NORTHERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL 2012 NOTES and FACTS February 29, 2011 Week 3: Coca Cola Classic | Surprise, Ariz

NORTHERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL 2012 NOTES AND FACTS February 29, 2011 Week 3: Coca Cola Classic | Surprise, Ariz. Thu: Winthrop | Fri: Arizona State | Sat: St Mary’s | Sun: Oregon State NIU to Play Four at Coca Classic; Will Meet Two Top-20 Teams 2012 SCHEDULE date opponent time/result TALE OF THE TAPE PROJECTED MATCHUPS F17 @Tennessee L 7-1 F18 @Tennessee L 10-5 F19 @Tennessee L 7-2 F25 No. 18/21 vs St. John’s^ L 11-9 (10) NIU @Texas Tech L 8-5 THURSDAY...... F26 @Texas Tech L 10-4 FRIDAY F27 @ No. 24 Texas Tech L 3-2 SATURDAY RHP Taylor Nawrocki (0-1) M1 vs Winthrop# 5 p.m. M2 @ No. 11 Arizona State 5 p.m. NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY...... LHP Tom Barry (0-2) M3 vs St. Mary’s (Calif.)# 5 p.m. 2012 Overall Record ...... LHP Jake Hermsen (0-2) M4 vs No. 24 Oregon State# Noon ...... RHPWU Tony Manville (0-1) M9 @Austin Peay 2:30 p.m. Home THURSDAY ...... 0-7 M10 vs Arkansas State$ 11 a.m. Away ASU M11 vs Dayton$ 11 a.m...... N/A ...... RHP Matt Pierpont (0-0) Neutral FRIDAY M13 @Saint Louis 3 p.m...... 0-6 M14 @Saint Louis 3 p.m. SMC M16 @Southern Illinois 11 a.m. Head...... Coach Ed Mathey 0-1 ...... RHP Alex Blackford (0-0) M17 vs Illinois% 11 a.m. SATURDAY Overall (19th season) @Southern Illinois 2:30 p.m. OSU M18 vs Illinois& 11 a.m. NIU (10th season) ...... RHP Tanner Kichler (0-0) M20 UIC 3:05 p.m...... 445-439-3 SUNDAY M23 @Kent State* 2 p.m. M24 @ Kent State* Noon ...... 240-268-1 ...... TBA M25 @Kent State* Noon M27 Milwaukee 3:05 p.m. M30 Akron* 3:05 p.m. M31 Akron* 1:05 p.m. A1 Akron* 1:05 p.m. A6 Ohio* 3:05 p.m. A7 Ohio* 1:05 p.m. A8 Ohio* 1:05 p.m. A10 Illinois State 3:05 p.m. A13 @Miami (Ohio)* 5 p.m. Winthrop No. 11 Arizona State St. Mary’s (Calif.) No. 24 Oregon State A14 @Miami (Ohio)* 2 p.m. Overall 0-8 Overall 5-1 Overall 5-3 Overall 5-3 A15 @Miami (Ohio)* Noon Home 0-5 Home 5-1 Home 4-3 Home N/A A20 Toledo* 3:05 p.m. Away 0-3 Away N/A Away 1-0 Away 3-3 A21 Toledo* 1:05 p.m. A22 Toledo* 1:05 p.m. Neutral N/A Neutral N/A Neutral N/A Neutral 2-0 A24 Milwaukee 3:05 p.m. A25 @Bradley 6 p.m. Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach A27 @Eastern Michigan* 5 p.m. A28 @Eastern Michigan* 2 p.m. Tom Riginos Tim Esmay Jedd Soto Pat Casey A29 @Eastern Michigan* Noon Overall (2nd) 27-38 Overall (11th) 313-264-1 Overall (16th) 311-296-3 Overall (23rd) 754-472-5 M1 Northwestern@ 6:30 p.m. WU (2nd) same ASU (3rd) 100-29 SMC (9th) 182-218-3 OSU (18th) 583-359-4 M2 @UIC 6:05 p.m. M4 Central Michigan* 3:05 p.m. M5 Central Michigan* 1:05 p.m. Game Date Game Date Game Date Game Date M6 Central Michigan* 1:05 p.m. March 1 5 p.m. March 2 5 p.m. March 3 5 p.m. March 4 Noon M11 @Western Michigan* 2 p.m. M12 @Western Michigan* Noon M13 @Western Michigan* Noon M15 @Milwaukee 4 p.m. DeKALB, Ill. M17 Ball State* 3:05 p.m. M18 Ball State* 3:05 p.m. M19 Ball State* 1:05 p.m. - After battling against two nationally-ranked foes last weekend, then- No. 18 St. John’s and No. 24 Texas Tech, Northern Illinois will head to the Coca Cola M23-27 MAC Tournament TBA Classic in Surprise, Ariz March 1-4. the Huskies will face Winthrop, No. 11 Arizona J1-3 NCAA Regional TBA State,LEAD St.OFFS Mary’s (Calif.) and No. 24 Oregon State. J8-10 NCAA Super Regional TBA J15-25 CollegeAll times World listed Series are Central TBA - Against nationally-ranked opponents this season, NIU has outscored its opponents * - MAC contest % - Carbondale, Ill. 10-2 in the final three innings of contests. ^ - Lubbock, Texas & - Rent One Park # - Surprise, Ariz. @ - Elfstrom Stadium - Northern Illinois has also tied its nationally ranked foes in the ninth inning. $ - Clarksville, Tenn. - The Huskies are making1 their second-consecutive trip to Surprise, Ariz. 2012 ROSTER NO. NAME YR POS. B/T HT WT HOMETOWN/PREV. SCHOOL

1 Alex Jones Sr. IF L/R 5-11 185 Kansas City, Kan./Piper 2 Connor Duckhorn Jr. IF/C L/R 6-1 185 Darien, Ill/Cowley County CC 3 Anthony Andres Soph. P L/L 6-0 190 Western Springs, Ill./St. Rita 4 Tom Barry Sr. P L/L 6-3 200 Orland Park, Ill./Providence Catholic 5 Jordan Huffman Jr. IF R/R 6-0 195 Sergaent Bluff, Iowa/North Iowa Area CC 7 Alex Klonowski Soph. IF/P R/R 6-3 185 Kearney, Mo./Kearney 10 Joe Battaglia Soph. C R/R 6-0 205 Westchester, Ill./St. Joseph 11 Ben Etcheverry Jr. P R/R 6-1 195 Winter Haven, Fla./Lake Region 12 Danny Haze Fr. OF R/R 6-2 195 Palatine, Ill./Palatine 13 Kevin Sweeney Soph. IF/P R/R 6-2 180 Chicago, Ill./Fenwick 14 Jeff Zimmerman Soph. IF L/L 6-3 220 Tinley Park, Ill./Victor J Andrew 15 Jamison Wells Jr. OF R/R 5-11 185 Combined Locks, Wis./Kimberly 17 Michael Kane Jr. OF L/R 6-0 206 Chicago, Ill./South Suburban College 18 Eli Anderson Soph. P R/R 6-0 220 Glenview, Ill./New Trier 19 Kyle Glancy Sr. P R/R 6-2 195 Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest 20 Taylor Nawrocki Jr. P R/R 6-3 210 Fairmont, Minn./North Iowa Area CC 21 Jake Hermsen Sr. OF/P R/L 6-0 215 New London, Wis./New London 22 Alex Beckman Sr. OF L/R 5-10 170 Batavia, Ill./Batavia 23 Mike Grindstaff Fr. P R/R 6-0 195 Joliet, Ill./Joliet West 24 Jordan Rishavy RS Jr. OF L/R 6-1 185 Rochester, Minn./North Iowa Area CC 25 Brett Frantini Sr. C R/R 6-0 210 Minooka, Ill./Minooka 26 Ben Neumann Fr. P L/L 6-1 185 Verona, Wis./Verona Area 27 Chris Divarco Soph. IF R/R 6-2 200 Long Grove, Ill./Carmel Catholic 28 Troy White Sr. IF R/R 5-11 180 Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young 30 Micah McCulloch Fr. IF/C R/R 6-3 270 Rochelle, Ill./Rochelle Township 32 Zach Badgley RS Jr. P R/R 6-4 200 McHenry, Ill./McHenry 33 Connor Schomig Soph. IF/OF R/R 6-1 180 Darien, Ill./Hinsdale South 34 Anthony Ciango Fr. P R/R 6-0 180 Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove 35 Tony Manville Sr. P L/R 6-2 200 New Lenox, Ill./Iowa 36 Jacob Turner Sr. P R/R 6-4 200 Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore HEAD50 JacobCOACH: Goldenberg Jr. P L/L 6-1 200 Syracuse, Ind./Wabash Valley CC ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: ASSISTANT COACH: Ed Mathey, 10th season (North Central, ’86) ASSISTANT COACH: Steve Joslyn, 10th season (North Central, ’86) Ray Napientek, 6th season (North Central, ’99) Jason Smith, 4th season (Aurora,PRONUNCIATION ’04) GUIDE

Alex KLONOWSKI - Klo-Now-Ski MICAH McCULLOCH - Mike-uh Mi-Kull-uck Joe Battaglia - Buh-Tag-lia Zach BADGLEY - Badge-Lee Ben ETCHEVERRY - Etch-uh-Very Connor SCHOMIG - Show-Mig Taylor NAWROCKI - Nuh-Rock-ee Anthony CIANGO - Chee-On-Go Jordan RISHAVY - Ri-Sha-Vee Brett FRANTINI - Fran-Teen-ee Ed MATHEY - Mah-Thee Chris DiVARCOINFIELDERS - Di-Var-Co CATCHERS OUTFIELDERS Ray NAPIENTEKPITCHERS - Nap-ee-en-tech

No. 27______Chris Divarco No. 10______Joe Battaglia No. 22______Alex Beckman No. 2______Anthony Andres No. 2______Connor Duckhorn No. 25______Brett Frantini No. 12______Danny Haze No. 32______Zach Badgeley No. 5______Jordan Huffman No. 30______Micah McCulloch No. 17______Michael Kane No. 4______Tom Barry No. 1______Alex Jones No. 24______Jordan Rishavy No. 34______Anthony Ciango No. 28______Troy White No. 33______Connor Schomig No. 50______Jacob Goldenberg No. 14______Jeff Zimmerman No. 15______Jamison Wells No. 23______Mike Grindstaff No. 21______Jake Hermsen No. 7______Alex Klonowski No. 35______Tony Manville No. 26______Ben Neumann No. 13______Kevin Sweeney No. 36______Jacob Turner

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SCHOOL INFORMATION Fans can follow the Arizona State and Oregon State games on Gametracker on NIUHuskies.com, or can listen to radio broadcasts on each school’s respective website by subscription only. The game against Winthrop will have a FREE radio broad- Northern Illinois University Location...... DeKalb, Ill. LASTcast at TIME WinthropEagles.com. OUT: TEXAS HOLD No media‘EM will be available for the St. Mary’s game. Founded...... 1895 Enrollment...... 24,424 Nickname...... Huskies Northern Illinois traveled to Lubbock, Texas for a contest against St. John’s and Colors...... Cardinal and Black three versus host Texas Tech. NIU was without the service of seven of its players Facility...... Ralph McKinzie Field as members of the team came down with a virus. However, that did not hinder the Dimensions (L to R)...312-368-395-368-322 Huskies as they sent their game with the No. 18 Red Storm to extra innings but lost Affiliation...... NCAA Division I 11-9 on a walkoff homerun in the bottom of the 10th.Texas Tech defeated the Hus- Conference...... Mid-American Conference kies Saturday night after the St. John’s game, 8-5, and again on Sunday, 10-4. President...... Dr. John G. Peters Alma Mater...... John Carrol ‘67 Assoc. V.P./Dir. of Athletics ...... Jeff Compher However, NIU was not leaving town without a fight against newly ranked TTU. Alma Mater...... COACHING STAFFJames Madison ‘80 The Red Raiders scored one run in the third inning and another in the eighth to go ahead, 2-0. In the top of the ninth inning, with no hits to their credit, NIU mustered two runs on three hits, including a game-tying RBI double by Troy White. But Texas Head Coach...... Ed Mathey Tech surged back with a single and walkoff triple by Tim Proudfoot to defeat NIU, Alma Mater...... North Central ‘86 NO3-2. ONE SAID IT’D BE EASY Record at NIU (Years)....241-262-1 (9 years) Career Record...... 446-432-3 (17 years) Baseball Phone...... (815) 753-2225 Contact Coach...... Through SID Northern Illinois is currently 0-7 to start the season, with two of its losses against Associate Head Coach...... Steve Joslyn nationally-ranked teams. In the season-opening series at Tennessee, the Volunteers Alma Mater...... North Central ‘86 were receiving votes in most of the nation’s polls. Texas Tech was receiving votes Assistant Coaches...... Ray Napientek in the first two contests with the Huskies, but cracked the top-25 for the first time ...... Jason Smith KLONOWSKI,since 2005 with MANVILLE their then-7-1 NAMED record TO MondayALL-TOURNAMENT morning. TEAM Athletic TrainerTEAM...... INFORMATIONBen Kastler

Sophomore Alex Klonowski and senior Tony Manville were both named to the 2011 Overall Record...... 30-27 Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic All-Tournament Team for their performance over 2011 Conference Record...... 16-11 Postseason record...... 1-2 the weekend. St. John’s had two selections on the team, while host school Texas 2011 Home/Road/ Neutral.10-7/16-11/4-9 Tech earned 10 honors. Letterman Returning/Lost...... 19/10 Starters Returning/Lost...... 7/2 Klonowski, a native of Kearney, Mo., was the second basemen of the tournament, Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost...... 2/2 batting 5-for-19 (.263) with 4 RBI and two runs scored in four starts. Defensively, Pitchers Returning/Lost...... 9/4 Klonowski did not commit an error while playing at shortstop, second base, right NewcomersBASEBALL...... HISTORY 12 field or on the mound. Manville pitched seven innings on the mound against No. 24 Texas Tech, surrendering five hits, two walks and one earned run. He also struck out one batter in his 27 batters faced. First Year...... 1900 EAGLES, DEVILS, GAELS AND BEAVERS - OH MY! All-Time Record...... 1,264-1,387-26 (.477) NCAA Appearances/LastMEDIA RELATIONS...... 2/1996 Play-in Below are the series records for all of the Huskies opponents at the Coca Cola Clas- Arizonasic. Northern State Illinois is 1-13 combined against this year’sOregon field. State Assoc. AD for Media Relations.Donna Turner NIU trails ASU, 0-8 NIU trails OSU, 0-2 Email...... [email protected] Office...... (815) 753-9513 Asst. Director (Baseball)...... Matt Scheerer 2/3/06 L 5-3 2/19/10 L 8-0 2/26/09 L 23-7 Email...... [email protected] 2/4/06 L 9-6 2/20/10 L 10-5 3/1/09 L 2 – 1 Office...... (815) 753-1708 Cell...... (360) 931-1132 2/5/06 L 8-3 2/20/10 L 26-1 Twitter...... @NIU_SID_Matt Saint2/27/09 Mary’s L (Calif.) 6-1 3/4/11 L 10-9 Winthrop Press Box Phone...... (815) 753-8094 NIU trails SMC, 0-2 Series tied, 1-1 Website...... www.NIUHuskies.com Mailing Address 209 Convocation Center 2/26/09 L 23-7 3/1/02 L 13-12 1525 W Lincoln Highway 3/1/09 L 2 – 1 3/16/03 W 11-10 DeKalb, IL 60115

3 HEAD COACH ED MATHEY CLASS, CLASS, CLASS

10th Year at NIU The NIU coaches will tell you that senior Troy White is a classy guy and apparently (240-268-1) they aren’t the only ones. The selection committee for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, an honor annually given to the Division I senior baseball player who excels 19-Year Career on and off the field, selected White as 1-of-30 candidates for the prestigious award. (445-439-3) THESee back STREAK of notes THAT for WASmore information.

North Central 1986 Junior Jamison Wells 19-game hitting streak came to end Sunday against Texas Tech as he was 0-3 on the day. It was the third-longest streak in school history, trailing Dave Reynolds (2007-10) 20-game streak in 2009 and Mike Birsa’s (1992-94) 27 PINCH-HITTINGgame streak in 1992-93. HERO Entering his 10th season at the helm of North- ern Illinois baseball, Ed Mathey continues to leave an indelible mark on the program. NIU’s all-time coaching victories leader (240-261-1) Freshman Micah McCulloch (Rochelle, Ill.) made his first appearance last Saturday has produced the four highest win totals in school against No. 18 St. John’s in the top of the seventh inning for designated hitter Joe history, along with helping 24 former players earn professional contracts since arriving in 2003. In Battaglia. After walking in his first at-bat, the Rochelle Township graduate had an his collegiate coaching tenure, the 18-year veteran RBI single in the eighth inning and followed in the ninth with an RBI double that has led his teams to a multitude of unprecedented tied the Huskies with the Red Storm and sent the game to extra innings. team accomplishments and individual accolades. With over 400 wins (445-432-3), Mathey has helped produce 54 all-conference selections, 31 In two starts, McCulloch finished the weekend 3-for-9 (.333) with three runs scored professional players, 20 all-region selections, and two RBI. He currently leads the Huskies in slugging (.444) and on-base (.400) seven MLB draft picks and eight All-Americans. EFFECTED,percentages. BUT NOT SHAKEN Mathey has elevated NIU’s presence in the Mid- American Conference. He made a splash right away by winning a school-record 34 games, 15 in In their trip to Lubbock, seven of the Huskies came down with a virus and were MAC play, in 2003. He followed with 31 and 14, respectively in 2004 to be named Pitch & Hit Club forced to sit in games one and two Saturday afternoon. However, some players went of Chicago’s Collegiate Coach of the Year. In 2007- on to shine over the weekend. See for yourself. 08, Mathey led the Huskies to 34 and 28 wins, respectively, and racked up a school-record 16 MAC wins both years and again in 2011. In 2009, P Tony Manville - 7 IP, 5H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 1 SO - Feb. 27 vs. No. 24 Texas Tech the Huskies took down the likes of Mississippi GUNSLINGER3B Troy White BEHIND- 2-for-8, THE 1 2B, PLATE 1 HR, 4 RBI - game tying double in 9th Monday night State and Baseball America No. 15 Missouri, both on the road.

Winning has not been the only focus of Mathey’s Senior Brett Frantini has thrown out four runners attempting to steal bases in his tenure, however. Because of the pro-style opera- six starts behind home plate in 2012. He threw out one runner in the third inning tion of the program, Mathey has churned out 24 against No. 24 Texas Tech Feb. 27 and accounted for two against the Red Raiders professional players and seven MLB draft picks at NIU. Each year thus far at least one of Mathey’s RALLYFeb. 26. FRIES! He also threw out one runner in the season-opener at Tennessee (Feb. 17). former players has inked a professional contract. Four of his former understudies are currently in MLB organizations: Andy Deain (Baltimore Orioles), Trevor Feeney (Detroit Tigers), Matt Despite slow starts against ranked teams, Northern Illinois has outscored its op- German (Philadelphia Phillies) and Bobby Stevens ponents 10-2 in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings of ball games. The Huskies C(Baltimoreoaching :Orioles). rallied back from a 9-1 deficit against No. 18 St. John’s to tie the game, 9-9, in the top of the ninth to send the contest to extra innings. Against Texas Tech on Monday, 2003-present - Head Coach, NIU 1994-2002 - Head Coach, North Central College NIU broke up a no-hitter with two runs in the ninth, before falling in the bottom 1989-93 - Assistant Coach, North Central College grindhalf of the-it -inningout to on get a walkoff-it-done triple, 3-2. F1988-89amily: - Player/Coach, Newport Rams (Australia)

Wife, Colleen; Sons Patrick (16) and NIUMichael CAREER (14); WINSDaughter LIST Juliet (13) In both of his starts on the mound for Northern Illinois, senior Tony Manville has been a grind-it-out to get-it-done kind of pitcher, keeping NIU within winning’s 1. 240 Ed Mathey 9 seasons distance. Against Tennessee he pitched five innings and surrendered nine hits, four 2. 143 Spanky McFarland 7 seasons runs, but only walked two. Monday versus Texas Tech, he pitched seven innings and 3. 126 George Evans 16 seasons only allowed one run on five hits and two walks and accounted for a strikeout in 4. 100 Thomas L. Meyer 6 seasons both games. In 2011, the Huskies outscored their opponents 148-136 with the New NIU’S5. WINNINGEST 94 Dave Mason SEASONS 5 seasons Lenox, Ill. native on the mound.

Wins Year Head Coach 1. 34 2003 Ed Mathey 34 2007 Ed Mathey 3. 31 2004 Ed Mathey 4. 30 2010 Ed Mathey 5. 29 1995 Spanky McFarland 4 THIEVERY FOLLOW THE HUSKIES

Normally, stealing from another would be frowned upon. But in baseball, its ok. Ju- FACEBOOK nior Jamison Wells currently has four stolen bases this season and racked up 27 for the Huskies last season, tying for the third most in a single season in program history. In his career Wells has accrued 43 stolen bases, good enough for fifth all-time, Facebook.com/ in 101 career appearances. Alvin Maynard (1979-80) holds the NIU career record NIUHuskies IF(71) YOU and GIVE single-season IT TO US, recordWE’LL (41). TAKE IT

A major contributor to the Huskies big comeback against St. John’s, was the fact that the Red Storm committed five errors in the contest. So far in 2012, opponents TWITTER SCOUTINGhave accrued THE 13 EAGLESerrors to the Huskies 12 in seven games.

Winthrop is 0-8 in 2012 and has faced two-ranked opponents in then-No. 9 Georgia @NIUAthletics Tech and then-No. 9 Georgia. In competition, WU has been outscored, 59-16, by its opponents. The Eagles are familiar with the MAC in 2012, having hosted Kent State @NIU_Baseball in its season-opening tournament and dropping the contest, 11-3.

Pitcher Preston Johnson has been the top-starter for the Eagles with two games @NIU_SID_Matt under his belt and 9.1 innings pitched. He also boasts a 3.86 ERA and an 0-1 record. In relief Michael Gilroy has made five appearances and has not allowed a run this YouTube season and only one hit (.056 opp. BA). Patrick Gamblin is tied for the team-lead in SCOUTINGhits (six) and THE has SUN one DEVILSdouble, one homerun and four RBI. YouTube.com/ NIUHuskiesdotcom The 5-1 Sun Devils have had success this season, as evident by their No. 11 national ranking. Arizona State’s only loss this season was against UC Riverside on Feb. 25, 3-1, the only time the team was held under 10 runs in 2012. Also familiar with the MAC this season, ASU opened 2012 with a three-game series with Western Michi- gan and outscored the Broncos, 40-2. FOR ALL YOUR NEWS, First basemen Abe Ruiz has been on a season-opening terror, batting .500 (11-for- FACTS, FEATURE STORIES 22) with three doubles and homeruns, along with 11 RBI at the five spot in the lineup. Brady Rodgers has yet to surrender a run in his two starts, both wins, in 13 AND VIDEO, VISIT... SCOUTINGinnings pitched THE and GAELS has struckout 17 batters and allowed zero walks. www.NIUHuskies.com

St. Mary’s is 5-3, opening its season on a five-game winning streak and currently riding a three-game losing skid. The Gaels recently opened their conference season, FOR BLOG POSTINGS, playing a three-game series with fellow WCC foe BYU, taking the first game of the MEDIA CLIPPINGS AND series and losing the next two. SMC closed February with a game against San Jose GENERAL NEWS, VISIT... State Tuesday afternoon and fell, 5-3.

Martin Agosta is 1-0 in his two starts this season and has combined for 15 innings www.NIUHuskies.com/blog in that span with 14 strikeouts, three walks and an ERA of 0.60. At the plate, Troy Channing is 11-for-30 this year (.367) with four doubles and six RBI. Ricky Boas SCOUTINGand Cole Norton THE BEAVERSalso have identical 10-for-32 (.313) batting statistics.

Like their West Coast counterpart St. Mary’s, Oregon State is 5-3 in 2012, and finished its last weekend in San Diego, 2-2. The 24th ranked Beavers defeated Pacific and Kansas State in the San Diego/San Diego State Tournament and suffered losses to the host schools.

Danny Hayes has been the power man in the Beavs lineup, slugging .583 with six hits, two doubles, a triple, a homerun and 14 RBI. OSU’s starting pitching staff is made up of grinders, surrendering 97 hits as a pitching staff, but few walks (34). 5 2011 RETURNING AWARDS AND HONORS MANIAC MANVILLE

Kyle Glancy In 2011 senior pitcher Tony Manville opened with a 0-1 record, losing Feb. 26 to BYU (8-5), and went on to register nine-straight wins to tie the NIU record for AlexNCBWA Jones Stopper of the Year Watch List victories in a season. His swinning-treak was snapped Feb. 18 at Tennessee in the Huskies 7-2 loss to Tennessee in game two of the doubleheader. It was the sixth- WATCHlongest streak OUT FOR in NCAA THIS Division GUY I entering 2012. Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year quarterfinalist First team All-MAC On Jan. 31 senior pitcher Kyle Glancy was named to the National Collegiate Baseball First team ABCA All-Midwest Region Writers Association Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List, joining the nation’s MAC West Player of the Week, March 23 top-45 closers on the list. The Oak Park, Ill. native recorded 12 saves and was 1-0 in TonyMAC WestManville Player of the Week, April 25 LEFT2011. SIDELast season - THE STRONGhe was named SIDE to NCBWA midseason watch list.

JamisonSecond team Wells All-MAC CollegeBaseballInsider.com released its Mid-American Conference preview Feb. 8 and Northern Illinois received some high accolades, as polled by all 12 MAC coaches. Senior infielders Alex Jones and Troy White split the honors of “Best Defensive MAC West Player of the Week, May 22 Infielder” and “Best Infield Arm.” Jones was first team all-region and All-MAC at College Baseball Foundation and Dia- SMOOTHshortstop ASwhile SILK; White STRONG was second LIKE BULLteam All-MAC at third base in 2011. mond Sports National Team of the Week, TroyMay 16 White Sophomore Jeff Zimmerman first basemen also received honor from CollegeBase- ballInsider.com being named amongst the top-three “Best Pure Hitters” and “Best Second team All-MAC Power Hitters” in the Mid-American Conference. Zimmerman was the MAC’s Fresh- MAC West Player of the Week, March 1 man of the Year in 2011 after batting .326 with 11 homeruns, 13 doubles and 47 JeffMAC Zimmerman West Player of the Week, April 18 SLOW-AND-STEADYRBI. WINS THE RACE

MAC Freshman of the Year The Huskies had a slow start to 2011, going 0-10 in its first 10 games in trips to First team All-MAC Southern Utah, Texas Tech and Arizona State. However, Northern Illinois would Second team ABCA All-Midwest Region persevere and finish the season 30-27 overall and 16-11 in the MAC, nearly claim- Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America ing the West division championship in the process. It was the fourth 30-win season Team GOLDENin school history,GLOVES all occurring under skipper Ed Mathey. Second team NCBWA Freshman All- America ACADEMIC Northern Illinois carried a .966 fielding percentage in 2011, the highest-percentage Huskie Scholars (3.00-3.49 GPA) since atleast 1959, the year the program began keeping the stat. The Huskies also committed a Mathey-era (2003-present) low of 74 errors. Associate Head Coach BLANKSteve Joslyn AS A oversees WHITE SHEETthe NIU OF defense. PAPER Alex Beckmann Kyle Glancy Alex Jones The pitching staff of Northern Illinois was a strong suit in 2011 as the Huskies Alex Klonowski recorded five shutouts during the season, the most-under Ed Mathey and the most Cory Krupp since 1996. The centerpiece of the shutouts came April 10 when Jeremy Gonzales Tony Manville BOonly KNOWS... allowed three hits and no walks in 2-0 win over Miami (Ohio). MAC Troy Scholar White Athlete of the Week, May 20

OK, Bo Jackson has no affiliation what so ever to Northern Illinois baseball, but, A Troycademic White All-MAC junior centerfielder Jamison Wells, like Jackson was for Auburn, is a multi-sport for NIU. Wells, a native of Combined Locks, Wis., doubles (no pun intended by the 16 he amassed last season) as a wide reciever for the Huskies football team. He made 14 Kyle Glancy receptions for 112 yards and appeared in 13 games for the Mid-American Confer- Tony Manville BROOKSence and GoDaddy.comWALLACE HOPEFUL... Bowl Champions. AGAIN Troy White

Senior Alex Jones had a whale of junior season in 2011, leading Northern Illinois in batting average (.352), hits (82), total bases (118) and RBI (47). For his great season, Jones was named a quarterfinalist for the Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year Award on May 11. Northern Illinois and the Kansas City, Kan. native are again hoping he recieves 6the honor for a second-straight season. SELFLESS BASEBALL 2012 AWARDS AND HONORS

Kyle Glancy Henry Ford once said “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” Northern Illinois accounted for 40 sacrifice bunts last season, the fourth-mostHE POLLSTERS in program HAVE history,SPOKEN and 21 sacrifice flies during the 2011 season. NCBWA Preseason Stopper of the Year TroyWath WhiteList T The Mid-American Conference released its preseason coaches poll Feb. 15 and Northern Illinois was tabbed to finish fourth in the MAC West and tie for seventh Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Candidate overall with Bowling Green. NIU received 36 points in the poll. Kent State his the 2012conference MAC Bfavoriteaseball this C seasonoaches with Preseason 59 points andPoll seven first place votes.

MAC East Division

1. Kent State - 59 Points 2. Miami - 48 Points 3. Bowling Green - 36 points 4. Ohio - 34 points 5. Akron – 17 points MAC6. Buffalo West - 16 Division points

1. Central Michigan - 54 points 2. Toledo - 45 points 3. Eastern Michigan - 43 points 4. Northern Illinois - 36 points 5. Western Michigan - 21 points MAC6. Ball Tournament State - 11 points Champion

Kent State (7), Central Michigan (1), Toledo (1), Eastern Michigan (1), Miami (1)

*Akron coaching staff chose not to vote in the preseason poll due to being new to the league this season

7 2012 SEASON STATISTICS Overall Statistics for Northern Illinois (as of Feb 29, 2012) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: Home: Away: Neutral: Conference:

0-7 0-0 0-6 0-1 0-0 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%

McCULLOCH, Micah .333 3 2 9 3 3 1 0 0 2 4 .444 1 0 3 0 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 KLONOWSKI, Alex .286 7 7 28 4 8 1 0 1 4 12 .429 1 1 5 1 .333 0 0 0 0 9 13 1 .957 DIVARCO, Chris .273 4 2 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 .273 0 0 4 0 .273 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.000 ZIMMERMAN, Jeff .250 7 7 28 3 7 0 0 0 1 7 .250 2 0 5 1 .300 0 0 1 1 62 5 0 1.000 JONES, Alex .250 5 5 16 1 4 2 0 0 5 6 .375 2 0 2 1 .300 2 0 0 0 5 16 0 1.000 BECKMANN, Alex .238 7 6 21 0 5 1 0 0 1 6 .286 3 1 4 1 .360 0 0 0 0 11 3 2 .875 KANE, Michael .231 5 4 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .308 2 0 2 0 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 WELLS, Jamison .226 7 7 31 3 7 1 0 0 2 8 .258 1 0 9 0 .250 0 1 4 4 21 7 2 .933 DUCKHORN, Connor .200 4 4 15 4 3 0 0 1 2 6 .400 1 0 4 0 .250 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 .750 SCHOMIG, Connor .200 3 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 1 0 4 0 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 WHITE, Troy .158 5 5 19 2 3 1 0 1 4 7 .368 1 0 5 0 .200 0 0 1 1 6 15 0 1.000 FRANTINI, Brett .158 6 6 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 4 .211 2 0 5 0 .238 0 0 0 0 25 9 2 .944 RISHAVY, Jordan .091 4 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .091 2 2 2 1 .333 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 1.000 BATTAGLIA, Joe .000 4 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 3 0 2 0 .333 0 0 0 1 10 1 0 1.000 HUFFMAN, Jordan .000 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.000 GLANCY, Kyle .000 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 ETCHEVERRY, Ben .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 ANDERSON, Eli .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 GOLDENBERG, Jacob .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 GRINDSTAFF, Mike .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 BADGLEY, Zach .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 BARRY, Tom .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000 MANVILLE, Tony .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .667 NAWROCKI, Taylor .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 TotalsANDRES, Anthony .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 OpponentsHERMSEN, Jake .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .800 .217 7 7 235 28 51 9 0 3 23 69 .294 22 4 56 5 .293 2 3 6 7 174 89 12 .956 LOB .303 DPs 7 turned 7 231 56 70 IBB 14 3 8 45 114 Picked .494 off 45 12 35 1 .439 1 6 21 27 191 82 13 .955

- Team (47), Opp (65). - Team (1), Opp (6). - Team(All (0), games Opp (1).Sorted by Earned- KANE run1. avg)

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 SHA

BADGLEY, Zach 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 14 .143 1 2 1 0 1 GOLDENBERG, Jacob 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .250 0 0 0 0 0 ANDRES, Anthony 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 MANVILLE, Tony 3.75 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 14 5 5 4 2 4 0 0 47 .298 0 1 1 1 1 ANDERSON, Eli 4.05 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 26 .308 0 0 0 0 0 ETCHEVERRY, Ben 4.50 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 14 .143 0 2 1 0 1 GRINDSTAFF, Mike 5.79 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 3 3 4 2 0 0 2 17 .235 0 1 0 0 1 NAWROCKI, Taylor 9.00 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 10 7 9 5 0 0 1 30 .300 0 3 1 0 0 BARRY, Tom 13.50 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 12 12 12 5 5 3 0 2 32 .375 0 2 1 0 0 KLONOWSKI, Alex 13.50 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 4 .500 0 0 0 0 0 TotalsHERMSEN, Jake 19.06 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.2 9 13 12 11 6 4 0 0 26 .346 6 1 0 0 2 OpponentsGLANCY, Kyle 22.50 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 5 5 2 2 0 2 2 12 .500 1 0 0 0 0 7.76 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 58.0 70 56 50 45 35 14 3 8 231 .303 8 12 5 1 6 Pickoffs 2.40 7 0 SBA/ATT 7 7 0 0 0 3 63.2 51 28 17 22 56 9 0 3 235 .217 1 4 2 2 3

- Team (1), BARRY 1, Opp (1). - FRANTINI (3-5), BATTAGLIA (4-4), NAWROCKI (2-3), GRINDSTAFF (2-2), HERMSEN (1-1), MANVILLE (1-1), BADGLEY (1-1), ANDRES (0-1), BARRY (0-1). (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI

ZIMMERMAN, Jeff 67 62 5 0 1.000 1 0 0 - 0 0 WHITE, Troy 21 6 15 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 JONES, Alex 21 5 16 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 BATTAGLIA, Joe 11 10 1 0 1.000 0 8 0 1.000 0 0 RISHAVY, Jordan 7 7 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 DIVARCO, Chris 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 BARRY, Tom 3 1 2 0 1.000 0 1 2 .333 0 0 HUFFMAN, Jordan 3 1 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 ETCHEVERRY, Ben 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 ANDERSON, Eli 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 2 1 .667 0 0 GRINDSTAFF, Mike 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 SCHOMIG, Connor 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 ANDRES, Anthony 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 .000 0 0 GLANCY, Kyle 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 BADGLEY, Zach 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 GOLDENBERG, Jacob 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 NAWROCKI, Taylor 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 5 1 .833 0 0 KLONOWSKI, Alex 23 9 13 1 .957 1 0 0 - 0 0 FRANTINI, Brett 36 25 9 2 .944 0 13 4 .765 2 0 WELLS, Jamison 30 21 7 2 .933 1 0 0 - 0 0 BECKMANN, Alex 16 11 3 2 .875 0 0 0 - 0 0 HERMSEN, Jake 5 1 3 1 .800 0 5 0 1.000 0 0 DUCKHORN, Connor 12 6 3 3 .750 0 0 0 - 0 0 MANVILLE, Tony 3 0 2 1 .667 0 2 1 .667 0 0 TotalsMcCULLOCH, Micah 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 - 0 0 OpponentsKANE, Michael 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 - 0 0 275 174 89 12 .956 1 21 6 .778 2 0 286 191 82 13 .955 6 6 1 .857 8 0 0 2012 SITUATIONAL STATISTICS Batting Analysis for Northern Illinois (as of Feb 29, 2012) (All games Sorted by Player Name)

vs Left vs Right w/Runners On w/Bases Empty w/Bases Loaded Rch as Leadoff Fly Gnd Fly/ Player H AB Avg H AB Avg H AB Avg H AB Avg H AB Avg Rch Ops Pct Out Out Gnd

BATTAGLIA, Joe 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 0 5 .000 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 3 4 .750 0 4 0.0 BECKMANN, Alex 2 10 .200 3 11 .273 3 10 .300 2 11 .182 0 2 .000 1 5 .200 6 6 1.0 DIVARCO, Chris 2 7 .286 1 4 .250 3 4 .750 0 7 .000 0 0 - 0 5 .000 3 1 3.0 DUCKHORN, Connor 3 8 .375 0 7 .000 2 4 .500 1 11 .091 1 1 1.000 1 4 .250 4 3 1.3 FRANTINI, Brett 1 8 .125 2 11 .182 0 6 .000 3 13 .231 0 0 - 1 5 .200 7 2 3.5 GLANCY, Kyle 0 0 - 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 0.0 HUFFMAN, Jordan 0 0 - 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 - 0 1 .000 0 3 0.0 JONES, Alex 1 3 .333 3 13 .231 2 6 .333 2 10 .200 0 0 - 1 4 .250 6 5 1.2 KANE, Michael 0 2 .000 3 11 .273 0 3 .000 3 10 .300 0 0 - 1 4 .250 2 6 0.3 KLONOWSKI, Alex 5 11 .455 3 17 .176 4 13 .308 4 15 .267 0 1 .000 1 3 .333 7 8 0.9 McCULLOCH, Micah 1 6 .167 2 3 .667 2 3 .667 1 6 .167 0 0 - 2 3 .667 0 1 0.0 RISHAVY, Jordan 1 4 .250 0 7 .000 0 5 .000 1 6 .167 0 0 - 0 0 - 2 7 0.3 SCHOMIG, Connor 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0.0 WELLS, Jamison 5 12 .417 2 19 .105 4 14 .286 3 17 .176 2 2 1.000 3 11 .273 7 7 1.0 Totals WHITE, Troy 1 5 .200 2 14 .143 2 6 .333 1 13 .077 0 0 - 1 7 .143 6 5 1.2 Opponents ZIMMERMAN, Jeff 3 11 .273 4 17 .235 6 16 .375 1 12 .083 0 2 .000 2 7 .286 7 9 0.8 26 95 .274 25 140 .179 29 101 .287 22 134 .164 3 11 .273 17 64 .266 57 68 0.8 23 67 .343 With 47 Runners 164 .287 w/Rnr 37 121 on 3rd .306 33 110 .300 Success 4 12 .333 Rnrs 22 59 .373 59 69 0.9 Pinch Hitting In Scoring Pos And LT 2 Out With 2 Out Advancing Rnrs Adv Rnrs Rch Rch Player H AB Avg H AB Avg RBI Ops Pct H AB Avg RBI Adv Ops Pct w/Out LOB Err FC KL

BATTAGLIA, Joe 0 0 - 0 3 .000 1 2 .500 0 2 .000 0 2 5 .400 3 2 0 3 1 BECKMANN, Alex 0 0 - 1 6 .167 1 2 .500 1 8 .125 0 5 12 .417 0 9 0 0 0 DIVARCO, Chris 1 1 1.000 0 1 .000 0 0 - 0 2 .000 0 3 4 .750 0 1 0 0 1 DUCKHORN, Connor 0 0 - 2 3 .667 1 1 1.000 1 8 .125 1 3 5 .600 0 2 1 0 0 FRANTINI, Brett 0 0 - 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 2 6 .333 0 2 6 .333 0 1 2 0 0 GLANCY, Kyle 0 0 - 0 1 .000 0 0 - 0 1 .000 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 HUFFMAN, Jordan 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 .000 0 1 2 .500 1 1 0 1 0 JONES, Alex 0 0 - 2 3 .667 4 4 1.000 1 5 .200 1 6 9 .667 3 0 1 1 0 KANE, Michael 0 1 .000 0 3 .000 0 0 - 2 4 .500 0 1 3 .333 1 4 0 0 1 KLONOWSKI, Alex 0 0 - 3 10 .300 0 1 .000 3 8 .375 4 6 13 .462 2 5 0 0 2 McCULLOCH, Micah 2 2 1.000 2 3 .667 1 1 1.000 0 0 - 0 3 3 1.000 0 0 2 0 1 RISHAVY, Jordan 0 0 - 0 2 .000 1 1 1.000 0 3 .000 0 4 8 .500 4 1 0 0 1 SCHOMIG, Connor 0 0 - 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 - 0 1 4 .250 0 0 0 0 0 WELLS, Jamison 0 0 - 3 9 .333 1 2 .500 1 7 .143 1 7 15 .467 5 4 2 0 3 Totals WHITE, Troy 0 0 - 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 2 6 .333 4 3 6 .500 0 1 0 1 1 Opponents ZIMMERMAN, Jeff 0 0 - 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 3 13 .231 1 6 16 .375 1 14 0 2 2 3 4 .750 17 61 .279 10 19 .526 16 74 .216 12 53 112 .473 20 47 8 8 13 0 7 .000 19 83 .229 Pitching 10 22 Analysis .455 for 23 Northern 79 .291 Illinois 17 (as 72 of Feb 140 29, .514 2012) 18 65 5 9 11 (All games Sorted by Player Name)

vs Left vs Right w/Runners On w/Bases Empty Rch by Leadoff w/2 Out Fly Gnd Fly/ Player H AB Avg H AB Avg H AB Avg H AB Avg Rch Ops Pct H AB Avg Out Out Gnd

ANDERSON, Eli 5 8 .625 3 18 .167 3 11 .273 5 15 .333 3 7 .429 3 7 .429 7 7 1.0 ANDRES, Anthony 0 0 - 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 .000 0 1 0.0 BADGLEY, Zach 1 4 .250 1 10 .100 0 12 .000 2 2 1.000 4 4 1.000 0 5 .000 5 7 0.7 BARRY, Tom 3 6 .500 9 26 .346 8 14 .571 4 18 .222 3 8 .375 6 13 .462 7 8 0.9 ETCHEVERRY, Ben 0 3 .000 2 11 .182 0 7 .000 2 7 .286 0 4 .000 1 7 .143 5 3 1.7 GLANCY, Kyle 0 1 .000 6 11 .545 4 8 .500 2 4 .500 0 2 .000 1 3 .333 2 2 1.0 GOLDENBERG, Jacob 1 2 .500 1 6 .167 2 4 .500 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 3 1 3.0 GRINDSTAFF, Mike 1 3 .333 3 14 .214 2 9 .222 2 8 .250 3 5 .600 1 6 .167 6 5 1.2 HERMSEN, Jake 1 2 .500 8 24 .333 6 17 .353 3 9 .333 3 6 .500 5 12 .417 3 9 0.3 KLONOWSKI, Alex 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0.0 Totals MANVILLE, Tony 6 18 .333 8 29 .276 6 21 .286 8 26 .308 2 12 .167 2 14 .143 15 18 0.8 Opponents NAWROCKI, Taylor 1 5 .200 8 25 .320 5 16 .313 4 14 .286 4 8 .500 1 7 .143 6 8 0.8 20 54 .370 50 177 .282 37 121 .306 33 110 .300 22 59 .373 23 79 .291 59 69 0.9 23 104 .221 IP/ 28 131 .214 29 101 .287 K/BB 22 134 .164 17 64 .266 16 74 .216 Stolen 57 Bases 68 0.8 Player App-GS App *H/g *R/g *ER/g *BB/g *SO/g Ratio *2B/g *3B/g *HR/g *FO/g *GO/g *BF/g SBA ATT Pct

ANDERSON, Eli 3-0 2.22 10.80 4.05 4.05 2.70 5.40 2.0 1.35 1.35 1.35 9.45 9.45 37.80 2 3 .667 ANDRES, Anthony 1-0 0.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.50 13.50 0 1 .000 BADGLEY, Zach 2-0 2.17 4.15 0.00 0.00 4.15 2.08 0.5 2.08 0.00 0.00 10.38 14.54 39.46 1 1 1.000 BARRY, Tom 2-2 4.00 13.50 13.50 13.50 5.62 5.62 1.0 3.38 0.00 2.25 7.88 9.00 43.88 1 3 .333 ETCHEVERRY, Ben 3-0 1.33 4.50 9.00 4.50 9.00 9.00 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.25 6.75 47.25 2 2 1.000 GLANCY, Kyle 3-0 0.67 27.00 22.50 22.50 9.00 9.00 1.0 0.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 63.00 0 0 - GOLDENBERG, Jacob 2-0 1.17 7.71 0.00 0.00 3.86 7.71 2.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.57 3.86 34.71 0 0 - GRINDSTAFF, Mike 3-0 1.56 7.71 5.79 5.79 7.71 3.86 0.5 0.00 0.00 3.86 11.57 9.64 44.36 3 3 1.000 HERMSEN, Jake 2-2 2.83 14.29 20.65 19.06 17.47 9.53 0.5 6.35 0.00 0.00 4.76 14.29 63.53 5 5 1.000 KLONOWSKI, Alex 1-0 0.67 27.00 13.50 13.50 13.50 27.00 2.0 13.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 67.50 0 0 - Totals MANVILLE, Tony 2-2 6.00 10.50 3.75 3.75 3.00 1.50 0.5 3.00 0.00 0.00 11.25 13.50 40.50 2 3 .667 Opponents NAWROCKI, Taylor 2-1 3.50 11.57 12.86 9.00 11.57 6.43 0.6 0.00 0.00 1.29 7.71 10.29 54.00 5 6 .833 7-7 8.29 10.86 8.69 7.76 6.98 5.43 0.8 2.17 0.47 1.24 9.16 10.71 45.78 21 27 .857 * = average based on 9-inning7-7 game 9.10 7.21 3.96 2.40 3.11 7.92 2.5 1.27 0.00 0.42 8.06 9.61 37.60 6 7 .778

9 2012 LINE SCORES Feb 17, 2012 at Knoxville, Tenn.

------Northern Illinois... 000 000 010 - 1 5 0 (0-1) Tennessee...... WP 200 013 01XLP - 7 7 0 (1-0) T A ------HR -Drew Steckenrider (1-0) -BARRY, Tom (0-1) -2:16 -2812 UT - Drew Steckenrider (1), Chris Pierce (1) Feb 18, 2012 at Knoxville, Tenn.

------Northern Illinois... 000 031 100 - 5 9 2 (0-2) WPTennessee...... 060 000Save 04X - 10 10 1 (2-0)LP ------T A HR -Zack Godley (1-0) -Nick Williams(1) -HERMSEN, Jake (0-1) HR-2:41 -2335 NIU - DUCKHORN, Connor (1) UT - Chris Fritts (1) Feb 18, 2012 at Knoxville, Tenn.

------Northern Illinois... 000 000 011 - 2 11 3 (0-3) Tennessee...... WP 002 LP021 02X - 7 13 1 (3-0) T A ------Nick Blount (1-0) -MANVILLE, Tony (0-1) -2:54 -2335 Feb 25, 2012 at Lubbock, Texas

------Northern Illinois... 000 010 152 0 - 9 9 3 (0-4) St. John’s...... 011 061 000 2 - 11 8 5 (2-3) ------WP LP T A HR NIU HR -LOMANGINOSTJ (1-1) -GLANCY, Kyle (0-1) -3:17 -130 - KLONOWSKI, Alex - WESSINGER, LAURICELLA Feb 25, 2012 at Lubbock, Texas

------Northern Illinois... 000 014 000 - 5 6 2 (0-5) TexasWP Tech...... 040Save 300 01X - 8 8LP 2 (5-1) ------T A -Coulombe (1-0) -Neely(1) -HERMSEN, Jake (0-2) -2:46 -2685 Feb 26, 2012 at Lubbock, Texas

------Northern Illinois... 300 010 000 - 4 8 2 (0-6) WPTexas Tech...... 421Save 201 00X - 10 15LP 2 (7-1) T A ------HR NIU HR -ShellhornTTU (2-0) -Parten(1) -BARRY, Tom (0-2) -2:22 -2795 - WHITE, Troy (1) - Barnes (3), Redman (1), Altobelli (1) Feb 27, 2012 at Lubbock, Texas

------Northern Illinois... 000 000 002 - 2 3 0 (0-7) TexasWP Tech...... LP 001 000 011 - 3 9 2 T (8-1)A ------Neely (1-1) -GLANCY, Kyle (0-2) -2:08 -2311

10 THE LAST TIME THE HUSKIES... Hitting

Player hit for the cycle...... John Vanden Berg, 3/18/00 vs. Fordham Player had two hits in one innning...... Troy White, 8th inning (1B, HR), 5/15/11 vs. Ball State Multiple players had two hits in one inning...... 2, Alex Beckmann, 6th inning (1B, 2B), Jamison Wells, 6th inning (1B, 1B), 4/21/10 at Iowa Multiple players had two RBI in one inning...... 3, Alex Jones, Brian Smith, Jamison Wells, 6th inning, 4/21/10 at Iowa Player hit a grand slam...... Troy White, 5th Inning, 4/17/11 at Ohio (G2) Player hit an inside-the-park home run...... Alex Jones, 5th inning (solo), 5/12/2010 at Milwaukee (Miller Park) Player hit an inside-the-park grand slam...... Pat Minogue, 7th inning (grand slam), 4/17/09 vs. Toledo Player had a 15+ game hit streak...... 20, Dave Reynolds, 2/26/09 - 4/1/09 Player hit a leadoff home run...... Bobby Stevens, 3/1/08 (G1) at Southern Illinois Multiple players homered in the same inning...... Dave Reynolds and Brian Smith, fourth inning, 5/18/10 vs. Milwaukee Players hit back-to-back home runs...... Dave Reynolds and Brian Smith, fourth inning, 5/18/10 vs. Milwaukee Player homered in consecutive at-bats...... Jordin Hood, 8th inning, 4/5/09 at Kent State, 1st inning, 4/8/09 at Northwestern Player homered in 3+ straight games...... Jordin Hood, 4/4/09 at Kent State, 4/5/09 at Kent State, 4/8/09 at Northwestern, 4/10/09 at Akron Player had 4 hits in a game...... Jamison Wells, 5/17/11 at UW-Milwaukee (G1) Player had 5+ hits in a game...... 5, Joe Buonavolanto, 5/9/10 vs. Eastern Michigan Player had 2 home runs in a game...... Jeff Zimmerman, 5/6/11 at Eastern Michigan Player had 3+ home runs in a game...... 3, Rob Marconi, 4/18/04 at Bowling Green Player had 4 RBI in a game...... 4, Alex Klonowski, 2/25/12 vs No. 18 St. John’s Player had 5 RBI in a game...... 5, Alex Jones, 4/26/11 at Bradley Player had 6+ RBI in a game...... 8, Alex Jones, 5/14/09 at Western Michigan Player had 4+ runs in a game...... 4, Jamison Wells, 5/20/11 at Western Michigan Player had 3 stolen bases in a game...... Joe Buonavolanto, 5/9/10 vs. Eastern Michigan Player had 4+ stolen bases in a game...... 4, Mark Mershon, 3/28/92 at Western Illinois Player had 2+ triples in a game...... 2, Troy White, 2/27/11 at Texas Tech Player had 3+ doubles in a game...... 3, Troy White, 4/9/11 vs. Miami (Ohio) Player had 3 + walks in a game...... 4, Brian Riegler, 3/20/10 at Southern Illinois Team had 10+ walks in a game...... 14, 3/29/11 vs. Chicago State Team hit 4 home runs in a game...... 4,5/15/11 vs. Ball State Team hit 5+ home runs in a game...... 5, 4/18/08 at Toledo Team did not strikeout in a game...... 5/13/03 vs. Buffalo Team scored 10+ runs in an inning...... 10, 5th inning, 4/17/11 at Ohio (W, 19-10) (G2) Team scored 10+ runs in a game...... 13, 4/21/10 at Iowa (W, 13-2) Team scored 15+ runs in a game...... 18, 5/15/11 vs. Ball State (W, 18-8) Team scored 20+ runs in a game...... 21, 5/18/10 vs. Milwaukee (W, 21-6) Team had 15+ hits in a game...... 19, 5/15/11 vs. Ball State (W, 18-8) Team had 20+ hits in a game...... 25, 5/14/09 at Western Michigan (W, 21-9) Team stole 5 bases in a game...... 4/3/11 at Buffalo Team stole 6+ bases in a game...... 8, 5/16/06 at Valparaiso Team hit 6+ doubles in a game...... 6, 5/14/09 at Central Michigan Team hit 2+ triples in a game...... 2, 3/17/11 vs. Illinois TeamPitching was no-hit...... 5/3/98 at Central Michigan

Threw a no-hitter...... 1971 vs. Chicago State (W, 16-0) by Bob Mestek, Joe Fontanini and Mark Voreis Threw a complete game no-hitter...... 4/13/68 vs. Wisconsin (W, 2-0) by Wade Johnson Team recorded a shutout...... 4/10/11 vs. Miami (Ohio) (W, 2-0) by Jeremy Gonzales Team allowed 2 or fewer hits in a game...... 2, 2/18/11 at Southern Utah (L, 6-3) Team allowed 1 hit in a game...... 4/1/97 (G1) vs. Valparaiso (W, 5-0) Team totaled 10+ strikeouts in a game...... 11, 3/19/11 at Southern Illinois (W, 7-5) Team totaled 12+ strikeouts in a game...... 14, 5/14/09 at Western Michigan (W, 21-9) Team did not issue a walk in a game...... 4/26/11 at Bradley (W, 14-1 (7)) Team had consecutive complete games...... 4/2/10 vs. Buffalo by Chuck Lukanen, 4/3/10 vs. Buffalo by Jeremy Gonzales Pitcher had a complete game 2-hitter...... Joe Piekarz (7 innings), 3/22/03 vs. Calumet College Pitcher had 10+ strikeouts in a game...... 10, Jake Hermsen (7 IP), 4/21/10 at Iowa Pitcher had 12+ strikeouts in a game...... 13, Matt Jernstad (7.1 IP), 5/23/08 vs. Ball State (MAC Tournament) Pitcher recorded a complete game...... Jake Hermsen, 4/26/11, at Bradley (W, 14-1 (7)) Pitcher completed consecutive start...... Trevor Feeney, 3/23/07 vs. Ohio, 3/30/07 at Akron MPitcheriscellaneous recorded a shutout...... Jeremy Gonzales, 4/10/11 vs. Miami (Ohio) (W, 2-0)

Player threw out 4+ base stealers...... 4, Matt Behren, 2/27/09 at Arizona State Team threw out 4+ base stealers...... 4, 2/27/09 at Arizona State Team recorded a walk-off win...... 5/14/11 vs. Ball State G1 (W, 10-9 on a ninth-inning Alex Beckmann walk-off sacrifice fly) Team played a rain-shortened game...... 5.1 innings, 4/25/10 at Toledo (W, 6-1) Team played a 10 inning game...... 2/25/11 vs. No. 18 St. John’s (L, 11-9) Team played an 11+ inning game...... 16, 2/28/08 vs. Portland (L, 9-6) Team swept a doubleheader...... 4/2/11 at Buffalo (W, 9-4 and 12-4) Team swept a road doubleheader...... 4/2/11 at Buffalo (W, 9-4 and 12-4) Team played to a tie...... 4/26/05 vs. Purdue-North Central (8-8 after 12 innings) Team turned 4 double plays...... 3/20/09 vs. Buffalo Team turned 5+ double plays...... 5, 3/6/04 at New Orleans

11 TROY WHITE Third Basemen | Business Management | 3.36 GPA

LOWE’S SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATE

Troy White is one of two players from the Mid-American Conference to named to this year’s list and the first NIU baseball player since Scott Simon (2007) to receive distinction. He is the second Northern Illinois athlete this season, quarterback Chandler Harnish, to be named a candidate for the award.

An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.

The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official bal- lot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, Division I head coaches and fans who will select one finalist who Cbestlassroom exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition

White maintains a 3.36 GPA in Business Management, including a perfect 4.0 during fall 2011. His biggest academic achievement was at the conclusion of his freshman year, when he was named a Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholar for his extensive work in the classroom and the community. White was selected to the Mid-American Conference’s all-academic team following the 2011 season. White is also a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. After he is finished with baseball, White would like to start and open a baseball academy for inner-city Chicago youths, training the players and educating them on the many endeavors within the world of sports away from the playing Cfield.haracter

Growing up on the Southside of Chicago, the 2011 NIU captain grew up playing baseball in the inner-city. While playing game’s at Whitney Young High School, White admitted to seeing more pro baseball scouts at his games than college coaches. He was fortunate enough to be drafted in the 48th round of the 2008 MLB Draft by the Cleveland Indians. Northern Illinois coach Ed Mathey saw White play shortly before the draft and arranged a visit to offer White a walk-on spot with the baseball team. White chose to attend NIU over accepting a minor-league contract in the Indians organization because “going to school to get my education was big for me and my family. I believe college is the best bet over the minor leagues.” White came to Northern Illinois and was slated to sit behind a freshman all-america at third base. With the coaches recognizing White’s talent, they started him at third base and found another position for the Huskie great. After sustaining a season- ending injury towards the end of sophomore year, White bounced back to have his best season with NIU and start all 57 of the Huskies Ccontestsommunity last season.

White has been involved with numerous community-outreach efforts with the team, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, through his church and with the Jackie Robinson Foundation. White has donated several hours to senior-assisted living homes in DeKalb and with children at NIU community events. Through his church in Chicago, White donates his time putting together and distributing charity baskets to families in need. With the Jackie Robinson Foundation the last three years, White has worked closely with “Citi Cubs,” a program through Citi Bank and the Chicago Cubs organization, directed towards elementary school kids and teaching them the importance of education, athletic integrity and reinforcing positive values to succeed. In Jan. 2011, White spoke to more than 100 school children and appeared with Presi- dent of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs, Theo Epstein. “It’s important to me to get as much community service in as I possibly can because I’ve been blessed with so much,” White said. “To give your time and just try to make someone else’s day better, is really important Cbecauseompetition you never know how something so small can be so big in another person’s life. If you can help just one person out, it’s a success.”

As a junior, White was a second-team All-MAC selection after batting .304 with 45 RBI, three home runs, 11 doubles, four triples and 46 runs. He also amassed 12 stolen bases, a .388 on-base percentage and a .433 slugging percentage and carried a .946 fielding percentage with a mere eight errors. Last year he had a 17-game hit streak at the plate, tying for the fourth-longest in school history. White is batting .294 in his career with 163 hits, 104 RBI, 24 doubles, six triples and three homers. In his freshman season, he appeared in 50 games with 47 starts to his credit, more than any other freshman on the roster. He has started 143 of the 146 contests he’s played in during his career.

2012 STATISTICS 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%

.158 5 5 19 2 3 1 0 1 4 7 .368 1 0 5 0 .200 0 0 1 1 6 15 0 1.000