times grounded into DP 17 - PEACOCK, Jason - 2007-08 15 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 14 - Jason Louwsma - 2005-06 11 - BORRELL, Ozzie - 2007-08 11 - Rene Ruiz - 2003-04 Most fly outs 172 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 161 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 161 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 154 - Jason Louwsma - 2005-06 134 - Derek Mollica - 2004-07 Most ground outs 158 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 139 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 138 - RASSEL, Stephen - 2007-08 129 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 127 - Chris Perry - 2003-06 Most picked off 6 - UPCHURCH, Josh - 2006-08 4 - Mike Howard - 2003-04 3 - Shawn Griffin - 2005-06 3 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 2 - Chris Perry - 2003-06
INDIVIDUAL PITCHING- CAREER Lowest earned run avg. (minimum 50 IP) 2.24 - SHAW,Derek (64.1 IP) - 2007-08 2.70 - BLEIER, Richard (209.2 IP) - 2006-08 2.82 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. (185.0 IP) - 2005-08 2.93 - Luis Pardo (76.2 IP) - 2007 3.07 - Billy Phillips (146.2 IP) - 2004-05
Right-hander Derek Shaw leads the Eagles all-time with a 2.24 ERA in 64.1 innings of work. Lowest opponent batting avg. (minimum 50 IP) .207 - Chris Cahill (69.2 IP) - 2003-04 .234 - SHAW, Derek (64.1 IP) - 2007-08 .247 - Justin Stiver (78.0 IP) - 2006 .252 - WOODWORTH, Pete (122.1 IP) - 2007-08 .254 - BLEIER, Richard (209.2 IP) - 2006-08 Fewest walks allowed/9 inn game (minimum 50 IP) 1.42 - Jason Short (159.0 IP) - 2003-05 1.54 - SHAW, Derek (64.1 IP) - 2007-08 1.78 - Billy Phillips (146.2 IP) - 2004-05 1.93 - Kiley, J. (284.2 IP) - 2004-07 2.11 - Luis Pardo (76.2 IP) - 2007 Most strikeouts/9 inn game (minimum 50 IP) 10.27 - Ryan Williams (125.1 IP) - 2004-06 10.21 - Luis Pardo (76.2 IP) - 2007 10.08 - Chris Cahill (69.2 IP) - 2003-04 9.86 - WOODWORTH, Pete (122.1 IP) - 2007-08
Tied for the most career wins at FGCU with 25, Jason Kiley was drafted by the New York Yankees in 2007. 9.74 - Chris Hassen (231.0 IP) - 2003-06 Most wins 25 - Kiley, J. (25-16) - 2004-07 25 - Chris Hassen (25-10) - 2003-06 19 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. (19-6) - 2005-08 17 - BLEIER, Richard (17-4) - 2006-08 16 - COLEMAN, Casey (16-6) - 2006-08 Most losses 16 - Kiley, J. (25-16) - 2004-07 10 - Chris Hassen (25-10) - 2003-06 9 - Jason Short (10-9) - 2003-05 7 - Billy Phillips (13-7) - 2004-05 6 - COLEMAN, Casey (16-6) - 2006-08 Most saves 14 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 6 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 5 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2007-08 4 - Chris Cahill - 2003-04 3 - Luis Pardo - 2007 Most appearances 86 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 65 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 47 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 47 - Tony Korson - 2003-05 46 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 Most games started 47 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 36 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 31 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 26 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 22 - Billy Phillips - 2004-05 Most complete games 10 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 8 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 7 - Jason Short - 2003-05 6 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 5 - Billy Phillips - 2004-05 Most games finished 51 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 17 - Tony Korson - 2003-05 15 - Chris Cahill - 2003-04 14 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 13 - Matt Laliberte - 2006 Most shutouts 2 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 1 - Luis Pardo - 2007
2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
1 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 1 - Ryan Williams - 2004-06 1 - Justin Miller - 2003 Most combined shutouts 6 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 5 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 5 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 4 - Tony Korson - 2003-05 4 - Chris Cahill - 2003-04 Innings pitched 284.2 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 231.0 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 209.2 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 187.2 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 185.0 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 Most hits allowed 305 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 227 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 203 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 197 - Jason Short - 2003-05 186 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 Most runs allowed 181 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 131 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 94 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 90 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 84 - Jason Short - 2003-05 Most earned runs allowed 135 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 98 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 78 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 63 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 58 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2007-08 Most walks allowed 83 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 76 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 61 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 58 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 56 - Tony Korson - 2003-05 Most intentional walks allowed 3 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 3 - Ryan Williams - 2004-06 2 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 1 - Tony Korson - 2003-05 1 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 Most strikeouts
75
FLORIDA GULF COAST U FGCU INDIVIDUAL CAREER RECORDS
2008 A-SUN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS
250 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 242 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 181 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 171 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 170 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 Most strikeouts looking 73 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 72 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 63 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 63 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 60 - Billy Phillips - 2004-05 Most doubles allowed 56 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 40 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 36 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 33 - Tony Korson - 2003-05 31 - Billy Phillips - 2004-05 Most triples allowed 10 - Jason Short - 2003-05 10 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 9 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 7 - Billy Phillips - 2004-05 4 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 Most home runs allowed 14 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 12 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2007-08 8 - Billy Phillips - 2004-05 8 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 7 - Tony Korson - 2003-05 Most batters faced 1271 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 1011 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 905 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 826 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 775 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 Most at bats against 1143 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 873 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 799 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 718 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 682 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 Most wild pitches 28 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 18 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 16 - Tony Korson - 2003-05
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14 - Chris Cahill - 2003-04 13 - Ryan Williams - 2004-06 Most balks 5 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 4 - Jason Short - 2003-05 3 - Billy Phillips - 2004-05 3 - Tony Korson - 2003-05 2 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 Most hit batters 41 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 38 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 29 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 18 - WOODWORTH, Pete - 2007-08 18 - Billy Phillips - 2004-05 Most sacrifice flies allowed 13 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 8 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 7 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 7 - Jason Short - 2003-05 6 - Tony Korson - 2003-05 Most sacrifice hits allowed 18 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 18 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 16 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 12 - Jason Short - 2003-05 12 - Ryan Williams - 2004-06 Most fly outs 221 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 179 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 172 - CRUMBLEY, J.J. - 2005-08 140 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 125 - Tony Korson - 2003-05 Most ground outs 344 - Kiley, J. - 2004-07 304 - BLEIER, Richard - 2006-08 218 - COLEMAN, Casey - 2006-08 207 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06 193 - Jason Short - 2003-05 Most runners picked off 25 - SMITH, Graig - 2005-08 12 - Billy Phillips - 2004-05 6 - Jason Cooper - 2003-05 5 - Eric Jordan - 2003 5 - Chris Hassen - 2003-06
2009 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE
“The City of Palms”
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
UCF
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
at UCF
February 20 • 12:01 am • Swanson Stadium February 20 • 8:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
WICHITA STATE
February 21 • 8:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
TEMPLE
February 22 • 12:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
SAMFORD
February 26 • 4:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
TOWSON
February 27 • 8:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
USF
February 28 • 4:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
BETHUNE-COOKMAN
March 1 • 12:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
BOSTON COLLEGE
March 3 • 6:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
BOSTON COLLEGE
March 4 • 6:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
CAMPBELL (DH)
March 6 • 4:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
CAMPBELL
March 7 • 1:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
PENN STATE
March 10 • 6:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
PENN STATE
March 11 • 4:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
at UNF (DH)
March 14 • 1:00 pm • Jacksonville, Fla.
at UNF
March 15 • 1:00 pm • Jacksonville, Fla.
JACKSONVILLE
March 20 • 7:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
JACKSONVILLE
March 21 • 7:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
JACKSONVILLE
March 22 • 1:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
at FSU
March 24 • 6:00 pm • Tallahassee, Fla.
at FSU
March 25 • 6:00 pm • Tallahassee, Fla.
at BELMONT
March 27 • 4:00 pm • Nashville, Tenn.
at BELMONT (DH)
March 28 • 1:00 pm • Nashville, Tenn.
at BETHUNE-COOKMAN
March 31 • 6:00 pm • Daytona Beach, Fla.
at BETHUNE-COOKMAN
April 1 • 3:00 pm • Daytona Beach, Fla.
at MERCER
April 3 • 6:00 pm • Macon, Ga.
at MERCER
April 4 • 4:00 pm • Macon, Ga.
at MERCER
April 5 • 1:00 pm • Macon, Ga.
at FIU
April 8 • 6:00 pm • Miami, Fla.
2009
April 14 • 6:00 pm • Swanson Stadium April 15 • 6:30 pm • Orlando, Fla.
LIPSCOMB
BASEBALL SCHEDULE CHRIS SALE
Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team (2008)
April 17 • 7:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
LIPSCOMB
April 18 • 7:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
LIPSCOMB
April 19 • 1:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
FLORIDA
April 21 • 7:00 pm • Hammond Stadium
at MIAMI
April 22 • 7:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
USC UPSTATE
April 24 • 6:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
RICHIE ERATH
Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team (2008)
USC UPSTATE (DH)
April 25 • 1:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
FIU
April 28 • 6:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
at MIAMI
April 29 • 6:00 pm • Coral Gables, Fla.
at ETSU
May 1 • 7:00 pm • Johnson City, Tenn.
at ETSU (DH)
May 2 • 1:00 pm • Johnson City, Tenn.
FAU
May 5 • 6:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
at FLORIDA
May 6 • 6:30 pm • Gainesville, Fla.
at KENNESAW STATE
May 8 • 6:00 pm • Kennesaw, Ga.
PETE WOODWORTH
Atlantic Sun 2nd Team All-Conference (2008)
at KENNESAW STATE (DH)
May 9 • 1:00 pm • Kennesaw, Ga.
at FAU
May 12 • 6:00 pm • Boca Raton, Fla.
STETSON
May 14 • 7:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
STETSON
May 15 • 7:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
STETSON
May 16 • 1:00 pm • Swanson Stadium
MIKEL ALVAREZ
Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team (2008)