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2015 SCHEDULE Day Date Opponent Time Innings Location January Fri. Jan. 30 at Texas College 12/2 p.m. 2-7 Tyler, Texas Sat. Jan. 31 at Texas College 11a.m./1p.m. 2-7 Tyler, Texas February Fri. Feb. 6 Bellevue University (Neb.) 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Chickasha Sun. Feb. 8 Benedictine College (Kan.) 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Chickasha Fri. Feb. 13 Univ. of Saint Mary (Kan.) 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Chickasha Sat. Feb. 14 Univ. of Saint Mary (Kan.) 12/2 p.m. 2-7 Chickasha Fri. Feb. 20 Friends University (Kan.) 2 p.m. 1-9 Chickasha Sat. Feb. 21 Friends University (Kan.) 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Chickasha Tue. Feb. 24 at Hillsdale College (Okla.) 12/2 p.m. 2-7 Moore, Okla. Thu. Feb. 26 at Mid-America Christian* 1:30 p.m. 1-9 Oklahoma City Sat. Feb. 28 Mid-America Christian* 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Chickasha March Tue. March 3 Southwestern OSU 2 p.m. 1-9 Chickasha Thu. March 5 Oklahoma City* 2 p.m. 1-9 Chickasha Sat. March 7 at Oklahoma City* 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Oklahoma City Thu. March 12 at Oklahoma Baptist* 6 p.m. 1-9 Shawnee, Okla. Sat. March 14 Oklahoma Baptist* 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Chickasha Tue. March 17 at Friends University (Kan.) 3 p.m. 1-9 Wichita, Kan. Fri. March 20 at Texas Wesleyan* 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Fort Worth, Texas Sat. March 21 at Texas Wesleyan* 12 p.m. 1-9 Fort Worth, Texas Wed. March 25 Arlington Baptist (Texas) 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Chickasha Tue. March 31 Hillsdale College (Okla.) 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Chickasha April Thu. April 2 at Southwestern Assemblies of God* 3 p.m. 1-9 Waxahachie, Texas Fri. April 3 at Southwestern Assemblies of God* 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Waxahachie, Texas Wed. April 8 at Southwestern OSU 3 p.m. 1-9 Weatherford, Okla. Fri. April 10 Wayland Baptist* 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Chickasha Sat. April 11 Wayland Baptist* 12 p.m. 1-9 Chickasha Mon. April 13 at Arlington Baptist (Texas) 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Arlington, Texas Thu. April 16 Saint Gregory’s*$ 3 p.m. 1-9 Chickasha Sat. April 18 at Saint Gregory’s* 1/3 p.m. 2-7 Shawnee, Okla. Thu. April 23 Southwestern Christian*# 3 p.m. 1-9 Chickasha Sat. April 25 at Southwestern Christian* 2/4 p.m. 2-7 Bethany, Okla. May F-M May 1-4 Conference Tournament TBA 1-9 at Oklahoma City Bold home games ; *Sooner Athletic Conference games # Senior Day ; $ Pink Game 2 WHAT’S INSIDE USAO AT A GLANCE University Overview Name .......................... University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma About the University ....................................................................5 Location ................................................................Chickasha, Okla. Enrollment .................................................................................904 President John Feaver ................................................................6 Founded ..................................................................................1908 Team Nickname ..................................................................Drovers Drover Athletics School Colors .......................................................... Green and gold OVERVIEW Drover History .............................................................................8 Facility................................................................ Bill Smith Ballpark U President ................................................................ Dr. John Feaver S Distinguished Drovers .................................................................9 AO Athletic Website ........................................... www.usao.edu/sports Conference Affiliation ........................... Sooner Athletic Conference USAO Coaches National Affiliation ..National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Men’s Sports ...............Soccer, Cross Country, Basketball, Baseball Head Coach Mike Ross .............................................................12 ATHLETIC Women’s Sports ........... Soccer, Cross Country, Basketball, Softball DROVER Assistant Coaches ....................................................................13 Communications and Marketing Office Phone .........(405) 574-1318 Sports Information Office Phone..............................(405) 574-1210 Your Drovers Athletic Fax .............................................................(405) 574-1377 2015 Roster ........................................................................ 16-17 S 2015 Returners ................................................................... 18-23 COACHE 2015 Newcomers ............................................................... 23-27 THLETIC TAFF A S U Baseball Head Coach..................................................... Mike Ross S AO Stats & Results (405) 574-1228; [email protected] 2014 Game Results ..................................................................31 Athletic Director ................................................Brisco McPherson S (405) 574-1249; [email protected] 2014 Statistics .........................................................................32 Sports Information ............................................... Jessica Jackson DROVER (405) 574-1210; [email protected] YOUR Drover History Athletic Trainer ........................................................... Leslie Beaty Season Records .................................................................. 36-37 (405) 574-1398; [email protected] Career Records S ................................................................... 38-39 RE SAC & Polls MEDIA INFORMATION S TAT Conference Opponents..............................................................42 S Working space for reporters at Bill Smith Ballpark is available ULT SAC Preseason Poll but limited. Please notify Jessica Jackson (405-574-1210) in the S ...................................................................43 & NAIA Preseason Poll ..................................................................43 USAO Sports Information office in advance to reserve space in the S press box. Rosters, standings, season statistics, box scores and play- HI by-play will be available after each game to media. Final scores DROVER MISSION STATEMENT can be found following the games at www.usao.edu/sports. Call S TORY The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma is the state’s Jackson at (405) 574-1210 with any questions. public liberal arts college. Its mission is to provide the public with Additionally, Sports Information offers live video and stats during a distinctive and accessible liberal arts and sciences education. Drover home games. Visit www.usao.edu/live-stats to watch. In combination with an interdisciplinary core curriculum with superior instruction in major fields of study, USAO aims to provide S POLL a thorough education that prepares students for meaningful, AC purposeful lives. CREDITS & S The 2015 USAO Baseball Media Guide was produced by the USAO Communications and Marketing office, with the assistance of coaches, team members and other staff. The media guide may be purchased at any home game for $3 each or by contacting Sports Information at (405) 574-1210. Sports Information . Jessica Jackson Sports Information Assistant . Andy Morphew Printed by . USAO Printing Services Communications and Marketing Director. Kelly Arnold USAO Drovers @USAOlive usao.edu/sports 3 ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY USAO is one of the most unique and progressive This is the meaning of interdisciplinary education, and universities in the nation. It is Oklahoma’s only public it is what truly distinguishes the learning experience at liberal arts college. USAO. Many of the classes are taught by faculty teams, where two, three and sometimes four instructors plan the As a liberal arts institution, we believe it is important that students always have before them the simultaneous course and teach it together. OVERVIEW For example, American Civilization may be taught by experience of specialized and general learning. We U believe it is important that they be challenged to relate a historian, philosopher and artist. World Thought and S AO their academic concentration to the broader realm of Culture could include a philosopher, sociologist and a knowledge and that they continually be encouraged to literature professor. Math in the Modern World might develop meaningful and useful associations between involve a mathematician, computer scientist and musician. Instructors interact in dealing with complex topics, all diverse bodies of information. ATHLETIC bringing his or her particular academic concentration DROVER into a conversation of perspectives. This form of education is not easy. We intend that the rigors students face in interdisciplinary learning will result in significant personal growth and development. Difficulty S is a necessary prerequisite of growth and development. Challenge is what interdisciplinary education is all about. COACHE It is what USAO is all about. U S USAO has an extremely qualified faculty to offer and AO help conquer this challenge. Now, almost 90 percent of professors have earned the highest degree available in S their field. In 2011, USAO joined the prestigious list of “National DROVER Liberal Arts Colleges” in the U.S. News and World Report’s YOUR annual ranking — the only institution in Oklahoma, public or private, to be included on this select, national list. The same list includes Trinity, Amherst, Swarthmore and S hundreds of other respected, private liberal arts colleges. USAO also received an ‘A’ grade from the American RE S Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) for the strength TAT S of its IDS curriculum, making it one of only 22 universities ULT nationwide to earn this near perfect score. S & No institution in Oklahoma has higher admission S standards. This is only one of the ways