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University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks Athletics Media Guides Athletics 1990 1990 Northern Iowa Baseball University of Northern Iowa Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright ©1990 Athletics, University of Northern Iowa Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/amg Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation University of Northern Iowa, "1990 Northern Iowa Baseball" (1990). Athletics Media Guides. 163. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/amg/163 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Athletics at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Athletics Media Guides by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1990 Northem Iowa Baseball 1990 Roster No. Name Class Pos. B/f Ht. Wt. Hometown 1 Mark Vogel Sr. 2B SIR 5-8 165 Waterloo, IL 2 Brian Dixon Sr. c UR 5-11 175 Cedar Rapids, IA 3 Geff Gescheidler Sr. OF UL 5-11 175 Webster City, IA 4 Scott Klein Fr. c R/R 5-10 170 Davenport, IA 5 P.J. Conlon So. OF R/L 5-9 160 Iowa City, IA 6 Mike Kelly . Jr. 2B R/R 5-9 150 Boone, IA 7 Steve Dreyer Jr. p R/R 6-3 175 Ames, IA 8 Steve Schmelzer Sr. 1B UL 6-0 1'90 Garnavillo, IA 9 Mark Chambers So. OF R/R 6-1 170 East St. Louis, IL 10 Brett Elson Jr. 1B UL 6-3 175 Hiawatha, IA 11 Brian Ortman Fr. SS R/R 5-7 160 Waterloo, IA 12 Dan Dighton Jr. 1B R/R 5-9 180 Boone, IA 13 Jim Welsh Sr. OF R/R 5-8 170 Cedar Rapids, IA 14 Tom Bach Fr. 3B R/R 5-10 185 Center Point, IA 16 John Thomas So. p R/R 6-0 170 Ames, IA 17 Mike Schulte So. OF UL 5-10 165 Cedar Rapids, IA 18 Jamie Snyder Fr. p UL 6-0 160 Richland, IA 19 Mike Morony Jr. SS R/R 5-11 180 Spencer, IA 20 Mark Lumpa Sr. OF R/R 6-1 185 Iowa City, IA 21 Mike Himmelsbach Jr. 3B R/R 6-1 185 Norway, IA 22 Steve Hoffman Sr. p R/R 5-10 170 Carroll, IA 23 Jim Duthie Sr. p UL 6-2 185 Iowa City, IA 24 Scott Kaul Sr. · p UL 6-1 190 Fridley, MN 25 Mark Hey Sr. p R/R 6-1 180 Iowa Falls, IA 26 Brett Priestley Jr. p R/R 6-1 165 Alleman, IA 28 John Pratt Jr. OF R/R 6-1 180 Nashua, IA 29 Dennis Hanken Jr. p R/R 6-0 175 Ossian, IA 30 Brian Barnhart Fr. p UR 6-0 180 Greeley, IA 33 Adam Huehnergarth Jr. p R/R 6-2 190 Bellevue, IA Head Coach - 27 Gene Baker Assistant Coaches - 34 Scott Childers 14 Warren Jones Panther Baseball Honor Roll Spring 1989 Fall 1989 Cumulative Association of Mid-Continent Universities 1989 Senior Seniors Seniors Academic All-Conference Dan Wirtz 3.50 Geff Gescheidle 3.69 Geff Gescheidler 3.08 • Mike Brandmeyer 3.42 Accounting Steve Schmelzer 3.59 Steve Schmelzer 3.07 Geff Gescheidler 3.00 Recreation Juniors Mark Hey 3.25 Mark Vogel 3.01 Dennis Hanken 3.52 Chemistry Geff Gescheidler 3.87 Mark Vogel 3.20 Brad Hansen 3.40 Business Steve Schmelzer 3.31 Steve Hoffman 3.07 Juniors Mike Morony 3.16 Education Mike Brandmeyer 3.13 Scott Kaul 3.07 Dennis Hanken 3.59 * Dan Wirtz 3.12 Management MarkLumpa 3.04 Mike Morony 3.25 Sophomores Mike Himmelsbach 3.09 • Repeat Selections Mike Morony 3.77 Juniors Brett Elson 3.04 Brad Hansen 3.60 Dennis Hanken 3.87 Dennis Hanken 3.51 Mike Morony 3.85 Sophomore Steve Dreyer 3.33 Brett Elson 3.48 PJ. Conlon 3.25 John Pratt 3.21 Steve Dreyer 3.24 John Pratt 3.21 Freshmen Freshman Mike Himmelsbach 3.09 Tom Bach 3.71 P.J. Conlon 3.41 Adam Huehnergarth 3.00 Scott Klein 3.44 Red shirt Sophomore Reds him Aaron Walter 3.36 P.J. Conlon 3.26 Gene Hauser 3.81 Mike Brandmeyer 3.41 Freshmen Tom Evans 3.36 Tom Bach 3.71 Scott Klein 3.44 Reds him Gene Hauser 3.81 Tom Evans 3.36 Mike Brandmeyer 3.33 Team Grade Point Average Spring 1989 2.87 Fall 1989 2.97 Cumulative 2.85 ® Contents UNI Quick Facts 1990 Roster ......................................................... IFC Location: Cedar Falls, IA 50614 Honor Roll ...........................................................IFC Founded: 1876 UNI Quick Facts ...................................................... 1 Enrollment: 11,800 Season Outlook ....................................................2 -3 Nickname: Panthers Bat Cats ................................................................... 4 Colors: Purple & Old Gold Panther Park ........................................................... 4 President: Dr. Constantine Curris Coaches & Support Staff ......................................... 5 Director of Athletics: Robert Bowlsby Players ................................................................ 6-11 Home Field: Panther Park (500) AMCU Conference ................................................. 11 1988-89 Record: 13-37 Game Results ........................................................ 12 Conference: Association of Mid-Continent Universities 1989 Statistics ....................................................... 13 1988-89 Conference Record/Finish: 1-7/4th in School Records ....................................................... 14 Gray Division Year-By-Year ·Statistics .......................................... 15 National Affiliation: NCM Division I All-Time Coaching Records .................................. 15 Head Baseball Coach: Gene Baker (Austin Peay '81) All-Time Records vs. Opponents ........................... 16 Office Phone: 319/273-6323 1990 Opponents ............................................... 17-19 Career Record/Years: 59-138/Five years This is Northern lowa ........................................ .IBC Record at UNI/Years: 24-80/fwo years 1990 Schedule ...................................................... BC Assistant Coach: Scott Childers Director of Sports Information: Nancy Justis Office Phone: 319/273-6354 On the cover: UNI's 10 returning seniors; Kneeling Home Phone: 319/277-3631 (l to r) - Jim Welsh, Steve Hoffman, Mark Vogel; Assistant Director of Sports Information Standing (l tor) - Steve Schmelzer, Scott Kaul, (Baseball): Kevin Kane Brian Dixon, Jim Duthie, Mark Lumpa, Mark Hey, Office Phone: 319/273-3642 Geff Gescheidler. Home Phone: 319/277-6828 Head Trainer: Terry Noonan Credits: The 1990 Northern Iowa Yearbook was Assistant Trainer (Baseball): Mark Kwikkel written and edited by Kevin Kane, Assistant Director of Sport Information, with assistance from Gene Baker, head baseball coach; and Josh Lehman, Sports Information Student Assistant. Production by Office of Public Relations. Photography by Kara Nandell. 1 Season Outlook When he took the Northern Iowa Baseball job in 1987, in ERA last season, but missed the fall season with a sore arm. Panther coach Gene Baker began the process of building a Dreyer came into his own last season and has drawn in terest program around solid pitching and defense. Now, heading from professional scouts. into his third season, Baker thinks the time has come for his With improved control, senior Steve Hoffman (2 -5, 11.29 team to make the transition from taking its lumps against ERA) will be a fourth or fifth starter. He showed his potenti al some of the best NCAA Division I has to offer to being by throwing a two-hitter last year against Neb raska. competitive against all its opponents. Freshman John Thomas, a transfer from Ellsworth J.C., also "To build a viable program that is competitive year in showed promise ih the fall with good mechanics and the and year out," Baker says, ''you have to have that pitching and ability to throw strikes. defense. The offense is coming to come and go, but we've 'We feel like we've got four good starters," noted Baker, proven here in past years that that's not going to carry you." "in Kaul, Duthie, Dreyer and Hanken. If Hoffman can step in A glance at the 1990 roster shows 10 seniors, all of and be a quality starter and throw strikes consistently, then which figure to play an important role in this season's we've got some flexibility to move Hanken back to the fortunes. There is no doubt experience is the key for UNI, but bullpen, where he started last season." it is also a squad with five players who have drawn interest Others who could be contributors include jun io r Ad am from professional scouts and a group of freshmen and fluehnergarth, lefthander Jamie Snyder, and senior Mark Hey, sophomores loaded with some of the finest talent from Iowa who made the team in fall walk-on tryouts. high schools. The top candidate for a relief closer is transfer Brett When asked about the keys to success for the upcoming Priestley, a submarine-style pitcher with good control. season, the Panther coach points to three things. "Our pitching and defense have to play the way we FIRST BASE expect them to," he noted, "but they don't have to do any This appears to be a question mark due to the injury more than that. We expect the pitchers to do a good job and sustained by last year's starter, senior Steve Schmelzer. He the defense to make the plays. If we do that, we'll be alright." suffered torn knee ligaments last fall and was fo rced to Another key is timely hitting, according to Baker. undergo surgery and it appears questionable whether he wi ll "We've got to drive in more runs. If someone can step be able to go full strength. If Schmelzer returns, he will be a forward to help (Mark) Lumpa with the RBI load or a healthy frontrunner at first after providing some lefthanded pu nch in Steve Schmelzer can be as consistent this spring as he has the lineup last season with five home runs and 24 RBI's, both been in other falls, that's going to help greatly." figures ranking second on the team.