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RHP

2010 Season Review

Ht: 5-11 Wt: 180 Bats: R Freshman Civil Engineering

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Justin Alexander

Throws: R Knoxville, Tenn.

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“Have faith in Christ because He will work things out, no matter how bad things are.”

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7. Day games or night games?

8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?

9. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?

10. Best MLB Stadium?

Fenway Park

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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?

2. Knee-highs or long pants?

3. Socks or Stirrups?

4. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?

5. The Natural or Field of Dreams?

6. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

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In High School: Allen was a three-year letter winner and member of the 2008, 2009 and 2010 State Championship teams and second-team prep-extra at Farragut High School in Knoxville.

Personal: Full name is David Michael Allen, born December 28, 1991 in Knoxville to Mike and Tammy Allen, majoring in electrical engineering.

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David

ALLEN

Freshman F OF F R/R F 5-11 F 175 F Knoxville, Tenn. (Farragut HS)

OF

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Ht: 5-11 Wt: 175 Bats: R Freshman Electrical Engineering

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ALLEN

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David Allen

Throws: R Knoxville, Tenn.

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7. Around the Horn or PTI? 8. Day games or night games?

9. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?

10. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?

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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?

2. Knee-highs or long pants?

3. Socks or Stirrups?

4. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?

5. Yankees or RedSox? 6. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

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In High School: Hailing from Ooltewah, Tenn., Baugh batted .432 his senior year, chipping in with four home runs, 14 doubles and one triple. He scored 32 runs and batted in 28. On defense he was perfect on the mound with a 5-0 record in five appearances. He contributed 39 strikeouts and allowed only 12 hits, none of them resulting in an earned run. Baugh received honors on the TSWA 1st team All-State, 2009 & 2010 Best of Preps teams, 2008 super sophomore team and 2009 TBCA All-Region Team. His individual awards include the 2010 Best of Preps Player of the Year and 2006 Freshman MVP of his team.

Personal: Full name is Garret Allen Baugh, born January 15, 1992 to Allen and Morgan Baugh in Chattanooga, Tenn.

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Garrett

BAUGH

Freshman F RHP F R/R F 6-1 F 200 F Ooltewah, Tenn. (Ooltewah HS)

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Garrett Baugh

Ht: 6-1 Wt: 200 Bats: R Throws: R Freshman Undecided Ooltewah, Tenn.

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7. Day games or night games?

8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?

9. Walk out song?

All the Way Crunked Up 10. Best MLB Stadium?

Great American Ball Park

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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?

2. Socks or Stirrups?

3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?

4. Yankees or RedSox? 5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

6. Around the Horn or PTI?

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2010 Season Review

Tradition of Excellence

IN HIGH SCHOOL: Bo earned four varsity letters in baseball his freshman year as a first baseman and southpaw pitcher under coach Ryan Edwards. He also played three years of football at the linebacker, tight end and long snapper positions.

He helped his team to conference and district titles during his junior and conference, district, region and sub-state titles during his senior year. He was named allconference during his senior year of baseball and all-conference and “all-tough guy� following his senior year of football.

DelGaicco also graduated valedictorian of his class.

PERSONAL: The son of Sandra and Albert DelGaicco Sr., Bo was born on July 20, 1992 in Ocean Springs, MS. He plans to major in electrical engineering at Tech.

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Albert

DelGaicco

Freshman F IF/LHP F L/L F 6-1 F 220 F Limestone, Tenn. (Science Hill HS)

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Albert DelGaicco IF/LHP Ht: 6-1 Wt: 220 Bats: L Throws: L Freshman Elec. Engineering Limestone, Tenn.

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“Repetition brings confidence and confidence brings success”

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7. Game day superstition?

Don’t step on the line!

8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?

9. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?

10. Why do you wear your number?

Given to me

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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?

2. Socks or Stirrups?

3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?

4. Knee highs or long pants?

5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

6. Day games or night games?

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IN HIGH SCHOOL: A power hitter from Sevierville, Tenn., Flynn batted .505 with 15 home runs and 78 RBI’s during his senior season, earning honors as the IMAC District MVP when his high school team won the IMAC District Championship, and being named to the TBCA and TSWA AllState, All-District and All-Region teams.

PERSONAL: Full name is Zach James Flynn, the son of Kevin and Ronee Flynn, born on September 1, 1992 in Knoxville, Tenn.

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Zach

Flynn

Freshman F OF F R/R F 5-11 F 170 F Sevierville, Tenn. (Sevier County HS)

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OF

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Zach Flynn

Ht: 5-11 Wt: 170 Bats: R Throws: R Freshman Undecided Sevierville, Tenn.

Tradition of Excellence

“Don’t think, just play.”

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7. Game day superstition?

Eat an apple 8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?

9. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?

10. Best MLB Stadium?

Fenway Park

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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?

2. Knee-highs or long pants?

3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?

4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?

5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

6. Socks or stirrups?

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IN HIGH SCHOOL: Trey earned four varsity letters under Jimmy Parket and Steve Robbins. He was named TVCA second team all-state, TSWA all-state, all-district twice, allregion, Best of Preps, participated in the TNGA All-Star Game and was his team’s MVP. He batted .429 during his senior season with 12 homers, 43 RBI, 32 runs scored and 11 stolen bases to help lead his team to the district regular season and post-season tournament titles. His team went on to become regional champions, sub-state champions and the runner-up in the state championship.

PERSONAL: Full name is Sydney George McCalla III, born June 12, 1992 in Chattanooga, TN. Son of Sydney and Elaine McCalla, plans to major in Electrical Engineering.

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Trey

McCalla

Freshman F OF F R/R F 6-1 F 180 F Ooltewah, Tenn. (Boyd-Buchanan HS)

OF

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Ht: 6-1 Fresh

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McCALLA

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Trey McCalla

Wt: 180 Bats: R Throws: R Electrical Engineering Ooltewah, Tenn.

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7. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?

8. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?

9. Best MLB Stadium?

Tropicana Field 10. Game day superstition?

Drink orange juice

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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?

2. Knee-highs or long pants?

3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?

4. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

5. American league or National League?

6. Day games or night games?

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2010 Season Review

Tradition of Excellence

IN HIGH SCHOOL: A versatile player out of Goodlettsville, Tenn., McWhirter filled roles as a pitcher, first baseman and outfielder for high school coach Richie Estep. Over the course of his high school career, he was named 1st team All-District, Disctrict MVP, 2nd team Mid-State, 2nd team All-State and 1st team All-State according to TBCA. He recorded 109 strikeouts with a 1.69 ERA during his senior season, notching 225 K’s in his high school career. His high school team held the district championship title from 2007-2010, claimed the regional championship in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and the state championship in 2007 and 2008.

Personal: Full name is Jacob Cole McWhirter, son of Steve and Janet McWhirter, born May 11, 1992 in Nashville, Tenn. Majoring in Civil Engineering.

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Jake

McWHIRTER

Freshman F LHP F L/L F 6-3 F 195 F Goodlettsville, Tenn. (Goodpasture Christian)

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Ht: 6-3 Wt: 195 Bats: L Throws: L Freshman Civil Engineering Goodlettsville, Tenn.

Tradition of Excellence

“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business.

Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”

-- John 15:15

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McWHIRTER

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Jake McWhirter

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7. Day games or night games?

8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?

9. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?

10. Game day superstition?

I transform into McSerious.

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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?

2. Socks or Stirrups?

3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?

4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?

5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

6. American League or National League?

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IN HIGH SCHOOL: Stephens earned four letters from Soddy-Daisy High School, and was named all-state, Best of Preps, all-district and all-region after batting .450 with 63 RBI, 17 home runs and 13 doubles during his senior season, helping his team to the district title.

PERSONAL: Full name is Zachary Lewis Stephens...born December 13, 1991 in Nashville, Tenn. Son of Dan and Beverly Stephens, will be majoring business.

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Zach

STEPHENS

Freshman F 1B F R/R F 6-0 F 200 F Hixson, Tenn. (Soddy-Daisy HS)

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Ht: 6-0 Wt: 200 Bats: R Freshman Business

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STEPHENS

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Zach Stephens

Throws: R Hixson, Tenn.

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7. Day games or night games?

8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?

9. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?

10. Best MLB Stadium?

Turner Field

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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?

2. Knee-highs or Long pants?

3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?

4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?

5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

6. Around the Horn or PTI?

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IN HIGH SCHOOL: Brandon earned three varsity letters at Loudon HS as a right-handed pitcher and a first baseman. He went 5-2 pitching during his senior season, maintaining a 2.2 ERA. Offensively, he batted .420 with seven home runs.

PERSONAL: The son of Kyle and Patty Wright, Brandon was born on October 16, 1991 in Dallas, TX. He plans to major in EXPW with the intention of pursuing a career as a principal and coach.

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Brandon

WRIGHT

Freshman F RHP F R/R F 6-1 F 225 F Loudon, Tenn. (Loudon HS)

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Ht: 6-1 Wt: 225 Bats: R Freshman EXPW

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Brandon Wright

Throws: R Loudon, Tenn.

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7. Day games or night games?

8. American League or National League?

9. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?

10. Best MLB Stadium?

Busch Stadium

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1. Socks or Stirrups?

2. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?

3. Knee-highs or long pants?

4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?

5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

6. Around the Horn or PTI?

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2010 Season in Review

T

he finale of the 2010 season marked another dominant season for the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, as the team finished in first place after an exciting year of regular season play and collected a multitude of honors and accolades, both collectively and on behalf of individual players.

Picked third in 2010 preseason OVC poll, Tech put together a 14-6 conference record, which included a streak of 11 straight conference victories, culminating in a sweep of then-first place Racers of Murray State in Bush Stadium, where the Golden Eagle team batted a combined .371 against the Racers on the series, going 39 for 105 with an outstanding 11 home runs over three games. Six different Golden Eagles homered in the series finale, an 11-1 victory that secured the 2010 OVC Championship and No. 1 seed for the OVC Tournament for Tech.

It was a victory that marked the seventh regular season title for the Golden Eagles and first since 1997 (when they were co-champions). It was the first outright, non-divisional title for the program since 1956. The Golden Eagles went on to complete the season sweep of the Racers with a 15-6 win in game three of the OVC Tournament in Jackson, Tenn.

Overall, Tennessee Tech won 14 of its final 15 OVC games during the season. Including post-season play, the team finished with a record of 31-25 and the program recorded its third-straight 30-win season, something that has never happened in program history.

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Lee Henry was the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year and skipper Matt Bragga was voted the league’s Coach of the Year, two of the top honors announced following the 2010 regular season, as voted upon by league head coaches and sports information directors.

Henry was also one of five Golden Eagle players included on the all-OVC teams. He was a first-team selection along with designated hitter A.J. Kirby-Jones and outfielder/ pitcher Chad Oberacker. Tristan Archer and Austin Wulf were named to the OVC All-Freshman team.

In helping Tennessee Tech to its seventh OVC regular season championship, Henry was dominant on the mound, leading the OVC in ERA (2.77, 0.59 points better than second place), opponent batting average (.220) and shutouts (1), while ranking second in strikeouts per nine innings (9.61) and complete games (3).

In 14 total appearances (11 starts), Henry compiled a 6-3 record and struck out 73 batters while only issuing 33 walks. His best game of the season came against Eastern Illinois,

Henry

when he tossed a three-hit, seveninning shutout. In that game he struck out nine and was named OVC Pitcher of the Week for his performance.

Over his last five games of the regular season, Henry was 5-0 with a 2.47 E.R.A. with each of those games coming against OVC foes. During that stretch of 32.2 innings, he allowed nine earned runs and struck out 36 batters. Henry is the second Tech pitcher to be named OVC Pitcher of the Year since the award was first handed out in 1992 (Mark Maberry in 1997 was the other).

The baseball highway didn’t end for Henry with the conclusion of his supremely successful 2010 season at Tech though. The senior out of Knoxville, Tenn. has since signed with the Pensacola Pelicans of the American Association, one of the elite pro-ball leagues in the country.

Now in his seventh season at Tennessee Tech, Bragga becomes just the second Tennessee Tech skipper to be named OVC Coach of the Year.

He joins legendary coach David Mays who took home the honor five times during his career, with the last honor coming in 1997 (Mays will fittingly be inducted into the OVC Hall of Fame this June).

The team also collectively earned the OVC Sportsmanship Award for the first time since the inception of the award in August of 2005. Voted on by the student-athletes and coaches of the respective sports, the team awards are bestowed upon the Conference squads deemed to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA. Included in the areas for evaluation are the conduct of student-athletes, coaches, staff and administrators and fans.

Juniors Chad Oberacker and AJ Kirby-Jones also combined for nine All-America teams for Tech, a

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career with a 6.34 earned run average, having allowed 116 earned runs of 133 runs on 222 hits. He finished his career with a 12-10 record, starting in 29 of his 50 career appearances and pitching a total of 164.2 innings. He held his opponents to a .318 batting average over the course of his career and struck out 155 total batters, 74 alone in the 2010 season. He battled back from a season-ending elbow injury in 2009 to lead the Golden Eagles in games started with 13 this season, throughout which he held up a 5.30 ERA and recorded a 6-4 record. Prior to his injury in 2009, he went 2-0 in his first two starts of the season with a 0.00 ERA, pitching a total of 17 Vancouver Canadians, a Class-A Af- innings and striking out 21 batters, filiate of the Oakland Athletics, and allowing only six walks. was named the team’s MVP after a With such leadership and team successful summer season where camaraderie, it’s not surprising that he set the franchise record for most the Golden Eagles took the momenhome runs in a debut season with tum as regular season champions 14. into the post-season, where they

The primary closer for Tech went 2-2 in the OVC Tournament, standing 6’4” and weighing in at falling to Jacksonville State twice in 235 lbs, Pryor - a 5th round selec- the double elimination tournament tion of the Seattle Mariners - led in Jackson, Tenn. the Golden Eagle pitching staff in 2010 with 24 appearances and four saves, and maintained a 4-4 record with a 5.71 ERA throughout the course of the season.

He struck out 75 batters in 41 total innings, ranking fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference in strikeouts, and held opponents to a .224 batting average.

With the ability to pitch at a speeds lingering around 94 mph and reaching velocities as high as 96 mph, Pryor holds the single season record at Tech for strikeouts per nine innings with 16.46, while his four saves in a single season ranks third in the record books. Of the 35 hits allowed in 2010, only 13 of them were for extra bases.

Liberatore finished his

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feat in and of itself in that the program had not seen more than one All-American in a single decade, let alone in a single year. Couple that with the fact that both players were named to multiple teams, and the accomplishment is even more noteworthy. The pair was named to a variety of first, second and third teams by Ping! Baseball, the American Baseball Coaches Association, the Pro-Line National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association, Baseball America and Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball News.

Only seven teams in the nation were able to boast multiple first and/or second team ABCA All-Americans for the 2010 season. The other six programs were ranked within the top ten in the NCAA. Tech’s two honorees places TTU amongst the ranks of no.1 Virginia, no. 2 Arizona State, no. 3 Texas, no. 6 TCU, no. 7 Cal State-Fullerton and no.

9 Louisville.

Oberacker led the OVC and ranked in the top five nationally in batting average (.455) while registering 101 hits, 28 doubles (which also ranked in the top five nationally), 65 RBI and 14 stolen bases. Kirby-Jones appeared on the All-OVC first-team for the first time in his career (after being an All-Freshman selection two years ago and a second-team pick last season). Kirby-Jones smashed 26 home runs during the season while also drawing 55 walks (a mark that was second nationally). “AJKJ” hit .378 with 71 hits, 58 runs, 16 doubles and 66 RBI.

The two standouts - who were named Tennessee Tech’s Co-Male Athlete’s of the Year - were also joined by two of their teammates in another category, as Kirby-Jones, Oberacker, junior Stephen Pryor and senior Adam Liberatore were selected in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.

Kirby-Jones signed with the

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2010 Game by Game Results 2010 Golden Eagle Baseball Team Game-by-Game for Tennessee Tech (as of Jan 25, 2011) Batting (All games)

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Feb 19 Feb 20 Feb 21 Feb 26 Feb 27 Feb 28 Mar 03 Mar 06 Mar 06 Mar 07 Mar 09 Mar 10 Mar 12 Mar 13 Mar 13 Mar 14 Mar 19 Mar 20 Mar 21 Mar 23 Mar 26 Mar 27 Mar 27 Mar 30 *Apr 02 *Apr 02 *Apr 01 Apr 06 Apr 07 *04-10-10 *04-10-10 *04-11-10 Apr 13 *Apr 17 *Apr 17 *Apr 18 Apr 20 *Apr 25 *Apr 25 Mar 17 Apr 28 *May 08 *May 08 *May 09 May 11 *May 15 *May 15 *May 16 May 18 *May 21 *May 21 *May 22 May 27 May 29 May 29 May 30 Totals

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at Georgia Southern at Georgia Southern at Georgia Southern CLEVELAND STATE CLEVELAND STATE CLEVELAND STATE at Vanderbilt BRADLEY BRADLEY BRADLEY at South Alabama at South Alabama BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO at Memphis at Memphis at Memphis at Belmont SIU EDWARDSVILLE SIU EDWARDSVILLE SIU EDWARDSVILLE at Tennessee at Jax State at Jax State at Jax State at Lipscomb LIPSCOMB at Southeast Missouri at Southeast Missouri at Southeast Missouri BELMONT EASTERN ILLINOIS EASTERN ILLINOIS EASTERN ILLINOIS at Middle Tennessee MOREHEAD STATE MOREHEAD STATE EAST TENNESSEE at ETSU AUSTIN PEAY AUSTIN PEAY AUSTIN PEAY MIDDLE TENNESSEE at UT Martin at UT Martin at UT Martin WESTERN CAROLINA MURRAY STATE MURRAY STATE MURRAY STATE vs Eastern Kentucky vs Jacksonville State vs Murray State vs Jacksonville State

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2010 Golden Eagle Baseball Overall Statistics for Tennessee Tech (as of Jan 25, 2011) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 31-25 avg gp-gs 56-56 56-56 47-35 53-50 43-31 56-55 52-51 34-28 55-49 51-48

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2 14-18 118 4 0 0-1 60 9 4 4-4 47 1 6 13-14 91 6 1 5-7 55 54 3 4-5 75 158 6 0-1 340 18 3 10-10 41 2 2 1-1 392 30 4 2-2 69 97

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660

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420

999

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257 80

395

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.875 1.000

.667 .846 .909 .944

LOB - Team (517), Opp (452). DPs turned - Team (35), Opp (51). IBB - Team (16), KIRBY-JONES 10, DONALDSON 3, OBERACKER 3, Opp (4). Picked off - KIRBY-JONES 5, OBERACKER 3, GUYEAR 2, DONALDSON 2, MORRIS 1, McMILLAN 1, HAYES 1.

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.358 25-24 .273 16-7 .217 16-5 .188 12-2 .182 2-2 .067 14-5 .000 3-0 .000 1-0 .000 1-0 .000 1-0 .000 1-1

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Neutral: 2-2

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OBERACKER, Chad KIRBY-JONES, A.J. WULF, Austin DONALDSON, Casanova GUYEAR, Zephan HAYES, Chad McMILLAN, Tate EDWARDS, Seth BURGESS, Ben BEECH, Frankie -------------------RIVERS, Devin CROSSMAN, Brandon MORRIS, Michael FRAZIER, Evan MARTIN, Doug POWERS, Trice HOPKINS, Ryan PRICE, Nick CHOATE, Chason LIBERATORE, Adam HENRY, Lee

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66 15 91 40 35 61 34 81 33 82 23

29 12 51 29 26 41 27 54 30 58 26

24 10 44 24 26 39 20 43 29 48 24

37 15 24 25 22 25 23 19 14 28 14

85 28 74 32 75 29 26 33 26 38 15

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567

387

335

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7. 46

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56 56

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6

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660

459

391

257

395

131

11

62

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46 80

6 33

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HENRY, Lee BILBREY, Wade LIBERATORE, Adam PRICE, Nick PRYOR, Stephen CHOATE, Chason OBERACKER, Chad ARCHER, Tristan HOPKINS, Ryan SHEPHERD, Matthew KIRBY-JONES, A.J. -------------------BURGESS, Ben

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PB - Team (24), BURGESS 16, FRAZIER 6, CROSSMAN 2, Opp (20). Pickoffs - Team (10), ARCHER 6, BURGESS 3, CROSSMAN 1, Opp (12).

SBA/ATT - BURGESS (76-91), LIBERATORE (13-17), SHEPHERD (11-15), HENRY (13-13), CROSSMAN (10-11), ARCHER (7-10), HOPKINS (10-10), PRYOR (10-10), PRICE (7-9), CHOATE (9-9), FRAZIER (7-8), OBERACKER (6-6), BILBREY (4-6), KIRBY-JONES (3-3).

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Academic Honors GOLDEN EAGLES ON OVC COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL 2001-02 Joshua Eye Kenny Stiles 2000-01 David Ott Grant Swallows Jim Ed Warden 1999-2000 Brad Kleeman Andy Williams was awarded the OVC Scholar Athlete David Ott award following his fall 2010 semester.

2009-10 Frankie Beech Zephan Guyear Lee Henry Tate McMillan Chad Oberacker Trice Powers Devin Rivers 2008-09 Jared Dobbs Chad Oberacker Trice Powers Richard Rausch Cory Wright 2007-08 Michael Alcorn Wade Bilbrey Jared Dobbs Evan Dyer Thomas Gray Tate McMillan Thomas Nelson Trice Powers 2006-07 Michael Alcorn Wade Bilbrey Zac Cole Jared Dobbs

Justin Fields Brantley Kilgore Tate McMillan Thomas Nelson Jake New Josh Rider Matt Smith Ryan Wardlow Cory Wright 2005-06 Charlie Bolton Matt Kearney Brantley Kilgore Stuart Meinhart Daniel Owens Matt Smith Ryan Wardlow 2004-05 Michael Alcorn Phillip Hatch Kenny Stiles 2003-04 Robby Adams Kenny Stiles 2002-03 Joshua Eye Kenny Stiles

1998-99 Grant Swallows

Derek Hunley Brian Owens Greg Stallcup 1992-93 Brent Frazier Craig Humberd 1991-92 Jon Adcock Matt Ballard Brent Frazier Scott Hampton Ben Holt Johnny Orr Ryan Smith

1990-91 Craig Humberd Derek Hunley David Jackson Carter McCamy Todd Watkins David West 1989-90 Steve Arnette David Jackson J.C. Swafford David West David Wykle

1997-98 Clint Holloway Aaron Nix 1996-97 Matt Frey Brian Lee Jeff Matukewicz 1995-96 Rob Brown Mike Hurst Brian Lee Lynus Martin Aaron Olita Trey Ondruss Taylor Ralph Jason Wheeley 1994-95 Jon Casey Derek Hurley Mike Hurst Craig Mullins Taylor Ralph Jamie Tucker 1993-94

CoSIDA Academic All-America and Academic All-District IV sponsored by ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Thomas Nelson, 2008 Taylor Ralph, 1998 Derek Lane, 1987 Donley Canary, 1975 Bill Bray, 1974

Academic All-District Chad Oberacker, 2010 Lee Henry, 2010 Thomas Nelson, 2008 Taylor Ralph, 1998 Ben Holt, 1993 Ben Holt, 1991 Steve Arnette, 1990

OVC Scholar-Athlete Thomas Nelson, 2008 Thomas Nelson, 2007 Steve Arnette, 1990 Kevin Kalen, 1987 Derek Lane, 1986

OVC Academic Medal of Honor Steve Arnette, 1988

Athletic Director’s Honor Roll The Athletic Director’s Honor Roll was established in 1989 to recognize student-athletes who achieve a 3.0 grade-point average or higher for the semester. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of semesters each athlete has placed on the Honor Roll through 2010 Fall semester:

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Ben Downs (4) Brian Driskell (2) Brian Dudney (2) J.D. Druckenmiller(1) Scott Dulworth (1) Scott Dunham (2) Wes Dunn (3) Evan Dyer (2) Aaron Elmore (1) Josh Eye (3) Justin Fields (5) Mike Fessler (1) Zachary Flynn (1) Steve Folkers (1) Blake Forst (4) Brent Frazier (5) Evan Frazier (1) Matt Frey (4) Grant French (2) Chris Gant (4) Greg Glaser (2) Zephan Guyear (2) Thomas Gray (2) Jamie Greene (1) Steve Haggard (2) Mike Hall (1) Scott Hampton (4)

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Steve Arnette (3) Matt Attaway (3) Matt Ballard (3) Garret Baugh (1) Frankie Beech (2) Casey Benjamin (1) Wade Bilbrey (6) James Blevins (1) Charlie Bolton (1) Brandon Bornstein (3) Casey Bough (2) David Brinkley (1) Jason Brooker (3) Jason Brown (1) Rob Brown (4) Ryan Browning (2) Ben Burgess (2) Tim Burnette (1) Jason Burns (1) Brent Carrier (1) Jon Casey (2) Heath Cheverton (2) Matt Chodak (1) Kevin Cizmarik (2) Steve Clapp (1) Britt Clubb (2) Zac Cole (3)

Barrett Steakley (1) Kenny Stiles (6) Russell Stoops (2) Adam Sullivan (1) J.C. Swafford (3) Scott Terry (1) William Thomas (2) Jamie Tucker (5) Doug Vincent (1) Jim Ed Warden (3) Ryan Wardlow (4) Todd Watkins (1) Kayce Weakley (3) Ray Wear (1) Evan Webb (2) Jason Weekly (1) Billy Welsh (2) Chris West (4) David West (1) Jody Wheeler (2) Andrew Williams (2) Cory Wright (6) Jason Wright (4) David Wykle (3) Jody Zimmerle (1) Gabe Zook (2)

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Ron Coleman (1) Chris Combs (1) Brandon Crossman (2) Albert DelGaicco (1) Ryan Dennick (3) Jason Dillon (1) Jared Dobbs (7) Casanova Donaldson (1)

Trey Ondruss (2) Johnny Orr (2) David Ott (4) Brian Owens (1) Daniel Owens (3) Dustin Page (1) Cullen Park (1) David Peters (1) Kevin Peterson (2) Ben Pincus (3) Trice Powers (7) Nick Price (2) Taylor Ralph (5) Richard Rausch (3) Sean Reilly (3) Josh Rider (1) Devin Rivers (1) Kendale Roach (1) Michael Roeder (1) Jamie Ruehling (3) Mike Schmittou (1) Brandon Selvog (1) Matthew Shepherd (1) Tevis Sherfield (2) Harold Smith (1) Matt Smith (4) Ryan Smith (2) Shane Smith (1) Tyler Smith (1) Steve Soper (2) Brian Sprowl (2) Greg Stallcup (3) Jonathan Stepp (2)

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Kevin Adams (2) Neale Adams (1) Robby Adams (3) Jon Adcock (2) Michael Alcorn (7) Justin Alexander (1) David Allen (1) Tristan Archer (2)

Philip Hatch (5) Ryan Hay (4) Chad Hayes (3) Chad Heminover (1) Alex Henry (2) Lee Henry (3) Clint Holloway (4) Ben Holt (5) Tim Horn (1) L. Huffstetler (2) Craig Humberd (4) Derek Hunley (6) Mike Hurst (2) Robert Hyder (1) David Jackson (5) David Jackson (2) Scott James (1) Jesse Johnson (1) Kurt Kalen (3) Matt Kearney (1) Corey Kemp (1) Brad Kleeman (2) Brantley Kilgore (3) Chris King (1) Mike Kinney (2) A.J. Kirby-Jones (3) Jason Kuhn (1) Brian Lee (4) Adam Liberatore (2) Jeremy Linville (1) Mark Maberry (1) Lynus Martin (4) Nathan Marty (1) Troy Martin (1) Kevin Mason (1) Jeff Matukewicz (4) Carter McCamy (1) Tate McMillan (7) Michael Meihls (2) Stuart Meinhart (2) Matt Mihoci (2) Adam Miller (1) Hunter Mize (1) B. Montgomery (1) Mike Moore (1) Bobby Morgan (4) Josh Mosser (1) Craig Mullins (3) Thomas Nelson (5) Jake New (2) Aaron Nix (2) Chad Oberacker (4) Aaron Olita (5)

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Honors and Awards All-America Chad Oberacker, 2010 (4) AJ Kirby-Jones, 2010 (5) Cole Helms, 2002 Mark Maberry, 1997 Scott Baerns, 1988 Mike Winchester, 1975 All-Region Cole Helms, 2002 Matt Curtis, 2001 Jake Allen, 2001 Doug Vincent, 2001 Jeremy Bonczynski, 1997 Mark Maberry, 1997 Scott Baerns, 1988 Todd Kemp, 1988 Donley Canary, 1976 Mike Winchester, 1975

OVC Player of the Year Mark Maberry, 1997 Todd Kemp, 1988* Dave Pratt, 1966 OVC Pitcher of the Year Lee Henry, 2010 Mark Maberry, 1997 OVC Rookie of the Year Cole Helms, 2002 OVC All-Freshman Tristan Archer, 2010 Austin Wulf, 2010

Tennessee Tech’s OVC Stats Leaders 1981 Tim Taylor....................Steals (41) 1982 Mark Fontenot............Saves (7) 1983 Tim Hill.......................Steals (31) 1985 Mike Jones..................ERA (1.96) David Mays

OVC Coach of the Year Matt Bragga, 2010 David Mays, 1997 David Mays, 1996 David Mays, 1993 David Mays, 1988* David Mays, 1986*

1986 Steve Hawkins.............Triples (4) Todd Kemp .................Strikeouts (125) 1987 Steve Hawkins.............Home runs (12) Derek Lane..................Home runs (12) 1988 Scott Baerns................Batting (.476) Scott Baerns................Steals (33) Troy Martin.................Doubles (18) Todd Kemp..................ERA (2.58) Todd Kemp..................Strikeouts (13.7) 1989 Tim Horn.....................Saves (4) 1994 Adam Sullivan.............Batting (.385)

* Southern Division

1997 Jeremy Bonczynski......Home runs (20) Mark Maberry.............RBI (74) Chad Malone ..............Run scored (77) Mark Maberry.............ERA (2.34) Mark Maberry.............Wins (12) 1998 Ryan Browning...........Doubles (0.43) 1999 Matt Curtis..................Doubles (24) Jesse Johnson..............Triples (5) 2001 Ben Cunningham........Batting (.388) 2002 Doug Vincent...Complete Games (4)

2009 A.J. Kirby Jones...........Home runs (20) A.J. Kirby-Jones...........Walks (42) 2010 Chad Oberacker...........Batting (.452) Chad Oberacker...........Doubles (29) Chad Oberacker...........Hits (108) A.J. Kirby-Jones...........Home Runs (26) A.J. Kirby-Jones...........Slugging (.859) A.J. Kirby-Jones...........Walks (58)

all-ohio valley conference (since 1976) 1976 Terry Smith (C) Donley Canary (OF) Mike Tipton (1B)

1987 Derek Lane (OF) Steve Hawkins (3B) Troy Martin (RF)

1977 Ralph Mallicoat (LHP) David Grooms (OF) Mike Tipton (1B) 1980 Joe Fisher (LHP)

1988 Todd Kemp (LHP) David Dillon (C) Scott Baerns (2B) Greg Bennett (LF) Troy Martin (RF) Brent Carrier (3B)

1981 Greg Thomas (3B)

1989 Brent Carrier (3B)

1982 Tim Taylor (2B) Joe Fisher (3B)

1990 Kevin Caroland (OF)

1983 Paul Lane (RF) Howard Aiello (2B) 1984 Howard Aiello (2B) 1985 Derek Lane (OF) 1986 Greg Maysonet (OF/RHP) Derek Lane (OF) Steve Hawkins (SS) Todd Kemp (LHP)

1992 Matt Ballard (C) Kurt Kalen (2B) David Wykle (3B)

1996 Jeremy Bonczynski (LF) Brian Dudney (DH Jeff Matukewicz (RF) Craig Mullins (SS) Eric Sabel (RHP) 1997 Jeremy Bonczynski (3B) Mike Moore (LHP) Mark Maberry (RHP/DH) Taylor Ralph (SS) Chad Malone (OF) Brian Lee (C) Ryan Browning (OF)

Kevin Peterson (P)

1998 Ryan Browning (OF) Neale Adams (C) Matt Attaway (1B) Bobby Morgan (3B) Taylor Ralph (UTIL) Jody Wheeler (OF)

2000 Matt Curtis (OF) Ben Cunningham (UTIL) Chad Rogers (OF)

1993 Mike Kinney (C) Russell Stoops (RHP) 1994 Adam Sullivan (OF) Mike Kinney (C) 1995 Billy Pride (CF) Brian Dudney (1B) Craig Mullins (SS) Erik Sabel (RHP)

Scott Baerns

Tim Taylor

1999 Gabe Zook (SS) Michael Meihls (UTIL)

2001 Matt Curtis (OF) Ben Cunningham (UTIL) Bubbie Buzachero (SP) Mark Gilliam (DH) 2002 Jake Allen (2B) Casey Benjamin (SS) Doug Vincent (RHP) Ben Downs (RHP) Cole Helms (OF/RHP) Ryan Hay (1B)

2003 Casey Benjamin (SS) Cole Helms (UTIL) Scott Terry (DH) Ben Downs (RHP) Carlos Martin (OF) Ben Shannon (OF) Ryan Hay (1B) Britt Clubb (C) Dusty Eubanks (RHP) 2004 Brandon Selvog (SS) 2007 Steve Soper (C) Jake New (OF) Jared Dobbs (P) 2008 Matt Mihoci (2B) Jake New (OF) Thomas Nelson (SS) 2009 A.J. Kirby-Jones (UTIL) Lee Henry (P) 2010 Lee Henry (P) A.J. Kirby-Jones (UTIL) Chad Oberacker (OF)

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(Tech 8, Belmont 6) Tech scored 20 runs or more: May 3, 2001 - Tech beat Tennessee Temple 20-2

A No-hitter was pitched against Tech: March 16, 1997 - by Brad Howard, Middle Tennessee (9 innings)

(Middle Tennessee 12, Tech. 0)

Tech had 20 hits or more: March 25, 2008 - Tech had 20 hits against Middle Tennessee State

(Tech 15, Middle Tennessee 11)

A One-hitter was pitched by Tech: May 15, 2009 by Ryan Dennick and A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Southern Miss. (7 innings)

(Tech 7, Southern Miss. 1)

Tech and an opponent combined for 30 or more hits: May 16, 2010 - @ UT-Martin, Tech had 14, UTM had 16

(Eastern Illinois 25, Tech 5)

A One hitter was pitched against Tech: May 22, 1997 - by Kris Wilson, Georgia Tech, at the NCAA Mideast Regional Tournament, Starksville, Mississippi (9 innings)

(Georgia Tech 5, Tech 0)

A Two-hitter was pitched against Tech: March 29, 2009 vs. Eastern Illinois (9 innings)

(EIU 2, Tech 0)

Tech was shutout: May 31, 2009 vs. Clemson at the NCAA Regional Tournament, Clemson, South Carolina (9 innings)

(Clemson 10, Tech 0)

A Tech game went 15 or more innings: February 28, 2009 - vs. The Citadel, the game went 15 innings and is the longest in Tech history.

(Tech 7, The Citadel 6) Tech committed five or more errors: March 30, 2010 - Tech committed five errors against Tennessee

(Morehead State 9, Tech 3) Tech committed five or more errors and won: March 7, 2000 - Tech committed six errors against Lipscomb, but won 11-10.

Tech won a game on an offensive strikeout: May 15, 1997 - Jeff Matukewicz struck out for the third out in the bottom of the ninth inning against Austin Peay in the OVC Tournament.

The ball was a wild pitch and Mark Mayberry scored the winning run.

(Tech 5, Austin Peay 4)

A Tech Player homered in five or more consecutive games: Matt Ballard hit six home runs in five consecutive games between April 16 and April 21, 1992.

Back-to-Back balks were called: May 16, 1997 - Tech pitcher Mike Moore was charged with a balk against consecutive batters to allow Southeast Missouri runners to score in the first inning of the OVC Tournament second-round.

(Southeast Missouri 9, Tech 5)

A Tech Player hit a grand slam home run: May 20, 2009 - Ben Burgess vs. Southeast Missouri, OVC Tournament opening round

(Tech 9, Southeast Missouri 5)

A Tech player batted in six runs or more: March 11, 2009 - A.J. Kirby-Jones had six RBIs against Belmont

A Tech opponent batted around in an inning: May 31, 2009 - Clemson batted around in the fourth inning of a game in the NCAA Regional Tournament.

(Clemson 10, Tech 0)

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A Tech player had five or more hits in a game: April 1, 2009 - Casanova Donaldson vs. East Tennessee State (5-for-5)

(Tech 15, East Tennessee State 7)

Tech batted around in an inning: May 20, 2009 - 10 batters went to the plate in the fifth inning of the opening round of the OVC Tournament against Southeast Missouri.

(Tech 9, Southeast Missouri 5)

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A Tech player homered in consecutive at-bats: April 7, 2002 - Ben Shannon homered to lead off the game in the first inning against Austin Peay, and then hit a grand slam in the top of the third inning.

(Tech 8, Austin Peay 5)

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A Tech pitcher struck out 10 or more batters: May 10, 2009 - Michael Alcorn, 12 strikeouts vs. Jacksonville State

(Tech 6, Jacksonville State 4)

A triple play was turned against Tech: April 27, 1997 - Eastern Illinois turned a 4-6-3 triple play against Tech in the seventh inning. A line drive by Tech’s Chad Malone was caught by EIU’s Justin Stone, who started the triple play.

(Tech 15, Eastern Illinois 9)

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The Tech pitching staff recorded a shutout: April 24, 2009 by Lee Henry vs. UT Martin (7 innings)

(Tech 1, UT Martin 0)

Tech allowed more than 10 runs and won: May 22, 2009 - vs. Jacksonville State in the OVC tournament (10 innings)

(Tech 13, Jacksonville State 12)

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A Two-hitter was pitched by Tech: March 26, 2010 - by Adam Liberatore and Stephen Pryor vs. SIUE (9 in nings)

(Tech 5, SIUE 0)

A Tech opponent scored 20 or more runs: March 29, 2009 vs. Eastern Illinois scored 25 runs on 20 hits

(Eastern Illinois 25, Tech 5)

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A No-hitter was pitched by Tech: March 10, 1999 - by Casey Bough vs. Valparaiso (7 innings)

(Tech 4, Valparaiso 0)

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Batting Leaders since 1965 Year Average Runs Hits Doubles Home Runs RBI 2010 Oberacker, .452 Oberacker, 67 Oberacker, 108 Oberacker, 29 Kirby-Jones, 26 Kirby-Jones, 71 2009 Oberacker, .354 A. Henry, 54 Oberacker, 69 Kirby-Jones, 15 Kirby-Jones, 20 Kirby-Jones, 68

Webb, 15 2008 King, .389 Nelson, 60 King, 88 Nelson, 21 Reilly, 7 Kirby-Jones, 51 2007 Soper, .373 Sprowl, 48 Soper, 75 Soper, 18 Soper, 10 Soper, 59 2006 New, .319 Sprowl, 38 New, 61 New, 15 Soper, 8 Soper, 33 2005 Selvog, .328 Selvog, 35 Selvog, 66 Selvog, 17 Marty, 12 Marty, 43

Marty, 35 2004 Selvog, .339 Selvog, 34 Selvog, 62 Selvog, 18 Druckenmiller, 7 Selvog, 30 2003 Benjamin, .418 Benjamin, 54 Benjamin, 82 Benjamin, 17 Martin, 10 Martin, 49

Shannon, 17 Terry, 10 2002 Allen, .385 Allen, 51 Helms, 80 Helms, 17 Meihls, 10 Hay, 46

Meihls, 46 2001 Cunningham, ..388 Curtis, 58 Cunningham, 92 Cunningham, 25 Curtis, 10 Gilliam, 59 2000 Curtis, .382 Rogers, 47 Curtis, 65 Curtis, 24 Curtis, 12 Curtis, 49 1999 Zook, .364 Zook, 43 Zook, 71 Zook, 18 Morgan, 9 Meihls, 39 1998 Browning, .408 Morgan, 58 Attaway, 72 Browning, 20 Morgan, 15 Attaway, 58

Attaway, 15 1997 Malone, .363 Malone, 77 Bonczynski, 84 Malone, 16 Bonczynski, 20 Maberry, 74

1996 Bonczynski, .385 Bonczynski, 48 Mullins, 72 Mullins, 22 Bonczynski, 12 Bonczynski, 48 1995 Pride, .345 Burnette, 33 Pride, 59 Pride, 15 Pride, 8 Stoops, 33 1994 Sullivan, .385 Sullivan, 32 Sullivan, 65 Sullivan, 15 Kinney, 4 Kinney, 40

Guinn, 4 1993 Kinney, .303 Patterson, 35 Wykle, 49 Wykle, 13 Holt, 5 Holt, 30 1992 Wykle, .327 Ballard, 36 Ballard, 56 Ballard, 14 Ballard, 11 Ballard, 44 1991 Kalen, .315 Ballard, 35 Ballard, 53 Kalen, 18 Ballard, 5 Ballard, 23

Orr, 23 1990 Caroland, .367 Lavender, 48 Caroland, 65 Caroland, 14 Ballard, 6 Caroland, 48

Ballard, 14 1989 Mason, .345 Caroland, 40 Carrier, 51 Carrrier, 10 Ballard, 10 Ballard, 39 1988 Baerns, .476 Baerns, 76 Baerns, 89 Martin, 18 Bennett, 9 Carrier, 60 1987 Martin, .397 Lane, 40 Hawkins, 60 Hawkins, 12 Hawkins, 12 Hawkins, 45

Martin, 40 Lane, 12 1986 Hawkins, .348 Hawkins, 46 Hawkins, 57 Hawkins, 14 Hawkins, 14 Hawkins, 45 1985 Way, .362 Lane, 48 Lane, 52 Maysonet, 12 Walls, 12 Walls, 41 1984 Stewart, .359 Hill, 46 Hill, 49 Stewart, 12 Larison, 8 Stewart, 44 1983 Stewart, .367 Aiello, 33 Hill, 39 Horner, 11 Stewart, 9 Stewart, 38 1982 Horner, .375 Taylor, 46 Horner, 54 P. Lane, 9 Horner, 8 Horner, 50 1981 Taylor, .438 Taylor, 50 Taylor, 54 Taylor, 12 Thomas, 7 Thomas, 43 1980 Howell, .406 Schubert, 24 Schubert, 53 Rowden, 10 Parham, 5 Parham, 25

Thomas, 24 1979 Turpin, .305 James, 23 Turpin, 29 Howell, 7 Parham, 3 Parham, 24 1978 Grooms, .311 Hoskins, 33 Grooms, 37 Grooms, 7 Tipton, 5 Tipton, 29 1977 Glover, .389 Glover, 36 Glover, 51 Canary, 11 Grooms, 6 Tipton, 36

1976 Canary, .429 Canary, 34 Tipton, 45 Tipton, 8 Tipton, 3 Tipton, 42 1975 Winchester, .413 Winchester, 48 Winchester, 71 Winchester, 9 Winchester, 4 Tipton, 31

Bailey, 9 1974 Canary, .327 Wilson, 36 Winchester, 46 Colllins, 8 Wilson, 9 Wilson, 34 1973 Hall, .396 Midgett, 19 Winchester, 35 Richardson, 8 Richardson, 3 Richardson, 22

1972 Richardson, .340 Winchester, 18 Richardson, 36 Strickland, 10 Brown, 2 Strickland, 18 1971 Maclin, .351 Maclin, 44 Maclin, 47 Three w/ 6 Two w/ 4 Gentry, 29 1970 Maclin, .394 Irby, 39 Maclin, 43 Maclin, 8 Irby, 5 Wesche, 30 1969 Reasonover, .368 Smith, 20 Reasonover, 35 Two w/ 5 Field, 3 Turner, 17 1968 Smith, .400 Smith, 20 Smith, 28 Turner, 6 Three w/ 3 Field, 17 1967 Dickey, .381 Dickey, 27 Dickey, 48 Dickey, 7 Dickey, 6 Dickey, 15 1966 Rader, .386 Muniz, 13 Waley, 19 Waley, 5 Whaley, 3 Whaley, 15

Whaley, 13 1965 Barr, .397 Little, 12 Wilbourn, 17

Did You Know...

Since 1975, Tech hitters have blasted 33 grand slams: 1. Mike Winchester vs. Trevecca College, 4/23/75 2. Jim Wilhoite vs. David Lipscomb University, 4/29/75 3. David Grooms vs. Tennessee State, 3/19/77 4. Jim Wilhoite vs. Eastern Kentucky, 3/26/77 5. Mike Tipton vs. Eastern Kentucky, 4/9/77 6. David Wilkinson vs. Murray State, 4/24/80 7. Greg Thomas vs. Lincoln Memorial, 4/12/81 8. Herb Horner vs. Milliken, 4/7/82 9. Scott Walls vs. East Tennessee, 3/27/83 10. Derek Lane vs. Trevecca College, 3/1/86 11. Steve Hawkins vs. Marietta College, 3/15/86 12. Layton Way vs. Otterbein, 3/21/86

13. Scott Baerns vs. North Alabama, 4/5/88 14. David Dillon vs. Carson-Newman, 4/21/88 15. Matt Ballard vs. University of Tennessee, 3/28/89 16. Matt Ballard vs. Cumberland College, 4/9/89 17. Bo Spears vs. College of Charleston, 3/13/90 18. Matt Ballard vs. Western Kentucky, 4/12/90 19. Matt Ballard vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, 3/28/91 20. Kurt Kalen vs. Austin Peay, 4/27/91 21. Matt Ballard vs. Morehead State, 4/18/92 22. Mike Hurst vs. Carson-Newman, 4/27/95 23. Brian Dudney vs. Appalachian State, 4/3/96 24. Brad Kleeman vs. Morehead State, 4/2/99 25. Tony Suber vs. Akron, 2/4/02

Stolen Bases Oberacker, 14 Oberacker, 11 Nelson,19 Dunham, 7 Dunham, 8 Selvog, 8 Dunham, 8 Six players, 3 Mundt, 7 Allen, 12 Curtis, 13 Rogers, 21 Rogers, 10 Malone, 15 Matukewicz, 10 Bonczysnki, 10 Matukewicz, 15 Pride, 9 Sullivan, 9 Patterson, 9 Roberts, 8 Adams, 8 Caroland, 12 Caroland, 15 Baerns, 33 Lane, 16 Hawkins, 18 Lane, 23 Hill, 47 Hill, 31 Taylor, 22 Taylor, 41 Rowden, 13 Schubert, 11 Grooms, 16 Grooms, 14 Warren, 14 Joiner, 15 Winchester, 40 Wilson, 20 Winchester, 10 Midgett, 10 Richardson, 6 Irby, 17 Irby, 21 Smith, 10 Smith, 13 Koslick, 13 Waley, 7 Woodall, 9

26. Ben Shannon vs. Austin Peay, 4/7/02 27. Corey Kemp vs. Morehead State, 4/3/05 28. Jake New vs. King College, 3/3/08 29. Chad Oberacker vs. Alabama A&M, 4/20/08 30. A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. St. Peters, 2/21/09 31. A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Belmont, 3/11/09 32. A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Covenant, 4/11/09 33. Ben Burgess vs. SE Missouri St., 5/20/09 34. Chad Hayes vs. SEMO, 4/11/10

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Kemp, 74 Kemp, 133 Kemp, 69 Kalen, 31 Walker, 28 Fisher, 58 Zenner, 51 Fisher, 35 Evins, 42 Mallicoat, 39 Mallicoat, 48 Grimes, 40 Moore, 53 Sullivan, 53 Sullivan, 68 N/A Bosse, 69 Huffines, 35 Noffsinger, 35 Malcolm, 74 Dickerson, 31 Dickerson, 66 Pratt, 52

ONE-HITTERS - Five times Ralph Mallicoat vs. Milligan College, 4/21/75 David Wilkinson vs. Tennessee State, 3/29/79 (7 innings) David Ridge vs. Austin Peay, 4/16/83 (7 innings) Jeff Stallcup vs. Tennessee State, 4/28/90 (7 innings) Ryan Dennick and A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Southern Miss,

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NO-HITTERS - Six times Garrett Gordon vs. Wisconsin, 3/17/79 (7 innings) Joe Kelly vs. Lincoln Memorial, 4/28/85 (7 innings) Kevin Kalen vs. Cumberland University, 2/28/86 (7 innings) Kevin Kalen vs. West Florida, 3/20/87 (6 innings) Craig Humberd vs. Tennessee State, 3/28/92 (7 innings) Casey Bough vs. Valparaiso, 3/10/99 (7 innings)

West, 74 Caroland, 65 Stallcup, 40 Kemp, 132

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Since 1975, Tennessee Tech pitchers have recorded six no-hit games, five one-hitters and 34 two-hitters. In addition to the no-hitters listed below, Kevin Kalen also pitched a no-hitter against Edinborough College. Tech won 23-0 in a game called after three innings, so Kalen’s third “gem” is not listed with the official no-hitters below.

West, 54 Humberd, 57

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Fields, 44 Ashman, 41 Hughes, 66 Downs, 81 Downs, 78 Long, 97 Bough, 70 Fellers, 63 Bough, 63 Fellers, 63 Maberry, 108 Hedrick, 72 Sabel, 75 Vogt, 43

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Strikeouts L. Henry, 85 L. Henry, 80 Edwards,69 Smith, 63

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Year Victories ERA Innings 2010 L. Henry, 7 L. Henry, 2.69 L. Henry, 80.2 2009 L. Henry, 9 L. Henry, 3.43 L. Henry, 78.2 2008 Alcorn,7 Kirby-Jones,2.92 Alcorn,77.2 2007 Dobbs, 5 Dobbs, 4.18 Smith, 78.0

Edwards, 5

Smith, 5 2006 Smith, 4 Cole, 3.68 Fields, 66.1 2005 Alcorn, 3 Alcorn, 3.99 Ashman, 71.1 2004 Ashman, 7 Ashman, 5.06 Hughes, 61.2 2003 Downs, 9 Helms, 2.05 Downs, 92.1 2002 Vincent, 12 Vincent, 3.40 Downs, 82.2 2001 Long, 7 Buzachero, 3.30 Long, 97.1 2000 Long, 5 Grigsby, 2.73 Bough, 74.1 1999 Bough, 7 Bough, 4.27 Bough, 77

1998 Peterson, 6 Olita, 3.68 Fellers, 68 1997 Maberry, 12 Maberry, 2.34 Maberry, 104.0 1996 Sabel, 7 Hedrick, 3.90 Sabel, 93.2 1995 Sabel, 6 Hedrick, 3.65 Sabel, 93.1 1994 Hunley, 3 Vogt, 4.01 Vogt, 67.1

Vogt, 3 1993 Stoops, 6 Stoops, 3.03 West, 76.0 1992 Humberd, 4 Humberd, 3.68 Humberd, 85.2

Stoops, 4

Gilliam, 4 1991 Hunley, 4 Hunley, 4.14 West, 80.2 1990 Stallcup, 6 Stallcup, 3.38 Stallcup, 85.0 1989 Horn, 4 Horn, 3.68 Stallcup, 65 1988 Claudio, 9 Kemp, 2.58 Kemp, 87

Kemp, 9 1987 Claudio, 5 Claudio, 3.59 Claudio, 62.2

Stallcup, 5

Kalen, 5 1986 Kalen, 5 Kemp, 2.98 Kemp, 90.2

Kemp, 5

Maysonet, 5 1985 Kemp, 5 Jones, 1.96 Kalen, 61.1 1984 Schoenrock, 6 Ridge, 4.39 Kalen, 51.1 1983 Fontenot, 4 Fontenot, 3.49 Fontenot, 46.1

Behrend, 4 1982 Fisher, 8 Walker, 3.28 Fisher, 74 1981 Callis, 7 Callis, 3.14 Zenner, 74.2 1980 Three w/ 3 Watson, 2.18 Fisher, 47.1 1979 Gordon, 3 Gordon, 6.88 Evins, 59.3 1978 Gordon, 3 Gordon, 5.50 Gordon, 51.2

Mallicoat, 3 1977 Mallicoat, 6 Eble, 4.48 Mallicoat, 74 1976 Grimes, 6 Eble, 3.88 Eble, 68.1 1975 Moore, 5 Griffin, 2.22 Moore, 79.2 1974 Moore, 9 Sullivan, 2.49 Moore, 69 1973 Sullivan, 5 Ayer, 1.44 Sullivan, 72 1972 Sullivan, 6 Sullivan, 1.94 N/A 1971 Bosse, 6 Price, 1.63 Bosse, 65.2 1970 Bishop, 6 Denham, 2.19 Powell, 49

1969 Malcolm, 6 Dickerson, 1.73 Malcolm, 54.1 1968 Huffines, 3 Huffines, 1.03 Dickerson, 34.3

Powell, 3 1967 Dickerson, 8 Dickerson, 1.45 Dickerson, 62 1966 Pratt, 6 Pratt, 1.52 Pratt, 53.1

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Career Records BATTING Leaders Batting Average Minimum 200 at bats 1) Chad Oberacker 2) Jim Whaley 3) Chris King 4) Ben Cunningham 5) Tim Taylor 6) Brent Carrier 7) Ryan Browning 8) Jeremy Bonczynski 9) Greg Stewart 10) Troy Martin

.395 .391 .389 .388 .383 .381 .376 .369 .363 .361

Games Played 1) Mike Meihls 2) Jesse Johnson 3) Chad Malone 4) Matt Ballard Russ Stoops 6) Mark Maberry 7) Johnny Orr 8) Bobby Roberts 9) Scott Baerns 10) Steve Hawkins

216 208 204 198 198 190 189 188 184 182

Times At Bat 1) Mike Meihls 2) Chad Malone 3) Jesse Johnson 4) Matt Ballard 5) Jake New 6) A.J. Kirby-Jones 7) Casey Benjamin 8) Mike Winchester 9)Taylor Ralph 10) Derek Lane

724 667 658 652 620 596 591 559 553 548

Runs Scored 1) Chad Malone 2) Scott Baerns 3) Jesse Johnson 4) Derek Lane 5) A.J. Kirby-Jones Casey Benjamin 7) Kevin Caroland 8) Mike Meihls 9) Chad Oberacker 10) Matt Ballard

183 161 148 144 143 143 141 131 130 129

Hits 1) Chad Malone 2) Casey Benjamin 3) A.J. Kirby-Jones 4) Mike Meihls Jake New 6) Matt Ballard 7) Jesse Johnson 8) Scott Baerns 9) Chad Oberacker Russell Stoops

Slugging Pct. Minimum 150 at bats 1) A.J. Kirby-Jones Jeremy Bonczyski 3) Greg Stewart 4) Matt Curtis 5) Jim Whaley 6) Chad Oberacker 7) Greg Bennett Troy Martin 9) Matt Curtis 10) Steve Hawkins

213 209 207 204 204 199 193 189 189 188

Total Bases 1) A.J. Kirby-Jones 2) Matt Ballard 3) Mike Meihls 4) Steve Hawkins 5) Casey Benjamin 6) Chad Malone 7) Jake New 8) Mark Maberry 9) Jeremy Bonczynski 10) Bobby Morgan Chad Oberacker

Doubles 1) Mike Meihls 2) A.J. Kirby-Jones 3) Matt Ballard Matt Curtis 5) Casey Benjamin 6) Jake New 7) Taylor Ralph Chad Malone 9) Chad Oberacker 10) Mark Gilliam

54 49 47 47 44 41 40 40 39 38

409 346 327 316 304 301 296 294 286 281 281

Triples 1) Bill Maclin 2) Jesse Johnson 3) Mike Tipton 4) Chad Oberacker Scott Baerns Jake New 7) Barney Dickey Rick Schubert 9) Taylor Ralph Larry Smith Steve Hawkins Casey Benjamin Josh Goodwin Thomas Nelson

Toughest to K Minimum 150 at bats/Numbers indicate at bats per strikeout 1) Jeff Lavender 26.5 2) Tim Taylor 25.9 3) Greg Thomas 24.8 4) Brent Carrier 22.1 5) Mike Winchester 18.6 6) Scott Hampton 16.3 7) Lowell Joiner 14.2 Mike Lewis 14.2 9) Chris Pickett 12.7 10) Michael Roeder 11.6

16 11 10 9 9 9 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

Stolen Bases 1) Tim Hill Derek Lane 3) Mike Winchester 4) Tim Taylor 5) Scott Baerns 6) Kevin Caroland 7) Morris Irby 8) Lowell Joiner Harold Smith 10) Howard Aiello Bill Maclin

78 78 73 63 59 57 40 38 38 36 36

Walks 1) Donley Canary 2) A.J. Kirby-Jones 3) Chad Malone 4) Derek Lane 5) Matt Ballard Casey Benjamin 7) Kurt Kalen 8) Tate McMillan 9) Kevin Caroland 10) Scott Baerns

134 128 104 97 96 96 90 86 85 84

Home Runs 1) A.J. Kirby-Jones 2) Jeremy Bonczynski Matt Ballard Steve Hawkins 5) Bobby Morgan Mark Maberry 7) Matt Attaway 8) Matt Curtis 9) Scott Walls Derek Lane Mike Meihls

.686 .686 .659 .647 .618 .590 .589 .589 .581 .580

25 32 32 32 28 28 24 22 21 21 21

Runs Batted In 1) A.J. Kiby-Jones 2) Mark Maberry 3) Matt Ballard 4) Mike Meihls 5) Mike Tipton 6) Steve Hawkins 7) Bobby Morgan 8) Jeremy Bonczynski Derek Lane 10) Casey Benjamin

190 153 149 148 138 132 116 112 112 110

(Left) Life in the fast lane: Derek Lane is tied with 1984 teammate Tim Hill for the record of most stolen bases in a career with 78.

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pitching LEADERS 1.000 .909 .846 .846 .818 .800 .800 .750 .736 .722

12 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5

Appearances 1) Matt Kearney 2) David Grigsby Doug Vincent 4) Mike Jones 5) Justin Fields 6) Matt Chodak 7) Seth Edwards 8) Craig Humberd 9) Meachum Evins 10) Todd Kemp

78 70 70 67 66 65 64 61 59 56

21 20 19 15 15 14 13 13 12 12

Innings Pitched 1) Craig Humberd 2) Todd Kemp 3) Erik Sabel Jeff Stallcup 5) Mike Claudio 6) Kevin Kalen 7) Joe Fisher 8) Ralph Mallicoat 9) Chris West 10) Jake Edwards

304.0 296.0 246.2 246.2 238.1 234.0 228.0 227.1 220.0 215.1

Strikeouts 1) Todd Kemp 2) Craig Humberd 3) Dave Pratt 4) Chris West 5) Erik Sabel 6) Jake Edwards 7) Doug Vincent 8) Bubbie Buzachero 9) Doris Sullivan 10) Joe Fisher

408 215 210 187 179 178 177 175 169 166

Most Innings per HR allowed Since 1982 1) Michael Alcorn 19.03 2) Steve Haggard 19.00 3) Brantley Kilgore 17.00 4) Darryl Shockley 16.43 5) Adam Liberatore 15.47 6) Keith Hedrick 15.43 7) Zac Cole 15.00 8) Matt Smith 14.78 9) Rodney Przbylinski 14.10 10) Michael Behrend 13.87 Most HR allowed Since 1982 1) Craig Humberd 2) Don Maness 3) Kevin Kalen 4) Derek Hunley 5) Mike Claudio Chris West Jeff Stallcup Justin Fields

Mark Maberry

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1.79 2.11 2.51 2.43 2.60 2.66 2.69 2.86 2.90 3.13

3.38 2.98 2.65 2.64 2.58 2.41 2.39 2.38 2.37 2.31

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Lowest ERA Minimum 50 innings pitched 1) Jerry Heard 60.1 2) Doris Sullivan 187.0 3) Randy Ayer 111.0 4) Dave Pratt 159.1 5) David Bosse 124.2 6) Ron Dickerson 138.2 7) Lee Henry 80.1 8) Rob Malcolm 88.0 9) Frank Cardwell 155.0 10) Don Gorin 83.1

Highest K/Walk Ratio 1) Doris Sullivan 2) David Bosse 3) Doug Vincent 4) Kevin Peterson 5) Matt Smith 6) Mark Maberry 7) Adam Liberatore 8) Michael Alcorn 9) Donnie Long 10) Ron Dickerson

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Saves 1) Mike Jones 2) Mark Fontenat 3) Ryan Dennick Tim Horn Ryan Dennick 6) A.J. Kirby-Jones Mark Maberry Phil Dane Meachum Evins Joe Fisher

Complete Games 1) Todd Kemp 2) Erik Sabel 3) Craig Humberd 4) Jeff Stallcup Joe Fisher 6) Derek Hunley 7) Kevin Kalen Keith Hedrick 9) Chris West Ron Dickerson

Most Strikeouts per 9 innings Minimum 50 strikeouts 1) Todd Kemp 12.40 2) Rab Malcolm 10.63 3) David Quay 10.09 4) Mike Moore 9.60 5) Lee Henry 9.32 6) David Bosse 9.24 7) Ron Dickerson 9.16 8) Dave Pratt 9.04 9) Jim Ed Warden 8.97 10) A.J. Kirby-Jones 8.69

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Starts 1) Craig Humberd 2) Todd Kemp 3) Kevin Kalen 4) Mike Claudio 5) Jeff Stallcup 6) Derek Hunley 7) Chris West Joe Fisher Ralph Mallicoat 10) Erik Sabel

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W-L Pct./Career Minimum 10 decisions 1) Danny Huffines 11-0 2) Buck Jones 10-1 3) Dean Nichols 11-2 Mike Moore 11-2 5) Don Cook 9-2 6) Doug Vincent 12-3 Ryan Dennick 8-2 8) Lee Henry 9-3 9) Mark Maberry 14-5 10) Ron Dickerson 13-5

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.476 .452 .438 .429 .418 .414 .413 .408 .397 .394

Times At Bat 1) Chad Oberacker (2910) 2) Ben Cunningham (2001) 3) Jeremy Boncynski (1997) Travis Adams (1997) 5) Jesse Johnson (2001) 6) Jake New (2008) 7) Matt Curtis (2001) Mark Gilliam (2001) 9) Cole Helms (2002) Chris King (2008)

239 237 235 235 231 229 227 227 226 226

Runs Scored 1) Chad Malone (1997) 2) Scott Baerns (1998) 3) Chad Oberacker (2010) 4) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 5) Thomas Nelson (2008) Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 7) Troy Martin (1988) Thomas Nelson (2008) 9) Bobby Morgan (1998) Matt Curtis (2001)

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High Average Minimum 60 at bats 1) Scott Baerns (1988) 2) Chad Oberacker (2010) 3) Tim Taylor (1981) 4) Donley Canary (1976) 5) Casey Benjamin (2003) 6) Brent Carrier (1988) 7) Mike Winchester (1975) 8) Ryan Browning (1998) 9) Troy Martin (1987) 10) Bill Maclin (1970)

Ray Wear

77 76 67 64 60 60 59 59 58 58

Hits 1) Chad Oberacker (2010) 108 2) Ben Cunningham (2001) 92 3) Scott Baerns (1988) 89 4) Chris King (2008) 88 5) Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 84 6) Casey Benjamin (2003) 82 7) Jake New (2008) 81 8) Cole Helms (2002) 80 9) Chad Malone (1997) 78 10) Matt Curtis (2001) 77 Total Bases 1) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 177 2) Chad Oberacker (2010) 165 3) Jeremy Bonczyski (1997) 161 4) Mark Maberry (1997) 143 5) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) 139 6) Matt Attaway (1998) 137 7) Ben Cunningham (2001) 136 8) Scott Baerns (1998) 132 Matt Curtis (2001) 132 10) Casey Benjamin (2003) 128

Slugging Pct. Minimum 60 at bats 1) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 2) Greg Stewart (1983) 3) Steve Hawkins (1986) 4) Matt Curtis (2000) 5) Jim Whaley (1963) 6) Matt Attaway (1998) 7) Larry Smith (1968) 8) Derek Lane (1987) 9) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) Scott Baerns (1988)

.859 .755 .738 .735 .730 .717 .714 .707 .706 .706

Doubles 1) Chad Oberacker (2010) 2) Ben Cunningham (2001) 3) Matt Curtis (2000) 4) Matt Curtis (2001) 5) Craig Mullins (1996) Mark Gilliam (2001) 7) Thomas Nelson (2008) 8) Ryan Browning (1998) 9) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 10) Gabe Zook (1999) Troy Martin (1988) Kurt Kalen (1991) Matt Attaway (1998)

29 25 24 23 22 22 21 20 19 18 18 18 18

Triples 1) Bill Maclin (1971) 2) Chad Oberacker (2010) Jesse Johnson (2000) Aaron Leber (1999) Larry Smith (1968) Bill Maclin (1970) Mike Tipton (1975) Rick Schubert (1980) 8) Chad Oberacker (2009) Earl Allen (1964) Barney Dickey (1967) Morris Irby (1970) Tim Taylor (1981) Scott Baerns (1985) Steve Hawkins (1986) Jake Allen (2001) Ben Shannon (2003) Jake New (2007, 2008) Thomas Nelson (2008) Chris King (2008)

10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Home Runs 1) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 2) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 4) Mark Maberry (1997) 5) Matt Attaway 6) Steve Hawkins (1986) 7) Nathan Marty (2005) Matt Curtis (2000) Jeremy Bonczynski (1996) Scott Walls (1985) Steve Hawkins (1987) Derek Lane (1987)

26 20 20 17 15 14 12 12 12 12 12 12

Runs Batted In 1) Mark Maberry (1997) 74 2) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 71 3) Chad Oberacker (2010) 70 4) A.J. Kirby -Jones (2009) 68 5) Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 64 6) Brent Carrier (1998) 60 7) Mark Gilliam (2001) 59 Steve Soper (2007) 59 9) Matt Attaway (1994) 58 10) Bobby Morgan (1997) 57 Toughest to K Minimum 75 at bats (at bats/stikeout) 1) Scott Hampton (1990) 2) Jeff Lavender (1989) 3) Greg Thomas (1981) 4) Tim Taylor (1981) 5) Brent Carrier (1988) 6) Donley Canary (1977) 7) Scott Wiles (1969) Jerry Blevins (1964) 9) Mike Winchester (1975) 10) Jeff Lavender (1988)

50.4 33.5 33.0 30.6 30.2 27.2 25.4 25.4 24.5 22.5

Stolen Bases 1) Tim Hill (1984) 2) Tim Taylor (1981) 3) Mike Winchester (1975) 4) Scott Baerns (1988) 5) Tim Hill (1983) 6) Lowell Joiner (1975) Howard Aiello (1984) Derek Lane (1984) 9) Tim Taylor (1982) 10) Chad Rogers (2000) Morris Irby (1970) Derek Lane (1984) Kevin Caroland (1988)

47 41 40 35 31 23 23 23 22 21 21 21 21

Walks 1) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 2) Chad Malone (1997) 3) Tate McMIllan (2010) 4) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) Howard Aiello (1984) 6) Tim Taylor (1981) 7) Donley Canary (1974) Tim Taylor (1982) 9) Troy Martin (1988) Jeff Lavender (19)

58 51 44 42 42 40 39 39 38 38

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pitching 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .889 .889 .889 .875 .875

.857 .857 .857

10 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7

Innings Pitched 1) Mark Maberry (1997) 2) Donnie Long (2001) 3) Matt Frey (1997) 4) Erik Sabel (1996) 5) Erik Sabel (1995) 6) Ben Downs (2003) 7) Todd Kemp (1988) 8) Donnie Long (2001) 9) Keith Hendrick (1996) 10) Todd Kemp (1988)

104.0 97.1 96.2 93.2 93.1 92.1 90.2 90.1 87.2 87.0

Most Strikeouts per 9 innings (Minimum 30 innings pitched) 1) Stephen Pryor (2010) 16.46 2) Todd Kemp (1988) 13.65 3) Todd Kemp (1986) 13.21 4) Rab Malcolm (1969) 12.26 5) Todd Kemp (1987) 11.29 6) Todd Kemp (1985) 10.35 7) Mike Moore (1997) 9.60 8) Ron Dickerson (1967) 9.58 9) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) 9.55 10) Ron Dickerson (1969) 9.52 Highest K/Walk Ratio (Minimum 30 innings pitched) 1) Matt Kearney (2008) 5.00 2) Doris Sullivan (1972) 4.00 Doris Sullivan (1973) 4.00 4) Ron Dickerson (1967) 3.88 5) Todd Kemp (1988) 3.77 6) Dusty Eubanks (2003) 3.69 7) David Bosse (1971) 3.45 8) Mark Maberry (1997) 3.08 9) Ben Downs (2003) 3.00 10) Michael Alcorn (2008) 2.76

Bubbie Buzachero

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Most Innings per HR allowed (Since 1982/Minimum 30 innings) 1) Matt Smith (2007) 78.0 2) Dusty Eubanks (2003) 75.2 3) Jim Brown (1992) 45.2 4) Craig Humberd (1992) 42.8 5) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2008) 40.0 6) Matt Chodak (1994) 39.3 7) Chris West (1993) 38.0 8) Adam Liberatore (2008) 37.1 9) Keith Hedsdrick (1995) 33.1 10) Lynus Martin (1996) 33.0

Don Cook

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7 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Complete Games 1) Mark Maberry (1997) 2) Erik Sabel (1995) 3) Erik Sabel (1996) Todd Kemp (1988) Joe Fisher (1982) Craig Humberd (1992) Dave Pratt (1974) 8) Keith Hedrick (1996) Todd Kemp (1986) Jeff Stallcup (1990) Kevin Caroland (1990) Chris West (1993)

20 14 14 14 13 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11

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Saves 1) Mark Fontenot (1982) 2) Mike Jones (1985) 3) Stephen Pryor (2010) Ralph Mallicoat (1976) Tim Horn (1989) Chad Heminover (1998) Ryan Dennick (2008) 8) A.J. Kirby-Jones Clint Holloway (1997) Rick Griffin (1975) Hugh Travis (1975) Don Grimes (1976) Joe Fisher (1980) Meachum Evins (1981) Mike Jones (1984) Mike Jones (1986) Mark Maberry (1995)

12 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8

15 15 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13

Strikeouts 1) Todd Kemp (1986) 133 2) Todd Kemp (1988) 132 3) Mark Maberry (1997) 108 4) Donnie Long (2001) 97 5) Lee Henry (2010) 85 6) Bubbie Buzachero (2001) 81 Ben Downs (2003) 81 8) Lee Henry (2009) 80 9) Mike Moore (1997) 79 Jim Ed Warden (2001) 79

Most HR allowed (Since 1982) 1) Joe Fellers (1999) 2) Aaron Olita (1999) Chris West (1991) Cole Helms (2002) 5) Erik Sabel (1994) 6) Clint Holloway (1998) Donnie Long (2001) Doug Vincent (2002) Dusty Eubanks (2002) 10) Craig Humberd (1993) Don Maness (1989) Jeff Stallcup (1989) Ben Downs (2002)

Tradition of Excellence

Victories 1) Mark Maberry (1997) 2) Doug Vincent (2002) 3) Lee Henry (2010) Lee Henry (2009) Mike Moore (1974) Todd Kemp (1988) Mike Cladio (1988) Ben Downs (2003) 9) Mike Moore (1997) Buck Jones (1955) Dave Pratt (1964) Ron Dickerson (1967)

Starts 1) Matt Frey (1997) Donnie Long (2001) 3) Mark Maberry (1997) Todd Kemp (1986) Craig Humberd (1991) Donnie Long (2001) Ben Downs (2002) 8) Adam Liberatore (2010) Erik Sabel (1995) Erik Sabel (1996) Keith Hedrick (1996) Jim Ed Warden (2001) Matt Smith (2007) Michael Alcorn (2008)

Lowest ERA (Minimum 30 innings pitched) 1) Danny Huffines (1968) 1.03 2) Ron Dickerson (1967) 1.31 3) Randy Ayer (1973) 1.44 4) Dave Pratt (1966) 1.52 5) Tom Price (1971) 1.63 6) Ron Dickerson (1967) 1.73 7) Morris Irby (1969) 1.74 8) Jerrry Heard (1964) 1.79 9) Doris Sullivan (1973) 1.89 10) Jerry Gregg (1967) 1.90

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W-L Pct. (Minimum five wins) 1) Buck Jones

(8-0 in 1955) Charles Kinnamon

(5-0 in 1948) Danny Huffines

(5-0 in 1970) Jeff Stallcup

(5-0 in 1987) 5) Mike Moore

(8-1 in 1997) Dave Pratt

(8-1 in 1964) Ron Dickerson

(8-1 in 1967) 8) Dean Nichols

(7-1 in 1955) Don Gorin

(7-1 in 1961) 10) Mark Maberry

(12-2 in 1997) Don Cook

(6-1 in 1949) Doris Sullivan

(6-1 in 1972) Elmer Grimer

(6-1 in 1976)

Appearances 1) Stephen Pryor (2010) Doug Vincent (2001) 3) David Grigsby (2001) David Jackson (2003) Justin Fields (2005) 6) Matt Kearney (2008) Mike Macchiaverna (1999) Mike Jones (1985) Bubbie Buzachero (2001) Mike Fessler (2001) Doug Vincent (2002) Dusty Eubanks (2002)

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Team Record Book Team/Season Most Games 63 Fewest Games 13 Most Games Won 39 Fewest Games Won 3 Most Games Lost 42 Fewest Games Lost 2 Most Consecutive Wins 9 Most Consecutive Losses 15 Highest Winning Pct. .895 Lowest Winning Pct. .135 Most One-Run Games 18 Most One-Run Victories 9 Most Shutout Victories 6 Most Shutout Losses 8 Most Shutouts, Both Teams 12

(2001) (1950) (1997) (1962) (2005) (1955) (88, 96) (1979) (1955) (1979) (1990) (84, 90) (1969) (1991) (1991)

Batting Highest Batting Average .337 Lowest Batting Average .222 Most At Bats 2081 Fewest At Bats 410 Most Runs 459 Fewest Runs 44 Most Hits 674 Fewest Hits 101 Most Extra-Base Hits 223 Fewest Extra-Base Hits 16 Most Total Bases 1067 Fewest Total Bases 127 Highest Slugging Pct. .546 Lowest Slugging Pct. .300 Most Singles 457 Fewest Singles 85 Most Doubles 153 Fewest Doubles 7 Most Triples 19 Fewest Triples 1 Most Home Runs 83 Fewest Home Runs 1 Most Runs Batted In 420 Fewest Runs Batted In 61 Most Walks 291 Fewest Walks 64 Most Strikeouts 480 Fewest Strikeouts 62 Most Times Hit By Pitch 89 Fewest Times Hit By Pitch 5 Most Stolen Bases 123 Fewest Stolen Bases 1 Highest Stolen Base Pct. .925 Lowest Stolen Base Pct. .583

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(1998) (1979) (1997) (1962) (2010) (1962) (1997) (1962) (1998) (1962) (1997) (1962) (1998) (1972) (1997) (1962) (2001) (1962) (1981) (1973) (1997) (1962) (2010) (1962) (1963) (1962) (2001) (1962) (2001) (1968) (1974) (1962) (1979) (2002)

Lowest Earned Run Avg. 2.54 (1967) Highest Earned Run Avg. 7.99 (2005) Most Saves 14 (1976) Fewest Saves 0 (1992) Most Complete Games 23 (three) Most Innings Pitched 519.1 (2001) Fewest Innings Pitched 96.2 (1962) Most Hits Allowed 639 (2005) Most Runs Allowed 478 (1999) Most Earned Runs Allowed 397 (2005) Most Home Runs Allowed 83 (1999) Most Walks Issued 275 (2005) Fewest Walks Issued 73 (1961) Most Strikeouts 462 (2010, 2001) Fewest Strikeouts 50 (1962) Most Hit Batters 83 (2006) Fewest Hit Batters 4 (1973) Most Wild Pitches 78 (2007) Fewest Wild Pitches 6 (1983) Most Pickoffs 26 (2000)

Fielding Highest Fielding Pct. Lowest Fielding Pct. Most Fielding Chances Most Putouts Most Assists Most Errors Most Double Plays

.969 .913 2240 1527 613 109 54

(2008) (63, 72) (1997) (1997) (1996) (1986) (1991)

Batting Most Runs 34 (vs. Cumberland, 1949) 26 (vs. Tennessee State, 1988) Most Runs, Both Teams

39 (Tech 21, Trevecca 18, 1988)

39 (Tech 28, Austin Peay 11, 1951) Widest Margin of Victory

31 (Tech 34, Cumberland 3, 1949)

24 (Tech 26, Tenn. State 2, 1988) Most Hits

24 (vs. Carson-Newman, 4/20/89)

24 (vs. Western Carolina, 3/24/04) Most Doubles

9 (vs. Trevecca, 1982)

9 (vs. Georgia State, 4/18/01) Most Triples

3 (vs. Eastern Ky., 1968)

3 (vs. Austin Peay, 1970) Most Home Runs

7 (vs. Carson-Newman, 1989) Most Home Runs, Both Teams

10 (Tech 5, East Tennessee 5, 1983) Most Stolen Bases

11 (vs. Fisk, 1974)

Pitching Most Runs Allowed

27 (vs. Trevecca, 1982) Most Hits Allowed

25 (vs. Trevecca, 1982) Most Strikeouts

19 (vs. Tennessee State, 1988) Most Walks

15 (vs. Middle Tennessee, 3/30/05)

15 (at Kentucky, 5/18/05) Most Home Runs Allowed

7 (vs. Morehead State, 1979) Widest Margin of Defeat

25 (vs. Carson-Newman (26-1), 1989) Most Runners Picked Off

3 (vs. Southeast Missouri (11-15), 2000) Most Wild Pitches

6 (vs. Jacksonville, 2000)

6 (vs. Murray State, 2005) Most Hit Batters

5 (vs. Western Kentucky, 2000)

5 (vs. Southeast Missouri, 2002)

Bold indicates a record set in 2010 Doug Vincent holds the school record for most pitching appearances in a season by showing up in 24 games in the 2001 season.

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Most Pickoffs

3 by Mike Fessler vs. SEMO, 2000 Most Innings Pitched

11.2 by Mike Moore vs. Austin Peay, 1975

11.0 by Matt Smith vs. SEMO, 2007 Most Strikeouts

19 by Todd Kemp vs. Tennessee St., 1988 Most Consecutive Strikeouts

8 by Jerry Heard vs. Middle Tenn., 1964 Most Walks Issued

10 by Rab Malcolm vs. Morehead, 1970 Most Wild Pitches

6 by B. Buzachero vs. Jacksonville, 2000 Most Home Runs Allowed

5 by Ronnie Kelly vs. Tennessee St., 1978

Casanova Donaldson tied the school record in 2009 when he went 5-for-5 from the plate against East Tennessee State.

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Ben Shannon tied a school record by going the entire 2002 season without an error.

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Bold indicates active player

Players in the Pros

Most Chances

484 by Ben Cunningham, 2001 Most Putouts

458 by Ben Cunningham, 2001 Most Assists

178 by Craig Mullins, 1996

165 by Craig Mullins, 1995 Most Errors

26 by Taylor Ralph, 1997

26 by Mark Gilliam, 2000 Fewest Errors (min. 100 chances)

0 by Ron Shumate, 1961

0 by Ben Shannon, 2002

0 by Scott Dunham, 2006

Tradition of Excellence

Most At Bats

8 by Alex Henry/Ben Burgess vs. The Citadel, Feb. 28, 2009/Austin Wulf at UTM, May 15, 2019 Most Runs Scored

6 by Chad Rogers vs. Appy State, 2000 Most Hits

5 by 14 players

* Last by Casanova Donaldson (5-for-5) vs. East Tennessee State, 4/1/09 Most Runs Batted In

7 by Scott Baerns vs. No. Alabama, 1988

7 by Matt Ballard vs. Tennessee, 1988

7 by Carlos Martin vs. Morehead, 2003

6 by A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Belmont, 3/11/09

6 by Ryan Hay vs. EKU, 2002

6 by Ben Shannon vs. Austin Peay, 2002 Most Walks

4 by Tom Turner vs. Morehead, 1970

4 by Tim Taylor vs. St. Louis, 1981

4 by Jake Allen vs. Tenn. Wesleyan, 2002

4 by Chad Langston vs. Ga. So., 2001 Most Strikeouts

5 by Michael Meihls vs. Miss. St., 2001

4 by Phil Wilbourn vs. Murray, 1963

4 by Chad Rogers vs. Jacksonville, 2000

4 by Ben Shannon vs. Vanderbilt, 2002

4 by Corey Kemp vs. Samford, 2005

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Bill Maclin holds the school record for most triples in a season, hitting 10 in 1971.

Lowest ERA

1.28 by Dave Pratt, 1964 Most Games

24 by Doug Vincent, 2001 Most Games Started

15 by Matt Frey, 1997

15 by Donnie Long, 2001 Most Complete Games

10 by Mark Maberry, 1997 Most Wins

12 by Mark Maberry, 1997 Most Losses

9 by Craig Humberd, 1991

9 by Justin Fields, 2005 Most Saves

7 by Mark Fontenot, 1984 Most Innings Pitched

104.0 by Mark Maberry, 1997 Most Hits Allowed

119 by Matt Frey, 1997 Most Home Runs Allowed

20 by Joe Fellers, 1999 Most Strikeouts

133 by Todd Kemp, 1986 Most Pickoffs

18 by Mike Fessler, 2001 Most Wild Pitches

16 by Jim Ed Warden, 2001

16 by Blake Forst, 2007 Most Hit Batters

18 by Justin Fields, 2006

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Highest Batting Average

.527 by Ryan Shumate, 1961 Most Games Played

63 by Wes Dunn, 2001

63 by Mark Gilliam, 2001 Most At Bats

237 by Ben Cunningham, 2001 Most Extra Base Hits

77 by Chad Malone, 2000 Most Doubles

25 by Ben Cunningham, 2001 Most Triples

10 by Bill Maclin, 1971 Most Home Runs

26 by A.J. Kirby-Jones, 2010 Most Runs Batted In

74 by Mark Maberry, 1997 Most Stolen Bases

47 by Tim Hill, 1984 Most Walks

58 by A.J. Kirby-Jones, 2010 Most Strikeouts

63 by Matt Curtis, 2001 Fewest Strikeouts (minimum 75 at bats)

3 by Emerson Wiles, 1969 Most Sacrifices

13 by Craig Mullins, 1996 Most Times Hit by Pitch

19 by Jesse Johnson, 2001 Toughest to Strikeout

50.4 by Scott Hampton, 1990

(one K per 50.4 times at bat)

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The Sports Information Office researched the names of all-time baseball participants. Any additions or corrections would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Sports Information at (931) 372-3088 or send an e-mail to sportsinfo@tntech.edu A Joe Adams, 1967-69 Kevin Adams, 1991 Neale Adams, 1998-99 Robby Adams, 2004-05 Terry Adams, 1972-74 Travis Adams, 1997 Jonathan Adcock, 1992 Howard Aiello, 1983-84 Michael Alcorn, 2005-09 Justin Alexander, 2011Clint Alexander, 2005-06 Lynn Alexander, 1961 David Allen, 2011Earl Allen, 1964 Jake Allen, 2000-02 John Allen, 1977 Honey Allmon, 1948-49 Tristan Archer, 2010Bill Armstrong, 1963-64 Steve Arnette, 1987-90 Colt Ashman, 2004-05 Greg Askins, 1974, 76 Matt Attaway, 1997-98 Ron Aydelott, 1980-81 Randy Ayer, 1970-73 B Scott Baerns, 1985-88 J.C. Bagley, 1970 Matt Bailey, 1973-76 Larry Bain, 1961-62 Matt Ballard, 1989-92 Steve Barr, 1965 Don Bateman, 1981 Alan Bates, 1982-83 Rusty Bates, 1986-87 Garret Baugh, 2011Richard Baughner, 1961-64 Sam Beatty, 1961-63 Brad Beck, 2000 John Beckman, 1974-76 Rick Beddingfield, 1977 Frankie Beech, 2010Micheal Behrend, 1983 Casey Benjamin, 2001-03 Greg Bennett, 1985-88 Nelson Bennett, 1961-63 Tony Bertolino, 1964-67 Wade Bilbrey, 2009 Brett Bilodeau, 2003-04 Jim Bishop, 1970 Adam Black, 2005-06 Nick Bledsoe, 1981-83 Jerry Blevins, 1961-65 Charlie Bolton, 2006 Jer. Bonczynski, 1996-97

Brandon Bornstein, 2005-06 David Bosse, 1968-70 Casey Bough, 1999 David Bradley, 1985-87 Ray Brake, 1984 Brian Brauss, 2004 Billie Bray, 1972-76 Eric Brewer, 2004 Steve Briley, 1963 David Brinkley, 1994-95 Jason Brooker, 1997-98 Eric Brown, 1970-73 Jim Brown, 1990-92 Randall Brown, 2002 Rob Brown, 1995-96 Ryan Browning, 1997-98 Bill Brunson, 1974 Terry Bryant, 1967-69 Randy Buckner, 1980 Ray Buice, 1961 Ben Burgess, 2009Barry Burnett, 1984-85 Tim Burnette, 1994-95 Terry Burton, 1989 Bubbie Buzachero, 2000-02 C Andre Caballero, 1998 Chris Cady, 1991 Randy Callis, 1980-81 Dirk Calvin, 1979-80 Gary Campbell, 1962 Greg Canada, 2003 Donley Canary, 1974-77 David Cantrell, 1979 Frank Cardwell, 1961-63 Kevin Caroland, 1987-90 Larry Carr, 1973 David Carrick, 1974 Brent Carrier, 1988-89 Eddie Carroll, 1972 Dudley Carter, 1965 Jonathan Casey, 1994 Brent Chaffin, 1984-86 Randy Chaffin, 1984-86 Scott Chaffin, 1973 Bill Cherry, 1961-62 Heath Cheverton, 2009 Chason Choate, 2007-10 Matt Chodak, 1994-97 Todd Christiansen, 1971-72 Kevin Cizmarik, 2004-06 Steve Clapp, 1987-89 Mike Claudio, 1985-88 Adam Cloar, 2004-06 Britt Clubb, 2002-05 Ed Clymore, 1961 Daniel Cole, 2001

Zac Cole, 2006-07 Ron Coleman, 1992-94 Wayne Coleman, 1965-66 Mac Coley, 1974-75 Cliff Collins, 1972-75 Chris Combs, 1992 Don Cook, 1948-49 Marty Cook, 1974-75 Kyle Copeland, 2004 Ricky Cox, 1984 Mike Creech, 1988 John Crook, 1967 Brandon Crossman, 2008-10 David Crutcher, 1970-71 Ben Cunningham, 2000-01 Matt Curtis, 2000-01 D Phil Dane, 1976-78 Mike Davidson, 1985-86 Darren Davis, 1984 Mark Davis, 1999 Steve Davis, 1978 Peewee Day, 1948 John Deaton, 1964, 66 Thomas DeBow, 1990 Wayne Dedman, 1963 Albert DelGaicco, 2011Barry Denham, 1970-73 Jeff Denney, 1994-96 Ryan Dennick, 2008-09 Chris Dennis, 2000 Ron Dickerson, 1967-69 Barney Dickey, 1966-69 David Dillon, 1985-88 Jared Dobbs, 2007Casanova Donaldson, 2008Ben Downs, 2002-03 Terry Doyle, 1978-79 Brian Driskell, 2003 J.D. Druckenmiller, 2004 Buddy Duckett, 1962-63 Brian Dudney, 1993-96 Stan Duke, 1979 Scott Dullworth, 1991 Bill Dunaway, 1968 Scott Dunham, 2005-07 Paul Dunlap, 1971 Wes Dunn, 1998-01 Evan Dyer, 2008 John Dykstra, 1993 E Jay Eble, 1976-77 Ray Eble, 1949 Cooper Eddy, 2003 Jake Edwards, 2007-08

Matt Edwards, 2004-05 Seth Edwards, 2010Bob Elkins, 1956 Don Elkins, 1961 Mark Elkins, 1985-88 Darryl Eppley, 1985 Dusty Eubanks, 2002-03 Terry Evans, 1962 Meachum Evins, 1978-81 Josh Eye, 2003-04 F Roger Farley, 1976 Joe Fellers, 1998-99 Mike Fessler, 2000-01 Billy Field, 1967-69 Justin Fields, 2004-07 Joe Fisher, 1979-82 Zach Flynn, 2011Steve Folkers, 2000-01 Mark Fontenot, 1980-83 Blake Forst, 2005-09 Brent Frazier, 1992-93 Evan Frazier, 2010Grant French, 2003-04 Matt Frey, 1996-97 Terry Frye, 1970-73 G Bubba Gamble, 1978-79 Chris Gant, 2003-05 Red Gaylor, 1956 John Geary, 1976 Butch Gentry, 1971 Dave Gibson, 1991 Mark Gilliam, 2000-01 Marshall Gilliam, 1992-93 Jimmy Gipson, 1967 Greg Glaser, 2010Mike Glover, 1974-77 Alex Gonzalez, 1996 Josh Goodwin, 2006-07 Garrett Gordon, 1977-80 Don Gorin, 1961-62 Chad Graves, 1992 Thomas Gray, 2008 Jamey Greene, 1997 Jerry Gregg, 1967-68 James Griffin, 1972-73 Rick Griffin, 1981-82 Dusty Griffith, 1993 Jerred Griggs, 2009 David Grigsby, 1999-02 Elmer Grimes, 1976 Mike Grooms, 1977-78 Mike Guidara, 1970-73 Scott Guinn, 1993-94

Zephan Guyear, 2010Ken Gwaltney, 1961-62 H Steve Haggard, 1992-94 Marshall Hale, 1993 Kent Hall, 1986-88 Mickey Hall, 1973-76 Mike Hall, 1991-94 Doug Hamilton, 1969-70 Scott Hampton, 1989-92 Joel Hardison, 1963-66 Kenny Harper, 1983 Gehrig Harris, 1965-66 Jim Harris, 1963-64 Steve Harris, 1974 Steve Harrison, 1962, 64 Len Hart, 1992-93 Larry Harville, 1975 Phillip Hatch, 2002-05 Steve Hawkins, 1984-87 Ryan Hay, 2002-03 Chad Hayes, 2009Jerry Heard, 1964 Keith Hedrick, 1995-96 Cole Helms, 2002-03 Doug Helton, 1976-79 Chad Heminover, 1998 Tim Henderson, 1980-83 Alex Henry, 2008-09 Lee Henry, 2009-10 Mack Henry, 1962 Mike Henson, 1985-86 Steve Hertzfeldt, 1975 Brian Hicks, 1987 Tim Higgs, 1980 Tim Hill, 1983-84 Clint Holloway, 1996-98 Marvin Holloway, 1963 Ben Holt, 1992-93 Lefty Hooker, 1949 Tim Horn, 1987-90 Herb Horner, 1982-83 Travis Horschel, 2001 Chuck Hoskins, 1975-78 Norman Hoskins, 1979 Chris Howell, 1979-80 Danny Huffines, 1968-72 Collins Hughes, 2003-04 Mark Hughes, 1978-81 Craig Humberd, 1990-93 Derek Hunley, 1991-95 Mike Hurst, 1995-96 Robert Hyder, 1997

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All-time Participation

Steve Harrison (1962, 1964)

Mike Winchester (1972-75)

Derek Lane (1984-87)

Dusty Eubanks (2002-03)

I Morris Irby, 1968-71

T Johnny Tacker, 1979 Harold Taylor, 1972-75 Tim Taylor, 1981-82 Scott Terry, 2000-03 Greg Thomas, 1980-81 Will Thomas, 2010Gene Thompson, 1949 Shane Thompson, 1991 Dewayne Tinch, 1998 Mike Tipton, 1975-78 Hugh Travis, 1974-75 Jamie Tucker, 1994-95 Richard Turner, 1962-64 Steve Turner, 1988 Tom Turner, 1970-71 Wayne Turner, 1966-69 Steve Turpin, 1979-80

Y Donny Yates, 1970 Bob Yonker, 1964-65 Kris Youngberg, 1999 Jim Youngblood, 1972 Z Wayne Zenner, 1981-82 Jody Zimmerle, 1994-95 Gabe Zook, 1998-99

BOLD denotes active players

V Larry Vanscoe, 1963 Tommy Van Tone, 1964 Stan Vaughn, 1979

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P Kenny Pack, 1968-69 Dustin Page, 2004-05 Charlie Parham, 1978-80 Cullen Park, 2011Johnny Pasker, 1948 Phil Pass, 1994 John Patterson, 2000-01 Johnny Patterson, 1993 Noble Patton, 1955 Joe Pavlick, 1976, 1978-79 David Peters, 1994 Kevin Peterson, 1998-00

Steve Soper, 2006-07 David Spadin, 1971-72 Bo Spears, 1990-93 Brian Sprowl, 2006-07 Greg Stallcup, 1993-95 Jeff Stallcup, 1987-90 Mickey Stanton, 1963-65 Billy Joe Stephens, 1969 Zach Stephens, 2011Jonathan Stepp, 2001-02, 04 Greg Stewert, 1983-84 Rick Stihel, 1984-85 Kenny Stiles, 2002-05 Randy Stiltner, 1986-87 Adam Stone, 2002 Russell Stoops, 1992-93, 95-96 Pat Storrie, 1988 Bryan Strevel, 1994-97 Butch Strickland, 1971-72 Jon Swafford, 1988-89 Grant Swallows, 1999-2001 David Swindell, 1980-81 Tony Suber, 2002 Adam Sullivan, 1993-94 Doris Sullivan, 1972-74

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O Kenneth Oakley, 1975-76 Chad Oberacker, 2008Aaron Olita, 1996-99 Johnny Orr, 1989-92 Gary Osborne, 1966 David Ott, 2000-01 Brian Owens, 1991, 94 Daniel Owens, 2004-06

S Eric Sabel, 1994-96 Andy Sawyer, 1992 Tom Schaffhouse, 1981-82 Mike Schmittou, 1987-90 Daron Schoenrock,1981-84 Rick Schubert, 1979-80 Bruce Scroggins, 1986 Brandon Selvog, 2004-05 Ben Shannon, 2002-03 Shaun Sheehan, 2005 Donnie Shell, 1965 Ralph Shell, 1965 Matthew Shepherd, 2009Tevis Sherfield, 2010Darrell Shockley, 1986-87 Josh Shoulders, 2001 Justin Showalter, 2004 Geoff Shuck, 1973 Ron Shumate, 1961 Mike Sievers, 1981 Roger Simpson, 1964 Wayne Singleton, 1971 Gerald Sinkfield, 1988 Bill Smith, 1961 David Smith, 1974-75 Harold Smith, 1987-90 Kevin Smith, 1979 Larry Smith, 1966-69 Matt Smith, 2006-07 Ryan Smith, 1992 Shane Smith, 1993-96 Tony Smith, 1971

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Players in the Pros

M Mark Maberry, 1994-97 Mike Macchiaverna, 1997-00 Bill Maclin, 1968-71 Rab Malcolm, 1966, 69 Ralph Mallicoat, 1975-78 Chad Malone, 1995-98 Joe Malone, 1963-65 Don Maness, 1989-92 Carlos Martin, 2002-03 David Martin, 1991 Doug Martin, 2009Johnny Martin, 1977 Lynus Martin, 1993-96

N Karl Napier, 1963-64 Terry Neal, 1984-87 Thomas Nelson, 2007-08 Jake New, 2006-08 Dean Nichols, 1955-56 Aaron Nix, 1997-98 Sam Noffsinger, 1970 Brian Nolen, 1886-87 Jim Norris, 1969-70

R Joe Rabideau, 1982 Butch Rader, 1965-66 Taylor Ralph, 1996-98 Terry Randolph, 1972 Richard Rausch, 2009 Jerry Reasoner, 1969 Bill Rector, 1967 Sean Reilly, 2007-08 Joe Renegar, 1983-85 Mike Richardson, 1988 Josh Rider, 2007-08 David Ridge, 1983-84 Doug Rines, 1989-91 Devin Rivers, 2010Kendale Roach, 2008 Bobby Roberts, 1989-92 Roger Robinson, 1976 Tim Rodgers, 1993 Michael Roeder, 2007-08 Chad Rogers , 1999 Danny Rowden, 1980 Kyle Rowekamp, 2004-06

Tradition of Excellence

L Bill Landreth, 1961-62 Derek Lane, 1984-87 Paul Lane, 1982-83 Floyd Langford, 1981-82 Chad Langston, 2001 Scott Larison, 1981-84 Jeff Lavender, 1989-90 Brad Lay, 1997-99 Aaron Leader , 1999 Brian Lee, 1996-97 Al Leinhart, 1979 Ren Lents, 1984-85 Mike Lewis, 1972-74 Adam Liberatore, 2006-10 Greg Lindsey, 1984 Jeremy Linville, 1998-99 Ronnie Linville, 1982-83 David Little, 1964-67 Dale Long, 1963 Donnie Long, 2000-01 Smokey Lusk, 1967

Q David Quay, 1973-74, 76

W Kurt Wadell, 1971-72 Dennis Waggoner, 1983-86 Jerry Waites, 1970 Jimmy Walker, 1982-83 Henry Walls, 1964 Scott Walls, 1982-85 Jim Ed Warden, 1999-01 Ryan Wardlow, 2006-07 Kenny Warren, 1977 Buddy Warwick, 1971 Todd Watkins, 1991 Jere Watson, 1980-83 Sanders Watson, 1980 Layton Way, 1985-86 Kayce Weakley, 1996-97 Ray Wear, 1998-99 Evan Webb, 2008-09 James Webb, 1964 Jon Webb, 1991 Roger Webb, 1984, 88 Billy Welsh, 2005-06 Jim Werden, 1971 Joe Wesche, 1969-71 Chris West, 1989-91, 93 Jim Whaley, 1963-66 Jody Wheeler, 1998-99 Jon White, 1984 Tony White, 1968 Joe Whitefield, 1984 Pete Whitehead, 1961-62 Joe Whitson, 1956 Tony Wiggins, 1989 Phil Wilbourn, 1961-65 Phil Wilbourn, Jr., 1990-91 Emerson Wiles, 1968-70 Jim Wilhoite, 1975-78 David Wilkinson, 1979-82 James Wilson, 1971-74 Mike Winchester, 1972-75 Earl Winn, 1961-62 Barry Wolfenbarger, 1995-96 Tim Wolfman, 1982 Don Woodall, 1965-67 Bill Worley, 1968 Brandon Wright, 2011Cory Wright, 2006-09 David Wykle, 1989-92

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K Jeff Kalen, 1983-86 Kevin Kalen, 1984-87 Kurt Kalen, 1992-93 Garry Kanipe, 1972-74 Matt Kearney, 2005-08 Joe Kelly, 1985-87 Mike Kelly, 1971-73 Ronnie Kelly, 1978-79 Corey Kemp, 2005 Todd Kemp, 1985-88 Danny Ketchum, 1980-82 Brantley Kilgore, 2006-07 Patrick Kimmons, 2006-07 Chris King, 2008 Richard King, 1965-68 Charlie Kinnamon, 1948-49 Mike Kinney, 1993-94 Mike Kirby, 1991 A.J. Kirby-Jones, 2008-09 Bennie Kirksey, 1974 Brad Kleeman , 1999-00 Randy Knight, 1988-89 Richard Koslick, 1966-68 Jason Kuhn, 1999-00

Charlie Vesser, 1977 Scott Vick, 1989 Doug Vincent, 2000-03 Jeff Vogt, 1994-96

Ron Phelps, 1968 Ben Pincus, 2003-04 Marty Porter, 1978 Chad Potter, 1997-98 Thomas Potts, 1948 Bob Powell, 1968-70, 72 Joe Powers, 1962-63 Trice Powers, 2008Dave Pratt, 1964-67 Nick Price, 2010Tom Price, 1971-73 Tony Price, 1961 Billy Pride, 1995 Dickie Prince, 1970 Tommy Prince, 1967-68 Rodney Pryzbylinski, 1989 Don Puckett, 1968 Glen Puryear, 1994

2011 Golden Eagles

J David Jackson, 1990-91 David Jackson, 1999-03 Ronnie James, 1978-79 Scott James, 1997 Jesse Johnson, 1999-02 Lowell Joiner, 1975-76 Buck Jones, 1955-56 Dewey Jones, 1983 Everett Jones, 1964 Jimmy Jones, 1982 Mike (Gus) Jones, 1983-86

Troy Martin, 1987-88 Nathan Marty, 2004-05 Kevin Mason, 1986-89 Jeff Matukewicz, 1996-97 Larry Maxwell, 1965-66 Phillip Mayes, 1993 Jimmy Maynord, 1978 Greg Maysonet, 1985-86 Trey McCalla, 2011Carter McCamy, 1990-91 Joe McCarter, 1967-68 Aaron McCrosky, 1980-84 Greg McDaniel, 1977 Ronnie McGaha, 1965 Chris McLain, 2003 Tom McMahan, 1968-71 Tate McMillian, 2007-10 Jake McWhirter, 2011Monty Meeks, 1991 Michael Meihls , 1999-02 Stuart Meinhart, 2006-07 Lee Midgett, 1972-73 Matt Mihoci, 2005-08 Adam Miller, 2008 Bernie Miller, 1967-69 Patrick Miller, 2006-07 Tom Miller, 1971 Hunter Mize, 2005 Brad Montgomery, 1994 Mike Moore, 1972-75 Mike Moore, 1997-98 Rob Moore, 1992 Bobby Morgan, 1997-99 Alex Morris, 1965 Josh Mosser, 2002 Jay Mullin, 1989 Craig Mullins, 1995-96 Justin Mundt, 2003 Herbie Muniz, 1964-67 Pat Murphy, 1977 David Murray, 1977-78 Robert Murray, 1962 Gary Muskett, 1961

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GOLDEN EAGLE PRO SCOUT NIGHT

GOLDEN EAGLES host annual Pro Scout Night

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2010 Season Review

Tennessee Tech’s annual Pro Scout Night, held in September, is a tremendous success for the Golden Eagle baseball team. Annually around 20 major league teams are represented, and the Major League Scouting Bureau supervisor has been in attendance as well. The scouts enjoy watching and testing the talented players as well as the hospitality of Tennessee Tech University baseball.

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The Golden Eagles have had a baseball player drafted in the MLB draft in each of the past four seasons, and had a program-record four players drafted in 2010.

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The following Tennessee Tech baseball players signed contracts with professional baseball teams since 1974: Player Position Year Signed With Mike Moore Right Handed Pitcher 1974 Chicago Cubs Matt Bailey Shortstop 1976 Atlanta Braves Mike Behrend Right Handed Pitcher 1983 St. Louis Cardinals Mike Jones Right Handed Pitcher 1985 Kansas City Royals Greg Maysonet Right Handed Pitcher 1986 Detroit Tigers Eric Sabel Right Handed Pitcher 1996 Arizona D’Backs Shane Smith Catcher 1996 New York Mets Craig Mullins Shortstop 1999 Independent Keith Hedrick Right Handed Pitcher 1996 Independent Mark Maberry Right Handed Pitcher 1997 New York Mets Jeremy Bonczynski Third base 1997 Independent Jim Ed Warden Right Handed Pitcher 2001 Cleveland Indians Ben Cunningham First base 2001 Independent Mike Meihls Catcher 2002 New York Yankees Casey Benjamin Shortstop 2003 Texas Rangers Zac Cole Right Handed Pitcher 2007 Baltimore Orioles Bubbie Buzachero Right Handed Pitcher 2007 Cleveland Indians Scott Dunham Outfielder 2007 Wichita Wingnuts Jake New Outfielder 2008 LA Dodgers Ryan Dennick Left Handed Pitcher 2009 Kansas City Royals AJ Kirby-Jones Designated Hitter/First Base 2010 Oakland Athletics Stephen Pryor Right Handed Pitcher 2010 Seattle Mariners Lee Henry Right Handed Pitcher 2010 Pensacola Pelicans Adam Liberatore Left Handed Pitcher 2010 Tampa Bay Rays

Stephen Pryor • RHP • Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

Pryor (right) spent time with both the Everett Aquasox and the Clinton LumberKings, both Class A Affiliates of the Seattle Mariners, during his first professional season. He currently is maintaining a 2.05 ERA in 35 minor league innings pitched, and has recorded 55 strikeouts.

Casey Benjamin

Drafting Team: Oakland A’s Round: 9 Number: 275 overall Position: Designated Hitter/Utility Player Current Team: Vancouver Canadians (Class A Affiliate of the Oakland Athletics)

Jim Ed Warden

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Adam Liberatore • LHP • Rochester, PA. Liberatore has a record of 2-1 with the Renegades, having maintained a 2.62 ERA ub 27.1 innings pitched. He has allowed eight earned runs on 32 hits and struck out 33.

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Ryan Dennick

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Ryan Dennick (above) was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 2009. He spent most of the season with the Burlington Royals of the Appalachian League and put up impressive numbers. In 14 appearances Dennick threw 33.1 innings with a 2.43 ERA and a .221 opponents batting average. He also struck out 34 batters and allowed only 11 walks.

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Jake New

Drafting Team: Tampa Bay Rays Round: 21 Number: 641 overall Position: Left-handed pitcher Current Team: Hudson Valley Renegades (Class A Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays)

Tradition of Excellence

With the Vancouver Canadians, a Class A Affiliate of the Oakland A’s, AJ KirbyJones was named MVP of the summer season, as well as one of the A’s Best Power Hitters on the Draft Report Card. AJKJ batted .259 on the season and set a franchise record with 14 homers in his debut season.

Bubbie Buzachero

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AJ Kirby-Jones • DH • Knoxville, Tenn.

Casey Benjamin (above) wrapped up his second season of AAA baseball with the Oklahoma City Red Hawks in 2009. Benjamin hit .231 in 93 games with the Red Hawks, and hit 12 doubles, three triples and five home runs while collecting 32 RBIs.

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Drafting Team: Seattle Mariners Round: 5 Number: 162 overall Position: Right-handed pitcher Current Team: Everett AquaSox (Class A Affiliate of the Seattle Mariners)

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Virginia Tech Hokies

Coastal Carolina Chantigleers

Boston College Eagles

Feb. 19 Conway, N.C. (CCU Tournament) First Meeting

Feb. 19 Conway, N.C. Series tied 1-1

February 20 Conway, N.C. First Meeting

General Information Location............................. Blacksburg, Va. Enrollment........................................ 31,000 Conference......................... Atlantic Coast Website.......................... hokiesports.com

General Information Location.................................Conway, N.C. Enrollment...........................................8,700 Conference................................. Big South Website......................... goccusports.com

General Information Location....................... Chestnut Hill, MA. Enrollment........................................ 14,640 Conference......................... Atlantic Coast Website................................ bceagles.com

Coaching Information Head Coach.......................... Pete Hughes Record at Tech........................ 118-106 (4) Career Record.......................420-317 (14) Assistant coaches..........Mike Kunigonis ................................................Patrick Mason ...............................................Ryan Connolly

Coaching Information Head Coach......................... Gary Gilmore Record at CCU.......................609-303 (15) Career Record.......................862-405 (21) Associate Head Coach..... Kevin Schnall Assistant coaches........ Brendan Dougherty ................................................ Drew Thomas

Coaching Information Head Coach...................... Mike Gambino Record at BC...........................First Season Career Record........................First Season Assistant coaches................ Scott Friedholm ................................................. Steve Englert ................................................. Greg Sullivan

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 40-22 2010 conference record......16-14 (6th) Lettermen returning/lost............... 14/10

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 55-10 2010 conference record......... 25-0 (1st) Lettermen returning/lost............... 17/13

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 30-28 2010 conference record......14-16 (4th) Lettermen returning/lost..................21-6

SID Information Baseball Contact..................Marc Mullen SID Office Phone.............(540) 231-1894 SIDEmail..................................................marcm@vt.edu SID Fax................................(540) 231-6984

SID Information Baseball Contact................Mike Cawood SID Office Phone.............(843) 349-2819 SID Email............... cawood@coastal.edu SID Fax................................(843) 421-8244

SID Information Baseball Contact............Matthew Lynch SID Office Phone.............(617) 552-2193 SID Email.......................... lynchfz@bc.edu SID Fax................................(617) 552-4903

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UNC-Charlotte 49ers

March 2 Cookeville, Tenn.

Tech leads series 3-1

March 4-6 Cookeville, Tenn.

First Meeting

March8-9 Charlotte, N.C. First meeting

General Information Location........................................Barea, Ky. Enrollment...........................................1,500 Conference.......Kentucky Intercoll. Ath. Website..........www.barea.edu/athletics

General Information Location.................................Athens, Ohio Enrollment........................................ 25,908 Conference........................................... MAC Website............. www.ohiobobcats.com

General Information Location.............................. Charlotte, N.C. Enrollment........................................ 25,063 Conference............................... Atlantic 10 Website..................... charlotte49ers.com

Coaching Information Head Coach................................Ryan Hess Record at Barea.............................109-229 Career Record................................109-229 Assistant Coaches.................Todd Morris ................................................ Brady Kendall

Coaching Information Head Coach...........................Joe Carbone Record at Ohio........................... 634-555-2 Career Record............................ 634-555-2 Assistant Coaches....... Scott Malinowski .................................................... Andrew See

Team Information 2010 record..........................................18-26 2010 conference record..................13-11 Lettermen returning/lost..................18/1

Team Information 2010 record.......................................... 20-35 2010 conference record.................. 13-14 Lettermen returning/lost............................

Coaching Information Head Coach............................Loren Hibbs Record at UNCC................567-440-3 (18) Career Record...................567-440-3 (18) Asso. Head Coach...............Brandon Hall Asstistant Coaches............. Kris Rochelle ......................................................... Brett Hall ......................................................Aaron Bray

SID Information Baseball Contact...............................Ryan Hess SID Office Phone.............(859) 985-3423 SID Email..............ryan_hess@berea.edu SID Fax..............................................................

SID Information Baseball Contact.......................Jason Corriher SID Office Phone.............(740) 593-1298 SID Email.....................corriher@ohio.edu SID Fax................................(740) 593-2420

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Team Information 2010 record......................................... 39-17 2010 conference record.........20-7 (1st, A10) Lettermen returning/lost..................21/7 SID Information Baseball Contact...................... Ryan Rose SID Office Phone.............(704) 687-6312 SID Email................. ryan.rose@uncc.edu SID Fax................................(704) 687-4918

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2011 Opponents Feb. 23 Cookeville, Tenn.

MTSU leads 63-103-1

Feb. 25-27 Cookeville, Tenn.

Series tied 1-1

March 1/April 19 Nashville, Tenn./Cookeville, Tenn.

TTU leads series 31-28

General Information Location...................Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Enrollment........................................ 26,430 Conference.................................... Sun Belt Website...................... goblueraiders.com

General Information Location.............................Ypsilanti, Mich.

Enrollment........................................ 23,503 Conference........................ Mid-American Website............................ emueagles.com

General Information Location............................ Nashville, Tenn.

Enrollment...........................................5,936 Conference.............................Atlantic Sun Website.................... belmontbruins.com

Coaching Information Head Coach...................... Steve Peterson Record at MTSU.........................742-572-3 Career Record............................895-660-3 Assistant coaches........................Jim McGuire ................................................Mike McLaury ..............................................Brandon Nolen

Coaching Information Head Coach........................ Jay Alexander Record at EMU............................. 52-67 (2) Record....................................... 213-215 (8) Assistant coaches.............. Andrew Maki ................................................Aaron Hepner ....................................................Dan O’Brien

Coaching Information Head Coach............................David Jarvis Record at Belmont..........357-341-1 (13) Career Record...................681-493-1 (22) Assistant coaches................Matt Barnett .........................................................Scott Hall ...................................................Aaron Smith

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 35-23 2010 conference record................ 18-12 Lettermen returning/lost..................18/9

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 27-32 2010 conference record.13-14 (4th, West) Lettermen returning/lost..................19/7

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 27-27 2010 conference record......13-13 (7th) Lettermen returning/lost..................22/5

SID Information Baseball Contact..............Jessica Stauffacher SID Office Phone..................... (615) 904-8115 SID Email....................stauffacher@goblueraiders.com SID Fax................................(615) 898-5626

SID Information Baseball Contact.............Luke Pattarozzi SID Office Phone.(734) 487-0317 x. 0318 SID Email................. lpattaro@emich.edu SID Fax................................(734) 485-3840

SID Information Baseball Contact.................. Dan Forcella SID Office Phone.............(615) 460-8023 SID Email.....dan.forcella@balmont.edu SID Fax................................(615) 460-5584

Youngstown State Penguins

East Tennessee Buccaneers

Purdue Boilermakers

March 11-13 Cookeville, Tenn.

Tech leads series 2-1

March 16 Cookeville, Tenn.

Tech leads series 47-41

March 18-20 Cookeville, Tenn.

First Meeting

General Information Location......................Youngstown, Ohio Enrollment........................................ 15,194 Conference..................... Horizon League Website...............................ysusports.com

General Information Location.................... Johnson City, Tenn.

Enrollment........................................ 15,234 Conference.............................Atlantic Sun Website................................ etsubucs.com

General Information Location....................West Lafayette, Ind. Enrollment........................................ 39,697 Conference........................................ Big 10 Website.......................PurdueSports.com

Coaching Information Head Coach........................ Rich Pasquale Record at YSU.............................61-102 (3) Career Record..................... 145-174-1 (7) Assistant Coaches.................... Dan Lipari ......................................................Bill Hernan ..................................................Craig Antush

Coaching Information Head Coach.............................. Tony Skole Record at ETSU.....................271-337 (12) Career Record.......................366-394 (15) Asstistant Coaches...............Clay Greene ...................................................... Reid Casey ............................................... Matt Landreth

Coaching Information Head Coach.....................Doug Schreiber Record at Purdue.................343-328 (12) Career Record.......................343-328 (12) Assistant Coaches............. Ryan Sawyers .................................................... Jeff Duncan ............................................Tristan McIntyre

Team Information 2010 Record....................................... 22-34 2010 conference record....................9-18 Lettermen returning/lost............... 17/13

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 32-28 2010 conference record............... 15-12 (3rd) Lettermen returning/lost..................16/6

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 33-24 2010 conference record..........................12-12 Lettermen returning/lost............... 25/10

SID Information Baseball Contact.....................John Vogel SID Office Phone.............(330) 941-1480 SID Email........................ javogel@ysu.edu SID Fax................................(330) 941-3191

SID Information Baseball Contact...............Jeff Schneider SID Office Phone.............(423) 439-5612 SID Email.................... schneidj@etsu.edu SID Fax................................(423) 439-6138

SID Information Baseball Contact..................... Ben Turner SID Office Phone.............(765) 494-3198 SID Email.......... benturner@purdue.edu SID Fax................................(765) 494-5447

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Vanderbilt Commodores

SIU Edwardsville Cougars

Kentucky Wildcats

March 22 Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt leads series 18-21

March 25-27 Edwardsville, Ill. SIUE leads series 2-1

March 29 Lexington, Ky. Kentucky leads series 7-1

General Information Location............................ Nashville, Tenn.

Enrollment...........................................6,738 Conference............................................. SEC Website.................. vucommodores.com

General Information Location........................... Edwardsville, Ill. Enrollment........................................ 14,107 Conference.....Ohio Valley (Reclassifying) Website..........................siuecougars.com

General Information Location...............................Lexington, Ky. Enrollment........................................ 27,000 Conference............................................. SEC Website........................... UKathletics.com

Coaching Information Head Coach..............................Tim Corbin Record at Vanderbilt............. 322-177 (8) Career Record.......................428-315 (14) Assistant Coaches...........Derek Johnson ................................................. Josh Holliday .........................................................Larry Day

Coaching Information Head Coach............................Gary Collins Record at SIU-E.................963-714-7 (30) Career Record...................963-714-7 (30) Assistant coaches............Tony Stoecklin ..............................................Danny Jackson

Coaching Information Head Coach................... Gary Henderson Record at UK....................................... 59-51 Career Record.................................... 59-51 Assistant Coaches..........Brad Bohannon .................................................... Brian Green ..................................................Keith Vorhoff

Team Information 2010 Record....................................... 46-20 2010 conference record.......16-12 (3rd) Lettermen returning/lost..................21/7 SID Information Baseball Contact..............Kyle Parkinson SID Office Phone.............(615) 343-0020 SID Email......... kyle.parkinson@vanderbilt.edu SID Fax................................(615) 320-0436

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Jacksonville State

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 14-38 2010 conference record..................... n/a Lettermen returning/lost............... 17/10 SID Information Baseball Contact...........................Joe Pott SID Office Phone.............(618) 650-2860 SID Email............................jpott@siue.edu SID Fax................................(618) 650-3369

Team Information 2010 Record....................................... 31-25 2010 conference record................. 13-17 Lettermen returning/lost............... 15/14 SID Information Baseball Contact.................Brent Ingram SID Office Phone.............(859) 323-4310 SID Email............ brent.ingram@uky.edu SID Fax................................(859) 323-4754

Gamecocks

Lipscomb Bisons

Alabama A&M Bulldogs

April 2-3 Cookeville, Tenn.

JSU leads series 24-16

April5/May10 Nashville, Tenn.

TTU leads series 33-27

April 6 Huntsville, Ala. Tech leads series 2-0

General Information Location..........................Jacksonville, Ala. Enrollment...........................................9,504 Conference.............................. Ohio Valley Website........... jsugamecocksports.com

General Information Location............................ Nashville, Tenn.

Enrollment...........................................3,742 Conference.............................Atlantic Sun Website................... lipscombsports.com

General Information Location............................. Huntsville, Ala. Enrollment...........................................6,000 Conference.........................Southwestern Website.......................... aamusports.com

Coaching Information Head Coach.................................. Jim Case Record at JSU.......................... 289-235 (8) Career Record......................... 289-235 (8) Assistant coaches.............Steve Gillispie ................................................Travis Janssen ................................................ Shayne Kelley

Coaching Information Head Coach.........................Jeff Forehand Record at Lipscomb.............. 104-128 (4) Career Record...................315-270-1 (10) Assistant coaches................ Chris Collins ....................................................Tyler Shrout ...................................................Brian Ryman

Coaching Information Head Coach............................. Ed McCann Record at AAM.......................First Season Career Record...................291-372-2 (12) Assistant coach..........Michael Tompkins

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 32-26 2010 conference record........ 15-8 (2nd) Lettermen returning/lost............... 20/10

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 19-36 2010 conference record........ 9-17 (9th) Lettermen returning/lost..................18/5

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 17-32 2010 conference record.3-20 (5th East) Lettermen returning/lost..................21/9

SID Information Baseball Contact...................... Greg Seitz SID Office Phone.............(256) 782-5279 SID Email............................gseitz@jsu.edu SID Fax................................(256) 782-5958

SID Information Baseball Contact...............Trevor Garrett SID Office Phone.............(615) 966-5990 SID Email......... garretttj@mail.lipscomb.edu SID Fax................................(615) 966-1806

SID Information Baseball Contact.............. Brandon Willis SID Office Phone.............(256) 372-4005 SID Email.........aamusportsinfo@yahoo.com SID Fax................................(256) 372-5372

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2010 Opponents April 9-10 Cookeville, Tenn.

SEMO leads series 19-40

April 16-17 Charleston, Ill. EIU leads series 22-29

April 22-23 Morehead, Ky. TTU leads series 65-36

General Information Location.................. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Enrollment........................................ 10,859 Conference.............................. Ohio Valley Website.........................gosoutheast.com

General Information Location...............................Charleston, Ill. Enrollment........................................ 11,630 Conference.............................. Ohio Valley Website..........................eiupanthers.com

General Information Location...............................Morehead, Ky. Enrollment......................................................

Conference.............................. Ohio Valley Website.............................msueagles.com

Coaching Information Head Coach........................... Mark Hogan Record at SEMO...............469-398-1 (16) Career Record...................854-655-3 (29) Assistant coaches............Chris Cafalone ....................................................Steve Bieser Team Information 2010 record......................................... 30-25 2010 conference record...................13-9 Lettermen returning/lost..................26/4

Coaching Information Head Coach............................Jim Schmitz Record at UTM......................429-423 (16) Career Record.......................593-584 (23) Assistant coaches..............Skylar Meade ................................................James Conrad .......................................................Jason Belk

Coaching Information Head Coach................................... Jay Sorg Record at MSU...............................................

Career Record................................................

Assistant coaches................... Jason Neal ................................................Dillon Lawson .........................................Shane Brookshier

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 18-35 2010 conference record......11-12 (5th) Lettermen returning/lost..................13/6

Team Information 2010 record.....................................................

2010 conference record............................

Lettermen returning/lost...........................

SID Information Baseball Contact....Greg Lautzenheiser SID Office Phone.............(217) 581-7020 SID Email..........glautzenheiser@eiu.edu SID Fax..............................................................

SID Information Baseball Contact..........Nick VanDemark SID Office Phone.............(606) 783-5481 SID Email............ n.vandemark@moreheadstate.edu SID Fax................................(606) 783-2550

Tennessee Volunteers

Eastern Kentucky Colonels

Austin Peay Governors

April 27 Cookeville, Tenn.

UT leads series 30-64-1

April 30-May 1 Cookeville, Tenn.

TTU leads series 70-54

May 7-8 Clarksville, Tenn.

APSU leads series 76-71

General Information Location............................Knoxville, Tenn.

Enrollment........................................ 27,107 Conference..........................Southeastern Website................................. utsports.com

General Information Location...............................Richmond, Ky. Enrollment........................................ 16,200 Conference.............................. Ohio Valley Website.............................. ekusports.com

Coaching Information Head Coach..........................Todd Raleigh Record at Tennessee................. 83-84 (4) Career Record.......................340-293 (11) Assistant coaches.................Ash Lawson ............................................... Jason Beverlin ...................................................Barrett Shaft .................................................Nate Headley

General Information Location.......................... Clarksville, Tenn.

Enrollment........................................ 10,723 Conference.............................. Ohio Valley Website...............................apsugovs.com

Coaching Information Head Coach............................. Jason Stein Record at EKU............................... 55-51(2) Career Record............................... 55-51(2) Assistant coaches.............Jerry Edwards ............................................... John Peterson .................................................. Todd Pfleger

Coaching Information Head Coach.........................Gary McClure Record at APSU.........................678-628-4 Career Record............................678-628-4 Assistant coaches............Joel Mangrum ............................................. Derrick Dunbar ...................................................Joel Pedretti

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 30-26 2010 conference record.... 12-18 (5th, East) Lettermen returning/lost............... 16/15

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 28-27 2010 conference record........ 9-12 (6th) Lettermen returning/lost..................20/7

Team Information 2010 record......................................... 28-25 2010 conference record........ 8-13 (8th) Lettermen returning/lost............... 14/16

SID Information Baseball Contact............Cameron Harris SID Office Phone.............(865) 974-8876 SID Email...................... charri48@utk.edu SID Fax................................(865) 974-8875

SID Information Baseball Contact...................... Steve Fohl SID Office Phone.............(859) 622-1253 SID Email...................steve.fohl@eku.edu SID Fax................................(859) 622-5108

SID Information Baseball Contact......................Cody Bush SID Office Phone.............(931) 221-7561 SID Email........................bushc@apsu.edu SID Fax................................(931) 221-7562

SID Information Baseball Contact......................Bo Bunton SID Office Phone.............(573) 651-2294 SID Email......................rbunton@semo.edu SID Fax................................(573) 651-2810

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Murray State Thoroughbreds

May 15-16 Martin, Tenn.

TTU leads series 33-15

May 20-21 Murray, Ky. TTU leads series 71-64-1

General Information Location.................................Martin, Tenn.

Enrollment...........................................8,469 Conference.............................. Ohio Valley Website............................. utmsports.com

General Information Location..................................... Murray, Ky. Enrollment........................................ 10,078 Conference.............................. Ohio Valley Website.................................goracers.com

Coaching Information Head Coach............................ Victor Cates Record at UTM..................193-442-1 (13) Career Record...................449-603-1 (28) Assistant coaches.....................Brad Goss ............................................. Trevor Berryhill .........................................................Eric Ebers

Coaching Information Head Coach......................Rob McDonald Record at MSU.................... 133-192-1 (6) Career Record... 133-192-1 (6)Assistant Assistant coaches..........Paul Wyczawski ...................................................... Dan Skirka

Team Information 2009 record......................................... 24-31 2009 conference record........ 8-16 (9th) Lettermen returning/lost..................22/9 SID Information Baseball Contact.............. Ryne Rickman SID Office Phone.............(731) 881-7632 SID Email................... rrickman@utm.edu SID Fax................................(731) 881-7624

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Team Information 2009 record......................................34-21-1 2009 conference record... 13-8-1 (2nd) Lettermen returning/lost..................15/7 SID Information Baseball Contact.....................John Brush SID Office Phone.............(270) 809-7044 SID Email..... john.brush@murraystate.edu SID Fax................................(270) 809-5650

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The Golden Eagles will face Ohio University, Virginia Tech, Boston College and Purdue for this first time in program history during the 2011 season.

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Stetson..........................0-3 Tennessee................ 30-63-1 Tennessee-Martin........ 31-14 Tennessee State........35-17 Tennessee Temple.........7-0 Tennessee Wesleyan....10-4 Toledo...........................8-5 Trevecca......................22-9 Troy State......................3-6 Union............................1-3 Valdosta State...............3-1 Valparaiso.....................9-7 Vanderbilt............18-20 Virginia.........................0-1 Wake Forest..................1-1 Wayne State..................5-4 West Florida..................2-2 West Georgia.................1-4 West Virginia Tech.........3-0 Western Carolina.........1-10 Western Illinois.............2-3 Western Kentucky.....42-52 Western Michigan.........1-4 Winthrop.......................0-2 Wisconsin-Eau Claire.....3-0 Wisc.-Milwaukee...........0-1 Wisconsin-Parkside.......1-1 Wisconsin-Stout............2-0 Wittenberg....................3-2 Wofford.........................2-0 Wooster........................0-1 Wright State..................5-0 Yale...............................3-2 Youngstown State............2-1

Tradition of Excellence

Mercer...........................8-8 Miami (Ohio).................7-6 Mid-Continent..............2-0 Middle Tennessee....63-103-1 Milligan.......................11-2 Millikin..........................8-1 Mississippi.....................0-1 Mississippi State............0-4 Missouri-Rolla...............2-0 Morehead State..........63-36 Murray State...........67-64-1 New Orleans..................0-2 Nicholls State................0-2 North Alabama.............0-8 N.C. Asheville..............5-10 N.C. Charlotte..................1-2 Northeast Illinois...........1-0 Northern Illinois............1-0 Oakland........ ................3-0 Oglethorpe....................2-0 Ohio Dominican............1-2 Ohio State.....................0-1 Ohio Wesleyan..............2-0 Olivet............................1-0 Otterbein....................11-4 Pensacola Jc..................1-2 Pensacola Navy.............0-1 Pittsburgh.....................1-0 Principia........................2-0 Ripon College................4-0 Saginaw Valley..............2-0 St. Joseph’s....................2-0 St. Louis........................3-1 St. Peter’s......................5-2 Samford......................6-20 Shorter..........................0-2 Somerset.......................2-0 South Alabama........ 0-1 S.C. Aiken......................0-2 Southeast Louisiana......0-1 Southeast Missouri...... 18-38 Southern Illinois............0-2 Southern Miss...............1-5 Southern Tech...............3-1 Southwestern...............1-0

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Eastern Kentucky......... 69-54 Eastern Illinois............ 19-29 Eastern Michigan.............1-1 East Tennessee............ 46-40 Edinborough.................1-0 Elmhurst.......................1-1 Evansville......................4-1 Faulkner State...............1-1 Fisk................................4-2 Florida A&M..................1-0 Florida State..................0-3 Fort Rucker....................3-0 Geneva College.............1-0 George Williams............3-0 Georgia.........................1-4 Georgia College.............0-2 Georgia Southern...................1-5 Ga. Southwestern..........0-1 Georgia State............12-12 Georgia Tech..................1-8 Grandview....................5-0 Gulf Coast JC..................0-5 Hillsdale........................0-2 Howard.........................0-1 Illinois-Chicago...........13-1 Illinois State..................2-1 Iowa..............................1-0 I.P. Fort Wayne...............1-2 Jacksonville...................0-1 Jacksonville State........ 19-16 Kent State.....................0-1 Kentucky................. 1-7 Kentucky Wesleyan.......3-0 Kenyon..........................2-0 King College..................2-1 Knoxville College...........2-0 Lincoln Memorial........24-9 Lipscomb..............33-27 Louisiana State..............0-3 Louisville.......................7-6 Marietta College............4-3 Marshall........................1-2 Maryville...................24-10 McMurray......................3-0 Memphis.....................7-23

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Adrian...........................2-0 Akron........................... 4-1 Alabama...................... 2-5 Alabama A&M.......... 2-0 UAB............................ 5-21 Alabama-Huntsville..... 0-1 Albion College.............. 2-0 Alma College.................1-3 Appalachian State.........5-9 Augusta........................2-2 Austin Peay..........68-76 Bellarmine....................1-3 Belmont...............29-28 Berea College.......... 3-1 Berry.............................2-3 Birmingham So.............2-2 Bluffin...........................2-0 Bowling Green..............0-2 Bradley..........................3-3 Breckenridge.................0-2 Brooklyn........................7-2 Brown...........................2-0 Butler............................2-3 Canisius.........................5-3 Carson-Newman.......30-22 Castleton State..............7-2 Central Florida...............1-2 Charleston.....................4-2 Charleston So................1-0 Chattanooga...............12-7 Chicago State................4-1 Chipola JC......................2-0 Christian Brothers.........0-1 Cincinnati......................0-2 The Citadel....................2-1 Clemson........................0-4 Coastal Carolina...............1-1 Coll. Of Charleston.........1-1 Columbia State..............1-1 Columbus......................1-6 Covenant.......................1-1 Creighton......................0-3 Cumberland..............11-15 Dayton...........................1-1 Drexel............................1-0

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Baseball Matt Bragga

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Ticket Office

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Joe Erdeljac Frank Harrell Athletics Trainer Associate A.D.

Dr. Lance Jasitt Tammie McMillan Misty Pearson Assistant A.D. Assistant A.D. Corporate Sales & Marketing

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Ben Shannon Facilities and Events

CC & Track Tony Cox

Softball Tory Acheson

Football Watson Brown

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Matt Dexter

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Clerical Staff

Patrena Hicks

Golden Eagle Head Coaches

Volleyball John Blair

Allison Price

Chip Pugh

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Jessica Mathis

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ACADEMIC SUPPORT

Winning in the Classroom Tennessee Tech’s commitment to its student-athletes is evident.

The support personnel and resources available provide Golden Eagle student-athletes with the tools needed for success.

The success of Tennessee Tech University’s athletic teams is tied closely to the academic progress of each student-athlete, and the academic performance of each Tech student-athlete is closely monitored by the coaching staff as well as an experienced staff in Academic Services.

Tech’s student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom. Each semester, the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll pays tribute to more than 150 students in athletics, including athletes, trainers, managers and cheerleaders, and the overall GPA of the department has climbed steeply in the past seven semesters.

Student-athletes are the most visible component of a university, entertaining thousands of fans, students, alumni, family and friends. Their athletic abilities and achievements are a focus for national attention, as athletic events not only bring back faithful alumni, but serve as a welcome mat to the university for potential new stu- Marilyn Borch-Jensen dents.

Academic

Student-athletes devote many hours to practice, conditioning and training in an effort to be the best they Advisement can be. These hours are not required by non-athletes in the student body, and these extra demands can compete Secretary with academics for the student-athlete’s time and energy. The Tech Athletics Department works to provide help with course content (through tutors and monitored study hours) as well as with time management and study skills and any other academic support services that will allow Tech student-athletes to maximize their academic potential.

ESPN The Magazine/ CoSIDA Academic All-America

ESPN The Magazine/ CoSIDA Academic All-America District IV

Tennessee Tech University student-athletes have achieved Academic All-America honors 36 times since 1976.

District IV consists of Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Alabama.

1976....................................... Donley Canary, Baseball 1978...................................... Pat Kannapel, Basketball 1982.................................. Jerilynn Harper, Basketball 1985..................................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball 1986.................................Andy Rittenhouse, Football 1986..................................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball 1987..............................................Derek Lane, Baseball 1987..................................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball 1987.................................Andy Rittenhouse, Football 1988..................................................Jim Cornelius, Golf 1990............................................Lisa Johnson, Softball 1993...........................................Andrea Roark, Softball 1996...................................Dena Adams, Track & Field 1996.......................................... Stacy Hughes, Softball 1996................................Dena Adams, Cross Country 1997...................................Dena Adams, Track & Field 1997..............................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball 1998 ................................Jenny Adams, Track & Field 1999........................................Adnan Hadzialic, Tennis 1999........................................ Wes Gallagher, Football 2000..........................................Diane Seng, Basketball 2000.........................................Nick Solomon, Football 2001............................................ Janet Holt, Basketball 2002............................................ Janet Holt, Basketball 2002................................... LeeAnne Mongar, Softball 2003....................................Stephanie Ward, CC/Track 2003................................... LeeAnne Mongar, Softball 2004....................................Stephanie Ward, CC/Track 2005...................................... Anne Morrow, Volleyball 2007.............................................. Beth Boden, Softball 2008......................................Thomas Nelson, Baseball 2008.............................................. Beth Boden, Softball 2008.................................. Stephanie Fischer, Softball 2009...........................................Taylor Askew, Football 2009..........................................Teresa Craig, Volleyball 2010....................................................... Josh Simer, Golf

1985.......................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball 1985..............................Barry Wilmore, Football 1985......................Andy Rittenhouse, Football 1986......................Andy Rittenhouse, Football 1986...............................Joel Chandler, Football 1986.......................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball 1987................................. Ed deHass, Basketball 1987................................... Derek Lane, Baseball 1987.......................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball 1987......................Andy Rittenhouse, Football 1987..................................Clark Richey, Football 1988....................................... Jim Cornelius, Golf 1990...............................Steve Arnette, Baseball 1990...............................Tuesday Frase, Softball 1990................................. Lisa Johnson, Softball 1990..........................Spencer Hissam, Football 1991................................Ted Lockerby, Football 1991.........................................Ben Holt, Baseball 1991................................Andrea Roark, Softball 1992................................Ted Lockerby, Football 1992................................Andrea Roark, Softball 1993................................Andrea Roark, Softball 1993.........................................Ben Holt, Baseball 1994.....................Mary Beth Coombs, Softball 1995.................................... Scott Trent, Football 1995............................................Lisa Phipps, Golf 1995...................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball 1996.................................. Jason Matson, Tennis 1996................................Stacy Hughes, Softball 1996................ Kelly Carmichael, Track & Field 1996........................Dena Adams, Track & Field 1996................................Brandy Henry, Softball 1996...................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball 1996.............. Meggan Toohey, Cross Country 1997................................Stacy Hughes, Softball 1997........................Dena Adams, Track & Field

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1997.......................Jenny Adams, Track & Field 1997....................................... Wade Morrell, Golf 1997................................. Jeff Norman, Football 1997............................. Wes Gallagher, Football 1997...................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball 1998...............................Diane Seng, Basketball 1998................................. Taylor Ralph, Baseball 1998......................................Amy Ayers, Softball 1998.......................Jenny Adams, Track & Field 1998............................. Wes Gallagher, Football 1999...............................Diane Seng, Basketball 1999...................Collin Carmichael, Basketball 1999............................. Adnan Hadzialic, Tennis 1999........................................Shane Sewell, Golf 1999............................. Wes Gallagher, Football 1999..................Kevin Boucher, Cross Country 1999................ Steven Gordon, Cross Country 2000...............................Diane Seng, Basketball 2000..................................Janet Holt, Basketball 2000...................Collin Carmichael, Basketball 2000................................Brandy Henry, Softball 2000.............................Mirza Duranovic, Tennis 2000..............................Nick Solomon, Football 2001..................................Janet Holt, Basketball 2001........................... Grant Swallows, Football 2001............................... Kara Gilbert, Volleyball 2001........................................Julie Tryon, Soccer 2002..................................Janet Holt, Basketball 2002................................. Brent Jolly, Basketball 2002.........................LeeAnne Mongar, Softball 2002..................Stephanie Ward, Track & Field 2002...................................... Alexis Boyd, Soccer 2002............................... Kara Gilbert, Volleyball 2002...................................... Trey Perry, Football 2003......................... Stephanie Ward, CC/Track 2003 .......................LeeAnne Mongar, Softball

2003...................................... Alexis Boyd, Soccer 2004......................... Stephanie Ward, CC/Track 2004.................................... Brett Vavra, Football 2004............................Anne Morrow, Volleyball 2005...................................... Eric Anderson, Golf 2005........................... Michelle Brigano, Soccer 2005................................Jess Seyfert, Volleyball 2005............................Anne Morrow, Volleyball 2005....................................Jon Mahan, Football 2006........................Leah Watson, Track & Field 2006................................... Beth Boden, Softball 2006....................................Jon Mahan, Football 2007................................... Beth Boden, Softball 2007................................Taylor Askew, Football 2007.................... Bradley Thompson, Football 2008................................... Beth Boden, Softball 2008........................Stephanie Fischer, Softball 2008...........................Thomas Nelson, Baseball 2008............................Keri Coulthard, CC/Track 2008................................Taylor Askew, Football 2008.................... Bradley Thompson, Football 2008................................... Kathryn Lally, Soccer 2008....................................Taren Brown, Soccer 2008...............................Teresa Craig, Volleyball 2009...............................Frank Davis, Basketball 2009......................................Keri Light, CC/Track 2009.........................Stephanie Place, CC/Track 2009...........................Lacie Coquerille, Softball 2009...............................Teresa Craig, Volleyball 2009................................Taylor Askew, Football 2010......................................Lee Henry, Baseball 2010............................Chad Oberacker, Baeball 2010...........................Lacie Coquerille, Softball 2010.............................................Josh Simer, Golf Total honors since1985................................106

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Dr. LANCE JASITT Assistant Athletics Director / Academics and Student Welfare

Dr. Lance Jasitt serves as Assistant Athletics Director for Academics and Student Welfare. He has served in compliance and administrative operations roles in the Tech Athletics Department since 1998.

Dr. Jasitt plays a key role in the academic success of each of Tech’s varsity student-athletes, managers, and graduate assistants. His primary goals are to provide guidance and academic resources to permit student-athletes to maintain their academic eligibility under NCAA rules and to progress to graduation. In this process, Dr. Jasitt serves as a primary liaison between coaches and faculty.

A detail-oriented person and a diligent worker, Dr. Jasitt has developed a solid understanding of the operations of the Athletics Department, the staff and the needs of its student-athletes.

In addition to his administrative role within Athletics, Dr. Jasitt is also highly involved in promoting reading and literacy at all age levels.

He was the 2008-09 president of the TTU Council of the International Reading Association and is still actively involved in that organization.

He also has served on the President’s Commission on the Status of Women for seven years.

Raised in York, Pa., he earned a bachelor’s degree from Penn State University in 1978 and added a master’s in public administration from Valdosta State University in 1987. In 1993, he received a master’s degree in education from Old Dominion University and added a Ph.D. in literacy education from Tennessee Tech in 2004.

Dr. Jasitt is a former Commander in the U.S. Navy. His wife of 30 years, Donna White Jasitt, is a former Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

They have two children, Ian and Meagan. Ian recently received his second degree from Tech, this one in Environmental Geology. Meagan is a senior Pre-Physical Therapy major at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

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The “WIN” program: Work Intensely Now The WIN Program was implemented in the fall semester of 2004 to provide additional support for freshmen and student-athletes whose general academic progress places them at risk for maintaining eligibility and graduating. The program involves the student-athlete, coach(es), academic advisor, tutors, and others to build academic skills for success. Participation in the program is primarily based on grades, and coaches or the academic advisor may recommend additional participation at any time.

All incoming freshmen meet at least one time per week with their coach to discuss academic progress and needs as well as time management and study skill techniques. Other aspects of the program include monitored study hours, tutoring, and study skills workshops.

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Sports Medicine Responsible for providing medical coverage, recognition and treatment of injuries, and rehabilitation for all 14 intercollegiate teams and more than 300 student-athletes. Tennessee Tech’s Sports Medicine department provides some of the most complete and advanced care available.

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Assistant Athletic Trainers

ERDELJAC Head Athletics Trainer West Virginia 1988 Joe Erdeljac was named in July 2008 as Head Athletic Trainer at Tennessee Tech University. Erdeljac previously served as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Tennessee Tech for seven years, and worked for nine years with high school athletes for the Cookeville Regional Medical Center.

Erdeljac was at Tech from 1992 to 1999. During that time, he was the Athletic Trainer for the men’s basketball team and worked with the student-athletes on all of Tech’s teams.

A native of West Virginia, Erdeljac began his career in 1988 as an undergraduate at the University of West Virginia. Upon graduation with a bachelor’s degree in Science and Physical Education, he took a graduate assistant position at Austin Peay and received his master’s degree in 1989.

His first full-time position was Assistant Athletic Trainer at LaSalle University prior to joining the Tech staff. After seven years at TTU, he accepted a position in 1999 with the CRMC as Head Athletic Trainer for Upperman High School in Baxter. During his time with CRMC, he was a volunteer athletic trainer at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, working with the basketball teams and other Olympic team members

A member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), he is also in the Southeastern Athletic Trainers Association (SEATA) and is currently serving as president of the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society (TATS).

Joe and his wife, Jessica, have one daughter, Riley Grace, born on December 15, 2008.

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Tennessee Tech University’s athletic training complex was renamed the Dr. William C. Francis Student Therapy/Athletic Training Complex on November 7, 1992, in recognition of the dedicated, long-time team physician who was instrumental in the health care of all Tech studentathletes for 35 years. The state-of-the-art facility is located in the east side of Tucker Stadium. A 1953 Tech graduate who served as the football team’s captain and was president of the student body, Dr. Francis was inducted into the school’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. Dr. Francis passed away on October 13, 1996.

Upton Dabney

Jake Fox

Adrienne Wilson

UPTON DABNEY --

Upton Dabney joined the athletic training staff at Tennessee Tech in 2008 after serving five years at Oregon Tech where he personally handled all of the sports medicine needs for the school’s 11-sport athletic program. A graduate of Morristown (Tenn.) East High School, he earned a degree from the Tennessee Institute of Electronics, worked for several years in the computer field, and in 1992 joined the U.S. Air Force where he worked in the medical field at Offutt AFB (Neb.) for four years. In 1996, Dabney returned to school for athletic training at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and worked at the University of Nebraska Medical School.

He transferred to East Tennessee State in 1998, serving as a student athletic trainer before earning his bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training in 2001. He spent one year at Emporia (Kan.) State beginning graduate studies, then interned at Jacksonville (Fla.) University and finished a master’s degree in physical education while at The Citadel (SC) in 2003-04.

JAKE FOX --

Jake Fox, a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for the past two years, is a new assistant athletic trainer at Tennessee Tech University in 201011. Fox, 33, earned his masters degree in clinical exercise physiology while at Chattanooga, receiving it in May. A native of Canandaigua, N.Y., Fox earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training from East Carolina University where he worked with the football, volleyball and baseball teams, and also with high school teams in the area. He served as a graduate assistant in athletics at Chattanooga for two years. Prior to beginning his collegiate studies, Fox had more than 10 years of service in the U.S. Army, spending his time on active duty as a paratrooper and combat medic. He was in Operation Iraqi Freedom II from 2003 to 2005.

ADRIENNE WILSON --

Adrienne Wilson is in her first year at Tennessee Tech, joining the Sports Medicine staff in October 2009 after earning her master’s degree at the University of New Mexico. A native of San Diego, Calif., Wilson received her bachelor’s degree at the University of North Dakota, and has worked with athletes ranging from high school and college athletics to professional soccer and international competition at the ESPN Winter X Games. As an undergraduate, Wilson was an athletic training student at North Dakota, where she received her bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Athletic Training. She also held an internship with the Grand Forks, N.D., high schools. She took a graduate assistant position at the University of New Mexico, earning her master’s degree in Sports Administration. In 2008, she gained additional experience with two temporary positions. She was on the medical staff at the ESPN Winter X Games in 2008, providing services for an international field of extreme sport athletes.

Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers

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Molly Kidd

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Sports Medicine Dr. Richard WILLIAMS Team Physician

Dr. Richard Williams, M.S., M.D., serves as the Team Physician for Tennessee Tech student-athletes. A physician at Mid-State Sports Medicine, Dr. Williams has specialized in sports medicine throughout his professional medical career, including experience with high school, college, Olympic and professional athletes. He understands sports medicine from an athlete’s point of view, participating on track and field and basketball teams during his high school and collegiate careers. A 1975 graduate of Crawfordsville (Ind.) High School, Dr. Williams also spent one year as a foreign exchange student in West Germany. He graduated Cum Laude (A.B.) from Dartmouth College, and went on to earn an M.S. degree in Medical and Molecular Genetics from Indiana University, and an M.D. from the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Williams worked with the Indianapolis Colts training camp and provided volunteer medical support for high school soccer and football teams in Indianapolis during his senior year in medical school, and also served as a research assistant at the Methodist Sports Medicine Center. During his residency at the University of Cincinnati Hospitals, Dr. Williams provided coverage for local high school and college football teams, and worked extensively with the University of Cincinnati athletic teams. He earned an Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship with Kentucky Sports Medicine in Lexington, and during the 1994-95 season was the team physician at Eastern Kentucky University, including primary game coverage in football and basketball, and training room coverage for all sports. Since 1995, Dr. Williams has been in practice in the Upper Cumberland. He has assumed primary responsibility, training room care and game coverage and injury treatment for all of Tennessee Tech’s athletic programs along with area high schools.

Dr. Craig MALTMAN Consultant

Dr. Craig Maltman, M.D., is the newest member of the Tennessee Tech sports medicine team. For the past several years, Dr. Maltman has helped to improve the Tech program by providing services as a consultant to the sports medicine staff and a general practitioner for all of Tech’s more than 300 student-athletes. Dr. Maltman is currently on the active staff at the North Cedar Medical Center. Born in Scotland, he was schooled in Canada. He earned his bachelor’s degree with honors in 1983, his master’s in Physiology in 1985, and his medical degree in 1987, all from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He also served a two-year residency in family practice at Queen’s before embarking on his professional medical career in 1989.

Dr. James TALMAGE Consultant

Dr. James Talmage, M.D., has over a decade of providing a variety of services to Tennessee Tech’s more than 300 student-athletes as general practitioner and consultant to the sports medicine staff. Currently a physician at the Occupational Health Center, Dr. Talmage moved to Cookeville in 1979 and has worked closely with the Tech sports medicine staff since 1987. While working with all men and women athletes, his primary area is the women’s basketball program. After graduating with a degree in Physiology from The Ohio State University in 1968, he was Summa Cum Laude in 1972 from the OSU medical school. He is Board Certified both in orthopedic surgery and in emergency medicine, and among his published works and lectures have been numerous items relating to athletic injuries and sports medicine.

Kristine GERMANN Physician’s Assistant

Kristine Germann covers several of the women’s sports programs and events at TTU. She specializes in primary care sports medicine and non-surgical orthopedics. A native of Jefferson City, Missouri, Kristine attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City Medical School. While there, she was a Division I varsity letterman in volleyball. She then went on to the Medical College of Georgia, completing her PA degree in 1994. She has 10 years of experience in various areas of health care including internal medicine, psychiatry and sports medicine. She has also worked with the LPGA tour in primary care and sports medicine for the professional lady golfers. Kristine has been practicing with Dr. Williams at Mid-State Sports Medicine since 2007.

Medical Support Staff

Physical Therapy for Student-Athletes Golden Eagle Sports Medicine Student Therapy Center is located inside the east side of Tucker Stadium on the TTU campus. The center specializes in athletic and orthopedic injuries and creates a convenient way for students, faculty and staff to attend physical therapy without leaving campus. The center is operated by a community partnership between Cookeville Regional Medical Center and Tennessee Tech.

Dr. Clark Childress Team Dentist

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Dr. Mike Huddleston Team optometrist

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STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

Emphasizing Player DEVELOPMENT The Tennessee Tech strength and conditioning program is a blend of science, technology, nutrition and one-on-one attention to each athlete. Golden Eagle student-athletes make a year-round commitment to physically preparing to play their sport at the highest level. At TTU, a program is tailored to match each student-athlete’s individual needs with the sport-specific physical demands.

This includes strength, speed, power, agility, flexibility, metabolic conditioning and motivation. This combination allows Tennessee Tech’s student-athletes to better reach their specific goals. Another major focus of the strength staff is the development of sport-specific speed, agility and conditioning.

CHIP PUGH Head Strength and Conditioning Coach

Chip Pugh is in his fifth year as Tennessee Tech’s strength and conditioning head coach. He oversees the physical development of student-athletes in all 14 sports, providing support in building toward championships.

Pugh served three years in the same position at Winthrop University where he created and developed a highly successful strength and conditioning program that helped win 12 conference championships.

An alumnus of Ohio University, he was an offensive lineman on the football team while earning a bachelor’s degree in Sport Industry and a master’s degree in Physical Education.

Pugh believes that the qualities that athletes can develop in strength and conditioning will not only aid in their athletic development, but will also help them build quality character components necessary for life.

A native of Parkersburg, W. Va., he began his coaching career at his alma mater as an assistant strength and conditioning coach where he primarily worked with men’s and women’s track, men’s and women’s swimming, and women’s soccer. He also assisted coach Ethan Reeve, currently the head strength and conditioning coach at Wake Forest, with football while at Ohio.

After leaving Ohio University he became the head Golden Eagle strength and conditioning coach for football at Marietta (Ohio) College, where he also worked as an assistant footStrength All-Americans ball coach. Additionally, during his two years at Marietta under Chip Pugh College he also served as a campus minister to the college.

Awarded by the National Strength

Pugh is a certified member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Association. He also holds the 2007 Katie Sutherland, Softball Club Coach certification through USA Weightlifting.

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He is a Level-I certified CrossFit trainer and conducts Allison Price, Women’s Basketball personal training classes open to the public using the

John Jackson, Football CrossFit methods.

2009 Blair Bowens, Women’s Basketball

Chip and his wife, the former Nicole Carey, were Kelechi Odu, Football 2010 Kaleigh Gates, Softball married July 29, 2000. They live in Cookeville, where they

Elijah Muhammad, Basketball are active in sprint triathlons and CrossFit. They welcomed their first daughter, Rory Love, in October.

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By taking advantage of expert instruction, Golden Eagle student-athletes are afforded every opportunity to maximize their athletic potential Development of Core Strength Imagine the body is a 3-link chain with the head and arms being one link, the torso.trunk being the second link and the legs being the third link. If the core link (trunk/torso) is weak or inflexible, there is little chance of maximizing potential because all body movement stems from the core.

Make workouts short and intense There are many philosophies on how to get athletes stronger, faster and more flexible. But, when combined, these philosophies have the same three underlying principles: a) The workouts should be highly organized b) The workouts should be short in duration c) The workouts should be extremely intense

Train using ground-based, multi-joint lifting versus machine lifting The following are recommendations for athletes Most athletes participate in stand up power sports using concerning days and times of strength trainig many muscle groups at once. The emphasis of training (including warmups): should be on total body athleticism and flexibility rather than * In-season: 3 days / week; 30-40 minutes/workout having body weight supported by a machine and forcing * Post-season: 3-4 days / week; 45-60 minutes/workout isolation of just one muscle group. By incorporating ground* Pre-season: 4 days / week; 50-60 minutes/workout based lifts and exercises that focus on the total body, the athlete becomes more prepared to use their whole body in sport skills.

Assistant Strength Coaches

Train for Power (which results in increased speed) Power = (Mass Moved x Distance)/time. The less time it takes to move a mass a certain distance, the higher the output.

As seen in the above formula, an increase in speed of movements results in an increase in power.

Train Athleticism Many factors are included in athleticism: strength, power, speed, agility, flexibility, coordination, fitness level and mental toughness are just a few. It is the goal to maximize an athlete’s overall athleticism.

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Train as a Team When teams train together, it provides another opportunity to develop chemistry, teamwork, leadership skills and a competitive environment. Within this competitive environment, teams can work on mental toughness, attacking the weights and maintaining a positive attitude. By enabling athletes to work on these things as a team, it helps to promote a stronger sense of unity, therefore making it harder to “fold” under pressure.

Tech’s strength and conditioning program features: u Strength and conditioning coaches u A wide variety of workout stations u A comprehensive obstacle course u Nutrition analysis u Complete conditioning regimen 8

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SPORTS HALL OF FAME Since its creation in 1975, the TTU Sports Hall of Fame has inducted 150 members, whose photos and biographies are featured in the Hall of Fame Gallery in Eblen Center.

1975 Inductees Preston V. (Putty) Overall (1923-67)--Football,

Basketball, Track, Baseball Creed Denton McClure (1937-39)--Football, Track B. Holmes Neal (1937-39)--Football Tom Fann (1950-52)--Football James Dearing Miller (1920-25)--Football

1983 Inductees Edward Gracey (1939-42)--Golf, Football, Track Gordon Mason (1957-61)--Football Charles Pangle (1943-45)--Football, Basketball,

Baseball W. J. Shumaker (1957-59)--Football Jim Youngblood (1968-72)--Football

1976 Inductees Malcolm P. Quillen (1930-33)--Baseball, Football Raymond H. (Bull) Brown (1933-37)--Baseball,

Basketball, Football, Track Elwin W. (Wink) Midgett (1930-34)--Baseball,

Basketball, Football Sidney McGee (1939-68)--Sports Information Emmett T. Strickland (1933-36)--Football, Baseball,

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1984 Inductees Edward F. Etzel (1971-74)--Rifle William C. Francis (1949-52)--Football Don Cook (1948-51)--Baseball, Basketball Tommy Hackler (1959-60)--Football Edd Zegarski (1942, 1947-48)--Football, Track

1977 Inductees Hooper Eblen (1941-74)--Basketball, Baseball,

Football, Track, Tennis, Golf Kenneth Sidwell (1955-56)--Basketball Joe B. Sills (1927-31)--Football, Baseball,

Basketball Wilburn Tucker (1941-67)--Baseball, Football Eddie Watson (1922-28)--Football, Baseball,

Basketball 1978 Inductees Benton Bilbrey (1940-43)--Track, Football, Baseball Huland Draper (1937-40)--Baseball, Basketball Jack Van Hooser (1951-54)--Football, Baseball Lonnie Warwick (1961-63)--Football Homer (Rudy) Schmittou (1959-62)--Football,

Track 1979 Inductees Carl S. (Cotton) Barlow (1936-39)--Football,

Baseball Tom Chilton (1956-57)--Track William Dupes (1949-51)--Football James S. Hagan (1957-60)--Basketball Flavious Smith (1948-52)--Football, Basketball 1980 Inductees Albert Jobe (1927-30)--Football, Baseball,

Basketball, Track Jim Ragland (1960-63)--Football Marshall (Stick) Taylor (1953-56)--Football,

Basketball David C. Williamson (1927-33)--Football,

Basketball Larry Schreiber (1966-69)--Football 1981 Inductees Frank R. Adams (1927-31)--Football Lowell Smith (1958-61)--Football James A. Carlen (1924-27)--Athletics 1982 Inductees David Baxter (1958-61)--Football Kenneth Broyles (1951-53)--Football Bannis Norris (1931-35)--Basketball, Baseball Virgil Rains (1949, 1952-54)--Football Ray Thomas (1957-60)--Football

1985 Inductees Earl Carrier (1929-34)--Football, Baseball,

Basketball Ray Carter (1970-73)--Rifle Homer Hamdorff (1936-39)--Football, Baseball,

Basketball Charles (Chuck) Kriese (1970-72)--Tennis 1986 Inductees Glen (Pete) Davis (1938-42)--Basketball, Football Elois Grooms (1972-75)--Football Mike Hennigan (1971-72)--Football Ron Shumate (1957-61)--Baseball, Basketball 1987 Inductees R.L. Highers (1940-43)--Football, Baseball

Basketball Frank Jones (1972-76)--Basketball L.C. (Lusk) Stubblefield (1938-42)--Football

Baseball 1988 Inductees Everett Derryberry (1940-74)--Administration Herbie Merritt (1956-59)--Basketball Dana Winningham (1972-75)--Football Kenneth (Moe) Wright (1955-57)--Football 1989 Inductees Noble Cody (1952-90)--Athletics James M. Gaylor (1951, 1955-57)--Football,

Baseball Gayle Burgess-Hastings (1975-76)--Basketball James G. (Red) Jarell (1944, 46-49)--Football,

Basketball 1990 Inductees L.D. (Speedy) Carden (1946-50)--Basketball,

Football Pam Chambers-Compton (1976-80)--Basketball Bobby Nichols (1960-63)--Golf Johnny Oldham (1955-64)--Basketball

1992 Inductees Robert Aylward (1970-73)--Rifle Jerilynn Harper (1979-82)--Basketball Jim Harrison (1943-49)--Baseball, Football Marynell Meadors (1970-86)--Basketball,

Volleyball 1993 Inductees Marc Burnett (1977-82)--Basketball Dr. William Headrick (1941-43)--Basketball,

Baseball Pam Cassity Smith (1973-77)--Basketball Don Wade (1968-82)--Football 1994 Inductees Murray Cunningham (1973-76)--Football Don J. Henderson (1946-49)--Football, Baseball Ed Hooper (1940-1998)--Athletics Hubie Smith Jr. (1950-56)--Golf 1995 Inductees Ed Burns (1975-79)--Football Kurt Fitz-Randolph (1976-80)--Rifle Rodney Moore (1975-79)--Track 1996 Inductees Eldon Burgess (1962-96) and Gene Davidson (1962-98)--Broadcasting Wayne Pack (1970-73)--Basketball Kim Tunnell-Suiter (1982-85)--Volleyball Mike Winchester (1972-75)--Baseball 1997 Inductees Wayne Anderson (1977-80)--Football Donley Canary (1973-77)--Baseball Jim Newkirk (1980-89)--Rifle Cheryl Taylor (1983-87)--Basketball 1998 Inductees Juan Escudero (1986-88)--Tennis Bruce Harris (1955-57)--Basketball Bob Joye (1967-80)--Football Derek Lane (1984-87)--Baseball 1999 Inductees Jim Cornelius (1985-88)--Golf Johnny Donnelly (1989-98)--Supporter Melinda Clayton Hatfield (1986-90)--Basketball Elaine Proffitt Keagle (1978-82)--Rifle 2000 Inductees Bill Branch (1949-52)--Football, Baseball C. Stephen Lynn (1966-69)--Tennis Melanie Marshall (1986-89)--Volleyball,

Basketball, Softball, Golf John D. Wall (1950-53)--Track Lana Ward (1987-90)--Rifle

1991 Inductees Ray Drost (1958-64)--Football, Baseball Ron Filipek (1964-67)--Basketball Rod M. Fitz-Randolph (1976-80)--Rifle Joseph (J.R.) Mulvihill (1967-69)--Football

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2001 Inductees Matt Bulow (1987-90)--Tennis, Paralympics Angela Moorehead (1988-91)-- Basketball Matt Stark (1977-80)--Rifle 2002 Inductees John Fitzpatrick (1969-72)--Football Todd Kemp (1985-88)--Baseball Roschelle Vaughn (1990-92)--Basketball 2003 Inductees Becky Murray Isom (1982-85)--Volleyball Stephen Kite, Sr. (1982-86)--Basketball Steve Moore(1968-83)--Athletics Trainer Raymond Slonena, Sr. (1980-84)--Rifle Barry Wilmore (1982-85)--Football 2004 Inductees Anthony Avery (1986-90)--Basketball Beth Keylon (1992-94)--Softball Andrea Roark (1990-93)--Softball Delores Wheatley (1969-2004)--Academics 2005 Inductees Leonard “Sonny” Allen (1951-54)--Football Scott Baerns (1985-88)--Baseball David Mays (1974-98)--Baseball Coach 2006 Inductees Shawn Monday Smith (1986-90)--Basketball Cecilia Ramsey Fisher (1988-91)--Basketball Angelo Volpe (1987-2000)--President Melanie Gray Walker (1991-95--Golf Bill Worrell (1981-2006)--Basketball Coach 2007 Inductees Dr. Thurston Banks (1973-2006)--Administrator Stacy Hughes Britt (19866-89)--Softball Dr. David Larimore (1976-2006)--Administrator Eddie Scott (1951-54)--Football, Track Ryan Weeks (1986-89)--Football 2008 Inductees Chris Hedman (1986-90)--Tennis Mark Maberry (1994-97)--Baseball John “Shakey” McClellan (1964-2007)--Supporter Rachel Melchiorre (1994-97)--Volleyball Tom Pack (1996-99)--Golf 2009 Inductees Dena Adams Fairley (1995-98)--Cross Country, Track Jim Bishop (1967-71)--Football, Baseball John Moorhead (1955-59)--Football, Track Tony Stone (1955-59/67-73)--Football/Coach Branon Vaughn (1995-99)--Football

A period of 10 years must pass after they complete their eligibility before athletes can be nominated for the Tech Sports Hall of Fame.

Nominations are due each year by June 30.

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ATHLETICS HONORS 2007 - Bonnie Bynum (Softball) and Beth Boden (Softball) 2008 - Stephanie Fischer (Softball) 2009 - Stephanie Place (CC and Track) 2010 - Tacarra Hayes (Basketball)

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Woman of the Year 1991 - Dana Scott (Basketball) 1992 - Cecilia Ramsey (Basketball) 1993 - Bonnie Zoss (Volleyball/Track/BB) 1994 - Beth Keylon (Softball) 1995 - Taunya Lovelace (Basketball) 1996 - Merrie Robin Caldwell (CC/Track) 1997 - Dena Adams (Track/CC) 1998 - Rachel Melchiorre (Volleyball) 1999 - Amber Clark (Basketball) 2000 - Diane Seng (Basketball/Volleyball) and Collin Carmichael (Basketball) 2001 - Rachael Gobble (Basketball) and Adrienne Fortmann (Softball) 2002- Janet Holt (Basketball) 2003 - LeeAnne Mongar (Softball) 2004 - Alexis Boyd (Soccer) and Andrea Brown (Basketball) 2005 - Laura Sidorowicz (Volleyball) 2006 - Anne Morrow (Volleyball) 2007 - Kayla Garrison (Golf)

2008 - Beth Boden (Softball) 2009 - Kappy Lang (Volleyball) 2010 - Teresa Craig (Volleyball)

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2009 - Bradley Thompson (Football) 2010 - Josh Simer (Golf)

Man of the Year

Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year

1993 - Ben Holt (Baseball) 1994 - Mike Kinney (Baseball) 1995 - Willie Queen (Football) 1996 - Gerald Bentley (Football) 1997 - Robert Taylor (Football) 1998 - Jeff Norman (Football) 1999 - T.J. Christian (Football) 2000 - Wes Gallagher (Football) 2001 - Larrie Smith (Basketball) 2002- Grant Swallows (Football) 2003 - Brent Jolly (Basketball) 2004 - Luis Aquerrevere (Tennis) 2005 - Brett Vavra (Football) 2006 - David McMahan (Football) 2007 - Anthony Ash (Football) 2008 - Thomas Nelson (Baseball)

1994 - Beth Keylon (Softball) 1995 - Taunya Lovelace (Basketball) 1996 - Stacy Hughes (Softball) 1997 - Diane Seng (Basketball) 1998 - Diane Seng (Basketbal/VB/Track) 1999 - Diane Seng (Basketball/Volleyball) 2000 - Diane Seng (Basketball/Volleyball) 2001 - Janet Holt (Basketball) 2002 - Janet Holt (Basketball) and Lupita Hernandez (Tennis) 2003 - Stephanie Dallmann (Softball) 2004 - Lori Bayless (Softball) 2005 - Emily Christian (Basketball) 2006 - Bonnie Bynum (Softball) and Emily Christian (Basketball)

Tech Athletics staff members have won many honors and awards since 1986

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1994 - Mike Jones (Football) 1995 - Greg Bibb (Basketball) 1996 - Michael Penix (Football) 1997 - Mark Maberry (Baseball) 1998 - Andre Caballero (Football) 1999 - Branon Vaughn (Football) 2000 - Branon Vaughn (Football) 2001 - Chad Evitts (Football) 2002 - Grant Swallows (Football) 2003 - Casey Benjamin (Baseball) 2004 - Willie Jenkins (Basketball) 2005 - Willie Jenkins (Basketball) and Frank Omiyale (Football) 2006 - Scott Stallings (Golf) 2007 - Scott Stallings (Golf) 2008 - Larry Shipp (Football) 2009 - A.J. Kirby-Jones (Baseball) 2010 - A.J. Kirby-Jones (Baseball) and Chad Oberacker (Baseball)

Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame

An Honored Staff Tory Acheson - Softball OVC Coach of the Year - 2003, 2006 John Blair - Women’s Volleyball OVC Coach of the Year - 2008 Matt Bragga - Baseball TBCA Coach of he Year - 2009 OVC Coach of the Year - 2010 Bill Branch - Women’s Golf OVC Coach of the Year - 1994 Jennie Gilbert - Volleyball OVC Coach of the Year - 1997 David Green - Athletic Trainer TATS Trainer of the Year - 1994 Frank Harrell - Men’s Basketball TSWA Coach of the Year - 1991 Bobby Holloway - Softball OVC Coach of the Year - 1994 Tom Kelly - Rifle OVC Coach of the Year - 2001 Jeff Lebo - Men’s Basketball OVC Coach of the Year - 2000, 2001, 2002 Barry Lewis - Men’s Tennis OVC Coach of the Year - 2008 David Mays - Baseball OVC Coach of the Year -1993, 1995, 1997 George Moody - Rifle OVC Coach of the Year - 2002, 2003

Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year

Bobby Nichols - Men’s Golf OVC Coach of the Year - 1990, 2005 Bobby Nichols - Women’s Golf OVC Coach of the Year - 2000, 2001 Steve Payne - Men’s Basketball OVC Coach of the Year - 2006 Jim Ragland - Football OVC Coach of the Year - 1992, 1993 Rob Schabert - Sports Information TTU Outstanding Professional - 2004 Qasim Sheikh - Women’s Soccer OVC Coach of the Year - 1998 Randy Smith - Men’s Tennis OVC Coach of the Year - 1991, 1992, 1999, 2006 Randy Smith - Women’s Tennis OVC Coach of the Year - 1999 Mike Sutton - Men’s Basketball OVC Coach of the Year - 2005 BWAA Most Courageous, 2006 NSC Kaia Jergenson Courage Award, 2006 Bill Worrell - Women’s Basketball OVC Coach of the Year - 1987, 1990, 1992, 2000 Bill Worrell - Men’s Tennis OVC Coach of the Year - 1986

Raymond Brown..............................1933-1937 Hooper Eblen....................................1941-1974 Tom Fann............................................1950-1952 P.V. Overall..........................................1923-1967 Emmett Strickland..........................1933-1936 Wilburn Tucker.................................1941-1967 Star Wood...........................................1950-1951 Jim Youngblood...............................1968-1972 Bill Dupes...........................................1954-1962

OVC Hall of Fame Dr. Thurston Banks..........................1974-2006 Raymond Brown..............................1933-1937 Dr. Everett Derryberry....................1943-1974 Hooper Eblen....................................1941-1974 David Larimore.................................1977-2004 David Mays........................................1974-1999 Marynell Meadors...........................1970-1986 Johnny Oldham................................1955-1964 P.V. Overall..........................................1923-1967 Malcolm Quillen...............................1930-1933 Dr. Arliss Roaden..............................1974-1985 Wilburn Tucker.................................1941-1967 Angelo Volpe.....................................1987-2000 Don Wade...........................................1966-1982 Bill Worrell..........................................1980-2006

College Football Hall of Fame Jim Youngblood...............................1968-1972

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Athletics Mission Statement PICTURESQUE VIEWS:

Two of America’s most picturesque lakes can be found within a short drive of Cookeville.

Dale Hollow Lake is just to the north, while Center Hill Lake (shown here) is just south of town.

NICE WEATHER:

The Cookeville area enjoys a mild climate throughout the year, perfect for the abundant outdoor recreational opportunities.

January: average high 53F, average low - 38F, July: average high 89F, average low 67F Annual average precipitation: 51 inches Annual average snowfall: 8 inches

CLOSE TO EVERYBODY: Tennessee Tech is less than a day’s drive from almost half of the USA. Mileage to Tech: Nashville (78), Chattanooga (95), Knoxville (102), Atlanta (210), Birmingham (238), Louisville (247), Cincinnati (250), Memphis (289), Indianapolis (357), Tallahassee (397), St. Louis (399), Detroit (525), Cleveland (529), Chicago (547), Orlando (646), New Orleans (648), ESPN Studios (933)

Tennessee Tech University Athletics Mission Statement

The mission of Tennessee Technological University Intercollegiate Athletics, based upon and consistent with the university’s mission, is to encourage student scholarship and sportsmanship with emphasis placed on helping studentathletes make appropriate progress toward completion of their chosen academic degree programs and become productive members of society.

The TTU Intercollegiate Athletics Program serves as a rallying point for the university as well as a public relations outlet for university activities by striving to bring positive recognition to TTU through a program built on concepts including excellence, integrity, and enthusiasm.

Academic integrity is a key element in athletic decisions, thus ensuring that the educational values, practices, and the university’s mission set the standard for the program. TTU’s athletic program strives for student-athlete excellence in competition and in the academic setting. TTU seeks to field disciplined and competitive athletic teams dedicated to observing sportsmanship and applicable rules, to providing quality athletic training and medical support to intercollegiate athletics, and to supporting the general welfare of student-athletes.

The TTU Intercollegiate Athletics Program focuses on the overall development of all persons participating in athletics. Ethical conduct and good sportsmanship are pro-

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moted among faculty and students, alumni and friends, athletics department staff, and student-athletes. The program adheres to the policies, rules, and guidelines of the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA), the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), and the institution.

Intercollegiate Athletics is as supportive of women as of men and as supportive of those in the minority as those in the majority. The program is committed to complying with Title IX regulations. Intercollegiate Athletics provides opportunities to eligible persons without regard to age, gender, color, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability.

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MEDIA RELATIONS Sports Information Assistants

ROB

SCHABERT Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information/Broadcasting St. Cloud State 1977

Heading into his 29th year on the Tennessee Tech athletics staff, Rob Schabert is assistant athletics director for sports information and broadcasting. He joined the Tech staff on Sept. 8, 1982, and has been going full-speed ever since, working not only in publicizing Tech's student-athletes and staff but also in promotions and marketing for the athletics department.

In September 2008 he was inducted into the Hall of Distinction at Minnesota State University (Mankato).

An active member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), he has attended the organization's annual workshop in 29 of his 33 years in the profession. He has served on numerous CoSIDA committees, including Ethics, Academic All-America and Writing, and he currently serves on the Olympic Liaison Committee.

In 2004, he was voted winner of the university's Outstanding Professional Award, and in July 2005 was promoted to his current title.

A tireless worker, Schabert has won dozens of national publications and writing awards, including "Best in the Nation" from USA Volleyball for his annual media guide six times.

Schabert, 54, has established several programs within the department.

He created the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in 1987 and initiated the President's Awards program in 1991. He also established the Woman of the Year/Man of the Year awards along with the Outstanding Male and Female Athlete awards.

He is active in the TTU Sports Hall of Fame selection process and serves as the emcee of the annual Hall of Fame Dinner. Schabert has promoted the selection of numerous Tech Academic All-Americans and is extremely active in promoting both the academic and athletic accomplishments of Tech's student-athletes.

Another wing of his operation is the day-to-day production and operations of the vast Tech athletics web site, TTUsports.com.

Rob and his staff also serve as the hosts to all media attending athletics events on campus.

Over the past several years, many of the interns who have worked for Schabert have moved into full-time positions in the Sports Information profession at a wide variety of colleges and universities, including Appalachian State, UAB, Xavier, Idaho and Texas State.

A Minnesota native who learned the trade under the guidance of his father, Bob (a long-time Minnesota Sportswriter), Rob earned his bachelor's degree in mass communications from St. Cloud (Minn.) State University in 1977, spent one year in the Minnesota Twins public relations office, and was SID for five years at Mankato State University. He was a charter member of the St. Cloud chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, the Society of Professional Journalist.

In 2002, Rob was a volunteer with the Salt Lake Olympic Committee as a member of the Press Operations staff.

Rob and his wife, Joan, have two grown children who are also in the business -- Matt (assistant SID at Morehead State) and Kristen (U.S. Army public affairs in Heidelberg, Germany). They also have one grandson, Jacob.

Kate Nicewicz, 23, joined the Tech Sports Information staff in April. A native of Sauquoit, N.Y., she graduated from the University of Rochester in May of 2009 with a Bachelors degree in Communications and Marketing. At Rochester, Nicewicz participated in JV and Varsity soccer and worked as an assistant in the Sports Information office. While obtaining her B.A. in Communications, Nicewicz participated in an internship with MCLA the Lax Mag beginning in January of 2008, contributing nationally published content in the form of feature articles, team and player profiles, and game recaps. In May of 2008, she traveled to Dallas, Texas to provide live coverage for the 2008 Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) National Tournament.

Nicewicz also acted as a senior writer for the sports section of the Campus Times, UR’s campus-wide newspaper. At Tennessee Tech, Nicewicz will handle several aspects of media relations for the athletic department, including the production of publications, press releases and human-interest articles.

She will provide game coverage and live stats and serve as the primary contact for soccer, men’s basketball, and baseball, as well as secondary contact for men’s and women’s golf.

Sports Information Student Support

Brandon Goodwin

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Jordan Iwanyszyn

Kate Nicewicz

Nick Burns

Nick Burns, 25, joined the Tennessee Tech Sports Information staff in July.

He will serve as the primary contact for volleyball, women's basketball and softball, and the secondary contact for tennis and track. A native of Bloomington, Minn., he is a 2007 graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications with a public relations emphasis. As an undergraduate, Burns was a reporter for the campus newspaper covering the men's and women's track and field and golf teams and writing feature stories. He also worked in the school’s athletic communications office helping with gameday services and writing.

From 2007 to 2009, Burns was a graduate assistant in the MSU athletic communications office, serving as the primary contact for the volleyball and women's basketball teams for two seasons, and the softball, men's and women's track and field and tennis teams for one season. He produced publications, was the in-game statistician for all Maverick home events, updated the athletic website and filled in as guest host of the weekly Maverick Magazine radio show. During the 2008-09 women's basketball season, Burns served as the primary contact when the team won the Division II NCAA National Championship in San Antonio. He has also worked at the WCHA Final Five.

Game Day Support Staff

Don Foster

Art Gernt

Steve Smith

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