2010 UK Baseball Yearbook

FEBRUARY 19

(Fri)

20 (Sat) 21

(Sun)

24 (Wed) 26 (Fri)

27 (Sat) 28 (Sun)

MARCH

^ Virginia Tech

^ West Virginia

^ Coastal Carolina

MURRAY STATE BOWLIN G GREEN BOWLIN G GREEN BOWLIN G GREEN

Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Noon

LEX INGTON

4:00 p m

Myrtle Beach, S.C. Myrtle Beach, S.C. LEX INGTON LEX INGTON LEX INGTON

11:00 am

3:00 pm

4:00 p m 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

2

(Tue)

Morehead State

Morehead, Ky.

TBA

6

(Sat)

Monmouth

San Diego, Calif.

4:00 pm

4 5 9

10

12 13

14 17 19

(Thu)

(Fri)

(Tue)

(Wed) (Fri)

(Sat) (Sun)

(Wed) (Fri)

20 (Sat) (Sun)

23 (Tue)

26 (Fri)

27 (Sat) 28 (Sun) 30 (Tue) 31

(Wed)

2

(Fri)

6

(Tue)

APRIL 3

4 9

10 11

16 17 18

San Diego

EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE IPFW IPFW IPFW

WRIGHT STATE

(Sat) (Sun)

20 (Tue) 23 (Fri)

LEX INGTON

LEX INGTON LEX INGTON

4:00 p m

4:00 p m 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

6:30 pm

6:30 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

6:30 pm

7:00 pm

Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

6:30 pm

Fayetteville, Ark.

7:35 pm

LEX INGTON

6:30 pm

* Vanderbilt

* Vanderbilt

WESTERN KENTUCKY

* Arkansas * Arkansas

LOUISVILLE

* ALAB AMA * ALAB AMA

* FLORIDA * FLORIDA * FLORIDA

Western Kentucky

* Auburn

30 (Fri)

* Tennessee

MAY

LEX INGTON

* Auburn

Louisville

Nashville, Tenn.

Nashville, Tenn.

LEX INGTON

Fayetteville, Ark. Fayetteville, Ark. LEX INGTON LEX INGTON LEX INGTON

3:00 pm 1:00 pm

6:30 pm

3:05 pm 2:05 pm

6:30 pm 6:30 pm 1:00 pm

LEX INGTON

6:30 pm

Bowling Green, Ky.

7:00 pm

Auburn, Ala.

2:00 pm

LEX INGTON LEX INGTON

Auburn, Ala. Auburn, Ala.

Louisville, Ky.

Knoxville, Tenn.

6:30 pm 1:00 pm

7:30 pm

4:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

1

(Sat)

* Tennessee

Knoxville, Tenn.

4:00 pm

8

(Sat)

* SOUTH CAROLINA

LEX INGTON

6:30 pm

2 7 9

(Sun) (Fri)

(Sun)

11

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15

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12

14 16

18

(Wed) (Fri)

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20 (Thu) 21

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22 (Sat)

* Tennessee

* SOUTH CAROLINA * SOUTH CAROLINA Indiana

LIPSCOMB

* LSU * LSU * LSU

Murray State

* Georgia

* Georgia

* Georgia

26-30 (Wed-Sun)

SEC Tournament

NCAA Tournament

Knoxville, Tenn.

LEX INGTON LEX INGTON

2:00 pm

6:30 pm

4:00 pm

LEX INGTON

3:00 pm

LEX INGTON LEX INGTON

Paducah, Ky. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga.

Hoover, Ala. TBA

#12 - MARCUS NIDIFFER - C

1:00 pm

Bloomington, Ind. LEX INGTON

#29 - CHRIS BISSON - IF

#11 - GUNNER GLAD - OF

4:00 p m

Nashville, Tenn.

* Auburn

28 (Wed)

LEX INGTON

9:00 pm

5:00 pm

* Vanderbilt

24 (Sat) 25 (Sun)

LEX INGTON

LEX INGTON

* OLE MISS

* ALAB AMA

(Fri)

LEX INGTON

XAVIER

* OLE MISS

(Fri)

(Sun)

LEX INGTON

LEX INGTON

* Arkansas

(Sat)

San Diego, Calif.

* OLE MISS

(Sat) (Sun)

San Diego, Calif

KENTUCKY BASEBALL 2010

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San Diego State

6:30 pm

6:30 pm 1:00 pm

7:00 pm

6:30 pm 6:30 pm 2:00 pm

TBA

TBA

* Denotes SEC game - ^ Denotes Caravelle Resort Tournament (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) All games broadcast live on BBSN (Radio) - All Times Eastern and subject to change

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#46 - KEENAN WILEY - OF

#22 - JAMES PAXTON - LHP

#30 - BRADEN KAPTEYN - IF/RHP

#44 - CORY FARRIS - OF

#8 - ANDY BURNS - IF

#24 - CHAD WRIGHT - OF

#15 - LOGAN DARNELL - LHP

#17 - ALEX MEYER - RHP

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Media Info

2009 in Review

Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Radio/TV Spot Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2010 Schedule/Travel Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

2009 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90-92 2009 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 2009 Individual Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94-95 2009 Fielding Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 2009 Situational Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Game-by-Game Batting and Pitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98-99 Superlatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Miscellaneous Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Wildcat Home Run Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102-103 2009 SEC Team and Individual Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 2009 SEC Team Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Departed Player Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 2009 Inside the Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 2009 Final Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

This is UK Baseball First-Class Coaching Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-9 SEC Baseball Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11 Wildcats in the Major Leagues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-13 Home of the Wildcats: Cliff Hagan Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-15 Kentucky Baseball’s Future Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-17 Strength and Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-19 Winning in the Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-21 Top Flight Athletic Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-23 Award-Winning Turf Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Marketing a Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Winning on all Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Wildcats on the Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 World Series Champion Joe Blanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Nutter Field House Advantage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Nike & UK Athletics: A Perfect Fit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 UK Baseball History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 University of Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32-33 Big Blue Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Coaching Staff Head Coach Gary Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-38 Assistant Coach Brad Bohannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Assistant Coach Brian Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Volunteer Assistant Coach Keith Vorhoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 UK Baseball Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42-44

2010 Wildcats Player Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46-68

2010 Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70-72 2010 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-79 2010 Opponent SID Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 SEC Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Series vs. 2010 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82-86 2010 SEC Composite Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87-88

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HISTORY

2010 Preview

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History All-time Coaches’ Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 SEC History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 UK’s Postseason History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 All-American Sawyer Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 All-American Sean Coughlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 All-American Collin Cowgill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 All-American Ryan Strieby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Kentucky vs. All Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Year-by-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118-129 Yearly Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130-133 Single Season Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134-136 Career Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137-139 Team Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140 Kentucky Baseball Awards and Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141-143 Jim Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144 Keith Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 Wildcats in the Major League Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 Wildcat Major League Baseball Career Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147-151 Wildcat Letterwinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152-157 Cliff Hagan Stadium at Shively Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

The University President Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 UK Baseball Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 2006 SEC Champs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 Player Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

KENTUCKY QUICK FACTS

Coaching Staff

Record vs. SEC Opponents Alabama: 31-52 (.373) Auburn: 38-69 (.355) Georgia: 83-120-1 (.409) Ole Miss: 25-35 (.417) South Carolina: 27-35 (.435) Vanderbilt: 136-127-5 (.517)

Arkansas: 17-26 (.395) Florida: 54-125-1 (.303) LSU: 20-39-1 (.342) Mississippi State: 30-51 (.400) Tennessee: 138-149 (.481)

STAFF WILDCATS

Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Henderson (San Diego State, 1984) Career Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-26 (2nd season) Record at UK: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-26 (2nd season) Best Time to Call: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contact SID Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Bohannon (Berry College, 1998) Assistant Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Green (New Mexico State, 1995) Volunteer Assistant: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Vorhoff (Missouri Valley, 2004) Dir. of Operations/Camp Coordinator: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Sheetinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Kentucky Wesleyan, 2004)

All-America/All-SEC Candidates James Paxton - LHP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alex Meyer - RHP Chris Bisson - INF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marcus Nidiffer - C

2009 Review

History

Mailing/Overnight Address: Joe Craft Center • 338 Lexington Ave. • Lexington, KY 40506-0604 The 2010 Kentucky baseball yearbook was published by the University of Kentucky Athletics Department, Mitch Barnhart, Director. Written and Edited by: Brent Ingram and Evan Crane. Layout and Design: Kim Troxall. Editorial Assistance: Lauren Williams, Eric Lindsey, Sean Hilen, Nathan Schwake, Scott Dean, Pat Ingram and Sean Cartell. Photography: David Coyle and Dick Gabriel. Printing: Welch Printing.

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UNIVERSITY

Stadium: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cliff Hagan Stadium at Shively Field First Year: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1969 Last Renovated: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Capacity: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 Dimensions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340-365-390-350-310

Media Relations Contacts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brent Ingram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evan Crane Media Relations Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257-3838 (Ingram ext. 8504) Media Relations Fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323-4310 Baseball Office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257-8052 Baseball Fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323-4754 Baseball Press Box: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257-9011 Ingram Cell: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .608-6230 Ingram E-Mail: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .brent.ingram@uky.edu Crane Cell: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(270) 559-8120 Crane E-Mail: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .wesley.crane@uky.edu Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.UKathletics.com

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All-Time Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1609-1378-25 (.538) All-Time Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597-806-8 (.426) All-Time Conference Tournament Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-28 (.364) Conference Tournament Titles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . none Conference Titles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one (2006) NCAA Tournament Appearances: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . six NCAA Tournament Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 College World Series Appearances: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . none College World Series Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . none

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Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-26 Home: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-13 Away: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12 Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18 Home: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Away: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Conference Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th overall, 5th in SEC East

UK BASEBALL

Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lexington, Ky. Founded: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1865 Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,000 Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wildcats Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue (PMS 286) and White Conference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southeastern (Eastern Division) President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr. (Kentucky, 1968) Faculty Representative: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph L. Fink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, 1970)

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2010 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 34 35 42 44 46 47

Name Tyler Townsend Neiko Johnson Michael Williams Taylor Black Andy Burns Sam Kidd Lance Ray Gunner Glad Marcus Nidiffer Navarro Hall Nick Kennedy Logan Darnell Brian Adams Alex Meyer Kyle Jackson Sean Bouthilette Luke Maile James Paxton Mike Kaczmarek Chad Wright Walter Wijas Matt Little Joe Devine Chase Greene Chris Bisson Braden Kapteyn Jordan Cooper Taylor Rogers Jon Carlson Micheal Thomas Cory Farris Keenan Wiley T.J. Daugherty

Pos. IF IF/OF C IF IF RHP/OF OF/1B UT C OF RHP LHP OF RHP RHP RHP C LHP LHP OF RHP RHP RHP RHP IF IF/RHP RHP LHP LHP C OF/C OF C

B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R S/R L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/L L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R S/R L/L L/L R/R L/R L/L R/R

Ht. 6-1 5-9 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-9 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-0 5-10 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-2 5-11 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-4 5-11 6-1 5-11 5-11

Wt. 190 160 205 180 190 180 200 190 200 185 165 210 210 220 190 200 205 220 195 185 210 180 180 185 185 220 205 170 200 210 200 175 205

Cl. FR R-JR SO JR SO FR JR R-SR R-SR R-SO R-JR JR FR SO JR SO FR SR JR SO FR R-JR R-SO SO JR SO FR FR FR FR SO R-SR R-SO

Hometown/Previous School Lexington, Ky./Lexington Christian Stone Mountain, Ga./Redan Knoxville, Tenn./Farragut Easley, S.C./Easley/Spartanburg Methodist Fort Collins, Colo./Rocky Mountain Hartford, Ky./Ohio County Las Vegas, Nev./Sierra/Western Nevada Tulsa, Okla./Tulsa Union/E. Oklahoma Bristol, Tenn./Tennessee HS Kennesaw, Ga./Kennesaw Mtn. Los Angeles, Calif./East Los Angeles Joelton, Tenn./Goodpasture Gainesville, Ga./South Forsyth Greensburg, Ind./Greensburg Kearney, Mo./Kearney/Maple Woods Elizabethtown, Ky./Elizabethtown Crestview Hills, Ky./Covington Catholic Ladner, British Columbia/Delta Secondary Orland Park, Ill./Victor Andrew Paducah, Ky./Heath Elk Grove Village, Ill./James Conant Virginia Beach, Va./Kempsville/Louisburg Henderson, Ky./Owensboro/Wabash Valley Nicholasville, Ky./West Jessamine Orleans, Ontario/Beatrice-Desloges Lansing, Ill./Illiana Christian School Shelbyville, Tenn./Shelbyville Central Littleton, Colo./Chatfield Rolling Meadows, Ill./Rolling Meadows Elizabethtown, Ky./Elizabethtown Florence, Ky./Boone County Richmond, Ky./Madison Central Owensboro, Ky./Apollo

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Gary Henderson (San Diego State, 1984) Career Record: 28-26 (.519), second season Record at UK: 28-26 (.519), second season Assistant Coach: Brad Bohannon (Berry College, 1998) Assistant Coach: Brian Green (New Mexico State, 1995) Volunteer Assistant: Keith Vorhoff (Missouri Valley, 2004) Dir. of Operations/Camp Coordinator: Jeremy Sheetinger (Kentucky Wesleyan, 2004)

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Brian Adams Chris Bisson Taylor Black Andy Burns Sean Bouthilette Jon Carlson Jordan Cooper Logan Darnell T.J. Daugherty Joe Devine Cory Farris Gunner Glad Chase Greene Navarro Hall Kyle Jackson Neiko Johnson Mike Kaczmarek Braden Kapteyn Nick Kennedy Sam Kidd Matt Little Luke Maile Alex Meyer Marcus Nidiffer James Paxton Lance Ray Taylor Rogers Micheal Thomas Tyler Townsend Keenan Wiley Michael Williams Walter Wijas Chad Wright

OF IF IF IF RHP LHP RHP LHP C RHP OF/C IF RHP OF RHP IF LHP IF/RHP RHP RHP/OF RHP C RHP C LHP OF/1B LHP C IF OF C RHP OF

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18 Alex Meyer RHP • SO

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19 Kyle Jackson RHP • JR

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35 Taylor Rogers LHP • FR

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42 Jon Carlson LHP • FR

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Joe Devine RHP • R-SO

Chase Greene RHP • SO

46 Cory Farris OF/C • SO

Micheal Thomas C • FR

Keenan Wiley OF • R-SR

20 Gary Henderson Head Coach

38 Brad Bohannon Assistant Coach

1 Brian Green Assistant Coach

43 Keith Vorhoff Volunteer Assistant

39 Jeremy Sheetinger Dir. of Operations /Camp Coordinator

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2010 SCHEDULE Date Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 FEB. 24 FEB. 26 FEB. 27 FEB. 28 March 2 March 4 March 5 March 6 MARCH 9 MARCH 10 MARCH 12 MARCH 13 MARCH 14 MARCH 17 MARCH 19 MARCH 20 MARCH 21 MARCH 23 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 30 MARCH 31 April 2 April 3 April 4 APRIL 6 APRIL 9 APRIL 10 APRIL 11 APRIL 16 APRIL 17 APRIL 18 April 20 April 23 April 24 April 25 April 28 April 30 May 1 May 2 MAY 7 MAY 8 MAY 9 May 11 MAY 12 MAY 14 MAY 15 MAY 16 May 18 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 26-30

Opponent Site Time ^Virginia Tech Myrtle Beach, S.C. Noon ^West Virginia Myrtle Beach, S.C. 11:00 AM ^Coastal Carolina Myrtle Beach, S.C. 3:00 PM MURRAY STATE LEXINGTON 4:00 PM BOWLING GREEN LEXINGTON 4:00 PM BOWLING GREEN LEXINGTON 1:00 PM BOWLING GREEN LEXINGTON 1:00 PM Morehead State Morehead, Ky. TBA San Diego State San Diego, Calif.

9:00 PM San Diego San Diego, Calif.

5:00 PM Monmouth San Diego, Calif.

4:00 PM EVANSVILLE LEXINGTON 4:00 PM EVANSVILLE LEXINGTON 4:00 PM IPFW LEXINGTON 4:00 PM IPFW LEXINGTON 1:00 PM IPFW LEXINGTON 1:00 PM WRIGHT STATE LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *OLE MISS LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *OLE MISS LEXINGTON 1:00 PM *OLE MISS LEXINGTON 1:00 PM XAVIER LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn.

7:00 PM *Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn.

3:00 PM *Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn.

2:00 PM Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 6:30 PM WESTERN KENTUCKY LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 7:35 PM *Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 3:05 PM *Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 2:05 PM LOUISVILLE LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *ALABAMA LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *ALABAMA LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *ALABAMA LEXINGTON 1:00 PM *FLORIDA LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *FLORIDA LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *FLORIDA LEXINGTON 1:00 PM Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky. 7:00 PM *Auburn Auburn, Ala. 7:30 PM *Auburn Auburn, Ala. 4:00 PM *Auburn Auburn, Ala. 2:00 PM Louisville Louisville, Ky. 6:00 PM *Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn.

7:00 PM *Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn.

4:00 PM *Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn.

2:00 PM *SOUTH CAROLINA LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *SOUTH CAROLINA LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *SOUTH CAROLINA LEXINGTON 1:00 PM Indiana Bloomington, Ind. 4:00 PM LIPSCOMB LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *LSU LEXINGTON 6:30 PM *LSU LEXINGTON 3:00 PM *LSU LEXINGTON 1:00 PM Murray State Paducah, Ky. 7:00 PM *Georgia Athens, Ga. 6:30 PM *Georgia Athens, Ga. 6:30 PM *Georgia Athens, Ga. 2:00 PM SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. TBA NCAA Tournament TBA TBA All times Eastern and subject to change; * denotes Southeastern Conference game; ^ denotes the Caravelle Resort Tournament

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Day Friday Saturday Sunday WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Tuesday Thursday Friday Saturday TUESDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY Friday Saturday Sunday Tuesday WEDNESDAY Friday Saturday Sunday TUESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Tuesday Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday Sunday FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Tuesday WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Tuesday Thursday Friday Saturday Wed.-Sun.

TRAVEL SCHEDULE Coastal Carolina Feb. 18-20 Caravelle Resort 6900 North Ocean Boulevard Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 (843) 918-8000 www.thecaravelle.com San Diego March 3-6 Courtyard by Marriott 8651 Spectrum Center Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92123 (858) 633-9015 Vanderbilt Holiday Inn 2613 West End Ave. Nashville, TN 37203 (615) 321-8250 Arkansas Cosmopolitan Hotel 70 N East Ave. Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 442-5555 Auburn Holiday Inn Express 1801 Capps Landing Opelika, AL 36824 (334) 749-5250

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Tennessee April 29-May 1 Holiday Inn - Downtown Convention Center 525 Henley Street Knoxville, TN 37902 (865) 522-2800 Murray State Holiday Inn Express 3994 Hinkleville Road Paducah, KY 42001 (270) 442-8874 Georgia Holiday Inn Express 513 West Broad Street Athens, GA 30601 (706) 546-8122 SEC Tournament Hoover, AL Hotel Information TBA

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With four consecutive winning seasons, the Kentucky baseball program has solidified itself as a perennial national contender. Days after UK advanced to the NCAA Regional Championship game against Arizona in 2008, Kentucky promoted one of the architects of the UK program, Gary Henderson, to the head coaching spot.

Henderson, a former national assistant coach of the year at Florida, had joined Brad Bohannon for the previous five seasons in building UK into a tough, competitive team, a team built on dynamic coaching and some of the top players in the nation. Henderson and Bohannon immediately went to work, delivering the fourth-best recruiting class in the nation, a new program best.

“The last few years have been critical in cementing the UK program as an annual national contender,” Henderson said in 2008. “Kentucky is at a position to annually compete for Southeastern Conference championships and be a fixture in the NCAA Tournament. We are going after the best players in the nation, players who are eager to compete at the highest level. UK isn’t going anywhere but forward.”

Regarded as one of the top pitching coaches in the nation, Henderson helped direct the top pitching staff in the SEC in 2008, totaling a 3.71 ERA – 35 points better than the next team. An extremely knowledgeable coaching staff complements Henderson, with Brian Green in his second season after coming to Lexington from UCLA. Green will put his offensive expertise to use, coordinating the UK offensive attack, with Bohannon continuing to pound the recruiting trail, in addition to his responsibilities with UK’s position players. Volunteer assistant coach Keith Vorhoff is in his second season, specializing in catching instruction.

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“We have one of the top assistant coaching staffs in America,” Henderson said. “We are all really lucky to have Brad Bohannon, he is one of the best and has done an amazing job for the program. Brian Green comes to us from UCLA and he will be a vital part of the program, coordinating our offense.

Keith Vorhoff is quickly establishing himself as one of the top young assistant coaches in the nation and his knowledge of pitching and his development of our catchers will be extremely important.”

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We have accomplished a lot for the UK program in the last few years, but we are not done. UK baseball is establishing itself as an annual contender, as a program that competes for championships every season. The ground work has been laid and we are extremely excited to continue building this program in the best conference in college baseball.

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— Head Baseball Coach Gary Henderson

Brad Bohannon

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SEC BASEBALL EXCELLENCE

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• The SEC drew a record of nearly 1.9 million fans to its on-campus ballparks in 2009, the fourth year in a row to draw over 1.6 million. Seven SEC teams drew in excess of 100,000 fans to their parks in 2009. The SEC averaged a record 4,689 fans per game in 2009, the third straight year to exceed the 4,000 mark. The SEC Baseball Tournament drew 86,048 fans, besting the attendance of three previous events during the 2000’s.

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• Since 1990, 130 SEC squads have been invited to the NCAA Tournament, an average nearly seven per season. The SEC set yet another NCAA record in 2004, 2005 and 2008 with nine teams earning postseason births. The SEC also had a NCAA-record five teams earn regional host sites in 2004 and 2006.

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• The SEC has sent 38 teams to the College World Series since 1990. That was accomplished despite no SEC teams making the field in 1992. LSU has been to Omaha 12 times, Georgia five times and Florida and Mississippi State four times, while Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee have been three times each. Auburn has been once, while Arkansas advanced in 2004 and 2009.

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• SEC teams have won seven of the last 20 national championships, with LSU winning six (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009) and Georgia claiming the 1990 title. The SEC has finished runner up four times in that time, 1997, 2002, 2005 and 2008.

Senior members of the Wildcat baseball team receive the 2006 SEC Championship trophy from league commissioner Mike Slive. UK posted a school-record 20 wins in SEC play.

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• The SEC boasts 11 former National Players of the Year (Vanderbilt’s David Price won in 2007), ten Baseball America Coaches of the Year and eight Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year honors. 143 student-athletes have been named first-team All-American, three of which came in 2009. In 2008, UK had two first-team All-America selections in the outfield, consensus pick Sawyer Carroll and Lexington native Collin Cowgill.

• The SEC posted another tremendous season in 2009 as the conference had eight teams earn selection to NCAA postseason play with Arkansas and LSU advancing to the College World Series. A SEC squad has now appeared in the College World Series 24 of the last 25 years. LSU advanced to and won the National Championship Series, marking the fifth time since 2000 an SEC team played for the national championship in Omaha. LSU won the SEC tournament title over Vanderbilt. LSU also won the SEC regular-season title with a 20-10 conference record, sharing the honor with Ole Miss.

• Four SEC players were taken in the first round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, held in New York City, including the seventh pick overall. Vanderbilt’s Mike Minor was picked seventh by the Atlanta Braves.

Jared Mitchell of LSU was selected 23rd by the Chicago White Sox. Pedro Alvarez was the second overall pick of the draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2008. Vanderbilt’s David Price was the first overall pick in 2007, while Luke Hochevar of Tennessee was first overall in 2006. With those four selections this year, the SEC has now had a first round selection in each year since 1991 and 80 total in the first round during that time.

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The Southeastern Conference, with its storied 75-year history of athletic achievements and academic excellence, has built perhaps the greatest tradition of intercollegiate competition in baseball of any league in the country since its inception in 1933.

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Chris Bisson

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After leading the SEC with four honorees in 2008, shortstop Chris Wade and second baseman Chris Bisson were each named second-team All-SEC in 2009.

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WILDCATS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES Andy Green

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Joe Blanton

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Scott Downs

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Former UK standout John Shelby Jr., is pictured with his father, former Major League player and current Baltimore Orioles first-base coach. Shelby, a fifth-round draft choice in 2006, is rated as a top prospect in the Chicago White Sox organization.

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Many former Wildcats have gone on to enjoy successful careers in Major League Baseball.

Among Kentucky’s most recent success stories is Brandon Webb. A right-handed pitcher at UK from 1998-2000, he was named the 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner after posting a career-best 3.10 ERA and 16 wins with the Arizona Diamondbacks. A 2006 and 2007 MLB All-Star, he was named the 2007 Kentucky Sportsman of the Year by the Lexington Herald-Leader in voting conducted by a statewide panel. A native of Ashland, Ky., he was named the Baseball America Rookie of the Year during his first year with the Diamondbacks in 2003.

Joining Webb as former Wildcats on current MLB rosters are Joe Blanton, Scott Downs and Andy Green. Three former UK players have gone on to claim World Series Championships, including Doug Flynn and most recently Joe Blanton of the 2008 MLB Champion Philadelphia Phillies. The newly crowned world champion posted a win in the World Series, in addition to hitting his first professional home run in the Fall Classic.

By the Numbers Number of MLB innings pitched by former UK pitchers in 2009 Number of MLB games pitched by former UK pitchers in 2009 Players drafted since 1996 Major League players World Champions UK players drafted since 2000 to reach the Majors First round picks since 1996

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246 80 46 24 3 3 3

Current Wildcats to be Drafted Year 2009 2009 2008 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2009 2007

Team Blue Jays Pirates Red Sox Rockies Orioles Giants Phillies White Sox Red Sox Reds Phillies

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Rd 1 17 20 25 37 39 39 43 43 45 49

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Name James Paxton Jordan Cooper Alex Meyer Andy Burns Taylor Rogers Braden Kapteyn Sam Kidd Cory Farris Luke Maile Brian Adams Navarro Hall

Michael Bertram

2009 Wildcat Draft Picks Pick 37 140 338 931

Name James Paxton Chris Rusin Chris Wade Clint Tilford

Team Blue Jays Cubs Marlins Rockies

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Jeff Abbott

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Billy VanLandingham

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Former Wildcat and 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner Brandon Webb is considered one of the best sinker-ballers in the majors.

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CLIFF HAGAN STADIUM

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Following the 2006 SEC Championship season, Cliff Hagan Stadium – the home of the Wildcat baseball team – received some exterior modifications which make it one of the top college baseball facilities in the country.

Some of the changes and additions to Kentucky’s ballpark include a new deck in right field, a padded fence, and a state-of-the-art videoboard in left field.

A then-school-record 3,529 fans packed Cliff Hagan Stadium in 2006 when the Wildcats hosted Ball State in the school’s first NCAA Regional. Overall, UK’s home fan attendance increased a staggering 453 percent from the 2005 season to the 2006 season. After UK’s 34-win 2007 season, the Wildcats finished with school-record attendance numbers for the year, ranking 28th nationally.

In 2008, UK finished a program-best 25thnationally in attendance, highlighted by new school records for season attendance, series and single-game. Cliff Hagan Stadium packed a record 4,009 fans for UK’s 2008 rivalry tilt with Louisville, a 12-inning walk-off Wildcat win. In 2009, UK finished ranked No. 35 in attendance.

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Locker Room

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Cliff Hagan Stadium was selected as a host site for the 2006 NCAA Tournament. In the opening-round game against Ball State, UK set a school-record with 3,529 fans in attendance.

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Kentucky’s plans for a new multi-million dollar baseball stadium complex reflect UK Athletics’ on-going commitment to athletic excellence and promise to provide players and spectators alike with a one-of-a-kind college baseball experience.

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Kentucky’s preliminary plans for a new baseball complex include a 4,000-plus seat stadium with luxury suites and an adjacent practice infield that would be located on Alumni Drive, across from the UK Arboretum.

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Over the last several years, UK has totaled the most successful run in the over-100 year history of the program, with two NCAA appearances and UK’s first SEC Baseball Championship. To build upon that momentum and maintain Kentucky among college baseball’s elite, construction of a new state-of-the-art baseball facility is UK’s top facility priority. We are extremely excited about the future of the baseball program and are excited about the possibility of moving into a first-class facility.

— Rob Mullens, UK Deputy Director of Athletics

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EMPHASIZING PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

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By taking advantage of a state-of-art weight room and expert instruction, Kentucky baseball players are afforded every opportunity to maximize their athletic potential.

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Ryan J. DeVriendt / Strength & Conditioning Coach

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The following are recommendations for athletes concerning days and times of strength training (including warmups): • In-season: 3 days /week; 30-40 mins /workout; • Post-season: 3-4 days /week; 45-60 mins /workout; • Pre-season: 4 days /week; 50-60 mins /workout.

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Train Using Ground-Based, Multi-Joint Lifting Versus Machine Lifting.

Most athletes participate in stand up power sports using many muscle groups at once. The emphasis of training should be on total body athleticism and flexibility rather than having body weight supported by a machine and forcing isolation of just one muscle group. By incorporating ground-based lifts and exercises that focus on the total body, the athlete becomes more prepared to use their whole body in sport skills.

Make Workouts Short and Intense.

There are many philosophies on how to get athletes stronger, faster and more flexible. But, when combined, all these philosophies have the same three underlying principles: 1. The workouts should be highly organized; 2. The workouts should be short in duration; 3. The workouts should be extremely intense.

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Development of Core Strength.

Imagine the body as 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 (trunk / torso) link is weak or inflexible, there is little chance of maximizing potential because all body movements stem from the core.

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Ryan J. DeVriendt is in his first season as the head strength and conditioning coach for the University of Kentucky baseball team, but is no stranger to the Kentucky family having worked for UK since 2007.

The native of Sherrard, Ill., was promoted to head strength and conditioning coach for baseball and assistant for football in 2009. DeVriendt assists the team in speed, agility and conditioning training teaching proper techniques in running and lifting mechanics. Ryan also has been instrumental in aiding and implementing strength and conditioning programs here at UK. Before being promoted, the John and Marilyn Poole Scholarship award winner was an intern in the UK strength and conditioning office. From 2007 to 2009, DeVriendt worked closely with both the nationally ranked football and baseball teams at UK. In his first season with the football team, UK posted one of the best seasons in school annuals including memorable wins over top-10 foes LSU and Louisville. He was also instrumental in the most successful four-year run in UK football history when the Wildcats made four consecutive bowl games, winning three.

The baseball team also succeeded under DeVriendt, consistently ranking among the NCAA’s top 25. Several players have earned All-America accolades during DeVriendt’s time with the program, including first-team AllAmerican sluggers Sawyer Carroll, Sean Coughlin and Collin Cowgill and strength and conditioning All-American Mike Brown in 2007 DeVriendt has gained additional experience outside of UK, including his four years at Central College in Pella, Iowa. While at Central, DeVriendt graduated with a bachelor of arts degree, majoring in exercise science and health promotion. A four-year letterwinner in wrestling at Central, DeVriendt won several team MVP honors and was team captain throughout his career.

DeVriendt held summer intern positions at Illinois State University and North Dakota State University. At Illinois State, he worked with the football and basketball teams and worked with football, basketball and wrestling at North Dakota State.

DeVriendt resides in Lexington and is engaged to Sarah Mulholland of Georgetown, Ky.

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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 movement results in an increase in power.

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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.

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Kentucky’s commitment to its student-athletes is evident in the support personnel and resources provided through the Ohio Casualty Center for Academic & Tutorial Services (CATS).

The University of Kentucky opened the nation’s first academic center for student-athletes in 1981. Over the years, the services offered by CATS have grown, and so has the need for additional space. UKAA responded by constructing a new CATS area, which opened in January 1998. Located in Memorial Coliseum, the complex features:

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WINNING IN THE CLASSROOM

20,000 square feet of space Computer room with over 35 computers Study area which can accommodate over 100 people Twenty-four private tutoring rooms A career development and life skills resource center Community outreach office Dedicated and enthusiastic staff of 11 full-time employees • Tutors committed to enhancing the educational process • A life-skills coordinator dedicated to career and personal development • Seven academic service assistants

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The Kentucky baseball program has produced 82 SEC Academic Honor Roll selections since 2004.

(Above) Wildcat student-athletes work in the Carol Martin Gatton Computer Lab, located within CATS.

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WILDCATS PREVIEW

Michael Stone is the nuts and bolts of what Kentucky baseball does off the field. He doesn’t get nearly enough credit for what he does, the impact that he has made on the lives of myself and others on the team has been instrumental in our growth on and off the field. I have had the pleasure of developing a friendship with Michael that is going to last me the rest of my life. The impact of his passion is rivaled only by his sense of humor and his dedication to every member of our team.

— 2008 Third-Round MLB Draft Pick Scott Green

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Obviously, Michael Stone is one of the best academic advisors in the nation. His work with student-athletes is second to none in the country. He stays on us and makes sure we are in class and makes sure we are studying hard. It is hard not to succeed academically when Michael Stone is there to make sure you do your job and that you are achieving your academic goals. He always keeps us committed to having academic success. There aren’t enough good words to describe the impact Michael Stone has on our baseball program.

— 2008 First-Team All-American Collin Cowgill

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Michael Stone is entering his 13th year working with student-athletes in the Center for Academic and Tutorial Services (CATS) and his eighth year working with the baseball team.

Stone, a native of Clay City, Ky., has had a positive impact on the Kentucky baseball program during his tenure. A tireless worker, Stone has assisted current and former student-athletes in their academic responsibilities and post-graduation aspirations.

Stone has been instrumental in the recent success of the Wildcats in the classroom.

During Stone’s last five years with the UK baseball team, 82 Wildcats have been named Academic All-SEC, including Collin Cowgill and Greg Dombrowski who earned CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American recognition in 2006, with Cowgill repeating in 2008.

A mere sampling of Stone’s duties include; overseeing the nightly functions of the CATS Center, coordinating the CATS on-campus recruiting presentations and monitoring study hall for student-athletes from each of Kentucky’s 22 sports.

In addition to his responsibilities with the baseball program, Stone serves as the academic counselor for Kentucky’s tradition-rich men’s basketball team, the all-time winningest program in college basketball history and an annual national contender.

Under Stone’s guidance, the men’s basketball and baseball teams have consistently improved the team GPA to among the highest of the 22 UK sports.

Stone is an active member of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics. He currently serves as the Region II Representative for the Student-Athlete Recognition Committee which honors student-athletes who have overcome great obstacles to achieve academic success while participating in intercollegiate athletics.

Stone received both a B.S. in economics and a B.B.A. in marketing (1997), as well as his masters in sports management (2002) from UK. Stone, 34, is single and resides in Lexington.

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Michael Stone / Academic Counselor

He has to be the best at what he does in the country. The time that Michael Stone puts into making us better students is amazing. He makes sure everyone is going to class and is staying on top of everything, keeping their grades up and being focused academically. What he does is special. The relationship he builds with his players outside the field, it isn’t just about sports and academics with Michael, he will help you out with anything you need. It is really special to have the kind of relationship we have with Michael. We respect everything he does for the team and we are all extremely lucky to have him involved in our lives.

— Sophomore pitcher Alex Meyer

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UK’s athletic training staff comprised of six full-time trainers, graduate assistants and student assistants works closely with team physicians and consulants to ensure Kentucky athletes recieve the best in injury prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

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I am very excited to come back to the University of Kentucky. I would like to thank Mitch Barnhart, Rob Mullens, Gary Henderson and Jim Madaleno for giving me the opportunity to work at Kentucky. I’m excited to have the opportunity to work with one of the best baseball programs and coaching staffs in the nation.

— Gerry Garcia

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We are excited to welcome Gerry back into the UK family.

His past year of work with the New York Giants will prove to be valuable to his day-to-day activities in the athletic training room. Having worked with such high quality athletes in New York will be extremely helpful. Gerry’s previous experience here at Kentucky will also help make his transition an easy one.

— UK Director of Sports Medicine Jim Madaleno

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Gerry was a major piece of our program during the 2007 and 2008 seasons and he will do an outstanding job working with our student athletes. Gerry is bright, works extremely hard, and is committed to doing everything the right way. I am looking forward to him once again being a part of our team.

— Gary Henderson

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After spending time with nationally ranked college programs and successful stints with professional football teams, Gerry Garcia returns to the University of Kentucky as the head athletic trainer for baseball. Garcia will also serve as an assistant athletic trainer for football.

Garcia will handle the day-to-day evaluation and treatment of injuries as well as administering rehabilitation programs, implementing injury prevention programs and supervising graduate assistant athletic trainers and athletic training student assistants.

Garcia comes to UK from the National Football League where he worked for the New York Football Giants as a seasonal assistant athletic trainer. While with the Giants, Garcia handled many of the same duties that he has now with the UK baseball team. A certified and licensed athletic trainer, Garcia also gathered medical information for the NFL draft.

In his first stint at UK, Garcia served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer during the 2007-08 Kentucky baseball seasons. While at Kentucky, Garcia earned his Master’s of science in kinesiology and health promotion, with a concentration in athletic training. Garcia did his master’s thesis at UK on the effect of upper extremity plyometrics on baseball pitchers strength, motion and observation of injury time loss. Garcia’s case study in 2008 on shoulder pain in a college baseball catcher was also published in the Journal of Athletic Training.

A graduate of the University of Texas, Garcia worked as an undergrad athletic trainer in the Texas athletic department, working with the men’s basketball, baseball, football and softball programs. Garcia earned his bachelor of science degree in kinesiology-athletic training from Texas in 2006 and was named the Texas Athletic Training Student of the Year from 2005-06. During the summer of 2005, Garcia worked with the Washington Redskins as a summer athletic training student intern.

Garcia is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, the Southeastern Athletic Trainers’ Association and the Kentucky Athletic Trainers’ Society.

He also teaches introduction to athletic training for the UK kinesiology and health promotion department.

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AWARD WINNING TURF MANAGEMENT

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Kentucky enjoys the luxury of playing on one of the finest playing surfaces in all of college baseball — beautiful Shively Field at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Donnie Mefford / Sports Turf Manager

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Donnie Mefford enters his tenth year as the Sports Turf Manager at the University of Kentucky.

Mefford oversees all grounds work on Kentucky’s baseball home, Shively Field at Cliff Hagan Stadium, in addition to caring for the turf of Kentucky’s football game and practice fields, soccer, and softball surfaces. Mefford also plays an integral role in the maintenance of the track and field and tennis playing surfaces.

Mefford graduated from Kentucky with a plant and soil science degree from the College of Agriculture. He worked as a student in the grounds department for three years and upon graduation was named the assistant superintendent at the Frankfort Country Club. Mefford returned to collegiate athletics as the manager of campus grounds and athletic facilities at Georgetown (Ky.) College for two years. Mefford briefly left the state of Kentucky for a short stint in the University of Arkansas Men’s Athletics Department before returning to his alma matter as Sports Turf Manager.

The Frankfort, Ky. native is assisted by six full-time employees and approximately 10 part-time student workers.

Mefford and his wife Waynna Mefford have been married for 12 years and the couple has two children, Mason (7) and Mallorie (4).

UK’s playing surface is well groomed and meticulously cared for by a dedicated and hard working staff from the Sports Turf department. Led by Sports Turf Manager Donnie Mefford, the crew of six full-time employees tends to a beautiful, fast outfield turf and a brand new Bermuda grass infield.

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UK baseball billboards are prominently displayed throughout Lexington during the year.

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UK honors the 2008 first-team All-Americans Sawyer Carroll (left) and Collin Cowgill (right) along with Head Coach Gary Henderson in front of over 70,000 fans at a UK football game.

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Nathan Schwake is in his fourth year as the assistant director of marketing and sixth overall in the Marketing and Promotions department at UK. Schwake is responsible for the marketing and promotion efforts for baseball and women’s basketball, as well as assisting with the planning and execution of game day marketing at all home football and men’s basketball games. During his time at UK, he has worked with a variety of other programs including men’s and women’s soccer, gymnastics and softball.

Since arriving in Lexington, Schwake has helped transform his assigned sports into national leaders in attendance, with the baseball program ranking a school-record No. 25 in the NCAA in attendance in 2008. Kentucky Baseball has set new school attendance records for single game, series and season attendance within the last 3 years.

During the summer and fall, Schwake helps to arrange and coordinate the program’s community outreach as well as prepare a multi-faceted marketing campaign aimed at increasing brand awareness and selling season tickets. During the season, Schwake coordinates group ticket sales, campus and student involvement, and team appearances. In addition, he oversees many aspects of the game day atmosphere at Cliff Hagan Stadium during home contests, coordinating public address, videoboard, music and game day promotions.

Schwake graduated from Iowa State University in December 2003 with a degree in marketing.

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The success of UK Athletics extends beyond competition. Wildcat student-athletes are dedicated in the classroom, taking advantage of the first-class educational opportunities available at the University of Kentucky. They also understand their role in reaching out in the community and around that state, serving as role models to citizens young and old.

Much of the support provided to the studentathletes comes through individual contributions to the K Fund, UK Athletics’ fundraising arm. In addition to giving resources for scholarships, donors also assist in financing state-of-the-art facilities to train and attract current and future Wildcats.

Giving to the K Fund enhances success for UK’s sports programs and its student-athletes on the playing fields and in the classrooms.

For more information on joining this special group of Big Blue fans, call the K Fund offices at: (859) 257-6300

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The University of Kentucky entered a new era of radio and television broadcasting in 2005. A landmark 10-year deal for the University’s expanded multi-media marketing rights through IMG Sports, formerly known as Host Communications. IMG, UK’s radio and television for most of the past three decades, has teamed with Lexington’s top-rated television station, WKYT, to pay the University $80.5 million over the 10 years of the agreement, making it one of the most lucrative deals of its kind in NCAA history.

In addition to previous radio and TV rights for football and men’s basketball, the Big Blue Network added women’s basketball and baseball, corporate sponsorships, stadium and arena signage, and the official athletics Web site.

All 56 regular season baseball games will be broadcast live on radio with the Voice of UK Baseball, Neil Price. In addition to the SEC TV pacts, the Big Blue Network features full-game, live and tape-delayed action of at least five selected home games that are not televised by CBS, ESPN, or the SEC Network. Veteran sports anchor Dick Gabriel will provide play-by-play action and former UK infielder and MLB Gold Glove winner Doug Flynn will handle color responsibilities.

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Neil Price / Voice of Kentucky Baseball

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Neil Price, a 14-year radio veteran, enters his sixth season as the Voice of Kentucky Baseball and fifth season with Women’s Basketball on the Big Blue Sports Network. He also serves as the host of the Coach Gary Henderson and the Matthew Mitchell radio shows, the Wildcat Sports Update (a daily radio feature on the network, highlighting UK’s Olympic sports programs), and is the radio play-by-play announcer for the UK women’s basketball.

Price has a memorable begining as a member of the Big Blue Network, serving as the play-by-play announcer for a UK hoops squad that advanced to its first NCAA Tournament since 1998-99 in his first season behind the microphone and a UK baseball squad that completed an historic worst-to-first turnaround to claim the school’s first SEC title, in his second season.

Price, a native of Russellville, Tenn., joined the Big Blue Sports Network from Middle Tennessee State University, where he spent three seasons as the school’s broadcast coordinator. He called the action for the Blue Raiders’ women’s basketball and baseball teams, and was the sideline reporter for football broadcasts.

Price, a 2003 graduate of MTSU, received his bachelor’s degree in mass communications with an emphasis in electronic media journalism. While working at MTSU, he also began his master’s degree in physical education with an emphasis in sport management. Prior to MTSU, he attended Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tenn., where he earned an associates degree in general studies with an emphasis in broadcasting.

At the young age of 15, Price began working in the broadcasting business at WCRK-AM in Morristown. He learned everything from serving as a studio producer for high school and college sports broadcasts to disc jockeying during morning and afternoon drives. He even worked as a part-time news anchor and reporter. It was also where he debuted as a radio sports broadcaster, serving as the play-by-play announcer and color commentator on Morristown East HS football, basketball, and baseball broadcasts.

Price, 28, resides in Lexington.

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JOE BLANTON

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Former Kentucky pitcher Joe Blanton, a UK letterwinner from 2000-2002, became the third former Wildcat to win a World Series Championship, when his Philadelphia Phillies claimed its first World Series Championship in 28 years with a series win over the American League Champion Tampa Bay Rays.

Blanton, a 6-foot-3, 256-pound right-hander, had an excellent post season for the Phillies, posting a 2-0 record and a 3.18 ERA in 17 innings, striking out 18. Most notably however was Blanton’s game four win in the World Series, when he hurled six innings of two-run ball, allowing just four hits and striking out seven.

However, Blanton’s heroics at the plate helped stage the win, as he belted a 2-1 offering from Edwin Jackson over the left-field fence for his first professional home run – his first since his playing days at FranklinSimpson High School. A career 2-for-33 hitter in the big leagues, Blanton’s blast was the first home run by a pitcher since the 1974 World Series.

Blanton, who became the first former UK pitcher to win a World Series game, was a first-round draft pick in the 2002 MLB Draft.

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The University of Kentucky Athletics Department moved to the forefront of college athletics in terms of indoor practice facilities in 1993 when UK completed the Nutter Field House, an $8.5-million climate-controlled structure which is used for winter conditioning.

The indoor facility features an artificial turf football playing field of 108,000 square feet, surrounded by a six-lane, 290-meter track.

One of the most unique features of this 132,000-square foot, multi-million dollar showplace is the electronic netting system. The system allows for different combinations of sports to practice safely and simultaneoulsy by dividing the playing field into multiple practice areas.

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Built in 1993, the 132,000-square foot Nutter Field House gives the UK baseball team a climate-controlled training facility.

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Nike is the official equipment sponsor of Kentucky baseball gear and apparel.

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As the world leader in athletic gear and apparel, Nike prides itself on its superior quality and is committed to providing the Kentucky baseball program with the best equipment available.

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Madison retired from his position of head coach after the 2003 season and was replaced by John Cohen.

Cohen, along with assistant coaches Gary Henderson and Brad Bohannon, established Kentucky as a national contender, winning the school’s first SEC Championship in 2006 with a school-record 44 wins. The 2006 squad hosted UK’s first NCAA Regional and Big Blue Fans responded to the tune of a sold out Cliff Hagan Stadium. A year later, UK started the season 19-0, setting school marks for the best start to a season and the longest winning streak. That club finished the season with 34 wins, giving UK 78 wins in the past two seasons, the best two-year run in the history of the program. In 2008, UK tied the school-record with 44 wins, advancing to the NCAA Regional Championship game for the second time in three years.

Following the season, Cohen departed Lexington for his Alma Mater and UK acted quickly securing the cornerstone of the programs success over the last five years, Henderson. He immediately hauled in the fourth-best recruiting class in the nation, tops in program history. With a contagious personality, unrivaled baseball knowledge and a track record as a top-notch recruiter, Henderson will help ensure UK’s place among the nation’s elite.

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When Moseley returned to Lexington after the war, he discovered that UK had closed the baseball program after the 1942 season. Moseley then fielded a team prior to the 1946 season and coached four more seasons until 1950.

Moseley’s final two squads reached the NCAA Tournament. The 1949 team, which included UK’s first All-American, Dom Fucci, finished its 15-10 season in Charlotte, N.C., in District III play. The Wildcats blanked Richmond and Mississippi State, but suffered two losses to Georgia Tech. At the 1950 District III tournament in Kannapolis, N.C., UK topped Clemson but lost twice to Georgia Tech despite the play of three-time first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection outfielder Frank Ramsey and the pitching staff’s ace C.M. Newton.

Other standouts of the Moseley era included Ralph Beard and Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones, both All-American basketball players, and football players Doug Moseley and Babe Parilli.

In 1979, Keith Madison came aboard as skipper and a new era was born in UK baseball. Madison guided the Cats to 15 winning seasons and coached 83 academic All-SEC selections, 19 first-team All-SEC performers, 16 second-team All-SEC picks, nine All-SEC Eastern Division athletes and placed 15 players on SEC All-Tournament teams, including the 1981 MVP, Jeff Keener.

Keener also led the nation in lowest earned run average, posting a diminutive 0.51 ERA in 1981. By posting a 41-20 mark, his 1991 squad set the UK record for most wins in a season, while his 1994 team led the SEC and NCAA with 110 home runs.

In 1995, the Wildcats advanced to the championship game of the Eastern Division Tournament before falling to Tennessee. In 1988, UK came within one game of its first College World Series appearance before falling to eventual NCAA Champion Stanford.

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The inaugural pitch in UK baseball history was thrown on April 3, 1896 in a double-header against Centre College. Known as Kentucky State College at the time, UK lost the first game 12-6 before claiming its first win in the second game 13-9.

Despite finishing their first season with a 1-2 record, the Wildcats would go on to post a 132-70 record over the next 17 seasons against such opponents as Morris Harvey, Sewanee, Butler, Notre Dame and Cincinnati.

The 1930s saw Kentucky field only four teams. During the Depression years, UK did not play baseball in the 1932-33 or 1935-38 seasons. Three of the four teams in the 1930s were coached by John Deveraux, who along with Frank Moseley, Fred J. Murphy and Fred Major, coached from the mid-1920s until the early 1940s, compiling a .505 winning percentage.

Moseley was instrumental in the rebirth of Kentucky baseball following World War II, after coaching the Wildcats from 1939-1941.

From 1951 until 1965, Harry Lancaster served as the Wildcats’ chief, gathering a 163-164-3 record. Lancaster, who also served as an assistant basketball coach under Adolph Rupp and later as Athletics Director at Kentucky, ranks as the second winningest coach in UK baseball history. Lancaster’s 163 victories stand second only to former head coach Keith Madison’s 735. Under Lancaster, Dickie Parsons earned All-SEC honors in 1959 and 1961 and AllAmerican honors in 1961.

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The University of Kentucky baseball program has featured 25 coaches, 15 All-Americans, 69 All-SEC selections and 98 professional players, while compiling a 1609-1378-25 (.538) overall record since the Wildcats took the field for the first time in the spring of 1896.

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UK’s innovative President, Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr., is executing a plan to make UK one of the nation’s top-20 public universities.

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• UK Athletics spends $1.6 million each year for academic support of student-athletes.

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• Numerous UK alumni have become presidents of universities and leaders of Fortune 500 Companies.

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• UK has been ranked as one of the nation’s top-25 public research universities; UK’s research expenditures increased to a record-high $337 million last year.

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• UK has earned more than 80 national rankings for academic excellence.

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• UK students represent 115 countries, all 50 states and every county in the Commonwealth.

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• UK provides 200 majors and degree programs in 17 academic and professional colleges.

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• The W.T. Young Library has the largest book endowment of any public university in the nation.

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The W. T. Young Library served as the backdrop for ESPN College Gameday in 2007.

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BIG BLUE TRADITION SCHOOL COLORS

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The University of Kentucky adopted blue and white as its official colors in 1892. Originally, however, UK students had decided on blue and light yellow prior to the Kentucky-Centre College football game on December 19, 1891.

The shade of blue, which is close to a royal blue, was chosen when a student asked the question, “What color blue?”

At the time, Richard C. Stoll (who lettered in football at UK in 1889-94) pulled off his necktie and held it up. The students then adopted that particular shade of blue. A year later, UK students officially dropped the light yellow color for white.

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WILDCAT MASCOT The Wildcat mascot originated during the 1976-77 academic year at UK. Gary Tanner was the original Wildcat, dancing and entertaining thousands of UK fans at Commonwealth Stadium and Rupp Arena during athletic events.

Today, the original mascot is joined by Scratch, who’s a more child-friendly mascot and serves as the host of UK’s official Kids Club.

Serving as popular ambassadors for the University, both mascots attend UK varsity sporting events as well as various academic functions.

LIVE MASCOT In 2002, the University of Kentucky, in cooperation with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, adopted a three-year-old male bobcat to serve as the Wildcats’ “official” mascot.

The wildcat has a permanent residence on display at a game farm just west of the state capitol in Frankfort, Ky. The UK Athletics Association sponsored a name-the-wildcat Internet contest and the final three possibilities were Tucky, Blue and Champ, with Blue earning the final nod after nearly 50,000 votes were cast.

Through the years, UK has had other official live mascots with colorful names. Records indicate that the first wild animal, named “Tom,” was given to the University in 1921. Other live mascots followed, including “Whiskers,” “Hot Tamale” and “Colonel,” only to pass on due to old age or being turned loose in the mountains after they failed to thrive in captivity.

The current cat was born in captivity and donated by the Woods and Wetlands of Cadiz Ky. His life expectancy is 15-25 years.

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The official nickname for the University of Kentucky’s athletics teams is “Wildcats.” The nickname became synonymous with UK shortly after a 6-2 football victory over Illinois on Oct. 9, 1909, on the road.

Commandant Carbusier, then head of the military department at old State University (UK), told a group of students in a chapel service following the game that the Kentucky football team had “fought like Wildcats.”

The name Wildcats gained popularity among UK followers—as well as with members of the media—and was adopted by the University.

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On, on U of K, we are right for the fight today.

Hold that ball and hit that line, every Wildcat star will shine.

We’ll fight, fight, fight, for the blue and white, As we roll to that goal, varsity, And we’ll kick, pass and run, ’til the battle is won, And we’ll bring home the victory.

Among UK’s most well-known alums are 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner Brandon Webb, above, and entertainer Ashley Judd.

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After helping lead the Kentucky baseball program through its most successful five-year period in the 104-year history of the program, Gary Henderson enters his second year as the head coach at UK. Henderson, who was UK’s associate head coach and pitching instructor for five years before becoming the 25th head coach in the history of Wildcat baseball on June 6, 2008, has been a cornerstone in the success of the UK program over the past five years. Henderson has helped transform the Wildcats into an annual national contender. Henderson’s 2008 pitching staff was the best in the Southeastern Conference, pacing the conference with a 3.71 team ERA, ranking as the second-best ERA in school history.

During his five years as the associate head coach, Henderson helped lead the Wildcat program to two school-record 44-win seasons, two NCAA Regional Championship appearances, an NCAA Regional host and an SEC Championship.

A former national assistant coach of the year in 1996 at Florida, Henderson is in his second collegiate head coaching job, with assistant coaching stops at San Diego State, Fullerton State, Riverside CC, Pepperdine, Florida and Oregon State. Henderson’s head coaching experience came previously as the head coach at Chapman University (Calif.), where he helped transition the program to Division I, guiding the program to a national ranking in just its first year.

“We are extremely excited to name Gary Henderson the next head coach at Kentucky,” UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart said. “For over a decade, Gary has been one of the top assistant coaches in the country and he has been instrumental in transforming the UK baseball program into a national contender. Gary is one of the most organized coaches in the business, someone who is meticulous in his preparation and a coach with a tremendous amount of baseball knowledge.”

Henderson’s impact on the UK pitching staff has been drastic, helping transform the Wildcat staff into one of the top in the nation. Individually, impact can be seen by the improvements made to 2008 senior pitchers Andrew Albers, Brock Baber and Greg Dombrowski, a trio which exited UK 36

Personal Wife: Vicki Son: Alex DeAngelis (24) and Ty (7) Education High School: Sheldon HS (Eugene, Ore.) College: San Diego St. 1984 (English) Graduate: San Diego St. 1990 (sports psychology) Playing Career 1976-79: Sheldon HS 1980: Linfield College 1982-84: San Diego State

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Coaching Career 1985: Crawford HS, assistant coach 1986-87: Serra HS, head coach 1988: San Diego State, JV head coach 1989: Fullerton State, assistant coach 1990: Riverside CC, pitching coach 1991-92: Chapman University, pitching coach 1993: Chapman University (Div. I), head coach 1994: Pepperdine, pitching coach 1995-98: Florida, pitching coach 1999-02: Oregon State, pitching coach 2003-2008: Kentucky, associate head/pitching coach 2009-present: Kentucky, head coach

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contracts. Chris Rusin, a 2009 senior, signed to play in the Chicago Cubs organization after being drafted by the Cubs in the fourth round.

Henderson’s pitching staff became a force during the 2006 SEC Championship season, ranking third in the conference in ERA. The Wildcats’ pitching staff improved under Henderson immediately, as the team improved from a 5.23 ERA in 2005 to a 3.95 ERA during 2006.

In 2008, despite playing in a “hitters ballpark”, Henderson’s pitching staff allowed the fewest home runs in the SEC. That staff allowed the fewest runs and the fewest earned runs in the SEC in 2008.

Regarded as one of the top coaches in college baseball in terms of controlling the running game defensively, Henderson had four consecutive years, from 2005 to 2008, where each Wildcat staff led the SEC in fewest stolen bases allowed.

Henderson’s impact can not only be seen in the pitching staff but also in his recruiting ability. His impact was immediate upon his arrival, as UK’s first recruiting class under Henderson was hailed as one of the top 25 in the nation by Collegiate Baseball.

Henderson has continued to recruit the best players in the country, as the 2007 class was ranked among the nation’s best and the 2008 class was tabbed No. 31. Henderson’s 2008 (2009 newcomers) class was widely regarded by many ranks as one of the best class in the nation and the top recruiting class

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among the pitching record holders. UK’s 2007-08 Friday night starter Chris Rusin became the first Wildcat pitcher tabbed as a first-team All-SEC selection since Scott Downs in 1997.

With Henderson guiding the pitching staff in 2009, Kentucky ended the season setting a schoolrecord for strikeouts in a season, fanning 523 as a staff. Kentucky also had three pitchers drafted in the 2009 MLB Draft, including two players who signed

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Coaching Honors 1996: National Assistant Coach of the Year American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) National Convention Speaker

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No question that this program is going nowhere but up. Coach Henderson has played a huge part in so many players lives. He is one of the best recruiters in the country. I mean he found me all the way up in Saskatchewan, Canada. Not many guys make it from up there down here. He does a great job and I think his ability to form relationships with players and their families really just attracts people to this program and it should. He has that personality and is just a tremendous person. He’s very intense, is a tremendous competitor and he’s locked in at all times. Guys just want to be around him, he’s a winner.

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in program history. The 2009 (2010 newcomers) class isn’t too far behind, ranking in the top-15 in Baseball America and as the sixth best class in the nation by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

Prior to his current post, Henderson spent five seasons as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Oregon State. Oregon State notched the school’s first ever College World Series title in 2006, riding the arms of several players recruited by Henderson. The most notable was CWS MVP Kevin Gunderson, who pitched a brilliant post-season in leading the Beaver’s to the title.

At Oregon State, Henderson coached eight Beaver pitchers who were drafted by major league teams, five of whom were selected in the top eight rounds. With the help of Henderson’s recruiting efforts, the Beavers improved from 19 wins in 1999 to 31 in both the 2001 and 2002 seasons, finishing 31-24 and 31-23, respectively. In his time with the Beavers, two of Henderson’s recruiting classes were ranked among the top 30 nationally. Meanwhile, his pitching staff led the Pac-10 Conference in complete games in both the 2000 and 2001 seasons.

In 1996, Collegiate Baseball newspaper tabbed Henderson as the National Assistant Coach of the Year. At the time, he was in his second year at Florida, where he served as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for the Gators from 1995-98. In that time, he helped the Gators to the SEC Championship and the College World Series in both 1996 and 1998. Collegiate Baseball awarded national rankings to all four of Henderson’s recruiting classes at Florida, including a No. 4 spot in 1996.

In his playing days, Henderson pitched one year at Linfield College before transferring to San Diego State. He compiled a 19-5 career record at the two schools.

Henderson earned a bachelor’s degree in English from San Diego State and a master’s degree in sports psychology from SDSU. Henderson and his wife, Vicki, have two sons, Alex (24) and Ty (7).

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the outfielders and base runners while also assisting with the hitters. During his two seasons there, the Demon Deacons posted team batting averages of .330 and .321, respectively. The 2001 Wake Forest club won the ACC championship and the Demon Deacons made the NCAA Tournament during both of Bohannon’s seasons.

After completing his collegiate career at Berry College in 1997, Bohannon played two years of professional baseball for the Dubois County Dragons (Huntingburg, IN) and was named to the 1997 Heartland League All-Star team.

Bohannon graduated with a degree in finance from Berry College in 1998, and went on to earn his Master’s degree in business administration from Wake Forest in 2002. Before joining Kentucky, he spent one year working as a Senior Financial Analyst for Intel Corporation in Portland, Ore. During the summer of 2005, Bohannon managed the Southern Ohio Copperheads of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League.

Bohannon, 34, resides in Lexington and is engaged to Kim Traylor of Georgetown, Ky.

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one year, claiming the school’s first SEC Title in 2006. The 2006 campaign saw the Wildcats win a school-record 44 games and host the school’s first NCAA Regional Tournament. The 2007 club finished with 34 wins and the 2008 club totaled 44wins and an appearance in the Ann Arbor NCAA Regional Championship game.

In 2006, Bohannon’s effect could be seen in the defensive output of UK’s two middle infielders, John Shelby and Ryan Wilkes. The duo combined to turn the most double plays in the SEC, ranking 17th nationally.

Shelby’s professional stock soared after being undrafted out of high school, developing into a fifthround pick in the 2006 MLB draft. Wilkes improved dramatically under Bohannon’s tutelage, improving from a .900 fielding percentage as a freshman in 2005 to a perfect 1.000 percentage as a senior in 2008 as he was one of nine college players to win a Rawlings Gold Glove. The team’s fielding percentage also improved under Bohannon’s guidance, moving from last place in the SEC in 2005 to .974 in 2008 a school record.

At Wake Forest, Bohannon worked primarily with

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In just six seasons, University of Kentucky assistant coach Brad Bohannon has helped to dramatically change the landscape of the Wildcat baseball program. Bohannon, who came to Kentucky after spending two years as an assistant coach at Wake Forest, is in his seventh season as an assistant coach for UK. Widely known in the college ranks as a tireless and aggressive recruiter, Bohannon is responsible for evaluating talent and bringing mature and competitive players to campus. In his last four years, Bohannon has been directly responsible for recruiting the kind of players who represent the University of Kentucky with class; both on and off the field.

Bohannon’s 2006 recruiting class was ranked 21st in the nation, and the 2008 group, which was ranked No. 4 in the nation by Baseball America, is regarded as the best incoming group in UK Baseball history. This year, Bohannon has brought in Kentucky’s second straight top-six class as the current newcomers were ranked as the sixth best group in all of college baseball by Collegiate Baseball.

During Bohannon’s tenure as the recruiting coordinator the past four years, UK has done a good job of bringing in elite talent from both the high school and junior college ranks. In the past four seasons, UK has had three junior college transfers earn first-team All-America honors: Ryan Strieby (2006), Sean Coughlin (2007) and Sawyer Carroll (2008).

Bohannon had a big hand in turning around a Kentucky program that was the first Southeastern Conference team ever to go from ‘worst-to-first’ in

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Personal Birth Date: May 13, 1975 Education High School: Darlington School (Rome, Ga.) College: Berry College, 1998 (finance) Graduate: Wake Forest, 2002 (business administration)

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Playing Career 1990-93: Darlington School 1994: Vanderbilt University 1995: Georgia Tech 1996-97: Berry College 1997-98: Dubois County Dragons (Independent)

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Known for his high energy coaching style and as one of the top offensive minds in college baseball, Brian Green enters his second season as an assistant coach for the Kentucky baseball program.

Green, a four-year assistant coach at UCLA, comes to UK as one of the top hitting instructors in college baseball. A tenacious recruiter, Green has had tremendous success while on the West Coast with traditional power UCLA. Green handles the offensive and hitting philosophies of the Wildcats, also assisting in defensive instruction.

Green’s instruction with the UK program led to the Wildcats entire middle infield earning All-SEC honors in 2009, including second baseman Chris Bisson and shortstop Chris Wade. It was the first time in the over-100 year history UK had both its middle infielders named All-SEC. When Henderson served as the head coach of Chapman University (Calif.) in 1993, Green was a player. After finishing out his playing career at New Mexico State, Green embarked on a coaching career at his alma mater, serving as a student assistant. Green and Henderson reconnected in 2001, as Green served as the volunteer assistant at Oregon State when Henderson was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.

Green helped lead the Bruins to 115 wins in four years, posting 33 wins in his last three seasons.

Green had a huge impact in recruiting the bulk of the Bruins roster, in addition to coordinating the

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UCLA infield defense and overseeing the Bruins offensive attack.

Green’s instruction as the infield coach the past four seasons had tangible results, as Bruins cornerstone infielders Jermaine Curtis (third base) and Brandon Crawford (shortstop) earned All-Pac-10 recognition all four years. Likewise, second baseman Alden Carrithers gained All-Pac-10 honorable mention accolades in 2007 before earning All-Pac10 honors in 2008.

The Bruins turned a Pac-10-leading 65 double plays in 2008, as Crawford and Carrithers helped steady UCLA’s defense up the middle.

In 2007, Green guided UCLA’s hitters to a .296 batting average and 51 home runs, the fourth-highest total in the Pac-10 Conference. That spring, Gabe Cohen compiled a .345 batting average, belting 10 home runs and totaling 36 RBI to earn Pac10 Co-Newcomer of the Year honors with USC shortstop Grant Green.

In his two seasons as the UCLA recruiting coordinator, Green helped secure the No. 13 and No. 7 best recruiting classes in the nation in the fall of 2006 and fall of 2007, respectively, as ranked by Baseball America. Green also played a large role in assisting UCLA land the No. 5 ranked recruiting class in 2005, as rated by Baseball America.

In his 16 seasons as an assistant coach, Green has compiled a 454-352-2 record (.562). He helped lead the Bruins to three consecutive NCAA Regional appearances, a first in school history, advancing to the Super Regionals in 2007. In 2006, Green’s infielders contributed to UCLA’s .977 fielding percentage, tops in the Pac-10 and sixth in the nation.

Crawford earned freshman All-America honors that season before playing for the USA National Team in the summer of 2006. Curtis gained All-Pac-10 honorable mention honors after leading all Bruin starters with a .325 batting average.

While serving as an assistant at the University of Hawaii in 2003 and 2004, Green doubled as the team’s hitting instructor, infield coach and baserunning coach. He also assisted with recruiting efforts. In 2004, Green helped Hawaii head coach Mike Trapasso earn 2004 Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors, and in 2003 he coached two Warriors who earned Freshman All-America accolades.

Prior to his time at Hawaii, Green was an assistant at the University of San Diego for the 2002 season. Green helped the Toreros capture their first West Coast Conference title in school history, as USD led the conference in batting average, runs scored, walks and fewest strikeouts. Head coach Rich Hill

Personal Wife: Becki Daughter: Emily Rae (6), expecting another daughter in February 2010 Education High School: Temecula Valley (Calif.)

College: New Mexico St., 1995 (business management) Graduate: National University (education) Playing Career 1991-92: Riverside CC 1993: Chapman University (Calif.)

1994-95: New Mexico State Coaching Career 1995: New Mexico State, student assistant 1996: Riverside CC, assistant coach 1997-98: Cal Poly-Pomona, assistant coach 1999-00: Chapman University, assistant coach 2001: Oregon State, assistant coach 2002: San Diego, assistant coach 2003-04: Hawaii, assistant coach 2005-08: UCLA, assistant coach gained WCC Coach of the Year honors that season.

In the summers of 2001 and 2002, Green served as head coach of the Kenai Peninsula Oilers of the Alaskan Summer Baseball League. In 2001, Green’s Oilers became the only Alaskan League team to defeat the U.S. National Team, winning 4-1.

Green also spent time as a volunteer assistant in 2001 at Oregon State as well as serving stints at Chapman University, Cal Poly Pomona and Riverside Community College. At Chapman in 2000, Green helped lead the school to a third-place finish at the Division III World Series. In 1999, he helped lead Chapman to a 39-5 overall finish. That season, Green guided the Panthers’ infield corps, which led the nation in double plays turned.

In 1994, Green began his coaching career, serving as a student assistant at his alma mater, New Mexico State. He played two years of Division I baseball – one at Chapman (1993) and one at New Mexico State (1994). Green spent his first two collegiate seasons playing at Riverside Community College (1991-92).

Green, 38, graduated from New Mexico State with a degree in business management in 1995 and earned his Master’s degree in education from National University in 1997.

He is married to the former Becki Francis. The couple reside with their daughter, Emily Rae (6), in Lexington and are expecting another child due in February.

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Personal Birth Date: September 22, 1979 Education High School: Redemptorist, 1998 (Baton Rouge, La.) College: Missouri Valley College, 2004 (exercise science)

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Playing Career 1999-00: Pratt Community College 2001: Arkansas State 2002: Missouri Valley College

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Coaching Career 2003: Missouri Valley College, assistant coach 2004, 05: Anchorage Bucs (Alaska Summer Collegiate), assistant coach 2004-06: Northeast Texas CC, assistant coach 2006, 07: Chillicothe Mudcats (MINK Summer Collegiate), head coach 2007: Southeastern Louisiana University, assistant coach 2008-present: Kentucky, volunteer assistant coach

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helped the Vikings win the coveted Heart of America Championship. For his contributions to the Viking’s success both on and off the field, Vorhoff was named to the NAIA Academic All-American Team. As MVC’s best closer, Vorhoff had a 4-1 record in his senior season.

Before transferring to Missouri Valley, Vorhoff played one season for Arkansas State University, in Jonesboro, Ark. Vorhoff went to Arkansas State after completing two years at Pratt Community College, in Pratt, Kan. During his freshman and sophomore seasons at Pratt, Vorhoff was an integral part of the Beaver pitching staff, helping set the school record for wins during the 1999 season. In his second year at Pratt, Vorhoff was named to the Jayhawk League All-Star team, as well as a secondteam All-Region selection.

Vorhoff is a graduate of Redemptorist High School, and is a native of Baton Rouge, La, where his parents Carol and Conrad still reside. Keith received his B.S. in exercise science, with concentrations in sports management and health & fitness, from Missouri Valley College in 2004. Upon graduation, Vorhoff worked two seasons with his alma matter as a student assistant coach, handling pitchers, outfielders, and assisting in player development.

Vorhoff, 30, is single and resides in Lexington, Ky.

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Keith Vorhoff, a former volunteer assistant coach at Southeastern Louisiana University, is in his third season as the volunteer assistant coach with the Kentucky baseball program.

As the volunteer assistant coach for the Wildcats, Vorhoff serves a myriad of roles, including assisting with the pitching staff and development of the catchers, assisting in camp coordinating and video production, organization of practice and class schedules, and assisting in the day-to-day management of the UK baseball program.

Vorhoff spent the 2007 season working with the Southeastern Louisiana University baseball program, working mainly with the pitching staff. Vorhoff helped improve the staff ERA from 5.34 in 2006 to 4.07 in 2007, good enough to pace the conference.

As the pitching coach, Vorhoff emphasized keeping the ball down in the zone in an effort to force ground-ball outs, translating into the Lions leading the NCAA in double plays. The Baton Rouge, La., native had several roles for Southeastern Louisiana, including managing the scouting reports for future opponents, handling all the video needs for the program, and assisting with organization and planning of camps.

Among the individual accomplishments of his pitching staff in 2007 was third-round MLB pick Chris Province, a Boston Red Sox draftee who had never been drafted before undergoing Vorhoff’s tutelage.

Vorhoff has served as a summer league coach for two excellent clubs, including serving as the head coach for the Chillicothe Mudcats during the summer of 2007. Vorhoff also served as the assistant coach for the Anchorage Bucs in the Alaska Summer Collegiate Baseball League, coaching 19 players selected in the MLB Draft. During the 2004 season the Bucs led the ABL in team batting average, team slugging percentage, and runs scored.

Also during the 2004 season, the Bucs represented the ABL in the National Baseball Congress World Series, finishing with a 32-15 overall record.

Aside from being very active in summer collegiate leagues, Vorhoff spent two seasons on the staff at Northeast Texas CC. Vorhoff handled Northeast’s base-running philosophies, resulting in a school record for stolen bases, swiping 145 bases in 176 attempts. Vorhoff also worked with the pitchers, outfielders, and hitters while at Northeast.

Before coaching at the collegiate level, Vorhoff completed his college playing days at Missouri Valley College. During his senior season, Vorhoff

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UK BASEBALL SUPPORT STAFF Jeremy Sheetinger Director of Operations/Camp Coordinator Jeremy Sheetinger is in his third season as the Director of Baseball Operations/Camp Coordinator for the Wildcat baseball program. A Frankfort, Ky., native, he comes to UK after coaching stints at Owensboro’s Brescia University and Georgetown (Ky.) College.

Sheetinger handles a myriad of responsibilities for the program, including coordination and organization of UK’s year-round baseball camps, practice schedules, as well as working with the compliance office and playing a vital role in the day-to-day administrative duties of the baseball office. Also, Sheetinger handles the operations for UK baseball, coordinating team travel and on-campus arrangements.

A three-year letter winner at Kentucky Wesleyan College, Sheetinger graduated in 2004 after a career as a corner infielder and designated hitter.

While at KWC, Sheetinger was an Academic AllConference selection, a member of the Dean’s List, and was named captain his senior season. His career was hampered by shoulder injuries that required surgery and limited his production. A graduate of Franklin County High School in 1999, Sheetinger earned All-County honors during his junior and senior season, batting .430 with 11 home runs and 35 RBI in his senior campaign.

Sheetinger began his coaching career in 2005 at Georgetown College, specifically working with the outfielders and hitters. After his time with the Tigers, Sheetinger then moved to Brescia University, where he served as the recruiting coordinator, as well as handling the hitters and defense. During his year as the hitting coach of the Bearcats, Sheetinger’s team raised its batting average almost 50 points, setting a then school record with a .325 team average. While serving as the Brescia assistant coach, Sheetinger helped five position players earn All-Conference recognition.

During the summer of 2006, Sheetinger served as the associate head coach of the Owensboro Oilers of the KIT League. In its inaugural season, the Oilers posted a 31-16 record, winning the KIT League championship. Sheetinger served as the pitching coach of the Oilers and had a tremendous impact on the team, as the pitching staff set league records for ERA. Sheetinger also works with Mid-South Baseball, an athletic field renovation company. He specializes in pitching mound and home plate renovations.

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Frankfort, Ky. Sheetinger has also gained experience doing extensive work as a lead instructor with DeMarini Top 96.

Sheetinger, 28, graduated with a degree in Sports Management from Kentucky Wesleyan in 2004, and went on to earn his Master’s in Kinesiology/Health Promotion in the spring of 2009 from UK. He is single and resides in Lexington.

Rob Mullens Deputy Director of Athletics Rob Mullens enters his eighth year at the University of Kentucky. After coming to the University of Kentucky as the Executive Associate Director of Athletics in September of 2002, Mullens title was changed to Deputy Director of Athletics in July 2006.

He assists the athletics director in the overall leadership of the athletics department and serves as the department’s Chief Operating Officer. Mullens has focused on creating a culture committed to broad based excellence supported by a streamlined, stable financial structure for UK Athletics. In addition, he has worked closely with campus officials and other key constituents on strategic planning and assisted Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart in executing the vision for UK Athletics. Most recently, Mullens has been working with IMG to explore innovative and creative options for facility enhancements.

Prior to joining the University, Mullens worked in a similar position at the University of Maryland, holding the No. 2 post in athletics administration.

For the Terrapins, Mullens was an integral member of the management team that created and implemented a strategic vision that elevated Maryland Athletics to national prominence. Among the Maryland Athletics accomplishments during Mullens’ tenure are funding and building the $125 million Comcast Center (a new, state-of-the-art, on-campus basketball facility), retiring an inherited $6.8 million operating deficit while balancing every budget, creating a capital debt reduction/payment plan, negotiated or renegotiated numerous contracts to enhance revenue (multimedia rights, team store/novelty rights, concession rights, etc.) developed and implemented a plan to improve gender equity and Title IX compliance, implemented/funded programs essential to student-athlete welfare, and built strong coaching and administrative staffs.

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sports, facilities and operations, information technology and academic support. After joining the staff as the assistant athletics director for business in 1996, Mullens was promoted to Associate AD in 1998, Senior Associate AD for Internal Operations in 1999, and then in 2001, was named Executive Senior Associate AD/Chief of Staff.

Mullens graduated cum laude from West Virginia in 1991 with a degree in business administration. After earning his master’s in 1993 while serving as a student assistant in the Mountaineers’ business office, he began his collegiate career at Kentucky, serving as an intern in athletics administration. His initial stay in the Bluegrass was brief, however, as he quickly earned a full-time position at the University of Miami (Fla.) in 1994. He began as the Hurricanes’ assistant business manager and prior to his departure two years later, had been promoted to senior business manager.

Before pursuing a career in athletics, Mullens, 40, worked for the accounting firm Ernst and Young.

A native of Morgantown, W.Va., Mullens is married to the former Jane Pearson of Tacoma, Wash., who served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance and Senior Women’s Administrator at Maryland and is currently serving as a consultant for The Compliance Group.

The couple has two sons Cooper Robert (5) and Tanner Patrick (3).

Cathy Hurst Assistant Ticket Manger Cathy Hurst is in her fourth year as associate ticket manager for Kentucky Athletics.

Hurst is responsible for all ticket sales and operations for baseball, gymnastics and volleyball, in addition to assisting with all aspects of ticketing for football and men’s basketball.

In addition, Hurst manages the online ticketing system and coordinates all complimentary playerguest/recruit admissions for home athletic events.

Hurst served as ticket manager for the 2006 NCAA Baseball Regional, 2008 and 2009 NCAA Volleyball first and second rounds, 2008 WNIT, 2009 NIT, and assisted with the 2007 NCAA Men’s Basketball first and second rounds.

During her time at UK, the baseball program has seen dramatic growth in fan support and ticket sales. Most recently, the Kentucky baseball team saw Cliff Hagan Stadium records for single-game, series and season attendance, and UK achieved its highest national attendance ranking in program history. Hurst has been actively involved in promotional

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Head Equipment Manager Aaron “Pooh” Wasson enters his seventh year as an equipment manager for UK Athletics.

A native of Winchester, Ky., Wasson began as a student assistant in the football equipment room in 1996. In 2001, he was hired to lead the equipment responsibilities for the Lexington Horsemen of the National Indoor Football League.

While a member of the Horsemen staff, Wasson interned at Kentucky, assisting in the operations of the football equipment room. That internship eventually led to a full-time position in 2003 as equipment manager of UK’s Olympic sports.

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Event Management Kevin Saal is in his fourth year with the Kentucky staff after joining the Wildcats in February 2007. In his time at UK, he has successfully managed various aspects of several Southeastern Conference & NCAA Championship events. Day to day, Saal coordinates event management and game operations efforts for football, men’s soccer, women’s basketball, and baseball and assists in volleyball, women’s soccer, track & field, gymnastics and men’s and women’s tennis. Additionally, Saal manages all aspects of a 140-member event staff to include recruitment, hir-

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Video Coordinator Cliff Matekovich is in his seventh year as the video coordinator for the Kentucky baseball team.

Matekovich has been fulltime at UK for six years after working four years as a student in the sports video department before taking a full-time position. He has also interned at the Babock Advertising Agency in Washington, D.C., where he produced videos that went to General Motors and high-end automotive dealerships, as well as GM customers.

A native of Mt. Vernon, Ky., Matekovich earned his degree in telecommunications from Kentucky in 2003. He is the son of Joe and Darlene Matekovich and has a sister, Elizabeth.

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Assistant Director of Media Relations Brent Ingram is in his third year as the assistant director of media relations at Kentucky and in his fifth year working in the UK Media Relations Office. Ingram is responsible for all the publicity efforts for the UK baseball, men’s soccer and rifle programs.

As the baseball, rifle and soccer contact, Ingram coordinates all media requests, in addition to writing and editing Kentucky yearbooks, game notes and press releases. Ingram also serves as the media coordinator and official scorer during home baseball and men’s soccer contests, in addition to his day-today responsibilities in the Media Relations office and the management of UK’s entire 22-sport intercollegiate athletic program.

In three years working with the UK baseball program, Ingram has successfully promoted a schoolrecord three first-team All-America selections, including a program-first two honorees in 2008. During the 2007-08 soccer seasons, UK defender Barry Rice earned Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year accolades, becoming the first player in league history to win the honor in consecutive seasons and in 2008-09, Rice became just the third AllAmerican in program history.

Ingram graduated in December of 2006 from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Communication. He began his career in sports information as an intern for the Kentucky High School Athletic Association from 2000-2006 and began working as a student assistant in the UKMR office during the summer of 2005. He spent the 2006-07 school year working as the media relations assistant at UK, handling base-

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ing, training, scheduling and payroll.

Saal came to UK after a successful two-year stint at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, as Director of Operations, overseeing event management, facilities and the athletic ticket office, in addition to participating in annual ticket sales and fundraising efforts.

From 2001-2005, Saal served in event management at Kansas State. In this role, he coordinated the day-to-day operations of athletics facilities and event management for all athletic and non-athletic events to include management of a 200-member event staff, facility scheduling and budget management.

While at K-State Saal held operational responsibilities for several Big 12 Conference (Women’s Golf, Cross Country and Outdoor Track & Field) and NCAA (Volleyball, Women’s Basketball and Men’s Golf) Championship events. In addition, Saal coordinated planning and management of all travel logistics for the Kansas State football program.

Before assuming the event management position at Kansas State, Saal served for one year as the rowing and golf administrative assistant for the Wildcats. In addition to day-to-day office operations, Saal was responsible for the preparation, administration and analysis of multiple sports budgets, assisting with NCAA compliance, recruiting, and coordinating all aspects of team travel.

Saal graduated from Kansas with a master’s degree in education and sports administration in 2000. After a successful one-year stint with the University of Arkansas swimming and diving program, he received his undergraduate degree from Texas Christian University in 1999 where he was a threeyear letter winner and NCAA participant on the Horned Frog swimming and diving squad.

Saal and his wife Jennifer have two children, Jacob (10) and Alex (8).

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ball, rifle and assisting the football program. In addition to his time at Kentucky, he has worked conference and NCAA championship events ranging from baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s soccer, and track and field. Ingram also served as the official scorer for the 2009 SEC Baseball Tournament.

He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors Association of America (CoSIDA) and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). Annually, UKMR and Ingram’s publications are listed among the tops in the nation by CoSIDA, including the 2009 Baseball Media Guide, which finished first in the district. In 2009, UKMR finished third in the NCAA with 16 total CoSIDA publication awards.

Ingram, 26, is a native of Gainesville, Fla., and the son of Dr. Dewayne and Pat Ingram. He is single and has a sister, Trisha Ingram Layow.

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efforts for the baseball program over the past four seasons.

Prior to joining the Kentucky staff full-time in 2006, Hurst worked for three years as a student assistant and graduate assistant in the UK Ticket Office. She also worked for E.ON U.S. as a corporate accounting intern. Hurst graduated summa cum laude with two degrees from Kentucky – a bachelor’s degree in accounting (2005) and a master’s degree in kinesiology and sports leadership (2006).

In addition to working for UK Athletics, Hurst is a USA Gymnastics professional member. She coached at Champion Gymnastics in Louisville, Ky., for seven years and is a rated official for the USAG Junior Olympic program. A Louisville native and graduate of duPont Manual High School, Hurst, 27, resides in Lexington.

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Wasson has a bachelor’s degree in organizational management and is currently working on his master’s degree in sport leadership. Wasson is married to the former Bonnie Menges of Rowlett, Texas.

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Williams is currently working on a graduate degree at Kentucky, focusing on kinesiology and health promotion.

A graduate of Glasgow High School, Lauren is the daughter Bernard and Becky Williams. Williams has one brother, Chase.

Lauren Williams Administrative Assistant A native of Glasgow, Ky., Lauren Williams enters her second season as an Administrative Assistant with the UK baseball team. Williams handles a variety of aspects for the national rated UK baseball program, including helping with the day-to-day oper-

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From 2003-06, Wasson oversaw the daily equipment responsibilities of the baseball, softball and men’s and women’s soccer programs while assisting in the football equipment room. He was a part of the historic 2006 baseball season that resulted in the Wildcats winning their first-ever SEC Championship and being selected as a NCAA Regional host, another first for the program.

Since 2006, Wasson has overseen the operations of the University’s exclusive athletic apparel and equipment contract with Nike. His responsibilities include the purchasing, receiving, inventory and budgeting of Nike apparel and equipment for all 22 sports as well as the administrative departments at UK. In addition to his responsibilities on the equipment staff, Wasson also assists in hosting NCAA and SEC championship events, including the 2006 NCAA Baseball Lexington Regional and the 2007 NCAA

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#16 • Brian Adams 6-4 • 210 • Fr. • R/R • OF Gainesville, Ga. (South Forsyth) • 45th round draft pick in 2009 (Reds) Outlook Superb athlete is recovering from offseason injury … A football wide receiver, is also playing baseball at Kentucky … Will add depth to the UK outfield … Will immediately become one of the top athletes in the SEC … Runs a 4.4 40-yard dash and was rated as the nation’s No. 55 quarterback out of high school.

High School Recruited to UK as a football wide receiver … As a baseball player, led South Forsyth High School to a runner-up finish senior season … Led baseball club to the state playoffs from 2006-08 … As a standout high school quarterback, Adams was named all-county and second-team all-region as a junior … Missed senior football season athletically due to injury … Listed as the nation’s No. 55 quarterback by Scout.com … Coached in baseball

by Jamie Corr and in football by Wendell Early … A dual-threat quarterback, Adams was timed as fast as 4.4 seconds in the 40-yard dash … As a junior, rushed for 646 yards and six touchdowns, while rushing for 1,137 yards and six TDs … Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes … Finished high school career with a 3.96 GPA … Drafted in the 45th round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds.

Personal Full name is Brian Keith Adams … Born February 28, 1991 in Athens, Ga. … Son of Keith and Karen Adams … Has a sister, Kelsey (15).

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5-11 • 185 • Jr. • L/R • INF Orleans, Ontario (Beatrice-Desloges) • 2010 third-team preseason All-American (Ping Baseball) • 2009 second-team All-SEC (coaches) • 2009 first-team All-SEC (SEbaseball.com) Outlook One of the top middle infielders in the SEC, coming off a breakout season as UK’s do-everything offensive weapon … A slashing, speedy hitter who profiles at the top of the lineup, was forced to be UK’s three-hole hitter in 2009, with a lineup full of young, inexperienced hitters … Named third-team preseason All-America by Ping Baseball ... After leading the Cape Cod League in steals, improved base-running instincts and aggressiveness … A slick fielder, who has only been playing baseball for a short period of time after picking up the game in his native Canada as a youth softball player … One of two Canadians on the club … Named first-team All-SEC by SEbaseball.com and second-team All-SEC by the conference coaches in 2009 … Name is pronounced BEES-own.

Summer Led the Cape Cod League in stolen bases, while leading his Cotuit Kettlers to the championship series … Swiped 36-of-45 bases during his team-best 42 games this summer, playing one game at first base, nine at second base, 17 at third base and 19 at shortstop … His 36 steals equaled the Cotuit club record, matching Rich Thompson’s 1993 36 steals … With 30 or more steals, Bisson became just the fourth CCL player in the last 10 years and the third in the last nine years to steal 30 or more bags during a summer … Of the three other CCL players to steal 30 or more bases in the last 10 years, two advanced to the big leagues … In a mid-season doubleheader, stole 7-of-8 bases in two games, prompting his CCL head coach, Mike Roberts, to say postgame, “It’s been many years since I’ve seen one player that I enjoyed watching play as much as I’ve enjoyed watching Chris Bisson.” … Led the team in games played and hits (36), adding five doubles and 15 RBI … Drew 23 walks compared with 32 strikeouts … Had a .385 on-base percentage … Finished with a .269 (36-for-134) average, scoring 19 runs … Also on the Kettlers were Georgia outfielder Zach Cone, Arkansas third

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2009 Led UK in nearly every offensive category, including average (.360), at bats (222), runs (49), hits (80), triples (three), RBI (52) and walks (20), adding 13 stolen bases in 15 attempts …

Reached base safely in 49 of 52 games … Ranked seventh in the SEC in average … Led UK with 133 assists from his second base position, fielding .953, only playing a few outs at third base during the year … Hit all over the order, sliding into the three-hole when UK struggled with clutch at bats from a young lineup, hit .352 with 25 RBI at the third-place hitter in the order … A prototypical leadoff hitter, hit .358 with 22 RBI and five steals as the No. 1 hitter in 2009 … Batted .365 in SEC play, with 27 RBI and six steals … Was a .394 hitter at Cliff Hagan Stadium, hitting .301 on the road … Totaled a .403 average in 31 games played at day and a .301 average in 21 night games … Started all 21 of UK’s games in March, leading UK with a .393 average, also pacing the lineup in 18 April games, hitting .342 … Batted .391 (43for-110) with runners on base, .330 (37-for-112) with the bases empty and .750 (9-for-12) with the bases loaded … Reached safely as the leadoff hitter 33-of-79 times, a .418 clip … With runners in scoring position, hit .414 (29-for-70), and batted .386 (27-for-70) with two outs …

Led UK with 22 two-out RBI, reaching on an error a club-best 10 times and a fielder’s choice a team-high 14 times … With a runner on third base and less than two out, Bisson drove in 20 RBI in 24 opportunities … Batted .471 (8-for-17) in the ninth inning, hitting both of his homers in the ninth … Opened the year on an eight-game hitting streak, going 1-for-4 with two RBI in the season opener, starting at second base … Had nine three-hit games, two fourhits games and 25 total multi-hit games … Had a streak with multiple-hits in eight straight games … Batted 4-for-5 with four RBI in the series opener with South Carolina … Hit his first career homer in walk-off fashion against EKU; with UK down a run in the bottom of the ninth and a runner on first base, Bisson belted a first-pitch offering from the EKU closer for a walkoff two-run homer … Had second career homer as part of a six-RBI 3-for-5 day at Mississippi State … Totaled four RBI in series finale against Tennessee … Had a streak with a double in five straight games … Ran up a team-best 15-game hitting streak.

2008 As a true freshman in the SEC, Bisson was forced into action due to several minor injuries to the Wildcat infield … Started 13 games and played in 27, batting .157 (8-for-51) with nine runs scored, three doubles and four RBI … Stole 3-of-6 bases during the year, fielding .920, primarily at second and third base … With Chris McClendon nursing injury issues throughout the season, Bisson stepped in, running up a six-game consecutive start streak, including three starts at third in a series win over Florida … Had an outstanding summer in 2008, while playing in the New York Collegiate Baseball League … Played in 32 games, batting .301 (41for-136) with 34 runs, two doubles, a triple, three homers and 18 RBI … Stole 17-of-18 bases, drew a team-best 25 walks and reached base at a .417 clip.

High School Coached by Don Campbell on the Ottawa Nepean Canadians … Senior season, played for Team Ontario, which won the National Championship … Also played volleyball and basketball, where he lettered all four years.

Personal Full name is Christian Darcy Bisson … Son of Rene and Roxanne Bisson … Born August 14, 1989 in Ottawa, Ontario … Has a younger brother Patrick (18).

Career Stats All Games Year GP-GS 2008 27-13 2009 53-52 Totals 80-65

Avg. .157 .360 .322

AB 51 222 273

R 9 49 58

H 8 80 88

2B 3 9 12

3B 0 3 3

HR 0 2 2

RBI 4 52 56

BB 8 20 28

SO SB-A 11 3-6 28 13-15 39 16-21

SEC Games Year GP-GS 2008 7-3 2009 30-30 Totals 37-33

Avg. .100 .365 .346

AB 10 126 136

R 0 21 21

H 1 46 47

2B 0 4 4

3B 0 3 3

HR 0 1 1

RBI 0 27 27

BB 0 10 10

SO SB-A 1 1-1 17 6-7 18 7-8

Career Highs

#5 • Taylor Black 4, twice, last vs. South Carolina (3/28/09) 6 at Mississippi State (4/19/09) 4, twice, last vs. Morehead State (5/12/09) 2, four times, last vs. Florida (5/15/09) 2 vs. Georgia (4/12/09) 15 (3/8/09-3/29/09)

MEDIA INFO

Hits RBI Runs Scored Walks Stolen Bases Hitting Streak

6-1 • 180 • Jr. • R/R • INF Easley, S.C. (Easley/Charleston Southern/Spartanburg Methodist)

Summer Played in the Northwoods League for the Mankato MoonDogs … Joined UK junior Lance Ray on the MoonDogs … Played in 48 games, totaling a .213 (27-for-127) average, with five doubles, one triple, one homer and 13 RBI … Stole 6-of-7 bases, laying down eight sacrifice bunts.

Personal Full name is John Taylor Black … Born February 17, 1989 in Lexington, S.C. … Son of Tim and Lori Black … Has a younger brother, Daniel (16).

REVIEW

#19 • Sean Bouthilette 6-2 • 200 • So. • R/R • RHP Elizabethtown, Ky. (Elizabethtown HS)

PREVIEW

High School A four-year letterwinner for coach Roger Finley at Easley High School … Was named allregion in 2007 as a senior … Played in the North-South All-Star game in 2007.

WILDCATS

Charleston Southern (2008) Was named a freshman All-American by Louisville Slugger at Charleston Southern for coach Jason Murray … As a freshman, hit .333 (58-for-174) with 17 doubles, five homers and 34 RBI … Ranked fourth in CSU single-season history with 17 doubles ... Played in 53 games, scoring 31 runs, stealing 1-of-1 base, drawing seven walks and striking out just 23 times … Reached base at a .364 clip and slugged .517, with an OPS of .881 …

Laid down five sacrifice bunts … Named to the Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll, given to student-athletes with a 3.0 GPA or better.

STAFF

Taylor Black

Junior College Played at Spartanburg Methodist College for Tim Wallace … Led SMC to the conference and district championship in 2009, advancing to the Junior College World Series …

Named all-region in 2009 … Hit .366 in 2009 with 12 doubles and six homers.

UK BASEBALL

Outlook Former freshman All-America selection at Charleston Southern will compete for a starting spot in the infield … With the departure of two-year starting shortstop Chris Wade to the Marlins organization, will start at shortstop … As a true freshman at CSU, hit .333 with 17 doubles, five homers and 34 RBI ... Is considered an excellent defensive infielder.

• SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (2009)

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Summer Played on the same summer league team as UK teammates Chase Greene, Braden Kapteyn and Cory Farris, the Amsterdam Mohawks of the New York Collegiate Baseball League … The UK foursome helped lead Amsterdam to the league title … Started nine games during the summer, posting a 4-3 record and a 2.02 ERA, hurling 49 innings with two complete games … Struck out 42 with only 14 walks, allowing opponents to hit for a .208 average, with only 37 hits allowed and 11 earned runs.

HISTORY

Outlook Talented right-handed pitcher functioned as a mid-week starter and reliever in 2009 … Started UK’s second game of the year against James Madison in 2009, going five shutout innings innings with only two hits allowed … Was one of the top pitching prospects in Kentucky out of high school … After throwing 17.1 innings with nine games and five starts as a freshman, has the ability to fill more innings in 2010.

MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL STAFF WILDCATS

2009 Started the season strong, getting the starting assignment in UK’s second game of the year against James Madison … Tossed five shutout innings in his first collegiate start, allowing only two hits, striking out three and issuing just one walk … Allowed four or more runs in his next four starts, suffering a loss to Evansville … Best relief outing of the year came in a pressure-packed road situation at New Orleans when he tossed the final 1.1 innings of the game, striking out two … In his win at New Orleans, he had to pitch with limited assistance from a depleted bullpen … Pitched in two SEC games, going a combined 1.1 innings, tossing a scoreless frame at Ole Miss and getting one out at Florida … Battled injury in 2009, limiting his effectiveness after the first weekend.

High School One of the top right-handed pitchers in the state, earned first-team all-state, as a senior and second-team all-state as a junior … As a senior, posted a 1.07 ERA and an 8-2 record, striking out 84 in 65.1 innings, walking just 22, while saving three games … As a junior on the mound, posted a 0.43 ERA in 65.1 innings of action, striking out 111 and notching a 10-2 record … During his junior season, earned all-district, all-region, and second-team all-state honors … As a sophomore, earned a 1.89 ERA, an 8-2 record, striking out 56 in 56 innings, walking only four and saving four games … On the mound as a freshman for Elizabethtown, posted a 4-2 record, a 2.98 ERA, striking out 40 in 40 innings, saving six games … Four-year letterman for coach Don Pitts at Elizabethtown High School … A standout two-way player in high school, hit .346 with 11 doubles, three homers and 18 RBI, stealing 29 bases as a senior … Stole 82 bases during his three years as a position player … Helped lead team to the district championship as a senior, junior and freshman … A four-year letterwinner in basketball, as well as running cross country sophomore year … Led basketball team to a district runner up finish as a senior.

Personal Full name is Sean Patrick Bouthilette … Son of Brian and Shauneen Bouthilette … Born September 17, 1989 in Northampton, Mass. … Has a younger brother, Beau (17).

PREVIEW

Career Stats All Games Year G-GS 2009 9-5

W-L ERA SV 2-1 7.79 0

CG 0

SH IP 0 17.1

H 27

R 20

ER 15

BB 7

SO 11

SEC Games Year G-GS W-L ERA SV 2009 2-0 0-0 0.00 0

CG 0

SH 0

H 1

R 0

ER 0

BB 1

SO 0

IP 1.1

REVIEW

Career Bests Innings Strikeouts Pitches Thrown

5.0 vs. James Madison (2/21/09) 3 vs. James Madison (2/21/09) 74 vs. James Madison (2/21/09)

#8 • Andy Burns

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

6-2 • 190 • So. • R/R • INF Fort Collins, Colo. (Rocky Mountain HS) • 25th round draft pick in 2008 (Rockies) • Ninth-best prospect in the Northwoods League by Baseball America (2008) • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2009) • SEC Freshman of the Week (5/11/09) Outlook Dynamic infielder looks to solidify a starting job at third base after registering 45 starts as a true freshman … One of the top prospects in the nation and an Aflac All-American, Burns is considered one of the more talented position players UK has ever recruited …

Part of UK’s banner 2009 freshman class that included five high school All-Americans, which ranked fourth-best in the NCAA … Will be counted on as a middle-of-the-order run

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All Games Year GP-GS 2009 50-45

Avg. .287

AB 178

R 38

H 51

2B 9

3B 1

HR 7

RBI 33

BB 19

SO SB-A 37 3-3

SEC Games Year GP-GS Avg. 2009 28-27 .304

AB 102

R 24

H 31

2B 5

3B 0

HR 5

RBI 17

BB 14

SO SB-A 25 2-2

Career Highs Hits RBI Runs Scored Walks Stolen Bases Hitting Streak

WILDCATS

3, four times, last at Alabama (4/26/09) 4, twice, last at Florida (5/16/09) 6 at Mississippi State (4/19/09) 4 vs. Tennessee (5/3/09) 1, three times, last vs. Tennessee (5/1/09) 9 (4/11/09-4/24/09)

PREVIEW

#35 • Jon Carlson 6-4 • 200 • Fr. • L/L • LHP Rolling Meadows, Ill. (Rolling Meadows) Outlook Tall left-hander adds to a deep, talented bullpen … One of five natives of Illinois on the UK roster … Should compete for midweek innings … Competitiveness on the mound is considered an asset.

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Personal Full name is Jonathan David Carlson … Born March 7, 1991 in Arlington Heights, Ill. …

Son of David and Kathleen Carlson … Has an older brother, David (20).

HISTORY

High School Three-year letterwinner at Rolling Meadows High School for coach Jim Lindeman …

Played in the Perfect-Game professional showcase in Minneapolis, Minn. … As a senior, was named all-state, all-conference and all-area … In 2009, posted a 7-2 record with two saves and a 2.01 ERA … Hurled 73 innings with 124 strikeouts and 37 walks … Hit .454 with five homers, 12 doubles and 33 RBI, striking out just 11 times in 108 at bats in 2009 … As a junior, went 3-1 with a 4.14 ERA, striking out 59 and walking 30 in 50 innings …

Threw a seven-hit shutout to win the Mid-Suburban League Championship game …

Tabbed MSL East Player of the Year in 2009 … Named 2009 All-Area Player of the Year … Led team to the MSL Championship in 2009 … Team won MSL East Championship in 2008 … Named honorary captain of the Daily Herald All-Area Baseball Team … A threeyear member of the “B” Honor Roll.

REVIEW

High School Aflac All-American, two-time Colorado Player of the Year, Louisville-Slugger All-American and Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year … Rated as the No. 38 prospect in high school by Baseball America as a senior … First-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association … Named the Colorado State Tournament MVP in both his junior and senior seasons, while leading team to the state championships … Participated in the Perfect Game National Showcase, as well as the 2007 Area Code Games, as a member of the Cincinnati Reds team … As a senior, hit .488 with 39 hits, 45 runs, eight doubles, 10 homers and 34 RBI …Three-year letterwinner for coach Scott Bullock at Rocky Mountain High School … In 2007, Burns was named MVP of the Colorado 5A tournament after leading Scott Bullock’s Rocky Mountain High School team to the State

Career Stats STAFF

2009 Had an excellent freshman season, finishing strong during UK’s push for the postseason after getting off to a slow start … Played in 50 games with 45 starts, batting .287 (51-for178) with nine doubles, one triple, seven homers and 33 RBI … After injuries struck senior third sacker Chris McClendon during the first weekend of the year, Burns was pressed into service, primarily manning third base for the remainder of the year … Hit better in SEC play then in non-conference action, batting .304 (31-for-102) with five doubles, five homers and 17 RBI … Hit .263 (20-for-76) in non-league games, charting four doubles, one triple and two homers … Hit .290 (29-for-100), with five homers and 22 RBI in games played at Cliff Hagan Stadium … Hit .282 (20-for-71) on the road, with two homers and 10 RBI … Led the team with 13 errors, while playing third base every day for the first time in his career … Turned nine double plays, totaling 26 putouts and 55 assists … Better in day games, batting .326 (31-for-95) in 29 day contests with six homers, compared to a .241 (20-for-83) average in night games … Got off to a slow start, hitting .262 (16-for-61) with two homers in the first 20 games of the year, before rebounding to bat .321 (26-for-81) with five doubles and three homers in the final 20 games of the year … Batted .305 (29-for-95) with runners on base and reached base safely in 17-of-36 chances as the leadoff hitter … Had 11 two-out RBI … In 23 games as the No. 2 hitter, batted .309 (29-for-94) with six doubles, four homers and 15 RBI …

Had 13 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games, running up a nine game hitting streak during the year, finishing 2009 riding a three-game streak … Had four three-hit games, including a 3-for-4, six runs scored game at Mississippi State, the most runs scored by a player in the SEC in 2009 … Had a 2-for-5, four RBI game in the home opener against Western Michigan, belting his first career homer … Went 3-for-3 against Indiana State with a triple and three RBI … Batted 3-for-4 with three runs scored, three RBI and a homer against Georgetown College … In the final game of the year, with UK needing to win to make the post-season at Florida, Burns responded with four RBI and two hits, doubling and hitting a homer … Biggest moment of the season came as a pinch hitter in the second game of the series against South Carolina, after UK lost the first game 2019, came off the bench for his first at bat of the series and ripped the first pitch from SC closer Alex Farotto over the right-field fence, just sneaking over the wall for a walk-off homer over the glove of Gamecocks athletic right-fielder Jackie Bradley, Jr., who just missed robbing the ball … During the 2008 summer, as one of the few 17-year old high school seniors playing in a collegiate summer league, Burns held his own, earning the Baseball America distinction as the ninth-best prospect in the highly competitive Northwoods League … Batted .225 (46-for-204) with six doubles, two homers, 19 RBI and 13for-19 stolen bases.

Personal Full name is Andrew David Burns … Son of Pat and Kim Burns … Has one sister, Emily (14) … Born in Clemson, S.C., Burns lived in Lexington, Ky., for four years before moving to Fort Collins when he was eight … Father got his post-graduate degree at Kentucky …

At the age of eight, Burns went to the MLB All-Star Game in Boston and competed in the MLB diamond skills championship and won the 7-8 year old level in 1999.

UK BASEBALL

Summer For the second straight summer, played for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League … As a 17-year old last year, was named the ninth-best prospect in the Northwoods League by Baseball America … Hit .245 (53-for-216) in 60 games this summer, totaling 11 doubles, one triple, three homers and 25 RBI … Drew 25 walks … Also pitched for the first time since prep career, hurling one inning with three hits allowed …

Stole 10-of-15 bases during the summer.

Championship … Burns batted .546 as a junior, setting school records for runs (45), hits (39), RBI (43), walks (34) and home runs (13) … Burns finished his junior year with a staggering 1.181 slugging percentage and an equally impressive .649 on-base percentage ... During sophomore season, batted .500 with 30 runs scored, seven doubles, eight homers and 27 RBI … Played football for three seasons and as a sophomore in 2006 he was named first team All-State and the team MVP … Named Rocky Mountain High School Senior of the Year in 2008 … A three-year Honor Roll Student and two-year academic all-state, Burns finished with a 3.92 GPA.

MEDIA INFO

producer … Will look to improve defense after first career action at the hot corner in 2009 … Has the ability to drive the ball from foul pole to foul pole … Moved with great success to the No. 2 spot in the order halfway through the 2009 season ... Was rated as the 10th-best freshman in the SEC and the 29th-best freshman in the NCAA entering the 2009 season by Baseball America.

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

#31 • Jordan Cooper 6-3 • 205 • Fr. • R/R • RHP Shelbyville, Tenn. (Shelbyville Central) • 17th round draft pick in 2009 (Pirates) Outlook The gem of UK’s sixth-ranked recruiting class, turned down an offer from the Pirates to attend Kentucky … Has great arm strength … The top pitching prospect in Tennessee and the 81st-best high school prospect in the nation by Baseball America … Will compete for an immediate role in the UK pitching staff.

High School The No. 1 high school pitching prospect and the fifth-best prospect overall in the state of Tennessee and the 81st best high school prospect in the nation by Baseball America …

Participated for Team Tennessee in the Junior Sunbelt Classic in McAlester, Okla. …

Was on the New York Yankees team at the East-Coast Professional Showcase in Lakeland, Fla. … Played for the Oakland Athletics team at the Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif. … Went 7-1 with a 1.47 ERA as a senior, striking out 81 in 47 innings …

Also hit .510 as a senior with four homers and 36 RBI … Posted a 1.31 ERA and a 5-2 record as a junior … Coached by Brad Frasier … Led team to the district championship in 2006 and 2009 … Named All Mid-State MVP as a senior … Named all-district as a junior … Played basketball as a freshman and junior, leading team to a state runner-up finish in 2006 … Member of the National Honor Society … Drafted in the 17th round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Pittsburg Pirates.

STAFF

Personal Full name is Jordan Kendrick Cooper … Born February 16, 1990 in Shelbyville, Tenn. …

Son of Gary and Cathy Cooper … Has two brothers, Matt (25) and Cory (24), and a sister, Sydney (11).

#15 • Logan Darnell

WILDCATS

Jordan Cooper

6-2 • 210 • Jr. • L/L • LHP Joelton, Tenn. (Goodpasture HS) • Sixth-best prospect in the Alaska Summer Collegiate League

by Baseball America (2009) • Third-best prospect in the Alaska Summer Collegiate League

by PGcrosschecker.com (2009)

PREVIEW

Outlook Talented left-hander emerged in 2009 as one of the top relievers in the SEC … Was UK’s go to reliever on the weekends, pitching in a team-high 28 games out of the bullpen in 2009 … Will be a major factor on the UK staff during the weekend in 2010, either as a starter or reliever … Former Louisville Slugger High School All-American was a highly recruited prospect out of the Nashville area … Rated as the 85th-best college player in the nation by the College Baseball Blog.

REVIEW

Summer Named the sixth-best prospect in the Alaska Summer Collegiate League by Baseball America … Joined fellow UK teammate Gunner Glad on the Anchorage Glacier Pilots, tallying a 27-24 record … Pitched in 14 games with 10 starts, posting a 5-1 record and a 1.60 ERA … Tossed 50.2 innings with only 27 hits allowed, nine earned runs allowed, walking 18 and striking out 40 … Opponents hit just .159.

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

2009 UK’s go-to reliever, led the team and ranked ninth in the SEC with 28 games pitched in relief … Ranked second on the team and ninth in the league with 14 games finished … Totaled a 5-6 record and a 4.50 ERA in 46 innings, allowing 53 hits, walking 20 and striking out 47 …

Ranked second on the team with three saves … Pitched on back-to-back days four times …

Went a scoreless inning in the second game of the year against James Madison … Got his first save of the year with 3.1 shutout innings against Indiana State … Worked a scoreless inning at No. 1 LSU and two days later hurled 3.2 shutout innings at New Orleans, striking out three … Got second save of the year against Vanderbilt, pitching 2.1 innings with one hit allowed … Struck out five in two innings against Western Kentucky … Got third save of the season at Florida, pitching the final 0.2 of a pressure-packed situation to secure the win …

Had his second longest outing of the year against Tennessee, going five innings, allowing one run on two hits and striking out four … Longest outing of his career was 5.2 frames against Auburn on May 10, allowing two runs on three hits, four walks and five strikeouts.

2008 Pitched in 15 games in relief, toiling 17.2 innings, earning a 4.08 ERA … Struggled with command, walking 14 and striking out 12 … Opponents hit a measly .183 against his

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W-L ERA SV 0-0 4.08 0 5-6 4.50 3 5-6 4.38 3

CG 0 0 0

SH IP 0 17.2 0 46.0 0 63.2

H 11 53 64

R 10 35 45

ER 8 23 31

BB 14 20 34

SO 12 47 59

SEC Games Year G-GS 2008 5-0 2009 16-0 Totals 21-0

W-L ERA SV 0-0 5.79 0 3-3 3.86 2 3-3 4.15 2

CG 0 0 0

SH IP 0 4.2 0 25.2 0 30.1

H 1 25 26

R 5 16 21

ER 3 11 14

BB 6 10 16

SO 2 24 26

PREVIEW

All Games Year G-GS 2008 15-0 2009 28-0 Totals 43-0

WILDCATS

Career Stats

STAFF

Personal Full name is Logan Reece Darnell ... Son of Rob and Caye Darnell … Born February 2, 1989 in Nashville, Tenn. … Older brother Landon (27) played baseball for Jackson State … Father played football at Troy State.

UK BASEBALL

High School Named All-American by Louisville Slugger during senior season … Four-year letterman for coach Richie Estep at Goodpasture High School … Led team to state championship in both freshman and senior seasons … As a pitcher in 2007, was 8-1 with a 1.57 ERA, striking out 112 in 62 innings … Senior year, batted .362 with 11 doubles, two homers, 29 RBI and seven stolen bases ... Also recorded two saves … As a pitcher junior year, went 11-3 with a 1.20 ERA, striking out 129 in 77 innings … Junior season batted .360 with six doubles, four dingers, 22 RBI … Holds school record for most wins (28) and punch-outs (345) … Named All-State and All-District MVP in both junior and senior seasons … Also participated in football, helping guide the team to back-to-back state runner-up finishes in his junior and senior seasons … Named All-State and All-Region following his senior year.

MEDIA INFO

high-velocity fastball and dominant breaking ball … Best outing of his season came in a pressure-packed NCAA Regional situation, where Darnell worked two innings, allowed one hit and struck out one … Had a dominating summer, earning the Baseball America and PGcrosschecker.com honor as the best prospect in the New York Collegiate Baseball League … Appeared in eight games with six starts, earning a 3-0 record and a 1.82 ERA … Logged 34.2 innings, with 29 hits allowed and a 33-19 strikeout-walk ratio … Held opponents to a measly .230 average.

Career Bests Innings Strikeouts Pitches Thrown

5.2 vs. Auburn (5/10/09) 5, twice, last vs. Auburn (5/10/09) 97 vs. Auburn (5/10/09) REVIEW

#47 • T.J. Daugherty

Logan Darnell

5-11 • 205 • R-So. • R/R • C Owensboro, Ky. (Apollo HS) • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2009)

UNIVERSITY

2009 Did not see game action, serving primarily as a bullpen catcher.

HISTORY

Outlook Will add depth to the backstop position … A vital part of UK’s pitching staff, functioning as the bullpen catcher during games the last two seasons … Will compete for playing time this season behind the plate ... An excellent student who was valedictorian of high school class.

2008 Redshirted season.

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MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL

High School Five-year letterwinner under coach Bob Mantooth at Owensboro High School … Senior year hit .341 with 24 runs scored, 15 doubles, one four-bagger and 23 RBI … Team captain helped guide team to District and Regional Championships, and a State Final Four appearance … Named First-Team All-District and All-Region … Earned Team MVP honors … Participated in basketball and soccer before concentrating solely on baseball …

Valedictorian of graduating class … Garnered Academic All-State honors four times.

Summer Joined fellow UK teammates Sean Bouthilette, Braden Kapteyn and Chase Greene on the Amsterdam Mohawks of the New York Collegiate Baseball League, leading the Mohawks to the league title … Batted .280 (33-for-118) in 34 games with 32 starts, adding six doubles, a team-best two triples, two homers and 15 RBI, stealing 4-of-8 bases.

Personal Full name is Tyler Joseph Daugherty … Son of Joe and Maria Daugherty … Born in Owensboro, Ky. on August 24, 1989 … Has a younger brother Luke (16).

#27 • Joe Devine

STAFF

6-2 • 180 • R-So. • R/R • RHP Henderson, Ky. (Owensboro Catholic/Wabash Valley Outlook Native of Henderson, Ky., transferred from Wabash Valley Junior College … The 13th-best junior college recruit in the nation …

Has a frame for additional strength … Will add depth to the UK

Junior College Played for coach Rob Fournier at Wabash Valley Junior College … Named the 13th-best junior college prospect in the nation and the best in Illinois by PGcrosschecker.com … In 2008, posted a 7-2 record and a 2.83 ERA in 67 innings, striking out 60, walking 20 and allowing 49 hits … Led Wabash Valley to a 40-15 record and the 2008 GRAC Championship … Named first-team All-Conference.

High School Four-year letterwinner for coach Allen Cox at Owensboro Catholic … A three-year letterwinner in basketball.

Personal Full name is Joseph Daniel Devine … Born May 2, 1989 in Blue Island, Ill. … Son of William and Ann Marie Devine … Has two brothers, Bill (26) and Zach (16) and a sister, Kerry (25).

#44 • Cory Farris

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WILDCATS

pitching staff.

6-1 • 200 • So. • L/R • OF/C Florence, Ky. (Boone Co. HS)

Outlook Former High School All-American was a part of UK’s banner freshmen class in 2009 … An athletic outfielder who has the ability to hit the ball out of the ballpark, Farris has the ability to provide middle-of-the-order power … UK turned the right-field job over to Farris in the final five games of the year, with him responding with nine hits, seven RBI, three doubles and two homers … Will compete for a starting assignment in the outfield in 2010 … Has the ability to steal bases.

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

• 43rd round draft pick in 2008 (White Sox)

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H 27

2B 3

3B 0

HR 2

RBI 16

BB 11

SO SB-A 30 2-2

RBI 2

BB 4

SO SB-A 12 0-0

Career Highs Hits RBI Runs Scored Walks Stolen Bases Hitting Streak

4 vs. Georgetown College (3/10/09) 5 vs. Morehead State (5/12/09) 3 vs. Western Michigan (3/3/09) 2, twice, last vs. South Carolina (3/28/09) 1, twice, last vs. Georgetown College (3/10/09) 5 (5/10/09-Current)

#11 • Gunner Glad 6-0 • 190 • R-Sr. • R/R • UT Tulsa, Okla. (Tulsa Union/E. Oklahoma) Outlook Versatile veteran emerged as UK’s clean-up hitter midway through the year after battling injury much of the early season … Totaled nine homers in just 38 games, leading the team with a .542 slugging percentage … Can play any position on the field … Has excellent power, with the ability to drive the ball … Will have the opportunity to be a middle of the order run producer and secure playing time in the outfield and infield.

Summer Had a great summer in the Alaska Summer Collegiate League, joining UK teammate Logan Darnell on the Glacier Pilots … Hit .289 (54-for-187) in 48 games, leading the team with nine homers and 39 RBI … Added 11 doubles, drawing 16 walks to just 22 strikeouts, swiping 9-of-9 bases … Mainly played second base during the summer … Fielded .948 with 97 putouts and 105 assists … Pitched in four games in relief, totaling a 1-0 record and a 3.60 ERA in five innings, allowing two runs with four strikeouts.

2009 Played in 38 games with 36 starts, but emerged as UK’s clean-up hitter late in the season … Ranked second on the team with nine home runs … Totaled a .303 (43-for-142) average with seven doubles, nine homers and 38 RBI … Led the team with a .542 slugging percentage, adding a .374 on-base percentage … In the first at bat of his UK career, ripped a first pitch, pinch-hit home run at Coastal Carolina … Fielded .997 with 295 putouts and 10 assists, with his lone error coming while charging a bunt from first base …

Pitched in one game, striking out the only two batters he faced … After struggling early, rebounded to chart a better average in SEC play then non-conference, ranking third on the team with a .311 (32-for-103) average with four doubles, five homers and 23 RBI in 26 games … In 22 home starts, batted .390 (32-for-82) with 20 runs, six doubles, eight homers and 30 RBI, drawing 12 walks to 11 strikeouts … Hit .193 (11-for-57) on the road, playing in 15 games … Hit seven of his nine home runs in night games … After hitting a home run in his lone at bat and pitch seen in the opening weekend at Coastal Carolina, registered the start in UK’s home opener against Western Michigan … In the home opener, turned his ankle covering first base in the top of the first inning, causing him to miss several games, returning for pinch-hit duties in extra-innings at New Orleans on March 17 … Had a three-home run game against South Carolina in a 20-19 slugfest in the series opener … Hit .367 (29-for-79) with runners on base, .341 (15-for-44) with runners in scoring position and .350 (14-for-40) with two outs … Ranked second on the team with 18 two-out RBI … In 16 at bats with a runner on third and less than two out, notched an RBI 10 times … Hit .279 (31-for-111) with five homers and 26 RBI in 27 games as the cleanup hitter … After returning from injury full-time, batted 3-for-7 with two RBI in two games against Vanderbilt … Three homer game against South Carolina saw him go 3-for-4 with five runs scored, five RBI and two walks … Had second multi-homer game of the year against Wright State, going 2-for-3 with four RBI … Had a 2-for-5, three-RBI game against Western Kentucky … Batted 3-for-5 with two RBI and a double in the opener against Georgia … In the series finale at Mississippi State, finished 2-for-5 with three RBI … Drew

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R 21

HR 1

HISTORY

AB 87

3B 0

REVIEW

Avg. .310

2B 2

PREVIEW

All Games Year GP-GS 2009 29-23

H 8

WILDCATS

Career Stats

R 6

STAFF

Personal Full name is Cory Tyler Farris … Son of Bill and Tami Farris … Born on December 29, 1989 in Cincinnati, Ohio … Has a brother, Adam (22) … Brother played collegiate baseball for Huntington University.

AB 30

UK BASEBALL

High School A Louisville Slugger High School All-American as a catcher and outfielder for Boone Co. High School … Named the 13th best draft prospect (including HS and College) in the state by Baseball America before the 2008 MLB Draft … Attended the East-Coast Professional Showcase in 2007 and 2006 … A first-team all-state selection, as well as a member of the Kentucky State Senior All-Star Team and the Northern Kentucky Senior All-Star Team … Had a streak of stealing 60 consecutive bases without being caught stealing, ranking as second in Kentucky high school baseball history … Holder of school career records for at bats (400), average (.437), runs scored (170), walks (85), stolen bases (90for-93), hits (175), doubles (39), triples (8), home runs (34), and RBI (151) … As a senior, hit .469 (38-for-81), with 42 runs, nine doubles, nine homers, 33 RBI … Drew 26 walks and struck out only seven times in 2008, stealing 16-of-18 bases … Named to MVP of the district tournament … As a junior, earned all-state honors, batting .444 (44-for-99) with 49 runs, 13 doubles, one triple eight homers and 45 RBI … Stole 26-of-27 bases as a junior … Earned Region Player of the Year honors in 2007 … In 2006 as a sophomore, hit .474 (46-for-97), with 44 runs, eight doubles, four triples, 10 homers and 37 RBI, swiping 34-of34 bases … Stole 14-of-14 bases and hit .377 as a freshman in 2005, leading team to the district championship … Set season school marks for triples (4), home runs (10), RBI (45), walks (36) and stolen bases (34) … Played summer baseball for the Midland Redskins, which won the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, N.M. in 2007 and advanced to the 2008 championship game … In the 2007 tournament, was named to the All-tournament team and was the MVP of the Championship Game … A pure athlete, Farris was selected to the Kentucky Tremendous 26 as a football player and currently ranks second in Boone County’s all-time rushing list (6,227 yards) to Shaun Alexander … As a senior, Farris led the state of Kentucky in regular season rushing yards with 288 carries for 2,250 yards … A first-team all-state running back and the district player of the year …

Named by the Louisville Courier Journal to the All-State team and by the Lexington Herald-Leader as one of the Class of the Commonwealth … Also played basketball as a freshman and sophomore.

SEC Games Year GP-GS Avg. 2009 12-7 .267

MEDIA INFO

2009 Highly-touted recruit got off to a slow start in his freshman campaign, before earning the starting job in right field by the end of the year … Started the season as UK’s five-hole hitter and starting right-fielder … After struggling with offensive production through the middle of the year, made some minor adjustments to his swing, resulting in a hot, impact bat down the stretch … Finished the year with a .310 average (27-for-87) with 21 runs scored, three doubles, two homers and 16 RBI … Hit .267 (8-for-30) in 12 SEC games with seven starts … Batted .360 (18-for-50) in games played in Lexington, the third-best average on the club … Hit .383 (18-for-47) with runners on base, batting a perfect 4-for-4 with the bases loaded, reaching as the leadoff hitter in 6-of-14 chances … Got the start in the season opener against Troy, going 1-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and a walk … RBI came in his first college at bat … In his second career college game, totaled four RBI on a 2-for-4 day, stealing one base … Totaled a career-high four hits in a 4-for-5 outing against Georgetown College, also stealing a base … After slumping through the mid-season, the UK staff inserted him in the starting lineup for good in the series finale against Auburn, the next to last series of the year … Responded with a 2-for-4 game with a double in the game against Auburn … Followed that up with a career-high five-RBI game against Morehead State, going 3-for-5 with his first career home run … Totaled five hits in 12 at bats against eventual Super Regional team Florida on the final weekend of the year, a pressure-filled situation where UK needed Farris to produce offensively … Batted 1-for-4 in the opener before a 3for-5, two RBI game in the second game, with Farris boosting his second homer in his last three games … Doubled in the season finale at UF.

Junior College A first-team All-Region and All-Conference selection … As a freshman was named firstteam All-Conference … He owns Eastern Oklahoma school records for career homers

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

a walk and added three RBI against Evansville … Charted a 2-for-3, three-run, four-RBI game against Tennessee, drawing a walk and slapping a homer … Totaled 13 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games, running up a six-game hitting streak.

(30), single-season homers (18), season hits (89) and career hits (163) … Hit .363 with 55 runs, 12 doubles, 18 homers as a sophomore, slugging .681 and reaching base at a .429 clip … Stole 17-of-20 bases, fielding at a .941 percentage … Was 6-1 with a 5.16 ERA on the mound, working 58 innings, striking out 44 … As a freshman in 2007, hit .409 with 40 runs, 20 doubles and 12 homers, driving in 60 RBI … Stole 33 bases during his two-year career … Earned a 4.96 ERA and a 6-4 record on the mound in 2007 … Led Eastern Oklahoma State College to a 30-22 record in 2007 … During the 2007 season, hit .406 with 19 doubles, one triple, and 12 home runs, driving in 58 runs … Slugged for a .681 percentage, and reached base at a .430 clip … In the summer of 2007, played for the Alexandria Beetles in the Northwoods League, earning All-Star honors … Spent the 2006 season redshirting at San Diego State University after undergoing Tommy John surgery.

STAFF

High School Four-year letterwinner for coach Bill Springman at Tulsa Union High School … Was regarded as the No. 2 high school prospect in Oklahoma and was a member of the White Sox Area Code team in 2005 … Named MVP of the AABC Mickey Mantle World Series in 2003 … Named MVP of the Cuba World Series in 2002 …Three-year member of the track team, competing in high and long jump.

Personal Full name is Gunner Colby Glad … Born August 14, 1986 in Houston, Texas … Son of Randy and Vicki Glad ... Has two brothers, Robby (28) and Houston (13) and a sister, Kristy (33).

Career Stats WILDCATS

All Games Year GP-GS 2009 38-36

Avg. .303

AB 142

R 25

H 43

2B 7

3B 0

HR 9

RBI 38

BB 18

SO SB-A 28 1-2

SEC Games Year GP-GS Avg. 2009 26-26 .311

AB 103

R 17

H 32

2B 4

3B 0

HR 5

RBI 23

BB 14

SO SB-A 23 1-1

Career Highs PREVIEW

Hits Home Runs RBI Runs Scored Walks Stolen Bases Hitting Streak

3, three times, last vs. Morehead State (5/12/09) 3 vs. South Carolina (3/28/09) 5 vs. South Carolina (3/28/09) 5 vs. South Carolina (3/28/09) 2, four times, last vs. Auburn (5/9/09) 1 vs. Vanderbilt (3/22/09) 6 (3/28/09-4/3/09)

REVIEW

#28 • Chase Greene 6-2 • 185 • So. • R/R • RHP Nicholasville, Ky. (West Jessamine HS) • SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (2009)

HISTORY

Gunner Glad

Outlook A late addition to UK’s school record fourth-ranked recruiting class in 2009, Greene was an accomplished high school shortstop locally, who emerged late in the recruiting scene after picking up pitching … After a great performance in the NYCBL, Greene will be expected to take the next step in his sophomore season, adding depth to the UK bullpen.

UNIVERSITY

Summer Had a breakout summer on the Amsterdam Mohawks of the New York Collegiate Baseball League, joining UK teammates Sean Bouthilette, Cory Farris and Braden Kapteyn in leading the Mohawks to the league title … Led the team and ranked third in the NYCBL with a 0.71 ERA, pitching in 16 games with one start, totaling a 3-0 record … Worked 25.1 innings, allowing only 11 hits and two earned runs, walking 14 and striking out 25 …

Allowed opponents to hit only .128.

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High School Five-year letterwinner for coach Jody Hamilton at West Jessamine High School … Named AllState as a senior and junior … An All-District and All-Regional selection in 2007 and 2008 …

Member of the BETA Club and Honor Roll, as well as a Wendy’s High School Heisman School winner … Led team to the district and junior championship as a junior and senior.

2009 Came off the bench in 11 games, usually as a late-inning pinch runner, defensive upgrade or pinch hitter … Had two hits in five at bats, with three runs scored, drawing a walk and striking out once, stealing a base in his only attempt … In his lone at bat at Coastal Carolina, recorded a single and later scored … Scored runs against Western Michigan and Indiana State …

Had pinch-hit at bats at Ole Miss and against Florida … Had a pinch-hit single at Florida.

MEDIA INFO

2009 Pitched in five games as a true freshman, tossing 5.2 innings, with three strikeouts …

New to pitching as an accomplished high school position player, Greene was forced into action due to an injury depleted UK pitching staff … Tossed a scoreless inning at Coastal Carolina, fanning two … Got one out against Georgetown College, the final out of the game in a 12-5 UK win … Recorded two outs against Cincinnati, walking two and striking out one … With UK falling behind South Carolina early in the series opener, Greene was called on to fill innings, going 3.1 frames with seven hits and five runs allowed in a 20-19 South Carolina win … Pitched next against Evansville, an 11-7 loss for UK, getting one out but allowed four hits, five runs, with one walk and one homer allowed.

Navarro Hall STAFF

Personal Full name is George Chase Greene … Born September 29, 1989 in Lexington, Ky. … Son of Gaines and Paula Greene … Mother attended Kentucky.

Career Stats All Games Year G-GS 2009 5-0

CG 0

SH 0

IP 5.2

H 11

R 10

ER 10

BB 5

SO 3

SEC Games Year G-GS W-L ERA SV 2009 1-0 0-0 13.50 0

CG 0

SH 0

IP 3.1

H 7

R 5

ER 5

BB 2

SO 0

WILDCATS

W-L ERA SV 0-0 15.88 0

Career Bests 3.1 vs. South Carolina (3/28/09) 2 at Coastal Carolina (2/22/09) 75 vs. South Carolina (3/28/09)

PREVIEW

Innings Strikeouts Pitches Thrown

#13 • Navarro Hall 6-1 • 185 • R-So. • L/R • OF Kennesaw, Ga. (Kennesaw Mountain HS) • 49th round draft pick in 2007 (Phillies)

REVIEW

Outlook Athletic outfielder is coming off an excellent summer in the New York Collegiate Baseball League … Considered to be a good defensive outfielder, using a mix of speed, instincts and range … Has improved hitting ability the last two seasons … Will add depth to the UK outfield … Former Georgia High School Player of the Year.

HISTORY

Summer Ranked second on the team with a .289 (39-for-135) average in 39 games with 38 starts for Mohawk Valley in the New York Collegiate Baseball League … Added six doubles, one homer and nine RBI, hitting primarily at the top of the order … Drew a team-high 36 walks, striking out 40 times and stealing 3-of-7 bases … Got plunked by a team-best seven pitches … Batted .294 (15-for-51) with runners on base, reaching as the leadoff hitter in 37-of-72 opportunities.

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MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL STAFF

Personal Full name is Navarro Brandon Hall … Son of Raymond and Michelle Hall … Has two brothers Darin (18) and Martin (24) … Born in Kennesaw, Ga., on January 1, 1989 …

Cousin Courtney Hall played center in the NFL for the San Diego Chargers.

Career Stats All Games Year GP-GS 2009 11-0

Avg. .400

AB 5

R 3

H 2

2B 0

3B 0

HR 0

RBI 0

BB 1

SO SB-A 1 1-1

SEC Games Year GP-GS Avg. 2009 3-0 .500

AB 2

R 0

H 1

2B 0

3B 0

HR 0

RBI 0

BB 0

SO SB-A 0 1-1

Career Highs Hits Runs Scored Walks Stolen Bases

1, twice, last at Florida (5/14/09) 1, three times, last vs. Indiana State (3/8/09) 1 vs. Indiana (3/11/09) 1 at Mississippi State (4/18/09)

#18 • Kyle Jackson

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

High School Named Georgia High School Player of the Year … Four-year letterman for coach George Hansen at Kennesaw Mountain High School … Batted .514 his senior season, setting the new school record for highest batting average in a season … Added one homer and 30 stolen bases … Named team MVP senior season after leading them to a state runner-up finish … Garnered All-County Honors after winning the Cobb County batting title … Team MVP and All-County performer as a junior after team finished in the Final Eight … Drafted in the 49th Round of the 2007 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.

5-11 • 190 • Jr. • R/R • RHP Kearney, Mo. (Kearney/Maple Woods)

HISTORY

REVIEW

Outlook Had a great fall practice, positioning himself for an immediate role on a young but talented UK pitching staff … Will add depth to the UK pitching staff.

UNIVERSITY

#3 • Neiko Johnson

2008 Redshirted season ... Played in 18 games with 14 starts in the Great Lakes League during the summer, teaming up with UK infielder Neiko Johnson … Hit .220 (9-for-41) with an RBI and 11 walks … Reached base at a .385 clip, stole 2-of-3 bases and added an outfield assist.

Junior College Played two years at Maple Woods Community College under coach Marty Kilgore … Posted a 3.60 ERA and a 12-2 record in 2009, with 76 strikeouts and 17 walks in 79.2 innings … Also totaled a 3.70 ERA and a 4-4 record with 52 strikeouts in 57 innings during the 2008 season … In 2009, led team to a district runner-up finish.

High School Three-year letterwinner for coach Jeff Parks at Kearney High School … Named secondteam all-district and second-team all-conference … Played football and basketball for four seasons … Led football team to the state championship as a freshman … Basketball team finished second in the state freshman year … Football team captain senior season, earning all-conference and all-district accolades.

Personal Full name is Kyle Stephen Jackson … Born November 29, 1988 in Liberty, Mo. … Son of Vince and Janelle … Has a younger brother, Brandon (16) … Father played golf at Truman State.

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5-9 • 160 • R-Jr. • R/R • INF/OF Stone Mountain, Ga. (Redan HS) Outlook After a breakout summer offensively, is poised to compete for a more prominent role … Has the ability to play third or second base and shortstop … Played some right-field in 2009, with the ability to be a solid defender in the outfield if his bat forces a way into the lineup … A major weapon coming off the bench due to speed and athleticism.

Summer Had an excellent offensive summer in the New York Collegiate Baseball League, playing for the Watertown Wizards … Ranked third in the league with a .343 (48-for-140) average, leading the NYCBL with 37 walks … Charted six doubles, one triple, two homers and 24 RBI … Struck out only 24 times … Hit .356 (26-for-73) with runners on base, reaching as lead-off hitter in 19-of-32 opportunities … Stole 21-of-22 bases, ranking fourth in the league.

2009 Batted .250 (6-for-24) in 13 games and seven starts in 2009 … Scored seven runs with one double and three RBI … Drew four walks and struck out 10 times, stealing 2-of-2 bases … Recorded one sacrifice fly … Had a .367 on-base percentage … In the final game of the Carravelle Resort Invitational against Coastal Carolina, got the start, going 1for-3 … Started at designated hitter in two games against Indiana State, batting 2-for-4 with a walk and a steal in the first game … Had a career-best 3-for-4, two RBI game against Georgetown College, drawing one walk and adding a double … Got the start in two games at eventual NCAA Champion LSU, striking out six times in eight at bats without a hit.

2008 Played in 14 games with two starting assignments … Batted .176 (3-for-17) with eight runs scored and two RBI … Drew four walks to six strikeouts, swiping 1-of-1 base …

Scored the game-winning run as a pinch runner in a walk-off win vs. Purdue … Started two consecutive games, a win at South Alabama and in a mid-week win over Oakland …

In the win at USA, batted 1-for-4 … Played in the Great Lakes League with UK outfielder Navarro Hall during the 2008 summer … Batted .279 (34-for-122) with 12 doubles, one triple, a homer and 13 RBI …Totaled a .373 on-base percentage and stole 9-of-10 bases.

2007 Redshirted season.

High School Played for Redan HS in Atlanta, Ga. … Attended the same high school which produced MLB shortstops Brandon Phillips, PJ Phillips, and Chris Nelson … Coached by Marvin Pruitt … Led team to the baseball state semifinals during freshman season … Team won region championship junior and senior years … Batted .433 with 45 runs, 11 doubles, six home runs, and 24 RBI as a senior … Junior season batted .453, scoring 39 runs, hitting six doubles, five home runs, and 19 RBI … A blur on the base paths, stole 32 bases during junior and senior seasons … Named First-Team All-County as a junior and senior …

Named Co-MVP of junior team … Named player of the month during senior season ...

Finished HS with a 3.0 GPA and was named to the A and B Honor Roll.

Personal Son of Jerome Johnson and the late Carol Brown-Edmonds … Two older twin brothers, Jason and Jarvis (28) ... Born Feb. 2, 1988.

Avg. .176 .250 .220

AB 17 24 41

R 8 7 15

H 3 6 9

2B 1 1 2

3B 0 0 0

HR 0 0 0

RBI 2 3 5

BB 4 4 8

SO SB-A 6 1-1 10 2-2 16 3-3

SEC Games Year GP-GS 2008 1-0 2009 3-2 Totals 4-2

Avg. .000 .000 .000

AB 0 8 8

R 0 1 1

H 0 0 0

2B 0 0 0

3B 0 0 0

HR 0 0 0

RBI 0 0 0

BB 0 1 1

SO SB-A 0 0-0 6 0-0 6 0-0

Career Highs 3 vs. Georgetown College (3/10/09) 2 vs. Georgetown College (3/10/09) 2 vs. Butler (3/1/08) 2 at South Alabama (2/24/08) 1, three times, last vs. Indiana State (3/6/09) 2 (2/22/09-3/6/09)

STAFF

Hits RBI Runs Scored Walks Stolen Bases Hitting Streak

UK BASEBALL

All Games Year GP-GS 2008 14-2 2009 13-7 Totals 27-9

MEDIA INFO

Career Stats

#23 • Mike Kaczmarek 6-0 • 195 • Jr. • L/L • LHP Orland Park, Ill. (Victor J. Andrew HS)

Outlook Has shown glimpses of being an excellent pitcher and will need to step up into more innings in 2010 … A highly-recruited prospect, had over 30 scholarship offers out of high school … Has been used as a reliever and starter in his two seasons, seeing success, at times, as a mid-week starter.

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HISTORY

2008 Had an outstanding freshman season, appearing in 15 games with three starts … Earned a 1-0 record and a 2.13 ERA … Worked 25.1 innings, striking out 23 and walking 10 … Started mid-week games vs. Eastern Michigan, Morehead State and at Western Kentucky …

Worked three innings in two of his three starts, lasting just one in an electric atmosphere at WKU … Struck out all three faced in an inning vs. Wright State ... Pitched 1.2 innings in the NCAA Tournament, both on June 1, with the Wildcats facing elimination … Had a good summer in the New York Collegiate Baseball League … Numbers were dominant for much

REVIEW

Neiko Johnson

2009 Pitched in 12 games with four midweek starting assignments, totaling a 1-1 record and a 5.11 ERA … Tossed 24.2 innings, allowing 33 hits and 14 earned runs, issuing 13 walks and striking out 25 … Pitched in UK’s final game of the Caravelle Resort Invitational at Coastal Carolina, allowing four hits and five runs – one earned – getting two outs …

Allowed one hit and one run in 1.1 innings against Eastern Kentucky … Got first start of the year against Indiana, going 2.2 innings with five hits allowed and two unearned runs, striking out four … Got second start at New Orleans, allowing three hits and two runs in one inning … Best start of the year came against Marshall, going five-scoreless innings, allowing only one hit, walking three and striking out five … Allowed two hits and two runs, getting one hit at eventual SEC Champion Ole Miss … Tossed a scoreless frame against Western Kentucky, striking out the side … In final start of the year, tossed six innings against Lipscomb, allowing one earned run with two walks and five strikeouts … In the final game of the year, at Florida, went 1.1 innings, with two hits allowed and no runs.

PREVIEW

Summer Pitched in 10 games with nine starts during the summer for the Covington Lumberjacks of the Valley League … Tossed a team-best 51 innings, earning a 2-6 record and a 7.24 ERA … Allowed 71 hits and 41 earned runs, issuing 22 walks with 25 strikeouts.

WILDCATS

• SEC Academic Honor Roll (2009)

MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL

of the summer, before arm fatigue developed … Worked in seven games with five starts, tossing 25.2 innings, striking out 29 … Posted a 2-1 record and a 5.26 ERA. High School Played under Coach Frank Ganser at Victor J. Andrew High School … As a senior, went 6-3 with a 2.38 ERA, striking out 76 in 42.1 innings … Named an All-Conference and AllArea performer … Senior season, batted .360 with 39 hits, 32 runs, nine doubles, three home runs, 41 RBI and nine base thefts … Junior year, went 7-2 with a 1.73 ERA, pitching in 47.1 innings and striking out 93 … Junior year, batted .440 with 50 hits, 35 runs, 15 doubles, six homers, 43 RBI and seven stolen bases … Named All-State, All-Conference and All-Area, as well as Honorable Mention All-American … Led summer league team to a state final four appearance … Member of National Honor Society.

Personal Full name is Michael James Kaczmarek … Son of Michael and Helen Kaczmarek … Born October 5, 1988 in Palos, Ill. … Has two sisters, Brittany (25) and Kayla (17).

Career Stats All Games Year G-GS 2008 15-3 2009 12-4 Totals 27-7

W-L ERA SV 1-0 2.13 0 1-1 5.11 0 2-1 3.60 0

CG 0 0 0

SH IP 0 25.1 0 24.2 0 50.0

H 25 33 58

R 12 22 34

ER 6 14 20

BB 10 13 23

SO 23 25 48

SEC Games Year G-GS 2008 2-0 2009 3-0 Totals 5-0

W-L ERA 0-0 3.60 0-0 27.00 0-0 9.45

CG 0 0 0

SH 0 0 0

H 5 7 12

R 7 6 13

ER 2 5 7

BB 2 1 3

SO 3 1 4

SV 0 0 0

IP 5.0 1.2 6.2

STAFF

Career Bests Innings Strikeouts Pitches Thrown

6.0 vs. Lipscomb (4/21/09) 5, twice, last vs. Lipscomb (4/21/09) 80 vs. Lipscomb (4/21/09)

#30• Braden Kapteyn WILDCATS

6-4 • 220 • So. • R/R • INF/RHP Lansing, Ill. (Illiana Christian School) • 39th round draft pick in 2008 (Giants) • SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (2009) • Best prospect in the New York Collegiate Baseball League by Baseball America/PGcrosschecker.com (2009)

HISTORY

REVIEW

PREVIEW

Outlook Kentucky’s do everything two-way player, will be a major factor on the pitching staff and a presence in the lineup … Depending on UK’s needs, may see time as a weekend starter or closer … Can start at designated hitter in the lineup and come out of the bullpen in the later innings … A corner infielder by nature, played first base some for UK in 2009 … Has a competitive makeup on the mound, using an electric fastball and slider … Named the top prospect in the NYCBL during the summer, earning playoff and regular-season MVP accolades as one of the top hitting and pitching prospects in the league … Was forced into action for a depleted UK pitching staff in 2009, totaling a team-high four saves and a 5-0 record … Has the stuff of a strikeout pitcher, fanning 42 in 32.2 innings in his first collegiate season.

Mike Kaczmarek

Summer Earned regular-season and playoff MVP honors for the Amsterdam Mohawks of the New York Collegiate Baseball League … Was arguably the top hitter and pitcher in the league … Joined UK teammates Sean Bouthilette, Chase Greene and Cory Farris on the league champion Mohawks … Also named to the mid-season All-Star game, starting on the mound, at designated hitter and winning All-Star MVP honors … Led the NYCBL with 72 strikeouts in 47.1 innings … In eight games and seven starts, totaled a 4-1 record and a 2.47 ERA … Allowed only 23 hits and 13 earned runs in 47.1 innings, walking 25 …

Opponents hit just .145 against him … Offensively, started 37 games and hit .319 (46-for144) with eight doubles, a team-high four homers and 24 RBI, stealing 5-of-7 bases …

Amsterdam finished with a 30-12 overall record … Had a .458 slugging percentage, reaching base at a .387 clip.

UNIVERSITY

2009 Had a dynamic season at the plate and as UK’s closer during his true freshman campaign … At the plate, totaled a .319 average (45-for-141), with a team-high 11 doubles, four homers and 27 RBI … Played first base and designated hitter … On the mound, pitched in 23 games in relief, totaling a 5-0 record and a 6.06 ERA, with a team-high four saves …

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SEC Games Year GP-GS Avg. 2009 20-19 .284

High School Louisville-Slugger High School All-American … Named all-state, all-conference MVP, allconference and all-area as a senior … Four-year letterwinner of the Illiana Christian High School baseball team, playing for coach Dave Beezehold … Led team to the district championship as a senior … Stole a total of 163 bases during his four-year career …

School-record holder for career average (.492) … Hit .552 with 46 runs, 16 doubles, seven homers and 44 RBI as a senior … On the mound as a senior, earned a 8-2 record and a 0.99 ERA, striking out 93 in 56 innings … Participated in the 2005, 2006, and 2007 Area Code Games for the Chicago White Sox team …Totaled a .468 batting average during his junior year in 2007, with 15 doubles, four home runs, and 35 RBI, stealing 22 bases … As a sophomore, batted .500 with 13 doubles, six home runs and 52 RBI, also earning a 1.43 ERA on the mound, along with a 5-2 record … As a freshman in 2005, batted .429 with 20 doubles, four home runs, and 44 RBI … On the mound in 2005, earned a 6-0 record, striking out 40 in 27 innings … A member of the all-conference team each year of high school … Played basketball for three years … Earned honor roll honors.

2009 Pitched in two games, tossing 3.2 innings with two hits and one run allowed, striking out four and totaling a 2.45 ERA … Got a save in his longest outing of the year, tossing the final 3.1 innings of UK’s season opener against Troy in Myrtle Beach, S.C. … Showed tremendous promise as one of the top few bullpen arms on the team in his first outing …

After getting one out in a UK win over Indiana, suffered a season-ending injury.

2B 5

3B 0

HR 2

RBI 15

BB 4

SO SB-A 16 1-1

W-L ERA SV 2-0 5.87 1

CG 1

SH IP 0 15.1

H 20

R 12

ER 10

BB 7

SO 18

Career Highs Hits RBI Runs Scored Walks Stolen Bases Hitting Streak Innings Strikeouts Pitches Thrown

4 vs. Morehead State (5/12/09) 4, twice, last vs. Morehead State (5/12/09) 3 vs. Morehead State (5/12/09) 1, seven times, last vs. Tennessee (5/3/09) 1, twice, last vs. Tennessee (5/2/09) 11 (2/22/09-3/15/09) 3.2 at Mississippi State (4/17/09) 5 at Mississippi State (4/17/09) 64 at Mississippi State (4/17/09)

#14 • Nick Kennedy 6-2 • 165 • R-So. • R/R • RHP Los Angeles, Calif. (East Los Angeles)

HISTORY

Personal Full name is Nicholas Robert Kennedy … Born September 1, 1988 in Houston, Texas …

Son of John Kennedy and Rebecca Trounson … Has a sister, Merrit Kennedy (23).

REVIEW

High School Two-year varsity letterwinner for coach Sean McCorney at Arcadia High School in Arcadia, Calif. … Named second-team All-Pacific as a junior and first-team All-Pacific as a senior in 2006.

PREVIEW

Junior College Right-hander with a submarine delivery, coached by James Hines … Played the past two seasons at East Los Angeles College where he led team to a 31-13 record … During the 2007 season, was 8-1 with five saves and a 2.00 ERA … In 85.2 innings Kennedy struck out 48 and only walked 18 in 2007 … Named first-team All-South Coast Conference in 2007.

WILDCATS

Outlook Entering the 2009 season, Kennedy looked like the reliever UK would use 30 times and be the matchup arm that could go two to three times on the weekend … When he was injured, it put a big dent in the depth of the bullpen, forcing several pitchers into foreign roles … If healthy in 2010, Kennedy will be counted on as a major factor in the bullpen, with his submarine release presenting very difficult matchups for hitters … Stayed in Lexington during the summer with Alex Meyer, working on his rehab and adding strength.

Career Stats

Avg. .319

R 18

H 45

2B 11

3B 0

HR 4

RBI 27

BB 7

SO SB-A 33 2-5

Year 2009

W-L ERA SV 5-0 6.06 4

CG 0

SH IP 0 32.2

H 37

R 28

ER 22

BB 16

AB 141

All Games Year G-GS 2009 2-0

W-L ERA SV 0-0 2.45 1

CG 0

SH 0

IP 3.2

H 2

R 1

ER 1

BB 1

SO 4

SO 42

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All Games Year GP-GS 2009 37-35 G-GS 23-0

H 21

STAFF

Career Stats

G-GS 12-0

R 11

UK BASEBALL

Personal Full name is Braden Scott Kapteyn … Born September 28, 1989 in Munster, Ill. … Son of Scott and Julie Kapteyn … Has a brother Wade (22), pitched at Evansville and against UK in 2009, and a sister, Katie (24) … Wade was drafted in the 24th round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers, spending his first professional season in the rookie-level New York Penn League.

Year 2009

AB 74

MEDIA INFO

Struck out 42 in 32.2 innings, with 16 walks … Had a 2-0 record with a save and a 5.87 ERA in 12 games in SEC play, striking out 18 in 15.1 innings … Batted .284 (21-for-74) with five doubles, two homers and 15 RBI in 20 SEC games … Hit .358 (24-for-67) in nonconference games with six doubles, two homers and 12 RBI … Totaled 20 of his 27 RBI at Cliff Hagan Stadium … Was 3-0 with four saves and a 5.85 ERA in 15 games on the mound at home … Hit .296 (24-for-81) with runners on base and .500 (3-for-6) with seven RBI with the bases loaded … On the mound, forced 26 fly outs and 28 ground outs …

Struck out 11.57 hitters per nine innings … Hit all over the order, with 10 games as the clean-up hitter, nine games as the No. 7 hitter and five games each as the No. 5 and No. 6 batter … Was 7-for-10 with three runs and three RBI in the ninth inning or later … Opened his UK career on an 11-game hitting streak, the second-longest streak on the team … Hit safely in the last nine games of the year, carrying the longest active hitting streak on the team … In his first career start, at Coastal Carolina, hit 1-for-3 with two runs scored, a home run and a walk … Had a 3-for-4 outing, three-RBI outing against Western Michigan … Totaled 12 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … Totaled three RBI against Vanderbilt … Hit first career grand slam against Morehead State, going 4-for-6 with three runs scored, four RBI and two doubles … Totaled four RBI in the series finale against Tennessee … Had a double in all three games against South Carolina … Hit three of his four homers in the final 10 games … With UK trailing by three runs in the top of the ninth inning at Alabama, belted a home run that scored two and put UK within one run … Was excellent in his first two outings on the mound, going a scoreless frame at Coastal Carolina, striking out two, and pitching 1.1 innings without allowed an earned run against Western Michigan, recording his first career save … With a perfect ninth inning against eventual NCAA Regional team Indiana, locked up his second save … Arguably his best outing came in three innings at Louisville, holding the Cardinals to one hit and one run with four strikeouts … Tossed 2.1 hitless innings against Marshall for his third save of the year … Got fourth save of the year against Tennessee, going one inning with one walk and one punch out … Hurled two innings with one hit allowed and three strikeouts against Morehead State, a game that also saw hit total four hits and five RBI at the plate … Recorded wins against EKU, Louisville, Mississippi State, Auburn and Morehead State … Longest outing came at Mississippi State in the series opener on Super Bulldog Weekend, when he pitched 3.2 innings, allowing four hits and two runs, walking one and fanning a career-best five.

MEDIA INFO

Career Bests Innings Strikeouts Pitches Thrown

3.1 vs. Troy (2/20/09) 4 vs. Troy (2/20/09) 53 vs. Troy (2/20/09)

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#9 • Sam Kidd 6-2 • 180 • Fr. • S/R • RHP/OF Hartford, Ky. (Ohio County) • 39th round draft pick in 2009 (Phillies)

Personal Born March 19, 1988 in Columbus, Ohio ... Son of Dave and Cindy ... Has one sibling, Morgan.

High School First-team All-State selection from Ohio County High School … Four-year letterwinner for coach Ted Hill … Led team to the district championships in 2008 and 2009 … Team won district in 2007, finishing as region runner up … Played football junior season … Four-year member of the all-district team … Named all-region in 2008 and 2009 … Named secondteam All-State in 2008 … 39th round MLB draft pick by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Personal Full name is Samuel Wallace Kidd … Born November 30, 1990 in Owensboro, Ky. … Son of Don and Evelyn Kidd … Has a sister, Amanda (23) … Father played baseball for Delta State University.

5-11 • 180 • R-Jr. • R/R • RHP Virginia Beach, Va. (Kempsville HS/Louisburg)

PREVIEW REVIEW HISTORY

High School Played at Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach, Va.

Outlook Two-way player was a 39th-round draft pick by the Phillies ...

Elected to attend Kentucky, with the ability to pitch and play the outfield for UK ... Switch-hitter will compete for playing time in the outfield and add to the depth of a young, talented UK bullpen.

#26 • Matt Little

UNIVERSITY

Junior College Played junior college at Louisburg College (N.C.), helping lead his team to a 38-15 record in 2007 … Worked 56.1 innings in 2007, allowing only 18 runs, good for a 2.88 ERA …

Also posted a 4-4 record in 11 appearances, striking out 41 and walking 45.

• Sixth-Best Prospect in the Coastal Plains League by PGcrosschecker.com (2008) Outlook Talented right-hander transferred to UK in January of 2009 …

Possesses electric stuff and will have the opportunity to compete for a pitching role on the weekends … Considered by head coach Gary Henderson to be a great teammate ... Should provide a competitive force on the UK pitching staff.

Summer One of four UK players to play in the prestigious Cape Cod League during the summer …

Was a member of the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in the CCL … Pitched in 12 games with one start for Y-D, totaling a 1-2 record and a 4.56 ERA … Finished four games for Y-D, third-most on the club … Hurled 23.2 innings and allowed only 14 hits and 12 runs …

Totaled 24 strikeouts and 24 walks in his 23.2 innings.

2009 Sat out after transferring in January … Redshirted season at UK … After a dominating summer, was named the sixth-best prospect in the Coastal Plains League by PGcrosschecker.com … Totaled a 3-1 record and a 2.60 ERA, in 16 games, starting four games for the Peninsula Pirates … Tossed 45 innings, allowing only 24 hits, while striking out 40 and walking 37 … Did not allow a home run all summer … Opponents hit a league-low .168 against Little.

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Luke Maile

6-3 • 205 • Fr. • R/R • C Crestview Hills, Ky. (Covington Catholic) • 43rd round draft pick in 2009 (Red Sox)

#17 • Alex Meyer

• SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (2009) • 20th round draft pick in 2008 (Red Sox)

Personal Full name is Alex John Meyer … Born January 3, 1990 in Greensburg, Ind. … Son of David and Sandy Meyer … Has a brother, Eric (17) and a sister, Kristen (22) … Has a cousin, P.J. that played college basketball at Mount Saint Josephs.

Career Stats All Games Year G-GS 2009 13-11

CG 0

SH IP 0 59.2

H 53

R 42

ER 38

BB 45

SO 80

SEC Games Year G-GS W-L ERA SV 2009 9-9 0-4 6.02 0

CG 0

SH IP 0 43.1

H 40

R 33

ER 29

BB 36

SO 64

Career Bests Innings Strikeouts Pitches Thrown

7.0 at Alabama (4/26/09) 12 at Florida (5/16/09) 105 at Florida (5/16/09)

UNIVERSITY

2009 Became UK’s Sunday starter for the opening SEC series against eventual NCAA Champion LSU … Pitched in 13 games with 11 starting assignments, starting nine of UK’s SEC games … Totaled a 1-4 record and a 5.73 ERA, totaling one save … Pitched 59.2 innings, allowing only 53 hits and 38 earned runs, striking out 80 hitters … Ranked sixth in the NCAA with 12.06 strikeouts per nine innings … Ranked eighth in the SEC with a .239 opponent batting average, ranking 11th in strikeouts and eighth in pickoffs (three) …

HISTORY

W-L ERA SV 1-4 5.73 1

REVIEW

Outlook Arguably the most highly-touted recruit in UK baseball history, had a solid season as a true freshman in the weekend rotation in the best conference in college baseball … A 6-foot-9, 220-pound right-hander who possesses electric stuff, including a high-velocity fastball and an excellent curveball, with his changeup and two-seam fastball developing … Regarded as one of the top prospects in college baseball, is considered a candidate for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft … An Aflac All-American who was drafted out of high school by the Boston Red Sox and elected to join UK’s school-record fourth-ranked freshman class in 2009 …

Ranked sixth in the NCAA with 12.06 strikeouts per nine innings … Had issues with command at times but enjoyed breakout performances at LSU, at Ole Miss and at Alabama as a true freshman … Will join senior left-hander James Paxton in what many analysts consider the best starting pitching duo in college baseball … After a significant workload as a freshman, spent the summer in Lexington, adding 15 pounds of muscle and an inch in height to his projectable frame and working on his degree in summer classes.

PREVIEW

6-9 • 220 • So. • R/R • RHP Greensburg, Ind. (Greensburg HS)

WILDCATS

Personal Full name is Luke Richard Maile… Son of Rich and Laurie Maile … Has two brothers, Ben (15) and Jack (9), and two sisters, Abby (16) and Caroline (12) … Father, Rich, played football at UK and grandfather, Dick, was an All-American basketball player at LSU.

High School Aflac All-America and Louisville Slugger High School All-American … Rated as the No. 5 prospect in all of high school baseball by Baseball America … Ranked as the No. 2 prospect by Baseball America at Perfect Game’s National Showcase in Cincinnati …

Gatorade Indiana Player of the Year and Louisville Slugger Indiana Player of the Year …

Named Indiana Mr. Baseball and first-team all-state … Posted a 0.95 ERA and a 8-0 record in 51 innings as a senior, striking out 108 and walking 30 … Holds school records for most strikeouts in a season, career and lowest season ERA … Earned EIAC Conference MVP honors and EIAC All-Conference accolades in 2008 … A member of the Indiana Bulls travel team over the summer, Meyer played in the East Coast Professional Showcase in Lakeland, Fla., in August … As a junior, Meyer went 3-4 with two saves and a 3.45 ERA … In 47 innings in 2007, he allowed 28 hits, 27 of which were singles, and held his opponents to a .172 batting average … Of the 206 total batters faced, Meyer struck out 72 as a junior … In 2006, as a sophomore, Meyer went 6-2 with a 1.92 ERA …Three-year letterwinner for coach Scott Moore at Greensburg High School … A twotime all-conference basketball player, played all four years, playing football as a freshman.

STAFF

High School Kentucky Mr. Baseball in 2009 and first-team High School All-American by MaxPreps.com … First-team All-State in 2008 and 2009 … Owner of every offensive record in the history of Covington Catholic, with the expectation of at bats, ranking second … Hit .514 with 12 homers as a senior … Three-time Northern Kentucky Player of the Year … A four-year baseball letterwinner for coach Bill Krumpelbeck … Played basketball for four seasons and golf for two … Member of the 1,000 point club in basketball … Led baseball team to district championship 2007-09, finishing as region runner up in 2009 … Hit .554 with seven homers and 40 RBI as a junior … Batted .486 with eight homers and 66 RBI … Has earned the Mt. St. Joseph College writing award and the Northern Kentucky University writing award … Drafted in the 43rd round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox.

UK BASEBALL

Outlook Highly-touted backstop will compete for playing time behind the plate ... Intelligent, competitive catcher, will bring tremendous athleticism, instincts and leadership to the position ... Will compete with Michael Williams and T.J. Daugherty to back up fifth-year senior Marcus Nidiffer ... Kentucky Mr. Baseball in 2009, was considered the top prospect in Kentucky as a high school senior, turning down the Red Sox, who drafted him in the 43rd round.

Among qualifying pitchers, allowed the fewest hits of any hurler in the league … Led the league with the fewest doubles (three) and triples (zero) allowed … Also ranked first in the league with 14 wild pitches, ranking fifth in the league with 10 hit batters … Struck out 64 in 43.1 innings in SEC play … Without four bad starts that saw him allow four or more runs, had a 1-2 record and a 3.18 ERA in 39.2 innings, allowing only 24 hits with 46 strikeouts … Had outstanding outings at LSU, at Ole Miss and at Alabama … At LSU, in his first career SEC start, tossed five innings, allowing just two hits and three runs, walking five with six strikeouts, exiting the game to a standing ovation from the LSU faithful …

Against South Carolina, tossed five innings, allowing three hits and one run, walking six and striking out four … At SEC Champion Ole Miss, had a career outing, going 6.1 innings, with five hits and two runs allowed issuing just one walk and fanning 10 … Had the best outing of his career at the SEC’s leader in batting average, Alabama, going seven innings, allowing four hits and two earned runs, walking one and striking out 11 …

In a must-win game at Florida, with UK needing a win to clinch a post-season berth, went five innings with two walks and a career-best 12 strikeouts … In his second career start against Georgetown College on March 10, tossed six hitless innings, walking one with six strikeouts … Opened his career with three innings in relief against James Madison in the Caravelle Resort Invitational in Myrtle Beach, S.C., allowing three runs … In his first career start against Eastern Kentucky, tossed 4.1 innings with two runs, six walks and six strikeouts.

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#21 • Luke Maile

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#12 • Marcus Nidiffer 6-2 • 200 • R-Sr. • R/R • C Bristol, Tenn. (Tennessee HS) • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2008) • 14th-Best Prospect in the Valley League by Baseball America (2008) • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2007) • SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll (2006) Outlook UK’s vocal, physical and emotional leader … Has been a workhorse for UK since the 2008 season, becoming the everyday catcher and leader on the diamond … Showed tremendous toughness to play through a broken thumb on his catching hand throughout the 2009 season, with UK lacking the depth behind the plate to rest him even for mid-week games … Before the injury, led the SEC with a .444 average in the first 17 games, with UK owning a 13-4 record … After the injury, hit .242, committing seven of his eight errors while playing handicapped, with UK going 15-22 … Finished the year strong with homers in four of his five final games and in all three games at Florida … Hit .395 in games UK won and .211 in games UK lost in 2009 … Will be counted on as a run-producer in the UK lineup and as the senior leader behind the plate … Has earned praise from head coach Gary Henderson for his leadership and calm demeanor in the field … Athletic for a backstop, can be a weapon behind the plate, ranking second in the SEC in pickoffs by a catcher.

Summer Played during the summer in the prestigious Cape Cod League, joining UK outfielder Keenan Wiley and former UK shortstop Chris Wade on the Harwich Mariners … In limited at bats, finished with a .173 (14-for-81) average, with four doubles, one homer and nine RBI … Played mainly behind the plate, with the versatility to play first base and in the outfield for Harwich … Ranked third in the Cape throwing out 34 percent of would-be base stealers (11-of-32) ... Was on the same team as LSU outfielder Leon Landry, Vanderbilt standout Joe Loftus, Auburn center fielder Trent Mummey, Mississippi State first baseman Connor Powers and Florida State infielder Stuart Tapley … LSU’s Daniel Bradshaw and Vanderbilt’s Chase Reid helped form the Harwich pitching staff.

2009 In many ways, was the heart and soul of the UK team in 2009, jumping out to an excellent offensive year early and fighting through a painful injury because UK lacked depth behind the plate … Played in 50 games with 44 starts, leading the team with 10 homers, adding a .312 (49-for-157) average … Added six doubles, one triple and 32 RBI, leading the team with a .554 slugging percentage and a .928 OPS (on-base + slugging) … Drew 18 walks and struck out a team-high 44 times, stealing 3-of-3 bases … A strong and athletic catcher, ranked second among SEC backstops with four runners picked off … Jumped out to a blistering start in UK’s first 17 games, before breaking the thumb on his left catching hand … In his first 17 games of 2009 and before his injury, led the SEC with a .444 (24-for-54) batting average, with two doubles, one triple, three homers and 16 RBI, fielding .994 …

After breaking his thumb, committed seven of his eight errors and hit .243 (25-for-103), with seven homers and 16 RBI, striking out 34 times in his final 33 games … When fully healthy, UK owned a 13-4 record and after his injury, UK went 15-22 … Had eight of his 10 homers in SEC play, batting .255 (25-for-98) playing in league play … Hit .292 (19-for65) on the road, with four homers and 13 RBI … In games UK won, hit .395 (34-for-86) with six homers and 21 RBI and in games UK lost, batted .211 (15-for-71) with four homers and 11 RBI … Batted .364 (20-for-55) with three homers and 12 RBI in 18 night games … Hit .291 (23-for-79) with runners on base and .327 (27-for-49) with runners in scoring position … Had three lead-off homers, batting .342 (13-for-38) as the lead-off hitter … Hit in the No. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 spots in the UK order, having the most success as the No. 6 hitter (.344; 11-for-37) and the No. 8 hitter (.309; 21-for-68, five homers) …

Totaled 11 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games … Started all four of UK’s opening games in the Caravelle Resort Invitational in Myrtle Beach, S.C., going 2-for-4 with two runs scored in the opener against Troy … Had three three-RBI games, as well as a fourRBI game against Indiana State … Finished the year on a five-game hitting streak, launching homers in four of his final five games and in all three games of the season-end-

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ing series at Florida … Drew three walks twice, against Western Michigan and Tennessee … Had three RBI against South Carolina in the opener.

2008 Split time with senior Tyler Howe, serving as a two-time starter in weekend SEC series and as the right-handed hitting catcher … Batted .216 (25-for-116) with 20 runs, five doubles, one triple, five homers and 17 RBI … Stole 2-of-3 bases and slugged .405 … Laid down eight sac bunts on the season … Fielded .993, throwing out 15-of-29 attempted stealers, good for fourth in the SEC … Saw action in 47 of UK’s 63 games, starting 34 …

Started out strong, hitting for an average above or near .300 until a late-April 0-for-21 slump … Minus the slump, Nidiffer hit for a .263 average with five homers and 16 RBI …

Had the game of his career in a Friday-night win at then-No. 7 South Carolina, launching two homers and batting 2-for-5 with three RBI in a 15-3 win … Among the other highlights for the catcher in 2008, included a walk-off homer vs. Purdue and a 3-for-4 game vs. Mississippi State that saw Nidiffer hit a triple and a home run … Earned All-Star honors in the Valley League during the summer, with Baseball America tabbing him the 14th-best prospect in the league … Batted .305 (40-for-131) with a league-high 13 home runs in 42 games … Ranked third in the league with 35 runs scored and was one of only four players in the league with 10 or more homers … Led the team with 31 RBI and 25 walks …

Added four doubles and a triple, ranking third in the league in slugging (.649) and on-base percentage (.440) … Garnered Most Valuable Player honors during the Valley League AllStar game in July, after going 2-for-5 with a home run and a game-high three RBI. 2007 Reserve catcher appeared in eight games, registering six at bats … Scored twice and struck out four times … Registered nine put-outs on the season … Played in four consecutive games (March 10-13).

2006 Redshirted season.

High School Earned three letters at Tennessee High School for coach David Halstead ... Had breakout season as a junior, batting .356 with seven home runs and 30 RBI en route to first-team All-Northeast Tennessee honors ... Was named to the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association Underclassman team that year ... Returned to bat .301 in senior season while walking 21 times for a .450 on-base percentage ... Also played football for four years, leading his team to three straight conference titles.

Personal Full name is Marcus Irvin Nidiffer ... Son of Mike and Denise Nidiffer ... Both parents played basketball at Division III Emory and Henry College in Virginia ... Has an older brother, Jason (22) ... Brother played baseball at Wofford ... Born on Jan. 13, 1987 in Bristol, Tenn.

Career Stats All Games Year GP-GS 2007 8-0 2008 47-34 2009 50-44 Totals 105-78

Avg. .000 .216 .312 .265

AB 6 116 157 279

R 2 20 37 59

H 0 25 49 74

2B 0 5 6 11

3B 0 1 1 2

HR 0 5 10 15

RBI 0 17 32 49

BB 0 11 18 29

SO SB-A 4 0-0 46 2-3 44 3-3 94 5-6

SEC Games Year GP-GS 2007 0-0 2008 24-21 2009 30-28 Totals 54-49

Avg. .000 .157 .255 .214

AB 0 70 98 168

R 0 11 20 31

H 0 11 25 36

2B 0 2 5 7

3B 0 1 0 1

HR 0 3 8 11

RBI 0 9 18 27

BB 0 6 7 13

SO SB-A 0 0-0 30 1-2 28 1-1 58 2-3

Hits Home Runs RBI Runs Scored Walks Hit Streak

3, four times, last at New Orleans (3/17/09) 2 at South Carolina (3/28/08) 4 vs. Indiana State (3/6/09) 3 vs. Tennessee (5/3/09) 3, twice, last vs. Auburn (5/9/09) 8 (2/27/09-3/10/09)

6-4 • 220 • Sr. • L/L • LHP Ladner, B.C. (Delta Secondary)

High School Played for coach Ari Mellios at Delta Secondary School in Ladner, British Columbia …

Earned a 1.70 ERA, a 7-1 record, with 65 strikeouts and 32 walks during senior season, pitching 50 innings … Notched a 1.51 ERA during junior campaign, winning 10 games and striking out 100 in 78 innings pitched … Named to the honor roll five consecutive years … Named BCPBL Top Pitcher and first-team All-Star as a junior … Led team to the league championship as a junior and senior … Team won the BC's Best Tournament Championship as a junior and senior.

Career Stats ERA SV 6.62 1 2.92 1 5.86 0 4.91 2

CG 0 1 0 1

SH 0 1 0 1

H 20 46 83 149

R 23 21 52 96

ER 13 17 51 81

BB 16 25 20 61

SO 10 43 115 168

SEC Games Year G-GS 2007 16-0 2008 10-5 2009 10-10 Totals 36-15

W-L ERA SV 1-0 9.31 1 2-2 3.95 1 2-3 6.49 0 5-5 6.06 2

CG 0 1 0 1

SH IP H 0 9.2 14 1 27.1 31 0 61.0 63 1 98.0 108

R 17 15 45 77

ER 10 12 44 66

BB 10 9 19 38

SO 4 20 92 116

IP 17.2 52.1 78.1 148.1

Career Bests Innings Strikeouts

9.0 vs. Ole Miss (5/22/08) 14 at LSU (3/13/09)

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W-L 2-0 4-2 5-3 11-5

HISTORY

All Games Year G-GS 2007 25-0 2008 17-11 2009 13-13 Totals 55-24

REVIEW

Personal Full name is James Alston Paxton … Born November 6, 1988 in Richmond, British Columbia … Son of Ted and Barb Paxton … Has one brother, Thomas (17).

PREVIEW

2009 UK’s Friday night starter, became the first UK player selected in the first round of the MLB Draft since World Series Champion Joe Blanton was picked by the Athletics in 2002 …

Ranked third in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings, fanning 13.22 hitters per nine innings pitched … The highest drafted player in college baseball to return to school … Ranked 17th in the NCAA and fourth in the SEC with 115 strikeouts … Started 13 games, totaling a 5.86 ERA and a 5-3 record … Pitched 78.1 innings, allowing 83 hits and 51 earned runs, walking only 20 and striking out a staff-best 115 … Ranks fifth in UK single-season history with 115 punch outs … Struck out 10 or more in seven of 13 starts … Minus the three games he lost, allowing five or more runs in each game, had a 5-0 record and a 3.95 ERA, with 101 strikeouts in 66 innings … Was 2-3 with a 6.49 ERA in 10 SEC starts, going 61 innings, walking 19 and striking out 92 … Issued just one walk in 17.1 innings in non-conference play … Was 4-1 with a 5.74 ERA in seven home starts … In seven games started that UK won, was 5-0 with a 3.45 ERA, fanning 66 in 47 innings … Was 0-3 with a 9.48 ERA in six starts that UK eventually lost … Allowed only 10 stolen bases during the year … Opened the year with a start in the season opener, going 5.2 innings, allowing two runs with no walks and two strikeouts … In his second start of the season, struck out 11 in six innings, allowing two hits, one walk and one earned run … Had a breakout game at eventual NCAA Champion LSU, dueling with Tigers ace Anthony Ranuado in a pitching gem, putting his name on the map as a future first-round selection … Struck out a career-best 14 in six innings at LSU, allowing five hits and three runs, with two walks … Got 12 of his first 13 outs against LSU by strikeout, allowing just a two run homer to freshman third sacker Tyler Hanover and an RBI fielder’s choice from Jared Mitchell, scoring Blake Dean, who led off with a single … In his next start, faced off with eventual Braves firstround pick Mike Minor of Vanderbilt, a game attended by nearly 60 professional scouts, with UK needing to set up a new scout viewing area off the first-base line … Outdueled Minor to improve to 4-0, allowing only two hits in 6.2 innings, with one run, three walks and 10 strikeouts … After suffering an injury, labored through two innings against South Carolina, allowing 10

2007 Southpaw led Kentucky in appearances with 25 … Served as a true spot reliever, working in only 17 2/3 innings in his 25 appearances … Tallied a 6.62 ERA, a 2-0 record and one save …

Struggled with control at times, walking 16 and striking out 10 … In his first collegiate appearance, Paxton worked 1 2/3 innings against Xavier, striking out three and allowing no hits …

Worked in less than an inning 16 times … Got the final out of the game against LSU, securing a 6-5 Wildcat win, to pick up his first save of the season … Through first eight appearances, posted a 1.17 ERA … Had two separate scoreless appearance streaks of five games …

Opponents hit .185 (5-for-27) with the bases empty … Forced 17 fly outs and 24 ground outs.

WILDCATS

Outlook Regarded as the top pitcher in college baseball in 2010, a candidate for a top-10 selection in the 2010 MLB Draft … A supplemental first-round selection in 2009, became the highest drafted college player to elect to return to school … Has a 3.3 GPA as an accounting major, with graduating in four years important in his decision to return to school … Had a breakout season in 2009, despite battling injury in the middle of the year … Had two performances on big stages that led to his draft prospects in 2009, striking out 12 of his first 13 outs at LSU in a pitching duel with Anthony Ranuado and outdueling eventual first-rounder Mike Minor in front of nearly 60 scouts in a win over Vanderbilt … Ranked third in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings in 2009 … Has grown tremendously since freshman season, when he was listed at 6foot-2 and 200 pounds … Between his sophomore and junior seasons, added 15 pounds of muscle … At 20 years old in June of 2009, was the youngest college junior available in the 2009 MLB Draft … As a sophomore with UK needing to clinch a berth in the SEC and NCAA Tournaments on the final weekend, pitched a complete-game shutout against Ole Miss.

STAFF

• First (Supplemental) Round Pick in the 2009 MLB Draft (Blue Jays) • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2009) • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2008) • SEC Pitcher of the Week (5/19/08) • SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll (2007)

2008 Earned the Saturday starter role midway through the season, functioning as the No. 4 starter in midweek games early in the season … Pitched in 17 games with 11 starts, earning a 4-2 record and a 2.92 ERA … Pitched the game of his career in an SEC Tournament clinching win over Ole Miss, hurling a complete-game shutout, striking out six and scattering seven hits … Named the SEC Pitcher of the Week following that performance vs. the Rebels … Worked 52.1 innings, allowing only 46 hits and striking out 43 … Opponents hit for a .238 average … Minor injury in his final five starts limited him to less than five innings in four of the last five … Did not start in the NCAA Tournament due to injury … Just six days after blanking Ole Miss in the next to last regular season game, Paxton faced the Rebels in the second round of the SEC Tournament, lasting 3.1 innings with four hits allowed, three runs, five walks and two strikeouts … Pitched in four games with three starts during the summer in the Alaska League … Earned a 1-0 record and a 2.25 ERA, working 16 innings, striking out 12 and allowing opponents to hit for a .179 average.

UK BASEBALL

#22 • James Paxton

hits and nine runs … Had a rebound outing at Mississippi State in an electric atmosphere on Super Bulldog Weekend, fanning nine in seven innings, allowing just two runs … Struck out 11 Alabama hitters in seven innings, exiting the game in the eighth inning with UK leading 6-4 …

In eight innings against Tennessee, struck out 12 with four runs allowed … Had another eightinning outing against Auburn, striking out 12 with four runs and four hits allowed.

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#10 • Lance Ray 6-1 • 200 • Jr. • L/R • OF/1B Las Vegas, Nev. (Sierra/Western Nevada)

UK BASEBALL

Outlook Will seek to become another immediate impact junior college transfer in the UK lineup, joining the likes for former first-team All-Americans Sawyer Carroll (2007-08), Sean Coughlin (200607) and Ryan Strieby (2006), a trio of players that all rank among the top prospects in their respective MLB organization ... Has an excellent swing, with the potential to be a middle-of-the-order bat and run producer ... Left-handed swing is well suited for the short porch at Cliff Hagan Stadium ... Will compete for playing time at first base and in the outfield.

STAFF

Summer Played in nine games with the Mankato MoonDogs, joining UK teammate Taylor Black in the Northwoods League ... Hit .200 (5-for-25) with four runs, one double, three RBI and three steals in his nine games.

WILDCATS

Junior College Played two seasons for coach D.J. Whittemore at Western Nevada College … Named first-team region and first-team Western District in 2009 … Named second-team all-region in 2008 … Hit .373 with 80 hits, 62 runs, 20 doubles, 12 homers, 52 RBI and 20 stolen bases in 2009 … Batted .280 with 58 hits, 36 runs, 14 doubles, four homers, 26 RBI and four steals in 2008 … Owns the career batting average record, and the single-season home runs and single-season runs scored records … Led Western Nevada to a thirdplace finish at the NJCAA World Series … Western Nevada finished 2009 as the Scenic West Athletic Conference Champions, a year after finishing second.

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High School Two-year letter winner at Sierra Vista High School for coach Nathan Selby … Hit .455 with 58 hits, 39 runs, nine doubles, seven homers and 35 RBI as a high school senior … As a junior, hit .380 with 35 hits, 22 runs, eight doubles and 26 RBI … Led team to the Southwest Conference Championship in 2006 and 2008 … Graduated 15th in his 700 member graduating class, earning an advanced honors diploma.

Lance Ray

Personal Full name is Lance Gordon Ray … Born September 2, 1989 in Las Vegas, N.V. … Son of Gordon and Susan Ray.

REVIEW

#34 • Taylor Rogers 6-3 • 170 • Fr. • L/L • LHP Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield)

HISTORY

Outlook Will compete for a pitching role on the weekends ... Has a highvelocity fastball and good feel for three pitches ... Dazzled during the Connie Mack World Series as a high school senior, putting himself on the draft map ... Turned down the Orioles to attend Kentucky ... Has been tabbed

by Baseball America as a potential first-round pick in the 2012 MLB Draft.

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• 37th round draft pick in 2009 (Orioles)

High School Named first-team All-State and first-team All-Colorado in 2008 … Earned a 1.98 ERA and a 5-2 record, striking out 82 in 53 innings in 2008 …Two-year letterwinner at Chatfield Senior High School for coach Mike Yansak … Led club team to the 2009 Connie Mack National Championship, dazzling scouts in attendance with his performance … Named one of the top 50 players in Colorado in a voting of media … Led team to the 2008 baseball final four … All-region selection in 2009 … A four-year member of the basketball team.

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#42 • Micheal Thomas 5-11 • 210 • Fr. • R/R • C Elizabethtown, Ky. (Elizabethtown)

Personal Full name is Micheal Rayven Thomas … Born January 27, 1991 in Virginia Beach, Va. …

Son of Frank and Judie Thomas … Has a sister, Jada (10).

6-1 • 190 • Fr. • R/R • INF Lexington, Ky. (Lexington Christian)

Personal Full name is Matthew Tyler Townsend … Born May 9, 1990 in Lexington, Ky. … Son of Chris and Carol Townsend … Has a sister, Gabrielle (12).

#46 • Keenan Wiley 5-11 • 175 • R-Sr. • L/L • OF Richmond, Ky. (Madison Central) • 2008 Cape Cod League Summer All-Star Outlook Three-year starter in the outfield, enters his second season as UK’s centerfielder … Speedy slap hitter is a defensive weapon with his speed, range and instincts in centerfield … A threat to run on the bases … A career .300 hitter in over 150 career games … Is less than 100 at bats shy of cracking the UK top-10 for career at bats … Has hit successfully in the No. 1 or No. 9 spots in the order … In three years and 23 games against schools from the state of Kentucky or from Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Xavier), has batted .418 (28-for-67) with eight RBI and seven walks ... Had a walk-off homer in the 11th inning against Louisville in 2008, his first career home run.

Summer Joined UK catcher Marcus Nidiffer and former UK shortstop Chris Wade on the Harwich Mariners in the prestigious Cape Cod League … Played in 35 games with two doubles and two RBI, scoring 19 runs, while playing in Harwich’s large ballpark … Laid down a team-best five sacrifice bunts … Drew 13 walks and struck out 20 times, stealing 2-of-5 bags … Was on the same team as LSU outfielder Leon Landry, Vanderbilt standout Joe Loftus, Auburn center fielder Trent Mummey, Mississippi State first baseman Connor Powers and Florida State infielder Stuart Tapley … LSU’s Daniel Bradshaw and Vanderbilt’s Chase Reid helped form the Harwich pitching staff.

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2009 In his third year as a starting outfielder, batted .251 (49-for-195) with 29 runs scored, three doubles, four homers and 24 RBI, stealing 11-of-12 bases and drawing 18 walks with 29 strikeouts … Started 52 of UK’s 54 games, including all 30 in SEC play … Finished with a .338 on-base percentage … Hit better in SEC play, totaling a .271 (29-for-107) average, with two doubles, three homers and 15 RBI … Batted .227 (20-for-88) in non-conference games …Finished with a .227 (25-for-110) average in 30 games played at Cliff Hagan Stadium, belting all four of his homers in Lexington … In 19 road games, finished with a .267 (20-for-75) average … Hit .282 (29-for-103) in games UK won and .217 (20-for-92) in games UK lost … 30 games deep into 2009, had a .238 (25-for-105) average, with one double and just five RBI … In the last 30 games of the year hit .261 (29-for-111) with 17 runs scored, two doubles, four homers and 19 RBI … Was .284 (27-for-95) with runners

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High School Four-year letterwinner for coach Keith Galloway at Lexington Christian Academy … Finished 2009 with a .349 average, with 30 runs, 38 hits, 29 RBI, five doubles, one triple, two homers, 17 steals and 14 walks ... One of two team captains in 2009 ... Named All-A State Tournament MVP and second-team All-City ... Named second-team All-State in 2009 … Led team to the state championship in 2009 … LCA won the district and region championship in 2009 … Played basketball for three years and football freshman and senior year.

Personal Full name is Walter James Wijas … Born February 13, 1991 in Chicago, Ill. … Son of David and Patricia … Has a brother, Kevin (10) and two sisters, Kate (16) and Bridget (14).

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Outlook Former LCA infielder will add depth to the infield ... Joins a long line of good infielders out of LCA, including Chris Wade and Andy Green.

High School One of the top pitchers in Illinois, Wijas was named all-area and all-conference in 2009 … As a senior, struck out 100 in 73 innings, posting a 1.63 ERA and a 5-5 record … Posted a 0.76 ERA and a 2-0 record in 2008, striking out 40 in 28 innings … As a sophomore, earned a 6-1 record and a 0.42 ERA, working 33 innings with 66 strikeouts … Owns the single-season ERA record at Conant … Hit .482 with seven doubles, two homers and 17 RBI as a sophomore and .419 with four doubles and 11 RBI as a freshman … Coached by Jerry Song … Led team to the regional championship as a sophomore and senior … Played basketball as a freshman.

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#2 • Tyler Townsend

Outlook Illinois native will add depth to the UK bullpen ... Regarded as one of the top pitching prospects in Illinois ... Struck out 100 in 73 innings as a senior in 2009 ... Pronounced WHY-just.

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High School Four-year letterwinner for coach Dan Pitts at Elizabethtown High School … Played on the same high school team as UK sophomore right-hander Sean Bouthilette … Four-year member of football and basketball … Led baseball team to the district championship in 2007 and 2009 … Named all-district in 2009 and all-region in 2008 and 2009.

6-2 • 210 • Fr. • R/R • RHP Elk Grove Village, Ill. (James Conant)

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Outlook Reserve catcher will add depth to the UK backstop position …

Will be relied upon in the development of the pitching staff …

Played on the same high school team as UK right-hander Sean Bouthilette ... Name is spelled Micheal.

#25 • Walter Wijas

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Personal Full name is Taylor Allen Rogers … Born December 17, 1990 in Denver, Colo. … Son of Scott and Amy Rogers … Has a brother, Tyler (18).

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on base and .286 (20-for-70) with runners in scoring position … Had eight two-out RBI …

Reached on a fielder’s choice 10 times, the second-most on the club … Performed best in five games as the lead-off hitter, batting .353 (6-for-17) with four walks and just two strikeouts, stealing 2-of-2 bases … With injuries striking the UK lineup, hit out of position in the No. 3 spot in the UK order in 14 games, batting .232 (13-for-56) with nine runs, one doubles and five RBI … Batted in the No. 6 spot in 17 games and the No. 7 spot in 13 contests … Went 2-for-3 with two walks in the season-opener against Troy … Had 12 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games … Had two three-hit games, in the rubber match at Mississippi State and against Western Michigan … Had three RBI in the win over Mississippi State on getaway day … Hit two solo homers in the series opener against Georgia … Had homers against Lipscomb and Tennessee, with his homer against UT coming as a three-run jack … Stole two bases against Eastern Kentucky and Lipscomb.

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2008 Center and leftfielder in 2008, shifting to centerfield when injuries limited first-team AllAmerican Collin Cowgill to left field … Hit .327 (83-for-254) in all 63 games, starting 60 …

254 at bats led the team … Primarily batted leadoff or in the nine hole … Belted 13 doubles, two triples, two homers and 38 RBI … Hit a walk-off, 12th-inning home run in UK’s win over Louisville, his first career home run …Totaled a 4-for-6, two RBI game vs.

Louisville, including a double …Threw a runner out at the plate, attempting to score on a single, in the win over UL … Had two four hit games on the year, including a 4-for-5, oneRBI game vs. MSU … Had a five-RBI, 3-for-5 day vs. Butler and a 3-for-5, four RBI night vs. Butler … Hit second career home run into the right-centerfield party deck vs. LSU …

In his 60 starts in 2008, reached base safely in 57 games …Totaled 23 multi-hit games, 10 multi-RBI games and ran up a 15-game hit streak, second best on the team … Hit .323 in SEC games, with eight doubles, a triple, a homer and 13 RBI … Stole 7-of-14 bases on the year … Added three outfield assists on the year …Took a hard-luck error in the SEC Tournament as a routine single took an atrocious hop and sailed away behind him …

Earned All-Star honors in the prestigious Cape Cod League during the summer, playing for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox … Played in 44 games, batting .268 (45-for-168) with 22 runs scored, a team-high 10 doubles and 11 RBI … Drew eight walks and struck out 28 times … After succeeding in 7-for-14 stolen base opportunities as a sophomore in 2008 for UK, stole 12-of-12 bases in the Cape … Got hit by six pitches and laid down two sacrifice bunts … Reached base at a .324 clip … With Y-D running out of pitchers in a blowout game, Wiley toed the rubber for the first time since high school, getting the final two outs of the game, allowing two hits and striking out one.

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Keenan Wiley

2007 Speedy outfielder, emerged as a weapon late in the season … For the early portion of the season, served as a late-game defensive replacement before getting first career starting assignment against Tennessee … Coaches were seeking an offensive and defensive spark in game three of the Tennessee series and Wiley delivered in his first career start, a 1-for-4, one stolen base day… Solid defender, committed only one error on the season … Followed UT performance up with two starting assignments against No. 1 Vanderbilt … Broke up a David Price (No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 MLB Draft) no-hitter in the seventh inning with a seeing-eye single … Ran up a five-game hit streak after registering his first start … After getting the nod against Tennessee, batted .415 (17-for-41) in his next 10 games … Had a 4-for-5 day against Morehead State … Tallied nine multi-hit games … Ended the season with a four-game hit streak … Batted 2-for-4 as a pinch hitter … Hit .333 (10-for-30) with runners in scoring position … Struck out looking only two times all season (20 total) … With runners on base, hit for a .362 (13for-47) average.

2006 Redshirted season.

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High School Played for coach Steve Roof at Madison Central High School ... Led team to four straight District 43 championships ... A two-way player, he batted .349 as a senior while posting a 7-1 record on the mound ... As a junior, hit .447 ... A threat on the basepaths, he stole 43 bases in career, including 26 as a senior ... An excellent student, had 3.79 grade-point average.

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Career Stats

Avg. .297 .323 .271 .299

AB 98 254 195 547

AB 74 127 107 308

R 20 49 29 98

R 13 23 15 51

H 32 83 49 164

H 22 41 29 92

2B 2 13 3 18

2B 1 8 2 11

3B 0 2 0 2

3B 0 1 0 1

HR 0 2 4 6

HR 0 1 3 4

RBI 13 38 24 75

RBI 9 13 15 37

BB 4 16 18 38

BB 2 7 9 18

SO SB-A 20 4-4 39 7-14 29 11-12 88 22-30

SO SB-A 15 2-2 22 2-4 20 3-3 57 7-9

Career Highs 4 three times, last vs. Louisville (4/8/08) 5 vs. Butler (3/1/08) 3 three times, last vs. Louisville (4/8/08) 2, three times, last vs. Louisville (5/1/09) 2, twice, last vs. Lipscomb (4/21/09) 15 (4/5/08-4/26/08)

#4 • Michael Williams 6-2 • 205 • So. • R/R • C Knoxville, Tenn. (Farragut HS)

Outlook Highly recruited catcher was a key member of the 2009 UK recruiting class that ranked a school-record No. 4 … Got limited playing time in 2009 and will be expected to earn more starting assignments behind the plate in 2010 … Has a strong bat with the ability to hit line drives to both fields.

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High School Louisville Slugger High School All-American … Received a four-star rating by Baseball America … Named first-team All-State as a senior … Four-year letterwinner for coach Tommy Pharr at Farragut High School … Hit .415 with 16 doubles, 10 homers and 62 RBI as a senior … As a junior, hit .420 with 12 doubles, four homers and 35 RBI … Led

2009 Had a breakout season as a true freshman starter in the SEC, ranking second on the team with a .343 (62-for-181) average in 50 games and 47 starts … Had eight doubles, one triple, four homers and 23 RBI, drawing 19 walks and striking out 34 times, stealing 13-of-15 bases … Led the team with four outfield assists … Played in all 30 SEC games for UK, batting .336 (37-for-110) with 25 runs scored, five doubles, two homers, 10 RBI, 16 walks, 22 strikeouts, stealing 7-of-9 bases … Led UK with a .357 (25-for-70) average in 18 games played on the road … Batted .373 (38-for-102) in 29 day games and .304 (24-for-79) in 21 night games … In UK’s last 15 games in SEC play, while fighting for a postseason berth, hit .369 (24-for-65) with five doubles, two homers, 10 RBI, nine walks, eight strikeouts and 5-of-6 stolen bases … In UK’s final 20 games overall, hit .381 (32for-84) with 23 runs, five doubles, one triple, three homers, 14 RBI and six steals …

Made a move to the lead-off spot in the order late in the year with great success, batting .375 (33-for-88) in 21 games as the No. 1 hitter, adding 23 runs scored, five doubles, one triple, three homers, 14 RBI and six steals … Had a team-high eight bunt singles … Got first career start against James Madison in the Caravelle Resort Invitational … Went 3for-4 with a double a steal and four RBI as the designated hitter in his first start at Cliff Hagan Stadium against Western Michigan … Followed that game with a four-RBI outing against Eastern Kentucky, belting his first career home run, a three-run homer … Had back-to-back three-hit games against Indiana State and Georgetown College … Had three consecutive two-hit games against Vanderbilt and West Virginia … Went 2-for-2 with two walks and two stolen bases against Vanderbilt … Had a breakout performance at Louisville, going 3-for-5 with two runs, two RBI a triple and a homer … Scored five runs in a 4-for-5 outing against Mississippi State, with two doubles, two walks and one steal in the series finale … Was named SEC Freshman of the Week for the three-game series with MSU and the win at Louisville, reaching base safely in 18-of-24 plate appearances, batting .550 (11-for-20) with 10 runs, two doubles, one triple, one homer and three RBI ... In UK’s last game of the year at Florida, needing a win to clinch a postseason berth, went 4-for-5 with three runs, two doubles, two RBI, a walk and a solo home

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2009 Served as the back-up catcher in his true freshman campaign, playing in 15 games with seven starting assignments … Batted .167 (4-for-24) in limited opportunities, with one double, one homer and four RBI … Got first career start against Indiana State, recording six putouts behind the plate … Got first career road start at New Orleans … Charted first career hit and RBI in a pinch-hit at bat against Cincinnati … Went 1-for-2 with a double off the bench against South Carolina in the series opener … In his first career SEC start against Georgia, batted 1for-4 with an RBI … Had the best game of his career in a start against Lipscomb, going 1-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, one homer and one walk … Started at Alabama in the series finale, committing first career throwing error on throw to first base off a fielded bunt attempt.

Summer Played in the Northwoods League for the Wisconsin Woodchucks … Played in 60 games, batting .300 (68-for-227) with 33 runs, nine doubles, two triple, three homers, 20 RBI … Drew 31 walks and struck out 29 times … Ranked fourth in the league with 27 steals, also checking in 19th in runs (33), ninth in hits (68), 13th in walks (31), 13th in onbase percentage, with his .300 average ranking 14th-best in the Northwoods League.

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Summer Played in 11 games with eight starts in the Valley League, joining UK teammate Mike Kaczmarek on the Covington Lumberjacks.

Outlook Standout outfielder was the hidden gem of the 2009 schoolrecord recruiting class that ranked No. 4 nationally … In a class with five high school AllAmericans, Wright stood out in his performance as a true freshman, batting .343 as UK’s steady, clutch lead-off hitter … Started in leftfield in 2009 for UK … A defensive weapon in the outfield, robbed SEC Freshman of the Year Preston Tucker of a walk-off grandslam on the final weekend of the year, skying the left-field fence to snag the game-winner …

Also added a team-best four assists … After stealing 27 bases in 60 games during the summer in the Northwoods League, is expected to be a top-of-the-order batter for UK in 2010 … Play in clutch, pressure-filled situations as a true freshman earned rave reviews.

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• SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (2009)

• SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (2009) • SEC Freshman of the Week (4/20/09)

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Hits RBI Runs Scored Walks Stolen Bases Hitting Streak

#24 • Chad Wright 5-10 • 185 • So. • L/R • OF Paducah, Ky. (Heath HS)

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SEC Games Year GP-GS 2007 22-18 2008 30-30 2009 30-30 Totals 82-78

Avg. .327 .327 .251 .300

Personal Full name is Michael Joseph Williams … Born April 30, 1990 in Indianapolis, Ind. … Son of Mike and Elaine … Has a brother, Nick (17) and a sister, Taylor (16).

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All Games Year GP-GS 2007 43-21 2008 63-60 2009 52-52 Totals 158-133

team to the state championship twice and the district championship three time … Member of the Academic Honor Roll.

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Personal Full name is Keenan Lee Wiley ... Parents are Tim and Kim Wiley ... Has two brothers, Casey (24) and Josh Singleton (30) ... Both parents attended Kentucky ... Born on April 27, 1987 in Lexington, Ky.

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High School First-team All-State selection and brother of former UK outfielder Brock Wright …Twotime All-State honoree, earning the distinction as a junior … Hit .418 with 51 runs, 15 doubles, five homers and 34 RBI, stealing 32 bases as a senior … Batted .472 with five doubles, nine home runs, 32 RBI, and a school-record 60 stolen bases … As a sophomore, hit .412 with 46 runs, eight doubles, three homers, 34 RBI and 41 stolen bags …

Owns school records for single-season stolen bases, career triples, and career stolen bases … Led team to the regional championship in three of four years, including a state championship appearance in 2007 … Five-year letterwinner, coached by Jimmy Long …

A pure athlete, owns football school records for career rushing yards (5,813) and singlegame rushing yards (357) … Was a first-team All-Western Kentucky selection as a football player junior and senior years … Member of the National Honor Society and honor graduate.

Personal Full name is Chad Everett Wright … Born July 27, 1989 in Paducah, Ky. … Son of Greg and Trina Wright … Brothers Bryce (15) and Brock (23), a former outfielder at UK …Brock hit . 242 (15-for-62) in 30 games and 15 starts as a freshman outfielder in 2007, totaling five homers and 15 RBI, drawing 19 walks and stealing 5-of-6 bases … Brock had a solo home run during Super Bulldog Weekend at Mississippi State in 2007, with the Bulldogs advancing to the College World Series that season.

Career Stats All Games Year GP-GS 2009 50-47

Avg. .343

AB 181

R 40

H 62

2B 8

3B 1

HR 4

RBI 23

BB 19

SO SB-A 34 10-12

SEC Games Year GP-GS Avg. 2009 30-29 .336

AB 110

R 25

H 37

2B 5

3B 0

HR 2

RBI 10

BB 16

SO SB-A 22 7-9

Career Highs Hits RBI Runs Scored Walks Stolen Bases Hitting Streak

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run … Homer at UF came in the top of the ninth with UK trailing, a no-doubt jack hit off Florida closer Billy Bullock.

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4, twice, last at Florida (5/16/09) 4, twice, last vs. Eastern Kentucky (3/4/09) 5 at Mississippi State (4/19/09) 2, four times, last at Florida (5/15/09) 2 vs. Vanderbilt (3/22/09) 9 (4/12/09-4/25/09)

Chad Wright

With four consecutive winning seasons for just the second time in the over 100-year history of the program, an outside observer could make the claim that the Kentucky baseball program has turned the corner.

Yes, Kentucky has won a school-record 44 games and advanced an NCAA Regional Championship game twice in the last four seasons. Yes, the Wildcats have had four first-team All-Americans in the last four seasons. And yes, UK continues to churn out top-round MLB Draft selections year after year.

But Kentucky is not satisfied. Under the direction of second-year head coach Gary Henderson, the Wildcats have high expectations and an unyielding desire for unprecedented success.

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2 0 1 0 PREVIEW “This program has come a long way in the last few seasons, but we have a lot to accomplish to get to where we need to be,” Henderson said. “The club is hungry to compete for another SEC title and make a run at Omaha. We have a group of talented, highly-competitive student-athletes who are driven to reach their goals and a coaching staff that is committed to the development of the players. We are excited to get the 2010 season underway.”

Last year, in Henderson’s first year at the helm of the program he helped build as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator, the Wildcats posted their fourth straight winning season, despite a lineup full of young, inexperienced talent and a roster decimated by injuries.

Entering the 2010 season, the outlook appears much more clear, as Henderson and UK’s players have adapted to his head coaching style and the young players have been acclimated to the rigors of the top college baseball conference in the nation.

“What you hope is that the experience that the young players gained last year will give them the confidence and perspective to continue to improve their game,” Henderson said.

With two straight top-six recruiting classes (No. 4 in 2009, No. 6 in 2010), the Wildcats have replenished the talent and experience and have high expectations entering the 2010 campaign.

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With eight of nine position starters returning from a year ago, UK is loaded at the plate and in the field, particularly in the outfield where UK returns its entire starting three.

There won’t be many teams in the nation that can match Kentucky’s combination of speed, athleticism and defense in the outfield, as returning starters Keenan Wiley and Chad Wright will anchor the lineup and outfield.

Wiley and Wright saw the most extensive playing time with Wiley in his fourth-year as the starter in center field. Over his three previous seasons, Wiley has played in more than 150 games and charted a .300 career batting average, with his speed and range in the outfield serving as a major defensive weapon.

“We are hoping that what Keenan does is continue to provide us with outstanding defense and leadership in center field,” Henderson said. “We also need him to improve his ability to get on base, have competitive at bats and utilize the whole field when he is hitting. He has the ability to really develop as a multidimensional threat at the plate.”

In a recruiting class that was highlighted by five High School All-Americans last year, Wright was a bit overshadowed, but that didn’t last long, as the Paducah, Ky., native forced his way into the Wildcat lineup and became one of the top outfielders in the Southeastern Conference. Wright batted a robust .343 with four homers from his left-field post, primarily hitting leadoff.

“Chad Wright is on the verge of being an extremely good player in the SEC,” Henderson said. “He had an outstanding freshman year, he has improved his speed and his strength. He had a very good summer and he is a tough competitor that shows up every day to get better. We expect him to be a very good player in the top of the order.”

Farris will be joined by a host of talented player competing for the right-field post, including Gunner Glad, sophomore Navarro Hall, speedster Neiko Johnson and newcomer Lance Ray. Last year, Farris got off to a hot start and cooled down as the SEC schedule bagan, before turning his bat on for the UK postseason push. The Florence, Ky., native totaled a .310 average in 29 games as a true freshman, belting two homers and adding 16 RBI. “Cory is a guy with tremendous potential that continues to get better,” Henderson said. “His swing and pitch selection are continuing to improve. He provides a combination of strength and speed that you don’t often see in college baseball. Everything about Cory Farris is getting better.”

Ray, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound left-handed hitter, comes to UK from Las Vegas, out of Western Nevada College and brings the versatility to play several positions.

“Lance is going to have the ability to play in left, right or at first,” Henderson said. “He has a very good swing. By the time he is done, he is going to be a very good player here.”

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A year after setting the school record for strikeouts in a season, UK returns two of three weekend starters and is widely considered to have one of the best 1-2 starting pitchers in the nation.

With the return of James Paxton in 2010 after being drafted in the first-round of the 2009 MLB Draft, UK has the highest drafted college returning player in the country and a future top 10 overall pick. A dynamic left-hander, Paxton ranked third in the NCAA with 13.22 strikeouts per nine innings pitched last season.

“James will be one of the dominant pitchers in the SEC,” Henderson said. “His skills have gotten much better since last fall. The command of pitches and his ability to repeat his delivery have improved and his secondary pitches have been great. We are looking forward to James having a great year for the Wildcats.”

Behind Paxton, Alex Meyer takes his place as one of the top prospects available in the 2011 MLB Draft, a candidate for the No. 1 overall selection. A 6-foot9, 220-pound right-hander, Meyer possesses electric stuff that saw him check in sixth in the nation in strikeouts per nine inning, fanning 80 in 59.2 innings.

“Alex has done a really nice job in the weight room. After putting on 20 pounds, he is much stronger then he was a year ago,” Henderson said. “He is more confident. He is able to control his body throughout his delivery and on the

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Having a solid, veteran catcher is piviotal to a college baseball team, and UK has just that in fifth-year senior Marcus Nidiffer, a two-year starter.

Nidiffer was in the midst of a breakout season in 2009, leading the SEC in hitting entering conference play. The physical and emotional leader of the Wildcats, Nidiffer displayed his toughness when he broke the thumb on his catching hand early in the year, electing to play through the pain in order to give his club an experienced backstop for the postseason push. In games UK won, Nidiffer batted .395 and in games UK lost, Nidiffer hit .211, proving how important he is to the success of the UK offense.

In addition to Nidiffer, UK will have some depth behind the plate, with sophomores Michael Williams and T.J. Daugherty, in addition to Kentucky Mr. Baseball Luke Maile. Williams saw some playing time in 2009, hitting a homer and batting .222 in 11 games and four starts. Maile enters the opener of his collegiate career as a highly-touted recruit, who has impressed coaches with his work ethic, competitiveness and intelligence.

“We feel like we have one of the better catchers in the conference in Marcus Nidiffer,” Henderson said. “Marcus is a fifth-year senior who is going to provide outstanding defense and will be an improved offensive player coming off a year where he hit .312 with 10 homers. We feel like we have very good depth in T.J. Daugherty, Michael Williams and Luke Maile.”

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A reoccurring theme for the Wildcat position players in 2010 is returning starters and the infield is no different, as UK returns starters at first, second and third base.

While the Wildcats must replace two-year starting shortstop Chris Wade, who took his defensive prowess to the Florida Marlins organization, Henderson feels comfortable with his returning starters, including All-SEC second baseman Chris Bisson. Last year, Bisson led the team in nearly every category, including average (.360), hits (80), runs (49), triples (three), walks (20) and RBI (52).

“Chris continues to improve his pitch selection at the plate and he continues to improve his ability to hit the ball to all fields,” Henderson said. “I would expect him to show a little bit more power and have more stolen bases. Although he played extremely well at second base, he is probably going to be a better defensive player and he is certainly going to provide more leadership now that he has a year of experience as an all-conference player.”

A 6-foot-2, 190-pound sophomore, Andy Burns was the position-player gem of the 2009 school-record ranked freshman class. After a freshman season that saw him hit .287 with seven homers and 33 RBI, while manning third base, Burns will be relied upon as a middle-of-theorder run producer, a defensive presence and veteran leader in the infield.

“Andy had a really good fall.

He is much stronger, faster and he is much more confident defensively,” Henderson said. “His pitch selection will be dramatically improved this year. He is a much more confident player and he has shown much more poise.”

At first base UK will have several options, including returning starters Glad and Braden Kapteyn, in addition to Ray. The Wildcats relied upon Glad and Kapteyn in 2009, with Kapteyn often serving as designated hitter to maximize his value as a late-inning reliever. Glad played in just 38 games due to injury as a junior and hit .303 with nine homers and 38 RBI, while Kapteyn led the team with 11 doubles, adding a .319 average with four homers and 27 RBI. “What we need Gunner to do is drive in runs, provide power and a mature competitive presence in the middle of our order,” Henderson said. “His ability to play in the outfield, first base or fulfill the DH role provides some options for us that can be very beneficial. Hopefully Braden will get comfortable with both of his roles as an offensive presence and key member of our pitching staff. He will provide us with a solid defensive option at first base and be a threat in the lineup.”

With Wade gone at shortstop, UK will turn to junior college transfer Taylor Black, a Freshman All-American honoree in 2008 at Charleston Southern.

Black, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound right-handed hitter, will be counted on to anchor a traditionally skilled UK defensive infield.

“Taylor Black will start the year as our shortstop,” Henderson said. “He has been very good since he got here. He is an extremely hard worker and he has improved a great deal in the five months that he has been on campus. He is

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stronger and his hitting has improved a great deal. We are optimistic that he is going to be a very good player.”

After a breakout summer in the New York Collegiate Baseball League, junior Neiko Johnson is poised for to emerge as a primetime performer in 2010 and could see playing time at any infield or outfield position.

“Neiko has dramatically improved his strength and his level of concentration,” Henderson said. “He has gotten much stronger, improved his ability to concentrate and the quality of his at bats.”

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BULLPEN After injuries struck the UK bullpen in 2009, Henderson and his coaching staff went to work to shore up the relief corp for the Wildcats, adding a host of talented arms with the ability to contribute immediately.

“The depth of the 2010 pitching staff should be noticeably improved from last year,” Henderson said. “We might not be as deep as we were in 2008, but certainly we should be able to go deeper than we were last year and be more effective out of the bullpen.”

Darnell and Kapteyn return after leading UK with five relief wins each, with Kapteyn totaling a club-best four saves and Darnell adding three saves.

“Logan had a very good summer,” Henderson said. “He has really improved his ability to throw his offspeed pitches as well as command his fastball. His delivery is under control, he has more confidence than he did last year. We expect him to provide leadership and be one of the strengths of the UK pitching staff.”

After submarine right-hander Nick Kennedy’s season was ended by injury in 2009, UK expects Kennedy to be a key member of the bullpen, which may include talents like junior Mike Kaczmarek and sophomores Sean Bouthilette and Chase Greene. Newcomers Kyle Jackson, Walter Wijas, Joe Devine and Jon Carlson will all add depth to the pitching staff.

“We are very pleased with the progress of last year’s freshmen,” Henderson said. “They all had good summers and came back better. We are eager to see where their development takes them. We are optimistic that Nick Kennedy can be a factor in the bullpen this year, which would be a major asset.”

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mound. He has improved drastically and we expect him to continue to grow and mature and become one of the better pitchers in the conference.”

UK will have a host of other pitchers competing for the third spot in the rotation, with roles to be defined early in the season. Among the pitchers competing for the third starting spot will be southpaw Logan Darnell, right-handers Matt Little and Sean Bouthilette, Kapteyn and several newcomers, including Kyle Jackson and Matt Little.

“I am really happy with the new group of pitchers,” Henderson said. “Sam Kidd, Jordan Cooper and Taylor Rogers are all going to pitch for us this year and we are excited about their talented and competitiveness.”

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SCHEDULE For the second year under Henderson, UK has created an unprecedentedly challenging schedule, including non-conference action against some of the top teams in the country, in addition to a grueling 30-game SEC schedule.

“We are very excited about our 2010 schedule. It is one of the best in the country,” Henderson said. “It is important to us to play a challenging non-conference schedule in order to prepare us for the weekly grind of playing in the SEC. Our schedule has some great teams and there will be some great games for our fans at Cliff Hagan Stadium this year.”

UK will open the year with the Caravelle Resort Invitational for the second season, facing Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Coastal Carolina before returning home for a homestand with Murray State and Bowling Green. Following the home openers, UK will hit the road again with a quick trip to Morehead State before traveling to San Diego to play San Diego State, San Diego and Monmouth.

“I thought it was important that we test our kids early and get them ready for 10 weeks of SEC play,” Henderson said. “When we got the extra week of competition in the schedule, we were able to add the trip to Coastal Carolina, which we are really pleased about. It is obviously three very good teams and we are going to be tested early in the season.”

After the trip to San Diego, UK will host Evansville, IPFW and Wright State before opening up the grind that is the SEC with defending league champion Ole Miss. UK will host Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and LSU at Cliff Hagan Stadium, traveling to Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Auburn, Tennessee and Georgia.

“The conference is going to be extremely competitive again,” Henderson said. “We are going to have as many returning players as ever in the league.

When you look at the rosters and stats from around the conference, there is no weak team. It is going to be a great challenge from week to week. It is an absolute grind, 10 weeks of tremendous competition in great environments for college baseball.”

In addition to 30 games in the best conference in the nation, UK will have non-conference tilts with rivals Western Kentucky, Louisville, Indiana and Lipscomb sprinkled throughout the second half of the schedule.

UK’s matchups with WKU, Louisville, Morehead State and Murray State have been entertaining competitive meetings over the last few seasons, speaking to how college baseball in the state has grown.

“I think when you have as many good programs as we do in the state, it is important that everyone plays each other,” Henderson said. “The series that we have had in state have been extremely competitive and have created a lot of excitement and interest. As the programs continue to get better, the rivalries and fan support continues to grow, which makes for some great environments in the in-state contests.”

This program has come a long way in the last few seasons, but we are not satisfied. The club is hungry to compete for another SEC title and make a run at Omaha.

— Coach Henderson

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Mitch Gaspard

Jake Smith

Dave Van Horn

Andy Wilkins

John Pawlowski

Hunter Morris

Danny Schmitz

Derek Spencer

Arkansas

Auburn

Bowling Green

at Lexington, Ky.

at Fayetteville, Ark.

at Auburn, Ala.

at Lexington, Ky.

April 9 • 6:30 pm April 10 • 6:30 pm April 11 • 1 pm

Sports Information Baseball contact: Zach Lawson E-mail: zlawson@uark.edu Office: (479) 575-7089 Cell Phone: (479) 595-2358 Fax: (479) 575-7481 Press box: (479) 575-4141 Website: www.arkansasrazorbacks.com

Sports Information Baseball contact: Dan Froehlich E-mail: froehdp@auburn.edu Office: (334) 844-9803 Cell Phone: (334) 750-1389 Fax: (334) 844-9807 Press box: (334) 844-4138 Website: www.auburntigers.com

Coaching Staff Head coach: Dave Van Horn Alma mater: Arkansas, 1988 Record at Ark: 276-158, 7 years Career record: 861-398, 21 years Assistant coaches: Dave Jorn, Todd Butler, Chris Curry

Coaching Staff Head coach: John Pawlowski Alma mater: Clemson, 1996 Record at AU: 31-25, one year Career record: 369-217-1, nine years Assistant coaches: Scott Foxhall, Link Jarrett and Ty Megahee

Baseball Information 2009 Record: 41-24 Conference Record: 14-15 2009 Postseason: College World Series Letterwinners returning/lost: 19/10 Position starters returning/lost: 5/3 Pitchers returning/lost: 11/6 Newcomers: 14

Baseball Information 2009 Record: 31-25 Conference Record: 11-19 2009 Postseason: none Letterwinners returning/lost: 23/9 Position starters returning/lost: 7/2 Pitchers returning/lost: 11/4

Baseball Information 2009 Record: 28-22 Conference Record: 18-8 2009 Postseason: none Letterwinners returning/lost: 20/10 Position starters returning/lost: 12/5 Pitchers returning/lost: 8/5

Series Information Series: UK trails 39-68 Last year: UK won series 2-1

Series Information Series: UK leads 1-0 Last year: DNP

Sports Information Baseball contact: Ryan Gasser E-mail: rgasser@bgsu.edu Office: (419) 372-7105 Cell Phone: (330) 360-7166 Fax: (419) 372-6015 Press box: (419) 372-1234 Website: www.bgsufalcons.com Coaching Staff Head coach: Danny Schmitz Alma mater: Eastern Michigan, 1979 Record at BG: 517-463-4, 19 years Career record: same Assistant coaches: Rick Blanc and Spencer Schmitz

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Series Information Series: UK trails 17-29 Last year: DNP

University Location: Bowling Green, Ohio Enrollment: 15,356 Nickname: Falcons Colors: Orange and Black Conference: Mid-American (East Division) President: Dr. Carol Cartwright Athletics Director: Greg Christopher Stadium: Warren E. Steller Field Capacity: 1,100 Dimensions: 340-375-400-375-340

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Series Information Series: UK trails 31-53 Last year: UK lost series 1-2

University Location: Auburn, Ala. Enrollment: 24,137 Nickname: Tigers Colors: Navy Blue and Burnt Orange Conference: Southeastern (Western Division) President: Dr. Ed Richardson Athletics Director: Jay Jacobs Stadium: Samford Stadium-Hitchcock Field and Plainsman Park Capacity: 4,096 Dimensions: 315-335-385-360-331

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Baseball Information 2009 Record: 37-21 Conference Record: 18-11 2009 Postseason: NCAA Clemson Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 14/13 Position starters returning/lost: 6/3 Starting Pitchers returning/lost: 1/2 Newcomers: 15

University Location: Fayetteville, Ark. Enrollment: 19,849 Nickname: Razorbacks Colors: Cardinal and White Conference: Southeastern (Western Division) Chancellor: Dr. G. David Gearhart Athletics Director: Jeff Long Stadium: Baum Stadium at George Cole Field Capacity: 10,737 Dimensions: 320-375-400-375-320

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Coaching Staff Head coach: Mitch Gaspard Alma mater: UL Lafayette, 1988 Record at UA: First Year Career record: 211-128, 10 years Assistant coaches: Dax Norris, Kyle Bunn and Bobby Barbier

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Sports Information Baseball contact: Barry Allen E-mail: ballen@ia.ua.edu Office: (205) 348-6084 Cell Phone: (205) 394-2153 Fax: (205) 348-8841, 8840 Press box: (205) 348-4927 Website: www.rolltide.com

April 23 • 7:30 pm April 24 • 4 pm April 25 • 2 pm

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University Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala. Enrollment: 25,580 Nickname: Crimson Tide Colors: Crimson and White Conference: Southeastern (Western Division) President: Dr. Robert E. Witt Director of Athletics: Mal Moore Stadium: Sewell-Thomas Stadium Capacity: 6,571 Dimensions: 325-400-365

April 2 • 7:35 pm April 3 • 3:05 pm April 4 • 2:05 pm

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Jamel Scott

Gary Gilmore

Adam Rice

Cody Fick

Kevin O’Sullivan

Matt den Dekker

Coastal Carolina

Evansville

Florida

at Cincinnati, Ohio

at Myrtle Beach, S.C.

at Lexington, Ky.

at Lexington, Ky.

University Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Enrollment: 39,667 Nickname: Bearcats Colors: Red and Black Conference: Big East President: Dr. Gregory H. Williams Athletics Director: Mike Thomas Stadium: Marge Schott Stadium Capacity: 3,085 Sports Information Baseball contact: John Berry E-mail: john.berry@uc.edu Office: (513) 556-0618 Cell Phone: (614) 557-7933 Fax: (513) 556-0619 Website: www.gobearcats.com Coaching Staff Head coach: Brian Cleary Alma mater: Fairfield, 1990 Record at UC: 335-403-1 Career record: same Assistant coaches: J.D. Heilmann, Greg Mamula and Scott Humes Baseball Information 2009 Record: 29-29 Conference Record: 13-14 2009 Postseason: none Letterwinners returning/lost: 21/7 Position starters returning/lost: 5/3 Starting Pitchers returning/lost: 2/2 Series Information Series: UK leads 52-29-2 Last Year: UK lost, 12-6

Feb 21 • 3 pm

University Location: Conway, S.C. Enrollment: 8,100 Nickname: Chanticleers Colors: Teal, Bronze and Black Conference: Big South President: David A. DeCenzo Athletics Director: Hunter Yurachek Stadium: Charles Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field Capacity: 2,000 Dimensions: 320-360-390-360-325 Sports Information Baseball contact: Kent Reichert E-mail: kreicher@coastal.edu Office: (843) 349-2840 Fax: (843) 349-2819 Press box: (843) 421 -8244 Website: www.goccusports.com Coaching Staff Head coach: Gary Gilmore Alma mater: Coastal Carolina, 1980 Record at CC: 554-293,14 years Career record: 807-395, 20 years Assistant coaches: Kevin Schnall, Brendan Dougherty and Drew Thomas Baseball Information 2009 Record: 47-16 Conference Record: 21-5 2009 Postseason: NCAA Chapel Hill Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 18/7 Position starters returning/lost: 7/2 Pitchers returning/lost: 8/4 Series Information Series: UK trails 1-4 Last year: UK lost series 0-2

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March 30 • 6:30 pm

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Brian Cleary

March 9 • 4 pm March 10 • 4 pm

University Location: Evansville, Ind. Enrollment: 2,699 Nickname: Purple Aces Colors: Purple, Orange and White Conference: Missouri Valley President: Dr. Stephen Jennings Athletics Director: John Stanley Stadium: Braun Stadium Capacity: 1,200 Dimensions: 330-400-330 Sports Information Baseball contact: Tom Benson E-mail: tb39@evansville.edu Office: (812) 488-1152 Cell Phone: (812) 589-9862 Fax: (812) 488-2090 Press box: (812) 479-2587 Website: www.gopurpleaces.com Coaching Staff Head coach: Wes Carroll Alma mater: Evansville, 2001 Record at UF: 25-30, one year Career record: same Assistant coaches: Marc Wagner, Josh Reynolds and Mike Gilner Baseball Information 2009 Record: 25-30 Conference Record: 7-17 2009 Postseason: none Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/11 Position starters returning/lost: 6/3 Pitchers returning/lost: 6/4 Series Information Series: UK trails 6-9 Last year: UK lost, 11-7

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University Location: Gainesville, Fla. Enrollment: 52,112 Nickname: Gators Colors: Orange and Blue Conference: Southeastern (Eastern Division) President: Dr. J. Bernard Machen Athletics Director: Jeremy Foley Stadium: Alfred A. McKethan Stadium at Perry Field Capacity: 5,500 Dimensions: 329-365-400-375-325 Sports Information Baseball contact: John Hines E-mail: johnh@gators.uaa.ufl.edu Office: (352) 375-4683 x6130 Cell Phone: (352) 317-7386 Fax: (352) 375-4809 Press box: (352) 375-4683 x4355 or x4356 Website: www.gatorzone.com Coaching Staff Head coach: Kevin O’Sullivan Alma mater: Virginia, 1991 Record at UF: 76-46, two years Career record: same Assistant coaches: Craig Bell, Brad Weitzel and Dan Norris Baseball Information 2009 Record: 42-22 Conference Record: 19-11 2009 Postseason: NCAA Gainesville Super Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 20/13 Position starters returning/lost: 5/4 Pitchers returning/lost: 10/6 Series Information Series: UK trails 54-125-1 Last year: UK lost series 1-2

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Justin Grimm

Tracy Smith

Jerrud Sabourin

Bobby Pierce

Shaun VanDriessche

Jeff Forehand

Josh Smith

Indiana

IPFW

Lipscomb

at Athens, Ga.

at Bloomington, Ind.

at Lexington, Ky.

at Lexington, Ky.

May 20 • 6:30 pm May 21 • 6:30 pm May 22 • 2 pm

Coaching Staff Head coach: Tracy Smith Alma mater: Miami (Ohio), 1989 Record at IU: 104-126, four years Career record: 421-346-1, 13th year Assistant coaches: Ty Neal, Ben Greenspan and Dustin Coffman Baseball Information 2009 Record: 37-27 Conference Record: 16-7 2009 Postseason: NCAA Louisville Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/11 Position starters returning/lost: 3/6 Pitchers returning/lost: 6/7 Newcomers: 14

Baseball Information 2009 Record: 13-38 Conference Record: 6-21 2009 Postseason: none Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/8 Position starters returning/lost: 4/4 Pitchers returning/lost: 3/3 Series Information Series: First Meeting Last Year: DNP

Coaching Staff Head coach: Jeff Forehand Alma mater: Belmont, 1989 Record at LU: 85-92, three years Career record: 296-234-1, nine years Assistant coaches: Chris Collins and Tyler Shrout Baseball Information 2009 Record: 24-32 Conference Record: 17-13 2009 Postseason: none Letterwinners returning/lost: 14/17 Starters returning/lost: 7/5 Newcomers: 19 Series Information Series: UK trails 1-6 Last Year: UK lost, 8-7

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Series Information Series: UK leads 16-14 Last year: UK won, 8-7

Coaching Staff Head coach: Bobby Pierce Alma mater: New Mexico State, 2001 Record at IPFW: 13-38, one year Career record: 68-92, three years Assistant coaches: Josh Schultz, Grant Birely and Josh Scott

Sports Information Baseball contact: Trevor Garrett E-mail: garretttj@mail.lipscomb.edu Office: (615) 966-5990 Cell Phone: (615) 479-6133 Fax: (615) 966-1806 Press box: (615) 479-6133 Website: www.lipscombsports.com

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Series Information Series: UK trails 83-122-1 Last year: UK lost series 0-3

Sports Information Baseball contact: Rudy Yovich E-mail: yovichr@ipfw.edu Office: (260) 481-6646 Fax: (260) 481-6002 Website: www.gomastodons.com

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Baseball Information 2009 Record: 38-24 Conference Record: 15-15 2009 Postseason: NCAA Tallahassee Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 19/14 Position starters returning/lost: 4/5 Pitchers returning/lost: 10/4 Newcomers: 15

Sports Information Baseball contact: Matt Brady E-mail: mlbrady@indiana.edu Office: (812) 856-0215 Cell Phone: (413) 222-2788 Fax: (812) 855-9401 Press box: (812) 855-4787 Website: www.IUHoosiers.com

University Location: Nashville, Tenn.

Enrollment: 3,418 Nickname: Bisons Colors: Purple and Gold Conference: Atlantic Sun President: Dr. Randolph Lowry III Athletics Director: Philip Hutcheson Stadium: Ken Dugan Field at Stephen L. Marsh Stadium Capacity: 1,500 Dimensions: 330-405-330

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Coaching Staff Head coach: David Perno Alma mater: Georgia, 1991 Record at UGA: 289-208-1, eight years Career record: same Assistant coaches: Jason Eller, Brady Wiederhold, Justin Holmes

University Location: Fort Wayne, Ind. Enrollment: 13,675 Nickname: Mastodons Colors: Royal Blue and White Conference: Summit League Chancellor: Dr. Michael A. Wartell Athletics Director: Tommy Bell Stadium: Mastodons Field Capacity: 1,000 Dimensions: 335-380-405-380-335

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Sports Information Baseball contact: Christopher Lakos E-mail: clakos@sports.uga.edu Office: (706) 542-7994 Cell Phone: (706) 714-2934 Fax: (706) 542-7993 Press box: (706) 542-6161/6162 Website: www.georgiadogs.com

University Location: Bloomington, Ind. Enrollment: 40,354 Nickname: Hoosiers Colors: Cream and Crimson Conference: Big Ten President: Michael A. McRobbie Director of Athletics: Fred Glass Stadium: Sembower Field Capacity: 2,250 Dimensions: 333-370-400-370-333

May 12 • 6:30 pm

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University Location: Athens, Ga. Enrollment: 34,180 Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Red and Black Conference: Southeastern (Eastern Division) President: Dr. Michael F. Adams Athletics Director: Damon Evans Stadium: Foley Field Capacity: 3,291 Dimensions: 350-370-404-365-314

May 11 • 4 pm

March 12 • 4 pm March 13 • 1 pm March 14 • 1 pm

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Paul Mainieri

Anthony Ranaudo

Phi Wunderlich

Dean Ehehalt

Ryan Terry

Jay Sorg

Drew Lee

LSU

Louisville

Monmouth

Morehead State

at Lexington, Ky.

at Lexington, Ky.

at San Diego, Calif.

at Morehead, Ky.

May 14 • 6:30 pm May 15 • 3:00 pm May 16 • 1 pm

University Location: Baton Rouge, La. Enrollment: 27,992 Nickname: Fighting Tigers Colors: Purple and Gold Conference: Southeastern (Western Division) President: Dr. John V. Lombardi Athletics Director: Joe Alleva Stadium: Alex Box Stadium Capacity: 9,200 Dimensions: 330-365-405-365-330 Sports Information Baseball contact: Bill Franques E-mail: wfranqu@lsu.edu Office: (225) 578-2527 Cell Phone: (225) 241-4359 Fax: (225) 578-1861 Press box: (225) 578-4149 Website: www.LSUsports.com Coaching Staff Head coach: Paul Mainieri Alma mater: Florida International, 1980 Record at LSU: 134-62-2, three years Career record: 998-553-6, 27 years Assistant coach: David Grewe, Javi Sanchez and Will Davis Baseball Information 2009 Record: 56-17 Conference Record: 20-10 2009 Postseason: College World Series, NCAA Champions Letterwinners returning/lost: 19/14 Players with starting exp. returning/lost: 8/8 Pitchers returning/lost: 10/6 Newcomers: 14 Series Information Series: UK trails 20-39-1 Last year: UK lost series 1-2 76

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at Louisville, Ky.

March 6 • 4 pm

March 2 • TBA

April 28 • 6 pm

University Location: Louisville, Ky. Enrollment: 22,000 Nickname: Cardinals Colors: Red and Black Conference: Big East President: Dr. James Ramsey Athletics Director: Tom Jurich Stadium: Jim Patterson Stadium Capacity: 2,500 Dimensions: 330-375-402-377-330 Sports Information Baseball contact: Garett Wall E-mail: g.wall@louisville.edu Office: (502) 852-3088 Fax: (502) 852-7401 Press box: (502) 852-3700 Website: www.UofLsports.com Coaching Staff Head coach: Dan McDonnell Alma mater: The Citadel, 1992 Record at UL: 135-63, three years Career record: same Assistant coaches: Chris Lemonis, Roger Williams and Xan Barksdale Baseball Information 2009 Record: 47-18 Conference Record: 19-7 2009 Postseason: NCAA Fullerton Super Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 22/6 Position starters returning/lost: 7/2 Pitchers returning/lost: 12/3 Series Information Series: UK leads 63-32-1 Last year: UK won, 8-7 and lost, 11-2

University Location: West Long Branch, N.J. Enrollment: 4,500 Nickname: Hawks Colors: Midnight Blue and White Conference: Northeast (NEC) President: Paul G. Gaffney II Athletics Director: Dr. Marilyn McNeil Stadium: MU Baseball Field Dimensions: 325-365-395-365-320

University Location: Morehead, KY. Enrollment: 8,981 Nickname: Eagles Colors: Blue and Gold Conference: Ohio Valley Conference Athletics Director: Brian Hutchinson Stadium: Sonny Allen Field Capacity: 1,200

Sports Information Baseball contact: Chris Tobin E-mail: ctobin@monmouth.edu Office: (732) 263-5180 Cell Phone: (732) 996-8935 Fax: (732) 571-3535 Press box: N/A Website: www.GoMUHawks.com

Sports Information Baseball contact: Nick VanDemark E-mail: n.vandemark@moreheadstate.edu Office: (606) 783-2557 Cell Phone: N/A Fax: (662) 325-3600 Press box: N/A Website: www.MSUEagles.com

Coaching Staff Head coach: Dean Ehehalt Alma mater: East Carolina, 1987 Record at Monmouth: 428-387-2, 16 years Career record: 449-425-2, 18 years Assistant coaches: Jeff Barbalinardo, Karl Nonemaker and Jim Belanger Baseball Information 2009 Record: 32-25 Conference Record: 15-11 2009 Postseason: NCAA Oxford Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 25/7 Position starters returning/lost: 13/4 Pitchers returning/lost: 14/3 Series Information Series: First Meeting Last year: DNP

Coaching Staff Head coach: Jay Sorg Alma mater: Morehead State (‘94) Record at MSU: 38-65 (2 years) Career record: 38-65 (2 years) Assistant coaches: Jason Neal, Dillon Lawson, C.J. Wamsley Baseball Information 2009 Record: 20-32 Conference Record: 12-10 2009 Postseason: none Letterwinners returning/lost: 20/5 Position starters returning/lost: 11/1 Pitchers returning/lost: 10/4 Series Information Series: UK leads 41-25 Last Year: UK won, 18-10

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Rob McDonald

Wes Cunningham

Mike Bianco

Drew Pomeranz

Rich Hill

James Meador

Tony Gwynn

Addison Reed

Ole Miss

San Diego

San Diego State

at Lexington, Ky.

at Lexington, Ky.

at San Diego, Calif.

at San Diego, Calif.

Feb 24 • 4 pm

at Paducah, Ky. May 18 • 7 pm

Series Information Series: First meeting Last Year: DNP

Baseball Information 2009 Record: 41-23 Conference Record: 15-9 2009 Postseason: NCAA UC Irvine Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 17/12 Position starters returning/lost: 8/1 Pitchers returning/lost: 7/9

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Series Information Series: UK trails 25-36 Last year: UK lost series 0-3

Baseball Information 2009 Record: 29-25 Conference Record: 11-10 2009 Postseason: none Letterwinners returning/lost: 24/6 Position starters returning/lost: 8/1 Pitchers returning/lost: 4/0

Coaching Staff Head coach: Tony Gwynn Alma mater: San Diego State Record at SDSU: 214-213, seven years Career record: same Assistant coaches: Mark Martinez, Eric Valenzuela and Brock Ungricht

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Series Information Series: UK leads 10-4 Last year: DNP

Baseball Information 2009 Record: 44-20 Conference Record: 20-10 2009 Postseason: NCAA Oxford Super Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 17/16 Position starters returning/lost: 6/4 Pitchers returning/lost: 6/7

Coaching Staff Head coach: Rich Hill Alma mater: Cal Lutheran, 1984 Record at SD: 382-261-3, 11 years Career record: 715-481-3, 21 years Assistant coaches: Jay Johnson, Tyler Kincaid and Ramon Orozco

Sports Information Baseball contact: Dave Kuhn E-mail: dkuhn@mail.sdsu.edu Office: (619) 594-5547 Cell Phone: (619) 957-8371 Fax: (619) 582-6541 Press box: (619) 594-4103 Website: www.goaztecs.com

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Baseball Information 2009 Record: 34-21-1 Conference Record: 13-8-1 2009 Postseason: none Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/7 Position starters returning/lost: 7/2 Pitchers returning/lost: 7/3

Coaching Staff Head coach: Mike Bianco Alma mater: LSU, 1989 Record at Ole Miss: 361-203-1, nine years Career record: 461-274-1, 12 years Assistant coaches: Rob Reinstetle, Carl Lafferty and Matt Mossberg

Sports Information Baseball contact: Chris Loucks E-mail: cloucks@sandiego.edu Office: (619) 260-7930 Fax: (619) 260-2990 Press box: (619) 260-8829 Website: www.usdtoreros.com

University Location:San Diego, Calif.

Enrollment: 32,817 Nickname: Aztecs Colors: Scarlet and Black Conference: Mountain West President: Dr. Stephen L. Weber Director or Athletics: Don Oberhelman Stadium: Tony Gwynn Stadium Capacity: 3,000 Dimensions: 340-365-410-365-340

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Coaching Staff Head coach: Rob McDonald Alma mater: Murray State, 1984 Record at MSU: 1133-192-1, six years Career record: same Assistant coaches: Paul Wyczawski and Dan Skirka

Sports Information Baseball contact: Bill Bunting E-mail: wbunting@olemiss.edu Office: (662) 915-7522 Home Phone: (662) 801-0471 Fax: (662) 915-7006 Website: www.olemisssports.com

University Location: San Diego, Calif.

Enrollment: 7,800 Nickname: Toreros Colors: Torero Blue, Navy and White Conference: West Coast President: Mary E. Lyons, Ph.D Exec. Director of Athletics: Ky Snyder Stadium: Cunningham Baseball Stadium Capacity: 1,200 Dimensions: 309-395-329

March 4 • 9 pm

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Sports Information Baseball contact: John Brush E-mail: john.brush@murraystate.edu Office: (270) 809-7044 Cell Phone: (270) 293-0590 Fax: (270) 809-6814 Press box: (270) 809-5650 Website: www.goracers.com

University Location: Oxford, Miss.

Enrollment: 18,344 Nickname: Rebels Colors: Cardinal Red and Navy Blue Conference: Southeastern (Western Division) Chancellor: Dr. Dan Jones Athletics Director: Pete Boone Stadium: Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field Capacity: 10,323 Dimensions: 330-360-390-360-330

March 5 • 5 pm

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University Location: Murray, Ky. Enrollment: 10,078 Nickname: Throughbreds (Breds) Colors: Navy and Gold Conference: Ohio Valley President: Dr. Randy J. Dunn Athletics Director: Allen Ward Stadium: Reagan Field Capacity: 800 Dimensions: 330-400-330

March 19 • 6:30 pm March 20 • 1 pm March 21 • 1 pm

UK BASEBALL

Murray State

Series Information Series: First meeting Last Year: DNP

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Ray Tanner

Jackie Bradley, Jr.

Todd Raleigh

Cody Hawn

Tim Corbin

Aaron Westlake

Austin Wates

South Carolina

Tennessee

Vanderbilt

Virginia Tech

at Lexington, Ky.

at Knoxville, Tenn.

at Nashville, Tenn.

at Myrtle Beach, S.C.

May 7 • 6:30 pm May 8 • 6:30 pm May 9 • 1 pm

April 30 • 7 pm May 1 • 4 pm May 2 • 2 pm

March 26 • 7 pm March 27 • 3 pm March 28 • 1 pm

University Location: Columbia, S.C. Enrollment: 25,077 Nickname: Gamecocks Colors: Garnet and Black Conference: Southeastern (Eastern Division) President: Dr. Harris Pastides Athletics Director: Eric Hyman Stadium: Carolina Stadium Capacity: 8,242 Dimensions: 325-375-400-375-325

University Location: Knoxville, Tenn.

Enrollment: 26,400 Nickname: Volunteers Colors: Orange and White Conference: Southeastern (Eastern Division) Interim President: Dr. Jan Simek Athletics Director: Mike Hamilton Stadium: Lindsey Nelson Stadium Capacity: 3,800 Dimensions: 320-387-320

University Location: Nashville, Tenn.

Enrollment: 6,637 Nickname: Commodores Colors: Black and Gold Conference: Southeastern (Eastern Division) Chancellor: Nicholas S. Zeppos Director of Sports Operations: Kevin Colon Stadium: Charles Hawkins Field Capacity: 3,700 Dimensions: 310-375-400-375-330

Sports Information Baseball contact: Andrew Kitick E-mail: kitick@mailbox.sc.edu Office: (803) 777-5257 Cell Phone: (803) 240-4150 Fax: (803) 777-2967 Press box: (803) 777-6648 Website: www.gamecocksonline.com

Sports Information Baseball contact: Cameron Harris E-mail: CHarri48@utk.edu Office: (865) 974-8876 Cell Phone: (817) 408-7604 Fax: (865) 974-8875 Press box: (865) 974-3376 Website: www.utsports.com

Coaching Staff Head coach: Ray Tanner Alma mater: NC State, 1980 Record at USC: 580-266, 13 years Career record: 975-439-3, 23 years Assistant coaches: Chad Holborook, Mark Calvi and Sammy Esposito

Coaching Staff Head coach: Todd Raleigh Alma mater: Western Carolina, 1991 Record at UT: 53-58, two year Career record: 310-267, 10 years Assistant coaches: Bradley LeCroy, Jason Beverlin, and Nate Headley

Baseball Information 2009 Record: 40-23 Conference Record: 17-13 2009 Postseason: NCAA Greenville (N.C.) Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 19/11 Position starters returning/lost: 6/3 Pitchers returning/lost: 11/7

Baseball Information 2009 Record: 26-29 Conference Record: 11-19 2009 Postseason: none Letterwinners returning/lost: 18/12 Position starters returning/lost: 6/3 Pitchers returning/lost: 13/7

Series Information Series: UK trails 27-37 Last year: UK lost series 1-2

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Pete Hughes

Series Information Series: UK trails 135-155 Last year: UK won series 2-1

Sports Information Baseball contact: Thomas Samuel E-mail: thomas.samuel@vanderbilt.edu Office: (615) 343-0020 Cell Phone: (615) 512-6303 Fax: (615) 343-7064 Press box: (615) 320-0436 Website: www.vucommodores.com Coaching Staff Head coach: Tim Corbin Alma mater: Ohio Wesleyan, 1984 Record at VU: 276-157, 7 years Career record: 382-295, 12 years Assistant coaches: Derek Johnson, Josh Holliday and Larry Day Baseball Information 2009 Record: 37-27 Conference Record: 12-17 2009 Postseason: NCAA Louisville Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 21/8 Position starters returning/lost: 7/2 Pitchers returning/lost: 10/4 Series Information Series: UK leads series 139-126-5 Last year: UK won series 2-1

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University Location: Blacksburg, VA Enrollment:30,000 Nickname: Hokies Colors: Chicago Maroon & Burnt Orange Conference: Atlantic Coast President: Charles W. Steger Athletics Director: Jim Weaver Stadium: English Field Capacity: 4,000 Dimensions: 330-375-400-375-330 Sports Information Baseball contact: Matt Kovatch E-mail: Office: mlk@vt.edu Cell Phone: (804)-239-0812 Fax: (540)-231-6984 Website: www.hokiesports.com Coaching Staff Head coach: Pete Hughes Alma mater: Davidson, 1990 Record at VT: 78-84, 3 years Career record: 380-295-2, 13 years Assistant coaches: Dave Turgeon, Mike Gambino, Mike Kunigonis Baseball Information 2009 Record: 32-21 Conference Record: 12-17 2009 Postseason: None Letterwinners returning/lost: 21/6 Position starters returning/lost: 8/3 Pitchers returning/lost: 8/2 Series Information Series: UK tied 2-2 Last Year: DNP

MEDIA INFO

Chris Finwood

Matt Rice

Greg Van Zant

Jedd Gyorko

Rob Cooper

Quentin Cate

Scott Googins

Drew Schmidt

West Virginia

Wright State

Xavier

at Lexington, Ky.

at Myrtle Beach, S.C.

at Lexington, Ky.

at Lexington, Ky.

March 31 • 6:30 pm

at Bowling Green, Ky.

Feb 20 • 11 am

March 17 • 6:30 pm

March 33 • 6:30 pm

April 20 • 7 pm

Sports Information Baseball contact: Greg Campbell E-mail: greg.campbell@wright.edu Office: (937) 775-2771 Cell Phone: (937) 602-0326 Fax: (937) 775-2368 Website: www.wsuraiders.com

Sports Information Baseball contact: Jenna Willhoit E-mail: willhoitj@xavier.edu Office: (513)-745-3961 Cell Phone/Press Box: (513)-5322781 Fax: (513)-745-2845 Website: www.GOXAVIER.com

Coaching Staff Head coach: Greg Van Zant Alma mater: West Virginia, 1984 Record at WVA: 450-362-1, 15 years Career record: same Assistant coaches: Pat Sherald, Tad Reida and Jake Weghorst Baseball Information 2009 Record: 37-18 Conference Record: 17-10 2009 Postseason: none Letterwinners returning/lost: 14/6 Position starters returning/lost: 4/4 Pitchers returning/lost: 12/3

Baseball Information 2009 Record: 29-23-1 Conference Record: 12-12 2009 Postseason: NCAA Fort Worth Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 24/5 Position starters returning/lost: 8/2 Pitchers returning/lost: 4/1

Series Information Series: UK leads series 8-7 Last year: UK won, 6-3

Coaching Staff Head coach: Scott Goggins Alma mater: Ohio Wesleyan, 1992 Record at XU: 114-120, 4 years Career record: same Assistant coaches: Zach Schmidt and Nick Otte Baseball Information 2009 Record: 39-21 Conference Record: 18-9 2009 Postseason: NCAA Houston Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/9 Position starters returning/lost: 4/4 Pitchers returning/lost: 8/5 Series Information Series: UK leads series 27-8 Last Year: DNP

UNIVERSITY

Series Information Series: UK leads 10-2 Last year: UK lost, 10-7

Coaching Staff Head coach: Rob Cooper Alma mater: Miami (Fla.), 1994 Record at WSU: 157-135, 5 years Career record: same Assistant coaches: Greg Lovelady, Briam Meyer, Ross Oeder

HISTORY

Series Information Series: UK leads 30-21 Last Year: UK lost, 10-9

Sports Information Baseball contact: Steve Stone E-mail: steve.stone@mail.wvu.edu Office: (304) 293-2821 Cell Phone: (685) 749-2060 Fax: (304) 293-4105 Press box: (304) 293-5988 Website: www.msnsportsnet.com

REVIEW

Baseball Information 2009 Record: 42-20 Conference Record: 21-8 2009 Postseason: NCAA Oxford Regional Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/13 Position starters returning/lost: 5/4 Starting Pitchers returning/lost: 2/1

University Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Enrollment: 6,700 Nickname: Musketeers Colors: Navy Blue, Gray and White Conference: Atlantic 10 President: Fr. Michael Graham, S.J. Athletics Director: Mike Bobinski Stadium: Hayden Field Capacity: 500 Dimensions: 310-380-310

PREVIEW

Coaching Staff Head coach: Chris Finwood Alma mater: VMI, 1988 Record at WKU: 122-107, four years Career record: 174-204, seven years Assistant coaches: Matt Myers, Blake Allen and Casey Hamilton

University Location: Dayton, Ohio Enrollment: 17,662 Nickname: Raiders Colors: Hunter Green and Gold Conference: Horizon League President: Dr. David Hopkins Athletics Director: Bob Grant Stadium: Nischwitz Stadium Capacity: 750 Dimensions: 330-400-330

WILDCATS

Sports Information Baseball contact: Michael Schroeder E-mail: michael.schroeder@wku.edu Office: (270) 745-4298 Cell Phone: (309) 212-6942 Fax: (270) 745-3444 Press box: (270) 745-4281 Website: www.wkusports.com

University Location: Morgantown, W.Va. Enrollment: 28,840 Nickname: Mountaineers Colors: Old Gold and Blue Conference: Big East President: Dr. James P. Clements Director of Athletics: Ed Pastilong Stadium: Hawley Field Capacity: 1,500 Dimensions: 325-375-390-375-325

STAFF

University Location: Bowling Green, Ky. Enrollment: 20,674 Nickname: Hilltoppers Colors: Red and White Conference: Sun Belt President: Dr. Gary Ransdell Director of Athletics: Dr. Camden Wood Selig Stadium: Nick Denes Field Capacity: 1,500 Dimensions: N/A

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MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL STAFF

Alabama 205.348.6084

Barry Allen ballen@iu.ua.edu

IPFW 260.481.6646

Arkansas 479.575.7089

Zach Lawson zlawson@uark.edu

Lipscomb 615.966.5990

Dan Froehlich froehdp@auburn.edu

LSU 225.578.2527

Bowling Green 419.372.7075

Ryan Gasser rgrasser@bgsu.edu

Louisville 502.852.3088

Cincinnati 513.556.0618

John Berry john.berry@uc.edu

Monmouth 732.263.5180

Auburn 334.844.9803

Coastal Carolina Kent Reichert 843.349.2840 kreicher@coastal.edu Evansville 812.488.1152 Florida 352.375.4683 x6130

Tom Benson tb39@evansville.edu

John Hines johnh@gators.uaa.ufl.edu

Georgia 706.542.7994

Christopher Lakos clakos@sports.uga.edu

Indiana 812.856.0215

Matt Brady mlbrady@indiana.edu

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Rudy Yovich yovichr@ipfw.edu

Trevor Garrett garretttj@lipscomb.edu Bill Franques wfranqu@lsu.edu Garett Wall g.wall@louisville.edu Chris Tobin ctobin@monmouth.edu

Morehead State Nick VanDemark 732.263.5180 n.vandemark@moreheadstate.edu Murray State John Brush 270.809.7044 john.brush@murraystate.edu Ole Miss 662.915.7522

Bill Bunting wbunting@olemiss.edu

San Diego 619.260.7930

Chris Loucks cloucks@sandiego.edu

San Diego State Dave Kuhn 619.594.5547 dkuhn@mail.sdsu.edu South Carolina 803.777.5257 Tennessee 865.974.8876

Andrew Kitick kitick@mailbox.sc.edu Cameron Harris charri48@utk.edu

Vanderbilt Thomas Samuel 615.343.0020 thomas.samuel@vanderbilt.edu Virginia Tech 804.239.0812

Mat Kovatchl mlk@vt.edu

Western Kentucky Michael Schroeder 270.745.4298 michael.schroeder@wku.edu West Virginia Steve Stone 304.293.2821 steve.stone@mail.wvu.edu Wright State Greg Campbell 937.775.2771 greg.campbell@wright.edu Xavier 513.745.3961

Jenna Willhoit willhoitj@xavier.edu

SEC TOURNAMENT The SEC athletics directors recently decided to extend, for five years, the SEC’s contract to hold the baseball tournament at Regions Park. The Southeastern Conference will keep its baseball tournament in suburban Birmingham through 2011 with the newly signed deal.

Kentucky has played in the SEC Tournament 14 times, most recently in 2008, when UK toppled Alabama, suffered a tough walk-off loss to Ole Miss, and was eliminated by Alabama in front of over 10,000 fans in its third game.

UK BASEBALL STAFF

Located eight miles south of Birmingham, Regions Park is regarded by many sports experts as one of the best of its kind in the nation. It seats 10,800 for baseball, but can accommodate over 16,000 when the patio, banquet and side grassy areas are used. The stadium also house 12 suites and state-of-the-art dressing and training rooms.

Wireless internet access was added in 2004, concourse and signage renovation finished in 2005 and a second-level press box expansion, new stadium seating and an exterior facelift in 2007 completed a $4.5 million renovation project. A new video scoreboard was also added in 2008.

The 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament drew 124,139 fans, the second most all-time. Five times in the last seven years, the tournament has surpassed the six-digit mark in total attendance.

MEDIA INFO

The Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament returns for a 13th straight year to Regions Park in the south-Birmingham city of Hoover, Ala., May 26-30. Regions Park serves as the home of the Double-A Birmingham Barons (Chicago White Sox) of the Southern League. The stadium also serves as a home field to the nationally renowned Hoover Buccaneer high school football program.

The SEC Tournament will follow an eight-team double elimination format that is modeled after the College World Series. The tournament field includes the top teams from the SEC’s Eastern and Western Divisions plus six at-large bids based on conference winning percentage. The eight teams are seeded 1-8 with the two division champions guaranteed the top two seeds. Last season, LSU finished off a miraculous run with the SEC Tournament title.

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ALABAMA (UK trails 31-53) 4/29/1914 A 4/30/1914 A 5/4/1925 H 5/5/1925 H 5/11/1925 A 5/12/1925 A 4/29/1931 A 4/30/1931 A 4/20/1941 A 4/21/1941 A 5/22/1950 A 5/23/1950 A 5/26/1950 H 5/27/1950 H 4/28/1952 H 4/29/1952 H 3/18/1975 3/18/1975 3/19/1975 3/19/1975 3/6/1980 A 1981 N 3/16/1982 A 3/30/1985 H 3/31/1985 H 3/15/1986 H 3/15/1986 H 3/16/1986 H 3/18/1986 A 3/21/1987 A 3/21/1987 A 3/22/1987 A 3/26/1988 H 3/26/1988 H 3/27/1988 H 3/25/1989 A 3/25/1989 A 3/26/1989 A 5/5/1990 H 5/5/1990 H 5/6/1990 H 5/4/1991 A 5/4/1991 A 3/21/1992 H 3/21/1992 H 3/22/1992 H 3/27/1993 A 3/28/1993 A 3/30/1993 A 4/5/1996 H 4/6/1996 H 4/7/1996 H 5/16/1996 N 5/19/1996 N 4/4/1997 A 4/5/1997 A 4/6/1997 A 5/14/1998 N 3/11/2000 A 3/11/2000 A 3/12/2000 A 3/16/2001 H 3/17/2001 H 3/18/2001 H 4/12/2002 H 4/13/2002 H 4/14/2002 H 4/11/2003 A 4/12/2003 A 4/13/2003 A 5/14/2004 H 5/15/2004 H 5/16/2004 H 3/18/2005 A 3/19/2005 A

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W, 2-1 L, 2-5 L, 3-9 L, 5-10 L, 4-5 L, 2-8 L, 3-18 W, 7-3 L, 1-7 L, 3-7 L, 1-4 L, 0-13 W, 14-3 L, 1-9 L, 2-3 (10) W, 9-6 W, 5-4 W, 4-2 L, 4-5 L, 1-2 L, 5-7 W, 3-2 L, 8-12 W, 12-8 L, 6-8 L, 7-19 L, 12-14 L, 5-8 L, 2-8 W, 7-4 W, 11-9 L, 5-7 L, 4-6 W, 3-2 W, 9-5 L, 4-5 W, 6-4 W, 9-6 L, 6-12 L, 5-75 L, 2-6 W, 4-3 W, 9-5 W, 6-4 W, 6-5 W, 6-5 W, 6-3 W, 7-4 L, 7-8 L, 4-17 W, 3-2 L, 1-4 L, 2-3 L, 8-16 L, 3-10 W, 9-2 L, 5-9 L, 3-8 L, 4-5 L, 5-6 W, 11-10 L, 1-3 L, 1-15 L, 7-26 L, 9-11 L, 1-10 L, 4-15 L, 7-8 W, 5-3 L, 1-4 L, 2-6 W, 9-8 L, 11-12 (12) L, 3-5 L, 3-5

3/20/2005 A 3/14/2008 H 3/15/2008 H 3/16/2008 H 5/21/2008 N 5/23/2008 N 4/24/2009 A 4/25/2009 A 4/26/2009 A at Lexington: UK trails 13-22 at Tuscaloosa: UK trails 14-25 Neutral: UK trails 2-4

L, 4-10 W, 7-5 W, 15-2 W, 5-1 W, 9-3 L, 4-13 L, 6-13 W, 11-1 L, 2-3

ARKANSAS (UK trails 17-29) 2/28/1989 N L, 4-8 3/1/1989 N W, 6-2 4/4/1992 H L, 9-10 4/41992 H W, 14-6 4/5/1992 W W, 10-7 4/10/1993 A L, 0-1 4/10/1993 A W, 9-3 4/13/1993 A L, 4-8 3/23/1996 H L, 9-16 3/24/1996 H W, 6-5 3/26/1996 H L, 5-7 5/15/1996 N W, 7-5 3/21/1997 A W, 11-5 3/22/1997 A L, 8-9 3/23/1997 A L, 4-11 4/24/1998 H L, 1-17 4/25/1998 H W, 15-5 4/26/1998 H W, 4-3 4/9/1999 A L, 2-15 4/10/1999 A L, 1-10 4/11/1999 A L, 5-9 5/19/1999 N L, 4-6 4/28/2000 A W, 7-6 4/29/2000 A L, 10-12 4/30/2000 A L, 5-8 4/27/2001 H W, 5-4 4/28/2001 H L, 11-16 4/29/2001 H L, 5-9 5/3/2002 A L, 1-5 5/4/2002 A W, 5-2 5/5/2002 A W, 1-0 3/28/2003 H L, 2-9 3/29/2003 H L, 1-2 3/30/2003 H L, 9-10 4/23/2004 A L, 4-9 4/24/2004 A L, 4-5 4/25/2004 A L, 10-11 (7) 4/30/2005 H L, 5-8 4/30/2005 H W, 11-8 5/1/2005 H W, 7-1 4/14/2006 A L, 9-10 4/15/2006 A L, 6-10 4/16/2006 A W, 7-5 3/16/2007 H L, 2-10 3/17/2007 H W, 7-5 3/18/2007 H L, 14-5 at Lexington: UK trails 14-24 at Tuscaloosa: UK trails 14-25 Neutral: UK trails 2-4

AUBURN (UK trails 39-68) 4/20/1956 H 4/21/1956 H 4/21/1956 H 4/19/1957 A 4/20/1957 A 4/20/1957 A 4/29/1960 H 4/30/1960 H 4/7/1961 A 4/8/1961 A

L, 6-25 L, 10-19 (7) L, 5-10 (7) L, 5-12 L, 0-1 L, 8-10 L, 2-7 L, 5-7 L, 4-17 L, 5-7

4/27/1962 4/28/1962 4/12/1963 4/13/1963 4/24/1964 4/25/1964 3/19/1965 3/20/1965 4/29/1966 4/10/1967 4/10/1967 4/11/1967 4/19/1968 4/19/1968 4/20/1968 4/28/1969 4/29/1969 4/25/1970 4/25/1970 4/9/1971 4/9/1971 4/10/1971 4/8/1972 4/8/1972 4/6/1973 4/6/1973 4/5/1974 4/5/1974 4/6/1974 4/4/1975 4/4/1975 4/5/1975 5/16/1976 5/16/1976 5/17/1976 4/12/1986 4/12/1986 4/13/1986 4/18/1987 4/18/1987 4/19/1987 5/15/1987 4/16/1988 4/16/1988 4/17/1988 4/15/1989 4/15/1989 4/16/1989 4/28/1990 4/28/1990 4/29/1990 4/27/1991 4/27/1991 4/28/1991 5/17/1991 3/28/1992 3/28/1992 3/29/1992 4/3/1993 4/4/1993 4/6/1993 3/29/1996 3/30/1996 3/31/1996 3/28/1997 3/29/1997 3/30/1997 5/1/1998 5/2/1998 5/3/1998 5/7/1999 5/8/1999 5/9/1999 3/15/2002 3/16/2002 3/17/2002 3/21/2003

H H A A H H A A H A A A H H H A A H H A A A H H A A H H H A A A N N N A A A H H H N A A A H H H A A A H H H N A A A H H H A A A H H H A A A H H H A A A H

L, 0-5 W, 7-4 L, 6-13 L, 2-14 W, 2-1 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 L, 6-11 W, 2-1 L, 1-4 W, 3-2 L, 0-2 W, 5-4 W, 16-9 W, 3-0 W, 4-2 L, 2-12 L, 0-1 L, 2-4 L, 0-2 W, 6-5 W, 14-13 L, 2-5 W, 5-4 L, 1-5 L, 1-2 L, 2-15 W, 7-6 L, 2-5 L, 4-9 W, 4-1 L, 7-15 L, 0-6 W, 7-6 L, 6-14 L, 0-1 L, 5-16 L, 4-5 L, 7-12 W, 6-5 W, 11-4 L, 4-5 L, 1-9 L, 0-2 W, 2-1 L, 3-5 W, 7-5 W, 9-4 L, 6-9 W, 5-1 W, 7-4 L, 3-10 W, 11-10 L, 1-3 L, 5-8 W, 6-3 W, 8-4 W, 12-5 L, 4-10 L, 3-7 L, 8-16 L, 10-16 W, 7-4 L, 6-12 L, 0-5 W, 6-5 L, 3-18 W, 10-7 L, 3-14 L, 2-15 W, 10-1 L, 4-7 L, 4-5 W, 3-1 L, 3-4 L, 0-5 L, 10-14

3/22/2003 H 3/23/2003 H 3/19/2004 A 3/20/2004 A 3/21/2004 A 4/15/2005 H 4/16/2005 H 4/17/2005 H 3/31/2006 A 4/1/2006 A 4/2/2006 A 5/17/2007 H 5/18/2007 H 5/19/2007 H 3/21/2008 A 3/22/2008 A 3/23/2008 A 5/9/2009 H 5/9/2009 H 5/10/2009 H at Lexington: UK trails 20-30 at Auburn: UK trails 18-34 Neutral: UK trails 1-4

L, 3-10 L, 3-10 W, 8-0 W, 4-3 L, 2-3 (10) L, 4-8 W, 6-2 L, 3-4 W, 8-7 L, 1-5 L, 6-12 L, 7-18 L, 6-13 W, 8-7 L, 0-2 L, 5-7 W, 9-8 W, 6-5 W, 6-3 L, 5-7

BOWLING GREEN (UK leads 1-0) 3/26/1992 H at Lexington: UK leads 1-0

W, 5-1

CINCINNATI (UK leads 52-29-2) 5/9/1903 H 4/22/1904 H 5/7/1904 A 3/29/1907 H 3/30/1907 H 4/16/1909 H 4/27/1910 H 4/27/1911 H 5/6/1911 A 4/26/1912 A 5/16/1914 H 5/1/1919 A 5/12/1919 H 5/3/1920 H 5/6/1920 A 4/14/1921 H 4/16/1921 A 5/21/1921 A 4/29/1922 A 5/2/1922 H 4/21/1923 A 4/19/1924 H 4/27/1926 H 5/24/1929 A 5/25/1929 H 4/30/1930 A 5/22/1930 H 5/5/1934 H 5/11/1934 A 4/29/1939 H 5/9/1939 A 5/16/1940 H 5/6/1941 A 5/20/1941 H 5/4/1942 H 5/17/1942 A 4/22/1947 H 5/14/1947 A 4/10/1950 A 5/9/1950 H 4/21/1951 A 5/7/1951 H 3/26/1968 H 4/14/1970 A 3/27/1971 H 3/27/1971 H

W, 3-1 W, 4-0 L, 7-10 W, 5-4 W, 22-2 L, 1-8 W, 15-3 W, 7-6 W, 10-3 W, 7-2 W, 8-2 W, 11-8 W, 7-4 W, 5-2 L, 2-6 L, 0-13 n/a W, 8-2 L, 10-18 L, 12-14 L, 0-2 W, 5-3 T, 10-10 W, 4-3 W, 5-3 T, 3-3 (13) W, 7-2 L, 0-3 L, 2-3 W, 8-4 L, 5-8 W, 9-1 L, 5-6 W, 5-3 L, 8-20 W, 5-4 L, 3-6 L, 5-6 W, 8-6 W, 12-2 L, 2-18 W, 12-7 L, 0-1 W, 3-0 W, 4-1 W, 6-3

4/5/1971 A L, 1-7 4/12/1972 A W, 7-5 5/4/1972 H L, 3-4 4/26/1973 A L, 3-6 3/28/1974 H W, 5-2 3/28/1974 H W, 6-4 4/22/1975 L, 6-7 4/22/1975 W, 9-1 1979 A W, 17-12 4/23/1980 H W, 19-16 3/25/1982 H L, 1-6 3/24/1983 H W, 12-3 3/24/1983 H W, 25-0 4/26/1983 A W, 7-5 4/26/1983 A W, 8-5 4/11/1984 A W, 10-3 4/24/1984 H W, 8-6 4/9/1985 A L, 5-6 4/23/1985 H W, 10-4 4/8/1986 H W, 19-1 4/5/1989 A W, 9-4 4/23/1991 H W, 17-6 4/10/1996 H W, 16-7 4/17/1996 H W, 7-6 4/30/1997 H W, 8-1 5/6/1998 H W, 22-6 4/20/1999 A L, 5-7 5/5/1999 H L, 2-3 4/18/2000 H W, 12-2 4/24/2001 A L, 2-3 4/25/2001 H L, 4-11 4/2/2003 H W, 10-9 4/7/2004 H W, 8-4 4/20/2005 A L, 2-7 3/1/2006 H L, 9-10 3/7/2007 H W, 21-7 4/15/2008 A W, 9-4 3/25/2009 H L, 6-12 at Lexington: UK leads 36-13-1 at Cincinnati: Series tied 15-15-1

COASTAL CAROLINA (UK trails 1-4) 2/23/1991 N 2/14/1998 A 2/15/1998 A 2/21/2009 A 2/22/2009 A at Lexington: never played at Conway: UK trails, 0-4 Neutral: UK leads 1-0

W, 5-1 L, 6-11 L, 7-8 L, 1-4 L, 5-14

EVANSVILLE (UK trails 6-9) 4/30/1982 A 4/30/1982 A 4/18/1984 A 4/18/1984 A 4/25/1984 H 4/25/1984 H 4/17/1985 H 4/30/1985 A 4/9/1986 H 4/16/1986 A 4/6/2005 A 2/28/2006 H 4/9/2007 A 3/5/2008 H 4/22/2009 H at Lexington: tied 4-4 at Evansville: UK trails 2-5

L, 7-8 L, 1-9 W, 6-3 L,0-1 L, 0-4 L, 2-3 W, 15-4 L, 0-1 L, 7-13 W, 11-7 W, 17-1 W, 6-3 L, 4-5 W, 15-1 L, 7-11

FLORIDA (UK trails 54-125-1) 4/3/1953 A 4/4/1953 A

L, 0-10 L, 3-9

4/7/2006 H 4/8/2006 H 4/9/2006 H 4/20/2007 A 4/21/2007 A 4/22/2007 A 4/18/2008 H 4/19/2008 H 4/20/2008 H 5/14/2009 A 5/15/2009 A 5/16/2009 A at Lexington: UK trails 27-51-1 at Gainesville: UK trails 16-60 Neutral: UK trails 2-4

W, 8-7 L, 4-6 W, 8-6 W, 9-2 L, 7-10 L, 4-5 W, 11-7 L, 13-7 W, 3-2 L, 3-10 W, 8-7 L, 9-13

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A H H H A A A H H A A A H H A A A H H H A A A H H

3/16/1991 A 3/16/1991 A 3/17/1991 A 5/2/1992 A 5/2/1992 A 5/3/1992 A 5/8/1993 H 5/8/1993 H 5/9/1993 H 5/22/1993 N 5/7/1994 A 5/8/1994 A 5/9/1994 A 5/20/1994 H 5/5/1995 H 5/6/1995 H 5/7/1995 H 5/19/1995 N 5/4/1996 A 5/5/1996 A 4/25/1997 H 4/26/1997 H 4/27/1997 H 4/17/1998 A 4/18/1998 A 4/19/1998 A 4/2/1999 H 4/3/1999 H 4/4/1999 H 4/14/2000 A 4/15/2000 A 4/16/2000 A 5/11/2001 H 5/12/2001 H 5/13/2001 H 4/19/2002 A 4/20/2002 A 4/21/2002 A 4/25/2003 H 4/26/2003 H 4/27/2003 H 4/30/2004 A 5/1/2004 A 5/2/2004 A 3/25/2005 H 3/26/2005 H 5/18/2006 A 5/19/2006 A 5/20/2006 A 5/25/2006 N 4/27/2007 H 4/28/2007 H 4/29/2007 H 4/11/2008 A 4/12/2008 A 4/13/2008 A 4/11/2009 H 4/11/2009 H 4/12/2009 H at Lexington: UK trails 39-46-1 at Athens: UK trails 33-63 Neutral: tied 2-2

L, 3-4 L, 2-4 W, 7-4 L, 4-6 L, 4-5 L, 1-12 L, 5-8 W, 14-2 W, 6-5 W, 13-3 L, 2-25 W, 12-6 L, 4-5 L, 5-17 W, 13-3 L, 4-8 L, 5-7 W, 9-8 W, 11-9 W, 11-8 L, 0-15 W, 9-8 L, 6-16 L, 3-12 W, 8-7 W, 9-4 W, 3-1 L, 8-9 W, 6-4 L, 3-5 W, 7-1 W, 5-4 L, 3-7 W, 4-3 L, 6-10 L, 4-5 L, 5-6 L, 6-7 W, 8-1 W, 9-4 L, 0-12 L, 3-5 L, 2-7 L, 1-5 L, 2-6 L, 11-14 L, 9-10 W, 8-3 L, 0-4 L, 10-16 W, 8-7 L, 3-9 W, 13-5 L, 3-2 L, 13-4 L, 6-4 L, 4-7 L, 4-7 L, 4-5

INDIANA (UK leads 16-14) 5/2/1904 A 5/6/1905 A 5/27/1917 H 5/10/1920 A 4/10/1924 H 4/23/1974 H 4/23/1974 H 4/1/1975 H 4/1/1975 H 1977 H 1978 H 1978 H 1979 A 1979 A 4/22/1981 H 4/28/1982 A 4/12/1983 H 3/3/1987 H

W L, 1-3 W, 3-1 L, 5-14 W, 6-2 L, 10-12 L, 1-3 L, 1-2 L, 5-12 W, 4-3 W, 4-2 L, 5-7 W, 2-1 W, 3-2 W, 7-3 L, 5-7 L, 1-3 W, 4-1

83

UNIVERSITY

A A A H H H H H H A A A A A A A A A H H H A A A H H H A A A A A A H H H A A A H H H H H A A A H H H N A A A H H H

L, 7-9 W, 6-4 W, 4-1 L, 5-9 W, 4-2 W, 9-2 L, 3-7 L, 2-5 W, 8-5 W, 9-1 W, 6-3 L, 6-7 L, 6-9 L, 4-5 W, 6-4 W, 5-3 W, 7-6 W, 3-2 W, 16-8 L, 5-9 L, 0-5 L, 8-10 L, 0-5 W, 8-5 W, 5-4 W, 2-0 L, 4-5 L, 0-1 L, 2-5 L, 12-15 L, 3-6 W, 3-2 L, 2-3 W, 4-2 W, 11-4 L, 1-8 L, 9-20 W, 9-0 W, 10-2 W, 6-2 L, 3-12 L, 2-4 W, 7-6 W, 8-6 L, 2-6 W, 12-3 W, 10-4 L, 6-7 W, 7-4 L, 11-12 L, 4-10 L, 7-15 L, 2-13 L, 0-1 W, 1-0 L, 7-10 L, 2-4 W, 7-2 W, 20-11 L, 2-6 L, 7-8 W, 14-2 L, 6-7 W, 7-5 L, 10-11 L, 0-3 L, 4-10 L, 7-8 W, 11-2 W, 12-2 L, 3-6 W, 3-2 W, 7-2 W, 11-0 W, 7-2 L, 2-9 L, 4-5 L, 3-7 L, 4-11 L, 8-10 L, 2-4 L, 2-3 W, 7-2

HISTORY

(UK trails 83-122-1) 5/29/1921 H n/a 5/30/1921 H L, 1-11 5/8/1922 A L, 0-1 5/9/1922 A L, 7-11 5/28/1926 H L, 7-11 5/29/1926 H L, 2-16 4/13/1927 A W, 15-6 4/14/1927 A W, 7-6 4/2/1928 A L, 0-9 4/3/1928 A L, 1-6 4/23/1948 H W, 12-10 4/24/1948 H L, 2-26 5/19/1948 A L, 9-13 5/20/1948 A W, 11-6 4/22/1949 H W, 3-2 4/23/1949 H L, 12-13 5/18/1949 A L, 0-15 5/19/1949 A L, 7-13 4/3/1950 A L, 2-5 4/4/1950 A L, 4-6 5/3/1950 H T, 3-3 (13) 5/4/1950 H W, 8-7 4/2/1951 A L, 3-5 (7) 4/3/1951 A L, 0-9* 4/11/1951 H W, 8-4 (7) 4/12/1951 H L, 10-13 (7) 4/16/1952 A W, 6-3 4/17/1952 A L, 5-9 4/6/1953 A L, 1-7 4/7/1953 A L, 4-11 4/9/1954 H L, 6-7 4/10/1954 H L, 3-12 4/19/1954 A L, 5-6 4/20/1954 A L, 0-5 4/3/1956 A L, 0-9 (7) 4/3/1956 A L, 0-15 4/4/1956 A L, 5-13 4/26/1957 H L, 3-17 4/27/1957 H L, 5-12 4/27/1957 H L, 0-8 4/4/1958 A L, 4-7 4/3/1959 H W, 5-4 4/4/1959 H L, 2-4 4/4/1959 H W, 5-2 4/13/1960 A L, 9-13 4/14/1960 A W, 12-11 4/26/1961 H W, 5-2 4/27/1961 H W, 5-2 4/10/1962 A W, 8-6 4/26/1963 H W, 10-9 4/27/1963 H L, 2-6 3/17/1964 A L, 2-3 (7) 3/17/1964 A W, 9-8 (7) 4/28/1965 H W, 10-3 4/29/1965 H W, 11-3 3/25/1966 A L, 6-7 (10) 3/26/1966 A W, 5-4 4/28/1967 H L, 1-4 4/28/1967 H W, 6-1 4/29/1967 H W, 3-1 3/22/1968 A L, 1-5 5/2/1969 H W, 3-1 5/2/1969 H W, 4-3 5/3/1969 H L, 4-12 3/27/1970 A L, 3-4

3/28/1970 4/30/1971 4/30/1971 5/1/1971 4/28/1972 4/28/1972 4/29/1972 4/27/1973 4/28/1973 4/26/1974 4/26/1974 4/27/1974 4/26/1975 4/26/1975 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 4/5/1980 4/5/1980 4/6/1980 4/4/1981 4/4/1981 4/5/1981 5/2/1981 5/2/1981 5/3/1981 4/3/1982 4/3/1982 4/4/1982 5/8/1982 5/8/1982 5/9/1982 3/5/1983 3/5/1983 3/6/1983 3/31/1984 3/31/1984 4/1/1984 5/5/1984 5/5/1984 5/6/1984 3/23/1985 3/23/1985 3/24/1985 4/28/1985 4/28/1985 5/3/1986 5/3/1986 5/4/1986 5/9/1987 5/9/1987 5/10/1987 5/7/1988 5/7/1988 5/8/1988 5/14/1988 5/6/1989 5/6/1989 5/7/1989 3/17/1990 3/17/1990 3/18/1990

REVIEW

L, 4-6 W, 6-4 W, 13-9 L, 4-11 W, 5-0 L, 4-9 L, 4-7 L, 5-7 L, 3-11 L, 2-9 W, 7-6 L, 0-2 L, 1-5 L, 2-9 L, 0-3 L, 1-12 L, 3-15 L, 0-10 W, 8-6 L, 2-5 L, 0-5 L, 2-3 L, 6-7 L, 2-12 L, 3-10 L, 3-10 W, 5-4 L, 1-3 W, 7-1 W, 11-10 L, 9-10 L, 6-12 W, 7-4 L, 9-15 W, 8-6 L, 0-5 W, 6-1 L, 2-14 L, 0-7 W, 10-5 L, 4-9 W, 5-3 W, 7-6 W, 7-4 W, 7-1 L, 15-16 W, 11-5 W, 6-1 L, 1-5 L, 3-7 L, 4-8 W, 7-4 L, 5-10 L, 3-10 L, 3-8 L, 4-8 L, 6-18 L, 10-20 L, 10-32 L, 2-12 L, 4-6 W, 5-0 W, 9-2 L, 3-10 L, 2-7 L, 0-18 T, 6-6 L, 7-8 L, 6-7 L, 9-10 L, 8-9 L, 4-14 L, 6-18 L, 4-5 L, 0-19 L, 4-13 W, 7-5 L, 4-8 L, 6-17 L, 1-8 L, 9-10 L, 11-20 L, 6-11

PREVIEW

H H H H H H H H H H H A A A A A A H H H H H H A A A N H H H A A A H H A A A H H H A A A N H H H A A A H H H A A A H H H N A A A H H H N A A A H H H A A A H H H A A A

WILDCATS

4/10/1982 4/10/1982 4/11/1982 4/4/1983 4/4/1983 5/7/1983 5/7/1983 5/8/1983 3/24/1984 3/24/1984 3/25/1984 4/28/1984 4/28/1984 4/29/1984 3/2/1985 3/2/1985 3/3/1985 4/6/1985 4/6/1985 4/7/1985 3/29/1986 3/29/1986 3/30/1986 4/4/1987 4/4/1987 4/5/1987 5/14/1987 3/5/1988 3/6/1988 3/6/1988 3/3/1989 3/4/1989 3/4/1989 5/12/1990 5/12/1990 5/11/1991 5/11/1991 5/12/1991 4/18/1992 4/18/1992 4/19/1992 4/24/1993 4/24/1993 4/25/1993 5/20/1993 4/22/1994 4/23/1994 4/24/1994 4/21/1995 4/22/1995 4/23/1995 4/19/1996 4/20/1996 4/21/1996 4/18/1997 4/19/1997 4/20/1997 4/3/1998 4/4/1998 4/5/1998 5/13/1998 4/16/1999 4/17/1999 4/18/1999 4/7/2000 4/8/2000 4/9/2000 5/18/2000 4/6/2001 4/7/2001 4/8/2001 5/18/2002 5/18/2002 5/19/2002 5/16/2003 5/17/2003 5/18/2003 3/26/2004 3/27/2004 3/28/2004 4/1/2005 4/2/2005 4/3/2005

STAFF

L, 7-10 L, 2-12 L, 1-7 (7) L, 5-16 L, 1-7 L, 0-22 W, 6-5 W, 4-0 W, 6-5 L, 5-13 W, 8-1 L, 4-6 L, 1-5 L, 1-9 L, 2-7 L, 4-9 W, 5-4 L, 5-6 L, 0-2 L, 1-25 L, 5-9 L, 0-1 L, 0-1 L, 3-8 L, 1-2 L, 2-3 L, 3-13 L, 1-6 L, 2-6 L, 2-9 L, 0-10 L, 0-4 L, 3-5 L, 6-9 W, 8-3 L, 3-8 W, 2-1 W, 3-0 L, 0-9 W, 3-0 W, 8-0 L, 1-2 W, 4-2 W, 6-2 W, 6-5 L, 2-3 L, 2-4 L, 1-5 W, 5-1 W, 6-5 W, 1-0 L, 4-5 L, 11-12 L, 4-6 W, 12-3 W, 4-1 L, 0-7 L, 1-3 L, 0-1 L, 3-5 W, 4-0 L, 6-13 L, 10-12 W, 6-1 W, 3-2 L, 5-12 L, 13-19 W, 7-4 L, 2-4 L, 4-5 L, 11-16 L, 2-4 L, 1-4 W, 12-5 L, 4-5 L, 1-2 W, 8-4 W, 5-4 L, 3-10 L, 5-11 L, 0-3 W, 8-5 L, 11-12

UK BASEBALL

H H A A A H H H H H A A H H A A H H A A H A A A H H H A A A H H H A A A A A A H H H A A A A A A H H H A A A H H A A A H H N H H H A A A A A A H H H A A H H H N A A A

MEDIA INFO

4/13/1953 4/14/1953 3/30/1956 3/30/1956 3/31/1956 3/29/1957 3/30/1957 3/30/1957 5/2/1960 5/3/1960 4/5/1961 4/6/1961 4/25/1962 4/26/1962 4/9/1963 4/10/1963 4/22/1964 4/23/1964 3/16/1965 3/17/1965 4/25/1966 3/13/1967 3/13/1967 3/14/1967 5/3/1968 5/3/1968 5/4/1968 4/18/1969 4/18/1969 4/19/1969 4/17/1970 4/17/1970 4/18/1970 4/16/1971 4/16/1971 4/17/1971 3/19/1973 3/19/1973 3/20/1973 4/12/1974 4/12/1974 4/13/1974 4/12/1975 4/12/1975 4/13/1975 3/20/1976 3/20/1976 3/21/1976 4/16/1976 4/16/1976 4/17/1976 4/1/1977 4/1/1977 4/2/1977 4/22/1977 4/23/1977 3/17/1978 3/17/1978 3/18/1978 4/22/1978 4/23/1978 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 3/22/1980 3/22/1980 3/23/1980 4/19/1980 4/19/1980 4/20/1980 3/21/1981 3/21/1981 4/18/1981 4/18/1981 4/19/1981 1981 3/6/1982 3/6/1982 3/7/1982

MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL STAFF

3/7/1990 A 3/6/1992 N 3/5/1993 H 3/7/1993 H 3/4/1994 N 3/6/1994 N 3/17/1995 N 3/19/1995 N 3/2/1996 N 3/7/1999 H 2/28/2004 N 3/11/2009 H at Lexington: tied 8-8 at Bloomington: UK leads 4-3 Neutral: UK leads 4-3

W, 10-0 W, 9-7 L, 3-4 W, 4-1 W, 5-4 L, 8-9 L, 0-3 L, 11-15 W, 4-3 L, 2-7 W, 10-2 W, 8-7

LOUISVILLE

IPFW First Meeting

LIPSCOMB (UK trails 1-6) 3/20/1971 A 3/20/1971 A 3/22/1973 H 3/22/1973 H 4/29/2003 H 4/16/2002 H 4/21/2009 H at Lexington: UK trails 0-5 at Nashville: tied 1-1

W, 6-4 L, 1-10 L, 0-2 L, 0-4 L, 7-9 L, 2-6 L, 7-8

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

REVIEW

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

LSU (UK trails 20-39-1) 3/16/1975 H 3/16/1975 H 3/8/1986 A 3/8/1986 A 3/9/1986 A 3/14/1987 H 3/14/1987 H 3/15/1987 H 5/16/1987 N 3/19/1988 A 3/19/1988 A 3/20/1988 A 5/12/1988 N 3/18/1989 H 3/18/1989 H 3/19/1989 H 4/21/1990 A 4/21/1990 A 4/22/1990 A 4/20/1991 H 4/20/1991 H 4/21/1991 H 5/16/1991 A 4/8/1994 H 4/9/1994 H 4/7/1995 A 4/8/1995 A 4/9/1995 A 5/18/1996 N 3/27/1998 H 3/28/1998 H 3/29/1998 H 5/14/1999 A 5/15/1999 A 5/16/1999 A 5/20/1999 N 5/5/2000 H 5/6/2000 H 5/7/2000 H 3/30/2001 A 3/31/2001 A 4/1/2001 A 5/7/2004 H 5/8/2004 H 5/9/2004 H 5/6/2005 A 5/7/2005 A 5/8/2005 A 3/17/2006 H 3/18/2006 H

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3/19/2006 H L, 2-5 3/23/2007 A W, 16-2 3/24/2007 A W, 6-5 3/25/2007 A T, 9-9 5/3/2008 H L, 1-3 5/3/2008 H L, 5-12 5/4/2008 H L, 8-9 3/13/2009 A L, 3-5 3/15/2009 A W, 5-2 (7) 3/15/2009 A L, 1-3 (7) at Lexington: UK trails 10-16 at Baton Rouge: UK trails 7-20-1 Neutral: tied 2-2

L, 0-1 L, 1-6 L, 7-8 L, 1-5 L, 10-12 L, 4-8 W, 7-2 L, 0-5 L, 1-4 L, 1-3 L, 1-2 W, 3-1 W, 9-7 L, 7-11 L, 0-15 W, 12-9 L, 1-8 L, 0-9 L, 3-9 W, 17-7 W, 11-7 W, 7-3 L, 7-8 W, 9-6 W, 13-3 L, 0-11 L, 7-16 L, 5-6 W, 12-11 L, 3-7 L, 2-7 L, 6-11 L, 2-7 W, 13-8 L, 4-6 L, 0-10 L, 0-9 L, 3-6 W, 7-4 L, 2-6 L, 5-9 W, 9-5 W, 10-3 L, 8-11 L, 4-15 L, 5-6 W, 7-1 L, 3-8 W, 8-2 W, 6-3

(UK leads 63-32-1) 4/13/1925 A 5/2/1927 A 5/11/1927 H 5/1/1928 A 5/9/1928 H 4/13/1929 H 5/16/1929 A 4/25/1934 H 5/19/1934 A 4/23/1958 H 5/15/1958 A 4/20/1970 A 4/21/1970 H 4/19/1971 A 4/20/1971 H 4/17/1972 A 4/18/1972 H 4/16/1973 A 4/17/1973 H 4/15/1974 A 4/16/1974 H 3/9/1975 3/9/1975 4/15/1975 4/16/1975 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1977 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979 A 1979 H 1979 H 4/20/1982 A 4/20/1982 A 5/2/1982 H 5/2/1982 H 4/19/1983 H 4/16/1985 A 4/24/1985 H 4/21/1986 A 4/23/1986 H 3/7/1987 H 3/8/1987 H 4/15/1987 A 4/21/1987 A 3/1/1988 A 4/27/1988 H 4/28/1988 A 5/2/1989 H 5/2/1989 H 3/8/1990 A 5/4/1990 H 3/5/1991 A 4/24/1991 H 3/7/1992 A 4/21/1992 A 4/28/1992 H 3/6/1993 H 4/20/1993 A

W, 8-2 W, 12-2 L, 4-8 W, 12-4 W, 13-2 W, 3-0 T, 0-0 (15) L, 0-6 L, 6-7 L, 2-3 L, 4-10 L, 6-7 L, 4-9 L, 7-10 W, 10-6 W, 2-1 L, 1-3 L, 3-6 W, 6-0 L, 3-6 W, 4-2 L, 0-1 W, 7-0 L, 3-6 W, 6-5 L, 15-22 W, 21-5 W, 17-14 W, 13-1 L, 2-6 W, 15-7 W, 3-0 W, 7-2 L, 12-15 W, 6-4 W, 14-13 W, 12-8 L, 3-15 L, 4-7 W, 7-0 L, 0-10 W, 5-0 W, 7-1 W, 13-6 L, 8-10 W, 8-5 W, 9-6 W, 4-3 W, 18-3 W, 8-2 W, 8-5 W, 12-4 W, 16-4 W, 15-5 W, 14-5 W, 15-6 W, 9-4 W, 6-0 W, 11-4 W, 10-3 W, 17-9 L, 6-10 L, 4-15 L, 11-12 W, 20-2 W, 10-2 L, 1-2

4/28/1993 H W, 5-4 3/5/1994 A W, 18-9 4/26/1994 A W, 18-7 5/11/1994 H W, 9-8 3/18/1995 A W, 11-3 4/25/1995 A W, 15-6 5/10/1995 H W, 10-8 5/8/1996 H W, 11-5 4/12/1997 A L, 7-8 5/5/1997 H W, 13-11 5/5/1998 H L, 5-10 4/13/1999 H L, 8-10 4/12/2000 H W, 10-3 4/25/2000 A W, 13-7 4/10/2001 H W, 8-3 4/22/2003 A L, 5-7 5/7/2003 H W, 9-5 4/14/2004 A W, 5-1 5/5/2004 H L, 6-9 3/30/2005 A W, 12-11 4/13/2005 H W, 4-3 (10) 4/5/2006 H W, 5-4 4/19/2006 A W, 5-4 4/11/2007 A L, 1-8 4/25/2007 H W, 9-5 4/08/2008 H W, 7-6 (12) 4/22/2008 A L, 5-6 4/14/2009 A W, 8-7 4/28/2009 H L, 2-11 at Lexington: UK leads 30-12 at Louisville: UK leads 22-15-1

MISSISSIPPI STATE (UK trails 30-51) 5/13/1925 A 5/14/1925 A 5/17/1926 H 5/18/1926 H 5/1/1931 A 5/2/1931 A 4/13/1934 A 4/14/1934 A 5/27/1949 A 5/28/1949 A 5/31/1949 H 1949 N 6/1/1949 H 1979 A 3/4/1980 A 3/5/1980 A 1981 A 1981 A 4/26/1986 A 4/26/1986 A 4/26/1986 A 5/2/1987 H 5/2/1987 H 5/3/1987 H 4/30/1988 A 4/30/1988 A 5/1/1988 A 5/13/1988 A 4/29/1989 H 4/29/1989 H 4/30/1989 H 3/24/1990 A 3/24/1990 A 3/25/1990 A 3/30/1991 H 3/30/1991 H 3/31/1991 H 4/1/1994 H 4/2/1994 H 4/3/1994 H 3/31/1995 A 4/1/1995 A 4/2/1995 A 3/16/1996 A 3/17/1996 A 3/23/1996 A 5/17/1996 N 3/14/1997 H

L, 0-9 L, 3-9 W, 6-2 W, 12-1 L, 3-6 L, 3-17 L, 7-9 L, 4-11 L, 3-6 L, 2-7 W, 4-3 W, 2-0 L, 5-7 L, 5-6 W, 9-4 L, 0-10 W, 3-2 L, 2-3 L, 2-10 L, 6-13 W, 6-3 W, 2-1 W, 10-7 W, 5-3 L, 6-8 W, 10-4 L, 7-10 L, 5-6 L, 8-12 W, 6-3 L, 16-28 L, 0-3 L, 2-9 L, 0-8 W, 21-9 W, 4-1 L, 3-4 L, 3-4 L, 12-13 L, 13-16 W, 5-3 L, 5-7 L, 7-13 L, 5-9 L, 11-18 L, 5-7 W, 4-1 L, 5-6

3/15/1997 H 3/16/1997 H 4/10/1998 A 4/11/1998 A 4/12/1998 A 3/26/1999 H 3/27/1999 H 3/28/1999 H 3/17/2000 H 3/18/2000 H 4/20/2001 A 4/21/2001 A 4/22/2001 A 3/23/2002 H 3/23/2002 H 3/24/2002 H 4/4/2003 A 4/5/2003 A 4/9/2004 H 4/10/2004 H 4/11/2004 H 4/22/2005 A 4/23/2005 A 4/24/2005 A 5/12/2006 H 5/13/2006 H 5/14/2006 H 3/30/2007 A 3/31/2007 A 4/1/2007 A 4/5/2008 H 4/5/2008 H 4/6/2008 H 4/17/2009 A 4/18/2009 A 4/19/2009 A at Lexington: UK trails 16-17 at Starkville: UK trails 12-34 Neutral: UK leads 2-0

L, 4-14 W, 14-10 L, 2-3 W, 3-2 W, 12-9 W, 12-6 L, 5-10 L, 6-11 L, 6-9 L, 6-7 L, 4-10 L, 4-9 L, 7-8 L, 2-4 W, 8-7 L, 3-13 L, 1-8 W, 8-2 W, 10-9 L, 8-10 L, 3-12 L, 4-12 W, 12-5 L, 2-3 W, 18-5 W, 3-2 W, 10-9 L, 7-10 W, 10-6 L, 4-5 L, 5-6 W, 13-4 W, 9-8 W, 5-4 (11) L, 3-4 (10) W, 22-17

MONMOUTH First Meeting

MOREHEAD STATE (UK leads 41-25) 5/3/1934 A 4/18/1960 H 5/4/1960 A 3/27/1961 H 4/11/1973 A 4/11/1973 A 4/10/1974 H 4/10/1974 H 4/29/1974 H 4/29/1974 H 4/28/1975 4/28/1975 1978 1978 1978 1979 A 1979 H 4/1/1980 H 1980 A 3/25/1981 H 4/1/1981 H 3/24/1982 H 3/24/1982 H 4/12/1982 A 4/12/1982 A 3/30/1983 H 3/27/1984 H 3/27/1984 H 4/6/1984 H 4/2/1985 A 5/1/1985 H 4/2/1986 H 4/24/1986 A 3/17/1987 H 3/17/1987 H 5/6/1987 A 5/6/1987 A 3/22/1988 A

L, 9-10 W, 13-5 W, 13-6 W, 12-0 W, 4-3 W, 2-1 L, 5-7 W, 3-0 L, 4-5 W, 6-5 L, 4-8 W, 6-5 L, 3-6 W, 19-3 W, 6-3 L, 19-20 W, 6-4 W, 19-3 L, 6-7 L, 0-10 W, 13-2 L, 3-8 W, 6-5 L, 3-4 L, 2-4 W, 11-0 W, 8-3 W, 6-1 W, 23-12 W, 8-7 L, 1-4 W, 11-8 L, 9-13 W, 14-0 W, 5-4 W, 13-4 W, 11-7 L, 4-5

4/14/1988 A 4/19/1988 H 4/19/1988 H 4/19/1989 H 3/27/1990 A 4/17/1990 H 3/24/1993 H 4/15/1993 H 4/7/1994 H 4/13/1994 A 4/5/1995 A 3/27/1996 A 4/3/1996 H 3/19/1997 A 4/22/1997 H 4/7/1998 H 3/24/1999 A 4/21/1999 H 5/2/2000 H 5/1/2001 H 5/7/2002 H 5/14/2003 H 4/28/2004 H 3/10/2005 H 3/29/2006 H 4/18/2007 H 4/16/2008 H 5/12/2009 H at Lexington: UK leads 28-13 at Morehead: tied 10-10

W, 22-6 W, 21-4 W, 14-3 W, 5-4 W, 21-6 L, 6-8 W, 8-3 L, 4-7 L, 7-10 W, 20-6 L, 2-7 L, 6-9 L, 9-10 L, 14-16 W, 8-7 W, 11-3 W, 10-5 W, 10-3 L, 11-12 W, 14-5 L, 1-3 (11) W, 10-4 W, 8-0 L, 5-12 W, 15-4 L, 6-9 W, 6-5 W, 18-10

MURRAY STATE (UK leads 10-4) 5/11/1946 H 5/2/1947 A 3/19/1984 A 4/27/1994 A 3/1/1995 H 3/10/1997 A 4/21/1998 H 5/12/1999 H 5/19/2004 H 5/17/2005 H 4/26/2006 H 4/26/2006 H 2/21/2007 H 5/12/2008 A at Lexington: UK leads 8-1 at Murray: UK trails 1-3 at Paducah: UK leads 1-0

L, 8-9 L, 7-9 L, 2-5 W, 21-9 W, 7-5 L, 7-12 W, 20-3 W, 10-9 W, 9-1 W, 8-1 W, 9-3 W, 3-2 W, 8-5 W, 4-3

OLE MISS (UK trails 25-36) 5/15/1925 A 4/23/1941 A 4/19/1986 H 4/19/1986 H 4/20/1986 H 4/25/1987 A 4/25/1987 A 4/26/1987 A 4/22/1988 H 4/22/1988 H 4/23/1988 H 4/22/1989 A 4/23/1989 A 4/24/1989 A 4/14/1990 H 4/14/1990 H 4/15/1990 H 4/13/1991 A 4/14/1991 A 3/25/1994 A 3/26/1994 A 3/24/1995 H 3/25/1995 H 3/26/1995 H 3/10/1996 H 3/11/1996 H 3/12/1996 H 3/7/1997 A 3/8/1997 A 3/9/1997 A

L, 0-2 L, 2-28 L, 9-11 L,3-10 L, 4-5 L, 5-6 L, 3-7 W, 14-8 W, 9-5 W, 7-6 W, 9-4 L, 3-4 W, 9-5 L, 4-6 W, 5-4 W, 10-2 L, 2-9 L, 0-9 L, 3-4 W, 6-3 L, 2-13 L, 0-5 W, 15-9 L, 12-14 W, 2-1 W, 5-3 W, 8-0 W, 1-0 L, 2-8 L, 4-10

First Meeting

First Meeting

SOUTH CAROLINA

A H H A A H A A H H A A A A H H H H A A H H A A A A A H H H N A A H H H A A H H H A A A H H H A A H H H H H H A A A A A H H H H H A A H H H A A A H H H A A A A A A H

L, 3-8 L, 0-7 W, 5-4 L, 0-7 L, 5-11 L, 2-3 L, 4-5 L, 2-7 L, 2-4 L, 2-3 L, 2-9 W, 4-1 L, 0-6 L, 5-14 L, 10-12 L, 6-13 W, 5-4 L, 5-15 L, 3-6 L, 1-2 W, 2-1 L, 2-5 L, 2-4 W, 8-0 L, 4-5 (7) W, 7-2 (7) L, 1-8 W, 6-2 (7) W, 1-0 (7) L, 6-9 W, 8-5 L, 5-6 (7) W, 7-4 (7) L, 2-8 (7) W, 4-3 (7) W, 8-1 L, 1-4 (7) L, 2-3 (7) L, 4-6 (7) W, 5-3 W, 3-2 (5) L, 2-11 W, 4-3 W, 7-0 L, 6-7 L, 2-6 W, 7-1 L, 2-3 W, 7-4 W, 4-3 W, 4-2 L, 4-11 W, 4-1 W, 6-5 L, 2-5 L, 5-6 W, 10-5 L, 3-4 L, 1-6 L, 2-3 L, 7-9 W, 5-4 L, 7-8 L, 5-6 L, 1-2 L, 3-4 W, 11-3 L, 2-5 W, 5-1 W, 8-4 L, 2-3 L, 6-7 W, 2-0 L, 5-6 W, 2-0 W, 9-3 W, 7-5 W, 9-5 W, 14-1 L, 0-6 W, 6-4 L, 4-5 L, 5-7

3/28/1987 H 3/29/1987 H 4/2/1988 A 4/2/1988 A 4/3/1988 A 4/1/1989 H 4/1/1989 H 4/2/1989 H 3/24/1990 A 3/24/1990 A 3/25/1990 A 3/23/1991 H 3/23/1991 H 3/24/1991 H 4/11/1992 A 4/11/1992 A 4/12/1992 A 4/17/1993 H 4/17/1993 H 4/18/1993 H 5/21/1993 N 5/23/1993 N 5/23/1993 N 4/16/1994 A 4/16/1994 A 4/17/1994 A 4/14/1995 H 4/15/1995 H 4/16/1995 H 5/21/1995 A 5/21/1995 A 4/12/1996 A 4/13/1996 A 4/14/1996 A 4/11/1997 H 4/12/1997 H 4/13/1997 H 3/20/1998 A 3/21/1998 A 3/22/1998 A 4/23/1999 H 4/24/1999 H 4/25/1999 H 3/24/2000 A 3/25/2000 A 3/26/2000 A 3/23/2001 H 3/24/2001 H 3/25/2001 H 4/5/2002 A 4/6/2002 A 4/7/2002 A 4/18/2003 H 4/19/2003 H 4/20/2003 H 4/2/2004 A 4/3/2004 A 4/4/2004 A 4/8/2005 H 4/9/2005 H 4/10/2005 H 3/24/2006 A 3/25/2006 A 3/26/2006 A 4/7/2007 H 4/7/2007 H 4/8/2007 H 5/9/2008 A 5/10/2008 A 5/11/2008 A 5/1/2009 H 5/2/2009 H 5/3/2009 H at Lexington: UK leads 71-69 at Knoxville: UK trails 62-84 Neutral: tied 2-2

W, 10-9 W, 11-5 W, 10-2 W, 9-2 W, 6-4 L, 6-13 W, 7-4 L, 4-10 L, 0-11 W, 19-3 L, 5-12 L, 1-7 W, 1-0 W, 7-4 L, 2-3 L, 1-2 L, 5-13 L, 3-14 L, 3-4 L, 5-8 W, 9-7 L, 6-7 L, 4-6 L, 1-3 W, 12-7 L, 4-9 L, 6-7 L, 4-7 L, 10-12 L, 5-22 L, 2-7 W, 4-3 W, 5-4 L, 2-12 W, 14-1 L, 6-7 L, 4-11 L, 5-13 L, 5-16 W, 13-10 W, 15-12 L, 4-8 W, 11-4 W, 7-5 W, 7-6 L, 3-12 L, 3-5 L, 5-10 L, 0-6 L, 7-12 L, 10-16 W, 6-1 W, 1-0 W, 4-1 L, 8-9 L, 2-3 L, 1-7 L, 9-15 L, 2-18 W, 5-4 L, 9-10 (10) L, 6-7 W, 6-1 W, 4-1 L, 2-12 L, 5-11 W, 3-1 W, 5-3 W, 5-2 W, 20-5 W, 6-4 L, 2-8 W, 17-11

VANDERBILT (UK leads 139-126-5) 4/20/1905 A 4/21/1905 A 4/22/1905 A 5/23/1919 A

L, 2-7 L, 6-8 L, 4-8 L, 0-1

85

UNIVERSITY

3/28/1969 4/11/1969 4/12/1969 4/10/1970 4/11/1970 5/1/1970 4/24/1971 4/24/1971 4/22/1972 4/22/1972 5/5/1972 5/6/1972 4/20/1973 4/21/1973 5/4/1973 5/5/1973 4/19/1974 4/20/1974 5/3/1974 5/4/1974 4/19/1975 4/20/1975 5/4/1975 5/4/1975 4/12/1976 4/12/1976 4/13/1976 4/27/1976 4/27/1976 4/28/1976 5/10/1976 3/13/1977 3/13/1977 4/26/1977 4/26/1977 4/27/1977 3/11/1978 3/11/1978 4/18/1978 4/18/1978 4/19/1978 3/16/1979 3/16/1979 3/17/1979 4/7/1979 4/7/1979 4/8/1979 3/8/1980 3/8/1980 3/15/1980 3/15/1980 3/16/1980 3/28/1981 3/28/1981 3/29/1981 4/11/1981 4/11/1981 4/12/1981 3/20/1982 3/20/1982 4/24/1982 4/24/1982 4/25/1982 3/19/1983 3/19/1983 4/25/1983 4/25/1983 3/10/1984 3/10/1984 3/11/1984 4/14/1984 4/14/1984 4/15/1984 3/9/1985 3/9/1985 3/10/1985 4/13/1985 4/13/1985 4/14/1985 3/22/1986 3/22/1986 3/23/1986 3/28/1987

HISTORY

L, 1-6 L, 4-9 L, 12-15 L, 1-5 W, 6-4 W, 7-0 W, 10-1 L, 2-6 W, 12-0 L, 7-8 W, 7-4 W, 15-2 L, 4-7 W, 7-4 W, 1-0 L, 3-8 n/a n/a W, 10-3 W, 11-0 W, 11-3 W, 13-10 W, 3-0 W, 7-1 L, 7-8 W, 10-7 W, 7-3 W, 6-3 W, 6-1 L, 1-5 W, 5-1 L, 0-6 W, 9-5 L, 3-5 W, 11-1 W, 5-4 (10) W, 18-5 L, 6-7 W, 9-8 L, 4-17 W, 8-7 W, 19-5 L, 1-8 W, 4-2 L, 6-15 W, 6-3 L, 5-11 W, 3-2 L, 2-12 L, 2-3 L, 5-6 W, 6-2 W, 14-1

W, 6-1 W, 15-7 W, 11-3 W, 5-4 W, 8-3 W, 4-2 L, 8-10 W, 11-10 W, 7-6 W, 5-4 W, 9-5 L, 0-8 L, 2-9 L, 1-2 L, 2-11 L, 1-4 W, 10-3 L, 5-14 L, 0-3 L, 0-1 W, 2-0 L, 6-10 (7) W, 4-2 (7) L, 1-6 W, 4-0 L, 0-10 L, 2-21 L, 3-6 L, 1-7 L, 2-3 W, 12-11 L, 1-12 L, 0-7 L, 0-9 L, 7-11 W, 2-1 W, 7-3 L, 0-1 W, 15-5 L, 3-5 W, 2-0 L, 1-8 W, 9-2 W, 9-8 W, 11-3 W, 6-5 W, 6-5 W, 4-1 W, 3-0 W, 4-3 L, 1-3 L, 3-11 W, 12-8 L, 2-10 W, 5-4 (11) L, 3-4 (7) L, 1-6 (7) W, 9-3 L, 7-12 L, 5-7 W, 5-3 W, 10-2 W, 10-4 (8) W, 18-7 W, 5-2 L, 1-3 (7) L, 1-2 (8) L, 1-4 L, 0-7 (6) W, 5-0 W, 4-3 L, 8-11 L, 4-13 L, 2-3 L, 4-9 W, 4-1 W, 3-1 L, 6-7 L, 0-2 L, 3-4 L, 3-8 L, 0-6 L, 2-6

REVIEW

W, 12-7 L, 1-2 L, 1-8 (8) L, 0-4 L, 5-14 L, 4-11 L, 3-4 L, 5-16 L, 1-3 W, 4-2 L, 8-10 W, 2-0 L, 8-9 W, 4-2 W, 6-5 L, 3-4 W, 12-10 W, 22-11 W, 6-2 W, 8-3 W, 6-1 W, 4-2 W, 7-5 L, 5-12 W, 5-0 W, 8-7 W, 15-14 L, 6-17 W, 11-10 W, 5-4 W, 7-4 L, 5-15 L, 10-11 L, 6-18 W, 6-4 L, 5-12 L, 0-11 L, 0-10 L, 3-12 L, 4-6 (10)

(UK trails 135-155) 5/22/1909 A 5/22/1909 A 4/22/1910 A 4/23/1910 A 4/23/1910 A 4/8/1914 H 5/1/1914 A 5/2/1914 A 4/16/1915 A 4/17/1915 A 4/30/1915 H 5/1/1915 H 4/28/1916 A 4/29/1916 A 4/4/1917 H 4/19/1918 H 5/25/1918 A 5/26/1918 A 4/18/1919 H 4/19/1919 H 5/21/1919 A 5/22/1919 A 4/30/1920 H 5/1/1920 H 5/13/1921 A 5/18/1922 H 5/19/1922 H 5/7/1923 A 5/8/1923 A 5/12/1924 A 5/13/1924 A 5/5/1927 H 5/6/1927 A 4/6/1928 A 5/10/1929 H 5/11/1929 H 4/22/1939 H 5/20/1939 A 4/26/1940 H 4/27/1940 H 5/21/1940 A 5/22/1940 A 4/26/1941 A 4/26/1941 A 5/16/1941 H 5/17/1941 H 4/24/1942 H 4/25/1942 H 5/9/1947 A 5/10/1947 A 5/23/1947 H 5/24/1947 H 5/14/1948 H

H A A H H A A H H A A H H A A A A H H A A H H A A A A A A H H H H A A A A H H H H A A H H A A A H H A A H H A A A A A H H H H H A A A A A H H H H A A A A H H H H H H

PREVIEW

(UK trails 27-37) 3/25/1959 A 3/26/1959 A 3/19/1964 N 3/15/1967 A 3/15/1977 5/9/1992 A 5/9/1992 A 5/10/1992 A 5/15/1993 H 5/15/1993 H 5/16/1993 H 5/13/1994 A 5/14/1994 A 5/15/1994 A 5/19/1994 H 5/12/1995 H 5/13/1995 H 5/14/1995 H 5/18/1995 N 5/10/1996 H 5/11/1996 H 5/12/1996 H 5/9/1997 A 5/10/1997 A 5/11/1997 A 5/8/1998 H 5/9/1998 H 5/10/1998 H 5/1/1999 A 5/2/1999 A 5/2/1999 A 4/22/2000 H 4/22/2000 H 4/23/2000 H 5/17/2000 N 5/19/2000 N 5/4/2001 A 5/5/2001 A 5/6/2001 A 4/26/2002 H

TENNESSEE

5/15/1948 5/21/1948 5/22/1948 5/13/1949 5/14/1949 5/20/1949 5/21/1949 5/12/1950 5/13/1950 5/19/1950 5/20/1950 5/4/1951 5/5/1951 5/11/1951 5/12/1951 5/2/1952 5/3/1952 5/9/1952 4/24/1953 5/4/1953 5/5/1953 5/4/1954 5/4/1954 5/7/1954 5/8/1954 4/12/1955 4/12/1955 4/13/1956 4/14/1956 5/4/1956 5/5/1956 4/12/1957 4/12/1957 5/3/1957 5/4/1957 4/12/1958 4/12/1958 5/3/1958 5/3/1958 4/10/1959 4/11/1959 5/1/1959 5/2/1959 4/1/1960 4/2/1960 4/22/1960 4/23/1960 4/23/1960 4/21/1961 4/21/1961 5/3/1961 5/4/1961 4/20/1962 4/21/1962 4/30/1962 5/1/1962 5/1/1962 4/5/1963 4/6/1963 4/19/1963 4/20/1963 4/20/1963 4/3/1964 4/4/1964 4/17/1964 4/18/1964 4/18/1964 4/2/1965 4/3/1965 4/16/1965 4/17/1965 4/1/1966 4/2/1966 4/15/1966 4/15/1966 3/31/1967 4/1/1967 4/14/1967 4/15/1967 3/29/1968 3/30/1968 4/12/1968 4/13/1968

WILDCATS

SAN DIEGO STATE

L, 4-6 L, 6-12 L, 4-5 L, 2-7 L, 0-5 W, 6-3 W, 11-6 L, 3-5 L, 7-9 L, 9-12 L, 1-12 W, 10-9 W,15-12 W, 12-9 L, 2-4 L, 1-8 W, 8-4 L, 6-13 W, 15-3 L, 13-7 L, 6-2 L, 19-20 W, 5-4 L, 2-4

STAFF

SAN DIEGO

4/28/2002 H 4/28/2002 H 5/2/2003 A 5/3/2003 A 5/4/2003 A 4/16/2004 H 4/17/2004 H 4/18/2004 H 5/20/2005 A 5/21/2005 A 5/22/2005 A 4/21/2006 H 4/22/2006 H 4/23/2006 H 5/24/2006 N 5/4/2007 A 5/5/2007 A 5/6/2007 A 3/28/2008 A 3/29/2008 A 3/30/2008 A 3/28/2009 H 3/28/2009 H 3/29/2009 H at Lexington: UK leads 15-13 at Columbia: UK trails 10-20 Neutral: UK trails 2-3

UK BASEBALL

L, 1-8 W, 7-6 L, 8-21 L, 6-7 L, 1-9 L, 2-3 W, 6-5 L, 5-8 W, 3-0 W, 6-0 L, 3-5 W, 7-6 L, 5-9 L, 4-5 L, 2-12 L, 2-3 (10) L, 2-9 L, 5-7 W, 8-3 W, 3-2 W, 6-1 W, 8-1 L, 2-9 W, 9-7 W, 12-4 W, 9-0 L, 5-9 L, 7-8 L, 3-4 L, 3-10 L, 0-8

MEDIA INFO

3/13/1998 H 3/14/1998 H 3/15/1998 H 3/19/1999 A 3/20/1999 A 3/21/1999 A 3/31/2000 H 4/1/2000 H 4/2/2000 H 3/9/2001 A 3/10/2001 A 3/11/2001 A 3/30/2002 H 3/30/2002 H 3/31/2002 H 3/14/2003 A 3/15/2003 A 3/16/2003 A 5/5/2006 H 5/6/2006 H 5/7/2006 H 5/11/2007 A 5/12/2007 A 5/13/2007 A 5/15/2008 H 5/16/2008 H 5/17/2008 H 5/22/2008 N 4/3/2009 A 4/4/2009 A 4/5/2009 A at Lexington: UK leads 17-13 at Oxford: UK trails 8-22 Neutral: Ole Miss leads 1-0

MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL STAFF WILDCATS PREVIEW REVIEW HISTORY UNIVERSITY

5/24/1919 5/4/1921 5/16/1921 5/17/1921 5/5/1922 5/16/1924 5/17/1924 4/30/1926 5/1/1926 4/28/1928 4/26/1929 4/27/1929 4/25/1930 4/26/1930 4/27/1931 4/28/1931 5/8/1931 5/9/1931 4/14/1939 4/15/1939 5/12/1939 5/13/1939 5/3/1940 5/4/1940 5/10/1940 5/11/1940 4/18/1941 4/19/1941 5/9/1941 5/10/1941 4/8/1942 4/9/1942 5/8/1942 5/9/1942 5/3/1947 5/3/1947 5/17/1947 5/17/1947 4/16/1948 4/17/1948 4/26/1948 4/27/1948 4/15/1949 4/16/1949 4/25/1949 4/26/1949 4/14/1950 4/15/1950 5/5/1950 3/30/1951 3/31/1951 4/6/1951 4/11/1952 4/12/1952 4/23/1952 4/20/1953 4/21/1953 5/6/1953 4/12/1954 4/13/1954 4/26/1954 4/27/1954 4/22/1955 4/23/1955 4/23/1955 5/6/1955 5/7/1955 5/7/1955 4/22/1957 4/23/1957 4/18/1958 4/19/1958 4/17/1959 4/18/1959 5/8/1959 5/8/1959 4/16/1960 4/16/1960 5/6/1960 4/14/1961 4/15/1961 5/5/1961 5/6/1961

86

A H A A A A A A A H A A H H A A H H A A H H A A H H A A H H A A H H A A H H H H A A A A H H A A H A A H H H A A A H A A H H A A A H H H A A H H A A H H A A H H H A A

W, 13-1 L, 4-9 W, 7-5 W, 6-5 L, 6-10 L, 9-11 L, 2-7 L, 7-9 L, 6-9 L, 4-6 W, 16-11 L, 3-8 W, 8-4 L, 5-13 L, 7-8 W, 2-1 L, 5-6 W, 14-7 L, 3-10 L, 6-7 W, 5-4 W, 4-2 L, 2-5 L, 6-9 L, 6-7 L, 3-16 W, 13-10 L, 3-9 W, 5-2 L, 6-8 W, 9-6 L, 5-19 L, 4-5 W, 10-8 L, 2-3 W, 5-3 W, 8-0 W, 5-0 L, 1-5 L, 6-12 L, 9-10 W, 7-0 W, 4-2 W, 10-8 W, 7-2 W, 11-6 W, 14-6 W, 2-1 W, 8-7 T, 10-10 (9) W, 15-13 W, 17-5 W, 11-8 W, 8-6 W, 8-7 (7) W, 9-6 W, 10-7 (11) W, 4-3 L, 0-9 W, 11-7 L, 5-7 L, 4-8 L, 3-17 L, 8-14 L, 8-9 L, 3-9 L, 4-12 L, 4-8 L, 3-9 L, 4-8 L, 4-8 W, 7-6 W, 14-7 W, 4-3 W, 9-0 W, 4-0 L, 8-9 L, 3-4 W, 3-1 W, 4-1 W, 6-3 L, 8-9 W, 9-2

4/13/1962 4/14/1962 5/4/1962 5/5/1962 5/5/1962 3/29/1963 3/30/1963 5/3/1963 5/4/1963 5/4/1963 3/27/1964 5/1/1964 5/2/1964 5/2/1964 3/27/1965 3/27/1965 4/30/1965 5/1/1965 4/9/1966 4/9/1966 4/22/1966 4/23/1966 4/7/1967 4/8/1967 4/22/1967 4/22/1967 4/5/1968 4/6/1968 4/26/1968 4/27/1968 4/4/1969 4/5/1969 4/25/1969 4/26/1969 3/20/1970 3/21/1970 4/3/1970 4/4/1970 3/29/1971 3/30/1971 4/2/1971 4/3/1971 3/23/1972 3/24/1972 3/31/1972 3/23/1973 3/24/1973 4/2/1973 4/3/1973 3/29/1974 3/30/1974 3/22/1975 3/30/1975 3/30/1975 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 3/29/1980 3/29/1980 5/3/1980 5/3/1980 5/4/1980 3/14/1981

A A H H H H H A A A A H H H A A H H A A H H A A H H A A H H H H A A A A H H H H A A A A H A A H H A A

A A A H H H A A A H H H H H H A A H A A A H H H H A A A A

T, 12-12 W, 15-9 W, 17-2 W, 7-4 W, 10-4 W, 4-3 W, 2-1 (5) L, 2-8 L, 4-9 W, 5-0 W, 9-2 W, 8-3 L, 2-3 (7) W, 2-1 (7) L, 0-3 (7) W, 6-5 (7) W, 1-0 W, 12-3 W, 9-3 (7) W, 7-1 (7) L, 2-4 W, 14-4 W, 7-2 L, 4-6 W, 3-0 W, 11-3 L, 1-2 W, 4-3 W, 6-0 W, 8-3 W, 4-1 W, 3-1 W, 4-2 L, 1-5 L, 6-18 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 L, 2-6 W, 13-5 L, 6-8 L, 3-6 W, 4-3 L, 1-15 T, 8-8 L, 3-4 L, 2-5 L, 0-22 W, 3-1 L, 3-7 L, 7-8 L, 2-4 L, 3-5 L, 0-3 W, 9-4 L, 9-13 L, 3-4 W, 14-7 W, 6-1 W, 14-0 W, 4-0 L, 1-2 L, 1-2 L, 0-3 L, 1-2 W, 7-6 W, 5-3 L, 3-8 L, 1-4 L, 2-4 W, 6-4 W, 4-3 W, 6-1 L, 3-5 W, 10-5 W, 16-6 L, 9-12 W, 7-6 L, 0-6 W, 6-0 L, 2-4 W, 6-5 L, 5-8 L, 5-8

3/14/1981 3/15/1981 5/9/1981 5/9/1981 5/10/1981 3/13/1982 3/13/1982 3/14/1982 4/17/1982 4/17/1982 4/18/1982 3/26/1983 3/27/1983 3/27/1983 4/30/1983 4/30/1983 3/18/1984 3/18/1984 4/23/1984 4/23/1984 3/16/1985 3/16/1985 3/17/1985 4/20/1985 4/20/1985 4/21/1985 4/5/1986 4/5/1986 4/6/1986 4/11/1987 4/11/1987 4/12/1987 4/9/1988 4/9/1988 4/10/1988 4/8/1989 4/8/1989 4/9/1989 4/7/1990 4/7/1990 4/8/1990 4/6/1991 4/6/1991 4/7/1991 4/25/1992 4/25/1992 4/26/1992 5/1/1993 5/2/1993 5/2/1993 4/30/1994 4/30/1994 5/1/1994 5/21/1994 4/28/1995 4/29/1995 4/30/1995 5/20/1995 4/26/1996 4/27/1996 4/28/1996 5/2/1997 5/4/1997 5/5/1997 3/6/1998 3/7/1998 3/8/1998 3/12/1999 3/13/1999 3/13/1999 5/12/2000 5/13/2000 5/14/2000 4/13/2001 4/14/2001 4/15/2001 5/10/2002 5/11/2002 5/12/2002 5/9/2003 5/10/2003 5/11/2003 5/21/2004

A A H H H H H H A A A A A A H H A A H H A A A H H H H H H A A A H H H A A A H H H A A A H H H A A A H H H H A A A N A A A H H H A A A H H H A A A H H H A A A H H H A

W, 11-5 W, 16-4 W, 7-5 W, 4-1 T, 1-1 L, 3-10 W, 2-1 L, 4-14 L, 4-6 L, 3-12 L, 0-4 W, 4-3 L, 6-9 L, 3-4 W, 5-0 W, 4-2 W, 8-5 W, 10-1 L, 1-12 L, 1-4 L, 1-4 L, 7-8 W, 7-4 L, 3-5 W, 17-2 W, 4-2 W, 4-2 W, 6-2 W, 10-8 W, 9-6 W, 11-3 W, 5-1 W, 7-3 W, 12-10 W, 6-4 L, 1-4 W, 9-5 L, 1-5 L, 3-4 W, 14-2 L, 2-6 L, 7-9 L, 4-8 W, 10-4 L, 6-8 L, 4-6 W, 13-2 W, 11-5 T, 4-4 W, 24-8 L, 3-4 L, 5-10 W, 11-10 L, 6-15 W, 9-5 L, 2-8 W, 8-5 W, 9-6 L, 0-11 L, 2-7 W, 17-7 L, 10-11 L, 4-7 W, 3-2 L, 2-14 L, 5-7 W, 13-9 L, 2-3 L, 4-9 W, 4-1 W, 9-5 W, 7-3 W, 11-1 W, 6-4 L, 8-10 W, 7-1 L, 1-3 W, 19-7 L, 4-17 L, 5-7 (10) W, 5-1 W, 6-5 (10) L, 1-9

5/22/2004 A L, 6-8 5/23/2004 A L, 5-11 5/13/2005 H L, 0-8 5/15/2005 H W, 6-5 (7) 5/15/2005 H L, 7-11 (9) 4/28/2006 A L, 6-8 4/29/2006 A W, 11-9 4/30/2006 A W, 12-9 4/13/2007 H L, 8-10 4/14/2007 H L, 4-9 4/15/2007 H W, 8-6 4/25/2008 A L, 2-3 4/26/2008 A W, 6-2 4/27/2008 A W, 3-1 3/20/2009 H W, 3-1 3/21/2009 H W, 6-4 3/22/2009 H L, 2-4 at Lexington: UK leads 70-47-1 at Nashville: UK trails 60-68-4 Neutral: UK leads 1-0

VIRGINIA TECH (Series tied 2-2) records unavailable Last meeting 1969

WEST VIRGINIA (UK leads 10-2) 3/11/1981 H 3/12/1981 H 3/12/1981 H 3/12/1982 H 3/12/1982 H 3/12/1389 H 3/13/1983 H 4/12/1988 H 4/25/1990 H 4/25/1990 H 2/24/1991 N 3/24/2009 N at Lexington: UK leads 9-1 Neutral: tied 1-1

W, 13-7 W, 2-0 W, 8-2 W, 4-3 W, 10-3 W, 5-4 W, 13-7 L, 10-12 W, 7-0 W, 8-6 W, 3-2 L, 7-10

WESTERN KENTUCKY (UK leads 30-21) 4/18/1967 H 4/2/1975 H 4/2/1975 H 1978 H 1979 A 4/22/1980 H 4/22/1980 H 4/30/1980 A 3/24/1981 H 4/21/1981 A 4/21/1981 A 5/3/1985 A 5/4/1985 N 5/5/1985 H 4/7/1988 A 4/21/1988 H 3/16/1989 A 4/13/1989 H 4/4/1990 A 4/19/1990 H 4/18/1991 A 5/9/1991 H 4/9/1992 H 4/13/1993 H 5/12/1993 A 4/12/1994 H 4/19/1994 A 3/21/1995 A 4/27/1995 H 4/1/1996 A 5/8/1996 H 4/8/1997 H 4/29/1997 A 4/14/1998 H 4/28/1998 A 4/27/1999 H 4/19/2000 A

L, 7-9 W, 6-2 W, 2-1 L, 12-15 W, 2-1 W, 3-0 W, 6-5 L, 6-10 W, 8-3 W, 6-4 W, 7-1 W, 7-4 W, 5-4 W, 4-3 W, 7-3 L, 5-18 L, 4-7 W, 8-6 W, 2-1 L, 1-5 L, 9-10 L, 2-3 W, 10-9 W, 15-9 W, 7-6 W, 8-4 W, 12-5 W, 8-7 W, 8-3 L, 16-17 L, 5-7 W, 9-8 L, 7-10 L, 6-8 W, 13-3 L, 5-7 L, 4-8

8/9/2000 H 3/27/2001 A 4/18/2001 H 4/17/2002 H 5/14/2002 A 4/16/2003 A 5/13/2003 H 3/10/2004 A 5/11/2004 H 3/7/2006 H 3/21/2007 H 4/2/2008 H 4/23/2008 A 4/8/2009 H at Lexington: UK leads 17-12 at Bowling Green: UK leads 12-9 Neutral: UK leads 1-0

W, 3-1 L, 2-9 W, 9-5 L, 1-5 L, 6-9 L, 2-3 L, 3-10 W, 18-6 W, 10-5 L, 6-7 W, 12-5 W, 7-3 W, 2-1 L, 9-10

WRIGHT STATE (UK leads 8-7) 4/17/1987 H 4/18/1989 H 4/18/1990 H 5/9/1990 A 5/9/1990 A 4/16/1991 H 4/16/1991 H 5/5/1991 H 3/31/1992 H 4/29/1992 A 4/8/2003 H 3/6/2004 H 3/6/2004 H 3/7/2004 H 5/6/2008 H 4/1/2009 H at Lexington: UK leads 8-5 at Dayton: UK trails 1-2

W, 6-3 L, 1-8 L, 1-5 L, 3-4 L, 0-5 W, 5-4 W, 4-2 L, 1-3 L, 3-10 W, 6-5 W, 4-2 W, 7-6 L, 4-7 W, 21-4 W, 21-3 W, 6-3

XAVIER (UK leads 27-8) 5/5/1930 H 4/18/1931 A 5/16/1931 H 5/3/1939 A 5/16/1939 H 4/24/1940 H 5/27/1940 A 4/15/1947 H 3/25/1961 H 3/25/1961 H 4/6/1965 H 3/22/1966 H 4/27/1970 A 4/26/1971 H 4/10/1972 H 1979 H 1979 H 4/12/1989 H 3/14/1990 H 3/23/1993 H 3/30/1994 H 3/28/1995 H 4/20/1995 H 4/2/1996 H 4/1/1997 A 4.1.1998 H 3/31/1999 A 3/29/2000 H 3/28/2001 A 3/22/2006 H 2/28/2007 H 2/23/2008 N 3/20/2008 H at Lexington: UK leads 17-6 at Cincinnati: UK leads 7-2 Neutral: UK leads 1-0

W, 16-4 W, 8-4 L, 3-4 L, 8-9 W, 24-9 W, 9-8 L, 0-4 L, 15-18 W, 3-2 (7) W, 5-1 (7) L, 1-4 L, 2-3 (12) W, 4-3 L, 4-6 W, 4-3 W, 6-0 W, 9-7 W, 12-2 W, 8-4 W, 14-1 W, 18-2 W, 9-7 W, 9-7 W, 16-0 W, 14-7 L, 5-11 W, 8-7 W, 15-5 W, 13-4 W, 13-3 W, 6-2 W, 10-1 W, 5-2

Note: games not designated in UK records as home or away are not counted in records at site.

2010 SEC COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

3 (Wednesday) Alabama vs. Georgia (Regions Park) Davidson at Auburn Presbyterian at South Carolina Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee

10 (Wednesday) Michigan State at Alabama South Dakota State at Arkansas Appalachian State at Auburn Illinois State at Florida Georgia at Kennesaw State Evansville at Kentucky LSU at Northwestern State Austin Peay at Ole Miss Western Kentucky at Mississippi State Valparaiso at South Carolina Tennessee-Martin at Vanderbilt

17 (Wednesday) Minnesota at Alabama Alabama A&M at Auburn Wright State at Kentucky Nicholls State at LSU MVSU at Mississippi State Davidson at South Carolina Morehead State at Tennessee Vanderbilt at Western Kentucky 19 (Friday) *Vanderbilt at Alabama *Arkansas at LSU *Auburn at Georgia *Mississippi State at Florida *Ole Miss at Kentucky

27 (Saturday) *Alabama at Arkansas *South Carolina at Auburn *Florida at Ole Miss *Georgia at Mississippi State *Kentucky at Vanderbilt *LSU at Tennessee 28 (Sunday) *Alabama at Arkansas *South Carolina at Auburn *Florida at Ole Miss *Georgia at Mississippi State *Kentucky at Vanderbilt *LSU at Tennessee 30 (Tuesday) Jacksonville State at Alabama Centenary at Arkansas Florida vs. Florida State (Jacksonville, Fla.) Cincinnati at Kentucky Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss (Trustmark Park) The Citadel at South Carolina Tennessee Tech at Tennessee Wofford at Vanderbilt

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4 (Thursday) Kentucky vs. San Diego State (San Diego, Calif.)

Pepperdine at LSU

9 (Tuesday) Alabama vs. Auburn (Riverwalk Stadium) South Dakota State at Arkansas Illinois State at Florida Kennesaw State at Georgia Evansville at Kentucky UL-Monroe at LSU Austin Peay at Ole Miss Tennessee at Western Kentucky Valparaiso at South Carolina

16 (Tuesday) Minnesota at Alabama Alabama A&M at Auburn Florida State at Florida Georgia at Georgia Tech Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Ole Miss South Carolina at Furman Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt

26 (Friday) *Alabama at Arkansas *South Carolina at Auburn *Florida at Ole Miss *Georgia at Mississippi State *Kentucky at Vanderbilt *LSU at Tennessee

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25 (Thursday) Siena at Florida

2 (Tuesday) Alabama at Samford Kansas at Arkansas Davidson at Auburn Florida vs. Florida State (Tampa, Fla.) Kentucky at Morehead State Memphis at Ole Miss South Alabama at Mississippi State Tennessee Tech at Vanderbilt

14 (Sunday) Stony Brook at Alabama Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Arkansas Auburn at Arizona State Charleston Southern at Florida Sienna at Georgia IPFW at Kentucky Kansas at LSU Louisville at Ole Miss 2-Mississippi State vs. Texas A&MCC Brown at South Carolina Marshall at Tennessee Ohio at Vanderbilt

24 (Wednesday) McNeese State at Arkansas Florida Gulf Coast at Florida Furman at Georgia UL-Lafayette at LSU Saint Louis at Ole Miss Memphis at Mississippi State USC Upstate at Tennessee Wright State at Vanderbilt

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24 (Wednesday) UCF at Florida Presbyterian at Georgia Murray State at Kentucky McNeese State at LSU

March

7 (Sunday) Alabama at College of Charleston Arkansas at Cal Miami (OH) at Auburn Florida at Miami Georgia at Florida State Brown at LSU Ole Miss at Tulane Michigan State at Mississippi State Kennesaw State at Tennessee Indiana at Vanderbilt

23 (Tuesday) McNeese State at Arkansas Auburn at Samford Xavier at Kentucky Ole Miss vs. Southern Miss (Trustmark Park) South Carolina at Georgia Southern Lipscomb at Vanderbilt

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23 (Tuesday) Arkansas State at Ole Miss UAB at Mississippi State Austin Peay at Vanderbilt

28 (Sunday) Troy at Arkansas Florida Atlantic at Auburn La Salle at Florida Stetson at Georgia Bowling Green at Kentucky William & Mary at LSU Oakland at Ole Miss SE Louisiana at Mississippi State South Carolina at East Carolina Tennessee vs. Oregon State (PGE Park) Vanderbilt vs. Okla. State (Dodger Stadium)

13 (Saturday) Stony Brook at Alabama (DH) Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Arkansas Auburn at Arizona State Charleston Southern at Florida Sienna at Georgia IPFW at Kentucky Kansas at LSU Louisville at Ole Miss 2-Mississippi State vs. UCLA Brown at South Carolina Ohio State at Tennessee Ohio at Vanderbilt

21 (Sunday) *Vanderbilt at Alabama *Arkansas at LSU *Auburn at Georgia *Mississippi State at Florida *Ole Miss at Kentucky

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21 (Sunday) Alabama at South Alabama Ball State at Arkansas SEMO at Auburn USF at Florida Georgia at Baylor 1-Kentucky vs. Coastal Carolina Centenary at LSU LA-Monroe at Ole Miss Rhode Island at Mississippi State Duquesne at South Carolina Xavier at Tennessee Niagra at Vanderbilt

6 (Saturday) Alabama at College of Charleston Arkansas at Cal Miami (OH) at Auburn Florida at Miami Georgia at Florida State Kentucky vs. Monmouth (San Diego, Calif.)

Pepperdine at LSU Ole Miss at Tulane Michigan State at Mississippi State SE Missouri at Mississippi State Clemson vs. South Carolina (Fluor Field) Kennesaw State at Tennessee Binghampton at Tennessee Illinois State at Vanderbilt

20 (Saturday) *Vanderbilt at Alabama *Arkansas at LSU *Auburn at Georgia *Mississippi State at Florida *Ole Miss at Kentucky

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20 (Saturday) South Alabama at Alabama Ball State at Arkansas SEMO at Auburn USF at Florida Georgia vs. Duke (Waco, Texas) 1-Kentucky vs. West Virginia Centenary at LSU LA-Monroe at Ole Miss Rhode Island at Mississippi State Duquesne at South Carolina Xavier at Tennessee Niagra at Vanderbilt

27 (Saturday) Illinois-Chicago at Alabama (DH) Troy at Arkansas Missouri at Auburn La Salle at Florida Stetson at Georgia Bowling Green at Kentucky William & Mary at LSU Oakland at Ole Miss SE Louisiana at Mississippi State South Carolina at East Carolina Tennessee vs. Oregon State (PGE Park) Vanderbilt at USC

12 (Friday) Stony Brook at Alabama Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Arkansas Auburn at Arizona State Charleston Southern at Florida Sienna at Georgia IPFW at Kentucky Kansas at LSU Louisville at Ole Miss 2-Mississippi State vs. Oklahoma Brown at South Carolina Connecticut at Tennessee Ohio at Vanderbilt

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19 (Friday) Ball State at Arkansas SEMO at Auburn USF at Florida Georgia vs. Duke (Waco, Texas) Georgia at Baylor 1-Kentucky vs. Virginia Tech Centenary at LSU LA-Monroe at Ole Miss Rhode Island at Mississippi State Duquesne at South Carolina Xavier at Tennessee Niagra at Vanderbilt

5 (Friday) Alabama at College of Charleston Arkansas at Cal Miami (OH) at Auburn Florida at Miami Georgia at Florida State Kentucky vs. San Diego (San Diego, Calif.)

Brown at LSU Ole Miss at Tulane SE Missouri at Mississippi State South Carolina at Clemson Binghampton at Tennessee Kent State at Vanderbilt

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February

26 (Friday) Illinois-Chicago at Alabama Troy at Arkansas Boston College at Auburn La Salle at Florida Stetson at Georgia Bowling Green at Kentucky William & Mary at LSU Oakland at Ole Miss SE Louisiana at Mississippi State South Carolina at East Carolina Tennessee vs. Oregon State (PGE Park) Vanderbilt at UCLA

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31 (Wednesday) Alabama vs. UAB (Regions Park) Centenary at Arkansas Auburn at Troy Western Kentucky at Kentucky Binghamton at LSU Presbyterian College at Tennessee Wofford at Vanderbilt

April 2 (Friday) *Auburn at Alabama *Kentucky at Arkansas *Vanderbilt at Florida *Georgia at LSU *Tennessee at Ole Miss *Mississippi State at South Carolina 3 (Saturday) *Auburn at Alabama *Kentucky at Arkansas *Vanderbilt at Florida *Georgia at LSU *Tennessee at Ole Miss *Mississippi State at South Carolina 4 (Sunday) *Auburn at Alabama *Kentucky at Arkansas *Vanderbilt at Florida *Georgia at LSU *Tennessee at Ole Miss *Mississippi State at South Carolina 6 (Tuesday) UAB at Alabama Georgia State at Auburn Jacksonville at Florida Clemson at Georgia Louisville at Kentucky Alcorn State at LSU Jackson State at Mississippi State Belmont at Vanderbilt 7 (Wednesday) St. Louis at Arkansas South Alabama at Auburn Georgia at Clemson LSU vs. Southern Miss (Zephyr Field) Arkansas-Little Rock at Ole Miss College of Charleston at South Carolina Western Carolina at Tennessee 9 (Friday) *Alabama at Kentucky *Arkansas at Mississippi State *LSU at Auburn *Florida at Tennessee *Ole Miss at Georgia 10 (Saturday) *Alabama at Kentucky *Arkansas at Mississippi State *LSU at Auburn *Florida at Tennessee *Ole Miss at Georgia 11 (Sunday) *Alabama at Kentucky *Arkansas at Mississippi State *LSU at Auburn *Florida at Tennessee *Ole Miss at Georgia

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13 (Tuesday) Samford at Alabama New Mexico at Arkansas Florida at Florida State Ole Miss at Memphis Lipscomb at Tennessee MTSU at Vanderbilt 14 (Wednesday) Alabama at SE Louisiana New Mexico at Arkansas Georgia Tech at Georgia Tulane at LSU South Carolina at The Citadel 16 (Friday) *Alabama at LSU *Georgia at Arkansas *Auburn at Vanderbilt *Florida at Kentucky *Ole Miss at South Carolina *Tennessee at Mississippi State 17 (Saturday) *Alabama at LSU *Georgia at Arkansas *Auburn at Vanderbilt *Florida at Kentucky *Ole Miss at South Carolina *Tennessee at Mississippi State 18 (Sunday) *Alabama at LSU *Georgia at Arkansas *Auburn at Vanderbilt *Florida at Kentucky *Ole Miss at South Carolina *Tennessee at Mississippi State 20 (Tuesday) Oral Roberts at Arkansas Troy at Auburn Kentucky at Western Kentucky Southern Miss at Ole Miss Alcorn State at Mississippi State USC Upstate at South Carolina Vanderbilt at Libscomb 21 (Wednesday) Florida at USF Winthrop at Georgia Northwestern State at LSU Tennessee at Western Carolina Vanderbilt at MTSU 23 (Friday) *Mississippi State at Alabama *Arkansas at Florida *Kentucky at Auburn *South Carolina at Georgia *LSU at Ole Miss *Vanderbilt at Tennessee 24 (Saturday) *Mississippi State at Alabama *Arkansas at Florida *Kentucky at Auburn *South Carolina at Georgia *LSU at Ole Miss *Vanderbilt at Tennessee 25 (Sunday) *Mississippi State at Alabama *Arkansas at Florida *Kentucky at Auburn

*South Carolina at Georgia *LSU at Ole Miss *Vanderbilt at Tennessee 27 (Tuesday) MVSU at Alabama Samford at Auburn New Orleans at LSU Murray State at Ole Miss Belmont at Tennessee Vanderbilt at Austin Peay 28 (Wednesday) MVSU at Alabama Missouri State at Arkansas Western Carolina at Georgia Kentucky at Louisville UT-Martin at Ole Miss 30 (Friday) *Alabama at South Carolina *Auburn at Arkansas *LSU at Florida *Georgia at Vanderbilt *Kentucky at Tennessee *Ole Miss at Mississippi State

May 1 (Saturday) *Alabama at South Carolina *Auburn at Arkansas *LSU at Florida *Georgia at Vanderbilt *Kentucky at Tennessee *Ole Miss at Mississippi State 2 (Sunday) *Alabama at South Carolina *Auburn at Arkansas *LSU at Florida *Georgia at Vanderbilt *Kentucky at Tennessee *Ole Miss at Mississippi State 4 (Tuesday) Alabama at Jacksonville State Bethune-Cookman at Florida SE Louisiana at LSU Miss. State vs. Jackson State (Trustmark Park) 5 (Wednesday) Miss. State vs. Southern Miss (Trustmark Park) Winthrop at South Carolina

7 (Friday) *Florida at Alabama *Arkansas at Ole Miss *Mississippi State at Auburn *Tennessee at Georgia *South Carolina at Kentucky *Vanderbilt at LSU 8 (Saturday) *Florida at Alabama *Arkansas at Ole Miss *Mississippi State at Auburn *Tennessee at Georgia *South Carolina at Kentucky *Vanderbilt at LSU

9 (Sunday) *Florida at Alabama *Arkansas at Ole Miss *Mississippi State at Auburn *Tennessee at Georgia *South Carolina at Kentucky *Vanderbilt at LSU

21 (Friday) *Alabama at Tennessee *Arkansas at Vanderbilt *Auburn at Ole Miss *Florida at South Carolina *Kentucky at Georgia *Mississippi State at LSU

11 (Tuesday) Arkansas vs. Louisiana Tech (Little Rock, Ark.) Auburn at South Alabama Georgia State at Georgia Kentucky at Indiana Wofford at South Carolina Louisville at Vanderbilt

22 (Saturday) *Alabama at Tennessee *Arkansas at Vanderbilt *Auburn at Ole Miss *Florida at South Carolina *Kentucky at Georgia *Mississippi State at LSU

12 (Wednesday) Florida Atlantic at Florida Lipscomb at Kentucky Ole Miss at Arkansas State Northwestern State at Mississippi State Charleston Southern at South Carolina MTSU at Tennessee 14 (Friday) *Ole Miss at Alabama *South Carolina at Arkansas *Tennessee at Auburn *Georgia at Florida *LSU at Kentucky *Vanderbilt at Mississippi State

26-30 (WednesdaySunday) SEC Tournament Regions Park – Hoover, Ala.

15 (Saturday) *Ole Miss at Alabama *South Carolina at Arkansas *Tennessee at Auburn *Georgia at Florida *LSU at Kentucky *Vanderbilt at Mississippi State 16 (Sunday) *Ole Miss at Alabama *South Carolina at Arkansas *Tennessee at Auburn *Georgia at Florida *LSU at Kentucky *Vanderbilt at Mississippi State 18 (Tuesday) Arkansas at Oklahoma Jacksonville State at Auburn UNF at Florida Georgia vs. Georgia Tech (Turner Field) Kentucky at Murray State LSU at Tulane Mississippi State at Southern Miss Furman at South Carolina UNC-Asheville at Tennessee 20 (Thursday) *Alabama at Tennessee *Arkansas at Vanderbilt *Auburn at Ole Miss *Florida at South Carolina *Kentucky at Georgia *Mississippi State at LSU

June 4-6 (Fri.-Mon.) NCAA Regionals Campus Sites 11-14 (Fri.-Mon.) NCAA Super Regionals Campus Sites

20-July 1 College World Series Omaha, Neb. * - Denotes Southeastern Conference Game

Key 1- Caravelle Resort Tournament (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) ; 2Whataburger Classic (Corpus Christi, Texas)

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2 0 0 9 REVIEW Gary Henderson had long been considered one of the best assistant coaches in college baseball.

That’s why, when former coach John Cohen departed for his alma mater at Mississippi State, Henderson was a no-brainer to become the 25th baseball coach in Kentucky baseball program history.

The match was a perfect fit. The longtime UK recruiting coordinator and pitching coach was largely responsible for laying the foundation of a now-annual top-25 contending baseball team. His recruits and stellar pitching staffs were the bricks in the building of the Cats’ first Southeastern Conference championship in 2006.

However, when Henderson took over the club in 2009 – a managerial job that was long overdue – Henderson’s ballclub mirrored its coach. The Wildcats were young, unproven and green in the toughest baseball league in the country.

No one would have raised an eyebrow had the Wildcats termed 2009 a rebuilding year. There were, after all, a bevy of question marks.

But making excuses isn’t Henderson’s style. That’s not Kentucky baseball.

Although the Wildcats failed to make it to postseason play, they continued their winning ways in 2009. UK posted a 28-26 record against a rugged scheduled, the fourth consecutive winning season, which is tied for the secondlongest winning stretch in school annals.

With Henderson, a nationally respected pitching guru, orchestrating the show, it should come as no surprise that Kentucky’s trademark came from the hill.

Led by strong-armed pitchers James Paxton (2009 first-round pick by the Toronto Blue Jays), Alex Meyer and the crafty Chris Rusin, the Kentucky baseball team finished the 2009 season with a school-record 523 strikeouts (sixth best in the nation), eclipsing the previous school record of 502 punch-outs set during the 1995 campaign.

UK’s overpowering arms, coupled with the Wildcats contact hitters – seven of UK’s hitters hit .300 or above – helped overcome a lack of offensive power and key injuries to third baseman Chris McClendon and the bullpen, most notably sidewinder Nick Kennedy.

As the season wore on and youth turned into experience, Kentucky started to mesh. In the end, thanks to a resilient Kentucky attitude, the Wildcats had a chance on the final day of the season to sneak into postseason play.

“I was extremely proud with how our guys fought and overcame adversity all season long,” head coach Gary Henderson said. “We didn’t conquer our ultimate goals, but we established a strong foundation for the future. Our hitters were young and inexperienced, but they gained some valuable at bats and improved immensely as the season progressed. We didn’t have a lot of arms in the bullpen because of injuries, but the guys that took the mound attacked the opportunity aggresively.”

LEARNING NEW WAYS TO WIN With sluggers like All-Americans Sawyer Carroll and Collin Cowgill dotting the lineup, and cornerstones like Sean Coughlin, Ryan Strieby and John Shelby swinging the aluminum for the past several years, UK had become comfortable with lighting up the scoreboard until a fuse blew.

As a result, the win numbers typically followed.

But when the cornerstones of the UK baseball program graduated or moved on to pursue professional baseball, it left Henderson with an inexperienced and unproven cupboard of offensive sluggers for the 2009 campaign.

For the first time in years, an imminent power outage was about to occur.

Henderson realized he would have to win with a different style of ball. Kentucky was going to have to win by playing small ball.

It didn’t take long to figure out the learning curve.

The Wildcats opened the 2009 season with pitching and defense on a fourgame road trip to South Carolina. Kentucky hurlers Paxton and Sean Bouthilette twirled two gems to start the season.

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Our guys never backed down when we fell in a hole and we came together, both offensively and defensively, and became a solid ball club. The direction of this program is only moving forward.

— Coach Henderson

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National pundits often talk about the strength of SEC football and wonder if it’s the greatest collection of teams ever assembled. They need look no further than its own league for one of historical comparison.

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A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN

The SEC is where the big boys play in collegiate baseball. Just this past season, SEC counterpart LSU won the College World Series. In 2008, Georgia was the national runner-up.

In other words, relying on a team made up of inexperienced hitters is considered conference suicide.

The start of SEC play actually didn’t start all that poorly for the Wildcats against the conference’s finest. Pitted against eventual national champion and then-No. 3 LSU – in the treacherous environment of Baton Rouge, La., of all places – UK put on a first-class show of its pitching potential.

Behind its trio of magnificent starting arms – Paxton, Rusin and Meyer – the Wildcats surrendered just 10 runs to the league’s top offense.

UK dropped two of three games to the Tigers, but it was a prime showcase for one of the country’s best left-handed pitchers in Paxton. In the series’ opening tilt, Paxton went head-to-head with LSU ace Anthony Ranaudo, striking out a career-high 14 batters in six innings of work.

The dozens of pro scouts on hand were routinely amazed by a Paxton’s overpowering fastball, which was clocked in the mid 90s in the series in Baton Rouge. Rusin picked up the lone win of the series with a one-run gem in the second game, and Meyer, who turned down a lucrative contract with the Boston Red Sox to play at UK, also started to display his limitless potential against LSU. Scouts had but no choice to follow UK back to Lexington for the Vanderbilt series.

Once again, scouts lined the backstop to watch Paxton pitch. In a head-to-head duel with future first-round draft pick Mike Minor, Paxton went 6.2 innings, surrendering just one run in his fourth win of the year. Rusin sparkled the following night with his second consecutive complete game.

But at 3-2 in the conference, things to start to turn for the worse. A 4-2 loss to the Commodores in the series finale snowballed into the midweek series.

There the Wildcats gave up a combined 22 runs to non-conference foes West Virginia and Cincinnati, highlighting a troubling theme for the 2009 season: bullpen problems.

Injuries depleted the bullpen last year, leaving Henderson with few options past his starting arsenal. Pitchers like Logan Darnell and emerging closer Kapteyn valiantly stepped up in tough situations as the season wore on, but the lack of established arms was a growing concern, especially after the series opener to No. 28 South Carolina.

In a three-and-a-half hour slugfest, one highlights by a combined 39 runs and 43 hits, the Wildcats suffered a devastating 20-19 loss to the Gamecocks.

Paxton, who developed a midseason knee injury, turned in a rare poor performance, putting the Cats behind the proverbial eight ball with a 9-2 deficit.

However, Kentucky’s youth awakened during the South Carolina series.

Behind the unproven bats of junior Gunner Glad (five RBI), senior Spencer Korus (four RBI) and Bisson, Kentucky scored 12 unanswered runs in the final

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Paxton set the tone for a spectacular junior year, striking out six batters while giving up just two earned runs in 5.2 innings of work. Bouthilette followed the next day with five innings of shutout baseball in his only start of the year.

UK won both games, defeating Troy 8-3 in the season opener before another 8-3 decision the following day vs. James Madison.

Kentucky’s offense appeared to be in dire shape in a pair of rare February losses to NCAA Tournament invite Coastal Carolina. The Wildcats only mustered six total runs in two straight losses. Before the two-game stretch UK had not lost a February game since 2006, in part, because the Wildcats had opened the previous two seasons with a schoolrecord 19-0 start.

Was the slip-up to Coastal Carolina an anomaly? That appeared to be the case when UK returned home for its seasonopening home stand. The Wildcats took a page out of the record-setting 2008 season, slugging – and sweeping – Western Michigan in three games to a tune of 43 runs.

The most encouraging start to the home season was the balance. While UK’s aces were busying pitching gems – Rusin’s 12 strikeouts paved the way for a record 18 Ks in the second game – the bats provided enough run support to last two series.

Pick a player – he likely had an RBI. Third baseman Andy Burns had four RBI in the first game, designated hitter Chad Wright knocked in four in the second, and Braden Kapteyn, a versatile pitcher with a nasty bat, pounded in three in the finale.

The offense spilled over for the remainder of the non-conference slate. UK finished the non-conference portion of its schedule with nine straight wins, outscoring its opponents 120-69 heading into SEC play.

However, it wasn’t without its dramatics either. The Wildcats notched two thrilling come-from-behind wins in that stretch, both in walk-off fashion. A two-out, tworun walk-off home run by Chris Bisson – his first career long ball – lifted UK over Eastern Kentucky 9-8, and a walk-off Chris Wade grand slam provided the fuel behind a 9-6 win over Indiana State.

The opening to the season marked the coming-out party of Bisson. Largely overlooked after hitting just .157 in his first season in Lexington, Bisson blossomed as a sophomore. The Canadian native quickly proved to be the Wildcats’ most consistent hitter.

By the time he finished non-conference play, Bisson was hitting a sultry .412 at the dish, including 16 runs and 18 RBI. His hitting was so good that it warranted a move from the leadoff spot to the three hole with UK in dire need of a clutch hitter.

Marcus Nidiffer, one of the team’s few veterans, wasn’t too shabby either, hitting .390 with 11 RBI and 12 runs scored before opening the SEC slate with LSU.

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three frames to nearly pull off an unbelievable comeback.

However, the Wildcats wound up dropping the game, the series and any momentum UK had to begin the SEC slate.

Midweek wins against Marshall and Wright State weren’t enough to rebound the Wildcats’ spirits as they went on to drop seven straight games (three to No. 15 Ole Miss, one to Western Kentucky and three No. 3 Georgia) to end the first half of SEC play.

The most painful of the losses came in a late-game meltdown to in-state foe Western Kentucky when the Wildcats gave up four unanswered runs and a game-winning home run in the ninth inning in the series finale against Georgia.

At 4-11 halfway through conference play, had UK buried itself in too deep of a hole as it left Athens, Ga.? The answer to that question would immediately be answered in hostile territory.

Not many people gave UK a chance heading to the Derby City against one of the favorites to win the Big East. With the Wildcats mired in a six-game losing streak, Louisville appeared primed to end UK’s domination in the series.

But Henderson’s kids once again answered the bell.

After falling behind 6-4 entering the eighth inning, Wade ripped an oppositefield triple into the right-center field gap to score one run. Center fielder Keenan Wiley followed with a game-tying single. Wiley was thrown out stealing, but Bryan Rose’s first extra-base hit of the year scored Nidiffer from first base, handing the Wildcats a 7-6 edge.

UK hung on 8-7 behind the relief appearance of Kapteyn, whose breathtaking slider routinely fooled Louisville’s hitters in the final three innings.

“I was really pleased and proud to see (the team not quit after falling behind)

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because that’s certainly been an issue for us here the last couple of weeks, but they responded,” Henderson said at the time. “If I knew exactly why, I would do it every time. For whatever reason the last couple of weeks it hasn’t happened for us.

I was really pleased to see it tonight and hopefully we’ll continue forward with it.”

UK wasn’t completely back on track with a 4-11 conference record, but it was certainly a starting point.

The midweek win at Louisville ignited the Wildcats to a series win against Mississippi State at the always hostile Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Miss., where over 10,000 fans watched the Saturday matchup. The trip was highlighted by a seemingly never-ending 39-run game against the Bulldogs in the series finale.

UK escaped with the win thanks to a six-RBI effort by Bisson and six runs scored by Burns. Eight Wildcats had at least two hits in the finale, including four from Wright, and Bisson finished the series 9-for-15 with 12 RBI. However, another skid, this time in Alabama, appeared to be the nail in the coffin when the Wildcats dropped two devastating games to the Crimson Tide, but back-to-back series wins against Tennessee and Auburn at Cliff Hagan Stadium gave UK a shot to make the SEC Tournament heading into their final series Kentucky’s emerging offense had found an identity behind Bisson and Wright at that point. Wright would finish the year with a .343 average, second best on the team, and Bisson led UK in nearly every offensive category in 2009, including average (.360), at bats (222), runs (49), triples (three), RBI (52) and walks (20).

Fittingly, it would take every single pitch in the Florida series to determine UK’s postseason fate.

A BITTER END, A PROMISING FUTURE Kentucky entered the final weekend a game and a half behind Vanderbilt for the eighth and final spot in the SEC Tournament. The situation looked grim, especially after the first tilt.

UK dropped the opening game to the No. 11 Gators 10-3, a loss that could have squashed the Wildcats’ chances of making postseason play. Fortunately for UK, Vanderbilt dropped game one to Tennessee, leaving the Wildcats with a glimmer of hope.

In game two, Wright opened the door a little bit more with the play of the year.

With Kentucky holding on to an 8-4 lead with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Florida freshman Preston Tucker appeared to hit a game-tying grand slam, but Wright climbed the wall in left field to rob Tucker of the homer, helping the Wildcats escape with an 8-7 series-evening win.

More important, it was a possible season-saving win because Vanderbilt lost again.

That set the stage for a dramatic final day of the season. With the Wildcats a half game behind Vandy for the final spot, UK needed to win in Gainesville and have the Volunteers sweep the Commodores.

With the two games separated by just an inning or two for much of the afternoon, UK appeared on the brink of the unthinkable. The Wildcats received good offensive production from its host of freshmen, as Wright, Kapteyn, Burns and Corey Farris all played a major role in the thrilling season finale.

Burns’ four RBI, including a double and a homer, helped UK to a 7-5 advantage. The Wildcats clung on to a final lead of 8-7 in the sixth inning, but a throwing error in the bottom of the seventh inning broke an 8-8 tie and the team’s back.

UK’s season, with a devastating 13-9 loss, was over.

As disappointing as 2009 ended, it offered a bright and promising future.

The core of the Wildcats’ pitching prowess from 2009 returns, as aces Meyer and Paxton will once again take the hill for Kentucky.

Although it was a bit of a liability early in the year, UK’s offense, now a year older, clicked and showed flashes of the record-setting offenses in 2006 and 2008. With most of those bats back for this season, Kentucky has as strong of a foundation as any team in the SEC. In 2009, we were just learning about guys like Henderson, Paxton, Meyer, Bisson, Glad, Farris and Kapteyn. Now we know what they’re capable of.

“Our season didn’t end like we had hoped it would, but we took a lot of positives out of the way we ended the year,” Henderson said. “Our guys never backed down when we fell in a hole and we came together, both offensively and defensively, and became a solid ball club. The direction of this program is only moving forward.”

2009 RESULTS Record: 28-26

Home: 19-13

Away: 7-12

7 8 11 4 13 8 9 10 9 7 18 7 8 8 8 7 10 3 10 9 8 10 12 11 9 22 11 7 9 11 8 6 10 8 12 10 6 11 21 9 12 12

2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 3 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 3

Pitcher of Record J. Paxton (W, 1-0) S. Bouthilette (W, 1-0) C. Tilford (L 0-1) C. Rusin (L 0-1) J. Paxton (W 2-0) C. Rusin (W 1-1) L. Darnell (W 1-0) B. Kapteyn (W 1-0) J. Paxton (W 3-0) C. Rusin (W 2-1) C. Tilford (W 1-1) A. Meyer (W 1-0)

Att. 107 145 936 676 1539 1410 1556 1620 1767 1858 1660 1923

Time 2:56 3:03 2:44 2:40 2:44 3:11 3:08 3:54 3:00 2:37 3:14 2:47

7 5 2 3 4 1 2 4 10 12 20 4 4 0 3 4 10 8 10 7 7 5 7 4 4 17 8 11 11 1 3 11 4 8 11 5 3 7 10 10 7 13

14 9 6 2 15 3 7 9 15 12 25 10 8 3 8 8 16 13 14 8 13 6 8 10 9 21 9 15 11 7 4 14 6 10 11 6 6 6 13 14 10 14

9 9 7 7 (11) 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 (11) (10) 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 (10) 9 9 9 9 9 9

11-2 11-3 12-3 12-4 13-4 14-4 15-4 15-5 15-6 15-7 15-8 16-8 16-9 17-9 18-9 18-10 18-11 18-12 18-13 18-14 18-15 18-16 19-16 20-16 20-17 21-17 21-18 21-19 21-20 22-20 22-21 22-22 23-22 23-23 24-23 25-23 26-23 26-24 27-24 27-25 28-25 28-26

L. Darnell (W 2-0) C. Tilford (L 1-2) C. Rusin (W 3-1) A. Meyer (L 1-1) S. Bouthilet (W 2-0) J. Paxton (W 4-0) C. Rusin (W 4-1) T. Henry (L 0-1) M. Kaczmarek (L 0-1) T. Henry (L 0-2) J. Paxton (L 4-1) L. Darnell (W 3-0) T. Henry (L 0-3) M. Kaczmarek (W 1-1) J. Huff (W 1-0) L. Darnell (L 3-1) C. Rusin (L 4-2) J. Paxton (L 4-2) L. Darnell (L 3-2) A. Meyer (L 1-2) C. Rusin (L 4-3) C. Tilford (L 1-3) B. Kapteyn (W 2-0) B. Kapteyn (W 3-0) L. Darnell (L 3-3) L. Darnell (W 4-3) L. Darnell (L 4-4) S. Bouthilet (L 2-1) C. Tilford (L 1-4) C. Rusin (W 5-3) A. Meyer (L 1-3) L. Darnell (L 4-5) J. Paxton (W 5-2) C. Rusin (W 5-4) L. Darnell (W 5-5) B. Kapteyn (W 4-0) C. Rusin (W 6-4) A. Meyer (L 1-4) B. Kapteyn (W 5-0) J. Paxton (L 5-3) C. Rusin (W 7-4) L. Darnell (L 5-6)

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3:26 3:16 2:24 2:25 4:20 3:01 2:34 3:38 2:51 3:52 4:13 3:14 3:09 3:33 2:24 3:00 3:00 2:52 3:59 3:23 3:03 2:58 3:34 4:04 3:22 4:29 3:10 2:54 2:55 2:52 2:56 3:14 2:59 3:03 3:51 3:12 2:25 3:09 3:29 3:04 3:03 3:23

4 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 1 2 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 4 1 3 0 1 1

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8 3 5 1 5 3 6 2 7 6 19 5 2 2 6 3 3 0 9 4 4 4 8 5 3 22 7 7 6 11 2 2 6 2 17 6 6 5 18 3 8 9

Rec 1-0 2-0 2-1 2-2 3-2 4-2 5-2 6-2 7-2 8-2 9-2 10-2

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W, 8-7 L, 3-5 W, 5-2 L, 1-3 W, 5-4 W, 3-1 W, 6-2 L, 2-4 L, 7-10 L, 6-12 L, 19-20 W, 5-4 L, 2-4 W, 2-0 W, 6-3 L, 3-4 L, 3-10 L, 0-8 L, 9-10 L, 4-7 L, 4-7 L, 4-5 W, 8-7 W, 5-4 L, 3-4 W, 22-17 L, 7-8 L, 7-11 L, 6-11 W, 11-1 L, 2-3 L, 2-11 W, 6-4 L, 2-8 W, 17-11 W, 6-5 W, 6-3 L, 5-7 W, 18-10 L, 3-10 W, 8-7 L, 9-13

Inn 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

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E 0 1 2 4 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 3

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R 8 8 1 5 16 15 12 9 12 5 9 12

Away: 5-10

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Results W, 8-3 W, 8-3 L, 1-4 L, 5-14 W, 16-5 W, 15-4 W, 12-6 W, 9-8 W, 12-4 W, 5-0 W, 9-6 W, 12-5

Home: 7-8

Opponent H E 7 2 8 4 6 2 15 1 9 4 9 2 11 3 13 4 15 2 6 2 9 1 6 2

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Opponent vs. Troy vs James Madison at #22 Coastal Carolina at #22 Coastal Carolina Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Eastern Kentucky Indiana State Indiana State Indiana State Georgetown College

SEC: 12-18

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Date # Feb. 20, 2009 # Feb. 21, 2009 # Feb. 21, 2009 # Feb. 22, 2009 Feb. 27, 2009 Mar 01, 2009 Mar 03, 2009 Mar 04, 2009 Mar 06, 2009 Mar 07, 2009 Mar 08, 2009 Mar 10, 2009

UK H 11 9 3 9 14 18 10 13 17 8 12 20

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2009 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS BATTING STATISTICS – ALL GAMES No 29 24 30 7 12 44 11 8 46 5 --31 6 21 13 3 18 4 2 25

Player Chris Bisson Chad Wright Braden Kapetyn Chris Wade Marcus Nidiffer Corey Farris Gunner Glad Andy Burns Keenan Wiley Chris McClendon

AVG .360 .343 .319 .313 .312 .310 .303 .287 .251 .234

GP-S 53-52 50-47 37-35 50-50 50-44 29-23 38-36 50-45 52-52 30-26

AB 222 181 141 179 157 87 142 178 195 94

R 49 40 18 42 37 21 25 38 29 14

H 80 62 45 56 49 27 43 51 49 22

2B 9 8 11 10 6 3 7 9 3 1

3B 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

HR 2 4 4 6 10 2 9 7 4 2

RBI 52 23 27 42 32 16 38 33 24 9

TB 101 84 68 86 87 36 77 83 64 29

SLG% .455 .464 .482 .480 .554 .414 .542 .466 .328 .309

BB 20 19 7 17 18 11 18 19 18 16

HBP 3 5 6 14 10 4 0 3 8 4

SO 28 34 33 23 44 30 28 37 29 18

GDP 2 2 1 7 1 0 6 4 5 6

OB% .414 .415 .377 .408 .412 .412 .374 .360 .338 .368

SF 4 2 0 3 2 0 3 3 1 0

SH 2 10 1 16 4 0 2 1 9 2

SB-Att 13-15 10-12 2-5 14-17 3-3 2-2 1-2 3-3 11-12 3-4

Navarro Hall Spencer Korus William Campbell Bryan Rose Neiko Johnson Troy Frazier Michael Williams Brian Suerdick Brock Wright Totals Opponents

.400 .320 .278 .268 .250 .200 .167 .133 .000 .297 .284

11-0 26-13 7-5 28-20 13-7 25-21 15-7 11-3 4-0 54 54

5 50 18 71 24 75 24 15 2 1860 1899

3 8 2 13 7 20 2 3 1 372 349

2 16 5 19 6 15 4 2 0 553 540

0 3 1 2 1 5 1 0 0 80 87

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4

0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 56 52

0 13 5 5 3 10 4 0 0 336 310

2 25 9 21 7 26 8 2 0 815 791

.400 .500 .500 .296 .292 .347 .333 .133 .000 .438 .417

1 9 2 8 4 15 2 2 0 206 202

0 1 3 5 1 4 0 0 0 71 60

1 13 5 15 10 15 8 5 1 377 523

0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 40 28

.500 .426 .435 .381 .367 .362 .231 .235 .000 .385 .368

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 18

0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 51 27

1-1 0-1 0-0 4-6 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 71-87 56-72

LOB - Team (429), Opp (432). DPs turned - Team (41), Opp (47). IBB - Team (6), K. Wiley 2, N. Johnson 1, M. Nidiffer 1, C. Farris 1, C. Bisson 1, Opp (5). Picked off - C. Bisson 6, C. McClendon 3, B. Kapteyn 2, C. Wade 1, N. Johnson 1, K. Wiley 1, S. Korus 1.

PITCHING STATISTICS – ALL GAMES No 10 17 22 --11 14 15 9 23 40 30 34 19 28

Player Chris Rusin Alex Meyer James Paxton

ERA 4.20 5.73 5.86

W-L 7-4 1-4 5-3

APP 13 13 13

GS 13 11 13

CG SHO/CBO SV 4 0/1 0 0 0/0 1 0 0/0 0

IP 94.1 59.2 78.1

H 95 53 83

R 50 42 52

ER 44 38 51

BB 27 45 20

SO 108 80 115

2B 9 3 10

3B 0 0 1

HR 5 10 11

Avg .258 .239 .266

WP 5 14 12

HBP 7 10 4

BK 2 3 0

Gunner Glad Nick Kennedy Logan Darnell Tyler Henry Mike Kaczmarek Jonathon Huff Braden Kapteyn Clint Tilford Sean Bouthilette Chase Greene Totals Opponents

0.00 2.45 4.50 4.91 5.11 5.59 6.06 7.05 7.79 15.88 5.55 5.99

0-0 0-0 5-6 0-3 1-1 1-0 5-0 1-4 2-1 0-0 28-26 26-28

1 2 28 20 12 7 23 23 9 5 54 54

0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 5 0 54 54

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3

0.2 3.2 46.0 40.1 24.2 19.1 32.2 52.1 17.1 5.2 475.0 469.0

0 2 53 48 33 23 37 75 27 11 540 553

0 1 35 25 22 16 28 48 20 10 349 372

0 1 23 22 14 12 22 41 15 10 293 312

0 1 20 17 13 7 16 24 7 5 202 206

2 4 47 42 25 10 42 34 11 3 523 377

0 0 10 9 5 7 7 13 13 1 87 80

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 7

0 0 4 2 4 3 4 6 1 2 52 56

.000 .167 .258 .300 .317 .299 .285 .332 .365 .423 .248 .297

0 0 6 2 2 3 8 8 1 4 65 50

0 1 6 5 3 4 8 7 2 3 60 71

0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 9

0/0 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/2 1/0

0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 12

PB - Team (14), M. Nidiffer 11, B. Suerdick 2, M. Williams 1, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (12), M. Nidiffer 4, A. Meyer 3, L. Darnell 1, T. Henry 1, B. Suerdick 1, C. Rusin 1, C. Tilford 1, Opp (13). SBA/ATT - M. Nidiffer (45-57), A. Meyer (18-20), J. Paxton (10-12), M. Williams (9-9), L. Darnell (7-8), C. Rusin (5-8), T. Henry (6-7), C. Tilford (3-6), B. Suerdick (2-4), B. Kapteyn (2-3), S. Bouthilette (2-3), M. Kaczmarek (1-2), C. Greene (2-2), J. Huff (0-1).

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3B

HR RBI

TB

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BB

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SF

SH

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Chris Bisson Chad Wright Gunner Glad Andy Burns Braden Kapteyn Chris Wade Keenan Wiley Marcus Nidiffer Chris McClendon

.365 .336 .311 .304 .284 .272 .271 .255 .177

30-30 30-29 26-26 28-27 20-19 27-27 30-30 30-28 18-17

126 110 103 102 74 92 107 98 62

21 25 17 24 11 14 15 20 6

46 37 32 31 21 25 29 25 11

4 5 4 5 5 3 2 5 1

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 5 5 2 3 3 8 1

27 10 23 17 15 14 15 18 6

59 48 51 51 32 37 40 54 15

.468 .436 .495 .500 .432 .402 .374 .551 .242

10 16 14 14 4 11 9 7 9

2 2 0 2 3 5 6 8 3

17 22 23 25 16 12 20 28 15

1 1 3 3 1 6 2 0 4

.411 .430 .387 .395 .346 .373 .361 .348 .311

3 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0

1 7 2 1 1 9 6 2 2

6-7 7-9 1-1 2-2 1-1 4-6 3-3 1-1 1-1

Navarro Hall Spencer Korus Bryan Rose Cory Farris Michael Williams Troy Frazier Neiko Johnson Brain Suerdick Totals

.500 .333 .286 .267 .200 .115 .000 .000 .286

3-0 9-6 14-13 12-7 6-2 9-7 3-2 2-0 30

2 21 42 30 10 23 8 2 1015

0 2 8 6 0 5 1 0 175

1 7 12 8 2 3 0 0 290

0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 41

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 32

0 7 1 2 1 1 0 0 157

1 11 13 13 3 5 0 0 433

.500 .524 .310 .433 .300 .192 .000 .000 .427

0 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 111

0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 37

0 5 8 12 5 5 1 1 220

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 23

.500 .423 .400 .389 .200 .233 .111 .000 .373

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 34

1-1 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 29-36

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.282

30

1022 194

288

40

1

34

175

432

.423

117

28

297

14

.368

9

20

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ERA 4.32 6.02 6.49

W-L 5-3 0-4 2-3

APP 10 9 10

GS 10 9 10

CG SHO/CBO SV 4 0/0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0/0 0

IP 77.0 43.1 61.0

H 77 40 63

R 40 33 45

ER 37 29 44

BB 25 36 19

SO 79 64 92

2B 9 2 8

3B 0 0 0

HR 4 7 9

B/Avg .261 .248 .261

WP 4 40 12

HBP BK 6 2 9 3 4 0

Sean Bouthilette Logan Darnell Tyler Henry Braden Kapteyn Clint Tilford Chase Greene Jonathan Huff Mike Kaczmarek Totals Opponents

0.00 3.86 4.50 5.87 12.12 13.56 18.00 27.00 6.06 5.19

0-0 3-3 0-2 2-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 12-18 18-12

2 16 8 12 11 1 1 3 30 30

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 30

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3

1.1 25.2 12.0 15.1 16.1 3.1 3.0 1.2 260.0 263.2

1 25 12 20 28 7 8 7 288 290

0 16 6 12 25 5 6 6 194 175

0 11 6 10 22 5 6 5 175 152

1 10 5 7 11 2 0 1 117 111

0 24 9 18 8 0 2 1 297 220

1 5 1 3 5 1 4 1 40 41

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3

0 3 1 3 4 1 2 0 34 32

.200 .253 .273 .333 .378 .467 .500 .583 .282 .286

0 4 4 5 2 1 1 1 40 21

0 2 2 3 1 2 1 0 28 37

0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 8

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3

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0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0

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No 10 17 22 --19 15 9 30 34 28 40 23

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LOB - Team (242), Opp (222). DPs turned - Team (22), Opp (28). IBB - Team (3), K. Wiley 2, C. Farris 1, Opp (2). Picked off - C. Bisson 4, C. McClendon 3, C. Wade 1, K. Wiley 1, B. Kapteyn 1, S. Korus 1.

PB - Team (6), M. Nidiffer 6, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Team (6), M. Nidiffer 2, A. Meyer 2, C. Rusin 1, Suerdick 1, Opp (9). SBA/ATT - M. Nidiffer (38-47), A. Meyer (16-18), J. Paxton (9-11), C. Rusin (5-8), L. Darnell (6-7), M. Williams (4-4), C. Tilford (2-3), T. Henry (2-2), B. Kapteyn (1-2), C. Greene (1-1).

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No. 21 2 13 17 40 22 9 14 19 11 24 12 4 30 46 18 5 7 29 44 6 34 8 10 15 23 28 31 3 25

Player William Campbell Brian Suerdick Bryan Rose Alex Meyer Jonathan Huff James Paxton Tyler Henry Nick Kennedy Sean Bouthilette Gunner Glad Chad Wright Marcus Nidiffer Michael Williams Braden Kapteyn Keenan Wiley Troy Frazier Chris McClendon Chris Wade Chris Bisson Corey Farris Spencer Korus Clint Tilford Andy Burns Chris Rusin Logan Darnell Mike Kaczmarek Chase Greene Nacarro Hall Neiko Johnson Brock Wright Totals Opponents

Outfield Assists Chad Wright 4 Troy Frazier 2 Keenan Wiley 1 Cory Farris 1

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C 50 34 31 13 11 8 7 4 1 306 68 486 48 85 103 30 58 211 235 20 79 18 94 30 13 4 1 0 0 0 2048 2092

PO 48 29 31 2 1 2 1 1 1 295 63 416 42 75 99 27 8 73 91 18 64 4 26 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1425 1407

A 2 5 0 11 10 6 6 3 0 10 4 62 5 8 1 2 48 130 133 1 10 12 55 21 7 1 0 0 0 0 553 596

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 2 3 1 2 8 11 1 5 2 13 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 70 89

FLD% 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .997 .985 .984 .979 .976 .971 .967 .966 .962 .953 .950 .937 .889 .862 .833 .769 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000 .966 .957

DPS 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 24 1 4 0 5 0 0 5 21 24 0 5 1 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 41 47

SBA 0 2 0 18 0 10 6 0 2 0 0 45 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 7 1 2 0 0 0 56 71

Second baseman Chris Bisson (left) led the team with 133 assists, while shortstop Chris Wade (right) fielded .962 with 130 assists.

CSB 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 16

SBA% --.500 --.900 .000 .833 .857 --.667 ----.789 1.000 .667 --------------.500 --.625 .875 .500 1.000 ------.778 .816

PB 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6

CI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2009 SITUATIONAL STATISTICS Runners On H AB 43 110 29 95 4 13 18 47 9 43 29 79 0 1 3 8 24 81 11 25 13 52 23 79 8 33 1 6 30 95 27 95 3 14 0 2 28 83 303 961 290 922

Avg .391 .305 .308 .383 .209 .367 .000 .375 .296 .440 .250 .291 .242 .167 .316 .284 .214 .000 .337 .315 .315

Bases Empty H AB 37 112 22 83 1 5 9 40 6 32 14 63 2 4 3 16 21 60 5 25 9 42 26 78 11 38 1 9 26 84 22 100 1 10 0 0 34 98 250 899 250 977

Avg .330 .265 .200 .225 .188 .222 .500 .188 .350 .200 .214 .333 .289 .111 .310 .220 .100 --.347 .278 .256

Bases Loaded H AB Avg 9 12 .750 1 6 .167 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 1 1 1.000 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 --3 6 .500 1 3 .333 2 6 .333 3 6 .500 1 4 .250 0 0 --2 7 .286 3 8 .375 0 0 --0 0 --2 6 .333 34 75 .453 26 63 .413

as Leadoff Rch Ops 33 79 17 36 1 3 6 14 5 17 8 36 0 2 2 6 10 25 5 13 12 24 20 45 10 19 1 4 16 33 16 53 0 4 0 0 27 59 189 472 164 476

Pct .418 .472 .333 .429 .294 .222 .000 .333 .400 .385 .500 .444 .526 .250 .485 .302 .000 --.458 .400 .345

Fly Out 42 46 4 17 24 43 2 7 22 7 15 46 19 6 55 56 3 0 31 445 364

#Rnrs Adv w/Out 13 12 3 2 5 17 0 3 8 7 9 15 3 0 32 22 1 0 20 172

Rnrs LOB 32 44 6 23 16 28 3 0 42 10 27 35 18 1 37 37 5 3 50 429

Rch Err 10 3 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 5 1 2 0 6 6 0 0 8 53

Rch FC 14 5 0 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 8 4 0 8 10 1 0 8 70

KL 9 11 3 10 8 5 1 4 8 4 7 11 3 1 8 12 3 0 12 120

runners advanced when the player made an out

REVIEW

PITCHING w/Runners On H AB Avg 13 32 .406 29 107 .271 0 2 .000 7 17 .412 28 86 .326 13 41 .317 17 50 .340 23 74 .311 2 6 .333 28 108 .259 40 126 .317 45 159 .283 45 114 .395 290 922 .315 303 961 .315

w/Bases Empty H AB Avg 14 42 .333 24 79 .304 0 0 --4 9 .444 20 74 .270 10 36 .278 16 54 .296 14 56 .250 0 6 .000 25 114 .219 43 186 .231 50 209 .239 30 112 .268 250 977 .256 250 899 .278

Rch by Leadoff Rch Ops Pct 6 19 .316 13 41 .317 0 0 --2 4 .500 14 37 .378 7 20 .350 7 27 .259 7 24 .292 1 3 .333 30 66 .455 23 81 .284 33 99 .333 21 55 .382 164 476 .345 189 472 .400

H 12 18 0 0 22 6 8 14 1 19 27 34 19 180 157

w/2 Out AB 29 57 1 5 61 22 29 50 6 72 102 123 72 629 592

Avg .414 .316 .000 .000 .361 .273 .276 .280 .167 .264 .265 .276 .264 .286 .265

Fly Out 23 25 0 10 27 21 25 26 1 44 48 65 49 364 445

Gnd Out 15 53 0 3 44 21 19 28 6 47 68 97 68 469 502

Fly/ Gnd 1.5 0.5 0.0 303 0.6 1.0 1.3 0.9 0.2 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9

Gdp 1 6 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 4 2 5 1 28 40

UNIVERSITY

Player Sean Bouthilette Logan Darnell Gunner Glad Chase Greene Tyler Henry Jonathan Huff Mike Kaczmarek Braden Kapteyn Nick Kennedy Alex Meyer James Paxton Chris Rusin Clint Tilford Totals Opponents

HISTORY

No 19 15 11 28 9 40 23 30 14 17 22 10 34

PREVIEW

2out RBI 22 11 2 3 4 18 0 1 7 7 3 14 1 0 14 8 0 0 12 127

Fly/ Gnd 0.6 1.0 2.0 1.3 1.1 1.4 99.9 3.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.9 1.1 3.0 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.8

WILDCATS

With Runners w/Rnr on 3rd Success Pinch Hitting In Scoring Pos And LT 2 Out With 2 Out Advancing Rnrs No Player H AB Avg H AB Avg RBI Ops Pct H AB Avg Adv Ops Pct 29 Chris Bisson 1 1 1.000 29 70 .414 20 24 .833 27 70 .386 70 121 .579 8 Andy Burns 0 1 .000 16 58 .276 8 18 .444 12 59 .203 51 106 .481 21 William Campbell 0 1 .000 2 9 .222 2 3 .667 4 11 .364 9 16 .563 44 Cory Farris 0 5 .000 11 30 .367 4 7 .571 6 3 .182 27 53 .509 18 Troy Frazier 0 1 .000 5 26 .192 3 7 .429 3 20 .150 17 48 .354 11 Gunner Glad 1 2 .500 15 44 .341 10 16 .625 14 40 .350 55 94 .585 31 Navarro Hall 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 --0 1 .000 1 2 .500 3 Neiko Johnson 0 0 --2 6 .333 1 2 .500 1 3 .333 7 11 .636 30 Braden Kapteyn 0 0 --15 56 .268 9 16 .563 10 46 .217 36 87 .414 6 Spencer Korus 0 1 .000 8 19 .421 4 6 .667 6 16 .375 21 32 .656 5 Chris McClendon 1 1 1.000 8 36 .222 2 8 .250 5 34 .147 29 63 .460 12 Marcus Nidiffer 0 1 .000 16 48 .333 6 13 .462 13 53 .245 42 92 .457 13 Bryan Rose 1 5 .200 5 22 .227 4 8 .500 4 17 .235 15 36 .417 2 Brian Suerdick 0 3 .000 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 3 .000 2 7 .286 7 Chris Wade 0 0 --21 60 .350 15 21 .714 19 53 .358 71 126 .563 46 Keenan Wiley 0 0 --20 70 .286 8 16 .500 13 59 .220 57 111 .514 4 Michael Williams 1 4 .250 2 7 .286 1 2 .500 1 6 .167 5 15 .333 25 Brock Wright 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 --0 2 .000 0 2 .000 24 Chad Wright 0 1 .000 15 47 .319 8 13 .615 19 66 .288 51 99 515 Totals 7 33 .252 190 614 .309 105 181 .580 157 592 .265 566 1121 .505 Opponents 12 50 .240 180 579 .311 85 152 .559 180 629 Success Advancing Runners = percentage of times the batter advanced at least one runner during a plate appearance; #Rnrs Adv w/Out = TOTAL number of

Gnd Out 69 45 2 13 21 30 0 2 39 14 36 24 18 2 57 62 9 1 58 502 469

STAFF

Player Chris Bisson Andy Burns William Campbell Cory Farris Troy Frazier Gunner Glad Navarro Hall Neiko Johnson Braden Kapteyn Spencer Korus Chris McClendon Marcus Nidiffer Bryan Rose Brian Suerdick Chris Wade Keenan Wiley Michael Williams Brock Wright Chad Wright Totals Opponents

UK BASEBALL

No 29 8 21 44 18 11 31 3 30 6 5 12 13 2 7 46 4 25 24

MEDIA INFO

BATTING

97

Date Feb 20 Feb 21 Feb 21 Feb 22 Feb 27 Mar 01 Mar 03 Mar 04 Mar 06 Mar 07 Mar 08 Mar 10 Mar 11 *Mar 13 *Mar 15 *Mar 15 Mar 17 *Mar 20 *Mar 21 *Mar 22 Mar 24 Mar 25 *Mar 28 *Mar 28 *Mar 29 Mar 31 Apr 01 *Apr 03 *Apr 04 *Apr 05 Apr 08 *Apr 11 *Apr 11 *Apr 12 Apr 14 *Apr 17 *Apr 18 *Apr 19 Apr 21 Apr 22 *Apr 24 *Apr 25 *Apr 26 Apr 28 *May 01 *May 02 *May 03 *May 09 *May 09 *May 10 May 12 *May 14 *May 15 *May 16

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

REVIEW

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

STAFF

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

GAME-BY-GAME BATTING

98

Opponent vs Troy vs James Madison at Coastal Carolina at Coastal Carolina WESTERN MICHIGAN WESTERN MICHIGAN WESTERN MICHIGAN EASTERN KENTUCKY INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE GEORGETOWN COLLEGE INDIANA at LSU at LSU at LSU at New Orleans VANDERBILT VANDERBILT VANDERBILT vs West Virginia CINCINNATI SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA MARSHALL WRIGHT STATE at Ole Miss at Ole Miss at Ole Miss WESTERN KENTUCKY GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA at Louisville at Mississippi State at Mississippi State at Mississippi State LIPSCOMB EVANSVILLE at Alabama at Alabama at Alabama LOUISVILLE TENNESSEE TENNESSEE TENNESSEE AUBURN AUBURN AUBURN MOREHEAD STATE at Florida at Florida at Florida Totals

AB 31 30 32 34 39 39 34 37 39 29 38 41 31 33 32 24 46 30 32 34 31 33 44 27 31 31 30 32 36 30 37 37 30 37 37 40 38 45 37 35 36 34 32 29 30 30 36 34 29 37 45 30 36 39 1860

R 8 8 1 5 16 15 12 9 12 5 9 12 8 3 5 1 5 3 6 2 7 6 19 5 2 2 6 3 3 0 9 4 4 4 8 5 3 22 7 7 6 11 2 2 6 2 17 6 6 5 18 3 8 9 372

H 11 9 3 9 14 18 10 13 17 8 12 20 7 8 11 4 13 8 9 10 9 7 18 7 8 8 8 7 10 3 10 9 8 10 12 11 9 22 11 7 9 11 8 6 10 8 12 10 6 11 21 9 12 12 553

RBI 7 7 1 5 15 15 11 8 12 5 9 10 7 3 5 1 4 3 3 2 6 3 19 4 2 2 6 3 0 0 8 4 4 3 8 5 3 20 6 5 5 10 2 2 6 1 16 5 6 4 17 3 8 7 336

2B 0 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 2 4 80

3B 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

HR 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 1 2 3 56

BB 8 7 0 1 4 7 7 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 0 0 2 2 1 4 3 6 7 8 4 4 1 0 2 0 5 5 8 4 6 4 3 9 3 3 0 9 3 3 5 4 9 7 0 3 4 2 4 1 206

IBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6

SB 1 3 0 1 2 5 2 5 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 4 3 5 2 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 71

CS 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16

HBP 0 2 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 71

SAC 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 51

SF 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 20

GDP 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 40

K 3 8 12 8 3 5 5 5 4 5 7 3 12 17 9 7 9 5 10 7 8 9 6 6 5 4 7 10 10 13 15 7 6 7 8 10 10 5 4 5 9 3 5 5 7 5 8 7 2 4 3 4 7 9 377

PO 27 27 24 24 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 24 21 18 33 27 27 27 24 27 27 27 27 27 27 24 24 24 27 27 27 27 27 33 27 27 27 27 24 27 24 27 27 27 27 30 27 27 27 24 27 24 1425

A 15 7 10 4 12 7 15 12 15 12 9 13 13 7 10 6 18 11 10 16 9 8 10 11 12 10 11 4 10 7 4 8 8 9 9 13 13 12 13 9 8 11 11 8 8 6 15 9 15 13 11 9 10 7 553

E 0 1 2 4 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 3 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 70

Avg .355 .328 .247 .252 .277 .312 .310 .315 .330 .326 .325 .340 .333 .326 .328 .320 .317 .315 .313 .312 .311 .307 .313 .311 .309 .307 .306 .303 .302 .296 .295 .293 .293 .292 .293 .292 .291 .297 .297 .295 .294 .295 .294 .292 .293 .292 .293 .293 .292 .292 .296 .296 .297 .297 .297

GAME-BY-GAME PITCHING SO 10 4 10 13 14 18 8 11 7 9 7 6 8 15 6 7 12 11 11 6 6 13 4 9 8 8 8 11 5 8 13 12 10 12 11 14 8 12 8 7 12 9 11 10 13 17 4 14 9 12 5 7 5 15 523

2B 1 1 1 2 0 2 4 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 4 1 1 3 2 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 3 87

3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

HR 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 52

WP 0 4 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 3 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 65

BK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 10

HBP 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 60

DP 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 41

IBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

Score 8-3 8-3 1-4 5-14 16-5 15-4 12-6 9-8 12-4 5-0 9-6 12-5 8-7 3-5 5-2 1-3 5-4 3-1 6-2 2-4 7-10 6-12 19-20 5-4 2-4 2-0 6-3 3-4 3-10 0-8 9-10 4-7 4-7 4-5 8-7 5-4 3-4 22-17 7-8 7-11 6-11 11-1 2-3 2-11 6-4 2-8 17-11 6-5 6-3 5-7 18-10 3-10 8-7 9-13 372-349

W-L 1-0 2-0 2-1 2-2 3-2 4-2 5-2 6-2 7-2 8-2 9-2 10-2 11-2 11-3 12-3 12-4 13-4 14-4 15-4 15-5 15-6 15-7 15-8 16-8 16-9 17-9 18-9 18-10 18-11 18-12 18-13 18-14 18-15 18-16 19-16 20-16 20-17 21-17 21-18 21-19 21-20 22-20 22-21 22-22 23-22 23-23 24-23 25-23 26-23 26-24 27-24 27-25 28-25 28-26 28-26

SV 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9

ERA 3.00 3.00 2.77 4.24 4.40 3.98 4.13 4.37 4.33 3.89 3.71 3.48 3.60 3.73 3.67 3.71 3.67 3.52 3.44 3.47 3.81 4.15 4.86 4.82 4.79 4.60 4.54 4.50 4.71 4.81 4.99 5.02 5.05 5.05 5.10 5.04 4.98 5.23 5.14 5.27 5.43 5.29 5.23 5.22 5.19 5.26 5.34 5.32 5.27 5.31 5.40 5.46 5.49 5.55 5.55

HISTORY

BB 1 3 3 1 2 3 2 14 0 1 3 2 1 2 3 6 4 4 2 7 4 6 4 1 7 8 0 2 6 2 3 9 3 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 0 2 3 3 5 5 4 3 11 10 1 2 4 202

REVIEW

ER 3 3 2 8 5 2 5 6 4 0 2 1 5 5 2 3 4 1 2 4 10 11 20 4 4 0 3 3 10 7 10 6 6 5 7 4 3 14 2 10 11 0 2 5 4 8 9 5 3 7 10 8 7 8 293

PREVIEW

R 3 3 4 14 5 4 6 8 4 0 6 5 7 5 2 3 4 1 2 4 10 12 20 4 4 0 3 4 10 8 10 7 7 5 7 4 4 17 8 11 11 1 3 11 4 8 11 5 3 7 10 10 7 13 349

WILDCATS

H 7 8 6 15 7 9 11 13 15 6 9 6 14 9 6 2 15 3 7 9 15 12 25 10 8 3 8 8 16 13 14 8 13 6 8 10 9 21 9 15 11 7 4 14 6 10 11 6 6 6 13 14 10 14 540

STAFF

IP 9.0 9.0 8.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 11.

9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 11.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 9.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 9.0 8.0 475.0

UK BASEBALL

Opponent vs Troy vs James Madison at Coastal Carolina at Coastal Carolina WESTERN MICHIGAN WESTERN MICHIGAN WESTERN MICHIGAN EASTERN KENTUCKY INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE INDIANA STATE GEORGETOWN COLLEGE INDIANA at LSU at LSU at LSU at New Orleans VANDERBILT VANDERBILT VANDERBILT vs West Virginia CINCINNATI SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA MARSHALL WRIGHT STATE at Ole Miss at Ole Miss at Ole Miss WESTERN KENTUCKY GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA at Louisville at Mississippi State at Mississippi State at Mississippi State LIPSCOMB EVANSVILLE at Alabama at Alabama at Alabama LOUISVILLE TENNESSEE TENNESSEE TENNESSEE AUBURN AUBURN AUBURN MOREHEAD STATE at Florida at Florida at Florida

MEDIA INFO

Date Feb 20 Feb 21 Feb 21 Feb 22 Feb 27 Mar 01 Mar 03 Mar 04 Mar 06 Mar 07 Mar 08 Mar 10 Mar 11 *Mar 13 *Mar 15 *Mar 15 Mar 17 *Mar 20 *Mar 21 *Mar 22 Mar 24 Mar 25 *Mar 28 *Mar 28 *Mar 29 Mar 31 Apr 01 *Apr 03 *Apr 04 *Apr 05 Apr 08 *Apr 11 *Apr 11 *Apr 12 Apr 14 *Apr 17 *Apr 18 *Apr 19 Apr 21 Apr 22 *Apr 24 *Apr 25 *Apr 26 Apr 28 *May 01 *May 02 *May 03 *May 09 *May 09 *May 10 May 12 *May 14 *May 15 *May 16 Totals

UNIVERSITY

99

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

GAME-BY-GAME PITCHING TEAM SUPERLATIVES Batting At bats: Runs scored: Hits: RBI: Doubles: Triples: Home runs: Total bases: Walks:

STAFF

Strikeouts: Sac hits:

Sac flies: Stolen bases:

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

Hit by pitch: Caught stealing: Runners LOB: Hit into DP:

Fielding Putouts: Assists: Errors:

Pitching Innings pitched: Runs allowed: Earned runs: Walks allowed: Strikeouts: Hits allowed: Doubles allowed: Triples allowed: Homers allowed: Wild pitches: Hit batters:

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

REVIEW

Passed balls: DPs turned:

100

46 - at New Orleans (Mar 17, 2009) 22 - at Mississippi State (Apr 19, 2009) 22 - at Mississippi State (Apr 19, 2009) 20 - at Mississippi State (Apr 19, 2009) 7 - vs Morehead State (May 12, 2009) 2 - at Louisville (Apr 14, 2009) 5 - vs South Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 37 - vs South Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 9 - at Mississippi State (Apr 19, 2009) 9 - at Alabama (Apr 25, 2009) 9 - vs Tennessee (May 03, 2009) 17 - at LSU (Mar 13, 2009) 3 - at LSU (Mar 13, 2009) 3 - vs Tennessee (May 01, 2009) 3 - at Florida (May 15, 2009) 4 - at Mississippi State (Apr 19, 2009) 5 - vs Western Michigan (Mar 01, 2009) 5 - vs Eastern Kentucky (Mar 04, 2009) 5 - vs Lipscomb (Apr 21, 2009) 5 - vs Western Kentucky (Apr 08, 2009) 5 - at Mississippi State (Apr 17, 2009) 2 - vs James Madison (Feb 21, 2009) 2 - vs Marshall (Mar 31, 2009) 13 - at Mississippi State (Apr 18, 2009) 4 - at Alabama (Apr 25, 2009) 4 - vs Louisville (Apr 28, 2009)

33 - at New Orleans (Mar 17, 2009) 33 - at Mississippi State (Apr 17, 2009) 18 - at New Orleans (Mar 17, 2009) 4 - at Coastal Carolina (Feb 22, 2009) 4 - at Mississippi State (Apr 19, 2009) 4 - vs Tennessee (May 03, 2009) 2 - at Mississippi State (Apr 19, 2009) 2 - (13 times )

11.0 - at New Orleans (Mar 17, 2009) 11.0 - at Mississippi State (Apr 17, 2009) 20 - vs South Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 20 - vs South Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 14 - vs Eastern Kentucky (Mar 04, 2009) 18 - vs Western Michigan (Mar 01, 2009) 25 - vs South Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 5 - vs South Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 1 - (4 times ) 6 - vs South Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 4 - (4 times ) 5 - vs Cincinnati (Mar 25, 2009) 5 - at Alabama (Apr 26, 2009)

INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES Batting At bats: Runs scored: Hits: RBI: Doubles: Triples: Home runs: Total bases: Walks: Strikeouts: Sac hits: Sac flies: Stolen bases: Hit by pitch: Caught stealing: Runners LOB:

Fielding Putouts: Assists:

Errors: Passed balls: Pitching Innings pitched:

Runs allowed: Earned runs: Walks allowed: Strikeouts: Hits allowed: Doubles allowed: Triples allowed: Homers allowed: Wild pitches: Hit batters:

6 - (10 times ) 6 - Andy Burns at Miss. State (Apr 19, 2009) 4 - (8 times ) 6 - Chris Bisson at Miss. State (Apr 19, 2009) 2 - (5 times ) 1 - (7 times ) 3 - Gunner Glad vs S. Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 12 - Gunner Glad vs S. Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 4 - Andy Burns vs Tennessee (May 03, 2009) 4 - Neiko Johnson at LSU (Mar 13, 2009) 4 - Chris McClendon at Miss. State (Apr 17, 2009) 2 - Chad Wright at LSU (Mar 13, 2009) 2 - Chris Wade at Florida (May 15, 2009) 2 - Chris Bisson at Miss. State (Apr 19, 2009) 2 - (8 times ) 2 - (9 times ) 1 - (16 times ) 5 - Chris Wade vs Troy (Feb 20, 2009) 5 - Braden Kapteyn vs Vanderbilt (Mar 22, 2009) 5 - Andy Burns vs Morehead State (May 12, 2009)

16 - Marcus Nidiffer vs Tennessee (May 02, 2009) 7 - Chris Wade vs Western Mich. (Mar 03, 2009) 7 - Chris Wade vs Indiana State (Mar 06, 2009) 7 - Chris Bisson vs Auburn (May 10, 2009) 2 - (7 times ) 2 - Marcus Nidiffer at Miss. State (Apr 19, 2009)

9.0 - Chris Rusin vs Vanderbilt (Mar 21, 2009) 9.0 - Chris Rusin at Alabama (Apr 25, 2009) 9.0 - Chris Rusin vs Auburn (May 09, 2009) 9 - James Paxton vs S. Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 9 - James Paxton at Florida (May 14, 2009) 9 - James Paxton vs S. Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 7 - Alex Meyer vs Georgia (Apr 11, 2009) 7 - Alex Meyer vs Auburn (May 10, 2009) 14 - James Paxton at LSU (Mar 13, 2009) 14 - Chris Rusin vs Tennessee (May 02, 2009) 12 - James Paxton vs Ind. State (Mar 06, 2009) 4 - Jonathan Huff vs S. Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 4 - Sean Bouthilette vs Evansville (Apr 22, 2009) 1 - (4 times ) 3 - Alex Meyer vs Western Mich. (Feb 27, 2009) 3 - James Paxton vs S. Carolina (Mar 28, 2009) 3 - (4 times ) 4 - Alex Meyer at Alabama (Apr 26, 2009)

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS MISCELLANEOUS BATTING HR 4 4 0 2 3 1 6 3 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 6 4 1 2 0 4 0 2

RBI 17 15 3 6 8 5 18 11 10 7 26 7 6 9 10 2 28 17 4 3 25 23 7 8 8 41 6 6

BB 12 10 6 1 3 3 7 17 3 3 12 7 3 3 9 4 16 4 2 2 19 18 8 7 5 18 3 1

Pitching Alabama Auburn Cincinnati Coastal Carolina Eastern Kentucky Evansville Florida Georgia Georgetown College Indiana Indiana State James Madison Lipscomb LSU Louisville Marshall Mississippi State Morehead State New Orleans Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee Troy Vanderbilt Western Kentucky Western Michigan West Virginia Wright State

W-L 1-2 2-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-2 0-3 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 0-1 1-2 1-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 0-3 1-2 2-1 1-0 2-1 0-1 3-0 0-1 1-0

ERA 4.68 4.82 11.00 5.62 6.00 10.00 8.28 5.67 1.00 5.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 4.29 6.00 0.00 6.52 10.00 3.27 7.50 9.33 7.00 3.00 2.33 10.00 4.00 11.25 3.00

H 22 18 12 21 13 15 38 27 6 14 30 8 9 17 22 3 40 13 15 37 43 27 7 19 14 27 15 8

R 15 15 12 18 8 11 30 19 5 7 10 3 8 10 18 0 25 10 4 22 28 23 3 7 10 15 10 3

ER 13 15 11 10 6 10 23 17 1 5 6 3 2 10 12 0 21 10 4 20 28 21 3 7 10 12 10 3

BB 6 18 6 4 14 3 7 15 2 1 4 3 4 11 7 8 12 10 4 10 12 13 1 13 3 7 4 0

SO 32 35 13 23 11 7 27 34 6 8 23 4 8 28 21 8 34 5 12 24 21 34 10 28 13 40 6 8

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0

Score 19-15 17-15 6-12 6-18 9-8 7-11 20-30 12-19 12-5 8-7 26-10 8-3 7-8 9-10 10-18 2-0 30-25 18-10 5-4 6-22 26-28 25-23 8-3 11-7 9-10 43-15 7-10 6-3

SO 17 13 9 20 5 5 20 20 3 12 16 8 4 33 13 4 25 3 9 33 17 20 3 22 15 13 8 7

Multiple Hit Games 29 Chris Bisson 24 Chad Wright 7 Chris Wade 8 Andy Burns 11 Gunner Glad 30 Braden Kapteyn 46 Keenan Wiley 12 Marcus Nidiffer 5 Chris McClendon 44 Cory Farris 6 Spencer Korus 13 Bryan Rose 18 Troy Frazier 3 Neiko Johnson 2 Brian Suerdick 21 William Campbell Total

2 14 10 11 9 10 10 10 8 7 5 4 1 1 1 1 1 103

3 9 6 2 4 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 37

4 2 2 1 1 1 1 8

5+ 0

Tot 25 18 14 13 13 12 12 11 8 8 5 3 2 2 1 1 148

Multiple RBI Games 29 Chris Bisson 11 Gunner Glad 7 Chris Wade 8 Andy Burns 12 Marcus Nidiffer 46 Keenan Wiley 24 Chad Wright 30 Braden Kapteyn 6 Spencer Korus 44 Cory Farris 5 Chris McClendon 21 William Campbell 18 Troy Frazier 3 Neiko Johnson 4 Michael Williams 13 Bryan Rose Total

2 5 5 6 4 4 6 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 43

3 5 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 22

4 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 14

5+ 1 1 2 1 5

Tot 13 11 9 8 8 8 6 6 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 84

Hitting Streaks 29 Chris Bisson 7 Chris Wade 30 Braden Kapteyn 8 Andy Burns 24 Chad Wright 12 Marcus Nidiffer 11 Gunner Glad 13 Bryan Rose 44 Cory Farris 5 Chris McClendon 18 Troy Frazier 6 Spencer Korus 46 Keenan Wiley 4 Michael Williams 21 William Campebll 3 Neiko Johnson 2 Brian Suerdick 31 Navarro Hall

Longest 15 13 11 9 9 8 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1

Current 1 13 9 3 1 5 1 5 1 2 2 1

BULLPEN STATS Pitcher Sean Bouthilette Logan Darnell Gunner Glad Chase Greene Tyler Henry Jonathan Huff Mike Kaczmarek Braden Kapteyn Nick Kennedy Clint Tilford

In. Run 4 29 3 7 28 3 11 38 4 17

Scored 0 11 0 3 8 1 6 22 1 12

Pct. 0.00 37.9 0.00 42.8 28.5 33.3 54.5 57.8 25.0 70.5

101

UNIVERSITY

3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

HISTORY

2B 3 3 1 2 0 1 6 3 2 1 5 0 2 6 3 2 5 7 2 2 7 4 0 2 1 8 1 1

REVIEW

H 28 27 7 12 13 7 33 27 20 7 37 9 11 23 18 8 42 21 13 20 33 30 11 27 10 42 9 8

PREVIEW

R 19 17 6 6 9 7 20 12 12 8 26 8 7 9 10 2 30 18 5 6 26 25 8 11 9 43 7 6

WILDCATS

Avg. .275 .270 .212 .182 .351 .200 .314 .260 .488 .226 .349 .300 .297 .258 .273 .258 .341 .467 .283 .204 .324 .313 .355 .281 .270 .375 .290 .267

STAFF

W-L 1-2 2-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-2 0-3 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 0-1 1-2 1-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 0-3 1-2 2-1 1-0 2-1 0-1 3-0 0-1 1-0

UK BASEBALL

Batting Alabama Auburn Cincinnati Coastal Carolina Eastern Kentucky Evansville Florida Georgia Georgetown College Indiana Indiana State James Madison Lipscomb LSU Louisville Marshall Mississippi State Morehead State New Orleans Ole Miss South Carolina Tennessee Troy Vanderbilt Western Kentucky Western Michigan West Virginia Wright State

MEDIA INFO

SERIES STATS

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

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PREVIEW

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STAFF

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

WILDCAT HOME RUN CHART Kentucky’s Home Runs (56) Solo (22): M. Nidiffer (5), A. Burns (4), C. Wade (4), G. Glad (2), K. Wiley (2), C. Wright (2), B. Kapteyn (1), C. McClendon (1), S. Korus (1).

2-Run (23): G. Glad (7), M. Nidiffer (3), C. Bisson (2), A. Burns (2), B. Kapteyn (2), W. Campbell (1), C. Farris (1), T. Frazier (1), C. Wade (1), K. Wiley (1), M. Williams (1), C. Wright (1).

3-Run (6): A. Burns (1), S. Korus (1), C. McClendon (1), M. Nidiffer (1), K. Wiley (1), C. Wright (1).

Grand Slam (5): C. Farris (1), T. Frazier (1), B. Kapteyn (1), M. Nidiffer (1), C. Wade (1).

2-HR Game (2): G. Glad (1), K. Wiley (1).

3-HR Game (1): G. Glad (1).

No. 1.

Player S. Korus

Gm # 1

Date Feb 20

Opponent vs Troy

Pitcher Walls

On Base 0...

Inn. 2

Outs 2

Count 2-1

Score 0-0

Final W, 8-3

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B. Kapteyn G. Glad M. Nidiffer T. Frazier A. Burns T. Frazier C. Wright C. McClendon C. Bisson M. Nidiffer C. Wade C. Wade A. Burns W. Campbell M. Nidiffer C. Wade M. Nidiffer C. Wade M. Nidiffer G. Glad G. Glad S. Korus G. Glad A. Burns G. Glad G. Glad K. Wiley K. Wiley A. Burns C. Wright A. Burns C. Bisson M. Williams K. Wiley G. Glad

4 4 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 9 11 12 12 13 15 17 19 19 23 23 23 23 23 24 27 27 32 32 34 35 36 38 39 39 40

Feb 22 Feb 22 Feb 27 Feb 27 Feb 27 Mar 03 Mar 04 Mar 04 Mar 04 Mar 06 Mar 08 Mar 10 Mar 10 Mar 11 Mar 15 Mar 17 Mar 21 Mar 21 Mar 28 Mar 28 Mar 28 Mar 28 Mar 28 Mar 28 Apr 01 Apr 01 Apr 11 Apr 11 Apr 12 Apr 14 Apr 17 Apr 19 Apr 21 Apr 21 Apr 22

at Coastal Carolina at Coastal Carolina Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Indiana State Indiana State Georgetown College Georgetown College Indiana at LSU at New Orleans Vanderbilt Vanderbilt South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina Wright State Wright State Georgia Georgia Georgia at Louisville at Mississippi State at Mississippi State Lipscomb Lipscomb Evansville

Wheeler Cuevas Morrison Morrison Morrison Webber Fyffe Fyffe Hord Manus Shelton K. Rueff K. Rueff Bashore Ross Brown Cotham Hill Dyson Dyson Hopper Bangs Farotto Farotto Lamar Valencheck Holder Holder Grimm Shaw Whitney Collins Bowling Cotham Baehl

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1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 2

2-1 0-0 2-1 2-1 0-2 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-0 3-2 0-1 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 3-1 2-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-0

0-3 3-14 0-0 6-1 10-1 4-6 0-0 4-2 7-8 4-0 5-6 4-0 6-0 2-2 3-2 4-4 0-0 5-0 2-13 5-18 7-20 10-20 17-20 3-4 1-1 3-1 2-3 3-6 0-0 3-1 1-2 20-11 0-0 2-0 2-4

L, 5-14 L, 5-14 W, 16-5 W, 16-5 W, 16-5 W, 12-6 W, 9-8 W, 9-8 W, 9-8 W, 12-4 W, 9-6 W, 12-5 W, 12-5 W, 8-7 W, 5-2 W, 5-4 W, 6-2 W, 6-2 L, 19-20 L, 19-20 L, 19-20 L, 19-20 L, 19-20 W, 5-4 W, 6-3 W, 6-3 L, 4-7 L, 4-7 L, 4-5 W, 8-7 W, 5-4 W, 22-17 L, 7-8 L, 7-8 L, 7-11

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Hyatt Hyatt Kebodeaux Scott McCray Wiltz Rosas Rosas Dayton Dayton Price Hubbard Smith Fahs Locke DeSclafani Davis Maronde Maronde Bullock

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1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-2 2-2 1-1 1-2

0-0 1-2 8-1 0-3 5-4 10-10 11-10 15-11 1-0 5-0 0-5 4-7 7-7 13-10 0-1 0-2 6-2 0-2 2-4 8-12

L, 6-11 L, 6-11 W, 11-1 L, 2-3 W, 17-11 W, 17-11 W, 17-11 W, 17-11 W, 6-3 W, 6-3 L, 5-7 L, 5-7 W, 18-10 W, 18-10 L, 3-10 W, 8-7 W, 8-7 L, 9-13 L, 9-13 L, 9-13

WILDCATS

at Alabama at Alabama at Alabama at Alabama Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Morehead State Morehead State at Florida at Florida at Florida at Florida at Florida at Florida

STAFF

Apr 24 Apr 24 Apr 25 Apr 26 May 03 May 03 May 03 May 03 May 09 May 09 May 10 May 10 May 12 May 12 May 14 May 15 May 15 May 16 May 16 May 16

UK BASEBALL

41 41 42 43 47 47 47 47 49 49 50 50 51 51 52 53 53 54 54 54

MEDIA INFO

37.

C. Wade 38.

C. Wright 39.

C. McClendon 40. B. Kapteyn 41. K. Wiley 42. M. Nidiffer 43. B. Kapteyn 44. G. Glad 45. G. Glad 46. C. Wade 47. A. Burns 48. M. Nidiffer 49. B. Kapteyn 50. C. Farris 51. M. Nidiffer 52. C. Farris 53. M. Nidiffer 54. M. Nidiffer 55. A. Burns 56. C. Wright * - leadoff homerun

PREVIEW REVIEW HISTORY

Catcher Marcus Nidiffer led the team with 10 home runs, marking the seventh time in school history UK has been led in homers by its starting backstop.

Andy Burns pinch hit, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth gave UK a win over South Carolina.

Chris Bisson’s first career home run came as a two run, walk-off blast in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving UK a 9-8 win over Eastern Kentucky.

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UNIVERSITY

Gunner Glad belted three home runs in a series-opening game against South Carolina.

STAFF

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

2009 SEC IN REVIEW 2009 SEC FINAL STANDINGS

SEC TOURNEY RESULTS

Eastern Division School SEC &Florida 19-11 South Carolina 17-13 Georgia 15-15 Vanderbilt 12-17 Kentucky 12-18 Tennessee 11-19 & - Eastern Division Champions

Pct. .633 .567 .500 .414 .400 .367

GB --2.0 4.0 6.5 7.0 8.0

ALL 42-22 40-23 38-24 37-27 28-26 26-29

Pct. .656 .635 .627 .578 .519 .473

Home 30-10 26-9 21-12 22-10 19-12 20-17

Away 10-9 12-12 13-9 10-15 7-13 6-11

Neu. 2-3 2-2 4-3 5-2 2-1 0-1

vs. Div. 12-3 10-5 7-8 5-10 6-9 5-10

School SEC Pct. GB ALL Pct. Home Away Neu. %#@LSU 20-10 .667 --56-17 .767 33-9 12-6 11-2 #Ole Miss 20-10 .667 --44-20 .688 28-11 14-5 2-4 Alabama 18-11 .621 1.5 37-21 .638 26-6 10-10 1-5 Arkansas 14-15 .483 5.5 41-24 .631 22-12 14-8 5-4 Auburn 11-19 .367 9.0 31-25 .554 22-13 8-12 1-0 Mississippi State 9-20 .310 10.5 25-29 .463 18-11 7-16 0-2 # - SEC Co-Champion/SEC Western Division Co-Champion; % - SEC Tournament Champion; @ - NCAA Champion

vs. Div. 11-4 10-5 8-6 6-9 4-11 5-9

Western Division

Wednesday, May 20 Game 1 – #7 Arkansas 8, #2 Florida Game 2 – #6 Georgia 6, #3 Ole Miss 3 Game 3 – #8 Vanderbilt 4, #1 LSU 1 Game 4 – #5 South Carolina 9, #4 Alabama 5 Thursday, May 21 Game 5 – Florida 12, Ole Miss 2 Game 6 – LSU 9, Alabama 6 Game 7 – Georgia 2, Akransas 1 Game 8 – Vanderbilt 5, South Carolina 4 Friday, May 22 Game 9 – Arkansas 10, Florida 7 Game 10 – LSU 4, South Carolina 1 Saturday, May 23 Game 11 – Vanderbilt 11, Arkansas 1 Game 12 – LSU 16, Georgia 0 Game 13 – LSU 3, Georgia 2 Game 13 – not necessary

2009 SEC HONORS

WILDCATS

Coach of the Year Paul Mainieri, LSU Player of the Year Kent Matthes, Alabama

RP Pitcher of the Year Louis Coleman, LSU

HISTORY

REVIEW

PREVIEW

Co-Freshman of the Year Preston Tucker, Florida; Matty Ott, LSU

UNIVERSITY

OF DH P P

Scholar-Athlete of the Year Ben Jones, Auburn First Team 1B Rich Poythress, Georgia 2B Ross Wilson, Alabama Josh Adams, Florida 3B Jake Smith, Alabama SS Josh Rutledge, Alabama Brian Harris, Vanderbilt C Blake Forsythe, Tennessee OF Kent Matthes, Alabama OF Avery Barnes, Florida OF Jordan Henry, Ole Miss DH Blake Dean, LSU P Louis Coleman, LSU P Austin Hyatt, Alabama RP Matty Ott, LSU Second Team 1B Nick Ebert, South Carolina 2B Chris Bisson, Kentucky 3B Joseph Sanders, Auburn SS Chris Wade, Kentucky Bobby Haney, South Carolina C Justin Dalles, South Carolina OF Steven Liddle, Vanderbilt OF DeAngelo Mack, South Carolina

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Ryan Schimpf, LSU Bryce Massanari, Georgia Scott Bittle, Ole Miss Anthony Ranaudo, LSU Drew Pomeranz, Ole Miss Billy Bullock, Florida

All-Freshman Team 1B Preston Tucker, Florida 2B Riley Reynolds, Vanderbilt 3B Colby May, Georgia SS Zach Osborne, Tennessee OF Taylor Dugas, Alabama OF Mikie Mahtook, LSU OF Jackie Bradley, Jr., South Carolina DH Aaron Westlake, Vanderbilt P Nick Routt, Mississippi State P Nolan Belcher, South Carolina RP Matty Ott, LSU All-Defensive Team 1B Rich Poythress, Georgia 2B Ross Wilson, Alabama SS Bobby Haney, South Carolina Brian Harris, Vanderbilt 3B Jake Smith, Alabama C Micah Gibbs, LSU OF Matt den Dekker, Florida OF Whit Merrifield, South Carolina OF Trent Mummey, Auburn P Trevor Holder, Georgia Player Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7

of the Week Ryan Schimpf, LSU Kent Matthes, Alabama Chase Leavitt, Arkansas Kent Matthes, Alabama Jordan Henry, Ole Miss Rich Poythress, Georgia Micah Gibbs, LSU

Sunday, May 24 Game 15 – LSU 6, Vanderbilt 2

Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13

Blake Dean, LSU P.J. Polk, Tennessee Brian Harris, Vanderbilt Brandon May, Alabama Aaron Westlake, Vanderbilt Kyle Henson, Ole Miss

Pitcher of the Week Week 1 Patrick Keating, Florida Week 2 Austin Ross, LSU Week 3 Chris Rusin, Kentucky Week 4 Louis Coleman, LSU Week 5 Matty Ott, LSU Week 6 Austin Ross, LSU Week 7 Scott Bittle, Ole Miss Week 8 Mike Minor, Vanderbilt Week 9 Brett Eibner, Arkansas Week 10 Matty Ott, LSU Week 11 Louis Coleman, LSU Week 12 Austin Hyatt, Alabama Week 13 Sam Dyson, South Carolina Freshman of the Week Week 1 Johnathan Taylor, Georgia Week 2 Aaron Westlake, Vanderbilt Week 3 Casey McElroy, Auburn Week 4 Collin Kuhn, Arkansas Week 5 Alex Panteliodis, Florida Week 6 Preston Tucker, Florida Week 7 Sonny Gray, Vanderbilt Week 8 Preston Tucker, Florida Week 9 Chad Wright, Kentucky Week 10 Preston Tucker, Florida Week 11 Jackie Bradley, Jr., South Carolina Matt Snyder, Ole Miss Week 12 Andy Burns, Kentucky Week 13 Zach Osborne, Tennessee

2009 SEC BASEBALL TEAM STATS BB HBP 248 75 350 56 283 58 267 57 263 66 259 69 250 67 206 71 270 51 239 63 228 67 279 59

SO GDP OB% 435 39 .415 494 38 .405 420 46 .398 440 30 .394 442 39 .393 389 55 .392 461 26 .398 377 41 .385 522 32 .381 484 30 .381 411 23 .378 518 34 .368

SF 29 43 25 27 30 32 25 20 14 20 19 15

SH 21 28 40 33 42 37 46 51 16 32 29 43

SB-Att 60-81 114-155 92-118 45-72 72-109 89-123 72-93 71-87 72-98 40-55 39-50 67-94

UK BASEBALL

Team AVG GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% Alabama .330 58 2086 509 689 142 14 107 475 1180 .566 LSU .315 73 2486 575 783 142 19 107 532 1284 .516 Ole Miss .310 64 2215 470 687 124 14 56 423 1007 .455 South Carolina .310 63 2216 479 687 134 11 109 452 1170 .528 Florida .309 64 2229 486 689 97 17 68 429 1024 .459 Vanderbilt .306 64 2173 449 665 134 8 56 399 983 .452 Mississippi State .298 54 1812 356 540 103 11 61 338 848 .468 Kentucky .297 54 1860 372 553 80 7 56 336 815 .438 Georgia .292 62 2166 453 633 124 9 109 418 1102 .509 Auburn .286 56 1906 391 546 102 13 103 371 983 .516 Tennessee .286 55 1935 384 554 99 11 87 354 936 .484 Arkansas .273 65 2207 412 603 112 13 80 373 981 .444 CI - Miss. State 3, Alabama 3, Florida 2, Vanderbilt 2, Georgia 1, Tennessee 1, Arkansas 1, Ole Miss 1, LSU 1.

MEDIA INFO

BATTING STATISTICS

STAFF

PITCHING STATISTICS

REVIEW

FIELDING STATISTICS PO 1933 1671 1455 1668 1526 1703 1492 1397 1740 1425 1638 1693

A 630 619 515 576 520 612 528 524 729 552 645 675

E 68 61 56 65 61 72 65 64 83 70 80 83

FLD% .974 .974 .972 .972 .971 .970 .969 .968 .967 .966 .966 .966

DPS 36 51 37 49 35 48 55 56 56 41 46 59

SBA 53 53 48 79 80 65 42 58 53 56 60 31

CSB 29 27 18 17 22 19 28 20 34 16 22 27

SBA% .646 .663 .727 .823 .784 .774 .600 .744 .609 .778 .732 .534

PB 5 6 6 21 6 9 5 11 15 14 17 14

CI 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 3 1 0 1 2

UNIVERSITY

C 2631 2351 2026 2309 2107 2387 2085 1985 2552 2047 2363 2451

HISTORY

Team LSU South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt Alabama Ole Miss Auburn Mississippi State Arkansas Kentucky Georgia Florida

PREVIEW

BK 3 2 11 8 5 10 9 12 10 4 5 7

WILDCATS

Team ERA W-L G CG SHO/CBOSV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP LSU 4.01 56-17 73 3 4/2 22 644.1 631 319 287 186 679 106 9 81 2458 .257 31 45 Ole Miss 4.04 44-20 64 4 3/2 17 567.2 602 312 255 189 623 109 9 46 2223 .271 39 32 Florida 4.27 42-22 64 0 1/1 13 564.1 620 343 268 188 427 97 10 70 2200 .282 47 55 Vanderbilt 4.66 37-27 64 6 6/4 17 556.0 586 326 288 207 604 115 10 68 2160 .271 44 48 Arkansas 4.67 41-24 65 1 4/3 16 580.0 595 363 301 245 511 113 9 64 2225 .267 43 63 Georgia 4.86 38-24 62 0 4/4 12 546.0 588 365 295 256 487 92 10 60 2144 .274 58 54 South Carolina 5.07 40-23 63 6 6/6 8 557.0 553 349 314 268 500 72 6 69 2126 .260 29 74 Alabama 5.13 37-21 58 4 2/2 11 508.2 553 336 290 182 487 88 14 54 2000 .277 33 44 Kentucky 5.55 28-26 54 4 2/2 9 475.0 540 349 293 202 523 87 4 52 1899 .284 65 60 Auburn 6.12 31-25 56 0 0/0 12 497.1 648 387 338 228 411 130 12 59 2018 .321 41 49 Tennessee 6.24 26-29 55 1 0/0 8 485.0 557 374 336 215 494 127 11 77 1920 .290 45 52 Mississippi State 6.59 25-29 54 5 1/1 12 465.2 566 387 341 246 365 85 7 66 1857 .305 52 63 PB - Vanderbilt 21, Georgia 17, Arkansas 15, Florida 14, Kentucky 14, Miss. State 11, Ole Miss 9, Tennessee 6, Alabama 6, S. Carolina 6, LSU 5, Auburn 5.

Pickoffs - Vanderbilt 16, Miss. State 13, Ole Miss 13, Kentucky 12, Tennessee 11, Florida 10, S. Carolina 8, Arkansas 8, Georgia 7, LSU 6, Alabama 5, Auburn 2.

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DEPARTED PLAYER STATISTICS MEDIA INFO

Jonathan Huff, RHP

UK BASEBALL

Year 2008 2009 Totals

G/GS 3/0 7/0 10/0

W-L 0-0 1-0 1-0

ERA 2.25 5.59 5.01

SV 0 0 0

IP 4.0 19.1 23.1

H 2 23 25

R 1 16 17

ER 1 12 13

BB 1 7 8

SO 3 10 13

2B 0 7 7

3B 0 0 0

HR 0 3 3

B/Avg. .125 .299 .269

R 10 8 18

H 13 16 29

2B 6 3 9

3B 0 0 0

HR 0 2 2

RBI 7 13 20

Slug. .452 .500 .479

BB 5 9 14

SO 13 13 26

OBP .383 .426 .407

SB-A 0-1 0-1 0-2

R 33 14 47

H 62 22 84

2B 11 1 12

3B 1 0 1

HR 3 2 5

RBI 33 9 42

Slug. .469 .309 .414

BB 13 16 29

SO 27 18 45

OBP .407 .368 .393

SB-A 7-10 3-4 10-14

SV 0 0 0 0 0

IP 38.0 86.1 83.2 94.1 302.1

H 44 92 89 95 320

R 18 58 35 50 161

ER 17 47 31 44 139

BB 14 35 19 27 95

SO 25 76 65 108 274

2B 8 15 16 9 48

3B 0 0 0 0 0

HR 0 7 4 5 16

B/Avg. .297 .267 .275 .258 .270

SV 0 0 0 0

IP 19.0 41.0 52.1 112.1

H 31 42 75 148

R 13 26 48 87

ER 11 21 41 73

BB 7 27 24 58

SO 13 29 34 76

2B 5 5 13 23

3B 0 1 0 1

HR 1 3 6 10

B/Avg. .356 .271 .332 .316

R 35 42 77

H 67 56 123

2B 24 10 34

3B 0 1 1

HR 5 6 11

RBI 51 42 93

Slug. .469 .480 .474

BB 10 17 27

SO 34 23 57

OBP .340 .408 .371

SB-A 6-8 14-17 20-25

R 21 8 1 30

H 15 1 0 16

2B 1 0 0 1

3B 1 0 0 1

HR 5 0 0 5

RBI 15 0 0 15

Slug. .532 .111 .000 .466

BB 19 1 0 20

SO 27 2 1 30

OBP .447 .333 .000 .424

SB-A 5-6 0-0 0-0 5-6

Spencer Korus, UT Year 2008 2009 Totals

GP-GS 18-10 26-13 44-23

Avg. .310 .320 .315

AB 42 50 92

STAFF

Chris McClendon, 3B

WILDCATS

Year 2008 2009 Totals

GP-GS 48-47 30-26 78-73

Avg. .346 .234 .308

AB 179 94 273

Chris Rusin, LHP

PREVIEW

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals

G/GS 16/5 14/14 13/13 13/13 56-45

W-L 5-0 5-4 6-3 7-4 23-11

ERA 4.03 4.90 3.33 4.20 4.14

Clint Tilford, RHP

REVIEW

Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals

G/GS 11/3 16/8 23/8 50/19

W-L 1-0 3-0 1-4 5-4

ERA 5.21 4.61 7.05 5.85

Chris Wade, SS HISTORY

Year 2008 2009 Totals

GP-GS 63-63 50-50 113-113

Avg. .296 .313 .304

AB 226 179 405

Brock Wright, OF UNIVERSITY

Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals

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GP-GS 30-15 15-1 4-0 49-16

Avg. .242 .111 .000 .219

AB 62 9 2 73

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

UK RECORD WHEN...

Playing at Cliff Hagan Stadium: . . . . . . . . .19-13

Date 2/20 2/27 3/1 3/6 3/11 3/20 3/31 5/1 5/15

Opponent Troy Western Michigan Western Michigan Indiana State Indiana Vanderbilt Marshall Tennessee Florida

Pitcher (Save #) Nick Kennedy (1) Alex Meyer (1) Braden Kapteyn (1) Logan Darnell (1) Braden Kapteyn (2) Logan Darnell (2) Braden Kapteyn (3) Braden Kapteyn (4) Logan Darnell (3)

Playing at a neutral site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1

IP (H, R-ER, BB, K) 3.1 (1, 1-1, 1, 4) 3.0 (5, 4-4, 1, 3) 1.1 (1, 1-0, 0, 2) 3.1 (3, 0-0, 0, 1) 1.0 (0, 0-0, 0, 1) 2.1 (1, 0-0, 1, 1) 2.1 (0, 0-0, 2, 2) 1.0 (0, 0-0, 1, 1) 0.2 (0, 0-0, 0, 1)

Vs. SEC overall: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-18 Vs. SEC at home: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-8 Vs. SEC away: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-10 Vs. Non-Conference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-8 Vs. Non-Conference at home: . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5 Vs. Non-conference away: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Playing a day game: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-15 Playing a night game: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11

QUALITY PITCHING STARTS Opponent Western Michigan Indiana State Georgetown College LSU LSU Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Ole Miss Mississippi State Mississippi State Lipscomb Alabama Alabama Auburn

Pitcher James Paxton Chris Rusin Alex Meyer James Paxton Chris Rusin James Paxton Chris Rusin Alex Meyer James Paxton Chris Rusin Mike Kaczmarek Chris Rusin Alex Meyer Chris Rusin

In two-run games: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

IP (H, R-ER, BB, K) 6.0 (2, 1, 1, 1, 11) 8.0 (6, 0, 0, 1, 9) 6.0 (0, 0, 0, 1, 6) 6.0 (5, 3, 3, 2, 14) 7.0 (6, 2, 2, 3, 6) 6.2 (2, 1, 1, 3, 10) 9.0 (7, 2, 2, 2, 11) 6.1 (5, 2, 2, 1, 10) 7.0 (6, 2, 2, 2, 9) 7.1 (7, 3, 2, 3, 8) 6.0 (6, 2, 1, 2, 5) 9.0 (7, 1, 0, 0, 9) 7.0 (4, 3, 2, 1, 11) 9.0 (6, 3, 3, 3, 9)

In five+-run games: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-8 In extra-inning games: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 In shutouts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 In doubleheaders: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-6 When scoring first: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-11 When opponent scores first: . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11 When scoring 10 or more runs: . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1 When allowing 10 or more runs: . . . . . . . . .3-11 When scoring five runs or less: . . . . . . . . . . 7-18 When allowing five runs or less: . . . . . . . . . 19-9 When hitting at least one home run: . . . . . 21-11

WILDCATS

Date 2/27/09 3/7/09 3/10/09 3/13/09 3/15/09 3/20/09 3/21/09 4/3/09 4/17/09 4/18/09 4/21/09 4/25/09 4/26/09 5/9/09

STAFF

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In one-run games: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

UK BASEBALL

No. 1.

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MEDIA INFO

Playing away: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-12

SAVES

When allowing at least one home run: . . . .9-20

2009 GAME WINNING RBI RBI 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 2 2

Inn. 3 3 2 7 9 2 2 9 4 6 4 11 3 4 9 1 3 9 11 8 6 5 10 2 3 3

Play 1B LS HR RF F8 SF FP SF HR RF* HR LF L8 SF HR LF* HR LC 2B RC 1B LS HR LL 1B MI 1B CF HR RF* 1B RC HR LF BB 3B RC 1B CF 2B LF HR RC 1B LL* 1B RS 2B LC HR LF

When out-hit by opponent: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17 When matching opponentsĂ­ hits: . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 When facing starting LHP: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-8 When facing starting RHP: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-18 When leading after the seventh inning: . . . . 21-3 When trailing after the seventh inning: . . . . 5-19 When tied after the seventh inning: . . . . . . . . 1-2 Games decided in the last at bat: . . . . . . . . . 4-1 When not committing an error: . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 When committing two or more errors: . . . . . . 9-7 Vs. top-25 ranked opponents: . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 Vs. teams ranked in the top 10: . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 On Sunday: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 On Monday: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 On Tuesday: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 On Wednesday: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 On Thursday: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 On Friday: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 On Saturday: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 In February: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 In March: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-7 In April: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

* denotes a walk-off RBI.

In May: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

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Player (#GWRBI) Chris Bisson (1) Andy Burns (1) Keenan Wiley (1) Andy Burns (2) Chris Bisson (2) Marcus Nidiffer (1) Andy Burns (3) Chris Wade (1) Chris Wade (2) Chris Bisson (3) Andy Burns (4) Chris Wade (3) Braden Kapteyn (1) Gunner Glad (1) Andy Burns (5) Gunner Glad (2) Gunner Glad (3) Chris Wade (4) Chris Bisson (4) Gunner Glad (4) Chad Wright (1) Braden Kapteyn (2) Braden Kapteyn (3) Chad Wright (2) Chris Wade (5) Marcus Nidiffer (2)

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Opponent Troy Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Eastern Kentucky Indiana State Indiana State Indiana State Georgetown College Indiana LSU New Orleans Vanderbilt Vanderbilt South Carolina Marshall Wright State Louisville Mississippi State Mississippi State Tennessee Tennessee Auburn Auburn Morehead State Florida

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Date 2/20/09 2/27/09 3/1/09 3/3/09 3/4/09 3/6/09 3/7/09 3/8/09 3/10/09 3/11/09 3/15/09 3/17/09 3/20/09 3/21/09 3/28/09 3/31/09 4/1/09 4/14/09 4/17/09 4/19/09 5/1/09 5/3/09 5/9/09 5/9/09 5/12/09 5/15/09

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2009 SEASON NOTES 2009 Team Accomplishments • Kentucky finished with a school-record 523 strikeouts in 475 innings pitched, eclipsing the previous school mark of 502 strikeouts, set in 1995.

• UK led the SEC and ranked third in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings (9.9).

• Over the 2007, 2008 and 2009 seasons, UK ran up a school-record 29-game consecutive non-conference home winning streak. UK went from April 18, 2007 to March 25, 2009 without losing a home nonconference game. The streak eclipsed the previous school record of 24 straight home, non-conference wins, set in 1982-83.

• UK allowed the fewest hits as a pitching staff in the SEC (540), 13 fewer than the teams with the second-fewest hits allowed (South Carolina, Alabama).

• The 540 hits allowed were the fewest hits allowed by UK since the 1991 season.

• Kentucky led the SEC with 51 sacrifice bunts.

• UK struck out the fewest times of any team in the SEC (377).

• UK’s .297 average marks the sixth consecutive year that the Wildcats have hit for an average above .288.

Individual Notes • Sophomore shortstop Chris Wade and sophomore second baseman Chris Bisson were named second-team All-SEC. • Freshman Alex Meyer struck out 80 in 59.2 innings pitched, ranking sixth in the NCAA with 12.06 strikeouts per nine innings pitched.

• Meyer ranked eighth in the SEC in opposing batting average (.239), 11th in strikeouts (80) and eighth in pickoffs (three).

• Meyer allowed the fewest hits (53) among qualifying SEC pitchers (minimum of one inning pitched per team game).

• Meyer allowed the fewest doubles (thee) and triples (zero) among qualifying pitchers in the SEC. • Andy Burns’ six runs scored April 19 at Mississippi State marked the most in the SEC in 2009.

• Logan Darnell appeared in the 10th-most games in the SEC (28), finishing with 14 games pitched in SEC games, the ninth-most.

• Catcher Marcus Nidiffer’s 10 homers marked the 17th consecutive season a UK player has hit double-digit homers.

• Chris Bisson led UK in games played (53), average (.360), at bats (222), runs (49), hits (80), triples (three), RBI (52) and walks (20).

• Bisson’s .360 average ranked seventh in the SEC. • In SEC games alone, Bisson ranked among the leaders in average (fourth, .365), hits (second, 46), triples (first, three), at bats (fifth, 126) and assists (second, 79).

• Braden Kapteyn was the second consecutive UK freshman to lead the team in doubles (11), joining Chris Wade in 2008.

• Kapteyn ranked 10th in the SEC in saves (four), finishing 17 games on the mound for UK, seventh-best in the league.

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• James Paxton finished 2009 with 115 strikeouts in 78.1 innings, issuing just 20 walks.

• Paxton ranked third in the NCAA with 13.22 strikeouts per nine innings pitched, shy of the NCAA leader, Steven Strasburg (16.1 per nine innings pitched).

• In SEC games alone, Paxton led the league in strikeouts (92), fanning 13.57 per nine innings pitched.

• Paxton ranked 17th in the NCAA and fourth in the SEC in strikeouts.

• Paxton ranked second in the SEC with 39 batters struck out looking • Chris Rusin exited his UK career among the record holders in wins (second, 23), winning percentage (fourth, .676), games started (fourth, 45), complete games (10th, eight), innings pitched (third, 302.1), strikeouts (second, 274) and hit batsmen (sixth, 24).

• Rusin tossed 77 innings in SEC play alone, third-most in the SEC. • Rusin finished the 2009 season with 108 strikeouts in 94.1 innings, the seventh-most strikeouts in UK single-season history.

• Rusin ranked sixth in the SEC in strikeouts and eighth in the SEC in innings pitched.

• Rusin ranked 37th in the NCAA in 10.31 strikeouts per nine innings pitched, checking in 22nd in total strikeouts.

• Rusin allowed the second fewest home runs (five) in the SEC among qualifying pitchers.

• Wade led the SEC with 16 sacrifice bunts, ranking fourth in the NCAA. • Wade’s 16 sac bunts rank second all-time in UK history, just shy of his record 20 sac bunts, set in 2008.

• With 36 sac bunts in his career, Wade is in second-place all-time, four shy of the record holder, Ryan Wilkes (2005-08).

• Wade ranked second on the team in terms of toughest to strikeout, totaling one strikeout per 7.8 plate appearances.

Year 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918* 1919 1920 1921* 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

Record Pct. 1-2 .333 0-3 .000 no records available no records available no records available no records available no records available 9-4 .692 7-10-1 .417 10-8 .556 12-2-1 .833 12-3 .800 12-5-1 .694 9-8-0 .529 12-8-1 .595 11-2 .769 12-5-1 .694 3-5-1 .389 9-5 .643 7-8-1 .469 7-4 .636 6-1 .857 4-1 .800 12-3 .800 11-3 .786 7-5 .583 7-9 .438 4-7 .364 8-5 .615 4-9 .308 5-5-2 .500

Coach not available not available

G.L. Byroade A.A. Gordon W.C. Kelly H.E. Reed F.C. Paullin C.M. Leaphart not available not available Frank Engel Frank Engel Frank Engel Alpha Brummage Alpha Brummage Bill Tuttle J.B. Fledge not available not available Andrew Gill Andrew Gill Jim Park C.E. Barger C.E. Barger Fred J. Murphy Fred J. Murphy

Keith Madison compiled a school-record 735 wins as Kentucky’s skipper from 1979-2003. During his 25-year tenure, UK averaged 29 wins a season and advanced to the NCAA Tournament twice (in 1988 and 1993).

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1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1951 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981

7-6 .462 7-6-1 .536 9-1-1 .864 6-5-1 .542 5-9 .357 no team no team 1-10 .091 no team no team no team no team 5-7 .417 6-8 .429 8-11 .421 7-6 .538 no team - World War II no team - World War II no team - World War II 1-5 .167 7-9 .441 9-7 .563 15-10 .600 16-7-1 .688 8-10-1 .447 8-10-1 .447 8-10-1 .447 8-7 .533 7-11 .389 9-10 .474 2-13 .133 4-18 .182 6-17 .250 8-9 .471 18-8 .692 18-8 .692 17-8 .680 12-7-1 .625 11-11 .500 16-7 .696 12-10 .545 8-10 .444 14-16 .467 9-16 .360 14-18 .441 8-18 .296 18-15 .545 16-10-1 .611 16-19-1 .458 21-21 .500 20-23 .465 28-18 .609 22-20 .524 20-25 .444 29-18 .617 25-21 .543 38-17-1 .688

John Devereaux Fred Major John Devereaux John Devereaux John Devereaux

John Devereaux

Frank Moseley Frank Moseley Frank Moseley Bill Black

Frank Moseley Harry Lancaster Frank Moseley Frank Moseley Frank Moseley Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Harry Lancaster Abe Shannon Abe Shannon Abe Shannon Abe Shannon Dick Parsons Dick Parsons Dick Parsons Jordan Horne Jordan Horne Jordan Horne Jordan Horne Jordan Horne Jordan Horne Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison

1982 21-34 1983 31-14 1984 25-22 1985 28-24 1986 25-28 1987 40-15 1988 38-25 1989 28-25-1 1990 27-29 1991 41-20 1992 33-23 1993 38-23-1 1994 32-25 1995 29-32 1996 35-24 1997 20-34-1 1998 26-31 1999 25-32 2000 38-20-1 2001 22-34 2002 17-36 2003 24-32 2004 24-30 2005 29-27 2006 44-17 2007 34-19-1 2008 44-19 2009 28-26 *records not complete

.382 .689 .522 .538 .472 .727 .603 .528 .482 .672 .589 .621 .561 .475 .593 .373 .456 .439 .653 .393 .321 .429 .444 .518 .721 .630 .699 .519

Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison Keith Madison John Cohen John Cohen John Cohen John Cohen John Cohen Gary Henderson

OVERALL RECORD All-time Record: 1609-1378-25 (.538) Coach G.L. Byroade A.A Gordon W.C. Kelly H.E. Reed F.C. Paullin C.M. Leaphart Frank Engel Alpha Brummage Bill Tuttle J.B. Fledge Andrew Gill* Jim Park C.E. Barger Fred J. Murphy John Deveraux Fred Major Frank Moseley Bill Black Harry Lancaster Abe Shannon Dick Parsons Jordan Horne Keith Madison John Cohen Gary Henderson

Years 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 1 7 1 16 4 3 6 25 4 1

Record 9-4 7-10-1 10-8 12-2-1 12-3 12-5-1 26-12-2 16-13-1 7-4 6-1 18-8 7-9 12-12 9-14-2 28-31-2 7-6-1 60-55-1 7-6 163-163-3 45-60-0 42-43-1 127-126-1 735-638-5 175-112-1 28-26

Pct. .692 .417 .556 .833 .800 .694 .675 .550 .636 .857 .692 .438 .500 .400 .475 .536 .522 .538 .500 .429 .494 .502 .535 .610 .519

SEC HISTORY Record 8-1 13-3 8-2 7-3-1 8-1 10-1 10-2 12-1 13-2 9-1 11-3

t8th

t7th 6th 12th t9th t7th

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Champion Mississippi State LSU LSU LSU LSU Tennessee Tennessee Alabama Florida LSU LSU Florida Arkansas South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina LSU Arkansas Georgia Florida Kentucky Alabama Vanderbilt Georgia LSU Ole Miss

Record 20-5 20-7 19-7 18-6 18-8-1 24-5 22-8 20-10 20-10 20-10 22-7 21-8 22-8 25-5 20-10 21-8 20-9-1 19-11 19-11 20-10 20-10 20-10 22-8 20-9-1 20-10 20-10

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UK 10-17 8-18 13-12 10-14 14-14-1 11-14 10-19 15-14

Place 9th 10th 6th t5th (E) 3rd (E) 3rd (E) 5th (E) 3rd (E)

10-20 12-18 13-17 12-16-1 7-23 6-24 9-20 7-23

5th (E) 3rd (E) t2nd (E) 4th (E) 6th (E) 6th (E) 6th (E) 6th (E)

7-22 20-10

6th (E) 1st

13-16-1 16-14 12-18

5th (E) 3rd (E) 5th (E)

597-806-8

(.426)

Notes: The SEC was split into two divisions from 1959-85 and 1992-present. From 194850 and 1953-76, the division leaders met in a playoff for the SEC Championship. From 1977-87, the SEC Tournament champion was declared the SEC Champion. * denotes lost in SEC Championship playoff ^ denotes won SEC Eastern Division playoff

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KENTUCKY IN SEC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 1949 - Lost to Mississippi State, 3-1 May 27 May 28 May 31 June 1

Mississippi State 6, Kentucky 3 (Starkville, Miss.)

Mississippi State 7, Kentucky 2 (Starkville, Miss.)

Kentucky 4, Mississippi State 3 (Lexington, Ky.) Mississippi State 7, Kentucky 5 (Lexington, Ky.)

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1950 - Lost to Alabama, 3-1 May 22 May 23 May 26 May 27

Alabama 4, Kentucky 1 (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Alabama 13, Kentucky 0 (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Kentucky 14, Alabama 3 (Lexington, Ky.) Alabama 9, Kentucky 1 (Lexington, Ky.)

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1976 - Def. Tennessee, 1-0 (Eastern Division playoff) May 10

Kentucky 8, Tennessee 5 (Knoxville, Tenn.)

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t5th 6th 2nd* 2nd* 10th 6th 10th t11th 12th 12th 12th t6th 4th (E) t3rd (E) 2nd (E) t3rd (E) t4th (E) 3rd (E) 4th (E) 5th (E) t3rd (E) 5th (E) 4th (E) 6th (E) 5th (E) 5th (E) 6th (E) 5th (E) 3rd (E) ^1st (E)* 4th (E) 5th (E) 2nd (E) 4th (E) 2nd (E) 5th (E) 4th (E) 4th (E) t3rd (E) 10th 4th 2nd

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UK no team 0-2 no team no team no team no team 3-3 3-5 3-10 2-4 1-3

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Champion Georgia Alabama Alabama Alabama Auburn Alabama LSU Alabama Alabama Alabama LSU No season No season LSU Alabama Mississippi State Mississippi State Alabama Tennessee Florida Georgia Georgia Alabama Florida Georgia Tech Auburn Ole Miss Ole Miss LSU Florida Auburn Ole Miss Mississippi State Mississippi State Auburn Alabama Ole Miss Mississippi State Mississippi State Ole Miss Vanderbilt Vanderbilt LSU Auburn Ole Miss Auburn Mississippi State Vanderbilt Florida Florida Alabama Florida Mississippi State LSU Mississippi State Florida

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Year 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

1976 - Lost to Auburn, 2-1 May 16 May 16 May 17

Kentucky 7, Auburn 6 Auburn 6, Kentucky 0 Auburn 14, Kentucky 6

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UK’S POSTSEASON HISTORY SEC TOURNAMENT RESULTS Appearances: 13 Best finish (current format): t5th (2000, 2008) Overall record: 16-28 (.364)

1996 No. 6 seed Birmingham, Ala. • May 15-19 Kentucky 7, Arkansas 5 Alabama 3, Kentucky 2 Kentucky 4, Mississippi State 1 Alabama 16, Kentucky 8

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1979 East No 2 seed Starkville, Miss. • May 11-13 Mississippi State 6, Kentucky 5 Florida 7, Kentucky 1

1993

East No. 2 seed Starkville, Miss. • May 15-17 Mississippi State 3, Kentucky 2 Kentucky 3, Alabama 2 Kentucky 3, Mississippi State 2 Florida 11, Kentucky 5

No. 3 seed Eastern Division Tournament Columbia, S.C. • May 20-23 Kentucky 7, Florida 1 Kentucky 9, Tennessee 7 Kentucky 13, Georgia 3 Tennessee 7, Kentucky 6 Tennessee 6, Kentucky 4

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No. 4 seed Athens, Ga. • May 14-17 Kentucky 5, Florida 4 Auburn 5, Kentucky 4 (10 innings) LSU 4, Kentucky 1

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1988 No. 2 seed Starkville, Miss. • May 12-15 Kentucky 9, LSU 7 Mississippi State 6, Kentucky 5 Georgia 5, Kentucky 4 (11 innings)

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No. 6 seed Baton Rouge, La. • May 16-19 LSU 8, Kentucky 7 Auburn 8, Kentucky 5

NCAA TOURNAMENT

1994 No. 4 seed Eastern Division Tournament Lexington, Ky. • May 18-21 Kentucky 6, South Carolina 5 Georgia 17, Kentucky 5 Vanderbilt 15, Kentucky 6

1995 No. 5 seed Eastern Division Tournament Knoxville, Tenn. • May 18-21 Kentucky 6, South Carolina 2 Kentucky 9, Georgia 8 Kentucky 9, Vanderbilt 6 Tennessee 22, Kentucky 5 Tennessee 7, Kentucky 2

No. 8 seed.

Birmingham, Ala. • May 13-17 Florida 6, Kentucky 4 Alabama 8, Kentucky 3

Appearances: six Best finish: Regional runner-up (1988, 2006, 08) Overall record: 10-12 (.455) 1949—District III at Charlotte, N.C. Wake Forest 5, Kentucky 3

1999 No. 8 seed Birmingham, Ala. • May 19-23 Arkansas 6, Kentucky 4 LSU 10, Kentucky 0

Kentucky 2, Richmond 0 Kentucky 2, Mississippi State 0 Wake Forest 8, Kentucky 0

1950—District III 2000

at Kannapolis, N.C.

No. 8 seed Birmingham, Ala. • May 17-21 Kentucky 6, South Carolina 4 Florida 8, Kentucky 7 South Carolina 12, Kentucky 5

Wake Forest 9, Kentucky 4

2006 No. 2 seed Birmingham, Ala. • May 24-28 South Carolina 4, Kentucky 2 Georgia 16, Kentucky 10

Kentucky 4, Clemson 2 Wake Forest 9, Kentucky 2

1988—Northeast Regional at New Britain, Conn.

Kentucky 6, Rutgers 2 Kentucky 12, St. John’s 5 Kentucky 8, Clemson 7 Stanford 6, Kentucky 5 Stanford 16, Kentucky 2

2008 No. 4 seed Birmingham, Ala. • May 21-25 Kentucky 9, Alabama 3 Ole Miss 8, Kentucky 7 Alabama 13, Kentucky 4

1993—Central Regional II at Austin, Texas Southern Cal. 7, Kentucky 1 Texas 8, Kentucky 3

2006—Lexington Regional II

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HISTORY

SEC TOURNAMENT FORMATS 1977-86 Top two teams from each division earned bids in a double-elimination draw. East No. 1 faced West No. 2 and West No. 1 faced East No. 2 in first round.

1987-92 Top six teams overall earned bids in a double-elmination draw.

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1993-95 Each division played its own tournament with all six teams earning bids in a six-team double-elimination draw.

1996-97 Nos. 5-8 squared off in two playin games to earn final two spots in six-team double-elimination draw. The top four seeds were awarded automatic bids.

1998-present Top eight teams overall earn bids into two four-team double-elimination draws. First-round match ups include No. 1 vs. No. 8 and No. 4 vs. No. 5 in one group with No. 2 vs. No. 7 and No. 3 vs. No. 6 in the other. There is a championship game between the winner of each group.

at Lexington, Ky. Ball State 3, Kentucky 1 Kentucky 10, Notre Dame 4 Kentucky 12, Ball State 9 Coll. of Charleston 7, Kentucky 4

2008—Ann Arbor Regional at Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michigan 7, Kentucky 5 Kentucky 4, E. Michigan 3 Kentucky 12, Michigan 6 Arizona 5, Kentucky 3

ALL-AMERICAN SAWYER CARROLL

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2008 The first consensus first-team All-American in program history … All-time leader in career batting average, hitting .386 in two seasons with the Wildcats ... Ranks in the top-10 in career doubles and RBI with 45 and 139 respectfully ... Ranks sixth all time in career slugging percentage with .656 mark ... His .483 on-base percentage is good for second all time in career on-base percentage ... His SEC-leading .419 batting average is the highest in the SEC since 2001 ...

Started 62 games for Kentucky, good for a tie for fourth place in most games started in a single season … Also played in 63 games, which ties the single season games played record ... His .419 batting average is good for fifth all time at UK in a single season ... Finished second on the single season hit list with 98 ... Tied for eight in most home runs in a single season with 19 ... Hold the record for most RBI in a single season with 83 ... Ranks second all-time in slugging percentage in a single season ... Tied for fifth in on-base percentage for a single season ... Had a .377 batting average in the SEC with nine homers and a team leading 37 RBI ... Crushed non-conference pitching posting a .458 batting average with 10 home runs and 46 RBI ... Loved hitting at Cliff Hagan Stadium hitting an impressive .477 at home games gathering in 53 RBI and posting a slugging percentage of .836 ... Hit .462 in games that Kentucky won with 72 RBI and a .899 slugging percentage ... Hit .417 in the SEC Tournament with two doubles, a triple and a .750 slugging percentage ... Had a great NCAA Tournament hitting .462 with three homers, five RBI and an incredible 1.231 slugging percentage ... Hit .833 with the bases loaded recording 27 two-out RBI ... Had 31 multiple hit games recording two hits 20 times, three hits 10 times and four hits once ... Recorded a 16-game hitting streak ... Hit .475 with runners in scoring position with 38 hits ... Hit a impressive .731 with a runner on third and least than two outs ... When hitting in the cleanup spot for the Wildcats he hit .453 with a slugging percentage of .787 ... His best SEC weekend of the season came on the last weekend of the regular season when the Wildcats took two game out of three against Mississippi when he went 7-for-12 with eight RBI scoring five runs.

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• Third round draft pick in 2008 (Padres) • 2008 First Team All-America (Rivals.com) • 2008 First Team All-America (Louisville Slugger) • 2008 First Team All-America (Baseball America) • 2008 First Team All-America (NCBWA) • 2008 First Team All-SEC (Coaches) • 2008 All-SEC Tournament Team • 2008 Dick Howser Semifinalist • 2008 Brooks Wallace Semifinalist • 2008 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Semifinalist • SEC Player of the Week (March 5, 2008) • CBN National Hitter of the Week (March 5, 2008) • 19th round draft pick in 2007 (Nationals)

team-low 25 times … With runners in scoring position, reached for a .394 (52-for132) average … Hit .394 (13-for-33) as a leadoff hitter … Led the team with a staggering .806 (25-for-31) batting average with runners on third and less than two out … Tallied 10 two-out RBI … Struck out looking only 12 times … Had a team-high tying 24 multi-hit games, 20 multi-RBI games, and an 11-game hit streak … Began his UK career with a six-game hit streak, driving in RBI in his first five games … Doubled twice in a game four times … Drew three walks in a game twice … Got intentionally walked for the first two times of his career against Georgia … Went 3-for-3 with four RBI, two walks, and two doubles in a win against UT Martin … In the series finale win against No. 1 Vanderbilt, Carroll went 2-for-2, with two runs scored, two RBI, and one walk … Went hitless in only five SEC games … In a win over Louisville, Carroll batted 3-for-4 with two RBI, two runs scored, and a walk … Had a three-hit game eight times … Had a hit in every game against LSU, Vanderbilt, Florida, Georgia, and Auburn … Carroll broke through with a home run in front of over 10,000 fans at Mississippi State (off Josh Johnson), a towering shot over the right field lounge … Hit final two home runs of the season at Florida (off Bryan Augenstein) and against No. 1 Vanderbilt (off Cody Crowell) … Had the most success in the second and fifth inning, as Carroll batted .563 (9-for-16, 6 R, 7 RBI, 2 2B, 1 3B) in the second and .474 (9-for-19, 8 R, 9 RBI, 5 2B, 1 HR) in the fifth inning … Best SEC series of the season came against Mississippi State, where Carroll batted 6-for-12, with three runs, two doubles, one homer, four RBI, and two walks.

MEDIA INFO

OF/1B • 6-4 • 210 Henryetta, Okla. (Seminole CC)

UNIVERSITY

2007 Reached safely in 51 of Kentucky’s 54 games … Saw time at first base, designated hitter, and right field this season ... Ranked second on the team in RBI with 56, including six game-winning RBI … Third on the team in batting average, reaching at a .350 clip … Started all 54 games … Tallied the second most hits on the team, reaching with a hit 75 times … Led the SEC in doubles with 23 two-baggers …

Ripped two triples and three home runs … Slugged for a .519 percentage and reached base at a .449 clip … Stole 4-of-7 bases and fielded for a .980 percentage … Incredibly disciplined at the plate, drawing 39 walks and striking out a 113

C • 6-1 • 215 Morrison, Colo. (Central Arizona) • 13th round draft pick in 2007 (Diamondbacks) • 2007 NCBWA First-Team All-American • 2007 ABCA All-South District team • SEC Player of the Week (March 4, 2007) • Drafted in the 42nd Round of the 2006 MLB Draft (Diamondbacks) • SEC Player of the Week (March 6/April 10, 2006) • Drafted in the 32nd Round of the 2004 MLB Draft (Pirates) 2007 Senior leader and first-team All-America (NCBWA) catcher … Named second-team catcher of the ABCA All-South Region team … Led UK with 13 home runs and 73

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ALL-AMERICAN SEAN COUGHLIN RBI … Batted for a .344 average and a .620 slugging percentage … Doubled 16 times and ripped his first three career triples … 73 RBI ranks second all-time in UK single season history, just four shy of the school record, set by Ryan Strieby in 2006 … Started all 54 games, seeing time as the catcher (37 starts) and as the designated hitter (17 starts) … Led the team in at bats with 221 … Committed only four errors on the season, good for a .985 fielding percentage … Ran up a team-high 17-game hit streak … During 17-game hit streak, batted 35-for-74 (.473) … Tallied three five-RBI games, including a five-RBI game against Georgia on Sunday … Led team with 24 multi-hit games, notching two four hit games and four three hit performances … Also paced club with 21 multi-RBI games and a team-high 29 two-out RBI … Batted 7-for-14 with bases loaded, including one grand slam against Georgia on Sunday … With runners on third and less than two out, Coughlin hit for an excellent .646 (20-for-31) average … Threw out six would-be base stealers … Began season riding a six-game hit streak … Drew three walks in a game against Georgia, part of a season total of 33 walks … Earned SEC Player of the Week for the week of February 27-March 4 after batting .500 (9-for-18), driving in 12 runs, scoring nine times, and reaching on seven extra-base hits … Hit two home runs on Friday night at Florida, part of a 2-for-3 day … Was intentionally walked a team-high three times.

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WILDCATS

2006 Powerful left-handed hitting backstop, finished season batting .325 … Third on the team with 17 home runs, which led all SEC catchers ... His 55 RBI and .640 slugging percentage were also best among league backstops ... Solid defensively, fielding with a .973 clip … Started 53 games and appeared in 58 ... Has homered at least once in seven consecutive series ... Named SEC Player of the Week after hitting three home runs and driving in five in series sweep of Northwestern ... Slugged 1.500 that weekend ... Hit .727 with four doubles, a home run and seven RBI against Florida to earn second SEC Player of the Week award ... Had a hit in eight straight at bats against the Gators ... Scored game-winning run in ninth inning of game one win over Florida ... Launched game-tying home run in seventh inning of SEC Championship clinching game at Georgia ... Started strong going 3-for-4 with two RBI in the first game of season … Homered twice in a game on two occasions (Northwestern, Mississippi State) ... Hit three home runs in sweep of Mississippi State … Typically batted third or fourth in the lineup ... Blasted home run against South Carolina in game one of the SEC Tournament … Selected in the 42nd round by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2006 MLB draft.

REVIEW

Junior College Played for Clint Meyers at Central Arizona College in a wooden bat league ...

Batted .338 with five home runs and 37 RBI as a sophomore ... Slugged .514 and reached base at a .412 clip ... Led team in homers, RBI and slugging ... As a freshman, led team to conference and Region I championships.

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HISTORY

High School Played for coach Brad Madden at Golden High School ... Captained team to Class 4A state championship as a senior after reaching final four each of two previous seasons ... Earned first-team all-state honors as a junior and senior while garnering all-conference honors in final three seasons ... Was invited to play in “Best of the West” as a junior and in the World Wood Bat Tournament as a senior ... Holds Golden HS school record with a career .529 batting average ... Drafted out of high school in the 32nd round by the Pittsburgh Pirates ... Also played golf, lettering two years.

Personal Full name is Sean Patrick Coughlin ... Parents are Kevin and Patricia Coughlin ... Has brothers Conor and Kevin ... Born in Houston, Texas, on May 14, 1985.

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ALL-AMERICAN COLLIN COWGILL

2006 The No. 2 batter in the order all season long ... Finished season ranked second on the team in runs scored and RBI with 62 and 61, respectively ... Fourth on team with 16 home runs ... Ranked tied for seventh place in UK single season record books with 61 RBI in 2006 ... Batted .298 for the year ... Kentucky's most clutch performer at the plate with an astounding .380 batting average with two outs ... Opened season with nine game hitting streak … Doubled twice against Cleveland State …

Homered in three straight series and six of last eight, including two at Georgia ...

Tied for second on the team with eight sacrifices ... Drew 41 walks en route to a .426 on-base percentage ... Ranked in the top 10 in the SEC in both on-base and slugging ... One of only three league players to bat at least .300 with 15 home runs, 50 RBI and 50 runs scored ... Younger brother Michael Cowgill, ranked second in the nation with 23 homers at James Madison before being drafted in the 2006 MLB Draft ... Kentucky's most improved player after batting just .200 with two home runs a year ago ... Possesses great speed, swiping six bases in 10 attempts … Hit a home run in SEC Tournament vs. Georgia.

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2005 Started 31 games and played in 41 ... Started 21 games in the outfield and 10 at designated hitter ... Batted .200 with a pair of home runs and 19 RBI ... Both homers came in clutch situations in SEC play ... First was a three-run shot and tied the game at Alabama ... Second was a grand slam that broke a tie in the eighth at South Carolina ... Drove in a career-high five against the Gamecocks ... Had four multi-hit and two multi-RBI games ... Showed patience at the plate with 26 walks ...

Committed just one error in the field.

STAFF REVIEW HISTORY UNIVERSITY

2008 Finished in the top-12 in several categories in the SEC, including ninth in batting average, fifth in slugging percentage, sixth in on-base percentage, second in runs scored, 11th in RBI, tied for fifth in home runs, tied for eight in total bases and fourth in stolen bases ... Tied for first on the UK single season games played and games started list with 63 ... His 80 runs scored shatters the single season record of 74 ...

Tied for eighth on the single season home run list with 19 ... Seventh place on the total bases list with an impressive 160 total bases ... Tied for second place on the single season walks list with 49 walks ... Places in the top ten for on-base percentage in a single season ... Ranks fourth on Kentucky career runs scored list with 166 runs ... His 37 homers in his career is good for a tie for third on the career records list .. Places ninth with 140 RBI on the most RBI in a career ... Showed great discipline at the plate during his career at Kentucky by walking 116 times in his career good for third all-time in Kentucky history ... Seventh on the career on-base percentage list with an .441 mark during his career ... Recorded 11 sacrifice flies during his career which places him in a tie for fourth place on the career records list ... Led the team in stolen bases with 23 in just 27 attempts ... Posted a .333 batting average in SEC play with 36 hits, five doubles, eight home runs and 25 RBI ... Posted a team high on-base percentage in SEC play with a .493 mark ... Stole eight bases for the Wildcats during SEC play, also a team high ... Hit .384 in non-conference games with 48 hits, 10 doubles, two triples, 11 homers and 35 RBI ... Stole 15 bases in non-conference games on 15 attempts ... Hit extremely well at Cliff Hagan Stadium posting a .395 batting average with 49 runs scored and 11 home runs ... Hit 16 home runs rounding in 52 RBI with a .418 batting average in games Kentucky won last season ... Best month came in April where he hit .394 posting eight homers and 16 RBI ... Hit .375 with six hits, one of which was a home run in the NCAA Tournament ... Was an inning-starter for the Wildcats with a .579 batting average when leading off an inning ... Had a .407 batting average with two outs ... Hit an impressive .750 with the bases loaded ... Recorded 22 two-out RBI on the season ...

Longest hitting streak of the year was 11 games ... Had 24 multi-hit games, including 16 games with two hits and eight games with three hits ... Also had 12 multi-RBI games with two RBI in three games, three RBI in five games and four RBI in four games ... Kentucky was 18-6 in games that Cowgill hit cleanup ... Best SEC weekend of the year came at home against Mississippi State where he recorded six hits, five RBI and six runs scored … Named National Player of the Week after belting

2007 Redshirted season.

UK BASEBALL

• Fifth round draft pick in 2008 (Diamondbacks) • 2008 First Team All-America (NCBWA) • 2008 Second Team All-America (Rivals.com) • 2008 Second Team All-America (Baseball America) • 2008 CoSIDA Academic All-American • 2008 First Team All-SEC (Coaches) • 2008 All-SEC Defensive Team • SEC Player of the Week (April 7, 2008) • 2008 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist • Coca-Cola Classic MVP • 2008 Wallace Award Watch List • 29th round draft pick in 2007 (Athletics) • 2007 Cape Cod League All-Star • 2006 ABCA All-South Region • 2006 CoSIDA Academic All-American • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2006,07) • SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll (2005)

four homers and hitting for a .696 average (9-for-13), reaching base safely in 16 of 20 appearances … Named Coca-Cola Classic MVP, first-team All-SEC, first-team All-America, and a semifinalist for several national player of the year awards.

MEDIA INFO

OF • 5-9 • 195 Lexington, Ky. (Henry Clay HS)

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ALL-AMERICAN RYAN STRIEBY MEDIA INFO

INF • 6-6 • 225 Brier, Wash. (Edmonds CC)

UK BASEBALL

• Fourth round draft pick in 2006 (Tigers) • 2006 SEC Player of the Year • 2006 NCBWA District III Player of the Year • 2006 First-team All-American (Baseball America) • 2006 NCBWA First-Team All-American • 2006 All-American (College Baseball Foundation) • 2006 Second-team All-American (Pro-Line Cap) • 2006 First-team All-American (Louisville Slugger) • 2006 First-Team All-SEC • 2006 ABCA All-South District team • 2006 SEC Player of the Week (May 20)

REVIEW

Junior College Played for Tighe Dickinson at Edmonds Community College ... Rolled up huge numbers as a sophomore en route to being named to the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges first team ... Ranked second in the league with a .450 batting average and seven home runs ... Led league in doubles with 21, RBI with 62 and runs scored with 48 ... Of 63 hits, more than half went for extra bases ... Led team to second place finish in NWAACC Northern Division ... Named to the NWAACC All-Tournament team after taking Edmonds to thirdplace finish ... Hit .388 and finished third in league in RBI with 35 as a freshman while leading team to division title ... Named All-Conference as a freshman.

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STAFF

2006 Mr. Everything for Kentucky in 2006, earning SEC Player of the Year while starting all 61 games ... Led team in doubles (22), home runs (20), RBI (77), total bases (164), on-base percentage (.473) and slugging (.704) ... Ranks in the school single-season record books in each category, including setting the school mark with 77 RBI ... First in SEC in RBI, slugging, on-base and doubles while ranking third in homers and seventh in runs scored ... Hit game-winning three-run homer in eighth inning against South Carolina ... Followed that up a week later with game-winning homer in eighth inning at Vanderbilt that landed on top of Memorial Gym ... Named SEC Player of the Week after leading UK to series win over LSU with a home run and five RBI ... Hit at least two home runs in four of final six SEC series ... Leads team with 23 multiple-RBI games ... Had home run streaks in three games and five games … Hit two home runs against Morehead State … Recorded four or more RBI in seven games … Went 9-for14 with seven RBI in series with North Dakota State … Hit by three pitches vs.

Xavier … Doubled twice in four games … Hit at least .350 in five of 10 SEC series ... Finished SEC Tournament 4-for-9 with one home run and one double … Fourth round draft choice by the Detroit Tigers in the 2006 MLB draft.

High School Played two years for Andrew Watters at Mountlake Terrace High School ...

Named 2002-03 Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Played basketball for four years, averaging 16 points and 11 rebounds as a senior.

UNIVERSITY

Personal Full name is Ryan Kristoffer Strieby ... Son of Ken and Anne Strieby ... Has a younger brother, Karsten ... Born on Aug. 9, 1985 in Seattle, Wash.

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KENTUCKY VS. ALL OPPONENTS Team Old Dominion Oral Roberts Penn State Pepperdine Port Huron Pressman Home Purdue Richmond Rhode Island Rochester League Rose Polytechnic Rutgers Samford San Diego San Diego State Seton Hall Sewanee Shorter College South Alabama South Carolina South Florida South Kentucky College Southeast Massachusetts Southern California Southern Illinois Southern Miss Southern Railway Spring Hill St. John's St. Joseph's St. Leo St. Xavier Stanford Stephen F. Austin Stetson SW Presbyterian College Tampa Tennessee Tennessee Tech Tennessee Wesleyan Tennessee-Martin Texas Texas A&M Texas San-Antonio Toledo Transylvania Troy Tusculum UAB UNC-Wilmington Union Valdosta State Vanderbilt Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest Washington Washington & Lee Washington State West Florida West Virginia West Virginia Wesleyan Western Carolina Western Kentucky Western Michigan Wilmington College Winthrop Wisconsin Wisconsin Milwaukee Wofford Wright State Xavier Yale Youngstown State

W-L-T 1-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 5-1 2-2 1-1 0-1 0-1 2-1 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-2 0-1 1-7 27-37 2-3 3-0 2-0 0-1 10-7 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 1-2 4-0 0-2 0-1 0-9-1 1-4 7-2 135-155 8-1 0-1 5-0 0-1 1-3 1-0 6-0 29-8 3-1 1-0 4-3 1-0 1-0 0-2-1 139-126-5 0-1 2-2 0-4 0-1 0-0-1 0-3 5-2 10-2 0-1 0-1 30-21-1 13-4 0-0-1 1-2 0-2 3-0 1-1 7-7 27-8 1-0 2-1

First 1999 1988 1989 2002 1968 1928 2003 1906 2005 1905 1904 1969 1991 2010 2010 1983 1909 1974 1984 1959 1978 1903 1983 1983 1977 1998 1904 1984 1988 1968 1978 1983 1988 1988 1965 1903 1976 1909 1949 1982 2001 1993 1989 2006 1967 1896 1996 2005 1991 1996 1991 1971 1905 1906 1924 1949 2001 1906 1994 1984 1981 1912 1998 1926 1973 1913 2001 1931 2007 1959 1987 1930 2000 1988

Last 1999 1988 1989 2002 1968 1928 2008 2003 2005 1905 1904 1988 2002 2010 2010 1983 1914 1974 2008 2009 1992 1903 1984 1993 1994 1998 1904 1984 1988 1969 1978 1983 1988 1988 2003 1915 1988 2009 2007 1982 2007 1993 2002 2006 2005 1959 2009 2005 2003 1996 1991 1973 2009 1906 1969 1950 2001 1906 2002 1987 2009 1912 1998 2009 2009 1913 2001 1931 2007 2001 2009 2008 2000 2004

2010 opponents in bold.

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Last 1913 2000 2001 2005 2009 2009 2010 1989 1998 1997 1982 2000 1956 1974 2009 2004 1906 1993 1996 1914 2006 2000 1907 2000 2009 1998 1910 2009 1897 1912 1909 1913 2009 1995 1914 2009 2003 1959 2004 1992 2005 2008 1913 1996 1907 1999 2009 1980 2009 1984 1907 1903 2010 2009 1973 2008 2000 1994 1994 1998 2009 1986 1972 1910 1993 2006 1995 2005 2005 2006 2006 2008 1913 1971 2000 1987 1999 1916 1998

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First 1913 1991 1914 1975 1905 1920 2010 1989 1998 1997 1982 1961 1956 1974 2009 2001 1905 1975 1896 1910 1997 2000 1906 1990 1971 1998 1910 1925 1897 1904 1909 1910 1975 1989 1914 1934 1983 1908 1995 1922 1904 1909 1913 1981 1907 1927 1925 1980 1925 1984 1906 1903 2010 1934 1906 1946 1995 1994 1991 1998 2009 1983 1972 1910 1906 2006 1995 1972 2005 1991 1912 2007 1913 1923 1915 1986 1916 1911 1988

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W-L-T 1-0 5-0 3-3 2-1 16-14 7-4 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 3-5 1-1 0-1 1-0 5-0 3-0 16-1 12-4 2-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 5-0 1-6 0-3 1-0 63-32-1 0-1 4-1 1-0 4-0 20-39-1 3-1 1-0 28-10 3-0 2-3-1 2-0 2-3 22-14 4-13-1 0-1 10-10 1-0 5-1 25-36 1-0 30-51 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 41-25 2-0 10-4 3-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 3-1 2-0 0-1 1-3 3-0 0-1 7-0 1-0 5-0 7-3 3-0 0-1 4-4-1 8-7 2-0 4-9 3-1 1-2

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Team Heildelberg Howard Illinois Illinois State Indiana Indiana State IPFW Iowa IUPU-Fort Wayne IUPUI IU-Southeast Jacksonville Jacksonville NAS Jacksonville State James Madison Kent State Kentucky Military Institute Kentucky State Kentucky Wesleyan Ky. School for Deaf Lamar Lee Lexington AC Lincoln Memorial Lipscomb Long Beach State Louisiana MTHS Louisville Louisville AC Louisville HS Louisville Male HS Louisville Manual HS LSU Maine Marietta College Marshall Maryland Maryville Memphis Mercer Miami (Ohio) Michigan Michigan State Middle Tennessee St. Millersburg AC Minnesota Mississippi Mississippi College Mississippi State Missouri MMI The Mohawks Monmouth Morehead State Morris Harvey Murray State Navy Nebraska New Mexico New Mexico State New Orleans New York Tech NKSC North Carolina North Carolina State North Dakota State North Florida Northern Kentucky Northern Iowa Northwestern Notre Dame Oakland Oberlin Oglethorpe Ohio Ohio Dominican Ohio State Ohio Wesleyan Oklahoma State

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Last 1968 2004 1971 2009 2005 2008 2007 2006 1993 2006 2009 1991 2002 2006 1919 1995 2006 1909 2002 1903 2003 1992 1987 2001 2005 2008 2007 1967 1912 1995 1968 2005 1973 2009 1912 2003 1997 2007 1906 2009 1974 2006 1912 2005 1987 1961 2004 1974 1920 1910 1908 1996 2004 1983 2003 2009 2008 1981 2009 2008 2009 1999 1978 1985 1977 1952 1908 1994 2007 2005 2003 2005 2009 1995 1992 1982 1991 1913 1915

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First 1968 1995 1971 1914 2001 1991 1989 2006 1990 1995 1956 1990 1980 1985 1919 1955 1998 1903 1994 1903 2003 1992 1978 2001 2005 1908 2007 1964 1905 1995 1896 2000 1969 1903 1912 1994 1950 1982 1906 1991 1970 2006 1912 1905 1915 1961 1969 1974 1904 1910 1908 1996 1988 1983 2000 1928 1968 1977 1982 2008 1953 1996 1978 1973 1965 1952 1904 1994 1967 2005 2003 1903 1921 1956 1971 1923 1991 1913 1913

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W-L-T 1-0 2-0 1-0 31-53 2-1 1-2 17-29 0-1 3-1 3-0 39-68 2-0 9-2 3-4 1-0 24-7 4-0 5-0 2-1 0-2 1-0 1-0 2-2 0-1 3-0 7-0 2-0 1-3 12-7-1 1-0 34-5 2-1 0-3 52-29-2 1-0 3-3 3-6 4-2 1-0 1-4 2-1 0-1 1-0 3-2 5-2-1 1-0 8-2 0-1 8-2 0-1-1 1-0 0-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 66-24-1 17-6 0-2 6-9 1-0 54-125-1 2-4 1-0 2-3 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-1 4-2 1-0 1-0 63-11 83-122-1 5-13 6-0 22-30 1-0 1-0 0-3

MEDIA INFO

Team Adrian Air Force Akron Alabama Appalachain State Arizona Arkansas Arkansas State Armstrong State Army Auburn Augusta College Austin Peay Ball State Barrow Unit 40 Bellarmine Belmont Berea Birmingham-Southern Boston Americans Boston College Bowling Green Bradley Brigham Young Buffalo Butler Camisius Carson-Newman Central Central Michigan Centre Charleston Southern Chattanooga Cincinnati Cincinnati Law School The Citadel Clemson Cleveland State Clifton Forge Coastal Carolina Columbus College College of Charleston Culver Military Institute Cumberland (Ky.) Cumberland (Tenn.)

Davidson Dayton Delaware Depauw Duke Earlham East Carolina East Tennessee State Eastern Connecticut Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Eastern Michigan Eckerd Evansville Fairfield Florida Florida Atlantic Florida Junior College Florida Southern Florida State Fort Knox Franklin College Fresno State Furman George Mason George Washington Georgetown (Ky.) Georgia Georgia Southern Georgia State Georgia Tech Grand Canyon Hanover Hawaii

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1896 4/3 4/11 4/25

(1-2) Centre Kentucky University at Kentucky Wesleyan

L, 6-12 W, 13-9 L, 7-27

1897 3/31 4/4 4/11

(0-3) Louisville AC at Kentucky Wesleyan Kentucky University

L, 11-18 L L, 9-13

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UK BASEBALL

1898-1902 — records not available 1903 4/4 4/8 4/9 4/10 4/19 4/20 4/23 4/25 4/26 4/27 4/29 4/30 5/9

(9-4) Kentucky University Boston Americans Boston Americans Central at Berea at Georgetown College The Mohawks at S. Kentucky Coll. at S. Kentucky Coll. at S. Kentucky Coll. at SW Presbyterian at SW Presbyterian Cincinnati

W, 15-9 L, 3-25 L, 2-17 W, 7-3 W, 6-1 W, 7-1 W, 12-2 W, 12-9 W, 15-14 W, 15-5 L, 2-9 L, 3-14 W, 3-1

1904 4/8 4/14 4/16 4/22 4/29 4/30 5/2 5/3 5/4 5/5 5/6 5/7 5/10 5/12 5/14 5/18 5/21 5/25

(7-10-1) Central Southern Railway Franklin College Cincinnati at Louisville HS at Louisville HS at Indiana at Depauw at Rose Polytechnic at Franklin at Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati Georgetown College Miami (Ohio) at Kentucky University Kentucky University at Central Kentucky University

W, 6-2 W, 13-1 L, 4-10 W, 4-0 W, 7-0 L, 5-6 W L, 6-7 (12) L, 6-7 L, 2-6 L, 3-4 L, 7-10 L, 1-7 W, 5-3 W, 5-4 L, 9-11 T, 6-6 (8) L, 3-15

1905 3/8 3/28 3/31 4/5 4/8 4/12 4/14 4/17 4/18 4/19 4/20 4/21 4/22 4/28 4/29 5/6 5/13 5/18

(10-8) Central KMI KMI Rochester League at Central Kentucky University Central Cumberland Cumberland Cumberland at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Kentucky University at Berea at Indiana Kentucky University Kentucky University

W, 6-2 W, 7-4 W, 9-5 L, 1-8 W, 3-0 L, 7-13 W, 8-3 L, 4-10 W, 10-8 L, 2-3 L, 2-7 L, 6-8 L, 4-8 W, 15-2 W, 12-4 L, 1-3 W, 8-3 W, 5-2

1906 4/5 4/7 4/14 4/19 4/21 4/25 4/27 4/30 5/1 5/2 5/4 5/5 5/9 5/12 5/19

(12-2-1) Lexington AC KMI Georgetown Miami (Ohio) MMI at Georgetown College Central at Virginia at Richmond at N. Carolina A&M Washington & Lee at Clifton Forge Morris Harvey at Georgetown College at Berea

W, 6-3 W, 7-6 W, 5-0 W, 12-6 W, 3-0 W, 12-4 W, 5-4 L, 2-7 L, 2-3 W, 2-0 T, 5-5 W, 6-4 W, 8-4 W, 8-0 W, 8-2

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1907 (12-3) State Champions 3/23 Lexington AC 3/29 Cincinnati 3/30 Cincinnati 4/6 MMI 4/13 at Georgetown College 4/17 Kentucky University 4/20 Central 4/25 Millersburg AC 5/11 Georgetown College 5/16 Kentucky University 5/18 Georgetown College 5/22 Kentucky University 5/25 at Central 5/28 Miami (Ohio) 6/1 at Central

W, 5-2 W, 5-4 W, 22-2 L, 3-5 W, 1-0 W, 14-4 L, 2-4 W, 3-0 W, 1-0 W, 8-1 W, 1-0 W, 8-1 L, 3-4 W, 2-1 W, 2-1

1908 4/7 4/9 4/15 4/21 4/27 4/28 4/29 4/30 5/5 5/8 5/12 5/14 5/16 5/20 5/21 5/23 5/27 5/30

(12-5-1) Maryville Maryville Transylvania at Georgetown College at Earlham at Butler at Depauw at Franklin Central Berea Depauw Depauw Georgetown College Transylvania Translyvania at Central at Georgetown College Transylvania

T, 3-3 L, 1-3 W, 4-0 W, 6-0 W, 1-0 W, 9-0 L, 0-4 W, 4-1 L, 0-9 W, 9-5 W, 9-5 W, 9-1 W, 17-3 W, 8-1 L, 4-6 W, 4-0 L, 4-5 W, 7-0

1909 4/3 4/7 4/10 4/16 4/22 4/24 4/26 5/5 5/8 5/12 5/14 5/18 5/18 5/22 5/22 5/27 5/29

(9-8) Louisville Male HS at Kentucky Wesleyan Michigan Cincinnati Transylvania Central Transylvania at Georgetown College Georgetown College at Central Berea at Sewanee at Sewanee at Tennessee at Tennessee Miami (Ohio) Central

W, 5-1 W, 7-5 L, 0-10 L, 1-8 W, 11-6 L, 0-1 W, 8-1 L, 3-4 W, 5-3 L, 2-5 W, 7-2 L, 4-5 W, 5-3 L, 1-6 L, 4-9 W, 3-1 W, 6-1

1910 4/9 4/9 4/11 4/13 4/16 4/19 4/19 4/20 4/21 4/22 4/23 4/23 4/27 4/29 4/30 5/11 5/12 5/13 5/18 5/25 5/28

(12-8-1) Manual HS Louisville HS at Transylvania at Kentucky Wesleyan Central at N. Carolina A&M at North Carolina at Trinity College at Trinity College at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee Cincinnati Louisiana MTHS at Georgetown College Central Kentucky Sch. for Deaf Georgetown College Depauw Georgetown College Central

W, 11-4 W, 8-2 W, 18-4 W, 6-1 W, 10-4 L, 3-5 L, 0-1 L, 2-5 T, 2-2 L, 12-15 L, 1-5 W, 6-4 W, 15-3 W, 9-3 W, 3-2 L, 2-3 W, 4-3 L, 1-5 W, 4-3 L, 1-2 W, 4-0

1911 4/1 4/10 4/14

(11-2) Kentucky Wesleyan Michigan at Transylvania

W, 4-3 L, 1-3 L, 1-3

4/22 4/27 4/29 4/30 5/4 5/6 5/17 5/20 5/20 5/29

at Georgetown College Cincinnati at Manual HS at Louisville HS at Ohio Wesleyan at Cincinnati Transylvania Georgetown College Georgetown College Transylvania

W, 4-3 W, 7-6 W W W W, 10-3 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 6-0 W, 5-3

1912 4/6 4/13 4/15 4/17 4/20 4/20 4/22 4/23 4/24 4/25 4/26 5/6 5/9 5/13 5/18 5/23 5/27 5/31

(12-5-1) Michigan Georgetown College Cincinnati Law School at Central at Louisville Manual HS at Louisville HS at Culver Military Inst. at Notre Dame at Michigan at Ohio Wesleyan at Cincinnati at Transylvania West Virginia Wesleyan Georgetown College Transylvania Central Georgetown College at Transylvania

T, 7-7 W, 10-3 W, 4-3 L, 4-5 W, 4-0 W, 5-1 W, 6-2 L, 2-15 L, 4-6 W, 5-2 W, 7-2 W, 6-4 L, 0-5 W, 22-3 L, 7-9 W, 9-0 W, 7-4 W, 14-5

1913 4/5 4/12 4/18 4/25 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/2 5/23

(3-5-1) Michigan Louisville Manual HS Hanover Oberlin at Michigan at Michigan Agricutural at Heidelberg at Wilmington Hawaii

L, 3-10 W, 9-0 W, 18-3 L, 2-3 L, 1-11 L, 2-6 W, 8-0 T, 4-4 L, 3-7

1914 4/3 4/4 4/8 4/14 4/16 4/27 4/28 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/2 5/16 5/19 5/20

(9-5) Kentucky Sch. for Deaf Michigan Tennessee Illinois Miami (Ohio) at Sewanee at Sewanee at Alabama at Alabama at Tennessee at Tennessee Cincinnati Hawaii Marietta College

W, 13-3 L, 1-7 W, 7-0 W, 14-2 W, 8-7 W, 5-0 L, 2-11 W, 2-1 L, 2-5 W, 10-1 L, 2-6 W, 8-2 L, 2-4 W, 3-2

1915 4/7 4/10 4/16 4/17 4/23 4/24 4/30 5/1 5/3 5/4 5/5 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/14 5/21

(7-8-1) Ohio University Michigan at Tennessee at Tennessee Miami (Ohio) Miami (Ohio) Tennessee Tennessee at Cumberland at Cumberland at Cumberland at SW Presbyterian Coll. at SW Presbyterian Coll. at SW Presbyterian Coll.

Hawaii Depauw

L, 5-7 L, 2-8 W, 12-0 L, 7-8 W, 7-6 L, 1-2 W, 7-4 W, 15-2 T, 2-2 L, 6-7 W, 4-0 L, 2-3 L, 0-3 W, 1-0 L, 4-6 W, 3-2

1916 4/13 4/14 4/18 4/21 4/22 4/28

(7-4) Ohio Wesleyan Ohio Wesleyan at Georgetown College Ohio State Ohio State at Tennessee

W, 6-2 L, 3-4 W, 7-6 L, 4-16 L, 4-9 L, 4-7

4/29 5/8 5/18 5/19 5/20

at Tennessee Georgetown College Depauw Depauw Centre

W, 7-4 W, 8-6 W, 9-1 W, 4-2 W, 3-1

1917 4/4 4/6 4/9 4/21 4/24 4/26 5/27

(6-1) Tennessee Miami (Ohio) Illinois at Centre at Georgetown College Centre Indiana

W, 1-0 W, 5-1 L, 0-2 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 5-3 W, 3-1

1918 4/6 4/12 4/15 4/19 4/27 5/1 5/14 5/11 5/15 5/16 5/25 5/26

Georgetown College Hanover at Kentucky Wesleyan Tennessee at Miami (Ohio) at Georgetown Kentucky Wesleyan Gerogetown College at Maryville at Maryville at Tennessee at Tennessee

W, 12-5 n/a W, 16-3 L, 3-8 n/a W, 5-1 W, 7-1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

1919 (12-3) State Champions 4/11 Georgetown College 4/18 Tennessee 4/19 Tennessee 4/25 Miami (Ohio) 5/1 at Cincinnati Miami (Ohio) 5/12 Cincinnati Georgetown College 5/15 Barrow Unit 40 Team 5/21 at Tennessee 5/22 at Tennessee 5/23 at Vanderbilt 5/24 at Vanderbilt 5/29 Centre Centre

W, 8-3 W, 10-3 W, 11-0 L, 0-4 W, 11-8 W, 7-5 W, 7-4 W, 12-6 W, 6-1 W, 11-3 W, 13-10 L, 0-1 W, 13-1 W, 6-3 L, 3-4

1920 4/10 4/16 4/17 4/20 4/30 5/1 5/3 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/9 5/10 5/15 5/25

(11-3) Michigan Miami (Ohio) Centre Depauw Tennessee Tennessee Cincinnati at Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio) at Depauw at Indiana State Normal at Indiana Georgetown College at Centre

L, 3-8 W, 11-2 W, 12-2 W, 4-2 W, 3-0 W, 7-1 W, 5-2 L, 2-6 W, 4-0 W, 14-6 W, 14-2 L, 5-14 W, 6-3 W, 6-1

1921 4/2 4/5 4/14 4/16 4/22 5/29 5/30 5/4 5/13 5/16 5/17 5/21 5/23 5/24

Georgetown Kentucky Wesleyan Cincinnati at Cincinnati Centre Georgia Georgia Vanderbilt at Tennessee at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Cincinnati at Kentucky Wesleyan at Georgetown College

W, 5-2 W, 9-2 L, 0-13 n/a W, 9-8 n/a L, 1-11 L, 4-9 L, 7-8 W, 7-5 W, 6-5 W, 8-2 L, 6-7 W, 8-3

1922 4/1 4/8 4/14

(7-9) Georgetown College Michigan Miami (Ohio)

W, 8-2 L, 1-9 W, 10-3

Ohio State at Centre at Cincinnati Cincinnati at Vanderbilt at Georgia at Georgia at Mercer at Mercer Centre at Georgetown College Tennessee Tennessee

W, 10-6 W, 10-9 L, 10-18 L, 12-14 L, 6-10 L, 0-1 L, 7-11 L, 0-9 L, 5-6 W, 10-1 L, 3-5 W, 10-7 W, 7-3

(4-9) at Georgetown College Michigan at Louisville Georgetown College Georgia Tech Alabama Alabama at Alabama at Alabama at Mississippi A&M at Mississippi A&M at Mississippi Centre

W, 11-1 L, 5-18 W, 8-2 W, 22-4 L, 3-4 L, 3-9 L, 5-10 L, 4-5 L, 2-8 L, 0-9 L, 3-9 L, 0-2 W, 8-0

1926 4/10 4/17 4/27 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/8 5/17 5/18 5/22 5/28 5/29

(5-5-2) Michigan Georgetown College Cincinnati at Western Normal at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Centre Mississippi A&M Mississippi A&M Centre Georgia Georgia

L, 8-13 W, 10-0 T, 10-10 T, 9-9 L, 7-9 L, 6-9 W, 9-0 W, 6-2 W, 12-1 W, 19-5 L, 7-11 L, 2-16

1927 4/4 4/11 4/12 4/13 4/14 4/23 4/25 5/2 5/5 5/6 5/9 5/11 5/16

(6-7) Kentucky Wesleyan at Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech at Georgia at Georgia Notre Dame Minnesota at Louisville Tennessee at Tennessee at Centre Louisville Centre

1928 4/2 4/3 4/4

(7-6-1) at Georgia at Georgia at Oglethorpe

W, 3-0 W, 5-1 W, 10-3 W, 16-11 L, 3-8 W, 7-3 W, 11-1 W, 5-4 (10) T, 0-0 (15) W, 4-3 W, 5-3

1930 3/31 4/4 4/5 4/14 4/15 4/21 4/25 4/26 4/29 4/30 5/5 5/22

(6-5-1) Miami (Ohio) Ohio State Ohio State at Ohio State at Ohio State Illinois Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati Xavier Cincinnati

W, 3-2 W, 8-6 L, 6-7 L, 0-5 L, 5-10 (7) W, 2-1 W, 8-4 L, 5-13 L, 3-8 T, 3-3 (13) W, 16-4 W, 7-2

1931 4/13 4/14 4/16 4/18 4/23 4/27 4/28 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/2 5/8 5/9 5/16

(5-9) Wisconsin Wisconsin Michigan at Xavier at Miami (Ohio) at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Alabama at Alabama at Mississippi A&M at Mississippi A&M Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Xavier

L, 2-9 L, 4-12 W, 10-5 W, 8-4 L, 6-7 L, 7-8 W, 2-1 L, 3-18 W, 7-3 L, 3-6 L, 3-17 L, 5-6 W, 14-7 L, 3-4

(1-10, 0-2 SEC) at Mississippi State at Mississippi State Eastern Normal Louisville at Eastern Normal at Marshall at Morehead Normal Cincinnati at Cincinnati Marshall at Louisville

L, 7-9 L, 4-11 W, 14-5 L, 0-6 L, 2-4 L, 4-10 L, 9-10 L, 0-3 L, 2-3 L, 2-6 L, 6-7

1935-38 — no team fielded 1939 4/14 4/15 4/19 4/22 4/29 5/3 5/5 5/9 5/12 5/13 5/16 5/20

(5-7, 3-3 SEC) at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Cincinnati at Xavier at Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Xavier at Tennessee

1940 4/5 4/6 4/24 4/26 4/27 5/3 5/4 5/7 5/10 5/11 5/16 5/21 5/22 5/27

(6-8, 3-5 SEC) Ohio State Ohio State Xavier Tennessee Tennessee at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Eastern Kentucky Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Cincinnati at Tennessee at Tennessee at Xavier

L, 1-9 L, 4-10 W, 9-8 W, 9-8 L, 4-17 L, 2-5 L, 6-9 W, 11-10 L, 6-7 L, 3-16 W, 9-1 W, 8-7 W, 19-5 L, 0-4

1941 4/11 4/12 4/18 4/19 4/20 4/21 4/23 4/26

(8-11, 3-10 SEC) Georgia Tech Georgia Tech at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Alabama at Alabama at Mississippi at Tennessee

L, 5-12 L, 5-17 W, 13-10 L, 3-9 L, 1-7 L, 3-7 L, 2-28 L, 1-8

L, 3-10 L, 6-7 L, 4-6 W, 18-5 W, 8-4 L, 8-9 L, 5-6 L, 5-8 W, 5-4 W, 4-2 W, 24-9 L, 6-7

at Tennessee at Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Ohio State at Ohio State Tennessee Tennessee Cincinnati Eastern Kentucky

W, 4-2 W, 11-6 L, 5-6 W, 5-2 L, 6-8 L, 3-4 W, 6-2 L, 6-15 W, 6-3 W, 5-3 W, 6-5

1942 4/6 4/7 4/8 4/9 4/20 4/24 4/25 5/2 5/4 5/8 5/9 5/16 5/17

(7-6, 2-4 SEC) at Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Ohio State Tennessee Tennessee at Eastern Kentucky Cincinnati Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati

L, 7-10 L, 5-6 W, 9-6 L, 5-19 W, 12-9 L, 5-11 W, 3-2 W, 3-1 L, 8-20 L, 4-5 W, 10-8 W, 10-8 W, 5-4

1943-45 — no team fielded due to WWII 1946 4/27 5/8 5/11 5/24 5/24 5/26

(1-5) Georgetown at Eastern Kentucky Murray State Ohio University Ohio University at Ohio University

W, 19-0 L, 1-4 L, 8-9 L, 2-9 L, 4-12 L, 0-21

1947 4/15 4/22 4/28 5/2 5/3 5/3 5/6 5/9 5/10 5/14 5/17 5/17 5/20 5/23 5/24 5/28

(7-9, 4-4 SEC) Xavier Cincinnati Eastern Kentucky at Murray State at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Georgetown College at Tennessee at Tennessee at Cincinnati Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Georgetown Tennessee Tennessee at Eastern Kentucky

L, 15-18 L, 3-6 L, 4-13 L, 7-9 W, 5-3 L, 2-3 W, 12-2 L, 2-12 L, 2-3 L, 5-6 W, 8-0 W, 5-0 W, 6-2 L, 5-6 W, 6-2 W, 12-2

REVIEW

1925 4/9 4/11 4/13 4/18 4/30 5/4 5/5 5/11 5/12 5/13 5/14 5/15 5/22

W, 6-2 W, 9-8 W, 5-3 L, 0-3 W, 13-10 W, 8-2 W, 4-2 L, 1-5 W, 5-1 L, 1-7 L, 9-11 L, 2-7 W, 7-0

(9-1-1) Louisville Minnesota at Centre at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Centre Tennessee Tennessee at Louisville at Cincinnati Cincinnati

1934 4/13 4/14 4/21 4/25 4/28 5/2 5/3 5/5 5/11 5/17 5/19

4/26 5/2 5/6 5/9 5/10 5/12 5/14 5/16 5/17 5/20 5/23

HISTORY

L, 0-7 W, 3-2 W, 7-5 W, 15-6 W, 7-6 W, 3-2 (10) L, 1-6 W, 12-2 L, 0-6 W, 9-5 L, 4-11 L, 4-8 L, 4-10

UNIVERSITY

L, 0-9 L, 1-6 L, 5-7

PREVIEW

(8-5) Indiana Michigan Cincinnati Maryville Maryville VPI VPI at Tennessee at Tennessee at Maryville at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Centre

1929 4/13 4/18 4/20 4/26 4/27 5/1 5/10 5/11 5/16 5/24 5/25

1932-33 — no team fielded

WILDCATS

1924 4/10 4/12 4/19 4/24 4/24 5/2 5/3 5/12 5/13 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/31

W, 4-2 L, 6-23 L, 1-9 L, 0-2 W, 6-3 W, 6-1 L, 2-8 L, 6-7 L, 5-9 L, 5-6 W, 8-3

T, 4-4 L, 3-5 L, 4-7 W, 13-0 W, 3-2 L, 4-6 W, 12-4 W, 10-6 W, 13-2 W, 21-0 W, 8-0

STAFF

(4-7) Notre Dame Michigan Oglethorpe at Cincinnati at Tennessee at Tennessee at Oglethorpe at Oglethorpe at Georgia Tech Centre at Georgetown College

at Oglethorpe at Tennessee Illinois Centre Minnesota Vanderbilt at Louisville at Pressman Home Louisville Eastern Normal Centre

UK BASEBALL

1923 4/6 4/7 4/12 4/21 5/7 5/8 5/9 5/10 5/11 5/19 5/22

4/5 4/6 4/9 4/14 4/24 4/28 5/1 5/5 5/9 5/12 5/14

MEDIA INFO

4/15 4/22 4/29 5/2 5/5 5/8 5/9 5/10 5/11 5/13 5/16 5/18 5/19

The Wildcats went 11-2 in SEC play and advanced to NCAA postseason play for the second year in 1950.

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1948 4/16 4/17 4/23 4/24 4/26 4/27 5/1 5/2 5/7 5/8 5/14 5/15 5/19 5/20 5/21 5/22

(9-7, 9-7 SEC) Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Georgia Georgia at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Tennessee Tennessee at Georgia at Georgia at Tennessee at Tennessee

L, 1-5 L, 6-12 W, 12-10 L, 2-26 L, 9-10 W, 7-0 W, 8-5 L, 6-18 W, 5-4 L, 8-12 W, 14-1 W, 6-1 L, 9-13 W, 11-6 W, 15-7 W, 11-3

1949 4/9 4/9 4/15 4/16 4/18 4/22 4/23 4/25 4/26 5/6 5/7 5/13 5/14 5/18 5/19 5/20 5/21 5/27 5/28 5/31 6/1

(15-10, 11-5 SEC) at Georgia Tech W, 14-7 at Georgia Tech W, 9-8 at Vanderbilt W, 4-2 at Vanderbilt W, 10-8 at Tennessee Tech W, 10-7 Georgia W, 3-2 Georgia L, 12-13 Vanderbilt W, 7-2 Vanderbilt W, 11-6 Georgia Tech L, 14-18 Georgia Tech W, 9-1 Tennessee W, 5-4 Tennessee W, 8-3 at Georgia L, 0-15 at Georgia L, 7-13 at Tennessee W, 4-2 at Tennessee L, 8-10 (1) at Mississippi State L, 3-6 (1) at Mississippi State L, 2-7 (1) Mississippi State W, 4-3 (1) Mississippi State L, 5-7 (2) vs. Wake Forest L, 3-5 (2) vs. Richmond W, 2-0 (2) vs. Mississppi State W, 2-0 (2) vs. Wake Forest L, 0-8 (1) SEC Championship Playoff (2) NCAA Tournament District III; Charlotte, N.C.

1950 4/3 4/4 4/5 4/6 4/10 4/14 4/15 4/22 4/28 5/3 5/4 5/5 5/9 5/12 5/13 5/19 5/20 5/22 5/23 5/26 5/27

(16-7-1, 11-2 SEC) at Georgia L, 2-5 at Georgia L, 4-6 at Georgia Tech W, 10-6 at Georgia Tech W, 14-9 at Cincinnai W, 8-6 at Vanderbilt W, 14-6 at Vanderbilt W, 2-1 at Centre W, 5-3 Georgia Tech W, 7-2 Georgia T, 3-3 (13) Georgia W, 8-7 Vanderbilt W, 8-7 Cincinnati W, 12-2 Tennessee W, 11-10 Tennessee W, 7-6 at Tennessee W, 5-4 at Tennessee W, 9-5 (1) at Alabama L, 1-4 (1) at Alabama L, 0-13 (1) Alabama W, 14-3 (1) Alabama L, 1-9 (2) vs. Wake Forest L, 4-9 (2) vs. Clemson W, 4-2 (2) vs. Wake Forest L, 2-9 (1) SEC Championship Playoff (2) NCAA Tournament District III; Charlotte, N.C.

1951 3/30 3/31 4/2 4/3 4/6 4/11 4/12 4/13 4/14 4/20 4/21 4/28 5/4 5/5

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(8-10-1, 5-9-1 SEC) at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Georgia at Georgia Vanderbilt Georgia Georgia Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Centre at Cincinnati at Centre Tennessee Tennessee

T, 10-10 (9) W, 15-13 L, 3-5 (7) L, 0-9* W, 17-5 W, 8-4 (7) L, 10-13 (7) W, 4-3 (8) L, 4-5 (8) W, 13-0 L, 2-18 W, 19-2 L, 0-8 L, 2-9

5/7 Cincinnati 5/11 at Tennessee 5/12 at Tennessee 5/14 Georgia Tech 5/15 Georgia Tech Note: Game forfeited by Kentucky.

W, 12-7 L, 1-2 L, 2-11 L, 11-16 W, 9-8

1952 4/8 4/11 4/12 4/16 4/17 4/18 4/19 4/23 4/26 4/28 4/29 5/2 5/3 5/9 5/13

(8-7, 6-6 SEC) Centre Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech at Vanderbilt Fort Knox Alabama Alabama at Tennessee at Tennessee Tennessee vs. Georgetown

W, 10-7 W, 11-8 W, 8-6 W, 6-3 L, 5-9 L, 11-25 L, 5-6 W, 8-7 (7) L, 3-5 L, 2-3 (10) W, 9-6 L, 1-4 W, 10-3 L, 5-14 W, 9-6

1953 4/3 4/4 4/6 4/7 4/11 4/13 4/14 4/20 4/21 4/24 4/28 5/1 5/2 5/4 5/5 5/6 5/9 5/12

(7-11, 5-9 SEC) at Florida at Florida at Georgia at Georgia Eastern Kentucky Florida Florida at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Tennessee Georgetown College Georgia Tech Georgia Tech at Tennessee at Tennessee Vanderbilt Transylvania Eastern Kentucky

L, 0-10 L, 3-9 L, 1-7 L, 4-11 L, 10-11 (10) L, 7-10 L, 2-12 W, 9-6 W, 10-7 (11) L, 0-3 W, 7-1 W, 14-3 L, 3-14 L, 0-1 W, 2-0 W, 4-3 W, 16-0 L, 4-5

1954 4/2 4/3 4/9 4/10 4/12 4/13 4/17 4/17 4/19 4/20 4/26 4/27 4/30 5/4 5/4 5/7 5/8 5/10 5/12

(9-10, 4-10 SEC) at Eastern Kentucky at Transylvania Georgia Georgia at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech at Georgia at Georgia Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Centre Tennessee Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee Translyvania Eastern Kentucky

W, 8-7 W, 11-0 L, 6-7 L, 3-12 L, 0-9 W, 11-7 L, 0-9 W, 4-3 L, 5-6 L, 0-5 L, 5-7 L, 4-8 W, 7-4 L, 6-10 (7) W, 4-2 (7) L, 1-6 W, 4-0 W, 10-3 W, 7-3

1955 4/1 4/4 4/8 4/9 4/12 4/12 4/16 4/22 4/23 4/23 4/29 4/30 5/6 5/7 5/7

(2-13, 0-12 SEC) Georgetown Eastern Kentucky at Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech at Tennessee at Tennessee Bellarmine at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt

W, 15-8 W, 5-4 L, 0-17 L, 3-21 L, 0-10 L, 2-21 L, 10-19 L, 3-17 L, 8-14 L, 8-9 L, 3-13 L, 2-10 L, 3-9 L, 4-12 L, 4-8

1956 3/26 3/27 3/28 3/29 3/30 3/30 3/31

(4-18, 1-12 SEC) at Georgia Teachers at Georgia Teachers at Jacksonville NAS at Jacksonville NAS at Florida at Florida at Florida

L, 5-8 L, 5-14 L, 0-12 (7) W, 7-3 (5) L, 1-7 (7) L, 5-16 L, 1-7

4/2 4/3 4/3 4/4 4/10 4/13 4/14 4/20 4/21 4/21 4/27 5/4 5/5 5/9 5/12

at Mercer at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia Transylvania at Tennessee at Tennessee Auburn Auburn Auburn at Transylvania Tennessee Tennessee Eastern Kentucky at Eastern Kentucky

L, 3-4 L, 0-9 (7) L, 0-15 L, 5-13 L, 4-7 (8) L, 3-6 L, 1-7 L, 6-25 L, 10-19 (7) L, 5-10 (7) W, 14-7 L, 2-3 W, 12-11 L, 3-7 W, 6-1

1957 3/29 3/30 3/30 4/5 4/6 4/6 4/12 4/12 4/19 4/20 4/20 4/22 4/23 4/26 4/27 4/27 4/30 5/3 5/4 5/7 5/9 5/14 5/17

(6-18, 2-14 SEC) Florida Florida Florida at Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech Tennessee Tennessee at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgetown College at Tennessee at Tennessee Eastern Kentucky at Transylvania Transylvania at Georgetown College

1958 3/29 4/1 4/4 4/12 4/12 4/15 4/18 4/19 4/23 4/25 4/26 5/3 5/3 5/12 5/15 5/17 5/19

(8-9, 5-4 SEC) Georgetown College Georgetown College at Georgia at Tennessee at Tennessee at Eastern Kentucky Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Louisville Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Tennessee Tennessee Transylvania at Louisville Eastern Kentucky at Georgetown College

W, 9-3 W, 12-4 L, 4-7 W, 2-1 W, 7-3 L, 0-12 L, 4-8 W, 7-6 L, 2-3 L, 2-3 W, 7-5 (7) W, 15-5 L, 0-1 W, 6-1 L, 4-10 L, 5-10 L, 7-8 (11)

1959 3/23 3/24 3/25 3/26 3/27 3/28 3/31 4/3 4/4 4/4 4/7 4/10 4/11 4/17 4/18 4/24 4/25 4/25 4/28 4/29 5/1 5/2 5/4 5/6 5/8 5/8

(18-8, 9-5 SEC) at Georgia Teachers at Georgia Teachers at South Carolina at South Carolina at Wofford at Maryville Transylvania Georgia Georgia Georgia Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Tennessee at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech at Eastern Kentucky Bellarmine at Tennessee at Tennessee at Bellarmine Transylvania Vanderbilt Vanderbilt

L, 2-3 W, 8-0 W, 12-7 L, 1-2 L, 9-14 W, 6-2 W, 16-4 W, 5-4 L, 2-4 W, 5-2 W, 7-4 L, 3-5 W, 2-0 W, 14-7 W, 4-3 W, 4-1 L, 4-5 L, 1-15 W, 14-9 W, 14-0 L, 1-8 W, 9-2 W, 6-3 W, 10-3 W, 9-0 W, 4-0

L, 0-22 W, 6-5 W, 4-0 L, 5-6 L, 4-13 L, 7-9 L, 1-12 L, 0-7 L, 5-12 L, 0-1 L, 8-10 L, 3-9 L, 4-8 L, 3-17 L, 5-12 L, 0-8 W, 6-5 L, 0-9 L, 7-11 W, 6-4 W, 11-7 W, 19-2 L, 4-7

1960 3/30 4/1 4/2 4/4 4/6 4/8 4/9 4/11 4/12 4/13 4/14 4/16 4/16 4/18 4/22 4/23 4/23 4/26 4/29 4/30 5/2 5/3 5/4 5/6 5/9 5/13

(18-8, 9-7 SEC, 9-7 SEC) Eastern Kentucky W, 7-5 Tennessee W, 9-8 Tennessee W, 11-3 Centre W, 10-5 Georgetown W, 6-2 at Georgia Tech W, 11-10 at Georgia Tech L, 3-4 at Georgia Southern L, 8-15 at Georgia Southern W, 8-7 at Georgia L, 9-13 at Georgia W, 12-11 at Vanderbilt L, 8-9 at Vanderbilt L, 3-4 Morehead State W, 13-5 at Tennessee W, 6-5 at Tennessee W, 6-5 at Tennessee W, 4-1 Transylvania W, 24-3 Auburn L, 2-7 Auburn L, 5-7 Florida W, 6-5 Florida L, 5-13 at Morehead State W, 13-6 Vanderbilt W, 3-1 at Centre W, 7-0 at Eastern Kentucky W, 7-2

1961 3/25 3/25 3/27 4/1 4/1 4/3 4/4 4/5 4/6 4/7 4/8 4/14 4/15 4/20 4/21 4/21 4/25 4/26 4/27 4/28 4/29 5/3 5/4 5/5 5/6

(17-8, 10-6 SEC) Xavier Xavier Morehead at Georgia Southern at Georgia Southern (1) vs. Davidson at Jacksonville at Florida at Florida at Auburn at Auburn Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Centre Tennessee Tennessee at Eastern Kentucky Georgia Georgia Georgia Tech Georgia Tech at Tennessee at Tennessee at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt

1962 4/3 4/7 4/7 4/9 4/10 4/13 4/14 4/17 4/20 4/21 4/25 4/26 4/27 4/28 4/30 5/1 5/1 5/4 5/5 5/5

(12-7-1, 9-7 SEC) at Eastern Kentucky at Georgia Tech at Georgia Tech at Oglethorpe at Georgia at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Tennessee Florida Florida Auburn Auburn at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt

W, 6-3 W, 4-3 (8) L, 4-6 (7) W, 6-0 W, 8-6 T, 12-12 W, 15-9 W, 9-4 W, 12-8 L, 2-10 L, 1-5 L, 1-9 L, 0-5 W, 7-4 W, 5-4 (11) L, 3-4 (7) L, 1-6 (7) W, 17-2 W, 7-4 W, 10-4

1963 3/29 3/30 4/1 4/2 4/2 4/5 4/6 4/8 4/9 4/10 4/12 4/13

(11-11, 8-10 SEC) Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Eastern Kentucky Centre Centre at Tennessee at Tennessee at Georgia Southern at Florida at Florida at Auburn at Auburn

W, 4-3 W, 2-1 (5) W, 6-1 W, 5-0 W, 6-3 W, 9-3 L, 7-12 L, 3-4 L, 2-7 L, 4-9 L, 6-13 L, 2-14

W, 3-2 (7) W, 5-1 (7) W, 12-0 W, 3-1 (7) L, 1-2 (7) W, 18-6 (6) L, 1-8 W, 8-1 L, 4-6 L, 4-17 L, 5-7 W, 4-1 W, 6-3 W, 7-1 W, 3-0 W, 4-3 W, 15-3 W, 5-2 W, 5-2 W, 16-15 (10) W, 15-0 L, 1-3 L, 3-11 L, 8-9 W, 9-2

L, 5-7 W, 5-3 W, 10-2 W, 13-10 L, 3-5 W, 10-9 L, 2-6 L, 2-8 W, 5-0 L, 4-9

1966 3/12 3/22 3/25 3/26 3/29 4/1 4/2 4/4 4/6 4/9 4/9 4/15 4/15 4/21 4/22 4/23 4/25 4/29

(8-10, 5-7 SEC) at Georgia Southern Xavier at Georgia at Georgia at Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Tennessee Bellarmine Eastern Kentucky at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Tennessee at Tennessee at Centre Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Florida Auburn

L, 0-8 L, 2-3 (12) L, 6-7 (10) W, 5-4 L, 6-13 L, 8-11 L, 4-13 W, 4-3 W, 5-0 W, 9-3 (7) W, 7-1 (7) L, 2-3 L, 4-9 W, 4-0 L, 2-4 W, 14-4 L, 5-9 W, 2-1

1967 3/11 3/11 3/13 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/24 3/25

(14-16, 8-9 SEC) at Carson-Newman at Carson-Newman at Florida at Florida at Florida at South Carolina at Furman at Clemson at Clemson Georgetown College Toledo

L, 4-5 L, 5-8 L, 0-1 L, 0-1 L, 3-8 L, 0-4 W, 4-3 L, 1-4 L, 0-9 W, 2-1 W, 5-4

1969 3/15 3/17 3/19 3/19 3/20 3/20 3/21 3/21 3/22 3/22 3/28 4/1 4/3 4/4 4/5 4/7 4/8 4/11 4/12 4/15 4/18 4/18 4/19 4/21 4/22 4/25 4/26 4/28 4/29 5/2 5/2 5/3

(15-19, 7-9 SEC) at Chattanooga at Oglethorpe vs. VPI at Georgia Southern vs. VPI at Georgia Southern vs. Rutgers at Georgia Southern vs. Rutgers at Georgia Southern at Tennessee at Miami (Ohio) St. Joseph’s Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Eastern Michigan Georgetown College Tennessee Tennessee Kentucky Wesleyan at Florida at Florida at Florida Dayton at Marshall at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Auburn at Auburn Georgia Georgia Georgia

L, 0-4 W, 8-2 L, 1-5 L, 1-7 L, 2-9 W, 2-1 W, 5-1 L, 4-7 L, 2-3 L, 1-15 L, 3-8 L, 1-4 W, 4-2 W, 4-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 L, 2-4 L, 0-7 W, 5-4 W, 4-2 L, 1-6 L, 2-6 L, 2-9 W, 9-2 L, 1-4 W, 4-2 L, 1-5 W, 4-2 L, 2-12 W, 3-1 W, 4-3 L, 4-12

1970 3/14 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/20 3/21 3/27 3/28 4/3

(8-18, 2-12 SEC) at Chattanooga at Columbus at Columbus at Oglethorpe at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Georgia at Georgia Vanderbilt

L, 1-2 L, 0-5 W, 14-6 W, 10-7 L, 6-18 W, 3-2 L, 3-4 L, 7-9 W, 3-0

1971 3/16 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/20 3/20 3/27 3/27 3/29 3/30 3/31 4/2 4/3 4/5 4/9 4/9 4/10 4/12 4/13 4/16 4/16 4/17 4/19 4/20 4/22 4/24 4/24 4/26 4/28 4/29 4/30 4/30 5/1

(18-15, 7-8 SEC) at Georgia State at Georgia State at Valdosta State at Oglethorpe at David Lipscomb at David Lipscomb Cincinnati Cincinnati Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Miami (Ohio) at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Cincinnati at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn Eastern Michigan Bellarmine at Florida at Florida at Florida at Louisville Louisville Georgetown College at Tennessee at Tennessee Xavier at Bellarmine Akron Georgia Georgia Georgia

W, 3-1 W, 22-2 L, 1-4 W, 10-2 W, 6-4 L, 1-10 W, 4-1 W, 6-3 W, 13-5 L, 6-8 L, 1-9 L, 3-6 W, 4-3 L, 1-7 W, 6-5 L, 0-2 W, 14-13 W, 6-5 W, 9-8 W, 8-3 L, 6-9 L, 3-8 L, 7-10 W, 10-6 W, 12-2 L, 4-5 L, 2-7 L, 4-6 L, 9-11 W, 4-0 W, 6-4 W, 4-1 L, 5-9

1972 3/20 3/21 3/22 3/23 3/24 3/31 4/1 4/4 4/5 4/8 4/8 4/10 4/11 4/12 4/17 4/18 4/22 4/22 4/24 4/26 4/28 4/28 4/29 5/3 5/4 5/5 5/6

(16-10-1, 4-8 SEC) at Georgia State at Georgia State at Georgia State at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Eastern Michigan Georgetown College Georgetown College Auburn Auburn Xavier at Bellarmine at Cincinnati at Louisville Louisville Tennessee Tennessee Bellarmine at NKSC at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia NKSC Cincinnati at Tennessee at Tennessee

W, 4-0 W, 19-8 W, 3-0 L, 1-15 T, 8-8 L, 3-4 L, 10-11 W, 10-1 W, 10-1 L, 2-5 W, 5-4 W, 4-3 W, 8-1 W, 7-5 W, 2-1 L, 1-3 L, 2-4 L, 2-3 W, 10-1 W, 8-0 W, 4-2 W, 9-2 L, 3-7 W, 5-1 L, 3-4 L, 2-9 W, 4-1

1973 3/16 3/17 3/19 3/19 3/20 3/21 3/21

(16-19-1, 4-11 SEC) at Florida Southern at Florida Southern at Florida at Florida at Florida Valdosta State Valdosta State

L, 5-6 L, 5-7 W, 2-1 W, 3-0 L, 0-9 L, 2-6 T, 1-1

3/22 3/22 3/23 3/24 3/26 4/2 4/3 4/5 4/6 4/6 4/11 4/11 4/12 4/13 4/16 4/17 4/19 4/20 4/21 4/26 4/27 4/28 4/30 5/1 5/1 5/2 5/3 5/4 5/5

David Lipscomb David Lipscomb at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Morris Harvey Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at UT-Chattanooga at Auburn at Auburn at Morehead at Morehead at Bellarmine Northern Kentucky at Louisville Louisville Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee at Tennessee at Cincinnati Georgia Georgia Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Eastern Kentucky Kentucky Wesleyan Tennessee Tennessee

L, 0-2 L, 0-4 L, 2-5 L, 0-22 W, 6-1 W, 3-1 L, 3-7 L, 5-6 L, 1-5 L, 1-2 W, 4-3 W, 2-1 W, 4-0 W, 10-5 L, 3-6 W, 6-0 W, 4-3 L, 0-6 L, 5-14 L, 3-6 L, 2-5 W, 8-5 W, 5-3 W, 14-13 W, 4-3 W, 4-2 W, 12-2 L, 10-12 L, 6-13

1974 (21-21, 6-9 SEC) 3/15 at Shorter College L, 0-7 3/15 at Jacksonville State L, 2-3 3/17 at Columbus College W, 13-6 3/18 at Stetson L, 6-7 3/19 vs. Miami (Ohio) W, 6-3 3/20 vs. Delaware L, 3-5 3/21 at Stetson L, 2-10 3/22 vs. Miami (Ohio) L, 3-4 3/26 Ohio University W, 6-0 3/26 Ohio University W, 2-1 3/28 Cincinnati W, 5-2 3/28 Cincinnati W, 6-4 3/29 at Vanderbilt L, 7-8 3/30 at Vanderbilt L, 2-4 4/4 Northern Kentucky W, 8-0 4/5 Auburn W, 7-6 4/5 Auburn L, 2-15 4/6 Auburn L, 2-5 4/9 Bellarmine W, 7-1 4/10 Morehead L, 5-7 4/10 Morehead W, 3-0 4/12 Florida W, 3-0 4/12 Florida W, 8-0 4/13 Florida L, 1-2 4/15 at Louisville L, 3-6 4/16 Louisville W, 4-2 4/17 Bellarmine W, 17-2 4/18 at Eastern Kentucky W, 21-13 4/19 Tennessee W, 5-4 4/20 Tennessee L, 5-15 4/23 Indiana L, 10-12 4/23 Indiana L, 1-3 4/25 at Georgia Tech L, 12-13 4/26 at Georgia W, 6-3 4/26 at Georgia W, 9-1 4/27 at Georgia L, 6-7 4/29 Morehead L, 4-5 4/29 Morehead W, 6-5 4/30 Miami (Ohio) W, 6-0 5/1 Eastern Kentucky W, 8-3 5/3 at Tennessee L, 3-6 5/4 at Tennessee L, 1-2 Note: home and away is not designated for most games from 1975-78 in UK records. No dates are given from 1976-79 in most games.

1975 3/9 3/9 3/15 3/16 3/16 3/18 3/18 3/19 3/19 3/22 3/30 3/30

(20-23, 7-8 SEC) Louisville Louisville Illinois State LSU LSU Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt

W, 7-0 L, 0-1 L, 3-4 L, 0-1 L, 1-6 W, 5-4 W, 4-2 L, 4-5 L, 1-2 L, 3-5 W, 9-4 L, 0-3

121

UNIVERSITY

L, 4-7 L, 0-2 L, 1-25 L, 0-2 (6) L, 4-5 L, 6-11 W, 6-5 (7) L, 0-3 (7) W, 11-4 L, 1-4 L, 0-7 (6) L, 1-4 W, 11-4 W, 24-0 (7) W, 3-2 (7) W, 13-12 W, 5-0 W, 4-3 W, 10-3 W, 11-3 W, 1-0 W, 12-3

L, 1-5 L, 0-1 W, 17-4 L, 3-4 L, 3-8 L, 0-2 L, 1-2 W, 4-3 L, 2-14 L, 12-13 L, 0-6 L, 2-6 L, 7-10 (10) W, 5-0 W, 13-3 W, 5-4 W, 16-9 W, 3-0 L, 2-5 W, 6-0 W, 8-3 L, 4-5 L, 1-2 L, 2-3 L, 3-13

L, 2-6 W, 12-0 L, 1-2 L, 0-7 L, 5-11 W, 3-0 L, 0-10 L, 0-4 L, 3-5 L, 6-7 L, 4-9 L, 0-1 L, 2-4 W, 4-3 W, 7-2 L, 2-3 L, 2-3

HISTORY

(12-10, 7-7 SEC) at Stetson at Florida at Florida at Florida State at Auburn at Auburn at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee at Tennessee Xavier Bellarmine Centre Centre at Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Tennessee Georgia Georgia Vanderbilt Vanderbilt

(9-16, 6-9 SEC) at Georgia Cincinnati at Centre Tennessee Tennessee at Miami (Ohio) at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Eastern Kentucky St. Joseph’s Tennessee Tennessee Eastern Michigan Port Huron Adrian Auburn Auburn Auburn Marshall Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Georgetown Florida Florida Florida

Vanderbilt Bellarmine at Dayton at Tennessee at Tennessee at Cincinnati Florida Florida Florida at Louisville Louisville Auburn Auburn at Xavier Marshall Bellarmine Tennessee

REVIEW

1965 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/27 3/27 3/30 4/2 4/3 4/6 4/8 4/10 4/10 4/13 4/16 4/17 4/28 4/29 4/30 5/1

1968 3/22 3/26 3/27 3/29 3/30 4/1 4/5 4/6 4/9 4/11 4/12 4/13 4/16 4/17 4/18 4/19 4/19 4/20 4/23 4/26 4/27 4/30 5/3 5/3 5/4

4/4 4/7 4/8 4/10 4/11 4/14 4/17 4/17 4/18 4/20 4/21 4/25 4/25 4/27 4/29 4/30 5/1

PREVIEW

W, 9-8 (7) L, 2-3 (7) W, 7-0 (7) L, 1-8 (8) L, 1-8 (8) W, 9-2 W, 10-4 (8) W, 18-7 W, 7-0 (7) W, 8-0 (7) W, 8-1 W, 12-2 W, 5-2 L, 1-3 (7) L, 1-2 (8) W, 5-4 L, 5-6 W, 2-1 W, 5-4 W, 6-1 W, 8-3 L, 2-3 (7) W, 2-1 (7)

L, 2-4 W, 4-1 W, 3-1 W, 7-0 W, 15-2 W, 7-2 L, 4-6 L, 1-4 W, 3-2 L, 0-2 L, 6-7 L, 0-2 L, 7-9 W, 3-0 W, 11-3 W, 5-0 W, 6-1 L, 1-4 W, 3-1

WILDCATS

(16-7, 10-5 SEC) at Georgia at Georgia vs. Carson-Newman vs. South Carolina vs. Carson-Newman at Vanderbilt Tennessee Tennessee at Centre at Centre Eastern Kentucky Georgetown College at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee Florida Florida Auburn Auburn at Eastern Kentucky Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt

Ohio University at Tennessee at Tennessee Bellarmine Centre at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn Tennessee Tennessee Western Kentucky Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Eastern Kentucky Georgia Georgia Gerogia

STAFF

1964 3/17 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/27 4/3 4/4 4/11 4/11 4/14 4/15 4/17 4/18 4/18 4/22 4/23 4/24 4/25 4/28 5/1 5/2 5/2

3/27 3/31 4/1 4/4 4/5 4/7 4/8 4/10 4/10 4/11 4/14 4/15 4/18 4/22 4/22 4/25 4/28 4/28 4/29

UK BASEBALL

Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Georgia at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt

MEDIA INFO

4/19 4/20 4/20 4/24 4/25 4/26 4/27 5/3 5/4 5/4

MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL STAFF WILDCATS PREVIEW REVIEW HISTORY UNIVERSITY

4/1 4/1 4/2 4/2 4/4 4/4 4/5 4/8 4/9 4/9 4/12 4/12 4/13 4/15 4/16 4/17 4/17 4/18 4/19 4/20 4/22 4/22 4/26 4/26 4/28 4/28 4/29 4/29 5/1 5/4 5/4

Indiana Indiana Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Auburn Auburn Auburn Eastern Kentucky Bellarmine Bellarmine Florida Florida Florida Louisville Louisville Bellarmine Bellarmine Kentucky State Tennessee Tennessee Cincinnati Cincinnati Georgia Georgia Morehead Morehead Miami (Ohio) Miami (Ohio) Kentucky State at Tennessee at Tennessee

L, 1-2 L, 5-12 W, 6-2 W, 2-1 W, 4-1 L, 4-9 L, 7-15 W, 6-1 W, 3-2 W, 6-4 W, 4-2 W, 6-2 W, 6-5 L, 3-6 W, 6-5 L, 6-7 L, 2-5 W, 13-11 W, 2-1 L, 2-5 L, 6-7 W, 9-1 L, 6-9 L, 4-5 L, 4-8 W, 6-5 L, 0-2 L, 1-2 W, 3-2 W, 8-0 L, 2-4

1976 (28-18, 15-9 SEC) SEC Eastern Division Champions Louisville W, 21-5 Louisville W, 17-14 Tampa L, 6-11 Tampa W, 9-2 Florida L, 2-3 Florida L, 2-4 Florida W, 5-1 Georgia Southern W, 19-9 Georgia Southern L, 3-4 Georgia Southern L, 2-4 Vanderbilt W, 14-7 Vanderbilt W, 6-1 Vanderbilt L, 9-13 Bellarmine L, 2-6 Bellarmine W, 4-0 Kentucky State W, 15-9 Georgia W, 6-4 Georgia L, 5-9 Georgia W, 5-3 4/12 at Tennessee L, 4-5 (7) 4/12 at Tennessee W, 7-2 (7) 4/13 at Tennessee L, 1-8 Louisville W, 13-1 Florida W, 6-5 Florida W, 1-0 Florida L, 1-5 Eastern Kentucky W, 7-0 Bellarmine W, 15-2 Bellarmine W, 14-2 Louisville L, 15-22 Vanderbilt W, 14-0 Vanderbilt W, 4-0 Vanderbilt L, 3-4 Western Michigan L, 5-6 Western Michigan W, 13-12 4/27 Tennessee W, 6-2 (7) 4/27 Tennessee W, 1-0 (7) 4/28 Tennessee L, 6-9 Kentucky State L, 5-10 Georgia W, 7-6 Georgia W, 3-2 Georgia W, 16-8 5/10 5/16 5/16 5/17

vs. Tennessee Auburn Auburn Auburn

1977 (22-20, 10-12 SEC) Louisville Louisville Georgetown College 3/13 at Tennessee 3/13 at Tennessee South Carolina Eckerd

122

W, 8-5 W, 7-6 L, 0-6 L, 6-14

W, 15-7 W, 3-0 W, 10-1 L, 5-6 (7) W, 7-4 (7) L, 5-14 L, 2-5

Florida State Florida State Georgia Georgia Georgia Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Florida Florida Florida Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Bellarmine Bellarmine Louisville Georgia Georgia Georgia Indiana Louisville Eastern Kentucky Florida Florida Bellarmine Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Southern Illinois

W, 14-0 L, 4-6 W, 8-5 L, 0-5 L, 8-10 L, 1-2 L, 1-2 L, 0-3 W, 6-5 L, 6-8 W, 6-3 L, 4-5 L, 11-12 W, 12-3 W, 7-6 L, 1-2 W, 5-3 L, 2-5 W, 7-3 L, 2-6 W, 5-4 W, 2-0 L, 0-5 W, 4-3 W, 7-2 W, 23-7 W, 4-1 L, 4-6 W, 15-13 W, 4-3 (7) L, 2-8 (7) W, 8-1 L, 4-5 W, 5-4 L, 0-18

1978 (20-25, 6-15 SEC) 3/11 at Tennessee 3/11 at Tennessee St. Leo St. Leo Tampa St. Leo South Florida Florida Florida Florida Jacksonville Florida JC Georgia Georgia Georgia Bradley Bradley Bradley Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Louisville Louisville Louisville Morehead Bellarmine Indiana Indiana Louisville Georgetown Georgia Georgia Georgia Kentucky State 4/18 Tennessee 4/18 Tennessee 4/19 Tennessee Florida Florida Western Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Morehead Morehead

L, 1-4 (7) L, 2-3 (7) L, 6-12 W, 11-2 L, 12-18 L, 3-18 L, 3-6 L, 0-7 W, 4-0 L, 1-3 L, 7-12 W, 5-3 L, 4-5 L, 0-1 L, 2-5 L, 6-7 W, 4-1 W, 14-7 W, 6-4 W, 4-3 L, 3-8 W, 6-4 W, 14-13 W, 12-8 W, 19-3 W, 4-2 W, 4-2 L, 5-7 L, 12-15 W, 14-9 W, 3-2 L, 12-15 L, 3-6 W, 14-0 W, 5-3 L, 4-6 (7) W, 3-2 (5) L, 0-1 L, 3-5 L, 12-15 W, 30-11 L, 1-4 L, 2-4 W, 6-3 L, 3-6

1979 (29-18, 13-11 SEC) Georgetown (Ky.) Kentucky State at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Louisville

W, 11-1 W, 15-10 W, 10-5 L, 3-5 W, 16-6 L, 3-15

4/26 4/26 4/27

at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tampa at Florida Southern at Florida Southern at Stetson at Florida at Florida at Florida at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia at Northern Kentucky Morehead State at Morehead State Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee at Indiana at Indiana Florida Florida Florida Northern Kentucky Northern Kentucky Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Cincinnati Xavier Xavier Louisville Louisville at Eastern Kentucky at Western Kentucky Georgia Georgia Georgia (1) at Mississippi State (1) vs. Florida (1) SEC Tournament; Starkville, Miss.

1980 3/3 3/4 3/5 3/6 3/8 3/8 3/10 3/15 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/22 3/22 3/23 3/26 3/27 3/27 3/29 3/29 4/1 4/2 4/5 4/5 4/6

4/16 4/19 4/19 4/20 4/22 4/22 4/23 4/25 4/26 4/26 4/27 4/29 4/30 5/3 5/3 5/4

(25-21, 8-11 SEC) at Mississippi Coll. at Mississippi State at Mississippi State at Alabama at Tennessee at Tennessee Georgetown Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee at Stetson at Stetson at Jacksonville at Jacksonville at Austin Peay at Florida at Florida at Florida at Eastern Kentucky Marshall Marshall Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Morehead State Eastern Kentucky at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia at Morehead State Northern Kentucky at Eastern Kentucky Florida Florida Florida Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Cincinnati at Southern Illinois at Southern Illinois at Southern Illinois Indiana State Eastern Kentucky at Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt

W, 4-3 W, 7-0 L, 2-11 W, 4-3 L, 3-4 W, 7-3 L, 3-12 L, 5-12 W, 7-4 L, 13-19 L, 1-8 W, 9-0 L, 9-20 W, 10-2 W, 6-4 L, 19-20 L, 6-7 W, 7-1 L, 2-6 W, 2-1 W, 3-2 W, 6-1 W, 3-2 L, 10-12 W, 3-2 W, 16-8 W, 6-1 W, 7-6 L, 9-12 W, 17-12 W, 6-0 W, 9-7 L, 4-7 W, 7-0 W, 11-6 W, 2-1 L, 2-3 W, 4-2 W, 11-4 L, 5-6 L, 6-13

W, 4-0 W, 9-4 L, 0-10 L, 5-7 L, 2-3 W, 7-4 W, 9-8 W, 4-3 W, 4-2 L, 4-11 L, 3-4 L, 5-9 W, 4-2 L, 4-5 W, 13-5 L, 2-4 L, 4-5 L, 11-16 W, 4-3 L, 3-6 W, 3-0 W, 6-0 L, 0-6 W, 19-3 W, 16-2 W, 10-2 W, 6-2 L, 3-12 L, 6-7 W, 9-5 L, 7-8 L, 2-4 L, 1-4 W, 12-5 W, 3-0 W, 6-5 W, 19-16 W, 8-4 L, 3-6 W, 3-2 W, 9-5 W, 14-6 L, 6-10 L, 2-4 W, 6-5 L, 5-8

1981 3/9 3/10 3/11 3/12 3/12 3/14 3/14 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/21 3/21 3/24 3/25 3/26 3/26 3/27 3/28 3/28 3/29 3/31 4/1 4/3 4/4 4/4 4/5 4/7 4/7 4/8 4/8 4/11 4/11 4/12 4/15 4/18 4/18 4/19 4/20 4/21 4/21 4/22 4/25 4/25 4/26 5/2 5/2 5/3 5/9 5/9 5/10

(38-17-1, 13-9-1 SEC) Georgetown (Ky.) Bellarmine West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Tampa at Tampa at South Florida at Eckerd at Florida at Florida Western Kentucky Morehead State Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Eastern Kentucky Morehead State at Georgia Tech at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia Miami (Ohio) Miami (Ohio) at Marshall at Marshall at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee at Eastern Kentucky Florida Florida Florida at Middle Tenn. St. at Western Kentucky at Western Kentucky Indiana Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Georgia Georgia Georgia Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt (1) at Mississippi State (1) vs. Alabama (1) at Mississippi State (1) vs. Florida (1) SEC Tournament; Starkville, Miss.

W, 14-3 W, 7-2 W, 13-7 W, 2-0 W, 8-2 L, 5-8 W, 11-5 W, 16-4 W, 11-8 W, 8-5 W, 3-1 L, 9-10 L, 1-2 L, 4-5 W, 8-3 L, 0-10 W, 9-4 W, 3-2 L, 5-10 W, 4-1 W, 6-5 L, 2-5 W, 6-4 W, 13-2 L, 1-9 L, 2-4 W, 7-6 W, 8-6 W, 6-5 W, 6-2 W, 3-2 W, 4-0 L, 5-6 W, 10-5 L, 3-4 W, 9-7 W, 8-4 W, 5-4 L, 3-10 L, 2-4 W, 6-4 W, 7-1 W, 7-3 W, 14-3 L, 3-4 W, 4-3 L, 2-6 W, 12-3 W, 10-4 W, 7-5 W, 4-1 T, 1-1 L, 2-3 W, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 5-11

1982 3/2 3/4 3/6 3/6 3/7 3/12 3/12 3/13 3/13 3/14 3/16 3/18 3/20

(21-34, 6-17 SEC) Georgetown (Ky.) at Jacksonville at Florida at Florida at Florida West Virginia West Virginia Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt at Alabama at Tennessee Wesleyan at Tennessee

W, 13-1 L, 4-11 L, 0-3 W, 8-5 L, 11-12 W, 4-3 W, 10-3 L, 3-10 W, 2-1 L, 4-14 L, 8-12 L, 5-6 L, 1-6

3/20 3/24 3/24 3/25 3/27 3/27 3/28 3/31 4/2 4/3 4/3 4/4 4/10 4/10 4/11 4/12

at Tennessee Morehead State Morehead State Cincinnati Cleveland State Cleveland State Cleveland State at Eastern Kentucky at Georgia Tech at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia Florida Florida Florida at Morehead State

L, 2-3 L, 3-8 W, 6-5 L, 1-6 L, 8-10 W, 13-1 L, 3-5 L, 1-10 W, 10-4 W, 7-4 L, 6-7 L, 11-12 W, 6-4 L, 4-6 W, 13-9 L, 3-4

L, 7-9 L, 1-5 W, 4-3 W, 4-0 W, 12-3 L, 2-5 W, 5-1 W, 8-4 W, 13-4 W, 13-3 W, 8-5 W, 10-1 W, 11-4 L, 2-5 L, 2-9

L, 4-5 L, 2-6 L, 9-10 L, 7-8 L, 1-5 L, 10-12 W, 5-4 W, 14-1 W, 6-1 W, 12-8 L, 12-14 L, 7-19 L, 5-8 L, 2-8 W, 12-7 W, 6-4 L, 0-6 L, 4-5 L, 6-8 W, 10-7 L, 0-5 L, 2-3 L, 6-7 W, 15-2 W, 11-8 W, 10-6 W, 7-6 W, 4-2 W, 6-2 W, 10-8 W, 19-1 L, 7-13 W, 8-3 L, 0-1 L, 5-16 L, 4-5

4/16 4/19 4/19 4/20 4/21 4/23 4/24 4/26 4/26 4/26 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/3 5/3 5/4

at Evansville Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss at Louisville Louisville at Morehead State at Mississippi State at Mississippi State at Mississippi State New York Tech New York Tech New York Tech at Kentucky State Georgia Georgia Georgia

W, 11-7 L, 9-11 L, 3-10 L, 4-5 W, 4-3 W, 18-3 L, 9-13 W, 6-3 L, 2-10 L, 6-13 W, 14-9 W, 19-3 L, 9-11 W, 12-7 L, 7-8 W, 11-2 W, 12-2

1987 3/1 3/1 3/3 3/6 3/6 3/7 3/8 3/11 3/12 3/14 3/14 3/15 3/17 3/17 3/21 3/21 3/22 3/24

(40-15, 16-11 SEC) at West Florida at West Florida Indiana Miami (Ohio) Miami (Ohio) Louisville Louisville Cumberland (Tenn.)

Bradley LSU LSU LSU Morehead State Morehead State at Alabama at Alabama at Alabama Ohio Dominican

W, 11-9 W, 6-4 W, 4-1 W, 4-1 W, 5-3 W, 8-2 W, 8-5 W, 6-4 L, 0-6 W, 7-2 L, 4-8 L, 0-5 W, 14-0 W, 5-4 W, 7-4 W, 11-9 L, 5-7 W, 8-5

UNIVERSITY

(25-22, 9-13 SEC) at Spring Hill at South Alabama at West Florida at West Florida at West Florida Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee SE Massachusetts at Cumberland at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Missouri at Murray State Florida

W, 5-3 W, 5-0 L, 6-12 L, 3-5 W, 13-7 L, 3-15 L, 0-3 L, 1-12 L, 3-15 L, 5-6 W, 17-16 W, 2-0 L, 5-6 W, 9-3 W, 6-0 L, 1-4 L, 7-8 W, 7-4 L, 8-9 L, 3-4 W, 7-3 L, 6-7 W, 7-5 L, 10-11 L, 5-8 W, 12-8 L, 6-8 W, 8-7 W, 12-4 L, 0-10 W, 8-6 L, 2-5 L, 5-6 W, 14-8 W, 7-5 W, 9-5 W, 14-1 W, 8-5 W, 15-4 L, 3-5 W, 17-2 W, 4-2 W, 10-4 W, 9-6 L, 0-3 L, 4-10 L, 0-1 L, 1-4 W, 6-4 W, 7-4 W, 5-4 W, 4-3

4/5 4/5 4/6 4/8 4/9 4/10 4/12 4/12 4/13

(25-28, 7-21 SEC) at West Florida at South Alabama at West Florida at LSU at LSU at LSU at Eastern Kentucky Kentucky Wesleyan Marshall Ohio Dominican Alabama Alabama Alabama at Alabama Middle Tenn. St. at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee Eastern Kentucky Dayton Florida Florida Florida Kentucky State Morehead State Bellarmine Middle Tennessee St. Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Cincinnati Evansville Georgetown at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn

HISTORY

1984 3/2 3/2 3/3 3/3 3/4 3/10 3/10 3/11 3/15 3/16 3/18 3/18 3/19 3/19 3/24

1985 (28-24, 10-13 SEC) 2/23 (1) at Florida Southern 2/24 (1) vs. Eastern Mich.

2/25 (1) vs. Eastern Mich.

2/26 (1) at South Florida 2/27 (1) vs. Western Mich.

2/28 (1) vs. Western Mich.

3/2 at Florida 3/2 at Florida 3/3 at Florida 3/5 Ball State 3/6 Eastern Kentucky 3/9 Tennessee 3/9 Tennessee 3/10 Tennessee 3/13 Georgetown (Ky.) 3/16 at Vanderbilt 3/16 at Vanderbilt 3/17 at Vanderbilt 3/18 at Cumberland 3/20 at Clemson 3/22 at Clemson 3/23 at Georgia 3/23 at Georgia 3/24 at Georgia 3/29 at Eastern Kentucky 3/30 Alabama 3/31 Alabama 4/2 at Morehead State 4/4 Austin Peay 4/6 Florida 4/6 Florida 4/7 Florida 4/9 at Cincinnati 4/11 Cumberland 4/13 at Tennessee 4/13 at Tennessee 4/14 at Tennessee 4/16 at Louisville 4/17 Evansville 4/20 Vanderbilt 4/20 Vanderbilt 4/21 Vanderbilt 4/23 Cincinnati 4/24 Louisville 4/28 Georgia 4/28 Georgia 4/30 at Evansville 5/1 Morehead St. 5/2 at Middle Tenn. St. 5/3 at Western Kentucky 5/4 vs. Western Kentucky 5/5 Western Kentucky (1) Tampa, Fla.

1986 2/28 3/1 3/2 3/8 3/8 3/9 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/15 3/16 3/18 3/20 3/22 3/22 3/23 3/26 3/27 3/29 3/29 3/30 4/1 4/2 4/3

REVIEW

W, 6-2 W, 6-3 W, 14-4 W, 2-1 W, 15-0 W, 1-0 L, 0-1 L, 7-10 W, 5-4 W, 13-7 W, 10-1 W, 15-6 W, 13-0 W, 4-2 W, 15-2 W, 6-4 L, 5-6 L, 1-2 W, 12-3 W, 25-0 W, 4-3 L, 6-9 L, 3-4 W, 11-0 L, 4-11 W, 5-0 W, 7-3 L, 1-3 W, 7-2 W, 6-3 W, 14-5 W, 20-6 L, 8-10 W, 16-1 L, 3-4 W, 11-3 W, 7-5 W, 8-5 W, 4-3 L, 1-2 W, 5-0 W, 4-2 L, 4-9 L, 4-7 L, 5-7

L, 3-11 W, 7-6 W, 8-3 W, 6-1 W, 8-4 L, 2-4 W, 7-2 W, 20-11 L, 2-15 W, 23-12 L, 0-1 W, 15-3 W, 10-3 W, 6-2 L, 2-3 L, 6-7 W, 2-0 W, 6-3 L, 0-1 L, 6-15 W, 6-3 L, 1-12 L, 1-4 W, 8-6 L, 0-4 L, 2-3 L, 0-2 L, 1-5 L, 2-9 L, 2-6 L, 7-8 W, 14-2

PREVIEW

(31-14, 6-11 SEC) St. Xavier St. Xavier St. Xavier St. Xavier at Kentucky State at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia West Virginia West Virginia Eastern Connecticut Seton Hall Maryland Maryland SE Massachusetts Dayton Tennessee Tennessee Cincinnati Cincinnati at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Morehead State Florida Florida New York Tech Indiana Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Louisville Kentucky State at Tennessee at Tennessee at Cincinnati at Cincinnati Marshall Marshall Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Florida Florida Florida

Florida Florida Morehead State Morehead State Kentucky State at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia Eastern Kentucky Morehead State Middle Tenn. St. Middle Tenn. St. at Cincinnati Cumberland at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee at Evansville at Evansville Marshall Marshall Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Cincinnati Evansville Evansville at Florida at Florida at Florida Georgia Georgia Georgia

WILDCATS

1983 2/26 2/26 2/27 2/27 3/2 3/5 3/5 3/6 3/12 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/16 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/19 3/24 3/24 3/26 3/27 3/27 3/30 4/4 4/4 4/6 4/12 4/16 4/16 4/17 4/18 4/19 4/21 4/25 4/25 4/26 4/26 4/27 4/27 4/30 4/30 5/7 5/7 5/8

3/24 3/25 3/27 3/27 3/29 3/31 3/31 4/1 4/5 4/6 4/7 4/7 4/11 4/12 4/14 4/14 4/15 4/18 4/18 4/19 4/19 4/23 4/23 4/24 4/25 4/25 4/28 4/28 4/29 5/5 5/5 5/6

STAFF

L, 2-4 W, 14-6 L, 3-5 L, 1-7 L, 4-6 L, 3-12 L, 0-4 W, 5-0 L, 0-10 L, 7-8 L, 7-9 W, 5-4 L, 7-8 W, 21-4 L, 5-7 W, 4-1 W, 8-7 L, 7-8 L, 1-9 W, 7-1 W, 13-6 W, 6-3 W, 8-4 L, 4-10 L, 7-15 L, 2-13

UK BASEBALL

at Morehead State Eastern Kentucky at Southern Illinois at Southern Illinois at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Louisville at Louisville at Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Eastern Kentucky at Indiana Marshall Marshall at Evansville at Evansville Louisville Louisville IU-Southeast IU-Southeast Georgia Georgia Georgia

MEDIA INFO

4/12 4/13 4/14 4/14 4/17 4/17 4/18 4/20 4/20 4/22 4/24 4/24 4/25 4/27 4/28 4/29 4/29 4/30 4/30 5/2 5/2 5/6 5/6 5/8 5/8 5/9

Head coach Keith Madison led UK to its first 40-win season in 1987, charting a 40-15 overall record.

123

1988 2/26 2/27 2/28 2/28 3/1 3/5 3/6

MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL STAFF PREVIEW

WILDCATS

3/28 Tennessee 3/28 Tennessee 3/29 Tennessee 4/1 at Eastern Kentucky 4/4 at Florida 4/4 at Florida 4/5 at Florida 4/7 Wright State 4/9 Marshall 4/11 at Vanderbilt 4/11 at Vanderbilt 4/12 at Vanderbilt 4/15 Kentucky State 4/15 Kentucky State 4/15 at Louisville 4/18 Auburn 4/18 Auburn 4/19 Auburn 4/21 at Louisville 4/22 Middle Tenn. St. 4/23 Georgetown 4/25 at Ole Miss 4/25 at Ole Miss 4/26 at Ole Miss 4/29 Cumberland (Ky.) 4/30 Eastern Kentucky 5/2 Mississippi State 5/2 Mississippi State 5/3 Mississippi State 5/6 at Morehead State 5/6 at Morehead State 5/9 at Georgia 5/9 at Georgia 5/10 at Georgia 5/14 (1) vs. Florida 5/15 (1) vs. Auburn 5/16 (1) vs. LSU (1) SEC Tournament; Athens, Ga. * forfeit win (38-25, 18-9 SEC) at Tampa at Tampa at Tampa at South Florida at Louisville Florida Florida

W, 10-9 L, 5-7 W, 11-5 W, 19-9 L, 2-12 L, 3-10 L, 3-10 W, 6-3 W, 12-1 W, 9-6 W, 11-3 W, 5-1 W, 8-1 W, 14-4 W, 12-4 L, 7-12 W, 6-5 W, 11-4 W, 16-4 L, 3-5 W, 15-9 L, 5-6 L, 3-7 W, 14-8 W*, 9-0 W, 9-6 W, 2-1 W, 10-7 W, 5-3 W, 13-4 W, 11-7 L, 3-6 W, 3-2 W, 7-2 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 L, 1-4

W, 10-8 W, 10-6 W, 10-4 L, 6-7 W, 15-5 L, 1-3 W, 7-1

3/6 3/9 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/16 3/19 3/19 3/20 3/22 3/24 3/25 3/26 3/26 3/27 3/30 4/2 4/2 4/3 4/5 4/7 4/8 4/9 4/9 4/10 4/12 4/13 4/14 4/16 4/16 4/17 4/19 4/19 4/20 4/21 4/22 4/22 4/23 4/27 4/28 4/30 4/30 5/1 5/3 5/4 5/7 5/7 5/8 5/12

Florida at Middle Tenn St. at Oral Roberts at Oklahoma State at Oklahoma State (1) vs. Stephen F. Austin at LSU at LSU at LSU at Morehead State at Marshall Youngstown State Alabama Alabama Alabama at Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee at Indiana State at Western Kentucky Youngstown State Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt West Virginia Ball State at Morehead State at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn Morehead State Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Western Kentucky Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss Louisville at Louisville at Mississippi State at Mississippi State at Mississippi State Austin Peay East Tennessee State Georgia Georgia Georgia (2) vs. LSU

W, 11-10 W, 5-1 L, 5-7 L, 3-12 L, 0-4 L, 2-8 L, 1-3 L, 1-2 W, 3-1 L, 4-5 W, 14-5 L, 6-10 W, 3-2 L, 4-6 W, 9-5 L, 2-3 W, 10-2 W, 9-2 W, 6-4 L, 9-13 W, 7-3 W, 16-7 W, 7-3 W, 12-10 W, 6-4 L, 10-12 L, 7-15 W, 22-6 L, 1-9 L, 0-2 W, 2-1 W, 21-4 W, 14-3 W, 10-4 L, 5-18 W, 9-5 W, 7-6 W, 9-4 W, 14-5 W, 15-6 W, 10-4 L, 6-8 L, 7-10 W, 16-5 W, 12-9 W, 11-0 W, 7-2 L, 2-9 W, 9-7

5/13 (2) at Mississippi State L, 5-6 5/14 (2) vs. Georgia L, 4-5 5/27 (3) vs. Rutgers W, 6-2 5/28 (3) vs. St. John’s W, 12-5 5/30 (3) vs. Clemson W, 8-7 5/30 (3) vs. Stanford L, 5-6 5/31 (3) vs. Stanford L, 2-16 (1) Stillwater, Okla.

(2) SEC Tournament Starkville, Miss.

(3) NCAA Northeast Regional; New Britain, Conn.

1989 2/26 2/26 2/27 2/28 3/1 3/3 3/4 3/4 3/11 3/12 3/12 3/13 3/14 3/14 3/16 3/18 3/18 3/19 3/22 3/23 3/25 3/25 3/26 3/28 4/1 4/1 4/2 4/5 4/6 4/8 4/8 4/9 4/12 4/13 4/15 4/15

(28-25-1, 10-17 SEC) (1) vs. Penn St. (1) vs. Penn St. (1) vs. Penn St. (1) vs. Arkansas (1) vs. Arkansas at Florida at Florida at Florida (2) vs. Iowa (2) vs. Maine (2) at Texas A&M (2) at Texas A&M (2) vs. Maine (2) vs. Iowa at Western Kentucky LSU LSU LSU Indiana State Middle Tenn. St. at Alabama at Alabama at Alabama at Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee at Cincinnati Miami (Ohio) at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Xavier Western Kentucky Auburn Auburn

W, 8-5 W, 7-2 L, 9-12 L, 4-8 W, 6-2 L, 9-10 L, 6-12 W, 7-4 L, 6-17 W, 8-7 L, 2-3 L, 4-11 W, 6-4 W, 12-4 L, 4-7 L, 7-11 L, 0-15 W, 12-9 W, 7-6 W, 13-6 W, 6-4 L, 4-5 W, 9-6 T, 8-8 L, 6-13 W, 7-4 L, 4-10 W, 9-4 W, 6-5 W, 9-5 L, 1-4 L, 1-5 W, 12-2 W, 8-6 W, 7-5 L, 3-5

4/16 Auburn 4/18 Wright State 4/19 Morehead State 4/20 Marshall 4/22 at Ole Miss 4/23 at Ole Miss 4/24 at Ole Miss 4/26 at Middle Tenn. St. 4/27 at Middle Tenn. St. 4/28 Georgetown (Ky.) 4/29 Mississippi State 4/29 Mississippi State 4/30 Mississippi State 5/2 Louisville 5/2 Louisville 5/6 at Georgia 5/6 at Georgia 5/7 at Georgia (1) Lakeland, Fla. (2) College Station, Texas 1990 3/2 3/3 3/4 3/6 3/6 3/7 3/8 3/10 3/10 3/11 3/12 3/14 3/17 3/17 3/18 3/20 3/21 3/22 3/24 3/24 3/25 3/27 3/28 3/24 3/24 3/25

(27-29, 8-18 SEC) (1) vs. Mercer (1) at Armstrong State (1) vs. Augusta College Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan at Indiana at Louisville Ohio Ohio Kentucky State Kentucky Wesleyan Xavier Georgia Georgia Georgia Lincoln Memorial at Indiana State Butler at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee at Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky at Mississippi State at Mississippi State at Mississippi State

W, 9-4 L, 1-8 W, 5-4 W, 14-10 L, 3-4 W, 9-5 L, 4-6 L, 2-7 W, 12-3 W, 11-8 W, 6-3 L, 8-12 L, 16-28 W, 9-4 W, 6-0 L, 3-7 L, 4-11 L, 8-10

W, 6-5 L, 10-11 W, 12-6 W, 7-2 W, 8-2 W, 10-0 W, 11-4 W, 5-2 W, 9-0 W, 8-4 W, 7-2 W, 8-4 L, 2-4 L, 2-3 W, 7-2 W, 3-0 L, 7-8 W, 5-0 W, 19-3 L, 0-11 L, 5-12 W, 21-6 W, 7-6 L, 0-3 L, 2-9 L, 0-8

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

REVIEW

Kentucky won 14 of its last 18 regular season games in 1993 before winning three consecutive games in the SEC Tournament and advancing to NCAA regional play.

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L, 2-4 W, 5-4 W, 11-2 W, 6-2 L, 2-5 W, 7-4 W, 5-4 W, 9-4 W, 18-9 L, 8-9 W, 7-5 W, 4-2 L, 3-8 W, 12-5 W, 11-3 L, 4-5 L, 5-13 L, 5-6 W, 9-5 W, 6-3 L, 2-13 L, 6-8 W, 9-5 L, 3-4 L, 12-13 L, 13-16 L, 14-15 L, 7-10 W, 9-6 W, 13-3 W, 8-4 W, 20-6 W, 12-7 L, 1-3 L, 4-9 L, 7-14 W, 12-5 W, 18-2 L, 15-16 W, 11-5 W, 6-1 W, 18-7 W, 21-9

W, 3-2 L, 3-5 L, 5-6 L, 0-6 L, 1-11 W, 8-6 W, 3-2 W, 4-1 W, 8-2 W, 7-5 W, 9-5 L, 3-4 W, 7-6 L, 3-6 L, 3-4 L, 2-8 L, 0-3 W, 4-3 W, 11-3 L, 11-15 W, 8-7 L, 0-5 W, 15-9 L, 12-14 W, 6-2 W, 12-7 W, 5-3 L, 5-7 L, 7-13 L, 2-7 L, 0-11 L, 7-16 L, 5-6 W, 4-1 W, 17-5 L, 6-7 L, 4-7 L, 10-12 L, 2-8 W, 9-7 L, 1-5 L, 3-7 L, 4-8 W, 15-6 L, 5-11 W, 8-3 W, 9-5 L, 2-8 W, 8-5 W, 13-3 L, 4-8 L, 5-7 W, 10-8 L, 3-4 W, 12-10 W, 22-11 W, 6-2 W, 9-8 W, 9-6 L, 5-22 L, 2-7

UNIVERSITY

L, 2-3 W, 3-0 W, 8-2 L, 1-3 W, 8-1 L, 1-6 L, 3-4 W, 12-10 W, 10-2 W, 4-1 W, 9-1 W, 18-2 L, 6-7 W, 13-10 W, 8-7 W, 9-6 W, 14-1 W, 8-3

(32-25, 11-14 SEC) at The Citadel at The Citadel at The Citadel at B’ham-Southern at Samford at UAB (1) vs. Indiana (1) vs. Tennessee Tech (1) at Louisville (1) vs. Indiana (1) vs. Eastern Michigan (1) vs. Eastern Michigan (2) at Fresno State (2) vs. Illinois State (2) vs. Maine (2) vs. New Mexico (2) vs. Washington St. (2) vs. Nebraska Marshall at Ole Miss at Ole Miss Marshall at Xavier Mississippi State Mississippi State Mississippi State Southern Illinois Morehead State LSU LSU Western Kentucky at Morehead State at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee at Eastern Kentucky at Western Kentucky Xavier Florida Florida Florida at Louisville at Murray State

1995 (29-32, 10-19 SEC) 2/10 (1) vs. The Citadel 2/12 (1) vs. Ga. Southern 2/17 at South Alabama 2/18 at South Alabama 2/19 at South Alabama 2/24 (2) vs. Army 2/24 (2) vs. Navy 2/25 (2) vs. Air Force 2/26 (2) vs. Memphis 3/1 Murray State 3/4 Ohio University 3/5 Ohio University 3/11 (3) vs. Cent. Michigan 3/12 (3) at North Florida 3/13 (3) vs. Maine 3/14 (3) at Jacksonville 3/17 (4) vs. Indiana 3/18 (4) vs. Navy 3/18 (4) at Louisville 3/19 (4) vs. Indiana 3/21 at Western Kentucky 3/24 Ole Miss 3/25 Ole Miss 3/26 Ole Miss 3/28 at Xavier 3/29 at Marshall 3/31 at Mississippi State 4/1 at Mississippi State 4/2 at Mississippi State 4/5 at Morehead State 4/7 at LSU 4/8 at LSU 4/9 at LSU 4/11 Marshall 4/12 Bellarmine 4/14 Tennessee 4/15 Tennessee 4/16 Tennessee 4/18 at Middle Tenn. St. 4/20 Xavier 4/21 at Florida 4/22 at Florida 4/23 at Florida 4/25 at Louisville 4/26 at Eastern Kentucky 4/27 Western Kentucky 4/28 at Vanderbilt 4/29 at Vanderbilt 4/30 at Vanderbilt 5/5 Georgia 5/6 Georgia 5/7 Georgia 5/10 Louisville 5/12 South Carolina 5/13 South Carolina 5/14 South Carolina 5/18 (5) vs. South Carolina 5/19 (5) vs. Georgia 5/20 (5) vs. Vanderbilt 5/21 (5) at Tennessee 5/21 (5) at Tennessee (1) Southern Challenge; Charleston, S.C. (2) Service Academy Classic; Millington, Tenn.

(3) Jacksonville Greyhound Racing Classic; Jacksonville, Fla. (4) Big Four Classic; Louisville, Ky. (5) SEC East Tournament; Knoxville, Tenn.

L, 3-4 L, 5-10 W, 11-10 L, 2-25 W, 12-6 L, 4-5 W, 15-0 W, 9-8 W, 2-0 L, 8-9 W, 4-2 W, 6-5 L, 5-17 L, 6-15

HISTORY

(38-23-1, 14-14-1 SEC) vs. N.C. State at Armstrong State vs. Howard at UAB at UAB Tennessee Tech Indiana Dayton Louisville Indiana Dayton Georgetown (Ky.) Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Xavier Morehead State

1994 2/18 2/19 2/20 2/25 2/26 2/27 3/4 3/5 3/5 3/6 3/12 3/12 3/14 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/22 3/25 3/26 3/29 3/30 4/1 4/2 4/3 4/5 4/7 4/8 4/9 4/12 4/13 4/16 4/16 4/17 4/18 4/19 4/20 4/22 4/23 4/24 4/26 4/27

4/30 Vanderbilt 4/30 Vanderbilt 5/1 Vanderbilt 5/7 at Georgia 5/8 at Georgia 5/9 at Georgia 5/10 Eastern Kentucky 5/11 Louisville 5/13 at South Carolina 5/14 at South Carolina 5/15 at South Carolina 5/19 (3) South Carolina 5/20 (3) Georgia 5/21 (3) Vanderbilt (1) Louisville, Ky. (2) Fresno, Calif.

(3) SEC Tournament; Lexington, Ky.

REVIEW

1993 2/19 2/20 2/21 2/26 2/27 2/28 3/5 3/6 3/6 3/7 3/10 3/11 3/19 3/20 3/21 3/21 3/23 3/24

L, 0-1 W, 11-7 W, 13-3 W, 18-3 W, 16-4 L, 3-9 W, 6-5 W, 3-0 W, 5-4 W, 9-7 W, 8-1 L, 4-15 L, 2-6 W, 5-2 W, 12-4 W, 16-6 W, 6-5 W, 6-4 W, 6-5 W, 6-5 W, 11-8 W, 5-4 W, 5-1 W, 6-3 W, 8-4 W, 12-5 L, 3-10 W, 14-6 L, 9-10 W, 10-7 W, 16-5 W, 10-9 L, 2-3 L, 1-2 L, 5-13 W, 24-11 L, 3-8 W, 10-5 L, 0-7 L, 4-9 L, 11-12 W, 20-5 W, 15-6 L, 6-8 L, 4-6 W, 13-2 W, 20-2 W, 6-5 L, 7-8 L, 4-6 L, 4-5 L, 1-12 L, 5-7 L, 4-11 L, 3-4 L, 5-16

W, 6-3 W, 7-4 L, 7-8 W, 8-0 L, 4-10 L, 3-7 L, 8-16 W, 7-5 W, 12-11 L, 0-1 W, 9-3 L, 4-8 W, 15-9 W, 8-5 L, 4-7 L, 3-14 L, 3-4 L, 5-8 L, 1-2 W, 13-2 W, 5-3 W, 7-6 W, 7-4 W, 3-2 W, 5-4 W, 19-4 W, 11-5 W, 24-8 T, 4-4 W, 14-2 L, 5-8 W, 6-5 W, 8-7 W, 7-6 L, 1-3 W, 4-2 L, 8-10 W, 7-1 W, 9-7 W, 13-3 L, 6-7 L, 4-6 L, 1-7 L, 3-8

PREVIEW

(33-23, 10-14 SEC) (1) vs. N.C. State (1) at Armstrong State (1) vs. Howard (2) vs. Georgia State (2) at Mercer (3) vs. South Alabama (3) at South Florida (3) vs. Eastern Michigan Lincoln Memorial (4) vs. Indiana (4) vs. Notre Dame (4) at Louisville (4) vs. Notre Dame Western Michigan Western Michigan Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Alabama Alabama Alabama Minnesota Minnesota Bowling Green at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn Wright State Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Kentucky State Western Kentucky at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee Southern Illinois at Middle Tenn. St. Florida Florida Florida at Louisville Austin Peay at Eastern Kentucky 4/25 Vanderbilt 4/25 Vanderbilt 4/26 Vanderbilt 4/28 Louisville 4/29 at Wright State 4/30 Middle Tenn. St. 5/2 at Georgia 5/2 at Georgia 5/3 at Georgia 5/7 Eastern Kentucky 5/9 at South Carolina 5/9 at South Carolina 5/10 at South Carolina (1) Savannah, Ga. (2) Macon, Ga. (3) Tampa, Fla. (4) Louisville, Ky.

3/27 at Alabama 3/28 at Alabama 3/30 at Alabama 4/3 at Eastern Kentucky 4/3 Auburn 4/4 Auburn 4/6 Auburn 4/7 at Southern Illinois 4/9 Marshall 4/10 at Arkansas 4/10 at Arkansas 4/13 at Arkansas 4/13 Western Kentucky 4/14 Kentucky Wesleyan 4/15 Morehead State 4/17 Tennessee 4/17 Tennessee 4/18 Tennessee 4/20 at Louisville 4/22 Austin Peay 4/24 at Florida 4/24 at Florida 4/25 at Florida 4/27 Eastern Kentucky 4/28 Louisville 4/29 Kentucky State 5/1 at Vanderbilt 5/2 at Vanderbilt 5/2 at Vanderbilt 5/8 Georgia 5/8 Georgia 5/9 Georgia 5/11 Middle Tenn. St. 5/12 at Western Kentucky 5/15 South Carolina 5/15 South Carolina 5/16 South Carolina 5/20 (1) vs. Florida 5/21 (1) vs. Tennessee 5/22 (1) vs. Georgia 5/23 (1) vs. Tennessee 5/23 (1) vs. Tennessee 5/28 (2) vs. Southern Cal 5/29 (2) at Texas (1) SEC Tournament; Columbia, S.C. (2) NCAA Central Regional; Austin, Texas

WILDCATS

W, 7-1 W, 10-9 W, 15-2 W, 5-1 W, 3-2 W, 9-5 L, 4-5 W, 17-9 W, 19-1 W, 8-4 W, 11-3 W, 16-12 W, 5-4 L, 0-24 L, 3-4 L, 2-4 W, 7-4 W, 13-3 W, 10-3 L, 1-7 W, 1-0 W, 7-4 W, 8-7 W, 6-4 W, 11-3 W, 21-9 W, 4-1 L, 3-4 W, 9-2 W, 10-4 W, 10-3 L, 7-9 L, 4-8 W, 10-4 W, 6-3 W, 13-8 W, 12-6 L, 0-9 L, 3-4 W, 5-4 W, 4-2 W, 11-5 L, 9-10 W, 17-7 W, 11-7 W, 7-3 W, 17-6 L, 6-10 W, 11-10 L, 3-10 L, 1-3 W, 11-9 W, 4-3 W, 9-5 L, 1-3 L, 2-3 W, 6-1

1992 2/14 2/15 2/16 2/21 2/22 2/28 2/29 3/1 3/4 3/6 3/7 3/7 3/8 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/16 3/21 3/21 3/22 3/24 3/25 3/26 3/28 3/28 3/29 3/31 4/4 4/4 4/5 4/7 4/9 4/11 4/11 4/12 4/14 4/15 4/18 4/18 4/19 4/21 4/22

L, 0-5 L, 2-14 L, 7-8 L, 5-8

STAFF

(41-20, 13-12 SEC) (1) vs. Augusta College (1) at Armstrong State (1) vs. Howard (2) vs. Coastal Carolina (2) vs. West Virginia at UAB at Samford at Louisville Lincoln Memorial Indiana State (3) vs. New Mexico (3) at Grand Canyon at Arizona at Arizona at Georgia at Georgia at Georgia at Marshall Union Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Northwestern Northwestern Georgetown (Ky.) Mississippi State Mississippi State Mississippi State Kentucky State Marshall Bellarmine at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Middle Tenn. St. at Eastern Kentucky at Middle Tenn. St. at Ole Miss at Ole Miss Wright State Wright State Austin Peay at Western Kentucky LSU LSU LSU Cincinnati Louisville Auburn Auburn Auburn Eastern Kentucky at Alabama at Alabama at Wright State Western Kentucky at Florida

5/11 at Florida 5/12 at Florida 5/16 (4) at LSU 5/17 (4) vs. Auburn (1) Savannah, Ga. (2) Macon, Ga. (3) Phoenix, Ariz.

(4) SEC Tournament; Baton Rouge, La.

UK BASEBALL

1991 2/15 2/16 2/17 2/23 2/24 3/1 3/2 3/5 3/7 3/8 3/10 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/16 3/16 3/17 3/20 3/21 3/23 3/23 3/24 3/26 3/27 3/28 3/30 3/30 3/31 4/2 4/3 4/4 4/6 4/6 4/7 4/8 4/10 4/11 4/13 4/14 4/16 4/16 4/17 4/18 4/20 4/20 4/21 4/23 4/24 4/27 4/27 4/28 5/1 5/4 5/4 5/5 5/9 5/11

W, 2-1 W, 14-2 L, 3-4 L, 2-6 L, 10-11 W, 5-4 W, 10-2 L, 2-9 L, 6-8 L, 1-5 L, 1-5 L, 1-8 L, 0-9 L, 3-9 L, 10-17 W, 7-0 W, 8-6 L, 7-9 L, 6-9 W, 5-1 W, 7-4 W, 10-3 L, 6-12 L, 5-7 L, 2-6 L, 4-5 L, 3-4 L, 0-5 W, 8-6 L, 9-15

MEDIA INFO

4/4 at Western Kentucky 4/7 Vanderbilt 4/7 Vanderbilt 4/8 Vanderbilt 4/12 Middle Tenn. St. 4/14 Ole Miss 4/14 Ole Miss 4/15 Ole Miss 4/17 Morehead State 4/18 Wright State 4/19 Western Kentucky 4/21 at LSU 4/21 at LSU 4/22 at LSU 4/24 Austin Peay 4/25 West Virginia 4/25 West Virginia 4/26 at Middle Tenn. St. 4/28 at Auburn 4/28 at Auburn 4/29 at Auburn 5/4 Louisville 5/5 Alabama 5/5 Alabama 5/6 Alabama 5/8 Georgetown (Ky.) 5/9 at Wright State 5/9 at Wright State 5/12 Florida 5/12 Florida (1) Savannah, Ga.

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1996 2/16 2/17 2/18 2/23 2/24 2/25 3/1 3/2 2/3 3/5 3/6 3/10 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/23 3/23 3/24 3/26 3/27 3/27 3/29 3/30 3/31 4/1 4/2 4/3 4/5 4/6 4/7 4/9

(35-24, 15-14 SEC) at Florida Atlantic at Florida Atlantic at Florida Atlantic (1) at UNC-Wilm.

(1) vs. East Carolina (1) vs. Old Dominion (2) vs. Troy State (2) vs. Indiana (2) vs. Samford Kentucky Wesleyan Georgetown (Ky.) Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss Toledo at Austin Peay at Mississippi State at Mississippi State at Mississippi State Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas at Morehead State at Marshall at Auburn at Auburn at Auburn at Western Kentucky Xavier Morehead State Alabama Alabama Alabama Marshall

L, 7-8 W, 3-1 W, 7-2 W, 6-3 L, 4-5 W, 12-8 W, 9-2 W, 4-3 W, 16-5 W, 19-5 W, 16-7 W, 2-1 W, 5-3 W, 8-0 W, 7-2 L, 8-19 L, 5-9 L, 11-18 L, 5-7 L, 9-16 W, 6-5 L, 5-7 L, 6-9 W, 15-1 L, 10-16 W, 7-4 L, 6-12 L, 16-17 W, 16-0 L, 9-10 L, 4-17 W, 3-2 L, 1-4 W, 26-5

4/10 Cincinnati 4/12 at Tennessee 4/13 at Tennessee 4/14 at Tennessee 4/16 Middle Tenn. St. 4/17 Cincinnati 4/19 Florida 4/20 Florida 4/21 Florida 4/24 Eastern Kentucky 4/26 at Vanderbilt 4/27 at Vanderbilt 4/28 at Vanderbilt 5/4 at Georgia 5/5 at Georgia 5/8 Western Kentucky 5/8 Louisville 5/10 South Carolina 5/11 South Carolina 5/12 South Carolina 5/15 (3) vs. Arkansas 5/16 (3) vs. Alabama 5/17 (3) vs. Mississippi State 5/18 (3) vs. LSU 5/19 (3) vs. Alabama (1) Ralston-Purina Baseball Challenge; Wilmington, N.C. (2) Big 10 Tires Classic; Montgomery, Ala. (3) SEC Tournament; Birmingham, Ala. 1997 2/14 2/15 2/16 2/22

(20-34-1, 10-20 SEC) at Stetson at Stetson at Stetson at Clemson

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

Infielder Michael Bertram led the Wildcats from a last place finish in 2005 to the first SEC Championship in program history in 2006.

W, 16-7 W, 4-3 W, 5-4 L, 2-12 L, 2-11 W, 7-6 W, 7-4 L, 5-10 L, 3-10 W, 10-2 L, 0-11 L, 2-7 W, 17-7 W, 11-9 W, 11-8 L, 5-7 W, 11-5 W, 8-3 W, 6-1 W, 4-2 W, 7-5 L, 2-3 W, 4-1 W, 12-11 L, 8-16

L, 5-6 L, 6-9 T, 7-7 L, 6-7

2/22 at Clemson 2/23 at Clemson 3/1 (1) vs. South Alabama 3/2 (1) vs. Lamar 3/2 (1) vs. Troy State 3/7 at Ole Miss 3/8 at Ole Miss 3/9 at Ole Miss 3/10 at Murray State 3/11 Austin Peay 3/12 Ohio 3/14 Mississippi State 3/15 Mississippi State 3/16 Mississippi State 3/19 at Morehead State 3/21 at Arkansas 3/22 at Arkansas 3/23 at Arkansas 3/25 Georgetown (Ky.) 3/26 Eastern Kentucky 3/28 Auburn 3/29 Auburn 3/30 Auburn 4/1 at Xavier 4/2 Birmingham-Southern 4/4 at Alabama 4/5 at Alabama 4/6 at Alabama 4/8 Marshall 4/8 Western Kentucky 4/11 Tennessee 4/12 Tennessee 4/13 Tennessee 4/15 IUPUI 4/18 at Florida 4/19 at Florida 4/20 at Florida 4/22 Morehead State 4/12 at Louisville 4/25 Georgia 4/26 Georgia 4/27 Georgia 4/29 at Western Kentucky 4/30 Cincinnati 5/2 Vanderbilt 5/4 Vanderbilt 5/5 Vanderbilt 5/5 Louisville 5/9 at South Carolina 5/10 at South Carolina 5/11 at South Carolina (1) Blue-Gray Classic; Montgomery, Ala.

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

REVIEW

1998 2/6 2/7 2/14 2/15 2/21 2/22 2/27 2/28 3/1 3/3 3/4 3/6 3/7 3/8 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/17 3/18 3/20 3/21 3/22 3/24 3/25 3/27 3/28 3/29 3/31 4/1 4/3 4/4 4/5 4/7 4/8 4/10 4/11

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(26-31, 12-18 SEC) New Mexico State Oklahoma State at Coastal Carolina at Coastal Carolina at Southern Mississippi at Southern Mississippi at Long Beach State at Long Beach State at Long Beach State Lincoln Memorial Ohio at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss Marshall Toledo at Tennessee at Tennessee at Tennessee IUPU-Fort Wayne Austin Peay State LSU LSU LSU Belmont Xavier Florida Florida Florida Morehead State Western Carolina at Mississippi State at Mississippi State

L, 3-4 L, 3-10 L, 8-11 W, 9-2 L, 2-7 W, 1-0 L, 2-8 L, 4-10 L, 7-12 W, 14-0 L, 4-15 L, 5-6 L, 4-14 W, 14-10 L, 14-16 W, 11-5 L, 8-9 L, 4-11 W, 10-4 L, 1-6 L, 0-5 W, 6-5 L, 3-18 W, 14-7 L, 3-4 L, 3-10 W, 9-2 L, 5-9 W, 9-4 W, 9-8 W, 14-1 L, 6-7 L, 4-11 W, 18-4 L, 3-8 L, 4-8 L, 6-18 W, 8-7 L, 7-8 L, 0-15 W, 9-8 L, 6-16 L, 7-10 W, 8-1 L, 10-11 L, 4-7 W, 3-2 W, 13-11 W, 7-5 L, 5-12 W, 5-0

W, 8-6 W, 5-4 L, 6-11 L, 7-8 L, 10-15 W, 10-6 L, 4-6 L, 2-19 L, 1-13 W, 11-10 W, 16-4 L, 2-14 L, 5-7 W, 13-9 L, 1-8 W, 7-6 L, 8-21 L, 9-13 W, 8-2 L, 5-13 L, 5-16 W, 13-10 W, 8-4 W, 8-5 L, 3-7 L, 2-7 L, 6-11 W, 10-9 L, 5-11 L, 10-20 L, 10-32 L, 2-12 W, 11-3 L, 5-6 L, 2-3 W, 3-2

4/12 at Mississippi State 4/14 Western Kentucky 4/17 at Georgia 4/18 at Georgia 4/19 at Georgia 4/21 Murray State 4/22 Eastern Kentucky 4/24 Arkansas 4/25 Arkansas 4/26 Arkansas 4/28 at Western Kentucky 5/1 at Auburn 5/2 at Auburn 5/3 at Auburn 5/5 Louisville 5/6 Cincinnati 5/8 South Carolina 5/9 South Carolina 5/10 South Carolina 5/13 (1) vs. Florida 5/14 (1) vs. Alabama (1) SEC Tournament; Birmingham, Ala. 1999 (25-32, 13-17 SEC) 2/12 at Florida Atlantic 2/13 at Florida Atlantic 2/14 at Florida Atlantic 2/19 at The Citadel 2/20 (1) vs. Old Dominion 2/21 (1) vs. Richmond 2/26 (2) vs. Ohio State 2/27 (2) vs. Minnesota 2/28 (2) vs. Troy State 3/6 Illinois 3/7 Indiana 3/12 Vanderbilt 3/13 Vanderbilt 3/13 Vanderbilt 3/16 Miami (Ohio) 3/19 at Ole Miss 3/20 at Ole Miss 3/21 at Ole Miss 3/24 at Morehead State 3/26 Mississippi State 3/27 Mississippi State 3/28 Mississippi State 3/30 at Eastern Kentucky 3/31 at Xavier 4/2 Georgia 4/3 Georgia 4/4 Georgia 4/6 Eastern Kentucky 4/7 at Ohio 4/9 at Arkansas 4/10 at Arkansas 4/11 at Arkansas 4/13 Louisville 4/14 Belmont 4/16 at Florida 4/17 at Florida 4/18 at Florida 4/20 at Cincinnati 4/21 Morehead State 4/23 Tennessee 4/24 Tennessee 4/25 Tennessee 4/27 Western Kentucky 5/1 at South Carolina 5/2 at South Carolina 5/2 at South Carolina 5/5 Cincinnati 5/7 Auburn 5/8 Auburn 5/9 Auburn 5/12 Murray State 5/12 Butler 5/14 at LSU 5/15 at LSU 5/16 at LSU 5/19 (3) vs. Arkansas 5/20 (3) vs. LSU (1) Franklin-Life Shootout; Charleston, S.C. (2) Blue-Gray Classic; Montgomery, Ala. (3) SEC Tournament; Birmingham, Ala. 2000 (38-20-1, 12-16-1 SEC) 2/11 at Charleston So. 2/12 at Charleston So. 2/13 (1) vs. Howard 2/13 (1) vs. Howard

W, 12-9 L, 6-8 L, 3-12 W, 8-7 W, 9-4 W, 20-3 W, 8-7 L, 1-17 W, 15-5 W, 4-3 W, 13-3 W, 10-7 L, 3-14 L, 2-15 L, 5-10 W, 22-6 W, 8-7 W, 15-14 L, 6-17 L, 4-6 L, 3-8

L, 2-18 L, 10-11 L, 6-19 L, 1-4 L, 3-6 W, 2-1 L, 6-9 W, 12-8 W, 9-8 L, 7-15 L, 2-7 L, 2-3 L, 4-9 W, 4-1 W, 13-2 L, 6-7 L, 1-9 L, 2-3 W, 10-5 W, 12-6 L, 5-10 L, 6-11 L, 8-9 W, 8-7 W, 3-1 L, 8-9 W, 6-4 W, 8-3 W, 12-6 L, 2-15 L, 1-10 L, 5-9 L, 8-10 W, 7-6 W, 5-0 W, 9-2 L, 3-10 L, 5-7 W, 10-3 W, 15-12 L, 4-8 W, 11-4 L, 5-7 W, 11-10 W, 5-4 W, 7-4 L, 2-3 W, 10-1 L, 4-7 L, 4-5 W, 10-9 W, 8-7 L, 2-7 W, 13-8 L, 4-6 L, 4-6 L, 0-10

W, 6-3 W, 13-2 W, 4-3 W, 11-0

W, 6-1 L, 2-3 W, 15-4 W, 11-10 W, 4-3 (10) W, 10-7 W, 11-9 W, 7-0 W, 15-4 W, 14-12 L, 5-12 W, 17-5 W, 7-1 W, 8-5 L, 5-7 (7) L, 5-6 L, 3-5 L, 3-5 L, 4-10 L, 2-6 L, 11-14 W, 6-4 W, 12-11 L, 9-10 L, 11-20 L, 6-11 W, 17-1 L, 2-18 W, 5-4 L, 9-10 (10) W, 4-3 (10) L, 4-8 W, 6-2 L, 3-4 W, 10-4 L, 2-7 L, 4-12 W, 12-5 L, 2-3 W, 3-1 L, 5-8 W, 11-8 W, 7-1 L, 5-6 W, 7-1 L, 3-8 W, 15-6 W, 7-1 L, 0-8 W, 6-5 (7) L, 7-11 (9) W, 8-1 W, 7-3 L, 7-9 L, 9-12 L, 1-12

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UNIVERSITY

2005 (29-27, 7-22 SEC) 2/18 (1) vs. Appalachian State 2/19 (1) at Charleston Southern 2/20 (1) vs. George Mason 2/23 Cumberland (Ky.) 2/25 Buffalo 2/26 Buffalo 2/27 Buffalo 3/4 Toledo 3/5 Toledo 3/6 Toledo 3/10 Morehead State 3/11 (2) vs. Northern Illinois 3/12 (2) vs. Illinois State 3/13 (2) vs. Rhode Island 3/13 (2) vs. Rhode Island 3/15 (2) vs. Miami (Ohio) 3/18 at Alabama 3/19 at Alabama 3/20 at Alabama 3/25 (3) Georgia 3/26 (3) Georgia 3/29 Georgetown College 3/30 at Louisville 4/1 at Florida 4/2 at Florida 4/3 at Florida 4/6 Evansville 4/8 Tennessee 4/9 Tennessee 4/10 Tennessee 4/13 Louisville 4/15 (3) Auburn 4/16 (3) Auburn 4/17 (3) Auburn 4/19 Northern Kentucky 4/20 at Cincinnati 4/22 at Mississippi State 4/23 at Mississippi State 4/24 at Mississippi State 4/27 Marshall 4/30 Arkansas 4/30 Arkansas 5/1 Arkansas 5/6 at LSU 5/7 at LSU 5/8 at LSU 5/10 Eastern Kentucky 5/11 Tusculum 5/13 Vanderbilt 5/15 Vanderbilt 5/15 Vanderbilt 5/17 Murray State 5/18 Tennessee Tech 5/20 at South Carolina 5/21 at South Carolina 5/22 at South Carolina (1) Charlston, S.C. (2) Bradenton, Fla. (3) Applebee’s Park Lexington, Ky.

W, 10-9 L, 8-10 L, 3-12 W, 5-1 W, 6-3 W, 11-6 L, 3-5 L, 4-9 L, 4-5 L, 10-11 (7) W, 8-0 L, 3-5 L, 2-7 L, 1-5 L, 6-9 W, 10-3 L, 8-11 L, 4-15 W, 10-5 L, 2-6 W, 9-8 L, 11-12 (12) W, 9-1 L, 1-9 L, 6-8 L, 5-11

HISTORY

W, 3-2 W, 8-4 L, 5-14 L, 13-17 W, 18-7 W, 8-6 W, 11-1 (8) W, 10-2 W, 2-1 (12) L, 7-12 W, 7-6 L, 4-7 W, 21-4 W, 18-6 W, 7-6 W, 15-14 L, 9-17 W, 8-0 W, 4-3 L, 2-3 (10) L, 2-6 L, 4-8 L, 6-17 L, 1-8 L, 2-3 L, 1-7 L, 9-15 W, 8-4

4/9 Mississippi State 4/10 Mississippi State 4/11 Mississippi State 4/14 at Louisville 4/16 South Carolina 4/17 South Carolina 4/18 South Carolina 4/23 at Arkansas 4/24 at Arkansas 4/25 at Arkansas 4/28 Morehead State 4/30 at Georgia 5/1 at Georgia 5/2 at Georgia 5/5 Louisville 5/7 LSU 5/8 LSU 5/9 LSU 5/11 Western Kentucky 5/14 Alabama 5/15 Alabama 5/16 Alabama 5/19 Murray State 5/21 at Vanderbilt 5/22 at Vanderbilt 5/23 at Vanderbilt (1) Rock Hill, S.C. (2) Millington, Tenn.

REVIEW

2004 (24-30, 7-23 SEC) 2/13 (1) vs. Kent State 2/18 Georgetown College 2/20 Eastern Michigan 2/21 Eastern Michigan 2/22 Eastern Michigan 2/24 Eastern Michigan 2/27 (2) vs. Air Force 2/28 (2) vs. Indiana 2/29 (2) vs. Memphis 3/3 East Tennessee State 3/6 Wright State 3/6 Wright State 3/7 Wright State 3/10 at Western Kentucky 3/12 at Youngstown State 3/13 Michigan 3/14 Dayton 3/19 at Auburn 3/20 at Auburn 3/21 at Auburn 3/24 Marshall 3/26 Florida 3/27 Florida 3/28 Florida 4/2 at Tennessee 4/3 at Tennessee 4/4 at Tennessee 4/7 Cincinnati

L, 5-8 W, 6-4 W, 3-2 (11) L, 1-3 W, 5-4 L, 10-11 W, 9-6 L, 3-4 (10) L, 2-3 (11) W, 3-0 L, 3-16 W, 2-1 W, 7-1 L, 0-9 L, 3-7 L, 2-3 (10) L, 2-9 L, 5-7 W, 14-1 L, 10-14 L, 3-10 L, 3-10 W, 3-2 W, 14-1 L, 2-9 L, 1-2 L, 9-10 W, 10-9 L, 1-8 W, 8-2 W, 4-2 L, 7-8 W, 5-3 L, 1-4 L, 2-3 W, 1-0 W, 4-1 L, 8-9 L, 5-7 W, 8-1 W, 9-4 L, 0-12 L, 7-9 W, 18-8 L, 4-5 L, 2-7 L, 0-5 W, 9-5 L, 5-7 (10) W, 5-1 W, 6-5 (10) L, 3-10 W, 10-4 L, 0-19 L, 4-13 W, 7-5

PREVIEW

2002 (17-36, 6-24 SEC) 2/15 at Samford W, 9-1 2/16 at B’ham-Southern W, 5-4 2/17 at UAB L, 1-3 2/22 (1) at Texas A&M L, 0-4 2/23 (1) vs. Pepperdine W, 5-4 2/23 (1) vs. Wash. State L, 3-7 2/24 (1) vs. Pepperdine L, 17-18 2/25 (1) vs. Wash. State L, 8-9 (8) 2/25 at Texas A&M W, 3-1 3/1 (2) Miami (Ohio) L, 2-3 3/2 (2) Miami (Ohio) W, 6-3 3/5 Western Michigan W, 14-6 3/6 Western Michigan L, 5-9 3/8 Ball State W, 3-2 3/9 Ball State L, 5-22 3/10 Ball State W, 6-5 (10) 3/13 Austin Peay W, 4-3 3/15 at Auburn W, 3-1 3/16 at Auburn L, 3-4 3/17 at Auburn L, 0-5 3/23 Mississippi State L, 2-4 3/23 Mississippi State W, 8-7 3/24 Mississippi State L, 3-13 3/30 Ole Miss L, 5-9 3/30 Ole Miss L, 4-5 3/31 Ole Miss L, 2-12 4/3 Eastern Kentucky W, 13-4 4/5 at Tennessee L, 7-12 4/6 at Tennessee L, 10-16 4/7 at Tennessee W, 6-1 4/9 Marshall W, 14-4 4/12 Alabama L, 9-11 4/13 Alabama L, 1-10 4/14 Alabama L, 4-15 4/16 Lipscomb L, 2-6 4/17 Western Kentucky L, 1-5 4/19 at Georgia L, 4-5 4/20 at Georgia L, 5-6 4/21 at Georgia L, 6-7 4/26 South Carolina L, 4-6 (10) 4/28 South Carolina L, 4-6 4/28 South Carolina L, 6-12 5/3 at Arkansas L, 1-5 5/4 at Arkansas W, 5-2 5/5 at Arkansas W, 1-0 5/7 Morehead State L, 1-3 (11) 5/10 at Vanderbilt L, 1-3 5/11 at Vanderbilt W, 19-7 5/12 at Vanderbilt L, 4-17 5/14 at Western Kentucky L, 6-9 5/18 Florida L, 4-14 5/18 Florida L, 6-18 5/19 Florida L, 4-5 (1) Continental Express Aggie Baseball Classic; College Station, Texas (2) Holiday Inn North Classic; Lexington, Ky.

2003 (24-32, 9-20 SEC) 2/13 (1) at Stetson 2/14 (1) vs. Maryland 2/15 (1) vs. George Wash.

2/21 (2) at The Citadel 2/22 (2) vs. Boston College 2/23 (2) vs. Richmond 2/28 Marshall 3/1 Eastern Illinois 3/2 at UAB 3/5 East Tennessee State 3/7 Purdue 3/8 Purdue 3/9 Purdue 3/11 Indiana State 3/12 Indiana State 3/14 at Ole Miss 3/15 at Ole Miss 3/16 at Ole Miss 3/18 Marshall 3/21 Auburn 3/22 Auburn 3/23 Auburn 3/25 Kent State 3/26 Kent State 3/28 Arkansas 3/29 Arkansas 3/30 Arkansas 4/2 Cincinnati 4/4 at Mississippi State 4/5 at Mississippi State 4/8 Wright State 4/11 at Alabama 4/12 at Alabama 4/13 at Alabama 4/16 at Western Kentucky 4/18 Tennessee 4/19 Tennessee 4/20 Tennessee 4/22 at Louisville 4/25 Georgia 4/26 Georgia 4/27 Georgia 4/29 Lipscomb 4/30 Eastern Kentucky 5/2 at South Carolina 5/3 at South Carolina 5/4 at South Carolina 5/7 Louisville 5/9 Vanderbilt 5/10 Vanderbilt 5/11 Vanderbilt 5/13 Western Kentucky 5/14 Morehead State 5/16 at Florida 5/17 at Florida 5/18 at Florida (1) Amtrak Invitational; DeLand, Fla. (2) Charleston Crab House Challenge; Charleston, S.C.

WILDCATS

L, 3-4 W, 15-11 L, 2-9 W, 8-3 L, 0-3 L, 7-10 L, 4-6 L, 2-4 L, 2-3 W, 6-2 W, 4-2 W, 10-7 W, 12-1 W, 6-0 L, 3-5 W, 7-6 W, 11-3 W, 8-1 L, 1-3 L, 1-15 L, 7-26 W, 5-2 L, 3-5 L, 5-10 L, 0-6 L, 2-9 W, 13-4 L, 2-6 L, 5-9

W, 9-5 W, 23-2 L, 6-7 L, 9-10 L, 8-9 W, 8-3 L, 10-11 W, 6-4 L, 8-10 W, 7-1 W, 9-5 L, 4-10 L, 4-9 L, 7-8 L, 2-3 L, 4-11 W, 5-4 L, 11-16 L, 5-9 W, 14-5 L, 0-11 L, 0-10 L, 3-12 W, 3-1 L, 3-7 W, 4-3 L, 6-10

STAFF

(22-34, 7-23 SEC) at Furman at Wofford at Furman (1) vs Appalachian St. (1) at Winthrop (1) at Winthrop (1) vs. Appalachian St. (2) vs. Brigham Young (2) vs. Washington (2) vs. Illinois Kent State Kent State Eastern Kentucky at Ole Miss at Ole Miss at Ole Miss Tennessee-Martin Tennessee-Martin Alabama Alabama Alabama at Austin Peay Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee at Western Kentucky at Xavier at LSU at LSU

4/1 at LSU 4/4 Tennessee Tech 4/6 at Florida 4/7 at Florida 4/8 at Florida 4/10 Louisville 4/11 at Miami (Ohio) 4/13 Vanderbilt 4/14 Vanderbilt 4/15 Vanderbilt 4/18 (3) Western Kentucky 4/20 at Mississippi State 4/21 at Mississippi State 4/22 at Mississippi State 4/24 at Cincinnati 4/25 Cincinnati 4/27 Arkansas 4/28 Arkansas 4/29 Arkansas 5/1 Morehead State 5/4 at South Carolina 5/5 at South Carolina 5/6 at South Carolina 5/8 Winthrop 5/11 Georgia 5/12 Georgia 5/13 Georgia (1) Winthrop Tournament; Rock Hill, S.C (2) Illini Desert Classic; Tucson, Ariz.

(3) Applebees Park; Lexington, Ky.

UK BASEBALL

2001 2/9 2/10 2/11 2/16 2/16 2/17 2/18 2/24 2/24 2/25 3/2 3/3 3/7 3/9 3/10 3/11 3/13 3/14 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/21 3/23 3/24 3/25 3/27 3/28 3/30 3/31

W, 10-2 W, 6-3 W, 11-2 W, 4-3 W, 5-2 W, 6-4 W, 9-6 W, 9-3 W, 11-0 W, 9-3 W, 17-0 L, 4-5 L, 5-6 W, 11-10 W, 10-4 W, 13-5 L, 6-9 L, 6-7 W, 7-6 W, 7-5 W, 7-6 L, 3-12 W, 15-5 W, 6-5 L, 5-8 W, 3-0 W, 6-0 L, 2-7 L, 0-18 T, 6-6 W, 10-3 L, 3-5 W, 7-1 W, 5-4 W, 12-2 L, 4-8 L, 5-15 L, 10-11 L, 6-18 W, 13-7 W, 7-6 L, 10-12 L, 5-8 L, 11-12 L, 0-9 L, 3-6 W, 7-4 W, 3-1 W, 8-5 W, 9-5 W, 7-3 W, 11-1 W, 6-4 L, 7-8 L, 5-12

MEDIA INFO

2/18 at Jacksonville 2/19 at Jacksonville 2/20 (2) Navy 2/25 at UAB 2/26 (3) Eastern Illinois 2/27 Belmont 3/3 Dayton 3/4 Dayton 3/5 Dayton 3/7 Miami (Ohio) 3/8 Yale 3/11 at Alabama 3/11 at Alabama 3/12 at Alabama 3/14 Lincoln Memorial 3/15 at East. Kentucky 3/17 Mississippi State 3/18 Mississippi State 3/21 Lee University 3/24 at Tennessee 3/25 at Tennessee 3/26 at Tennessee 3/29 Xavier 3/31 Ole Miss 4/1 Ole Miss 4/2 Ole Miss 4/5 Tennessee Tech 4/7 Florida 4/8 Florida 4/9 Florida 4/12 Louisville 4/14 at Georgia 4/15 at Georgia 4/16 at Georgia 4/18 Cincinnati 4/19 at West. Kentucky 4/22 South Carolina 4/22 South Carolina 4/23 South Carolina 4/25 at Louisville 4/28 at Arkansas 4/29 at Arkansas 4/30 at Arkansas 5/2 Morehead State 5/5 LSU 5/6 LSU 5/7 LSU 8/9 West. Kentucky 5/10 Ohio University 5/12 at Vanderbilt 5/13 at Vanderbilt 5/14 at Vanderbilt 5/17 (3) vs. South Carolina 5/18 (3) vs. Florida 5/19 (3) vs. South Carolina (1) Charleston, S.C. (2) Jacksonville, Fla. (3) Birmingham, Ala. (4) SEC Tournament; Birmingham, Ala.

MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL STAFF WILDCATS PREVIEW

W, 9-0 W, 10-4 W, 9-2 L, 3-7 W, 6-1 W, 9-2 W, 6-3 L, 9-10 W, 19-3 W, 12-7 W, 10-3 L, 6-7 W, 7-6 W, 19-1 W, 8-0 W,9-5 W, 15-2 W, 20-3 W, 8-2 W, 6-3 L,2-5 W, 13-3 L, 6-7 W, 6-1 W, 4-1 W, 15-4 W, 8-7 L, 1-5 L, 6-12 W, 5-4 W, 8-7 L, 4-6 W, 8-6 L, 9-10 L, 6-10 W, 7-5 W, 3-1 W, 10-9 W, 15-12 W, 12-9 W, 9-3 W, 3-2 L, 6-8 W, 11-9 W, 12-9 W, 8-3 W, 3-2 W, 6-1 W, 18-5 W, 3-2 W, 10-9 W, 7-2 L, 9-10 W, 8-3

5/20 at Georgia 5/24 (1) vs. South Carolina 5/25 (1) vs. Georgia 6/2 (2) vs. Ball State 6/3 (2) vs. Notre Dame 6/4 (2) vs. Ball State 6/4 (2) vs. College of Charleston (1) SEC Tournament; Hoover, Ala. (2) NCAA Lexington Regional 2007 (34-19-1, 13-16-1 SEC) 2/16 at Furman 2/17 at Furman 2/18 at Furman 2/21 Murray State 2/23 Tennessee Tech 2/24 Tennessee Tech 2/25 Tennessee Tech 2/27 Oakland 2/28 Xavier 3/2 Wisconsin Milwaukee 3/3 Wisconsin Milwaukee 3/4 Wisconsin Milwaukee 3/7 Cincinnati 3/9 Tennessee-Martin 3/10 Tennessee-Martin 3/11 Tennessee-Martin 3/12 Cleveland State 3/13 Canisius 3/14 Canisius 3/16 Arkansas 3/17 Arkansas 3/18 Arkansas 3/21 Western Kentucky 3/23 at LSU 3/24 at LSU 3/25 at LSU 3/30 at Mississippi State 3/31 at Mississippi State 4/1 at Mississippi State 4/7 Tennessee 4/7 Tennessee 4/8 Tennessee 4/11 at Louisville 4/13 Vanderbilt 4/14 Vanderbilt 4/15 Vanderbilt 4/18 Morehead State 4/20 at Florida 4/21 at Florida 4/22 at Florida 4/25 Louisville 4/27 Georgia 4/28 Georgia

L, 0-4 L, 2-4 L, 10-16 L, 1-3 W, 10-4 W, 12-9 L, 4-7

W, 12-1 W, 16-3 W, 13-4 W, 8-5 W, 10-2 W, 6-4 W, 10-3 W, 9-3 W, 6-2 W, 16-3 W, 7-3 W, 18-2 W, 21-7 W, 6-4 W, 27-0 W, 16-7 W, 8-0 W, 13-2 W, 12-10 L, 2-10 W, 7-5 L, 5-14 W, 12-5 W, 16-2 W, 6-5 T, 9-9 L, 7-10 W, 10-6 L, 4-5 L, 2-12 L, 5-11 W, 3-1 L, 1-8 L, 8-10 L, 4-9 W, 8-6 L, 6-9 W, 9-2 L, 7-10 L, 4-5 W, 9-5 W, 8-7 L, 3-9

After a last-place finish in the SEC 2005, Kentucky posted a 20-10 record in league play in 2006 to capture the conference title for the first time in school history.

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

REVIEW

2006 (44-17, 20-10 SEC) 2/17 Army 2/17 UT-San Antonio 2/18 Army 2/24 Arkansas State 2/25 at Lamar 2/26 Michigan State 2/28 Evansville 3/1 Cincinnati 3/3 Northwestern 3/4 Northwestern 3/5 Northwestern 3/7 Western Kentucky 3/8 Marshall 3/10 North Dakota State 3/11 North Dakota State 3/11 North Dakota State 3/14 Cleveland State 3/15 Cleveland State 3/17 LSU 3/18 LSU 3/19 LSU 3/22 Xavier 3/24 at Tennessee 3/25 at Tennessee 3/26 at Tennessee 3/29 Morehead State 3/31 at Auburn 4/1 at Auburn 4/2 at Auburn 4/5 Louisville 4/7 Florida 4/8 Florida 4/9 Florida 4/14 at Arkansas 4/15 at Arkansas 4/16 at Arkansas 4/19 at Louisville 4/21 South Carolina 4/22 South Carolina 4/23 South Carolina 4/26 Murray State 4/26 Murray State 4/28 at Vanderbilt 4/29 at Vanderbilt 4/30 at Vanderbilt 5/5 Ole Miss 5/6 Ole Miss 5/7 Ole Miss 5/12 Mississippi State 5/13 Mississippi State 5/14 Mississippi State 5/15 Belmont 5/18 at Georgia 5/19 at Georgia

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4/29 5/4 5/5 5/6 5/9 5/11 5/12 5/13 5/17 5/18 5/19

Georgia at South Carolina at South Carolina at South Carolina at Evansville at Ole Miss at Ole Miss at Ole Miss Auburn Auburn Auburn

2008 (44-19, 16-14 SEC) 2/23 (1) vs. Xavier 2/24 (1) vs. Fairfield 2/24 (1) at South Alabama 2/26 Oakland 2/28 Oakland 2/29 Butler 3/1 Butler 3/1 Butler 3/2 Butler 3/5 Evansville 3/9 Purdue 3/10 Purdue 3/10 Purdue 3/11 Eastern Michigan 3/11 Eastern Michigan 3/14 Alabama 3/15 Alabama 3/16 Alabama 3/20 Xavier 3/21 at Auburn 3/22 at Auburn 3/23 at Auburn 3/25 Xavier 3/28 at South Carolina 3/29 at South Carolina 3/30 at South Carolina 4/2 Western Kentucky 4/5 Mississippi State 4/5 Mississippi State 4/6 Mississippi State 4/8 Louisville 4/11 at Georgia 4/12 at Georgia 4/13 at Georgia 4/15 at Cincinnati 4/16 Morehead State 4/18 Florida 4/19 Florida 4/20 Florida 4/22 at Louisville 4/23 at Western Kentucky

W, 13-5 L, 1-8 W, 8-4 L, 6-13 L, 4-5 W, 8-1 L, 2-9 W, 9-7 L, 7-18 L, 6-13 W, 8-7

W, 10-1 W, 13-3 W, 10-3 W, 15-5 W, 12-2 W, 14-1 W, 14-0 W, 21-2 W, 12-4 W, 15-1 W, 3-2 W, 6-1 W, 4-3 W, 18-5 W, 8-6 W, 7-5 W, 15-2 W, 5-1 W, 12-1 L, 0-2 L, 5-7 W, 9-8 W, 5-2 W, 15-3 L, 7-13 L, 2-6 W, 7-3 L, 5-6 W, 13-4 W, 9-8 W, 7-6 L, 2-3 L, 4-13 L, 4-6 W, 9-4 W, 6-5 W, 11-7 L, 7-13 W, 3-2 L, 5-6 W, 2-1

4/25 at Vanderbilt 4/26 at Vanderbilt 4/27 at Vanderbilt 4/30 Marshall 5/3 LSU 5/3 LSU 5/4 LSU 5/6 Wright State 5/9 at Tennessee 5/10 at Tennessee 5/11 at Tennessee 5/12 at Murray State 5/15 Ole Miss 5/16 Ole Miss 5/17 Ole Miss 5/21 (2) vs. Alabama 5/22 (2) vs. Ole Miss 5/23 (2) vs. Alabama 5/30 (3) vs. Michigan 5/31 (3) vs. Eastern Michigan 6/1 (3) vs. Michigan 6/1 (3) vs. Arizona (1) Coca-Cola Classic; Mobile, Ala. (2) SEC Tournament; Hoover, Ala. (3) NCAA Ann Arbor Regional

L, 2-3 W, 6-2 W, 3-1 W, 9-6 L, 1-3 L, 5-12 L, 8-9 W, 21-3 W, 5-3 W, 5-2 W, 20-5 W, 4-3 W, 12-4 W, 9-0 L, 5-7 W, 9-3 L, 7-8 L, 4-13 L, 5-7 W, 4-3 W, 12-6 L, 3-5

2009 (28-26, 12-18 SEC) 2/20 (1) vs. Troy W, 8-3 2/21 (1) vs. James Madison W, 8-3 2/21 (1) at Coastal Carolina L, 1-4 2/22 (1) at Coastal Carolina L, 5-14 2/27 Western Michigan W, 16-5 3/1 Western Michigan W, 15-4 3/3 Western Michigan W, 12-6 3/4 Eastern Kentucky W, 9-8 3/6 Indiana State W, 12-4 3/7 Indiana State W, 5-0 3/8 Indiana State W, 9-6 3/10 Georgetown College W, 12-5 3/11 Indiana W, 8-7 3/13 at LSU L, 3-5 3/15 at LSU W, 5-2 3/15 at LSU L, 1-3 3/17 at New Orleans W, 5-4 3/20 Vanderbilt W, 3-1 3/21 Vanderbilt W, 6-2 3/22 Vanderbilt L, 2-4 3/24 (2) vs. West Virginia L, 7-10 3/25 Cincinnati L, 6-12 3/28 South Carolina L, 19-20 3/28 South Carolina W, 5-4 3/29 South Carolina L, 2-4 3/31 Marshall W, 2-0 4/1 Wright State W, 6-3 4/3 at Ole Miss L, 3-4 4/4 at Ole Miss L, 3-10 4/5 at Ole Miss L, 0-8 4/8 Western Kentucky L, 9-10 4/11 Georgia L, 4-7 4/11 Georgia L, 4-7 4/12 Georgia L, 4-5 4/14 at Louisville W, 8-7 4/17 at Mississippi State W, 5-4 4/18 at Mississippi State L, 3-4 4/19 at Mississippi State W, 22-17 4/21 Lipscomb L, 7-8 4/22 Evansville L, 7-11 4/24 at Alabama L, 6-11 4/25 at Alabama W, 11-1 4/26 at Alabama L, 2-3 4/28 Louisville L, 2-11 5/1 Tennessee W, 6-4 5/2 Tennessee L, 2-8 5/3 Tennessee W, 17-11 5/9 Auburn W, 6-5 5/9 Auburn W, 6-3 5/10 Auburn L, 5-7 5/12 Morehead State W, 18-10 5/14 at Florida L, 3-10 5/15 at Florida W, 8-7 5/16 at Florida L, 9-13 (1) Caravelle Resort Invitational, Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2) Mountaineer Power Classic, Charleston, W.Va.

YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS AB 1399 1445 1743 1683 1363 1438 1797 1856 1731 2143 1821 1821 2050 1929 2098 2057 2078 2087 1906 2041 2030 2103 2008 1790 1908 1862 1882 2057 1854 2157 1860

R 316 285 355 329 339 285 334 404 396 482 367 338 459 440 445 463 386 462 360 418 352 427 332 274 283 372 397 500 461 510 372

H 439 410 511 486 434 402 536 561 540 687 535 494 616 585 644 626 581 642 543 639 579 639 577 449 521 537 564 615 594 685 553

2B 71 66 90 108 83 71 90 118 107 132 99 86 122 118 109 135 117 128 101 148 96 124 116 87 93 128 114 146 124 152 80

3B 15 9 11 2 5 5 9 15 10 11 7 17 16 10 16 19 12 15 10 9 7 14 7 12 5 13 19 9 22 13 7

HR 50 51 60 50 40 62 64 65 88 72 51 33 86 68 79 110 55 83 64 86 84 68 62 47 38 52 39 99 44 83 56

RBI 286 270 301 296 302 251 292 358 339 427 320 302 396 381 389 409 325 400 308 387 316 383 297 253 254 343 346 456 421 461 336

TB 690 647 803 748 647 669 836 904 931 1057 801 713 1028 927 1022 1129 887 1049 856 1063 941 995 893 701 738 847 833 1076 894 1112 815

SLG%

.465 .465 .487 .538 .793 .440 .392 .501 .481 .487 .549 .427 .503 .449 .521 .464 .473 .445 .392 .387 .455 .443 .523 .482 .516 .438

BB 287 261 260 246 227 208 200 235 216 327 257 259 333 315 262 236 302 293 241 241 228 232 164 184 167 239 294 337 317 283 206

HBP

32 51 39 44 26 35 40 30 45 42 71 65 80 93 88 71

SO 136 183 233 220 199 235 269 280 293 360 326 361 415 362 418 403 490 454 370 360 441 353 331 389 312 384 430 428 371 468 377

BB 254 237 263 276 201 193 220 248 218 308 293 220 295 219 232 241 244 235 228 274 265 190 231 173 197 176 192 140 156 193 202

SO 250 245 310 260 248 253 392 375 328 375 359 359 446 416 471 429 502 483 331 326 491 448 383 397 350 370 288 363 369 475 523

14

12 24 20 23 25 37

OB%

SF

.384 .412 .383 .416 .444 .438 .397 .385 .384 .404 .376 .390 .365 .379 .347 .333 .342 .386 .406 .411 .437 .412 .385

23 27 21 23 25 29 25 24 24 21 10 17 16 28 17 18 18 25 30 34 35 38 20

2B

3B

SH 27 34 52 26 18 22 35 15 22 24 26 31 26 40 17 48 19 28 22 30 21 19 18 43 53 56 67 66 75 51

SB 55 39 72 64 54 49 66 71 69 93 58 88 52 45 82 59 135 142 80 53 77 97 61 34 40 21 72 52 64 76 71

ATT 79 55 91 76 69 68 91 103 89 123 89 111 64 53 119 87 187 199 124 87 109 124 88 50 74 34 95 74 79 102 87

PO 1068 1121 1340 1230 992 1084 1295 1325

A 437 511 607 564 451 467 572 557

E 65 60 90 111 75 78 92 95

Fld .959 .965 .956 .942 .951 .952 .953 .952

1554 1365 1391 1524 1471 1617 1503 1617 1556 1422 1505 1530 1576 1484 1369 1479 1434 1462 1625 1445 1687 1425

681 640 648 610 580 698 584 650 663 649 680 632 639 609 555 703 674 698 797 622 149 553

92 80 93 83 102 97 126 143 111 114 112 113 91 80 100 73 89 109 88 87 66 70

.960 .962 .956 .963 .953 .960 .943 .941 .952 .948 .951 .950 .961 .963 .951 .968 .959 .952 .965 .960 .974 .966

HR

AB B/Avg

WP

HBP

BK

48 55 55 46 28 53

34 43 43 38 37 37 40 47 58 43 43 71 51 69 42 37 42 39 54 63 49 49 60

4 5 2 4 6 4 1 0 1 8 2 7 5 3 14 9 10 7 2 8 9 4 10

WILDCATS

GP 47 46 56 55 45 47 52 53 55 63 54 56 61 56 62 57 61 59 55 57 57 59 56 53 56 54 56 61 54 63 54

STAFF

AVG .314 .284 .293 .289 .318 .280 .298 .302 .312 .321 .294 .271 .300 .303 .307 .304 .280 .308 .285 .313 .285 .304 .287 .251 .273 .288 .300 .299 .320 .318 .297

UK BASEBALL

Year 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

MEDIA INFO

BATTING

PITCHING GS 47 46 56 55 44 47 52 53 55 63 54 56 61 56 62 57 61 57 55 57 57 59 56 53 56 54 56 61 54 63 54

CG 20 17 10 15 15 13 9 8 8 9 11 12 9 6 11 3 7 7 8 0 11 5 5 5 4 2 3 8 2 4 4

SHO 5 3 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 5 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2

SV IP 11363 1/3 6374 2/3 10446 2/3 2 410 5330 2/3 7361 1/3 9431 2/3 7 442 13 424 8 516 8 455 5 466 14513 2/3 10 483 17 539 7500 1/3 11 539 7518 1/3 8 474 11501 2/3 6 510 13525 1/3 8494 2/3 3456 1/3 9 493 3 478 11487 1/3 13541 2/3 12481 2/3 12 563 9 475

H 390 355 395 464 299 374 447 491 434 552 545 498 510 541 543 585 606 571 632 691 588 587 572 568 590 617 581 641 576 580 540

R 285 242 243 346 163 232 299 358 275 367 380 309 335 344 318 397 411 398 431 535 401 330 371 373 333 386 367 310 330 284 349

ER 248 206 197 367 124 176 241 272 217 307 338 250 272 264 260 308 321 313 368 438 323 276 289 298 269 311 283 238 244 232 293

82

8

111 102 94 105 111 102 109 101 118 132 115 109 96 125 121 130 106 73 81 88 87

8 13 15 13 15 10 10 13 13 10 9 14 10 14 14 6 14 7 4 5 4

1441

.260

44 1636

.265

58 20 47 47 43 62 57 59 56 101 64 54 65 54 39 51 55 31 43 44 52

1816 1835 1947

.300 .271 .262

2383 2374

.263 .286

1975 2505 2055 2076 1973 1888 1968 1982 1972 2164 1975 2165 1899

.320 .326 .286 .283 .290 .301 .300 .311 .295 .296 .292 .268 .284

61 48 42 40 40 105 45 59 40 47 42 26 37 41 40 65

UNIVERSITY

L 18 21 16 32 14 22 24 28 15 25 25 29 20 23 23 25 32 24 34 31 32 20 34 36 32 30 27 17 19 19 26

HISTORY

W 29 25 39 23 31 25 28 25 39 38 28 27 41 33 38 32 29 35 20 26 25 38 33 16 24 24 29 44 34 44 28

REVIEW

ERA 6.14 4.95 3.97 5.86 3.37 4.38 5.02 5.54 4.61 5.35 6.69 4.83 4.77 4.92 4.34 5.54 5.36 5.43 6.99 7.86 5.70 4.73 5.26 5.88 4.91 5.86 5.23 3.95 4.56 3.71 5.55

PREVIEW

No. 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

129

At Bats

BATTING Batting Average 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Mike Botkin Jeff Shartzer Bill Sandry Mike Botkin Brandt Ely Randy Clark Randy Clark Terry Shumpert Terry Shumpert Vince Castaldo Mark Blythe Mike Harris Mike Harris Jeff Abbott Eddie Brooks Jeff Abbott Chad Green Paul Blandford Josh Loggins Josh Loggins John Wilson Andy Green Gordon Tyler Spencer Graeter Brad Pickrell Spencer Graeter Shaun Lehmann Ryan Strieby Mike Brown Sawyer Carroll Chris Bisson

.333 .341 .373 .368 .422 .353 .357 .364 .376 .363 .346 .371 .389 .376 .342 .445 .350 .403 .338 .384 .360 .368 .343 .317 .322 .332 .352 .343 .369 .419 .360

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Charles Long Jim Leopold Mike Botkin Mike Botkin Jeff Sikes Randy Clark Randy Clark Terry Shumpert Terry Shumpert Billy White Roger Gum Anthony Morrow Rick Norton Mike Harris Jeff Abbott Mark Bragga Mark Bragga Chad Green Chad Green Andy Green Josh Loggins Andy Green Andy Green Seth Morris Seth Morris Spencer Graeter Casey Gilvin John Shelby Ryan Strieby Sean Coughlin Keenan Wiley Chris Bisson

160 178 211 201 154 173 213 217 202 243 212 199 199 239 210 240 230 263 256 219 242 244 242 220 200 221 207 224 233 221 254 222

Mike Botkin Jeff Shartzer Bill Sandry Mike Botkin Jeff Sikes Randy Clark Randy Clark Terry Shumpert Terry Shumpert Vince Castaldo Mark Blythe Mike Harris Mike Harris Jeff Abbott Hindersman Jeff Abbott Chad Green Paul Blandford Josh Loggins Josh Loggins John Wilson Andy Green Mike Harrison Caleb Stewart Mike Breyman

52 58 79 74 50 61 76 79 76 86 71 65 93 79 86 102 92 94 66 93 81 89 66 57 64

Hits As a senior in 2007, Mike Brown led UK in average (.369) and runs scored (68).

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

REVIEW

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

STAFF

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

YEARLY LEADERS

130

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Spencer Graeter Caleb Stewart John Shelby Ryan Strieby Sean Coughlin Sawyer Carroll Chris Bisson

64 72 77 80 76 98 80

Charles Long Jim Leopold Mike Botkin Mike Botkin Scott Knox Jeff Sikes Randy Clark Clint Arnold Terry Shumpert Terry Shumpert Billy White Mark Blythe Mike Harris Mike Harris Jeff Abbott Billy Thompson Jeff Abbott Chad Green Chad Green David Cheatle Josh Loggins John Wilson Andy Green Seth Morris Spencer Graeter Mike Breyman Casey Gilvin Caleb Stewert Shaun Lehmann Antone DeJesus Mike Brown Collin Cowgill Chris Bisson

41 42 50 46 33 33 44 50 60 64 74 47 54 70 70 50 68 58 71 48 56 59 66 47 34 39 39 50 57 67 68 80 49

Runs 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Doubles 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

Mark Hredzak Jeff Shartzer Bill Sandry Mike Botkin Brandt Ely Mike Agnich Randy Clark Clint Arnold Terry Shumpert Terry Shumpert Vince Castaldo Mark Blythe Vince Castaldo Mike Harris Rick Norton Darin Rieman

12 14 20 24 12 11 11 14 19 19 27 15 11 11 11 11

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Steve Phillips Brad Hindersman Eddie Brooks Jeff Abbott Chad Green Chip Rhea Josh Loggins Jason Colemire John Wilson Andy Green Mike Harrison Spencer Graeter Spencer Graeter Caleb Stewart Shaun Lehmann Ryan Strieby Sawyer Carroll Chris Wade Braden Kapteyn

16 19 19 24 17 21 17 23 16 18 15 15 16 20 20 22 23 24 11

Mike Botkin Charles Long Mark Hredzak Jim Leopold Mike Botkin Michael Harding Jeff Sikes Mike Botkin Jeff Sikes Tim Anderson Brandt Ely Kevin Gothard Kenneth Jackson Brad Walls Kevin Gothard Randy Clark Russ Schueler Russ Schueler Terry Shumpert Chris Estep Rick Norton Rick Norton Mike Harris Max Reitz Billy Thompson Mark Bragga Chad Green Chad Green David Cheatle Josh Loggins Josh Loggins Aaron McGlone John Wilson Andy Green John Wilson Beau Moore Seth Morris Mike Breyman John Shelby

4 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 4 5 2 5 5 3 4 5 4 7 3 3 5 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3

Triples 1979 1980 1981

1982 1983

1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

2005 2006

3 5 3 3 5 3 3

Home Runs 1979

2009

Total Bases Jeff Shartzer Jeff Shartzer Bill Sandry Mike Botkin Jeff Sikes Steven Clark Steven Clark Terry Shumpert Mitch Knox Vince Castaldo Mark Blythe

John Shelby led the Wildcats in stolen bases for three consecutive seasons, from 2004-06.

91 104 134 124 77 132 141 132 136 129 133

Mike Harris Mike Harris Jeff Abbott Eddie Brooks Jeff Abbott Jay Tedesco Chad Green Josh Loggins Josh Loggins John Wilson John Wilson Mike Harrison Seth Morris Mike Breyman Caleb Stewart John Shelby Ryan Strieby Sean Coughlin Sawyer Carroll Chris Bisson

99 174 140 142 203 138 155 122 168 170 149 113 101 118 128 125 164 137 183 101

Walks 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

32 38 35 33 33 24 32 32 30 40 45 34 34 36 44 42 40 29 43 36 29 48 41 41 31 28 35 35 41 46 53 49 20

Strikeouts Mark Hredzak Jim Leopold Jim Leopold Jeff Sikes Wayne Able Wayne Able Kevin Gothard

17 33 34 27 21 27 33

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

31 41 67 45 48 54 36 70 57 63 65 44 44 51 51 49 59 54 59 40 46 52 53 45 62 44

Stolen Bases 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Charles Long Mark Hredzak Mike Botkin Bill Barker Terry Ryan Randy Clark Brandt Ely Kevin Gothard Terry Shumpert Terry Shumpert Vince Castaldo Roger Gum Anthony Morrow Billy White Anthony Morrow Mike Harris Mark Michael Mark Michael Chad Green Chad Green Chad Green Andy Green Andy Green Beau Moore Andy Green Beau Moore Spencer Graeter Joe Naill John Shelby John Shelby John Shelby Antone DeJesus Collin Cowgill Chris Wade

19 8 19 12 11 7 7 15 28 32 19 12 12 12 35 19 11 26 17 54 55 20 13 24 27 19 7 14 7 23 12 16 23 14

131

UNIVERSITY

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

1998

Clint Arnold Darin Rieman Chris Estep Darin Rieman Darin Rieman Steve Phillips Jan Weisberg Pookie Jones Pookie Jones Pete Pryor Chip Rhea Josh Loggins Jay Tedesco Andy Bendix Mark Murphy Breck Price Seth Morris Seth Morris Seth Morris Casey Gilvin John Shelby Billy Grace Collin Cowgill Sean Coughlin Brian Spear Marcus Nidiffer

HISTORY

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Randy Gipson Mark Hredzak Mike Botkin Mike Botkin Mark Mangione Wayne Able Mike Agnich Clint Arnold Clint Arnold Chris Estep Vince Castaldo Mike Harris Darin Rieman Vince Castaldo Manny Cervantes Max Reitz Mark Michael Mark Bragga Paul Blandford Pete Pryor Jay Tedesco David Cheatle Aaron McGlone John Wilson Mike Harrison Spencer Graeter Mike Breyman Spencer Graeter Michael Bertram Ryan Strieby Brian Spear Collin Cowgill Chris Bisson

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

REVIEW

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

PREVIEW

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

46 40 52 56 42 41 57 60 61 57 47 48 72 57 56 64 57 61 43 63 56 65 39 42 42 44 52 77 73 83 52

WILDCATS

1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998

Randy Gipson Daniel Pototsky Bill Sandry Mike Botkin Jeff Sikes Randy Clark Randy Clark Clint Arnold Mitch Knox Vince Castaldo Mark Blythe Vince Castaldo Rick Norton Weisberg Brad Hindersman Jeff Abbott Jay Tedesco Chip Rhea Jay Tedesco Josh Loggins John Wilson John Wilson Mike Harrison Seth Morris Mike Breyman Mike Breyman John Shelby Ryan Strieby Sean Coughlin Sawyer Carroll Chris Bisson

STAFF

1991

11 11 10 15 13 7 20 17 12 19 13 15 8 8 20 20 13 14 23 12 11 15 15 23 18 14 12 13 10 10 20 13 19 19 10

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

UK BASEBALL

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

Randy Gipson Jeff Shartzer Jeff Shartzer Jeff Shartzer Bill Sandry Jeff Sikes Randy Clark Randy Clark Clint Arnold Mitch Knox Chris Estep Mark Blythe Vince Castaldo Darin Rieman Mike Harris Rick Norton Jeff Abbott Eddie Brooks Jeff Abbott Chad Green Josh Loggins Jason Colemire Josh Loggins John Wilson John Wilson Seth Morris Seth Morris Mike Breyman Caleb Stewart John Shelby Ryan Strieby Sean Coughlin Collin Cowgill Sawyer Carroll Marcus Nidiffer

Runs Batted In

MEDIA INFO

2007 2008 2009

Caleb Stewart Antone DeJesus Antone DeJesus Shaun Lehmann Jason Kipnis Sawyer Carroll Chris Bisson

PITCHING

WILDCATS

STAFF

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

Earned Run Average 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Joe Georger Jeff Keener Jeff Keener Paul Kilgus Paul Kilgus Jay Ray Jeff Hellman David Voit Steve Culkar David Voit Tom Deller Rodney Bolton Matt Fisher Mark Thompson Troy Trumbo Paul Morse Scott Downs Adam Milburn Scott Downs Josh Paxton Nathan Kent Scott Wade Jon Hooker Bryan Felkel Kalen Gibson Aaron Tennyson Aaron Tennyson Dewayne Oxford Aaron Lovett Mike Kaczmarek Chris Rusin

2.86 3.39 0.51 3.51 2.39 2.04 3.05 3.72 2.55 2.48 4.55 2.90 2.86 3.09 3.45 3.08 3.30 3.17 5.11 5.92 4.79 4.00 3.23 4.46 3.41 3.91 4.59 2.35 2.20 2.13 4.20

REVIEW

PREVIEW

Wins 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

132

Joe Georger Jeff Keener Jeff Keener Paul Kilgus Jay Ray Paul Kilgus Jay Ray Jay Ray Vince Tyra Matthew Coleman Doug Sutton David Voit Rodney Bolton Matthew Coleman Rodney Bolton Scott Smith Mark Thompson Lorhn Frazier Adam Shadburne Adam Milburn Adam Shadburne Scott Downs Josh Paxton Josh Paxton Scott Wade Brandon Webb Rob Corrado Joe Blanton

12 7 13 6 6 6 6 6 7 10 8 8 6 6 8 8 8 8 7 6 8 7 5 6 7 7 5 5

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Scott Wade Seth Stanley Aaron Tennyson Greg Dombrowski Andrew Albers Andrew Albers Chris Rusin

7 6 6 10 6 7 7

Losses 1979 1980

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Tim Brandenburg Tim Brandenburg Jeff Keener Jeff Parrett Mark Martin Jeff Parrett Paul Kilgus Paul Kilgus Jay Ray Vince Tyra Tom Deller Vince Tyra Matthew Coleman Larry Luebbers Mark Thompson Rodney Henderson Scott Smith Brian Reed Troy Trumbo Curtis Whitney Curtis Whitney Aaron Acuff Scott Downs Jason Chaney Brandon Webb Scott Wade Scott Wade Scott Wade Scott Wade Craig Snipp Andrew Albers Craig Snipp Andrew Albers Andrew Albers Scott Green Logan Darnell

7 4 4 4 4 12 5 7 6 7 6 5 7 8 5 7 9 5 5 5 6 5 8 5 8 7 9 9 7 8 6 5 5 4 4 6

Appearances 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Joe Georger Jeff Keener Jeff Keener Jeff Parrett Jay Ray Chris Carroll Jack Savage Steve Culkar Jon Hudson David Voit Tom Deller Lorhn Frazier Lorhn Frazier Lorhn Frazier Brian Reed Adam Shadburne Adam Milburn

20 16 24 22 16 19 21 18 21 34 18 24 26 29 30 28 27

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Scott Downs Aaron Acuff Matt Borne Ben Shaffar Josh Paxton Jon Hooker Joe Blanton Jon Hooker Mark Galvin Kalen Gibson Matt Scott Matt Scott Brock Baber Matt Robinson James Paxton Andrew Albers Logan Darnell

25 23 23 25 26 28 22 22 22 26 26 32 27 22 25 31 28

Games Started 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

2007 2008 2009

Joe Georger Tim Brandenburg Mark Martin Paul Kilgus Jeff Parrett Paul Kilgus Jeff Hellman Jay Ray Jay Ray Vince Tyra Matthew Coleman Doug Sutton Matthew Coleman Rodney Bolton Larry Luebbers Scott Smith Rodney Henderson Scott Smith Scott Smith Brian Reed Greg Reid Aaron Acuff Scott Downs Scott Downs Jason Chaney Brandon Webb Nathan Kent Scott Wade Rob Corrado Scott Wade Joe Blanton Scott Wade Seth Stanley Andrew Albers Kalen Gibson Greg Dombrowski Craig Snipp Aaron Tennyson Andrew Albers Greg Dombrowski Chris Rusin James Paxton

16 10 12 13 13 12 11 11 12 14 13 16 14 14 14 15 13 13 16 15 14 12 12 16 14 14 18 18 15 15 14 16 15 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 13 13

Complete Games 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

2006 2007 2008 2009

Joe Georger Tim Brandenburg Paul Kilgus Paul Kilgus Paul Kilgus Jay Ray Jay Ray Doug Sutton Vince Tyra Matthew Coleman Doug Sutton Rodney Bolton Rodney Bolton Scott Smith Mark Thompson Scott Smith Brian Reed Curtis Whitney Scott Downs Scott Downs none Nathan Kent Brandon Webb Scott Wade Joe Blanton Heath Castle Scott Wade James Rodriquez Seth Stanley Andrew Albers Greg Dombrowski Aaron Tennyson Greg Dombrowski Craig Snipp Chris Rusin Chris Rusin Chris Rusin

11 7 3 6 5 5 5 3 3 4 5 6 8 5 4 6 2 3 4 7 7 3 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 4

Saves 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Kerry Jolly Jeff Parrett Bob Silvanik Chris Carroll Jeff Parrett Jay Ray Chris Carroll Jack Savage Jack Savage Darrell Conley David Voit Steve Culkar Jon Hudson David Voit Tom Deller Rodney Bolton Lorhn Frazier Brian Reed Lorhn Frazier Paul Morse Paul Morse Jason Jenkins Adam Milburn Mike Pozun

4 2 6 1 1 2 2 2 7 2 2 3 3 7 4 2 3 3 7 8 5 2 2 2

Innings Pitched

95 53 53 83 100 64 74 90 89 88

53 33 52 91 35 41 61 71 58 65 74 53 78 72 65 74 58 57 71 73 88 68 70 76 78 73 61 59 58 44 52

Earned Runs 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Tim Brandenburg Timothy Terry Jeff Keener Mark Martin Jeff Parrett Jay Ray

44 44 29 42 65 21

Timothy Terry Jeff Keener Jeff Keener Jeff Parrett Jeff Parrett Jay Ray Joseph Farmer Vince Tyra Matthew Coleman Doug Sutton Matthew Coleman Rodney Bolton Rodney Henderson Rodney Henderson Mark Thompson Troy Trumbo Brian Reed Greg Reid Aaron Acuff Scott Downs Matt Borne Ben Shaffar Brandon Webb Joe Blanton Joe Blanton Heath Castle Kalen Gibson Kalen Gibson Aaron Tennyson Chris Rusin Clint Tilford Alex Meyer

60 54 46 78 33 34 49 43 38 61 53 36 36 63 39 45 46 56 43 45 40 55 41 37 37 40 38 37 26 35 27 45

Walks 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Strikeouts 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Joe Georger Jeff Keener Jeff Keener Jeff Parrett Jay Ray Paul Kilgus Jay Ray Vince Tyra Doug Sutton Jon Hudson Rodney Bolton Rodney Bolton Rodney Henderson Rodney Henderson Brian Reed Brian Reed Scott Downs Scott Downs Scott Downs Matt Borne Nathan Kent Brandon Webb Cory Hahn Joe Blanton Scott Wade Kalen Gibson James Rodriquez Kalen Gibson Craig Snipp Chris Rusin Chris Rusin James Paxton

76 74 87 70 58 55 78 60 57 73 85 121 75 81 112 113 102 92 99 68 116 123 60 133 63 61 61 43 83 76 65 115

While helping lead UK to the SEC Title in 2006, Greg Dombrowski became just the fourth player in school annals to win 10 or more games on the mound.

UNIVERSITY

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Joe Georger Jeff Keener Mark Martin Mark Martin Jeff Parrett Paul Kilgus Jay Ray Joseph Farmer Vince Tyra Tom Deller

Tim Brandenburg Jeff Keener Mark Martin Jeff Parrett Paul Kilgus Jeff Hellman Joseph Farmer Vince Tyra Tom Deller Doug Sutton Matthew Coleman Larry Luebbers Rodney Henderson Scott Smith Lorhn Frazier Troy Trumbo Greg Reid Adam Shadburne Scott Downs Brandon Webb Nathan Kent Brandon Webb Rob Corrado Scott Wade Scott Wade Seth Stanley Kalen Gibson Aaron Tennyson Chris Rusin Greg Dombrowski James Paxton

30 30 50 51 42 57 66 46 63 57 56 58 52 48 60 65 67 57 61 54 55 57 47 45 47 36 51

HISTORY

1979 1980

Runs 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Jeff Hellman Paul Kilgus Joseph Farmer Vince Tyra Tom Deller Doug Sutton Matthew Coleman Larry Luebbers Rodney Henderson Scott Smith Lorhn Frazier Troy Trumbo Greg Reid Adam Shadburne Scott Downs Brandon Webb Nathan Kent Brandon Webb Rob Corrado Scott Wade Scott Wade Seth Stanley Andrew Albers Aaron Tennyson Chris Rusin Greg Dombrowski James Paxton

REVIEW

Hits

2006 2007 2008 2009

1984

PREVIEW

104 77 78 2/3 89 2/3 75 1/3 80 80 2/3 80 2/3 78 1/3 84 2/3 95 1/3 87 111 2/3 96 1/3 90 1/3 103 2/3 104 2/3 83 78 1/3 105 2/3 73 126 112 2/3 103 100 89 1/3 74 2/3 80 2/3 106 86 1/3 83 2/3 94 1/3

100 104 101 100 104 122 105 102 94 114 95 139 123 117 99 128 108 89 89 125 102 106 95

WILDCATS

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Joe Georger Jeff Keener Mark Martin Paul Kilgus Paul Kilgus Jay Ray Joseph Farmer Jay Ray Vince Tyra Matthew Coleman Doug Sutton Rodney Bolton Rodney Bolton Scott Smith Mark Thompson Lorhn Frazier Brian Reed Greg Reid Adam Shadburne Scott Downs Josh Paxton Nathan Kent Brandon Webb Scott Wade Joe Blanton Scott Wade Kalen Gibson Andrew Albers Craig Snipp Chris Rusin Chris Rusin Chris Rusin

Doug Sutton Matthew Coleman Rodney Bolton Scott Smith Scott Smith Lorhn Frazier Brian Reed Greg Reid Adam Shadburne Scott Downs Brandon Webb Nathan Kent Brandon Webb Scott Wade Scott Wade Scott Wade Seth Stanley Andrew Albers Aaron Tennyson Craig Snipp Greg Dombrowski Greg Dombrowski Chris Rusin

STAFF

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

UK BASEBALL

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2 2 5 4 3 3 4 5 1 1 1 4 2 5 7 7 5 4

MEDIA INFO

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Adam Shadburne Sam Taylor Adam Shadburne Matt Borne David Cheatle Breck Price Jon Hooker Jon Hooker Casey Gilvin Cory Hahn Craig Snipp Kalen Gibson Matt Scott Brock Baber Andrew Albers Aaron Lovett Andrew Albers Braden Kapteyn

133

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS Batting Average

BATTING Games Played Player, Season 1. Collin Cowgill, 2008 Chris Wade, 2008 Brian Spear, 2008 Sawyer Carroll, 2008 Keenan Wiley, 2008 Vince Castaldo, 1988 Billy White, 1988 8. Brad Hindersman, 1993 Jeff Michael, 1993 Matt Bragga, 1993

Games 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 62 62 62

(Min. of two plate appearances per team game) Player, Season 1. Jeff Abbott, 1994 2. Dom Fucci, 1949 3. Dicky Parsons, 1967 4. Brandt Ely, 1983 5. Sawyer Carroll, 2008 6. Derek Bryant, 1971 7. Paul Blandford, 1996 8. Mike Harris, 1991 9. Darrell Saunders, 1976 10. Josh Loggins, 1998 11. Terry Shumpert, 1987 12. Ryan Wilkes, 2008

Avg. .445 .440 .436 .422 .419 .408 .403 .389 .384 .380 .376 .374

Player, Season 1. Collin Cowgill, 2008 Chris Wade, 2008 Brian Spear, 2008 Vince Castaldo, 1988 Billy White, 1988 6. Jeff Michael, 1993 7. Brad Hindersman, 1993 Matt Bragga, 1993 Eddie Brooks, 1993 Rick Norton, 1991 Ryan Strieby, 2006 Collin Cowgill, 2006

Games 63 63 63 63 63 62 61 61 61 61 61 61

Jeff Abbott broke Dom Fucci’s 45-year old school record when he batted .445 in the 1994 season.

At Bats Player, Season 1. Chad Green, 1995 2. Chad Green, 1996 3. Keenan Wiley, 2008 4. Andy Green, 1999 5. Billy White, 1988 6. Andy Green, 2000 7. Matt Bragga, 1993 8. Mike Harris, 1991 9. Brian Spear, 2008 Jay Tedesco, 1995 Eddie Brooks, 1993 Vince Castaldo, 1988

HISTORY

AB 263 256 254 244 243 242 240 239 237 237 237 237

Antone DeJesus, 2006 Andy Green, 2000 Matt Bragga, 1994 Terry Shumpert, 1987

67 66 64 64

Doubles Player, Season 1. Vince Castaldo, 1988 2. Chris Wade, 2008 Jeff Abbott, 1994 Mike Botkin, 1982 5. Jason Colemire, 1998 Sawyer Carroll, 2007 7. Sawyer Carroll, 2008 Ryan Strieby, 2006 9. Mark Murphy, 1998 Chip Rhea, 1996 11. Shaun Lehmann, 2005 Bill Sandry, 1981

2B 27 24 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 21 20 20

Triples Player, Season 1. Dick Ramsey, 1949 2. Chad Green, 1996 Marv Foley, 1974 Dave Bait, 1971 Allen Feldhaus, 1961 6. Rick Norton, 1990 Chris Estep, 1988 Russ Schueler, 1986 9. nine players

3B 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5

Hits Player, Season 1. Jeff Abbott, 1994 2. Sawyer Carroll, 2008 3. Mike Harris, 1991 4. Chad Green, 1995 5. Paul Blandford, 1996 6. Andy Green, 2000 Josh Loggins, 1998 8. Chip Rhea, 1996 Brad Hindersman, 1993 Vince Castaldo, 1988 11. Collin Cowgill, 2008 12. Matt Bragga, 1994

REVIEW

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

STAFF

Games Started

10.

11.

12.

Hits 102 98 93 92 90 89 89 86 86 86 84 83

Home Runs Player, Season 1. John Wilson, 1999 Jeff Abbott, 1994 3. Chris Gonzalez, 1994 Mike Harris, 1991 Rick Norton, 1991 Randy Clark, 1984 Ryan Strieby, 2006 8. Sawyer Carroll, 2008 Collin Cowgill, 2008 Mitch Knox, 1987 11. John Wilson, 2000 John Shelby, 2006

HR 23 23 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 18 18

Runs Scored

UNIVERSITY

Player, Season 1. Collin Cowgill, 2008 2. Billy White, 1988 3. Chad Green, 1996 Jeff Abbott, 1992 Mike Harris, 1991 6. Sawyer Carroll, 2008 7. Jeff Abbott, 1994 Jeff Michael, 1993 Mike Brown, 2007

134

Runs 80 74 70 70 70 69 68 68 68

Runs Batted In Player, Season 1. Sawyer Carroll, 2008 2. Ryan Strieby, 2006 3. Sean Coughlin, 2007 4. Rick Norton, 1991 5. John Wilson, 2000 6. Jeff Abbott, 1994 7. Josh Loggins, 1998 8. Chip Rhea, 1996

RBI 83 77 73 72 65 64 63 61

10.

Mitch Knox, 1987 Collin Cowgill, 2006 Collin Cowgill, 2008 Clint Arnold, 1986

61 61 60 60

SBA 70 67 49 45 39 34 34 34 33 29

Hit By Pitches (Since 1988) Player, Season 1. Tyler Howe, 2008 Antone DeJesus, 2007 3. Mike Brown, 2007 4. Keenan Wiley, 2009 Ryan Strieby, 2006 6. Collin Cowgill, 2006 Brian Spear, 2007 8. Pete Pryor, 1995 9. Keenan Wiley, 2008 Caleb Stewart, 2004 Justin Scutchfield, 2004 Matt McKinney, 2007 13. nine players

HBP 27 20 16 14 14 13 13 12 11 11 11 11 10

HISTORY

PITCHING Earned Run Average (Min. of one inning pitched per game) Player, Season 1. Jeff Keener, 1981 2. Ed McGaw, 1975 3. Glen Dietrich, 1968 4. Denny Feldhaus, 1968 5. Ed McGaw, 1974 6. Paul Kilgus, 1983

ERA 0.51 0.73 1.80 1.97 2.38 2.39

135

UNIVERSITY

SH 20 16 13 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8

Player, Season 1. Chad Green, 1995 2. Chad Green, 1996 3. Paul Blandford, 1995 4. Paul Blandford, 1996 5. Anthony Morrow, 1990 6. Jeff Michael, 1993 Terry Shumpert, 1987 Terry Shumpert, 1986 9. Andy Green, 2000 10. John Shelby, 2005

REVIEW

SO 70 67 65 63 62 60 59 59

SB 56 54 36 35 35 32 28 28 27 24 23

PREVIEW

Player, Season 1. Pookie Jones, 1993 2. Chris Estep, 1988 3. Chip Rhea, 1996 4. Pete Pryor, 1995 5. Brian Spear, 2008 6. Jay Tedesco, 1995 7. Seth Morris, 2000 8. Seth Morris, 2002

Player, Season 1. Chad Green, 1996 2. Chad Green, 1995 3. Paul Blandford, 1995 4. Anthony Morrow, 1990 Jimmy Sherrill, 1977 6. Terry Shumpert, 1987 7. Jeff Michael, 1993 Terry Shumpert, 1988 9. Andy Green, 2000 10. Beau Moore, 1999 11. Collin Cowgill, 2008

Stolen Base Attempts SF 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Sacrifices Player, Season 1. Chris Wade, 2008 2. Chris Wade, 2009 3. Ryan Wilkes, 2007 4. Mike Brown, 2007 5. Ryan Wilkes, 2008 Todd Young, 1995 7. Ryan Wilkes, 2006 Chad Wright, 2009 9. Keenan Wiley, 2009 Chris McClendon, 2008 Antone DeJesus, 2005 Casey Gilvin, 2004 Collin Cowgill, 2006 14. Marcus Nidiffer, 2008 Michael Bertram, 2005 Michael Bertram, 2004 Paul Blandford, 1995

Stolen Bases

WILDCATS

Strikeouts

Sacrifice Flies (Since 1987) Player, Season 1. Jesse Barber, 2004 Eddie Brooks, 1993 Mark Blythe, 1988 4. Ryan Wilkes, 2008 Chris Wade, 2008 Antone DeJesus, 2006 Sawyer Carroll, 2007 Chris Gonzalez, 1994 7. Sawyer Carroll, 2008 Collin Cowgill, 2006 Michael Bertram, 2006 Ryan Wilkes, 2006 Jay Tedesco, 1995 Jeff Abbott, 1994 Jeff Michael, 1992 Billy Thompson, 1992 Manny Cervantes, 1991 Jeff Michael, 1991

OBP .533 .527 .516 .514 .515 .514 .504 .493 .486 .486 .483 .477 .473

8 8 8 8 8 8

STAFF

BB 53 49 48 46 45 44 44 44 43 43 42 42 42

Player, Season 1. Jeff Abbott, 1992 2. Brian Spear, 2007 3. Blake Feeney, 1990 4. Sawyer Carroll, 2008 5. Jeff Abbott, 1991 6. Mike Harris, 1991 7. Steve Phillips, 1991 8. Mike Harris, 1990 9. Jeff Abbott, 1994 Mike Brown, 2007 11. Collin Cowgill, 2008 12. Jay Tedesco, 1994 13. Ryan Strieby, 2006

Andy McCord, 1995 Jeff Michael, 1993 Mike Botkin, 1981 Daniel Pototsky, 1981 Steve Roberts, 1979 John Shelby, 2006

UK BASEBALL

Pct. .886 .782 .763 .756 .750 .728 .720 .706 .704 .700 .688 .687

Walks Player, Season 1. Brian Spear, 2007 2. Collin Cowgill, 2008 3. David Cheatle, 1998 4. Ryan Strieby, 2006 5. Vince Castaldo, 1988 6. Sawyer Carroll, 2008 Manny Cervantes, 1991 Billy White, 1988 9. Brian Spear, 2008 Paul Blandford, 1995 11. Mark Murphy, 1997 Max Reitz, 1992 Jeff Abbott, 1991

57 56 54 54

MEDIA INFO

TB 203 183 174 170 164 161 160 155 154 150 149 146

Slugging Percentage Player, Season 1. Jeff Abbott, 1994 2. Sawyer Carroll, 2008 3. Randy Clark, 1984 4. John Wilson, 1999 5. Allen Feldhaus, 1961 6. Mike Harris, 1991 7. Mitch Knox, 1987 8. Mike Agnich, 1984 9. Ryan Strieby, 2006 10. John Wilson, 2000 11. Josh Loggins, 1998 12. Collin Cowgill, 2008

Pookie Jones, 1994 Chad Green, 1995 Steve Phillips, 1991 Seth Morris, 2001

On-base Percentage (Since 1987)

Total Bases Player, Season 1. Jeff Abbott, 1994 2. Sawyer Carroll, 2008 3. Mike Harris, 1991 4. John Wilson, 1999 5. Ryan Strieby, 2006 6. Josh Loggins, 1998 Collin Cowgill, 2008 8. Chad Green, 1996 9. Rick Norton, 1991 10. Paul Blandford, 1996 11. John Wilson, 2000 12. Andy Green, 2000

9.

10.

11.

STAFF

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

7.

8.

9.

10.

Dave Voit, 1988 Jay Ray, 1983 Greg Dombrowski, 2006 Tim Graven, 1976

2.48 2.81 2.83 2.84

Wins Player, Season 1. Jeff Keener, 1981 2. Joe Georger, 1979 3. Matthew Coleman, 1987 Greg Dombrowski, 2006 5. 10 players

W 13 12 10 10 8

Losses Player, Season 1. Jeff Parrett, 1982 2. Scott Wade, 2002 Scott Wade, 2001 Scott Smith, 1993 5. Craig Snipp, 2004 Cory Hahn, 2002 Brandon Webb, 1999 Scott Downs, 1997 Larry Luebbers, 1990 10. 13 players

L 12 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 7

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

Win-Loss Percentage (Min. Eight Decisions) Player, Season 1. Jeff Keener, 1981 2. Joe Georger, 1979 3. Matthew Coleman, 1987 Greg Dombrowski, 2006 5. David Voit, 1988 6. Lorhn Frazier, 1991 7. Josh Paxton, 1999 Brian Reed, 1993 Doug Sutton, 1987 Chris Rusin ranks eighth on the UK single-season strikeout list with 108 punch-outs in 2009.

Pct. .929 .866 .833 .833 .800 .778 .750 .750 .750

10.

Adam Shadburne, 1996 Doug Sutton, 1988

.727 .727

Appearances Player, Season 1. Dave Voit, 1988 2. Andrew Albers, 2008 Brian Reed, 1993 4. Lorhn Frazier, 1992 5. Logan Darnell, 2009 Brock Baber, 2008 Jon Hooker, 2000 Adam Shadburne, 1994 Paul Morse, 1993 Jon Hudson, 1988 11. Brock Baber, 2005 Adam Milburn, 1995

G 34 31 30 29 28 28 28 28 28 28 27 27

Games Started Player. Season 1. Scott Wade, 2000 Nathan Kent, 1999 3. Scott Wade, 2003 Brandon Webb, 2000 Brandon Webb, 1999 Scott Downs, 1997 Scott Smith, 1993 Doug Sutton, 1988 Joe Georger, 1979

GS 18 18 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Complete Games Player, Season 1. Joe Georger, 1979 2. Charlie Loyd, 1961 3. Rod Bolton, 1990 Tim Brandenburg, 1979 Ed McCaw, 1975 Ed McCaw, 1974 7. Nathan Kent, 1999 Scott Downs, 1997 Tim Brandenburg, 1980 Tim Brandenburg, 1978

CG 11 10 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7

Saves

HISTORY

REVIEW

Player, Season 1. Paul Morse, 1993 2. Lorhn Frazier, 1992 Dave Voit, 1988 Jack Savage, 1985 Andrew Albers, 2006 Aaron Lovett, 2007 7. Brock Baber, 2005 Bob Silvanik, 1981 9. Andrew Albers, 2008 Jon Hooker, 2001 Adam Shadburn, 1996 Paul Morse, 1994

Saves 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5

UNIVERSITY

NO-HIT GAMES Jerry Sharp: 4.11.1959, vs. Tennessee (W, 6-2) Mike Howell: 5.9.1960, vs. Centre (W, 7-0) John Bowling: 4.9.1974, vs. Georgia State (W, 3-0) 136

Innings Pitched Player, Season 1. Nathan Kent, 1999 2. Brandon Webb, 2000 3. Rod Bolton, 1990 4. Craig Snipp, 2006 5. Scott Downs, 1997 6. Brian Reed, 1994 7. Joe Georger, 1979 8. Lorhn Frazier, 1993 9. Scott Wade, 2001 10. Greg Dombrowski, 2006

Hits/9 innings (Min. 45 Innings) Player, Season 1. Jeff Keener, 1981 2. Jeff Keener, 1980 3. Timothy Brandenburg, 1980 4. Dave Voit, 1988 5. Chris Carroll, 1985 6. Andrew Albers, 2008 7. Jack Savage, 1985 8. Paul Morse, 1993 9. Paul Kilgus, 1983 10. Timothy Terry, 1979 11. Greg Reid, 1993

IP 126.0 112.2 111.2 106.0 105.2 104.2 104.0 103.2 103.0 101.2

H/9 3.93 6.19 6.29 6.61 6.94 7.19 7.42 7.61 7.65 7.74 7.82

Walks 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Jeff Parrett, 1982 Rodney Henderson, 1991 Doug Sutton, 1988 Timothy Terry, 1979 Greg Reid, 1995 Timothy Brandenburg, 1979 Ben Shaffar, 1999 Jeff Keener, 1980 Matthew Coleman, 1989 Tom Deller, 1988

78 63 61 60 56 56 55 54 53 50

Strikeouts Player, Season 1. Joseph Blanton, 2002 2. Brandon Webb, 2000 3. Rod Bolton, 1990 4. Nathan Kent, 1999 5. James Paxton, 2009 6. Brian Reed, 1994 7. Brian Reed, 1993 8. Chris Rusin, 2009 Ben Shaffar, 1999 10. Scott Downs, 1995 11. Scott Downs, 1997 12. Scott Downs, 1996

SO 133 123 121 116 115 113 112 108 108 102 99 92

Hit Batsmen (Since 1987) Player, Season 1. Brandon Webb, 2000 2. Brian Reed, 1994 3. Matthew Coleman, 1989 4. Mark Michael, 2001 Ben Shaffar, 1999 Jason Chaney, 1998 Brian Reed, 1993 Lorhn Frazier, 1993 9. six players

HBP 20 16 13 11 11 11 11 11 10

CAREER RECORDS Batting Average (Min. 300 at bats)

9.

10.

Sawyer Carroll Jeff Abbott Mike Harris Josh Loggins Randy Clark John Wilson Paul Blandford Bill Sandry Matt Bragga Sam Taylor Sean Coughlin

1.

2.

3.

3.

4.

5.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Andy Green Aaron McGlone Ryan Wilkes Darin Rieman Spencer Graeter Jay Tedesco Jeff Michael Mike Botkin Billy Thompson Beau Moore Robert Newton

1.

2.

3.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

Andy Green Aaron McGlone Ryan Wilkes Darin Rieman Spencer Graeter Jay Tedesco Jeff Michael Billy Thompson Rick Norton John Wilson Mike Harris

1997-2000 1997-2000 2001-04 1994-97 1988-90 1979-82 2005-08 1990-93 1994-96 1990-93 1991-94

908 840 759 741 735 735 723 676 653 652 636

1997-2000 1991-94

199 182

At Bats 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

Andy Green Aaron McGlone Spencer Graeter Jay Tedesco Darin Rieman Mike Botkin Ryan Wilkes Billy Thompson Chad Green Jeff Michael Brad Hindersman

Runs 1.

2.

Andy Green Jeff Abbott

1979-82 2001-04 1994-97 1991-94 1988-90 1997-2000 1997-2000 1991-94 2007-08 1998-2000 1995-98

65 54 52 51 51 49 47 47 45 44 44

1994-96 2005-07 1989-91 1988-91 1998-2000 1997-98 1979-82 2004-2006 1986-88 1985-86

12 11 10 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6

1998-2000 1997-2000 2005-06, 08 1991-94 1986-87

50 39 37 37 37

1.

2.

3.

4.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

Aaron McGlone Mike Botkin Mitch Knox Jay Tedesco Brad Hindersman Rick Norton John Wilson Darin Rieman Collin Cowgill Sawyer Carroll Mark Blythe Mike Harris Ryan Wilkes

1997-2000 1979-82 1986-87 1994-97 1991-94 1988-91 1998-2000 1988-90 2005-06, 08 2007-08 1986-89 1989-91 2005-08

177 162 157 155 155 155 154 151 140 139 134 133 132

Andy Green owns five career records at UK.

Doubles 1.

2.

3.

4.

6.

7.

9.

10.

Mike Botkin Spencer Graeter Jay Tedesco Jeff Abbott Darin Rieman Aaron McGlone Andy Green Brad Hindersman Sawyer Carroll John Wilson Mark Murphy

Triples 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

8.

10.

Chad Green Antone DeJesus Mike Harris Rick Norton John Wilson Josh Loggins Mike Botkin John Shelby Chad Estep Russ Schueler five players

Home Runs 1.

2.

3.

John Wilson Aaron McGlone Collin Cowgill Jeff Abbott Mitch Knox

UNIVERSITY

225 212 208 208 199 195 189 184 166 161 160

Andy Green Aaron McGlone Mike Botkin Spencer Graeter Jeff Abbott Ryan Wilkes Jay Tedesco Chad Green Mike Harris John Wilson Brad Hindersman

37 36 35 34 34 33

Runs Batted In

Hits 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

1984-85 1979-81 1986-89 1994-97 1986-88 2004-06

HISTORY

1997-2000 1997-2000 2005-08 1988-90 2001-04 1994-97 1990-93 1990-93 1988-91 1998-2000 1989-91

Games Started

277 274 241 233 232 226 223 215 214 212 212

11.

Randy Clark Jeff Shartzer Mark Blythe Jay Tedesco Chad Estep John Shelby

REVIEW

228 222 215 212 208 205 205 203 198 190 185

1997-2000 1997-2000 1979-82 2001-04 1991-94 2005-08 1994-97 1994-96 1989-91 1998-2000 1991-94

7.

8.

9.

PREVIEW

1997-2000 1997-2000 2005-08 1988-90 2001-04 1994-97 1990-93 1979-82 1990-93 1998-2001 1998-2002

Games

8.

9.

10.

11.

179 166 160 158 158 156 155 154 146 146 146

WILDCATS

.386 .380 .366 .364 .355 .348 .346 .346 .338 .335 .335

1997-2000 2005-06, 08 1994-96 1994-97 1989-91 1990-93 1990-93 1998-2000 2005-08 1988-89 1979-82

STAFF

2007-08 1991-94 1989-91 1997-98 1984-85 1998-2000 1995-96 1981-82 1991-94 1988-89 2006-07

Aaron McGlone Collin Cowgill Chad Green Jay Tedesco Mike Harris Jeff Michael Billy Thompson John Wilson Ryan Wilkes Billy White Mike Botkin

UK BASEBALL

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

3.

4.

5.

6.

MEDIA INFO

BATTING

137

STAFF

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

Total Bases 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

Aaron McGlone John Wilson Jeff Abbott Andy Green Mike Botkin Jay Tedesco Mike Harris Mitch Knox Brad Hindersman Darin Rieman

1997-2000 1998-2000 1991-94 1997-2000 1979-82 1994-97 1989-91 1986-87 1991-94 1988-90

444 422 406 395 388 381 360 344 342 342

Slugging Percentage (Min. 300 at bats) 1. Randy Clark 2. John Wilson 3. Jeff Abbott 4. Josh Loggins 5. Sawyer Carroll 6. Sean Coughlin 7. Steven Clark 8. Mike Harris 9. Bill Sandry 10. Chris Gonzalez

1984-85 1998-2000 1991-94 1997-98 2007-08 2006-07 1989-91 1989-91 1981-82 1993-94

.707 .693 .666 .664 .656 .630 .625 .615 .611 .598

1997-2000 1988-90 2005-08 2005-06, 08 1994-97 1979-82 1991-94 1989-91

134 128 119 116 115 112 108 106

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Aaron McGlone Darin Rieman Ryan Wilkes Collin Cowgill Jay Tedesco Mike Botkin Jeff Abbott Mike Harris

In two years at UK, Sawyer Carroll set a new school record for career batting average (.386), ranking fifth alltime in slugging percentage (.656) and second in on-base percentage (.483).

HISTORY

REVIEW

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

Walks

9.

10.

11.

12.

Spencer Graeter Robert Buchanan Jeff Michael Rick Norton

2001-04 1995-88 1990-93 1988-91

103 101 100 96

7.

8.

9.

10.

1994-97 2000-02 1992-94 1988-90 1994-96 1990-93 2005-08 1988-91 2005-06, 08 1994-96 2004-06 1986-88 2001-04 1992-94

185 172 162 162 152 144 143 140 138 134 134 124 123 123

Stolen Bases

1.

2.

3.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

12.

13.

Jay Tedesco Seth Morris Pookie Jones Darin Rieman Chip Rhea Billy Thompson Ryan Wilkes Rick Norton Collin Cowgill Chad Green John Shelby Chad Estep Spencer Graeter Eddie Brooks

On-base pct.

(Min. 300 at bats – since 1987) 1. Eddie Brooks 2. Sawyer Carroll 3. Jeff Abbott 4. Mike Harris 5. Brian Spear 6. Vince Castaldo 7. John Wilson 8. Collin Cowgill 9. Paul Blandford 10. Pete Pryor Sean Coughlin Antone DeJesus

15 14 14 13 13

1992-94 2007-08 1991-94 1989-91 2007-08 1988-90 1998-2000 2005-06, 08 1995-96 1995-96 2006-07 2005-07

.489 .483 .473 .467 .459 .445 .443 .441 .438 .434 .434 .434

1.

2.

3.

5.

6.

7.

9.

11.

Chad Green Andy Green Paul Blandford Terry Shumpert Beau Moore Anthony Morrow Jeff Michael John Shelby Billy White Antone DeJesus Mike Harris

1994-96 1997-2000 1995-96 1985-87 1998-01 1989-90 1990-93 2004-06 1988-89 2004-07 1989-91

126 81 66 66 56 47 42 42 38 37 36

Stolen Base Attempts 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

9.

10.

11.

Chad Green Andy Green Paul Blandford Terry Shumpert Beau Moore Jeff Michael Anthony Morrow John Shelby Billy White Mike Harris Mike Botkin Antone DeJesus

1994-96 1997-2000 1995-96 1985-87 1998-01 1990-93 1989-90 2004-06 1988-89 1989-91 1979-82 2004-07

155 103 94 74 70 56 54 54 53 45 44 44

Earned run average

PITCHING Sacrifice Flies (Since 1987) 1. Ryan Wilkes 2. Jeff Michael 3. Antone DeJesus 4. Rick Norton 5. Sawyer Carroll Collin Cowgill Eddie Brooks Sam Taylor 9. Darin Rieman Mark Blythe 11. Jesse Barber Jeff Abbott Chris Gonzalez Michael Bertram

1.

2.

3.

3.

4.

5.

6.

UNIVERSITY

2005-06, 08 2000-03 1993-96 2006-07 1979-82

Strikeouts

2005-08 1990-93 2004-2007 1988-91 2007-08 2005-06, 08 1992-94 1988-89 1988-90 1986-89 2002-05 1991-94 1993-94 2003-06

19 16 14 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 9

2005-08 2003-06 2004-07 1997-2000 1990-93 2003-06 2008-present

40 25 24 24 23 23 20

(Min. 75 inn.)

1. Jeff Keener 2. Joe Georger 3. David Voit 4. Matt Fisher 5. Aaron Lovett 6. Paul Kilgus 7. Heath Castle 8. Steve Culkar 9. Brock Baber Billy Thompson 11. Jay Ray

Ryan Wilkes Justin Scutchfield Antone DeJesus Andy Green Jeff Michael Michael Bertram Chris Wade

1980-81 1979 1986-88 1990-92 2007-08 1981-84 2003 1986-87 2005-08 1990-93 1982-85

2.01 2.86 3.23 3.39 3.38 3.42 3.54 3.58 3.68 3.68 3.71

1982-85 2006-09 2005-08 1990-93 1986-89 2005-08 1980-81 1981-84 1986-88 1993-96

24 23 23 23 22 20 20 20 18 17

Wins 1.

2.

Sacrifices

138

Collin Cowgill Brad Pickrell Todd Young Mike Brown Mike Botkin

5.

6.

9.

10.

Jay Ray Chris Rusin Greg Dombrowski Lorhn Frazier Matthew Coleman Andrew Albers Jeff Keener Paul Kilgus Doug Sutton Adam Shadburne

Scott Downs Josh Paxton Scott Wade

5.

2000-03 2002-06 1981-84 1980-83 1986-89 1998-2000 1985-88 1986-89 1995-97 1994-97

32 21 20 19 19 16 15 15 15 15

10.

7.

8.

Losses 1.

2.

3.

4.

6.

7.

Scott Wade Craig Snipp Paul Kilgus Jeff Parrett Tom Deller Brandon Webb Vince Tyra Matthew Coleman Scott Downs Aaron Acuff

2005-08 1980-81 1990-93 2006-09 1991-94 1997-2000 1986-88 1982-85 2002-04 1986-89 1982-85

.821 .800 .719 .677 .667 .654 .643 .632 .600 .595 .583

Appearances 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

1.

2.

3.

4.

7.

9.

11.

Scott Wade Scott Smith Brandon Webb Chris Rusin Greg Dombrowski Paul Kilgus Jay Ray Scott Downs Tom Deller Matthew Coleman Rob Corrado Vince Tyra

60 49 46 45 45 45 40 40 39 39 37 37

1981-84 1982-85 1989-90 1989-90

18 17 15 14

Complete Games 1.

2.

3.

4.

Paul Kilgus Jay Ray Brandenburg Rodney Bolton

2000-03 1990-93 2006-09 1981-84 1982-85 2005-08 1998-2000 1986-89 1995-97 1990-93 1986-89 2003-06

357 344 1/3 302 1/3 300 1/3 298 282 277 2/3 261 2/3 260 251 248 1/3 247 1/3

Innings pitched 1.

2.

3.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Scott Wade Scott Smith Chris Rusin Paul Kilgus Jay Ray Greg Dombrowski Brandon Webb Tom Deller Scott Downs Lorhn Frazier Matthew Coleman Craig Snipp

1998-2000 2003-06 1991-94 1990-93 2005-08 2006-09 2005-08 2000-03 1997-2000 1986-89 1990-93 2000-01 2000-02

39 30 28 27 26 24 23 23 22 21 21 21 21

Hit Batsmen 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

9.

10.

Brandon Webb Craig Snipp Brian Reed Scott Smith Greg Dombrowski Chris Rusin Andrew Albers Scott Wade Josh Paxton Tom Deller Lorhn Frazier Mark Michael Rob Corrado

Scott Downs registered a school-record 293 strikeouts from 1995-97.

Hits/9 innings 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Jeff Keener Tim Brandenburg Chris Carroll David Voit Jack Savage Wm. VanLandingham Paul Morse Joe Georger Brian Reed Steve Culkar

1980-81 1979-80 1982-85 1986-88 1983-85 1989-91 1993-94 1979 1991-94 1986-87

5.11 7.42 7.43 7.57 7.94 7.97 8.05 8.22 8.28 8.42

1980-83 1986-89 1994-97 1981-84 1985-88 1990-92 1986-89 1986-88 1998-2000 1982-85

169 160 153 139 138 135 132 129 120 120

Walks 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

9.

Jeff Parrett Tom Deller Greg Reid Paul Kilgus Vince Tyra Rodney Henderson Matthew Coleman Doug Sutton Brandon Webb Jay Ray

UNIVERSITY

2000-03 1990-93 1998-2000 2006-09 2005-08 1981-84 1982-85 1995-97 1986-89 1986-89 2000-02 1985-88

Games Started

15 13 12 11 11 11 10 8 8 7 7

293 274 271 259 242 231 227 206 203 202 199

HISTORY

104 98 92 82 81 77 73 71 70 70 68

1990-93 1993-94 2005-08 2005-08 1998-01 1986-88 1983-85 2007-08 1993-96 1986-89 1999-2000

1995-97 2006-09 1991-94 1998-2000 1990-93 2000-02 2000-03 1989-90 2003-06 1990-93 1986-89

REVIEW

1990-93 2005-08 1997-2000 1998-01 2005-08 2003-06 1990-93 1993-96 2000-03 1991-94 2003-06

10.

Lorhn Frazier Paul Morse Andrew Albers Brock Baber Jon Hooker David Voit Jack Savage Aaron Lovett Adam Shadburne Tom Deller Breck Price

Scott Downs Chris Rusin Brian Reed Brandon Webb Scott Smith Joe Blanton Scott Wade Rodney Bolton Craig Snipp Lorhn Frazier Tom Deller

PREVIEW

Lorhn Frazier Brock Baber Josh Paxton Jon Hooker Andrew Albers Aaron Tennyson 7. Scott Smith 8. Adam Shadburne 9. Scott Wade Brian Reed 11. Craig Snipp

1.

2.

3.

4.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

WILDCATS

Greg Dombrowski Jeff Keener Lorhn Frazier Chris Rusin Brian Reed Josh Paxton Doug Sutton Jay Ray Kalen Gibson Matthew Coleman Jeff Hellman

13 13 11 9 9 8 8

STAFF

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

1995-97 1990-93 1979 1986-88 1980-83 2006-09 2000-03

Saves

7.

8.

Win-loss percentage

Scott Downs Scott Smith Joe Georger Doug Sutton Jeff Parrett Chris Rusin Scott Wade

UK BASEBALL

17 17 17

MEDIA INFO

1995-97 1996-2000 2000-03

Strikeouts 139

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

TEAM RECORDS Longest Winning Streaks Rk Games Year 1.

3.

4.

5.

6.

12.

19 19 15 13 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 9

2008 2007 2000 1992 1959-60 1996 1990 1986-87 1965 1961 1911 four times

STAFF

Longest Losing Streaks Rk Games Years 1.

2.

4.

5.

6.

1955-56 1956 1957 2002 1934-1939 1992-93 1946-47 2004 1998-99 1990 1925

Consecutive Games Without Being Shutout Rk Games Years 1.

2.

3.

5.

6.

7.

8.

HISTORY

REVIEW

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

8.

16 13 13 12 11 9 9 8 8 8 8

124 105 94 94 85 74 64 56 56

1997-99 2003-05 1993-95 1958-62 1903-08 1995-96 1983-84 1978-80 1989-90

Most Runs Scored Rk Opponent 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

10.

Eastern Kentucky Tennessee-Martin Marshall Cincinnati Vanderbilt Southern Illinois Centre Transylvania Xavier Tennessee Tech Morehead State Eastern Kentucky

Date 1978 2007 4/9/1996 3/24/1983 5/2/1993 4/14/1992 4/10/1965 4/26/1960 5/16/1939 4/4/2001 4/6/1984 1977

Runs 30 27 26 25 24 24 24 24 24 23 23 23

Largest Margin of Victory Rk Opponent Date Margin 1.

2.

3.

4.

Tennessee-Martin Cincinnati Centre Tennessee Tech Marshall Transylvania Eastern Normal 8. Georgia State Cincinnati 10. Eastern Kentucky Georgetown Coll.

Georgetown Coll.

3/10/2007 3/24/1983 4/10/1965 4/4/2001 4/9/1996 4/26/1960 5/12/1928 3/16/1971 3/30/1907 1978 4/27/1946 5/13/1912

27 (27-0) 25 (25-0) 24 (24-0) 21 (23-2) 21 (26-5) 21 (24-3) 21 (21-0) 20 (22-2) 20 (22-2) 19 (30-11) 19 (19-0) 19 (22-3)

SEASON RECORDS (SINCE 1979) Batting Average At bats Runs Hits Doubles Triples Home runs RBI Total bases Slugging pct.

Walks Hit by pitch Strikeouts On-base pct.

Sacrifice flies Sacrifice hits Stolen bases Steal attempts

.321 2157 510 687 152 22 110 461 1129 .549 337 93 490 .444 38 75 142 199

1988 2008 2008 1988 2008 2007 1994 2008 1994 1994 2006 2007 1995 1991 2008 2008 1996 1996

3.37 20 5 5 17 563 299 163 124 140 523 73 4 31 .260 26 34 0

1983 1979 2000 1979 1993 2008 1983 1983 1983 2006 2009 2006 2007 2006 1985 2005 1988 1995

1625 797 60 .974

2006 2006 1980 2008

Pitching

As a true freshman in 2009, UK relied on Braden Kapteyn on the mound and at the plate with club-highs in relief wins (five), saves (four) and doubles (11).

Earned-run avg.

Complete games Shutouts Saves Innings pitched Hits Allowed Runs Allowed Earned Runs Walks Strikeouts Doubles Triples Home runs Batting avg. against Wild pitches Hit batsmen Balks

Fielding UNIVERSITY

Putouts Assists Errors Fielding pct.

140

KENTUCKY AWARDS & HONORS Chuck Long Tom Hatfield Kerry Jolly Bob Silvanik Kirk Swigert Dan Whelan Paul Blandford

2008

Chris Wade, SS

First Team All-SEC

Gerald Belcher Sonny Denniston Jimmy Hall Ed McCaw Billy Fouch Darrell Saunders John Koenen Ed McCaw Mike Moore Chuck Long

UNIVERSITY

1973 1973 1973 1973 1974 1974 1974 1974 1976 1976

HISTORY

Honorable Mention All-America

In 2009, Chris Wade became UK’s first All-SEC shortstop since Dickie Parsons in 1961.

REVIEW

Dom Fucci, C Dickie Parsons, SS Jimmy Sherrill, OF Jeff Keener, OF Terry Shumpert, 2B Chris Estep, OF Rick Norton, 3B Mike Harris, 1B Brad Hindersman, DH Jeff Abbott, OF Chad Green, OF John Wilson, C Ryan Strieby, 1B Sean Coughlin, C Sawyer Carroll, OF Collin Cowgill, OF

Clint Arnold, OF Mitch Knox, 1B Matthew Coleman, P Vince Castaldo, 2B Mike Harris, 1B Mike Harris, 1B Rod Bolton, P Darin Rieman, 2B Manny Cervantes, DH Jeff Abbott, CF Brad Hindersman, DH Eddie Brooks, 2B Billy Thompson, C Chad Green, OF John Wilson, C John Wilson, C John Shelby, 2B Sean Coughlin, C John Shelby, 2B Chris Bisson, 2B Chris Wade, SS

PREVIEW

1949 1961 1976 1981 1987 1988 1991 1991 1993 1994 1996 1999 2006 2007 2008 2008

1986 1987 1987 1988 1989 1990 1990 1990 1991 1992 1992 1993 1993 1995 1999 2000 2005 2006 2006 2009 2009

(chosen from 1961-85 by coaches) 1961 Dickie Parsons, SS 1961 Allen Feldhaus, C 1961 Charlie Loyd, P 1963 Cotton Nash, lB 1964 Jim Monin, UT 1964 Steve Calloway, P 1965 Randy Embry, 3B 1965 Jim Monin, SS 1965 Pete Fritsch, C 1965 Kenny Lewis, P 1966 Pete Fritsch, C 1967 Ron Hicks, C 1968 Rick Anderson, UT 1970 Steve Tingle, 3B 1971 Derek Bryant, OF 1971 Dave Bait, OF 1972 Derek Bryant, OF 1972 Jim Lett, 3B 1972 Roger Webb, UT 1973 Derek Bryant, OF 1973 Marvis Foley, lB 1973 Sonny Denniston, 28 1973 Gerald Belcher, OF 1974 Marvis Foley, C 1974 Sonny Denniston, 28 1974 Gerald Belcher, OF 1975 Marvis Foley, C 1975 LeRoy Robbins, 18 1975 Ed McCaw, P 1976 LeRoy Robbins, DH 1976 Darrell Saunders, OF

WILDCATS

All-America

Frank Ramsey, OF Frank Ramsey, OF Charles Keller, 1B Frank Ramsey, OF Miles Willard, SS Dickie Parsons, SS Jerry Sharp, P Dickie Parsons, SS Charlie Loyd, P Randy Embry, 3B Jim Monin, UT Pete Fritsch, C Ron Hicks, C Steve Tingle, 3B Derek Bryant, OF Jim Lett, 3B Derek Bryant, OF Jim Lett, 3B Derek Bryant, OF Marvis Foley, 1B Gerald Belcher, OF Marvis Foley, C Ed McCaw, P Darrell Saunders, OF Bill Fouch, OF LeRoy Rabbins, DH John Koenen, C Jimmy Shefrill, OF Joe Georger, P Chuck Long, 2B Danny Pototsky, UT Jeff Keener, P Bill Sandry, 1B Mike Botkin, OF Brandt Ely, UT Randy Clark, DH Terry Shumpert, 2B Terry Shumpert, 2B Robbie Buchanan, C Billy White, SS Mark Blythe, OF Rick Norton, C Mike Harris, 1B

Second Team All-SEC

All-SEC Eastern Division

STAFF

Dom Fucci distinguished himself as Kentucky’s first All-American in 1949.

1951 1952 1952 1953 1954 1959 1959 1961 1961 1965 1965 1966 1967 1970 1971 1972 1972 1973 1973 1974 1974 1975 1975 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1979 1979 1980 1981 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1988 1989 1991 1991

Brad Hindersman, DH Jeff Abbott, OF Todd Young, C Chad Green, OF Scott Downs, P Ryan Strieby, 1B Sawyer Carroll, OF Collin Cowgill, OF Ryan Wilkes, 2B Chris Rusin, SP

UK BASEBALL

Freshman All-America

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2006 2008 2008 2008 2008

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1977 1979 1979 1980 1980 1983 1996

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1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1978 1979 1979 1979 1980 1980 1980 1981 1981 1981 1981 1982 1983 1983 1984 1984 1984 1985

Billy Fouch, OF John Koenen, C Tim Graven, P LeRoy Robbins, DH Jim Sherrill, OF Steve Pewitt, P Mike Moore, DH Steve Roberts, UT Joe Georger, P Chuck Long, 28 Danny Pototsky, 28 Jeff Keener, P Greg Ryle, C Jeff Keener, P Bill Sandry, lB Jeff Shartzer, 3B Mike Botkin, OF Mike Botkin, OF Brandt Ely, UT Jay Ray, P Randy Clark, lB Mike Agnich, OF Dan Sehlhorst, C Randy Clark, 1B

All-SEC Tournament 1981 1981 1981 1981 1987 1988 1988 1996 1996 2008 2008

Danny Pototsky, 2B Mike Botkin, OF Greg Ryle, C Jeff Keener, P (MVP) Terry Shumpert, 2B Vince Castaldo, 2B Darin Rieman, 3B Chad Green, OF Travis Hayes, 3B Sawyer Carroll, OF Chris McClendon, 3B

All-SEC Tournament Eastern Division (1993-95) 1993 1993 1993 1993 1994 1995 1995

Matt Bragga, OF Brad Hindersman, DH Jeff Michael, SS Tom Thaemert, OF Jeff Abbott, OF Chad Green, OF Todd Young, C

WILDCATS

Antone DeJesus, OF Ryan Wilkes, 2B Greg Dombrowski garnered All-Region honors on the mound in 2006 after leading the Wildcats with 10 wins and a 2.83 ERA.

PREVIEW

2008

Ryan Wilkes, 2B

ABCA All-South Region 2002 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2008 2008 2008

Joe Blanton, P John Shelby, 2B Sean Coughlin, C Ryan Strieby, 1B John Shelby, 2B Collin Cowgill, OF Greg Dombrowski, P Sean Coughlin, C Sawyer Carroll, OF Collin Cowgill, OF Ryan Wilkes, 2B

U.S. Olympic Team 1996

Chad Green, OF

U.S. National Team 1999 2005

Freshman All-SEC 2005 2005

Rawlings Gold Glove

John Wilson, C John Cohen, Asst. Coach

Golden Spikes Nominee 1996 1997 2008 2008

Chad Green Scott Downs Sawyer Carroll Collin Cowgill

GTE Academic All-Americans First Team 1976 2000

LeRoy Robbins, DH Andy Green, 2B

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Second Team 1976 1977

Darrell Saunders, OF LeRoy Robbins, OF

Frank Ramsey was a three-time All-SEC selection in the early 1950s.

1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1979 1979 1979 1979 1980 1980 1980 1980 1981 1981 1981 1982 1983

Jimmy Shefrill Billy Fouch Darrell Saunders LeRoy Robbins Steve Pewitt Randy Gipson LeRoy Robbins Steve Pewitt Randy Gipson Chuck Long Jim Leopold Steve Vogel Tom Hatfield James Leopold Steve Vogel Jeff Keener Jeff Shartzer Tom Hatfield Jeff Keener Bill Barker Ken Jackson

Third Team 1989

Mark Blythe, OF

HISTORY

Academic All-American 2006 2008

Collin Cowgill Collin Cowgill

Academic All-SEC UNIVERSITY

(chosen from 1971-83) 1974 Sonny Denniston 1975 Ed McCaw 1976 Ed McCaw 1976 Randy Gipson

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SEC Academic Honor Roll (chosen since 1984) 1984 Chris Carroll Tim Feger Dan Whelan 1986 Mark Blythe Scott Weakley Alan Yankey 1987 Mark Blythe 1988 Mark Blythe Jim Dill Roger Gum

1989

1992

1994

2001

2002

2003

2004

2007

T.J. Daugherty Jonathan Huff Mike Kaczmarek James Paxton Clint Tilford Chris Wade

SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (chosen since 2005) 2005 Andrew Albers Collin Cowgill Greg Dombrowski Tommy Warner 2006 Marcus Nidiffer Timmy Wimsatt 2007 James Paxton Michael Seaborn Clint Tilford 2008 Scott Davis 2009 Sean Bouthilette Andy Burns Chase Greene Braden Kapteyn Alex Meyer Michael Williams Chad Wright

UNIVERSITY

After playing in 57 games and totaling a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 2008, second baseman Ryan Wilkes was honored with the Rawlings Gold Glove, distinguishing him as the top defensive second baseman in college baseball.

2009

HISTORY

2006

2008

Brock Baber Sean Coughlin Collin Cowgill Antone DeJesus Greg Dombrowski Tyler Howe Marcus Nidiffer Anthony Ottrando Troy Ragle Dan Reale Brian Spear Tommy Warner Brock Wright Andrew Albers Brock Baber Kevin Bishop Sawyer Carroll Collin Cowgill Greg Dombrowski Tyler Howe Jonathan Huff Chris McClendon Marcus Nidiffer James Paxton Brian Spear Brian Suerdick Clint Tilford Tommy Warner Brock Wright Jesse Yano

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2005

Two University of Kentucky baseball stars have had the opportunity to represent the United States on the US National Team. In 1996, Chad Green represented the US in the Olympic Games, and, in 1999, John Wilson traveled throughout the US and Japan as a national team member. Former UK stars Collin Cowgill and John Shelby also participated in training with Team USA.

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1996

2000

WILDCATS

1995

1999

TEAM USA MEMBERS

STAFF

1993

1998

Aaron Acuff Aaron Acuff Greg Reid Janak Talwalkar Andy Green Jeff Meade Josh Paxton Justin Sanders Will Crumbaugh Andy Green Patrick Mahan Jeff Meade Josh Owens Josh Paxton Justin Sanders Andy Green Austin Madison Jeff Meade Josh Paxton Jason Wolfe Andy Green Jeff Meade Jason Wolfe Austin Madison Michael Paxton John Gooch Vincent Harrison Austin Madison Lance McKinster Seth Morris Brad Pickrell Mark Fritts Mark Galvin Andrew Levenson Brad Pickrell Gordon Tyler Michael Wade Dave Waespe Matt Fritts Mark Galvin Kalen Gibson Casey Gilvin Adam Kunkel Robert Levenson James Rose Craig Snipp Seth Stanley Brock Baber Steve Deaton Matt Fritts Kalen Gibson Billy Grace Adam Revelette Matt Robinson J.B. Schmidt Andrew Albers Mike Brown Collin Cowgill Greg Dombrowski Troy Ragle Adam Revelette Matt Robinson Tommy Warner Andrew Albers

UK BASEBALL

1991

1997

MEDIA INFO

1990

John Hampton Billy White Bruce Wise Mark Blythe Jim Dill Roger Gum John Hampton Joe Welch Billy White Bruce Wise Paul Corum Mike Harris Darin Rieman Tom Robeson Paul Corum Blake Feeney Tom Froning Paul Corum Mark Etter Tom Froning Greg Mercer Jeff Norman Max Reitz Steve Zongor Mark Etter Andy McCord Billy Thompson Matt Bowles Mark Etter Brad Hindersman Andy McCord Brian Reed Andy McCord Janak Talwakar Greg Reid Aaron Acuff Janak Talwalkar

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JIM HOST

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UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

Horse Park, one of Kentucky’s most popular tourist attractions. He became the Republican Party’s nominee for Lieutenant Governor, but lost in the general election. Host opened Jim Host & Associates in 1972, which became a model for sports marketing companies. His first contract was with the Lexington Tourist and Convention Bureau, which led to the formation of the Lexington Center Corporation and the building of Rupp Arena. The company began rapid development in 1974 with two contracts, a basketball and football radio agreement with the University of Kentucky and an executive management relationship with the National Tour Association.

His company, which evolved into Host Communications, became nationally known for the administration of affinity, lifestyle, sports marketing and association management for universities, high school associations, collegiate athletic conferences, associations and corporations. Host Communications was named one of the top five sports marketing companies in the world by SportsBusiness Journal in May 2000. Last year, Host Communications was sold to corporate giant IMG. Active in civic and charitable activities, Host has chaired many campaigns and has been associated with more than 40 organizations and boards. He has received a number of honors from a myriad interests.

Host, for example, in 2000 was named to the University of Kentucky Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame and the state of Kentucky’s Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2001, he received one of Kentucky’s top civic awards, Kentuckian of the Year by the Chandler Foundation. Host is past-chair of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce, and past-president of the Lexington Rotary Club and the Blue Grass Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the Travel Industry of America’s Hall of Leaders and the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Directors Hall of Fame. One of Host’s more recent achievements was his integral role in bringing the World Equestrian Games to the Kentucky Horse Park in 2010.

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

REVIEW

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

Jim Host was instrumental in bringing the 2010 World Equestrian Games to Lexington.

The Kentucky baseball program boasts some notable alumni throughout its years, including Host Communications founder, Jim Host, a Wildcat from 1956-59 and one of the first UK players to receive a baseball scholarship.

Host, a fixture at Cliff Hagan Stadium in the spring, has chartered a successful career as a sportscaster, businessman, and politician after graduating from Kentucky in 1959, completing a stellar career on the diamond as a right-handed pitcher.

After posting an amazing 1.66 ERA in 75.1 innings of action in 1959, Host began a professional baseball career in the Chicago White Sox system before a shoulder injury forced him to retire.

Host immediately began a successful professional career which began as a student-athlete broadcaster in 1957, serving as the play-by-play announcer for Kentucky football and basketball on the Kentucky Central Sports Network and WVLK-Radio. He joined Procter & Gamble where he spent several years in marketing and sales before returning to Lexington in 1964. Host was involved with real estate, building and insurance companies until he entered politics in 1967.

At age 29, he became the youngest member of Kentucky Governor Louie Nunn’s Cabinet as the commissioner of the Department of Public Information and then Commissioner of the Department of Parks where he worked to initiate the Kentucky

JIM HOST • WILDCAT FROM 1956-59 • RHP 1959 Senior Stats G Starts CG IP 12 8 6 75.1

144

H 50

R 26

ER 14

ERA 1.66

BB 24

SO 69

W 5

L 5

Pct. .500

Host recently served as the Commerce Secretary for the State of Kentucky, before retiring in 2005.

During Host’s tenure as Secretary, the Commerce Cabinet achieved numerous goals: • a statewide energy policy was developed • significantly reduced state parks annual operating loss • coordinated the Louisville Arena Task Force as it made its final recommendation • created a state branding campaign evolving around “Unbridled Spirit” • aggressive effort to promote and fund new tourism campaigns in Kentucky • greatly increased minority staffing levels in the cabinet • lead the state to the nation’s largest percentage of growth in broadband use (2003-04) • formed the Kentucky Sports Authority and have lured major events to the state.

Whatever Host chooses to embark successfully into next, one can be certain that he will be at Cliff Hagan Stadium cheering on the Wildcat baseball team as they take the field in February.

KEITH MADISON MEDIA INFO

BY THE NUMBERS Victories • 735 wins ranks third in SEC history • 264 SEC victories • 41 wins in 1991 set the single-season win record at Kentucky

UK BASEBALL

Wildcats in the Pros • 85 were either drafted or signed professional baseball contracts • 24 were taken in the top 10 rounds • 12 selected in the top five rounds • 3 selected in the first round • 14 reached Major League Baseball

All-Americans • 9 All-Americans • 2 first-team All-Americans, Jeff Abbott and Chad Green • 6 honorable mention All-America selections • 1 NCAA statistical champion, Jeff Keener, who led the nation with a 0.51 ERA in 1981

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Academic Honors • 2 GTE Academic All-Americans • 89 Academic All-SEC selections

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tenure, Chad Green and John Wilson, competed internationally for the United States. Green was a member of the ’96 U.S. Olympic Team, while Wilson traveled throughout the country and to Japan as a national team member.

A philosophy of team unity, character building, sportsmanship and integrity was the cornerstone for Madison’s long-standing success in the Bluegrass.

He brought his blueprint for building a successful collegiate baseball program to Kentucky’s campus and unveiled a philosophy to run a class program by emphasizing academic success and personal responsibility both on and off the field. The desired results were immediate.

Taking over a program that had just finished last in the SEC Eastern Division and had set the school record for most losses in a season, Madison guided his first team to a 29-18 mark in 1979 and set a school record for most wins in a season.

Over his 25 seasons, UK averaged 29 wins a season and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1988 and 1993, with the 1988 berth representing the school’s first national tournament appearance in 38 years. After setting the school record for wins in his first season, Madison improved that mark from 39 wins in 1981 to 41 in 1991.

Through all the success, Madison guided nine All-Americans (10 selections), six Honorable Mention All-Americans, 20 first-team All-SEC players and an impressive 89 SEC academic honors selections. He placed 16 players on SEC All-Tournament teams, including the 1981 MVP, Jeff Keener. Keener also led the nation in lowest earned run average that season, posting a 0.51 ERA. Not just a prominent pitching coach, Madison also coached three .400 hitters and his 1994 team led the nation with 110 home runs.

WILDCATS

Keith Madison, the winningest coach in the history of Kentucky baseball, walked away from Kentucky in 2003 after 25 seasons and 735 career victories. He had coached 85 players who were drafted or signed professional baseball contract, including fifty-one of his players were selected in the top 25 rounds and 14 who eventually reached the major league level. He also spearheaded the grand opening of a new 3,000-seat $4.2 million Cliff Hagan Stadium.

A native of Brownsville, Ky., Madison became UK’s 22nd head baseball coach on June 7, 1978, at the young age of 26. When he left, he was the third-winningest coach in SEC history behind only legends Ron Polk and Skip Bertman.

In 25 seasons Madison certainly left his mark, not only on the Kentucky baseball program, but also on the national college baseball scene. In Lexington, he oversaw and helped raise money for several of the baseball program facilities, including Kentucky baseball’s home site, Cliff Hagan Stadium at Shively Field.

On the national scene, Madison was recognized in 1995 for his knowledge, integrity and concern for college baseball at the American Baseball Coaches Association convention when his peers elected him the organization’s fourth vice-president. He eventually served as the president in 2000. That year, he ran the national convention in Atlanta, drawing the largest turnout in history with over 3,500 in attendance. He continues to serve on the ABCA board and is the director of the South Region which is comprised of 36 institutions.

Madison has also worked with USA Baseball, serving as the national team’s pitching coach during the summer of 1999.

Furthermore, two Wildcats under Madison’s

• 44 All-SEC selections • 18 first-team All-SEC honors • 16 voted to SEC All-Tournament teams • 1 SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player, Jeff Keener.

STAFF

All-Southeastern Conference

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UNIVERSITY

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STAFF

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

UK IN THE MLB DRAFT Draftees Year 1965 1973* 1973 1974 1975^ 1975 1975 1977 1978 1979 1979 1981 1981 1982 1982 1982 1982 1983 1984 1984 1985 1985 1985 1985 1985 1986 1986 1987 1987 1987 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988 1989 1989 1989 1989 1990 1990 1990 1990 1991 1991 1991 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 1994 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1997 1998 1998 1999

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Rd 3 9 8 20 1 17 27 11 17 14 21 7 27 12 16 21 23 9 18 43 8 13 15 27 28 16 29 2 14 40 7 12 19 20 33 3 14 39 40 8 13 18 33 4 5 18 2 2 22 23 32 32 4 5 14 19 1 10 19 25 26 3 8 9 6 11 6

Over 44 135 191 454 5 395 604 277 423 339 524 162 670 302 410 537 584 236 470 821 194 332 376 700 706 408 707 41 350 1008 181 304 497 520 848 68 350 1016 1040 210 337 467 867 105 142 490 41 65 613 651 899 901 117 130 378 519 8 280 572 736 767 94 248 270 179 322 200

Name Jim Monin Ron Sciarro Derek Bryant John Bowling Everett Murray Marv Foley Steve Bush Leroy Robbins Steve Roberts Joe Georger Steven Roberts Jeff Keener Jim Leopold Mike Botkin Mark Mangione Jeff Parrett Bill Sandry Jeff Parrett Dan Sehihorst Paul Kilgus Jack Savage Joe Farmer Jay Ray Chris Carroll Rick Campbell Russ Schueler Steve Culkar Terry Shumpert Steve Culkar Don Ray Doug Sutton Chris Estep Dave Voit Jon Hudson John Marshall Billy White Sam Taylor Matt Coleman Tom Deiler Larry Luebbers Rod Bolton Brandon Wilson Vince Castaldo Mike Harris Billy Vanlandingham Rick Norton Rod Henderson Mark Thompson Billy Thompson Jeff Michael Scott Smith Jeff Abbott Jeff Abbott Eddie Brooks Pookie Jones Paul Morse Chad Green Paul Blandford Adam Milbum Adam Shadburne Pete Pryor Scott Downs Matt Borno Kenny Miller John Borne Josh Loggins Benjamin Shaffar

Pos SS P OF P OF C SS OF OF P 3B P P-OF OF SS P 1B P C P P P P P SS SS P 2B P OF P OF P P 1B-3B SS OF P P P P SS 3B 1B P 3B P P C SS P OF OF 2B OF P OF 2B p p 1B P RHP SS P OF P

Team Houston Astros Pittsburgh Pirates Oakland Athletics Pittsburgh Pirates Baltimore Orioles Chicago White Sox Chicago Cubs Oakland Athletics San Francisco Giants Seattle Mariners Oakland Athletics St. Louis Cardinals San Diego Padres Houston Astros Los Angeles Dodgers Montreal Expos Chicago White Sox Milwaukee Brewers Chicago White Sox Texas Rangers Los Angeles Dodgers St. Louis Cardinals Los Angeles Dodgers New York Yankees Cincinnati Reds Montreal Expos Pittsburgh Pirates Kansas City Royals Baltimore Orioles Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins Pittsburgh Pirates Milwaukee Brewers New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs Philadelphia Phillies Detroit Tigers Pittsburgh Pirates Cincinnati Reds Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox Milwaukee Brewers Milwaukee Brewers San Francisco Giants Oakland Athletics Montreal Expos Colorado Rockies Detroit Tigers Baltimore Orioles Texas Rangers Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox Pittsburgh Pirates Colorado Rockies Minnesota Twins Milwaukee Brewers Montreal Expos Atlanta Braves Philadelphia Phillies Chicago White Sox Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds New York Mets Chicago White Sox San Diego Padres Chicago Cubs

1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2002 2002 2002 2003 2004 2004 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009

15 49 8 11 24 40 13 1 21 30 16 12 22 4 5 22 28 39 42 13 15 16 18 29 3 3 5 10 23 23 41 1 4 11 31

449 1453 249 335 729 1205 379 24 630 892 484 361 644 112 165 666 840 1162 1257 403 474 502 550 900 99 111 168 315 694 710 1244 37 140 338 931

John Wilson James Kent Brandon Webb John Wilson Andy Green Jon Hooker Vince Harrison Joe Blanton Seth Morris Robert Corrado Heath Castle Shane Boyd Caleb Stewart Ryan Strieby John Shelby Aaron Tennyson Zach Dials Michael Bertram Sean Coughlin Sean Coughlin Scott Green Antone DeJesus Sawyer Carroll Collin Cowgill Scott Green Sawyer Carroll Collin Cowgill Andrew Albers Chris Rusin Ryan Wilkes Tyler Howe James Paxton Chris Rusin Chris Wade Clint Tilford

C P P C 2B P 3B P OF P P P OF 1B 2B P P 3B C C P OF 1B-OF OF P OF-1B OF P P SS C LHP LHP SS RHP

Minnesota Twins Atlanta Braves Arizona Diamondbacks New York Mets Arizona Diamondbacks Cleveland Indians Tampa Bay Devil Rays Oakland Athletics Chicago White Sox Texas Rangers New York Yankees Minnesota Twins New York Mets Detroit Tigers Chicago White Sox Minnesota Twins Toronto Blue Jays Detroit Tigers Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks Boston Red Sox St. Louis Cardinals Washington Nationals Oakland Athletics Detroit Tigers San Diego Padres Arizona Diamondbacks San Diego Padres Oakland Athletics New York Yankees Chicago White Sox Toronto Blue Jays Chicago Cubs Florida Marlins Colorado Rockies

* taken in January draft ^ taken in June secondary draft

FREE AGENT SIGNEES 1980 1984 1985 1985 1985 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1991 1991 1992 1992 1992 1993 1994 1994 1996 2001 2003 2005 2006 2006 2008

Mark Hredzak Scott Knox Wayne Able Randy Clark Jeff Hellman Jim Leyritz Tim Swob Lee Upshaw Robbie Buchanan Roy Bailey Manny Cervantes Steve Phillips Tom Froning Jeff Norman Steve Zonger Junior Braddy Matt Bragga Brian Reed Chip Rhea Jon Hooker Caleb Brock J.P. Lowen Adam Revelette Matt Robinson Greg Dombrowski

Montreal Expos Pittsburgh Pirates Montreal Expos Pittsburgh Pirates New York Yankees New York Yankees Cincinnati Reds Atlanta Braves Kansas City Royals St. Louis Cardinals Seattle Mariners New York Yankees Milwaukee Brewers Kansas City Royals Oakland Athletics Boston Red Sox Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals Arizona Diamondbacks Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins Cleveland Indians Cincinnati Reds

WILDCATS MLB CAREER STATS Position: Outfield Bats: Right Throws: Left Team Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox Florida Marlins

Debut: June 10, 1997

G 19 89 17 80 28 233

AB 38 244 57 215 42 596

R 8 33 5 31 5 82

H 10 68 9 59 11 157

2B 1 14 0 15 3 33

3B 0 1 0 1 0 2

HR 1 12 2 3 0 18

RBI 2 41 6 29 5 83

SB 0 3 1 2 0 6

CS 0 3 1 1 0 5

BB 0 9 5 21 3 38

SO 6 28 12 38 7 91

BA .263 .279 .158 .274 .262 .263

OBP .263 .298 .222 .343 .326 .307

SLG .368 .492 .263 .395 .333 .416

UK BASEBALL

Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 5 seasons

MEDIA INFO

Jeff Abbott • Wildcat from 1991-92, 94

Joe Blanton • Wildcat from 2000-02 Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right

2009 6 seasons

Team Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics Philadelphia Phillies TOT Philadelphia Phillies

W 0 12 16 14 5 4 9 12 63

L 0 12 12 10 12 0 12 8 54

G 3 33 32 34 20 13 33 31 166

GS 0 33 31 34 20 13 33 31 162

CG 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 6

SHO 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IP 8 201.1 194.1 230.0 127 70.2 197.2 195.1 1026.2

H 6 178 241 240 145 66 81 198 1074

R 5 86 111 106 74 36 110 89 507

ER 5 79 104 101 70 33 103 88 480

HR 1 23 17 16 12 10 22 30 109

BB 2 67 58 40 35 31 66 59 292

SO 6 116 107 140 62 49 111 163 643

ERA 5.62 3.53 4.82 4.82 4.96 4.20 4.69 4.05 4.21

STAFF

Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Debut: Sept. 21, 2004

Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Year 1993 1995 2 seasons

Team Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox

Throws: Right W 2 0 2

WILDCATS

Rodney Bolton • Wildcat from 1989-90 Debut: April 10, 1993 L 6 2 8

G 9 8 17

GS 8 3 11

CG 0 0 0

SHO 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0

IP 42.1 22.0 64.1

H 55 33 88

R 40 23 63

ER 35 20 55

HR 4 4 8

BB 16 14 30

SO 17 10 27

ERA 7.44 8.18 7.69

Position: Outfield Bats: Right Throws: Right Year 1979 1 season

Team Oakland Athletics

G 39 39

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Derek Bryant • Wildcat from 1970-73 Debut: April 24, 1979 AB 106 106

R 8 8

H 19 19

2B 2 2

3B 1 1

HR 0 0

RBI 13 13

SB 0 0

CS 0 0

BB 10 10

SO 10 10

BA .179 .179

OBP .246 .246

SLG .217 .217

Steve Dixon • Wildcat in 1988 Year 1993 1994 2 seasons

Team St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals

Throws: Left W 0 0 0

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Position: Pitcher Bats: Left

Debut: Sept. 7, 1993 L 0 0 0

G 4 2 6

GS 0 0 0

CG 0 0 0

SHO 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0

IP 2.2 2.1 5.0

H 7 3 10

R 10 6 16

ER 10 6 16

HR 1 0 1

BB 5 8 13

SO 2 1 3

ERA 33.75 23.14 28.80

Position: Pitcher Bats: Left Throws: Left Year 2000

W 4 0 4 0 3 4 6 4 0 1 22

Debut: April 9, 2000 L 3 0 3 1 6 3 2 2 3 3 23

G 18 1 19 1 12 26 59 81 66 48 3.92

GS 18 1 19 1 12 13 5 0 0 0 312

CG 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 50

SHO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 9 16

IP 94 3 97 3 63 94 77 77 70.2 46.2 509.1

H 117 5 122 5 79 93 73 73 54 46 519

R 59 3 62 5 47 49 38 38 15 18 249

ER 54 3 57 5 36 45 35 35 14 16 222

HR 13 0 13 2 9 12 9 9 3 4 55

BB 37 3 40 3 23 37 30 30 27 13 194

SO 63 0 63 4 38 75 61 61 57 43 398

ERA 5.17 9.00 5.29 15.00 5.14 4.31 4.09 2.17 1.78 3.09 3.92

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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 8 seasons

Team Chicago Cubs Montreal Expos TOT Montreal Expos Montreal Expos Toronto Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays

HISTORY

Scott Downs • Wildcat from 1995-97

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MEDIA INFO

Doug Flynn • Wildcat in 1969 Position: Second base Bats: Right Throws: Right • 1980 National League Gold Glove Winner • 1975 World Series Champion (Cincinnati Reds)

UK BASEBALL

Year 1975 1976 1977

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982

STAFF

1983 1984 1985

Team Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds New York Mets TOT New York Mets New York Mets New York Mets New York Mets Texas Rangers Montreal Expos TOT Montreal Expos Montreal Expos Montreal Expos Detroit Tigers TOT

11 seasons

G 89 93 36 90 126 156 157 128 105 88 58 146 143 124 9 32 41 1308

AB 127 219 32 282 314 532 555 443 325 270 193 463 452 366 6 51 57 3853

Debut: April 9, 1975

R 17 20 0 14 14 37 35 46 24 13 13 26 44 23 0 2 2 288

H 34 62 8 54 62 126 135 113 72 57 47 104 107 89 1 13 14 918

2B 7 5 1 6 7 12 19 9 12 6 6 12 18 12 0 2 2 115

3B 0 2 1 1 2 8 5 8 4 2 2 4 4 1 0 1 1 39

HR 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

RBI 20 20 5 14 19 36 61 24 20 19 20 39 26 17 0 2 2 284

SB 3 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 6 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 20

CS 0 0 0 3 3 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 20

BB 11 10 0 11 11 30 17 22 11 4 4 8 19 12 0 0 0 151

SO 13 24 6 23 29 50 46 20 19 14 23 37 38 41 0 3 3 320

BA .268 .283 .250 .191 .197 .237 .243 .255 .222 .211 .244 .225 .237 .243 .167 .255 .246 .238

OBP .324 .312 .242 .220 .223 .277 .265 .288 .247 .221 .256 .236 .267 .267 .167 .250 .241 .266

SLG .346 .338 .344 .220 .232 .289 .317 .312 .292 .248 .295 .268 .294 .281 .167 .333 .316 .294

WILDCATS

Marv Foley • Wildcat from 1972-75 Position: Catcher Bats: Left Throws: Right

PREVIEW

Year 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 5 seasons

Team Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox Texas Rangers

G 11 34 68 27 63 203

Debut: Sept. 11, 1978 AB 34 97 137 36 115 419

R 3 6 14 1 13 37

H 12 24 29 4 25 94

2B 0 3 5 0 2 10

3B 0 0 0 0 0 0

HR 0 2 4 0 6 12

RBI 6 10 15 1 19 51

SB 0 0 0 0 0 0

CS 1 0 0 0 0 1

BB 4 7 9 6 15 41

SO 6 5 22 4 24 61

BA .353 .247 .212 .111 .217 .224

OBP .421 .292 .263 .238 .306 .292

SLG .353 .340 .336 .111 .391 .334

Andy Green • Wildcat from 1997-2000 Position: Second Base/Third Base Bats: Right Throws: Right

REVIEW

Year 2004 2005 2006 2009 4 seasons

Team Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks New York Mets

G 46 17 73 4 140

AB 109 31 86 4 230

R 13 5 15 0 33

Debut: June 12, 2004 H 22 7 16 1 46

2B 2 1 4 0 7

3B 1 0 0 0 1

HR 1 0 1 0 2

RBI 4 2 6 0 12

SB 1 0 1 0 2

CS 1 0 0 0 1

BB 5 7 13 1 26

SO 17 3 20 1 41

BA .202 .226 .186 .250 .200

OBP .241 .359 .293 .400 .282

SLG .266 .258 .267 .250 .265

HR 0 0

BB 0 0

HR 1 2 3

Debut: April 19, 1994 BB SO ERA 7 3 9.45 0 1 9.82 7 4 9.58

Tom Grubbs • Wildcat from 1919-20 HISTORY

Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Year Team W 1920 New York Giants 0 1 season 0

L 1 1

G 1 1

GS 1 1

CG 0 0

SHO 0 0

SV 0 0

IP 5 5

H 9 9

R 4 4

ER 4 4

Debut: Oct. 3, 1930 SO ERA 0 7.20 0 7.20

Note: The New York Giants became the San Francisco Giants in 1958.

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Rod Henderson • Wildcat from 1990-92 Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Year Team W 1994 Montreal Expos 0 1998 Milwaukee Brewers 0 2 seasons 0

148

L 1 0 1

G 3 2 5

GS 2 0 2

CG 0 0 0

SHO 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0

IP 6.2 3.2 10.1

H 9 5 14

R 9 4 13

ER 7 4 11

Position: Infielder Bats: Right Throws: Right Year 1930 1931 1934 3 season

Team Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox Philadelphia Phillies

G 40 79 56 175

MEDIA INFO

Irv Jeffries • Wildcat from 1926-28 Debut: April 30, 1930 AB 97 223 175 495

R 14 29 28 71

H 23 50 43 116

2B 3 10 6 19

3B 0 0 0 0

HR 2 2 4 8

RBI 11 16 19 46

SB 1 3 2 6

CS 2 0 2

BB 3 14 15 32

SO 2 9 10 21

BA .237 .224 .246 .234

OBP .275 .270 .305 .284

SLG .330 .296 .349 .321

UK BASEBALL

Jeff Keener • Wildcat from 1980-81 Position: Pitcher Bats: Left Throws: Right Team St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals

W 1 0 1

L 1 0 1

G 19 4 23

GS 0 0 0

CG 0 0 0

SHO 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0

IP 22.1 4.3 26.2

H 19 6 25

R 8 4 12

ER 4 4 8

HR 1 0 1

BB 19 1 20

SO 25 4 29

ERA 1.61 8.31 2.70

STAFF

Year 1982 1983 2 seasons

Debut: June 8, 1982

Paul Kilgus • Wildcat from 1981-84

Year 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 6 seasons

Team Texas Rangers Texas Rangers Chicago Cubs Toronto Blue Jays Baltimore Orioles St. Louis Cardinals

W 2 12 6 0 0 1 21

Debut: June 7, 1987 L 7 15 10 0 2 0 34

G 25 32 35 11 38 22 163

GS 12 32 23 0 0 1 68

CG 0 5 0 0 0 0 5

SHO 0 3 0 0 0 0 3

SV 0 0 2 0 1 1 4

IP 89.1 203.1 145.2 16.3 62 28.2 545.1

H 95 190 164 19 60 18 546

R 45 105 90 11 38 2 291

ER 41 94 71 11 35 2 254

HR 14 18 9 2 8 1 52

BB 31 71 49 7 24 8 190

SO 42 88 61 7 32 21 251

WILDCATS

Position: Pitcher Bats: Left Throws: Left

ERA 4.13 4.16 4.39 6.06 5.08 0.63 4.19

PREVIEW

Jim Leyritz • Wildcat in 1985

1998

1999

11 seasons

G 92 32 63 95 75 77 88 84 37 121 52 62 114 50 31 81 24 41 65 903

AB 303 77 144 259 249 264 265 294 85 379 129 143 272 134 66 200 55 60 115 2527

R 28 8 17 43 47 37 23 47 11 58 17 17 34 17 8 25 2 3 5 325

H 78 14 37 80 66 71 70 81 24 105 37 38 75 32 15 47 12 12 24 667

2B 13 3 6 14 12 12 10 7 4 11 6 10 16 5 4 9 0 1 1 107

3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2

HR 5 0 7 14 17 7 7 11 0 11 8 4 12 8 0 8 1 1 2 90

RBI 25 4 26 53 58 37 40 50 14 64 24 18 42 21 5 26 4 8 12 387

SB 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

CS 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

BB 27 13 14 37 35 37 30 37 23 60 21 21 42 15 13 28 7 7 14 337

SO 51 15 22 59 61 73 68 56 22 78 34 40 74 37 17 54 14 12 26 581

BA .257 .182 .257 .309 .265 .269 .264 .276 .282 .277 .287 .266 .276 .239 .227 .235 .218 .200 .209 .264

OBP .331 .300 .341 .410 .365 .374 .355 .357 .446 .379 .385 .384 .384 .331 .354 .339 .317 .294 .305 .362

SLG .356 .221 .444 .525 .518 .394 .381 .412 .329 .393 .519 .420 .467 .455 .318 .410 .273 .267 .270 .415

UNIVERSITY

2000

Team New York Yankees New York Yankees New York Yankees New York Yankees New York Yankees New York Yankees New York Yankees Anaheim Angels Texas Rangers TOT Boston Red Sox San Diego Padres TOT San Diego Padres New York Yankees TOT New York Yankees Los Angeles Dodgers TOT

HISTORY

Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Debut: June 8, 1990

REVIEW

Position: Catcher Bats: Right Throws: Right • 1996 World Series Champion (New York Yankees) • 1998 World Series (San Diego Padres) • 1999 World Series Champion (New York Yankees)

149

MEDIA INFO

Larry Luebbers • Wildcat from 1988-90 Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right

UK BASEBALL

Year 1993 1999 2000 3 seasons

Team Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals Cincinnati Reds

W 2 3 0 5

L 5 3 2 10

Debut: July 3, 1993 G 14 8 14 36

GS 14 8 1 23

CG 0 1 0 1

SHO 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 1 1

IP 77.1 45.2 20.1 143.1

H 74 46 27 147

R 49 27 15 91

ER 39 26 14 79

HR 7 8 1 16

BB 38 16 12 66

SO 38 16 9 63

ERA 4.54 5.12 6.20 4.96

Charles “Cotton” Nash • Wildcat from 1961-64 Position: First Base Bats: Right Throws: Right

STAFF

Year 1967 1969 1970 3 seasons

Team Chicago White Sox Minnesota Twins Minnesota Twins

G 3 6 4 13

AB 3 9 4 16

Debut: September 1, 1967 R 1 0 1 2

H 0 2 1 3

2B 0 0 0 0

3B 0 0 0 0

HR 0 0 0 0

RBI 0 0 2 2

SB 0 0 0 0

CS 0 0 1 1

BB 1 1 1 3

SO 0 2 1 3

BA .000 .222 .250 .187

OBP .250 .300 .400 .316

SLG .000 .222 .250 .187

Jim Park • Wildcat in 1911, 1913-14 WILDCATS

Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right

Debut: September 7, 1915

PREVIEW

Year Team W L G GS 1915 St. Louis Browns 2 0 3 3 1916 St. Louis Browns 1 4 26 6 1917 St. Louis Browns 1 1 13 0 3 seasons 4 5 42 9 Note: The St. Louis Browns became the Baltimore Orioles in 1954.

CG 1 1 0 2

SHO 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0 0

IP 22.2 79 20.1 122

H 18 69 27 114

R 8 28 20 56

ER 3 23 15 41

HR 1 2 1 4

BB 9 25 12 46

SO 5 26 9 40

ERA 1.19 2.62 6.64 3.02

Jeff Parrett • Wildcat from 1980-83 Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right

REVIEW

Year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

HISTORY

1991 1992 1993 1995 1996

Team Montreal Expos Montreal Expos Montreal Expos Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Phillies Atlanta Braves TOT Atlanta Braves Oakland Athletics Colorado Rockies St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals Philadelphia Phillies TOT

10 seasons

W 0 7 12 12 4 1 5 1 9 3 4 2 1 3 56

L 1 6 4 6 9 1 10 2 1 3 7 2 1 3 43

Debut: April 11, 1986 G 12 45 61 72 47 20 67 18 66 40 59 33 18 51 491

GS 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 11

CG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SV 0 6 6 6 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 22

IP 20.1 62 91.2 105.2 81.2 27 108.2 21.1 98.1 73.2 76.2 42.1 24 66.1 724.2

H 19 53 66 90 92 27 119 31 81 78 71 40 24 64 672

R 11 33 29 43 51 11 62 18 35 47 33 20 5 25 336

ER 11 29 27 35 47 9 56 15 33 44 31 20 5 25 306

HR 3 8 8 6 10 1 11 2 7 6 8 2 0 2 61

BB 13 30 45 44 36 19 55 12 42 45 28 20 11 31 345

SO 21 56 62 98 69 17 86 14 78 66 71 42 22 64 616

ERA 4.87 4.21 2.65 2.98 5.18 3.00 4.64 6.33 3.02 5.38 3.64 4.25 1.88 3.39 3.80

Jack Savage • Wildcat from 1983-85 UNIVERSITY

Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Year Team 1987 Los Angeles Dodgers 1990 Minnesota Twins 2 seasons

150

W 0 0 0

L 0 2 2

Debut: September 14, 1987 G 3 17 20

GS 0 0 0

CG 0 0 0

SHO 0 0 0

SV 0 1 1

IP 3.1 26 29.1

H 4 37 41

R 1 26 27

ER 1 24 25

HR 0 3 3

BB 0 11 11

SO 0 12 12

ERA 2.70 8.31 7.67

Position: Second Base Bats: Right Throws: Right Team Kansas City Royals Kansas City Royals Kansas City Royals Kansas City Royals Kansas City Royals Boston Red Sox Chicago Cubs San Diego Padres Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies Tampa Bay Devil Rays

AB 91 369 94 10 183 47 31 33 26 262 263 242 234 84 1969

R 7 45 6 0 28 6 5 4 3 58 52 37 30 14 295

H 25 80 14 1 44 11 7 9 6 91 68 70 55 16 497

2B 6 16 5 0 6 3 1 3 1 26 11 14 12 5 109

3B 1 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 5 1 2 26

HR 0 5 1 0 8 0 2 1 1 10 9 4 6 2 49

RBI 8 34 11 0 24 3 6 6 2 37 40 24 21 7 223

SB 3 17 2 1 18 3 0 0 0 14 8 14 4 1 85

CS 3 11 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 29

BB 2 30 3 2 13 4 2 3 2 31 28 15 21 10 166

SO 17 75 17 2 39 13 11 4 8 41 40 44 41 17 369

BA .275 .217 .149 .100 .240 .234 .226 .273 .231 .347 .259 .289 .235 .190 .252

OBP .292 .283 .175 .250 .289 .294 .286 .324 .286 .413 .340 .337 .304 .289 .315

SLG .363 .322 .255 .100 .426 .298 .452 .455 .385 .584 .456 .438 .372 .369 .409

STAFF

G 32 144 36 8 64 21 27 13 23 92 115 114 106 59 854

Debut: May 1, 1990

UK BASEBALL

Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 14 seasons

MEDIA INFO

Terry Shumpert • Wildcat from 1983-86

Mark Thompson • Wildcat from 1990-92 Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Team Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals

L 1 3 11 3 2 3 1 24

G 2 21 34 6 6 5 20 94

GS 2 5 28 6 6 5 0 52

CG 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3

SHO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IP 9 51 169.2 29.2 23.1 29.1 25 337

H 16 73 189 40 36 26 24 404

R 9 42 109 27 22 12 21 242

ER 9 37 100 26 20 9 14 215

HR 2 7 25 8 8 1 4 55

BB 8 22 74 13 12 17 15 161

SO 5 30 99 9 14 22 19 198

ERA 9.00 6.53 5.30 7.89 7.71 2.76 5.04 5.74

PREVIEW

W 1 2 9 3 1 1 1 18

WILDCATS

Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 7 seasons

Debut: July 26, 1994

William VanLandingham • Wildcat from 1989-91 Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Team San Francisco Giants San Francisco Giants San Francisco Giants San Francisco Giants

W 8 6 9 4 27

L 2 3 14 7 26

G 16 18 32 18 84

GS 14 18 32 17 81

CG 0 1 0 0 1

SHO 0 0 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0 0 0

IP 84 122.2 181.2 89 477.1

H 70 124 196 80 470

R 37 58 123 56 274

ER 33 50 109 49 241

HR 4 14 17 11 46

BB 43 40 78 59 220

SO 56 95 97 52 300

ERA 3.54 3.67 5.40 4.96 4.54

REVIEW

Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 4 seasons

Debut: May 21, 1994

HISTORY

Brandon Webb • Wildcat from 1998-2000 Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Team Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks

W 10 7 14 16 18 22 0 87

L 9 16 12 8 10 7 0 62

G 29 35 33 33 34 34 1 199

GS 28 35 33 33 34 34 1 198

CG 1 1 1 5 4 3 0 15

SHO 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 8

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IP 180.2 208 229 235 236.1 226.2 4.0 1319.2

H 140 194 229 216 209 206 6 1200

R 65 111 98 91 91 95 6 557

ER 57 83 90 81 79 83 6 479

HR 12 17 21 15 12 13 2 92

BB 68 119 59 50 72 65 2 435

SO 172 164 172 178 194 183 2 1065

ERA 2.84 3.59 3.54 3.10 3.01 3.30 13.50 3.27

UNIVERSITY

Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 7 seasons

Debut: April 22, 2003

151

A Jeff Abbott Wayne Able Aaron Acuff William Adams Adrian Adkins Mike Agnich Andrew Albers Marion Akers Charles Alberts W.O. Alden Donald Alexander Todd Allen Willie Allen Ed Allin Charles Anderson Mayo Anderson Richard Anderson Tim Anderson R. Archdeacon Jeff Archer Zach Archer Clint Arnold R.R. Arnold R. Van Arsdale Jay Atkerson A. Stewart Augustus

B 1991-94 1983-84 1994-97 1967 1990 1983-84 2005-08 1942 1924-26 1906-08 1985 1989 1947 1947 1952-54 1926-27 1966-68 1980-83 1905 2002-04 2003-04 1983-86 1923 1923 1957 1930-31

Three-year letterwinner Joe Blanton earned All-Region honors in 2002, before becoming a first-round draft pick that spring.

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

REVIEW

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

STAFF

UK BASEBALL

MEDIA INFO

WILDCAT LETTERWINNERS

152

Brock Baber L.E. Bach Stanley Baer Joey Bailey Roy Bailey David Bair James Baker Thomas Ballantine Thomas Bannon Jesse Barber Joseph Barber Bill Barker Clifford Barker J.D. Barnes James Baskett D. Baugh Harry Baustien Chad Bazzell Jerry Beam Stanley Bear Kenneth Beard Ralph Beard Gerald Belcher Scott Belding Andy Bendix Bob Bennett Leo Bernat Michael Bertram Ron Bertsch Bill Bibb Jim Biggerstaff Eric Bishop O. Bishop Kevin Bishop Chris Bisson William Black Doug Blair Rob Bland Paul Blandford Joseph Blanton B.B. Blasingame Dale Blythe Mark Blythe Bruce Boebler Rodney Bolton Matt Borne Mike Botkin Sean Bouthilette Frank Bower Matt Bowles John Bowling Shane Boyd Junior Braddy Bradford Matt Bragga

2005-08 1926-27 1906-07 1967 1987-89 1970-71 1975-76 1925 1970-72 2002-05 1960-61 1979-82 1947-48 1930-31 1946-47 1921 1977 1993-95 1921 1905 1959-60 1947-48 1973-74 1985-86 1996-98 1955 1974 2003-06 1959-60 1954 1956 1996-97 1905 2008 2008-09 1940, 1942 1955 2003-04 1995-96 2000-02 1927 1955 1986-89 1942 1989-90 1995-98 1979-82 2009 1942 1992-94 1971-74 2001, 2004 1991 1903 1991-94

Timothy Brandenburg Ben Bransom Mike Breyman Smith Broadbent Caleb Brock Eddie Brooks A. Brown Frank Brown O. Brown Colby Brown Mike Brown Derek Bryant Robert Buchanan Chad Buckman Justin Bunch John Burnett J.S. Burnham Lawrence S. Burnham Andy Burns Burns Burruss Steven Bush Bustin Gary Butterman

1977, 1979-80 1974 2003-04 1934 2001-03 1992-94 1920 1957 1921-22 2007 2006-07 1970-73 1985-88 1995 1995-98 1950 1920 1922-23 2009 1911 1910-11 1973-75 1918 1946-47

C Steve Cain G.C. Caldwell, Jr. Kevin Caldwell Steven Callaway Gerry Calvert Joe Cambion Jared Camp Rick Campbell William Campbell Bill Carder W.E. Carnes Wilce B. Carnes Chris Carroll Dan Carroll Sawyer Carroll Neil Carstens E.D. Carver Steve Casey Charles Casper Vince Castaldo Heath Castle S.E. Caudill Manny Cervantes William Chambers Chanalls Dan Chandler Jason Chaney David Allen Chapman Steve Chappell David Cheatle Charles Chism

1972-73 1940 2005 1964 1954, 1956 1918 1994 1982-85 2009 1959-61 1931 1939-40 1982-85 1983 2007-08 1975 1905 1990-92 1963-65 1988, 1990 2003 1907-10 1991 1946 1925 1956 1998-99 1962 1972-73 1995-98 1958

Robert Eanes James Eckstein Aaron Edwards Jeff C. Elgin Lincoln R. Ellington Tom Elliot C.B. Ellis Thad Elmore Brandt Ely Morgan Embry Randy Brown Embry Engle E.E. Ericson Chad Estep Chris Estep Mark Etter Bill Evans

1958 1974-75 2003-04 1907 1939-40 1973 1908-11 1989-92 1982-84 2001 1963-65 1910 1926-27 1992-93 1986-88 1991-94 195

F

1934 2001-04 1976 1946 1987 1903-04 1967-69 1903-04 1975 1979 1963-65 1991-92 2003-05 1927 1910 1908-11 2003-04 1976-79 2009 1907 1993-94 2001 1926 1969-70 1982-85 1970 2004-07 1903-04 2001-04 1922 1941 1973, 1975-76 1963 1941 1965 1953-54, 1956-57 1997-2000 1994-96 2005, 2007-08 1942 2009 1921 1923, 1925 1918

153

UNIVERSITY

William Gabbert Mark Galvin Peter Gammill William Gardner Carlton Gaynor R. Geary Ronald Geary T. Geary Peter Gemmill Joe Georger Robert Gibbs, Jr. Brian Gibson Kalen Gibson Elmer Gilb Gilcen J.B. Giltner Casey Gilvin Randy Gipson Gunner Glad Goldnamer Chris Gonzalez Joel Gooch Sidney Goodman Larry Gossett Kevin Gothard Tommy Gower Billy Grace W.H. Grady Spencer Graeter Charles Graham Dave Graham Timothy Graven Kenneth Reed Gravett Ray Graviss Kenneth Gravitt Phil Grawmeyer Andy Green Chad Green Scott Green Gus Green Chase Greene Ed Gregg Turner W. Gregg Gregg

HISTORY

2009 1966 1982-85 1977 1962-63 1990-91 1983-84 1960-62 1967-69 2001-02 1983-85 2007 1931 2002 1954 1990-92 1922 1955 1970 1972-75 1979

G

REVIEW

Cory Farris Nelson Faris Joseph Farmer Mark Farrell Robert Daniel Farrell Blake Feeney Tim Feger Allen Feldhaus Dennis Feldhaus Bryan Felkel Daniel Feltrop Duran Ferguson W.W. Ferrell Mike Ferris Charles Fightmaster Matt Fisher W. Fleahman Robert Flynn Robert Flynn Marvis Foley Roy Ford

1972 1973-76 1927 1958 1973-76 1990-93 2008-09 1939 1964-65 1966 2001-03, 2005 1939-41 1990-92 1948-51 1934

PREVIEW

1965 1903-04 1997 2008-09 2002 1957-59 1952-55 1973 2003-06 1966-67 2005-07 1986-89 1934 1918 1974 1973 1925 2006 1968-70

E

Steve Ford Billy Fouch James Franceway Glenn Franck Jerry Frantz Lorhn Frazier Troy Frazier Melvin French Peter Fritsch William Fritsch Matt Fritts Edward Fritz Tom Froning Dominic Fucci Richard Fuller

WILDCATS

Louie Dampier H.B. Darling Franco Datillo Logan Darnell Emory Davies Joe Dawson James Day Forrest Dean Steve Deaton Henry Degener, Jr. Antone DeJesus Tom Deller John DeMoisey Dempsey Harold Denniston Sonny Denniston Frank Derrick Zach Dials Glen Dietrich

1989 1924 1988 1988 1952 1905-07 1977 2005-08 1918 1918 1995-97 1962 1903 1958 1930 1970-71 1964-66 1960 1910

STAFF

D

Jim Dill R.R. Dimwiddie Jim Dixon Steve Dixon Mike Dolan A.L. Donan Thomas Dornbrook Greg Dombrowski Dad Downing Darney Downing Scott Downs Patrick L. Doyle R. Duffy Scott Duncan Jeff Dunn Richard Durbin Michael Durcan Hunter Durham Dutch

UK BASEBALL

1984-85 1989-91 1948, 1950 1976 1927 1986-89 1995-98 1993-94 1986 1965 1958-60 1989-90 1908 1920-21 2000-02 1954-55 1990-92 1976 2006-07 2005-06, 08 1966-68 1953-54 1975-77 1959 1963 1967-69 1908-11 1956 1924-26 1946, 1948-49 1908 1926-27 1972 1968-70 1986-87 1947 1947-49 1950 1953 1941-42

MEDIA INFO

Randall Clark Steven Clark Frank Clegg Mark Clifford J.L. Cole Matthew Coleman Jason Colemire Chris Combs Darrell Conley George Larry Conley Mickey Conner Keith Conrad Halton Cook Paul Cooper Rob Corrado Paul Corum Paul Corum Timothy Costello Sean Coughlin Collin Cowgill Randall Cox Hugh Coy John Crabtree, Jr. Ben Crain Karl Norman Crandall David Cravens H.R. Creal John Crigler Lysle Croft John Crosthwaite John S. Crosthwaite William Crouch Tom Crowe William Crumbaugh Steve Culkar Albert Cummins Jay Cummins Josh Cummins Jess Curry Phil Cutchin

MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL STAFF WILDCATS

Larry Benton Griffin Pete Grigsby Tom Grubbs Robert John Grudenski Harold Gruner C.H. Guillon Roger Gum Knight Gunthrie

1962-63 1954 1920 1963 1952 1903 1988-89 1918

H Dan Haas Danny Haas Bill Hacker Dick Hagan Cory Hahn Thompson Haley Alex Hall Jimmy Hall Navarro Hall Allen Hamilton Canter Hamilton Steve Hamilton Randal Hammer Herbert Hammond John Hampton Bruce Hanson Michael Harding Jim Harper Carson Harreld Mike Harris

1955 1995 1997-98 1918 2001-02 1934 1918 1972-73 2009 1948-51 1952 1985-86 1942 1974-75 1988-89 1975 1980-81 1953 1965 1989-91

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

REVIEW

PREVIEW

As UK’s backstop from 2007-08, Tyler Howe led UK to a total of 78 wins and an appearance in the 2008 NCAA Ann Arbor Regional Championship game.

West Harris Vince Harrison Rich Hart Brian Hastings Robert Hatchett Tom Hatfield Travis Hayes Elmo Curtis Head, Jr. J.G. Heber Jeff Hellman Bill Helton David Hench Rodney Henderson Robert Henne James Henry Omar Henry Tyler Henry Bob Herbert William Lamar Herrin Steven Heuerman Greg Hewitt George Hicks Ronald Hicks William Hiezer III Kenny Hill Louis E. Hillenmeyer W.W. Hillenmeyer Brad Hindersman Walter Hirsch O.R. Hogue Kent Hollingsworth Bryon Holloway W. Holten Jon Hooker Kyle Hooker Michael Horn Jordan Horne, Jr. William Hornhorst James Host Billy Don House Marion Howard Michael Howard R.C. Howard Mike Howell Coleman Howlett Tyler Howe Mark Hredzak John Huber Jon Hudson Jonathan Huff Thomas Huey C.T. Hughes Lowell Hughes Herbert Hunt Jack Hutchinson William Hutchinson

2003 1999-2001 1980 2005-06 1947, 1949-50 1979-81 1996 1963 1920 1982-85 1956 1980 1990-92 1948 1924-25 1996 2007-09 1941 1962-63 1974-77 1992 1958 1967-68 1967 1956 1905-07 1908-11 1991-94 1948-51 1931 1947-50 1986 1905 1998-2001 1999 1971 1963-65 1934 1957-59 1952-53 1972-74 1972-75 1930 1959-60 1964-66 2007-08 1977-80 1961 1987-88 2008-09 1955 1925 1958 1952-54 1971-72 1964

I Mike Ickowski Chad Imel

154

1979 1993

J Kenneth Jackson Jason Jenkins Naill Joe Ellis Johnson Neiko Johnson Marshall Johnson Phil Johnson Ryan Johnson Johnson Kerry Jolly Harry Jones Larry Jones Otis Jones Pookie Jones Vernon Jones Wallace Jones Alex Jordan

1982-85 1992, 1995 2003 1931 2008-09 1934 1956 1995 1910 1977, 1979 1951-53 1951-53 1921-22 1992-94 1946 1947-48 2005

K Mike Kaczmarek Braden Kapteyn Roger Keeling Jeff Keener Charles Keller Owen Kelley William Kelley John Kellogg Stafford W. Kelly W.P. Kemper Ronald Kennett Nathan Kent Nick Kennedy Kevin Keown Doug Kidd Paul Kilgus William King S. Kinner Kipping Jason Kipnis E. Kirk Robert D. Kittel Dennis Knoll Mitch Knox Scott Knox Steve Kochin John Koenen Kohn Lary Korn Spencer Korus John Kostrezewa John Kotmel Melvin Kouns E.R. Kruger John Kuester Charles Kuhn David Kuhn Gary Kula Steve Kundick Jake Kungl Adam Kunkel John Kurachik

2008-09 2009 1982 1980-81 1952 1923 1930-31 1930 1940 1906 1963-65 1997-99 2009 1995-96 1973-74 1981-84 1922, 1924 1926 1903 2007 1906 1960-62 1980 1986-87 1983-84 1956 1974-76 1918 1976 2008-09 1991 1980 1957-58 1930-31 1984-85 1942 1955 1976-79 1983-84 2003-04 2004 1941-42

L

Walter Jam Pagan Ron Parham Babe Parilli Jeff Parrett Steven Parrish Tom Parrott Richard Parsons Jason Pasero James Paxton Josh Paxton Stephen Pewitt Randall Phillips Steve Phillips Brad Pickrell David Polhill Daniel Pototsky Mike Pozun Spencer Preston Steve Prewitt B.L. Pribble Breck Price William G. Prince B. Propps Scott Pruitt Pete Pryor Pullen Larry Pursiful

1962 1956 1950 1980-83 1971-72 1973 1959-61 1995-98 2007-09 1997-2000 1975-77 1939 1991 2000-03 1979 1980-81 1995 2001-02 1974 1922-23 1999-2000 1931 1918-21 1988 1995-96 1918 1961-62

R Joseph Raine Peter Raith Troy Ragle Dick Ramsey Frank Ramsey Pete Rasmusen Rex E. Ratcliffe Allen V. Rathbourne Jason Ratliff David Ray Jay Ray Terry Ray Dan Reale

1939 1973-74 2006-07 1949 1951-53 1999 1963 1940-41 1995-97 1988 1982-85 1982 2006-07

155

UNIVERSITY

2003-04 1966 1965-65 1962-64 1939-41 1957-58 1952

P

HISTORY

Joe Naill Kenneth Nally Louis Nally Charles Nash Noland Navarre Robert Nayle Eugene Neff

1979-80 1988 1930-31 1969-70 1986-88 2007 2006-07

REVIEW

N

Kevin O'Connor John Ofstun J.W. Ohr Joseph Ohr Bobby Olinick Anthony Ottrando Dewayne Oxford

PREVIEW

1949-51 1930-31 1972-74 1975 1918 2008-09 1993-95 1923 1954-55 1940-41 1988 1978 1954 1905-06 1927 1997-2000 1999-2001 1921 1930-31 1998-2001

O

WILDCATS

Al MacLeod Paul S. McBrayer Ed McCaw James McCaw Else McClelland Chris McClendon Andy McCord G. McCormick Gary McCreary William McCubbin Erik McDonald Mike McDonald Bob McDowell O. McDowell W.F. McGary Aaron McGlone Taylor McInnis McKinney L.W. McMurray Austin Madison

1960-61 1950-51 1998-2002 2007-09 1962 1992 1988-91 1989

STAFF

M

Bobby Newsome C.M. Newton Robert Newton Marcus Nidiffer Robert William Noelker Jeff Norman Rick Norton Kris Nuss

UK BASEBALL

1957 1989-91 1947 1987-88 1953-56 1984-85 1927 1955-56 2005-06 1976-77 1969-71 1978-81 1949 1971-73 2003-04 1967, 1969 1974 1970-71 1963-65 1956-57 1985 1998-99 1969-70 1959-60 1956 1997-98 1976-79 1955 1946 1970-71 1973 1918 2001 2007-08 2005 1960-61 1989-90 1981-82

1997-2000 1982 1986-88 1970-71 1955 1939-40 1963-65 1980-81 1984-85 1940-42 1903 1934 1976-77 1978 1930 1949 2006-07 1997-2000 1910-11 1983-85 1920 1991-92 2009 1940 1961-62 1990-93 2000-01 1948-49 1995-96 1996-97 1923-26 1910 1918 1969 1964-65 1960-62 1905 1998-2001 1975-77 1978 1954, 1956-57 2000-02 1989-90 1993-94 1950 1941 1970 1985-86 1930-31 1995-98 1918-21 2004

MEDIA INFO

Les Lambert Al Lardo Tevis Laudeman Jim Law Doug Lawhorn Steve Lawson L.H. Layman Ken Lehkamp Shaun Lehmann Donald Lenhof Donald Lentz Jim Leopold Bill Leskovar James Lett Andrew Levenson Clarence Lewis Ernie Lewis James Lewis Kenneth Lewis Lavon Lewis Jim Leyritz Nate Linder Stanley Line Bob Linkner Bill Livings Josh Loggins Charles Long Norman Longworth Darrell Lorance George Lord Greg Lord Doc Losley Jon Love Aaron Lovett J.P. Lowen Charles Loyd Larry Luebbers Tim Luginbuhl

Patrick Mahan Mark Mangione John Marshall William Marshall Jack Marston Charles Martin James Martin Mark Martin Rodney Martin James Mathewson J.E. Matthews Harvey Mattingly Harold Mauck Kevin Mauck K.E. Mauser Johnny Mayes Matt McKinney Jeff Meade Giles Meadors Greg Meadors H. Meguiar Greg Mercer Alex Meyer T.H. Meyer Robert Meyers Jeff Michael Mark Michael Ray Mignerey Adam Milburn Kenny Miller Reed Miller Miller Misrach James Mitchell James Monin Edwin Monroe J.C. Montgomery Beau Moore Michael Moore Mike Moore Jim Morris Seth Morris Anthony Morrow Paul Morse Doug Moseley Noah Mullis Anthony Murphy James Murphy John Murphy Mark Murphy Al Muth Andy Myette

MEDIA INFO UK BASEBALL STAFF

1983 1991-94 1907 1959, 1961-62 1910-11 1993-97 1991-92 1981 2005-06 1999-2002 1994-96 1966 1959 1930 1927 1918 1921-23 1988-90 1924-25 1925-26 1956 1924 1970-71 1975-77

Brian Spear set the school-record with 53 walks in 2007 and finished his career with the fourth best on-base percentage in school history.

Steve Roberts Steven Roberts B.A. Robertson Tom Robeson Steven Robida Marc Robinson Matt Robinson Rochester Barry Rodgers James Rodriquez Hugh Roe William Roebel Lee Rogers Kenneth Rollins Charles Rose Jimmy Rose Paul Rouse Robert Rouse Bryan Rose Tim Rowland Ray Ruehl Raymond Ruehl Chris Rusin Perrin Rule T.G. Runberger Russ Rutherford Terry Ryan Greg Ryle

1979 1977-79 1922 1990 1966-68 1991 2005-06 1910 1970-72 2002-04 1952 1975-77 1979-80 1947 1946 2003 1923-24 1990 2008-09 1995-98 1960 1961-62 2006-09 1905-07 1927 2002-03 1981-84 1980-81

S Eric Saar Marion Sallee Bill Sandry Ray Sauer Darrell Saunders Jack Savage Jeff Schartzer Steve Schlageter J.B. Schmidt Russ Schueler Ray Schulte Adolph Duane Schwartz David Schwendeman Nick Schwendeman Matt Scott Pete Scotti Justin Scutchfield Dan Selhorst Ed Sellier Evan Settle Adam Shadburne Ben Shaffar John Shanahan Jerry Sharp Jeff Shartzer Lawrence Sheanshang George Shearer John Shelby III Joseph Shepherd James Sherrill Doug Shively

UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

REVIEW

PREVIEW

WILDCATS

Brad Redmon Brian Reed Reed Dallous Reed, Jr. Jimmy Reese Greg Reid Max Reitz Tim Renfro Adam Revelette Jarrod Reynolds Chip Rhea William Rhea Jay Rhoads Raymond Rhoads W.L. Richards Riddle Sam Ridgway Darin Rieman Jesse Riffe John Riffe Jack Rigby James Ritte James Roach II LeRoy Robbins

156

1985 1967-69 1981-82 1922-23 1973-76 1983-85 1981 1981 2002-05 1985-86 1927 1962-64 1976-77 1974-75 2003-04 1911 2003-06 1983-84 1959-60 1934 1993-96 1997-99 1952-54 1958-59 1979-81 1966-68 1934 2004-06 1939-41 1974-77 1958-59

Terry Shumpert Jeff Sikes Michael Sills Bob Silvanik Tony Simone R.E. Simpson Skinner J.J. Slomer Don Smith Eugene Smith Frank Smith Freddie Smith Kerry Smith Marion Smith Scott Smith William Smithers Russ Smithson Craig Snipp R.W. Sower Brian Spear Foster Spence William Spicer Carl Stacker Edward Stanko, Jr. Seth Stanley Jay Steele Frank Steiner Brent Stephens Greg Stephens Caleb Stewart Eugene Stewart Harry Stille Robert Stith Allison V. Stokes A. Stone N.E Stone John Stough John Stratman Ryan Strieby Guy Strong Brian Suerdick Don Sullivan Bill Surface Doug Sutton Scotty Sutton W.R. Swearengin Kirk Swigert Kirk Swigert Tim Swob

1985-87 1981-82 1967-69 1980 1934 1906 1926 1920-22 1977 1957 1926 1977-80 1972 1947 1990-93 1950 2005 2002, 2004-06 1920 2007-08 1942 1958 1939-41 1966 2003-04 1981 1977 2001-02 1983-86 2002-04 1965 1950-52 1955 1922 1906 1907-08 1947-50 1995 2006 1950-51 2008-09 1952 1954-55 1986-88 1989 1905-06 1979-81 1979-82 1985

T Thomas Tabb K.A. Tally Janak Talwalkar Blakely Tanner Gilbert Blakely Tanner Mark Tanner Bill Taylor Jack Taylor Ronald Taylor Sam Taylor

1947 1903-04 1995-96 1961 1962 2005 1995 1910 1964, 1996 1988-89

John Wilson Bruce Wise Roy Wiseman Jason Wolfe Wollno O. Wood Woodward Claude Workman William Workman Charles Worthington Brock Wright Chad Wright William Wright E.C. Wurtele Frank Wyatt

1998-2000 1988-89 1950 1999-2000 1918 1920 1907 1971 1967-70 1931 2007-09 2009 1967-68 1903-04 1953

Y Alan Yankey Jesse Yano Humphrey Yessin John Young Todd Young

1983-86 2008 1946, 1950 1970 1993-96

Z John Zachem Benjamin Zaranka George Zerfoss Steve Zongor

1958-59 1948, 1950-51 1918-20 1989-92

Current players listed in bold.

WILDCATS

1998-2000 1970-81 1976 1991-92 1988-89 1977 1926-27 1955 1999 1969 1982-84 1950-51 1988-89 1956 1955 1994-95 1992 2005-08 1954, 1956-57 1952-54 1955 1985 2007-09 2009 1978-81 1939-41 1989-90 1993 1934 1958

STAFF

Brandon Webb Roger Webb Keith Webster Jan Weisberg Joe Welch Richard Wenning Charles Wert Jim Wesch Lee Wesley Dennis Weston Daniel Whelan Tom Whisman Billy White Charles White Dale White Curtis Whitney Shawn Wiglesworth Ryan Wilkes Bill Willard Miles Willard William Willard Jim Willenbrink Keenan Wiley Michael Williams Steve Williams H. Emmett Willoughby Brandy Wilson Darin Wilson Earl Wilson Ginger Wilson

UK BASEBALL

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A UK letterwinner from 1991-92, Jan Weisberg served as an assistant coach for the Wildcats for 13 seasons. Weisberg has been the head coach at Birmingham Southern since leaving Lexington following the 2005 season.

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Chris Wade Scott Wade David Waespe Michael Wainscott Douglas Kent Walfe Charles Wallace Mark Wallace Brad Walls Roger Ward Pete Warfel Tommy Warner Scott Weakley

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In 2002, the Bluegrass of Kentucky experienced a remarkable addition to its already picturesque landscape. Among the verdant rolling hills, miles of gleaming white fence, the sounds of thoroughbreds sprinting in the wind, and lavish spires rising high above the horizon, the University of Kentucky welcomed its newest athletic facility, one that binds past to present, tradition with innovation, and aestheticism with athleticism.

A new era began in Kentucky baseball history in 2002 as then head coach Keith Madison and the Wildcats moved into their new lair, the $4.2 million Shively Field at Cliff Hagan Stadium. The state-of-the-art baseball complex replaced the twicerenovated facility that UK baseball had called home since 1969, when it was built as part of the Bernie A Shively Sports Center. In 1990, the facility underwent a $520,000 renovation to refurbish the stadium, the largest single improvement of its kind until last season’s historical project.

The renovations in 2002 were divided into three categories. The stadium now has 2,000 chair-back seasts and a state-of-the-art press box. Featuring radio and television broadcast booths, the new media facility is among the best in the SEC, complete with elevators and restrooms for working press and game management personnel. Able to accommodate a capacity crowd of 3,000, Cliff Hagan Stadium also has two luxury skyboxes that are available for private parties.

Phase two added the construction of traditional, old-style brick walls, reminiscent of classic American ball parks. Extending down both the left and right field lines, the walls meet a freshly painted hunter green outfield fence that replaced the older blue fence. Updated logos and advertisements were also placed on the structure that continues its 340-365-390-350-310 dimensions.

After the 2006 SEC Championship season, the Kentucky athletic administration decided to invest some money into some exterior improvements of Cliff Hagan. Among the improvements which debuted during the 2007 season, was a new state-of-the-art video board, which enhances the viewing experience for fans.

Also added during the 2007 offseason was a 150 seat deck in the parking lot behind right field. The outfield fence was also lowered and padded to give fans a clear view of the diamond from anywhere in the outfield parking lot.

While Cliff Hagan Stadium is a beautiful place to call home, the Wildcats plan on moving into a new facility in the near future which will increase the viewing experience for fans and create an intimidating road SEC atmosphere.

UK is undergoing a ground-breaking facility project involving IMG College, exploring alternative financing options for facilities. Included in the new study is a new baseball stadium, renovations to Commonwealth Stadium and a new downtown basketball arena.

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SHIVELY FIELD AT CLIFF HAGAN STADIUM UK’S RECORD AT CLIFF HAGAN STADIUM SINCE 1979 Year 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total

Overall 14-7 14-5 19-5-1 16-10 25-9 14-12 14-9 19-13 24-6 14-6 15-8 17-15 23-6 19-8 18-11 13-9 11-9 17-9 13-13 15-15 13-13 16-11-1 14-12 8-20 17-14 15-17 20-6 31-6 24-10 28-6 19-13 539-313-2 (.632)

SEC 7-5 4-4 8-3-1 4-8 3-6 4-7 6-7 7-13 8-4 12-3 5-7 5-9 8-4 7-5 3-9 6-6 4-8 9-6 5-10 5-10 7-8 3-10-1 4-11 1-14 6-9 5-10 4-5 13-2 6-9 9-6 12-18 190-236-2 (.446)

STADIUM RECORDS Longest Winning Streak: 16 (2007, 2008) Most Runs Scored by UK: 27 vs. Tennessee-Martin (March 10, 2007) Most Runs Scored by Both Teams: 44 - Mississippi State 28, Kentucky 16 (1989) SEC Series Sweeps (3 game series): 12 SEC Series Wins (3 game series): 45

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Capacity: 3,000 Dimensions: 340-365-390-350-310 Playing Surface: Natural Grass Year Built: 1969 as the Bernie A. Shively Sports Center Renovated: 1990, 2002, 2007 Dedicated: Oct. 2, 1993

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DR. LEE T. TODD, JR

Lee T. Todd, Jr., became the 11th president of the University of Kentucky on July 1, 2001, after serving as senior vice president of IBM’s Lotus Development Corp. President Todd is the sixth UK alumnus to hold the presidency.

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President Todd has concentrated his efforts and energies on helping his alma mater achieve a greater level of national prominence. He launched the University of Kentucky’s Top 20 Business Plan in December 2005. The plan is a quantitative analysis highlighting what it will take for UK to achieve its state-mandated goal of building a Top 20 public research university. Widely hailed as the first business plan by a public university in the nation, UK’s plan garnered widespread national attention. It has been featured by national media outlets and recognized by peer institutions, as several higher education leaders have visited UK’s campus to learn more about the Business Plan approach.

He continues to champion UK’s outreach efforts. President Todd launched a university-funded research program called the Commonwealth Collaboratives. The initiative features 36 of UK’s top

research teams, who are focused on solving the intrinsic problems that have held the state back from reaching its full potential. It is part of UK’s effort to ensure that its research hits the ground in Kentucky and changes lives throughout the Commonwealth.

President Todd has spearheaded an effort to revitalize health care in Kentucky. In June 2006, UK unveiled the Commonwealth’s Medical Campus of the Future, a multi-phased project aimed at providing Kentuckians with cutting-edge, 21st century health care. As part of the revamped academic medical campus, UK will construct a new, one million square foot University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital and a new College of Pharmacy.

President Todd is Chair of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). He also is President of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Executive Committee. President Todd serves on the Equitable Resources Board of Directors and is chair of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Task Force. He is chair of the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement in Higher Education’s (NCCI) Leveraging Excellence Award selection panel. President Todd also is a member of the Business Higher Education Forum and the Council on Competitiveness.

He is married to the former Patricia Brantley, a UK graduate who earned her master’s degree from Simmons College in Boston. They have two adult children, UK graduates Troy and Kathryn.

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Mira S. Ball, Chair Stephen P. Branscum, Vice Chair Edward Britt Brockman Penelope A. Brown Jo Hern Curris Dermontti F. Dawson Carol Martin (Bill) Gatton Ann Brand Haney Pamela T. May, Secretary Everett McCorvey Billy Joe Miles Sandy Bugie Patterson Erwin Roberts Charles R. Sachatello C. Frank Shoop Ryan Smith James W. Stuckert Ernest J. Yanarella Barbara Young

Charles Arnold Frank Butler Charles S. Cassis Dermontti F. Dawson Luther Deaton Joseph L. Fink III Carol Martin (Bill) Gatton Victor Hazard Scott Kelley Kathi Kern C. Frank Shoop Kumble Subbaswamy Lee T. Todd, Jr. Bruce Walcott Lionel Williamson

Emeritus Member S. T. Roach

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he worked in athletics administration posts at Tennessee (1986-98), Southern Methodist University (1983-86), Oregon (1983) and San Diego State (1982-1983).

Barnhart, 50, is a native of Kansas City, Kan. He received his bachelor degree from Ottawa University (Kansas) in 1981 and a masters in sports administration from Ohio University in 1982.

He and his wife, the former Connie Brown, have three children, Kirby, Blaire and Scott.

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Additional initiatives begun under Barnhart’s leadership include the UK Athletics Hall of Fame and the Joe Craft Center, a $30 million facility that includes new practice and administrative space for a variety of sports.

Barnhart’s influence reaches far beyond the fields of competition. Despite athletics’ urgent financial needs, Barnhart initiated a $1.2 million annual contribution to the University’s scholarship program, a contribution that is being increased to $1.7 million this year.

Social responsibility in the Commonwealth of Kentucky is a priority for Barnhart, who has been extremely active in community service and encourages the UK athletics staff to do the same.

Not content with past successes, Barnhart’s ambitious course for the future was revealed with his recent announcement of the “15x15x15” plan.

The goals are to win at least 15 conference or national championships and rank among the NCAA’s top 15 athletic programs by 2015 – all of which would represent unprecedented achievements for UK Athletics – while continuing to expand UK Athletics’ service to the local community and Commonwealth of Kentucky. Another goal of the initiative is a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average for UK’s 500 student-athletes.

Barnhart arrived at Kentucky from Oregon State, where he served four successful years (19982002) as athletics director. Before his term at OSU,

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Mitch Barnhart is in his eighth year at the University of Kentucky, with unparalleled accomplishments in his past and unprecedented goals for the future.

When he arrived in 2002, Barnhart’s first move was to totally support all 22 varsity sports with the maximum number of scholarships and coaches, along with the facilities, equipment and support staff needed to make those teams successful.

The commitment to fully fund every sport produced never-before-seen successes in UK athletics, with first-ever Southeastern Conference championships in baseball, men’s golf and women’s tennis.

Perhaps the biggest on-field turnaround has been in football, where Barnhart’s hire of Rich Brooks has led the Wildcats to bowl wins in three consecutive years, the first time that has been accomplished in UK’s 117 seasons in the sport.

In order to make the dreams a reality, Barnhart spearheaded record-breaking growth in philanthropic giving, ticket sales and a comprehensive multimedia rights agreement.

Barnhart’s connection to UK student-athletes is evident by his individual interaction and dedication to provide the support services necessary to meet their needs. UK Athletics spends more than $1.5 million annually on its nationally renowned Center for Academic and Tutorial Services. He also began the CATSPYs, an annual awards program that honors the best of UK Athletics.

MITCH BARNHART

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The Barnhart Family: (L-R): Blaire, Mitch, Connie, Kirby, McKenzie Willoughby (son-in-law) and Scott.

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Kentucky offers a number of camps this summer that reach out to players of all ages. Each camp features instruction from the Kentucky coaching staff as well as current Wildcat players. For more information on any camp, please call (859) 533-3684 or e-mail ukbaseballcamps@insightbb.com. Information on these camps is also available on the official Kentucky website, www.UKathletics.com.

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After a last-place Southeastern Conference finish in 2005 and a preseason expectation to remain in the cellar before the 2006 season, the Kentucky baseball team exploded out of the gates and posted the most successful campaign in the 104-year history of the Wildcat baseball program.

The 2006 Wildcats ran up a school-record 44 wins, claimed the first SEC Championship in school annals, and hosted UK’s first NCAA Regional. UK’s potent offense set a bevy of school records in the process, including shattering the record for runs scored in a season with 500. UK first baseman Ryan Strieby claimed SEC Player of the Year honors, in addition to earning consensus All-America accolades.

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PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Since arriving on campus before the 2004 season, head coach Gary Henderson, along with assistant coach Brad Bohannon and second-year hitting guru Brian Green have been instrumental in bringing in some of the top talents in the nation, both out of the high school ranks and junior college.

Over the 2006-08 seasons, Kentucky had FOUR players earn first-team AllAmerica accolades, including a program-best two honorees in 2008, outfielders Sawyer Carroll and Collin Cowgill. In addition, Henderson has helped tutor

some of the top pitching arms in program history, a program that boasts such MLB talents as Brandon Webb, Joe Blanton and Scott Downs. While Henderson has been instrumental in bringing in some of the best talents, he has been extremely effective in recognizing potential in players and developing them through their collegiate careers with an eye on professional baseball. Below is a sampling of some of the players who have benefited from UK’s innovative and unprecedentedly successful player development program.

POSITION PLAYERS Sawyer Carroll • Arguably the top player in school history, finished his senior season with an SECleading .419 batting average, a school-record 83 RBI and 19 homers.

• .386 career batting average ranks as the best career total in the 104-year history of the program.

• Drafted in the 19th round in the 2007 MLB Draft and signed as a senior in the thirdround of the 2008 MLB Draft.

Collin Cowgill • Undrafted out of high school, picked in the 29th round in 2007 and the fifth round in the 2008 MLB Draft.

• Upon beginning his professional career, hit 11 homers in 20 games in the rookie league, earning the distinction as the seventh-best prospect in the Diamondbacks system.

Ryan Strieby • The first SEC Player of the Year in program history in 2006, also a first-team AllSEC selection.

• Undrafted out of junior college, had career year in lone season at Kentucky, leading UK to the SEC Title.

• Picked in the third-round of the 2006 MLB Draft and has become one of the top prospects in the Detroit Tigers system, belting an organization and league high 29 homers in 2008, despite missing August due to injury.

John Shelby • Athletic infielder/outfielder was undrafted out of high school and picked in the fourth round of the 2006 MLB Draft.

• Named by Baseball America as the seventh-best prospect in the Chicago White Sox System after 2008.

Sean Coughlin

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• After an All-Region season in 2006, came back to UK for senior year, earning firstteam All-America accolades as a catcher in 2007.

• Drafted in the 13th round of the 2007 MLB Draft, starting career in the Arizona Diamondbacks system as one of the top catching prospects.

PITCHERS Andrew Albers • Drafted in 12th round of high school, picked in 2008 as 10th-round selection.

• Exited career with the third-most saves in program history.

• Appeared in 81 career games, fourth-best in UK annals and totaled 20 career wins, fourth-most at Kentucky.

Brock Baber • Undrafted, submarine pitching walk-on exited his five-year UK career in 2008 with 98 appearances, second-best all-time at Kentucky.

Greg Dombrowski • Undrafted out of high school, worked with Henderson to change delivery to a ¾ arm slot delivery.

• Became the all-time leader in career winning percentage at UK. • Posted a staggering 23-5 career record, including a 10-3 mark as the ace of the 2006 staff.

• Signed free agent contract with the Cincinnati Reds.

Scott Green • Undrafted out of high school, 13th round as a redshirt sophomore, third round as a redshirt junior.

James Paxton • Came to UK from British Columbia with talent and a 6-foot-2, 200-pound frame.

• As a true freshman was used as a stopper, appearing in a club-high 25 games.

• After developing a 6-foot-4, 220-pound frame, emerged as one of the top pitchers in the college game, ranking third in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings (13.22) in 2009.

• Became a first-round selection in the 2009 MLB Draft, electing to return to school too play his senior season and finish his degree.

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• Undrafted out of high school, Rusin was drafted twice in his UK career, signing as the fourth-round pick of the Oakland Athletics in 2009.

• Named first-team All-SEC in 2008, UK’s first, first-team starting pitcher in 11 years.

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