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COUGAR BASEBALL 2020 1-800-GO-COUGS / WSUCOUGARS.COM 1 2020 WASHINGTON STATE BAILEY-BRAYTON FIELD HISTORY CAPACITY: 3,500 The home of Cougar baseball is one of the classiest collegiate facilities in the country. The picturesque Bailey-Brayton Field, which seats 3,500 fans, sits on the edge of campus, just southeast of the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. The field opened at its current location in 1980, relocating after the Martin Stadium renovation which moved Mooberry Track to the site then occupied by the baseball field. In 1981, the already superb facility received an upgrade with the addition of an electronic scoreboard, which sits atop the left field fence. A $250,000 lighting project was completed in 1984, making Bailey Field one of the few NCAA college-owned facilities in the nation with lights. WSU defeated Washington 3-2 in the first night game. The “Walk of Fame” was added in 1988, which gave fans entering Bailey Field an historical look at WSU’s baseball tradition. From 1980 to 2000, the facility was known as Bailey Field. During a special rededication ceremony prior to the 2000 season, the field added the name of WSU’s all-time wins leader, skipper Chuck “Bobo” Brayton. In 2004, FieldTurf was implemented and in 2007, home plate was made all FieldTurf. In 2006, the addition of an indoor hitting / pitching facility was complete along with a new press box to house television and radio broadcasts. In 2010, a three-million dollar videoboard was added. In the fall of 2013, the Bailey-Brayton infield underwent a remodeling that included new logos and a FieldTurf mound. Washington State was believed to be the first school on the West Coast to have an artificial surface mound. In the summer of 2017, Bailey-Brayton Field received AstroTurf’s state-of-the-art Diamond Series playing surface, replacing the FieldTurf that was installed in 2004. In the fall of 2019, Washington State officially broke ground on the Cougar Baseball Facility Project: BTO (Back to Omaha). The $10-million facility will feature a 1,300 square-foot locker room, a 1,500 square-foot weight and cardio room, academic area, team meeting room, areas for Cougar equipment, nutrition and athletic medicine, coaches offices as well as recognition of Cougar Baseball’s storied history. In addition, the facility will enhance the game day experience for players, coaches and fans, and provide improved ingress and egress along with new public restrooms and concessions. Con- struction of Project: BTO will run through the 2020 season and is scheduled to be completed prior to the 2021 season. 2 COUGAR BASEBALL THE UNIVERSITY COACHING STAFF LOCATION: Pullman, Wash. Head Coach Brian Green 6 Assistant Coach Terry Davis 7 AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I Assistant Coach / Pitching Coach Anthony Claggett 8 CONFERENCE: Pac-12 Volunteer Assistant Coach Greg Bergeron 8 ENROLLMENT: 20,286 Trevor Hairgrove/David Bellamy/Matt Perea 9 Support Staff 10 NICKNAME: Cougars 2020 SEASON COLORS: Crimson and Gray Roster 12 PRESIDENT: Kirk H. Schulz Player Bios 13-38 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Patrick Chun HISTORY SWA: Anne McCoy 2019 Season Statistics 40-46 WSU Baseball Hall of Fame 48-52 FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Nancy Swanger College World Series 53 COUGAR BASEBALL Postseason Record | Coaching Records 54 Win-Loss Record by Opponent 55 HEAD COACH: Brian Green Win-Loss Record by Year 56 RECORD AT WSU: 0-0 (1st Season) Year-By-Year Results (1969-2019) 57-76 CAREER RECORD: 158-122-1 (6th Season) Single-Game Records | No-Hitters 78-80 Season Records 82-88 ASSISTANT COACH: Terry Davis (1st Season) Career Records 90-91 ASSISTANT COACH: Anthony Claggett (1st Season) National Honors | All-American | All-District 92 VOL. ASSISTANT COACH: Greg Bergeron (1st Season) All-Conference Honors 93-94 Academic Honors 95 COORDINATOR OF OPERATIONS: Trevor Hairgrove (1st Season) Player of the Week 96 GRADUATE ASSISTANT: David Bellamy (1st Season) Major League Cougs 98 GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Matt Perea (1st Season) All-Time Draft Picks 99-100 STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH: Adam Thackery (4th Season) WASHINGTON STATE Administration 102-104 ATHLETIC TRAINER: Travis Edwards (1st Season) Media Information 105 HOME FIELD: Bailey-Brayton Field (3,500) BASEBALL PHONE: (509) 335-0332 2019 OVERALL RECORD: 11-42-1 2019 PAC-12 RECORD: 3-26-1 (11th) LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 17/11 LINEUP RETURNERS/LOST: 4/5 ROTATION RETURNERS/LOST: 2/1 ALL-TIME RECORD: 2714-1512-19 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS BASEBALL CONTACT: Bobby Alworth E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 509-335-5785 (W) | 951-452-6129 (C) FAX: 509 335-0267 ATHLETIC WEBSITE: www.wsucougars.com 3 2020 WASHINGTON STATE PROJECT: BTO - COMING 2021 • $10 million clubhouse facility • State-of-the-art locker room and players lounge • Athletic training, equipment room and nutrition center • Team meeting room, coaches suites • Cougar Baseball Heritage Area • 1,5000 square-foot weight room • New Bailey-Brayton Field entrance 4 COUGAR BASEBALL COACHING STAFF 5 2020 WASHINGTON STATE COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF HEAD COACHING RECORD YEAR SCHOOL RECORD POSTSEASON Brian 2015 New Mexico State 11-38-1 (7-19-1 WAC) - 2016 New Mexico State 34-23 (20-7 WAC) - GREEN 2017 New Mexico State 35-22 (19-5 WAC) - Head Coach 2018 New Mexico State 40-22 (17-7 WAC) NCAA REGIONAL 1st Year 2019 New Mexico State 38-17 (19-8 WAC) WAC Regular Season Champs SIXTH SEASON 158-122-1 Brian Green was named the 17th baseball coach in Washington State history, Sakurai was also named to the Midwest All-Region Second-Team as voted on by Director of Athletics Patrick Chun announced June 3. members of the. Following the season, pitcher Marcel Renteria was selected in the Brian Green begins his first season at WSU after spending the previous five sixth round by the New York Mets, just the fifth NMSU player all-time to be drafted seasons as the head coach at his alma mater New Mexico State where he led the in the first 10 rounds. Aggies to a 2019 Western Athletic Conference regular-season championship and In just his second season, Green helped guide the Aggies to the best win an NCAA Regional appearance in 2018. Green led NMSU to an historic four-year improvement in all of college baseball. The turnaround was a few wins shy of the stretch that saw the Aggies record 34 wins or more in each of the last four seasons biggest turnaround in NCAA history. After compiling a record of 11-38-1 in 2015, and also signed four-straight nationally recognized recruiting classes along the Green and the Aggies finished 2016 with a record of 34-23. Among the 34 wins was way. Green has appeared in seven NCAA Regionals as a head coach or assistant a road upset of nationally ranked and eventual College World Series participant, coach at the Division I level. Texas Tech. In his five years at NMSU, Green produced nine All-Americans including three In the offseason leading up to the 2016 campaign, Green and his staff were 2019 first-team selections, 26 All-WAC honorees, a pair of Player of the Year recognized for having the 37th-best recruiting class in the country as rated by selections, one Pitcher of the Year, one Freshman of the Year and 22 WAC All- Collegiate Baseball. Green didn’t stop there as Collegiate Baseball ranked their 2017 Academic selections. Since 2016, Green helped send 12 players to the professional recruiting class 33rd best in the country, marking the 12th-consecutive year he has ranks, including a trio of top six round picks the last three years. racked up a ranked class from a national publication. Green’s offense finished the 2019 regular season with a NMSU-record .356 Green mentored five players from the 2016 roster that earned all-conference batting average and led the country in batting average, runs, runs per game, hits, honors at the conclusion of the 2016 regular season – including Johnson, the triples, on base percentage, slugging percentage and hit by pitch. Individually, Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year. Johnson was the easy choice for shortstop Joey Ortiz was named the WAC Player of the Year, a semifinalist for the WAC Player of the Year after batting .382 with 12 home runs, 50 RBI and 29 stolen Brooks Wallace Award (best shortstop in the country) and Dick Howser Award (best bases, earning ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American honors while finishing the player in the country) while second baseman Nick Gonzales was also a semifinalist 2016 campaign fourth in the country in hits. for the Howser Award and the Golden Spikes Award (national player of the year). Green helped engineer a near 3-run improvement in team ERA from 2015 to Defensively, the Aggies posted an impressive .974 fielding percentage a year 2016, compiling a 4.61 team ERA in 2016, the second-best in program history. At the after breaking the single-season school record with a .977 clip in 2018. On the conclusion of the 2016 campaign, pitcher Kyle Bradish became the first Aggie hurler mound, Green watched Chance Hroch put together one of the best seasons by an to earn Freshman All-American honors, finishing the season with the most strikeouts Aggie pitcher in program history, finishing with a 10-1 mark and a 2.74 ERA in 15 by a freshman in program history. starts while earning first team All-Conference accolades. Of the three players that were drafted in the 2016 MLB Draft, Johnson went in Off the field, Green’s program earned the NMSU Athletics Community Service the fifth round to the Washington Nationals, the second-highest draft pick in school Award for the fourth straight year in 2019 and set the program attendance record history while Galindo was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 13th round and for the fourth time since 2015.