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GENERAL INFORMATION: TOP RETURNING POSITION STARTERS: School Name: ...... Western Carolina University POS. .... NAME ...... CLASS ...... 2015 STATS Location: ...... Cullowhee, N.C. – Pronounced “KULL - uh - whee” C ...... Danny Bermudez ...... Sr...... 317, 7 HR, 14 2B, 42 RBI, 3-3 SB Founded: ...... 1889 OF ...... Kramer Ferrell ...... Sr...... 295, 6 HR, 10 2B, 32 RBI, 2-4 SB Enrollment: ...... 10,382 INF ...... Reece Strong ...... Sr...... 254, 1 HR, 9 2B, 24 RBI, 1-2 SB Nickname: ...... Catamounts INF ...... J.D. Long ...... Sr...... Injured most of 2015 Colors: ...... Purple & Gold OF ...... Matt Smith ...... Jr...... 332, 5 HR, 11 2B, 34 RBI, 12-16 SB Facility: ...... Ronnie G. Childress Field at Hennon Stadium DH ...... Pierce Suttles ...... R-So...... 286, 4 HR, 5 2B, 14 RBI, 2-2 SB SS ...... Brett Pope ...... So...... 270, 6 2B, 22 RBI, 14-18 SB 325 (LF) | 375 (LC) | 395 (CF) | 375 (RC) | 325 (RF) OF ...... Matthew Koehler ...... So...... 233, 4 2B, 6 RBI, 5-6 SB THE “PURPLE MONSTER” in LEFT FIELD TOP RETURNING STARTING : Sec. I: 20’ tall & 50’ long – Sec. II: 14’ tall & 50’ long POS. .... NAME ...... CLASS ...... 2015 STATS BATTER’S EYE IN CENTER FIELD LHP ..... Bryan Sammons ...... Jr...... 75.0 IP, 4-5, 5.64 ERA, 71 K, 56 BB 20’ tall & 50’ long – is in play RHP .....B.J. Nobles ...... Jr...... 61.1 IP, 4-3, 4.84 ERA, 72 K, 41 BB LHP ..... Brendan Nail ...... So...... 46.0 IP, 3-3, 6.46 ERA, 39 K, 38 BB Seating Capacity: ...... 1,500 RHP .....Korey Anderson ...... Jr...... 62.0 IP, 3-5, 7.69 ERA, 60 K, 37 BB Affi liation: ...... NCAA Division I Conference: ...... Southern TOP RETURNING RELIEF PITCHERS: Chancellor: ...... Dr. David O. Belcher (Furman, 1979) POS. .... NAME ...... CLASS ...... 2015 STATS Director of Athletics: ...... Randy Eaton (UT–San Antonio, 1990) RHP .....Colton Davis ...... Sr...... 28.0 IP, 18 app., 1-3, 8.04, 34 K, 25 BB Athletic Department Phone: ...... (828) 227-7338 LHP ..... Taylor Durand ...... Sr...... 33.0 IP, 24 app., 0-3, 4.64, 31 K, 28 BB Ticket Offi ce Phone: ...... (800) 34-GOWCU Hennon Stadium Press Box Phone: ...... (828) 227-7020 TOP NEWCOMERS: POS...... NAME ...... CLASS ...... HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) WESTERN CAROLINA COACHING STAFF: INF ...... Nobu Suzuki ...... Jr...... Japan (Skyline CC) Head : ...... Bobby Moranda (Eastern Kentucky, ‘86) LHP ...... Tristan Baker ...... Fr...... Charlotte, N.C. (Hopewell HS) Record at WCU: ...... 253-194-2 in 8 seasons (9th season at WCU) Career Record: ...... Same KEY PLAYERS LOST: Assistant Coaches: POS...... NAME ...... REASON ...... 2015 STATS ...... Todd Guilliams (Eastern Kentucky, 1988) – 1st season 1B ...... Jacob Hoyle ...... Graduation ...... 370, 4 HR in 46 AB ...... Nate Cocolin (Embry-Riddle, 2003) – 1st season 2B ...... Bradley Strong ...... Draft/Graduation ...... 344, 10 HR, 50 RBI ...... Brock Doud, Volunteer Asst. (Hope College, 2008) – 1st season RHP ...... Tyler Powell ...... Graduation ...... 7 saves, 28.2 IP, 33 K, .278 BAA Baseball Offi ce: ...... (828) 227-7338 Athletic Trainer: ...... Kristen Harkins (East Carolina, 2012) WESTERN CAROLINA ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS: Strength & Conditioning: ...... Garrett Mize (Kentucky Christian, 2014) Asst. AD/Media Relations (Baseball Contact): ...... Daniel Hooker E-mail: ...... [email protected] PROGRAM HISTORY: Offi ce / Mobile Phone: ...... (828) 227-2339 / (828) 508-2494 SoCon Championships: ...... 22 (13 regular season; 9 tournament) Director of Media Relations (Secondary Baseball): ...... Sean Forrester NCAA Appearances: ...... 11 (13-22 overall record) E-mail: ...... [email protected] 1985, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘97, 2003, ‘07 Director of Media Relations: ...... Denise Gideon TEAM INFORMATION: E-mail: ...... [email protected] Media Relations Assistant: ...... Royce Dunnivan 2015 Overall Record: ...... 21-30 (Home, 14-11; Road, 5-16; Neutral, 2-3) E-mail: ...... [email protected] 2015 SoCon Record: ...... 11-13 (Home, 7-5; Away, 4-8) Director of Video Operations: ...... Will Adams 2015 SoCon Finish: ...... 6th-t (7th seed in tourney) E-mail: ...... [email protected] Letterwinners Returning / Lost: ...... 22 / 5 Mailing Address: ...... Western Carolina University Starting Players Returning / Lost: ...... 7 / 1 Ramsey Center – Athletics Starting Pitchers Returning / Lost: ...... 4 / 0 Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 Redshirts: ...... 2 Website (Streaming Audio): ...... www.CatamountSports.com Newcomers: ...... 9 (including freshmen, transfers, walk-on) Website (Streaming Video): ...... www.SoConDigitalNetwork.com/WCU

113-TIME3-TIME SSOUTHERNOUTHERN CCONFERENCEONFERENCE RREGULAREGULAR SSEASONEASON CCHAMPIONHAMPION – 9 TTIMEIME SSOCONOCON TTOURNAMENTOURNAMENT CCHAMPIONHAMPION 1111 NNCAACAA TOURNAMENTTOURNAMENT APPEARANCES:APPEARANCES: 1985,1985, 1986,1986, 1987,1987, 11988,988, 11989,989, 11992,992, 11993,993, 11994,994, 11997,997, 22003,003, 22007007 CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// QUICK FACTS /// 2016 PRESEASON ROSTER

NO. NAME POS. B/T HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL / HIGH SCHOOL WCU BASEBALL ROSTER BY POSITION 1 Chad Mabini RHP R/R 6-0 185 Jr. Alpharetta, Ga. / Tallahassee CC / St. Pius X Catholic HS 2 Kramer Ferrell OF R/R 6-0 195 Sr. Ellensburg, Wash. / Cypress College / Ellensburg HS PITCHERS (15)

3 J.D. Long INF R/R 5-9 185 R-Jr. Waxhaw, N.C. / Cutherbertson HS 1 Chad Mabini ...... Junior ...... RHP 4 Jason Smith INF R/R 5-11 210 R-Jr. Kernersville, N.C. / Robert B. Glenn HS 16 Colton Davis ...... Senior ...... RHP 5 Brett Pope INF L/R 6-0 175 So. Statesville, N.C. / West Iredell HS 18 B.J. Nobles ...... Junior ...... RHP 6 Nobu Suzuki INF R/R 5-11 175 Jr. Japan / Skyline College /Santa Monica HS 20 Jonathan Waszak ...... Senior ...... RHP 8 Spencer Holcomb C R/R 5-11 215 So. Pfafftown, N.C. / Reagan HS 22 Korey Anderson ...... Sophomore ...... RHP 9 Reece Strong INF L/R 5-8 180 Sr. Richlands, Va. / Richlands HS 24 Dylan Biumi ...... Sophomore ...... RHP 10 Garrett Brown OF L/R 6-0 185 R-Sr. Asheville, N.C. / Erwin HS 26 Taylor Durand ...... Senior ...... LHP 11 Pierce Suttles C R/R 6-2 215 R-So. Cornelius, N.C. / Hough HS 28 Reed Clark ...... Freshman ...... LHP 12 Bryson Bowman OF R/R 5-11 200 R-Jr. Hudson, N.C. / Catawba Valley CC / South Caldwell HS) 30 Tristan Baker ...... Freshman ...... LHP 14 Matthew Koehler OF L/R 6-1 195 So. Raleigh, N.C. / Sanderson HS 31 Michael Davis ...... Freshman ...... RHP 15 Caleb Robinson INF R/R 6-0 215 So. McLeansville, N.C. / Eastern Guilford HS 16 Colton Davis RHP R/R 6-1 195 Sr. Commerce, Ga. / Commerce HS 32 Bryan Sammons ...... Junior ...... LHP 17 Matt Smith OF L/L 5-10 205 Jr. Fredericktown, Ohio / Fredericktown HS 33 Corey Sikes ...... Sophomore ...... LHP 18 B.J. Nobles RHP R/R 6-2 210 Jr. Raleigh, N.C. / Millbrook HS 39 Dillon Bray ...... R-Junior ...... LHP 19 Justin Sparks C R/R 6-0 195 Fr. Hendersonville, N.C. / Hendersonville HS 44 Brendan Nail ...... Sophomore ...... LHP 20 Jonathan Waszak RHP R/R 6-7 250 Sr. Wendell, N.C. / East Wake HS 45 Kegan Frederick ...... Junior ...... RHP 21 Danny Bermudez C R/R 5-11 220 Sr. Cumming, Ga. / Forsyth Central HS 22 Korey Anderson RHP R/R 6-2 200 Jr. Grayson, Ga. / Grayson HS (4) 24 Dylan Biumi RHP R/R 5-9 190 So. Cumming, Ga. / Lambert HS 11 Pierce Suttles ...... R-Sophomore ...... C 26 Taylor Durand LHP L/L 6-5 225 Sr. Oak Ridge, Tenn. / Volunteer State / Anderson County HS 19 Justin Sparks ...... Freshman ...... C 27 Jordan Mathis OF R/R 5-10 200 So. Marietta, Ga. / Marietta HS 21 Danny Bermudez ...... Senior ...... C 28 Reed Clark LHP L/L 6-1 170 Fr. Cumming, Ga. / Forsyth Central HS 30 Spencer Holcomb ...... Sophomore ...... C 30 Tristan Baker LHP L/L 5-9 150 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. / Hopewell HS 31 Michael Davis RHP R/R 6-5 185 Fr. Lenoir, N.C. / Hibriten HS (7) 32 Bryan Sammons LHP L/L 6-4 235 Jr. Wilmington, N.C. / Hoggard HS 3 J.D. Long...... R-Junior ...... INF 33 Corey Sikes LHP L/L 5-10 150 So. Monroe, N.C. / Piedmont HS 4 Jason Smith ...... R-Junior ...... INF 34 Jake Mobius OF R/R 6-1 190 Fr. Greensboro, N.C. / Wesleyan Christian Academy 5 Brett Pope ...... Sophomore ...... INF 36 Andrew Bullock INF L/R 6-1 230 Fr. Chesapeake, Va. / Grassfi eld HS 6 Nobu Suzuki ...... Junior ...... INF 39 Dillon Bray LHP L/L 6-0 230 R-Jr. Hamptonville, N.C. / Starmount HS 9 Reece Strong ...... Senior ...... INF 44 Brendan Nail LHP R/L 6-0 190 So. Greensboro, N.C. / Page HS 15 Caleb Robinson ...... Sophomore ...... INF 45 Kegan Frederick RHP R/R 6-6 220 Jr. Soddy-Daisy, Tenn. / Cleveland State CC / Sequatchie County HS 36 Andrew Bullock ...... Freshman ...... INF WESTERN CAROLINA COACHING STAFF: 25 Bobby Moranda Head Coach Eastern Kentucky, 1986 9th Season at WCU OUTFIELDERS (7) 29 Todd Guilliams Assistant Coach Eastern Kentucky, 1988 1st Season at WCU 2 Kramer Ferrell ...... Senior ...... OF 47 Nate Cocolin Assistant Coach Embry-Riddle, 2003 1st season at WCU 10 Garrett Brown ...... R-Senior ...... OF 40 Brock Doud Volunteer Assistant Coach Hope College, 2008 1st season at WCU 12 Bryson Bowman ...... R-Junior ...... OF 14 Matthew Koehler...... Sophomore ...... OF ALPHABETICAL CATAMOUNT ROSTER 17 Matt Smith ...... Junior ...... OF 34 Jake Mobius ...... Freshman ...... OF 22 ANDERSON, Korey ...... Junior ...... RHP 1 MABINI, Chad ...... Junior ...... RHP 27 Jordan Mathis ...... Sophomore ...... OF 30 BAKER, Tristan ...... Freshman ...... LHP 34 MOBIUS, Jake ...... Freshman ...... OF 21 BERMUDEZ, Danny ...... Senior ...... C 27 MATHIS, Jordan ...... Sophomore ...... OF 29 BIUMI, Dylan ...... Sophomore ...... RHP 44 NAIL, Brendan ...... Sophomore ...... LHP WCU BASEBALL PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 12 BOWMAN, Bryson ...... R-Junior ...... OF 18 NOBLES, B.J...... Junior ...... RHP 2 Kramer FERRELL ...... FAIR - ruhl 39 BRAY, Dillon ...... R-Junior ...... LHP 5 POPE, Brett ...... Sophomore ...... INF 10 BROWN, Garrett ...... R-Senior ...... OF 15 ROBINSON, Caleb ...... Sophomore ...... INF 6 Nobu SUZUKI ...... suh - ZOO - key 36 BULLOCK, Andrew ...... Freshman ...... INF 32 SAMMONS, Bryan ...... Junior ...... LHP 14 Matthew KOEHLER ...... COAL - lurr 28 CLARK, Reed ...... Freshman ...... LHP 33 SIKES, Corey ...... Sophomore ...... LHP 20 Jonathan WASZAK ...... WAUGH - szack 16 DAVIS, Colton ...... Senior ...... RHP 4 SMITH, Jason ...... R-Junior ...... INF 21 Danny BERMUDEZ ...... BURR - mu - dez 31 DAVIS, Michael ...... Freshman ...... RHP 17 SMITH, Matt ...... Junior ...... OF/LHP 20 DURAND, Taylor ...... Senior ...... LHP 19 SPARKS, Justin ...... Freshman ...... C 24 Dylan BIUMI ...... bee - YOU - me 2 FERRELL, Kramer ...... Senior ...... OF 9 STRONG, Reece ...... Senior ...... INF 26 Taylor DURAND...... DURR - rand 45 FREDERICK, Kegan ...... Junior ...... RHP 11 SUTTLES, Pierce ...... Junior ...... C/RHP HC Bobby MORANDA ...... more – RAN – duh 30 HOLCOMB, Spencer ...... Sophomore ...... C 6 SUZUKI, Nobu ...... Junior ...... INF CULLOWHEE ...... KULL - uh - wee 34 KOEHLER, Matthew ...... Sophomore ...... OF 20 WASZAK, Jonathan ...... Senior ...... RHP 3 LONG, J.D...... R-Junior ...... INF CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// QUICK FACTS /// 2016 SCHEDULE & NOTES

2016 CATAMOUNT SCHEDULE 2016 CATAMOUNT DIAMOND NOTES

RECAPPING THE 2015 SEASON: FEBRUARY • Western Carolina fi nished tied for sixth in the fi nal 2015 SoCon regular season stand- Feb. 19 Fri. at UNC Wilmington @ Wilmington, N.C. 4:00 pm ings and was seeded seventh in the Southern Conference Baseball Championship ... WCU Feb. 20 Sat. vs. Richmond @ Wilmington, N.C. Noon fi nished the year with an overall record of 21-30; Feb. 21 Sun. vs. St. John’s @ Wilmington, N.C. 10:00 am Feb. 24 Wed. at UNC Asheville Asheville, N.C. 4:00 pm • WCU jumped on top of second-seeded Samford with a six-run fi rst only to see the FEB. 26 FRI. UL-MONROE CULLOWHEE 4:00 PM Bulldogs rally with two in the home half of the ninth to force extra , winning 8-7 in FEB. 27 SAT. UL-MONROE CULLOWHEE 3:00 PM 10 frames in the SoCon tourney opener ... the Catamounts were later bounced from post- FEB. 28 SUN. UL-MONROE CULLOWHEE 1:00 PM season play by sixth-seeded Furman, 12-4, in the weather-altered SoCon tournament; • Senior Bradley Strong was a unanimous fi rst team All-Southern Conference selection MARCH from both the coaches and voting media ... Danny Bermudez earned All-SoCon sec- MAR. 1 TUES. NIAGARA CULLOWHEE 4:00 PM ond team honors from the coaches while Matt Smith was named second team All-SoCon by MAR. 2 WED. NIAGARA CULLOWHEE 4:00 PM the media at the position; Mar. 4 Fri. at Tech Atlanta, Ga. 4:00 pm • Despite the losing record at the end of the season, WCU never dropped more than four- Mar. 5 Sat. at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 2:00 pm consecutive games during the 2015 campaign ... WCU’s longest win streak was three Mar. 6 Sun. at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 1:00 pm games, coming in a three-game sweep of The Citadel in late March; MAR. 8 TUES. PRESBYTERIAN CULLOWHEE 4:00 PM • For a second-consecutive year, Western Carolina was forced to play without the services Mar. 11 Fri. at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. 4:35 pm of the SoCon’s preseason player of the year due to a hand injury ... Two years ago, it was SS Mar. 12 Sat. at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. 2:05 pm Aaron Attaway who was forced to the bench – last season, it was hard-hitting slugger Jacob Mar. 13 Sun. at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. 1:05 pm Hoyle who was sidelined .. Hoyle was only able to play in 14 games with 11 starts – he did, MAR. 16 WED. AT GARDNER-WEBB CULLOWHEE 4:00 PM however, bat .370 with six extra base hits including four home runs – with a grand slam – Mar. 18 Fri. at Kansas State Manhattan, Kansas 7:35 pm and drove in 15 RBI; Mar. 19 Sat. at Kansas State Manhattan, Kansas 3:05 pm • Five Catamounts hit their fi rst career home runs a season ago: Matt Smith belted his fi rst Mar. 20 Sun. at Kansas State Manhattan, Kansas 2:05 pm career round-tripper in the season-opening win over Purdue ... Reece Strong hit his fi rst Mar. 22 Tues. at North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 6:00 pm homer on a solo shot at Liberty ... Jason Smith collected his fi rst against Furman ... MAR. 24 THUR. ETSU * CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM Pierce Suttles blasted two at ETSU including his fi rst in a pinch hit role ... Spencer Holcomb MAR. 25 FRI. ETSU * CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM hit his fi rst of two home runs in the road series at Samford; MAR. 26 SAT. ETSU * CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM MAR. 30 WED. CLEMSON CULLOWHEE 6:00 PM • WCU plated a school-record 15 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of a 22-11 home win over Holy Cross ... the previous school benchmark was 14 accomplished the season APRIL prior against Rider at home. Apr. 1 Fri. at Wofford * Spartanburg, S.C. 6:00 pm NOTE ABOUT WCU HEAD COACH, BOBBY MORANDA: Apr. 2 Sat. at Wofford * Spartanburg, S.C. 3:00 pm WCU’s eighth-year head coach Bobby Moranda fi nished the 2015 season with 253 career Apr. 3 Sun. at Wofford * Spartanburg, S.C. 1:00 pm victories to rank third all-time in program history – just FOUR wins behind second-place Apr. 8 Fri. at VMI * Lexington, Va. 6:00 pm Todd Raleigh (257, 2000-07) ... With 131 career Southern Conference wins, Moranda ranks Apr. 9 Sat. at VMI * Lexington, Va. 4:00 pm second in WCU history behind Todd Raleigh (2000-07) who won 132 SoCon games at the Apr. 10 Sun. at VMI * Lexington, Va. 1:00 pm head of the Catamount program. Apr. 12 Tues. at Clemson Clemson, S.C. 6:30 pm APR. 15 FRI. SAMFORD * CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM NEW ASSISTANT COACHING STAFF FOR CATAMOUNT BASEBALL: • Moranda has a new staff entering the 2016 season ... He will be fl anked by long-time Val- APR. 16 SAT. SAMFORD * CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM dosta State assistant – and a former teammate at Eastern Kentucky – Todd Guilliams, and APR. 17 SUN. SAMFORD * CULLOWHEE 1:00 PM former head coach at NCAA Division II Gannon University, Nate Cocolin ... That trio is joined APR. 19 TUES. UNC ASHEVILLE CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM by volunteer assistant, Brock Doud; APR. 20 WED. VIRGINIA TECH CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM Apr. 22 Fri. at The Citadel * Charleston, S.C. 6:00 pm WESTERN CAROLINA ENTERING THE 2016 SEASON: Apr. 23 Sat. at The Citadel * Charleston, S.C. 2:00 pm • Western Carolina returns the bulk of its lineup a season ago, especially with numerous Apr. 24 Sun. at The Citadel * Charleston, S.C. 1:00 pm players being pressed into the lineup due to injuries in 2015 ... Notable losses include all- Apr. 27 Wed. at Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. 6:00 pm time triples leader, 2B Bradley Strong, and slugger Jacob Hoyle offensively ... Out of the APR. 29 FRI. MERCER * CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM bullpen, WCU lost RHP Tyler Powell, who fi nished his career tied for second in the program APR. 30 SAT. MERCER * CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM record book with 22 career saves in 97 career appearances; • WCU returns 70-percent (107-of-152) extra base hits from a year ago including 74-of-97 MAY doubles and 29 of its 46 home runs ... Despite losing seasonal-leader Bradley Strong’s 58 MAY 1 SUN. MERCER * CULLOWHEE 1:00 PM RBI, the Catamounts return 227 of their 317 RBI from last season – 71.6%; May 6 Fri. at Furman * Greenville, S.C. 6:00 pm • Though there may be a shake-up among the starting rotation in 2016, WCU returns four May 7 Sat. at Furman * Greenville, S.C. 1:00 pm pitchers that started six-or-more games a year ago including its weekend rotation of LHP May 8 Sun. at Furman * Greenville, S.C. 1:00 pm Bryan Sammons, RHP B.J. Nobles and RHP Korey Anderson ... WCU’s pitching staff returns May 11 Wed. at Georgia Athens, Ga. 6:00 pm 88-percent of its from last spring (375-of-426) including Nobles and Sammons, MAY 13 FRI. UNCG * CULLOWHEE 5:00 PM who fi nished 1-and-2 with 72 and 71 Ks, respectively; MAY 14 SAT. UNCG * CULLOWHEE 2:00 PM MAY 15 SUN. UNCG * CULLOWHEE 1:00 PM ABOUT WESTERN CAROLINA’S 2016 BASEBALL SCHEDULE: May 17 Tues. at Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 6:00 pm • Western Carolina’s 2016 baseball schedule includes 22 home dates and 14 combined May 19 Thur. at Kent State Kent, Ohio 6:00 pm games against teams representing the Power Five conferences ... Three-game road series May 20 Fri. at Kent State Kent, Ohio 4:00 pm against Georgia Tech, Indiana, and Kansas State, road games at both North Carolina and May 21 Sat. at Kent State Kent, Ohio 1:00 pm Georgia, as well as home dates against Clemson and Virginia Tech headline the regular May 25-29 2015 Southern Conference Greenville, S.C. TBA season calendar ... All told in nonconference play in 2016, the Catamounts will play seven Baseball Championship games against the Atlantic Coast Conference, three apiece against the Big Ten, Big XII, and Mid-American Conference, and one against the American Athletic Conference; – All game times listed are LOCAL for the site of competition • WCU’s aggressive 55-game schedule opens with a three-game tournament at UNC Wilm- * - denotes Southern Conference Games ington Feb. 19-21, and culminates with the annual Southern Conference Baseball Champi- @ – Buffalo Wild Wings – Battle at the Beach (UNCW in Wilmington, N.C.) onship May 25-29, 2016 at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, S.C. CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// QUICK FACTS /// 2016 CATAMOUNT AWARD CANDIDATES

#2 KRAMER FERRELL /// SR., OF #21 DANNY BERMUDEZ /// SR., C

• Was one of four Catamounts to start all 51 games a year ago 2015 All-Southern Conference (coaches, 2nd team) including 47 starts in right fi eld and four in center ... Batted .295 2015 NCCSIA All-State (second team) collectively with 57 hits including 10 doubles, a triple and six • Started all 48 games in which he played including 38 starts home runs ... Recorded 32 RBI; behind the plate at catcher, six starts at fi rst base, two in right • Was third on the Catamount squad with 19 multiple hit games fi eld and twice as the designated hitter ... Finished the season while also posting fi ve multi-RBI outings in his fi rst season for with a .317 batting average with 19 multi-hit games and 10 mul- the Purple & Gold; tiple RBI outings; • Played in the Collegiate League during the summer • Was a preseason All-SoCon selection at catcher prior to the of 2015, claiming player of the game honors three times. 2015 season, garnering second team plaudits following the season. • Was the Leggett No. 7 Legacy recipient a season ago, chosen to wear the No. 7 jersey as a #5 BRETT POPE /// SOPH., INF junior – the fi rst underclassmen to earn the honor ... WCU team captain.

• Started all 51 games a year ago as a true freshman includ- ing 11 of his fi rst 13 at third base before a combined 40 at in place of the injured J.D. Long ... Had six doubles #22 KOREY ANDERSON /// JR., RHP and drove in 22 on the season, adding 14 stolen bases in 18 seasonal attempts ... Led the Catamounts with 14 sacrifi ce hits • Made 16 appearances including 10 starts with six coming out ... Was part of turning 17 double plays at shortstop; of the bullpen ... Made the transition from a reliever into a start- ing role ... Finished second on the Catamount squad with 62.0 • Opened his Western Carolina career with an impressive 5-for- innings pitched, tossing a career-long seven innings on three 5 showing at the plate with a double and four runs scored in the different occasions; 2015 season-opener against Purdue; • Struck out a career-best 60 hitters with 26 of his K’s coming • Played both in the Valley (Charlottesville) and the Northwoods (St. Cloud) Leagues during looking ... Issued 37 walks; the summer • Pitched in the California Collegiate League, earning mid-sea- son All-Star status ... Posted a 4-2 record with seven of his eight appearances coming as #16 COLTON DAVIS /// SR., RHP starts ... Finished the summer with a 2.34 ERA, allowing 21 runs with just 11 earned.

• Solid set-up man on the back-end of the Catamount bullpen who battled through injury in 2015, making 18 appearances in- cluding 15 out of the pen and three starts ... Tossed 28.0 innings with 34 strikeouts against 25 walks ... Held opponents scoreless #32 BRYAN SAMMONS /// JR., LHP in seven of his 18 appearances on the year; • Spent part of the summer pitching in the New England Base- 2014 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America ball League for eventual league champion, the Vermont Moun- 2014 Southern Conference All-Freshman team taineers ... Made six relief appearances, posting a 2-0 record and a gleaming 0.93 ERA. • Made 16 appearances on the season including 14 starts and two coming out of the bullpen ... Led the Catamounts with 75.0 innings pitched, posting a 4-5 overall record; #17 MATT SMITH /// JR., OF • Finished second on the Catamount squad with 71 strikeouts 2015 All-Southern Conference (media, 2nd team) against a team-high 56 walks ... Struck out fi ve-or-more batters 2015 NCCSIA All-State (fi rst team) a combined seven times; • Pitched in the California Collegiate League, appearing in 11 games with four starts post- • Was one of four Catamounts to start all 51 games a season ing a 3-1 record ... Finished with 27 innings pitched with an ERA of 2.00, striking out 32 with ago ... An outfi elder by trade, but was relegated to the designat- just nine walks ... Of the 25 hits he allowed, only fi ve went for extra bases. ed hitter role due to a throwing arm injury ... Made 33 starts at DH and 18 in centerfi eld; • Finished second on the team among the regulars with a .332 batting average including a .379 mark against left-handed #44 BRENDAN NAIL /// SOPH., LHP pitching ... Drew a team-high 31 walks, which was tied for fi fth in the SoCon – ultimately, ranked third in the SoCon in on-base percentage; • Made 18 appearances on the season including 12 out of the bullpen with six starts ... Finished with a 3-3 overall record, toss- • Led WCU with 21 multiple-hit games including a team-best, two-hit outings ... Tallied ing 46.0 innings with a 6.46 ERA ... Picked up his fi rst collegiate a career-long, 14-game hitting streak in mid-season ... Earned SoCon Player of the Week victory in a career-long seven innings against Holy Cross; plaudits in early-April after hitting .818 (9-for-11) in the series against regular season and tournament champion, Mercer. • Struck out 39 batters on the season including a career-high seven in 3.2 innings of relief work in the SoCon tournament ... #26 TAYLOR DURAND /// SR., LHP Surrendered 38 walks; • Pitched in the California Collegiate League during the summer, • Made a team-high 24 appearances including 23 out of the tossing 27.2 innings with a 2.60 ERA ... Finished 1-2 overall, striking out 26 against 13 bullpen ... Tossed 33.0 innings with 31 strikeouts against 28 walks. walks ... Only allowed 22 runs, 17 of which were earned on 32 hits with eight going for extra bases ... Limited opponents to a .271 batting average against ... Finished the year 0-3 with a 4.64 ERA; • Spent part of the summer pitching in the New England Base- ball League for the eventual champion, Vermont Mountaineers CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM /// QUICK FACTS /// CATAMOUNTS IN THE MLB DRAFT

YEAR PLAYER SIGNED BY RND PICK YEAR PLAYER SIGNED BY RND PICK 2015 Bradley Strong 28 832 1985 Scott Gay 4 103 2014 Adam Martin 10 291 John Pust – Free Agent Jeremy Null 15 439 1984 Charlie Fonville Seattle Mariners 38 796 Aaron Attaway Blue Jays 20 594 John Pust 43 820 Jordan Smith – Free Agent 1983 David Hill Seattle Mariners N/A – 2013 Julian Ridings 18 548 1982 Kyle Carson Seattle Mariners N/A – Tyler White Houstion Astros 33 977 1980 Willie Carpenter N/A – 2012 Ross Heffl ey 18 569 1979 Rick Adair # Seattle Mariners 3 53 2011 Kyle Deese St. Louis Cardinals 23 710 1978 Wayne Tolleson $ Texas Rangers 8 202 Matt Benedict 30 902 Keith Ebersole Chicago Cubs N/A – 2010 Daniel Ottone 33 994 1977 Wayne Tolleson Pittsburgh Pirates 12 304 2009 Nick Liles Giants 7 207 Jerry Reed $ 22 559 Chris Masters Atlanta Braves 11 328 1976 Mike Hicks Texas Rangers N/A – Brent Greer 14 426 Flip Watson Texas Rangers N/A – Corey Martin Chicago Cubs 27 830 1975 Jerry Gaines Texas Rangers N/A – 2008 Tyler Sexton Orioles 31 926 1973 Don Bright Texas Rangers N/A – Blake Murphy St. Louis Cardinals 42 1265 1972 Jim Grove Texas Rangers N/A – 2007 Jonathan Greene Texas Rangers 8 260 1971 Tommy Hayes Chicago White Sox N/A – Greg Holland $ 10 306 Wayne McCauley Washington Senators N/A – Kenny Smith Texas Rangers 20 620 1969 Jim Thompson St. Louis Cardinals N/A – Steven Strausbaugh New York Yankees 37 1135 1967 Roddy Edwards Washington Senators N/A –

Blake Murphy Chicago Cubs 50 1435 $ — Denotes player played on a major league club 2006 Brian McCullen Pittsburgh Pirates 38 1130 # — Pitching coach with the Cleveland Indians from 1991-93, Detroit Tigers from 1996-2000, Atlanta Braves from 2005 Jared Greenwood New York Yankees – Free Agent 2001-03; minor league pitching coordinator with Texas Rangers, and currently Seattle Mariners Pitching Coach 2003 Ryan Basner Atlanta Braves 7 217 Todd Buchanan Arizona Diamondbacks 13 396 Alan Beck 16 464 CATAMOUNTS IN Ryan Schade Florida Marlins – Free Agent 2002 Jared Burton $ Oakland A’s 8 248 PLAYER TEAM LEAGUE / STATUS CLASS 2001 Matt Price – Free Agent Greg Holland Kansas City Royals Free Agent MLB 2000 Charles Thomas $ Atlanta Braves 19 580 Tyler White Non-Roster Invitee MLB 1999 Eric Johnson Cleveland Indians 3 107 David Pember $ Milwaukee Brewers 8 244 Aaron Attaway Florida State A Advanced Chris Moore 11 340 Matt Benedict Altoona Curve Eastern League Double-A 1998 Chris Davidson Baltimore Orioles 4 129 Adam Martin Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Mark DiFelice $ Colorado Rockies 15 450 Jeremy Null Myrtle Beach Pelicans A Advanced Donnie Suttles Cleveland Indians 12 363 Jordan Smith Tigers New York-Penn League A Short-Season Jeff Sziksai New York Yankees 22 662 Bradley Strong AZL White Sox Arizona League Rookie Brian Hutchinson 40 1191 Chuck Koone Baltimore Orioles NA Martin Barrow Frontier League – Free Agent 1997 Alex Tolbert Pittsburgh Pirates 22 662 FORMER CATAMOUNTS THAT PLAYED ON MAJOR LEAGUE CLUBS: 1996 Eric Whitson Tampa Bay Devil Rays N/A 1994 Jason Beverlin $ 4 93 ATLANTA BRAVES: : Stephen Pritchard Milwaukee Brewers 22 599 Charles Thomas ...... 2004 Jared Burton ...... 2012-pres. Mike Tidick Chicago White Sox 47 1299 : NEW YORK YANKEES: Roy Hurst Chicago Cubs N/A – Jerry Reed ...... 1990 Wayne Tolleson ...... 1986-90 Mike Manning Texas Rangers N/A – 1993 Brad Tweedlie 3 92 CHICAGO WHITE SOX: OAKLAND ATHLETICS: Phillip Grundy Kansas City Royals 4 105 Wayne Tolleson ...... 1986 Charles Thomas ...... 2005 1992 Dan Kyslinger Milwaukee Brewers 5 136 Matt Raleigh Montreal Expos 14 379 CINCINNATI REDS: PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: Jack Kimel Texas Rangers 32 902 Jared Burton ...... 2007-10 Jerry Reed ...... 1981-82 Patrick Kendrick Chicago Cubs N/A – 1991 Kevin Bellomo 56 1406 CLEVELAND INDIANS: SAN DIEGO PADRES: Todd Raleigh Boston Red Sox Free Agent Jerry Reed ...... 1982-85 Paul Menhart ...... 1997 1990 Paul Menhart $ Toronto Blue Jays 8 225 Jason Beverlin ...... 2002 Grant Brittain Atlanta Braves Free Agent SEATTLE MARINERS: 1989 Jeff Stevens Cleveland Indians – – DETROIT TIGERS: Paul Menhart ...... 1996 1988 Tom Malchesky St. Louis Cardinals 12 314 Jason Beverlin ...... 2002 Jerry Reed ...... 1986-90 Skip Nelloms New York Yankees 22 573 Dave Piela Atlanta Braves 54 1296 KANSAS CITY ROYALS: TEXAS RANGERS: Keith LeClair Atlanta Braves – Free Agent Greg Holland ...... 2010-pres. Wayne Tolleson ...... 1981-85 1987 Freddie Hailey New York Yankees 19 496 Andy Rickman Cincinnati Reds N/A MILWAUKEE BREWERS: TORONTO BLUE JAYS: 1986 Ron Huntington Atlanta Braves 39 486 David Pember ...... 2002 Paul Menhart ...... 1995 Keith Smith Atlanta Braves N/A Mark DiFelice ...... 2008-09

2015 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Overall Statistics for Western Carolina (as of Jan 18, 2016) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 21-30 Home: 14-11 Away: 5-16 Neutral: 2-3 SoCon: 11-13

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 1 Bradley Strong .3 4 4 51-51 215 56 74 16 5 10 58 130 .6 0 5 17 6 18 3 .4 0 2 3 4 20-25 115 137 9 .9 6 6 17 Matt Smith .3 3 2 51-51 196 32 65 11 1 5 34 93 .4 7 4 31 12 47 3 .4 4 8 2 0 12-16 31 2 0 1.000 7 Danny Bermudez .3 1 7 48-48 186 43 59 14 1 7 42 96 .5 1 6 19 15 50 3 .4 1 7 3 0 3-3 366 40 9 .9 7 8 2 Kramer Ferrell .2 9 5 51-51 193 47 57 10 1 6 32 87 .4 5 1 20 12 43 2 .3 9 0 3 1 2-4 98 2 2 .9 8 0 5 Brett Pope .2 7 0 51-51 204 43 55 6 0 0 22 61 .2 9 9 22 3 33 2 .3 4 8 1 10 14-18 58 127 13 .9 3 4 9 Reece Strong .2 5 4 46-39 134 17 34 9 0 1 24 46 .3 4 3 26 8 26 3 .3 9 5 4 1 1-2 20 50 10 .8 7 5 ------27 Jacob Hoyle .3 7 0 14-11 46 10 17 2 0 4 15 31 .6 7 4 1 2 13 1 .4 0 0 1 0 0-0 62 5 0 1.000 11 Pierce Suttles .2 8 6 34-17 70 15 20 5 0 4 14 37 .5 2 9 7 5 16 0 .3 9 0 0 0 2-2 14 0 0 1.000 3 J.D. Long .2 6 3 16-16 57 12 15 1 0 0 6 16 .2 8 1 5 1 10 0 .3 3 3 0 3 1-1 23 37 9 .8 7 0 15 Caleb Robinson .2 3 3 33-23 90 16 21 4 1 0 10 27 .3 0 0 3 2 22 1 .2 7 1 1 0 1-2 147 8 7 .9 5 7 34 Matthew Koehler .2 3 3 38-29 90 16 21 4 0 0 6 25 .2 7 8 10 6 29 1 .3 4 9 0 2 5-6 56 2 3 .9 5 1 30 Spencer Holcomb .2 2 2 24-13 45 6 10 3 0 2 13 19 .4 2 2 3 1 14 1 .2 6 9 3 1 0-1 90 14 5 .9 5 4 12 Austin Atwell .2 1 3 33-29 108 19 23 5 0 3 17 37 .3 4 3 10 2 26 1 .2 8 2 4 1 0-0 34 1 1 .9 7 2 4 Jason Smith .2 1 0 39-21 81 10 17 7 0 4 20 36 .4 4 4 14 2 25 2 .3 4 0 0 4 0-0 181 9 2 .9 9 0 21 Garrett Brown .2 0 6 26-9 34 9 7 0 0 0 4 7 .2 0 6 1 2 11 0 .2 7 0 0 3 6-8 12 0 1 .9 2 3 39 Dillon Bray .0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 6 Jordan Mathis .0 0 0 5-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 .0 0 0 31 Drew Bolick .0 0 0 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 Totals . 2 8 2 51 1753 353 495 97 9 46 317 748 . 4 2 7 189 79 384 23 . 3 7 3 25 30 68-89 1327 496 81 . 9 5 7 Opponents . 2 9 9 51 1772 420 530 115 17 39 357 796 . 4 4 9 323 64 426 29 . 4 2 1 21 37 58-75 1338 492 73 . 9 6 2

LOB - Team (386), Opp (472). DPs turned - Team (45), Opp (33). CI - Team (2), Holcomb 2, Opp (1). IBB - Team (6), B. Strong 2, Mt. Smith 1, Bermudez 1, Suttles 1, Ferrell 1, Opp (3). Picked off - Pope 6, Long 1, Bermudez 1, Koehler 1, Ferrell 1, Mt. Smith 1, B. Strong 1, Brown 1, Hoyle 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 18 B.J. Nobles 4 .8 4 4-3 19 9 0 0/0 0 61.1 66 44 33 41 72 10 2 6 .2 7 4 8 6 0 2 5 32 Bryan Sammons 5 .6 4 4-5 16 14 0 0/1 0 75.0 83 65 47 56 71 17 4 8 .2 7 9 10 9 0 0 8 22 Korey Anderson 7 .6 9 3-5 16 10 0 0/0 0 62.0 82 65 53 37 60 9 1 10 .3 1 2 16 7 0 2 6 ------20 Taylor Durand 4 .6 4 0-3 24 1 0 0/0 0 33.0 32 22 17 28 31 6 2 0 .2 7 1 6 5 0 1 7 26 Tyler Powell 6 .2 8 2-3 19 0 0 0/1 7 28.2 32 20 20 5 33 12 0 2 .2 7 8 6 4 0 0 2 44 Brendan Nail 6 .4 6 3-3 18 6 0 0/0 0 46.0 56 38 33 38 39 12 2 4 .3 1 5 9 8 1 4 4 16 Colton Davis 8 .0 4 1-3 18 3 0 0/0 0 28.0 42 38 25 25 34 9 2 2 .3 4 4 10 2 0 3 2 47 Jonathan Waszak 8 .1 0 1-1 18 2 0 0/1 0 16.2 18 15 15 25 17 10 1 0 .2 7 7 15 7 0 2 0 33 Corey Sikes 8 .1 3 1-1 23 2 0 0/1 0 31.0 41 32 28 9 23 11 1 2 .3 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 31 Drew Bolick 9 .0 0 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 6.0 7 6 6 6 6 1 0 2 .2 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 29 Dylan Biumi 9 .1 3 1-1 16 0 0 0/0 0 22.2 25 24 23 12 12 8 1 3 .2 9 1 4 5 0 2 1 39 Dillon Bray 10.70 1-1 10 3 0 0/0 0 17.2 28 26 21 13 16 5 1 0 .3 7 3 2 4 1 1 2 19 Danny Schneider 12.46 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 4.1 5 7 6 8 3 1 0 0 .2 9 4 4 1 0 0 0 45 Nate Williams 13.50 0-1 8 1 0 0/0 0 10.0 13 18 15 20 9 4 0 0 .3 4 2 8 1 0 3 0 Totals 6 . 9 4 21-30 51 51 0 1/1 7 442.1 530 420 341 323 426 115 17 39 . 2 9 9 104 64 3 21 37 Opponents 5 . 7 7 30-21 51 51 3 0/0 11 446.0 495 353 286 189 384 97 9 46 . 2 8 2 59 79 6 25 30

PB - Team (16), Bermudez 10, Holcomb 4, Ja. Smith 2, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (9), Biumi 2, Bermudez 2, Waszak 1, Holcomb 1, Sammons 1, Davis 1, Nail 1, Opp (13). SBA/ATT - Bermudez (36-49), Holcomb (21-24), Sammons (15-18), Anderson (10-14), Davis (9-9), Nobles (5-7), Durand (7-7), Nail (2-4), Powell (3-3), Waszak (2-3), Bray (2-3), Ja. Smith (1-2), Biumi (0-2), Williams (1-2), Schneider (0-1), Bolick (1-1), Sikes (1-1). 2015 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Overall Statistics for Western Carolina (as of Jan 18, 2016) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 27 Jacob Hoyle 67 62 5 0 1.000 6 0 0 - - - 0 0 17 Matt Smith 33 31 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 32 Bryan Sammons 14 1 13 0 1.000 0 15 3 .8 3 3 0 0 11 Pierce Suttles 14 14 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 44 Brendan Nail 10 2 8 0 1.000 0 2 2 .5 0 0 0 0 20 Taylor Durand 9 0 9 0 1.000 0 7 0 1.000 0 0 29 Dylan Biumi 5 0 5 0 1.000 0 0 2 .0 0 0 0 0 47 Jonathan Waszak 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 2 1 .6 6 7 0 0 39 Dillon Bray 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 2 1 .6 6 7 0 0 31 Drew Bolick 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 33 Corey Sikes 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 45 Nate Williams 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 1 .5 0 0 0 0 4 Jason Smith 192 181 9 2 .9 9 0 14 1 1 .5 0 0 2 0 2 Kramer Ferrell 102 98 2 2 .9 8 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 7 Danny Bermudez 415 366 40 9 .9 7 8 9 36 13 .7 3 5 10 0 12 Austin Atwell 36 34 1 1 .9 7 2 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 1 Bradley Strong 261 115 137 9 .9 6 6 30 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Caleb Robinson 162 147 8 7 .9 5 7 14 0 0 - - - 0 0 30 Spencer Holcomb 109 90 14 5 .9 5 4 0 21 3 .8 7 5 4 2 34 Matthew Koehler 61 56 2 3 .9 5 1 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 18 B.J. Nobles 19 7 11 1 .9 4 7 1 5 2 .7 1 4 0 0 5 Brett Pope 198 58 127 13 .9 3 4 17 0 0 - - - 0 0 21 Garrett Brown 13 12 0 1 .9 2 3 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 9 Reece Strong 80 20 50 10 .8 7 5 8 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 J.D. Long 69 23 37 9 .8 7 0 10 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Tyler Powell 8 2 4 2 .7 5 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 22 Korey Anderson 12 3 5 4 .6 6 7 0 10 4 .7 1 4 0 0 16 Colton Davis 7 2 2 3 .5 7 1 0 9 0 1.000 0 0 6 Jordan Mathis 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 19 Danny Schneider 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 0 0 Totals 1904 1327 496 81 .9 5 7 45 58 17 .7 7 3 16 2 Opponents 1903 1338 492 73 .9 6 2 33 68 21 .7 6 4 6 1

Hitting minimums - 1 Games 75% of Games 1 AB 2.5 AB/Game 1 TPA 2.5 TPA/Game Pitching minimums - 1 Games 1 IP 1 BF 1.0 IP/Game 2015 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Game Results for Western Carolina (as of Jan 18, 2016) (All games)

Date Opponent Score Inns Overall SoCon of record Attend Time Feb 13, 2015 PURDUE W 17-6 9 1-0-0 0-0-0 Sammons (W 1-0) 3 1 7 3:00 Feb 14, 2015 PURDUE-1 W 15-4 9 2-0-0 0-0-0 Nobles (W 1-0) - 2:55 Feb 14, 2015 PURDUE-2 L 5-9 9 2-1-0 0-0-0 Bray (L 0-1) 5 1 8 3:20 $ Feb 21, 2015 at UNC Wilmington L 4-6 9 2-2-0 0-0-0 Sammons (L 1-1) 0 2:52 $ Feb 21, 2015 vs Wake Forest L 2-10 9 2-3-0 0-0-0 Davis (L 0-1) 1 3 4 7 3:19 $ Feb 22, 2015 vs George Mason W 14-5 9 3-3-0 0-0-0 Waszak (W 1-0) 0 3:41 Mar 02, 2015 VALPARAISO L 7-8 9 3-4-0 0-0-0 Sammons (L 1-2) 3 9 6 3:33 Mar 03, 2015 VALPARAISO L 5-18 9 3-5-0 0-0-0 Williams (L 0-1) 3 7 7 3:43 Mar 06, 2015 HOLY CROSS W 7-5 9 4-5-0 0-0-0 Nobles (W 2-0) 3 9 4 2:38 Mar 07, 2015 HOLY CROSS-1 W 22-11 9 5-5-0 0-0-0 Sikes (W 1-0) - 3:45 Mar 07, 2015 HOLY CROSS-2 L 3-9 9 5-6-0 0-0-0 Anderson (L 0-1) 4 8 4 3:00 Mar 08, 2015 HOLY CROSS W 3-1 9 6-6-0 0-0-0 Nail (W 1-0) 4 8 4 2:30 Mar 10, 2015 at Presbyterian L 1-5 9 6-7-0 0-0-0 Anderson (L 0-2) 2 5 1 2:41 Mar 13, 2015 vs Penn State W 4-2 9 7-7-0 0-0-0 Sammons (W 2-2) 0 2:34 Mar 13, 2015 at Liberty L 1-5 9 7-8-0 0-0-0 Davis (L 0-2) 8 5 8 2:35 Mar 14, 2015 at Liberty L 2-4 9 7-9-0 0-0-0 Nail (L 1-1) 1 0 6 2 2:43 Mar 18, 2015 KENNESAW STATE W 5-4 9 8-9-0 0-0-0 Anderson (W 1-2) 3 9 8 3:04 * Mar 20, 2015 at UNCG L 2-17 9 8-10-0 0-1-0 Sammons (L 2-3) 5 6 7 3:18 * Mar 21, 2015 at UNCG W 17-6 9 9-10-0 1-1-0 Anderson (W 2-2) 7 6 7 3:15 * Mar 22, 2015 at UNCG L 4-7 9 9-11-0 1-2-0 Nail (L 1-2) 7 1 1 2:52 Mar 24, 2015 CLEMSON L 2-19 9 9-12-0 1-2-0 Sikes (L 1-1) 1 0 5 3 3:38 * Mar 27, 2015 THE CITADEL W 7-2 9 10-12-0 2-2-0 Nobles (W 3-0) 3 6 9 2:47 * Mar 28, 2015 THE CITADEL W 12-5 9 11-12-0 3-2-0 Davis (W 1-2) 5 9 8 3:08 * Mar 29, 2015 THE CITADEL W 12-9 9 12-12-0 4-2-0 Powell (W 1-0) 4 0 5 3:16 Mar 31, 2015 at Kennesaw State L 2-9 9 12-13-0 4-2-0 Durand (L 0-1) 5 0 2 3:34 * Apr 03, 2015 WOFFORD L 8-11 9 12-14-0 4-3-0 Nobles (L 3-1) 4 3 4 3:48 * Apr 04, 2015 WOFFORD W 5-3 9 13-14-0 5-3-0 Nail (W 2-2) 5 1 2 3:26 * Apr 05, 2015 WOFFORD W 13-5 9 14-14-0 6-3-0 Anderson (W 3-2) 4 0 7 3:26 * Apr 10, 2015 at Mercer L 8-11 9 14-15-0 6-4-0 Durand (L 0-2) 3 8 9 3:05 * Apr 11, 2015 at Mercer W 3-0 9 15-15-0 7-4-0 Sammons (W 3-3) 5 3 2 2:40 * Apr 12, 2015 at Mercer L 3-5 9 15-16-0 7-5-0 Anderson (L 3-3) 2 8 8 2:52 Apr 14, 2015 at Clemson L 2-14 9 15-17-0 7-5-0 Nail (L 2-3) 3 6 3 7 2:59 * Apr 17, 2015 FURMAN W 14-4 9 16-17-0 8-5-0 Nobles (W 4-1) 3 1 4 2:58 * Apr 18, 2015 FURMAN-1 L 3-5 9 16-18-0 8-6-0 Davis (L 1-3) - 3:05 * Apr 18, 2015 FURMAN-2 L 3-8 9 16-19-0 8-7-0 Powell (L 1-1) 4 0 1 2:37 Apr 21, 2015 APPALACHIAN STATE W 18-15 9 17-19-0 8-7-0 Biumi (W 1-0) 4 6 2 3:53 Apr 22, 2015 at Appalachian State L 3-12 9 17-20-0 8-7-0 Waszak (L 1-1) 4 1 9 3:17 * Apr 24, 2015 at East Tennessee State L 2-3 9 17-21-0 8-8-0 Nobles (L 4-2) 6 6 6 2:47 * Apr 25, 2015 at East Tennessee State W 4-3 9 18-21-0 9-8-0 Powell (W 2-1) 4 2 1 2:43 * Apr 26, 2015 at East Tennessee State L 7-10 9 18-22-0 9-9-0 Biumi (L 1-1) 4 2 8 3:17 May 01, 2015 at UNC Asheville L 6-20 9 18-23-0 9-9-0 Nobles (L 4-3) 2 2 7 3:35 May 02, 2015 UNC ASHEVILLE L 8-13 9 18-24-0 9-9-0 Sammons (L 3-4) 5 7 0 3:53 * May 08, 2015 at Samford L 4-13 9 18-25-0 9-10-0 Anderson (L 3-4) 5 1 9 2:47 * May 09, 2015 at Samford W 7-4 9 19-25-0 10-10-0 Sammons (W 4-4) 4 6 5 2:34 * May 10, 2015 at Samford L 14-16 9 19-26-0 10-11-0 Powell (L 2-2) 4 2 7 4:46 May 11, 2015 at Tennessee Tech W 11-4 9 20-26-0 10-11-0 Bray (W 1-1) 3 1 6 3:11 * May 14, 2015 VMI L 4-18 9 20-27-0 10-12-0 Sammons (L 4-5) 3 2 2 3:03 * May 15, 2015 VMI-1 L 6-11 9 20-28-0 10-13-0 Powell (L 2-3) 4 4 9 3:11 * May 15, 2015 VMI-2 W 11-6 9 21-28-0 11-13-0 Nail (W 3-3) 4 4 9 3:14 May 20, 2015 vs Samford L 7-8 (10) 21-29-0 11-13-0 Durand (L 0-3) 0 3:23 May 21, 2015 vs Furman L 4-12 9 21-30-0 11-13-0 Anderson (L 3-5) 1 0 0 1 3:58

* = Southern Conference game $ = Hughes Bros. Challenge (Wilmington, N.C.) () extra inning game 2015 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Games Summary for Western Carolina (as of Jan 18, 2016) (All games)

Score by innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total Western Carolina 36 33 59 27 42 39 70 33 14 0 353 Opponents 47 62 21 39 65 67 46 49 23 1 420

Record when ... Overall 21-30 After 6 leading 16-2 Conference 11-13 ...... trailing 2-23 Non-Conference 10-17 ...... tied 3-5 Home games 14-11 After 7 leading 18-2 Away games 5-16 ...... trailing 1-27 Neutral site 2-3 ...... tied 2-1 Day games 19-19 After 8 leading 20-2 Night games 2-11 ...... trailing 1-28 vs Left starter 7-6 ...... tied 0-0 vs Right starter 14-24 1-Run games 2-3 Hit 0 home runs 8-13 2-Run games 4-5 ... 1 home run 7-11 5+Run games 11-15 ... 2+ home runs 6-6 Extra innings 0-1 Shutouts 1-0 Opponent 0 home runs 8-16 ...... 1 home run 9-7 Scoring 0-2 runs 0-9 ...... 2+ HRs 4-7 ...... 3-5 runs 6-12 ...... 6-9 runs 3-8 Made 0 errors 8-3 ...... 10+ runs 12-1 .... 1 8-11 .... 2+ errors 5-16 Opponent 0-2 runs 4-0 ...... 3-5 runs 11-6 Opp. made 0 errors 3-10 ...... 6-9 runs 4-8 ...... 1 error 7-10 ...... 10+ runs 2-16 ...... 2+ errors 11-10

Scored in 1st inning 10-9 Out-hit opponent 16-7 Opp. scored in 1st 6-18 Out-hit by opponent 2-21 Scores first 12-8 Hits are tied 3-2 Opp. scores first 9-22

Record when team scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 0-0 0-2 0-7 2-5 2-5 2-2 0-2 3-3 0-3 0-0 12-1

Record when opponent scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-1 5-1 4-4 3-1 0-1 0-3 1-3 2-16

Record when leading after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 9-4 13-5 14-8 17-8 16-4 16-2 18-2 20-2

Record when trailing after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 4-14 6-19 2-17 3-17 4-20 2-23 1-27 1-28

Record when tied after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 8-12 2-6 5-5 1-5 1-6 3-5 2-1 0-0

Current losing streak: 2 Longest winning streak: 3 Longest losing streak: 4

Home attendance : 10113 ( 22 dates avg = 459 ) Away attendance : 15800 ( 26 dates avg = 607 ) Total attendance: 25913 ( 48 dates avg = 539 ) 2015 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Miscellaneous Stats for Western Carolina (as of Jan 18, 2016) (All games)

Multiple Hit Games 2 3 4 5+ Total Multiple RBI Games 2 3 4 5+ Total 17 Matt Smith 17 3 1 - 21 1 Bradley Strong 10 3 2 2 17 1 Bradley Strong 12 7 2 - 21 7 Danny Bermudez 3 6 1 - 10 7 Danny Bermudez 16 3 - - 19 4 Jason Smith 3 3 - - 6 2 Kramer Ferrell 15 3 1 - 19 9 Reece Strong 4 1 - - 5 5 Brett Pope 12 1 - 1 14 30 Spencer Holcomb 4 1 - - 5 9 Reece Strong 7 2 - - 9 2 Kramer Ferrell 2 1 - 2 5 34 Matthew Koehler 6 - - - 6 17 Matt Smith 4 1 - - 5 4 Jason Smith 6 - - - 6 5 Brett Pope 2 1 - - 3 27 Jacob Hoyle 4 1 - - 5 27 Jacob Hoyle 2 - - 1 3 15 Caleb Robinson 1 2 1 - 4 12 Austin Atwell 2 - 1 - 3 11 Pierce Suttles 2 2 - - 4 11 Pierce Suttles 1 1 - 1 3 3 J.D. Long 1 1 1 - 3 15 Caleb Robinson 2 - - - 2 12 Austin Atwell 2 1 - - 3 3 J.D. Long 2 - - - 2 21 Garrett Brown 1 1 - - 2 21 Garrett Brown 1 - - - 1 TEAM 102 27 6 1 136 TEAM 42 18 4 6 70

Hitting Streaks Longest Current Reached Base Streaks Longest Current 17 Matt Smith 14 4 17 Matt Smith 17 4 1 Bradley Strong 12 1 1 Bradley Strong 17 1 12 Austin Atwell 11 - 9 Reece Strong 15 1 7 Danny Bermudez 11 - 34 Matthew Koehler 12 - 5 Brett Pope 10 6 2 Kramer Ferrell 12 12 27 Jacob Hoyle 8 8 12 Austin Atwell 11 - 9 Reece Strong 7 1 7 Danny Bermudez 11 8 2 Kramer Ferrell 6 - 5 Brett Pope 10 9 15 Caleb Robinson 5 - 27 Jacob Hoyle 9 9 3 J.D. Long 3 1 4 Jason Smith 6 - 4 Jason Smith 3 - 15 Caleb Robinson 5 - 30 Spencer Holcomb 3 - 11 Pierce Suttles 4 2 11 Pierce Suttles 3 - 30 Spencer Holcomb 3 - 34 Matthew Koehler 3 - 3 J.D. Long 3 1 21 Garrett Brown 2 - 21 Garrett Brown 2 - 2015 Western Carolina Catamount Baseball Miscellaneous Stats for Western Carolina (as of Jan 18, 2016) (All games)

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Position Batting Order Player GS p c 1b 2b 3b ss lf cf rf of dh 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 5 Brett Pope 51 . . . . 11 40 . . . . . 20 8 . . 4 19 . . . 1 Bradley Strong 51 . . . 48 . . . 3 . . . 13 7 31 ...... 17 Matt Smith 51 ...... 18 . . 33 18 9 11 2 6 5 . . . 2 Kramer Ferrell 51 ...... 4 47 . . . 6 . 9 27 4 4 . 1 7 Danny Bermudez 48 . 38 6 . . . . . 2 . 2 . 8 8 30 2 . . . . 9 Reece Strong 39 . . . . 36 . . . . . 3 . . . . 3 14 11 3 8 34 Matthew Koehler 29 ...... 6 23 ...... 6 4 19 12 Austin Atwell 29 ...... 29 . . . . . 6 . . 4 . 3 13 3 15 Caleb Robinson 23 . . 18 . 2 . . . . . 3 . 6 . . 1 2 5 3 6 4 Jason Smith 21 . . 18 . . . 3 ...... 3 8 10 . 11 Pierce Suttles 17 ...... 9 . 2 . 6 . 1 . . 4 3 3 5 1 3 J.D. Long 16 . . . 3 2 11 ...... 9 6 1 32 Bryan Sammons 14 14 ...... 30 Spencer Holcom 13 . 13 ...... 4 9 27 Jacob Hoyle 11 . . 9 ...... 2 . . 1 10 . . . . . 22 Korey Anderson 10 10 ...... 18 B.J. Nobles 9 9 ...... 21 Garrett Brown 9 ...... 4 3 . . 2 . . . . . 1 2 3 3 44 Brendan Nail 6 6 ...... 39 Dillon Bray 3 3 ...... 16 Colton Davis 3 3 ...... 33 Corey Sikes 2 2 ...... 47 Jonathan Wasza 2 2 ...... 45 Nate Williams 1 1 ...... 20 Taylor Durand 1 1 ......