2010 university of utah baseball media guide

No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown Last School2 Tyler Andersen P L/L 5-8 160 Jr. 2L West Jordan, Utah Jordan HS3 Zach Jones OF S/R 5-9 160 Sr. 1L Fresno, Calif. Fresno City CC4 Tyson Gonzalez OF R/R 5-9 170 Jr. JC Orem, Utah SLCC5 Nick Green P L/R 6-2 180 Fr. HS Holladay, Utah Cottonwood HS6 Rick Cornu OF R/R 5-11 185 Sr. 1L Fallon, Nev. San Joaquin Delta7 Kevin Hussey OF R/R 6-1 200 Sr. 1L Tucson, Ariz. Cochise CC8 Michael Beltran IF R/R 6-1 185 Jr. 2L Lakewood, Calif. St. John Bosco HS9 Nick Kuroczko IF L/R 6-0 195 Sr. 3L San Rafael, Calif. Marin Catholic HS10 Andrew Wilding P R/R 6-3 200 Sr. 3L Orem, Utah Orem HS12 Joe Pond P R/R 6-2 190 So. 1L Centerville, Utah Judge Memorial HS13 Andy Swan OF R/R 6-1 185 Fr. HS Tempe, Ariz. Marcos de Niza15 Josh Reed IF R/R 5-6 150 Sr. 1L Phoenix, Ariz. Central Arizona College16 Tyler Yagi IF R/R 5-9 150 So. 1L Sandy, Utah Skyline HS18 Devin Walker C R/R 6-1 205 Jr. 2L Pleasant Grove, Utah Pleasant Grove High School19 Kyle Myers IF R/R 6-5 215 Sr. 1L Woodwarth, La. Bossier Parish CC20 Jordan Whatcott P R/R 6-0 200 Sr. 1L Gilbert, Ariz. South Mountain CC22 Stephen Streich P L/L 5-10 170 Jr. 2L Phoenix, Ariz. University of San Diego23 Cooper Blanc OF R/R 6-0 200 Sr. 2L Lehi, Utah Eastern Arizona CC24 C.J. Cron C R/R 6-4 230 So. 1L Phoenix, Ariz. Mountain Point HS25 Brock Duke P/IF R/R 6-2 220 Fr. HS Salem, Utah Spanish Fork HS26 Trent Johnson IF R/R 6-0 190 Jr. JC Idaho Falls, Idaho College of Southern Idaho27 Nik Gumeson IF R/R 6-1 195 Sr. TS Riverton, Utah Lamar College28 Zach Adams P R/R 6-3 190 Fr. HS West Jordan, Utah Cottonwood HS31 Austin Shackelford OF L/R 5-10 190 Jr. TS Phoenix, Ariz. Whitman College32 Mark Moorman IF L/L 6-1 210 Jr. JC Hoofddorp, Netherlands Cochise CC33 Bryn Card P L/L 6-3 210 Sr. 2L Klamath Falls, Ore. Oregon State34 Tyler Wagner IF R/R 6-3 180 Fr. HS Las Vegas, Nev. Bishop Gorman HS35 Blake Golding P L/R 6-2 200 So. JC Provo, Utah Long Beach City College36 Rick Anton P L/L 6-0 195 Jr. JC Prescott, Ariz. Yavapai JC38 Zach Clausing P R/R 6-3 200 So. 1L Tooele, Utah Tooele HS39 Jo Jo Sharrar C R/R 6-2 210 So. 1L Thousand Oaks, Calif. Newberry Park HS40 Gavin Green OF L/L 6-0 190 So. 1L Layton, Utah Layton HS

Coaching Staff11 Bill Kinneberg, Head Coach21 Mike Crawford, Assistant Coach29 Bryan Kinneberg, Assistant Coach14 Pete Flores, Volunteer Assistant

2010 Utah Baseball Roster

2010 Utah Baseball Media GuideUniversity of Utah InformationLocation ...........................Salt Lake City, UtahElevation ................................................ 4,500Founded .................................................. 1850Enrollment ........................................... 29,251Nickname ................................................ UtesColors .............................. Crimson and WhiteMascot ...................Swoop (Red-Tailed Hawk)Web Site ..........................www.UtahUtes.comConference ..............................Mountain WestPresident .......................Dr. Michael K. YoungAthletics Director ...................... Dr. Chris Hill

Coaching StaffHead Coach: ............................Bill Kinneberg .................................................. Arizona, 1980Career Record (yrs): ......... 400-359 (14 Years)Record at Utah (yrs): .......... 155-176 (6 Years)Assistant Coach: ..................... Mike Crawford .......................................2nd Year, Arizona ’00Assistant Coach: ...................Bryan Kinneberg ...................3rd Year, North Carolina State ’05Assistant Coach: .............................Pete Flores .....................2nd Year, Southern Nazarene ’04

Team Information2009 Record........................................... 28-31Conference Record/Finish ..................8-16/6thPostseason ..............................NCAA RegionalLetterwinners Returning/Lost ................... 20/7Starters Returning/Lost ............................ 10/3Pitchers Returning/Lost.............................. 7/4Newcomers: ................................................ 12Home Field: ............... Spring Mobile BallparkCapacity: ............................................. 15,500Dimentions: ......... 345-385-420-375-345-315Practice Fields: ...... Spence Eccles Field House..........................................................Ute Field

Associate AD/Sports Information ........Liz AbelAssociate SID .................................Kyle HarrisAssistant SID/Baseball Contact ............................................................... Brooke FredericksonEmail ........ [email protected] ......................................(801) 581-8302Cell .........................................(801) 493-9254Fax .........................................(801) 581-4358Assistant SID ............................. Mike DeVineMailing Address ....1825 E. South Campus Dr.................................Salt Lake City, UT 84112

BrookeFrederickson

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Table of Contents2010 Roster ...............................................IFCQuick Facts/Media Information ....................12010 Season Preview ..................................2-32010 Schedule ...............................................4Head Coach Bill Kinneberg ..........................5Assistant Coaches/Support Staff .................6-7Player Profiles ...........................................8-15Team Portraits .......................................16-18‘An Evening With’ ......................................192009 Season Review ....................................202009 Season Stats and Results ................21-22All-Conference Selections/All-Americans ....23Draft Picks ..................................................24All-Time Records ........................................25Record Book ...............................................26All-Time Letterwinners ..........................27-28Facilities .................................................29-31Strength and Conditioning ....................32-33

Academic Excellence ...................................34Campus Life ................................................35The University of Utah ...............................36Salt Lake City ..............................................37

The 2010 University of Utah baseball media guide was designed and written by assistant sports information director Brooke Freder-ickson. Editorial assistance was provided by the Utah SID office. Cover design by Brooke Frederickson. Photography by Steve Wilson, Matt Brown, Kevin C. Cox, Grant Halverson, Franke Donlon, Terry Newfarmer, Frank Jensen, George Seeley, NCAA Photos, the Utah Travel Council and the Salt Lake City Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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Utah BaseBall“Kuroczko and Beltran have both matured

into really quality baseball players,” Kinneberg said. “Nick developed into one of the better hitters in the league and a good defensive third baseman. Michael is in my opinion one of the best defensive shortstops in the league and hope-fully he can improve on his offensive numbers.”

The right side of the infield will see some new faces with the graduations of All-MWC second baseman Corey Shimada and first base-man Austin Jones. Tyler Yagi, a natural infielder who started 38 games in the outfield last year, is slated to start at second base. Yagi, who hit .343 last year, came on strong at the end of last season with 10 hits and eight RBI during the MWC Tournament to earn MVP honors. He was also named to the regional all-tournament team.

At first base, newcomer Mark Moorman will get the nod. He was an all-region player at Coch-ise College. In addition, All-America catcher C.J. Cron will also see action at first base.

“Bringing Yagi into second base allows us to put our best nine guys on the field, “Kinneberg said. “He is a natural second baseman and I don’t think we lose anything defensively. At first base with Mark and C.J. we have a chance to be very good on both offense and defense. Mark adds the element of being left-handed with some power. He is an intriguing player for us.”

Nik Gumeson, who redshirted in 2009 after transferring from Lamar University, has the ability to play anywhere on the field and will see action as a utility player.

“Nik can play all four infield positions and will also see a lot of action in the outfield,” Kin-neberg said. “He has worked himself into the lineup and has to be there somewhere.”

Last year, the Utah baseball team had one of its best seasons in its history, winning its first Mountain West Conference tournament and reaching the NCAA Baseball Championship for the first time since 1960, capping it off by win-ning two games in the regional round.

With the memories of their accomplish-ments still fresh in their minds, the seven posi-tion starters and seven pitchers returning look to continue that success.

“There is a different attitude and a confident air about them, which I really like,” head coach Bill Kinneberg said. “Last year gave us a lot of confidence going into fall ball and adding the new guys, the confidence level of the team rose tremendously to where it is now.

“Our returning players got a taste of be-ing successful, and I believe that they are very determined to do it again. If we can stay healthy on the pitching side I feel like we have enough depth on offense to have a chance to be a very good ballclub.”

Infield

Leading the infield are returning starters Nick Kuroczko at third base and Michael Beltran at shortstop. Kuroczko led Utah with a .353 batting average and .558 slugging percentage last season and was second in the country with nine triples. He also had 24 multiple-hit games and 11 multiple RBI games. Beltran hit a team-high .381 during the MWC Tournament last year. He hit .309 for the season with 23 multiple-hit games.

Infield

Catcher

Utah has its most depth at catcher, with three players all capable of starting for the Utes. Last year Cron and Devin Walker rotated between the catcher and designated hitter spots. Cron earned Freshman All-America honors from Baseball America, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Collegiate Baseball. The MWC Freshman of the Year led Utah in hits (83), doubles (19), home runs (11) and RBI (58). He was also named to the MWC All-Tournament team. Walker, who was also on the MWC All-Tournament team, hit .314 with 14 doubles and eight home runs and a .550 slugging percentage. Both catchers only had two errors all season. Also in the mix is Jo Jo Sharrar, who hit .185 in 21 games with seven starts.

“The player who has made the most im-provement in the offseason is JoJo,” Kinneberg said. “He is probably the best pure catcher of the three. Devin and C.J. have to be in the lineup somewhere. Early in the year all three will catch and we will see what their roles will be to best fit our team.

“C.J. has proven to be one of the better hitters not only in the conference, but in the Western U.S, in my opinion. He has really improved his mobility and his body to where he is catching much better, and he is really athletic at first base.”

Catcher

Nick Kuroczko was tied for second in the country in triples last season.

Tyler Yagi earned MWC Tournament MVP honors after finishing the season strong.

C.J. Cron was selected as a Freshman All-American by several publications.

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The Utes return two of their three starters in the outfield in center fielder Cooper Blanc and right fielder Rick Cornu. Although both players spent time on the bench with injuries, Cornu started 38 games with eight homers and a .281 batting average while Blanc played in 42 games, batting .227 with seven home runs and 10 stolen bases.

Players who also spent significant time in the outfield last year are Kevin Hussey, Gavin Green and Zach Jones. Hussey hit .262 in 33 games (26 starts), including seven multiple hit games. Green had a .247 batting average (39 games) and Jones hit .213 on the year (36 games).

Others include newcomer Tyson Gonzalez, who played two years at Salt Lake CC (2006-07). He was an all-state player at Timpanogos High School in 2005. Gumeson is also part of that mix, while Austin Shackelford, another redshirt, started for two years at Whitman College.

“I feel like we have a lot of depth in the outfield because of everyone we have return-ing,” Kinneberg said. “We will probably have six guys playing early on and we will see how that shakes out. Tyson is probably the best defensive outfielder we have and some of our other players have a year of experience under their belts.”

Outfield Pitchers

The pitching staff is anchored by second-team All-MWC selection Jordan Whatcott. Whatcott was drafted in the 31st round of the MLB draft by the Los Angeles Angels, but decided to return to school for his senior year. He had a 4.91 ERA with a 5-3 record and 61 strikeouts.

In addition to Whatcott, starters Andrew Wilding and Bryn Card also return. Wilding started 13 games last year with a 6.29 ERA and 49 strikeouts. Card went 6-2 with a 5.61 ERA and 55 strikeouts, pitching primarily in Utah’s weekday games.

Rick Anton, who was an NJCAA All-Amer-ica pitcher at Yavapai College, has earned a spot in the starting rotation. He had 22 wins over two years with 189 strikeouts.

“It’s really a luxury to have three of our four starting pitchers back,” Kinneberg said. “Our pitching staff, from top to bottom, has more quality this season and it’s going to be important that we stay healthy.

“Jordan will again anchor the staff on Friday nights and hopefully he can improve on a great year last year. Rick Anton has come in and solidified the No. 2 spot. Both Andrew and Bryn have improved from last year. We will see who will throw the weekend and Tuesday games. The good thing is that we have some four-game series early in the year and can mix and match and evaluate the first month of the season.”

Stephen Streich leads the returning relievers. He pitched 45 innings last year with a 6.80 ERA and a 2-4 record. Tyler Andersen was 1-1 with a 7.71 ERA in 23.1 innings.

A pair of newcomers who are expected to make an immediate impact are Brock Duke and Zach Adams. Duke, who led Spanish Fork to two state titles, was a high school All-American, the 5A MVP as a senior and a three-time first-team all-state selection. Adams was also a first-team all-state pick in 2009 and led Cottonwood to three state titles. Both were rated among the top players in their class in the state of Utah.

“Both Brock and Zach are going to be tremendous pitchers for us in the future,” Kin-neberg continued. “They will get very important innings for us this year in roles to be determined. Having Streich back will also be important for us.”

Pitcher

Jordan Whatcott was drafted and elected to return for his senior season.

Bryn Card had six wins for the Utes last year.Devin Walker had 14 doubles with eight home runs last year.


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Date Opponent / Event Location TimeFeb. 19 at UC Davis Davis, Calif. 2:00 p.m. PTFeb. 20 at UC Davis Davis, Calif. 1:00 p.m. PTFeb. 21 at UC Davis Davis, Calif. 1:00 p.m. PTFeb. 26 at Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas 6:00 p.m. CTFeb. 27 at Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas 1:00 p.m. CT at Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas TBAFeb. 28 at Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas 1:00 p.m. CTMarch 5 at Washington State Pullman, Wash. 1:00 p.m. PT at Washington State Pullman, Wash. TBAMarch 6 at Washington State Pullman, Wash. 2:00 p.m. PTMarch 7 at Washington State Pullman, Wash. 11 a.m. PT Oregon State TournamentMarch 12 vs. Portland Corvallis, Ore. 2:00 p.m. PT at Oregon State Corvallis, Ore. 6:00 p.m. PTMarch 13 at Oregon State Corvallis, Ore. 1:00 p.m. PTMarch 14 vs. Portland Corvallis, Ore. 12:00 p.m. PTMarch 19 at New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. 6:00 p.m. MTMarch 20 at New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. 2:00 p.m. MTMarch 21 at New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. 12:00 p.m. MTMarch 23 vs. Utah Valley Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 6:00 p.m. MTMarch 26 vs. Northern Colorado Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 6:00 p.m. MTMarch 27 vs. Northern Colorado Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 1:00 p.m. MTMarch 28 vs. Northern Colorado Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 1:00 p.m. MTMarch 30 vs. Utah Valley Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 6:00 p.m. MTApril 1 vs. Air Force Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 6:00 p.m. MTApril 2 vs. Air Force Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 6:00 p.m. MTApril 3 vs. Air Force Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 1:00 p.m. MTApril 6 vs. Southern Utah Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 6:00 p.m. MTApril 9 vs. UNLV Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 6:00 p.m. MTApril 10 vs. UNLV Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 1:00 p.m. MTApril 11 vs. UNLV Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 1:00 p.m. MTApril 13 at Utah Valley Orem, Utah 6:00 p.m. MTApril 16 at San Diego State San Diego, Calif. 6:00 p.m. PTApril 17 at San Diego State San Diego, Calif. 1:00 p.m. PTApril 18 at San Diego State San Diego, Calif. 1:00 p.m. PTApril 20 at Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah 2:00 p.m. MTApril 22 at BYU Provo, Utah 6:30 p.m. MTApril 23 at BYU Provo, Utah 6:30 p.m. MTApril 24 at BYU Provo, Utah 1:00 p.m. MTApril 30 vs. TCU Ogden, Utah (Lindquist Field) 6:00 p.m. MTMay 1 vs. TCU Ogden, Utah (Lindquist Field) 5:00 p.m. MTMay 2 vs. TCU Ogden, Utah (Lindquist Field) 1:00 p.m. MTMay 7 at USC Los Angeles, Calif. 6:00 p.m. PTMay 8 at USC Los Angeles, Calif. 1:00 p.m. PTMay 9 at USC Los Angeles, Calif. 1:00 p.m. PTMay 14 at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. 7:00 p.m. PTMay 15 at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. 2:00 p.m. PTMay 16 at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. 1:00 p.m. PTMay 20 vs. New Mexico Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 6:00 p.m. MTMay 21 vs. New Mexico Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 6:00 p.m. MTMay 22 vs. New Mexico Salt Lake City (Spring Mobile) 1:00 p.m. MT

MWC TournamentMay 25-29 TBA San Diego, Calif. TBA

NCAA RegionalsJune 4-7 TBA TBA TBA

NCAA Super RegionalsJune 11-14 TBA TBA TBA

College World SeriesJune 19-29 TBA Omaha, Nebraska TBA

Home games played at Spring Mobile Ballpark

Cooper Blanc is entering his third year as a starter in the outfield for Utah.

Michael Beltran is one of the best defensive shortstops in the league.

2009 Schedule

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The dedicated and personable Bill Kin-neberg is in his sixth season at the helm of the University of Utah baseball team. He was named head coach of the program on Sept. 15, 2004, marking his second stint in the Utes’ dugout.

Kinneberg led Utah back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1960 in 2009, as the Utes won their first Mountain West Conference tournament with a 9-3 win over San Diego State in the championship game. Utah won two games at NCAA’s, defeating Gonzaga and Georgia Southern in the Fullerton Regional.

Since his return to Utah, Kinneberg has infused a winning mentality in the clubhouse. He has had several players drafted, including All-American Ryan Khoury and three-time All- MWC selection Jay Brossman. All-conference pitcher Stephen Fife was Utah’s highest draft pick ever in 2008, going in the third round. Pitchers Brian Budrow and Jordan Whatcott were both drafted in 2009.

Kinneberg’s teams have steadily moved up in the conference standings each year and several have rewritten the record books. Brossman holds records for hits, doubles, RBI and total bases. Khoury holds the school record for career runs scored and Corey Shimada ranks first in the record books for triples, stolen bases, runs scored and walks.

In 14 seasons as a head coach at the NCAA Division I level, Kinneberg has a record of 400- 359. He earned his 400th victory in the NCAA tournament with a win over Gonzaga.

Kinneberg has coached collegiate baseball for 26 years. His teams established school records for victories in a season at UTEP in 1985, Wyo-ming in 1990 and Utah in 1996.

Kinneberg’s first stint as the head coach was in 1996, leading the Utes to a 30-22 record. His squad tied for third place in the Western Athletic Conference’s Northern Division.

Kinneberg has also made his mark on the national scene. In 2010 he will serve as the head coach of the US National Team that will compete at the FISU World University Cham-pionships in Japan. The USA is the three-time defending champion of the event.

Kinneberg has done several stints with USA Baseball. He served as the pitching coach in 2007 and 1999. The 2007 pitching staff turned in a 25-12 mark in international competition, and finished with a scant 1.93 earned-run average. Kinneberg also spent several years as director of the organization’s athlete development program.

Prior to joining the Utah staff, Kinneberg was working for the Chicago White Sox organi-zation as a minor league pitching coach.

From 1996 through 2001, Kinneberg was the associate head baseball coach at the Univer-sity of Arizona. The Wildcats were 124-102 and advanced to an NCAA Regional Tournament during Kinneberg’s tenure with the Wildcats.

Kinneberg was the head coach at Utah from May 1995 through July 1996. Kinneberg coached three All-Western Athletic Conference athletes during the 1996 season at Utah. The Utes also set four school records, which are still intact today, during Kinneberg’s first stint with the Utes.

Prior to his time with the Utes, Kinneberg was an assistant baseball coach at Arizona State from 1992 through 1994. During the 1993 and 1994 seasons, Kinneberg helped lead the Sun Devils to back-to-back appearances in the Col-lege World Series.

Kinneberg was the head baseball coach at Wyoming from 1986 through 1992. While in charge of the Cowboys’ program, Kinneberg guided his team to the WAC playoffs in five of his seven seasons. In 1990, he earned Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors, leading Wyoming to a 37-18 record. Kinneberg coached 16 All-Western Athletic Conference players during his seven seasons in Laramie.

Kinneberg served as head coach at UTEP in 1985. Kinneberg’s coaching career began in 1980, when he became an assistant coach at UTEP. He served in that capacity for four seasons.

In addition to his duties with USA Baseball, Kinneberg worked with the Italian Olympic team in 1984, serving as pitching coach. Kin-neberg is a 1980 graduate of the University of Arizona. He attended graduate school at UTEP from 1980-1982.

Kinneberg and his wife Janet reside in Sandy, Utah. They have two children, Joe (9) and David (7).

Bill KinnebergHead Coach • 7th Season (15th Overall)Career Record: 400-359 • Utah Record: 155-176

Kinneberg At A GlanceCoaching ExperienceUniversity of UtahHead Coach: 1995-1996, 2004-present

USA BaseballPitching Coach: 2007, 1999Head Coach: 2010

Chicago White Sox OrganizationPitching Coach: 2003-04

USA BaseballDirector, Athlete Development Program

University of ArizonaAssociate Head Coach: 1996-2001Assistant Coach: 1992-94

University of WyomingHead Coach: 1986-1992

UTEPHead Coach: 1985Assistant Coach: 1980-84


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Mike Crawford is in his second year as the pitching coach for the Uni-versity of Utah. In his first year in 2009, he coached MLB draft picks Brian Budrow and Jordan Whatcott. Utah also set a school record for strikeouts.

Crawford came to Utah after spending two seasons as associate head coach at Yavapai College where the Roughriders were 41-16-1 in 2008. They climbed to as high as No. 9 in the national polls, and won their league title with a 30-8 mark. Crawford’s pitching staff was one of six schools in the 13-team league with an earned-run average below 4.00 (3.81). It was fourth in the conference strikeouts (393).

From 2002-2005, Crawford was the pitching coach and recruiting co-ordinator at Cochise College in Douglas, Ariz. He helped the Apaches to a pair of second-place league finishes (2004, 2005), and the 2005 pitch-ing staff had the lowest earned-run average in the conference (2.66). As CC recruiting coordinator, he saw three of his four recruiting classes play for a regional championship. Before that he worked two seasons at Pima College in Tucson, Ariz.

Crawford played at the University of Arizona from 1999-2000. He was a starting pitcher for the Wildcats both years and was named the Pac-10 Pitcher of Week in May, 1999. He graduated from UA in 2001 with a bach-elor’s of science in communication and went on to get his master’s from the United States Sports Academy in June, 2008.

The Tucson native’s playing career began at Yavapai College as a starting pitcher in 1997-98. In 1998, he was named as the Arizona Community Col-lege Athletic Conference (ACCAC) Pitcher of the Year.

Crawford and his wife, Sarah, have a four-year-old son, Kolby.

Assistant coach Bryan Kinneberg is in his third season on the Univer-sity of Utah coaching staff. Last year Utah won its first MWC Tournament. Freshman C.J. Cron finished in the top 10 in several hitting categories in the league. In 2008, Utah led the conference with a .323 batting average. Kinneberg comes to the Utes after a two-year stint at Oklahoma State as its volunteer assistant coach. At OSU, he assisted with the hitters and infield-ers, and coached first base. The Cowboys led the Big 12 in nearly every of-fensive statistical category in 2007, including batting average (.319), doubles (144), home runs (86) and slugging (.518). In addition, the team fielded at a .971 clip. While on staff at OSU, Kinneberg saw the team make two postseason appearances. In 2007, the Cowboys were one win away from the College World Series, falling to Louisville in the third game of the Super Regional. OSU went 83-41 while Kinneberg was on staff, and had a school record 11 players taken in the MLB draft in 2007. Kinneberg played at North Carolina State where he was part of two NCAA Regional teams. Kinneberg also played for Phoenix College in Peo-ria, Ariz. He was an all-district player there, ranking among the league’s best hitters. Phoenix played in the NJCAA national title game in 2001. He graduated from NC State in 2005 with a degree in philosophy. Kinneberg and his wife Stephanie have a toddler son, Gavin.

Pitching Coach2nd Season

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Hitting Coach3rd Season

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Utah BaseBallPete Flores begins his second season at Utah as a volunteer assistant. He

works with the team in all areas and also serves as the first base coach.Flores most recently spent three seasons at East Los Angeles College,

serving as the top assistant. East made the state regional tournament two of the last three seasons. Flores worked with the team in a number of areas, including hitting, base-running and skill work.

Flores also spent the last three summers (2006-’08) coaching in the Cen-tral Illinois Collegiate League.

In 2005, Flores coached for one year at South Gate High School in Los Angeles, where the team made the city semifinal. Prior to that, he played at Southern Nazarene, as well as El Camino College.

Flores also played at University High in Santa Monica, Calif., reaching the city championships in 1998.

Volunteer Assistant2nd Season

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Athletic Staff

Jordan VardellMarketing

Jon WebsterStrength Coach

Steve RileyEvent Management

Jared FransonAthletic Trainer

Rob RaineyAcademic Advisor

Steve JoyceManager

Michael K. YoungUniversity President

Dr. Chris HillDirector of Athletics

Liz AbelAssociate Athletics

Director

Mary BowmanAssociate Athletics

Director

Pete OliszczakAssociate Athletics

Director

Doug KnuthAssociate Athletics

Director


Utah BaseBallZach AdamsRHP • R/R6-3 • 190Fr. • HSWest Jordan, UtahCottonwood HS

#28

High School: Earned first-team all-state honors in 2009 … rated the sixth-best player in the 2009 class by the Utah Baseball Academy … had four wins with a 1.03 ERA as a senior … named to the state all-tournament team … threw two shutout innings in the 2009 high school all-star game … all-state honorable mention in 2008 ... won three state titles at Cottonwood.

Tyler AndersenLHP • L/L5-8 • 160Jr. • 2LWest Jordan, UtahJordan HS

#22009: Had a 7.71 ERA and a 1-1 record in 19 ap-pearances … 23.1 innings pitched … 19 strikeouts … four strikeouts in two innings against CSU Bakersfield (2/27) … had three shutout innings at Utah Valley (4/7) … 2.2 shutout innings against Washington State with two strikeouts (4/21) … three strikeouts against BYU (3/14) and Air Force (5/1) … win came against Air Force after three innings of work … pitched against TCU and San Diego State in the MWC Tournament.2008: Made 17 relief appearances with a 2.95 ERA ...pitched 21.1 innings ... 15 strikeouts ... 1-0 record, with the win coming against Southern Utah (4/22) ... three strikeouts against Utah Valley (4/2) ... pitched 2.1 innings against TCU in the MWC Tournament (5/23).High School: Named 5A State MVP at Jordan High School ... also a first team all-state honoree ... helped Jordan to a state championship in 2007. Personal: Born on Dec. 9, 1988 ... son of Todd and Wendy Anderson ... exercise and sport science major ... is an Eagle Scout ... enjoys snowboarding, wake-boarding and movies.

Year ERA W-L Ap-GS IP H R ER K SHO2008 2.95 1-0 17-0 21.1 25 9 7 15 0/02009 7.71 1-1 19-0 23.1 37 28 20 19 0/0Totals 5.44 2-1 36-0 44.2 62 37 27 34 0/0

Rick AntonLHP • L/L6-0 • 195Jr. • JCPrescott, Ariz.Yavapai JC

#36

Prior to Utah: NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American at Yavapai JC as a freshman in 2008 ... two-time all-region ... 9-4 with a 3.10 ERA and 105 strikeouts as a sophomore … went 13-4 as a fresh-man with 84 strikeouts and a school-record 1.38 ERA, allowing just 15 earned runs in over 97 innings pitched ... 2008 first-team All-ACCAC … played on the NJCAA All-Star team that competed against the Taiwanese Junior National Team in 2008 ... attended Prescott High School.Personal: Majoring in parks, recreation and tourism.

MichaelBeltranIF • R/R6-1 • 185Jr. • 2LLakewood, Calif.St. John Bosco HS

#8

2009: Only player to start all 59 games … .309 bat-ting average … 73 hits … 23 multiple hit games … seven stolen bases … tied for third in the MWC with 11 sacrifice bunts … three triples … 22 RBI … eight-game hitting streak … .940 fielding percentage … led the MWC with 210 assists … had five RBI with three

hits, scoring two runs at BYU (3/13) … eight-game hitting streak from 4/9 to 4/22 … 4-for-5 with two runs scored and four RBI at Air Force (5/3) … led Utah at the MWC Tournament with a .381 batting average over six games (eight hits and five RBI) … hit .400 during the NCAA Regional (six hits) … drove in the winning run against Georgia Southern with a two-out single (5/30) … Rivals.com Preseason All-MWC. 2008: Started 53 games at shortstop ... led all fresh-man in the MWC and was fourth overall with a .372 batting average ... hit .389 in conference play ... .420 on base percentage ... 73 hits ... nine doubles ... 27 RBI ... .418 slugging percentage ... four stolen bases ... longest hit streak was 11 games ... hit .423 with run-ners in scoring position and .408 with runners on base ... 20 multiple hit games, including seven three-hit games and two four-hit games ... .899 fielding percent-age ... a pair of four-hit outings against Southern Utah (5/6) and Air Force (5/9). High School: Drafted in the 39th round by the Se-attle Mariners ... named the Area Code Top Defensive Player and was also named a Top Prospect by Perfect Game (2007) ... first-team All-Trinity League and second-team All-Serra League ... member of the All-America Baseball Academy All-American Team ... bat-ted .436 as senior with 15 stolen bases ... helped team to the 2003 Heartwell Pony League World Series.Personal: Born on Nov. 2, 1988 ... son of Armand and Kathy Beltran ... economics major ... grandfather and great uncle were pitching prospects in the Chicago Cubs organization ... has an older brother (Ryan) and a younger sister (Kristina) ... hobbies include playing the guitar, video games, and hanging with friends.

Year Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB/ATT2008 .372 196 20 73 9 0 0 27 4/92009 .309 236 36 73 6 3 0 22 7/12Totals .338 432 56 146 15 3 0 49 11-21

CooperBlancOF • R/R6-0 • 200Sr. • 2LLehi, UtahEastern Arizona CC

#232009: Hit .227 with seven home runs … played in 40 games, missing time with injury … 35 hits and 26 RBI … 10-of-12 in stolen bases … had five three-RBI games … hit two home runs for three RBI at Utah Valley (4/28) … had a hit in five of six games of the MWC Tournament … scored both of Utah’s runs in 2-1 tournament win over BYU (5/19) … drove in a pair of runs against TCU (5/22) … hit a home run, going 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored against Georgia Southern in the NCAA Regional (5/30). 2008: Started 45 games in center field ... fourth on the team and 11th in the league with a .345 batting aver-age ... hit .397 in conference play ... 11th in the MWC with a .537 slugging percentage ... ended the season on a 10 game hitting streak ... second on the team with 14 stolen bases ... 16 multiple hit games ... seven home runs (tied for 10th in the MWC) and 11 doubles ...

Tyler Andersen made appearances in 19 games last year.

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Utah BaseBall34 RBI ... nine games with at least two RBI ... three five RBI games last year, vs. Indiana (3/13), Air Force (3/29) and Utah Valley (4/5) ... two home runs against Indiana (3/13) and Utah Valley (4/5).Prior to Utah: Played at both Dixie State and Eastern Arizona Community College ... led Dixie State to the district tournament title ... named to the all-tourna-ment district team.High School: Twice named first team all-state at Borah High School in Boise, Idaho ... team was 5A state champions in Idaho as a senior ... led team to the Double-A American Legion State Championship junior year ... also played football and ice hockey ... two-time all-conference in football.Personal: Born on Dec. 21, 1986 ... son of Jeff and Lorri Blanc ... majoring in economics ... father was an All-American football player at BYU and played briefly with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Year Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB/ATT2008 .345 177 36 61 11 1 7 34 14/182009 .227 154 34 35 1 0 7 26 10/12Totals .209 331 70 96 12 1 14 60 24/30

Bryn CardLHP • L/L6-3 • 210Sr. • 2LKlamath Falls, Ore.Oregon State

#332009: Led Utah with six victories (6-2 record) … made 12 starts and had 17 appearances … was Utah’s regular weekday starter … pitched 67.1 innings … 55 strikeouts … fourth in the MWC with 22 batters struck out looking … three pickoffs … earned first win of year against CSU Bakersfield allowing two hits and one unearned run over seven innings (3/1) … also had wins over Gonzaga (3/24), Washington State (4/22) and TCU (5/9) … went 6.2 innings with seven strikeouts, allowing just four hits and one unearned run vs. San Diego State (5/16) … beat TCU in the MWC Tournament, going 5.2 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits (5/22) … had seven strikeouts against Gonzaga in the NCAA Regional over seven innings for a win (5/31). 2008: Made 12 appearances and four starts ... 4.00 ERA and 3-1 record in 36 innings pitched ... 22 strikeouts with five walks ... shared a shutout against Southern Utah (3/8) ... six strikeouts in 4.2 shutout innings against Air Force (5/10).Prior to Utah: Played at Oregon State ... one inning pitched in 2007, redshirt in 2006 ... member of OSU teams that won back-to-back national titles.High School: 2005 Louisville Slugger Player of the Year at Henley High School in Klamath Falls, Ore. ... also state and conference Player of the Year in 2005 ... named first team all-state and first team all-conference as a pitcher in 2005 ... second team all-state, confer-ence Co-Player of the Year and first team all-confer-ence in 2004 ... helped team to back-to-back state titles in 2004-05 ... 1.2 earned run average with a 14-1 mark in 2004 ... went 12-2 with a 0.97 earned-run

average in 2005 ... 469 career strikeouts with a 41-7 all-time mark in high school ... also played football and basketball.Personal: Born Nov. 2, 1986 ... son of Dave and Patty Card ... majoring in human development and family studies ... younger brother, Drew, played col-lege baseball for Siskyous and is currently a student coach.


ZachClausingRHP • R/R6-3 • 200So. • 1LTooele, UtahTooele HS

#382009: Pitched in two games for one full inning … one strikeout … played against Loyola Marymount (2/21) and UC Irvine (4/24). 2008: Four-year starter at Tooele High School playing third base, center field and pitching … second-team all-state as a senior … team captain … one of 17 Utah finalists for the Wendy’s High School Heisman award … 2006 Difference Maker Award from Salt Lake Tribune for contributions on the field and in the com-munity ... three-time academic all-state … also played baseball and football.Personal: Majoring in business.

Rick CornuOF • R/R5-11 • 185Sr. • 1LFallon, Nev.San Joaquin Delta

#62009: Made 38 starts in right field, missing time with a wrist injury … .281 batting average … eight home runs tied for second on the team … eight doubles and two triples … .516 slugging percentage … eight stolen bases … 32 RBI … started the season on a seven-game winning streak … named MWC Player of the Week on March 2 after batting .444 (8-for-18) with three home runs, a double, six runs scored and 12 RBI against Cal-State Bakersfield (2/27-3/1) … hit four home runs in the first series against BYU, including three homers (3-for-5) and four RBI in a 15-13 win (3/14) … had four hits in the MWC Tournament, including driving in two runs in the title game … hit three doubles during the NCAA Regional … scored the game-winning run against Georgia Southern (5/30). Prior to Utah: Spent 2008 at San Joaquin Delta Col-lege ... second-team All-Big 8 Conference ... hit .372, starting in 41 games ... 55 hits with 12 doubles, four triples and four home runs ... led team with 16 stolen bases ... .588 slugging percentage ... 29 RBI ... .976 fielding percentage ... All-Golden Valley Conference at Feather River College in 2007 ... batted .375 with 28 RBI and 20 stolen bases ... Feather River was 28-9 and 25-0 in conference play ... 2006 graduate of Churchill County HS ... all-league with the Fallon Greenwave ... also a top wide receiver at Churchill County.Personal: Majoring in health education.

Year Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB/ATT2009 .281 153 27 43 8 2 8 32 8/11

Rick Cornu tied for second on the team with eight home runs last season.


Utah BaseBallC.J.CronC • R/R6-4 • 230So. • 1LPhoenix, Ariz.Mountain Point HS

#242009: Earned Freshman All-America honors from Baseball America (second-team catcher), NCBWA (second-team catcher) and Collegiate Baseball (desig-nated hitter) … MWC Freshman of the Year … led the Utes in hits (83), doubles (19), home runs (11) and RBI (58) … .337 hitting percentage and .557 slugging percentage … 137 total bases … led confer-ence with 246 at-bats … in the top 10 in the MWC in RBI, doubles, home runs and total bases … led Utah with 16 multiple-RBI games … 26 multiple hit games … rotated between catcher and DH … .989 fielding percentage … five pickoffs … hit .414 with 19 RBI, five home runs, six doubles and a triple during the month of April … team-high 16-game hitting streak from 4/10 through 5/9 … only player in the country to get three hits in a game off 2009 No. 1 MLB draft pick Stephen Strasburg (5/14) … named to MWC All-Tournament team … hit five doubles and drove in five runs during MWC Tournament … two-RBI double against TCU gave Utah the lead (5/20) … had six RBI during the NCAA Regional with two home runs and a double. High School: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox with the eighth selection in the 44th round (1,320 overall) ... 2007 Louisville Slugger Honorable Men-tion All-American ... hit .421 with eight home runs and 35 RBI as a senior in 2008 at Mountain Point HS ... holds school records for doubles, RBI and least strikeouts in a season ... also pitched ... two-time all-state, all-region, all-city ... 5A State All-Star Team ... hit .419 with 46 RBI and 8 home runs in 30 games in 2007.Personal: Majoring in business.

Year Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG%2009 .337 246 39 83 19 1 11 58 .557

Brock DukeP/IF • R/R6-2 • 220Fr. • HSSalem, UtahSpanish Fork HS

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High School: Honorable Mention Louisville Slugger High School All-American (2009) … Rated No. 1 in the state by the Utah Baseball Academy … NHSBCA All-District 7 … 2009 5A MVP … Daily Herald All-Valley Baseball Player of the Year … three-time first-team all-state … led Spanish Fork to two state titles (2009, 2006) … 2009 5A Tournament MVP ... 1.98

ERA with 78 strikeouts and an 8-1 record in 2009 … seven complete games … hit .412 as a senior with four home runs and 32 RBI … played with the USA U16 baseball team in 2006 ... is the only U16 player to have beaten the Cuban national team.Personal: Major is undeclared.

Blake GoldingRHP • L/R6-2 • 200So. • JCProvo, UtahLong Beach CC

#35Prior to Utah: First-team All-SCC at Long Beach CC … 2.93 ERA and 7-5 record in 14 starts … two shut-outs and 54 strikeouts … attended Provo HS … 2007 first-team all-state and academic all-state … led Provo to a third-place finish in 2007 … all-tournament team … had six wins with 47 strikeouts. Personal: Majoring in math.

Tyson GonzalezOF • R/R5-9 • 170Jr. • JCOrem, UtahSalt Lake CC

#4Prior to Utah: Played at Salt Lake CC in 2006-07 before embarking on an LDS mission … .286 batting average with 18 stolen bases in 2007 … hit .315 with seven triples, 23 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 2006 … first-team all-state at Timpanogos HS … .537 on-base

percentage, 29 runs and nine stolen bases as a senior … three-time all-region … also ran track and played football in high school. Personal: Majoring in Spanish.

GavinGreenOF • L/L6-0 • 190So. • 1LLayton, UtahLayton HS

#402009: Played in 39 games, making 18 starts in the outfield … .247 batting average … 21 hits … 14 runs … four doubles … seven RBI … 4-for-4 against BYU (4/18) … drove in two runs against Washington State (4/22) … 3-for-4 against San Diego State with three RBI and a double (5/15). High School: First-team all-state at Layton in 2008 ... .500 batting average with 34 RBI as a senior ...2008 Utah All-Star Game ... one of top 15 players in the state by the Baseball Academy ... two-time first-team all-region ... runs a 6.6 60-yard dash ... two time first team all-area ... selected to the Jr. Olympic team (2006) ... 2007 Prospect Games MVP ... three-year starter and four-year letterwinner at Layton High ... team’s leading pitcher and hitter ... hit .459 with eight doubles, five home runs and 23 RBI in 2007 ... played summer ball in the Omaha Pro Tournament in Nebraska ... three-sport athlete … all-state quarterback in football and also played basketball (point guard).Personal: Major is undeclared.

Year Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI OBP%2009 .247 85 14 21 4 1 0 7 .281

Gavin Green hit .247 in 39 games last year.

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Utah BaseBallNick GreenRHP • L/R6-2 • 180Fr. • HSHolladay, UtahCottonwood HS

#5

High School: Honorable mention all-state … won three state titles at Cottonwood … also played golf. Personal: Majoring in pre-engineering.

NikGumesonIF • R/R6-1 • 195Sr. • TSRiverton, UtahLamar College

#272009: Redshirted. Prior to Utah: Played at Lamar University in 2008 ... started 28 games, batting .286 with 34 hits, 23 RBI, a .462 slugging percentage and two stolen bases ... started at third, short and designated hitter ... five multiple RBI games ... .885 fielding percentage ... an all-region player at College of Southern Idaho in 2007 and 2006 ... .451 batting average in 2007 ... led the region with 42 RBI and five home runs ... 51 hits, 10 doubles and 39 runs scored ... 16 stolen bases ... started 58 games in 2006 with a .261 batting average and 42 hits, 25 RBI and three stolen bases ... all-state and all-region at Riverton HS.Personal: Majoring in exercise and sport science.

KevinHusseyOF • R/R6-1 • 200Sr. • 1LTuscon, Ariz.Cochise CC

#72009: Played in 33 games, starting 26 games in the outfield … .262 batting average … 27 hits and 15 RBI … seven doubles … six-game hitting streak … seven multiple hit games … went 4-for-8 in two games against Gonzaga with five RBI, including a two-run home run (3/24-3/25)… had two hits in three at-bats during the NCAA Regional. Prior to Utah: Played two years at Cochise CC ... hit .351 as a senior with 16 doubles in 2008 ... .333 with 49 hits in 2007 ... played in the 2007 American Le-gion World Series ... named West Regional MVP with American Legion Post 7 team ... all-region at Salpointe Catholic High.Personal: Majoring in communications.


Trent JohnsonIF • R/R6-0 • 190Jr. • JCIdaho Falls, IdahoCollege of Southern Idaho

#26Prior to Utah: Played for the College of Southern Idaho in 2007 and 2009 (sat out 2008 with injury) as both a pitcher and infielder … first-team all-region player in 2007 … hit .304 in 13 games on the field in 2007 … 3-0 record with eight saves and a 1.30 ERA … sophomore year hit .275 with 46 hits, 26 RBI and eight doubles … had no errors in 2009 … also pitched in six games with five strikeouts … attended Idaho Falls High School … named to the all-state team and was the conference player of the year as a senior … three-time all-area … also an all-conference and all-area basketball player.Personal: Majoring in economics.

ZachJonesOF • S/R5-8 • 155Sr. • 1LFresno, Calif.Fresno City CC

#32009: Played in 36 games, starting 20 in the outfield … .213 batting average … 13 hits and six RBI … 17 walks … 2-for-4 in stolen bases … .979 fielding percentage … … scored the game-winning run against TCU in an extra-inning win (3/22) … 3-for-4 with three RBI and a double against Gonzaga (3/24).Prior to Utah: Played at Fresno City College in 2007 and 2008 ... 2008 first-team All-Central Valley Conference and named to Gold Glove Team ... hit .316 with a team-high 46 runs and 20 stolen bases ... started 45 games ... .515 on base percentage ... 43 hits ... on the Dean’s List all semesters eligible ... earned the Kiwanis 2008 Torch of Excellence Scholar-Athlete Award ... 2005 graduate of Bullard HS.Personal: Born June 4, 1987 ... son of John and Joy-lynne Muscianes … majoring in economics.

Year Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB/ATT2009 .213 61 8 13 1 0 0 6 2/4

Kevin Hussey (left) and Zach Jones each started games in the outfield for Utah.


Utah BaseBallNickKuroczkoIF • L/R6-0 • 195Sr. • 3LSan Rafael, Calif.Marin Catholic HS

#92009: Led Utah with a .353 batting average … tied for second in the country with nine triples … sixth na-tionally in triples per game (0.16) … 11 multiple-RBI games … 24 multiple hit games … .454 on-base per-centage … 79 hits … 43 walks … 10 doubles and six home runs … .558 slugging percentage … four stolen bases … seven-game hitting streak … 3-for-4 against No. 4 Texas A&M (3/6) … two triples in Utah’s win over Southern Utah tied the school record (3/28) … hit a grand slam against Air Force (5/3) … two hits, including a triple, off 2009 No. 1 MLB draft pick Stephen Strasburg to drive in a run vs. SDSU (5/14) … 2-for-6 with two RBI and two runs scored against TCU in the MWC Tournament (5/20) … drove in a run in the MWC Championship game against SDSU (5/23) … hit .400 during the NCAA Regional with six RBI, a triple and a home run … ended the season on a five-game hitting streak. 2008: Saw action in 32 games, starting 25 ... earned the starting spot at third-base the second half of the season (final 16 games) ... .330 batting average ... .495 slugging percentage ... 15 RBI ... 30 hits ... five doubles, two triples, two home runs ... .402 on base percentage ... .927 fielding percentage ... ended season on a four-game hitting streak ... had hits in four of Utah’s games at the MWC Tournament, including an RBI triple against TCU (5/23) ... 2-of-5 with three RBI vs. Air Force (5/11).2007: Played in 13 games, making three starts ... hit .294 with five hits ... one double ... two-hit games against Southern Utah (3/10) and Portland (3/16).High School: Named 2006 Marin County Athletic League Player of the Year ... also named to the Con-nie Mack Western Region All-Tournament team ... earned all-state honors ... named a Puma Preseason All-American prior to his senior season ... two-time all-conference selection ... named team MVP as a senior ... batted .476 with a slugging percentage of .726 as a senior ... drove in 28 runs in 2006 ... tallied seven doubles and four home runs during his senior season ... helped lead Marin Catholic to a league champion-ship in 2006 and a section championship in 2004.Personal: Born on July 2, 1988 ... son of Mark Kuroczko and Linda Lockwood ... health major ... hobbies include playing the electric and stand-up bass.

Year Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG%2007 .294 17 0 5 1 0 0 0 .3532008 .330 91 19 30 5 2 2 15 .4952009 .353 224 47 79 10 9 6 44 .558Totals .343 332 66 114 16 11 8 59 .530

Mark-Jan MoormanIF • L/L6-1 • 210Jr. • JCHoofddorp, Nether-landsCochise CC

#32Prior to Utah: Second-team All-Region 1 at Cochise CC … second-team All-ACCAC … hit .361 with a .430 on-base percentage with 30 RBI and 48 hits in 2009 … .295 with 39 RBI in 2008 … represented the Netherlands in the 2004 World Junior Championship and the 2009 World Port Tournament … pitched two shutout innings at the World Junior Championship … attended the MLB Academy in 2006. Personal: Majoring in economics.

KyleMyersIF • R/R6-5 • 215Sr. • 1LWoodwarth, La.Bossier Parish CC

#192009: Hit .323 in 17 games with six starts (five at DH, one at first base) … 10 hits … four doubles and a home run … six RBI … .548 on-base percentage … 3-for-4 with five runs scored and four RBI against Gonzaga, including a three-run home run (3/24) … 1-for-1 with an RBI against No. 1 UC Irvine (4/23) … doubled against Cal-State Fullerton in the NCAA Regional (5/31). 2008: RedshirtedPrior to Utah: Comes from Bossier Parish Communi-ty College in Bossier City, La. ... named all-conference in 2006 ... in 2006, hit .353 with 10 doubles, two homers and one triple ... swiped 12 bases.High School: Named all-district as a junior and senior at Alexandria High School in Woodsworth, La. ... also named MVP of the 18-and-Under USSSA World Series Tournament ... helped team win the USSSA World Series with a perfect record ... also played football in high school.Personal: Born on Sept. 30, 1986 ... son of Brent and Mary Myers ... majoring in parks, recreation and tourism.


JoePondRHP • R/R6-2 • 190So. • 1LCenterville, UtahJudge Memorial HS

#122009: Made 15 appearances with two starts … injured late in the season … 8.61 ERA … 1-1 record … 20 strikeouts … two strikeouts and allowed just two hits in 2.2 innings vs. No. 4 Texas A&M (3/8) … earned a win over BYU, pitching 1.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits with two strikeouts (3/13) … allowed two runs in five innings with four strikeouts in first start against Gonzaga (3/25) … one hit over two innings with two strikeouts vs. New Mexico (4/11). High School: Drafted as the 24th pick in the 39th round (1,186 overall) by the Philadelphia Phillies ... four-year starter at Judge HS ... 2008 Deseret News Mr. Baseball ... Salt Lake Tribune 2008 3A MVP ... 10-0 in 2008, 78 strikeouts in 49 innings ... just five earned runs all season ... led Judge to 2008 state championship, pitching a one-hitter in the semifinals ... MVP of 3A tournament ... third-place in the state in 2007, second in 2006 ... rated the 11th-best player in Utah by the Baseball Academy ... all-state in 2007 and 2006 ... went 9-1 on the mound in 2007 ... also hit .523 ... two-sport athlete, quarterbacking Judge into the 2007 State Championship game.Personal: Major is undeclared.

Year ERA W-L Ap-GS IP H R ER K 2009 8.61 1-1 15-2 23.0 36 25 22 20

Kyle Myers had a .548 on-base percentage

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Utah BaseBallJoshReedIF • R/R5-6 • 150Sr. • 1LPhoenix, Ariz.Central Arizona CC

#152009: Played in 24 games with one start … used primarily as a pinch runner … start came in the outfield against Southern Utah (3/28) … scored eight runs … scored a run against San Diego State in the MWC Tournament (5/22) … scored against Georgia Southern in the NCAA Regional (5/30). Prior to Utah: Played two years at Central Arizona College ... CAC finished third in the NJCAA World Series in 2008 ... ranked in the top 10 all-time at CAC in runs (7th - 95), and is third all-time in stolen bases (40) ... hit .241 in 2008 in 61 games ... 19 stolen bases ... 48 runs scored ... batted .282 in 2007 ... team-high 21 stolen bases ... 64 games ... 47 runs scored ... 12 RBI.Personal: Majoring in mass communications.

AustinShackelfordOF • L/R5-10 • 190Jr. • TSPhoenix, Ariz.Whitman College

#312009: Redshirted. Prior to Utah: Started for two years at third base at Whitman College ... only player to start and play in all

40 games in 2008 with a .262 batting average ... led the team in hits (37), doubles (7), home runs (4), RBI (24), total bases (58) and slugging percentage (.411) ... hit .299 in 2007 with 35 starts ... 41 hits, 10 doubles, 31 RBI and a .431 slugging percentage ... played at Brophy College Prep in Phoenix, Ariz.Personal: Majoring in Classics.

Jo JoSharrarC • R/R6-2 • 210So. • 1LThousand Oaks, Calif.Newberry Park HS

#392009: Played in 21 games, making seven starts at catcher … five hits and two runs scored in 27 at-bats … .972 fielding percentage … 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI against BYU (3/13) … also had hits against TCU (3/21), UC Irvine (4/23) and San Diego State (5/16) … drove in a run against Cal State Fullerton in the NCAA Regional after reaching on an error (5/31). High School: Four-year starter at catcher at Newbury Park ... second-team all-league in 2008 ... hit .371 with 33 hits and 23 RBI as a senior at Newberry Park ... .356 batting average (31 hits, 20 RBI) as a junior in 2007 ... all-league and named to the all-Phil Nevin National Classic team as a junior ... hit .356 in 87 at bats in 2007 ... also had six doubles and two home runs ... honor roll every year and Presidential Award for academics ... played for the So Cal Cardinals in 2007.Personal: Majoring in exercise and sport science.

Year Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI OBP%2009 .185 27 2 5 0 0 0 3 .241

StephenStreichLHP • L/L5-10 • 170Jr. • 2LPhoenix, Ariz.University of San Diego

#222009: Made 28 appearances (second in the MWC) … 6.80 ERA … 2-4 record … 30 strikeouts … earned a win against Cal State Bakersfield, allowing one run over 2.1 innings pitched with two strikeouts (2/28) … also earned a win over TCU (3/22) … one of three pitchers in a shutout against Texas A&M, pitching two innings with three strikeouts (3/7) … allowed no runs and one hit in two innings against Washington State (4/22) … started against Cal State Fullerton in the NCAA Regional (5/31). 2008: Made 22 appearances in relief (second among relievers) ... 4.91 ERA ... 1-1 record ... 20 strikeouts ... .279 opponent batting average ... 13 walks ... five strikeouts in 2.2 innings against Utah Valley (4/4) ... win came against Air Force (5/11) ... three shutout innings against San Diego State (4/22).Prior to Utah: Redshirt at San Diego in 2007.High School: Threw a no hitter in first varsity start at Brophy Prep in Phoenix, Ariz. ... 2005 BCP pitching award, going 5-1 with a 2.20 earned-run average ... honorable mention all-region ... helped his 2006 team to its third conference title, its first state title, and to a No. 23 national ranking ... went 5-1 with 80 K’s in 2006 ... tossed winning games in both years in the Cleats National Tournament.Personal: Born on Oct. 26, 1987 ... son of Dr. Den-nis and Judy Streich ... majoring in mass communica-tions.


Josh Reed scored eight runs last year. He was primarily used as a pinch runner.

Joe Pond made 15 appearances and started in two games before being sidelined by a late-season injury.


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Andy SwanOF • R/R6-1 • 185Fr. • HSTempe, Ariz.Marcos de Niza HS

#13

High School: All-Area Arizona in 2009 … student council member. Personal: Major is undecided.

Tyler WagnerIF • R/R6-3 • 180Fr. • HSLas Vegas, Nev.Bishop Gorman HS

#34

High School: Hit .286 in 23 games for Bishop Gor-man in 2008 ... helped lead Bishop Gorman to the 2008 state title (41-3 record) and the team was ranked second nationally by Baseball America at the end of 2008 ... team won the 2008 American Legion World Series.Personal: Major is undecided.

DevinWalkerC • R/R6-1 • 185So. • 1LPleasant Grove, UtahPleasant Grove HS

#182009: Hit .314 rotating between DH and catcher … 53 hits … hit safely in all but six games during April and May (28-of-34 games) … tied for second on the team with eight home runs … 14 doubles and one triple … eight-game hitting streak … .550 slugging percentage … .990 fielding percentage … hit a grand slam against Sam Houston State (3/5) … 3-for-5 with a three-run home run, five RBI and a double against TCU (5/9) … named to the MWC All-Tournament team as the designated hitter … had eight hits with two doubles, six RBI and a home run during the tour-nament … went 3-for-3 with a two-run home run and a double for three RBI against TCU in an elimination game of the MWC Tournament (5/22) … hit a triple against Gonzaga in the NCAA Regional (5/31). 2008: Played in 25 games with 10 starts (nine starts at DH, one at catcher) ... three doubles ... 10 RBI ... .163 batting average ... two hits in two games against Southern Utah (3/8 and 5/6) ... 1-for-1 with two RBI and a run scored against Gonzaga (3/11).High School: Named 5A first team all-state by the Deseret News ... also a first team All-Region 4 in 2007 ... 2006 Area Code first team honoree ... helped team to the Pacific Northwest Championship ... batted .330 for Pleasant Grove HS.Personal: Born March 10, 1989 .. son of Kim and Lisa Walker ... majoring in architecture ... older brother (Braden) played at UNLV ... father played for UVSC.

Year Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% 2008 .163 49 6 8 3 0 0 10 .2242009 .314 169 27 53 14 1 8 36 .550Totals .280 218 33 61 17 1 8 46 .477

JordanWhatcottRHP • R/R6-0 • 200Sr. • 1LGilbert, Ariz.South Mountain CC

#202009: Was drafted in the 31st round of the MLB draft by the Los Angeles Angels, but chose to return to Utah for his senior season … second-team All-MWC … 5-3 record … 4.19 ERA … second on the team with 61 strikeouts … led the MWC with seven runners picked off … tied for second in the conference with 25 batters struck out looking … only allowed two home runs all season … 15 starts (17 appearances) … 88.0 innings pitched … went six innings of a 2-0 shutout against No. 4 Texas A&M for a win (3/7) …pitched seven

innings with five strikeouts in a win over TCU (3/22) … earned a win against No. 1 UC Irvine, striking out four over seven innings (4/25) … named to MWC All-Tournament team … started two games of the MWC tournament and made a relief appearance, al-lowing two earned runs on seven hits over three games with seven strikeouts … went six innings and allowed one run after pitching on short rest against San Diego State in an elimination game of the MWC Tourna-ment (5/22) … earned a save against TCU just before pitching against SDSU … started against Cal State Fullerton in the NCAA Regional (5/29). Prior to Utah: Played two years at South Mountain CC ... 1.83 ERA in 2008 in 78.67 innings ... 6-2 record with one save ... 86 strikeouts ... also hit .330 in 88 at bats ... six doubles and three triples with nine RBI ... 4.73 ERA in 2007 in 59 innings ... 5-2 record ... 57 strikeouts ... .307 batting average … two-time first-team all-region at Highland HS ... AZBCA Arizona Player of the Year and MVP of the 5A All-Star Game in 2004.Personal: Born June 10, 1985 ... son of Skip and Meredith Whatcott ... .majoring in psychology.

Year ERA W-L Ap-GS IP H R ER K SHO2009 4.19 5-3 17-15 88.0 86 47 41 61 0/1

Stephen Streich had a 2-4 record last season.

Andrew Wilding made 13 starts last year.

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Utah BaseBallAndrewWildingRHP • R/R6-3 • 200Sr. • 2LOrem, UtahOrem HS

#102009: Started in 13 games, making 14 appearances … 6.29 ERA … 2-5 record … 78.2 innings pitched … 49 strikeouts … first win of the season came against Southern Utah in a two-run, three-strikeout performance (3/28) … pitched 5.2 innings with five strikeouts against San Diego State for his second win of the season (5/15) … went 7.1 innings against SDSU in the MWC Tournament, striking out six and allowing just two runs in a no-decision (5/21) … pitched against Cal State Fullerton in the NCAA Regional (5/29). 2008: Made 10 appearances with eight starts ... 3-1 record ... 6.53 innings pitched ... 30.1 innings pitched ... 15 strikeouts ... earned wins against Portland (3/10) and Southern Utah (4/22 and 5/6)2007: Appeared in four games, throwing six innings.High School: Second-team all-state honors as a senior at Orem High School ... also a standout basketball player.Personal: Born on August 7, 1984 ... son of Howard and Eleni Wilding ... political science major ... enjoys bowling and hiking.

Year ERA W-L Ap-GS IP H R ER K2007 16.50 1-0 4-1 6.0 17 17 11 22008 6.53 3-1 10-8 30.1 38 27 22 152009 6.29 2-5 14-13 78.2 107 63 55 49Totals 6.89 6-6 28-22 115.2 162 107 88 66

TylerYagiIF • R/R5-9 • 150So. • 1LSandy, UtahSkyline HS

#162009: Came on strong at the end of the season to hit .343 …62 hits … 12 doubles and one triple … .390 on-base percentage … 16 multiple hit games … MWC Tournament MVP … NCAA Regional All-Tournament time … natural infielder became the regular starter in left field at the end of March … led all players with 10 hits during the MWC Tournament and also had eight RBI … hit an RBI single in the top of the 10th against BYU for Utah’s first MWC Tournament win (5/19) … had nine hits and scored six runs (.500 batting average) during the NCAA Regional, starting in all four games … went 3-for-5 against Georgia Southern (5/30) … was 5-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI against Gonzaga (5/31). High School: Rated as the fourth-best player in the state of Utah by the Utah Baseball Academy ... honor-able mention all-state by the Deseret News in 2006 and 2007 ... four-year starter for Skyline.Personal: Major is undecided.



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OutfieldersFront Row (L to R): Tyson Gonzalez, Zach Jones, Austin Shackelford, Rick Cornu

Back Row: Cooper Blanc, Kevin Hussey, Andy Swan, Gavin Green

Infielders(L to R): Tyler Yagi, Michael Beltran, Nik Gumeson, Tyler Wagner, Kyle Myers, Trent Johnson, Nick Kuroczko, Mark Moorman, Josh Reed

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CatchersL to R: Devin Walker, C.J. Cron, Jo Jo Sharrar

PitchersFront Row (L to R): Tyler Andersen, Rick Anton, Jordan Whatcott, Joe Pond, Zach Clausing, Trent Johnson

Back Row: Nick Green, Tyler Wagner, Zach Adams, Bryn Card, Andrew Wilding, Blake Golding, Brock Duke


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Head coach Bill Kinneberg’s success hasn’t been limited to his time at Utah, or even as a colle-giate head coach.

The veteran skipper has been tapped on three occasions to serve the USA Baseball Organiza-tion, guiding and mentoring the sport at an in-ternational level.

This coming summer he will serve as the head coach of the 2010 Collegiate National Team. The 2010 National Team schedule will culmi-nate in the FISU World University Champion-ship in Japan.

During the summer of 2007 he served as pitching coach for the US National Collegiate team. Team USA went up against some of the top international pow-ers, battling Cuba, Japan and the Netherlands, among other national teams, on a three-month world tour. His pitching staff featured some of the youngest and brightest talent that college baseball had to offer. Kinneberg mentored a staff that turned in a 25-12 record, and its earned-run average was a scant 1.93. Kinneberg had 11 of his 16 hurlers record ERA’s of under-2.00.

At the 2007 Pan American Games, Team USA was perhaps at his best. Facing professional players on the Mexican, Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican and Cuban teams, Bill Kinneberg’s pitching staff of college stars got Team USA to the finals where it lost to Cuba in a heartbreaker, 2-1. The staff’s ERA for that tournament was an impressive 2.8.

SeniorsFront Row (L to R): Josh Reed, Nick Kuroczko, Cooper Blanc, Rick Cornu, Zach Adams

Back Row: Jordan Whatcott, Kevin Hussey, Bryn Card, Kyle Myers, Andrew Wilding, Nik Gumeson

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Since Bill Kinneberg became the head coach of the University of Utah baseball team in 2004, he has been unofficially kicking off the season by bringing in baseball celebrities for a special banquet to support his program. These events have been extremely successful in creating exposure for the Utah Baseball team prior to the season, as well as generating some extra revenue for the program.

Kinneberg brought long-time friend Terry Francona to Salt Lake City in the winter of 2005, just months after Francona managed the Boston Red Sox to the 2004 World Series Championship. That appearance started the ball rolling for these events. The following year, Kinneberg secured the services of baseball’s iron man, Cal Ripken Jr. The long-time Baltimore Oriole and Baseball Hall of Famer was in attendance at the 2006 event, just one year prior to his induction in the Hall. The 2007 event featured another Baltimore Oriole and Hall of Famer, Brooks Robinson.

In 2008, Kinneberg invited Francona for an encore appearance on the heels of yet another World Series Championship. The Red Sox skipper entertained a packed house with stories from the Red Sox Clubhouse and from its second title run in three years.

The 2009 event featured Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew. For 2010, Kinneberg brings in Utah native and 1986 Red Sox World Series pitcher Bruce Hurst.

“It has been a real thrill for me to bring tremendous people and players to Salt Lake City,” Kinneberg said. “There are a lot of wonderful baseball fans in this area and many of them have supported these events tremendously. I’ve also enjoyed having these men around my team. Our players can learn a lot from guys like this, just being around them for an evening.”

Clockwise from upper right:Terry Francona, 2008

Brooks Robinson, 2007Terry Francona, 2005

Harmon Killebrew, 2009Cal Ripken Jr., 2006

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Utah BaseBall2009 Season Review

For the 2009 Utah baseball team, the season was a series of ups and downs. But the Utes brought it all together when it mattered, winning their first Mountain West Conference tourna-ment and reaching the NCAA Baseball Cham-pionship for the first time since 1960, capping it off by winning two games in the regional round.

The Utes had several big wins during the sea-son that showcased their potential. A 2-0 shutout of No. 4 Texas A&M and nearly winning a second game of the three-game series. Defeat-ing UC Irvine, which spent much of the season ranked No. 1 in several polls, 7-3. Breaking No. 15 TCU’s 10-game home winning streak with a 15-11 win.

However, there were also heartbreaking lows. The Utes dropped 11 games by one run and went 1-6 in extra inning games. At one point the team had dropped 10 in a row. Utah was in danger of not even reaching the conference tour-nament before a sweep of Air Force in early May.

Although Utah came into the MWC Tour-nament as the No. 6 seed, many of the head coaches in the league felt that the Utes were a team to look out for - particularly TCU head coach Jim Schlossnagle, who said before the tour-nament that Utah had played the Horned Frogs well all year.

The Utes opened the tournament with a vic-tory, coming out on top of a 2-1, 10-inning deci-sion over No. 3 seed BYU behind a pair of RBI hits from freshman Tyler Yagi and a solid outing on the mound from Jordan Whatcott. Utah moved on to face No. 1 seed and 10th ranked TCU, upsetting the Horned Frogs 9-7 behind a six-run fourth inning. Brian Budrow struck out six for his fifth win of the year and Greg Krause got a save.

Utah ran into a roadblock against San Diego State, with the Aztecs rallying to score eight runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to take a 9-8 victory and move into the championship game.

The gut wrenching loss, combined with the reminders of the close losses of the regular sea-son, motivated the Utes through the remainder of the tournament. The next day Utah ensured that there would be a new MWC Tournament champion as they defeated TCU for a second time, 6-4, to eliminate the three-time defending champions. Devin Walker hit an early two-run home run, while Bryn Card kept TCU off bal-ance with his off speed pitches. The Utes turned around an hour later to force a second champi-onship game with a 4-1 win over SDSU, giving the Aztecs their first tournament loss. Whatcott, who was pitching on short rest and had closed out the TCU game earlier that day, allowed one run on three hits. Yagi hit a two-RBI single to give the Utes the lead.

Utah shined on championship Saturday, beating San Diego State, 9-3, behind a six-run third inning, for their first MWC Tournament title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Baseball Championship.

When it was all said and done, Utah had scored 24 of their 38 runs during the tournament with two outs.

“What a tremendous feat that our guys ac-complished the whole week,” head coach Bill Kinneberg said. “Our pitchers were on fumes and the guts they all showed was indicative of what they wanted. They were determined from the onset that they were going to compete here and they did. The mental toughness of our team really showed this week and the determination that they had coming into the conference tourna-ment was evident through their energy level.

“I’m most proud of our team in the resiliency of coming back after Thursday night’s loss and playing the best baseball that we have played all year. I really think the guys were determined not to let this opportunity to win a championship go by. They bounced back all year through some very tough losses and never quit.”

Utah, seeded fourth in the Fullerton Regional and the only team in the NCAA’s that did not have a winning record, struggled against No. 2 national seed and fourth-ranked Cal State Ful-lerton in its first game, falling 18-2. The Utes bounced back in their next game against Georgia Southern, rallying from a 9-4 deficit in the eighth inning before winning in the bottom of the ninth, 11-10. Michael Beltran’s two-out walk-off single through the left side scored Rick Cornu to complete the late-inning rally and stay alive.

The Utes continued in the regional against Gonzaga, downing the Bulldogs 9-7 behind a 5-for-5 performance by Yagi. Card had seven strikeouts on the mound.

Utah ended its season a few hours later against Fullerton in the regional title game, falling 16-3 and finishing the year with a 28-31 record. The Utes were one of only two No. 4 seeds across the country to make it to the sixth game of their regional.

“Down deep we knew we were a special club and the last two weeks have proved that,” Kin-neberg said after the loss. “We want to build on this. Every coaches’ dream is to win, make a regional and make a run for Omaha. Our guys can say they did that. I hope it doesn’t take 49 years to get back here.”

Individually, several Utah players had strong seasons.

A number of freshman made their mark on the program, led by catcher and designated hitter C.J. Cron, who earned Freshman All-America honors from Baseball America, the National Col-legiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Collegiate Baseball. The MWC Freshman of the Year led Utah in hits (83), doubles (19), home runs (11) and RBI (58). He was also named to the MWC All-Tournament team. Yagi, who was recruited as an infielder but converted to the outfield in the middle of the season, came on strong at the end of the year. He had 10 hits and eight RBI during the MWC Tournament to earn MVP honors, and he was also named to the regional all-tournament team. Pitcher Joe Pond was injured towards the end of the season, but had several solid outings, including a win over BYU and a strong start against Gonzaga.

Corey Shimada, Budrow and Whatcott were all named second-team All-MWC. Shimada ends his career holding the school records for runs (220), triples (20) and walks (151). Shimada and Whatcott were both named to the MWC All-Tournament team. Budrow and Whatcott were both drafted following the season. Budrow went in the 28th round to the Arizona Diamondbacks, while Whatcott was chosen in the 31st round by the Los Angeles Angels.

Junior Nick Kuroczko, starting third-baseman who led Utah with a .353 batting average, finished the season tied for second in the country with nine triples.

Six seniors ended their careers at Utah - Shi-mada, Budrow, Austin Jones, Robert Chimpky, Greg Krause and Bennett Askew. Jones set a school record and tied the MWC record for home runs in a game with four against Air Force on May 1. He was named the national player of the week that week. Chimpky’s 12 career saves gives him the school record. Krause led Utah with four saves this season. He was named to the MWC All-Tournament team after making four appearances during the tournament. Askew started the title game of the MWC Tournament.

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Record: 28-31 Home: 6-13 Away: 20-18 Neutral: 2-0 MWC: 8-16

Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%9 KUROCZKO, Nick .353 57 57 224 47 79 10 9 6 44 125 .558 43 0 39 4 .454 2 5 4 6 40 106 13 .91816 YAGI, Tyler .343 48 42 181 32 62 12 1 0 33 76 .420 11 3 29 4 .390 0 8 1 4 49 8 4 .934 3 SHIMADA, Corey .342 58 58 240 64 82 9 2 7 38 116 .483 43 6 35 4 .452 1 2 16 22 122 172 6 .98025 CRON, C.J. .337 59 58 246 39 83 19 1 11 58 137 .557 14 4 31 7 .375 5 2 1 3 165 21 2 .98918 WALKER, Devin .314 48 43 169 27 53 14 1 8 36 93 .550 20 2 34 1 .389 2 1 0 2 187 18 2 .990 8 BELTRAN, Michael .309 59 59 236 36 73 6 3 0 22 85 .360 12 10 58 4 .367 1 11 7 12 86 210 19 .940 6 JONES, Austin .282 59 58 234 41 66 16 0 8 48 106 .453 22 5 49 2 .355 1 3 3 6 550 30 7 .988 5 CORNU, Rick .281 38 38 153 27 43 8 2 8 32 79 .516 7 7 36 2 .339 1 4 8 11 73 6 5 .940 7 HUSSEY, Kevin .262 33 26 103 16 27 7 1 3 15 45 .437 10 0 28 3 .327 0 1 2 3 36 1 2 .94940 GREEN, Gavin .247 39 18 85 14 21 4 1 0 7 27 .318 1 3 29 0 .281 0 3 1 3 34 2 2 .94723 BLANC, Cooper .227 42 40 154 34 35 1 0 7 26 57 .370 11 4 47 3 .294 1 6 10 12 105 3 5 .95613 JONES, Zach .213 36 20 61 8 13 1 0 0 6 14 .230 17 1 11 1 .392 0 6 2 4 45 1 1 .97919 MYERS, Kyle .323 17 6 31 8 10 4 0 1 6 17 .548 5 0 9 2 .417 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 .83339 SHARRAR, Jo Jo .185 21 7 27 2 5 0 0 0 3 5 .185 1 1 9 0 .241 0 2 0 0 62 7 2 .97215 REED, Josh .000 24 1 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 2 1 .143 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.00012 CHRISTENSEN, A .000 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals .303 59 59 2151 403 652 111 21 59 374 982 .457 218 46 446 38 .377 14 54 55 88 1581 674 84 .964Opponents .317 59 59 2154 413 683 123 22 49 377 997 .463 206 66 421 38 .391 19 41 52 78 1606 667 110 .954

LOB - Team (475), Opp (492). DPs turned - Team (52), Opp (51). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (10), SHIMADA 5, CRON 2,KUROCZKO 2, JONES, A. 1, Opp (16). Picked off - BLANC 3, YAGI 2, CORNU 1, BELTRAN 1, WALKER 1.

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA38 CLAUSING, Zach 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 1 1 0 0 020 WHATCOTT, Jordan 4.19 5 3 17 15 0 0 1 1 88.0 86 47 41 46 61 15 1 2 325 .265 6 14 0 2 1037 KRAUSE, Greg 4.93 3 4 32 0 0 0 0 4 45.2 58 34 25 17 47 9 2 6 191 .304 3 7 0 3 333 CARD, Bryn 5.61 6 2 17 12 0 0 0 0 67.1 82 47 42 25 55 12 2 9 270 .304 1 5 2 1 226 BUDROW, Brian 5.75 5 5 17 15 0 0 0 1 98.2 129 72 63 30 79 21 6 6 412 .313 12 12 0 3 610 WILDING, Andrew 6.29 2 5 14 13 0 0 0 0 78.2 107 63 55 13 49 21 6 9 323 .331 4 8 2 4 728 STREICH, Stephen 6.80 2 4 28 1 0 0 1 2 45.0 63 39 34 24 30 13 2 6 183 .344 3 4 2 2 3 2 ANDERSEN, Tyler 7.71 1 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 23.1 37 28 20 5 19 7 1 0 107 .346 0 3 0 1 417 POND, Joe 8.61 1 1 15 2 0 0 0 0 23.0 36 25 22 17 20 9 0 1 99 .364 4 2 0 0 321 ASKEW, Bennett 8.90 1 4 20 1 0 0 0 0 30.1 42 30 30 14 31 10 1 5 127 .331 3 5 1 1 2 1 CHIMPKY, Robert 9.35 2 2 24 0 0 0 1 3 26.0 42 28 27 15 29 6 1 5 113 .372 5 5 0 2 1

Totals 6.13 28 31 59 59 0 1 1 11 527.0 683 413 359 206 421 123 22 49 2154 .317 42 66 7 19 41Opponents 5.51 31 28 59 59 3 0 0 14 535.1 652 403 328 218 446 111 21 59 2151 .303 41 46 12 14 54

PB - Team (16), WALKER 8, CRON 7, SHARRAR 1, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (21), WHATCOTT 7, CRON 5, CARD 3, WILDING 2, POND 2,BUDROW 1, CHIMPKY 1, Opp (8). SBA/ATT - CRON (27-33), WALKER (21-28), CARD (14-17), BUDROW (7-13), WHATCOTT (4-11), SHARRAR(4-10), WILDING (7-10), POND (6-9), KRAUSE (5-6), STREICH (4-5), ANDERSEN (3-3), ASKEW (1-3), CHIMPKY (1-1).

2009 Season Statistics


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Game date Opposing team Score r-h-e r-h-e Inns Overall MWC Pitcher of record Attend Time Feb 20, 2009 at LMU 7-8 L 7-9-4 8-12-2 (11) 0-1-0 0-0-0 ANDERSEN (L 0-1) 475 4:10 Feb 21, 2009 at LMU W 11-7 11-14-0 7-10-1 9 1-1-0 0-0-0 WHATCOTT (W 1-0) 385 3:03 Feb 21, 2009 at LMU 1-13 L 1-6-3 13-13-0 9 1-2-0 0-0-0 WILDING (L 0-1) 400 2:48 Feb 22, 2009 at LMU 1-3 L 1-8-0 3-5-2 9 1-3-0 0-0-0 CARD (L 0-1) 415 2:32 Feb 27, 2009 at CSU Bakersfield W 12-1 12-13-0 1-10-3 9 2-3-0 0-0-0 BUDROW (W 1-0) 365 2:22 Feb 28, 2009 at CSU Bakersfield 8-10 L 8-11-2 10-11-3 9 2-4-0 0-0-0 ASKEW (L 0-1) - 2:52 Feb 28, 2009 at CSU Bakersfield W 10-8 10-13-2 8-13-4 9 3-4-0 0-0-0 STREICH (W 1-0) 514 2:57 Mar 01, 2009 at CSU Bakersfield W 7-3 7-14-1 3-6-2 9 4-4-0 0-0-0 CARD (W 1-0) 448 2:10 Mar 05, 2009 at Sam Houston St W 5-4 5-7-2 4-9-1 9 5-4-0 0-0-0 BUDROW (W 2-0) 235 2:35 Mar 06, 2009 at Texas A&M 2-7 L 2-6-2 7-10-1 9 5-5-0 0-0-0 WILDING (L 0-2) 4867 2:17 Mar 07, 2009 at Texas A&M W 2-0 2-6-1 0-4-2 9 6-5-0 0-0-0 WHATCOTT (W 2-0) 5531 2:55 Mar 08, 2009 at Texas A&M 11-12 L 11-9-1 12-17-6 9 6-6-0 0-0-0 CHIMPKY (L 0-1) 3550 3:31 *Mar 12, 2009 BYU 1-4 L 1-3-1 4-11-1 9 6-7-0 0-1-0 BUDROW (L 2-1) 237 2:10 *Mar 13, 2009 at BYU W 15-13 15-16-0 13-17-4 9 7-7-0 1-1-0 POND (W 1-0) 3081 3:28 *Mar 14, 2009 at BYU 3-11 L 3-5-5 11-11-3 9 7-8-0 1-2-0 WHATCOTT (L 2-1) 1594 2:46 Mar 17, 2009 at Southern Utah 4-6 L 4-9-1 6-8-4 9 7-9-0 1-2-0 STREICH (L) 71 2:43 *Mar 20, 2009 TCU 7-8 L 7-10-3 8-11-4 9 7-10-0 1-3-0 CHIMPKY (L 0-2) 157 3:12 *Mar 21, 2009 TCU 1-6 L 1-5-3 6-9-0 9 7-11-0 1-4-0 WILDING (L 0-3) 311 2:22 *Mar 22, 2009 TCU W 9-8 9-12-0 8-15-4 (10) 8-11-0 2-4-0 STREICH (W 2-1) 137 3:00 Mar 24, 2009 at GONZAGA BULLDOGS W 16-9 16-21-2 9-12-5 9 9-11-0 2-4-0 CARD (W 2-1) 219 4:16 Mar 25, 2009 at GONZAGA BULLDOGS 2-3 L 2-8-1 3-6-1 9 9-12-0 2-4-0 ASKEW (L 0-2) 188 2:45 Mar 28, 2009 SOUTHERN UTAH W 11-3 11-18-0 3-10-2 9 10-12-0 2-4-0 BUDROW (W 3-1) 411 1:20 Mar 28, 2009 SOUTHERN UTAH W 3-2 3-4-1 2-7-0 9 11-12-0 2-4-0 WILDING (W 1-3) - 2:10 Mar 31, 2009 at Utah Valley W 9-6 9-10-3 6-14-1 9 12-12-0 2-4-0 CHIMPKY (W 1-2) 315 3:06 *Apr 03, 2009 at UNLV W 8-5 8-11-0 5-10-3 9 13-12-0 3-4-0 BUDROW (W 4-1) 342 2:55 *Apr 04, 2009 at UNLV 5-7 L 5-14-0 7-12-4 9 13-13-0 3-5-0 WILDING (L 1-4) 431 2:50 *Apr 05, 2009 at UNLV 3-4 L 3-9-1 4-9-1 (10) 13-14-0 3-6-0 KRAUSE (L 0-1) 612 2:25 Apr 07, 2009 at Utah Valley 2-8 L 2-2-2 8-13-2 9 13-15-0 3-6-0 CARD (L 2-2) 1120 2:43 *Apr 09, 2009 NEW MEXICO 4-5 L 4-11-2 5-8-0 (10) 13-16-0 3-7-0 KRAUSE (L 0-2) 426 3:05 *Apr 10, 2009 NEW MEXICO 6-7 L 6-14-1 7-12-3 (10) 13-17-0 3-8-0 STREICH (L 2-2) 610 3:16 *Apr 11, 2009 NEW MEXICO 3-4 L 3-7-1 4-11-1 (10) 13-18-0 3-9-0 KRAUSE (L 0-3) 520 3:20 *Apr 17, 2009 BYU 4-7 L 4-8-1 7-11-2 9 13-19-0 3-10-0 BUDROW (L 4-2) 326 2:50 *Apr 18, 2009 at BYU 7-12 L 7-14-3 12-14-3 9 13-20-0 3-11-0 POND (L 1-1) 350 2:37 *Apr 18, 2009 BYU 2-3 L 2-13-0 3-11-0 9 13-21-0 3-12-0 KRAUSE (L 0-4) - 2:57 Apr 21, 2009 WASHINGTON STATE 8-13 L 8-12-0 13-16-5 9 13-22-0 3-12-0 ASKEW (L 0-3) 242 3:18 Apr 22, 2009 WASHINGTON STATE W 9-1 9-14-0 1-8-1 9 14-22-0 3-12-0 CARD (W 3-2) 177 3:10 Apr 23, 2009 UC IRVINE 3-8 L 3-10-2 8-12-0 9 14-23-0 3-12-0 BUDROW (L 4-3) 190 2:42 Apr 24, 2009 UC IRVINE 1-10 L 1-4-1 10-16-0 9 14-24-0 3-12-0 WILDING (L 1-5) 330 2:33 Apr 25, 2009 UC IRVINE W 7-3 7-15-1 3-8-0 9 15-24-0 3-12-0 WHATCOTT (W 3-1) 186 2:34 Apr 28, 2009 at Utah Valley W 11-8 11-13-3 8-13-1 9 16-24-0 3-12-0 ASKEW (W 1-3) 1407 3:19 *May 01, 2009 at Air Force W 19-12 19-20-3 12-15-2 9 17-24-0 4-12-0 ANDERSEN (W 1-1) 62 3:21 *May 03, 2009 at Air Force W 12-6 12-17-1 6-10-0 9 18-24-0 5-12-0 WHATCOTT (W 3-2) - 2:45 *May 03, 2009 at Air Force W 19-8 19-20-0 8-18-1 9 19-24-0 6-12-0 CHIMPKY (W 2-2) 139 2:57 *May 08, 2009 at TCU 5-10 L 5-11-0 10-14-1 9 19-25-0 6-13-0 BUDROW (L 4-4) 2097 3:04 *May 09, 2009 at TCU W 15-11 15-16-1 11-11-1 9 20-25-0 7-13-0 CARD (W 4-2) 2184 3:26 *May 10, 2009 at TCU 3-4 L 3-8-3 4-9-1 9 20-26-0 7-14-0 WHATCOTT (L 4-2) 2145 2:30 *May 14, 2009 SAN DIEGO STATE 2-11 L 2-6-2 11-14-0 9 20-27-0 7-15-0 BUDROW (L 4-5) 1685 2:47 *May 15, 2009 SAN DIEGO STATE W 15-5 15-16-0 5-12-5 9 21-27-0 8-15-0 WILDING (W 2-5) 345 2:58 *May 16, 2009 SAN DIEGO STATE 9-10 L 9-14-4 10-15-1 (12) 21-28-0 8-16-0 ASKEW (L 1-4) 314 5:03 $May 19, 2009 at BYU W 2-1 2-8-0 1-5-3 (10) 22-28-0 8-16-0 KRAUSE (W 1-4) 975 2:33 $May 20, 2009 at TCU W 9-7 9-15-3 7-12-3 9 23-28-0 8-16-0 BUDROW (W 5-5) 2112 3:25 $May 21, 2009 at San Diego State 8-9 L 8-10-0 9-11-2 9 23-29-0 8-16-0 STREICH (L 2-3) 1256 3:10 $May 22, 2009 at TCU W 6-4 6-11-0 4-12-0 9 24-29-0 8-16-0 CARD (W 5-2) 0 2:48 $May 22, 2009 at San Diego State W 4-1 4-7-1 1-5-1 9 25-29-0 8-16-0 WHATCOTT (W 5-2) 1420 2:48 $May 23, 2009 at San Diego State W 9-3 9-15-0 3-12-0 9 26-29-0 8-16-0 KRAUSE (W 2-4) 914 3:08 ^May 29, 2009 at Cal State Fullerton 2-18 L 2-9-5 18-24-1 9 26-30-0 8-16-0 WHATCOTT (L 5-3) 2441 2:53 ^May 30, 2009 vsGeorgia Southern W 11-10 11-16-2 10-16-2 9 27-30-0 8-16-0 KRAUSE (W 3-4) 1232 3:05 ^May 31, 2009 vsGONZAGA BULLDOGS W 9-7 9-17-1 7-12-1 9 28-30-0 8-16-0 CARD (W 6-2) 1285 3:15 ^May 31, 2009 at Cal State Fullerton 3-16 L 3-8-2 16-21-3 9 28-31-0 8-16-0 STREICH (L 2-4) 2185 2:50

* = Conference game$ = Mountain West Conference Tournament, Fort Worth, Texas.^ = NCAA Regional Tournament, Fullerton, Calif.() extra inning game

2009 Results

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1964Jerry Fisher .................................. IFCraig MacKay ............................. IFGary Shelby.................................. CDave Varvel ...................................PDoug Wasko ..............................OF1965Duane Freeman ........................... IFSteve Radulovich ........................OFDave Varvel ...................................P1967Mike Beyler .................................2BSteve Radulovich .........................1B1968Tom Kilgore ................................3B1969Tom Kilgore ................................3BFrank King .................................OF1970Gary Cleverly .............................OFRichard Hardy ..............................P1971Steve Jones ....................................P1972Val Cahoon .................................2B1973Mark Colerick ...............................PSteve Cowley ...............................3BSteve Marlow ............................DHKerry Milkovich .........................OF1974John Cowley ............................... IFJeff Johnson ................................. CGerry LeFavor ...............................PJohn McBride ............................. IF1975John McBride ............................. SS1976Scott Moffitt ..............................OFGary Vincent.................................P1977Nate Ellington ...........................OFJim Lyman .................................. IF1978Brian Graham ............................OFJim Maynard .................................P1979Marc Amicone ............................ IF1980Randy Gomez .............................. CEd Iorg ........................................ IF1981Lance Brewer ..............................OFShawn Gill ................................... CTim Hayes .................................. IFPhil Strom .................................DH1982Steve Springer ...........................DH1983David Rise.................................... C1985Fernando Carmona .....................1BMike Dandos .............................. IFMike Moore ...............................OFChris Shultis ............................... IF1986Chris Schultis ..............................3B

1987Lance Madsen ............................OF 1989Lance Madsen ............................OF1990Mike Edwards .............................3BCraig Sudbury ...............................P1991Mike Edwards .............................3B1993Guy Fowlks ...................................PClint Kelson ..............................DHAdam Sessions .............................. C1994Shane Jones .................................3BAdam Sessions .............................. C1995Travis Parker ...............................3B1996Danny Bell ....................................PCasey Child ................................OFTravis Flint ...............................DH1997Casey Child .................. OF, 1st TmScott Pratt ......................SS, 1st TmNate Forbush ................ C, 2nd Tm1998Nate Forbush .................C, 1st TmJohn Summers ............... 1B, 1st Tm2000Mike Goff ..................... 3B, 1st TmBrit Pannier ................. DH, 1st TmSam Swenson ................CF, 1st TmNate Weese ................... 1B, 1st Tm

2001Ryan Bailey ..................... P, 1st TmChris Shelton ..................C, 1st TmNate Weese ................... 1B, 1st TmTravis Palmer .................P, 2nd TmSam Swenson ..............OF, 2nd TmMike Westfall ...............3B, 2nd Tm2002Mitch Maio ..................... P, 1st TmAdam Castelton ...........2B, 2nd TmDonald Hawes .............. C, 2nd TmNate Weese ..................1B, 2nd TmMike Westfall ...............3B, 2nd Tm2003Matt Ciaramella ........... OF, 1st TmJared Pena ..................... 2B, 1st TmBrady Martinez ........... RP, 2nd Tm2004Jay Brossman ......................UT/DHEric Chevalier .............................OFMatt Ciaramella .........................OFJared Pena ...................................2B2005Doug Beck ..................................2BJay Brossman ...............................3BJosh Cooper ............................... RP2006Ryan Khoury ..................SS, 1st TmJay Brossman ................1B, 2nd TmJohn Welsh .................OF, 2nd TmJosh Cooper ...................P, 2nd Tm

All-Conference Selections2007Jay Brossman ................. 1B, 1st TmCorey Shimada .............2B, 2nd Tm2008Stephen Fife .................... P, 1st TmCody Guymon ............ DH, 1st Tm2009Brian Budrow .................P, 2nd TmCorey Shimada .............2B, 2nd TmJordan Whatcott ............P, 2nd Tm

Conference AwardsChris Shelton: 2001 Player of the YearMike Westfall: 2001 Freshman of the YearMitch Maio: 2002 Co-Player of the YearRyan Khoury: 2006 Player of the YearC.J. Cron: 2009 Freshman of the Year

From 1967-87 and 1993-96, one team was selected in each WAC Division. From 1982-84 one team was selected from both divisions.

1951: James Cleverly: ABCA First-team second base1959: Archie Skeen: ABCA First-team catcher1981: Phil Strom: ABCA First-team designated hitter1997: Casey Child: Baseball America Third-team outfielder, The Sporting News Second-team out-fielder, Collegiate Baseball second-team outfielder2001: Mike Westfall: Freshman-team Louisville Slugger2001: Chris Shelton: Third-team NCBWA, Second-team Collegiate Baseball2006: Ryan Khoury: ABCA First-team shortstop, NCBWA Second-team, Third-teamCollegiate Baseball2009: C.J. Cron: Freshman NCB-WA Second-team catcher, Fresh-man Collegiate Baseball designated hitter, Freshman Baseball America Second-team catcher, Freshman Ping! Third-team.

National AwardsRyan Khoury: 2006 NCBWA Dis-trict 8 Player of the Year

All-Americans

Casey Child, a 1997 All-America selection, holds the school career records for batting average and slugging percentage.


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199444th Round1212. Chris Arambula, 1B, St. Louis Cardinals199531st Round850. Kelly Stratton, OF, Texas Rangers199716th Round477. Casey Child, OF, Anaheim Angels199813th Round398. John Summers, 1B, San Francisco Giants21st Round627. Nate Forbush, C, Detroit Tigers199926th Round803. Lance Ericksen, RHP, Houston Astros200032nd Round956. Phil Cullen, RHP, Seattle Mariners2001 31st Round929. Ryan Bailey, RHP, Anaheim Angels33rd Round984. Chris Shelton, C, Pittsburgh Pirates41st Round1242. Travis Palmer, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals200212th Round363. Jason Wylie, RHP, Chicago Cubs17th Round519. Donnie Saba, OF, Arizona Diamondbacks23rd Round677. Nate Weese, OF, Montreal Expos26th Round792. Mitch Maio, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals200335th Round1033. Sean Overholt, RHP, Chicago Cubs200413th Round395. Matt Ciaramella, OF, Boston Red Sox22nd Round670. Doug Mackay, RHP, San Francisco Giants33rd Round998. Clay Westmoreland, RHP, Florida Marlins200612th Round373. Ryan Khoury, SS, Boston Red Sox37th Round1107. Tyler Kmetko, 2B, Arizona Diamondbacks200736th Round1101. Jay Brossman, 1B, L.A. of Anaheim Angels20083rd Round85. Stephen Fife, P, Boston Red Sox200928th Round846. Brian Budrow, RHP, Arizona Diamond-backs31st Round951. Jordan Whatcott, RHP, L.A. of Anaheim Angels

Draft Picks Since 1994

Stephen Fife was drafted after the 2008 season in the third round by the Boston Red Sox. He played for the Salem Red Sox in 2009.

Ryan Khoury earned All-America honors from several publications in 2006. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox and spent 2009 with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs.

Chris Shelton has spent time with the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners. In 2006 with the Tigers he hit nine home runs in the first 13 games of the season.

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The following is a look at Utah’s record, conference record, conference division (when ap-plicable) and head coach, dating back to 1963:

Year Record Conf. Conf./Div. Coach1963 15-14 4-4/2nd WAC Northern Pres Summerhayes1964 14-16 6-4/1st WAC Northern Pres Summerhayes1965 21-16 7-5/1st WAC Northern Pres Summerhayes1966 19-20 5-7/3rd WAC Northern Pres Summerhayes1967 19-14 3-7/3rd WAC Northern Pres Summerhayes1968 19-13 4-5/2nd WAC Northern Pres Summerhayes1969 20-22 7-11/3rd WAC Northern Pres Summerhayes1970 20-18 3-10/3rd WAC Northern Pres Summerhayes1971 17-24 7-11/3rd WAC Northern Pres Summerhayes1972 21-28 4-14/4th WAC Northern Pres Summerhayes1973 11-20 7-11/4th WAC Northern Pres Summerhayes1974 18-25 11-7/2nd WAC Northern Tom Kilgore1975 11-17 5-11/4th WAC Northern Tom Kilgore1976 15-26 8-9/3rd WAC Northern Tom Kilgore1977 17-28 6-12/4th WAC Northern Tom Kilgore1978 8-27 6-12/4th WAC Northern Tom Kilgore1979 7-36 2-15/4th WAC Northern Tom Kilgore1980 17-19 5-12/3rd WAC Northern Mike Weathers1981 23-20 15-9/2nd WAC Northern Mike Weathers1982 17-31 12-12/2nd WAC Northern Lonnie Keeter1983 15-18 7-15/4th WAC Northern Lonnie Keeter1984 23-25 13-11/2nd WAC Northern Lonnie Keeter1985 29-21 12-11/2nd WAC Northern Lonnie Keeter1986 9-32 3-21/4th WAC Northern Lonnie Keeter1987 16-34 8-16/3rd WAC Northern Lonnie Keeter1988 10-32 8-17/6th WAC (No division) Rick Sofield1989 17-32 10-18/6th WAC (No division) Rick Sofield1990 19-33 10-16/6th WAC (No division) Rick Sofield1991 23-30 11-12/5th WAC (No division) Rick Sofield1992 20-34 11-15/6th WAC (No division) Rick Sofield1993 31-19 14-9/3rd WAC Northern Rick Sofield1994 22-32 9-15/4th WAC Northern Rick Sofield1995 15-39 7-21/6th WAC Northern Steve Gillespie1996 30-22 15-15/3rd(T) WAC Northern Bill Kinneberg1997 36-21-1 22-8/1st WAC Northern Tim Esmay 1998 23-31 12-18/2nd WAC Northern Tim Esmay1999 22-30 8-20/10th Mountain West Tim Esmay2000 26-30 15-15/3rd Mountain West Tim Esmay2001 27-29 14-16/3rd Mountain West Tim Esmay2002 33-26 16-14/2nd Mountain West Tim Esmay2003 24-32 10-20/5th Mountain West Tim Esmay2004 22-36 11-19/5th Mountain West Tim Esmay2005 19-36 10-20/5th Mountain West Bill Kinneberg2006 28-28 9-13/6th Mountain West Bill Kinneberg2007 24-31 12-12/3rd(T) Mountain West Bill Kinneberg2008 26-28 10-14/4th Mountain West Bill Kinneberg2009 28-31 8-16/6th Mountain West Bill KinnebergTotals 946-1226-1 422-605

1951College World Series2-2 Record; Third-place finishUtah 7, Tennessee 1USC 8, Utah 2Utah 15, Texas A&M 8Tennessee 5, Utah 4

1959Regional Round1-2 RecordColorado State College 17, Utah 8Utah 13, Colorado State College 8Colorado State College 12, Utah 8

1960Regional Round1-2 RecordUtah 24, Colorado State College 3Colorado State College 3, Utah 2Colorado State College 6, Utah 2

2009Regional Round (Fullerton, Calif.)2-2 RecordCal State Fullerton 18, Utah 2Utah 11, Georgia Southern 10Utah 9, Gonzaga 7Cal State Fullerton 16, Utah 3

* Colorado State College is now Northern Colorado.

NCAA Tournament HistoryAll-Time Records

Lonnie Keeter Rick Sofield Tim Esmay Bill Kinneberg

Bill Kinneberg earned the 2009 Don Reddish Award, given to the Utah coach who had the most successful

season.


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Single GameRuns................................ 32 vs. Air Force, 2005Hits ................................. 34 vs. Air Force, 2005Doubles .........................................8, three times ....................... most recently vs. Air Force, 2005Triples .............................. 6 vs. Wyoming, 1972Home Runs ....................... 9 vs. Air Force, 1987.................................vs. Utah Valley State, 2006 RBI ................................. 32 vs. Air Force, 2005Walks ......................17 vs. Southern Utah, 2007At Bats ............................ 65 vs. Air Force, 1996Stolen Bases...............9 vs. Southern Utah, 1985Double Plays .................... 5 vs. Wyoming, 1984

Season - Batting and FieldingBatting Average* ................................368, 1985NCAA Batting Title*At Bats ............................................2,175, 2002Runs...................................................586, 1997Hits ....................................................738, 1997Doubles ..............................................155, 1997Triples ..................................................29, 1985Home Runs ........................................124, 1997RBI ....................................................552, 1997Total Bases ......................................1,311, 1997Slugging Percentage ...........................623, 1997Walks .................................................264, 1985Hit by Pitch .........................................76, 2005Strikeouts ...........................................413, 2000On Base Percentage ............................461, 1985Stolen Bases........................................124, 1985Victories ...............................................36, 1997Putouts ............................................1,581, 2009Assists .................................................674, 2009Errors .................................................114, 1987Fielding Percentage ............................970, 2006Double Plays ........................................58, 1997

Season - PitchingInnings Pitched ...............................527.0, 2009Hits ....................................................672, 1997Runs...................................................498, 1997Walks .................................................325, 1985Strikeouts ...........................................421, 2009Lowest ERA ......................................3.09, 1965Wild Pitches .........................................56, 1985Hit Batters ...........................................79, 2000Appearances .......................................178, 2002Won-Loss Percentage .........................629, 1997

Batting Single GameAt Bats .......................... 8, Mike Mosiello, 1991Runs............................. 6, Jeff McFarland, 1985Hits .........................................6, by four players .....................most recently by Doug Beck, 2005RBI ..............................13, Chris Schultis, 1985Doubles ........ 4, Casey Child vs. Air Force, 1996Triples ........... 2, by five players most recently by ............Nick Kuroczko vs. Southern Utah, 2009Home Runs ..4, Austin Jones vs. Air Force, 2009HR in One Inning ................2, by three players................... most recently by Erich Kemp, 2006Walks ......................................4, by nine players .............. most recently by Corey Shimada, 2007Total Bases ................. 17, Jeff McFarland, 1985

SeasonBatting Average ....... .457, Mike Edwards, 1991At Bats .......................... 250, Nate Weese, 2001Runs.................................. 88, Scott Pratt, 1997Stolen Bases...............................27, Casey Child ......................................... and Scott Pratt, 1997Hits ...............................104, Casey Child, 1997Doubles .................... 28, Matt Ciaramella, 2004Triples ........................10, Corey Shimada, 2007Home Runs .....................31, Casey Child, 1997RBI .................................97, Casey Child, 1997Walks ...................48, Michael Heideman, 1997Total Bases ....................227, Casey Child, 1997Slugging Pct. .............. .890, Casey Child, 1997

Career (Minimum Three Seasons)Batting Avg. ......... .368, Casey Child, 1995-97At Bats .................876, Nate Weese, 1999-2002Runs....................220, Corey Shimada, 2006-09Hits ....................... 307, Jay Brossman, 2004-07Doubles ................... 69, Jay Brossman, 2004-07Triples ...................20, Corey Shimada, 2006-09Home Runs ............50, Nate Weese, 1999-2002RBI ....................... 181, Jay Brossman, 2004-07Stolen Bases...........52, Corey Shimada, 2006-09Walks ..................151, Corey Shimada, 2006-09Total Bases ..............482, Jay Brossman, 2004-07Slugging Pct. ......... .747, Casey Child, 1995-97

Pitching SeasonLowest ERA ...................2.08, Dan Prock, 1969Most Wins .................... 11, Ed McCarter, 1984........................................11, Mike Cutler, 1993Most Appearances .............32, Brian Lane, 2005 Most Complete Games.. 11, Ed McCarter, 1984Won-Loss Pct. ... .900 (9-1), Mitch Maio, 2002Innings Pitched .............122, Guy Fowlks, 1993Strikeouts (Game) ............12, Jason Price, 2004; Stephen Fife, 2008 (twice); Brian Budrow, 2008 Strikeouts (Season) ..........102, Jason Price, 2004Walks ................................ 69, Jeff Mayer, 1985Wild Pitches .................... 19, Jason Wylie, 2002Hit Batters ....................... 16, Ed Markey, 1996Saves ....................9, Clay Westmoreland, 2004; ...................................... Robert Chimpky, 2008Games Started ...................18, Jason Price, 2005Most Hits ...................... 139, Jason Wylie, 2002...................................Cheyenne Rushton, 2002Most Runs ................. 98, Curtis Carman, 1987Most Losses ................. 10, Matt Crockett, 2005

CareerWins ..................... 19, Curtis Carman, 1984-87Appearances .............. 75, Greg Krause, 2006-09Complete Games ......11, Ed McCarter, 1983-84W-L Pct. ......... .600, Brady Martinez, 2002-03Inn. Pitched ........ 314, Lance Ericksen, 1995-99Strikeouts .............. 236, Jason Price, 2003-2006Walks .................. 149, Lance Ericksen, 1995-99Saves .................. 12, Robert Chimpky, 2008-09

Team Records

Individual Records

Corey Shimada holds career records for runs, triples, stolen bases and walks.

Jay Brossman was a three-time all-conference selection.

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ARobert Acord 1979George Allen 1965-67Rick Allen 1974Robert Allen 1973Casey Allie 1991-94Vernon Allred 1961Mike Alto 1992-93Brett Alvey 1976-79Marc Amicone 1976-79Kieth Ancell 1958-60Chuck Anderson 1979-80, 1982Gary Anderson 1961-62Matt Anderson 2003Tyler Andersen 2008-09Shawn Andreasen 1994Chris Arambula 1993-94Mike Aranzullo 1988-91Ronald Arbon 1979Matt Ardizzone 1995Brett Arnold 1963-65Richard Arnold 1965-67Bennett Askew 2007-09Brandon Ast 2006Steve Atkin 1986Dusty Atkinson 1996-97Kenneth Austin 1957-58William Axelgrad 1973Allen Axtell 1967-69

BBrandon Bailey 2005Evan Bailey 2007Ryan Bailey 1999-01Bret Baldwin 2006-07Brandon Ballard 1996-99, 2000Don Baker 1993-94Mike Barnett 1982-85Benson Barerra 1999-01Paul Barton 1989-91Jeff Batcher 1983Mike Basham 2001-03Brad Bauman 1976-77Randall Bayer 1969Doug Beck 2005Paul Beck 1983Rob Beck 1989-90Troy Beckman 1998-99Brad Beckstead 1979-80Dan Bell 1995-96Josh Bell 2006Ronald Bell 1975-76Michael Beltran 2008-09Marc Benjamin 1992-93Ted Berner 1956-57Michael Beyeler 1965-67Blaine Benard 1980Eric Bently 1996Martin Bezyack 1957-58Chad Bianco 1988-89Brandon Biesinger 2002-03Pat Bird 1994Tim Blackham 1989-90Cooper Blanc 2008-09William Bohn 1961James Bolser 1995, 1997-99Thomas Bondurant 1977Dennis Bonny 1961Daniel Borich 1962George Boss 1956-57Paul Boykin 1970-71Eric Bowen 1993Matt Bradshaw 1987-88

Louie Brackett 1962-64Kevin Bracy 1994-95Ryan Breska 2003-04Lance Brewer 1980-81Kelby Brothen 1975Jay Brossman 2004-07Bruce Brown 1969Brett Bruneel 2007Ben Buck 2003-04Brian Budrow 2008-09Todd Bunte 1984Nate Burnham 2007Daniel Burton 1974-75

CVal Cahoon 1970-72Keith Cambell 1969-70Tim Carambelas 1989-90Bryn Card 2008-09Mark Carlton 1989John Carlye 1966Curtis Carman 1984-87Fernado Caromna 1984-85Kevin Carver 2003Scott Cashman 2008Robert Castellano 1990-93Adam Castleton 1999-02Jared Cavaness 1999-00Sean Cawley 1997-98Edward Chenoweth 1957-58Eric Chevalier 2003-04Lyn Chidester 1957-59Casey Child 1995-97Jeremy Chiles 1990-92Robert Chimpky 2008-09Jed Chrisman 1998-00Austin Christensen 2009Chase Christensen 2006Jerry Chruma 1962-63Matt Ciaramella 2002-04Rick Clagett 1997-98Zach Clausing 2009Ray Clinton 1997-98Richard Clopper 1969-71Stephen Colerick 1973-74Douglas Cook 1958Josh Cooper 2005-06Dave Copier 1975-77Bret Cornell 1991-92Rick Cornu 2009William Cowan 1959-60Bradley Cowley 1971-74Matt Crockett 2005C.J. Cron 2009Andrew Crosson 1981Phil Cullen 1999Chad Cullers 2007Dennis Curry 1981Mike Cutler 1993-94

DMike Dandos 1982-85Jon Darden 1970-72Michael Davis 1962-63Robert Davis 1978Steve Davis 1990-91Troy Davis 1983-86Doug Dent 1996Brad DeVore 2006-07Mark DiGiosio 1968-69Michael Disorbio 1964-66Robert D’Onofrio 1971Jim Dokos 1956Merrill Douglas 1956-58

Wallace Douglas 1964-66Pete Douglas 1964-66Pete Dow 1956Rich Downs 1984-87John Kent Draayer 1961-62Don Duncombe 1961-62Denton Dunn 1961-63Mark Duran 1985Kent Dyson 1979

EGordon Eakin 1977-78Trevor Eastman 2004-05David Ebright 2000-01David Edmonds 1966-68Mike Edwards 1990-91Matt Eeles 1996-97Clyde Eggertt 1966Darryl Eisner 1960-61Dwayne Elder 1980-82Nathaniel Ellington 1976-77Andre Ellison 1975-76Don Emery 1989-90Ray Endsley 1959Lance Erickson 1996-99Travis Ewing 1995

FJack Fandal 1977George Farliano 1978-79Corland Felts 1994-97Douglas Ferguson 1972-73Fred Ferguson 2007-08Stephen Fife 2007-08Gerald Fisher 1963-65Travis Flint 1996-97Ryan Florence 2003-04Larry Flores 1974TJ Floyd 2004Nate Forbush 1997-98Kerr Foster 2007-08Guy Fowlks 1988, 1991-93Josh France 2000-01Harvey Francis 1956Adam Frank 2005-06Bryce Freed 2005Duane Freeman 1963-65Todd Fritchman 1982Terry Fritz 1983

GGeraldo Garcia 1970Joseph Garcia 1978-79Clayne Garrett 2005-06Lamar Gehring 1960Jack Gehrke 1966-67Dave Germann 1956Kenneth Gibson 1970-73Shawn Gill 1981-82Matt Glauser 1982-85Mike Goff 1997, 1999-00Randy Gomez 1979-80Mark Gorringe 1988T.R. Gourley 1999, 2003Aaron Graham 1995Brian Graham 1977-78Craig Graves 1980-81Gavin Green 2009Bob Grogan 1982Rod Gust 1985-86Sam Gustafson 1972Cody Guymon 2007-08

H Michael Haddad 2008Richard Hafen 1962Jason Hagen 1994-95Marc Hagen 1993-94Matt Hagen 1994-95Curtis Hall 1996-97Jim Hallinan 1991-92David Hamilton 1960Travis Hansen 1986-89Dan Hansgen 1991-94Kyle Hardman 1988Dick Hardy 1956Jamie Hardy 1999-00Richard J. Hardy 1957-58Chris Harris 1989-90John Harris 1988Randy Harris 1989Brent Hart 1980-81Donald Hawes 1999-02Rick Hawn 1983Dust Haycock 1998Timothy Hayes 1981Brian Hedman 2005-06Mike Heidemann 1996-97Brad Helmer 1985-87Dustin Hennis 2007-08Ben Heusser 2000-01Steve Hilton 1979-81Ryan Hilts 1998-99Hal Hogland 1981Mike Hodgdon 1986-87Carl Hoehner 1957Donald Hogan 1956-57Dan Hogelin 1997Greg Holman 1985Gary Holyoak 1971-73Mike Howard 1979-80Mike Hughes 1991-92Spencer Hunn 1999John Hunter 1967-70Larry Huppert 1980-81Kevin Hussey 2009

IKenneth Ingleby 1963Ed Iorg 1980

JDusty Jacobs 1987John James 2007-08Rory James 2006Jason Jarvis 1992Jeff Jenkins 1970, 1972Alan Jenkinson 1964Brett Jensen 1982-83Gordon Jensen 1956Karl Jensen 1958Curtis Jenson 1956-57Don Jenson 1958, 1961Kyle Johansen 1984-87Victor Johansen 1964-65Ryan Johnerson 1999Ed Johnson 1973Jeff Johnson 1972-75Justin Johnson 1994-95Todd Johnson 1963Travis Johnson 1996-97Austin Jones 2008-09John Jones 1974-75Kent Jones 1963Shane Jones 1991-94Stephen Jones 1969-71Zach Jones 2009

Brad Jordison 1978Jake Jordison 2002-2003Frank Juliano 1981

KTyler Kay 2005Clint Kelson 1993Erich Kemp 2006-07Monty Kennedy 1972Kevin Khoury 1976-78Ryan Khoury 2003-06Thomas Kilgore 1968-69Eric King 2006-07Frank King 1967-69Tom Kingdon 1959-60Mark Kleven 1986-87Tyler Kmetko 2003, 2006William Knibbe 1970-71Travis Kohn 2004Angelo Kournianos 1971Emmanuel Kournianos 1969-70Greg Krause 2006-09Nick Kuroczko 2007-09

LMark Lalli 1980Matt Lalli 1980John Lambourne 1960Brian Lane 2005-06Randy Lane 1972John Landures 1967-70Derek Larsen 2003Jared Larsen 1996-99Ronald Leavitt 1975, 1978-79Doug Lee 1984Gerald LeFavor 1971, 1974-76DC Legg 2008Matt Leonelli 1996-97Roger LePrey 1979Jon Lewis 2000-01Brett Lindsey 2000-01Matt Lipscomb 1991Dave Littlewood 1990-91Bill Loos 1976-77Stephen Long 1975Spence Loughton 1966Tom Lovat 1959-61Nick Lowery 2007Rudy Lucero 1958-59Kelly Lund 1981James Lyman 1974-77

MEd MacArthur 1983Larry MacArthur 1982Craig MacKay 1963-65Doug Mackay 2002-04Tyson Mackay 2008Josh Madsen 2005Lance Madsen 1987-89Tommy Maestas 2000-01Mitch Maio 1999-02Scott Malone 2006Ed Merkey 1995-96Steve Marlowe 1973-74, 1976Tom Martin 1974Brady Martinez 2002-03E.J. Martinez 1999Manuael Martinez 1971-73Michael Martinez 1975-76Ben Marziale 1995-98Jeff Mayer 1985James Maynard 1975, 1978

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Donne Mayne 1967-69Matt McAfee 2000-01John McBride 1972-75Ed McCarter 1983-84Shad McCord 2004, 2006James McClain 1977Robert McCleary 1979Victor McCraney 1979Brett McDermaid 1998-99Daniel McDermott 1993Jeff McFarland 1984-85Randy McGee 1994-97Robert McLeod 1963-65Louis Mele 1956Steve Mellow 1968, 1970-71Fred Mensel 1970-72Alex Mercer 1988Ricky Messner 1976Wlliam Michael 1976-78Kirk Mildon 1984Duncan Miles 1988Kerry Milkovich 1972-74Mike Mitchell 2007Scott Mitchell 1979-80Bill Moeller 1990-91Greg Moffitt 1974-76David Moore 1965-66Mike Moore 1982-85Thomas Moriarty 1971-74Guy Morrell 1980Michael Moseley 1979Matt Mosiello 1991-93Darrin Mott 1986Joe Mozeleski 2005-06Lynn Muir 1980Mike Mulcahy 1984-87Jason Murdock 1990-92Larry Murray 1990-91Jeff Myaer 1986Kyle Myers 2009

NNic Nakagama 2007-08Joseph Nichols 1975-76Marcus Nelson 1991Nathan Nelson 1985-87Brad Nielsen 1983Courtney Nielsen 1971-73Mark Nielsen 1980Mark Nilson 1986-89Butch Nolan 1987David Nordquist 1966-69John Noriega 1964-65Donald Norris 1966-68David Norton 1999Jared Nye 1987-90

OGordon Oborn 1956, 1960Gary Ogden 1988, 1991-92Derek Ogle 1992Ryder Olsen 2004-05Sean Overholt 2001-03Mike Oziminski 1991-92

PBrandon Page 1997-00Travis Palmer 2001Brit Pannier 2000-02Travis Parker 1994-95Bruce Parry 1960-61William Parsons 1967Joel Patterson 1978David Pearce 1976

Roy Pehrson 1962Jared Pena 2003-04Shaun Peters 1990-91Scott Petterson 1991Rob Piekarz 1984Joe Pond 2009Dan Poulton 1994-95Mack Powell 1971Lance Pratt 1983, 1986-88Russ Pratt 1996Scott Pratt 1996-97Jason Price 2003-05Frank Pritchett 1960Dan Prock 1968-70Jerry Pullman 1966-67Paul Pullman 1961-63

QStanley Queen 1977Kevin Quinn 1991

RSteven Radulovich 1965-67Gary Ramos 1987-90Zach Rappleye 1998Paul Rasmussen 1979Scott Rasmussen 1973-74Lawrence Ray 1960-61Mark Redican 1991Max Redman 1956Josh Reed 2009Craig Reese 1982Thad Reeves 1987-89Ryan Reisbeck 2001-02Tyler Relf 2008John Reva 1998Matt Rich 1988, 1992Elmer Richards 1961Scott Ririe 1993David Rise 1983Dwayne Robins 1976, 1978Russell Rosander 1973-75Cheyenne Rushton 2001-02Dee Russell 1970

SDonnie Saba 2001-02Mike Sagas 1993-96Edward Samples 1962Mark Sampson 1995Robert Sanchez 1957Edward Sawley 1962-63Barry Sceili 1971-72Nate Schlieman 2003-04Chris Schultis 1983-86Brad Seare 1997-98Gary Selby 1963-65Adam Sessions 1991-94Doug Sexton 1985-86Curtis Shafer 1981Dennis Shafer 1974-76JoJo Sharrar 2009Lon Shears 1971-72Chris Shelton 2001Corey Shimada 2006-09Jake Shortino 1999-00Jesse Shriner 2007-08Mike Shultis 1989Randolph Siebert 1970-71Steve Sigloch 1987-90Chris Simmons 1993-94Dale Simons 1956Scott Simons 1972-74Dan Simonsen 2002-03

Archie Skeen 1958-59George Sluga 1962-64Dave Smart 1983-84Brett Smiley 1988Gene Smith 1957-59Michael Smith 1973-74Tim Smith 1986Stan Smoot 1956Jared Snyder 2002Kevin Snyder 1994-95Randy Snyder 1977Ron Soranno 1993-94Kirt Soderquist 1961Sam Sorensen 1997Breck Spain 1977, 1979Alan Sperry 1973-74Steve Springer 1982Stanley Springfield 1980-81Derek Staley 1989-90Lewis Stilson 1971Shaun Story 1989Jeff Strasser 1996Kelly Stratton 1994-95Stephen Streich 2008-09Phil Strom 1981Rodney Stromberg 1971Jason Struble 1994-95Rob Stuart 1999-00Brian Stuckey 1977Craig Sudbury 1987-90John Summers 1998Brett Sundberg 2000, 2003Sam Swenson 1997-98, 00-01Robert Swilor 1961-63Brian Sylvester 1956-58

TAndrew Tam 1976-77Lou Tansell 1983Seth Tartler 2005Thomas Tate 1962-63Cris Taylor 1995-96Edward Taylor 1977-78Lee Taylor 1960Ronald Taylor 1959Jim Teahan 1978-81Chris Tellez 1986Jeff Titmus 1980Matt Thelander 1993George Theodore 1967-69Mark Theodore 1965-66Ken Thompson 1982, 84-85Gary Thornton 1996-98John Tolman 1965-66Russell Toronto 1972-73Gary Totland 1957-59Lucas Trinnaman 2006-07Nate Truax 1995-96Chad Truby 1997-98Mike Tummolo 2006Ryan Turpin 1963

UDennis Udy 1964-66Wick Udy 2003Randy Upton 1988

VRommel Valladeras 1996-97Steve Varechok 1981-82Matt Van Doren 1993Russell Van Vleet 1964-65Howard Van Woerkon 1961David Varvel 1964-66

Todd Vernon 1982-83Kenneth Vierra 1958-60Gary Vincent 1974-76, 1978Scott Vondette 1978-79

WBob Waddell 1981-82Jake Waldram 2004Elwood Walker 1968Devin Walker 2008-09Richard Walkingshaw 1970-73Eric Wallace 1998-99Mark Wankier 1990, 1994Duncan Ward 1959Harold Warfle 1960-61Douglas Wasko 1962-64Andy Webster 1993-94Nate Weese 1999-02Thomas Weidner 1969-71Steve Weiser 1981-82John Welsh 2004-07Michael Westfall, Jr. 2000-04Clay Westmoreland 2002-04Chris Weyand 1978-79Jordan Whatcott 2009Donald White 1956-58Jack White 1964-65James Whiteley 1967-69Ty Withee 1998Dean Whitworth 1966

David Wiechman 1970Scott Wilberger 1992Brion Wilcox 1961-62Shane Wilde 1994Andrew Wilding 2007-09Brian Williams 1980-82Larry Williams 1989Mark Williamsen 1980Paul Wills 1980Cort Wilson 2003-04Kerry Winn 1975, 1978-79Joel Winters 1979-80TJ Wise 2006-07Geoff Wolfgramm 2007-08Mike Wood 1998-99Norman Wood 1962Ken Wooster 1984-85William Workman 1959Kevin Wright 1983Jason Wylie 2001-02

YTyler Yagi 2009Charles Yegen 1972David Young 1959Mike Young 1982-83

ZDuane Zauner 1977-78

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The University of Utah plays in perhaps one of the most beauti-ful settings in the nation. Nestled in downtown Salt Lake City, but with sprawling views of the 11,000-foot peaks of the Wasatch Mountain range, is Spring Mobile Ballpark.

Spring Mobile features seating that curves towards the playing field to enhance sight lines for every seat. The suite level is one of the closest upper decks in the nation, offering fans the amenities of comfort without sacrificing proximity to the field of play. The outfield is asymmetrical (345 feet down the left-field foul line, 386 to the left-center alley, 420 feet to center field, 373 feet to the right-center alley and a 315 feet down the right field line). Right field has a short home run porch; bullpens are on the field, directly in front of the fans.

Not only is Spring Mobile field home to the Utes baseball program, but it’s also home to the Salt Lake Bees. The Bees are the Triple-A farm club of the California Angels.

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The latest addition to Utah’s athletic facilities is the 74,000-square foot Spence Eccles Field House. Opened in Novem-ber, 2004, the spacious structure houses a regulation size football field with FieldTurf. The multi-purpose structure allows for year-round training for many of Utah’s athletic programs. The indoor facility has room for both baseball and softball to practice defense. It has retractable batting cages on the south end and portable pitch-ing mounds allow the team to get in a rigorous session of batting practice. The field house also boasts restrooms, storage for the golf and soccer teams and a first aid/taping room. The entryway has recently been turned into a mini theater featuring a “Legends” pho-tographic display of former Ute greats and containing interactive exhibits.

• Groundbreaking:June,2004• Opened:November,2004• Cost:$6million• Funding:Private($2millionfromSpence Eccles)• Size:74,000squarefeet• FieldDimensions:Regulationsize• Height:60feet• Surface:FieldTurf• Location:GuardsmanWay• Amenities:Receptionarea,restrooms,netting and batting cages for softball and baseball

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The Utah baseball locker room received a significant upgrade in the fall of 2009, complete with new lockers and a lounge area.


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Strength TrainingThe idea is centered on accelerating quicker than our opponent. We will do this by concentrating on quick and explosive lifts, combined with quick and explosive agility, sprint and plyometric drills.

Speed DevelopmentEach running session will include acceleration drills more than any other drills. The most important aspect of speed development is the athlete must work at maximum effort in each and every drill.

FlexibilityIt is a traditional part of every strength and conditioning program. When the athlete is not able to put a body joint through the proper range of motion, it can affect performance in various ways.

Mental ToughnessThese weight training or conditioning sessions push the body way beyond comfort levels, and in some cases, to utter exhaustion. This allows the student-athlete to develop capacity to push through barriers created by pain and fatigue.

ConditioningConditioning is best obtained by working the energy system with volume. Conditioning should be cycled with light, medium and heavy days to avoid over-training. Recovery is often better than work.

Injury PreventionThe Utah athlete will be expected to work harder than anyone else when he/she is injured. Staff will work with the athletic training staff to coordinate efforts to bring the athlete back to the playing field as quickly as possible.

MotivatingStaff will coach in a very positive manner, always reinforcing our belief in an athlete as a champion in the making. No one out-works, out-hustles or has more ability than a Utah student-athlete.

Top: The exterior of the new Alex Smith Strength and Conditioning Center, which is part of the Dee Glen Smith Athletics Center. Work on the new 17,000 square foot center was completed in early July, 2009. • Opened:July6,2009

• Cost:$1.5million• Funding:Private• LeadGift:$500,000pledgedonFeb.12, 2007 by Ute Heisman Trophy finalist and 2005 NFL No. 1 Draft pick Alex Smith• Size:At17,000squarefeet,itisoneofthe largest college strength & conditioning facilities in the nation• DirectorofStrength&Conditioning:Doug Elisaia• BaseballStrengthCoach:JonWebster

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As an academic institution, the University of Utah enjoys a richly deserved reputation for excellence in education. The Utah athlet-ics department works to ensure that each of its student-athletes takes advantage of the academic opportunities offered. With three full-time ath-letic academic advisors, the U. provides special-ized academic counseling for its student-athletes. The U. employs four full-time academic advisers for its student-athletes. The department is under the direction of Director of Athletic-Academic Services Lucas Moosman. Rob Rainey oversees the academic counseling for the ski team. Also on the staff are Matt Leituala and Beth Brennan.

The Ute academic team monitors the studies of each student-athlete to ensure he or she is making progress toward a degree. The academic advisors also dispense their knowledge of depart-mental and University requirements, and assist with course registration and the exploration and selection of majors.

Study TableAvailable to all student-athletes.

TutorsIndividual tutors, drop-in tutoring and exam reviews.

Life Skills Center Provides student-athletes avenues for personal development, community service and leadership resources. Offers student-athletes information on possible career choices through the Strong Interest Inventory given to all freshmen in the Life Skills class.

InternshipsThe “Partnering with U.” program offers career mentoring, shadowing and internship opportunities with area businesses.

Fifth-Year Senior ProgramFinancial assistance is available for student-athletes whose eligibility has expired before they have finished their degrees.

Summer SchoolFinancial aid for summer school is available for student-athletes who meet the criteria.

Priority RegistrationPriority registration allows student-athletes to schedule classes around practices and training.

ResearchThe University of Utah ranks in the top 35 public research universities in the nation, with particular distinction in medicine, genetics and engineering. University of Utah geneticist Mario R. Capecchi received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for his work on gene targeting and former Utah biochemist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Research Park, located on 320 acres adjacent to the campus, is the site of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, the Moran Eye Center and the Brain Center.

GrantsOne of the leading universities in the nation in federal research grants, the U. receives more than$300millionannuallyingrantsandcontracts.

EntrepreneursThe University of Utah is tied for first in the nation with MIT in the most recent rankings of university startup companies based on scholarly research. The U. spun off 23 companies for fiscal year 2008 and has created 59 companies in the last three years.

Academic All-AmericansUtah has produced 57 Academic All-Americans, including back-to-back “Academic All-Americans of the Year,” gymnast Theresa Kulikowski in 2003 and quarterback Alex Smith in 2004.

Wired InIn 2008, the U. ranked as the third “Most Wired School” in the nation. Utah’s varsity student-athletes have access to their own computer lab in the Burbidge Athletics Academic Center and laptop computers are available for team travel.

The center features a large computer lab, academic advising offices, group and one-on-one tutoring rooms and houses the Life Skills/Career Resource Center.

The Burbidge Center is central to Utah’s classrooms and athletic venues.

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University of Utah residence hall students live in a magnificent mountain setting. Heritage Commons, a living-learning community of 2,500 students that opened in 2000, received world-wide acclaim when it served as the Athletes Village during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The residential center is the heart of campus activity and exudes a vibrant, energetic “college town” atmosphere. Game and exercise rooms, computer labs, Internet connections, cable TV and HBO in every room, and a dining room that is open all day and serves up freshly cooked meals on request are some of the reasons behind the School of the Year award delivered by the Intermountain Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls. Residence hall students also thrive academically at Utah: More than half of them maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Situated in historic Fort Douglas at the mouth of Red Butte Canyon and located on 70 acres of land, the expansive 912,000 square foot residential complex boasts picturesque views of Salt Lake City and the surrounding mountain ranges. Heritage Commons consists of 21 buildings – 20 residential and one for dining and support services. Eight of the buildings are apartment style, with 235 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. First-year students live in Gateway Heights, a hall with furnished, double semi-suites, an advanced telecommunications system (voice, video and data), an ethernet connection to the U. student computer system, cable TV connections, a large community lounge, study rooms and indoor bike storage. Each floor has a kitchenette.

Chapel Glen is home to both first-year students and upperclassmen and offers the same amenities as Gateway Heights, along with a fitness area. Sage Point is reserved for upper division students and has single, double and deluxe suites. Sage Point also has computer and technology labs and an international area. Benchmark Plaza is an apartment complex allocated for single students who have earned 60-plus credit hours. Shoreline Ridge, which offers both furnished and unfurnished apartment units, is reserved for students with families and single graduate students. The Chase N. Peterson Heritage Center, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week during peak demand periods, is the hub of activity in the student housing village. It contains a central dining facility that seats 600, a convenience store, computer and technology labs, fitness and game rooms, four multipurpose rooms, a mail center and more. The student “village” also contains a University Bookstore branch, University Copy Center and the University Guest House, an on-campus hotel. Transportation is another benefit of Heritage Commons. A U of U parking permit allows residents to park close to their hall, but a car is not necessary. Free campus shuttles run every 10 minutes and the Utah Transit Authority and light rail (TRAX), free to U. students, combine to traverse 21 routes to and from campus. TRAX extends to downtown Salt Lake and outlying areas as well. The residence halls are also easily accessible to main campus by foot and are connected via the George S. Eccles 2002 Legacy Bridge.

Heritage Commons residence halls served as the Athletes Village at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

The Residence Hall Association provides various activities for students.

TRAX light rail is free to University of Utah students.

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The University of Utah is a hub for higher education from the Rockies to the Sierras and boasts an academic reputation that is rivaled only by its breathtaking vistas. To the east rise the 11,500 foot, snow-capped peaks of the Wasatch Mountains. To the west, the Great Salt Lake shimmers beneath the Oquirrh Mountains. The 1,500-acre campus, nestled in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is a beautiful collage of native and exotic trees, fountains, flowering malls and pedestrian walkways. Founded in 1850, the University offers 100 undergraduate and 90 graduate majors. Academic opportunities at the U. include colleges of law, medicine, architecture, pharmacy, business and engineering. The U. also boasts the nation’s first American Indian social work program. Utah draws its 29,000-plus student population from all 50 states and 114 foreign countries. Utah ranks among the top 35 public research universities in the nation, with particular distinction in medicine, genetics and engineering. Scientists from the University of Utah have identified more genes with diseases than anywhere else in the world. University of Utah geneticist Mario R. Capecchi received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for his work on gene targeting. Capecchi is one of many acclaimed faculty members. The U. ranks 30th among the nation’s public research universities in significant awards to faculty.

Research Park, located on 320 acres adjacent to the campus, houses 42 companies and 69 university departments. Some of the more prominent residents of Research Park are the Huntsman Cancer Institute, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, the Moran Eye Center and the Brain Institute. The Huntsman Cancer Institute has the largest genetic database in the world and is the only National Cancer Institute in the Intermountain West. Gene targeting was developed at the Eccles Institute. The Moran Eye Center is considered one of the top eye centers in the world. The U. is also noted for technology transfer and its Center for High Performance Computing serves as a link to major aerospace industries, high-tech manufacturers and research companies. It manages one of the three most successful technology parks in the U.S., with more than 40 high-tech companies created by University faculty. The U. has had a presence on the Internet since 1970, when it became the fourth node on the Internet. The U.’s location in the largest city in the Intermountain West (metro population 1,333,914) allows for an urban experience in a beautiful setting. Salt Lake City is home to professional symphony, ballet, modern dance, opera and theater companies, as well as four professional sports teams.

• Founded in 1850• Research I University• 190 majors• Enrollment of 29,251• 1,534-acre campus• School of Medicine• School of Law• School of Business• School of Pharmacy• School of Engineering• School of Architecture• American Indian Social Work program (the nation’s first)

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The Wasatch Mountains (“mountains of many waters,” as named by the Paiute Indians) are part of the Rocky Mountain range.

Ten national parks are within a few hours drive of Salt Lake City.

Eight world-class ski resorts are located less than 40 miles from downtown Salt Lake.

Professional sports franchises include the Utah Jazz (NBA) and Real Salt Lake (MLS).

Salt Lake City hosts several yearly cultural events, including the Sundance Film Festival.

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