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ASEBALL Weekly Release - Mar. 8, 2004 B Fresno State Hosts Six-Game Tournament Media Relations Information Th r ee teams meet BYU (5-15) for the first time in a six-team tournament hosted by Baseball contact: Ralph Zobell Fr esno State in Fresno, Calif., beginning Monday. Tournament opponents are a E-Mail: [email protected] combined 19-38 in 2004. The Cougars will begin its first ever match-up with Dallas Date Opp/Event Time at site of game Baptist (12-4) at 10 a.m. Monday in the opening game of the tournament. Chicago 1/29-30 California Berkeley, CA + L, 1-11 State (Tue s d a y , 1:30 p.m.) and Monmouth (Thursday, 1:30 p.m.) will also play their 1/30 California Berkeley, CA + L, 3-13 first games against BYU. The Cougars will play Fresno State on Wednesday at 6:35 1/31 California Berkeley, CA + L, 4-7 p.m. and Portland on Friday at 10 a.m. On Saturda y , BYU will play a TBA ga m e . 2/5-7 Pacific Invitational Stockton, CA All game times are Pacific Standard Time. The Fresno State-BYU game can be fol- 2/5 St. Mary’s Stockton, CA + L, 5-9 lowed through live audio. Alink to the audio cast can be found at www.b y u - 2/6 Pacific Stockton, CA +% L, 4-5 co u g a r s . c o m . 2/7 Nevada Stockton, CA +% W, 3-1 2/9 Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA + L, 3-9 A Quick Look at the Cougars 2/10 Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA + W, 11-10 Fifth year coach Vance Law returns five position starters and Paul Jacinto, the 2/12 UC Riverside Riverside, CA L, 1-8 2/13 UC Riverside Riverside, CA L, 2-4 MWC Pitcher of the Year. Players to watch include third-team Preseason All- 2/14 UC Riverside Riverside, CA L, 4-6 American Ranger Wiens, Ryan Chambers, Rob Itri, Jeff Hiestand, Ben Saylor 2/19 San Jose St. San Jose, CA L, 3-4 and Casey Cloward. Pitchers to watch are Paul Jacinto, junior college transfer 2/20 San Jose St. San Jose, CA L, 1-2 Patrick Wells and Justin Su’a. 2/21 San Jose St. San Jose, CA W, 3-2 2/26-28 Battle at the Beach Tournament Malibu, CA Probable Pitching Rotation 2/26 Pepperdine Malibu, CA % W, 5-0 Mar. 8 Dallas Baptist Paul Jacinto (0-5, 776) Fresno, CA, 10 a.m. 2/27 Nevada Malibu, CA + L, 0-13 Mar. 9 Chicago State TBA Fresno, CA, 1:30 p.m. 2/28 Cal Northridge Malibu, CA L, 3-6 Mar. 10 Fresno State TBA Fresno, CA, 6:35 p.m. 3/4 Cal Northridge Northridge, CA L, 6-7 Mar. 11 Monmouth TBA Fresno, CA, 1:30 p.m. 3/5 Long Beach Long Beach, CA % L, 1-3 Mar. 12 Portland TBA Fresno, CA, 10 a.m. 3/6 Cal Northridge Northridge, CA W, 10-4 3/8-13 Fresno Tournament Fresno, CA Mar. 13 TBA TBA Fresno, CA, TBA 3/8 Dallas Baptist Fresno, CA 10 a.m. 3/9 Chicago St. Fresno, CA 1:30 p.m. All-Time vs. Opponent 3/10 Fresno St. Fresno, CA % 6:35 p.m. School BYU’s record Last Meeting 3/11 Monmouth Fresno, CA 1:30 p.m. Dallas Baptist 0-0 First ever meeting between schools 3/12 Portland Fresno, CA 10 a.m. Chicago State 0-0 First ever meeting between schools 3/13 TBA Fresno, CA TBA Fresno State 11-19-1 Feb. 1-3, 2001 - BYU won two of three at Fres n o 3/18 UNLV* Provo +% 6:30 p.m. Monmouth 0-0 First ever meeting between schools 3/19 UNLV * Provo +% 6:30 p.m. Portland 2-2 Feb. 28, 2003 - BYU lost 9-5 at Banana Belt 3/20 UNLV * Provo +% Noon Tournament in Lewiston, Idaho 3/25-26 Utah * Salt Lake City + 6 p.m. 3/27 Utah * Salt Lake City + 1 p.m. Probable Lineup 4/1-2 New Mexico * Albuquerque + 6 p.m. 4/3 New Mexico * Albuquerque + Noon 1B–#1-Tim Law 2B–#5 Wade Vest SS–#2 Brandon Taylor 4/8-9 UNLV * Las Vegas +% 6:30 p.m. 3B–#8 Ranger Wiens RF–#25 Ben Saylor CF–#22 Ryan Chambers 4/10 UNLV * Las Vegas +% 2 p.m. LF–#21 Rob Itri C–#9 Casey Cloward or #24 Adam Wilkes 4/15 San Diego St* Provo 7 p.m. DH–#16 Jeff Hiestand 4/16 San Diego St* Provo $ 7 p.m. 4/17 San Diego St* Provo Noon Radio Coverage 4/22-23 Air Force * Colorado Spgs. + 2 p.m. BYU radio coverage begins once league play starts in March. Prior to then 4/24 Air Force * Colorado Spgs. + Noon selected games will be available via live audio streaming on the Internet from 4/29-30 Utah * Provo 7 p.m. host schools. Once BYU’s live radio coverage begins, the play-by-play will 5/1 Utah * Provo $ Noon come again from Brent Norton, BYU’s veteran broadcaster. 5/6-7 New Mexico * Provo 7 p.m. 5/8 New Mexico * Provo Noon TV Coverage 5/12-14 San Diego St* San Diego +% 6 p.m. 5/18 Utah Valley Provo 7 p.m. Two of BYU’s home games will be televised by BYUTV. The opponents are San 5/20-21 Air Force * Provo 7 p.m. Diego State on Friday, April 16 and Utah on Saturday, May 1. 5/22 Air Force * Provo Noon 5/26-29 MWC Tourn. Las Vegas TBA * MWC Games, %Internet Audio +web cast $BYUTV www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 2

BYU Quick Facts Coach Law on the Season “We have a close-knit unit and continue to add more depth. We do not have a Location: Provo, Utah 84602 pitcher in our program outside of Paul Jacinto who posted a victory for us last Enrollment: 30,069 (Daytime) season because Michel Bergeron(6-3, 5.37) and Anthony Bingham (1-0, 5.93) are Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus seeking a medical redshirt.” Christ of Latter-day Saints Colors: Blue and White Season Awards Nickname: Cougars Patrick Wells became the first Cougar to be named MWC Pitcher of the Week in Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) 2004 after his 3-1 complete game against Nevada on Feb. 7. The southpaw is the Affiliation: NCAA Division I first BYU pitcher to go the distance since Paul Jacinto’s one-hitter against UNLV Conference: Mountain West on March 21, 2003. Field: Larry H. Miller Field (2,300) Recent Action President: Cecil O. Samuelson The Cougars head into the tournament after winning one of three games over Men’s AD: Val Hale the weekend against Cal State Northridge and Long Beach State. Cal State Ticket Office Phone: (801) 378-BYU1 or Northridge came back to beat the Cougars 7-6 on Thursday, and No. 7 Long 1-800-322-BYU1 Beach State won 3-1 on Friday after Jered Weaver struck out 15 Cougars includ- Baseball Staff: ing 10 in a row to start the game. BYU then finished with a 10-4 win over Cal Head Coach: Vance Law (BYU, 1978) State Northridge on Saturday. Office Phone: (801) 422-5049 Scouting This Week’s Opponents Record: 128-106-1, fifth season Dallas Baptist – The NCAAIndependent Division I team began the season 12-4 Assistant Coaches: with a five-game winning streak. The Patriots are coming off a three-game series Ryan Roberts (BYU, 1998) with Fresno State. Ryan Olivo leads the team with a .439 batting average with two Bobby Applegate (U of Southern Colorado, 1996) home runs and 18 RBI. Starting pitcher Lance Broadway is 3-1 with a 2.00 ERA. Seth King (BYU) Chicago State – The Mid Contenent Conference team began the season 0-7. The Trainer: Spencer Mack Cougars are coming off a four-team tournament hosted by the University of Baseball Facts: Hawaii. Gary Ward and B.J. Guyse lead the team with a .333 batting average, 2003 Record: 30-24-1 (14-4 home,16-20 away) and starting pitcher Paul Darby is 0-2 with a 4.97 ERA. Fresno State – The Western Athletic Conference team and tournament host is Conference Finish: 18-12, Second place in MWC off to a 6-12 start. The Bulldogs are coming off a three-game series with Dallas Final National Ranking: NA Baptist. The Patriots won the first two games in the series. David Gomez leads Starters Returning (5): the Bulldogs with a .432 avergae, and starting pitcher Michael Cooper is 1-2 Ryan Chambers, 6-0, Jr., OF with a 3.03 ERA. Casey Cloward, 5-11, Jr., C Monmouth – The Northeast Conference team out of West Long Branch, NJ, Rob Itri, 6-3, Sr., 2B/3B began the season 1-5. The Hawks are coming off a game against Fresno Pacific. Wade Vest, 5-9, Sr., 2B Cipriano Apicelli leads the team with a .320 average, and starting pitcher Glen Ranger Wiens, 6-3, Sr., SS Keeton is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA. Portland – The West Coast Conference team began the season 0-10 and are com- Starters Lost (4): ing off a four-game tourament hosted by Lewis-Clark State in Lewiston, Idaho. Doug Jackson, OF Nik Kosach leads the team with a .357 average, and starting pitcher Matthew Brock Jacobsen, OF Peters is 0-2 with a 2.74 ERA. Kainoa Obrey, 3B Jake Stubblefield, 1B Regarding BYU this season Other Key Letterwinners Returning: • BYU has nine current players who are married (Michel Bergeron, Bryce Kevin Bills, 3B/OF Burger, Casey Cloward, Brad Hales, Tyler Heid, Nathan Hess, Blair Lucas, Brad Hales, INF Ranger Wiens, Adam Wilkes). • There are 23 players on the team who have served two-year volunteer Church Jeff Hiestand, OF/C missions, 16 of whom were assigned outside the United States and speak Tim Law, 1B/OF Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and Russian. Blair Lucas, INF • Incorporated into this year’s team are seven players who have just finished Adam Wilkes, C serving two-year Church missions (Joshua Barrett, Brad Hales, Jeff Hiestand, Top Returning Pitchers from 2003: Seth Iorg, Ben Saylor, Justin Su’a, Brandon Taylor). Paul Jacinto, 6-0, RHP, Sr.,10-5, 4.14 • Eight players transferred to BYU this season (Lance Beus, Bryce Burger, Nathan Hess, Nick Lemon, Kalen Parsons, Ben Saylor, Brandon Taylor, Patrick Wells). • Among those throwing batting practice to BYU again this season is former Cy Young winner Vernon Law (1960 Pittsburgh Pirates), father of BYU head coach Vance Law. Vernon turned 73-years-old last March. • In January, Vance Law was in Washington, D.C., where he was again a resource player (yearly for 12 of the past 13 years) for the major league rookie training. Also in January, Coach Law attended the Cubs Convention, an annual gathering which draws thousands of fans.

www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 3 Coach Vance Law and staff Attend. @ Larry Miller Field Date Opponent Attendance Vance Law played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six dif- 5/11/01 UNLV (Night) 3,120 ferent teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year for the Mountain West 4/5/02 Utah (Night) 2,863 Conference. The 48-year-old coach is in his fifth year at BYU and has a 128-106-1 4/6/02 Utah (Night) 2,611 (.547) record. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his second year at BYU. Pitching 5/25/02 SDSU 2,396 coach Bobby Applegate is in his first full year with BYU, having last coached at the 4/11/03 Air Force (Night) 2,274 Air Force Academy. Volunteer assistant Seth King is in his first year on the BYU 5/25/02 SDSU (Night) — staff, succeeding Nate Mathis who is now a member of the Utah Valley State base- 5/2/03 Utah (Night) 2,512 ball staff. 4/4/02 Utah (Night) 2,251 4/26/02 Air Force (Night) 1,964 Team Notes 5/17/02 New Mexico (Night) 1,831 • Tim Law and Wade Vest both have a three-game hitting streak heading into the 3/22/02 SDSU (Night) 1,748 Fresno Tournament. 5/24/02 SDSU 1,713 • Junior reliever Nick Lemon (0-1, 0.00) has a 13.5 strikeout per game average in 5/13/03 Southern Utah (Night) 1,711 three appearances. The right hander has been clocked as high as 98 mph. Lemon 5/24/02 UNLV (Night) — has struck out 10 batters in six and two-thirds innings. 4/19/02 New Mexico 1,668 • Ranger Wiens led the team with 25 multiple hit games in 2003. 4/19/02 New Mexico — (DH) • BYU had 15 one-run games in 2003 and won four of them. 4/19/01 Utah (Night) 1,609 • BYU’s MWC regular season title in 2001 was its first since 1994 when it won the 4/10/03 Air Force (Night) 1,601 Western Athletic Conference playoff. By winning the MWC title in 2001 and 2002, 3/21/03 UNLV (Night) 1,530 it marks the first time BYU has repeated as the league champ since 1988-89, the 3/22/03 UNLV 1,527 only other time it has happened for the Cougars'. The Cougars' have won 11 3/23/02 SDSU, suspended 1,440 league titles dating back to the WAC’s inception in 1962. 4/27/01 San Diego St. (Night) 1,398 • Brock Jacobsen is one player who could have returned to this year’s team, but 5/1/03 Utah (Night) 1,392 skipped remaining college eligibility to sign with the Texas Rangers. 4/21/01 Utah 1,371 5/12/01 UNLV 1,318 Fourth Full Year in New Ballpark at Home 5/10/01 UNLV (Night) 1,282 This is BYU’s fourth full season at Miller Park, named in honor of Larry H. and Gail 4/12/03 Air Force 1,276 Miller, who made a significant financial contribution toward the facility. The base- 4/20/01 Utah (Night) 1,274 ball field is built on the site the original field was constructed on in 1969 and is 4/25/02 Air Force (Night) 1,258 named Larry H. Miller Field. The baseball portion seats 2,204 (675 in the lower 5/18/02 New Mexico 1,229 bowl) and mirrors a back-to-back concept with the adjoining softball field and a 5/12/03 Southern Utah 1,219 shared press box. Both fields have lights. The field measures 400 feet in center, 388 4/17/03 New Mexico (Night) 1,216 5/3/02 UNLV (Night) 1,189 in the alleys and remains at 345 down the lines. BYU played its first night games in 5/16/02 New Mexico (Night) 1,183 Provo with the opening of Miller Park. 5/6/02 Southern Utah 1,178 2003 NCAA Rankings 5/22/02 Air Force (Night) 1,177 3/21/02 SDSU (Night) 1,176 • Batting 5/23/02 UNLV (Night) 1,167 No. 30 Ranger Wiens, Brigham Young------53 .405 4/13/01 New Mexico (Night) 1,143 • RBI 4/14/01 New Mexico 1,119 No. 21 Kainoa Obrey, Brigham Young ------53 65 1.23 4/14/01 New Mexico — (DH) • Triples 3/20/03 UNLV 1,092 No. 8 Doug Jackson, Brigham Young ------54 8 0.15 5/3/03 Utah 1,072 • Runs Per Game 4/26/01 San Diego St. (Night) 1,059 No. 7 Doug Jackson, Brigham Young------54 71 1.31 5/4/02 UNLV 1,040 • Victories 4/28/01 San Diego St. 1,014 No. 25 Paul Jacinto, Brigham Young ------10 5 0.667 5/10/03 San Diego St. 1,007 • Batting 5/7/02 Southern Utah (Night) 948 No. 8 Brigham Young ------.330 5/2/02 UNLV (Night) 913 • Scoring 4/16/01 Southern Utah 809 No. 9 Brigham Young ------54 30 24 0 466 8.6 4/17/01 Southern Utah 862 • Home Runs 5/9/03 San Diego St. 820 No. 24 Brigham Young ------54 30 24 0 65 1.2 5/9/03 San Diego St. — • Slugging 4/7/03 Southern Utah 543 No. 6 Brigham Young ------.528 Totals 75,322 (avg. 1,537, 5 DH) • Triples All Nighttime 53,223 (Avg. 1,663) No. 3 Brigham Young ------54 30 24 0 31 0.57 2003 22,460(18 games)(Avg. 1,247) Father and Son BYU Coach Vance Law and his son Tim are one of at least two father/son combina- 2002 31,275(22game)(Avg. 1,422) tions that have a coach/player relationship in college baseball. Kansas Coach Ritch 2001 17,378 (14 games) (Avg. 1,241) Price and his son Ritchie is the other combination. Losses Night record: 22-10 Overall Record @ Miller Park=38-16

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2004 MWC Preseason Poll PL. Team (1st Votes)Points Attendance Ranks Nationally 1. UNLV (4) 24 Attendance at Larry H. Miller field ranked 33rd nationally in 2003 with an average of 2. San Diego State (2) 22 1,247 fans attending in 18 dates. The Cougars' rank 44th nationally in total home atten- 3. BYU 15 dance with 22,460 fans in 2003. BYU set two top-10 home attendance rec o r ds last year 4. New Mexico 12 drawing 2,512 fans to a match against Utah and 2,274 to one against Air Force. The Utah 12 Cougars' have a 38-16 (.704) rec o r d at Larry H. Miller field going into the 2004 season. 6. Air Force 5 Travel Plans BYU buses from Northridge, Calif. to Fresno on Saturday evening where they will Eagle Scouts be staying at the La Quinta Inn & Suites Fresno Yosemite (559) 442-1110. Joshua Barrett RHP Fr. Michel Bergeron RHP Sr. New Indoor Practice Facility BYU is now practicing for the first time in its new 422-foot long, 86-foot high Indoor Kevin Bills 3B/OF Sr. Practice Facility. “It’s like a giant pinball machine,” outfielder Kory Knell said. The Bryce Burger RHP Sr. new facility allows the team to escape the winter weather and practice indoors a Casey Cloward C Jr. full infield and most of an outfield. The grass turf gives ground balls a natural feel. Brad Hales INF So. Double Duty at Miller Stadium Paul Jacinto RHP Sr. The BYU baseball and softball teams share two home dates in 2004. The baseball Seth Iorg OF Fr. team will play at Larry H. Miller Field against Utah on April 30 at 7 p.m. The soft- Mike Kessler OF Fr. ball team will play a doubleheader at Gail Miller Field the same day beginning at 4 Tim Law 1B Sr. p.m. against New Mexico. On May 1 against Utah, the baseball team plays one of Nick Lemon RHP Jr. its two BYUTV games beginning at 12 p.m. and the softball team will begin a doubleheader against Colorado State at 2 p.m. The softball team will also have over- John Pace 1B Fr. lapped games with the UVSC baseball team, which will be using Miller Field in Ben Saylor 1B/OF So. 2004 while its new stadium is built. On April 20, the softball team will be playing J.D. Stambaugh LHP Fr. UVSC while the UVSC baseball team plays Utah. The two teams also play in the Brandon Taylor SS So. same complex on April 2. Wade Vest 2B Sr. A-Rod Is Not the Only Star Shortstop Moving to Third Ranger Wiens SS Sr. Ranger Wiens’ moves from shortstop to third base on Feb. 20 is similar to Alex Adam Wilkes C Sr. Rodriguez’s move to third to help the Yankees by keeping Derek Jeter at shortstop. UVSC transfer Brandon Taylor took over the shortstop position at the beginning of College Coaches Who Played In Majors the 2004 season due to an injury to Wiens who has spent the season in the designat- ed hitter role. To keep Taylor in the lineup, the Collegiate Baseball Third-team Jerry Augustine Wisc-Milwaukee Preseason All-American moved to third to help the team. With Wiens at third and Scott Bradley Princeton Taylor at short, the Cougars' have a solid defensive left side while keeping two Randy Bush New Orleans powerful bats in the lineup. BYU head coach Vance Law also transferred to third Jim Farr Williams & Mary from shortstop in the major leagues. Wayne Graham Rice Graduation Tony Gwynn San Diego State Six baseball players from previous teams have completed graduation plans from Vance Law BYU this past Academic year. Already graduating last December were relief pitcher Ron Nischwitz Wright State Tyler Dabo, third baseman Kainoa Obrey and first baseman Jake Stubblefield. Steve Rodriguez Pepperdine Those scheduled to graduate this April include pitcher Ryan Adams and outfielders Doug Jackson and Beau Seil. No players from the current team are scheduled to Ed Sprague Pacific graduate in April. John Stuper Yale 2004 Team Highlights Pronunciation Guide • Long Beach State ace Jered Weaver had 15 strikeouts against the Cougars on Michel Bergeron MEE-Shehl March 5, including 10 straight to begin the game. • Against Nevada on Feb. 27, BYU pitchers combined for six hit batters in the BURR-juh-rawn seven-inning game. Nevada outfielder Chris Gimenez was hit three times. Casey Cloward klOW-ahrd • The shutout over Pepperdine on Feb. 26 was BYU’s first since exactly a year ago Tyler Heid h-IGH-d when it blanked Washington State 4-0. Patrick Wells and Bryce Burger combined Jeff Hiestand HEE-stand for the shutout. • Catcher Adam Wilkes hit the 10th-inning, game-winning single to beat San Jose Seth Iorg Rhymes with George State 3-2 on Feb. 21. The game was the second extra-inning affair in a row for Rob Itri EE-tree BYU. Paul Jacinto JUH-sin-toh • Ben Saylor has the longest hitting streak this season, a 10-game hitting streak that Kory Knell n-EL ended on Feb. 14. • Brandon Taylor is the first Cougar in 2004 to go deepp twice in a game. He hit Bryce Searle Suh-rl two solo home runs in a 11-10 win over Santa Clara on Feb. 10. Taylor went 3-for- Justin Su’a SOO-uh 5 in the game with four RBI. Ranger Wiens WEEns • Patrick Wells earned MWC Pitcher of the Week honors after throwing a complete BYU Baseball Release Page 5

game 3-1 victory over Nevada on Feb. 7 at the Pacific Tournament. Wells scattered seven hits while striking out three. Cougar Scholar Athletes The following were honored last month as Cougar Scholar Atheletes from the baseball team: Kevin Bills, Casey Cloward, Tyler Heid, Jeff Hiestand, Kory Knell, Bryce Searle and Adam Wilkes. Ranger Wiens Selected as a 2004 third team Pre-season All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball magazine and a 2004 CollegeBaseballInsider.com Preseason All-American honorable mention. The 2004 BYU co-captain leads all returning players in nearly every offensive category including average, RBI, doubles and stolen bases. His first year of action was at the University of Nevada prior to serving a Church mission to Hawai`i. Wiens set a junior’s record for MWC games with a .415 league batting average. His .405 season average ranked 30th in the nation.

Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA 1999* .171 36-17 70 10 12 3 0 0 7 15 5 16 0-0 2002 .318 63-63 242 43 77 14 3 3 32 106 22 47 9-15 2003 .405 53-52 220 50 89 25 4 4 55 134 20 25 21-28 2004 .242 19-18 66 9 16 1 1 2 4 25 10 17 5-6 TOTAL .324 171-150 598 112 194 43 8 9 98 280 57 105 35-49

* At University of Nevada (Reno) Paul Jacinto Jacinto was named the 2003 MWC Pitcher of the Year after finishing 10-5 with a 4.14 ERAlast year. He was named MWC Pitcher of the Week for his complete game, one-hit outing against UNLV in Provo in a 3-1 victory. Jacinto lost a three-hitter in a complete game in a 1-0 decision against Northwestern in BYU’s tournament in Arizona. He set a MWC record for league games with a .222 opposing batting average, and set junior MWC games only marks with 74.1 innings and nine wins His 10 season wins ranked 25th in the nation.

Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO 1999 11.52 1-1 11 4 0 1 27.1 43 38 35 23 20 2002 7.83 2-3 14 9 0 0 56.1 77 57 49 28 42 2003 4.14 10-5 18 13 4 0 113.0 101 58 52 38 83 2004 7.76 0-5 6 6 0 0 31.1 41 31 27 9 26 TOTAL 6.43 13-14 49 32 4 1 228.0 262 184 163 98 171

Ryan Chambers Chambers was named MWC Player of the Week vs. Utah after leading the Cougars' to their first six-game sweep of the Utes since 1986, batting .600 with two home runs and eight RBI. He led the team with 10 home runs in conference play, ending the season tied for first with 11. A corner stone in right field, Chambers committed only four errors while gunning down three who tested his arm. He led the MWC in total bases for league games only and was second with a slugging per- centage of .714. Chambers had a 17-game hitting streak near the end of the 2003 season.

Year Avg G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO 2002 .291 39-30 110 18 32 9 2 2 19 51 13 18 2003 .327 52-50 199 43 65 7 5 11 51 115 19 30 2004 .121 18-16 58 6 7 0 0 1 6 10 6 18 TOTAL .283 109-96 367 67 104 16 7 14 76 176 38 66 BYU Baseball Release Page 6 Cougars on Missions Bloodlines for Current BYU Baseball Team Player, Pos., Year @ BYU Place of Service • Michel Bergeron—father Richard was a running back for the Royal Military Thomas Bills, 1B, 2003 Montreal (French) Naval Academy. • Lance Beus—cousin Caroline played women’s basketball for BYU (1998-2000), Clayton Barnes, LHP, 2003 Mexico City West cousin Dan played basketball for Southern Utah University, grandmother is a Brian Nielsen, LHP, 2002 Germany cousin to former major league pitcher and Cy Young Award winner Vernon Law, Adam Hanselman, OF, 2003 Long Beach, Calif. the father of BYU coach Vance Law. • Kevin Bills—father Jeff played catcher for BYU from 1972-75, grandfather Karol Chris Johnson, SS, 2003 Everett, Wash. played football and baseball in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Brother Thomas Tyler Manning, LHP, 2003 Guadalajara, Mexico signed last season with BYU baseball and is currently serving a Church mission to Montreal, Canada. • Bryce Burger—father pitched one year for Florida State, sister Rhianna played Missions Served lacrosse for two years at BYU. Player, Pos., Year @ BYU Place of Service • Casey Cloward—father Rod played for BYU baseball from 1969-72. Wife Joshua Barrett, LHP, Fr. Lithuania Amberlee is the sister of current BYU pitcher, Bryce. • Brad Hales—grandfather, Lynn Powell played for BYU baseball in 1949. Kevin Bills, 3B/OF, Sr. Orlando, Fla. • Tyler Heid—father Edward is a scout for Seattle Mariners, uncle David played Anthony Bingham, RHP, So. Chile baseball for BYU. Younger brother Trevor signed with BYU baseball last Bryce Burger, RHP, Jr. Boise, Idaho November. • Seth Iorg—father Dane played 10 years in the major leagues with the Phillies, Casey Cloward, C, Jr. Mexico Cardinals, Royals and Padres and won two World Series rings with the Cardinals Brad Hales, INF, So. Spain and Royals. Uncle Garth played nine years in the major leagues with the Toronto Tyler Heid, RHP, So. Japan Blue Jays. Uncle Lee and cousin Isaac also played baseball at BYU. Isaac was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2001 and now plays in the Atlanta Braves Nathan Hess, RHP, Jr. Montreal, Canada organization. Dane (1969-71) and Lee (1971-74) are members of the BYU Hall of Jeff Hiestand, OF/C, So. Denver, Colo. Fame and were All-Americans at BYU. Cousin Eli is a sophomore infielder at the Seth Iorg, OF, Fr. Ukraine University of Tennessee after playing his freshman year at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. Cousin Cale, a senior in high school, signed to play baseball Rob Itri, INF/OF, Sr. Portugal with Alabama. Paul Jacinto, RHP, Sr. Brazil • Rob Itri—father Nick pitched for Drexel University. Kory Knell, Infield/1B, Jr. Illinois • Paul Jacinto—grandfather Alvin played one year on the major league Chicago White Sox and then played in the San Francisco Giants organization, father David Tim Law, OF/1B, Sr. Toronto (Chinese) swam and played water polo for BYU, uncles Scott, Brett and Mark Favero were Nick Lemon, RHP, JR. Washington, D.C. swimmers for BYU and uncle Rex Favero swam for UCLA. Blair Lucas, 3B, Sr. Brazil • Mike Kessler—father Brad was a 1973 first round draft of the Cincinnati Reds. • Seth King, volunteer assistant coach—younger brother Eric pitches for UVSC. Ben Saylor, OF, So. Philippines • Vance Law, head BYU coach—father Vernon was 1960 Cy Young winner and was Bryce Searle, RHP, So. Ecuador a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1950-67), brother Veryl played basketball at Justin Su’a, RHP, So. Nicaragua BYU (1974-77) alongside Vance (1975-77), brothers Veldon (1975) and Vaughn (1979) played baseball for BYU, son Tim played baseball at Dixie and in 2000 and Brandon Taylor, SS, So. Argentina 2002 for BYU. Son Andrew signed with BYU baseball last November. Wade Vest, 2b, Sr. Chile • John Pace—father Corey was a center for BYU's football team (1976, `79-81), Ranger Wiens, SS, Sr. Hawai`i brother Daniel played football for BYU. Grandpa, Wallace Hunt ran track at BYU. • Kalen Parsons—uncle Lynn Parsons played basketball at BYU (1967-69), father, Adam Wilkes, Catcher, Sr. Russia Stanford, played basketball at Snow and Kalen originally went to Snow College with the intent to play both basketball and baseball. Brother Greg played baseball Married Players at the College of Eastern Utah. Cousin Rhet played basketball at Southern Utah University (1986-87). Michel Bergeron, RHP, Sr. Penelope Grebe • Ryan Roberts, assistant BYU coach—wife Angela played volleyball at Idaho State Bryce Burger, RHP, Jr. Jamie Eshenroder and UVSC, sister (Allison) plays volleyball at the Univ. of Houston, uncle Larry Casey Cloward, Catcher, Jr. Amberlee Searle Schenk played baseball for BYU in 1959. • Bryce Searle—father Craig ran track and played freshman basketball for BYU in Brad Hales, INF So. Shannon Bufton 1974 with Gifford Nielsen and Dave Checketts. Sister Amberlee is the wife of cur- Tyler Heid, RHP, So. Ashley Sheffield rent BYU catcher Casey Cloward. Nathan Hess, RHP, Jr. Cindy Gibby • J.D. Stambaugh—father Roy played baseball for Shippensburg University. • Justin Su’a—father Murphy is a former BYU All-American (1978-79) and is the Blair Lucas, INF, Sr. Sara Finlinson hitting coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Ranger Wiens, SS, Sr. Katie Corbett • Brandon Taylor—grandpa Robert played quarterback at Ricks College, uncle Val Adam Wilkes, Catcher, Sr. Erin Nelson played football at BYU. • Ranger Wiens—father Randy played AAAbaseball for the Toronto Blue Jays, grandfather Lloyd Brink played football for BYU (1938-40), uncles Bill and Justin Brink played baseball for BYU. Younger brother Logan signed with BYU baseball last November. His mother, the late Sheryl Wiens, played tennis at BYU and was on the Cougars’ legendary coach Ann Valentine’s first team in 1967. • Adam Wilkes—father James played baseball for the University of Arizona, grandfather was a scout for 30 years with the Los Angles Dodgers, younger brother Garrett played basketball for the College of Eastern Arizona. Adam’s wife, Erin Nelson, was an All-American soccer player for the University of Arizona.

www.byucougars.com BYU BASEBALL NEWS Schedule/Roster 2004 ROSTER N o .P l a y e r Po s . H t . W t . B-T Y r. D O B H o m e t o w n 1 ** T im Law 1B / O F 5- 1 0 18 0 L- L Sr. - 2 V 11- 6 - 7 8 Pr ovo, Utah (Dixie JC) 3 Brandon Tay l o r SS 6- 2 19 0 R- R So . - J C 7- 2 6 - 8 2 Or em, Utah (UVSC) 4 Patrick Wel l s LH P 6- 0 18 0 L- L Jr. - J C 8- 6 - 8 3 West Jordan, Utah (CEU) 5 *W ade Ves t 2B 5- 9 16 0 R- R Sr. - 1 V 12 - 1 5 - 7 9 Spanish Fork, Utah (UVSC) 6 *Blair Lucas IN F 5- 1 0 21 0 R- R Sr. - 1 V 3- 2 3 - 8 0 Lake Forest, Calif. (Saddleback CC 7 Lance Beus LH P 6- 0 18 0 L- L Jr. - T R 3- 11 - 8 3 Meridian, Idaho (Cochise CC) 8 **Ranger Wie n s SS 6- 3 20 0 R- R Sr. - 2 V 5- 7 - 8 0 Me r ced, California (Nevada) 9 **Casey Cloward C 5- 1 1 18 0 R- R Jr. - 2 V 12 - 8 - 8 0 Salem, Utah (Spanish Fork) 10 *Brad Hales INF 5-10 165 S-R So.-1V 1-7 82 Salem, Utah (Spanish Fork) 11 ***Kevin Bills 3B / O F 6- 2 17 5 R- R Sr. - 3 V 3- 5 - 8 0 Reno, Nevada (Reno) 12 Kory Knell OF 6- 0 19 0 R- R Jr. - R S 2- 6 - 8 0 Salt Lake City (Saddleback CC) 13 Kalen Parsons RH P 6- 3 21 0 R- R Jr. - J C 9- 1 - 8 2 Gr een River, Utah (CEU) 14 Nick Lemon RH P 6- 2 19 0 R- R Jr. - J C 10 - 4 - 8 1 Elk Grove, Calif. (Consumes River 15 ***Paul Jacinto RH P 6- 0 19 0 R- R Sr. - 3 V 1- 1 8 - 8 0 Encinitas, California (LaCosta) 16 *J e f f Hiestand OF / C 5- 1 1 21 5 L- R So . - 1 V 8- 1 0 - 8 2 Chino, California (Chino) 17 *T yler Heid RH P 6- 2 17 5 R- R So . - 1 V 8- 5 - 8 0 Glendale, Arizona (Cactus) 18 Nathan Hess RH P 6- 5 20 0 R- R Jr. - J C 4- 1 3 - 8 1 Pr eston, Idaho (SLCC) 19 Seth Iorg OF 6- 0 17 5 R- R Fr. - H S 8- 2 2 - 8 2 Pleasant Grove, Utah (Pleasant G.) 21 ***Rob Itri IN F 6- 3 18 0 L- R Sr. - 3 V 12 - 1 7 - 7 9 Br oomall, Penn. (Marple Newtow 22 ** R yan Chambers OF 6- 0 16 5 L- L Jr. - 2 V 12 - 3 1 - 8 2 Yucaipa, California (Yuc a i p a ) 23 Joshua Barret t RH P 6- 1 17 0 R- R Fr. - T R 9- 2 0 - 8 1 Pleasant Vie w , Utah (Arizona St.) 24 **Adam Wil k e s C 5- 9 16 5 R- R Sr. - 2 V 10 - 2 6 - 7 9 Tucson, Arizona (Sabino) 25 Ben Saylor 1B / O F 6- 4 21 5 L- R So . - J C 2- 1 4 - 8 2 Sa n d y , Utah (Hillcres t ) 26 *Bryce Searle RH P 6- 3 21 5 R- R So . - 1 V 11- 1 - 8 0 Spanish Fork, Utah (Spanish Fork) 27 *Justin Su’a 3B / R H P 6- 3 18 3 R- R So . - 1 V 9- 2 5 - 8 2 Torrance, California (Wes t ) 28 *Anthony BinghamRHP 6- 2 19 5 R- R So . - 1 V 11- 2 6 - 8 0 Mission Viejo, CA (Capistrano Val l . 30 *Michel Berge ro n RH P 6- 2 19 5 L- R Sr. - 1 V 6- 2 2 - 8 2 Ottawa, Ontario (St. Petersburg JC 32 J.D. Stambaugh LH P 6- 2 21 0 L- L Fr. - H S 10 - 2 5 - 8 4 Collierville, Tenn. (Collierville) 33 Bryce Burge r RH P 6- 6 23 0 R- R Sr. - J C 7- 7 - 7 9 Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (UVSC) 35 Mike Kessler OF 6- 2 21 0 R- R Fr. - H S 1- 2 4 - 8 5 Cl a r emont, California (Clarem o n t ) 36 John Pace 1B 6- 3 21 0 R- R Fr. - H S 4- 3 - 8 5 Esperanza, California (Esperanza) C o a c h e s 2—Vance Law, Head Coach, 29—Ryan Roberts, Assistant Coach, 34—Bobby Applegate, Assistant Coach 31—Seth King, Volunteer Coach * Letters

Honors for 2003 Brock Jacobsen, Centerfield Beau Seil, Outfielder All-MWC Tournament Academic All-MWC Casey Cloward, Catcher Academic All-MWC Academic All-MWC Jake Stubblefield, First Base Paul Jacinto, Pitcher MWC Player of the Week vs. Utah Ryan Chambers, Outfield MWC Pitcher of the Year MWC Player of the Week vs. Utah All-MWC First Team Wade Vest, Second Base Academic All-MWC Tyler Dabo, Pitcher MWC Pitcher of the Week vs. UNLV Academic All-MWC Kory Knell, Outfielder Mike Weingarten, Catcher Academic All-MWC Ken Gravley, Pitcher Academic All-MWC All-MWC Second Team Jeff Mousser, Pitcher Ranger Wiens, Shortstop All-MWC Second Team Tyler Heid, Pitcher -MWC Pitcher of the Week vs. Arizona Academic All-MWC -MWC Pitcher of the Week vs. Adam Wilkes, Catcher Washington State Academic All-MWC Doug Jackson, Outfield Bryce Searle, Pitcher All-MWC First Team Academic All-MWC Top Pitching Outings of 2004 2003 Final MWC Standings Hits Pitcher Opponent, W-L MWC Overall 7* Patrick Wells Nevada, W 3-1 W-L GB W-L 5+Patrick Wells Pepperdine, W 5-0 UNLV 24-6 - 47-17 BYU 18-12 6 30-24 San Diego St. 18-12 6 29-32 *complete game, +7 innings New Mexico 17-13 7 34-26 Utah 10-20 14 24-32 Air Force 3-27 21 15-39

www.byucougars.com 2004 Season BYU Baseball Statistics

Record: 5-15 Home: 0-0 Away: 4-12 Neutral: 1-3 MWC: 0-0

Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BBHBP SOGDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% HALES, Brad .385 8 2 13 2 5 0 0 0 2 5 .385 0 0 3 1 .385 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 1.000 VEST, Wade .286 15 12 35 3 10 3 0 0 3 13 .371 2 0 7 2 .316 1 0 3 4 22 27 2 .961 SAYLOR, Ben .267 19 19 75 8 20 3 0 1 4 26 .347 3 0 20 0 .295 0 0 0 1 51 4 0 1.000 KNELL, Kory .265 16 12 49 6 13 1 1 1 6 19 .388 6 1 10 0 .357 0 0 0 3 26 3 0 1.000 HIESTAND, Jeff .257 16 11 35 5 9 2 0 1 7 14 .400 8 1 7 0 .409 0 0 1 1 12 2 0 1.000 ITRI, Rob .242 19 19 66 12 16 2 1 1 8 23 .348 8 0 10 3 .324 0 0 2 2 14 28 5 .894 WIENS, Ranger .242 19 18 66 9 16 1 1 2 4 25 .379 10 2 17 1 .359 0 0 5 6 4 4 0 1.000 TAYLOR, Brandon.205 20 20 78 8 16 2 1 3 9 29 .372 4 1 18 4 .253 0 1 2 3 22 40 4 .939 LAW, Tim .200 18 16 60 7 12 2 1 0 5 16 .267 3 1 11 1 .242 2 2 0 1 138 14 0 1.000 WILKES, Adam .172 10 9 29 0 5 0 0 0 1 5 .172 0 0 8 1 .172 0 3 0 0 51 13 1 .985 CLOWARD, Casey.158 14 11 38 4 6 0 0 1 5 9 .237 0 2 8 0 .195 1 0 1 2 68 12 4 .952 BILLS, Kevin .156 11 7 32 0 5 0 0 0 4 5 .156 0 1 10 0 .176 1 2 0 0 14 0 0 1.000 LUCAS, Blair .143 12 8 28 3 4 0 0 1 1 7 .250 3 2 5 0 .273 0 0 0 1 14 14 3 .903 CHAMBERS, Ryan.121 18 16 58 6 7 0 0 1 6 10 .172 6 0 18 0 .197 2 2 2 2 46 1 0 1.000

Totals .218 20 20 662 73 144 16 5 12 65 206 .311 53 11 152 13 .284 7 10 16 26 499 199 26 .964 Opponents .294 20 20 659 124 194 34 4 21 112 299 .454 54 22 120 5 .364 7 16 29 41 540 206 36 .954

LOB - Team (130), Opp (135). DPs turned - Team (6), Opp (14). IBB - Team (1), WIENS 1, Opp (2). Picked off - TAYLOR 1, CHAMBERS 1, VEST 1.

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHOCBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR ABB/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

LEMON, Nick 0.00 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 6.2 3 6 0 5 10 0 0 0 24 .125 3 2 0 0 0 HESS, Nathan 1.29 1 2 7 1 0 0 0 1 14.0 7 4 2 3 11 2 0 0 45 .156 1 4 1 1 2 PARSONS, Kalen 1.80 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 17 .235 0 1 0 1 1 BURGER, Bryce 2.57 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 7.0 6 4 2 1 8 1 0 1 27 .222 0 1 0 0 1 SU'A, Justin 3.64 2 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 29.2 36 14 12 5 22 6 0 3 118 .305 0 3 0 1 2 BARRETT, Joshua 3.86 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 18 .278 1 0 0 0 1 WELLS, Patrick 4.70 2 2 6 6 1 0 1 0 38.1 45 23 20 7 21 9 2 3 153 .294 2 3 0 0 4 BEUS, Lance 5.00 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 7 7 5 8 3 0 0 1 31 .226 2 0 0 0 2 JACINTO, Paul 7.76 0 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.1 41 31 27 9 26 9 1 4 130 .315 2 4 0 2 2 STAMBAUGH,J.D. 11.57 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 16 9 9 1 6 2 0 0 32 .500 1 0 0 2 1 SEARLE, Bryce 13.94 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 19 16 16 9 6 2 1 6 49 .388 2 3 3 0 0 HEID, Tyler 16.20 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 7 6 4 3 0 0 2 15 .333 0 1 0 0 0

Totals 5.52 5 15 20 20 1 1 1 2 166.1 194 124 102 54 120 34 4 21 659 .294 14 22 4 7 16 Opponents 3.00 15 5 20 20 3 1 0 10 180.0 144 73 60 53 152 16 5 12 662 .218 12 11 2 7 10

PB - Team (4), WILKES 3, CLOWARD 1, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (1), SU'A 1, Opp (3). SBA/ATT - WILKES (17-23), CLOWARD (12-18), JACINTO (5-9), HESS (8-9), LEMON (7-8), SU'A (4-5), STAMBAUGH (2-3), SEARLE (0-2), WELLS (1-2), BARRETT (1-1), PARSONS (0-1), BURGER (1-1).

www.byucougars.com 2004 BYU Results Date Opponent W/L Score Site Rec. Div-Rec.Pitcher Opp. Pitcher Line Opp. Line Att. 1/29 @ California L 1-11 A 0-1 0-0 Jacinto Brown 1-5-2 11-14-1 255 1/30 @ California L 3-13 A 0-2 0-0 Searle Crist 3-6-2 13-15-1 173 1/31 @ California L 4-7 A 0-3 0-0 Wells Gold 4-11-3 7-10-1 304 2/05 St. Mary’s # L 5-9 N 0-4 0-0 Jacinto Simo 5-6-1 9-12-2 50 2/06 @ Pacific # L 4-5 A 0-5 0-0 Hess Willick 4-9-1 5-9-5 754 2/07 Nevada # W 3-1 N 1-5 0-0 Wells Rodrigues 3-5-0 1-7-1 191 2/09 @ Santa Clara L 3-9 A 1-6 0-0 Jacinto Fillinger 3-7-2 9-8-2 478 2/10 @ Santa Clara W 11-10 A 2-6 0-0 Su’a McConnell 11-11-1 10-16-2 227 2/12 @ UC Riverside L 1-8 A 2-7 0-0 Wells Shappi 1-6-1 8-11-1 238 2/13 @ UC Riverside L 2-4 A 2-8 0-0 Su`a Martinez 2-10-0 4-11-1 157 2/14 @ UC Riverside L 4-6 A 2-9 0-0 Jacinto Winter 4-8-4 6-12-3 311 2/19 @ San Jose State L 3-4 A 2-10 0-0 Lemon Durkin 3-3-1 4-8-0 658 2/20 @ San Jose State (10) L 1-2 A 2-11 0-0 Barrett Kilby 1-6-0 2-7-3 538 2/21 @ San Jose State (10) W 3-2 A 3-11 0-0 Hess Amaya 3-6-1 2-7-1 516 2/26 @ Pepperdine % W 5-0 A 4-11 0-0 Wells Barrack 5-7-0 0-6-4 111 2/27 Nevada % (7) L 0-13 N 4-12 0-0 Jacinto Sutton 0-5-2 13-9-1 200 2/28 Cal State Northridge % L 3-6 N 4-13 0-0 Beus Baker 3-5-2 6-10-2 144 3/4 @ Cal State Northridge L 6-7 A 4-14 0-0 Burger Jean 6-10-1 7-9-2 124 3/5 @ Long Beach State L 1-3 A 4-15 0-0 Hess Weaver 1-2-1 3-4-0 1,236 3/6 @ Cal State Northridge W 10-4 A 5-15 0-0 Su’a Baker 10-15-2 4-9-4 265

# Pacific Invitational, Stockton, Calif. % Battle at the Beach, Malibu, Calif.

2004 MWC Standings as of 3/01 MWC Overall W-L GB W-L UNLV 0-0 - 7-5 Air Force 0-0 - 4-5 San Diego St. 0-0 - 7-13 BYU 0-0 - 4-13 New Mexico 0-0 - 1-7 Utah 0-0 - 1-8 BYU Baseball FOR THE LAWS, BASEBALL IS A FAMILY AFFAIR BY BRANDON KO L D I T Z , "Tim is a great young man BYU NEWSNET and has excellent skills, particu- S TA F F W R I T E R larly in fielding," Ver n said. "He n 1960, Ver n Law, a 30- can probably save as many run s ye a r -old pitcher from as he'll drive in because of his IMeridian, Idaho, helped glove work. He's an excellent pitch the Pittsburgh Pirates fi e l d e r , and I enjoy watching past the New York Yankees in him play." the World Series, capturing As a sophomore in 2001, the CY Young Award along the Tim hit .301 with three doubles wa y . The Pirates won all three and one triple. He struck out games Ver n started in the only six times in 83 at bats. se r i e s . "Tim has done well for us," Now 73, Ver n is a volun- Vance said. "It's fun to be teer batting practice pitcher on around him. I used to have that the BYU baseball team. He is time with my own dad. It's fun to joined on the team by his son, Head Coach Vance Law, left, with his father Vernon (1960 have a father around." Coach Vance Law, and grandson, Cy Young Winner) and son Tim, a first baseman with BYU. With opportunity comes junior first baseman Tim Law. Vernon, now 73, still throws batting practice for BYU. pressure to perfo r m, especially Tim appreciates the experi- when your last name is Law. Tim ence he has to be on a team assisted by both his father and grandfa- realizes the pressure associated with having former major leaguers th e r . as a father and grandfather and also as a coach and batting practice "It's a special opportunity," Tim said. "I don't know of any other pi t c h e r . person in baseball who has this kind of opportunity. It's a special "The pressure comes from the people on the outside," Tim said. chance for me to be a part of that." "F rom the inside there is no pressure. My family's always there to The three generations of Laws possibly form the only three-gener- support me." ation family to work together on the same team at the same time. Tim said that he tries to focus on his responsibilities as a player Af ter a 16-year major league career with the Pittsburgh Pirates on a team, rather than worry about the pressure of being the coach's and a 10 year stint as the Cougars’ pitching coach in the `70s, Ver n so n . spends many of his afte r noons pitching batting practice to the "I think because of what Tim has done in the past and what he's Cougars. Even in his 70s, he still throws hard. capable of doing this year, you won't have to worry about people hol- "I can throw all day and have my arm not bother me," Ver n said. lering, 'Hey, the only reason you're playing is because your dad's the "I still have plenty left. The kids know I can throw strikes, and I have coach,'" Ver n said. "That's hard on a kid. It puts both of them in a dif- no problem doing that." ficult situation. He's got to keep his nose clean. He's got to do his job Ver n said he loves to give the players an opportunity to improve and prove to people that he belongs there." their hitting skills. Vance can also relate to the pressures associated with having a "He's always there to offer extra BP or extra swings if I need fo r mer major leaguer as a father and a coach. His dad was the pitch- them," Tim said. "He's taught me to work hard and don't put too much ing coach under Glen Tuckett while Vance played for BYU . pressure on yourself. He's told me to play how he knows I can play." "Coach Tuckett told me, 'Vance has got to be clearly the better With the help of his father's name, Vance was able to enjoy a 10- pl a y e r . Otherwise, it's going to reflect back on you,'" Ver n said. "But year major league career with the Pirates, White Sox, Expos, Cubs he clearly showed that he belonged." and Athletics. As a player for BYU, Vance was a three-time All-Wes t e r n Athlet- In his fourth season as the Cougar's head coach, Vance focuses ic Conference shortstop from 1974-78. his efforts on teaching the skills of baseball to his son and the rest of "There comes a point when ability means more than family ties the team. because you either perfo r m or embarrass yourself," Vance said. "I enjoy watching Vance coach the team," Ver n said. "He relates The Laws are showing they belong together in college baseball. ve r y well with the kids. I don't know anyone who works as well with With contributions made by Tim on the field and Ver n in batting young men as Vance does. He seems to be able to push the right but- practices, Vance has led his team to back-to-back Mountain Wes t tons and instruct the boys how to develop into good ballplayers." Conference Champions in 2001 and 2002. Tim is trying to go in the direction his father and grandfather have gone before him. After playing a year at Dixie College and serving a church mission, Tim joined his father at BYU in 2001.

w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m BYU Baseball TURNS CHANCE INTO SUCCESS PAUL JACINTO BY BRANDON KO L D I T Z , BYU NEWSNET STA F F W R I T E R Jacinto said. "He worked really hard and proved to a lot of people that he could enior pitcher Paul Jacinto knew he play ball. I think that's helped me at times. could be successful in the BYU base- It's helped me work hard and be persistent." Sball team's starting rotation this year. In his first three years of high school He just needed to be given the opportunity. in Encinitas, Calif., Jacinto was LaCosta In 2002, Jacinto was the Cougars' third High's third baseman. He had a .450 batting st a r t e r , finishing 2-3 with a 7.83 ERA. He average as a position player. said he expected to be one of the three Af ter his junior year, many of the starters coming into the 2003 season. team's pitchers graduated. The pitching Before the season began, pitching coach coach knew Jacinto threw hard and asked Mike Karpel called him into his office and him to work on becoming a pitcher over the told Jacinto he was going to be a reliever. su m m e r . Jacinto was going to start off in the bullpen. "I took him serious and started doing "At first, I was very disappointed," Jacin- it and working very hard at it," Jacinto said. to said. "I was pretty discouraged because I "I really didn't know how to pitch. I just knew felt like I had done what I needed to do to be if you threw hard and threw strikes, you could one of the three starters. get people out. It's high school." "I told Coach K. (Karpel) it doesn't matter where I start (the sea- In Southern California, where talent is plentiful, Jacinto's hard son). I know where I'm going to work paid off. He finished his end up. I knew I was going to Baseball Schedule for 2004 senior year as a pitcher with a get the chance to start, and I 7-1 record and a microscopic was going to succeed. I was DAT E O P P O N E N T S I T E T I M E 1.88 ERA. His senior year gave going to perfo r m to the best of 1/29-30, 31 C a l i f o rn i a B e r k e l e y, CA1:30 p.m., noon him the opportunity to come to 2 / 5 St. Mary ’ s Stockton, CA 6 p.m. my abilities." 2 / 6 Pa c i f i c Stockton, CA 6 p.m. BYU as a pitcher. Two months into the 2003 2 / 7 N e v a d a Stockton, CA 2 p.m. "E v e r yone's good (in South- season, Jacinto is one of the 2 / 9 - 1 0 Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA 6, 3 p.m. er n California)," Jacinto said. Cougars' most consistent and 2/12-13, 14 UC Riverside Riverside, CA 3, 1 p.m. "E v e r y high school has great controlling pitchers in the start- 2/19-20, 21 San Jose St. San Jose, CA 6, 1 p.m. players. Only the ones who work 2 / 2 6 Pe p p e r d i n e Malibu, CA 2 p.m. ing rotation. 2/27 N e v a d a Malibu, CA 10 a.m. hard and are very persistent in "There's no question he's the 2 / 2 8 Cal St. NR Malibu, CA 10 a.m. their work ethic are the ones surprise of the year," BYU coach 3/4 Cal St. NR Northridge, CA 2 p.m. who are able to continue on and Vance Law said. "We anticipated 3 / 5 Long Beach Long Beach 6:30 p.m. play somewhere else." him pitching big innings for us 3 / 6 Cal St. NR Northridge, CA 1 p.m. Jacinto joined the Cougars 3 / 8 Dallas Baptist Fresno, CA 10 a.m. coming into the season. I figured 3 / 9 Chicago St. Fresno, CA 1:30 p.m. in 1999. His freshman year was he was going to be a very solid 3 / 1 0 Fresno St. Fresno, CA 6:30 p.m. the last year under the helm of pi t c h e r , but he is turning into one 3 / 1 1 M o n m o u t h Fresno, CA 1:30 p.m. head coach Gary Pullins. Jacin- of the dominant forces in the 3 / 1 2 Po r t l a n d Fresno, CA 10 a.m. to made 11 appearances during co n f e r e n c e . " 3 / 1 3 T B D Fresno, CA T B D his freshman year, four of them 3/18-19, 20 U N LV * P R O V O 6:30, 12 p.m. Several generations of the 3/25-26, 27 U t a h * Salt Lake City 6, 1 p.m. starts, finishing 1-1 with one Jacinto family have enjoyed the 4/1-2, 3 New Mexico* A l b u q u e r q u e , N M 6, 12 p.m. save and an 11.52 ERA. sport of baseball. His grandfa- 4/8-9, 10 U N LV * Las Ve g a s 6:30, 2 p.m. Af ter his freshman year, th e r , Alvin Jacinto, played one 4/15-16, 17 San Diego St.* P R O V O 7, 12 p.m. Jacinto served a two-year year for the Chicago White Sox. 4/22-23, 24 Air Fo r c e * Colo. Spgs., CO 2, 12 p.m. church mission to Brazil for the 4/29-30, 5/1 U t a h * P R O V O 7, 12 p.m. Listed at five-foot-six, Jacinto 5/6-7, 8 New Mexico* P R O V O 7, 12 p.m. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- said his grandfather is an exam- 5 / 1 2 - 1 4 San Diego St.* San Diego 6 p.m. day Saints. He returned to a ple of a hard worker. 5 / 1 8 Utah Valley St. P R O V O 7 p.m. new baseball program at BYU "He's strong and fast, but he's 5/20-21, 22 Air Fo r c e * P R O V O 7, 12 p.m. in 2002 with a new coaching the type of guy, when you look at 5 / 2 6 - 2 9 MWC To u rn e y Las Ve g a s T B A * Indicates MWC Games him, you wouldn't think much of C o n t i n u e d hi m , " w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m BYU Baseball staff headed by Vance Law. "He knows he's good," Cloward said. "He knows he's better than "I felt a lot of pressure coming home from my mission because it the batter. A lot of times I think pitchers go out and do the motions. was a whole new coaching staff," Jacinto said. "They had never seen Yea, they have good technique, but they don't have it mentally. me play. I had the impression they wanted me to perfo r m right away. "P aul just knows he's going to throw his fastball right by them, or I couldn't do it because I needed to get back in shape. I needed to he's going to throw his slider and they're going to swing through it. get my arm where it needed to be, and I needed that extra time." They can't hit him. He's got that mentality." Early in the 2003 season, Jacinto was called into Karpel's office In a start against San Diego State in 2003, Jacinto coasted to discuss the transition. A heated discussion between the two began. through the Aztec lineup until he reached the fourth inning. He gave Karpel said he thought Jacinto was wasting his talent. He said he up three runs in the fourth inning before settling down once again. saw tremendous potential in Jacinto, but he wasn't working hard Trouble in the middle innings was a common occurrence for Jac- enough to achieve the potential. into last year. Jacinto saw the situation differently. "I get into a groove early in the game," Jacinto said. "I get really "I felt he wasn't giving me a chance and an opportunity to show comfortable. After a couple innings, I start to lose concentration my talent," Jacinto said. "I was written off as a pitcher from the old because I'm in such a groove. That usually wakes me up and gets me program. He wasn't giving me the time I needed to develop coming back focused on what I need to do." back from a two-year mission." A sign of a good pitcher is his ability to bounce back after bad Once the two knew where the other was coming from, Jacinto innings. Several times this year, including the game against San said they got along great. As a result, Jacinto was able to get into the Diego, Jacinto rebounded from bad innings and finished the game starting rotation last year. st r o n g . Af ter starting this season in the bullpen for the first two series, "I think that the one thing I've noticed with Paul this year over Jacinto received his chance to enter the starting rotation. Junior last year is his ability to compete when he doesn't have his best stuff," Michel Bergeron went down with an arm injury, and Jacinto Law said. "Nowhere was it more apparent then the cold night that he replaced him in the rotation. pitched in Utah where it took him two innings before his arm loos- In his first start on Feb. 15, Jacinto pitched a complete-game ened up. If that would have been Paul last year, I think he would have three hitter against Northwestern, but lost the game 1-0. been out of the ballgame. I don't think he would have battled through Af ter poor run support led to an 0-4 start, Jacinto has won four th a t . " st r a i g h t . Through the first two months in the 2003 season, Jacinto is 4-4 In 2002, Jacinto threw three different pitches: a fastball, a with a 4.30 ERA and 48 strikeouts. Opposing batters are hitting a cu r veball and a changeup. During the off-season, despite coaches conference-low .232 against him. Twice in BYU losing efforts, oppo- telling him his curveball was good enough, Jacinto developed a nents scored two runs or less off Jacinto. fourth pitch for 2003, a slider. Jacinto was named the Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the “He had a decent curveball, but he didn't have great command of week after throwing a one-hit complete game against No. 24 UNLV it," Law said. "Sometimes he'd throw it for a strike; sometimes he on March 21, 2003. He probably would have been named the nation- wouldn't. al pitcher of the week if another pitcher had- "With the slider, he has really good com- n't pitched a no-hitter the same week. mand of it. He can throw that pitch for a This year is the first time Jacinto has strike all the time, just like his fastball. had the same teachings and the same That gives him two pitches that he has very trainings from the same coaches as the good command of in the strike zone. When previous year. you have command of two very solid pitch- "I've been able to work on the same es, you give yourself a pretty good chance things, and I'm going to do what I can," to win." Jacinto said. "I've always had that atti- The slider was his dad's idea, but Jacin- tu d e . to developed it on his own. In a short time, "I've never been the best or the pretti- the slider has become one of Jacinto's best est player on the field, but I've been able and most-used pitches. to get the job done. I knew if the coach- "Because he's got great control of his ing staff gave me some confidence, I sl i d e r , he'll throw that at any count," said would show them that I could get the sophomore catcher Casey Cloward. "That's job done." made him very successful. Because he's got As the Cougars' second starter in the that fourth pitch, it keeps the hitters guess- rotation, Jacinto has comfortably set- ing and guessing." tled himself into the leading role. He Cloward caught many of Jacinto's has turned an opportunity into one of games in 2003. He said Jacinto is one of 2003’s best success stories. the most enjoyable pitchers he's ever caught for because of his confidence level. w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m BYU Baseball SHORTSTOP DRAWS MOTIVATION FROM ARMY NAMESAKE RANGER WIENS BY BRANDON KO L D I T Z , Ranger learned to play shortstop BYU NEWSNET STA F F W R I T E R while his younger brother, Logan, chose the position of his father. hile on a road trip in the Tor o n - “I just wanted to develop him to Blue Jays minor league sys- (R anger) as an overall baseball player,” Ran d y tem, Randy Wiens, father of W said. “He had such gifted, natural ability that senior BYU shortstop Ranger Wiens, came he naturally took to the shortstop position.” across a military article in a magazine. Ranger began to develop his talent at Golden The article dealt with Army Rangers, a Valley High School in Merced, Calif. As a sen- specially trained elite combat unit in the io r , he hit .430 and had 16 doubles, five U.S. military. triples, eight home runs and 24 stolen bases. The Ran g e r ’s creed inspired Ran d y , leading him to name his first born son N - Never shall I fail my comrades. Ran g e r . “If I didn’t play professional baseball, Af ter high school, Ranger played his I wanted to be a Ran g e r ,” Randy said. freshman year at the University of Nevada-- “They stand for loyalty and honor, teach- Reno. He helped the Wolf Pack to a 38-20 ing you to respect yourself and respect oth- overall record and a 21-9 mark in the Big Wes t er s . ” Conference in 1999. As the Cougars’ co-captain and starting shortstop, Ran g e r Ranger went on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Wiens works to represent the creed his name stands for. La t t e r -day Saints to Hawai’i after his freshman year at Nevada. In In the Ran g e r ’s creed, an acronym defines the responsibilities of 2002, after completing his mission, he joined the Cougars. being an Army Ran g e r . As a sophomore for BYU, Ranger hit .318 and had 14 doubles, three home runs and 32 RBI. He helped the Cougars win the R - Recognizing that I volunteered as a Ranger ... I will Mountain West Championship and barely miss the NCAA Super always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor, and high-spir- Regionals last year. ited corps of my Ranger Reg i m e n t . Ranger said team unity, not individual perfo r mances, is what brought the team together at the end of last season. The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Randy as a pitcher in the fifth “There’s 30 guys in the clubhouse and everyone’s different,” round after he posted a 16-1 record in his first year at Merced Ranger said. “Our job is to come together as a team. With 30 dif- College in Merced, Calif. The same night, the Cardinals informe d ferent attitudes, that’s tough. It helps you grow and build character Randy that they could not sign him because he was a Canadian citi- as an individual if you do it in the right way.” zen. Only American citizens could be selected in the Major League Dr a f t back then. G - Gallantly will I show the world that I am a specially Af ter another season at Merced College, Randy signed as a free selected and well-trained soldier. My courtesy ... shall set the agent with the Toronto Blue Jays. He was in the Blue Jays organi- example for others to follow. zation for three years, finishing his career in the organization’s AAA level, the highest level in the minor leagues. In his second year with the Cougars, Ranger is learning to be a Af ter the Blue Jays released Randy in 1979, he met his future leader for his team. His teammates voted him as one of the team’s wife Sheryl Wiens. A year later, their first of three children was tri-captains for the 2003 season. bo r n. Randy had the choice of their first child’s name. He made his “He’s a quiet leader,” BYU baseball coach Vance Law said. son a Ran g e r . “He’s a shy young man, and he doesn’t say a whole lot. He leads by example. That’s the kind of leadership our team needs. Besides a A- Acknowledging the fact that a Ranger is an elite soldier. vocal leader, you need someone who’s going to play all-out all the ti m e . ” Ranger learned to play baseball from his parents. His father would throw batting practice or hit ground balls to him in the street. And E - Energetically will I meet the enemies of my country. I if his father couldn’t do it, his mother would step in and do the shall defeat them on the field of sa m e . C o n t i n u e d w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m BYU Baseball battle, for I am better trained and will fight with all my might ... under no circumstances will I ever em b a r rass my country.

Last year, Wiens was selected to the All-Mountain Wes t Tou r nament team. In the tournament, he made several out- standing defensive plays. “I haven’t seen a better shortstop play at the collegiate level than how Ranger played the last three weeks of the season in the Mountain West Tou r nament,” Law said. “It was spectacular. If scouts didn’t like what they saw, then they don’t like shortstops.”

R - Readily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to fight on to the Ranger objective and complete the mission.

In the first game of this year’s season against the University of Arizona, Wiens started with a bang. He went fo u r- f o r -five in the game with a home run and two doubles, helping the Cougars to a 6-3 victory. Through eight games this year, Wiens is hitting .344 with one home run and four doubles. As his mission at BYU comes closer to completion, Wiens anticipates his possible future mission in professional baseball. “I’ve had lots of up and downs, lots of successes and lots of failures,” Wiens said. “You get to the point where you wonder if Third-team Preseason All-American, Ranger Wiens, now in his third year after his mission and you’re really going to make it. But the last two years have been transferring from Nevada, is also a member of the great for me. I really look forward to playing pro ball in the near Student Athletic Advisory Committee at BYU. fu t u r e . ” The next level will be harder and require more endurance, but Wiens can face it living the creed that comes with having the name Ran g e r .

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