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Chad Hayes2B/SS F Junior

Zephan GuyearIF F Sophomore

1 2Michael Morris

LHP F SophomoreZac F;lynn

OF F Freshman

3 4David Allen

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Evan FrazierIF/OF/C F Sophomore

Cullen ParkRHP F Junior

8 9Frankie Beech3B/SS F Senior

Garrett BaughRHP F Freshman

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Tevis SherfieldIF F Sophomore

Justin AlexanderRHP F Freshman

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Devin Rivers3B/SS F Senior

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OF F SophomoreMatthew Shepherd

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Wade BilbreyRHP F RS-Senior

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Brandon WrightRHP F Freshman

31Jake McWhirterLHP F Freshman

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1B/DH F FreshmanGreg Glaser

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Matt BraggaHead Coach

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Assistant CoachDonnie Suttles

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Tristan ArcherRHP F Sophomore

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Nick PriceRHP F Sophomore

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Honors and Awards ..................................The Last Time it Happened ......................The Record Book .......................................All-Time Participation ..............................The Ohio Valley Conference .....................2009 Postseason .......................................All-Time Championships ..........................2011 OVC Tournament .............................2011 Opponents .......................................Building a Better Athlete .........................Covering Tech ............................................Tennessee Tech University .......................

Head Coach: Matt Bragga (Kentucky, 1994) Assistant Coaches / Assignments: Larry Bragga / Recruiting and Administration (Ohio State University, 1967) Donnie Suttles/ Pitching staff / Recruiting (Western Carolina) Justin Hogan / Infield / Hitting (Georgia Southwestern, 2006)2010 Record: 31-25 2010 OVC Record: 14-6 (1st)Lettermen Returning: 20 Lettermen Lost: 7Affiliation: NCAA Division IStadium: Bush Stadium at Averitt Express Baseball ComplexCapacity: 1,100

Golden Eagle Baseball Offices: Eblen Center (Sports Information Suite) Rob Schabert: Asst. A.D. 931-372-3088Kate Nicewicz: Baseball Contact 931-372-3293Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5057 TTU, Cookeville, TN 38505Overnight Address: 1100 McGee BlvdSID FAX: 931-372-3114Press Box Phones: 931-372-6032

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Welcome to Tech Baseball

Location: Cookeville, Tenn.Founded: 1915Enrollment: 11,538Nickname: Golden EaglesColors: Purple and GoldConference: Ohio ValleyPresident: Dr. Robert BellFaculty Representative: Dr. Jeff RobertsDirector of Athletics: Mark WilsonAthletic Trainer: Joe ErdeljacAssistant A.D. for Sports Information: Rob Schabert

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The 2010 Golden Eagle Baseball media Guide was produced by the Tennessee Tech Sports Information Office. Writing and layout design by Kate Nicewicz and Rob Schabert. Special thanks to Tony Marable, Brandon Moore and Judy Hees. Cover production by Roman Stone of WD Stone and Associates. Photography by Tony Marable, Dean Carothers and John Lucas. Tennessee Tech University: A constituent university of the Tennessee Board of Regents / # R067-000-10 An AA/EEO/Title IX/Section 504/ADA University.

Area Code is 931 Matt Bragga - Head Coach ................................................................ 372-3925Mark Wilson - Director of Athletics................................................. 372-3961 Frank Harrell - Compliance ................................................................ 372-3939Ben Shannon - Facilities ..................................................................... 372-3945Joe Erdeljac - Trainer ............................................................................ 372-3934Ticket Office ............................................................................................ 372-3940

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Built in 1978, Bush Stadium has been the home of Tennessee Tech base-ball for over 40 years. The Golden Eagles moved into the stadium at the start of the 1978 season, and won the first game ever played there, a 7-6 win over Eastern Kentucky. But Bush Stadium hasn’t always looked the way it does today. Over the past 15 years the facil-ity has seen tremendous upgrades. In 1995 Bush Stadium saw the addition of its 3,240 square-foot clubhouse. Among the features of the clubhouse are player and coaches’ locker rooms, coaches’ offices, team weight room and a team lounge area. In 1997 lights were added to the facility and the Golden Eagles played their first night game at home on March 25, 1997, a 9-6 loss to Tennessee. At the time, Tech was only the fourth school in

the Ohio Valley Conference to have a lit baseball field. The facility was dedicated as “Bush Stadium” in 1997 in honor of Howell W. Bush, who donated the funds needed to bring lights to the facility. The next addition to the facility came only a year later, in 1998, when a new press box was added to the top of the stands at Bush Stadium. The 460 square foot press box features three separate rooms to house game management, home and visiting media. In 2000 the team added a batting cage to the facility. The cage is inside a 3,600 square foot covered building adja-cent to the clubhouse. With all the additions over the years, Bush Stadium has transformed into a first-class baseball facility, and is truly a home field advantage to Tech baseball players.

Home Field AdvantageBush Stadium at

Averitt Express Baseball Complex

First game: March 25, 1978 (TTU 7, E. Kentucky 6)

First win: March 25, 1978 (TTU 7, E. Kentucky 6)

Home record under Bragga: 91-76-1 (.548)

Dedicated: Howell W. Bush Stadium (1997)

Seating capacity: 1,100

Dimensions: Left Field: 329 ft. Left Center: 365 ft. Center Field: 405 ft. Right Center: 360 ft. Right Field: 330 ft.

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PITCHING An elite pitching staff has been a key component for OVC championships at Tennessee Tech – with last year’s starting right-hander Lee Henry being honored as the Ohio Valley Conference’s 2010 Pitcher of the Year – and this year promises to be no different. Head coach Matt Bragga has rounded out his staff with the addition of pitching coach Donnie Suttles to help mold a talented group of returning and new Golden Eagle hurlers through the 2011 season. One weekend rotation starter will be back for the Golden Eagles in sophomore Tristan Archer. ¬¬¬ He was drafted out of high school by the Oakland A’s, but opted rather to come to Tech, where he debuted as a conference starter as a freshman. Archer pitched 49 innings for Tech last season, primarily in the week-end rotation three-spot. He notched 33 strikeouts for Tech, accumulating a 3-2 record and only allowing 23 of 81 hits for extra bases. Another sophomore will join Archer on the mound for weekend series’, as Nick Price – a righty with the potential to throw at speeds upwards of 93 miles per hour. Primarily a reliever as a freshman, Price pitched 40 innings for the Golden Eagles and racked up 32 strikeouts. His top performance, however, came in one of his four starts, at the Ohio Valley Tournament in a 15-6 victory over Murray State. Price tossed for six innings, allow-ing only three hits, two walks and one run on a longball. His efforts dropped his ERA .69 points to cap off his season at 5.40. Also returning to potentially fill a weekend spot is junior Matt Shepherd, a talented junior who’s ability to throw three different pitches for strikes will translate into the potential for him to be

2009 Season Outlookdrafted after his junior season. Shepherd made eight starts in 15 appearances last season, and struck out 38 in 45 innings pitched. A junior college transfer in Cullen Park, who had a tremendous fall with the Golden Eagles, will give Tech some depth as either a weekend or mid-week starter and be a big game situational player. Additionally, redshirt senior Jared Dobbs is back for Tech after two years on the bench with injuries. A conference starter for his first two years, Dobbs is also ca-pable of playing a mid-week or weekend role. Seniors Chad Oberacker and Wade Bilbrey, with their power arms and off-speed pitches, are back as veteran closers for the Golden Eagles. Bilbrey is a righty with an off-speed change-up and a fast-ball that hovers between 88 and 90 miles per hour, while Oberacker is a southpaw who pitches between 87 and 89. Juniors Chad Hayes and Ben Burgess, who both primarily play other positions, have prov-en they can win games on the mound as well. Hayes pitched a complete-game two-hit shutout mid-season in 2009, while Burgess got his first collegiate win in the 2009 OVC tournament, which sent Tech to the OVC championship game.Bragga has also brought in five new faces that have the potential to be a presence on the mound. Southpaw Jake McWhirt-er and right-handers Garret Baugh and Justin Alexander, along with Andy Wil-liams and Brandon Wright, are all fresh-men who will be capable of contributing as relievers for the Tech staff.

CATCHERS Ben Burgess will return as Tech’s primary catcher for his junior season. A member of the OVC All-Tournament

Team two years running), Burgess started 49 games for Tech last season, mainly behind the dish, and led the team with 392 put outs. A major contributor on the offensive front as well, Burgess hit fifth in the order last season, finishing with a batting average of .293 on the season after getting hits in five of the final six games of the season. One of his best efforts came against Jacksonville State, when Burgess went 4-for-5 with four RBI’s. Sophomore Evan Frazier brings a great deal of experience behind the plate as well. He gives Tech another strong defensive catcher and offensive threat with plus power to all fields.

INFIELD With technically four returning start-ers in Devin Rivers, Frankie Beech, Chad Hayes and Zephan Guyear, the Golden Eagle infield will be all but inexperienced. Despite the loss of first-baseman Tate McMillan and his reliever, AJ Kirby-Jones, Guyear and Rivers split time at third base during the 2010 season when Rivers was out with a mid-season injury. Rivers (3B), Hayes (SS) and Guyear, who will likely fill the open first base position, all batted over .300 last season, while Beech fol-lowed up with a .270. Rivers, a senior this year, was a junior college transfer last season, and started 24 of his 25 appearances, hitting at a .358 clip with a slugging percentage of .568 and an on base percentage of .476. He logged 18 RBI’s and recorded 29 hits in 81 at-bats, despite a mid-season injury that left him on the sidelines for about six weeks. Guyear filled the role, and started 31 games in 43 overall appear-ances, batting for a .320 average. He had 11 extra base hits and contributed 28 RBI on the season. Hayes finished the season batting .315, starting in 55 of 56 games for Tech and notching the second-most at-bats on the team with 222. He had 70 hits and 39 runs batted in on the season. Junior college transfer Frankie Beech returns for his senior season after starting 48 games last season, having had quite the impact at second base during his TTU debut, with a consistent bat and the ability to turn two. Sophomore Mike Morris, an out-standing athlete with a powerful arm and strong left-handed bat, and senior captain and veteran Trice Powers add to the depth and potency of this veteran group. Furthermore, newcomer Zach Stephens is going to be an impact player for Tech and will fill roles as both a desig-nated hitter and first baseman.

OUTFIELD With the entire starting outfield from last year returning, Tech promises to have once again one of the toughest

Tech’s 2011 Senior Class: (back row, left to right) Seth Edwards, Jared Dobbs, Casanova Donaldson, Wade Bilbrey (front row, left to right)

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outfields in the conference to penetrate. Sophomore Austin Wulf (left field) and seniors Chad Oberacker (center field) and Casanova Donaldson (right field) are well known throughout the OVC for their speed, athleticism and tendencies to go above and beyond in the outfield. All three will also contribute offensively, hitting in the top to middle of the order. Sophomore Zephan Guyear also has the potential to provide relief in the out-field when he’s not flashing the leather on the dirt, and Tevis Sherfield will also back up the starting line in the outfield as a smart fielder with a promising bat. Redshirt sophomore Will Thomas also has a strong arm and great bat speed, giving him the ability to play a role on the grass as well. Tech also brought in four additional freshmen to provide depth in the field and in the lineup. David Allen, Trey Mc-Calla, Zach Stephens and Zach Flynn are all first-year players who promise to be great offensive threats, while Bo DelGaicco is another freshman who can be utilized as both a power hitter and a power hitter. Flynn is an outstanding freshman outfielder who has a chance to be a contributor right away. He can really defend with a plus arm and a plus bat.

DESIGNATED HITTER Freshman Zach Stephens should see significant time as the Tech designated hitter. Additionaly, Sophomores Evan Frazier and Michael Morris as well as Freshman Tevis Sherfield could see time as the DH if not in the defensive lineup.

SCHEDULE A 30-game home schedule that includes some real highlight attractions, a season-opening tournament in Myrtle Beach, and a chance to defend their Ohio Valley Conference regular season cham-pionship are just some of the features of Tennessee Tech’s 56-game baseball

schedule for 2011. Tech enjoys an early stretch in which the Golden Eagles play 15 of 18 games at home, including visits from Middle Tennessee, Purdue, East Tennessee and Ohio. Tech also welcomes traditional rivals Belmont, Lipscomb and Tennessee to Bush Stadium. On the road, the Golden Eagles will challenge the likes of Virginia Tech, Coastal Carolina, Boston College, UNC Charlotte, Lipscomb, Belmont, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Once OVC play begins, the Golden Eagles hosts four weekend series and hit the road for four weekends.Tech takes on teams from the ACC, SEC, Sun Belt, MAC, A-Sun, Horizon, Big South, SWAC, Atlantic 10 and Big 10 confer-ences. The Golden Eagles get the 2011 season underway in Myrtle Beach, Feb. 19-20, at a tournament hosted by Coastal Carolina University. Tech opens with a pair of teams that finished last year ranked in the Top 20 and advanced to NCAA tournament play. The schedule begins on Saturday, Feb. 19 against Virginia Tech, which was ranked 20th and played in the NCAA Regionals. That game is followed by a contest against host Coastal Carolina, a team that was ranked 12th and reached the NCAA Super Regionals, and finished with the best record in the nation at 55-10. The opening weekend finishes with a game on Sunday, Feb. 20, against ACC member Boston College. Following the opening weekend, Tech plays 15 of the next 18 games in

Bush Stadium at the Averitt Express Base-ball Complex. Among the visitors will be series with Eastern Michigan, Ohio, Youngstown State and Purdue.Among Tech’s 30 home contests are four OVC weekend series against Jacksonville State, Southeast Missouri, Eastern Ken-tucky and UT Martin. The Golden Eagles face conference road series at Eastern Illinois, Morehead State, Austin Peay and Murray State. Tech opens OVC play with Jackson-ville State, which finished second behind Tech in the regular season and won the league tournament. The non-conference schedule in-cludes several of Tech’s traditional rivals including East Tennessee, Belmont, MTSU and Lipscomb. Another foe that is becoming familiar is Vanderbilt, which is ranked fifth in pre-season polls. Tech visits the Commodores on Tuesday, March 22. Tech also visits Kentucky a week later on Tuesday, March 29. Perhaps the most popular visitor to Cookeville will be the Tennessee Vols, who play in Bush Stadium on Wednes-day, April 27, with first pitch slated for 6 p.m. The OVC Tournament, which will be held in Pringles Stadium in Jackson, Tenn., is scheduled for May 25-29 for the teams that finish in the top six places in the standings.

2010 post-season All-Tournament Team Members (left to right): Frankie Beech, Chad Oberacker, Ben Burgess

Tech’s Freshman Class (back row, left to right): Garret Baugh, Jake McWhirter, Greg Glaser, Bo DelGaicco (middle, left to right): Zach Stephens, Andy

Williams, Trey McCalla, Tevis Sherfield, Will Thomas (front row, left to right): Brandon Wright, Justin Alexander, David Allen, Zach Flynn

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No. Name Pos. Class B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School1 Chad Hayes 2B/SS Junior R/R 5-11 170 Springfield, Ill./Lanphier2 Zephan Guyear IF Sophomore R/R 6-4 180 Tracy City, Tenn./Marion County3 Michael Morris IF/C Sophomore L/R 5-11 190 Cincinatti, Ohio/Sycamore 4 Zach Flynn OF Freshman R/R 5-10 170 Sevierville, Tenn./Sevier County6 David Allen OF Freshman R/R 5-11 175 Knoxville, Tenn./Farragut7 Tevis Sherfield 2B R-Freshman R/R 5-11 160 Cookeville, Tenn./Cookeville8 Evan Frazier C Sophomore R/R 5-10 205 Collierville, Tenn./Collierville9 Cullen Park RHP Junior R/R 6-3 190 Forest City, N.C./East Rutherford10 Frankie Beech IF Senior R/R 5-11 180 Smyrna, Tenn./Blackman11 Garret Baugh RHP Freshman R/R 6-1 200 Ooltewah, Tenn./Ooltewah12 Justin Alexander RHP Freshman R/R 5-11 181 Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School of Knoxville13 Tristan Archer RHP Sophomore R/R 6-3 170 Kingsport, Tenn./Sullivan South14 Trice Powers 2B R-Senior R/R 5-10 170 Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale15 Matt Shepherd RHP Junior R/R 6-3 195 Bluff City, Tenn./Sullivan East16 Devin Rivers IF Senior R/R 6-0 200 Laurel, Md./Dematha Catholic17 Austin Wulf OF Sophomore L/R 5-10 165 Beaver Falls, Penn./Blackhawk19 Trey McCalla OF Freshman R/R 6-1 180 Ooltewah, Tenn./Ooltewah20 Will Thomas OF R-Freshman R/R 6-0 200 Clarksville, Tenn./Clarksville21 Casanova Donaldson OF Junior L/L 6-0 190 Nashville, Tenn./Hunters Lane22 Nick Price RHP Sophomore R/R 6-5 175 Clinton, Tenn./Anderson County23 Chad Oberacker OF/LHP Senior L/L 5-11 190 Erie, Pa./McDowell24 Ben Burgess C/RF Junior R/R 6-0 195 Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood26 Jared Dobbs RHP R-Senior R/R 6-5 220 Soddy-Daisy, Tenn./Soddy-Daisy28 Brandon Wright RHP Freshman R/R 6-1 225 Loudon, Tenn./Loudon29 Wade Bilbrey RHP R-Senior R/R 6-2 210 Cookeville, Tenn./Cookeville30 Greg Glaser OF Sophomore R/R 6-4 185 Nashville, Tenn./Franklin Road Academy31 Andy Williams RHP R-Freshman R/R 6-0 195 Franklin, Tenn./Franklin Road Academy32 Jake McWhirter LHP Freshman L/L 6-3 195 Goodletsville, Tenn./Goodpasture Christian33 Zach Stephens 1B/DH Freshman R/R 6-0 200 Hixson, Tenn./44 Albert DelGaicco 1B/LHP Freshman L/L 6-1 220 Limestone, Tenn./Science HillCOACHING STAFFMatt Bragga Head Coach (Kentucky, 1994)Donnie Suttles Assistant Coach (Western Carolina, 2000)Larry Bragga Assistant Coach (Ohio State, 1967)Justin Hogan Volunteer Assistant (Georgia Southwestern, 2006)

ALPHABETICALNo. Name12 Justin Alexander6 David Allen13 Tristan Archer11 Garret Baugh10 Frankie Beech29 Wade Bilbrey24 Ben Burgess44 Albert DelGaicco26 Jared Dobbs21 Casanova Donaldson5 Seth Edwards4 Zach Flynn8 Evan Frazier30 Greg Glaser2 Zephan Guyear1 Chad Hayes

BY POSITIONPitchers9 Cullen Park11 Garret Baugh12 Justin Alexander13 Tristan Archer15 Matt Shepherd22 Nick Price23 Chad Oberacker26 Jared Dobbs28 Brandon Wright29 Wade Bilbrey31 Andy Williams32 Jake McWhirter44 Albert DelGaicco

Catchers3 Michael Morris8 Evan Frazier24 Ben Burgess

Infielders1 Chad Hayes2 Zephan Guyear3 Michael Morris7 Tevis Sherfield10 Frankie Beech14 Trice Powers16 Devin Rivers33 Zach Stephens44 Albert DelGaicco

Outfielders4 Zach Flynn5 Seth Edwards6 David Allen17 Austin Wulf19 Trey McCalla20 Will Thomas 21 Casanova Donaldson23 Chad Oberacker30 Greg Glaser

37 Doug Martin19 Trey McCalla32 Jake McWhirter3 Michael Morris23 Chad Oberacker9 Cullen Park14 Trice Powers22 Nick Price16 Devin Rivers15 Matt Shepherd7 Tevis Sherfield33 Zach Stephens20 Will Thomas31 Andy Williams28 Brandon Wright17 Austin Wulf

PRONOUNCIATIONSNo. Name Pronounciation2 Zephan Guyear Zef-fen Guy-err7 Tevis Sherfield Tev-iss11 Garrett Baugh Baw30 Greg Glaser Glay-zer44 Albert DelGaicco Del-JAH-co


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DAY DATE TIME OPPONENT SITE Sat Feb 19 10:00 Virginia Tech Myrtle Beach, SCSat Feb 19 2:00 Coastal Carolina Myrtle Beach, SCSun Feb 20 10:00 Boston College Myrtle Beach, SCWed Feb 23 3:00 Middle Tennessee CookevilleFri Feb 25 3:00 Eastern Michigan Cookeville Sat Feb 26 2:00 Eastern Michigan CookevilleSun Feb 27 1:00 Eastern Michigan CookevilleTue Mar 1 4:00 Belmont Nashville, TNWed Mar 2 3:00 Berea CookevilleFri Mar 4 3:00 Ohio CookevilleSat Mar 5 2:00 Ohio CookevilleSun Mar 6 1:00 Ohio CookevilleTue Mar 8 3:00 UNC-Charlotte Charlotte, NCWed Mar 9 3:00 UNC-Charlotte Charlotte, NCFri Mar 11 3:00 Youngstown State CookevilleSat Mar 12 2:00 Youngstown State CookevilleSun Mar 13 1:00 Youngstown State CookevilleWed Mar 16 3:00 East Tennessee CookevilleFri Mar 18 3:00 Purdue CookevilleSat Mar 19 2:00 Purdue Cookeville Sun Mar 20 1:00 Purdue Cookeville Tue Mar 22 6:00 Vanderbilt Nashville, TNFri Mar 25 7:00 SIU – Edwardsville Edwardsville, ILSat Mar 26 1:00 SIU – Edwardsville Edwardsville, ILSun Mar 27 1:00 SIU – Edwardsville Edwardsville, ILTue Mar 29 5:30 Kentucky Lexington, KYSat Apr 2 1:00 (DH) Jacksonville State CookevilleSun Apr 3 1:00 Jacksonville State CookevilleTue Apr 5 3:30 Lipscomb Nashville, TNWed Apr 6 3:30 Alabama A&M Huntsville, ALSat Apr 9 1:00 (DH) Southeast Missouri CookevilleSun Apr 10 1:00 Southeast Missouri CookevilleWed Apr 13 6:00 Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, TNSat Apr 16 1:00 (DH) Eastern Illinois Charleston, ILSun Apr 17 1:00 Eastern Illinois Charleston, ILTue Apr 19 6:00 Belmont CookevilleFri Apr 22 12:00 (DH) Morehead Morehead, KYSat Apr 23 12:00 Morehead Morehead, KYWed Apr 27 6:00 Tennessee CookevilleSat April 30 1:00 (DH) Eastern Kentucky CookevilleSun May 1 1:00 Eastern Kentucky CookevilleSat May 7 1:00 (DH) Austin Peay Clarksville, TN Sun May 8 1:00 Austin Peay Clarksville, TNTue May 10 6:00 Lipscomb CookevilleSat May 14 1:00 (DH) UT-Martin CookevilleSun May 15 1:00 UT-Martin CookevilleFri May 20 1:00 (DH) Murray Murray, KYSat May 21 1:00 Murray Murray, KYWed-Sun May 25-29 TBA OVC Championship Jackson, TNFri-Mon June 3-6 TBA NCAA Regionals TBAFri-Mon June 10-13 TBA NCAA Super Regionals TBASat June 18-29 TBA College World Series Omaha, NE

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After coaching the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles to their third straight 30-win season - a feat that has never before been accomplished in Tech program history - and subsequently being named the 2010 OVC Coach of the Year, head coach Matt Bragga’s seventh season in Cookev-ille can only be labeled as one of his most successful. Under Bragga’s direction, the Golden Eagles capped off their 2010 season with a 31-25 overall record, finishing 14-6 in regular season conference play to clinch the No. 1 seed headed into post season play for the first time since 1997. The team went 2-2 in the OVC Tournament to claim the runner-up spot in Jackson to finish out their post-sea-son. The team had five named to the OVC All-Tournament Team in AJ Kirby-Jones, Chad Oberacker, Frankie Beech, Ben Burgess and Lee Henry. Henry was also named the 2010 OVC Pitcher of the Year. The team also collected the OVC Sportsmanship Award, given to the team that outwardly upholds the principles and sportsmanship guidelines outlined by the Ohio Valley Conference. The award-winners are voted upon by head coaches and sports information directors from around the league. Oberacker and Kirby-Jones combined to be named to nine All-American teams between the two of them, marking 2010 as the first year (and first decade) in his-tory that Tech’s baseball program has put out more than one player who was named to an All-American team, and the first time that a single player was named to multiple teams. The pair, also named TTU’s Co-Male Athlete’s of the Year, were also joined by two of their teammates in Adam Liberatore and Stephen Pryor as prospective professional ball-players after being drafted in the top 25 rounds of

the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft. In 2009, the Golden Eagles then went on to the NCAA regional in Clemson, S.C., where they eliminated No. 14 Alabama before being eliminated by eventual regional-champion Clemson. The Golden Eagles had two all-conference team members, six all-tournament team members, and the OVC tournament MVP in A.J. Kirby-Jones. The veteran coach continues his work toward re-defining the program with high ideals and even greater expectations. Taking over the head coaching reins in January 2004, Bragga has shown the dedication needed to win an OVC championship, and his players exhibit that same down-to-earth determination, day-in and day-out. His plan has brought about marked improvements in the team’s on-field performance, academic perfor-mance, alumni support and program facilities. On the field, Bragga’s silent resolve has taken the program from a 13-42 record in his first full year in 2005, improving 5.5 games in 2006 with a record of 18-36, making an eight game improvement in 2007 with a record of 26-28, and another seven game improvement in 2008 as the Golden Eagles went 35-23-1, leading to the OVC championship and an NCAA Regional berth in 2009. With success on the recruiting trails, Bragga con-tinues to take the TTU Baseball program to a new level.

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1995-1997Cincinnati Reds Organization

1991-1994University of Kentucky (outfielder)

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Matt Bragga in the UK Record Book(Where he ranked at the conclusion of his career)

T-3rd ....... Games played in a season (1993) ..............62 T-4th ....... Games started in a season (1993)..............61 6th .......... At bats in a season (1993) ........................240 T-8th ....... Runs scored in a season (1994) ..................64 8th .......... Triples in a season (1994) ............................. 5 8th .......... Career batting average ............................338 10th ........ Hits in a season (1994) ................................83


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HEAD COACHMATT BRAGGA

Before taking the head coaching post at Tech, Brag-ga spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Birming-ham Southern College under head coach Brian Shoop. He spent the majority of his time at BSC working as the hitting and outfielder coach as well as recruiting for the Panthers. Under Bragga’s direction, BSC hitters batted a combined .316 during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. In 2003, 10 Panthers hit over .300 for a team bat-ting average of .318 overall. The Panthers scored 7.9 runs per game which ranked 15th in NCAA Division I. Before moving to the NCAA Division I for the 2002 season, the Panthers won the NAIA National Championship in 2001 as 11 Panthers hit .300 or better and averaged 8.5 runs per game. In 2001, the Panthers set a school record for most wins in a season, going 55-11. Bragga also owned some head coaching experi-ence before coming to Tech. At the age of 25, prior to his role at Birmingham Southern, Bragga served as the head coach at Bevill State (Ala.) Community College for four seasons. Bragga took over a Bevill State baseball program that, prior to his arrival, had an all time record of 175-350 (.343), and was considered by many one of the worst programs in the state of Alabama. With the Bears go-ing 39-20 in 1998, Bragga’s second season at Bevill State resulted in a school record for most wins in one season. That team also participated in the schools first-ever postseason tournament. In 1999, Bragga led his squad to a 40-19 record, surpassing his previous record and taking the team to another regional tournament. During his time at Bevill, his teams compiled a 148-86 record and BSCC went from a .343 winning percentage prior to Bragga’s arrival, to one of Alabama’s best Com-munity/Junior College programs, amassing a remarkable .630 winning percentage during his time. Before jumping into the college ranks, Bragga served as head coach for the Junior American Legion Baseball Team Post 208 that won the Alabama state championship in 1996. That same year, he also took on the role as assistant coach for the Tuscaloosa County High School baseball squad. One aspect that makes Bragga such an influential

coach, and what some describe as a player’s coach, is that he has coached and played at nearly every level of base-ball. Bragga played his collegiate career for the University of Kentucky Wildcats, earning four letters from 1991 to 1994. He played multiple positions at Kentucky, includ-ing outfield, catcher, first base and designated hitter, and also excelled at the plate. Bragga earned multiple honors including second-team All-Southeast region and South-eastern Conference all-tournament first-team in 1993. In his senior season Bragga finished with a .408 batting aver-age in SEC play, which ranked him second in the league. He also etched his name in the Kentucky base-ball record books, ranking among UK’s all-time best in multiple season and career categories. During Bragga’s four-year career with UK, the baseball team compiled the most wins in any four-year period of UK baseball, a record which was recently broken by the 2005-2008 Kentucky squads. After graduating from Kentucky with a degree in communications, Bragga signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds organization in 1994. He played one season in the Pioneer League with the Butte (Montana) Copper Kings before moving to Charleston, W.Va., to play with the Cincinnati Reds’ Single A affiliate the following season. Bragga earned his master’s degree from the Uni-versity of Alabama. Matt is married to the former Elisa Currins, a 1997 graduate of the University of Alabama. The couple are the proud parents of two children — Luke and Emerson.

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Larry Bragga begins his fifth season as a member of the Golden Eagle coaching staff, handling a variety of duties to help build the program directed by his son, Matt. Larry graduated from The Ohio State University in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a minor in speech and theatre. He earned his master’s degree in educational administration from Kent State in 1969. Larry was a teacher, baseball and basketball coach at Harbor High School in Ashtabula, Ohio for six years. He became a high school principal and served in that capacity for 26 years. After retiring in 1997 he was elected as Mayor of Jefferson, Ohio, and served in that capacity for seven years before joining Matt’s staff and the Golden Eagle baseball team. He has coached baseball and recruited qual-ity baseball players for 40 years. He has coached major league players Mark Wagner and Brian Anderson and several minor leaguers including Matt Bragga. He assisted Matt at Bevil State Community College in Alabama in turning BSCC into a 40-plus win team. Since Larry joined Matt at TTU the academic standing of the team has continued to be close to a 3.0 grade point average. Coach “B” monitors the academic progress of the team and works closely with Dr. Jasitt in the TTU WIN (Work Intensely Now) program. Coach “B” has created a great connection with major league scouts, high school and junior college coaches throughout the mid-west and southeast. The communication and recruiting efforts of the baseball staff

Carol and Larry

Coach ‘B’ brings so much to our team. It is an absolute blessing for me to have my dad as part of our coaching staff. He is an incredible person and a wonderful example to me and our team. He brings so much to the table. His work ethic is second to none, and he has administrative skills that are tops in his profession. As a recruiter, he has a knack for finding players that are not only the best on the field – but of extremely high character off the field. He does an incredible job on the field as an assistant coach and with the high physical and mental conditioning of our players. He is also one of the reasons we have had such great academic success with our program. We are truly blessed to have my dad as a part of our program. — Head Coach Matt Bragga”

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have created a solid talent pool for TTU now and in the future. Larry contributes to the program as bench coach, coordinates recruiting, handles administrative duties, manages Golden Eagle Baseball school events and coach-es the mental game. He is an avid student and teacher of sport psychology, mental toughness, visualization and imagery. Coach “B” loves our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that faith guides and direct’s him everyday. Larry and his wife, Carol, are the proud grandpar-ents of Luke, Elle and Emerson.

41 Fifth Season F Ohio State, 1967 F 2009 OVC Tourna-ment Champion

ASSISTANT COACHLARRY BRAGGACoach “B”


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Beginning his first season at Tech, Donnie Suttles comes to Cookeville as the new pitching coach for the TTU baseball team from TC Roberson High School, where he was the acting head coach from 2007-2010. TC Rob-erson was ranked within the top five programs in North Carolina by Baseball America from 2007-2010, having climbed as high as the number two spot in 2007 with a 23-4 record. Hailing from Marion, N.C., Suttles was a member of the Professional Baseball Representatives (PBR) and also acted as the North Carolina State Games coach and developed the North Carolina pro player clinic for players and coaches in 2010. Prior to his time at TCR, Suttles was the pitching coach at his alma mater, McDowell High School, from 2004-2006, an American Legion Coach from 2003-2006 and an assistant coach at Gardner Webb University from 2003-2004. His coaching experience commenced with his role as a player instructor for the Cleveland Indians’ Class A affiliate, the Columbia Redstixx. Suttles’ experience on the diamond goes far beyond coaching however, as he was drafted by the Cleveland In-dians in the 12th round of the 1998 MLB First Year Player Draft, following his junior year at Western Carolina Univer-sity. He was named the most athletic player in the draft for the Indians, the 1998 Top Prospect in the Appalachian League and the 1998 Team Pitcher of the Year, and posted ERA and strikeout stats that ranked fourth and fifth in the minors. In 1999, Suttles pitched the Columbus Redstixx

Coach Suttles is an incredible person first and foremost with great character and great priorities. He comes in as our pitching coach, but knows the entire game extremely well. His background in this game as a professional and collegiate player, and his desire to be the best coach he can possibly be, has given him an incredible base of knowledge that he then puts into use with his communication and teaching skills. We are blessed to have Coach Suttles as our pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. We are thrilled to have him and his wonderful family join the Tennessee Tech baseball family. — Head Coach Matt Bragga ”

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(South Atlantic League) to the first half championship. At Western Carolina, Suttles was a member of the 1997 Southern Conference regular season and post-sea-son champion team, was named the SoCon pitcher of the week three times, and honored as Pitcher of the Year for the Rocky Mount Rockfish in the CPL Summer League. He graduated in 2000 with a double major in Physical Educa-tion and Sociology. Coach Suttles is married to Amy Suttles of Marion, N.C. The couple resides in Cookeville with their two chil-dren, son Jayden (9) and daughter Maris (4).

ASSISTANT COACHLARRY BRAGGACoach “B” 35 First Season F Western Carolina, 2000

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Justin enters his third season on Bragga’s staff as the volunteer assistant. The 2006 graduate of Georgia Southwestern earned his bachelor’s degree in business management, and is currently working towards his mas-ter’s degree in sport management through the U.S. Sports Academy. As the volunteer assistant coach for the Golden Eagles, Hogan serves a myriad of roles, including assisting with hitters and infielders, field maintenance, Director of Golden Eagle Baseball Camps, and assisting in the day-to-day managment of the Golden Eagle baseball program. Hogan played four years of baseball in college, beginning at Hiwassee College in Madisonville, Tenn. He was part of the 2004 Georgia Alabama Carolina Confer-ence tournament champion team at Southern Polytech-nic State, where he finished his playing career. Hogan was an assistant coach at Gordon College for three years. In 2006, his first year, the Highlanders went 29-27. In 2007 and 2008 the Highlanders had a re-cord of 85-32. While coaching at Gordon, Hogan coached two players who went on to play professional baseball, and within the three year period, 24 players moved on to play at four-year colleges. Hogan has been a camp instructor at baseball camps all over the southeast, including Auburn, Clemson, Georgia Tech, and Mercer University. Hogan, a native of Pike, Ga., married the former Anna North on Dec. 15, 2007.

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“Two years ago when our Volunteer coaching position came open, we had more than 35 applicants for the job. With a little research and a plethora of high recommendations, Justin quickly rose to the top of that list. Now in his third full year with us, it is has been amazing to watch Coach Hogan’s work ethic and passion for this great game and our program. He brings so much to the table as he is not only great helping with our infielders and hitters, but he is such an integral part of our camps and administrative jobs. We are fortunate to have Justin & his wife Anna as a part of our TTU family.” — Head Coach Matt Bragga ”

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36 Third Season F Ga. Southwestern 2006 F 2009 OVC Tournament Champion

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FrankieBEECHSenior F IF F R/R F 5-11 F 180 F Smyrna, Tenn. (Blackman HS)10

In 2010 (Junior): Beech batted as high as .315 mid-season before settling to a final average of .270. He logged 43 hits - five of which were for extra bases - in 159 at-bats, batting in 24 runs and rounding the bases 40 times himself. Beech was a perfect 2-2 in stolen bases, and also took 25 walks, notching a .393 on-base percentage. A member of the 2010 OVC all-tournament team, Beech went 4-for-4 with two RBI in a crucial win over Murray State on day two of the tournament, and contributed another two RBI with a 2-for-4 performance in the team’s final game against Jacksonville State. Those two games alone raised his batting average 25 points from a .245 to his final .270.

AT MOTLOW STATE CC: Hit .438 (70-for-160) in 2009 which was tops among all Tennessee Junior College players... hit .403 (124-for-307) in his two-year career…hit 17 doubles and six home runs in 2009, and 27 doubles and eight home runs in his career, with a career total of 74 RBIs (33/41)…2009 first team all-conference.

AT BLACKMAN HS: Earned BHS all-sports MVP, 2007 7AAA All-District, 2006 7AAA All-District, 3rd team all-region…played sec-ond base for coach Chris Trendway.

PERSONAL: Full name is Frankie Leon Beech, III…son of Frankie Jr. and Dawn Beech…born March 22, 1989…majoring in educa-tion.


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Knee-highs or Long pants?3. Yankees or RedSox?4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. Around the Horn or PTI?

7. Day games or night games?8. American League or National League?9. Game day superstition? Wrist tape10. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?

Ht: 5-11 Wt: 180 Bats: R Throws: RSenior Education Smyrna, Tenn.

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Year G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG.2010 51-48 159 40 43 4 1 0 24 2 .270Totals 51-48 159 40 43 4 1 0 24 2 .270

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WadeBILBREYSenior F RHP F R/R F 6-2 F 210 F Cookeville, Tenn. (Cookeville HS)29

AT TECH IN 2010: Bilbrey appeared in 13 contests for the Golden Eagles, averaging 1.44 IP per appearance. He earned 28 K’s on the year, including a season-high six in a 15-5 victory at Belmont and in an 11-2 win over West-ern Carolina, and finished the season with a 4.82 ERA. Particularly effective against lefty’s, he held left-handed opponents to a .154, recording a .221 opposing average overall. Bilbrey finished the season with a 1-0 record giv-ing up 15 hits in 18.2 innings pitched.

AT TECH IN 2009: Wade pitched in four games in relief for the Golden Eagles during the 2009 season…in his first outing Wade pitched a hitless inning against Val-paraiso with one strikeout and no walks…finished the season with six strikeouts and no walks in six innings pitched.

AT TECH IN 2008: Making his way back from injury, Wade did not play in 2008…has worked hard to come back from shoulder and ACL injuries to prepare for the 2009 campaign…has the potential to be a key contribu-tor for the Golden Eagles.

AT TECH IN 2007: Was a redshirt member of the squad in his first season.

AT COOKEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in baseball at Cookeville High School under coach Scott Hunt…played as a pitcher all four years...had a 5-4 record with six saves…played on the Tennessee Sunbelt Team in 2003…helped his 2002 summer baseball team win the World Series Championship.

PERSONAL: Full name is Wade Alexander Bilbrey...son of Roy and Sharron Bilbrey…born July 30, 1987…majoring in accounting.


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7. Day games or night games?8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?9. Why do you wear your number? Fred McGriff10. Best MLB Stadium? Old Yankee Stadium

Ht: 6-2 Wt: 210 Bats: R Throws: RSenior Accounting Cookeville, Tenn.

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Year GP-GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2009 4-0 0 6.0 9 5 5 2 6 0 0-0 7.502010 13-0 0 18.2 15 12 10 15 28 0 1-0 4.82Total 17-0 0 24.2 24 17 15 17 34 0 1+0 5.47

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JaredDOBBSSenior F RHP F R/R F 6-5 F 220 F Soddy-Daisy, Tenn. (Soddy-Daisy HS)26

AT TECH IN 2010: Jared redshirted for the Golden Eagles during the 2010 season.

AT TECH IN 2009: Jared pitched in five games includ-ing four starts for the Golden Eagles before undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery…struck out 15 batters and walked nine on the season…struck out six batters in five innings in a win against St. Peters on Feb. 20…finished the year with a 1-1 record.

AT TECH IN 2008: Voted team captain by his teammates for the 2009 season...Jared appeared in 15 games, includ-ing 12 starts…finished the year with a 4.95 ERA…threw two complete games, including a three-hit complete-game shutout against Eastern Illinois on March 30…struck out a season-high nine batters against Butler on March 15...led Tech to a 9-1 win over Samford in the OVC tour-nament in a dominating performance that earned him All-Tournament honors...pitched in the Valley Collegiate Baseball League over the summer and finished with a 1.06 ERA and a 4-1 record while striking out 32 batters in 34 in-nings and holding opponents to a .207 batting average.

AT TECH IN 2007: Jared made 18 appearances including seven starts...led the team in ERA at 4.18 and earned a spot on the OVC all-newcomer team…ranked 10th in the OVC in ERA…allowed two hits with three strikeouts over four scoreless innings to earn a save against East Tennessee on March 13... struck out 38 batters while walking just 18.

AT SODDY-DAISY HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in baseball at Soddy-Daisy High School under coach Steve Garland…in 2005, had a 3.25 ERA and 21 RBIs with four home runs…earned District 6-AAA All-Tournament team, Region 3-AAA first team, TN/GA All-Stars feature team honors…also earned one letter in football and one letter in basketball.

PERSONAL: Full name is Jared Lee Dobbs... son of Tony and Lee Dobbs…born May 9, 1988…majoring in mechani-cal engineering. Married to the former Jana Blair; the couple resides in Cookeville.


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Knee-highs or Long pants?3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

6. Around the Horn or PTI?7. Day games or night games?8. American League or National League?9. Socks or stirrups?10. Best MLB Stadium? Wrigley

Ht: 6-5 Wt: 220 Bats: R Throws: RSenior Mechanical Engineering Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.

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CasanovaDONALDSONSenior F OF F L/L F 6-0 F 190 F Nashville, Tenn. (Hunters Lane HS)21

AT TECH IN 2010: Donaldson finished with the fourth highest bat-ting average on the team at .333 (67-201), having hit 16 doubles and seven home runs, one in a 2-for-5 performance during game three of the regular-season ending sweep of Murray State. He started in 50 of the 53 games that he appeared in, notching 37 RBI and ranking third on the team in total bases with 104. Donaldson also went 13-14 in stolen bases, and he maintained a .391 on-base percentage. One of Donaldson’s top performances came in mid-May against OVC opponent UT-Martin, when he went 5-for-6 in the first game of the series, bringing in three runs and hitting two doubles.

AT TECH IN 2009: Casanova finished the season batting .333 with five doubles, two home runs, 39 hits and 18 RBIs…matched Tech’s all-time single-game hit record when he went 5-for-5 against East Tennessee State on April 1…went 3-for-5 against Jacksonville State in the OVC tournament with three RBIs and hit a walk-off single to win the game for the Golden Eagles in the bottom of the tenth inning…finished the season second on the team in batting average and stolen bases (6)…had seven multi-hit games on the season and put together an eight-game hit streak…was named to the OVC all-tournament team.

AT TECH IN 2008: Casanova played in 16 games in 2008 and made 10 plate appearances…knocked in one run and stole two bases…hit a home run against Berea College on April 8, and had five put-outs in that game.

AT TECH IN 2007: Spent his first season on the Golden Eagle roster as a redshirt.

AT HUNTERS LANE HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in baseball at Hunters Lane High School…played all three outfield positions as well as first base…earned all-district honors three times and named all-region twice…earned three letters each in cross country and basketball…also earned one letter in football playing corner-back and wide receiver…between his four sports, Casanova won numerous awards including Sportsmanship Award, Gatorade Player of the Year, Hitters Award, Defensive Award, Hustle Award, Coaches Award, MVP, and Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

PERSONAL: Full name is Casanova Dejaun Donaldson...son of Kerry and Angela Donaldson…born Nov. 23, 1987…majoring in civil engineering.


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Knee-highs or Long pants?3. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Socks or stirrups?6. Day games or night games?

7. Game day superstition? Wearing beads until game time8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?9. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds? 10. Best MLB Stadium? Old Yankee Stadium

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ChadOBERACKERSenior F OF/LHP F L/L F 5-11 F 190 F Erie, Pa. (McDowell HS)23

AT TECH IN 2010: A member of four post-season All America teams following his 2010 season Oberacker hit .452 on the season, ranking him third in the nation. He finished fourth in the nation in total hits with 108, 40 of which were for extra bases. Throughout the season he maintained an on-base percentage of .527 and slugged .690, batting in 70 runs and becoming just the fourth athlete in Tech history to bring in over 60 runs in one season. He set single season records in 2010 for hits and doubles with 29 and he ranks second in Tech’s single season history in total bases with 165. Oberacker is also tied for the top spot in Tech record books with nine career triples. Being the only Golden Eagle to play and start all 56 games in a field position last year, Oberacker recorded a conference-high 281 total plate appearances, rounding the bases 67 times and log-ging five triples, six homers and 34 walks for 2010. He also recorded an outstanding 36 multi-hit games and fielded .992 on the season.

AT TECH IN 2009: Chad started all 50 games that he played in for the Golden Eagles, including seven starts on the mound…led the team in batting average (.354), hits (69), triples (4) and stolen bases (11)…his four triples tied him for 8th all-time in a single season at Tech…had the teams longest hit streak of 10 games…struck out only 23 times in 195 at-bats…had 17 multi-hit games with a four hit game against Toledo where he had three runs, a double, and a stolen base...earned all-tournament hon-ors at the OVC tournament

AT TECH IN 2008: A versatile athlete, Chad saw action on the mound and in the outfield…pitched 21 innings in 2008 and struck out 30 batters…posted a 3-2 record from the mound…started four games at pitcher…gave up five hits in five innings against Georgia State on March 4…played in 21 games offensively for the Golden Eagles, starting in 10 of those…had 13 RBIs in 42 at-bats, and hit two home runs…stole three bases…finished the year hitting .262.

AT McDOWELL HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in baseball at Mc-Dowell High School under coach Mike Hayes as well as three letters in golf and two letters in basketball…played both outfield and pitcher...named region Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and also named to the all-district team those same years...earned the hitting award in 2006 and the pitching award in 2007...holds the school record for most RBIs in a season (39 in 2006) and most triples in a season (4 in 2006)…ranks in six categories: second and sixth in batting average (.470 in 2006, .439 in 2007), fifth in at-bats (66 in 2006), fourth and seventh in RBIs (28 in 2007, 22 in 2005), third and fifth in hits (31 in 2006, 29 in 2007), second and sixth in home runs (five in 2007, four in 2006) and fourth in batters struck out (66 in 2007)

PERSONAL: Full name is Chad Murray Oberacker...son of Murray Ober-acker and Mary Oberacker...born Jan. 14, 1989...majoring in physical therapy.


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?3. American League or National League?4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. Around the Horn or PTI?

7. Day games or night games?8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?9. Why do you wear your number? Michael Jordan10. Best MLB Stadium? PNC Park

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Year G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG.2008 21-8 42 12 11 2 0 2 13 3 .2622009 51-51 200 52 70 9 4 4 27 11 .3502010 56-56 239 57 108 29 5 6 70 14 .452Total 128-115 481 131 189 40 9 12 110 28 .393

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TricePOWERSSenior F 2B F R/R F 5-10 F 170 F Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Riverdale HS)14

AT TECH IN 2010: Powers made five starts at sec-ond base in 14 appearances for Tech, batting 1-15 for a .067 and logging 2 RBIs on the season.

AT TECH IN 2009: Trice played in 34 games, starting 27 at second base…hit .256 for the season with three doubles, two home runs and 15 RBIs… led the team in sacrifice bunts with seven…finished the season with a .408 on-base percentage…had four multi-RBI games including two against St. Peters to start the season.

AT TECH IN 2008: Trice played in 10 games in 2008 after coming off a redshirt season in 2007...started in one game…a great defender who can play a va-riety of infield positions…as a coach’s son, Trice has an exceptional understanding of the game.

AT TECH IN 2007: Trice was on the roster as a red-shirt member of the squad in his first season at Tech.

AT RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in baseball at Riverdale High School under coach and father Buddy Powers…played shortstop, third base, and second base…named Freshman Defen-sive Player of the Year and Most Improved Player in 2003…received the Dedication Award in 2006…named first-team all-district.

PERSONAL: Full name is Eron E. Powers III...son of Buddy and Laketa Powers…born July 14, 1987…majoring in civil engineering.


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Knee-highs or Long pants?3. The Natural or Field of Dreams?4. Day games or night games?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. American League or National League?

7. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?8. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?9. Best MLB Stadium? Petco10. Game Day Superstition? Eye black

Ht: 5-10 Wt: 170 Bats: R Throws: RSenior Civil Engineering Murfreesboro, Tenn.

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Year G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG.2008 10-1 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .1112009 35-28 80 16 20 3 0 2 16 1 .2502010 14-5 15 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 .067Total 59-34 104 20 22 3 0 2 19 1 .212

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DevinRIVERSSenior F IF F R/R F 6-0 F 200 F Laurel, Md. (Dematha Catholic)16

AT TECH IN 2010: Despite being sidelined for an injury mid-season, Rivers put up a .358 batting average in 2010, going 29-81 at the plate including 18 RBI, five doubles and four home runs. He returned from his injury in late April and put up one of his top performances of the year in the regular-season finale against Murray State when he went 6-11 with three RBI and two of his four home runs. A third baseman for the Golden Eagles, Rivers appeared in 24 games during his 2010 campaign at Tech. He finished the season with an on-base percentage of .476 and a slugging percentage of .568.

AT NORTHWEST SHOALS CC: Hit .385 with an .823 slugging percentage and was second among Alabama Junior College players in slugging percentage.…hit 17 home runs, leading all Alabama Junior College play-ers in home runs per game... drew 54 walks on the season...stole 14 bases in 15 attempts.

AT DEMATHA CATHOLIC HS: Earned two letters playing in the infield for coach Charlie Sullivan…hit .400 his senior season and was named team MVP.

PERSONAL: Full name is Devin Marshall Rivers…son of Thomas and Laima Rivers…born September 25, 1988…majoring in pre-physical therapy.


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7. Day games or night games?8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?9. Why do you wear your number? Cause it was given to me 10. Best MLB Stadium? Camden Yards

Ht: 6-0 Wt: 200 Bats: R Throws: RSenior Pre-Physical Therapy Cookeville, Tenn.

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Year G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG.2010 25-24 81 18 29 5 0 4 18 0 .358Total 25-24 81 18 29 5 0 4 18 0 .358

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BenBURGESSJunior F C/RF F R/R F 6-0 F 195 F Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood HS)24

AT TECH IN 2010: Burgess started 49 games of 55 for the Golden Eagles last season, primarily behind the plate. At the plate, he finished with a .293 average (58-198), his highest of the year. Twice he went 4-for-5, once against SIUE and another time during the OVC post-season tournament against Jackson-ville State. A member of the OVC post-season all-tournament team, Burgess upped his average by 27 points, going 11-21 during the tournament with six RBI. On the season, Burgess notched 58 hits including nine doubles and five home runs, two of which came against Murray State to help Tech sweep the Racers and earn the regular season no. 1 spot. Defensively, Burgess led the team in put-outs with 392 and recorded a .979 fielding percentage. He batted in a total of 58 runs and scored 39 himself, and maintained a .414 slugging percentage and .358 on-base percentage.

AT TECH IN 2009: Ben started 54 games for the Golden Eagles in the outfield and behind the dish in 2009…named to the OVC all-newcomer team after batting .316 with a .414 slugging percentage…led the team in at-bats (215) and was second in hits (68) and RBIs (45)…tied for the team lead with 16 multi-hit games, including three four-hit games and two three-hit games…had 12 multi-RBI games including a career-high five RBIs against Middle Tennessee on Feb. 25 after going 4-for-5 with a double and a home run…hit four home runs and nine doubles on the season…had the second-longest hit-streak of any Golden Eagle during the 2009 season with nine con-secutive games with a hit…started two games on the mound for the Golden Eagles and pitched in eight for a total of 22.1 innings pitched…got his first victory in the OVC tournament-clinching game against Jacksonville State after throwing four innings of one-hit ball and recording four strikeouts as Tech topped the Gamecocks 4-3 in 10 innings…was named to the OVC all-tournament team.

BRENTWOOD HS: Was named team MVP, and an all-district, all-region and all-State selection...set single season records with 57 hits, 46 RBIs and 19 doubles his senior season with a .479 batting average...had a .390 batting average and 37 RBIs his sophomore season…was named Rookie of the Year after his freshman campaign…finished his career with 170 hits, 123 runs scored and 119 RBIs...also excelled in the classroom, with a 3.8 GPA, and earned TSSAA Academic Award.

PERSONAL: Full name is Benjamin Davis Burgess…son of Barry and Dee Burgess…born Aug. 7, 1989…grandfather Kenneth Redmond played football and basketball at Tech in 1945-46…majoring in accounting.


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1. Knee-highs or Long pants?2. Socks or stirrups?3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds? 4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

6. Around the Horn or PTI?7. Day games or night games?8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?9. Why do you wear your number? Always have10. American League or National League?

Ht: 6-0 Wt: 195 Bats: R Throws: RJunior Mech. Engineering Brentwood, Tenn.

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Year G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG.2009 55-55 219 28 68 9 0 4 46 1 .3112010 55-49 198 39 58 9 0 5 40 1 .293Total 110-104 417 67 126 18 0 9 86 2 .302

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ChadHAYESJunior F 2B/SS F R/R F 5-11 F 170 F Springfield, Ill. (Lanphier HS)1

AT TECH IN 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Chad appeared in 55 games last season, serving as the team’s primary starting shortstop. In 222 at-bats, he logged 70 hits - 13 for extra bases, including four homers - and 39 RBI. He maintained a .315 overall batting average, setting the tone early on in the season with a 7-12 performance over a three-game series against Georgia Southern to kick off the season. Hayes rounded the bases 39 times and also chipped in with six walks and four stolen bases on the season.

AT TECH IN 2009 (FRESHMAN): Chad played 35 games in the infield for Tech as a true freshman, including 30 starts, becoming the starting second baseman about a month into the season…hit .220 on the season with four doubles and 11 RBIs…had seven multi-hit games including a three-hit performance against UT Martin when he had two doubles and two RBIs…Chad also pitched in 10 games for the Golden Eagles, and made two starts on the mound…pitched a complete-game two hit shutout against Covenant in his only win of the season…finished with a 1-1 record and a 7.27 ERA…struck out 15 batters and walked 10 in 26 innings of work.

Lanphier High School: Chad finished his senior season hitting a school record .519, making him league batting champion...hit five home runs, four triples and 19 doubles...had 40 RBIs...earned all-conference recognition three times in his career...Chad also played in a traveling summer baseball league with the Springfield Statesmen...finished his junior season hitting .486 with five home runs, five triples, 15 doubles and 36 RBIs...hit .382 his sophomore season with four home runs, four triples 10 doubles and 28 RBIs.

Personal: Full name is Chad Russell Hayes...son of Russ and the late Vicki Hayes...born June 16, 1990...majoring in business.


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6. Around the Horn or PTI?7. Day games or night games?8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?9. American League or National League?10. Best MLB Stadium? U.S. Cellular Field

Ht: 5-11 Wt: 170 Bats: R Throws: RJunior Business Springfield, Ill.

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Year G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG.2009 36-31 104 12 25 4 0 0 12 1 .2402010 56-55 222 39 70 9 0 4 39 4 .315Total 92-86 326 51 95 13 0 4 51 5 .291

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CullenPARKJunior F RHP F R/R F 6-3 F 190 F Forest City, N.C. (East Rutherford HS)9

AT WALTER STATE CC: A righty at WSC, Park went 4 -1 last season, finishing with a 4.38 ERA in 10 appearances in 37 innings pitched. He struck out 29 and allowed only 11 extra base hits, holding opponents to a .275 average.

IN HIGH SCHOOL: Park earned three varsity letters from East Rutherford High School as a pitcher under Bobby Dale Reynolds. He maintained a 0.76 ERA his junior year with a .420 batting average, and a 1.96 ERA his se-nior year, fanning 116 batters in 69 innings pitched. He contributed offensively with a .386 average at the plate.

PERSONAL: A JUCO transfer out of Forest City, N.C., his full name is Cullen Christopher Park, born November 16, 1989 in Ruther-ford Co., N.C., intends to pursue a career in turf business.


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1. Knee-highs or long pants?2. Socks or Stirrups?3. American League or National League?4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. Day games or night games?

7. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?8. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?9. Why do you wear your number? Austin Wulf has mine.10. Walk out song? “I Walk Alone” - Saliva

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MattSHEPHERDJunior F RHP F R/R F 6-3 F 210 F Bluff City, Tenn. (Sullivan East HS)15

AT TECH IN 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Shep-herd appeared in 15 games for Tech, start-ing on the mound in eight of them. In a total of 45.1 innings pitched, he logged 38 strikeouts en route to a 1-1 record.

AT TECH IN 2009: Matthew started eight games for the Golden Eagles and made 12 appearances his freshman season…had 20 strikeouts and 23 walks in 36.2 innings pitched …finished with a 3-3 record and 9.33 ERA…struck out five batters in five innings pitched in his first career start against St. Peters on Feb. 21, earning the win.

Sullivan East High School: Finished his senior campaign with a 2.21 ERA, earn-ing all-conference and all-region recog-nition...won team’s top pitcher award after his junior year…posted a 6-2 record with a 1.93 ERA throughout his junior season…a versatile athlete who played third base, shortstop, and second base in addition to pitching for coach Mike Breuninger.

Personal: Full name is Matthew Keith Shepherd…son of Eddie and Tammy Shepherd…born May 2, 1990 in Bristol, Tenn…majoring in excercise science.


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Ht: 6-3 Wt: 210 Bats: R Throws: RJunior Exercise Science Bluff City, Tenn.

Year GP-GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2009 12-8 0 36.2 62 48 38 23 20 3 3-3 9.332010 15-8 0 45.1 82 58 48 28 38 1 1-1 9.53 Total 27-16 0 82 144 106 86 51 58 4 4-4 9.44

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TristanARCHERSophomore F RHP F R/R F 6-3F 185 F Kingsport, Tenn. (Sullivan South HS)13

In 2010 (Freshman): One of Tech’s starting pitchers, Archer appeared in 13 games last season, starting 12 of them and accumulating 49 innings pitched. Over the course of the year, he amassed a record of 3-and-2. He earned 33 strikeouts including a season-high six at Jack-sonville State in a hard fought, 8-7 loss.

AT SULLIVAN SOUTH HS: A two-time first-team all-conference selection, and 2009 Big 9 confer-ence Player of the Year...was named all-region, All-Northeast Tennessee and Johnson City Press Super 22 after 2008 and 2009 seasons, was a second-team All-State selection in 2009…had an 8-1 record and 0.69 ERA as a senior...went 8-3 in 2009 with a 1.82 ERA, and hit .358 from the plate as a junior…drafted by the Oakland Athletics after his senior campaign.

PERSONAL: Full name is Tristan James Archer…son of Roger and Theresa Archer…born Oct. 18, 1990…majoring in turfgrass management.


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6. Socks or Stirrups?7. Day games or night games?8. American League or National League?9. Game day superstition? 2 pieces of Orbit gum10. Best MLB Stadium? Ballpark at Arlington

Ht: 6-3 Wt: 185 Bats: R/L Throws: RSoph. Turfgrass Management Kingsport, Tenn.

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Year GP-GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2010 13-12 0 49.0 81 54 43 19 33 0 3-2 7.90Total 13-12 0 49.0 81 54 43 19 33 0 3-2 7.90

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EvanFRAZIERSophomore F C F R/R F 5-10 F 205 F Collierville, Tenn. (Collierville HS)8

AT TECH IN 2010 (Freshman): Frazier ap-peared in 12 games for Tech, with his top performance coming against South Alabama when he went 2-for-4 with two doubles rock-eting his batting average to .333.

AT COLLIERVILLE HS: Evan hit .335 with six home runs and 53 RBIs his senior season for coach Jeff Hopkins…helped his team to the state semi-finals that season and was team MVP…hit .301 with 27 RBIs as a junior and .315 with 23 RBIs as a sophomore...earned Commercial Appeal Best of Preps honors…named TBCA region 7-8 team...his team compiled a 63-12 record during his junior and senior seasons...also played football for three years.

PERSONAL: Full name is Evan Clay Frazier…son of Todd Frazier and Rene Conner…born Jan. 22, 1991…majoring in turf and grass management.


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Ht: 5-10 Wt: 205 Bats: R Throws: RSoph Turf grass Management Collierville, Tenn.

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GregGLASERSophomore F OFF R/R F 6-4 F 185 F Nashville, Tenn. (Franklin Road Academy)30

AT TECH IN 2010 (Freshman): Glaser redshirted his freshman season with the Golden Eagles.

AT FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY: Lettered four years in baseball for coach George Wiecker play-ing outfield and pitcher…was an all-district selec-tion his senior season in 2009 after hitting .420 with five home runs, 24 RBIs and 10 stolen bas-es…hit .386 as a junior with three home runs, 20 RBIs and seven stolen bases…earned the team’s Freshman of the Year award in 2006…off the field earned the Citizenship Award in 2006 and made the Deans list in 2008 and 2009…also earned two letters in football at quarterback, receiver and safety for coach David Tucker.

PERSONAL: Full name is Greg Page Glaser…son of Jeff and Lesley Glaser…born March 20, 1991... majoring in civil engineering.


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ZephanGUYEARSophomore F IF F R/R F 6-4 F 205 F Tracy City, Tenn. (Marion County HS)2

AT TECH IN 2010: Stepping in to fill the third base position for an injured Devin Rivers mid-season, Gu-year stepped up to the challenge of switching start-ing roles and hit .333 from April 13 through the end of the season. He started a total of 31 games for Tech, mainly at the second and third base positions, recording .320 average overall. He went 41-128 with six doubles, two triples and three home runs, batting in 28 runs and accumulating 60 total bases. Guyear maintained a .469 slugging percentage over the course of the season and a .396 on-base percentage. For his first 50 at-bats, Guyear held his average about .400. In a home game against Lip-scomb, Guyear went 4-for-5 with two RBI and one triple.

At Marion County High School: Earned four let-ters in baseball playing in the infield, outfield and pitching…named 2009 6AA Player of the Year, 2008 6AA All-District, 2008 and 2009 Chattanooga Times Best of Preps…led his team to four consecutive district 6AA championships, and regional champi-onships in 2007 and 2008…in 2009 hit 13 doubles, four triples, three home runs, with 46 RBIs, 23 stolen bases and a .429 batting average…hit .403 for his career.

Personal: Full name is Jacob Zephaniah Guyear…son of David and Sherry Guyear…born Aug. 9, 1991…major is criminal justice.


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MichaelMORRISSophomore F IF/C F L/R F 5-10 F 190 F Cincinatti, Ohio (Sycamore HS)3

AT TECH IN 2010 (Freshman): Morris started five games for Tech, appearing in 16 for the Golden Eagles. In 23 at-bats, he logged four RBIs in five hits, two of which were doubles. He also earned four walks, and recorded an overall average of .217 at the plate on the season.

AT SYCAMORE HS: Earned three varsity let-ters in baseball playing shortstop and catch-er for coach Chrims Shrimpton...finished his career with 122 hits...batted .467 as a senior, .425 as a junior and .356 as a sophomore...was named All-Cincinnati his senior year...earned high academic honors on three oc-casions...was rated as a top 50 prospect in the state of Ohio by Rise Magazine.

PERSONAL: Full name is Michael Thomas Morris...son of Thomas and Lori Morris...born May 30, 1991...enrolled in general studies.


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NickPRICESophomore F RHP F R/R F 6-5 F 175 F Clinton, Tenn. (Anderson County HS)22

AT TECH IN 2010 (Freshman): Price recorded an un-defeated 2-0 record during his freshman campaign at Tech, including a phenomenal outing at the OVC Tournament where he pitched six innings against Murray state, allowing only three hits, two walks and one earned run, striking out three in the 15-6 win. On the season, Price made four starts and finished with an ERA of 5.40 in 40 innings pitched, with 32 strikeouts to his credit.

At Anderson County HS: Nick lettered in varsity baseball all four years, and was selected to the Ten-nessee Baseball Coaches Association team after his junior and senior years…had a 10-1 record with a 1.17 ERA during his senior season and was named District 4-AA Co-Pitcher of the Year…was also an all-district and all-region selection and named to the Tennessee baseball report all-region team…went 8-3 as a junior with a 3.08 ERA…struck out 60 bat-ters in 50 innings pitched, and walked just 25…al-lowed 41 hits and recorded one save…led his team to three consecutive district championships, and also won regional and sectional championships in 2006 and 2008…finished third in state in 2006…was a member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Full name is Nicholas Kurt Price…son of Tony and Jane Price…born March 23, 1991 in Knox-ville, Tenn…majoring in pre-pharmacy.


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Socks or Stirrups?3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?4. Knee-highs or Long pants?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. American League or National League?

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Year GP-GS CG IP H R ER BB SO S W-L ERA2010 18-4 0 40.0 40 29 24 25 32 3 2-0 5.40Total 18-4 0 40.0 40 29 24 25 32 3 2-0 5.40

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TevisSHERFIELDSophomore F 2B F R/R F 5-11 F 160 F Cookeville, Tenn. (Cookeville HS)7

AT TECH IN 2010: Sherfield redshirted his first season with the Golden Eagles.

AT COOKEVILLE HS: Earned four letters in baseball playing second base for coach Brent Chaffin…during his career Tevis earned Rookie of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, and Hard 90 awards…was a team captain and a three-time all-district selection…earned one all-state selection…helped Cookeville High to one district cham-pionship…over his four seasons Tevis hit .500, .469, .339 and .336.

PERSONAL: Full name is Tevis Wade Sher-field…son of Roger and Michelle Sherfield…father Roger played baseball at Tech for two years…born May 7, 1991…majoring in EXPW-PT.


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Knee-highs or Long pants?3. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. Around the Horn or PTI?7. American League or National League?

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WillTHOMASSophomore F OF F R/R F 6-0 F 200 F Clarksville, Tenn. (Clarksville HS)20

In 2010 (Freshman): Thomas redshirted his first season with the Golden Eagles.

At Clarksville HS: Will hit .381 with a .582 on base percentage his junior year and had 23 RBIs…led his team to back-to-back district championships in 2007 and 08, and a runner-up finish in 2006…played in 11 games his senior year before injury and hit .361 with three home runs and 12 RBIs…also earned one letter on the golf team…was an all-area selection…National Honor Society President, academic all-county three years, received the Excel Award for all A’s four years and earned the TSSAA Aca-demic Award.

Personal: Full name is William Scott Thomas…son of Scott and Catherine Thomas…born Jan. 6, 1991…majoring in civil engineering.


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Knee-highs or Long pants?3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. Around the Horn or PTI?

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AndyWILLIAMSSophomore F RHP F R/R F 6-0 F 200 F Franklin, Tenn. (Franklin Road Academy)32

IN 2010 (FRESHMAN): Williams redshirted his first season with the Golden Eagles.

AT FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY: Andy earned four letters playing shortstop and pitcher for coach George Weicker…was an all-district selec-tion his sophomore, junior and senior seasons…as a junior Andy was also an all-state and all-region selection, and defensive MVP…hit .436 with six home runs at the plate and posted a 9-1 record with a 1.47 ERA and one no-hitter on the mound…was named the Yellow Jacket Classic Tournament MVP during his senior season…off the field Andy earned the Alumni Award, was a member of the Deans list from 2007-09 and was a student ambassador from 2006-09. He also played football under David Tucker at the run-ningback and safety positions.

PERSONAL: Full name is Andrew Edward Wil-liams…son of Tony and Christy Williams…born December 17, 1990…majoring in exercise sci-ence.


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Socks or Stirrups?3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. Day games or night games?

7. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?8. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?9. Why do you wear your number? 3 balls, 2 strikes, ready to strike them out.10. Game day superstition? Sausage, egg & cheese McGriddle

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AustinWULFSophomore F OF F L/R F 5-10 F 165 F Beaver Falls, Penn. (Blackhawk HS)17

AT TECH IN 2010: Wulf started 35 of 47 games as the Golden Eagles’ primary left-fielder. He maintained a .340 batting average on the year, going 53-156 at the plate including eight doubles, two triples and two long balls. He also waited out 14 walks and stole four bases on the season. Wulf peaked at the end of the 2010 season, getting hits in 12 of his last 14 games in the lead off position and raising his batting average from a .309 to a .340.

At Blackhawk HS: Austin was a Louisville Slug-ger High School All-American, and a two-time first-team all-section and first-team all-state se-lection at Blackhawk High School…also named P6 West and Beaver County Times all star…hit .508 his senior season with 29 RBIs, 32 runs scored, 11 stolen bases, nine doubles and two triples…hit .533 (40-for-75) his junior season with 40 hits including 14 doubles, two triples and two home runs…had 23 RBIs, scored 33 runs and stole 10 bases…led his team to a sec-tion championship and final four appearance his junior season, and a league runner-up finish during his freshman and sophomore cam-paigns…played for coach Bob Amalia…also earned three letters in football playing wide receiver and strong safety for coach Joe Hamil-ton…was named on the academic honor roll.

Personal: Full name is Austin James Wulf…son of Tony Wulf and Beth Wulf…born Nov. 11, 1990…majoring in business.


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Socks or Stirrups?3. Yankees or RedSox?3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?

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“If you ain’t first, you’re

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JustinALEXANDERFreshman F RHP F R/R F 5-11 F 180 F Knoxville, Tenn. (Webb School of Knoxville)12

In High School: A four-year letterwinner out of Webb School of Knoxville, Alexan-der was named first-team all-state and all-region with an 11-1 pitching record and .397 batting average. He helped his team to the 2010 Region and State Champion-ships.

Personal: Full name is Justin Ryan Alex-ander, son of Roy and Ella Alexander, born February 18, 1992 in Saipan. Majoring in civil engineering.


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“Have faith in Christ because He will work things

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DavidALLENFreshman F OF F R/R F 5-11 F 175 F Knoxville, Tenn. (Farragut HS)6

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

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7. Around the Horn or PTI?8. Day games or night games?9. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?10. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?

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GarrettBAUGHFreshman F RHP F R/R F 6-1 F 200 F Ooltewah, Tenn. (Ooltewah HS)11

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

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


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Socks or Stirrups?3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?4. Yankees or RedSox?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. Around the Horn or PTI?

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Albert DelGaiccoFreshman F IF/LHP F L/L F 6-1 F 220 F Limestone, Tenn. (Science Hill HS)44

IN HIGH SCHOOL: Bo earned four varsity letters in baseball his freshman year as a first baseman and southpaw pitcher un-der coach Ryan Edwards. He also played three years of football at the linebacker, tight end and long snapper positions. He helped his team to conference and district titles during his junior and confer-ence, district, region and sub-state titles during his senior year. He was named all-conference during his senior year of base-ball and all-conference and “all-tough guy” following his senior year of football. DelGaicco also graduated valedictorian of his class.

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


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Socks or Stirrups?3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?4. Knee highs or long pants?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. Day games or night games?

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ZachFlynnFreshman F OF F R/R F 5-11 F 170 F Sevierville, Tenn. (Sevier County HS)4

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

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


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Knee-highs or long pants?3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. Socks or stirrups?

7. Game day superstition? Eat an apple8. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?9. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?10. Best MLB Stadium? Fenway Park

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“Don’t think, just play.”

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TreyMcCallaFreshman F OF F R/R F 6-1 F 180 F Ooltewah, Tenn. (Boyd-Buchanan HS)17

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

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


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Knee-highs or long pants?3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?4. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?5. American league or National League?6. Day games or night games?

7. Sunflower seeds or Big League Chew?8. Morning weights or afternoon sprints?9. Best MLB Stadium? Tropicana Field10. Game day superstition? Drink orange juice

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JakeMcWHIRTERFreshman F LHP F L/L F 6-3 F 195 F Goodlettsville, Tenn. (Goodpasture Christian)31

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

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


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1. Peanuts or Cracker Jacks?2. Socks or Stirrups?3. Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds?4. The Natural or Field of Dreams?5. Michelle Beadle or Erin Andrews?6. American League or National League?

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“I no longer call you servants, because a

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erything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”

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ZachSTEPHENSFreshman F 1B F R/R F 6-0 F 200 F Hixson, Tenn. (Soddy-Daisy HS)33

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

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


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BrandonWRIGHTFreshman F RHP F R/R F 6-1 F 225 F Loudon, Tenn. (Loudon HS)28

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

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


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when he tossed a three-hit, seven-inning shutout. In that game he struck out nine and was named OVC Pitcher of the Week for his performance. Over his last five games of the regular season, Henry was 5-0 with a 2.47 E.R.A. with each of those games coming against OVC foes. During that stretch of 32.2 innings, he al-lowed nine earned runs and struck out 36 batters. Henry is the second Tech pitcher to be named OVC Pitcher of the Year since the award was first handed out in 1992 (Mark Maberry in 1997 was the other). The baseball highway didn’t end for Henry with the conclusion of his supremely successful 2010 season at Tech though. The senior out of Knox-ville, Tenn. has since signed with the Pensacola Pelicans of the American Association, one of the elite pro-ball leagues in the country. Now in his seventh season at Tennessee Tech, Bragga becomes just the second Tennessee Tech skipper to be named OVC Coach of the Year. He joins legendary coach David Mays who took home the honor five times during his career, with the last honor

coming in 1997 (Mays will fittingly be inducted into the OVC Hall of Fame this June). The team also collectively earned the OVC Sportsmanship Award for the first time since the inception of the award in August of 2005. Voted on by the student-athletes and coaches of the respective sports, the team awards are bestowed upon the Conference squads deemed to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA. Included in the areas for evaluation are the conduct of student-athletes, coaches, staff and administrators and fans. Juniors Chad Oberacker and AJ Kirby-Jones also combined for nine All-America teams for Tech, a

Lee Henry was the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year and skipper Matt Bragga was voted the league’s Coach of the Year, two of the top honors announced follow-ing the 2010 regular season, as voted upon by league head coaches and sports information directors. Henry was also one of five Gold-en Eagle players included on the all-OVC teams. He was a first-team selection along with designated hit-ter A.J. Kirby-Jones and outfielder/pitcher Chad Oberacker. Tristan Archer and Austin Wulf were named to the OVC All-Freshman team. In helping Tennessee Tech to its seventh OVC regular season cham-pionship, Henry was dominant on the mound, leading the OVC in ERA (2.77, 0.59 points better than second place), opponent batting average (.220) and shutouts (1), while rank-ing second in strikeouts per nine in-nings (9.61) and complete games (3). In 14 total appearances (11 starts), Henry compiled a 6-3 record and struck out 73 batters while only is-suing 33 walks. His best game of the season came against Eastern Illinois,

2010 Season in Review

The finale of the 2010 season marked another dominant season for the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, as the team finished in first place after an exciting year of regular season play and collected a multitude of honors and ac-colades, both collectively and on behalf of individual players. Picked third in 2010 pre-season OVC poll, Tech put togeth-er a 14-6 conference record, which included a streak of 11 straight conference victories, culminating in a sweep of then-first place Rac-ers of Murray State in Bush Stadi-um, where the Golden Eagle team batted a combined .371 against the Racers on the series, going 39 for 105 with an outstanding 11 home runs over three games. Six different Golden Eagles homered in the series finale, an 11-1 victory that secured the 2010 OVC Cham-pionship and No. 1 seed for the OVC Tournament for Tech. It was a victory that marked the seventh regular season title for the Golden Eagles and first since 1997 (when they were co-champions). It was the first outright, non-divisional title for the program since 1956. The Golden Eagles went on to complete the season sweep of the Rac-ers with a 15-6 win in game three of the OVC Tourna-ment in Jackson, Tenn. Overall, Tennessee Tech won 14 of its final 15 OVC games during the season. Includ-ing post-season play, the team finished with a record of 31-25 and the program recorded its third-straight 30-win season, something that has never happened in program history. Tennessee Tech senior Henry


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feat in and of itself in that the pro-gram had not seen more than one All-American in a single decade, let alone in a single year. Couple that with the fact that both play-ers were named to multiple teams, and the accomplishment is even more noteworthy. The pair was named to a variety of first, second and third teams by Ping! Baseball, the American Baseball Coaches Association, the Pro-Line National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Asso-ciation, Baseball America and Lou-isville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball News. Only seven teams in the nation were able to boast mul-tiple first and/or second team ABCA All-Americans for the 2010 season. The other six programs were ranked within the top ten in the NCAA. Tech’s two honorees places TTU amongst the ranks of no.1 Virginia, no. 2 Arizona State, no. 3 Texas, no. 6 TCU, no. 7 Cal State-Fullerton and no. 9 Louisville. Oberacker led the OVC and ranked in the top five nationally in batting average (.455) while register-ing 101 hits, 28 doubles (which also ranked in the top five nationally), 65 RBI and 14 stolen bases. Kirby-Jones appeared on the All-OVC first-team for the first time in his career (after being an All-Freshman selection two years ago and a second-team pick last season). Kirby-Jones smashed 26 home runs during the season while also drawing 55 walks (a mark that was second nationally). “AJKJ” hit .378 with 71 hits, 58 runs, 16 doubles and 66 RBI. The two standouts - who were named Tennessee Tech’s Co-Male Athlete’s of the Year - were also joined by two of their teammates in another category, as Kirby-Jones, Oberacker, junior Stephen Pryor and senior Adam Liberatore were selected in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. Kirby-Jones signed with the

Vancouver Canadians, a Class-A Af-filiate of the Oakland Athletics, and was named the team’s MVP after a successful summer season where he set the franchise record for most home runs in a debut season with 14. The primary closer for Tech standing 6’4” and weighing in at 235 lbs, Pryor - a 5th round selec-tion of the Seattle Mariners - led the Golden Eagle pitching staff in 2010 with 24 appearances and four saves, and maintained a 4-4 record with a 5.71 ERA through-out the course of the season. He struck out 75 batters in 41 total innings, ranking fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference in strikeouts, and held opponents to a .224 batting average. With the ability to pitch at a speeds lingering around 94 mph and reaching velocities as high as 96 mph, Pryor holds the single season record at Tech for strikeouts per nine innings with 16.46, while his four saves in a single season ranks third in the record books. Of the 35 hits allowed in 2010, only 13 of them were for extra bases. Liberatore finished his

career with a 6.34 earned run aver-age, having allowed 116 earned runs of 133 runs on 222 hits. He finished his career with a 12-10 record, starting in 29 of his 50 career appearances and pitching a total of 164.2 innings. He held his opponents to a .318 batting aver-age over the course of his career and struck out 155 total batters, 74 alone in the 2010 season. He bat-tled back from a season-ending elbow injury in 2009 to lead the Golden Eagles in games started with 13 this season, throughout which he held up a 5.30 ERA and recorded a 6-4 record. Prior to his injury in 2009, he went 2-0 in his first two starts of the season with a 0.00 ERA, pitching a total of 17

innings and striking out 21 batters, allowing only six walks. With such leadership and team camaraderie, it’s not surprising that the Golden Eagles took the momen-tum as regular season champions into the post-season, where they went 2-2 in the OVC Tournament, falling to Jacksonville State twice in the double elimination tournament in Jackson, Tenn.

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Date Opponent ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb ibb sb cs hbp sac sf gdp k po a e avgFeb 19 at Georgia Southern 33 5 10 4 4 0 1 4 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 11 27 11 0 . 3 0 3Feb 20 at Georgia Southern 40 9 14 8 5 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 14 24 14 3 . 3 2 9Feb 21 at Georgia Southern 41 12 14 11 4 0 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 27 11 1 . 3 3 3Feb 26 CLEVELAND STATE 31 2 8 2 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10 27 8 2 . 3 1 7Feb 27 CLEVELAND STATE 37 10 13 9 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 10 27 7 1 . 3 2 4Feb 28 CLEVELAND STATE 40 21 21 19 2 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 6 27 16 3 . 3 6 0Mar 03 at Vanderbilt 33 1 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 9 24 4 0 . 3 3 7Mar 06 BRADLEY 38 10 12 10 1 0 1 9 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 11 27 14 4 . 3 3 4Mar 06 BRADLEY 22 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 21 10 2 . 3 2 1Mar 07 BRADLEY 28 6 9 5 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 21 10 1 . 3 2 1Mar 09 at South Alabama 33 4 8 4 2 0 0 6 0 1 2 4 0 1 2 7 24 6 0 . 3 1 4Mar 10 at South Alabama 40 14 20 12 5 1 1 5 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 5 27 6 2 . 3 3 2Mar 12 BUFFALO 35 9 14 9 5 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 27 11 1 . 3 3 7Mar 13 BUFFALO 34 12 12 9 4 0 1 10 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 6 27 8 1 . 3 3 8Mar 13 BUFFALO 22 3 5 2 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 6 21 7 2 . 3 3 3Mar 14 BUFFALO 38 13 12 12 0 0 2 7 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 4 27 6 1 . 3 3 2Mar 19 at Memphis 43 12 18 12 5 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 10 24 10 1 . 3 3 8Mar 20 at Memphis 31 1 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 24 6 1 . 3 3 0Mar 21 at Memphis 44 9 17 9 4 0 2 6 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 12 27 6 4 . 3 3 3Mar 23 at Belmont 40 15 18 14 4 0 4 3 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 2 27 5 2 . 3 4 0Mar 26 SIU EDWARDSVILLE 35 5 12 5 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 10 27 12 1 . 3 4 0Mar 27 SIU EDWARDSVILLE 49 8 15 7 4 2 1 8 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 7 33 16 0 . 3 3 8Mar 27 SIU EDWARDSVILLE 40 4 11 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 27 10 2 . 3 3 5Mar 30 at Tennessee 34 3 8 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 24 7 5 . 3 3 1

*Apr 02 at Jax State 32 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 6 24 11 2 . 3 2 7*Apr 02 at Jax State 30 2 10 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 18 6 1 . 3 2 7*Apr 01 at Jax State 37 7 11 7 3 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 26 8 1 . 3 2 6Apr 06 at Lipscomb 41 15 18 13 2 1 1 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 6 27 8 0 . 3 3 1Apr 07 LIPSCOMB 36 12 13 11 1 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 27 10 1 . 3 3 2

*04-10-10 at Southeast Missouri 39 9 13 8 4 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 24 4 0 . 3 3 2*04-10-10 at Southeast Missouri 29 3 7 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 20 5 1 . 3 2 9*04-11-10 at Southeast Missouri 37 12 13 11 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 27 12 3 . 3 3 0Apr 13 BELMONT 35 15 15 13 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 27 7 2 . 3 3 3

*Apr 17 EASTERN ILLINOIS 28 4 6 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 27 13 0 . 3 3 0*Apr 17 EASTERN ILLINOIS 24 3 6 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 21 8 0 . 3 2 9*Apr 18 EASTERN ILLINOIS 35 6 10 6 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 27 7 0 . 3 2 8Apr 20 at Middle Tennessee 31 5 7 5 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 24 13 1 . 3 2 5

*Apr 25 MOREHEAD STATE 24 5 5 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 21 8 2 . 3 2 3*Apr 25 MOREHEAD STATE 26 12 11 12 3 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 21 10 0 . 3 2 5Mar 17 EAST TENNESSEE 36 6 11 6 2 0 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 5 27 8 0 . 3 2 4Apr 28 at ETSU 51 7 13 7 3 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 9 38 11 1 . 3 2 2

*May 08 AUSTIN PEAY 36 15 10 9 3 0 2 8 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 6 27 10 1 . 3 2 1*May 08 AUSTIN PEAY 23 6 10 5 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 1 21 5 0 . 3 2 3*May 09 AUSTIN PEAY 29 10 9 9 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 8 27 13 0 . 3 2 2May 11 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 34 9 11 9 3 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 27 10 3 . 3 2 2

*May 15 at UT Martin 57 9 19 8 5 0 1 6 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 12 39 17 0 . 3 2 3*May 15 at UT Martin 34 6 14 4 4 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 21 5 0 . 3 2 5*May 16 at UT Martin 42 9 14 9 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 11 24 11 1 . 3 2 5May 18 WESTERN CAROLINA 37 11 15 11 3 1 3 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 10 27 5 2 . 3 2 7

*May 21 MURRAY STATE 41 15 16 15 0 0 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 27 9 0 . 3 2 8*May 21 MURRAY STATE 25 8 7 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 21 5 0 . 3 2 7*May 22 MURRAY STATE 39 11 16 11 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 27 5 1 . 3 2 9May 27 vs Eastern Kentucky 37 7 13 7 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 27 9 2 . 3 3 0May 29 vs Jacksonville State 37 7 12 6 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 27 9 4 . 3 2 9May 29 vs Murray State 47 15 22 14 4 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 27 7 0 . 3 3 3May 30 vs Jacksonville State 38 8 11 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 24 13 3 . 3 3 2Totals 1988 459 660 420 131 11 62 257 16 53 11 80 33 33 42 395 1437 503 72 . 3 3 2

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2010 Golden Eagle BaseballOverall Statistics for Tennessee Tech (as of Jan 25, 2011)

(All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 31-25 Home: 21-8 Away: 8-15 Neutral: 2-2 Ohio Valley: 14-6

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld%OBERACKER, Chad . 4 5 2 56-56 239 67 108 29 5 6 70 165 . 6 9 0 34 5 23 4 . 5 2 7 1 2 14-18 118 4 1 . 9 9 2KIRBY-JONES, A.J. . 3 8 8 56-56 206 64 80 19 0 26 71 177 . 8 5 9 58 8 53 3 . 5 3 1 3 0 0-1 60 9 1 . 9 8 6WULF, Austin . 3 4 0 47-35 156 36 53 8 2 2 33 71 . 4 5 5 14 10 19 2 . 4 2 1 3 4 4-4 47 1 0 1.000

DONALDSON, Casanova . 3 3 3 53-50 201 40 67 16 0 7 37 104 . 5 1 7 16 5 61 1 . 3 9 1 3 6 13-14 91 6 6 . 9 4 2GUYEAR, Zephan . 3 2 0 43-31 128 32 41 6 2 3 28 60 . 4 6 9 9 9 28 5 . 3 9 6 3 1 5-7 55 54 6 . 9 4 8HAYES, Chad . 3 1 5 56-55 222 39 70 9 0 4 39 91 . 4 1 0 6 4 41 6 . 3 4 2 2 3 4-5 75 158 14 . 9 4 3McMILLAN, Tate . 3 0 9 52-51 178 41 55 8 0 3 34 72 . 4 0 4 44 10 27 2 . 4 6 6 2 6 0-1 340 18 4 . 9 8 9EDWARDS, Seth . 3 0 5 34-28 118 24 36 11 1 2 16 55 . 4 6 6 8 6 32 6 . 3 7 0 3 3 10-10 41 2 4 . 9 1 5BURGESS, Ben . 2 9 3 55-49 198 39 58 9 0 5 40 82 . 4 1 4 21 3 28 2 . 3 5 8 7 2 1-1 392 30 9 . 9 7 9BEECH, Frankie . 2 7 0 51-48 159 40 43 4 1 0 24 49 . 3 0 8 25 9 24 3 . 3 9 3 3 4 2-2 69 97 9 . 9 4 9--------------------RIVERS, Devin . 3 5 8 25-24 81 18 29 5 0 4 18 46 . 5 6 8 11 9 22 5 . 4 7 6 2 0 0-1 17 41 4 . 9 3 5CROSSMAN, Brandon . 2 7 3 16-7 33 7 9 2 0 0 3 11 . 3 3 3 2 1 11 1 . 3 2 4 1 0 0-0 54 4 0 1.000

MORRIS, Michael . 2 1 7 16-5 23 5 5 2 0 0 4 7 . 3 0 4 4 0 9 0 . 3 3 3 0 0 0-0 8 8 2 . 8 8 9FRAZIER, Evan . 1 8 8 12-2 16 3 3 2 0 0 0 5 . 3 1 3 0 0 6 0 . 1 8 8 0 0 0-0 21 2 0 1.000

MARTIN, Doug . 1 8 2 2-2 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 . 2 7 3 0 1 3 0 . 2 5 0 0 1 0-0 18 0 0 1.000

POWERS, Trice . 0 6 7 14-5 15 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 . 0 6 7 5 0 5 2 . 3 0 0 0 1 0-0 9 12 3 . 8 7 5HOPKINS, Ryan . 0 0 0 3-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 4 0 1.000

PRICE, Nick . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 1 . 6 6 7CHOATE, Chason . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 7 2 . 8 4 6LIBERATORE, Adam . 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 2 8 1 . 9 0 9HENRY, Lee . 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 3 14 1 . 9 4 4Totals . 3 3 2 56 1988 459 660 131 11 62 420 999 . 5 0 3 257 80 395 42 . 4 2 3 33 33 53-64 1437 503 72 . 9 6 4

Opponents . 2 9 3 56 1938 387 567 102 13 59 364 872 . 4 5 0 250 53 462 25 . 3 8 6 13 22 93-109 1415 543 91 . 9 5 6

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

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa shaHENRY, Lee 2 . 6 9 7-3 16 12 4 1/0 0 80.1 66 29 24 37 85 11 0 8 . 2 2 4 2 9 0 1 6BILBREY, Wade 4 . 8 2 1-0 13 0 0 0/0 0 18.2 15 12 10 15 28 4 1 2 . 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0LIBERATORE, Adam 5 . 3 0 6-4 13 13 1 1/2 0 74.2 91 51 44 24 74 13 2 6 . 2 9 9 2 7 0 1 2PRICE, Nick 5 . 4 0 2-0 18 4 0 0/0 0 40.0 40 29 24 25 32 8 1 4 . 2 6 7 2 1 0 3 2PRYOR, Stephen 5 . 7 1 4-4 24 1 0 0/2 4 41.0 35 26 26 22 75 8 0 5 . 2 2 4 8 3 0 1 1CHOATE, Chason 6 . 3 8 3-3 19 4 0 0/0 2 55.0 61 41 39 25 29 11 3 6 . 2 8 2 2 9 0 4 5OBERACKER, Chad 6 . 9 2 1-3 15 2 0 0/1 0 26.0 34 27 20 23 26 6 0 2 . 3 0 4 3 3 0 1 0ARCHER, Tristan 7 . 9 0 3-2 13 12 0 0/0 0 49.0 81 54 43 19 33 12 3 8 . 3 6 8 2 8 1 0 2HOPKINS, Ryan 7 . 9 1 3-3 20 0 0 0/0 2 33.0 33 30 29 14 26 9 0 6 . 2 5 8 1 4 1 1 2SHEPHERD, Matthew 9 . 5 3 1-1 15 8 0 0/0 0 45.1 82 58 48 28 38 15 3 9 . 3 8 5 8 6 0 1 0KIRBY-JONES, A.J. 19.06 0-2 11 0 0 0/0 0 11.1 23 26 24 14 15 2 0 3 . 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 2--------------------BURGESS, Ben 7 . 7 1 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 6 4 4 4 1 3 0 0 . 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Totals 6 . 2 9 31-25 56 56 5 4/2 8 479.0 567 387 335 250 462 102 13 59 . 2 9 3 37 53 2 13 22

Opponents 7 . 4 6 25-31 56 56 2 0/0 6 471.2 660 459 391 257 395 131 11 62 . 3 3 2 46 80 6 33 33

PB - Team (24), BURGESS 16, FRAZIER 6, CROSSMAN 2, Opp (20). Pickoffs - Team (10), ARCHER 6, BURGESS 3, CROSSMAN 1, Opp (12).SBA/ATT - BURGESS (76-91), LIBERATORE (13-17), SHEPHERD (11-15), HENRY (13-13), CROSSMAN (10-11), ARCHER (7-10), HOPKINS(10-10), PRYOR (10-10), PRICE (7-9), CHOATE (9-9), FRAZIER (7-8), OBERACKER (6-6), BILBREY (4-6), KIRBY-JONES (3-3).

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2009-10Frankie BeechZephan GuyearLee HenryTate McMillanChad OberackerTrice PowersDevin Rivers

2008-09Jared DobbsChad OberackerTrice PowersRichard RauschCory Wright

2007-08Michael AlcornWade BilbreyJared DobbsEvan DyerThomas GrayTate McMillanThomas NelsonTrice Powers

2006-07Michael AlcornWade BilbreyZac ColeJared Dobbs

Justin FieldsBrantley KilgoreTate McMillanThomas NelsonJake NewJosh RiderMatt SmithRyan WardlowCory Wright

2005-06Charlie BoltonMatt KearneyBrantley KilgoreStuart MeinhartDaniel OwensMatt SmithRyan Wardlow

2004-05Michael AlcornPhillip HatchKenny Stiles

2003-04Robby AdamsKenny Stiles 2002-03Joshua EyeKenny Stiles

2001-02Joshua EyeKenny Stiles

2000-01David OttGrant SwallowsJim Ed Warden

1999-2000Brad KleemanDavid Ott

1998-99Grant Swallows

1997-98Clint HollowayAaron Nix

1996-97Matt FreyBrian LeeJeff Matukewicz 1995-96Rob BrownMike HurstBrian LeeLynus MartinAaron OlitaTrey OndrussTaylor RalphJason Wheeley

1994-95Jon CaseyDerek HurleyMike HurstCraig MullinsTaylor RalphJamie Tucker

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GOLDEN EAGLES ON OVC COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

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

OVC Academic Medal of HonorSteve Arnette, 1988

Academic All-AmericaThomas Nelson, 2008Taylor Ralph, 1998Derek Lane, 1987Donley Canary, 1975Bill Bray, 1974

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

CoSIDA Academic All-Americaand Academic All-District IV

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Derek HunleyBrian OwensGreg Stallcup

1992-93Brent FrazierCraig Humberd1991-92Jon AdcockMatt BallardBrent FrazierScott HamptonBen HoltJohnny OrrRyan Smith

1990-91Craig HumberdDerek HunleyDavid JacksonCarter McCamyTodd WatkinsDavid West

1989-90Steve ArnetteDavid JacksonJ.C. SwaffordDavid WestDavid Wykle

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

Athletic Director’s Honor Roll

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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All-AmericaChad Oberacker, 2010 (4)AJ Kirby-Jones, 2010 (5)Cole Helms, 2002Mark Maberry, 1997Scott Baerns, 1988Mike Winchester, 1975

All-RegionCole Helms, 2002Matt Curtis, 2001Jake Allen, 2001Doug Vincent, 2001Jeremy Bonczynski, 1997Mark Maberry, 1997Scott Baerns, 1988Todd Kemp, 1988Donley Canary, 1976Mike Winchester, 1975

OVC Player of the YearMark Maberry, 1997Todd Kemp, 1988*Dave Pratt, 1966

OVC Pitcherof the YearLee Henry, 2010Mark Maberry, 1997

OVC Rookieof the YearCole Helms, 2002

OVC All-FreshmanTristan Archer, 2010Austin Wulf, 2010

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

1976Terry Smith (C)Donley Canary (OF)Mike Tipton (1B)

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

1980Joe Fisher (LHP)

1981Greg Thomas (3B)

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

1983Paul Lane (RF)Howard Aiello (2B)

1984Howard Aiello (2B)

1985Derek Lane (OF)

1986Greg Maysonet (OF/RHP)Derek Lane (OF)Steve Hawkins (SS) Todd Kemp (LHP)

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

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

1989Brent Carrier (3B)

1990Kevin Caroland (OF)

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

1993Mike Kinney (C)Russell Stoops (RHP)

1994Adam Sullivan (OF)Mike Kinney (C)

1995Billy Pride (CF)Brian Dudney (1B)Craig Mullins (SS)Erik Sabel (RHP)

1996Jeremy Bonczynski (LF)Brian Dudney (DHJeff Matukewicz (RF)Craig Mullins (SS)Eric Sabel (RHP)

1997Jeremy Bonczynski (3B)Mike Moore (LHP)Mark Maberry (RHP/DH)Taylor Ralph (SS)Chad Malone (OF)Brian Lee (C)Ryan Browning (OF)

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

Kevin Peterson (P)

1999Gabe Zook (SS)Michael Meihls (UTIL)

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

2001Matt Curtis (OF)Ben Cunningham (UTIL)Bubbie Buzachero (SP)Mark Gilliam (DH)

2002Jake Allen (2B)Casey Benjamin (SS)Doug Vincent (RHP)Ben Downs (RHP)Cole Helms (OF/RHP)Ryan Hay (1B)

2003Casey Benjamin (SS)Cole Helms (UTIL)Scott Terry (DH)Ben Downs (RHP)Carlos Martin (OF)Ben Shannon (OF)Ryan Hay (1B)Britt Clubb (C)Dusty Eubanks (RHP)

2004Brandon Selvog (SS)

2007Steve Soper (C) Jake New (OF)Jared Dobbs (P)

2008Matt Mihoci (2B)Jake New (OF)Thomas Nelson (SS)

2009A.J. Kirby-Jones (UTIL)Lee Henry (P)

2010Lee Henry (P)A.J. Kirby-Jones (UTIL)Chad Oberacker (OF)

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Tennessee Tech’s OVC Stats Leaders 1981Tim Taylor ................... Steals (41)

1982Mark Fontenot ........... Saves (7)

1983Tim Hill....................... Steals (31)

1985Mike Jones ................. ERA (1.96)

1986Steve Hawkins ............ Triples (4)Todd Kemp ................ Strikeouts (125)

1987Steve Hawkins ............ Home runs (12)Derek Lane ................. Home runs (12)

1988Scott Baerns ............... Batting (.476)Scott Baerns ............... Steals (33)Troy Martin................. Doubles (18)Todd Kemp ................. ERA (2.58)Todd Kemp ................. Strikeouts (13.7)

1989Tim Horn .................... Saves (4)

1994Adam Sullivan ............ Batting (.385)

1997Jeremy Bonczynski ..... Home runs (20)Mark Maberry ............ RBI (74)Chad Malone ............. Run scored (77)Mark Maberry ............ ERA (2.34)Mark Maberry ............ Wins (12)

1998Ryan Browning........... Doubles (0.43)

1999Matt Curtis ................. Doubles (24)Jesse Johnson ............. Triples (5)

2001Ben Cunningham ....... Batting (.388)

2002Doug Vincent...Complete Games (4)

2009A.J. Kirby Jones .......... Home runs (20)A.J. Kirby-Jones .......... Walks (42)

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

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A No-hitter was pitched by Tech:March 10, 1999 - by Casey Bough vs. Valparaiso (7 innings) (Tech 4, Valparaiso 0)

A No-hitter was pitched against Tech:March 16, 1997 - by Brad Howard, Middle Tennessee (9 innings) (Middle Tennessee 12, Tech. 0)

A One-hitter was pitched by Tech:May 15, 2009 by Ryan Dennick and A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Southern Miss. (7 innings) (Tech 7, Southern Miss. 1)

A One hitter was pitched against Tech:May 22, 1997 - by Kris Wilson, Georgia Tech, at the NCAA Mideast Re-gional Tournament, Starksville, Mississippi (9 innings) (Georgia Tech 5, Tech 0)

A Two-hitter was pitched by Tech:March 26, 2010 - by Adam Liberatore and Stephen Pryor vs. SIUE (9 in nings) (Tech 5, SIUE 0)

A Two-hitter was pitched against Tech:March 29, 2009 vs. Eastern Illinois (9 innings) (EIU 2, Tech 0)

The Tech pitching staff recorded a shutout:April 24, 2009 by Lee Henry vs. UT Martin (7 innings) (Tech 1, UT Martin 0)

Tech was shutout:May 31, 2009 vs. Clemson at the NCAA Regional Tournament, Clemson, South Carolina (9 innings) (Clemson 10, Tech 0)

A Tech pitcher struck out 10 or more batters:May 10, 2009 - Michael Alcorn, 12 strikeouts vs. Jacksonville State (Tech 6, Jacksonville State 4)

A Tech player homered in consecutive at-bats:April 7, 2002 - Ben Shannon homered to lead off the game in the first inning against Austin Peay, and then hit a grand slam in the top of the third inning. (Tech 8, Austin Peay 5)

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

A Tech Player hit a grand slam home run:May 20, 2009 - Ben Burgess vs. Southeast Missouri, OVC Tournament opening round (Tech 9, Southeast Missouri 5)

A Tech player had five or more hits in a game:April 1, 2009 - Casanova Donaldson vs. East Tennessee State (5-for-5) (Tech 15, East Tennessee State 7)

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

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

Tech had 20 hits or more:March 25, 2008 - Tech had 20 hits against Middle Tennessee State (Tech 15, Middle Tennessee 11)

Tech and an opponent combined for 30 or more hits:May 16, 2010 - @ UT-Martin, Tech had 14, UTM had 16 (Eastern Illinois 25, Tech 5)

A Tech opponent scored 20 or more runs:March 29, 2009 vs. Eastern Illinois scored 25 runs on 20 hits (Eastern Illinois 25, Tech 5)

Tech allowed more than 10 runs and won:May 22, 2009 - vs. Jacksonville State in the OVC tournament (10 in-nings) (Tech 13, Jacksonville State 12)

A Tech game went 15 or more innings:February 28, 2009 - vs. The Citadel, the game went 15 innings and is the longest in Tech history. (Tech 7, The Citadel 6)

Tech committed five or more errors:March 30, 2010 - Tech committed five errors against Tennessee (Morehead State 9, Tech 3)

Tech committed five or more errors and won:March 7, 2000 - Tech committed six errors against Lipscomb, but won 11-10.

A triple play was turned against Tech:April 27, 1997 - Eastern Illinois turned a 4-6-3 triple play against Tech in the seventh inning. A line drive by Tech’s Chad Malone was caught by EIU’s Justin Stone, who started the triple play. (Tech 15, Eastern Illinois 9)

Tech won a game on an offensive strikeout:May 15, 1997 - Jeff Matukewicz struck out for the third out in the bot-tom of the ninth inning against Austin Peay in the OVC Tournament. The ball was a wild pitch and Mark Mayberry scored the winning run. (Tech 5, Austin Peay 4)

Back-to-Back balks were called:May 16, 1997 - Tech pitcher Mike Moore was charged with a balk against consecutive batters to allow Southeast Missouri runners to score in the first inning of the OVC Tournament second-round. (Southeast Missouri 9, Tech 5)

Tech batted around in an inning:May 20, 2009 - 10 batters went to the plate in the fifth inning of the opening round of the OVC Tournament against Southeast Missouri. (Tech 9, Southeast Missouri 5)

A Tech opponent batted around in an inning:May 31, 2009 - Clemson batted around in the fourth inning of a game in the NCAA Regional Tournament. (Clemson 10, Tech 0)

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Year Average Runs Hits Doubles Home Runs RBI Stolen Bases2010 Oberacker, .452 Oberacker, 67 Oberacker, 108 Oberacker, 29 Kirby-Jones, 26 Kirby-Jones, 71 Oberacker, 14 2009 Oberacker, .354 A. Henry, 54 Oberacker, 69 Kirby-Jones, 15 Kirby-Jones, 20 Kirby-Jones, 68 Oberacker, 11 Webb, 15 2008 King, .389 Nelson, 60 King, 88 Nelson, 21 Reilly, 7 Kirby-Jones, 51 Nelson,192007 Soper, .373 Sprowl, 48 Soper, 75 Soper, 18 Soper, 10 Soper, 59 Dunham, 72006 New, .319 Sprowl, 38 New, 61 New, 15 Soper, 8 Soper, 33 Dunham, 82005 Selvog, .328 Selvog, 35 Selvog, 66 Selvog, 17 Marty, 12 Marty, 43 Selvog, 8 Marty, 35 Dunham, 82004 Selvog, .339 Selvog, 34 Selvog, 62 Selvog, 18 Druckenmiller, 7 Selvog, 30 Six players, 3 2003 Benjamin, .418 Benjamin, 54 Benjamin, 82 Benjamin, 17 Martin, 10 Martin, 49 Mundt, 7 Shannon, 17 Terry, 10 2002 Allen, .385 Allen, 51 Helms, 80 Helms, 17 Meihls, 10 Hay, 46 Allen, 12 Meihls, 46 2001 Cunningham, ..388 Curtis, 58 Cunningham, 92 Cunningham, 25 Curtis, 10 Gilliam, 59 Curtis, 132000 Curtis, .382 Rogers, 47 Curtis, 65 Curtis, 24 Curtis, 12 Curtis, 49 Rogers, 211999 Zook, .364 Zook, 43 Zook, 71 Zook, 18 Morgan, 9 Meihls, 39 Rogers, 101998 Browning, .408 Morgan, 58 Attaway, 72 Browning, 20 Morgan, 15 Attaway, 58 Malone, 15 Attaway, 15 1997 Malone, .363 Malone, 77 Bonczynski, 84 Malone, 16 Bonczynski, 20 Maberry, 74 Matukewicz, 10 Bonczysnki, 101996 Bonczynski, .385 Bonczynski, 48 Mullins, 72 Mullins, 22 Bonczynski, 12 Bonczynski, 48 Matukewicz, 15 1995 Pride, .345 Burnette, 33 Pride, 59 Pride, 15 Pride, 8 Stoops, 33 Pride, 91994 Sullivan, .385 Sullivan, 32 Sullivan, 65 Sullivan, 15 Kinney, 4 Kinney, 40 Sullivan, 9 Guinn, 4 1993 Kinney, .303 Patterson, 35 Wykle, 49 Wykle, 13 Holt, 5 Holt, 30 Patterson, 91992 Wykle, .327 Ballard, 36 Ballard, 56 Ballard, 14 Ballard, 11 Ballard, 44 Roberts, 81991 Kalen, .315 Ballard, 35 Ballard, 53 Kalen, 18 Ballard, 5 Ballard, 23 Adams, 8 Orr, 23 1990 Caroland, .367 Lavender, 48 Caroland, 65 Caroland, 14 Ballard, 6 Caroland, 48 Caroland, 12 Ballard, 14 1989 Mason, .345 Caroland, 40 Carrier, 51 Carrrier, 10 Ballard, 10 Ballard, 39 Caroland, 151988 Baerns, .476 Baerns, 76 Baerns, 89 Martin, 18 Bennett, 9 Carrier, 60 Baerns, 331987 Martin, .397 Lane, 40 Hawkins, 60 Hawkins, 12 Hawkins, 12 Hawkins, 45 Lane, 16 Martin, 40 Lane, 12 1986 Hawkins, .348 Hawkins, 46 Hawkins, 57 Hawkins, 14 Hawkins, 14 Hawkins, 45 Hawkins, 181985 Way, .362 Lane, 48 Lane, 52 Maysonet, 12 Walls, 12 Walls, 41 Lane, 231984 Stewart, .359 Hill, 46 Hill, 49 Stewart, 12 Larison, 8 Stewart, 44 Hill, 471983 Stewart, .367 Aiello, 33 Hill, 39 Horner, 11 Stewart, 9 Stewart, 38 Hill, 311982 Horner, .375 Taylor, 46 Horner, 54 P. Lane, 9 Horner, 8 Horner, 50 Taylor, 221981 Taylor, .438 Taylor, 50 Taylor, 54 Taylor, 12 Thomas, 7 Thomas, 43 Taylor, 411980 Howell, .406 Schubert, 24 Schubert, 53 Rowden, 10 Parham, 5 Parham, 25 Rowden, 13 Thomas, 24 1979 Turpin, .305 James, 23 Turpin, 29 Howell, 7 Parham, 3 Parham, 24 Schubert, 111978 Grooms, .311 Hoskins, 33 Grooms, 37 Grooms, 7 Tipton, 5 Tipton, 29 Grooms, 161977 Glover, .389 Glover, 36 Glover, 51 Canary, 11 Grooms, 6 Tipton, 36 Grooms, 14 Warren, 141976 Canary, .429 Canary, 34 Tipton, 45 Tipton, 8 Tipton, 3 Tipton, 42 Joiner, 151975 Winchester, .413 Winchester, 48 Winchester, 71 Winchester, 9 Winchester, 4 Tipton, 31 Winchester, 40 Bailey, 9 1974 Canary, .327 Wilson, 36 Winchester, 46 Colllins, 8 Wilson, 9 Wilson, 34 Wilson, 201973 Hall, .396 Midgett, 19 Winchester, 35 Richardson, 8 Richardson, 3 Richardson, 22 Winchester, 10 Midgett, 101972 Richardson, .340 Winchester, 18 Richardson, 36 Strickland, 10 Brown, 2 Strickland, 18 Richardson, 61971 Maclin, .351 Maclin, 44 Maclin, 47 Three w/ 6 Two w/ 4 Gentry, 29 Irby, 171970 Maclin, .394 Irby, 39 Maclin, 43 Maclin, 8 Irby, 5 Wesche, 30 Irby, 211969 Reasonover, .368 Smith, 20 Reasonover, 35 Two w/ 5 Field, 3 Turner, 17 Smith, 101968 Smith, .400 Smith, 20 Smith, 28 Turner, 6 Three w/ 3 Field, 17 Smith, 131967 Dickey, .381 Dickey, 27 Dickey, 48 Dickey, 7 Dickey, 6 Dickey, 15 Koslick, 131966 Rader, .386 Muniz, 13 Waley, 19 Waley, 5 Whaley, 3 Whaley, 15 Waley, 7 Whaley, 13 1965 Barr, .397 Little, 12 Wilbourn, 17 Woodall, 9

Did You Know...Since 1975, Tech hitters have blasted 33 grand slams: 1. Mike Winchester vs. Trevecca College, 4/23/75 2. Jim Wilhoite vs. David Lipscomb University, 4/29/75 3. David Grooms vs. Tennessee State, 3/19/77 4. Jim Wilhoite vs. Eastern Kentucky, 3/26/77 5. Mike Tipton vs. Eastern Kentucky, 4/9/77 6. David Wilkinson vs. Murray State, 4/24/80 7. Greg Thomas vs. Lincoln Memorial, 4/12/81 8. Herb Horner vs. Milliken, 4/7/82 9. Scott Walls vs. East Tennessee, 3/27/8310. Derek Lane vs. Trevecca College, 3/1/8611. Steve Hawkins vs. Marietta College, 3/15/8612. Layton Way vs. Otterbein, 3/21/86

13. Scott Baerns vs. North Alabama, 4/5/8814. David Dillon vs. Carson-Newman, 4/21/8815. Matt Ballard vs. University of Tennessee, 3/28/8916. Matt Ballard vs. Cumberland College, 4/9/8917. Bo Spears vs. College of Charleston, 3/13/9018. Matt Ballard vs. Western Kentucky, 4/12/9019. Matt Ballard vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, 3/28/9120. Kurt Kalen vs. Austin Peay, 4/27/9121. Matt Ballard vs. Morehead State, 4/18/9222. Mike Hurst vs. Carson-Newman, 4/27/9523. Brian Dudney vs. Appalachian State, 4/3/9624. Brad Kleeman vs. Morehead State, 4/2/9925. Tony Suber vs. Akron, 2/4/02

26. Ben Shannon vs. Austin Peay, 4/7/0227. Corey Kemp vs. Morehead State, 4/3/0528. Jake New vs. King College, 3/3/0829. Chad Oberacker vs. Alabama A&M, 4/20/0830. A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. St. Peters, 2/21/0931. A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Belmont, 3/11/0932. A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Covenant, 4/11/0933. Ben Burgess vs. SE Missouri St., 5/20/0934. Chad Hayes vs. SEMO, 4/11/10

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Year Victories ERA Innings Strikeouts2010 L. Henry, 7 L. Henry, 2.69 L. Henry, 80.2 L. Henry, 852009 L. Henry, 9 L. Henry, 3.43 L. Henry, 78.2 L. Henry, 802008 Alcorn,7 Kirby-Jones,2.92 Alcorn,77.2 Edwards,692007 Dobbs, 5 Dobbs, 4.18 Smith, 78.0 Smith, 63 Edwards, 5 Smith, 5 2006 Smith, 4 Cole, 3.68 Fields, 66.1 Fields, 442005 Alcorn, 3 Alcorn, 3.99 Ashman, 71.1 Ashman, 412004 Ashman, 7 Ashman, 5.06 Hughes, 61.2 Hughes, 66 2003 Downs, 9 Helms, 2.05 Downs, 92.1 Downs, 812002 Vincent, 12 Vincent, 3.40 Downs, 82.2 Downs, 782001 Long, 7 Buzachero, 3.30 Long, 97.1 Long, 972000 Long, 5 Grigsby, 2.73 Bough, 74.1 Bough, 701999 Bough, 7 Bough, 4.27 Bough, 77 Fellers, 63 Bough, 631998 Peterson, 6 Olita, 3.68 Fellers, 68 Fellers, 631997 Maberry, 12 Maberry, 2.34 Maberry, 104.0 Maberry, 1081996 Sabel, 7 Hedrick, 3.90 Sabel, 93.2 Hedrick, 721995 Sabel, 6 Hedrick, 3.65 Sabel, 93.1 Sabel, 751994 Hunley, 3 Vogt, 4.01 Vogt, 67.1 Vogt, 43 Vogt, 3 1993 Stoops, 6 Stoops, 3.03 West, 76.0 West, 541992 Humberd, 4 Humberd, 3.68 Humberd, 85.2 Humberd, 57 Stoops, 4 Gilliam, 4 1991 Hunley, 4 Hunley, 4.14 West, 80.2 West, 741990 Stallcup, 6 Stallcup, 3.38 Stallcup, 85.0 Caroland, 651989 Horn, 4 Horn, 3.68 Stallcup, 65 Stallcup, 401988 Claudio, 9 Kemp, 2.58 Kemp, 87 Kemp, 132 Kemp, 9 1987 Claudio, 5 Claudio, 3.59 Claudio, 62.2 Kemp, 74 Stallcup, 5 Kalen, 5 1986 Kalen, 5 Kemp, 2.98 Kemp, 90.2 Kemp, 133 Kemp, 5 Maysonet, 5 1985 Kemp, 5 Jones, 1.96 Kalen, 61.1 Kemp, 691984 Schoenrock, 6 Ridge, 4.39 Kalen, 51.1 Kalen, 311983 Fontenot, 4 Fontenot, 3.49 Fontenot, 46.1 Walker, 28 Behrend, 4 1982 Fisher, 8 Walker, 3.28 Fisher, 74 Fisher, 581981 Callis, 7 Callis, 3.14 Zenner, 74.2 Zenner, 511980 Three w/ 3 Watson, 2.18 Fisher, 47.1 Fisher, 351979 Gordon, 3 Gordon, 6.88 Evins, 59.3 Evins, 421978 Gordon, 3 Gordon, 5.50 Gordon, 51.2 Mallicoat, 39 Mallicoat, 3 1977 Mallicoat, 6 Eble, 4.48 Mallicoat, 74 Mallicoat, 481976 Grimes, 6 Eble, 3.88 Eble, 68.1 Grimes, 401975 Moore, 5 Griffin, 2.22 Moore, 79.2 Moore, 531974 Moore, 9 Sullivan, 2.49 Moore, 69 Sullivan, 531973 Sullivan, 5 Ayer, 1.44 Sullivan, 72 Sullivan, 681972 Sullivan, 6 Sullivan, 1.94 N/A N/A1971 Bosse, 6 Price, 1.63 Bosse, 65.2 Bosse, 691970 Bishop, 6 Denham, 2.19 Powell, 49 Huffines, 35 Noffsinger, 351969 Malcolm, 6 Dickerson, 1.73 Malcolm, 54.1 Malcolm, 741968 Huffines, 3 Huffines, 1.03 Dickerson, 34.3 Dickerson, 31 Powell, 3 1967 Dickerson, 8 Dickerson, 1.45 Dickerson, 62 Dickerson, 661966 Pratt, 6 Pratt, 1.52 Pratt, 53.1 Pratt, 52

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

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

ONE-HITTERS - Five timesRalph Mallicoat vs. Milligan College, 4/21/75David Wilkinson vs. Tennessee State, 3/29/79 (7 innings)David Ridge vs. Austin Peay, 4/16/83 (7 innings)Jeff Stallcup vs. Tennessee State, 4/28/90 (7 innings) Ryan Dennick and A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Southern Miss, 5/15/09 (7 Innings)

TWO-HITTERS — 38 times

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BATTING LEADERS

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Batting AverageMinimum 200 at bats 1) Chad Oberacker .395 2) Jim Whaley .3913) Chris King .3894) Ben Cunningham .388 5) Tim Taylor .383 6) Brent Carrier .381 7) Ryan Browning .376 8) Jeremy Bonczynski .369 9) Greg Stewart .363 10) Troy Martin .361

Games Played1) Mike Meihls 216 2) Jesse Johnson 208 3) Chad Malone 204 4) Matt Ballard 198 Russ Stoops 198 6) Mark Maberry 190 7) Johnny Orr 189 8) Bobby Roberts 188 9) Scott Baerns 184 10) Steve Hawkins 182

Times At Bat1) Mike Meihls 724 2) Chad Malone 667 3) Jesse Johnson 658 4) Matt Ballard 6525) Jake New 620 6) A.J. Kirby-Jones 596 7) Casey Benjamin 591 8) Mike Winchester 559 9)Taylor Ralph 55310) Derek Lane 548

Runs Scored1) Chad Malone 1832) Scott Baerns 1613) Jesse Johnson 1484) Derek Lane 144 5) A.J. Kirby-Jones 143 Casey Benjamin 1437) Kevin Caroland 1418) Mike Meihls 1319) Chad Oberacker 130 10) Matt Ballard 129

Hits1) Chad Malone 213 2) Casey Benjamin 2093) A.J. Kirby-Jones 207 4) Mike Meihls 204 Jake New 2046) Matt Ballard 1997) Jesse Johnson 1938) Scott Baerns 1899) Chad Oberacker 189 Russell Stoops 188

Total Bases1) A.J. Kirby-Jones 409 2) Matt Ballard 3463) Mike Meihls 3274) Steve Hawkins 316 5) Casey Benjamin 3046) Chad Malone 3017) Jake New 2968) Mark Maberry 2949) Jeremy Bonczynski 28610) Bobby Morgan 281 Chad Oberacker 281

Slugging Pct. Minimum 150 at bats1) A.J. Kirby-Jones .686 Jeremy Bonczyski .6863) Greg Stewart .6594) Matt Curtis .6475) Jim Whaley .6186) Chad Oberacker .5907) Greg Bennett .589 Troy Martin .5899) Matt Curtis .581 10) Steve Hawkins .580

Doubles1) Mike Meihls 542) A.J. Kirby-Jones 493) Matt Ballard 47 Matt Curtis 47 5) Casey Benjamin 446) Jake New 417) Taylor Ralph 40 Chad Malone 409) Chad Oberacker 39 10) Mark Gilliam 38 Triples 1) Bill Maclin 162) Jesse Johnson 113) Mike Tipton 104) Chad Oberacker 9 Scott Baerns 9 Jake New 97) Barney Dickey 7 Rick Schubert 79) Taylor Ralph 6 Larry Smith 6 Steve Hawkins 6 Casey Benjamin 6 Josh Goodwin 6 Thomas Nelson 6

Home Runs1) A.J. Kirby-Jones 252) Jeremy Bonczynski 32 Matt Ballard 32 Steve Hawkins 325) Bobby Morgan 28 Mark Maberry 287) Matt Attaway 248) Matt Curtis 229) Scott Walls 21 Derek Lane 21 Mike Meihls 21

Runs Batted In1) A.J. Kiby-Jones 190 2) Mark Maberry 1533) Matt Ballard 1494) Mike Meihls 1485) Mike Tipton 1386) Steve Hawkins 1327) Bobby Morgan 1168) Jeremy Bonczynski 112 Derek Lane 11210) Casey Benjamin 110

Toughest to K Minimum 150 at bats/Numbers indicate at bats per strikeout1) Jeff Lavender 26.52) Tim Taylor 25.93) Greg Thomas 24.84) Brent Carrier 22.15) Mike Winchester 18.66) Scott Hampton 16.37) Lowell Joiner 14.2 Mike Lewis 14.29) Chris Pickett 12.710) Michael Roeder 11.6 Stolen Bases 1) Tim Hill 78 Derek Lane 783) Mike Winchester 734) Tim Taylor 635) Scott Baerns 596) Kevin Caroland 577) Morris Irby 408) Lowell Joiner 38 Harold Smith 3810) Howard Aiello 36 Bill Maclin 36 Walks 1) Donley Canary 1342) A.J. Kirby-Jones 128 3) Chad Malone 1044) Derek Lane 975) Matt Ballard 96 Casey Benjamin 967) Kurt Kalen 908) Tate McMillan 86 9) Kevin Caroland 8510) Scott Baerns 84

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

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Appearances1) Matt Kearney 782) David Grigsby 70 Doug Vincent 70 4) Mike Jones 675) Justin Fields 666) Matt Chodak 657) Seth Edwards 64 8) Craig Humberd 619) Meachum Evins 5910) Todd Kemp 56

Starts1) Craig Humberd 482) Todd Kemp 453) Kevin Kalen 414) Mike Claudio 395) Jeff Stallcup 386) Derek Hunley 357) Chris West 34 Joe Fisher 34 Ralph Mallicoat 3410) Erik Sabel 33

Complete Games1) Todd Kemp 212) Erik Sabel 203) Craig Humberd 194) Jeff Stallcup 15 Joe Fisher 156) Derek Hunley 147) Kevin Kalen 13 Keith Hedrick 139) Chris West 12 Ron Dickerson 12

Innings Pitched1) Craig Humberd 304.02) Todd Kemp 296.03) Erik Sabel 246.2 Jeff Stallcup 246.25) Mike Claudio 238.16) Kevin Kalen 234.07) Joe Fisher 228.08) Ralph Mallicoat 227.19) Chris West 220.010) Jake Edwards 215.1

Lowest ERA Minimum 50 innings pitched1) Jerry Heard 60.1 1.792) Doris Sullivan 187.0 2.113) Randy Ayer 111.0 2.514) Dave Pratt 159.1 2.435) David Bosse 124.2 2.606) Ron Dickerson 138.2 2.667) Lee Henry 80.1 2.698) Rob Malcolm 88.0 2.869) Frank Cardwell 155.0 2.9010) Don Gorin 83.1 3.13 Strikeouts1) Todd Kemp 4082) Craig Humberd 2153) Dave Pratt 2104) Chris West 1875) Erik Sabel 1796) Jake Edwards 178 7) Doug Vincent 1778) Bubbie Buzachero 1759) Doris Sullivan 16910) Joe Fisher 166

Most Strikeouts per 9 innings Minimum 50 strikeouts1) Todd Kemp 12.402) Rab Malcolm 10.633) David Quay 10.094) Mike Moore 9.605) Lee Henry 9.326) David Bosse 9.247) Ron Dickerson 9.168) Dave Pratt 9.049) Jim Ed Warden 8.9710) A.J. Kirby-Jones 8.69

Highest K/Walk Ratio1) Doris Sullivan 3.382) David Bosse 2.983) Doug Vincent 2.654) Kevin Peterson 2.645) Matt Smith 2.586) Mark Maberry 2.417) Adam Liberatore 2.398) Michael Alcorn 2.389) Donnie Long 2.3710) Ron Dickerson 2.31

Most Innings per HR allowed Since 19821) Michael Alcorn 19.032) Steve Haggard 19.003) Brantley Kilgore 17.004) Darryl Shockley 16.435) Adam Liberatore 15.476) Keith Hedrick 15.437) Zac Cole 15.008) Matt Smith 14.789) Rodney Przbylinski 14.1010) Michael Behrend 13.87

Most HR allowed Since 19821) Craig Humberd 312) Don Maness 303) Kevin Kalen 294) Derek Hunley 265) Mike Claudio 25 Chris West 25 Jeff Stallcup 25 Justin Fields 25

PITCHING LEADERS

Ralph Mallicoat

Mike Claudio

Mark Maberry

Michael Alcorn

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W-L Pct./Career Minimum 10 decisions1) Danny Huffines 11-0 1.0002) Buck Jones 10-1 .9093) Dean Nichols 11-2 .846 Mike Moore 11-2 .8465) Don Cook 9-2 .8186) Doug Vincent 12-3 .800 Ryan Dennick 8-2 .8008) Lee Henry 9-3 .7509) Mark Maberry 14-5 .73610) Ron Dickerson 13-5 .722

Victories1) Todd Kemp 22 Dave Pratt 223) Mike Claudio 204) Kevin Kalen 185) Jeff Stallcup 17 Joe Fisher 177) Ben Downs 15 Craig Humberd 15 Ralph Mallicoat 15 Mike Moore 15

Saves1) Mike Jones 122) Mark Fontenat 93) Ryan Dennick 6 Tim Horn 6 Ryan Dennick 66) A.J. Kirby-Jones 5 Mark Maberry 5 Phil Dane 5 Meachum Evins 5 Joe Fisher 5

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Triples 1) Bill Maclin (1971) 102) Chad Oberacker (2010) 5 Jesse Johnson (2000) 5 Aaron Leber (1999) 5 Larry Smith (1968) 5 Bill Maclin (1970) 5 Mike Tipton (1975) 5 Rick Schubert (1980) 58) Chad Oberacker (2009) 4 Earl Allen (1964) 4 Barney Dickey (1967) 4 Morris Irby (1970) 4 Tim Taylor (1981) 4 Scott Baerns (1985) 4 Steve Hawkins (1986) 4 Jake Allen (2001) 4 Ben Shannon (2003) 4 Jake New (2007, 2008) 4 Thomas Nelson (2008) 4 Chris King (2008) 4

Walks 1) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 582) Chad Malone (1997) 513) Tate McMIllan (2010) 44 4) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) 42 Howard Aiello (1984) 426) Tim Taylor (1981) 407) Donley Canary (1974) 39 Tim Taylor (1982) 399) Troy Martin (1988) 38 Jeff Lavender (19) 38

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Matt Attaway

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High Average Minimum 60 at bats 1) Scott Baerns (1988) .476 2) Chad Oberacker (2010) .4523) Tim Taylor (1981) .4384) Donley Canary (1976) .4295) Casey Benjamin (2003) .4186) Brent Carrier (1988) .4147) Mike Winchester (1975) .4138) Ryan Browning (1998) .4089) Troy Martin (1987) .39710) Bill Maclin (1970) .394

Times At Bat1) Chad Oberacker (2910) 2392) Ben Cunningham (2001) 2373) Jeremy Boncynski (1997) 235 Travis Adams (1997) 2355) Jesse Johnson (2001) 2316) Jake New (2008) 229 7) Matt Curtis (2001) 227 Mark Gilliam (2001) 2279) Cole Helms (2002) 226 Chris King (2008) 226

Runs Scored1) Chad Malone (1997) 772) Scott Baerns (1998) 76 3) Chad Oberacker (2010) 67 4) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 645) Thomas Nelson (2008) 60 Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 607) Troy Martin (1988) 59 Thomas Nelson (2008) 599) Bobby Morgan (1998) 58 Matt Curtis (2001) 58

Hits1) Chad Oberacker (2010) 108 2) Ben Cunningham (2001) 923) Scott Baerns (1988) 894) Chris King (2008) 885) Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 846) Casey Benjamin (2003) 827) Jake New (2008) 81 8) Cole Helms (2002) 809) Chad Malone (1997) 7810) Matt Curtis (2001) 77

Total Bases1) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 177 2) Chad Oberacker (2010) 165 3) Jeremy Bonczyski (1997) 1614) Mark Maberry (1997) 1435) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) 1396) Matt Attaway (1998) 1377) Ben Cunningham (2001) 1368) Scott Baerns (1998) 132 Matt Curtis (2001) 13210) Casey Benjamin (2003) 128

Slugging Pct. Minimum 60 at bats1) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) .859 2) Greg Stewart (1983) .7553) Steve Hawkins (1986) .7384) Matt Curtis (2000) .7355) Jim Whaley (1963) .7306) Matt Attaway (1998) .7177) Larry Smith (1968) .7148) Derek Lane (1987) .7079) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) .706 Scott Baerns (1988) .706

Doubles1) Chad Oberacker (2010) 292) Ben Cunningham (2001) 253) Matt Curtis (2000) 244) Matt Curtis (2001) 235) Craig Mullins (1996) 22 Mark Gilliam (2001) 227) Thomas Nelson (2008) 218) Ryan Browning (1998) 209) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 19 10) Gabe Zook (1999) 18 Troy Martin (1988) 18 Kurt Kalen (1991) 18 Matt Attaway (1998) 18

Home Runs1) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 26 2) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) 20 Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 204) Mark Maberry (1997) 175) Matt Attaway 156) Steve Hawkins (1986) 147) Nathan Marty (2005) 12 Matt Curtis (2000) 12 Jeremy Bonczynski (1996) 12 Scott Walls (1985) 12 Steve Hawkins (1987) 12 Derek Lane (1987) 12

Runs Batted In1) Mark Maberry (1997) 742) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2010) 713) Chad Oberacker (2010) 704) A.J. Kirby -Jones (2009) 685) Jeremy Bonczynski (1997) 646) Brent Carrier (1998) 607) Mark Gilliam (2001) 59 Steve Soper (2007) 599) Matt Attaway (1994) 5810) Bobby Morgan (1997) 57

Toughest to KMinimum 75 at bats (at bats/stikeout)1) Scott Hampton (1990) 50.42) Jeff Lavender (1989) 33.53) Greg Thomas (1981) 33.04) Tim Taylor (1981) 30.65) Brent Carrier (1988) 30.26) Donley Canary (1977) 27.27) Scott Wiles (1969) 25.4 Jerry Blevins (1964) 25.49) Mike Winchester (1975) 24.510) Jeff Lavender (1988) 22.5

Stolen Bases 1) Tim Hill (1984) 472) Tim Taylor (1981) 413) Mike Winchester (1975) 404) Scott Baerns (1988) 355) Tim Hill (1983) 316) Lowell Joiner (1975) 23 Howard Aiello (1984) 23 Derek Lane (1984) 239) Tim Taylor (1982) 2210) Chad Rogers (2000) 21 Morris Irby (1970) 21 Derek Lane (1984) 21 Kevin Caroland (1988) 21


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Most HR allowed(Since 1982)1) Joe Fellers (1999) 20 2) Aaron Olita (1999) 14 Chris West (1991) 14 Cole Helms (2002) 14 5) Erik Sabel (1994) 13 6) Clint Holloway (1998) 12 Donnie Long (2001) 12 Doug Vincent (2002) 12 Dusty Eubanks (2002) 12 10) Craig Humberd (1993) 11 Don Maness (1989) 11 Jeff Stallcup (1989) 11 Ben Downs (2002) 11Strikeouts

1) Todd Kemp (1986) 133 2) Todd Kemp (1988) 132 3) Mark Maberry (1997) 108 4) Donnie Long (2001) 975) Lee Henry (2010) 85 6) Bubbie Buzachero (2001) 81 Ben Downs (2003) 818) Lee Henry (2009) 80 9) Mike Moore (1997) 79 Jim Ed Warden (2001) 79 Most Strikeouts per 9 innings (Minimum 30 innings pitched)1) Stephen Pryor (2010) 16.46 2) Todd Kemp (1988) 13.65 3) Todd Kemp (1986) 13.21 4) Rab Malcolm (1969) 12.26 5) Todd Kemp (1987) 11.29 6) Todd Kemp (1985) 10.35 7) Mike Moore (1997) 9.60 8) Ron Dickerson (1967) 9.589) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2009) 9.55 10) Ron Dickerson (1969) 9.52

Highest K/Walk Ratio(Minimum 30 innings pitched)1) Matt Kearney (2008) 5.002) Doris Sullivan (1972) 4.00 Doris Sullivan (1973) 4.00 4) Ron Dickerson (1967) 3.88 5) Todd Kemp (1988) 3.77 6) Dusty Eubanks (2003) 3.69 7) David Bosse (1971) 3.45 8) Mark Maberry (1997) 3.08 9) Ben Downs (2003) 3.0010) Michael Alcorn (2008) 2.76

Most Innings per HR allowed (Since 1982/Minimum 30 innings)1) Matt Smith (2007) 78.02) Dusty Eubanks (2003) 75.2 3) Jim Brown (1992) 45.2 4) Craig Humberd (1992) 42.85) A.J. Kirby-Jones (2008) 40.0 6) Matt Chodak (1994) 39.3 7) Chris West (1993) 38.08) Adam Liberatore (2008) 37.1 9) Keith Hedsdrick (1995) 33.1 10) Lynus Martin (1996) 33.0

W-L Pct. (Minimum five wins) 1) Buck Jones 1.000 (8-0 in 1955) Charles Kinnamon 1.000 (5-0 in 1948) Danny Huffines 1.000 (5-0 in 1970) Jeff Stallcup 1.000 (5-0 in 1987) 5) Mike Moore .889 (8-1 in 1997) Dave Pratt .889 (8-1 in 1964) Ron Dickerson .889 (8-1 in 1967) 8) Dean Nichols .875 (7-1 in 1955) Don Gorin .875 (7-1 in 1961) 10) Mark Maberry .857 (12-2 in 1997) Don Cook .857 (6-1 in 1949) Doris Sullivan .857 (6-1 in 1972) Elmer Grimer .857 (6-1 in 1976)

Victories1) Mark Maberry (1997) 12 2) Doug Vincent (2002) 103) Lee Henry (2010) 9 Lee Henry (2009) 9 Mike Moore (1974) 9 Todd Kemp (1988) 9 Mike Cladio (1988) 9 Ben Downs (2003) 9 9) Mike Moore (1997) 8 Buck Jones (1955) 8 Dave Pratt (1964) 8 Ron Dickerson (1967) 8

Saves1) Mark Fontenot (1982) 7 2) Mike Jones (1985) 5 3) Stephen Pryor (2010) 4 Ralph Mallicoat (1976) 4 Tim Horn (1989) 4 Chad Heminover (1998) 4 Ryan Dennick (2008) 4 8) A.J. Kirby-Jones 3 Clint Holloway (1997) 3 Rick Griffin (1975) 3 Hugh Travis (1975) 3 Don Grimes (1976) 3 Joe Fisher (1980) 3 Meachum Evins (1981) 3 Mike Jones (1984) 3 Mike Jones (1986) 3 Mark Maberry (1995) 3

Appearances1) Stephen Pryor (2010) 24 Doug Vincent (2001) 24 3) David Grigsby (2001) 23 David Jackson (2003) 23 Justin Fields (2005) 236) Matt Kearney (2008) 22 Mike Macchiaverna (1999) 22 Mike Jones (1985) 22 Bubbie Buzachero (2001) 22 Mike Fessler (2001) 22 Doug Vincent (2002) 22 Dusty Eubanks (2002) 22 Starts1) Matt Frey (1997) 15 Donnie Long (2001) 15 3) Mark Maberry (1997) 14 Todd Kemp (1986) 14 Craig Humberd (1991) 14 Donnie Long (2001) 14 Ben Downs (2002) 14 8) Adam Liberatore (2010) 13 Erik Sabel (1995) 13 Erik Sabel (1996) 13 Keith Hedrick (1996) 13 Jim Ed Warden (2001) 13 Matt Smith (2007) 13 Michael Alcorn (2008) 13

Complete Games1) Mark Maberry (1997) 10 2) Erik Sabel (1995) 9 3) Erik Sabel (1996) 8 Todd Kemp (1988) 8 Joe Fisher (1982) 8 Craig Humberd (1992) 8 Dave Pratt (1974) 8 8) Keith Hedrick (1996) 7 Todd Kemp (1986) 7 Jeff Stallcup (1990) 7 Kevin Caroland (1990) 7 Chris West (1993) 7

Innings Pitched1) Mark Maberry (1997) 104.0 2) Donnie Long (2001) 97.1 3) Matt Frey (1997) 96.24) Erik Sabel (1996) 93.2 5) Erik Sabel (1995) 93.1 6) Ben Downs (2003) 92.1 7) Todd Kemp (1988) 90.2 8) Donnie Long (2001) 90.1 9) Keith Hendrick (1996) 87.2 10) Todd Kemp (1988) 87.0

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


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Most Runs 34 (vs. Cumberland, 1949) 26 (vs. Tennessee State, 1988) Most Runs, Both Teams 39 (Tech 21, Trevecca 18, 1988) 39 (Tech 28, Austin Peay 11, 1951) Widest Margin of Victory 31 (Tech 34, Cumberland 3, 1949) 24 (Tech 26, Tenn. State 2, 1988) Most Hits 24 (vs. Carson-Newman, 4/20/89) 24 (vs. Western Carolina, 3/24/04) Most Doubles 9 (vs. Trevecca, 1982) 9 (vs. Georgia State, 4/18/01) Most Triples 3 (vs. Eastern Ky., 1968) 3 (vs. Austin Peay, 1970) Most Home Runs 7 (vs. Carson-Newman, 1989) Most Home Runs, Both Teams 10 (Tech 5, East Tennessee 5, 1983) Most Stolen Bases 11 (vs. Fisk, 1974)

Most Runs Allowed 27 (vs. Trevecca, 1982)Most Hits Allowed 25 (vs. Trevecca, 1982)Most Strikeouts 19 (vs. Tennessee State, 1988)Most Walks 15 (vs. Middle Tennessee, 3/30/05) 15 (at Kentucky, 5/18/05)Most Home Runs Allowed 7 (vs. Morehead State, 1979)Widest Margin of Defeat 25 (vs. Carson-Newman (26-1), 1989)Most Runners Picked Off 3 (vs. Southeast Missouri (11-15), 2000)Most Wild Pitches 6 (vs. Jacksonville, 2000) 6 (vs. Murray State, 2005)Most Hit Batters 5 (vs. Western Kentucky, 2000) 5 (vs. Southeast Missouri, 2002)

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

Highest Fielding Pct. .969 (2008)Lowest Fielding Pct. .913 (63, 72)Most Fielding Chances 2240 (1997)Most Putouts 1527 (1997)Most Assists 613 (1996)Most Errors 109 (1986)Most Double Plays 54 (1991)

Most Games 63 (2001)Fewest Games 13 (1950)Most Games Won 39 (1997)Fewest Games Won 3 (1962)Most Games Lost 42 (2005)Fewest Games Lost 2 (1955)Most Consecutive Wins 9 (88, 96)Most Consecutive Losses 15 (1979)Highest Winning Pct. .895 (1955)Lowest Winning Pct. .135 (1979)Most One-Run Games 18 (1990)Most One-Run Victories 9 (84, 90)Most Shutout Victories 6 (1969)Most Shutout Losses 8 (1991)Most Shutouts, Both Teams 12 (1991)

Highest Batting Average .337 (1998)Lowest Batting Average .222 (1979)Most At Bats 2081 (1997)Fewest At Bats 410 (1962)Most Runs 459 (2010)Fewest Runs 44 (1962)Most Hits 674 (1997)Fewest Hits 101 (1962)Most Extra-Base Hits 223 (1998)Fewest Extra-Base Hits 16 (1962)Most Total Bases 1067 (1997)Fewest Total Bases 127 (1962)Highest Slugging Pct. .546 (1998)Lowest Slugging Pct. .300 (1972)Most Singles 457 (1997)Fewest Singles 85 (1962)Most Doubles 153 (2001)Fewest Doubles 7 (1962)Most Triples 19 (1981)Fewest Triples 1 (1973)Most Home Runs 83 (1997)Fewest Home Runs 1 (1962)Most Runs Batted In 420 (2010)Fewest Runs Batted In 61 (1962)Most Walks 291 (1963)Fewest Walks 64 (1962)Most Strikeouts 480 (2001)Fewest Strikeouts 62 (1962)Most Times Hit By Pitch 89 (2001)Fewest Times Hit By Pitch 5 (1968)Most Stolen Bases 123 (1974)Fewest Stolen Bases 1 (1962)Highest Stolen Base Pct. .925 (1979)Lowest Stolen Base Pct. .583 (2002)

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Highest Batting Average .527 by Ryan Shumate, 1961 Most Games Played 63 by Wes Dunn, 2001 63 by Mark Gilliam, 2001 Most At Bats 237 by Ben Cunningham, 2001 Most Extra Base Hits 77 by Chad Malone, 2000 Most Doubles 25 by Ben Cunningham, 2001Most Triples 10 by Bill Maclin, 1971Most Home Runs 26 by A.J. Kirby-Jones, 2010Most Runs Batted In 74 by Mark Maberry, 1997Most Stolen Bases 47 by Tim Hill, 1984Most Walks 58 by A.J. Kirby-Jones, 2010Most Strikeouts 63 by Matt Curtis, 2001Fewest Strikeouts (minimum 75 at bats) 3 by Emerson Wiles, 1969Most Sacrifices 13 by Craig Mullins, 1996Most Times Hit by Pitch 19 by Jesse Johnson, 2001Toughest to Strikeout 50.4 by Scott Hampton, 1990 (one K per 50.4 times at bat)

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

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

Individual/SeasonLowest ERA 1.28 by Dave Pratt, 1964Most Games 24 by Doug Vincent, 2001Most Games Started 15 by Matt Frey, 1997 15 by Donnie Long, 2001Most Complete Games 10 by Mark Maberry, 1997Most Wins 12 by Mark Maberry, 1997Most Losses 9 by Craig Humberd, 1991 9 by Justin Fields, 2005Most Saves 7 by Mark Fontenot, 1984Most Innings Pitched 104.0 by Mark Maberry, 1997Most Hits Allowed 119 by Matt Frey, 1997Most Home Runs Allowed 20 by Joe Fellers, 1999Most Strikeouts 133 by Todd Kemp, 1986Most Pickoffs 18 by Mike Fessler, 2001Most Wild Pitches 16 by Jim Ed Warden, 2001 16 by Blake Forst, 2007Most Hit Batters 18 by Justin Fields, 2006

Most Chances 484 by Ben Cunningham, 2001Most Putouts 458 by Ben Cunningham, 2001Most Assists 178 by Craig Mullins, 1996 165 by Craig Mullins, 1995Most Errors 26 by Taylor Ralph, 1997 26 by Mark Gilliam, 2000Fewest Errors (min. 100 chances) 0 by Ron Shumate, 1961 0 by Ben Shannon, 2002 0 by Scott Dunham, 2006

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Most At Bats 8 by Alex Henry/Ben Burgess vs. The Citadel, Feb. 28, 2009/Austin Wulf at UTM, May 15, 2019Most Runs Scored 6 by Chad Rogers vs. Appy State, 2000Most Hits 5 by 14 players * Last by Casanova Donaldson (5-for-5) vs. East Tennessee State, 4/1/09Most Runs Batted In 7 by Scott Baerns vs. No. Alabama, 1988 7 by Matt Ballard vs. Tennessee, 1988 7 by Carlos Martin vs. Morehead, 2003 6 by A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Belmont, 3/11/09 6 by Ryan Hay vs. EKU, 2002 6 by Ben Shannon vs. Austin Peay, 2002Most Walks 4 by Tom Turner vs. Morehead, 1970 4 by Tim Taylor vs. St. Louis, 1981 4 by Jake Allen vs. Tenn. Wesleyan, 2002 4 by Chad Langston vs. Ga. So., 2001Most Strikeouts 5 by Michael Meihls vs. Miss. St., 2001 4 by Phil Wilbourn vs. Murray, 1963 4 by Chad Rogers vs. Jacksonville, 2000 4 by Ben Shannon vs. Vanderbilt, 2002 4 by Corey Kemp vs. Samford, 2005

Most Pickoffs 3 by Mike Fessler vs. SEMO, 2000Most Innings Pitched 11.2 by Mike Moore vs. Austin Peay, 1975 11.0 by Matt Smith vs. SEMO, 2007Most Strikeouts 19 by Todd Kemp vs. Tennessee St., 1988Most Consecutive Strikeouts 8 by Jerry Heard vs. Middle Tenn., 1964Most Walks Issued 10 by Rab Malcolm vs. Morehead, 1970Most Wild Pitches 6 by B. Buzachero vs. Jacksonville, 2000Most Home Runs Allowed 5 by Ronnie Kelly vs. Tennessee St., 1978

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AJoe Adams, 1967-69Kevin Adams, 1991Neale Adams, 1998-99 Robby Adams, 2004-05Terry Adams, 1972-74Travis Adams, 1997Jonathan Adcock, 1992Howard Aiello, 1983-84Michael Alcorn, 2005-09Justin Alexander, 2011-Clint Alexander, 2005-06Lynn Alexander, 1961David Allen, 2011-Earl Allen, 1964Jake Allen, 2000-02John Allen, 1977Honey Allmon, 1948-49Tristan Archer, 2010-Bill Armstrong, 1963-64Steve Arnette, 1987-90 Colt Ashman, 2004-05Greg Askins, 1974, 76Matt Attaway, 1997-98Ron Aydelott, 1980-81Randy Ayer, 1970-73

BScott Baerns, 1985-88J.C. Bagley, 1970Matt Bailey, 1973-76Larry Bain, 1961-62Matt Ballard, 1989-92Steve Barr, 1965Don Bateman, 1981Alan Bates, 1982-83Rusty Bates, 1986-87Garret Baugh, 2011-Richard Baughner, 1961-64Sam Beatty, 1961-63Brad Beck, 2000John Beckman, 1974-76Rick Beddingfield, 1977Frankie Beech, 2010-Micheal Behrend, 1983Casey Benjamin, 2001-03Greg Bennett, 1985-88Nelson Bennett, 1961-63Tony Bertolino, 1964-67Wade Bilbrey, 2009Brett Bilodeau, 2003-04Jim Bishop, 1970Adam Black, 2005-06Nick Bledsoe, 1981-83Jerry Blevins, 1961-65Charlie Bolton, 2006Jer. Bonczynski, 1996-97

Brandon Bornstein, 2005-06David Bosse, 1968-70Casey Bough, 1999David Bradley, 1985-87Ray Brake, 1984 Brian Brauss, 2004Billie Bray, 1972-76 Eric Brewer, 2004Steve Briley, 1963David Brinkley, 1994-95Jason Brooker, 1997-98Eric Brown, 1970-73Jim Brown, 1990-92Randall Brown, 2002Rob Brown, 1995-96Ryan Browning, 1997-98Bill Brunson, 1974Terry Bryant, 1967-69Randy Buckner, 1980Ray Buice, 1961Ben Burgess, 2009-Barry Burnett, 1984-85Tim Burnette, 1994-95Terry Burton, 1989Bubbie Buzachero, 2000-02

CAndre Caballero, 1998Chris Cady, 1991Randy Callis, 1980-81Dirk Calvin, 1979-80Gary Campbell, 1962Greg Canada, 2003Donley Canary, 1974-77David Cantrell, 1979Frank Cardwell, 1961-63Kevin Caroland, 1987-90Larry Carr, 1973David Carrick, 1974Brent Carrier, 1988-89Eddie Carroll, 1972Dudley Carter, 1965Jonathan Casey, 1994Brent Chaffin, 1984-86Randy Chaffin, 1984-86Scott Chaffin, 1973Bill Cherry, 1961-62Heath Cheverton, 2009Chason Choate, 2007-10Matt Chodak, 1994-97 Todd Christiansen, 1971-72Kevin Cizmarik, 2004-06Steve Clapp, 1987-89Mike Claudio, 1985-88 Adam Cloar, 2004-06Britt Clubb, 2002-05Ed Clymore, 1961Daniel Cole, 2001

Zac Cole, 2006-07Ron Coleman, 1992-94Wayne Coleman, 1965-66Mac Coley, 1974-75Cliff Collins, 1972-75Chris Combs, 1992Don Cook, 1948-49Marty Cook, 1974-75 Kyle Copeland, 2004Ricky Cox, 1984Mike Creech, 1988John Crook, 1967Brandon Crossman, 2008-10David Crutcher, 1970-71Ben Cunningham, 2000-01Matt Curtis, 2000-01

DPhil Dane, 1976-78Mike Davidson, 1985-86Darren Davis, 1984Mark Davis, 1999Steve Davis, 1978Peewee Day, 1948John Deaton, 1964, 66Thomas DeBow, 1990Wayne Dedman, 1963Albert DelGaicco, 2011-Barry Denham, 1970-73Jeff Denney, 1994-96Ryan Dennick, 2008-09Chris Dennis, 2000Ron Dickerson, 1967-69Barney Dickey, 1966-69David Dillon, 1985-88Jared Dobbs, 2007-Casanova Donaldson, 2008-Ben Downs, 2002-03Terry Doyle, 1978-79Brian Driskell, 2003 J.D. Druckenmiller, 2004Buddy Duckett, 1962-63Brian Dudney, 1993-96Stan Duke, 1979Scott Dullworth, 1991Bill Dunaway, 1968Scott Dunham, 2005-07Paul Dunlap, 1971Wes Dunn, 1998-01Evan Dyer, 2008John Dykstra, 1993

EJay Eble, 1976-77Ray Eble, 1949Cooper Eddy, 2003Jake Edwards, 2007-08

Matt Edwards, 2004-05Seth Edwards, 2010-Bob Elkins, 1956Don Elkins, 1961Mark Elkins, 1985-88Darryl Eppley, 1985Dusty Eubanks, 2002-03Terry Evans, 1962Meachum Evins, 1978-81Josh Eye, 2003-04

FRoger Farley, 1976Joe Fellers, 1998-99Mike Fessler, 2000-01Billy Field, 1967-69 Justin Fields, 2004-07Joe Fisher, 1979-82Zach Flynn, 2011-Steve Folkers, 2000-01Mark Fontenot, 1980-83Blake Forst, 2005-09Brent Frazier, 1992-93Evan Frazier, 2010-Grant French, 2003-04Matt Frey, 1996-97Terry Frye, 1970-73

GBubba Gamble, 1978-79Chris Gant, 2003-05Red Gaylor, 1956John Geary, 1976Butch Gentry, 1971Dave Gibson, 1991Mark Gilliam, 2000-01Marshall Gilliam, 1992-93Jimmy Gipson, 1967Greg Glaser, 2010-Mike Glover, 1974-77Alex Gonzalez, 1996Josh Goodwin, 2006-07Garrett Gordon, 1977-80Don Gorin, 1961-62Chad Graves, 1992Thomas Gray, 2008Jamey Greene, 1997Jerry Gregg, 1967-68James Griffin, 1972-73Rick Griffin, 1981-82Dusty Griffith, 1993Jerred Griggs, 2009David Grigsby, 1999-02Elmer Grimes, 1976Mike Grooms, 1977-78Mike Guidara, 1970-73Scott Guinn, 1993-94

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Derek Lane(1984-87)

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

Dusty Eubanks(2002-03)

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IMorris Irby, 1968-71

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

QDavid Quay, 1973-74, 76

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

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

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

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

VLarry Vanscoe, 1963Tommy Van Tone, 1964Stan Vaughn, 1979

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

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

YDonny Yates, 1970Bob Yonker, 1964-65Kris Youngberg, 1999Jim Youngblood, 1972

ZWayne Zenner, 1981-82Jody Zimmerle, 1994-95Gabe Zook, 1998-99

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The following Tennessee Tech baseball players signed contracts with professional baseball teams since 1974:

Player Position Year Signed WithMike Moore Right Handed Pitcher 1974 Chicago CubsMatt Bailey Shortstop 1976 Atlanta BravesMike Behrend Right Handed Pitcher 1983 St. Louis CardinalsMike Jones Right Handed Pitcher 1985 Kansas City RoyalsGreg Maysonet Right Handed Pitcher 1986 Detroit TigersEric Sabel Right Handed Pitcher 1996 Arizona D’BacksShane Smith Catcher 1996 New York MetsCraig Mullins Shortstop 1999 IndependentKeith Hedrick Right Handed Pitcher 1996 IndependentMark Maberry Right Handed Pitcher 1997 New York MetsJeremy Bonczynski Third base 1997 IndependentJim Ed Warden Right Handed Pitcher 2001 Cleveland IndiansBen Cunningham First base 2001 IndependentMike Meihls Catcher 2002 New York YankeesCasey Benjamin Shortstop 2003 Texas RangersZac Cole Right Handed Pitcher 2007 Baltimore OriolesBubbie Buzachero Right Handed Pitcher 2007 Cleveland IndiansScott Dunham Outfielder 2007 Wichita WingnutsJake New Outfielder 2008 LA DodgersRyan Dennick Left Handed Pitcher 2009 Kansas City RoyalsAJ Kirby-Jones Designated Hitter/First Base 2010 Oakland AthleticsStephen Pryor Right Handed Pitcher 2010 Seattle MarinersLee Henry Right Handed Pitcher 2010 Pensacola PelicansAdam Liberatore Left Handed Pitcher 2010 Tampa Bay Rays

GOLDEN EAGLES host annual Pro Scout Night

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

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Drafting Team: Seattle MarinersRound: 5Number: 162 overallPosition: Right-handed pitcherCurrent Team: Everett AquaSox(Class A Affiliate of the Seattle Mariners)

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Jim Ed Warden

Casey Benjamin

Bubbie Buzachero

Jake New

Ryan Dennick

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

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

Stephen Pryor • RHP • Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

AJ Kirby-Jones • DH • Knoxville, Tenn.

Drafting Team: Oakland A’sRound: 9Number: 275 overallPosition: Designated Hitter/Utility PlayerCurrent Team: Vancouver Canadians (Class A Affiliate of the Oakland Athletics)

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

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

Adam Liberatore • LHP • Rochester, PA.

Drafting Team: Tampa Bay RaysRound: 21Number: 641 overallPosition: Left-handed pitcherCurrent Team: Hudson Valley Renegades (Class A Af-filiate of the Tampa Bay Rays)

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

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

Coaching InformationHead Coach ...............................Ryan HessRecord at Barea ............................109-229Career Record ...............................109-229Assistant Coaches ................Todd Morris................................................ Brady Kendall

Team Information2010 record .........................................18-262010 conference record .................13-11Lettermen returning/lost .................18/1

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..............................Ryan HessSID Office Phone ............(859) 985-3423SID Email [email protected] Fax .............................................................

General InformationLocation ............................ Blacksburg, Va.Enrollment ....................................... 31,000Conference......................... Atlantic CoastWebsite ......................... hokiesports.com

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 40-222010 conference record .....16-14 (6th)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 14/10

SID InformationBaseball Contact .................Marc MullenSID Office Phone ............(540) 231-1894SIDEmail [email protected] Fax ...............................(540) 231-6984

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

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 39-172010 conference record ........20-7 (1st, A10)Lettermen returning/lost .................21/7

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..................... Ryan RoseSID Office Phone ............(704) 687-6312SID Email ................ [email protected] Fax ...............................(704) 687-4918

General InformationLocation ................................Conway, N.C.Enrollment ..........................................8,700Conference................................. Big SouthWebsite ........................ goccusports.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ........................ Gary GilmoreRecord at CCU ......................609-303 (15)Career Record ......................862-405 (21)Associate Head Coach .... Kevin SchnallAssistant coaches ....... Brendan Dougherty ................................................ Drew Thomas

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 55-102010 conference record ........ 25-0 (1st)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 17/13

SID InformationBaseball Contact ...............Mike CawoodSID Office Phone ............(843) 349-2819SID Email .............. [email protected] Fax ...............................(843) 421-8244

Virginia TechHokies

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

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Coastal CarolinaChantigleers

Feb. 19Conway, N.C.

Series tied 1-1

Boston CollegeEagles

February 20Conway, N.C.First Meeting

Berea CollegeMountaineers

March 2Cookeville, Tenn.

Tech leads series 3-1

Ohio UniversityBobcats

March 4-6Cookeville, Tenn.

First Meeting

UNC-Charlotte49ers

March8-9Charlotte, N.C.First meeting

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General InformationLocation ...................... Chestnut Hill, MA.Enrollment ....................................... 14,640Conference......................... Atlantic CoastWebsite ............................... bceagles.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ..................... Mike GambinoRecord at BC ..........................First SeasonCareer Record .......................First SeasonAssistant coaches ............... Scott Friedholm................................................. Steve Englert................................................. Greg Sullivan

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 30-282010 conference record .....14-16 (4th)Lettermen returning/lost .................21-6

SID InformationBaseball Contact ...........Matthew LynchSID Office Phone ............(617) 552-2193SID Email ......................... [email protected] Fax ...............................(617) 552-4903

General InformationLocation ................................Athens, OhioEnrollment ....................................... 25,908Conference........................................... MAC Website ............ www.ohiobobcats.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ..........................Joe CarboneRecord at Ohio .......................... 634-555-2Career Record ........................... 634-555-2Assistant Coaches ...... Scott Malinowski.................................................... Andrew See

Team Information2010 record ......................................... 20-352010 conference record ................. 13-14Lettermen returning/lost ...........................

SID InformationBaseball Contact ......................Jason CorriherSID Office Phone ............(740) 593-1298SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(740) 593-2420


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General InformationLocation ........................... Nashville, Tenn.Enrollment ..........................................5,936Conference.............................Atlantic SunWebsite ................... belmontbruins.com

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 27-272010 conference record .....13-13 (7th)Lettermen returning/lost .................22/5

SID InformationBaseball Contact ................. Dan ForcellaSID Office Phone ............(615) 460-8023SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(615) 460-5584

Middle Tennessee StateBlue Raiders

Feb. 23Cookeville, Tenn.

MTSU leads 63-103-1

Eastern Michigan Eagles

Feb. 25-27Cookeville, Tenn.

Series tied 1-1

BelmontBruins

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

TTU leads series 31-28

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March 16Cookeville, Tenn.


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General InformationLocation .....................Youngstown, OhioEnrollment ....................................... 15,194Conference..................... Horizon LeagueWebsite ..............................ysusports.com

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

Team Information2010 Record....................................... 22-342010 conference record ...................9-18Lettermen returning/lost .............. 17/13

SID InformationBaseball Contact ....................John VogelSID Office Phone ............(330) 941-1480SID Email ....................... [email protected] Fax ...............................(330) 941-3191

General InformationLocation ................... Johnson City, Tenn.Enrollment ....................................... 15,234Conference.............................Atlantic SunWebsite ...............................etsubucs.com

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 32-282010 conference record .............. 15-12 (3rd)Lettermen returning/lost .................16/6

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..............Jeff SchneiderSID Office Phone ............(423) 439-5612SID Email ................... [email protected] Fax ...............................(423) 439-6138

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

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 33-242010 conference record .........................12-12Lettermen returning/lost .............. 25/10

SID InformationBaseball Contact .................... Ben TurnerSID Office Phone ............(765) 494-3198SID Email ......... [email protected] Fax ...............................(765) 494-5447

General InformationLocation ............................Ypsilanti, Mich.Enrollment ....................................... 23,503Conference........................ Mid-AmericanWebsite ........................... emueagles.com

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 27-322010 conference record 13-14 (4th, West)Lettermen returning/lost .................19/7

SID InformationBaseball Contact ............Luke PattarozziSID Office Phone (734) 487-0317 x. 0318SID Email ................ [email protected] Fax ...............................(734) 485-3840

General InformationLocation ..................Murfreesboro, Tenn.Enrollment ....................................... 26,430Conference.................................... Sun BeltWebsite ..................... goblueraiders.com

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 35-232010 conference record ............... 18-12Lettermen returning/lost .................18/9

SID InformationBaseball Contact .............Jessica StauffacherSID Office Phone .................... (615) 904-8115SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(615) 898-5626

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General InformationLocation ..............................Lexington, Ky.Enrollment ....................................... 27,000Conference............................................. SECWebsite .......................... UKathletics.com

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

Team Information2010 Record....................................... 31-252010 conference record ................ 13-17Lettermen returning/lost .............. 15/14

SID InformationBaseball Contact ................Brent IngramSID Office Phone ............(859) 323-4310SID Email ........... [email protected] Fax ...............................(859) 323-4754

KentuckyWildcats

March 29Lexington, Ky.

Kentucky leads series 7-1

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General InformationLocation ........................... Nashville, Tenn.Enrollment ..........................................6,738Conference............................................. SECWebsite ................. vucommodores.com

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

Team Information2010 Record....................................... 46-202010 conference record ......16-12 (3rd)Lettermen returning/lost .................21/7

SID InformationBaseball Contact .............Kyle ParkinsonSID Office Phone ............(615) 343-0020SID Email ........ [email protected] Fax ...............................(615) 320-0436

VanderbiltCommodores

March 22Nashville, Tenn.

Vanderbilt leads series 18-21

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

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 14-382010 conference record .................... n/aLettermen returning/lost .............. 17/10

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..........................Joe PottSID Office Phone ............(618) 650-2860SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(618) 650-3369

SIU EdwardsvilleCougars

March 25-27Edwardsville, Ill.

SIUE leads series 2-1

General InformationLocation .........................Jacksonville, Ala.Enrollment ..........................................9,504Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite .......... jsugamecocksports.com

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 32-262010 conference record ....... 15-8 (2nd)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 20/10

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..................... Greg SeitzSID Office Phone ............(256) 782-5279SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(256) 782-5958

Jacksonville State

Gamecocks

April 2-3Cookeville, Tenn.

JSU leads series 24-16

General InformationLocation ........................... Nashville, Tenn.Enrollment ..........................................3,742Conference.............................Atlantic SunWebsite .................. lipscombsports.com

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 19-362010 conference record ....... 9-17 (9th)Lettermen returning/lost .................18/5

SID InformationBaseball Contact ..............Trevor GarrettSID Office Phone ............(615) 966-5990SID Email ........ [email protected] Fax ...............................(615) 966-1806

LipscombBisons

April5/May10Nashville, Tenn.


General InformationLocation ............................ Huntsville, Ala.Enrollment ..........................................6,000Conference.........................SouthwesternWebsite ......................... aamusports.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ............................ Ed McCannRecord at AAM ......................First SeasonCareer Record ..................291-372-2 (12)Assistant coach .........Michael Tompkins

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 17-322010 conference record 3-20 (5th East)Lettermen returning/lost .................21/9

SID InformationBaseball Contact ............. Brandon WillisSID Office Phone ............(256) 372-4005SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(256) 372-5372

Alabama A&MBulldogs

April 6Huntsville, Ala.



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Austin PeayGovernors

May 7-8Clarksville, Tenn.

APSU leads series 76-71

General InformationLocation ..............................Charleston, Ill.Enrollment ....................................... 11,630Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite .........................eiupanthers.com

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 18-352010 conference record .....11-12 (5th)Lettermen returning/lost .................13/6

SID InformationBaseball Contact ...Greg LautzenheiserSID Office Phone ............(217) 581-7020SID Email [email protected] Fax .............................................................

Eastern IllinoisPanthers

April 16-17Charleston, Ill.

EIU leads series 22-29

General InformationLocation ................. Cape Girardeau, Mo.Enrollment ....................................... 10,859Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ........................gosoutheast.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach .......................... Mark HoganRecord at SEMO...............469-398-1 (16)Career Record ..................854-655-3 (29)Assistant coaches ...........Chris Cafalone....................................................Steve Bieser

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 30-252010 conference record ..................13-9Lettermen returning/lost .................26/4

SID InformationBaseball Contact .....................Bo BuntonSID Office Phone ............(573) 651-2294SID Email ..................... [email protected] Fax ...............................(573) 651-2810

Southeast MissouriRedhawks

April 9-10Cookeville, Tenn.

SEMO leads series 19-40

General InformationLocation ..............................Morehead, Ky.Enrollment .....................................................Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ............................msueagles.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach .................................. Jay SorgRecord at MSU ..............................................Career Record ...............................................Assistant coaches .................. Jason Neal................................................Dillon Lawson.........................................Shane Brookshier

Team Information2010 record ....................................................2010 conference record ...........................Lettermen returning/lost ..........................

SID InformationBaseball Contact .........Nick VanDemarkSID Office Phone ............(606) 783-5481SID Email ........... [email protected] Fax ...............................(606) 783-2550

Morehead StateEagles

April 22-23Morehead, Ky.


General InformationLocation ..............................Richmond, Ky.Enrollment ....................................... 16,200Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ............................. ekusports.com

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


SID InformationBaseball Contact ..................... Steve FohlSID Office Phone ............(859) 622-1253SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(859) 622-5108

Eastern KentuckyColonels

April 30-May 1Cookeville, Tenn.


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General InformationLocation ...........................Knoxville, Tenn.Enrollment ....................................... 27,107Conference..........................SoutheasternWebsite ................................ utsports.com

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

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 30-262010 conference record ... 12-18 (5th, East)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 16/15

SID InformationBaseball Contact ...........Cameron HarrisSID Office Phone ............(865) 974-8876SID Email ..................... [email protected] Fax ...............................(865) 974-8875

TennesseeVolunteers

April 27Cookeville, Tenn.

UT leads series 30-64-1

General InformationLocation ......................... Clarksville, Tenn.Enrollment ....................................... 10,723Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ..............................apsugovs.com

Coaching InformationHead Coach ........................Gary McClureRecord at APSU ........................678-628-4Career Record ...........................678-628-4Assistant coaches ........... Joel Mangrum............................................. Derrick Dunbar................................................... Joel Pedretti

Team Information2010 record ........................................ 28-252010 conference record ....... 8-13 (8th)Lettermen returning/lost .............. 14/16

SID InformationBaseball Contact .....................Cody BushSID Office Phone ............(931) 221-7561SID Email [email protected] Fax ...............................(931) 221-7562

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General InformationLocation ................................Martin, Tenn.Enrollment ..........................................8,469Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ............................ utmsports.com

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


SID InformationBaseball Contact ............. Ryne RickmanSID Office Phone ............(731) 881-7632SID Email .................. [email protected] Fax ...............................(731) 881-7624

UT MartinSkyhawks

May 15-16Martin, Tenn.


General InformationLocation .................................... Murray, Ky.Enrollment ....................................... 10,078Conference.............................. Ohio ValleyWebsite ................................goracers.com

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

Team Information2009 record .....................................34-21-12009 conference record .. 13-8-1 (2nd)Lettermen returning/lost .................15/7

SID InformationBaseball Contact ....................John BrushSID Office Phone ............(270) 809-7044SID Email .... [email protected] Fax ...............................(270) 809-5650

Murray StateThoroughbreds

May 20-21Murray, Ky.

TTU leads series 71-64-1


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

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

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

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

Golden Eagles vs. All Opponents 2011 Opponents in Bold

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

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The success of Tennessee Tech University’s athletic teams is tied closely to the academic progress of each student-athlete, and the academic performance of each Tech student-athlete is closely monitored by the coaching staff as well as an experienced staff in Academic Services. Tech’s student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom. Each semester, the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll pays tribute to more than 150 students in athletics, including athletes, trainers, managers and cheerleaders, and the overall GPA of the department has climbed steeply in the past seven semesters. Student-athletes are the most visible component of a university, entertaining thousands of fans, students, alumni, family and friends. Their athletic abilities and achievements are a focus for national attention, as athletic events not only bring back faithful alumni, but serve as a welcome mat to the university for potential new stu-dents. Student-athletes devote many hours to practice, conditioning and training in an effort to be the best they can be. These hours are not required by non-athletes in the student body, and these extra demands can compete with academics for the student-athlete’s time and energy. The Tech Athletics Department works to provide help with course content (through tutors and monitored study hours) as well as with time management and study skills and any other academic support services that will allow Tech student-athletes to maximize their academic potential.

Marilyn Borch-JensenAcademic Advisement Secretary

Tennessee Tech’s commitment to its student-athletes is evident.The support personnel and resources available provide Golden Eagle

student-athletes with the tools needed for success.

1985 ......................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1985 .............................Barry Wilmore, Football1985 .....................Andy Rittenhouse, Football1986 .....................Andy Rittenhouse, Football1986 ..............................Joel Chandler, Football1986 ......................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1987 ................................ Ed deHass, Basketball1987 .................................. Derek Lane, Baseball1987 ......................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1987 .....................Andy Rittenhouse, Football1987 .................................Clark Richey, Football1988 ...................................... Jim Cornelius, Golf1990 ..............................Steve Arnette, Baseball1990 ..............................Tuesday Frase, Softball1990 ................................ Lisa Johnson, Softball1990 .........................Spencer Hissam, Football1991 ...............................Ted Lockerby, Football1991 ........................................Ben Holt, Baseball1991 ...............................Andrea Roark, Softball1992 ...............................Ted Lockerby, Football1992 ...............................Andrea Roark, Softball1993 ...............................Andrea Roark, Softball1993 ........................................Ben Holt, Baseball1994 ....................Mary Beth Coombs, Softball1995 ................................... Scott Trent, Football1995 ...........................................Lisa Phipps, Golf1995 ..................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball1996 ................................. Jason Matson, Tennis1996 ...............................Stacy Hughes, Softball1996 ............... Kelly Carmichael, Track & Field1996 .......................Dena Adams, Track & Field1996 ...............................Brandy Henry, Softball1996 ..................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball1996 ............. Meggan Toohey, Cross Country1997 ...............................Stacy Hughes, Softball1997 .......................Dena Adams, Track & Field

ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America District IV

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

1997 ......................Jenny Adams, Track & Field1997 ...................................... Wade Morrell, Golf1997 ................................ Jeff Norman, Football1997 ............................ Wes Gallagher, Football1997 ..................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball1998 ..............................Diane Seng, Basketball1998 ................................ Taylor Ralph, Baseball1998 .....................................Amy Ayers, Softball1998 ......................Jenny Adams, Track & Field1998 ............................ Wes Gallagher, Football1999 ..............................Diane Seng, Basketball1999 ..................Collin Carmichael, Basketball1999 ............................ Adnan Hadzialic, Tennis1999 .......................................Shane Sewell, Golf1999 ............................ Wes Gallagher, Football1999 .................Kevin Boucher, Cross Country1999 ............... Steven Gordon, Cross Country2000 ..............................Diane Seng, Basketball2000 .................................Janet Holt, Basketball2000 ..................Collin Carmichael, Basketball2000 ...............................Brandy Henry, Softball2000 ............................Mirza Duranovic, Tennis2000 .............................Nick Solomon, Football2001 .................................Janet Holt, Basketball2001 .......................... Grant Swallows, Football2001 .............................. Kara Gilbert, Volleyball2001 .......................................Julie Tryon, Soccer2002 .................................Janet Holt, Basketball2002 ................................ Brent Jolly, Basketball2002 ........................LeeAnne Mongar, Softball2002 .................Stephanie Ward, Track & Field2002 ..................................... Alexis Boyd, Soccer2002 .............................. Kara Gilbert, Volleyball2002 ..................................... Trey Perry, Football2003 ........................ Stephanie Ward, CC/Track2003 .......................LeeAnne Mongar, Softball

1976 ...................................... Donley Canary, Baseball1978 ..................................... Pat Kannapel, Basketball1982 ................................. Jerilynn Harper, Basketball1985 .................................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1986 ................................Andy Rittenhouse, Football1986 .................................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1987 .............................................Derek Lane, Baseball1987 .................................... Angie Duncan, Volleyball1987 ................................Andy Rittenhouse, Football1988 .................................................Jim Cornelius, Golf1990 ...........................................Lisa Johnson, Softball1993 ..........................................Andrea Roark, Softball1996 ..................................Dena Adams, Track & Field1996 ......................................... Stacy Hughes, Softball1996 ...............................Dena Adams, Cross Country1997 ..................................Dena Adams, Track & Field1997 .............................Rachel Melchiorre, Volleyball1998 ................................Jenny Adams, Track & Field1999 .......................................Adnan Hadzialic, Tennis1999 ....................................... Wes Gallagher, Football2000 .........................................Diane Seng, Basketball2000 ........................................Nick Solomon, Football2001 ........................................... Janet Holt, Basketball2002 ........................................... Janet Holt, Basketball2002 .................................. LeeAnne Mongar, Softball2003 ...................................Stephanie Ward, CC/Track2003 .................................. LeeAnne Mongar, Softball2004 ...................................Stephanie Ward, CC/Track2005 ..................................... Anne Morrow, Volleyball2007 ............................................. Beth Boden, Softball2008 .....................................Thomas Nelson, Baseball2008 ............................................. Beth Boden, Softball2008 ................................. Stephanie Fischer, Softball 2009 ..........................................Taylor Askew, Football 2009 .........................................Teresa Craig, Volleyball2010 ...................................................... Josh Simer, Golf

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Tennessee Tech University student-athletes have achieved

Academic All-America honors 36 times since 1976. 2003 ..................................... Alexis Boyd, Soccer2004 ........................ Stephanie Ward, CC/Track2004 ................................... Brett Vavra, Football2004 ...........................Anne Morrow, Volleyball 2005 ..................................... Eric Anderson, Golf2005 .......................... Michelle Brigano, Soccer2005 ...............................Jess Seyfert, Volleyball2005 ...........................Anne Morrow, Volleyball2005 ...................................Jon Mahan, Football2006 .......................Leah Watson, Track & Field2006 .................................. Beth Boden, Softball2006 ...................................Jon Mahan, Football2007 .................................. Beth Boden, Softball2007 ...............................Taylor Askew, Football2007 ................... Bradley Thompson, Football2008 .................................. Beth Boden, Softball2008 .......................Stephanie Fischer, Softball2008 ..........................Thomas Nelson, Baseball2008 ...........................Keri Coulthard, CC/Track2008 ...............................Taylor Askew, Football2008 ................... Bradley Thompson, Football2008 .................................. Kathryn Lally, Soccer2008 ...................................Taren Brown, Soccer2008 ..............................Teresa Craig, Volleyball2009 ..............................Frank Davis, Basketball2009 .....................................Keri Light, CC/Track2009 ........................Stephanie Place, CC/Track2009 ..........................Lacie Coquerille, Softball 2009 ..............................Teresa Craig, Volleyball 2009 ...............................Taylor Askew, Football 2010 .....................................Lee Henry, Baseball 2010 ...........................Chad Oberacker, Baeball2010 ..........................Lacie Coquerille, Softball 2010 ............................................Josh Simer, Golf Total honors since1985 ...............................106

ACADEMIC SUPPORT

Winning in the Classroom


Academic All-America

The “WIN” program: Work Intensely NowThe WIN Program was implemented in the fall semester of 2004 to pro-vide additional support for freshmen and student-athletes whose general academic progress places them at risk for maintaining eligibility and graduating. The program involves the student-athlete, coach(es), academic advisor, tutors, and others to build academic skills for success. Partici-pation in the program is primarily based on grades, and coaches or the academic advisor may recommend additional participation at any time. All incoming freshmen meet at least one time per week with their coach to discuss academic progress and needs as well as time management and study skill techniques. Other aspects of the program include monitored study hours, tutoring, and study skills workshops.

Dr. LANCE JASITTAssistant Athletics Director / Academics and Student Welfare

Dr. Lance Jasitt serves as Assistant Athletics Director for Academics and Student Welfare. He has served in compliance and administrative operations roles in the Tech Athletics Department since 1998. Dr. Jasitt plays a key role in the academic success of each of Tech’s

varsity student-athletes, managers, and graduate assistants. His pri-mary goals are to provide guidance and academic resources to permit student-athletes to maintain their academic eligibility under NCAA rules and to progress to graduation. In this process, Dr. Jasitt serves as a primary liaison between coaches and faculty. A detail-oriented person and a diligent worker, Dr. Jasitt has developed a solid understanding of the operations of the Athletics Department, the staff and the needs of its student-athletes. In addition to his administrative role within Athletics, Dr. Jasitt is also highly involved in promoting reading and literacy at all age levels. He was the 2008-09 president of the TTU Council of the International Reading Association and is still actively involved in that organization. He also has served on the President’s Commission on the Status of Women for seven years. Raised in York, Pa., he earned a bachelor’s degree from Penn State University in 1978 and added a master’s in public administration from Valdosta State University in 1987. In 1993, he received a master’s degree in education from Old Dominion University and added a Ph.D. in literacy education from Tennessee Tech in 2004. Dr. Jasitt is a former Commander in the U.S. Navy. His wife of 30 years, Donna White Jasitt, is a former Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve. They have two children, Ian and Meagan. Ian recently received his second degree from Tech, this one in Environmental Geology. Meagan is a senior Pre-Physical Therapy major at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.


Sports Medicine

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Responsible for providing medical coverage, recognition and treatment of injuries, and rehabilitation for all14 intercollegiate teams and more than 300 student-athletes. Tennessee Tech’s Sports Medicine department provides some of the most complete and advanced care available.

Tennessee Tech University’s athletic training complex was renamed the Dr. William C. Francis Student Therapy/Athletic Training Complex on November 7, 1992, in recognition of the dedi-cated, long-time team physician who was instru-mental in the health care of all Tech student-athletes for 35 years. The state-of-the-art facility is located in the east side of Tucker Stadium. A 1953 Tech graduate who served as the football

team’s captain and was president of the student body, Dr. Francis was inducted into the school’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. Dr. Francis passed away on October 13, 1996.

Dr. William C. Francis Athletic Training Complex

JOE ERDELJACHead Athletics Trainer West Virginia 1988 Joe Erdeljac was named in July 2008 as Head Athletic Trainer at Tennessee Tech University. Erdeljac previously served as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Tennessee Tech for seven years, and

worked for nine years with high school athletes for the Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Erdeljac was at Tech from 1992 to 1999. During that time, he was the Athletic Trainer for the men’s basketball team and worked with the student-athletes on all of Tech’s teams. A native of West Virginia, Erdeljac began his career in 1988 as an undergraduate at the University of West Virginia. Upon gradua-tion with a bachelor’s degree in Science and Physical Education, he took a graduate assistant position at Austin Peay and received his master’s degree in 1989. His first full-time position was Assistant Athletic Trainer at LaSalle University prior to joining the Tech staff. After seven years at TTU, he accepted a position in 1999 with the CRMC as Head Athletic Trainer for Upperman High School in Baxter. During his time with CRMC, he was a volunteer athletic trainer at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, working with the basketball teams and other Olympic team members A member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), he is also in the Southeastern Athletic Trainers Associa-tion (SEATA) and is currently serving as president of the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society (TATS). Joe and his wife, Jessica, have one daughter, Riley Grace, born on December 15, 2008.

Assistant Athletic Trainers

Upton Dabney

Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers

Lucas Daugherty

Molly Kidd

LeeRice

Ali Bush

Jake Fox Adrienne Wilson

UPTON DABNEY -- Upton Dabney joined the athletic training staff at Tennessee Tech in 2008 after serving five years at Oregon Tech where he personally handled all of the sports medicine needs for the school’s 11-sport athletic program. A graduate of Morristown (Tenn.) East High School, he earned a degree from the Tennessee Institute of Electronics, worked for several years in the computer field, and in 1992 joined the U.S. Air Force where he worked in the medical field at Offutt AFB (Neb.) for four years. In 1996, Dabney returned to school for athletic training at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and worked at the University of Nebraska Medical School. He transferred to East Tennessee State in 1998, serving as a student athletic trainer before earning his bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training in 2001. He spent one year at Emporia (Kan.) State beginning graduate studies, then interned at Jacksonville (Fla.) University and finished a master’s degree in physical education while at The Citadel (SC) in 2003-04. JAKE FOX -- Jake Fox, a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for the past two years, is a new assistant athletic trainer at Tennessee Tech University in 2010-11. Fox, 33, earned his masters degree in clinical exercise physiology while at Chattanooga, receiving it in May. A native of Canandaigua, N.Y., Fox earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training from East Carolina University where he worked with the football, volley-ball and baseball teams, and also with high school teams in the area. He served as a graduate assistant in athletics at Chattanooga for two years. Prior to beginning his collegiate studies, Fox had more than 10 years of service in the U.S. Army, spending his time on active duty as a paratrooper and combat medic. He was in Operation Iraqi Freedom II from 2003 to 2005.

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


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

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

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

Physical Therapy for Student-Athletes

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

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

Sports Medicine

Dr. Clark Childress Team Dentist

Dr. Mike Huddleston Team optometrist


The Tennessee Tech strength and conditioning program is a blend of science, technology, nutrition and one-on-one attention to each athlete. Golden Eagle student-athletes make a year-round

commitment to physically preparing to play their sport at the highest level. At TTU, a program is tailored to match each student-athlete’s individual needs with the sport-specific physical demands. This includes strength, speed, power, agility, flexibility, metabolic conditioning and motivation. This combination allows Tennessee Tech’s student-athletes to better reach their specific goals. Another

major focus of the strength staff is the development of sport-specific speed, agility and conditioning.

CHIP PUGH Head Strength and Conditioning Coach

Chip Pugh is in his fifth year as Tennessee Tech’s strength and conditioning head coach. He oversees the physical development of student-athletes in all 14 sports, provid-ing support in building toward championships. Pugh served three years in the same position at Winthrop University where he cre-ated and developed a highly successful strength and conditioning program that helped win 12 conference championships. An alumnus of Ohio University, he was an offensive lineman on the football team while earning a bachelor’s degree in Sport Industry and a master’s degree in Physical Edu-cation.

Pugh believes that the qualities that athletes can develop in strength and conditioning will not only aid in their athletic development, but will also help them build quality character components necessary for life. A native of Parkersburg, W. Va., he began his coaching career at his alma mater as an assistant strength and conditioning coach where he primarily worked with men’s and women’s track, men’s and women’s swimming, and women’s soccer. He also assisted coach Ethan Reeve, currently the head strength and conditioning coach at Wake For-

est, with football while at Ohio. After leaving Ohio University he became the head

strength and conditioning coach for football at Marietta (Ohio) College, where he also worked as an assistant foot-ball coach. Additionally, during his two years at Marietta College he also served as a campus minister to the college.

Pugh is a certified member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Association. He also holds the Club Coach certification through USA Weightlifting.

He is a Level-I certified CrossFit trainer and conducts personal training classes open to the public using the CrossFit methods.

Chip and his wife, the former Nicole Carey, were married July 29, 2000. They live in Cookeville, where they are active in sprint triathlons and CrossFit. They welcomed their first daughter, Rory Love, in October.

Emphasizing Player DEVELOPMENT

Golden Eagle Strength All-Americans

under Chip PughAwarded by the National Strength

and Conditioning Association (NSCA)

2007 Katie Sutherland, Softball Amadi McKenzie, Men’s Basketball2008 Allison Price, Women’s Basketball John Jackson, Football2009 Blair Bowens, Women’s Basketball Kelechi Odu, Football 2010 Kaleigh Gates, Softball Elijah Muhammad, Basketball

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STRENGTH & CONDITIONING


Assistant Strength Coaches

Kristina Hortert

By taking advantage of expert instruction, Golden Eagle student-athletes are afforded every opportunity to maximize their athletic potential

Elijah Muhammad

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

Development of Core StrengthImagine the body is a 3-link chain with the head and arms being one link, the torso.trunk being the second link and the legs being the third link. If the core link (trunk/torso) is weak or inflexible, there is little chance of maximizing potential because all body movement stems from the core. 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.

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 move-ments results in an increase in power. Train AthleticismMany 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.

Train as a Team When teams train together, it provides another opportunity to develop chemistry, teamwork, leadership skills and a com-petitive 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 stron-ger sense of unity, therefore making it harder to “fold” under pressure.

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

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

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SPORTS HALL OF FAME

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

1975 InducteesPreston V. (Putty) Overall (1923-67)--Football, Basketball, Track, BaseballCreed Denton McClure (1937-39)--Football, TrackB. Holmes Neal (1937-39)--FootballTom Fann (1950-52)--FootballJames Dearing Miller (1920-25)--Football

1976 InducteesMalcolm P. Quillen (1930-33)--Baseball, FootballRaymond H. (Bull) Brown (1933-37)--Baseball, Basketball, Football, TrackElwin W. (Wink) Midgett (1930-34)--Baseball, Basketball, FootballSidney McGee (1939-68)--Sports InformationEmmett T. Strickland (1933-36)--Football, Baseball, Basketball

1977 InducteesHooper Eblen (1941-74)--Basketball, Baseball, Football, Track, Tennis, GolfKenneth Sidwell (1955-56)--BasketballJoe B. Sills (1927-31)--Football, Baseball, BasketballWilburn Tucker (1941-67)--Baseball, FootballEddie Watson (1922-28)--Football, Baseball, Basketball

1978 InducteesBenton Bilbrey (1940-43)--Track, Football, BaseballHuland Draper (1937-40)--Baseball, BasketballJack Van Hooser (1951-54)--Football, BaseballLonnie Warwick (1961-63)--FootballHomer (Rudy) Schmittou (1959-62)--Football, Track

1979 InducteesCarl S. (Cotton) Barlow (1936-39)--Football, BaseballTom Chilton (1956-57)--TrackWilliam Dupes (1949-51)--Football James S. Hagan (1957-60)--Basketball Flavious Smith (1948-52)--Football, Basketball

1980 InducteesAlbert Jobe (1927-30)--Football, Baseball, Basketball, TrackJim Ragland (1960-63)--FootballMarshall (Stick) Taylor (1953-56)--Football, BasketballDavid C. Williamson (1927-33)--Football, BasketballLarry Schreiber (1966-69)--Football

1981 InducteesFrank R. Adams (1927-31)--FootballLowell Smith (1958-61)--Football James A. Carlen (1924-27)--Athletics

1982 InducteesDavid Baxter (1958-61)--Football Kenneth Broyles (1951-53)--Football Bannis Norris (1931-35)--Basketball, BaseballVirgil Rains (1949, 1952-54)--FootballRay Thomas (1957-60)--Football

1983 InducteesEdward Gracey (1939-42)--Golf, Football, TrackGordon Mason (1957-61)--FootballCharles Pangle (1943-45)--Football, Basketball, BaseballW. J. Shumaker (1957-59)--FootballJim Youngblood (1968-72)--Football

1984 InducteesEdward F. Etzel (1971-74)--Rifle William C. Francis (1949-52)--FootballDon Cook (1948-51)--Baseball, BasketballTommy Hackler (1959-60)--Football Edd Zegarski (1942, 1947-48)--Football, Track

1985 InducteesEarl Carrier (1929-34)--Football, Baseball, BasketballRay Carter (1970-73)--Rifle Homer Hamdorff (1936-39)--Football, Baseball, BasketballCharles (Chuck) Kriese (1970-72)--Tennis

1986 InducteesGlen (Pete) Davis (1938-42)--Basketball, FootballElois Grooms (1972-75)--FootballMike Hennigan (1971-72)--FootballRon Shumate (1957-61)--Baseball, Basketball

1987 InducteesR.L. Highers (1940-43)--Football, Baseball BasketballFrank Jones (1972-76)--Basketball L.C. (Lusk) Stubblefield (1938-42)--Football Baseball

1988 InducteesEverett Derryberry (1940-74)--AdministrationHerbie Merritt (1956-59)--Basketball Dana Winningham (1972-75)--Football Kenneth (Moe) Wright (1955-57)--Football

1989 InducteesNoble Cody (1952-90)--Athletics James M. Gaylor (1951, 1955-57)--Football, BaseballGayle Burgess-Hastings (1975-76)--Basketball James G. (Red) Jarell (1944, 46-49)--Football, Basketball

1990 InducteesL.D. (Speedy) Carden (1946-50)--Basketball, FootballPam Chambers-Compton (1976-80)--BasketballBobby Nichols (1960-63)--GolfJohnny Oldham (1955-64)--Basketball 1991 InducteesRay Drost (1958-64)--Football, BaseballRon Filipek (1964-67)--BasketballRod M. Fitz-Randolph (1976-80)--RifleJoseph (J.R.) Mulvihill (1967-69)--Football

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

Nominations are due each year by June 30.

1992 InducteesRobert Aylward (1970-73)--Rifle Jerilynn Harper (1979-82)--BasketballJim Harrison (1943-49)--Baseball, FootballMarynell Meadors (1970-86)--Basketball, Volleyball1993 InducteesMarc Burnett (1977-82)--BasketballDr. William Headrick (1941-43)--Basketball, BaseballPam Cassity Smith (1973-77)--Basketball Don Wade (1968-82)--Football

1994 InducteesMurray Cunningham (1973-76)--Football Don J. Henderson (1946-49)--Football, BaseballEd Hooper (1940-1998)--AthleticsHubie Smith Jr. (1950-56)--Golf

1995 InducteesEd Burns (1975-79)--Football Kurt Fitz-Randolph (1976-80)--RifleRodney Moore (1975-79)--Track

1996 InducteesEldon Burgess (1962-96) and Gene Davidson (1962-98)--BroadcastingWayne Pack (1970-73)--Basketball Kim Tunnell-Suiter (1982-85)--VolleyballMike Winchester (1972-75)--Baseball

1997 InducteesWayne Anderson (1977-80)--Football Donley Canary (1973-77)--Baseball Jim Newkirk (1980-89)--RifleCheryl Taylor (1983-87)--Basketball

1998 InducteesJuan Escudero (1986-88)--TennisBruce Harris (1955-57)--BasketballBob Joye (1967-80)--Football Derek Lane (1984-87)--Baseball

1999 InducteesJim Cornelius (1985-88)--GolfJohnny Donnelly (1989-98)--SupporterMelinda Clayton Hatfield (1986-90)--BasketballElaine Proffitt Keagle (1978-82)--Rifle

2000 InducteesBill Branch (1949-52)--Football, BaseballC. Stephen Lynn (1966-69)--TennisMelanie Marshall (1986-89)--Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, GolfJohn D. Wall (1950-53)--TrackLana Ward (1987-90)--Rifle

2001 InducteesMatt Bulow (1987-90)--Tennis, ParalympicsAngela Moorehead (1988-91)-- BasketballMatt Stark (1977-80)--Rifle

2002 InducteesJohn Fitzpatrick (1969-72)--FootballTodd Kemp (1985-88)--BaseballRoschelle Vaughn (1990-92)--Basketball2003 InducteesBecky Murray Isom (1982-85)--Volleyball Stephen Kite, Sr. (1982-86)--BasketballSteve Moore(1968-83)--Athletics TrainerRaymond Slonena, Sr. (1980-84)--RifleBarry Wilmore (1982-85)--Football

2004 InducteesAnthony Avery (1986-90)--Basketball Beth Keylon (1992-94)--SoftballAndrea Roark (1990-93)--SoftballDelores Wheatley (1969-2004)--Academics

2005 InducteesLeonard “Sonny” Allen (1951-54)--Football Scott Baerns (1985-88)--Baseball David Mays (1974-98)--Baseball Coach

2006 InducteesShawn Monday Smith (1986-90)--BasketballCecilia Ramsey Fisher (1988-91)--BasketballAngelo Volpe (1987-2000)--PresidentMelanie Gray Walker (1991-95--GolfBill Worrell (1981-2006)--Basketball Coach

2007 InducteesDr. Thurston Banks (1973-2006)--Administrator Stacy Hughes Britt (19866-89)--SoftballDr. David Larimore (1976-2006)--AdministratorEddie Scott (1951-54)--Football, TrackRyan Weeks (1986-89)--Football

2008 InducteesChris Hedman (1986-90)--Tennis Mark Maberry (1994-97)--BaseballJohn “Shakey” McClellan (1964-2007)--SupporterRachel Melchiorre (1994-97)--VolleyballTom Pack (1996-99)--Golf

2009 InducteesDena Adams Fairley (1995-98)--Cross Country, TrackJim Bishop (1967-71)--Football, BaseballJohn Moorhead (1955-59)--Football, TrackTony Stone (1955-59/67-73)--Football/CoachBranon Vaughn (1995-99)--Football


ATHLETICS HONORS

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

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

Jim Youngblood ..............................1968-1972

Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame

OVC Hall of Fame

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

Craig Simer Hayes Kirby-Jones

An Honored Staff

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

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

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

Oberacker

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

Man of the Year1993 - Ben Holt (Baseball)1994 - Mike Kinney (Baseball)1995 - Willie Queen (Football)1996 - Gerald Bentley (Football)1997 - Robert Taylor (Football)1998 - Jeff Norman (Football)1999 - T.J. Christian (Football)2000 - Wes Gallagher (Football)2001 - Larrie Smith (Basketball)2002- Grant Swallows (Football)2003 - Brent Jolly (Basketball)2004 - Luis Aquerrevere (Tennis)2005 - Brett Vavra (Football)2006 - David McMahan (Football)2007 - Anthony Ash (Football)2008 - Thomas Nelson (Baseball)

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

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

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

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


The mission of Tennessee Techno-logical University Intercollegiate Athlet-ics, based upon and consistent with the university’s mission, is to encourage student scholarship and sportsmanship with emphasis placed on helping student-athletes make appropriate progress to-ward completion of their chosen academic degree programs and become productive members of society. The TTU Intercollegiate Athletics Program serves as a rallying point for the university as well as a public relations outlet for university activities by striving to bring positive recognition to TTU through a program built on concepts including excellence, integrity, and enthusiasm.

Academic integrity is a key element in athletic decisions, thus ensuring that the educational values, practices, and the university’s mission set the standard for the program. TTU’s athletic program strives for student-athlete excellence in competition and in the academic setting. TTU seeks to field disciplined and competitive athletic teams dedicated to observing sportsmanship and applicable rules, to providing quality athletic training and medical support to intercollegiate athletics, and to supporting the general welfare of student-athletes. The TTU Intercollegiate Athletics Pro-gram focuses on the overall development of all persons participating in athletics. Ethical conduct and good sportsmanship are pro-

Tennessee Tech University Athletics Mission Statementmoted among faculty and students, alumni and friends, athletics department staff, and student-athletes. The program adheres to the policies, rules, and guidelines of the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA), the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), and the institution. Intercollegiate Athletics is as sup-portive of women as of men and as sup-portive of those in the minority as those in the majority. The program is committed to complying with Title IX regulations. Inter-collegiate Athletics provides opportunities to eligible persons without regard to age, gender, color, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability.

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

PICTURESQUE VIEWS: Two of America’s most picturesque lakes can be

found within a short drive of Cookeville. Dale Hollow Lake is just to the north, while Center

Hill Lake (shown here) is just south of town.

NICE WEATHER: The Cookeville area enjoys a mild climate

throughout the year, perfect for the abundant outdoor recreational opportunities.

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

Annual average snowfall: 8 inches

Athletics Mission Statement


MEDIA RELATIONS

Sports Information Student Support

Brandon Goodwin Jordan Iwanyszyn

Game Day Support Staff

Don Foster Art Gernt Steve Smith

Heading into his 29th year on the Tennessee Tech athletics staff, Rob Schab-ert is assistant athletics director for sports information and broadcasting. He joined the Tech staff on Sept. 8, 1982, and has been going full-speed ever since, working not only in publicizing Tech's student-athletes and staff but also in promotions and marketing for the athletics department. In September 2008 he was inducted into the Hall of Distinction at Minne-sota State University (Mankato). An active member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), he has attended the organization's annual workshop in 29 of his 33 years in the profession. He has served on numerous CoSIDA committees, including Ethics, Academic All-America and Writing, and he currently serves on the Olympic Liaison Committee. In 2004, he was voted winner of the university's Outstanding Professional Award, and in July 2005 was promoted to his current title. A tireless worker, Schabert has won dozens of national publications and writing awards, including "Best in the Nation" from USA Volleyball for his annual media guide six times. Schabert, 54, has established several programs within the department. He created the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in 1987 and initiated the President's Awards program in 1991. He also established the Woman of the Year/Man of the Year awards along with the Outstanding Male and Female Athlete awards. He is active in the TTU Sports Hall of Fame selection process and serves as the emcee of the annual Hall of Fame Dinner. Schabert has promoted the selection of numerous Tech Academic All-Americans and is extremely active in promoting both the academic and athletic accomplishments of Tech's student-athletes. Another wing of his operation is the day-to-day production and operations of the vast Tech athletics web site, TTUsports.com. Rob and his staff also serve as the hosts to all media attending athletics events on campus. Over the past several years, many of the interns who have worked for Schabert have moved into full-time positions in the Sports Information profession at a wide variety of colleges and universities, including Appalachian State, UAB, Xavier, Idaho and Texas State. A Minnesota native who learned the trade under the guidance of his father, Bob (a long-time Minnesota Sportswriter), Rob earned his bachelor's degree in mass communications from St. Cloud (Minn.) State University in 1977, spent one year in the Minnesota Twins public relations office, and was SID for five years at Mankato State University. He was a charter member of the St. Cloud chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, the Society of Professional Journalist. In 2002, Rob was a volunteer with the Salt Lake Olympic Committee as a member of the Press Operations staff. Rob and his wife, Joan, have two grown children who are also in the busi-ness -- Matt (assistant SID at Morehead State) and Kristen (U.S. Army public affairs in Heidelberg, Germany). They also have one grandson, Jacob.

Nick Burns, 25, joined the Tennessee Tech Sports Information staff in July. He will serve as the primary contact for volleyball, women's basketball and softball, and the secondary contact for tennis and track. A native of Bloomington, Minn., he is a 2007 graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications with a public relations emphasis. As an undergraduate, Burns was a reporter for the campus newspaper covering the men's and women's track and field and golf teams and writing feature stories. He also worked in the school’s athletic communications office helping with gameday services and writing. From 2007 to 2009, Burns was a graduate assistant in the MSU athletic communications office, serving as the primary contact for the volleyball and women's basketball teams for two seasons, and the softball, men's and women's track and field and tennis teams for one season. He produced publications, was the in-game statistician for all Maverick home events, updated the athletic website and filled in as guest host of the weekly Mav-erick Magazine radio show. During the 2008-09 women's basketball season, Burns served as the primary contact when the team won the Division II NCAA National Championship in San Antonio. He has also worked at the WCHA Final Five.

Kate Nicewicz, 23, joined the Tech Sports Information staff in April. A native of Sauquoit, N.Y., she graduated from the University of Rochester in May of 2009 with a Bachelors degree in Communications and Marketing. At Rochester, Nicewicz participated in JV and Varsity soccer and worked as an assistant in the Sports Information office. While obtaining her B.A. in Com-munications, Nicewicz participated in an internship with MCLA the Lax Mag beginning in January of 2008, contributing nationally published content in the form of feature articles, team and player profiles, and game recaps. In May of 2008, she traveled to Dallas, Texas to provide live coverage for the 2008 Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) National Tournament. Nicewicz also acted as a senior writer for the sports section of the Campus Times, UR’s campus-wide newspaper. At Tennessee Tech, Nicewicz will han-dle several aspects of media relations for the athletic department, including the production of publications, press releases and human-interest articles. She will provide game coverage and live stats and serve as the primary con-tact for soccer, men’s basketball, and baseball, as well as secondary contact for men’s and women’s golf.

ROB SCHABERTAssistant Athletic Director for Sports Information/Broadcasting St. Cloud State 1977

Sports Information Assistants

Kate NicewiczNick Burns

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