NCCU BASEBALL QUICK FACTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL Name of School: North Carolina Central University City/Zip: Durham, NC 27707 Founded: 1910 by Dr. James E. Shepard Enrollment: 8,575 Nickname: Eagles School Colors: Maroon & Gray Home Field: Durham Athletic Park Capacity: 2,000 National Affiliation: NCAA Division I (Reclassification) Conference: Independent (MEAC July, 2010) Chancellor: Charlie Nelms Alma Mater (Year): Arkansas Pine Bluff University (1968) Athletics Director: Ingrid Wicker-McCree, Ed.D. Alma Mater (Year): George Washington University (1989) Athletics Dept. Phone: (919) 530-7057 Athletics Dept. Fax: (919) 530-5426 Athletics Web Site: www.NCCUEaglePride.com
Head Coach Dr. Henry White Assistant Coaches / Staff
Meet the Eagles
Returning Squad Members Newcomers
2009 in Review
2009 Eagles 2009 Results 2009 Statistics 2009 Individual Leaders
History (2007-2008)
2008 Eagles 2008 Results 2008 Statistics 2007 Eagles 2007 Results 2007 Statistics Pioneers of NCCU Baseball
Baseball Contact: Chris Hooks Baseball Contact E-mail: whooks@nccu.edu SID Office Phone: (919) 530-6017 SID Cell Phone: (919) 810-7988 Sports Information Director: Kyle Serba SID E-mail: kserba@nccu.edu SID Mailing Address: NCCU Sports Information 116 McDougald-McLendon Gym Durham, NC 27707
TEAM INFORMATION
total Overall Record Last Year: 6-35 Conference Record Last Year: not applicable Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 18/6 Position Players Returning/Lost: 9/1 Pitchers Returning/Lost: 11/0 Newcomers: 7 (4 position players, 3 pitcher)
B/T R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R
8 9 - 10 11 - 29 30 - 32 34 35 36 - 37 38 40 41 42 - 44 46 47 48 49 - 52
NCCU 53 - 55 Chancellor Dr. Charlie Nelms 54 NCCU Athletics 56 - 61 Director of Athletics 58 NCAA Compliance 62 MEAC History 63 Durham Athletic Park - New Home of the Eagles 64
Head Coach: Dr. Henry White Alma Mater: Saint Augustine’s College (1972) Record at NCCU (Years): 33-89 (3 years) Div. I Record at NCCU: 12-65 (2 years) Career Record (Years): 360-361 (24 years) Baseball Office Phone: (919) 530-6723 Assistant Coaches: Ken Valentine and Chris Smith
Top Returning Pitchers Name Yr. Tim Rennard So. Brandon Strickland So. Brandon Oatis Jr. Douglas Dalley Jr. Jeff Citero Jr.
1 2-5 6
The University
BASEBALL STAFF
Avg. .322 .299 .283 .255 .253
Table of Contents / Credits / Quick Facts 2009-10 Season Preview 2009-10 Roster
The Coaching Staff
SPORTS INFORMATION
Returning Starting Position Players Name Yr. Pos. B/T Akeem Hood So. INF R/R Kurt Wilson Sr. INF R/R Blake Murray Jr. 1B/C R/R Edward Pegues Jr. OF L/L Justin Goodson Jr. INF R/R
TABLE OF CONTENTS
home 5-8
away 1-26
The official 2010 North Carolina Central University baseball media guide is a production of the NCCU Sports Information Office. Editor - This publication was produced by Chris Hooks, Assistant Sports Information Director/Broadcast Media, with editorial assistance provided by Kyle Serba, Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations.
Other Statistics 9 RBI, 16 stolen bases 15 RBI, 15 runs, 9 doubles 13 RBI, 24 BB, 2 HR 13 RBI, 15 BB, 28 Hits 12 runs, 7 Stolen Bases
G-GS W-L-Sv ERA 15-2 1-1-0 6.62 20-4 2-4-3 6.95 15-9 1-7-0 11.93 16-9 0-7 12.26 14-11 1-9 13.71
Credits
IP 34.0 44.0 46.0 47.0 42.0
BB 9 32 32 35 20
K 12 20 38 27 20
Photography - Action photographs were submitted by Eric Wilson, Robert Lawson of NCCU Public Relations, Jorge Gonzalez, Katy Weathersby, Drew Austin, Mark Austin, Kyle Serba, Ariel Germain (Grad. Assistant), Kevin Cupp (Planet Blacksburg), Rick Crank and Brian Fleming. Historical photographs from NCCU Archives, Records and History Center.
2010 SEASON PREVIEW Eagles Looking for More “O” in 2010 NCCU boasts 17 returners
The North Carolina Central University baseball team has a wealth of experience returning from a trying 2009 campaign that saw NCCU finish up a disappointing 6-35, but the optimism for this program and the direction it is heading is as high as ever going into the team’s fourth season since bringing back the sport in 2006. Head Coach Dr. Henry White has set forth many goals for this team, but one thing he has learned in this transition is the key to being a good team at this level is one thing; offense. That’s his focus heading into the season. “We’re looking to improve in all aspects of the game, but for us to be successful at the Division I level, we have to have nine guys in the lineup that can hit,” said White. “We’re going to identify players on this team that can hit in all situations.” Last season, NCCU hit just .245 as a team with nine home runs and 113 runs batted in, and senior Kurt Wilson (Riverdale, Ga.) led the squad with 15 RBIs. Sophomore Akeem Hood returns as the team leader in batting average sitting at the leadoff spot in the order hitting .322 and going 16-for-19 in stolen base attempts. His play last season earned him recognition as he was named to the All-PING! Freshman Team. “When he is at his best, he is the ignitor for this offense,” stated White “When he plays well, we play well.” Also returning for his third season is Blake Murray (Wendell, N.C.), who finished third on the team batting .283 while also finishing second on the squad with seven doubles. Murray’s biggest accomplishment last season was his 19-game hitting streak that he nearly took into the offseason if not for inclement weather ending the final game against Maryland Eastern Shore. Third baseman David Scott (Bunn, N.C.) ended the year strong with a home run in the season finale against UMES. He could be a vital cog for the Eagle offense, but the
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Akeem Hood newcomer that White has his eye on is freshman Derrell Parker (North Miami Beach, Fla.). “This kid has a ton of potential,” said White. “During the fall he hit close to .400 and was doing the things we asked of him; Hitting to the gaps, hitting to the opposite field, and making good decisions in the situations that some players can panic in. If he can do that during the regular season, he’s going to surprise some people.” The Eagles are certainly not ignoring the defensive aspects of the game, and on the mound NCCU returns every pitcher from last season and also welcomes in four newcomers that should make an impact immediately. Tabbed as the team’s No. 1 starter, junior transfer Drew Robinson (Carthage, N.C.) should feel right at home. Standing at 6-6, Robinson was a vital member of the 2009 Region 10 Division II Championship squad at Southeastern Community College in Whiteville, N.C. “We’re looking for Drew to step in and be our No. 1 starter this year,” said White. “He brings a wealth of experience to this team and his ability should help us tremendously. He’s been in those pressure situations before and he came through for his team. We look for him to do the same here at NCCU.” New to the fold at NCCU, Jasper Jones (Hookerton, N.C.), Glenn Frye (Lillington, N.C.), and Joe Winecoff (Hillsborough, N.C.) begin their first season in maroon and gray and are expected to really compete for mound time this year. All three
2010 SEASON PREVIEW
David “D.J.” Scott
Blake Murray
are freshmen who were counted on at their respective high schools to produce on the hill. “I expect Glenn and Jasper to compete as starters and Winecoff is someone we want to count on to close out ballgames and give us more depth in our pitching staff,” stated White. Of the veterans that return on the mound, sophomore Brandon Strickland (Bunn, N.C.) made the most of his freshman season ending 2009 with a 6.95 earned run average and leading the team in wins with two. His best performance came on March 25 when he threw a complete game against Virginia State earning the win allowing just three runs. Strickland pitched 44 innings last year and fanned 20 batters. Junior Brandon Oatis (Matthews, N.C.) looks to regain his earlyseason form of last year when he single-handedly shut down the Savannah State lineup in game two of the doubleheader sweep of the Tigers on March 7. Oatis struck out seven batters in a 3-2 Eagle victory. He and fellow lefty senior Joseph Cobb (Raleigh, N.C.) present numerous matchups in favor of NCCU. The Eagles boast just five seniors on the 2010 roster, including Justin Goodson (Stone Mountain, Ga.), James Jordan (Bryson City, N.C.), Tim McAlister (Raleigh, N.C.), Kurt Wilson and Cobb. All five hold a solid place in the eyes of White. “These five student-athletes represent the beginning of the program,” said White. “They came here with nothing except the chance to play Division I baseball and they have given everything they have to this university and program and I will never forget that.” For this baseball program that is just four years old, the transition continues, but the progress is there. It’s only a matter of time before the rewards are seen.
Kurt Wilson
The Schedule Fifty games dot the slate in 2010 with NCCU moving to its new home, historic Durham Athletic Park. Entering NCCU’s fourth season since bringing the sport in 2006, the Eagles are set to battle teams from 11 different conferences (Atlantic Coast Conference, Atlantic Sun Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Big South Conference, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Colonial Athletic Association, Conference USA, Metro Atlantic Athletic Association, Mid-Eastern Athletic Association, Patriot League, and Southern Conference). NCCU will also face 15 teams that won 20 games or more in 2009, including two NCAA Tournament participants (Georgia State and East Carolina). The newly renovated DAP has NCCU hosting 21 home games, including the season-opening Eagle Baseball Classic. From Feb. 19-21, NCCU will host Iona, Navy, and Delaware State in round-robin action. “The whole purpose of the Eagle Baseball Classic was to try to start the season at home, especially with our new facility,” said NCCU head baseball coach, Dr. Henry White. “That’s what we were looking for. I’m trying to make sure that we stay off the road as much as we can. We’ve traveled a ton since bringing this program back and it’s a great advantage for our program if we can stay home, and the new facility (Durham Athletic Park) will allow us to do just that. My vision for the tournament is to see it grow each and every year. This is something we want establish as an annual event.” After the round-robin tournament, NCCU hosts Davidson on Feb. 23, and week later the Eagles host Longwood before heading out on the road for a five-game road trip. The first road
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2010 SEASON PREVIEW
Brandon Strickland
Brandon Oatis
contest of the season takes place up in Williamsburg, Va. where the Eagles will take on William and Mary from the Colonial Athletic Association. Last season, the Tribe finished one game below .500 with a 24-25 record overall and 9-14 in CAA action. The next four contests take place on the first weekend in March. NCCU has a four-game series with the defending CAA Tournament champions, Georgia State. That takes place Friday night March 5 at 6:00 in Atlanta, Ga. The following day the Panthers and the Eagles will tangle in a doubleheader, culminating with a single game on March 7 with first pitch set at noon. “We played them our first year back and I thought we played them well, but playing a team like Georgia State is a great barometer to see how much our program has grown, especially this early in the year,” said White. “This will give us a good indication of what our strengths and weaknesses are.” Three days later, the Eagles return home for a six-game homestand taking on three different teams in doubleheader action over a three-day span. On March 10, NCCU hosts Norfolk State, and on March 12 Presbyterian comes to the Bull City. All Eagle fans should have March 13 and 14 circled on their calendars as the Eagles and the Aggies of North Carolina A&T will go toe-to-toe in Durham for doubleheader action on Saturday starting at 1:00, then change venues for a single contest on Sunday in Greensboro with a 1:00 first pitch as well. It’s a series that Coach White can’t wait for. “I’m really excited to see how we can recuperate from the one game we played them last year. I’m not quite sure our players full understand the rivalry yet. This is our arch rival, and when we go out on the field you can throw the records out the window.” White’s squad also has three Atlantic Coast Conference teams on his schedule with an early season home contest
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James Jordan
against N.C. State slated for March 16 at 6:00 p.m. at historic Durham Athletic Park. The return game between the Pack and the Eagles takes place on April 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Doak Field at Dail Park. NCCU’s 2010 schedule features four more MidEastern Athletic Conference teams (Coppin State, Delaware State, Maryland Eastern Shore, Norfolk State, and previously mentioned North Carolina A&T). White has his eyes on a bigger picture with NCCU entering the MEAC. “My goal is for us to be in the upper echelon of the league as soon as we are eligible for championships,” said White. “The top team in the MEAC now is Bethune-Cookman and we want our program to get to that point. Playing those MEAC schools will assist in getting us to that level.” Following the three game home-and-home series against A&T, NCCU travels up north to the Charm City to take on Coppin State University in a three-game set starting on Friday, March 19 at 3:00 p.m. A noon doubleheader sets the scene for day two in the “Battle of the Eagles” on Saturday, March 20. The following week finds NCCU back on the road again, in the middle of a season-long seven-game road swing as the Eagles travel to Asheville, N.C. to take on UNC Asheville for an afternoon affair on Wednesday, March 24. First pitch is set for 2:00. Two days later, NCCU travels 108 miles to take on the Pirates of East Carolina University. In 2009, East Carolina lost to College World Series participant North Carolina in the Super Regional after winning its own regional in Greenville. ECU finished 2009 as regular season champ in Conference USA with a record of 46-20 that included a 17-7 mark in league action. The rabid Pirate fans will see ECU and NCCU get the three-game set started Friday night 7:00 at beautiful ClarkLeClair Stadium. Game two of the series is set for 3:00 in the afternoon on Saturday, followed by a Sunday afternoon series finale at 1:00.
2010 SEASON PREVIEW “We have an opportunity to go, and see how our players measure up individually,” White said. “Last season, ECU had 20 young men that batted .317 or better. That’s what I need for our young men to understand, you have to be ready to play everybody. I purposely added teams like this to our schedule. I want our kids to taste what its like to take on a top 25 baseball team.” The following Tuesday, NCCU faces its only NCAA Division II opponent in Virginia State University. That contest is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on March 30. On the final day of March, the crosstown showdown between NCCU and Duke commences as a doubleheader starting at 3:00 p.m. at the new home field for the Eagles. The first weekend of April sees the Eagles heading down to Savannah, Ga. as NCCU visits Savannah State for a weekend three-game set. Last season, the Eagles and Tigers played six times with SSU holding a 4-2 advantage. These two squads will meet six more times this season with the Tigers returning to the Bull City for three games on April 10-11. The final ACC opponent for NCCU is Virginia Tech, as the Eagles venture up to Blacksburg, Va. on April 6 for a 5:30 p.m. affair against the Hokies. Two days later, NCCU travels to Farmville, Va. to battle the Lancers of Longwood University. Following the home series against Savannah State, NCCU hits the road in three out of its next four starting with a rematch
against local foe N.C. State on April 13. That contest is slated for a 6:30 start at Doak Field. Four days later, the Eagles head down to Davidson to begin a three-game home-and-home stand with the Wildcats ,starting with a twinbill on April 17 and a single game on April 18 back in the Bull City. Eight of the final 10 games in the 2010 season for NCCU are on the road, beginning with an April 21 ballgame at Charlotte at 6:00. Charlotte won 33 games last season and finished with a 16-11 record in the Atlantic 10 Conference. A week later, the Eagles face soon-to-be conference foe Norfolk State, and finish up the road swing at Campbell on April 30. The following afternoon is the first day of May but the final two games for NCCU’s seniors, as the Eagles battle Campbell in a Senior Day doubleheader. NCCU ends the season for the second straight year against Maryland Eastern Shore, but this time around the Eagles take on the Hawks up north in Princess Ann, Md. for a four-game season-ending series. That series begins on May 8 at noon. “The main purpose of this schedule was to be a competitive one,” said White. “As far as I’m concernced, I’m expecting a lot more wins. The stage we’re in right now, we may be a young program, but we just have to experience some winning. These kids can play, they just haven’t experienced winning together as a team, and this schedule is set up to do that.”
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2010 NCCU EAGLES BASEBALL ROSTER
# NAME CLASS 1 Akeem Hood SO 2 Anthony Wilson SO 3 Etienne Farquharson SO 4 Kurt Wilson SR 5 Justin Goodson SR 6 Jasper Jones FR 7 James Jordan SR 8 Tim McAllister SR 9 Jeremy Tillett SO 10 David Scott JR 11 Ross Plummer SO 13 Jake Winstead FR 14 Glenn Frye FR 15 Brandon Strickland SO 16 Joseph Cobb SR 17 Blake Murray JR 19 Robert Grant JR 20 Douglas Dalley JR 21 Brandon Oatis JR 22 Jeff Citero JR 23 Nate Smith FR 24 Joe Winecoff FR 25 Derrell Parker FR 26 Tim Rennard SO 27 Drew Robinson JR 30 Edward Pegues JR Henry White - Head Coach Chris Smith - Assistant Coach Ken Valentine - Assistant Coach Robert Landis- Student Assistant
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POS OF INF C INF INF RHP RHP OF LHP INF OF OF RHP RHP LHP INF/C C RHP LHP RHP OF/INF P/INF INF INF/P RHP OF
HT 5-9 5-6 5-10 5-10 5-9 6-0 6-1 5-8 6-1 5-6 5-10 6-0 6-3 6-0 5-10 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-5 6-0 6-0 6-2 5-11 5-9 6-6 6-1
WT 158 190 166 155 135 161 215 170 160 245 165 174 190 195 195 200 230 200 190 225 170 275 230 225 205 220
B/T L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/L R/R L/L R/R R/R L/R
Hometown/Previous School Raleigh, N.C./ Millbrook H.S. Fort Washington, Md./ Riverdale H.S. Inagua, Bahamas/ Pensacola Jr. College Riverdale, Ga./ Riverdale H.S. Stone Mountain, Ga./ Tucker H.S. Hookerton, N.C./ Greene Central H.S. Bryson City, N.C./ Swain County H.S. Raleigh, N.C./ Southeast Raleigh H.S. Mebane, N.C./ Graham H.S. Bunn, N.C./ Bunn H.S. Winston-Salem, N.C./ Mt. Tabor H.S. Bunn, N.C./ Bunn H.S. Lillington, N.C./ Harnett Central H.S. Bunn, N.C./ Bunn H.S Raleigh, N.C./ Central Carolina C.C. Wendell, N.C./ East Wake H.S. Haw River, N.C./ Graham H.S. Durham, N.C./ Southern H.S. Matthews, N.C./ Butler H.S. Raleigh, N.C./ Southeast Raleigh H.S. Raleigh, N.C./ Knightdale H.S. Hillsborough, N.C./ Orange H.S. N. Miami Beach, Fla./N. Miami Beach Knightdale, N.C./ Knightdale H.S. Carthage, N.C./ Southeast CC Laurinburg, N.C./ Scotland County H.S.
COACHING STAFF Dr. Henry White
Head Coach Saint Augustine’s ‘72
25th Season: 4th Season at NCCU Career Record: (360-361), Record at NCCU: (33-89) Coach Henry E. White enters his 35th year of coaching, with experience that began in the public school sector to the present on the collegiate level at North Carolina Central University. White, a native of Monroe, N.C., began his outstanding coaching background on the middle school level as the Boy’s Basketball and Baseball Coach. Under his reign, the middle school team won their first basketball championship in his first year as head coach. He began his collegiate career at his alma mater, Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh, N.C., as both the Assistant Coach of the baseball team and the Assistant Coach of the men’s basketball team. At the young age of 29, White became Head Coach of the baseball team the following season. He served in this capacity for the next 21 years. One of the highlights of his coaching career in baseball and basketball was in 1984, when his baseball team won the NAIA District 26 Tournament Championship and advanced to the NAIA Regional Playoff in Bluefield, W.Va. The team placed third in the Regional games. In addition that same year, the basketball team played for the national championship finishing second under his direction. White won eight conference championships in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and six tournament championships during his tenure. The latest baseball championship was in 1999 as the CIAA Tournament Champions, followed by a runner-up finish in 2000. He has a career record of 360 wins and 359 losses. In NCCU’s first season back to baseball after dropping the sport in 1975, the Eagles brought along the championship accolades. The Inaugural Eagle squad ran through the CIAA going 15-5, taking the 2007 CIAA regular season title, finishing the season at 2124. It was that performance by the Eagles that garnered 2007 CIAA Coach of the Year honors to Henry White, and built more enthusiasm for a program on the move up to the elite level of college athletics. The second season was the team’s first in division one and the 48-game schedule was loaded with 27 games against Division I opponents, while the other 21 were against teams from the Division II level. This first Division I schedule proved to be an education in itself as NCCU ended up going 6-30 in their rookie Division I season. The second season for NCCU saw some small successes in a season filled with challenges. With a much-more challenging schedule the Eagles swept its first doubleheader against Savannah State on March 7, 2009 along with slaying its first Division I opponent. NCCU under Dr. Henry White’s direction is headed to the right path, the road along with way has been filled with bumps and detours, but with his knowledge and leadership the road will smooth itself out before too long. On Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, White was inducted into Saint Augustine’s College Falcon Foundation Athletic Hall of Fame for his nearly 30 years of service to his alma mater.
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COACHING STAFF Chris Smith
Assistant Coach - 3rd Season North Carolina Central University (’85) Chris Smith returns for his thrid season on Dr. Henry White’s coaching staff. In charge of the pitchers, Smith brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the team. Plenty of talent comes along with his experience in the coaching venue as he starred at North Johnston High School, playing both in the outfield and toeing the rubber. The Micro, N.C. product was a three-year letterman for the Panthers, earning All-Conference honors his junior and senior year, along with All-Area and All-State his senior season. Smith also played semi-pro baseball with both the Selma Jayhawks and the Carolina Titans Baseball club for four years after his high school career. When Smith’s playing career was over, he took that knowledge gained from his time on the diamond and used it in the coaching circuit of nearly every age group in the Raleigh area from Pony league all the way to AAU Baseball for 12 years. He also went to numerous coaching clinics to work on his craft, including the Ripken Baseball Coaching Clinic in Baltimore, Md. With all of Smith’s hard work and dedication to coaching, in 2004 he was awarded the Fred Fletcher Outstanding Volunteer Award for athletics from the City of Raleigh. The 1985 North Carolina Central University graduate finished with an accounting degree and was named Chancellor’s Scholar, General Mills Scholar, along with being inducted into the Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society.
Ken Valentine
Assistant Coach - 4th Season Morristown College
Returning for his fourth season in maroon and gray, Ken Valentine is the hitting coach and is also in charge of the infield. Valentine brings professional baseball experience to the program, as the native of Asheville, N.C. was selected in the 20th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago White Sox in 1967. Drafted as a shortstop, Valentine spent four years with both the White Sox and Red Sox organizations, making it as high as the Double-A ranks, playing for the Pawtucket Red Sox. The French Broad High School graduate came to the Durham area after his playing career ended and became a staple for baseball. From 1975 to 1982, Valentine coached Sheperd Middle School’s baseball team. After his time there, he took his knowledge of America’s pastime to the high school level where he took over the Durham Hillside High School baseball program and became assistant football coach. Valentine stayed there until 1987 when he switched viewpoints on the diamond from coach to umpire, doing that for the Cap-Metro Area Umpires Association from 1987-1998. Ending his 11-year coaching hiatus, Valentine took the position as assistant football Coach at Riverside High School in Durham for one season before returning to cross- town foe Hillside in 2002. That’s where Valentine stayed until NCCU decided to revive its baseball program in 2007. When one thinks about baseball in the Durham area, Ken Valentine is a name that always pops up. His years of knowledge and dedicated service to the Bull City have paid huge dividends for the baseball program.
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BASEBALL STAFF Robert Landis Student Assistant
Robert Landis begins his first season as Student Assistant on the baseball coaching staff after completing his career at NCCU. Landis was one of the original members of the 2006 team that helped bring back the sport from its 31-year hiatus. 2009: Played in 29 games starting in 25 in his final season at NCCU. Tied for fourth on the team with 10 RBIs. Tied for first on the team with three sacrifice bunts. Tied for third on the team with one triple on the season. Fifth on the team in slugging percentage (.300). Began his final campaign going 1-for-2 with a two-run home run against Savannah State (Feb. 20). Had a total of four RBIs against Savannah State along with a double. Went out with a bang in NCCU’s final home stand of the season going 4-for-7 with a hit in all three games, including four RBIs and his lone triple of the season. 2008: Team leader in RBIs (14) and assists (45). Tied for first in starts with 31. Finished the year third most on the team in hits (25) and fourth in batting average (.255). Went 4-for-7 with 2 runs against St. Augustine’s and Norfolk State (March 4 and March 9). March 11 against Coppin State, 3-for-4 with an RBI. Best outing on March 21 vs. Elizabeth City State, hit 2-for-3 with 1 run scored, 4 RBIs. April 23 against UNC-Wilmington, went 2-for-4 with 4 RBIs. From March 11-13 had a threegame RBI streak, going 4-for-12 in that span. Appeared as a designated hitter, third baseman, second baseman, first baseman, and catcher for the Eagles. 2007: Selected to the CIAA All-Conference Team. Led Eagles in batting average (.369) and home runs (6). Second on the team with 45 hits and 37 RBI. Ranked fifth in the nation (NCAA Division II) in “Toughest to Strikeout” category, fanning only four times in 122 at-bats. Two-time CIAA Player of the Week selection. High School (Woodland Baptist Christian School): Four-time 2A All-State selection (20022005). Personal: Born August 25, 1986, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Parents are Robert and Pamela Landis. Major at NCCU is Parks and Recreation Management with a concentration in Sports Management.
Darkina Ward Athletic Trainer, Baseball
Darkina Ward is beginning her first year as an assistant athletic trainer at North Carolina Central University, where she works primarily with volleyball, indoor track and field and baseball. Ward is a 2006 graduate of North Carolina Central University, where she received her bachelor of science degree in athletic training. Following her undergraduate degree, she continued her education at NCCU, where she graduated in 2009 with honors with a master of science degree in athletic administration. While pursuing her master’s degree, Ward served as a teacher’s assistant for the Athletic Trainer Education Program at NCCU. Before returning to her alma mater, Ward worked as an intern athletic trainer at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., where she worked with volleyball and track and field. She currently resides in Durham, N.C.
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MEET THE EAGLES Joseph Cobb
5’10” 195 - Senior - LHP Raleigh, N.C. - Central Carolina Community College Major: Sports Management 2009: Tied for third on the team with 15 appearances, mostly in-relief. Made 5 starts in his first season at NCCU. Finished the year fifth on the team with 38.0 innings pitched. Tied for fourth on the squad with 20 strikeouts on the season. First outing as an Eagle came in relief at Savannah State, threw 1.2 innings, allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and struck out 3 batters. Season-high 5 strikeouts against Savannah State (March 8). April 10 at Virginia State, shutout the Trojans in one inning. Struck out at least one batter in 11 of his 15 appearances. Recorded his first win as an Eagle on “Senior Day” in game one against Maryland Eastern Shore, throwing 4.2 innings, giving up just 1 earned run on 3 hits, striking out 3 Hawk batters.
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2007 (Central Carolina Community College): Played baseball at CCCC while also making the Dean’s list. 2006 (Wingate University): Signed with Wingate out of high school. High School (Leesville Road H.S.): Named to 2005 Bobby Murray All-Tournament Team. Personal: Born June 18, 1987, in Raleigh, N.C. Parents are James and Suzanne Cobb. Major at NCCU is Sociology.
GETTING TO KNOW JOSEPH COBB
What I like most about p laying for N CCU: I love pitching on the Division I level. The competition is tough which makes me play harder. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “If you don’t hit, you sit.” Thank God I don’t hit. Favorite Baseball Movie: Major League Favorite Baseball Player: Andy Pettite Favorite Baseball Team: New York Yankees If a movie was made about my life who would play you?: Kevin Costner, he is in all the great baseball movies, except Major League. Music currently in my IPOD: I lost mine Favorite Food: Ribeye steak Which four people ( dead or alive) would y ou invite to dinner: Chris Hooks, Jesus, my Dad, and Mickey Mantle.
Cobb Career Pitching Statistics Year 2009 TOTAL
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ERA 12.55 12.55
W 1 1
L 4 4
App GS 15 5 15 5
CG 0 0
SHO CBO SV 0 0 0 0 0 0
IP 38.0 38.0
H 60 60
R 62 62
ER BB SO 53 35 27 53 35 27
2B 8 8
3B 4 4
HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 4 214 .370 7 8 3 6 4 214 .370 7 8 3 6
BK 1 1
MEET THE EAGLES Justin Goodson
5’9” 135 - Senior - INF Stone Mountain, Ga. - Tucker H.S. Major: Sports Management 2009: An early-season injury that held him out for 7 games allowed him action in 29 games and 22 starts on the year mostly at shortstop. Finished sixth on the team with a .253 batting average, amassing 10 RBIs which was good enough tied for fifth. Also tied for third with 7 stolen bases in 9 attempts. Ended up with a .329 ob-base percentage. Started the season red-hot, going 2-for-3 at the plate scoring 3 runs and 1 stolen base at Savannah State in the HBCU Classic (Feb. 20). Began the season batting .800 with 4 runs and 2 RBIs. His first RBI of the season in a pinch-hitting role on March 7 in the Eagles home opener against Savannah State. April 3 at Florida A&M went 2-for-3 at the plate with a run scored. In the final series of the season against UMES (May 8-9) went 7-for-10 with a double at the dish along with 4 RBIs, vaulting his average up 70 points to its final resting place at .253. 2008: One of four Eagles to hit a home run last season, only one to hit a grand slam. March 18 against Virginia State, went 2-for-4 with a grand slam, and 5 RBIs in one of the Eagles six wins. Best day at the plate came on March 11 against Coppin State, went 4-for-7, scoring 3 runs, as batting average reached its peak at .286. Started season with hits in 6 of his first 9 ball games. Had a seasonlong, three-game hitting streak from April 19- 23. Ended the season eighth best on the team with a .297 on-base percentage. Only Eagle to record a triple last season. Third on team with 11 walks. Stole 4 bases on 5 attempts.
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2007: Voted as the 2007 CIAA Rookie of the Year. Member of the CIAA All-Rookie Team. Two-time selection as the CIAA Baseball Player of the Week. Topped the Eagles in runs batted in (38), slugging percentage (.576) and assists (79). Ranked second on the squad in batting average (.352), home runs (5) and total bases (72). Hit 44-for-125 with 37 runs scored, 5 doubles, 17 stolen bases and a fielding percentage of .921 at shortstop. Hit .444 with runners in scoring position (24-for-54). Appeared in 39 games, including 34 as a starter. Pitched in three games, including a complete-game shutout. High School (Tucker H.S.): No Information Provided. Personal: Born August 7, 1988, in Greensboro, N.C. Parents are Ronald and Constance Goodson. Major at NCCU is Sports Management with a concentration in Business.
GETTING TO KNOW JUSTIN GOODSON
What I like most about p laying for N CCU: The brotherhood. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “Guess What?” Favorite Baseball Player: Ken Griffey Jr. Favorite Baseball Team: New York Yankees Favorite Baseball Quote: “Chicks dig the long ball.”
If a movie was made about my life who would play you?: T.I. Thoughts on playing at Historic Durham Athletic Park: One of the greatest experiences a collegiate athlete could go through. Favorite Food: Chicken Alfredo
Goodson Career Hitting Statistics Year 2007 2008 2009 TOTAL
AVG .352 .190 .253 .280
GP 39 27 29 95
GS 34 24 22 80
AB R 125 37 79 14 75 12 279 63
H 44 15 19 78
Player 2007 TOTAL
ERA 4.26 4.26
W 1 1
L 0 0
APP GS 3 1 3 1
CG 1 1
2B 5 1 1 7
3B HR 4 5 1 1 0 0 5 6
RBI 38 7 10 55
TB 72 21 20 113
SLG% .576 .266 .267 .405
SHO CBO SV 1 0 0 1 0 0
IP 6.1 6.1
H 6 6
R 3 3
Goodson Career Pitching Statistics
BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A 11 2 11 1 .413 0 3 17 21 60 79 11 1 13 0 .297 0 2 4 5 39 28 7 2 13 1 .329 1 0 7 9 28 46 29 5 37 2 .357 1 5 28 35 127 153
ER BB SO 3 5 6 3 5 6
2B 0 0
E 12 10 15 37
FLD% .921 .870 .831 .883
3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 0 0 29 .261 0 1 0 0 0 0 29 .261 0 1 0 0
SHA 0 0
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MEET THE EAGLES James Jordan
6’1” 215 - Senior - P Bryson City, N.C.- Swain County H.S. Major: Physical Education 2009: Tied for fourth on the team with 14 appearances, fifth on the squad with a 10.59 ERA. Struck out 10 batters which placed him seventh on the team and threw 26.1 innings which was sixth-best on the squad. Threw a combined 3.1 innings at Longwood (April 9) allowing 1 run on 2 hits and 1 strike out. Surrendered 1 earned run or less in 5 appearances. Had 1 strikeout or more in 8 outings.
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2008: No. 1 on the team in number of appearances (18). Tied with two other Eagles with two wins on the season. Worked the second-most innings on the team (43.2) mostly in relief, making just two starts. Second in strikeouts (36). In 11 of 18 appearances gave up one run or less. Kept opponents scoreless in four of first five games, pitching 11.1 innings. Earned both wins of the season during that span. Only save came against Virginia State, pitching 1.1 innings and allowing only two hits. Saw ERA shrink to 2.87 following that performance. Struck out a season-high six batters March 15 against Savannah State.
gETTING TO KNOW james jordan
Swain County HS: All-around athlete, Named Baseball Team MVP his junior year, and was selected to the Smokey Mountain All-Conference Team both junior and senior seasons. Played running back on the 2002 Smokey Mountain Conference Champion football team, named Honorable Mention All-Conference as a goalie for the soccer team as a senior, and won the Team MVP award for Cross-Country.
What I like most about p laying for NCCU: The history we have made here in starting the program.
Personal: Born April 7, 1987 in Providence, Rhode Island. Parents are Gary and Rose Jordan. Goes by his nickname “Tater”. Also has a dog named “Tots”.
Favorite Baseball Movie: Field of Dreams Favorite Baseball Player: Jon Laster Favorite Baseball Team: Boston Red Sox If a movie was made about my life who would play y ou? Peter North Music currently in my IPOD: I like country music
Jordan Career Pitching Statistics Player 2007 2008 2009 TOTAL
ERA 9.79 7.42 10.59 9.23
W 2 2 0 4
L 4 2 2 8
APP GS 19 8 18 2 14 0 51 10
CG 2 0 0 2
SHO CBO SV IP H 0 0 0 76.1 131 0 0 1 43.2 57 0 0 0 26.1 37 0 0 1 146.1 225
R 97 42 39 178
ER 83 36 31 150
BB SO 33 44 23 36 19 10 75 90
2B 29 6 13 48
3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 9 9 418 .362 3 17 2 4 3 8 228 .308 3 11 6 3 2 6 149 .314 5 10 2 0 14 23 795 .338 11 38 10 7
SHA 5 0 0 5
Jordan Career Hitting Statistics Year 2007 2008 TOTAL
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Avg .000 .000 .000
GP 1 1 2
GS 0 0 0
AB 1 0 1
R 0 1 1
H 0 0 0
2B 0 0 0
3B HR 0 0 0 0 0 0
RBI 0 0 0
TB 0 0 0
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
SB ATT PO 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 6
A 8 4 14
E 1 2 3
FLD% .917 .778 .870
MEET THE EAGLES Tim McAllister
5’8” 170 - Senior - OF Raleigh, N.C.- Southeast Raleigh H.S. Major: Elementary Education 2009: Saw action in first seven games, starting three. Missed rest of season with shoulder injury. Finished 2-for-12 (.167) at the plate with 2 runs scored. 2008: Finished tied for fourth on the team with four stolen bases. Went 1-for-2, scoring a run and reaching via hit-by-pitch against Virginia State on March 18. Hit his lone double of the season, scored a run, and stole a base against Savannah State on March 15. Finished the season of with a hit in 3 of the last 5 games. 2007: Ranked 15th in the nation (NCAA Division II) in stolen bases per game (0.68). Batted .274 (26-for-95) with 24 runs scored, 15 RBI, 3 doubles, 3 triples and 2 home runs. Stole 27 bases on 29 attempts. Placed third on the team with 19 walks. Appeared in 40 games, including 32 as a starter. High School (Southeast Raleigh H.S.): No Information Provided Personal: Born May 30, 1988, in Raleigh, N.C. Parents are Reginald and Bernadette McAllister. Major at NCCU is Elementary Education.
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gETTING TO KNOW TIM MCALLISTER What I like most about p laying for N CCU: The relationships that I have been able to develop with other student-athletes. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “Guess What?” Favorite Baseball Movie: Bingo Long and the traveling All-Stars Favorite Baseball Player: Marcus Fuller & Oliver Jenkins (Former NCCU baseball players) Favorite Baseball Team: New York Yankees Favorite Baseball Quote: “It’s deja vu all over again.”Yogi Berra Favorite Baseball Movie Quote: “There’s no crying in baseball!” - League of their Own Thoughts on playing at the Durham Athletic Park: It’s going to be great for the program. Pregame Ritual: Sit quietly with my Ipod. If it’s a road game, I sleep on the bus. If I could choose a profession other than baseball, it would be: College professor
McAllister Career Hitting Statistics Year 2007 2008 2009 TOTAL
AVG .274 .163 .167 .233
GP 40 28 7 75
GS 32 17 3 52
AB 95 43 12 150
R 24 6 2 32
H 26 7 2 35
2B 3 1 0 4
3B HR 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
RBI 15 0 0 15
TB 41 8 2 51
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO .432 19 3 28 0 .410 0 4 27 29 40 .186 9 1 15 0 .321 0 2 4 9 34 .167 1 0 5 0 .231 0 0 0 1 5 .340 29 4 48 0 .372 0 6 31 39 79
A 2 1 1 4
E 3 3 0 6
FLD% .933 .921 1.000 .933
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MEET THE EAGLES Kurt Wilson
5’10” 155 - Senior - INF Riverdale, Ga.- Riverdale H.S. Major: Mathematics 2009: Played in 38 contests (fourth best on the team), starting in 34, primarily at second base with 22 starts, while making 6 starts at third base, and the other 6 at the designated hitter position. Finished the year tops on the team in RBIs (15). Ended up second on the squad in slugging percentage (.419), on-base percentage (.379), hits (35), hit-by-pitch (8), stolen bases (9), and stolen base attempts (14). Also finished third on the team with 49 hits, fourth in runs scored (15), at-bats (117). In the field, first on the squad with 66 assists, and second in being a part of 11 double plays. In a pinch-hitting role, went 1-for-1 with a two-run double in the season- opening contest on Feb. 20 against Savannah State. Began the season with a .375 batting average, managing to get a hit in the first three games. Had a four-game hitting streak from March 8-March 17, where he went 7-15 (.467) with 3 doubles and 1 RBI. April 18-21, went 4-for-8 with 3 runs scored and five RBI, including a 2-run blast against Elon on April 18. Had a 3-game hitting on 3 different occasions during the season. Ended the year on a six-game hitting streak 10-for-20 (.500 avg., 5 runs, 3 RBIs, 2 doubles, and 1 triple).
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2008: Ended the year stealing six bases on six attempts. One of two players on the team not to get caught stealing (Jerel Campbell 2-2). Tied for third on the team in doubles (2). Fifth on team with .952 fielding percentage. Finished sixth on the squad with 4 RBIs. Made 20 starts primarily at second base and had 36 putouts, committing just 3 errors. Hit 2-for-4 against St. Augustine’s with 2 RBIs and a double. Hit 1-for-3 scoring 2 runs against Coppin State on March 11. Went 2-for-3 with an RBI-single against Savannah State on March 15 seeing his batting average soar to .375. 2007: Named to CIAA All-Rookie Team. Ranked fourth on the team in batting average (.328), fourth in runs scored (31), fifth in hits (41), fourth in doubles (7), and third in stolen bases (33 of 35). Ranked ninth in the nation (NCAA Division II) in stolen bases per game (0.79). High School (Riverdale H.S.): As a senior, received Team MVP and Most Outstanding Infielder awards. Member of the “A” Honor Roll, National Honor Society and BETA Club. Personal: Born August 21, 1988, in Atlanta Ga. Mother is Barbara Wilson. Major at NCCU is Mathematics.
GETTING TO KNOW KURT WILSON What I first met Coach White I thought: That he was a very earnest man that possessed plenty of knowledge that I could gain. What I like most about playing at NCCU: The competition we face and the ability to showcase my talent at an HBCU. Favorite Baseball Movie: Angels in the Outfield Favorite Baseball Player: Jose Reyes Favorite Baseball Team: Atlanta Braves Thoughts on playing at Historic Durham Athletic Park: Privileged! It is an honor to leave on such a world renowned field. Ultimate Goal in Life: Be happy doing whatever I’m doing.
Wilson Career Hitting Statistics Year 2007 2008 2009 TOTAL
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AVG .328 .193 .299 .291
GP 42 22 38 102
GS 40 20 34 94
AB 125 57 117 299
R 31 7 15 53
H 41 11 35 87
2B 7 2 9 18
3B HR 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 2
RBI 16 4 15 35
TB 55 13 49 117
SLG% BB HBP .440 11 16 .228 5 2 .419 7 8 .391 23 26
SO GDP OB% SF SH SB 21 1 .444 1 4 33 16 0 .281 0 3 6 21 3 .379 0 0 9 58 4 .390 1 7 48
ATT PO 35 95 6 36 14 54 55 185
A 76 23 66 165
E 12 3 7 22
FLD% .934 .952 .945 .941
MEET THE EAGLES Jeff Citero
6’0” 225 - Junior - RHP Raleigh, N.C.- Southeast Raleigh H.S. Major: Business Management 2009: Made 14 appearances and a team-high 11 starts. One of three Eagles to throw a complete game (Brandon Strickland and Brandon Oatis). Finished the year fourth on the team with 20 strikeouts, while finishing fifth with 20 walks issued. Tossed the fourth-most innings by throwing 42.0 innings. Was the pitcher of record for NCCU’s first Division I win with a gutsy 6.0 inning effort where he struck out 3 batters in his first win of the season. March 17 at NC State threw 3.1, innings surrendering just 4 hits and 1 earned run while mowing down 3 batters. Struck out 3 or more batters 4 times, including a season-high of 4 against Norfolk State (Feb. 21). Mowed down at least one batter in 11 of 14 of his outings. Played first base in the late innings at Coppin State (April 13) reached on a walk in the 11th inning and later scored. Finished 0-for-1 at the plate for the season. Also took the field at third base at Savannah State (March 22) and struck out in his only at-bat. 2008: Workhorse of the pitching staff, throwing a team-high 57.1 innings. Struck out 24 batters, good enough for third-best on the squad. Sat down a season-high four batters against Campbell on March 25 in six innings. High School (Southeast Raleigh HS): Senior season on the mound, went 6-3 and sported a 2.55 ERA. Earned Greater Neuse River All Conference Honors his junior and senior seasons.
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Personal: Born September 29, 1989 in Levittown, N.Y. Parents are Robert and Andrea Citero. Majoring in Business Management at NCCU.
GETTING TO KNOW JEFF CITERO When I first met Coach White I thought: What a cheeky fellow. What I like most about p laying for N CCU: Traveling and my teammates Favorite Coach White Q uote: “Don’t be one of the 3%” Favorite Baseball Movie: Field of Dreams Favorite Baseball Player: Mickey Mantle Favorite Baseball Team: New York Yankees Favorite Baseball Movie Quote: “Clear the mechanism”- For the Love of the Game If a movie was made about my life who would play y ou?: Cheddar Bob from 8 Mile- Evan Jones Favorite Food: Italian Thoughts on playing at Historic Durham Athletic Park: It’s a great honor, a lot of history in that park.
Citero Career Pitching Statistics Year 2008 2009 TOTAL
ERA 9.73 13.71 11.42
W 0 1 1
L 8 9 17
APP GS 14 9 14 11 28 20
CG 3 1 4
SHO CBO SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IP 57.1 42.0 99.1
H 96 94 190
RBI 0 0 0
TB 0 0 0
R 71 74 145
ER 62 64 126
BB SO 31 24 20 20 51 44
2B 16 16 32
3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 4 6 306 .378 11 9 6 6 5 3 242 .443 3 3 4 3 9 9 548 .408 14 12 10 9
SHA 0 0 0
Citero Career Hitting Statistics Year 2008 2009 TOTAL
AVG .000 .000 .000
GP 0 2 2
GS 0 0 0
AB 0 1 1
R 0 1 1
H 0 0 0
2B 0 0 0
3B HR 0 0 0 0 0 0
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .500 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .500 0 0
SB ATT PO 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 7
A 9 8 17
E 2 1 3
FLD% .857 .923 .890
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MEET THE EAGLES Douglas Dalley
6’1” 200 - Junior - RHP Durham, N.C.- Southern H.S. Major: Biology 2009: In 16 appearances threw a team-high 47.0 innings and struck out 26 batters, which was good enough for third on the team. Also tied for team-high in number of starts with 9. After struggling to start the season, settled down and had a solid performance on March 17 vs. NC State. Throwing 3.2 innings and giving up just 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts. Best overall outing April 3 at Florida A&M, pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 3 runs with 2 strikeouts and walking just 3 batters. April 13 at Coppin State, went 7.0 innings allowing only five hits and 1 earned run with 4 strike outs. Struck out at least one batter in 10 of his 16 outings.
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2008: In 12 appearances last season, finished with the team’s lowest ERA (5.50). Tied for the team lead in wins with 2. Topped the team in strikeouts (37). Also led the team with eight starts. Held opposing hitters to .242 batting average. Third on the squad with 37.2 innings pitched. First win came on March 18 against Virginia State, pitching 5.2 innings allowing just two runs on two hits. Struck out 6 Trojan batters. Saved his best performance for local rival St. Augustine’s. March 23, pitched 8.0 innings gave up just two runs on five hits, and struck out a career-high 11 batters, while walking just two. High School (Southern H.S.): Earned PAC-6 All-Conference Honorable Mention. Honor Roll student. Personal: Born October 10, 1989, in Durham, N.C. Parents are John and Linda Dalley. Major at NCCU is Biology. Grandson of legendary track coach Russell Blunt.
GETTING TO KNOW DOUGLAS DALLEY
What I like most about p laying for N CCU: People close to me can make an easy trip to come see me play. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “Guess What?” Favorite Baseball Movie: For the Love of the Game Favorite Baseball Player: Satchel Paige Favorite Baseball Team: New York Mets If a movie was made about my life who would play y ou?: Terrance Howard Which player on the team resembles a character from the movie “Major League”? Edward Pegues looks like Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) Currently on my Ipod: Nas, Lil Wayne, and Bob Marley
Dalley Career Pitching Statistics Year 2008 2009 TOTAL
ERA 5.50 12.26 9.25
W 2 0 2
L 3 7 10
APP GS 12 8 16 9 28 17
CG 1 0 1
SHO CBO SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IP 37.2 47.0 84.2
H 36 73 109
RBI 0 0
TB 0 0
R 33 81 114
ER BB SO 23 37 37 64 39 26 87 76 63
2B 6 22 28
3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 2 3 189 .242 6 2 0 1 0 8 264 .356 14 10 7 3 2 11 453 .308 20 12 7 4
SHA 0 0 0
Dalley Career Hitting Statistics Year 2008 TOTAL
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AVG .000 .000
GP 1 1
GS 0 0
AB 0 0
R 0 0
H 0 0
2B 0 0
3B HR 0 0 0 0
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO .000 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2
A 7 7
E 1 1
FLD% .900 .900
MEET THE EAGLES Robert Grant
5’11” 230 - Junior - Catcher Haw River, N.C.- Graham H.S. Major: Physical Education 2009 NCAA DIVISION I INDEPENDENT BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM 2009: Named to the 2009 NCAA Division I Independent Baseball All-Academic team with a 3.56 cumulative grade point average. Made 23 starts on the season along with playing in 27 contests primarily at the catcher position. Finished seventh on the team with a .233 batting average (14for-60) with 8 RBIs on the year. Batted 7-for-23 (.304) with runners in scoring position. Tied for no. 1 on the team with 5 two-out RBIs. Tied with Robert Landis and Oliver Jenkins with 3 sacrifice bunts. Behind the plate threw out a team-high 13 runners. Fourth on the team with a .963 fielding percentage. Highlight game of the season came on March 10 vs. Coppin State going 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs for the Eagles in their 8-5 win. Went 4-for-8 in a three-game set at Savannah State (March 21-22) with an RBI. Got a hit in three of the last four contests with a double and 1 RBI. His leadoff double against UMES sparked a four-run fifth inning in NCCU’s 7-6 win.
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2008: Made 26 appearances and started 19 games, all at the catcher position as a freshman. Had eight hits in 49 at-bats with 1 home run and five RBI. Behind-the-plate, sported a .978 fielding percentage, tops one on the squad. Started season with a bang against Savannah State on February 24, going 1-for-2 with a two-run homer. March 4 against St. Augustine’s in a reserve role went 1-for-1 with a 2-RBI double. Got another RBI against Duke in reserve going 1-for-1. High School (Graham H.S.): Selected All-Conference in baseball. Earned All-Conference and AllRegion honors in football. Personal: Born April 23, 1989, in Burlington N.C. Parents are Robert and Dawn Grant. Major at NCCU is Physical Education.
GETTING TO KNOW ROBERT GRANT
Grant Career Hitting Statistics Year 2008 2009 TOTAL
AVG .163 .233 .202
GP 26 27 53
GS 19 23 42
AB 49 60 109
R 3 1 4
H 8 14 22
2B 1 1 2
3B HR 0 1 0 0 0 1
RBI 5 8 13
What I like most about playing for N CCU: Getting the opportunity to play as an underclassman at the Division I level. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “It took me nine months to get in this world, I’m not going to rush out of here.” Favorite Baseball Movie: Bull Durham Favorite Baseball Player: Bryan McCann (Atlanta Braves) Favorite Baseball Team: Baltimore Orioles Favorite Baseball Movie Quote: “Strikeouts are boring, besides that they’re facist.”- Bull Durham Music currently in my IPOD: Rock, Country, Rap, and Oldies Favorite Food: Steak TB 12 15 27
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH .245 4 0 21 0 .226 0 1 .250 4 0 11 1 .281 0 3 .248 8 0 32 1 .256 0 4
SB ATT PO A 1 1 77 12 3 3 87 16 4 4 164 28
E 2 4 6
FLD% .978 .963 .970
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MEET THE EAGLES Blake Murray
6’4” 200 - Junior - INF/Catcher Wendell, N.C.- East Wake H.S. Major: Sports Management 2009: Only player on the team to start and play all 41 games, starting 37 contests at first base, 2 games at catcher, and 2 outings at third base. Got the nod in five different places in the order from third down to the seven slot. Nominated for 2009 NCCSIA All-State Team and 2009 All-Independent Team. Had 19-game hitting streak that lasted from April 9 to May 9. In that 21-game span, batted .343 at-the-plate and sported an on-base percentage of .451. Ended the season with the third-best batting average (.283), tied for the team-high in home runs (2), tied for second on the team with 13 RBIs, also second on team with 158 plate appearances, 23 runs scored, and 7 doubles. Tied for third on the team in steals going 7-for-7, and racked up 7 multiple-hit games. Was hit-by-pitch 12 times, which led the squad. With a runner on third and less than 2 outs, went 8-for-12 at the plate. On the field, was third on the team with a .969 fielding percentage. Feb. 21 went 2-for-3 with 1 run and 1 RBI at Savannah State in the final game of the HBCU Classic. In the Eagles home opener, recorded his first double of the season against Savannah State, going 2-for-3 with a run scored on March 7. The following day, 1-for-2 with a 3-run homer along with one walk and getting hit by a pitch. March 31 against Duke 1-for-3 with an RBI double. April 10 at Virginia State 2-for-4 at the dish scoring twice along with 2 RBIs. His sixth multiplehit game came April 24 against Florida A&M, went 2-for-3 with 2 runs and a double.
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2008: Rookie season, made 21 starts in four different positions, primarily at catcher. Started 17 games at catcher, three games at first base, and one at second base. Led the team with 189 putouts, and just six errors, while only allowing three passed balls. Third highest fielding percentage on team (.958). Thirdbest on-base percentage (.422). Also sported a .286 slugging percentage. Finished sixth on team with .245 batting average. Tied for fourth on squad with 7 RBIs. Highlight game April 20 against Georgia State, went 1-for-3 with a double, driving in 3 runs. Three days later, brought in another RBI against UNC-Wilmington. Another standout game March 15 versus Savannah State, went 1-for-1 with an RBI double and reached base 3 times in that contest courtesy a walk and a hit-by-pitch. That performance saw his batting average reach its highest point at .357. Ended the season by getting a hit in four out of the last five games. High School (East Wake H.S.): Earned All-Conference honors. Personal: Born June 5, 1989, in Raleigh, N.C. Parents are Mike and Lynne Murray. Majoring in Sports Management at NCCU.
GETTING TO KNOW BLAKE MURRAY What I like most about playing for N CCU: The diversity and the chance to compete at the Division I level. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “To who much is given, much is expected.” Favorite Baseball Movie: Sandlot Favorite Baseball Player: Cal Ripken Jr. Favorite Baseball Team: Baltimore Orioles Favorite Baseball Quote: “See it, Read it, Rip It.” Music currently in my IPOD: Rap, Country, and R&B Favorite Food: Macaroni and Cheese Ultimate Goal in Life: To be successful with a family.
Murray Career Hitting Statistics Year 2008 2009 TOTAL
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AVG .245 .283 .272
GP 25 41 66
GS 21 41 62
AB 49 120 169
R 7 23 30
H 12 34 46
2B 2 7 9
3B HR 0 0 0 2 0 2
RBI 7 13 20
TB 14 47 61
SLG% .286 .392 .361
BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH 13 2 22 0 .422 0 2 24 12 29 3 .446 1 1 37 14 51 3 .439 1 3
SB ATT PO A E 1 2 119 18 6 7 7 267 10 9 8 9 386 28 15
FLD% .958 .969 .965
MEET THE EAGLES Brandon Oatis
6’5” 190 - Junior - LHP Matthews, N.C.- Butler H.S. Major: Business Admininstration/ Marketing 2009 NCAA DIVISION I INDEPENDENT BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM 2009: Named to the 2009 NCAA Division I Independent Baseball All-Academic team with a 3.62 cumulative grade point average. Made 15 appearances, which was third on the squad. Led the team with 38 strikeouts. Ended up second with 46.0 innings pitched. Tied for second on the team with 9 starts. One of three players on the team to throw a complete game (Brandon Strickland and Jeff Citero). Tied for first on the team by striking out 13 batters looking. Took the hill for the season-opener against Savannah State (Feb. 20) and threw 4.2 innings, allowed only 3 earned runs and struck out 7. In the home-opening series against Savannah State recorded his first Division I win with his complete-game four-hitter, allowing one run and struck out seven, tying his season high. Fanned 3 batters or more in 8 of his 15 outings. Struck out at least one batter in 13 of his 15 outings
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2008: Threw 36 innings last season, making six starts and eight appearances. Threw two complete games, good enough for second on the team. Tied with James Jordan and Douglas Dalley for most wins with two. Third on team in ERA (7.00). Fanned 23 batters on the season, while issuing just 17 walks. Won two straight games, first on March 18 against Virginia State, pitched seven innings and gave up just three runs on eight hits, striking out four VSU batters. Highlight performance of season came on March 23 against St. Augustine’s, threw seven innings, allowing only four hits, while mowing down 6 batters for win number two on the season. High School (Butler H.S.): Posted a 1.65 ERA during his senior season, in which the Bulldogs won the Southwestern 4-A Championship. Personal: Born October 16, 1988, in Lewisville, Texas. Parents are Kenneth and Elizabeth Oatis. Majoring in Business Administration with a concentration on Marketing
GETTING TO KNOW BRANDON OATIS When I first met Coach White I thought: This man might know what he is talking about. I better listen and learn. What I like most about p laying for N CCU: How much we are overlooked and underestimated. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “Guess What?” Favorite Baseball Movie: Bull Durham Favorite Baseball Player: Adam Dunn Favorite Baseball Team: Texas Rangers Music currently in my IPOD: My Ipod broke.
Oatis Career Pitching Statistics Year 2008 2009 TOTAL
ERA 7.00 11.93 9.77
W 2 1 3
L 5 7 12
APP GS 8 6 15 9 23 15
CG 2 1 3
SHO CBO SV 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
IP 36.0 46.0 82.0
H 49 79 128
RBI 0 0
TB 0 0
R 36 78 114
ER BB SO 28 17 23 61 32 38 89 49 61
2B 13 10 23
3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 1 3 180 .325 3 4 4 4 4 6 266 .369 9 8 3 9 5 9 446 .351 12 12 7 13
SHA 2 1 3
Oatis Career Hitting Statistics Year 2008 TOTAL
AVG .000 .000
GP 0 0
GS 0 0
AB 0 0
R 0 0
H 0 0
2B 0 0
3B HR 0 0 0 0
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0
A 11 11
E 1 1
FLD% .917 .917
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MEET THE EAGLES Edward Pegues
6’1” 220 - Junior - OF Laurinburg, N.C.- Scotland H.S. Major: Secondary Education 2009: Ended his second season at NCCU by participating in the fifth-most games (37) and starting in the fourth-most contests on the team (36). Finished the year second in RBIs (13) and walks (15). At the plate went 28-of-110 for a .255 batting average, good enough for fifth on the squad. Also completed his second season at NCCU with the fifth-best on-base percentage, .354. In the field, boasted the highest fielding percentage on the team (.978) along with only 1 error in the outfield. Started the home schedule off with a bang, with solo shot to right field, and a single to left field , adding to a 2-for-4 day at the plate with his first 2 RBIs of the season. Started the season with a six-game hitting streak batting .471 at-the-plate. Recorded his lone double of the season against Campbell University on March 11 in a 2-for-4 effort. April 9-13 went 5-for-13 (.384) in a 3-game span with 3 RBIs and 3 walks. Also used his strong arm to throw out a Coppin State runner, potential game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th. April 24 vs. Florida A&M went 2-for-5 at-the-dish with 2 RBIs. Ended his second season at NCCU with a five-game hitting streak going 5-for-15 with a .333 batting average and his final 2 RBIs of the year during that span.
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2008: Appeared in 17 games, making five starts. Finished the year with two hits and 1 RBI in limited reserve action. High School (Scotland H.S): Played one year of varsity. Lettered in basketball two years for the Fighting Scots. Team finished 20-6 on the season. Personal: Born on August 28, 1989. Parents are Debbie Pegues and Edward Marshall. Majoring in Secondary Education at NCCU.
GETTING TO KNOW EDWARD PEGUES
When I first met Coach White I thought: That he was a good coach, and I was looking forward to the chance to play for him. What I like most about p laying for N CCU: To play against Division I talent. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “Work Hard” Favorite Baseball Movie: Field of Dreams Favorite Baseball Player: Cliff Floyd Favorite Baseball Team: Atlanta Braves If a movie was made about my life who would play y ou?: I would play me, no one can be me but me. (See Page 18) Which Player on the team resembles a character in the movie “Major League” and why?: Joe Cobb, looks like Roger Dorn Favorite Food: Ribeye steak.
Pegues Career Hitting Statistics Year 2008 2009 TOTAL
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AVG .111 .255 .234
GP 17 37 54
GS 5 36 41
AB 18 110 128
R 2 4 6
H 2 28 30
2B 0 1 1
3B HR 0 0 0 1 0 1
RBI 1 13 14
TB 2 32 34
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH .111 1 0 7 0 .150 1 0 .291 15 2 26 0 .354 0 1 .266 16 2 33 0 .327 1 1
SB ATT PO 1 1 5 0 0 41 1 1 46
A 1 3 4
E 1 1 2
FLD% .857 .978 .962
MEET THE EAGLES David Scott
5’6” 245 - Junior - INF Bunn, N.C.- Bunn H.S. Major: Chemistry 2009: Participated in 40 of 41 contests, starting 38 games primarily at third base (30 starts), along with 6 starts at shortstop and 2 in the designated hitter position. One of seven players on the team to hit a home run. Ended the 2009 campaign eighth on the squad with a .229 batting average. Ended up second in at-bats (131), third in plate appearances (144), third in RBIs (11), tied for fourth in hits (30), tied for fourth with 7 multiple-hit games, including two three-hit games (3-for-4 at Duke on April 7, and 3-for-4 at Longwood on April 9). From April 9-13, went 7-for-14 at the plate with 5 RBIs along with 2 runs. In the season-finale against UMES went 2-for-3 at the plate with a solo home run, along with 2 runs scored and an RBI.
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2008: Finished third on team in RBIs (9) in 28 starts. Scored 8 runs, which was fourth best on the team. March 10 against Norfolk State, 2-for-4, 2 runs, RBI, and a double. March 11 against Coppin State, 2-for-3, scored a run, and an RBI. Had 7 multiple hit games during the season. Ended the season on a five-game hitting streak, April 23-30, going 8-for-20 (.400) and scoring 3 runs, recorded 4 RBIs, with a double. Completed his first season with a .320 on base percentage, and a .270 slugging percentage. Playing mostly shortstop, had 39 assists (second on team), and committed just 6 errors, for a .910 fielding percentage. High School (Bunn H.S.): Three-time All-Conference selection in baseball and football. Selected to the All-Tournament Team three times. Team captured three conference championships. Member of the “A-B” Honor Roll from sophomore to senior years. Personal: Born August 22, 1989, in Raleigh, N.C. Parents are David and Peggy Scott. Major at NCCU is Chemistry.
GETTING TO KNOW JOSEPH COBB
When I first met Coach White I thought: Smart guy with experience in the game. What I like most about p laying for N CCU: Just the opportunity to play Division I baseball, and be a part of history getting this program up and rolling. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “Be patient, it took you nine months to get in this world.” Favorite Baseball Movie: For the Love of the Game Favorite Baseball Player: Ted Williams Favorite Baseball Team: Boston Red Sox If a movie was made about my life who would play y ou?: Brad Pitt
Scott Career Hitting Statistics Year 2008 2009 TOTAL
AVG .247 .229 .236
GP 29 40 69
GS 28 38 66
AB 89 131 220
R 8 15 23
H 22 30 52
2B 2 1 3
3B HR 0 0 0 1 0 1
RBI 9 11 20
TB 24 34 58
SHO CBO SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IP 6.1 1.1 7.2
H 12 4 16
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH .270 7 3 13 0 .320 1 2 .260 10 1 17 4 .285 2 0 .264 17 4 30 4 .299 3 2
SB ATT PO 2 4 22 1 1 31 3 5 53
A E 39 6 46 14 85 20
FLD% .910 .846 .873
3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 1 1 44 .375 5 2 1 0 0 1 9 .571 0 0 1 0 1 2 53 .410 5 2 2 0
SHA 0 0 0
Scott Career Pitching Statistics Year 2008 2009 TOTAL
ERA 15.63 6.75 14.09
W 0 0 0
L 2 0 2
APP GS 3 1 1 0 4 1
CG 0 0 0
R 15 4 19
ER BB SO 11 9 4 1 1 0 12 10 4
2B 3 1 4
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MEET THE EAGLES Akeem Hood
5’9” 158 - Sophomore - OF Raleigh, N.C.- Millbrook H.S. Major: Sports Management 2009 THIRD TEAM ALL-PING! FRESHMAN TEAM MEMBER 2009: Named third-team All-PING! Freshman Team. Made an immediate impact as the leadoff hitter in the Eagle lineup, playing and starting the third-most games on the team (39) and starting in the second-most games (39). Led the team in batting average (.322), runs scored (25), hits (47), total bases (59), stolen bases (16), stolen base attempts (19), total plate appearances (161), at-bats (146), and tied for first in triples (4). Ended up third on the squad in slugging percentage (.404) and on-base percentage (.375). Good enough for fourth on the roster with 4 doubles. Batted 13-for-39 .333 vs. left handed pitchers. Hit 9-for-28 (.321) with runners in scoring position. With a runner on third and less than two outs, batted 5-for-5 (1.000). In the outfield, tied for fourth with a .963 fielding percentage. First career game (Feb. 20) went 3-for-5 with a triple, run scored and an RBI. His first three games as an Eagle at the plate, 6-for-12 with 2 runs and 2 RBIs. Drove in runs in five of his first seven collegiate contests. In NCCU’s first doubleheader sweep against Savannah State, March 7, went 3-for-6 with his second career triple scoring 4 times along with an RBI to raise his average to .409 at the time. Enjoyed a 4-for-5 day at the dish against Campbell University (March 11) adding his first career double and his third triple in the meantime. Racked up 5 hits in 9 at-bats with 6 runs scored and 2 RBIs with a double and 2 stolen bases from April 10-13 (at Virginia State, at Coppin State). His average only dropped below .300 three times all season long. March 31 vs. Duke went 2-for-4 with a run scored and three stolen bases. Stole three bases twice on the season (March 31 vs. Duke and May 9 vs. UMES). Ended his rookie campaign with an 8-game hitting streak, going 11-for-27, batting .407 to end the season.
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High School (Millbrook H.S.): Earned Co-CAP 7 Conference Player of the Year honors in 2008, leading the Wildcats to a conference title. Millbrook fell to eventual state champ, Greenville Rose, in the third round. Personal: Born November 28, 1990, in Baltimore, Maryland. Parents are Joseph and Desiree Ferguson. Major at NCCU is Sports Management, with a minor in business.
GETTING TO KNOW AKEEM HOOD
What I like most about p laying for N CCU: The opportunity to play for an up-and-coming Division I program and work my way to the top. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “Guess What?!” Favorite Baseball Movie: Rookie of the Year Favorite Baseball Player: Lou Brock Favorite Baseball Team: Atlanta Braves If a movie was made about my life who would play y ou?: Wesley Snipes Music currently in my IPOD: Rich Kids Thoughts on playing at historic Durham Athletic Park: Definitely an honor and looking forward to starting a new season there.
Hood Career Hitting Statistics Year 2009 TOTAL
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AVG .322 .322
GP 39 39
GS 39 39
AB 146 146
R 25 25
H 47 47
2B 4 4
3B HR 4 0 4 0
RBI 9 9
TB 59 59
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO .404 10 3 18 0 .375 1 0 16 19 97 .404 10 3 18 0 .375 1 0 16 19 97
A 6 6
E 4 4
FLD% .963 .963
MEET THE EAGLES Ross Plummer
5’10” 165 - Sophomore - OF Winston-Salem, N.C. - Mount Tabor H.S. Major: Exercise Sport Science 2009: Played in 28 contests, started in 15. Finished the season 10-for-60, (.167 avg). One of five Eagles to not get caught stealing (1-1). Highlight game of the season, April 21 vs. Florida A&M, went 2-for-2 at the plate with a two-run home-run and 4 RBIs, which was the most RBIs in a game by an Eagle on the year. March 21 vs. Savannah State went 2-for-3 with 2 doubles, a run scored and an RBI. Pinch-ran for Robert Grant in the top of the ninth at Coppin State (April 13), scored the tying run with the Eagles trailing by one late in that contest (NCCU went on to win 12-7). Had a two-game hitting streak from April 30-May 3, going 2-for-8 at the dish against Appalachian State and NC State.
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High School (Mount Tabor H.S.): Played two years of varsity baseball, while also becoming an AP Scholar. Personal: Born April 25, 1990, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Parents are David and Ronda Plummer. Major at NCCU is Business Management. Ross is also enrolled in the NCCU Honors Program.
GETTING TO KNOW ROSS PLUMMER
When I first met Coach White I thought: Very old school and placed a high emphasis on being a student-athlete. What I like most about p laying for N CCU: My teammates. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “If you don’t hit, you sit.” Favorite Baseball Movie: Mr. 3000 Favorite Baseball Player: Rickey Henderson Favorite Baseball Team: Atlanta Braves Favorite Baseball Movie Quote: “You guys. You lollygag the ball around the infield. You lollygag your way down to first. You lollygag in and out of the dugout. You know what that makes you? Larry! Lollygaggers”- Bull Durham Music currently in my IPOD: Common, Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco, Pearl Jam Favorite Food: Grilled Duck If I could choose a profession outside of baseball, it would be? Movie critic. Ultimate Goal in Life: To find a beautiful wife and never worry about money.
Plummer Career Hitting Statistics Year 2009 TOTAL
AVG .167 .167
GP 28 28
GS 15 15
AB 60 60
R 5 5
H 10 10
2B 2 2
3B HR 0 1 0 1
RBI 6 6
TB 15 15
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO .250 5 0 22 0 .231 0 0 1 1 23 .250 5 0 22 0 .231 0 0 1 1 23
A 1 1
E 4 4
FLD% .857 .857
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MEET THE EAGLES Tim Rennard
5’9” 185 - Sophomore - OF Knightdale, N.C.- Scotland H.S. Major: Secondary Education 2009: Made 15 appearances in his rookie campaign, which tied for third on the team, while getting 2 starts on the season. Threw 33.0 innings with a team-low 6.00 ERA. Struck out 12 batters which was sixth-best mark on the squad, while walking 9. His first start at NCCU came on March 10 against Coppin State, where he went 6.0 innings, allowing only 4 hits, 2 earned runs with 3 strike outs, earning his first career win. On May 5 at Winthrop tossed 3.2 innings, scattering 6 hits and allowing only 1 run with 2 strike outs. Made one start at second base against Appalachian State (April 30) collecting his first career hit on a 1-for-3 effort at the plate. Also had 2 assists in the infield.
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High School (Knightdale H.S.): Played 3 years of varsity baseball. Made just four errors his last two seasons while playing shortstop and second base. Lettered in varsity football for three years. A part of the first class to ever graduate from the high school. Personal: Born June 11, 1989, in Raleigh, N.C. Parents are Thomas and Tami Rennard. Major at NCCU is Physical Education with a concentration on Parks and Recreation.
GETTING TO KNOW TIM RENNARD When I first met Coach White I thought: Very good coach, determined to make this program the best it can be. What I like most about p laying for N CCU: How we’re improving day-by-day as we move to Division I, and I get to play the best game ever. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “It took me nine months to get here, so I’m going to take my time.” Favorite Baseball Movie: Sandlot Favorite Baseball Player: Albert Pujols Favorite Baseball Team: St. Louis Cardinals If a movie was made about my life who would play y ou?: John Travolta Music currently in my IPOD: Country Favorite Food: Chicken If I could choose a profession outside of baseball, it would be: I would be the host on my own outdoor TV show Ultimate Goal in Life: Be successful My pregame ritual is: Head bang to pump everybody up.
Rennard Career Hitting Statistics Year 2009 TOTAL
AVG .333 .333
GP 1 1
GS 1 1
AB 3 3
R 0 0
H 1 1
2B 0 0
3B HR 0 0 0 0
RBI 0 0
TB 1 1
IP 34.0 34.0
H 49 49
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO .333 0 0 1 0 .333 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 1 0 .333 0 0 0 0 0
A 7 7
E 1 1
FLD% .875 .875
Rennard Career Pitching Statistics Year 2009 TOTAL
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ERA 6.62 6.62
W 1 1
L 1 1
APP GS 15 2 15 2
CG 0 0
SHO CBO SV 0 0 0 0 0 0
R 26 26
ER BB SO 25 9 12 25 9 12
2B 12 12
3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 2 4 162 .343 3 5 2 3 2 4 162 .343 3 5 2 3
SHA 0 0
MEET THE EAGLES Brandon Strickland 6’0” 195 - Sophomore - RHP Bunn, NC- Bunn HS Major: Criminal Justice
2009: Freshman that made an instant impact on the squad by making a team-high 20 appearances and four starts. One of three Eagles to throw a complete game (Brandon Oatis and Jeff Citero). Led the team with 2 wins along with a team-high 3 saves. Held opposing batters to a .257 batting average, which was also No.1 on the team. He was third on the squad throwing 44.0 innings. Ended his rookie season with the third-best ERA (6.95), tied Joseph Cobb for fourth on team in strikeouts (20). Recorded NCCU’s first Division I save on March 7 against Savannah State, going 1.0 inning, not allowing a hit, while striking out and walking 1 apiece in the Eagles 9-6 over the Tigers. Earned his second save three days later against Coppin State in 2.1 innings shutting down the visiting Eagle lineup with another strikeout and a walk. From March 7-17 did not allow a hit or run for 5.2 innings. ERA shrunk to 2.31 after another scoreless performance against rival North Carolina A&T on March 23. Recorded his first career win against Virginia State on March 25 throwing a complete game 9.0 innings, surrendering just 3 runs on 2 hits while striking out 3 and walking 3 in the Eagles 4-3 win. His second win of the season came on April 13, when he came on in-relief for a 3.0 inning shutout against Coppin State in NCCU’s 12-7 win. Racked up his final save of the season on Senior Day going 2.0 innings and allowing no earned runs to help the Eagles hang on for the 7-6 win. Struck out at-least one batter in 13 of his 20 appearances. Also played sparingly behind the plate, making 2 starts at catcher along with spot duty in 5 other contests. Went 0-for-12 at the dish with 1 walk and a sacrifice bunt to his credit.
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High School (Bunn H.S.): Earned All-Conference honors and “Coaches Award” during junior and senior seasons. Named MVP of Louisburg Easter Tournament during his junior year. Vital part of Bunn’s back-to-back conference title run. Personal: Born February 24, 1989, in Raleigh, N.C. Parents are Tim and Lindy Strickland. Major at NCCU is Criminal Justice. .
GETTING TO KNOW BRANDON STRICKLAND
When I first met Coach White I thought: He was a gentleman and really wants a good baseball team. What I like most about p laying for N CCU: Meeting new people and the fact that I get to play a game I love. Favorite Baseball Movie: For the Love of the Game Favorite Baseball Player: Chipper Jones If a movie was made about my life who would play y ou?: Kevin Costner Music currently in my IPOD: country Ultimate Goal in Life: 1) Love the Lord 2) Have a successful & loving family 3) Have a good job
Strickland Career Hitting Statistics Year 2009 TOTAL
AVG .000 .000
GP 8 8
GS 2 2
AB 12 12
R 0 0
H 0 0
2B 0 0
3B HR 0 0 0 0
RBI 0 0
TB 0 0
IP 44.0 44.0
H 44 44
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO .000 1 0 7 0 .077 0 1 0 0 16 .000 1 0 7 0 .077 0 1 0 0 16
A 10 10
E 2 2
FLD% .929 .929
Strickland Career Pitching Statistics Year 2009 TOTAL
ERA 6.95 6.95
W 2 2
L 4 4
APP GS 20 4 20 4
CG 1 1
SHO CBO SV 0 0 3 0 0 3
R 44 44
ER BB SO 34 32 20 34 32 20
2B 9 9
3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 1 6 220 .257 6 16 1 0 1 6 220 .257 6 16 1 0
SHA 2 2
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MEET THE EAGLES Jeremy Tillett
6’1” 160 - Sophomore - LHP Mebane, N.C.- Graham H.S. Major: Exercise Sport Science 2009: Made only 5 appearances on the season, getting 1 start on the hill in his debut season. Threw 9.0 innings. Finished with an 0-1 record taking the loss at UNCW on April 28. Ended the year with a 13.00 ERA, good enough for ninth on the squad. Struck out 9 batters, including a season-high 5 in his home county at Elon on April 18. In that April 18 performance against Elon, allowed just 1 earned run on 1 hit, while walking just three Phoenix batters in 2.0 innings. Also struck out three batters in his Eagle debut at Davidson on Feb 24.
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High School (Graham H.S.): Named to the Mid-State 2-A All-Conference Team his senior year. Personal: Born January 5, 1989, in Mebane, N.C. Parents are Patrick and Diana Tillett. Major at NCCU is Exercise Sport Science.
GETTING TO KNOW JEREMY TILLETT
When I first met Coach White I thought: He was a straight shooter and has his act together. Great leader of this program. Favorite Baseball Movie: Bull Durham Favorite Baseball Player: Andy Pettite Favorite Baseball Team: Baltimore Orioles Favorite Baseball Movie Quote: “Don’t think, just throw.”- Crash Davis (Bull Durham) If a movie was made about my life who would play y ou?: Bradley Cooper Music currently in my IPOD: Indie/ Alternative Rock Favorite Food: Pepperoni Pizza Which four people ( dead or alive) would y ou invite t o dinner: Chris Farley, Jim Carey, Brooks Robinson, and Lou Gehrig Thoughts on playing at historic Durham Athletic Park: Excited to play where the movie “Bull Durham” was filmed. If I could choose a profession outside of baseball, it would be: Physical therapist My Pregame ritual: Relax
Tillett Career Pitching Statistics Year 2009 TOTAL
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ERA 13.00 13.00
W 0 0
L 1 1
APP GS 5 1 5 1
CG 0 0
SHO CBO SV 0 0 0 0 0 0
IP 9.0 9.0
H 16 16
R 16 16
ER BB SO 13 9 9 13 9 9
2B 2 2
3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 1 1 56 .410 4 3 5 0 1 1 56 .410 4 3 5 0
SHA 1 1
MEET THE EAGLES Anthony Wilson
5’6” 190 - Sophomore - INF Fort Washington, Md. - Riverdale Baptist H.S. Major: Mass Communication 2009: Made an impact in his first collegiate campaign. Started the season at shortstop, making 15 starts there and switched over to second base, starting 15 times on the year. Batted anywhere from the leadoff spot to the three spot and from the fifth slot down to eighth in the lineup. Finished his first season tied for third on the team with 4 hit-by-pitches, fourth on the squad with 11 walks on the season, fifth in stolen bases (5) and doubles (3) . At the plate finished the year ninth on the team in batting average .211 going 19-for-90 at the dish with five RBIs. Had an on-base percentage of .318. Got his first career RBI in his debut (Feb. 20 vs. Savannah State, 1-for-5 with an RBI). February 24 at Davidson hit his first career double while going 2-for-4 at the dish with a run scored. Hit an RBI-double against Savannah State on March 7. Went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI against UNC Wilmington (March 18). 2-for-4 with 2 runs and 3 stolen bases in two games (March 23 vs. NC A&T and March 25 vs. Virginia State). Best series of the season came on April 17-18 at Elon, where he went 4-for-6 scoring 2 runs. 3-for-7 at the plate in a doubleheader at UNCW.
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High School (Riverdale Baptist H.S.): Named Pre-Season All-State heading into his senior season. Made the Old Line All-Conference Team, while also garnering All-County honors his junior and senior year. Personal: Born October 23 1990, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Anthony and Randy Wilson. Amassed a 3.12 GPA in his first semester at NCCU. Major is Mass Communication with a concentration on Communication Studies.
GETTING TO KNOW ANTHONY WILSON
When I first met Coach White I thought: That he was going to be a tough but great coach to play for. What I like most about p laying for N CCU: We play a lot of good teams and are competitive in most games for such a new program. Favorite Coach White Q uote: “Guess What?” Favorite Baseball Movie: The Sandlot Favorite Baseball Player: Alex Rodriguez Favorite Baseball Team: New York Yankees If a movie was made about my life who would play y ou? (and why): Will Smith Music currently in my IPOD: Lil Wayne “No Ceiling” Favorite Food: Spaghetti Which four people ( dead or alive) would y ou invite t o dinner: Jackie Robinson, Abraham Lincoln, Barach Obama, and Mario Prada My Pregame ritual: Listen to Lil Wayne
A. Wilson’s Career Hitting Statistics Year 2009 TOTAL
AVG .211 .211
GP 34 34
GS 30 30
AB 90 90
R 13 13
H 19 19
2B 3 3
3B HR 0 0 0 0
RBI 5 5
TB 22 22
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO .244 11 4 21 1 .318 2 2 5 7 43 .244 11 4 21 1 .318 2 2 5 7 43
A E 57 19 57 19
FLD% .840 .840
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MEET THE EAGLES Drew Robinson
6’6” 205 - Junior - RHP Carthage, N.C.- Southeast Community College Major: History Prior to NCCU (Southeast Community College): Member of the 2009 Region 10 Division II Championship squad that boasted a No. 11 ranking nationally in the NJCAA Division II.
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High School (Union Pines H.S.): Was named All-Conference in football his senior year while also garnering all-league honors in baseball his junior year. Was a member of the Cape Fear Valley Conference championship baseball team his senior year. Personal: Since bringing the sport back in 2006, Drew is the tallest player at NCCU (6’6”) since Tye Gray. Drew is the son of Greg and Lisa Robinson. Was born on November 16, 1988 in Pinehurst, N.C.and has two younger brothers Lucas and Kyle. Majoring in History at NCCU with a concentration in English.
Etienne Farquharson
5’10” 166 - Sophomore - Catcher Inaqua, Bahamas - Pensacola Junior College Major: Business
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Pensacola Junior College: Was a member of the Panhandle Conference Championship team that was ranked as high as No. 1 in the nation. Also named Academic All-American. Personal: Born on March 12, 1990 and is the son of Etienne and Debbie Farquharson. Majoring in Business at NCCU.
Glenn Frye
6’3” 190 - Freshman - RHP Lillington, N.C.- Harnett Central H.S. Major: Computer Science
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High School (Harnett Central H.S.): Boasted a 1.16 ERA his senior season, along with an average of 1.83 strikeouts per inning. Finished 3-1 and also batted .280 on the season. Was a vital member of the 2009 Cape Fear Valley Conference Championship team. Also lettered for three years on the swimming team receiving all-conference honors and qualified to compete in the regionals. His Trojan swimming team won two Cape Fear Valley Conference titles in 2007 and 2009. Personal: Born on July 2, 1991, and is the son of Freddy and Sheila Frye. Majoring in Computer Science at NCCU.
MEET THE EAGLES Jasper Jones
6’0” 161- Freshman - RHP Hookerton, N.C.- Greene Central H.S. Major: Undecided
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High School (Greene Central H.S.): Was named to the 2009 Eastern Plains AllConference team, during a stellar senior season that included a two-hit shutout against Croatan, one of the top teams in the area. Posted record of 5-4 in his final season and boasted a 2.47 ERA along with 34 strikeouts. In the outfield, he hit .271 with 13 runs scored, 19 RBIs, five doubles, and a home run. Personal: Born on August 27, 1991, and is the son of Jasper Jones, Sr. and Deborah Jones. Has not decided on a major at NCCU.
Derrell Parker
5’11” 230 - Freshman - INF North Miami Beach, Fla. - North Miami Beach H.S. Major: Hospitality and Tourism
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High School (North Miami Beach H.S.): Excelled on and off the field for the Chargers, especially his junior season where he batted .321 with four doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 19 RBIs. Garnered All-County recognition. In the classroom was a National Honor Roll member. Personal: Born December 20, 1990, in Miami, Fla. He is the son of Dudley and Alexis Parker. Majoring in Hospitality and Tourism at NCCU.
Nate Smith
5’11” 158 - Freshman - INF/OF Raleigh, N.C. - Knightdale H.S. Major: Sports Management
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High School (Knightdale H.S.): Along with being an honor student his junior and senior years was named to the Academic All-Conference team. Also named to the Greater Neuse All-Conference team. Led the Knights in home runs his senior year and left KHS as its career home run leader. Personal: Born March 14, 1990, in Raleigh, N.C. He is the son of Assistant Coach Chris and Yvonne Smith. Majoring in Sports Management at NCCU.
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MEET THE EAGLES Joe Winecoff
6’2” 275 - Freshman - RHP Hillsborough, N.C.- Orange H.S. Major: Criminal Justice
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High School (Orange H.S.): Member of the 2008 2A State Championship baseball team, along with being named All-Conference and an Academic Scholar his senior season. In a 10-3 win over Cardinal Gibbons, Winecoff went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and three RBIs. Went a combined 50-18 including a 33-9 mark within the Mid-State 2A Conference, during his high school career. Personal: Born May 13, 1991, in Burlington, N.C. Parents are Ben and Donna Winecoff. Major at NCCU is Criminal Justice. Believes the greatest movie of all time is Boondock Saints.
Jake Winstead
6’0” 174 - Freshman - OF Bunn, N.C.- Bunn H.S. Major: Criminal Justice
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High School (Bunn H.S.): Enjoyed a stellar two-sport career where he earned All-Conference honors five total times, two times in baseball and three in football. During his junior season (2007-08) batted .379, scoring 25 runs on 22 hits with for 26 RBIs. Tied for the Wildcat lead with five doubles and hit five home runs to also lead the team. Personal: Born on December 17, 1990 in Bunn, N.C. Jake is the son of Kent and Beth Winstead. Majoring in Criminal Justice at NCCU.
2009 NCCU EAGLES BASEBALL ROSTER
# 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 24 25 26 27 28 30
NAME CLASS Akeem Hood FR Anthony Wilson FR Aaron Saunders FR Kurt Wilson JR Justin Goodson JR James Jordan JR Tim McAllister JR Robert Landis SR David Scott SO Ross Plummer FR Jerel Campbell JR Greg Pickett JR Jeremy Tillett SO Brandon Strickland FR Joseph Cobb JR Brandon Oatis SO Oliver Jenkins SR Robert Grant SO Timothy Rennard FR Jeff Citero SO Matt Lee FR Wesley Washington FR Cedrick Coleman FR Blake Murray SO Douglas Dalley SO Edward Pegues SO
Henry White - Head Coach Michael Swann - Assistant Coach Ken Valentine - Assistant Coach Chris Smith - Assistant Coach Nathan Smith- Manager
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POS OF INF Util INF INF P OF C INF OF OF INF P P P P OF C INF/P P P C INF INF/C P OF
HT 5-9 5-6 5-7 5-10 5-9 6-1 5-8 5-11 5-8 5-10 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-5 5-11 5-11 5-9 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-1 6-1
WT 158 176 150 155 145 195 170 205 215 155 200 220 160 195 195 190 175 230 185 225 215 194 210 200 200 220
B/T L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/L L/L L/L R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L
Hometown/Previous School Raleigh, N.C./ Millbrook H.S. Fort Washington, Md./ Riverdale H.S. Washington, D.C./ Parkdale H.S. Riverdale, Ga./ Riverdale H.S. Stone Mountain, Ga./ Tucker H.S. Bryson City, N.C./ Swain County H.S. Raleigh, N.C./ Southeast Raleigh H.S. Winston-Salem, N.C./ Wilkes C.C. Bunn, N.C./ Bunn H.S. Winston-Salem, N.C./ Mt. Tabor H.S. Phoenix, Ariz./ South Mountain H.S. Columbia, S.C./ Dreher H.S. Mebane, N.C./ Graham H.S. Louisburg, N.C./ Bunn H.S. Raleigh, N.C./ Central Carolina C.C. Matthews, N.C./ Butler H.S. Rocky Mount, N.C./ Rocky Mount H.S. Haw River, N.C./ Graham H.S. Knightdale, N.C./ Knightdale H.S. Raleigh, N.C./ Southeast Raleigh H.S. Raleigh, N.C./ Broughton H.S. Grapevine, Texas/ Colleyville Heritage H.S. Winston-Salem, N.C./ Carver H.S. Wendell, N.C./ East Wake H.S. Durham, N.C./ Southern H.S. Laurinburg, N.C./ Scotland H.S.
2009 RESULTS Record: 6-35 Home: 5-8 Away: 1-26 Game date
Opposing team Score
r-h-e
Feb 20, 2009
at Savannah State Univ.
6-7 L
6-11-2
7-9-2
9
Feb 21, 2009
vsNorfolk State Univ.
1-14 L
1-3-5
14-16-2
7
Feb 21, 2009
at Savannah State Univ. 3-10 L
3-7-3
10-11-1
2-6-2 9-10-1
2-12 L
r-h-e
Inns Overall
Conf.
Pitcher of record Attend
Time
0-1-0
0-0-0
JORDAN,Jam.. (L 0-1) 200
2hr3
0-2-0
0-0-0
CITERO,Jeff (L 0-1) 101
2hr1
9
0-3-0
0-0-0
DALLEY,Doug (L 0-1) 175
2hr5
12-8-1
9
0-4-0
0-0-0
DALLEY,Doug (L 0-1) 103
2:40
6-10-4
7
1-4-0
0-0-0
CITERO,Jeff (W 1-1) 209
2:30
Feb 24, 2009
at Davidson College
Mar 07, 2009
SAVANNAH STATE UNIV. W 9-6
Mar 07, 2009
SAVANNAH STATE UNIV. W 3-2
3-5-1
2-4-1
7
2-4-0
0-0-0
OATIS,Bran (W 1-0) 187
1:45
Mar 08, 2009
SAVANNAH STATE UNIV. 7-21 L
7-11-7
21-16-0
9
2-5-0
0-0-0
COBB,Joseph (L 0-1) 95
3:25
Mar 10, 2009
COPPIN STATE UNIV. W
8-6-2
5-7-3
9
3-5-0
0-0-0
RENNARD (W 1-0)
47
3:15
8-5
Mar 11, 2009
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY 1-15 L
1-11-6
15-16-1
9
3-6-0
0-0-0
DALLEY,Dougl (L 0-3) 87
3:06
Mar 17, 2009
at NC State
4-8 L
4-4-2
8-8-3
9
3-7-0
0-0-0
CITERO,Jeff (L 1-2) 637
2:40
Mar 18, 2009
UNC WILMINGTON
2-13 L
2-4-3
13-14-2
9
3-8-0
0-0-0
OATIS,Brando (L 1-1) 150
2:53
Mar 21, 2009
at Savannah State Univ.
3-5 L
3-10-1
5-11-2
7
3-9-0
0-0-0
CITERO,Jeff (L)
75
1hr5
Mar 21, 2009
at Savannah State Univ.
4-6 L
4-5-0
6-10-2
7
3-10-0
0-0-0
RENNARD,Timo (L) 75
1hr5
Mar 22, 2009
at Savannah State Univ. 1-12 L
1-4-6
12-11-0
7
3-11-0
0-0-0
OATIS,Brando (L)
Mar 23, 2009
NORTH CAROLINA A&T
2-7 L
2-5-0
7-7-4
9
3-12-0
0-0-0
DALLEY,Dougl (L 0-4) 225
2hr3
Mar 25, 2009
VIRGINIA STATE
4-3
4-4-0
3-2-1
9
4-12-0
0-0-0
STRICKLAND,B (W 1-0) 75
5:00
Mar 31, 2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY
3-16 L
3-7-2
16-16-2
9
4-13-0
0-0-0
CITERO,Jeff (L 1-4) 551
3:11
Apr 03, 2009
at Florida A&M
2-3 L
2-2-1
3-5-2
7
4-14-0
0-0-0
DALLEY,Dougl (L 0-5) 139
2:00
Apr 03, 2009
at Florida A&M
1-17 L
1-4-3
17-16-1
7
4-15-0
0-0-0
OATIS,Brando (L 1-3) 139
1:55
Apr 07, 2009
at Duke University
1-14 L
1-8-2
14-17-2
7
4-16-0
0-0-0
STRICKLAND,B (L 1-1) 112
2:24
Apr 07, 2009
at Duke University
3-7-0
9-10-1
7
4-17-0
0-0-0
COBB,Joseph (L 0-2) 112
1:58
Apr 09, 2009
at Longwood
1-15 L
1-7-2
15-15-1
7
4-18-0
0-0-0
CITERO,Jeff (L 1-5) 125
1:50
Apr 09, 2009
at Longwood
5-6 L
5-10-4
6-10-2
7
4-19-0
0-0-0
JORDAN,James (L 0-2) 125
2:19
Apr 10, 2009
at Virginia State
8-9 L
8-9-3
9-13-2
9
4-20-0
0-0-0
STRICKLAND,B (L)
3 hr
Apr 13, 2009
at Coppin State Univ. W 12-7
12-14-2
7-10-4
(11)
5-20-0
0-0-0
STRICKLAND,B (W 2-1) 47
3:24
Apr 15, 2009
at Norfolk State Univ.
4-14 L
4-5-3
14-12-2
6
5-21-0
0-0-0
OATIS,Brando (L 1-4) -
1:59
Apr 15, 2009
at Norfolk State Univ.
0-13 L
0-2-3
13-17-0
5
5-22-0
0-0-0
CITERO,Jeff (L 1-6)
1:33
Apr 17, 2009
at Elon
0-22 L
0-7-2
22-19-2
9
5-23-0
0-0-0
STRICKLAND,B (L 2-2) 547
2:52
Apr 18, 2009
at Elon
5-10 L
5-9-4
10-9-2
9
5-24-0
0-0-0
DALLEY,Dougl (L 0-6) 468
3:02
W
3-9 L
70
86
98
2 ho
Apr 21, 2009
at Campbell University 5-15 L
5-9-4
15-8-4
7
5-25-0
0-0-0
OATIS,Brando (L 1-5) 363
2:14
Apr 21, 2009
at Campbell University 0-18 L
0-4-1
18-12-1
7
5-26-0
0-0-0
CITERO,Jeff (L 1-7) 363
2:12
Apr 24, 2009
FLORIDA A&M
9-12 L
9-10-2
12-18-2
9
5-27-0
0-0-0
OATIS,Brando (L 1-6) 70
3:00
Apr 28, 2009
at UNC Wilmington
3-10 L
3-8-2
10-13-2
9
5-28-0
0-0-0
COBB,Joseph (L 0-4) -
2:37
Apr 28, 2009
at UNC Wilmington
0-14 L
0-9-6
14-15-0
7
5-29-0
0-0-0
TILLETT,Jere (L 0-1) 385
2:10
Apr 30, 2009
at Appalachian State
0-17 L
0-6-2
17-16-0
9
5-30-0
0-0-0
DALLEY,Dougl (L 0-7) 137
2:44
May 03, 2009 at NC State
2-15 L
2-4-2
15-20-4
9
5-31-0
0-0-0
CITERO,Jeff (L 1-8) 742
2:28
May 03, 2009 at NC State
5-15 L
5-11-6
15-11-4
9
5-32-0
0-0-0
COBB,Joseph (L 0-5) 827
2:59
May 05, 2009 at Winthrop
1-9 L
1-8-1
9-14-0
9
5-33-0
0-0-0
STRICKLAND,B (L 2-3) 432
2:34
May 08, 2009 MARYLAND E. SHORE
5-17 L
5-12-2
17-15-0
9
5-34-0
0-0-0
CITERO,Jeff (L 1-9)
2:38
7-9-3
6-5-4
7
6-34-0
0-0-0
COBB,Joseph (W 1-5) 107
2:30
7-11 L
7-12-1
11-12-0
6
6-35-0
0-0-0
OATIS,Brando (L 1-7) 107
2:00
May 09, 2009 MARYLAND E. SHORE W May 09, 2009 MARYLAND E. SHORE
7-6
78
() extra inning game
35
2009 STATISTICS
Record: 6-30 Home: 5-9 Away: 1-21
Hitting Statistics Player AVG 1 HOOD,Akeem .322 4 WILSON,Kurt .299 27 MURRAY,Blake .283 18 JENKINS,Oliver .265 30 PEGUES,Edward .255 5 GOODSON,Justin .253 19 GRANT,Robert .233 10 SCOTT,David .229 2 WILSON,Anthony .211 9 LANDIS,Robert .200 26 COLEMAN,Cedrick .192 11 PLUMMER,Ross .167 13 PICKETT,Greg .154 12 CAMPBELL,Jerel .138 20 RENNARD,Timothy .333 24 LEE,Matt .200 8 McALLISTER,Tim .167 3 SAUNDERS,Aaron .111 15 STRICKLAND,Brando .000 22 CITERO,Jeff .000 25 WASHINGTON,Wesley .000 Totals .245 Opponents .361
GP 39 38 41 36 37 29 27 40 34 29 15 28 14 14 1 7 7 7 8 2 1 41 41
GS AB R 39 146 25 34 117 15 41 120 23 34 113 22 36 110 4 22 75 12 23 60 1 38 131 15 30 90 13 25 70 6 5 26 3 15 60 5 10 26 2 8 29 0 1 3 0 2 10 0 3 12 2 1 9 0 2 12 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 41 1221 149 41 1351 460
H 47 35 34 30 28 19 14 30 19 14 5 10 4 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 299 488
2B 4 9 7 6 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 95
3B HR 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 19 42
RBI 9 15 13 10 13 10 8 11 5 10 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 408
TB 59 49 47 50 32 20 15 34 22 21 5 15 4 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 383 747
SLG% .404 .419 .392 .442 .291 .267 .250 .260 .244 .300 .192 .250 .154 .138 .333 .200 .167 .111 .000 .000 .000 .314 .553
BB 10 7 24 13 15 7 4 10 11 10 1 5 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 127 218
HBP 3 8 12 4 2 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 65
SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO 18 0 .375 1 0 16 19 97 21 3 .379 0 0 9 14 54 29 3 .446 1 1 7 7 267 29 2 .359 1 3 3 10 93 26 0 .354 0 1 0 0 41 13 1 .329 1 0 7 9 28 11 1 .281 0 3 3 3 87 17 4 .285 2 0 1 1 31 21 1 .318 2 2 5 7 43 10 2 .296 1 3 0 1 81 4 1 .222 0 1 0 0 8 22 0 .231 0 0 1 1 23 9 0 .313 0 2 1 1 10 13 0 .194 0 0 0 1 14 1 0 .333 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .273 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 .231 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 .111 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 .077 0 1 0 0 16 1 0 .500 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 267 18 .333 9 17 53 75 913 172 8 .463 31 24 119 141 971
A 6 66 10 2 3 46 16 46 57 15 8 1 0 1 7 1 1 0 10 8 0 337 419
E FLD% 4 .963 7 .945 9 .969 5 .950 1 .978 15 .831 4 .963 14 .846 19 .840 3 .970 3 .842 4 .857 1 .909 1 .938 1 .875 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .000 2 .929 1 .923 0 .000 104 .923 73 .950
LOB - Team (293), Opp (316). DPs turned - Team (21), Opp (36). TPs turned - Team (1). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (1), MURRAY,Blake 1, Opp (1). Picked off - HOOD,Akeem 2, SAUNDERS,Aar 1, SCOTT,David 1, CAMPBELL,Jer 1, LANDIS,Rober 1, PLUMMER,Ross 1, MURRAY,Blake 1.
Pitching Statistics Player ERA 20 RENNARD,Timothy 6.62 10 SCOTT,David 6.75 15 STRICKLAND,Brando 6.95 26 COLEMAN,Cedrick 7.20 7 JORDAN,James 10.59 17 OATIS,Brandon 11.93 28 DALLEY,Douglas 12.26 16 COBB,Joseph 12.55 14 TILLETT,Jeremy 13.00 22 CITERO,Jeff 13.71 24 LEE,Matt 16.97 Totals 10.88 Opponents 3.06
W 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 35
L 1 0 4 0 2 7 7 4 1 9 0 35 6
APP 15 1 20 2 14 15 16 15 5 14 8 41 41
GS 2 0 4 0 0 9 9 5 1 11 0 41 41
CG 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 7
SHO CBO SV IP H 0 0 0 34.0 49 0 0 0 1.1 4 0 0 3 44.0 44 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 26.1 37 0 0 0 46.0 79 0 0 0 47.0 73 0 0 0 38.0 60 0 0 0 9.0 16 0 0 0 42.0 94 0 0 0 11.2 28 0 0 3 304.1 488 5 5 4 323.2 299
R 26 4 44 4 39 78 81 62 16 74 32 460 149
ER 25 1 34 4 31 61 64 53 13 64 22 368 110
BB 9 1 32 5 19 32 39 35 9 20 17 218 127
SO 12 0 20 1 10 38 26 27 9 20 9 172 267
2B 12 1 9 0 13 10 22 8 2 16 2 95 37
3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 2 4 143 .343 3 5 0 2 0 1 7 .571 0 0 0 1 1 6 171 .257 6 16 2 1 0 0 18 .222 0 1 0 0 2 6 118 .314 5 10 0 2 4 6 214 .369 9 8 1 3 0 8 205 .356 14 10 0 7 4 4 162 .370 7 8 1 3 1 1 39 .410 4 3 1 5 5 3 212 .443 3 3 0 4 0 3 62 .452 1 1 0 3 19 42 1351 .361 52 65 5 31 10 9 1221 .245 32 38 4 9
SHA 3 0 0 0 0 9 3 6 0 3 0 24 17
PB - Team (15), LANDIS,Rober 7, GRANT,Robert 7, MURRAY,Blake 1, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (7), COBB,Joseph 3, LANDIS,Rober 2, CITERO,Jeff 1, OATIS,Brando 1, Opp (8). SBA/ATT - GRANT,Robert (66-79), OATIS,Brando (38-39), LANDIS,Rober (34-38), DALLEY,Dougl (18-24), STRICKLAND,B (21-24), CITERO,Jeff (15-19), COBB,Joseph (13-18), MURRAY,Blake (17-17), RENNARD,Timo (8-10), TILLETT,Jere (5-6), JORDAN,James (2-2), LEE,Matt (1-1).
Fielding Statistics Player 24 LEE,Matt 8 McALLISTER,Tim 7 JORDAN,James 30 PEGUES,Edward 9 LANDIS,Robert 27 MURRAY,Blake 1 HOOD,Akeem 19 GRANT,Robert 18 JENKINS,Oliver 4 WILSON,Kurt 12 CAMPBELL,Jerel 15 STRICKLAND,Bran 22 CITERO,Jeff 13 PICKETT,Greg 16 COBB,Joseph 20 RENNARD,Timothy 11 PLUMMER,Ross 10 SCOTT,David 26 COLEMAN,Cedrick 2 WILSON,Anthony 5 GOODSON,Justin 28 DALLEY,Douglas 17 OATIS,Brandon 14 TILLETT,Jeremy Totals Opponents
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C 8 6 2 45 99 286 107 107 100 127 16 28 13 11 17 8 28 91 19 119 89 11 15 2 1354 1463
PO 7 5 0 41 81 267 97 87 93 54 14 16 4 10 2 0 23 31 8 43 28 2 0 0 913 971
A E FLD% 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 2 0 1.000 3 1 .978 15 3 .970 10 9 .969 6 4 .963 16 4 .963 2 5 .950 66 7 .945 1 1 .938 10 2 .929 8 1 .923 0 1 .909 13 2 .882 7 1 .875 1 4 .857 46 14 .846 8 3 .842 57 19 .840 46 15 .831 7 2 .818 10 5 .667 1 1 .500 337 104 .923 419 73 .950
DPs SBA CSB SBA% 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 1 34 4 .895 18 17 0 1.000 2 0 0 - 0 66 13 .835 2 0 0 - 11 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 21 3 .875 0 15 4 .789 0 0 0 - 0 13 5 .722 0 8 2 .800 0 0 0 - 4 0 0 - 1 0 0 - 9 0 0 - 8 0 0 - 0 18 6 .750 0 38 1 .974 0 5 1 .833 21 119 22 .844 36 53 22 .707
PB 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4
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 1
Akeem Hood led the Eagles in batting average his first season which garnered recognition from Ping! Baseball.com
2009 GAME-BY-GAME STATS
Hitting Statistics Date Opponent AB Feb 20, 2009 at Savannah State Univ. 38 Feb 21, 2009 vs Norfolk State Univ. 25 Feb 21, 2009 at Savannah State Univ. 31 Feb 24, 2009 at Davidson College 31 Mar 07, 2009 Savannah State Univ. 29 Mar 07, 2009 Savannah State Univ. 21 Mar 08, 2009 Savannah State Univ. 36 Mar 10, 2009 Coppin State Univ. 27 Mar 11, 2009 Campbell University 36 Mar 17, 2009 at NC State 33 Mar 18, 2009 UNC Wilmington 30 Mar 21, 2009 at Savannah State Univ. 30 Mar 21, 2009 at Savannah State Univ. 24 Mar 22, 2009 at Savannah State Univ. 25 Mar 23, 2009 North Carolina A&T 32 Mar 25, 2009 Virginia State 26 Mar 31, 2009 Duke University 32 Apr 03, 2009 at Florida A&M 21 Apr 03, 2009 at Florida A&M 25 Apr 07, 2009 at Duke University 28 Apr 07, 2009 at Duke University 23 Apr 09, 2009 at Longwood 27 Apr 09, 2009 at Longwood 32 Apr 10, 2009 at Virginia State 34 Apr 13, 2009 at Coppin State Univ. 45 Apr 15, 2009 at Norfolk State Univ. 23 Apr 15, 2009 at Norfolk State Univ. 15 Apr 17, 2009 at Elon 31 Apr 18, 2009 at Elon 35 Apr 21, 2009 at Campbell University 31 Apr 21, 2009 at Campbell University 25 Apr 24, 2009 Florida A&M 36 Apr 28, 2009 at UNC Wilmington 34 Apr 28, 2009 at UNC Wilmington 29 Apr 30, 2009 at Appalachian State 33 May 03, 2009 at NC State 33 May 03, 2009 at NC State 34 May 05, 2009 at Winthrop 32 May 08, 2009 Maryland E. Shore 36 May 09, 2009 Maryland E. Shore 25 May 09, 2009 Maryland E. Shore 28 Totals 1221
R 6 1 3 2 9 3 7 8 1 4 2 3 4 1 2 4 3 2 1 1 3 1 5 8 12 4 0 0 5 5 0 9 3 0 0 2 5 1 5 7 7 149
H RBI 11 6 3 0 7 3 6 2 10 5 5 2 11 6 6 6 11 1 4 1 4 2 10 2 5 4 4 1 5 2 4 2 7 3 2 1 4 1 8 1 7 2 7 1 10 4 9 5 14 10 5 2 2 0 7 0 9 4 9 3 4 0 10 8 8 2 9 0 6 0 4 2 11 3 8 1 12 5 9 3 12 7 299 113
2B 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 37
3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 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 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 10
HR 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 8 0 4 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 11 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 7 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 9 0 6 1 5 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 127 1 53 22 38 17 9 18
K 8 10 5 10 5 4 6 3 9 12 15 5 4 9 8 6 10 6 6 4 7 5 6 7 0 3 3 10 5 4 9 4 9 5 13 11 3 6 6 4 2 267
PO A E 24 6 2 21 6 5 24 10 3 24 5 2 21 8 1 21 10 1 27 10 7 27 11 2 27 6 6 24 8 2 27 9 3 18 10 1 18 5 0 18 7 6 27 7 0 27 10 0 27 7 2 18 7 1 18 12 3 18 9 2 18 7 0 18 4 2 18 7 4 26 8 3 33 17 2 17 6 3 12 1 3 24 9 2 24 4 4 18 6 4 18 9 1 27 15 2 24 9 2 18 6 6 24 6 2 24 11 2 24 11 6 24 8 1 27 14 2 21 10 3 18 6 1 913 337 104
3B 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 19
W 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
L 1 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 34 35 35
Avg .289 .222 .223 .216 .240 .240 .251 .248 .255 .241 .231 .240 .238 .233 .228 .224 .223 .218 .216 .219 .222 .224 .228 .230 .235 .234 .232 .232 .233 .235 .233 .235 .235 .237 .235 .232 .235 .235 .238 .241 .245 .245
Pitching Statistics Date Feb 20, 2009 Feb 21, 2009 Feb 21, 2009 Feb 24, 2009 Mar 07, 2009 Mar 07, 2009 Mar 08, 2009 Mar 10, 2009 Mar 11, 2009 Mar 17, 2009 Mar 18, 2009 Mar 21, 2009 Mar 21, 2009 Mar 22, 2009 Mar 23, 2009 Mar 25, 2009 Mar 31, 2009 Apr 03, 2009 Apr 03, 2009 Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009 Apr 09, 2009 Apr 09, 2009 Apr 10, 2009 Apr 13, 2009 Apr 15, 2009 Apr 15, 2009 Apr 17, 2009 Apr 18, 2009 Apr 21, 2009 Apr 21, 2009 Apr 24, 2009 Apr 28, 2009 Apr 28, 2009 Apr 30, 2009 May 03, 2009 May 03, 2009 May 05, 2009 May 08, 2009 May 09, 2009 May 09, 2009 Totals
Opponent at Savannah State Univ. vs Norfolk State Univ. at Savannah State Univ. at Davidson College Savannah State Univ. Savannah State Univ. Savannah State Univ. Coppin State Univ. Campbell University at NC State UNC Wilmington at Savannah State Univ. at Savannah State Univ. at Savannah State Univ. North Carolina A&T Virginia State Duke University at Florida A&M at Florida A&M at Duke University at Duke University at Longwood at Longwood at Virginia State at Coppin State Univ. at Norfolk State Univ. at Norfolk State Univ. at Elon at Elon at Campbell University at Campbell University Florida A&M at UNC Wilmington at UNC Wilmington at Appalachian State at NC State at NC State at Winthrop Maryland E. Shore Maryland E. Shore Maryland E. Shore
IP H 8.0 9 7.0 16 8.0 11 8.0 8 7.0 10 7.0 4 9.0 16 9.0 7 9.0 16 8.0 8 9.0 14 6.0 11 6.0 10 6.0 11 9.0 7 9.0 2 9.0 16 6.0 5 6.0 16 6.0 17 6.0 10 6.0 15 6.0 10 8.2 13 11.0 10 5.2 12 4.0 17 8.0 19 8.0 9 6.0 8 6.0 12 9.0 18 8.0 13 6.0 15 8.0 16 8.0 20 8.0 11 8.0 14 9.0 15 7.0 5 6.0 12 304.1 488
R 7 14 10 12 6 2 21 5 15 8 13 5 6 12 7 3 16 3 17 14 9 15 6 9 7 14 13 22 10 15 18 12 10 14 17 15 15 9 17 6 11 460
ER 6 9 9 8 6 1 14 5 12 3 11 5 6 10 7 3 12 3 12 13 9 14 5 7 2 12 12 16 8 10 9 11 9 12 15 15 11 8 17 1 10 368
BB 2 4 6 4 2 3 11 3 5 8 7 1 1 3 3 3 8 3 4 6 5 7 2 5 6 7 4 8 9 4 10 7 5 5 11 6 9 4 8 5 4 218
SO 2B 8 3 4 3 4 3 10 2 4 2 7 0 9 3 5 2 4 4 7 1 6 2 1 1 3 3 7 2 5 2 3 0 6 4 3 0 3 5 1 1 2 2 3 6 1 1 4 2 5 2 3 3 7 3 4 2 11 1 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 7 6 2 4 4 3 2 5 1 0 3 1 4 1 172 95
HR WP BK HBP DP IBB Score 2 2 1 2 0 0 6-7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1-14 1 4 0 3 2 0 3-10 5 4 0 2 0 0 2-12 1 0 0 2 0 0 9-6 0 0 0 1 1 0 3-2 1 4 0 2 0 0 7-21 0 1 0 2 0 0 8-5 1 1 1 6 0 0 1-15 0 2 0 1 0 0 4-8 1 3 0 1 0 0 2-13 1 0 0 0 1 0 3-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4-6 0 2 0 0 1 0 1-12 1 1 0 1 0 0 2-7 0 1 0 1 2 0 4-3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3-16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1-17 1 0 1 2 1 16 1-14 1 1 1 0 1 16 3-9 1 1 0 1 1 16 1-15 0 4 0 3 1 16 5-6 0 0 0 1 1 17 8-9 0 0 0 0 1 0 12-7 0 1 0 1 0 0 4-14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-13 2 0 0 3 0 0 0-22 1 2 0 1 0 0 5-10 3 0 0 5 0 0 5-15 1 0 0 2 1 0 0-18 0 0 0 4 1 0 9-12 1 2 0 3 0 0 3-10 1 4 0 2 0 0 0-14 3 6 0 0 0 0 0-17 2 0 0 0 1 0 2-15 3 4 0 2 1 16 5-15 2 1 1 1 1 16 1-9 1 0 0 2 2 16 5-17 0 0 0 1 0 0 7-6 0 0 0 2 0 0 7-11 42 52 5 65 21 129 149-460
SV 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 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 3 3 3
ERA 6.75 9.00 9.39 9.29 9.00 7.80 8.83 8.29 8.75 8.21 8.49 8.43 8.47 8.83 8.69 8.28 8.53 8.36 8.75 9.18 9.34 9.77 9.69 9.57 9.11 9.40 9.75 10.07 10.03 10.17 10.25 10.28 10.28 10.46 10.66 10.85 10.89 10.84 11.03 10.80 10.88 10.88
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2009 TEAM LEADERS Hitting Leaders Batting avg
1 HOOD,Akeem........................322 4 WILSON,Kurt..........................299 27 MURRAY,Blake......................283 18 JENKINS,Oliver.....................265 30 PEGUES,Edward..................255
Slugging pct
18 JENKINS,Oliver.....................442 4 WILSON,Kurt..........................419 1 HOOD,Akeem........................404 27 MURRAY,Blake......................392 9 LANDIS,Robert......................300
On base pct
27 MURRAY,Blake......................446 4 WILSON,Kurt..........................379 1 HOOD,Akeem........................375 18 JENKINS,Oliver.....................359 30 PEGUES,Edward..................354
Runs scored
1 HOOD,Akeem...........................25 27 MURRAY,Blake.........................23 18 JENKINS,Oliver........................22 4 WILSON,Kurt.............................15 10 SCOTT,David............................15
Hits
1 HOOD,Akeem...........................47 4 WILSON,Kurt.............................35 27 MURRAY,Blake.........................34 10 SCOTT,David............................30 18 JENKINS,Oliver........................30
Runs batted in
4 WILSON,Kurt.............................15 30 PEGUES,Edward.....................13 27 MURRAY,Blake.........................13 10 SCOTT,David............................11 3 tied at...........................................10
Doubles
4 WILSON,Kurt...............................9 27 MURRAY,Blake...........................7 18 JENKINS,Oliver..........................6 1 HOOD,Akeem.............................4 2 WILSON,Anthony......................3
Triples
18 JENKINS,Oliver..........................4 1 HOOD,Akeem.............................4 9 LANDIS,Robert...........................1 4 WILSON,Kurt...............................1
Home runs
27 MURRAY,Blake...........................2 18 JENKINS,Oliver..........................2 5 tied at.............................................1
Total bases
1 HOOD,Akeem...........................59 18 JENKINS,Oliver........................50 4 WILSON,Kurt.............................49 27 MURRAY,Blake.........................47 10 SCOTT,David............................34
Walks
27 MURRAY,Blake.........................24 30 PEGUES,Edward.....................15 18 JENKINS,Oliver........................13 2 WILSON,Anthony....................11 3 tied at...........................................10
38
Hit by pitch
Games played
Appearances
15 STRICKLAND,Brando.............20 28 DALLEY,Douglas.....................16 17 OATIS,Brandon.......................15 20 RENNARD,Timothy................15 16 COBB,Joseph...........................15
26 COLEMAN,Cedrick...................4 10 SCOTT,David..............................4 14 TILLETT,Jeremy.......................16 24 LEE,Matt....................................28 7 JORDAN,James........................37
Sac bunts
Game starts
27 MURRAY,Blake.........................41 1 HOOD,Akeem...........................39 10 SCOTT,David............................38 30 PEGUES,Edward.....................36 2 tied at...........................................34
Games started
19 GRANT,Robert...........................3 18 JENKINS,Oliver..........................3 9 LANDIS,Robert...........................3 13 PICKETT,Greg............................2 2 WILSON,Anthony......................2
22 CITERO,Jeff...............................11 17 OATIS,Brandon.........................9 28 DALLEY,Douglas.......................9 16 COBB,Joseph.............................5 15 STRICKLAND,Brando...............4
Runs allowed 10 SCOTT,David..............................4 26 COLEMAN,Cedrick...................4 14 TILLETT,Jeremy.......................16 20 RENNARD,Timothy................26 24 LEE,Matt....................................32
Sac flies
Games as sub
Games finished
15 STRICKLAND,Brando.............13 20 RENNARD,Timothy................10 7 JORDAN,James..........................6 24 LEE,Matt......................................3 26 COLEMAN,Cedrick...................2
Earned runs allowed
11 PLUMMER,Ross.......................13 26 COLEMAN,Cedrick.................10 5 GOODSON,Justin......................7 3 tied at.............................................6
Pitching Leaders
Games in relief
Walks allowed
Wild pitches
Doubles allowed
28 DALLEY,Douglas.....................14 17 OATIS,Brandon.........................9 16 COBB,Joseph.............................7 15 STRICKLAND,Brando...............6 7 JORDAN,James..........................5
26 COLEMAN,Cedrick...................0 10 SCOTT,David..............................1 14 TILLETT,Jeremy.........................2 24 LEE,Matt......................................2 16 COBB,Joseph.............................8
Balks
Triples allowed
27 MURRAY,Blake.........................12 4 WILSON,Kurt...............................8 2 WILSON,Anthony......................4 18 JENKINS,Oliver..........................4 1 HOOD,Akeem.............................3
10 SCOTT,David..............................2 2 WILSON,Anthony......................2 5 tied at.............................................1
Stolen bases
1 HOOD,Akeem...........................16 4 WILSON,Kurt...............................9 27 MURRAY,Blake...........................7 5 GOODSON,Justin......................7 2 WILSON,Anthony......................5
Caught stealing
18 JENKINS,Oliver..........................7 4 WILSON,Kurt...............................5 1 HOOD,Akeem.............................3 5 GOODSON,Justin......................2 2 WILSON,Anthony......................2
Steal attempts
1 HOOD,Akeem...........................19 4 WILSON,Kurt.............................14 18 JENKINS,Oliver........................10 5 GOODSON,Justin......................9 2 tied at.............................................7
Stolen base pct
10 SCOTT,David......................1.000 27 MURRAY,Blake...................1.000 11 PLUMMER,Ross.................1.000 19 GRANT,Robert...................1.000 13 PICKETT,Greg....................1.000
Strikeouts
27 MURRAY,Blake.........................29 18 JENKINS,Oliver........................29 30 PEGUES,Edward.....................26 11 PLUMMER,Ross.......................22 2 tied at...........................................21
Grounded into DP
10 SCOTT,David..............................4 4 WILSON,Kurt...............................3 27 MURRAY,Blake...........................3 9 LANDIS,Robert...........................2 18 JENKINS,Oliver..........................2
Total plate appearances
1 HOOD,Akeem........................161 27 MURRAY,Blake......................158 10 SCOTT,David.........................144 18 JENKINS,Oliver.....................134 4 WILSON,Kurt..........................132
At bats
1 HOOD,Akeem........................146 10 SCOTT,David.........................131 27 MURRAY,Blake......................120 4 WILSON,Kurt..........................117 18 JENKINS,Oliver.....................113
27 MURRAY,Blake.........................41 10 SCOTT,David............................40 1 HOOD,Akeem...........................39 4 WILSON,Kurt.............................38 30 PEGUES,Edward.....................37
Earned run avg
20 RENNARD,Timothy............6.62 10 SCOTT,David........................6.75 15 STRICKLAND,Brando.........6.95 26 COLEMAN,Cedrick.............7.20 7 JORDAN,James..................10.59
Opposing bat avg
26 COLEMAN,Cedrick..............222 15 STRICKLAND,Brando..........257 7 JORDAN,James.....................314 20 RENNARD,Timothy.............343 28 DALLEY,Douglas..................356
Won-loss pct
20 RENNARD,Timothy.............500 15 STRICKLAND,Brando..........333 16 COBB,Joseph........................200 17 OATIS,Brandon....................125 22 CITERO,Jeff............................100
Wins
15 STRICKLAND,Brando...............2 20 RENNARD,Timothy..................1 16 COBB,Joseph.............................1 17 OATIS,Brandon.........................1 22 CITERO,Jeff.................................1
Losses
15 STRICKLAND,Brando.............16 7 JORDAN,James........................14 20 RENNARD,Timothy................13 16 COBB,Joseph...........................10 24 LEE,Matt......................................8
15 STRICKLAND,Brando...............2 17 OATIS,Brandon.........................1 16 COBB,Joseph.............................1 14 TILLETT,Jeremy.........................1
Hit batters
15 STRICKLAND,Brando.............16 7 JORDAN,James........................10 28 DALLEY,Douglas.....................10 16 COBB,Joseph.............................8 17 OATIS,Brandon.........................8
Intentional BB allowed
Runners picked off
Saves
Batters SO out looking
Innings pitched
28 DALLEY,Douglas.................47.0 17 OATIS,Brandon...................46.0 15 STRICKLAND,Brando.........44.0 22 CITERO,Jeff...........................42.0 16 COBB,Joseph.......................38.0
Batters struck out
17 OATIS,Brandon.......................38 16 COBB,Joseph...........................27 28 DALLEY,Douglas.....................26 22 CITERO,Jeff...............................20 15 STRICKLAND,Brando.............20
10 SCOTT,David..............................1 26 COLEMAN,Cedrick...................4 14 TILLETT,Jeremy.......................13 24 LEE,Matt....................................22 20 RENNARD,Timothy................25
10 SCOTT,David..............................1 26 COLEMAN,Cedrick...................5 20 RENNARD,Timothy..................9 14 TILLETT,Jeremy.........................9 24 LEE,Matt....................................17
26 COLEMAN,Cedrick...................0 10 SCOTT,David..............................0 28 DALLEY,Douglas.......................0 24 LEE,Matt......................................0 14 TILLETT,Jeremy.........................1
Home runs allowed
26 COLEMAN,Cedrick...................0 14 TILLETT,Jeremy.........................1 10 SCOTT,David..............................1 24 LEE,Matt......................................3 22 CITERO,Jeff.................................3
20 RENNARD,Timothy................32 15 STRICKLAND,Brando.............17 5 tied at...........................................16
22 CITERO,Jeff.................................9 17 OATIS,Brandon.........................7 28 DALLEY,Douglas.......................7 16 COBB,Joseph.............................4 15 STRICKLAND,Brando...............4
15 STRICKLAND,Brando...............3
Hits allowed
16 COBB,Joseph.............................3 9 LANDIS,Robert...........................2 22 CITERO,Jeff.................................1 17 OATIS,Brandon.........................1
16 COBB,Joseph...........................13 17 OATIS,Brandon.......................13 28 DALLEY,Douglas.......................7 15 STRICKLAND,Brando...............6 22 CITERO,Jeff.................................5
Sac bunts allowed
17 OATIS,Brandon.........................9 16 COBB,Joseph.............................6 20 RENNARD,Timothy..................3 28 DALLEY,Douglas.......................3 22 CITERO,Jeff.................................3
Sac flies allowed
28 DALLEY,Douglas.......................7 14 TILLETT,Jeremy.........................5 22 CITERO,Jeff.................................4 3 tied at.............................................3
Brandon Strickland led the Eagles with 2 wins and was third on the squad with a 6.95 ERA. (Photo by Rick Crank)
2008 EAGLES
# 1 2 4 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30
NAME Marcus Moore Gene Suarez Kurt Wilson Justin Goodson James Jordan Tim McAllister Robert Landis Kyle Davis Jerel Campbell Greg Pickett Brian Brice David Scott Brandon Oatis Oliver Jenkins Robert Grant Kenny Martin Jeff Citero Mike Cornwell Wesley Brown Alex Weathersby Tye Gray Blake Murray Douglas Dalley Edward Pegues
HT 5-8 5-10 5-10 5-9 6-1 5-8 5-11 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-0 5-8 6-4 5-9 5-11 5-6 6-0 5-9 6-0 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-1
Henry White - Head Coach Michael Swann - Assistant Coach Ken Valentine - Assistant Coach Chris Smith - Assistant Coach
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WT 175 200 155 145 195 170 205 165 200 200 178 215 190 175 230 175 200 175 200 240 230 205 200 220
POS P P INF INF P OF Util. OF OF INF OF INF P OF C OF P P INF P 1B C P OF
CLASS JR JR SO SO SO SO JR FR SO SO SO FR FR JR FR SO FR SR JR SO SO FR FR FR
Hometown/Previous School/Major Fayetteville, N.C./E.E. Smith H.S. Fayetteville, N.C./E.E. Smith H.S. Riverdale, Ga./Riverdale H.S. Stone Mountain, Ga./Tucker H.S. Bryson City, N.C./Swain County H.S. Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh H.S. Winston-Salem, N.C./Wilkes C.C. Newark, Del./The Citadel Phoenix, Ariz./South Mountain H.S. Columbia, S.C./ Dreher H.S. Pittsboro, N.C./UNC Pembroke Bunn, N.C./Bunn H.S. Matthews, N.C./Butler H.S. Rocky Mount, N.C./Rocky Mount H.S. Haw River, N.C./Graham H.S. Raleigh, N.C./Cary H.S. Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh H.S. Charlotte, N.C./Alabama A&M Roxboro, N.C./Person H.S. Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh H.S. Waldorf, Md./Westlake H.S. Wendell, N.C./East Wake H.S. Durham, N.C./Southern H.S. Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland H.S.
2008 RESULTS Record: 6-30 Home: 5-9 Away: 1-21 Game date
Opposing team Score
r-h-e
r-h-e
Conf.
Pitcher of record Attend
Time
Feb 24, 2008
at Savannah State Univ. 3-17 L
3-4-6
17-14-0
7
0-1-0
0-0-0
Oatis,Brando (L 0-1) 189
2hr1
Feb 24, 2008
at Savannah State Univ.
4-6 L
4-4-2
6-6-1
6
0-2-0
0-0-0
Scott,David (L 0-1) 138
2hr2
Mar 02, 2008
ALDERSON-BROADDUS
2-8 L
2-7-2
Mar 04, 2008
at Saint Augustine’s
1-3 L
1-5-0
8-14-4
9
0-3-0
0-0-0
Dalley,Dougl (L)
145
3:07
3-6-0
7
0-4-0
0-0-0
Oatis,Brando (L)
33
1:24
Mar 04, 2008
at Saint Augustine’s
W
6-3
6-7-1
3-6-7
7
1-4-0
0-0-0
Jordan,James (W 1-0) 33
4:06
Mar 09, 2008
at Norfolk State
4-14 L
4-8-4
14-10-3
7
1-5-0
0-0-0
Dalley,Dougl (L 0-2) -
2:24
Mar 09, 2008 Mar 10, 2008
at Norfolk State
0-5 L
0-2-6
5-5-0
7
1-6-0
0-0-0
Citero,Jeff (L 1-1)
109
1:44
at Norfolk State
4-14 L
4-8-4
14-11-3
9
1-7-0
0-0-0
Oatis,Brando (L 0-3) 82
2:34
Mar 11, 2008
at Coppin State
7-11 L
7-15-4
11-9-2
7
1-8-0
0-0-0
Scott,David (L)
-
2:40
Mar 11, 2008
at Coppin State
6-7 L
6-9-2
7-7-4
7
1-9-0
0-0-0
Cornwell, M. (L)
40
2:26
Mar 13, 2008
CLAFLIN
6-5
6-5-3
5-8-1
9
2-9-0
0-0-0
Jordan,James (W 2-0) 47
2:58
Mar 15, 2008
SAVANNAH STATE
3-9 L
3-4-4
9-8-3
7
2-10-0
0-0-0
Weathersby (L 0-1) 99
2hr1
Mar 15, 2008
SAVANNAH STATE
3-5 L
3-6-0
5-8-0
5
2-11-0
0-0-0
Citero,Jeff (L 1-0)
99
1hr
Mar 18, 2008
VIRGINIA STATE
W
6-3
6-5-2
3-8-2
7
3-11-0
0-0-0
Oatis,Brando (W 1-3) 37
2:17
Mar 18, 2008
VIRGINIA STATE
W
5-2
5-5-5
2-4-0
7
4-11-0
0-0-0
Dalley,Dougl (W)
37
2:16
Mar 21, 2008
ELIZABETH CITY STATE
1-8 L
1-3-2
8-13-0
7
4-12-0
0-0-0
Citero,Jeff (L)
42
1:45
Mar 21, 2008
ELIZABETH CITY STATE 10-13 L
10-15-8
13-14-2
7
4-13-0
0-0-0
Weathersby (L 0-2) 42
2:45
Mar 22, 2008
CHOWAN
1-10 L
1-6-5
10-11-0
7
4-14-0
0-0-0
Cornwell, M. (L)
78
2:31
Mar 22, 2008
CHOWAN
0-9 L
0-1-4
9-8-1
7
4-15-0
0-0-0
Brice, Brian (L)
68
2:08
Mar 23, 2008
SAINT AUGUSTINE’S W
3-2
3-6-1
2-5-2
(8)
5-15-0
0-0-0
Dalley,Dougl (W 2-0) 65
2hr2
Mar 23, 2008
SAINT AUGUSTINE’S W
4-0
4-8-0
0-4-1
7
6-15-0
0-0-0
Oatis,Brando (W 1-0) 35
1HR5
Mar 25, 2008
CAMPBELL
2-8 L
2-5-2
8-13-3
9
6-16-0
0-0-0
Citero,Jeff (L 0-4)
2:40
W
Inns Overall
93
Mar 26, 2008
DUKE
2-10 L
2-5-5
10-10-1
9
6-17-0
0-0-0
Weathersby (L 0-3) 1017
2:46
Apr 01, 2008
at Campbell
1-10 L
1-9-3
10-14-2
9
6-18-0
0-0-0
Oatis,Brando (L 2-4) 389
2:41
Apr 13, 2008
at Longwood
4-8 L
4-6-1
8-13-1
9
6-19-0
0-0-0
Citero,Jeff (L 0-5)
125
2:36
Apr 13, 2008
at Longwood
1-3 L
1-5-2
3-5-1
7
6-20-0
0-0-0
Weathersby (L 0-4) 125
1:35
Apr 15, 2008
at Duke
2-8 L
2-5-1
8-13-0
7
6-21-0
0-0-0
Oatis,Brando (L 2-5) -
2:12
Apr 15, 2008
at Duke
0-22 L
0-0-4
22-14-0
7
6-22-0
0-0-0
Weathersby (L 0-5) 318
2:25
Apr 19, 2008
at Georgia State
4-12 L
4-6-3
12-12-3
9
6-23-0
0-0-0
Weathersby (L 0-6) 173
2:50
Apr 19, 2008
at Georgia State
0-14 L
0-5-3
14-15-1
7
6-24-0
0-0-0
Jordan,James (L 2-1) 143
2:18
Apr 20, 2008
at Georgia State
7-9 L
7-8-0
9-10-2
9
6-25-0
0-0-0
Citero,Jeff (L 0-6)
186
2:31
Apr 23, 2008
at UNC Wilmington
8-14 L
8-10-0
14-12-5
9
6-26-0
0-0-0
Jordan,James (L 2-2) 583
2:48
Apr 26, 2008
at Chowan University
3-5 L
3-6-1
5-9-2
7
6-27-0
0-0-0
Citero,Jeff (L)
135
2:00
Apr 26, 2008
at Chowan University
2-12 L
2-8-2
12-13-1
7
6-28-0
0-0-0
Weathersby (L)
134
2:00
Apr 29, 2008
at ETSU
1-13 L
1-5-2
13-14-3
9
6-29-0
0-0-0
Dalley,Dougl (L 2-3) 114
2:36
Apr 30, 2008
at ETSU
2-10 L
2-4-2
10-13-2
9
6-30-0
0-0-0
Citero,Jeff (L 0-8)
2:31
87
() extra inning game
41
2008 STATISTICS Record: 6-30 Home: 5-9 Away: 1-21
Hitting Statistics Player 26 Gray, Tye 13 Pickett,Greg 18 Jenkins,Oliver 9 Landis,Robert 15 Scott,David 27 Murray,Blake 10 Davis, Kyle 14 Brice, Brian 21 Martin, Kenny 4 Wilson,Kurt 5 Goodson,Justin 2 Suarez, Gene 19 Grant,Robert 8 McAllister,Tim 12 Campbell,Jerel 30 Pegues,Edward 24 Brown, Wesley 11 TEAM 7 Jordan,James 28 Dalley,Douglas Totals Opponents
AVG .333 .313 .257 .255 .247 .245 .233 .232 .212 .193 .190 .173 .163 .163 .125 .111 .105 .400 .000 .000 .223 .329
GP 33 14 32 32 29 25 26 25 20 22 27 33 26 28 14 17 24 2 1 1 36 36
GS AB 30 84 5 16 31 101 31 98 28 89 21 49 22 60 23 69 7 33 20 57 24 79 24 81 19 49 17 43 6 16 5 18 9 38 2 5 0 0 0 0 36 985 36 1091
R H 15 28 0 5 20 26 6 25 8 22 7 12 5 14 7 16 3 7 7 11 14 15 6 14 3 8 6 7 3 2 2 2 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 118 220 312 359
2B 4 0 6 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 66
3B HR 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 14 30
RBI TB 10 35 2 5 7 36 14 26 9 24 7 14 10 16 5 21 3 8 4 13 7 21 5 16 5 12 0 8 2 2 1 2 1 6 4 5 0 0 0 0 96 270 263 543
SLG% .417 .313 .356 .265 .270 .286 .267 .304 .242 .228 .266 .198 .245 .186 .125 .111 .158 1.000 .000 .000 .274 .498
BB 12 5 15 9 7 13 8 10 2 5 11 6 4 9 1 1 4 1 0 1 124 192
HBP 3 1 3 0 3 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 27 39
SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO 26 0 .426 2 0 11 13 134 4 0 .500 0 0 1 1 37 27 2 .367 1 3 8 10 83 11 0 .315 1 3 0 0 27 13 0 .320 1 2 2 4 22 22 0 .422 0 2 1 2 119 7 3 .333 2 0 4 5 43 15 0 .346 0 1 6 8 42 9 0 .257 0 0 0 0 9 16 0 .281 0 3 6 6 36 13 0 .297 0 2 4 5 39 23 2 .247 0 2 1 4 7 21 0 .226 0 1 1 1 77 15 0 .321 0 2 4 9 34 5 0 .364 0 0 2 2 10 7 0 .150 1 0 1 1 5 12 1 .190 0 1 1 1 23 0 0 .500 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2 246 8 .324 8 22 54 73 761 163 7 .437 27 20 86 101 808
A 6 2 1 45 39 18 2 5 0 23 28 23 12 1 1 1 8 6 4 7 260 348
E FLD% 8 .946 1 .975 2 .977 8 .900 6 .910 6 .958 3 .938 5 .904 3 .750 3 .952 10 .870 18 .625 2 .978 3 .921 1 .917 1 .857 5 .861 1 .900 2 .778 1 .900 96 .914 63 .948
LOB - Team (244), Opp (296). DPs turned - Team (14), Opp (24). CI - Team (0), Opp (4). IBB - Team (2), Murray,Blake 1, TEAM 1, Opp (1). Picked off - Jenkins,Oliv 2, Brice, Brian 2, Gray, Tye 1, Wilson,Kurt 1, Scott,David 1.
Pitching Statistics Player 28 Dalley,Douglas 25 Weathersby, Alex 17 Oatis,Brandon 7 Jordan,James 22 Citero,Jeff 14 Brice, Brian 2 Suarez, Gene 23 Cornwell, Mike 15 Scott,David Totals Opponents
ERA 5.50 6.88 7.00 7.42 9.73 10.80 11.25 13.29 15.63 8.44 2.77
W 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 30
L 3 7 5 2 8 1 0 2 2 30 6
APP GS 12 8 11 7 8 6 18 2 14 9 3 2 3 0 13 1 3 1 36 36 36 36
CG 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 11
SHO CBO SV IP H 0 0 0 37.2 36 0 0 1 35.1 52 1 0 0 36.0 49 0 0 1 43.2 57 0 0 0 57.1 96 0 0 0 11.2 13 0 0 0 4.0 10 0 0 0 21.2 34 0 0 0 6.1 12 1 0 2 253.2 359 4 1 5 269.1 220
R 33 47 36 42 71 15 12 41 15 312 118
ER 23 27 28 36 62 14 5 32 11 238 83
BB 37 24 17 23 31 12 5 34 9 192 124
SO 2B 37 6 23 5 23 13 36 6 24 16 7 4 0 5 9 8 4 3 163 66 246 29
3B 2 3 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 14 3
HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 3 149 .242 6 2 0 0 6 155 .335 4 5 0 6 3 151 .325 3 4 2 4 8 185 .308 3 11 0 6 6 254 .378 11 9 0 6 0 47 .277 8 1 0 1 1 23 .435 0 0 0 0 2 95 .358 6 5 0 3 1 32 .375 5 2 0 1 30 1091 .329 46 39 2 27 5 985 .223 25 27 3 8
SHA 1 2 4 3 6 1 0 3 0 20 22
PB - Team (9), Grant,Robert 6, Murray,Blake 3, Opp (10). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (7). SBA/ATT - Murray,Blake (44-54), Grant,Robert (41-44), Jordan,James (19-20), Citero,Jeff (12-16), Oatis,Brando (13-15), Cornwell, M. (14-15), Dalley,Dougl (11-14), Weathersby (7-10), Scott,David (5-5), Brice, Brian (4-5), Landis,Rober (1-1), Suarez, Gene (1-1).
Fielding Statistics Player 19 Grant,Robert 18 Jenkins,Oliver 13 Pickett,Greg 27 Murray,Blake 4 Wilson,Kurt 26 Gray, Tye 10 Davis, Kyle 8 McAllister,Tim 12 Campbell,Jerel 17 Oatis,Brandon 15 Scott,David 14 Brice, Brian 9 Landis,Robert 28 Dalley,Douglas 11 TEAM 5 Goodson,Justin 24 Brown, Wesley 22 Citero,Jeff 30 Pegues,Edward 7 Jordan,James 21 Martin, Kenny 23 Cornwell, Mike 25 Weathersby, Alex 2 Suarez, Gene Totals Opponents
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C 91 86 40 143 62 148 48 38 12 12 67 52 80 10 10 77 36 14 7 9 12 8 7 48 1117 1219
PO 77 83 37 119 36 134 43 34 10 0 22 42 27 2 3 39 23 3 5 3 9 2 1 7 761 808
A 12 1 2 18 23 6 2 1 1 11 39 5 45 7 6 28 8 9 1 4 0 4 4 23 260 348
E 2 2 1 6 3 8 3 3 1 1 6 5 8 1 1 10 5 2 1 2 3 2 2 18 96 63
FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% .978 3 41 3 .932 .977 1 0 0 - .975 0 0 0 - .958 3 44 10 .815 .952 3 0 0 - .946 7 0 0 - .938 1 0 0 - .921 0 0 0 - .917 0 0 0 - .917 0 13 2 .867 .910 5 5 0 1.000 .904 0 4 1 .800 .900 4 1 0 1.000 .900 0 11 3 .786 .900 0 0 0 - .870 3 0 0 - .861 2 0 0 - .857 2 12 4 .750 .857 0 0 0 - .778 0 19 1 .950 .750 0 0 0 - .750 0 14 1 .933 .714 0 7 3 .700 .625 1 1 0 1.000 .914 14 86 15 .851 .948 24 54 19 .740
PB 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10
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 4
Tye Gray paced the Eagles in several offensive categories in 2008.
2008 STATISTICS 2008 Game-by-Game Statistics
Hitting Statistics Date Opponent Feb 24, 2008 at Savannah State Univ. Feb 24, 2008 at Savannah State Univ. Mar 02, 2008 Alderson-Broaddus Mar 04, 2008 at Saint Augustine’s Mar 04, 2008 at Saint Augustine’s Mar 09, 2008 at Norfolk State Mar 09, 2008 at Norfolk State Mar 10, 2008 at Norfolk State Mar 11, 2008 at Coppin State Mar 11, 2008 at Coppin State Mar 13, 2008 Claflin Mar 15, 2008 Savannah State Mar 15, 2008 Savannah State Mar 18, 2008 Virginia State Mar 18, 2008 Virginia State Mar 21, 2008 Elizabeth City State Mar 21, 2008 Elizabeth City State Mar 22, 2008 Chowan Mar 22, 2008 Chowan Mar 23, 2008 Saint Augustine’s Mar 23, 2008 Saint Augustine’s Mar 25, 2008 Campbell Mar 26, 2008 Duke Apr 01, 2008 at Campbell Apr 13, 2008 at Longwood Apr 13, 2008 at Longwood Apr 15, 2008 at Duke Apr 15, 2008 at Duke Apr 19, 2008 at Georgia State Apr 19, 2008 at Georgia State Apr 20, 2008 at Georgia State Apr 23, 2008 at UNC Wilmington Apr 26, 2008 at Chowan University Apr 26, 2008 at Chowan University Apr 29, 2008 at ETSU Apr 30, 2008 at ETSU Totals
AB 21 18 33 23 32 27 21 34 34 32 27 25 19 21 21 24 33 25 20 28 25 31 31 34 33 26 20 20 30 26 34 41 25 27 33 31 985
R 3 4 2 1 6 4 0 4 7 6 6 3 3 6 5 1 10 1 0 3 4 2 2 1 4 1 2 0 4 0 7 8 3 2 1 2 118
H 4 4 7 5 7 8 2 8 15 9 5 4 6 5 5 3 15 6 1 6 8 5 5 9 6 5 5 0 6 5 8 10 6 8 5 4 220
RBI 3 2 2 0 5 3 0 2 6 5 5 2 3 3 5 1 10 1 0 3 4 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 6 7 3 2 1 2 96
2B 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 29
3B 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HR BB IBB SB 1 4 0 0 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 9 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 7 0 6 1 6 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 124 2 54
Opponent IP H at Savannah State Univ. 6.0 14 at Savannah State Univ. 5.1 6 Alderson-Broaddus 9.0 14 at Saint Augustine’s 6.0 6 at Saint Augustine’s 7.0 6 at Norfolk State 6.0 10 at Norfolk State 6.0 5 at Norfolk State 8.0 11 at Coppin State 6.0 9 at Coppin State 6.1 7 Claflin 9.0 8 Savannah State 7.0 8 Savannah State 5.0 8 Virginia State 7.0 8 Virginia State 7.0 4 Elizabeth City State 7.0 13 Elizabeth City State 7.0 14 Chowan 7.0 11 Chowan 7.0 8 Saint Augustine’s 8.0 5 Saint Augustine’s 7.0 4 Campbell 9.0 13 Duke 9.0 10 at Campbell 8.0 14 at Longwood 8.0 13 at Longwood 6.0 5 at Duke 6.0 13 at Duke 6.0 14 at Georgia State 8.0 12 at Georgia State 6.0 15 at Georgia State 8.0 10 at UNC Wilmington 8.0 12 at Chowan University 6.0 9 at Chowan University 6.0 13 at ETSU 8.0 14 at ETSU 8.0 13 253.2 359
R 17 6 8 3 3 14 5 14 11 7 5 9 5 3 2 8 13 10 9 2 0 8 10 10 8 3 8 22 12 14 9 14 5 12 13 10 312
ER 11 4 7 3 2 11 1 11 6 7 2 5 5 3 0 8 7 9 4 0 0 7 3 9 8 2 8 16 12 12 9 14 4 7 11 10 238
BB 1 6 8 4 5 12 1 7 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 1 5 6 4 2 2 4 7 4 8 0 2 10 9 9 7 8 4 7 9 8 192
SO 2B 6 3 6 2 7 3 3 1 4 1 5 4 3 1 5 1 6 2 6 3 8 2 9 0 2 3 4 2 7 1 2 1 4 2 5 3 3 4 11 1 6 1 4 1 7 1 4 4 4 1 5 0 1 4 2 0 5 2 1 4 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 0 3 1 4 2 163 66
CS HBP SAC SF 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19 27 22 8
GDP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
K 1 3 9 8 5 7 3 11 9 3 5 7 5 5 5 7 1 3 5 6 2 8 10 9 13 10 4 9 12 11 8 7 7 9 8 11 246
PO A 18 6 16 6 27 16 18 9 21 9 18 10 18 7 24 8 18 4 19 3 27 13 21 5 15 6 21 14 21 8 21 7 21 6 21 6 21 9 24 8 21 4 27 13 27 6 24 10 24 11 18 5 18 6 18 1 24 3 18 7 24 7 24 4 18 5 18 5 24 3 24 10 761 260
E 6 2 2 0 1 4 6 4 4 2 3 4 0 2 5 2 8 5 4 1 0 2 5 3 1 2 1 4 3 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 96
Avg .190 .205 .208 .211 .213 .227 .211 .215 .247 .251 .245 .239 .243 .243 .242 .235 .252 .251 .243 .241 .245 .240 .236 .238 .235 .234 .234 .228 .227 .225 .226 .227 .227 .229 .226 .223 .223
Pitching Statistics Date Feb 24, 2008 Feb 24, 2008 Mar 02, 2008 Mar 04, 2008 Mar 04, 2008 Mar 09, 2008 Mar 09, 2008 Mar 10, 2008 Mar 11, 2008 Mar 11, 2008 Mar 13, 2008 Mar 15, 2008 Mar 15, 2008 Mar 18, 2008 Mar 18, 2008 Mar 21, 2008 Mar 21, 2008 Mar 22, 2008 Mar 22, 2008 Mar 23, 2008 Mar 23, 2008 Mar 25, 2008 Mar 26, 2008 Apr 01, 2008 Apr 13, 2008 Apr 13, 2008 Apr 15, 2008 Apr 15, 2008 Apr 19, 2008 Apr 19, 2008 Apr 20, 2008 Apr 23, 2008 Apr 26, 2008 Apr 26, 2008 Apr 29, 2008 Apr 30, 2008 Totals
3B 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 14
HR WP BK HBP DP IBB Score 4 4 0 2 0 0 3-17 2 2 0 0 0 0 4-6 0 1 0 0 2 0 2-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6-3 0 3 0 0 0 0 4-14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4-14 0 4 0 2 1 0 7-11 0 4 0 2 0 1 6-7 0 1 0 0 1 0 6-5 1 0 0 2 0 0 3-9 1 0 0 0 0 0 3-5 0 1 0 0 0 0 6-3 0 0 0 1 1 0 5-2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1-8 0 1 0 2 0 0 10-13 2 3 0 1 0 0 1-10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2-8 1 2 0 1 0 0 2-10 0 0 1 5 1 0 1-10 0 3 0 0 0 0 4-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 2 0 1 1 0 0 2-8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0-22 2 3 0 3 1 0 4-12 0 0 0 3 0 0 0-14 1 1 0 0 1 0 7-9 5 1 0 2 1 0 8-14 1 0 0 1 0 0 3-5 2 1 0 0 0 0 2-12 3 1 0 2 0 0 1-13 0 6 0 3 1 0 2-10 30 46 2 39 14 1 118-312
W 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
L 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 11 11 12 13 14 15 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30
SV ERA 0 16.50 0 11.91 0 9.74 0 8.54 0 7.29 0 8.69 0 7.74 0 8.44 0 8.49 0 8.63 1 7.83 1 7.71 1 7.79 1 7.49 2 6.97 2 7.19 2 7.30 2 7.55 2 7.41 2 6.98 2 6.64 2 6.66 2 6.46 2 6.63 2 6.74 2 6.62 2 6.79 2 7.31 2 7.56 2 7.86 2 7.94 2 8.22 2 8.16 2 8.22 2 8.35 2 8.44 2 8.44
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2008 TEAM LEADERS Hitting Leaders Batting avg 26 Gray, Tye.............................333 13 Pickett,Greg.......................313 18 Jenkins,Oliver...................257 9 Landis,Robert...................255 15 Scott,David........................247 Slugging pct 26 Gray, Tye.............................417 18 Jenkins,Oliver...................356 13 Pickett,Greg.......................313 14 Brice, Brian.........................304 27 Murray,Blake.....................286 On base pct 13 Pickett,Greg.......................500 26 Gray, Tye.............................426 27 Murray,Blake.....................422 18 Jenkins,Oliver..................367 12 Campbell,Jerel.................364 Runs scored 18 Jenkins,Oliver......................20 26 Gray, Tye................................15 5 Goodson,Justin...................14 15 Scott,David.............................8 3 tied at....................................7 Hits 26 Gray, Tye................................28 18 Jenkins,Oliver......................26 9 Landis,Robert......................25 15 Scott,David...........................22 14 Brice, Brian............................16 Runs batted in 9 Landis,Robert......................14 10 Davis, Kyle.............................10 26 Gray, Tye................................10 15 Scott,David.............................9 3 tied at....................................7 Doubles 18 Jenkins,Oliver........................6 26 Gray, Tye..................................4 7 tied at....................................2 Triples 18 Jenkins,Oliver........................2 5 Goodson,Justin.....................1 Home runs 14 Brice, Brian..............................1 5 Goodson,Justin.....................1 26 Gray, Tye..................................1 19 Grant,Robert..........................1 Total bases 18 Jenkins,Oliver......................36 26 Gray, Tye................................35 9 Landis,Robert......................26 15 Scott,David...........................24 2 tied at..................................21 Walks 18 Jenkins,Oliver..........................15 27 Murray,Blake............................13 26 Gray, Tye....................................12 5 Goodson,Justin........................11 14 Brice, Brian...............................10 Hit by pitch 12 Campbell,Jerel......................5 18 Jenkins,Oliver........................3 26 Gray, Tye..................................3 15 Scott,David.............................3 5 tied at....................................2
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Sac bunts 9 Landis,Robert........................3 18 Jenkins,Oliver........................3 4 Wilson,Kurt.............................3 5 tied at....................................2 Sac flies 26 Gray, Tye..................................2 10 Davis, Kyle...............................2 4 tied at....................................1 Stolen bases 26 Gray, Tye................................11 18 Jenkins,Oliver........................8 4 Wilson,Kurt.............................6 14 Brice, Brian..............................6 3 tied at....................................4 Steal attempts 26 Gray, Tye................................13 18 Jenkins,Oliver......................10 8 McAllister,Tim........................9 14 Brice, Brian..............................8 4 Wilson,Kurt.............................6 Stolen base pct 4 Wilson,Kurt.....................1.000 19 Grant,Robert..................1.000 24 Brown, Wesley...............1.000 30 Pegues,Edward.............1.000 13 Pickett,Greg....................1.000 Total plate appearances 18 Jenkins,Oliver...................123 9 Landis,Robert...................112 26 Gray, Tye.............................104 15 Scott,David........................102 5 Goodson,Justin...................93 At bats 18 Jenkins,Oliver...................101 9 Landis,Robert......................98 15 Scott,David...........................89 26 Gray, Tye................................84 2 Suarez, Gene........................81 Games played 26 Gray, Tye................................33 2 Suarez, Gene........................33 9 Landis,Robert......................32 18 Jenkins,Oliver......................32 15 Scott,David...........................29 Game starts 9 Landis,Robert......................31 18 Jenkins,Oliver......................31 26 Gray, Tye................................30 15 Scott,David...........................28 2 tied at..................................24 Games as sub 24 Brown, Wesley.....................15 21 Martin, Kenny......................13 30 Pegues,Edward...................12 8 McAllister,Tim......................11 2 tied at....................................9
Pitching Leaders Earned run avg 28 Dalley,Douglas................5.50 25 Weathersby, Alex............6.88 17 Oatis,Brandon..................7.00 7 Jordan,James...................7.42 22 Citero,Jeff..........................9.73
Opposing bat avg 28 Dalley,Douglas.................242 14 Brice, Brian.........................277 7 Jordan,James....................308 17 Oatis,Brandon...................325 25 Weathersby, Alex.............335
Sac bunts allowed 22 Citero,Jeff................................6 17 Oatis,Brandon........................4 23 Cornwell, Mike......................3 7 Jordan,James.........................3 25 Weathersby, Alex..................2
Putouts 26 Gray, Tye.............................134 27 Murray,Blake.....................119 18 Jenkins,Oliver......................83 19 Grant,Robert........................77 10 Davis, Kyle.............................43
Won-loss pct 7 Jordan,James....................500 28 Dalley,Douglas.................400 17 Oatis,Brandon...................286 23 Cornwell, Mike.................000 14 Brice, Brian.........................000
Sac flies allowed 22 Citero,Jeff................................6 7 Jordan,James.........................6 25 Weathersby, Alex..................6 17 Oatis,Brandon........................4 23 Cornwell, Mike......................3
Assists 9 Landis,Robert......................45 15 Scott,David...........................39 5 Goodson,Justin...................28 2 Suarez, Gene........................23 4 Wilson,Kurt...........................23
Wins 7 Jordan,James.........................2 28 Dalley,Douglas......................2 17 Oatis,Brandon........................2
Hits allowed 2 Suarez, Gene........................10 15 Scott,David...........................12 14 Brice, Brian............................13 23 Cornwell, Mike....................34 28 Dalley,Douglas....................36
Errors 2 Suarez, Gene........................18 5 Goodson,Justin...................10 9 Landis,Robert........................8 26 Gray, Tye..................................8 2 tied at....................................6
Runs allowed 2 Suarez, Gene........................12 15 Scott,David...........................15 14 Brice, Brian............................15 28 Dalley,Douglas....................33 17 Oatis,Brandon......................36
Fielding double plays 26 Gray, Tye..................................7 15 Scott,David.............................5 9 Landis,Robert........................4 4 tied at....................................3
Saves 25 Weathersby, Alex..................1 7 Jordan,James.........................1 Innings pitched 22 Citero,Jeff..........................57.1 7 Jordan,James...................43.2 28 Dalley,Douglas................37.2 17 Oatis,Brandon..................36.0 25 Weathersby, Alex............35.1 Batters struck out 28 Dalley,Douglas....................37 7 Jordan,James.......................36 22 Citero,Jeff..............................24 17 Oatis,Brandon......................23 25 Weathersby, Alex................23 Appearances 7 Jordan,James.......................18 22 Citero,Jeff..............................14 23 Cornwell, Mike....................13 28 Dalley,Douglas....................12 25 Weathersby, Alex................11 Games started 22 Citero,Jeff................................9 28 Dalley,Douglas......................8 25 Weathersby, Alex..................7 17 Oatis,Brandon........................6 2 tied at....................................2 Games finished 7 Jordan,James.......................13 23 Cornwell, Mike......................4 25 Weathersby, Alex..................3 4 tied at....................................2 Games in relief 7 Jordan,James.......................16 23 Cornwell, Mike....................12 22 Citero,Jeff................................5 28 Dalley,Douglas......................4 25 Weathersby, Alex..................4 Hit batters 7 Jordan,James.......................11 22 Citero,Jeff................................9 23 Cornwell, Mike......................5 25 Weathersby, Alex..................5 17 Oatis,Brandon........................4 Batters SO out looking 25 Weathersby, Alex................13 28 Dalley,Douglas....................11 7 Jordan,James.........................8 22 Citero,Jeff................................5 17 Oatis,Brandon........................5
Earned runs allowed 2 Suarez, Gene..........................5 15 Scott,David...........................11 14 Brice, Brian............................14 28 Dalley,Douglas....................23 25 Weathersby, Alex................27 Walks allowed 2 Suarez, Gene..........................5 15 Scott,David.............................9 14 Brice, Brian............................12 17 Oatis,Brandon......................17 7 Jordan,James.......................23 Doubles allowed 15 Scott,David.............................3 14 Brice, Brian..............................4 2 Suarez, Gene..........................5 25 Weathersby, Alex..................5 28 Dalley,Douglas......................6 Triples allowed 23 Cornwell, Mike......................0 14 Brice, Brian..............................0 2 Suarez, Gene..........................0 15 Scott,David.............................1 17 Oatis,Brandon........................1
Stolen bases against 27 Murray,Blake........................44 19 Grant,Robert........................41 7 Jordan,James.......................19 23 Cornwell, Mike....................14 17 Oatis,Brandon......................13 Caught stealing by 27 Murray,Blake........................10 22 Citero,Jeff................................4 19 Grant,Robert..........................3 25 Weathersby, Alex..................3 28 Dalley,Douglas......................3 Steal attempts against 27 Murray,Blake........................54 19 Grant,Robert........................44 7 Jordan,James.......................20 22 Citero,Jeff..............................16 2 tied at..................................15 Hitting minimums - 3 Games Pitching minimums - 1 Games
Home runs allowed 14 Brice, Brian..............................0 2 Suarez, Gene..........................1 15 Scott,David.............................1 23 Cornwell, Mike......................2 17 Oatis,Brandon........................3
Fielding Leaders Fielding pct 19 Grant,Robert.....................978 18 Jenkins,Oliver...................977 13 Pickett,Greg.......................975 27 Murray,Blake.....................958 4 Wilson,Kurt........................952 Chances 26 Gray, Tye.............................148 27 Murray,Blake.....................143 19 Grant,Robert........................91 18 Jenkins,Oliver......................86 9 Landis,Robert......................80
Douglas Dalley was among the team leaders in several pitching categories in 2008.
2007 NCCU EAGLES BASEBALL ROSTER
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 18 20 21 23 24 25 26
NAME Marcus Moore Gene Suarez Marcus Mack Kurt Wilson Justin Goodson Michael Cook James Jordan Tim McAllister Robert Landis Jerel Campbell Greg Pickett Seth O’Brien Oliver Jenkins Keith Butcher Kenny Martin Mike Cornwell Jerome Reid Alex Weathersby Tye Gray
CLASS So. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr.
POS P P OF IF IF C P OF C-P OF 1B C OF IF OF LP IF P 1B
HT 5-8 5-10 6-2 5-8 5-8 5-8 6-1 5-8 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-10 5-8 5-9 5-7 6-4 6-5
WT 175 200 200 170 165 185 175 175 190 185 200 200 175 185 175 175 165 225 215
B/T R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/L
Hometown/Previous School/Major Fayetteville, N.C./E.E. Smith H.S./Physical Education Fayetteville, N.C./E.E. Smith H.S./Physical Education Fayetteville, N.C./North Carolina A&T/Business Atlanta, Ga./Riverdale H.S./Math Atlanta, Ga./Tucker H.S./Physical Education Winston-Salem, N.C./Glenn H.S./History Bryson City, N.C./Swain County H.S. /Physical Education Raleigh, N.C. /Southeast Raleigh H.S./Math Winston-Salem, N.C./Wilkes C.C./Physical Education Laveen, Ariz./South Mountain H.S. Columbia, S.C./Dreher H.S. Winston-Salem, N.C./Surry C.C./Sports Management Rocky Mount, N.C./Rocky Mount H.S./Physical Education Wilmington, Del./Mt. Pleasant H.S. Cary, N.C./Cary H.S./Physical Education Charlotte, N.C./Alabama A&M/Biology Charlotte, N.C./Waddell H.S./Physical Education Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh H.S. Waldorp, Md./Westlake H.S./Accounting
Head Coach: Henry White (22nd season as college head coach, 1st season at NCCU) Assistant Coach: Michael Charlton Assistant Coach: Ken Valentine Graduate Assistant Coach: Michael Swann
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2007 RESULTS Record: 21-24 Home: 11-11 Away: 9-11 Neutral: 1-2 CIAA: 15-5 Game date
Opposing team
Feb 07, 2007
WINGATE UNIVERSITY
r-h-e
r-h-e
Inns
Overall
Conf.
Pitcher of record
Score 1-9
L
1-2-3
9-12-4
9
0-1-0
0-0-0
WEATHERSBY,A (L 0-1) 112
Feb 08, 2007
at Belmont Abbey
Feb 10, 2007
BENEDICT
W
Feb 10, 2007
BENEDICT
Feb 11, 2007 Feb 15, 2007
2:40
7-22 L
7-14-4
22-20-2
9
0-2-0
0-0-0
CORNWELL,Mik (L 0-1)
55
3:18
7-4
7-4-1
4-8-4
7
1-2-0
0-0-0
SUAREZ,Gene (W 1-0)
79
2:11
0-11 L
0-3-2
11-11-1
7
1-3-0
0-0-0
MOORE,Marcus (L 0-1)
79
2:15
BENEDICT
4-15 L
4-8-4
15-18-2
9
1-4-0
0-0-0
WEATHERSBY,A (L 0-2)
81
3:14
at Wingate
3-7
L
3-8-2
7-11-2
9
1-5-0
0-0-0
LANDIS,Rober (L 0-1)
199
2:16
Feb 17, 2007
at Clark Atlanta
8-12 L
8-7-7
12-8-2
9
1-6-0
0-0-0
CORNWELL,Mik (L)
Feb 18, 2007
at Morehouse
18-12-4
9-10-3
9
2-6-0
0-0-0
WEATHERSBY,A (W)
0
Feb 20, 2007
LENOIR-RHYNE
2-11 L
2-4-2
11-11-1
7
2-7-0
0-0-0
JORDAN,James (L)
47
Feb 20, 2007
LENOIR-RHYNE
0-18 L
0-3-1
18-14-0
7
2-8-0
0-0-0
CORNWELL,Mik (L)
50
Feb 21, 2007
at St. Andrews
3-17 L
W 18-9
Attend Time
0 2:14
3-7-10
17-19-1
9
2-9-0
0-0-0
LANDIS,Rober (L 0-2)
44
* Feb 24, 2007 at Saint Augustine’s
W 11-3
11-10-2
3-4-2
7
3-9-0
1-0-0
WEATHERSBY,A (W)
38
1:35
* Feb 24, 2007 at Saint Augustine’s
W 13-10
13-10-1
10-10-6
7
4-9-0
2-0-0
MOORE,Marcus (W)
29
2|42
Mar 04, 2007
LINCOLN
W 14-1
14-12-3
1-5-2
9
5-9-0
2-0-0
WEATHERSBY,A (W)
45
Mar 07, 2007
DELAWARE STATE
3-22 L
3-7-5
22-20-2
9
5-10-0
2-0-0
CORNWELL,Mik (L)
25
3:32
Mar 08, 2007
DELAWARE STATE
6-16 L
6-9-3
16-17-2
9
5-11-0
2-0-0
MOORE,Marcus (L 1-2)
57
3:09
* Mar 10, 2007 SHAW
W 10-3
2:32
10-9-0
3-5-0
7
6-11-0
3-0-0
WEATHERSBY,A (W)
71
* Mar 10, 2007 SHAW
1-4
L
1-4-0
4-5-0
7
6-12-0
3-1-0
LANDIS,Rober (L)
71
Mar 12, 2007
ST. ANDREWS
4-6
L
4-6-1
6-14-1
7
6-13-0
3-1-0
CORNWELL,Mik (L)
35
2:11
Mar 12, 2007
ST. ANDREWS
3-17 L
2:25
Mar 13, 2007
at Voorhees
Mar 14, 2007
at Claflin
3-4-4
17-14-2
7
6-14-0
3-1-0
JORDAN,James (L)
35
12-14-2
11-8-5
(10)
7-14-0
3-1-0
WEATHERSBY,A (W)
0
8-11 L
8-11-1
11-16-2
9
7-15-0
3-1-0
JORDAN,James (L)
0 0
W 12-11
Mar 15, 2007
at Paine
4-26 L
4-8-4
26-24-3
9
7-16-0
3-1-0
CORNWELL,Mik (L)
Mar 21, 2007
at Lenoir-Rhyne
2-5
L
2-3-3
5-10-3
9
7-17-0
3-1-0
WEATHERSBY,A (L 5-3) 100
2:15
* Mar 24, 2007 VIRGINIA STATE
W
5-4
5-5-3
4-4-3
7
8-17-0
4-1-0
WEATHERSBY,A (W 6-3) 63
* Mar
24, 2007
VIRGINIA STATE
W 11-4
11-11-1
4-4-0
7
9-17-0
5-1-0
JORDAN,James (W 1-3) 63
* Mar
26, 2007
SAINT PAUL’S
W 13-1
13-8-1
1-3-2
5
10-17-0
6-1-0
CORNWELL,Mik (W 1-6) 25
* Mar
26, 2007
SAINT PAUL’S
W 17-0
17-9-0
0-2-3
5
11-17-0
7-1-0
GOODSON,Just (W 1-0) 25
* Mar
27, 2007
SAINT AUGUSTINE’S
W 16-6
16-9-0
6-12-4
7
12-17-0
8-1-0
LANDIS,Rober (W 1-3)
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2:38
* Mar 27, 2007 SAINT AUGUSTINE’S
W
8-7
8-10-3
7-10-0
7
13-17-0
9-1-0
MOORE,Marcus (W 2-2) 67
2:30
Mar 30, 2007
W 13-2
13-11-1
2-7-2
7
14-17-0
9-1-0
WEATHERSBY,A (W 7-3) 46
2:31 1:20
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* Mar 31, 2007 ELIZABETH CITY STATE W
1-0
1-1-1
0-5-0
7
15-17-0
10-1-0
WEATHERSBY,A (W 8-3) 310
* Mar 31, 2007 ELIZABETH CITY STATE
4-8
L
4-8-2
8-15-2
7
15-18-0
10-2-0
JORDAN,James (L 1-4) 310
Apr 04, 2007
3-19 L
3-6-3
19-18-2
9
15-19-0
10-2-0
MOORE,Marcus (L)
70
5:55
* Apr 06, 2007 at Elizabeth City State
at Barton Colllege
7-10 L
7-8-4
10-9-2
7
15-20-0
10-3-0
WEATHERSBY,A (L 8-4)
67
1:45
* Apr 06, 2007 at Elizabeth City State
6-18 L
6-9-3
18-21-2
7
15-21-0
10-4-0
LANDIS,Rober (L 1-4)
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* Apr 10, 2007 at Shaw
6-14 L
6-8-3
14-13-2
7
15-22-0
10-5-0
WEATHERSBY,A (L 8-5)
45
2:15 2:15
* Apr 10, 2007 at Shaw
W 11-5
11-12-2
5-14-3
7
16-22-0
11-5-0
JORDAN,James (W 2-4) 34
* Apr 13, 2007 at Saint Paul’s
W 15-1
15-10-1
1-5-0
5
17-22-0
12-5-0
CORNWELL,Mik (W)
* Apr 13, 2007 at Saint Paul’s
W 13-0
13-14-0
0-1-1
5
18-22-0
13-5-0
MOORE,Marcus (W)
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* Apr 14, 2007 at Virginia State
W
3-1
3-6-0
1-5-0
7
19-22-0
14-5-0
WEATHERSBY,A (W)
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* Apr 14, 2007 at Virginia State
W
8-7
8-12-4
7-7-2
7
20-22-0
15-5-0
CORNWELL,Mik (W)
37
2hr
6-10 L
6-7-2
10-8-3
9
20-23-0
15-5-0
WEATHERSBY,A (L)
98
3:15
14-12-2
13-21-4
9
21-23-0
15-5-0
CORNWELL,Mik (W)
189
3:00
10-19 L
10-19-9
19-15-2
9
21-24-0
15-5-0
LANDIS,Rober (L)
134
3:30
Apr 19, 2007
vsShaw
Apr 19, 2007
vsElizabeth City State W 14-13
Apr 20, 2007
vsShaw
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2007 STATISTICS Record: 21-24 Home: 11-11 Away: 9-11 Neutral: 1-2 CIAA: 15-5 Hitting Statistics Player 9 LANDIS,Robert 5 GOODSON,Justin 3 MACK,Marcus 4 WILSON,Kurt 18 JENKINS,Oliver 14 O’BRIEN,Seth 23 CORNWELL,Mike 8 McALLISTER,Tim 26 GRAY,Tye 2 SUAREZ,Gene 21 MARTIN,Kenny 12 CAMPBELL,Jerel 24 REID,Jerome 13 PICKETT,Greg 25 WEATHERSBY,Alex 20 BUTCHER,Keith 6 COOK,Michael 7 JORDAN,James 1 MOORE,Marcus Totals Opponents
AVG .369 .352 .330 .328 .318 .313 .286 .274 .272 .250 .222 .188 .167 .154 .133 .130 .063 .000 .000 .285 .339
GP 40 39 43 42 45 44 5 40 37 26 23 19 8 31 8 30 11 1 3 45 45
GS AB R H 2B 3B HR 40 122 30 45 7 0 6 34 125 37 44 5 4 5 40 115 45 38 4 6 3 40 125 31 41 7 2 1 45 151 54 48 11 4 5 44 134 23 42 10 0 4 1 7 1 2 1 0 0 32 95 24 26 3 3 2 34 114 25 31 10 0 1 19 72 14 18 4 2 3 12 36 14 8 1 1 0 10 32 6 6 0 0 2 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 24 78 11 12 1 0 2 7 15 1 2 0 0 0 20 69 10 9 0 0 1 5 16 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 45 1314 334 374 64 22 35 45 1454 419 493 105 32 34
RBI TB 37 70 38 72 29 63 16 55 33 82 28 64 0 3 15 41 19 44 19 35 8 11 9 12 1 1 18 19 3 2 9 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 283 587 368 764
SLG% .574 .576 .548 .440 .543 .478 .429 .432 .386 .486 .306 .375 .167 .244 .133 .174 .063 .000 .000 .447 .525
BB 17 11 42 11 31 17 0 19 18 10 10 2 0 12 3 12 4 0 1 220 201
HBP 4 2 2 16 10 7 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 55 67
SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 4 2 .449 4 2 6 9 56 46 13 .887 11 1 .413 0 3 17 21 60 79 12 .921 20 1 .513 1 0 37 41 52 3 5 .917 21 1 .444 1 4 33 35 95 76 12 .934 18 1 .456 3 1 38 44 123 7 5 .963 22 2 .413 2 2 6 8 190 53 6 .976 2 0 .286 0 0 0 0 2 10 4 .750 28 0 .410 0 4 27 29 40 2 3 .933 36 0 .375 2 0 8 9 180 7 6 .969 18 1 .357 0 1 3 4 21 26 13 .783 7 0 .404 0 0 8 10 16 0 2 .889 15 0 .257 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 1.000 4 0 .167 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 .600 27 0 .280 1 0 10 10 104 2 7 .938 4 0 .263 1 1 0 0 10 33 8 .843 26 1 .277 0 0 11 14 24 22 12 .793 9 0 .286 0 0 4 4 11 2 0 1.000 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 3 8 1 .917 1 0 .500 0 0 0 0 3 5 3 .727 274 10 .405 15 19 209 240 999 381 114 .924 204 10 .437 18 22 78 112 997 380 91 .938
LOB - Team (297), Opp (344). DPs turned - Team (22), Opp (19). CI - Team (0), Opp (5). IBB - Team (3), GRAY,Tye 2, O’BRIEN,Seth 1, Opp (8). Picked off - JENKINS,Oliv 3, GOODSON,Just 3, WILSON,Kurt 2, BUTCHER,Keit 2, PICKETT,Greg 1, McALLISTER,T 1, LANDIS,Rober 1, MACK,Marcus 1, O’BRIEN,Seth 1, GRAY,Tye 1.
Pitching Statistics Player 5 GOODSON,Justin 25 WEATHERSBY,Alex 23 CORNWELL,Mike 7 JORDAN,James 9 LANDIS,Robert 1 MOORE,Marcus 18 JENKINS,Oliver 2 SUAREZ,Gene Totals Opponents
ERA 4.26 4.36 9.58 9.79 9.88 12.81 13.50 16.88 8.95 6.82
W 1 9 4 2 1 3 0 1 21 24
L 0 6 6 4 5 3 0 0 24 21
APP 3 17 15 19 9 14 1 12 45 45
GS 1 14 8 8 7 6 1 0 45 45
CG 1 8 3 2 1 1 0 0 16 17
SHO CBO SV IP H 1 0 0 6.1 6 1 0 0 95.0 91 0 0 0 51.2 73 0 0 0 76.1 131 0 0 0 41.0 72 1 0 0 39.1 61 0 0 0 2.0 5 0 0 2 21.1 54 3 0 2 333.0 493 2 1 3 332.1 374
R 3 71 70 97 57 70 3 48 419 334
ER 3 46 55 83 45 56 3 40 331 252
BB 5 37 54 33 20 42 1 9 201 220
SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA 6 0 0 0 23 .261 0 1 0 0 71 19 6 6 373 .244 4 15 2 3 30 14 4 5 208 .351 5 9 1 3 44 29 9 9 362 .362 3 17 5 2 16 15 2 8 183 .393 3 6 1 5 24 15 5 2 177 .345 13 13 2 3 1 1 2 0 9 .556 1 0 0 0 12 12 4 4 119 .454 6 6 0 2 204 105 32 34 1454 .339 35 67 11 18 274 64 22 35 1314 .285 42 55 4 15
SHA 0 4 8 4 4 1 0 1 22 19
PB - Team (12), O’BRIEN,Seth 9, LANDIS,Rober 2, COOK,Michael 1, Opp (17). Pickoffs - Team (7), O’BRIEN,Seth 4, WEATHERSBY,A 2, MOORE,Marcus 1, Opp (13). SBA/ATT O’BRIEN,Seth (62-92), JORDAN,James (27-30), LANDIS,Rober (20-28), CORNWELL,Mik (12-23), MOORE,Marcus (19-21), WEATHERSBY,A (9-19), COOK,Michael (4-4), JENKINS,Oliv (1-3), GOODSON,Just (1-1), SUAREZ,Gene (1-1).
Fielding Statistics Player C 6 COOK,Michael 13 12 CAMPBELL,Jerel 6 14 O’BRIEN,Seth 249 26 GRAY,Tye 193 18 JENKINS,Oliver 135 13 PICKETT,Greg 113 4 WILSON,Kurt 183 8 McALLISTER,Tim 45 5 GOODSON,Justin 151 3 MACK,Marcus 60 7 JORDAN,James 12 21 MARTIN,Kenny 18 9 LANDIS,Robert 115 25 WEATHERSBY,Alex 51 20 BUTCHER,Keith 58 2 SUAREZ,Gene 60 23 CORNWELL,Mike 16 1 MOORE,Marcus 11 24 REID,Jerome 5 Totals 1494 Opponents 1468
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PO 11 6 190 180 123 104 95 40 60 52 3 16 56 10 24 21 2 3 3 999 997
A E FLD% 2 0 1.000 0 0 1.000 53 6 .976 7 6 .969 7 5 .963 2 7 .938 76 12 .934 2 3 .933 79 12 .921 3 5 .917 8 1 .917 0 2 .889 46 13 .887 33 8 .843 22 12 .793 26 13 .783 10 4 .750 5 3 .727 0 2 .600 381 114 .924 380 91 .938
DPs SBA CSB SBA% 0 4 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 3 62 30 .674 14 0 0 - 0 1 2 .333 6 0 0 - 12 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 13 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 - 0 27 3 .900 0 0 0 - 3 20 8 .714 0 9 10 .474 2 0 0 - 4 1 0 1.000 1 12 11 .522 0 19 2 .905 0 0 0 - 22 78 34 .696 19 209 31 .871
PB 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 17
CI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Justin Goodson was voted as the 2007 CIAA Rookie of the Year
NCCU BASEBALL HISTORY 2007 NCCU Baseball Review:
Eagles Win CIAA Regular-Season Title in First Year Back on the Diamond In North Carolina Central University’s since season of baseball since 1975, the Eagles captured the 2007 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) regular-season title with a 15-5 conference record; broke the NCAA Division II record for stolen bases in a game; and finished as the No. 1 base stealing team in the nation.
NCCU BASEBALL LEADS NATION IN STOLEN BASES
In its first year of baseball since 1975, North Carolina Central University ranked No. 1 in the nation in stolen bases. The Eagles finished at the top of the NCAA Division II statistical list in stolen bases per game with an average of 4.64 per contest. As a team, NCCU stole 209 bases in 240 attempts. Individually, NCCU senior Marcus Mack led a list of four Eagles ranked in the nation’s top 15 stolen bases leaders. Mack finished third in the NCAA Division II ranks with an average of 0.86 stolen bases per game, followed by freshman center fielder Oliver Jenkins (4th, 0.84), freshman Kurt Wilson (9th, 0.79) and freshman Tim McAllister (15th, 0.68). On Feb. 24, NCCU broke the NCAA Division II record for stolen bases in a game with 19 swipes during a 13-10 victory at Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh, N.C. Other Eagles ranked among the top 10 statistical leaders in the NCAA Division II were Mack, who was fifth in Division II in walks per game (0.98), and Robert Landis, who placed fifth in toughest to strikeout.
FOUR BASEBALL EAGLES SELECTED TO CIAA ALLCONFERENCE TEAM
HAMPTON, VA - Four North Carolina Central University Eagles earned a place on the 2007 All-CIAA Baseball Team, while five Eagles were named to the CIAA All-Rookie Team. Junior catcher Seth O’Brien (Winston-Salem, N.C.), sophomore third baseman Robert Landis (Winston-Salem, N.C.), freshman center fielder Oliver Jenkins (Rocky Mount, N.C.) and freshman pitcher Alex Weathersby (Raleigh, N.C.) were chosen to All-Conference team. Jenkins and Weathersby were also picked to the CIAA All-Rookie Team, along with shortstop Justin Goodson (Atlanta, Ga.), second baseman Kurt Wilson (Atlanta, Ga.) and outfielder Tim McAllister (Raleigh, N.C.). O’Brien, who helped NCCU to the CIAA’s regular season title in the school’s first year of playing baseball since 1975, finished fourth on team in home runs (four), fifth in runs batted in (28) and led the team in putouts (190). Landis, a two-time CIAA Player of the Week, led the Eagles in batting Alex Weathersby average (.369) and home runs (six), while only striking out four times in 104 at-bats. Landis ranked second at NCCU with 45 hits and 37 runs batted in. Weathersby, NCCU’s winnigest pitcher in 2007, amassed a 9-6 record with a team-low 4.36 earned run average (ERA). Weathersby led the CIAA in innings pitched (95.0), wins (nine) and games started (14), strikeouts (71). He also pitched eight complete games, including one shutout victory. Jenkins, a standout player on the 2006 CIAA Championship Football squad, had a memorable first season, being named to the All-Conference
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team and All-Rookie team. Jenkins led NCCU and the CIAA in stolen-bases (38), steal attempts (44) and total plate appearances (186). Jenkins also registered 31 walks to rank third in the CIAA, his 54 runs scored are tied for second in conference and he started all 45 games for the Eagles. Wilson and McAllister, who were named to the CIAA All-Rookie team in addition to Jenkins and Weathersby, had strong rookie seasons for head coach Henry White’s unit. McAllister, who started 32 of the 40 games he played in, recorded 24 runs, 26 hits, three doubles, three triples, two homeruns and stole 27 bases, which ranks fifth in the conference. Wilson, a native of Atlanta, Ga., ranked fourth at NCCU with a .328 batting average and accumulated 31 runs scored, 41 hits, seven doubles, two triples and 33 stolen bases.
NCCU’S WHITE NAMED CIAA BASEBALL COACH OF THE YEAR North Carolina Central University head baseball coach Henry White was voted as the 2007 CIAA Baseball Coach of the Year, as chosen by the league’s head coaches. White, who completed his 22nd season as a college head coach, guided NCCU to the conference regularseason title in the school’s first season of baseball since 1975. With a squad consisting of 11 freshmen, four sophomores, three juniors and one senior, White led the Eagles to a conference record of 15-5 and an overall record of 21-24. White was presented with his award at the Annual CIAA Coach of the Year Luncheon on May 22, 2007, in Durham, N.C.
FORMER EAGLE SIGNS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL CONTRACT
Former North Carolina Central University outfielder Marcus Mack signed a professional baseball contract with the Utica Brewmasters of Marcus Mack the New York State League of Professional Baseball. The sweet-swinging lefty out of Fayetteville, N.C. recorded a .330 batting average (38-for-115) in 43 games during his senior season, while adding 45 runs scored, 29 runs batted in, four doubles, six triples, three home runs, 42 walks and 37 stolen bases. Among NCAA Division II leaders during the 2007 campaign, Mack ranked third in stolen bases (0.86 per game), fifth in walks (0.98 per game) and 14th in triples (0.14 per game). The New York State League conducted a three-day tryout which started on June 27 with 1,500 athletes in three different cities. Mack was one of the 80 players selected for the league draft, which was held on July 1. After a practice the next day, Mack was the starting designated hitter for the Brewmasters in their season-opener on July 3, which drew a crowd of 2,776 fans. The New York State League is a professional baseball league designed to offer first year players who have finished their collegiate eligibility the opportunity to advance to higher level independent leagues.
NCCU BASEBALL HISTORY
The Pioneers of NCCU Athletics The North Carolina Central University baseball program traces its roots back to the early 1900s. In fact, baseball was the first sport initiated at NCCU, at what was then known as National Religious Training School and Chautauqua in the 1910-1911 season. The baseball program has come and gone throughout the 20th century, remaining a prominent sport from its inception until 1975, when the program was dropped. In 2006, the NCCU Athletics Department decided to make the jump from the NCAA’s Division II level to Division I. With that jump, baseball was brought back once again after a 32 year hiatus. The first game back from the long hibernation took place on February 7, 2007 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park against Wingate University. It took little time for the NCCU baseball program to announce its reawakening. After being dormant for 32 years, Head Coach Dr. Henry White led his first NCCU baseball squad to an 11-5 record in the CIAA, winning the regular season championship. That season has set the tone for the program as NCCU continues its transition to Division I.
1911 Baseball Team According to a Master’s Thesis by George L. Samuel, baseball was the first sport organized at what was then the National Training School and Chautauqua in 1910. Players were Marion Thompson, Clifton Gardner, James R. Paterson, Benny Henderson, Charles Paterson, Louis Hatsfield, Bishop Faison, Samuel Saunders, Moses Williams, and Elmore Brown. The coach was Louis “Mighty” Bumpus, a local businessman.
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NCCU BASEBALL HISTORY Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane Here’s a quick glimpse into NCCU’s baseball history, with pictures dating back to 1924, and one of the last teams that NCCU fielded before dropping the program in 1975.
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CHANCELLOR NELMS Chancellor Charlie Nelms assumed his duties as Chancellor of North Carolina Central University August 1, 2007. Prior to joining the NCCU family, Nelms served as vice president for Institutional Development and Student Affairs at Indiana University, which enrolls approximately 100,000 students on eight campuses. In his role as IU’s vice president for Institutional Development and Student Affairs, Nelms was responsible for a combination of duties on the Bloomington campus and systemwide that spanned university planning, institutional research and effectiveness, enrollment management, student affairs, academic support services, K-12 outreach initiatives, student
NCCU Chancellor Charlie Nelms (right) is presented with a ceremonial key to his new office by Atty. Cressie H. Thigpen, Jr. (Photo by Robert Lawson)
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retention, honors programs, and diversity and equity efforts. In September 2001, TIME magazine named IU’s Bloomington campus the number-one studentcentered research university in the nation. Many of the programs cited by TIME were under Nelms’ oversight and direction. A native of Crawfordsville, Arkansas, Nelms majored in agronomy and chemistry at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, graduating in 1968. He later earned a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs (1971) and a doctoral degree in higher education administration (1977) from Indiana University. Early in his career, he rose through the faculty and administrative ranks as associate dean for Student Development at Earlham College in Indiana (1973-1977), associate director of the Center for Human Development and Education Services at the UAPB (19771978), associate dean for Academic Affairs at Indiana University Northwest (1978-1984) and vice president for Student Services at Sinclair Community College in Ohio (1984- 1987). In 1987, Nelms began a sevenyear tenure as chancellor of Indiana University East, a commuter campus serving east-central Indiana. During his tenure there, the campus was the fastest-growing college in the State of Indiana. In 1994, Nelms was named chancellor of the University of Michigan at Flint (UMF), an urban campus that enrolls over 6,500 students and offers a full spectrum of undergraduate and master’s degree programs. Before being recruited to Indiana University in 1998, he resolved a significant campus budget deficit, reversed a four-year enrollment decline, and secured more than $75 million in private gifts to UMF. A former American Council on Education Fellow and Ford Fellow, Nelms holds honorary degrees from Earlham College and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Over the course of his career, he has received numerous
DR. CHARLIE NELMS NCCU Chancellor awards for his contributions to education and service to students, including the Benjamin Hooks Award for Meritorious Achievement from the Gary (IN) branch of the NAACP, the Distinguished Alumni Service Award from Indiana University, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the IU School of Education, the President’s Medal from the University of Michigan, and the State of Indiana’s Sagamore of the Wabash—the highest civilian award bestowed by the governor. Nelms is married to Jeanetta Sherrod Nelms. They have one son, Rashad, a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School who serves as a policy officer with the United Nations World Food Programme.
Presidents and Chancellors 1910-1947 1948-1962 1963-1965 1966-1982 1983-1985 1986-1991 1992-1993 1993-2001 2001-2007 2007-
James E. Shepard Alfonso Elder Samuel P. Massie Albert N. Whiting LeRoy T. Walker Tyronza R. Richmond Donna J. Benson Julius L. Chambers James H. Ammons Charlie Nelms
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
History In 1910, Dr. James E. Shepard envisioned and founded a school that prepared African American adults for leadership roles in our nation’s communities. Founded as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, North Carolina Central University (NCCU) became the nation’s first state-supported historically black liberal arts college. In 1923, the National Training School became the state-supported Durham State Normal School, devoted to “the training of teachers for the Colored Public Schools of North Carolina.” Two years later, Dr. Shepard was able to persuade the General Assembly to take a revolutionary step, making the institution a liberal arts college and naming it North Carolina College for Negroes in 1925. The School of Law was established in 1940 and the School of Library Science in 1941. By the time of Dr. Shepard’s death on October 6, 1947, the institution that had become North Carolina College at Durham was fully-accredited, highly respected and had become the alma mater of a growing list of distinguished alumni. Today, under the leadership of Chancellor Charlie Nelms, NCCU is a comprehensive university offering more than 100 bachelor’s degrees in various disciplines, 40 master’s degree programs and three professional degrees in law. The university reaches out to all racial and ethnic groups, and has a diverse student population of more than 8,000. New Initiatives NCCU is on the cutting edge with its Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise known as BRITE. The institute offers new bachelor’s and master’s degrees in pharmaceutical science. These programs provide students with core
scientific competencies in biology or chemistry as well as hands-on laboratory practice. In addition, there are seminar courses in drug development operations, FDA regulations, quality assurance and control, and intellectual property and patent law. NCCU’s BRITE is an important part of the statewide initiative to make North Carolina a premiere provider of skilled workers for the biotechnology industry. The School of Law has won kudos for providing top-notch legal education. According to Vault, Inc., a publishing firm that researches and collects data on diverse professions, the law school has not received the acknowledgment it is due. Vault surveyed 512 recruiters who identified 25 “underrated” schools, and the NCCU School of Law was ranked at number 14. NCCU and the African American Jazz Caucus are partnering to form the NCCU/AAJC Jazz Research Institute (NAJRI) in an effort to preserve the integrity of jazz as an African American art form. One of the functions of the Institute will be to address the critical artistic and economic situation of jazz in the African American community as well as develop other initiatives such as a North Carolina Hall of Fame dedicated to highlighting the work of jazz artists from North Carolina. In an effort to bring more study abroad options to students, NCCU has been accepted as a member of the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP), a nonprofit membership organization that provides affordable and diverse study abroad and exchange opportunities to students around the world. NCCU is only one of four historically black college or university in the ISEP network. ISEP membership makes it possible for NCCU students to study abroad at over 135 different universities in 39 countries. NCCU is the first historically black institution in the nation to have an athletic training education program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Built upon the motto of Truth and Service, NCCU is a university committed to preparing and equipping students with the knowledge and skills to compete in the global marketplace. NCCU Highlights • NCCU was the fastest growing institution in the University of North Carolina System. At 5.5 percent for fall 2006, NCCU surpassed
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the UNC System’s average rate of growth of 3.1 percent. Black Enterprise magazine named NCCU one of the Top 50 Colleges for African Americans in the nation in its September 2006 edition. NCCU was ranked No. 30. The Golden LEAF Foundation awarded $2.3 million to the Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise. In 2006, NCCU’s School of Law students passed the State Bar Examination at a rate of 86 percent; the highest of any other historically black school in the country. NCCU received accreditation of its bachelor’s and master’s programs in business administration from the Assembly of American Colleges and Schools of Business International. NCCU received a $150,000 grant from the Darden Restaurants Foundation to establish a Culinary Teaching Laboratory at the university to support its Hospitality and Tourism Program. An endowment in the amount of $100,000 was awarded for the Christopher S. Meldrum Chemistry Scholarship Fund to establish a scholarship for chemistry majors. NCCU led in recruiting National Achievement Scholars. NCCU was No. 3 in the state and tied for third place among historically black colleges and universities across the nation.
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NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS N o r t h Ca ro l i n a Ce nt ra l University is competing in its second year of reclassification as an NCAA Division I institution (Football Championship Subdivision), and the Eagles will be playing as an independent during the 2008-09 athletics campaign. Fourteen men’s and women’s sports teams participate in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition at the Division I-FCS level. Men’s intercollegiate teams include football, basketball, baseball, indoor and outdoor track & field, tennis, golf and cross country. Women’s intercollegiate teams include basketball, volleyball, indoor and outdoor track & field, tennis, softball, bowling and cross country. NCCU’s athletic programs have enjoyed regional and national recognition for years, headlined by the 1989 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship. NCCU’s commitment to a balanced athletic program, providing equitable resources to all of its sports teams, is abundantly
apparent. In five of the last eight years in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), NCCU claimed the Loretta Taylor AllSports Trophy, recognizing the top all-around women’s program in the conference. In 2007-08, NCCU’s first season of Division I (FCS) competition, the women’s volleyball team kicked off the Division I era with a dramatic, come-from-behind win over N.C. State, then cruised to 21 victories, all against Division I opponents. The football team finished its first Division I season with a 6-4 record, the Eagles fourth straight winning season. The men’s and women’s cross country teams each won four of their seven events. The men’s basketball team played one of the toughest schedules in the country, while traveling more than 22,000 miles and playing in 13 different states. The squad earned a road victory over the eventual MidEastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champions and capped the season with a win over rival Winston-Salem State University at the MEAC Tournament. Finally, the track and field program won two events at the prestigious Penn Relays and qualified two student-athletes for the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boston. In 2006-07, NCCU’s final season in the NCAA Division II, the Eagles placed 24th in the final standings of the U.S. Sports Academy Direc tors’ Cup, the prestigious award presented annually to the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country.
NCCU’s Shari Matthews was selected as the 2006 NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball National Player of the Year. (Photo by Wayne Jernigan)
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NCCU Wins Four CIAA Titles in 2006-07
2007 CIAA Women’s Basketball Champions
2006 CIAA Women's Cross Country Champions
2006 CIAA Women's Volleyball Champions
Sports Offered by NCCU Athletics
Fall Winter Spring Football (Men) Basketball (Men &Women) Softball (Women) Volleyball (Women) Indoor Track & Field (M&W) Golf (Men) Cross Country (M&W) Tennis (Men & Women) Bowling (Women) Baseball (Men) Outdoor Track & Field (M&W)
A LOOK INTO NCCU ATHLETICS HISTORY Conference Championships 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2001 1999 1999 1998 1998 1984 1980 1975 1974 1974 1973 1973 1973 1972 1972 1972 1971 1965 1965 1964 1964 1963 1961 1959 1958 1957 1956 1954 1953 1950 1946
Women’s Basketball (CIAA) Football (CIAA) Women's Volleyball (CIAA) Women's Cross Country (CIAA) Softball (CIAA) Women’s Volleyball (CIAA) Football (CIAA) Women’s Cross Country (CIAA) Women’s Volleyball (CIAA) Men’s Cross Country (CIAA) Women’s Bowling (CIAA) Softball (CIAA) Women’s Volleyball (CIAA) Men’s Tennis (CIAA) Softball (CIAA) Women’s Basketball (CIAA) Football (CIAA) Men’s Tennis (MEAC) Men’s Track & Field (MEAC) Men’s Tennis (MEAC) Football (MEAC) Men’s Track & Field (MEAC) Men’s Tennis (MEAC) Football (MEAC) Men’s Track & Field (MEAC) Men’s Tennis (MEAC) Men’s Track & Field (CIAA) Men’s Track & Field (CIAA) Men’s Tennis (CIAA) Men’s Track & Field (CIAA) Men’s Tennis (CIAA) Football (CIAA) Football (CIAA) Men’s Tennis (CIAA) Men’s Tennis (CIAA) Men’s Tennis (CIAA) Football (CIAA) Football (CIAA) Football (CIAA) Men’s Basketball (CIAA) Men’s Basketball (CIAA)
The 1989 men’s basketball team won the NCAA Division II National Championship by defeating Southeast Missouri State 73-46 in the title game on March 25, 1989. The Eagles also captured an NCAA Division II Regional Championship in 1993.
Legendary track & field coach Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, who served as President of the U.S. Olympic Committee during the 1996 Atlanta Games, led the Eagles to 30 national titles, 77 All-America citations, and eight Olympic medals.
In 2006-07, NCCU won four CIAA team championships and participated in nine NCAA Division II Championship events. Several former student-athletes and coaches are nationally and internationally known. Heading the charge of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games was Dr. LeRoy T. Walker, President of the U.S. Olympic Committee, who lifted the Eagle track & field program to international prominence during his unprecedented tenure as head coach at NCCU. Under Walker’s reign, the Eagles produced 30 national titles, 77 All-Americans, and eight Olympic medalists. Legendary basketball practitioner, John B. McLendon, a member of the National Basketball Hall of Fame, established a remarkable record of 239-68 (.779) as an Eagle head coach from 1940 to 1952. A student of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball, McLendon is credited with the development of the zone press, fast break and four corners offense. Boston Celtics great Sam Jones, a student-athlete under McLendon and a fellow Hall-of-Famer, became the first black player to be drafted in the first round after scoring a record 1,745 points during his stellar NCCU career. Internationally-renowned artist, Ernie Barnes - best-known for his famous paintings seen on the 1970s sitcom “Good Times” - played football for the NCCU prior to a professional gridiron career with the Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos.
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Ingrid Wicker-McCree Director of Athletics
Ingrid Wicker-McCree, Ed.D. was appointed as the Director of Athletics at North Carolina Central University on April 23, 2008, after holding the interim position for five months. She officially began her new leadership role on May 1, 2008. Wicker-McCree,who joined the rank of only a handful of women athletic directors in the UNC system, previously served as NCCU’s associate athletics director for internal affairs. She has served in a variety of leadership positions in both conference and national level organizations, most notably as president of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Executive Board from 2004-06, becoming only the second woman to ever hold that position in the league’s history. In addition, she served as a member of the NCAA’s Division II Legislation Committee from 2003-07. In recognition of her work, Wicker-McCree received the CIAA Leadership Award for Service as president of the Executive Board and was named the CIAA Senior Woman Administrator of the Year in the spring of 2006. Now in her 15th year at NCCU, Wicker-McCree has been one of the driving forces behind NCCU’s reclassification to NCAA Division I. Since 1998, she has overseen the internal operations of the Athletics Department, including all compliance and eligibility programs. Her impact on this university's athletic department has been immense. It has been her strong leadership skills that have enabled NCCU to make the trek to Division I a successful one thus far. With her steadfast and forward thinking she has increased the number of staff members two-fold while merging and creating a brand-new fund raising arm for the Athletic department, The Eagle Club. Not to mention the nearly one million dollars worth of upgrades to O'Kelly Riddick Stadium with the brand-new Mondoturf playing surface and the newlyinstalled videoscoreboard called, "Eaglevision". Those are just a few of the changes and additions that she has set in motion during her time, and those will certainly go a long way into planting the seeds of her legacy. Wicker-McCree began her career at NCCU as the head coach for women’s volleyball and softball. She became the first coach in NCCU history to win conference championships in multiple sports, capturing the school’s first-ever CIAA titles in softball (1998) and volleyball (1999, 2004, 2005). A three-time CIAA Volleyball Coach of the Year (1999, 2002, 2005) and former member of the NCAA Division II National Volleyball Committee, Wicker-McCree earned 239 match victories in 12 seasons as head volleyball coach at NCCU. She was also inducted into the NCCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004 as head coach of the 1998 softball team. A native of Durham and graduate of C.E. Jordan High School, Wicker-McCree played on two North Carolina high school state volleyball championship teams, while also lettering in basketball and track and field. She continued her volleyball playing career as a student-athlete at George Washington University. Wicker-McCree earned her undergraduate degree in
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criminal justice from George Washington University in 1989, and a master’s degree in recreation resources administration from North Carolina State University in December 1991. She also completed doctoral studies in higher education administration at North Carolina State University in June 2008. She began her coaching career as Ingrid Wicker-McCree (above) accepts a graduate assistant the 2007 Loretta Taylor All-Sports Trophy, coach for the recognizing the top all-around women's women’s volleyball program in the conference, from Jeffrey program at N.C. State McLeod of the CIAA. (Below) Announces (1989-90). She then NCCU acceptance into the MEAC. spent two seasons (1992-93) as head volleyball coach and student-athlete academic counselor at North Carolina A&T State University before returning to her hometown to begin her NCCU tenure in August 1994. Wicker-McCree has been involved as a player and coach in the USA Volleyball Carolina Region. She also served as director of three USAV Junior Olympic Teams (ages 18, 16, 14 and under) and director of the Y.M.C.A. Middle School Girls’ Volleyball Camp (ages 10-14). Wicker-McCree and her husband, Geno McCree, a threesport collegiate student-athlete and 1991 graduate of Elon University, are the proud parents of Alexia (11), Quinton (9) and Sydney (5).
The New Eagle Club If you haven’t heard, there’s a new booster club at North Carolina Central University. It’s the all-new Eagle Club. Yes, more than a half-dozen of our athletic booster clubs, including the original longstanding Eagle Club, have joined forces to create a superpower club that provides scholarship support for all NCCU student-athletes. It’s an important step forward as we move up to Division I.
If you’re a previous booster club member, your past giving history will be recognized when you continue on with the new Eagle Club. For everyone who contributes, this is your chance to become a charter member of the new Eagle Club. As a member, you’ll be part of the only fundraising organization for the athletic department sanctioned by the university.
That’s right, all NCCU teams are going Division I. This is big time. As one unified booster club, we’ll be a more structured organization that combines the efforts of our most dedicated supporters. Likewise, it strengthens our ability to build championship teams as we advance to a more challenging level of play.
Next to student-athletes, our supporters are the most important assets to our athletic program. With your help, we’ll be able to offer more scholarships to the most talented student-athletes, as well as provide them with world-class facilities. For more details about the Eagle Club, call (919) 530-7057 or visit www.NCCUEagleClub.com.
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ATHLETIC STAFF
Jamaul Alexander
Carolyn Arrington
Accountant
Dr. Les Brinson
Faculty Athletic Council Chairman
Louise Brothers
Business & Finance Assistant
Assistant A.D. for Business/Finance
Anthony Bennett
Director of Student-Athlete Services
Reco Chavis
Facilities/Event Coordinator
Brigitte Council
ATC, LAT/ Asst. Athletic Trainer
Athletic Staff Nathan Crockett
MS, ATC, LAT/ Asst. Athletic Trainer
Tyrone Irby
Marlynn Jones
Strength & Conditioning Assistant Coach
Assistant A.D. for Compliance
Reah Nicholson
Adrian Powell
Assistant Sports Information Director
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Ariel Germain
Graduate Assistant Sports Information
Equipment Manager
Chris Hooks
Asst. Sports Information Director/ Broadcast Media
Barry Marrow Facilities/Turf Management
Darrell Sanders
Strength & Conditioning Assistant Coach
Nicole Mitchell
Sports Information/ Marketing Assistant
Brenda Scarborough
Executive Assistant to the Athletics Director
ATHLETIC STAFF
Kyle Serba
Associate A.D. for Media Relations
Darkina Ward
MS, ATC, LAT/ Asst. Athletic Trainer
George Smith
Etienne Thomas
Associate A.D. for External Affairs/S&C
Associate A.D. for Internal Operations/SWA
Ingrid Wicker-McCree
Brenda Williams
Sean Thomas
MS, ATC, LAT/ Head Athletic Trainer
Danny Worthy
Director of Athletics
Administrative Assistant
Assistant A.D. for Corporate Relations
Mike Charlton
Georgette Crawford-Crooks
Curtis Lawson
Head Coaches
Softball
Michael Lawson
Track & Field/Cross Country
Mose Rison Football
LeVelle Moton
Men’s Basketball
Joli Robinson
Women’s Basketball
Volleyball
Men’s Tennis/ Director of Tennis
David Nass
Paul Perry
Karen Sanford
Dr. Henry White
Women’s Tennis
Women’s Bowling
Golf
Baseball
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COMPLIANCE STAFF COMPLIANCE STAFF
ETIENNE THOMAS
Associate A.D. for Internal Operations/SWA (919) 530-7053
HELP THE EAGLES WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS!
MARLYNN JONES
Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance (919) 530-6725
student-athletes, and its representathan outscoring the opponent, it is tives of athletics interests, including excelling in the classroom, actively parents alumnus/and fans. Therefore participating in community service beware of the following: projects and adhering to NCAA NCAA BYLAW 13.1.2.1 rules regarding recruitment and admission of student-athletes. In Division I, representatives of an How can you help the Eagles win? institution’s athletics interests are prohibited from making in-person, on- or off-campus recruiting contacts, includFollow the NCAA rules ing written and/or telephonic com The NCAA defines an institution munications with a prospect or the as the University, its employees, its prospect’s relatives or legal guardians.
“Winning” for the Eagles is more
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A prospect is defined as any student who has started classes for the ninth grade, whether the student participates in athletics is not relevant to the classification as a prospect and neither is gender. NCAA BYLAW 16.02.3 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 the studentathlete’s relative or friend a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation. Unless you are willing to give a benefit to all 8,000 students at NCCU, don’t give it to a student-athlete or a prospect.
MEAC HISTORY a Division I conference by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Prior to that year the league operated as a Division II conference. The following month the MEAC received an automatic qualification to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. Currently, the league has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in baseball (since 1994), men's basketball (since 1981), women's basketball (since 1982), football (since 1996), softball (since 1995), men and women's tennis (since 1998), and volleyball (since 1994). NCCU Chancellor Nelms (Left) and MEAC Commissioner Dennis Thomas (right), flap their wings to signify that the Eagles are flying home (Photos by Robert Lawson)
History: In 1969, a bold ad hoc group of innovators long associated with intercollegiate athletics met in Durham, N.C., to discuss the feasibility of organizing a new conference. Dissected from these discussions, a steering and planning committee was formed to fully investigate the idea, present a detailed report with recommendations to interested collegiate institutions, and then construct a workshop to outline proposals. After adopting a program, seven institutions (Delaware State College, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State College) agreed to become the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Its major objective was to establish, organize and supervise an intercollegiate athletic program among a compact group of educational institutions of high academic standards and with a sound philosophy of co-curricular activities. The league agreed to seek Division I status for its sports. The conference was confirmed in 1970, kicking off its first season of competition in football in 1971. In 1978, a milestone was reached when the MEAC selected Kenneth A. Free to be its first full-time commissioner. He had been preceded by three interim (part-time) commissioners: Dr. Leroy Walker (1971-74); who later had the distinction of serving as the President of
the United States Olympic Committee, the late Earl Mason (1974-75) and the late Dr. James Young (1975-78). Kenneth A. Free served the conference for 18 years before stepping down in May of 1996. In July of 1996, Charles S. Harris was named commissioner and served in the capacity until April 2002. Longtime MEAC administrator Brenda H. McCoy served two stints as Interim Commissioner, one in 1996 (May-June) and again in 2002 (April-August). On September 1, 2002, Dr. Dennis E. Thomas was named the commissioner and has served in the position for seven years. The leagues' first expansion occurred in October 1979 when Bethune-Cookman College and Florida A&M University were voted into the MEAC as new members. Original members Morgan State, North Carolina Central and Maryland Eastern Shore withdrew from the conference at the end of the 1979-80 fiscal year. Maryland Eastern Shore was readmitted in 1981 and Morgan State returned in 1984. Florida A&M opted to resign in 1984 but rejoined the conference in 1986. Coppin State College was granted admittance in 1985, becoming the ninth member institution. The MEAC expanded again in the 1990's with the inclusion of Hampton University (1995) and Norfolk State University (1997). The final expansion occurred in 2007, with the addition of Winston-Salem State University.
The MEAC initiated cross country in 1980 and North Carolina A&T earned the inaugural men's crown. The first women's cross country championship took place a year later with Howard winning the first of its seven titles. Indoor Track and Field was also added in 1981 with South Carolina State capturing the men's title and Howard winning the women's crown. Tennis and golf returned as MEAC governed sports in 1981, after a five-year hiatus. South Carolina State won all seven of the league's golf championships from 1972-1983 before the sport was discontinued after the 1983 championship. Morgan State dominated the conference in wrestling winning 13 of 24 conference championships during the sports tenure from 1972 through 1995. Baseball, which began in 1972, was discontinued following the 1977 season. It was brought back as a MEAC governed sport along with women's volleyball in 1983. Women's softball became a MEAC sanctioned sport in 1992. Bowling was officially sanctioned as a MEAC governed sport in 1999. Before that season, the MEAC was the first conference to secure NCAA sanctioning for women's bowling by adopting the club sport prior to the 1996-97 school year.
On June 8, 1980, the MEAC was classified as
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DURHAM ATHLETIC PARK: THE HOME OF NCCU BASEBALL
DURHAM ATHLETIC PARK: THE HOME OF NCCU BASEBALL Renovated Park gives NCCU a brand-new home with vintage look The 2010 baseball season sees the North Carolina Central Univeristy baseball team move right down the street to the historic Durham Athletic Park, which will serve as a training ground for Minor League Baseball among having the Eagles as a tenant. This will be another facility that is top notch for a baseball program that is on the rise as the NCCU athletics department continues this transition to Division I. The DAP has close to the same dimensions of the older version with a 16-foot fence in right field standing just 290 feet from home plate down the line. The deepest part of the historic park is in left field as it’s 335 down the line and 398 to dead center field. The park should be a spectacle for NCCU Baseball for years to come.
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