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UTAH UTES BASEBALL 2018 ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 1 Brett Brocoff RHP R/R 6-1 175 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Oasis HS 2 Davis Delorefice INF R/R 5-11 180 R-Fr. Fairfield, Calif./Rodriguez HS 3 Oliver Dunn INF L/R 5-10 185 So. Salt Lake City, Utah/Cottonwood HS 4 Matt Richardson INF R/R 5-10 160 Fr. San Diego, Calif./Helix HS 5 Isaac Cruz INF R/R 6-0 175 Jr. Fremont, Calif./Ohlone College 6 Dominic Foscalina OF R/R 6-0 170 So. Livermore, Calif./Livermore HS 7 Wade Gulden INF L/R 6-4 205 Sr. Redding, Calif./Shasta HS 9 Rykker Tom INF R/R 5-10 190 R-Fr. Cedar City, Utah/San Diego 10 Riley Pierce LHP L/L 6-2 185 R-Fr. Salem, Utah/Salem Hills HS 12 Trenton Stoltz RHP R/R 6-4 205 Sr. Phoenix, Ariz./Paradise Valley HS 13 Kyle Robeniol LHP R/L 5-10 190 Jr. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Orange Coast College 14 Ian MacIver RHP R/R 6-0 160 Fr. Pleasant Hill, Calif./College Park HS 15 Erick Migueles OF L/R 5-11 200 Jr. Tucson, Ariz./Pima CC 16 Chandler Anderson OF R/R 6-3 205 Jr. Park City, Utah/Park City HS 17 Demitri Colacchio INF R/R 6-1 160 Fr. Aliso Viejo, Calif./Aliso Niguel HS 19 Tanner Thomas RHP R/R 6-1 185 Sr. Aurora, Colo./Grandview HS 20 Isaac Deveaux OF R/R 6-1 195 Fr. Montreal, Quebec, Canada/Cégep Édouard-Montpetit 21 DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. OF L/L 6-2 195 Jr. San Diego, Calif./Helix Charter HS 22 Joshua Tedeschi LHP L/L 6-4 180 Jr. Goleta, Calif./sDos Pueblos HS 23 Christopher Rowan, Jr. C R/R 6-0 200 Fr. Ogden, Utah/Cottonwood HS 25 Spencer Kevin Johnson RHP R/R 6-1 200 So. Syracuse, Utah/College of Southern Idaho 26 Shea Kramer INF/OF R/R 6-2 185 Fr. Vacaville, Calif./Vacaville HS 27 Spencer Johnson RHP R/R 6-5 210 Jr. Walnut Creek, Calif./Northgate HS 28 Zack Moeller C R/R 6-1 190 Jr. Hollister, Calif./San Benito HS 30 Austin Moore RHP R/R 6-3 190 Jr. Huntington Beach, Calif./Orange Coast College 31 Zach Patterson INF R/R 6-3 195 Fr. Livermore, Calif./Granada HS 32 Justin Kelly RHP R/R 6-1 165 Fr. West Jordan, Utah/Copper Hills HS 33 Jacob Rebar LHP L/L 6-5 230 So. Tracy, Calif./West HS 34 Josh Lapiana LHP L/L 6-4 200 Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa./Akron 35 Braden DeBenedictis INF R/R 6-1 200 R-Fr. Taylorsville, Utah/Taylorsville HS 36 Ashton Goddard RHP R/R 6-4 180 Fr. Laguna Beach, Calif./Laguna Beach HS Coaches 11 Bill Kinneberg - Head Coach 55 Mike Crawford - Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 18 Jay Brossman - Assistant Coach 8 Parker Guinn - Volunteer Assistant Coach Pronunciation Guide Brett Brocoff ............................... BRO-cough Josh Lapiana ........................ LOP-ee-AH-nah Demitri Colacchio ................. co-LA-CHEE-oh Ian MacIver .............................. mick-EYE-ver Braden DeBenedictis ....DEE-ben-UH-dik-tiss Erik Migueles .............................mig-ELLE-ez Davis Delorefice .....................Del-OR-uh-fiss Jacob Rebar ..................................... REE-bar Isaac Deveaux ................................... da-VOE Kyle Robeniol .............................. ROBE-in-all Dominic Foscalina ....................FOS-ca-leena Joshua Tedeschi ............................ ted-es-ski Wade Gulden .................................... Golden Rykker Tom ............................................riker DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. ......................KEAR-see 2018 MEDIA GUIDE UTAH UTES BASEBALL 2018 UTAH BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE QUICK FACTS University of Utah Location .............................Salt Lake City, Utah Elevation ................................................. 4,500 Founded .................................................. 1850 Enrollment ............................................ 32,760 Nickname ................................................. Utes Colors ......................Red and White (pms 187) Mascot .....................Swoop (Red-Tailed Hawk) Web Site .......................... www.UtahUtes.com Conference ............................................Pac-12 President .. David W. Pershing/Ruth V. Watkins Athletics Director ......................Chris Hill, Ph.D Coaching Staff Head Coach: ....Bill Kinneberg (Arizona, 1980) Career Record (yrs): ..... 572-606-1 (23rd year) Record at Utah (yrs): .... 327-423-1 (15th year) Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator ...........Mike Crawford (10th Year, Arizona ’00) Assistant Coach: .........................Jay Brossman ..........................................(7th Year, Utah ‘12) Volunteer Assistant Coach: ..........Parker Guinn ...........................................(1st Year, SIUE ‘15) Facilities Home Field: ............................Smith’s Ballpark Capacity: ............................................... 14,511 Dimentions: .......... 345-385-420-375-345-315 Practice Fields: .................................. Ute Field ...............................Spence Eccles Field House Media Information Sr. Associate AD/Sports Information ... Liz Abel Associate SID/Baseball Contact ....................... .....................................Brooke Frederickson Email ....... [email protected] Phone ......................................(801) 581-8302 Cell ...........................................(801) 493-9254 TABLE OF CONTENTS Mailing Address ...... 1825 E. South Campus Dr. Salt Lake City, UT 84112 2018 Roster ............................................. IFC The 2018 University of Utah baseball Quick Facts/Media Information ..................1 media guide was designed and written Season Outlook .......................................2-3 by Associate Director of Communications Brooke Frederickson Schedule .....................................................4 Brooke Frederickson. Editorial assistance was provided by the Utah SID office. Cover design Associate Director of Coaches And Staff by Old Hat Creative. Photography by Steve Communications Head Coach Bill Kinneberg .........................5 Wilson, Jess Flemming, Dan Lofgren, Brian Assistant Coaches/Support Staff .............6-7 Westerholt, Kory Mortensen, Rob Gray. Player Profiles ........................................8-17 Record Book 2017 Statistics...........................................18 2017 Results .............................................19 Award Winners .........................................20 Draft Picks .................................................21 All-Time Results ........................................22 Record Book .............................................23 WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 1 UTAH UTES BASEBALL SEASON OUTLOOK Going into the 2018 season, the Utah At first base, Gulden has played in 108 Others in the mix in the infield include baseball team has a mix of veteran experience career games with 68 starts between the junior Isaac Cruz, who was two-time first-team and talented newcomers. infield, outfield and designated hitter. He has a all-conference at Ohlone College. He hit .341 “We have 14 freshmen or redshirt fresh- .246 career batting average, hit .263 last year, as a sophomore and finishing third in the men, and a lot of those guys are going to be ranked third on the team with four home runs league with 21 stolen bases. Freshman Shea involved in filling in for the guys we did lose and was also third on the team with 20 walks. Kramer, who has a chance to contribute at last year,” Utah head coach Bill Kinneberg He will look to share time early with freshman designated hitter, was an all-league player at said. “We do have a good core of guys coming Braden DeBenedictis, who redshirted last year Vacaville High School in California. Freshman back, so we have a chance to have a veteran and was two-time all-state at Taylorsville High Demitri Colacchio was a two-time all-league lineup.” School. player at Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Included in those losses were four MLB Several players will get an opportunity at Viejo, Calif. draftees, tying for the most the Utes have shortstop. Freshman Davis Delorefice redshirt- had in a draft. The Utes most notable re- ed last season and was a two-time all-league CATCHERS turner is junior two-time All-Pac-12 outfielder player in high school. Freshman Matt Richard- DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. Other fielders with son was three-time all-league at Helix High Moeller, who started nearly every game at extensive starting experience who return School in San Diego. catcher last year, was second on the team last include senior Wade Gulden, juniors Chandler At third base, Ryker Tom redshirted last year with five home runs, tied for second with Anderson and Zack Moeller and sophomores year as a freshman after transferring from San 11 doubles and was third on the team with a Oliver Dunn and Dominic Foscalina. The Utes Diego. He was three-time first-team all-state .429 slugging percentage while hitting .265. He have a deep pitching staff led by seniors Josh at Cedar City High School and ranks tied for has a .245 career batting average in 64 career Lapiana, Trenton Stoltz and Tanner Thomas. second all-time in UHSAA history with 143 starts. Utah opens its 2018 season at Oral Roberts career hits. Moeller begins the season battling an on Friday, Feb. 16. The Utes begin Pac-12 play “Rykker Tom has a chance to be a fabulous injury, so the Utes will look towards freshman on March 15 at USC. player,” Kinneberg said. “He’s going to hit in Chris Rowan, Jr. Rowan was the 2017 5A Salt the middle of the lineup and I think he is go- Lake Tribune MVP at Cottonwood High School INFIELD ing to be one of our better offensive players and was a three-time first-team all-state player. throughout the year. Braden DeBenedictis He hit over .400 all three years of high school The infield will