Baseball Kyle Rhoades 2009 Tim Freshour Tyler Redick WWW.SHIPRAIDERS.COM Shippensburg Quick Facts Official Name: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Table of Contents Member: The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Location: Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 Quick Facts ................................... 2 President: Dr. William N. Ruud About the PSAC ........................... 2 Undergraduate Enrollment: 6,600 About the University ..................... 3 Overall Enrollment: 7,600 Academics and Athletics ............... 4 Founded: 1871 Academics Support Services .......... 5 Colors: Red and Blue Coaching Staff ............................6-7 Nickname: Red Raiders Roster ............................................ 8 Conference: Pennsylvania State Athletic (PSAC) Season Outlook ........................9-12 Affiliations: NCAA Division II Director of Athletics: Dr. Roberta Page Player Profiles .........................13-29 Athletics Office: 717 477-1541 2008 Season Review ...............30-32 Head Coach: Matt Jones 2008 Season Records .................. 33 Assistant Coaches: Ryan Bown, Jared Krebs 2008 Results ................................ 34 Coach’s Office: 717-477-1508 2008 Statistics ........................35-36 Site of Home Games: Fairchild Field 2008 PSAC Results ..................... 37 Sports Information Director: Bill Morgal 2008 PSAC Statistics .............38-39 Office Phone 717-477-1201 History ...................................40-41 E-mail [email protected] Fax 717-477-1253 Red Raider in the Pros ...........42-44 Hotline 717-477-7678 Record Book ...........................45-54 Mailing Address Fairchild Field ............................. 54 Sports Information Office Athletic Administration .............. 55 1871 Old Main Drive (OM 302) Schedule ........................Back Cover Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 Web site: www.shipraiders.com Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, in compliance with federal and state laws and university policy, is committed to human understanding and provides equal educational, employment, and economic opportunities for all persons without regard to race, color, sex, age, creed, national origin, religion, veteran status, or disability. Direct requests for disability accommodations and other inquiries to the Office of Disability Services, Horton Hall 120, Shippensburg University, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299, (717) 477-1329. PSAC’s estimated 5,300 participants are honored each year as “Scholar-Athletes” for maintaining a grade-point About the PSAC average of 3.25 or better - a total that has nearly doubled since PSAC Scholar-Athletes were first recognized in the The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, with 57 mid-1990s. years of organized competition, has evolved into one of the NCAA’s largest and most heralded intercollegiate athletic The PSAC was organized in 1951 for the purpose of conferences. promoting and administering men’s athletic programs within the 14 state teachers colleges in the Commonwealth The 2008-09 academic year will be a groundbreaking one of Pennsylvania. In 1977, due to the interest and growth for the PSAC, as the league will expand beyond its original of women’s athletics, the conference was restructured to 14 members for the first time since its official formation provide for women’s programs. in 1951. New full-time members Gannon University and Mercyhurst College, along with associate member Long Upon its formation, the league did not have a standard Island University – C.W. Post, expect to complement the competitive division. However, in 1980, the league voted PSAC’s already solid foundation. to reclassify the entire conference to NCAA Division II. Although all 16 current institutions are members of Divi- With 16 full-time institutions, the PSAC shares distinction sion II, eight schools also compete at the Division I level in with the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference select sports. PSAC schools enroll over 117,000 students as the NCAA Division II’s largest in terms of membership. and claim over 661,000 alumni, including 430,000 who League expansion has brought acclaim through postseason reside in Pennsylvania. opportunities, as well. In 2008-09, the Conference will sponsor 23 championships, the most for leagues in Division The PSAC is governed by the II. presidents of the 16 member institutions. It employs a com- Highly competitive on a regional and national level, PSAC missioner, two assistant commis- schools annually combine to send nearly one-third of sioners and a director of media its teams into NCAA postseason play. Ultimately, the relations at its headquarters in membership’s success has yielded 40 NCAA team and 218 Lock Haven, Pa. individual title winners. While proud of its athletic accomplishments, the league Members: Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, also has evolved into one of Division II’s finest from an East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Gannon, Indiana, Kutztown, academic standpoint. Today, well over a quarter of the Lock Haven, Mercyhurst, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock, West Chester. 2 Red Raiders About Shippensburg University General Information • Founded in 1871 as the Cumber- land Valley State Normal School • Comprehensive regional public university • Member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education • Located on 200 acres in southcen- tral Pennsylvania Enrollment • 6,621 undergraduate students and 1,144 graduate students • 53% women and 47% men • 40% of students live on campus • 95% of our students are from Penn- sylvania Faculty • Student-faculty ratio: 19:1 and each student has a faculty advisor • 86% of the 301 full-time instruc- tional faculty members hold a doctorate or other terminal degree in their field • Our faculty’s main focus is teach- ing. All classes are taught by faculty, not graduate assistants Accreditations • AACSB International • Accreditation Board of Engineering • Internships, hands-on labs, gradu- • Intramural sports: and Technology ate assistantships and more, SU Basketball, bowling, racquetball, • American Chemical Society helps you create opportunities for soccer, softball, street hockey, ten- • Council for the Accreditation of real-life experiences. nis, Ultimate Frisbee, volleyball. Counseling and Related Educa- • Academic options include indepen- • Sports facilities include: outdoor tional Programs dent study and research internships, tennis courts, indoor and outdoor • Council for Exceptional Children field experience, the Marine Science track, two indoor swimming pools, • Council on Social Work Education Consortium at Wallops Island, a squash and handball courts, a • International Association of Coun- 3+2 engineering program with two rehabilitation center, outdoor sand seling Services schools of engineering, 3+4 and 3+3 volleyball courts. health science programs with pro- • National Council for the Accredita- • A 62,000-square-foot Student fessional schools, 2+2 allied health tion of Coaching Education Recreation Building features an programs, and Army ROTC. • Middle States Association of Col- 8,000-square-foot fitness center, an • Find a job or focus on a career with leges and Schools elevated running track, racquetball the help of Career Development courts, and four multi-purpose • National Council for the Accredita- Center and alumni career services. tion of Teachers courts. Athletics • 12-acre student recreation center Academic Programs and includes: hockey rink; sand volley- Opportunities • Member of the Pennsylvania State ball courts; basketball courts; fields Athletic Conference and NCAA for football, softball, lacrosse, and • 75 majors and concentrations and Division II. rugby; exercise trail for rollerblad- 22 graduate programs • Intercollegiate sports: ing, biking, and jogging. • 3 colleges: Arts and Sciences, Busi- Men: baseball, basketball, cross- ness, and Education and Human country, football, soccer, swimming, Services; plus a Office of Unde- track and field, wrestling. clared Students. Women: basketball, cross country, • Study abroad opportunities are field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, soft- available in dozens of countries. ball, swimming, tennis, track/field, Find out more at www.ship.edu/ volleyball. academic/study_abroad/ Baseball 3 Academics and Athletics Shippensburg University shapes its athletic pro- 2.82. This can be compared to the fall 2006 figures: gram to fit within the overall academic goals of the the total student body QPA averaged 2.82, females university—maintaining a balance between athletics were slightly higher at 2.98, and males were slightly and academics. lower at 2.66. Since 1984, the university’s Office of Institutional Shippensburg’s athletes continue to show high six- Research has monitored the progress of our athletes year graduation rates. Seventy-one percent of those in the classroom. The original study found that receiving athletically related financial aid gradu- Shippensburg was ahead of many institutions in ate within six years of enrolling. The 2005 NCAA meeting the standards of Propositions 48 and 64— Graduation Rate Report found that nationally, two NCAA resolutions designed to set minimum among public Division II schools, the graduation educational levels in collegiate athletes. rate was 45 percent with athletes graduating at 54 Proposition 64 of the NCAA established a mini- percent. Retention studies by the Office of Institu- mum score of 700 in the SAT and a 2.0 grade point tional Research and Planning show male athletes average in 11 core curriculum courses in high school.