Thank You 2000-09 Sun Devil Baseball Players, Coaches & Staff

THAnk you 2000-09 sun devil baseball players, coaches & staff 2000-09 Accomplishments, Accolades & Notable Players Highest winning percentage in the conference during the 10-year span 433 wins 78 MLB Draft picks 47 First Team All-Pac-10 honors 33 All-Americans 11 Team USA Members 10 NCAA Tournament appearances 6 Pac-10 Player of the Year Awards 4 Pac-10 titles, including three consecutive from 2007-08 4 Pac-10 Coach of the Year Awards 4 Academic All-Americans of the year 3 trips to OMAHA 2 Pac-10 Newcomers of the Year 1 National Player of the Year Mike Leake puts his name on the Mt. Rushmore of ASU pitchers with 40 wins in three seasons and back-to-back Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year Awards “The Streak” - NCAA Consecutive Scoring Streak record is set at 506 games in 2004 Eric Sograd goes from Thunderbird HS grad to Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year Record for most players drafted in a single season – 2008 (15) Mitch Jones sets single the single season home run record (27) Kole Calhoun becomes The Mayor of Omaha Jeff Larish hits three home runs on June 21, 2005 at Rosenblatt Stadium Brett Wallace wins BACK-to-BACK Triple Crowns Dustin Pedroia puts together one of the best careers in collegiate baseball history (185 starts, 298 hits, .384 average, 3-time First-Team All-Conference, 2-time Defensive Player of the Year) Casey Myers proves what living The Sun Devil Way means as he wins back-to-back NCAA Academic All-American of the Year – 2000, 2001 Coach Murphy’s Accomplishments and Accolades 1,002 career wins 629 wins at ASU Four College World Series Appearances, including one championship game appearance in 1998 Four Pac-10 titles, including three consecutive from 2007-08 Four top-five finishes at ASU, including three top-three Five NCAA Regional titles 16 NCAA Regional appearances, including 12 at ASU Four-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year 1998 National Coach of the Year Eight 40-win seasons at ASU Two 50-win seasons at ASU, including 54-14 (.794) in 2003 47-26 (.644) against Arizona and won 12 of 15 season series from the Wildcats Former Players Returning To Packard For 2000-09 Celebration Andrew Aplin – OF – 2010-12 Daryl Arreola – RHP - 2006 Floyd Bannister – RHP - 1974-76 - MLB (throwing out the first pitch on Friday) Brian Berger – INF – 1999-00 Willie Bloomquist – INF – 1997-99 - MLB (throwing out the first pitch on Sunday) Brett Bordes – LHP - 2003-06 Greg Bordes - INF - 2005, 07-08 Travis Buck – OF - 2003-05 - MLB Kole Calhoun – OF – 2009-10 - MLB Cesar Castillo – C – 2001-02 Brooks Conrad – 2B – 1999-01 - MLB Seth Dhaenens - INF - 2004-06 Eric Doble – RHP - 1999-01 Chris Duffy – OF – 2001 - MLB Jake Elmore – INF - 2008 - MLB Mark Ernster – INF – 1997-99 Mike Esposito – RHP - 2000-02 - MLB Rob Gorrell – RHP - 1991 Chip Gosewisch – UTL - 1996-99 Tuffy Gosewisch – C - 2002-05 - MLB Joe Hatasaki – LHP - 2007 Joey Hooft – INF - 2005 Danny Ikeda – OF - 1960-62 Ty Johnson – RHP - 1997, 99-01 Bryce Kartler – LHP/OF - 2000-03 Aaron Klusman – RHP - 2001-03 Rocky Laguna – OF/1B - 2005-08 Richy Leon – INF - 1995-98 Jered Liebeck – RHP – 2000-03 Matt Newman - OF - 2008-11 Abe Ruiz - INF - 2009, 11 Doug Schutt – OF - 2002 Eric Sogard – 2B - 2005-07 - MLB Dennis Starkins – OF - 1962-63 Raoul Torrez – INF – 2007-10 Riccio Torrez – INF – 2009-11 Jason Urquidez – RHP - 2004-05 Tim Vasquez – RHP- 1996-97 Beau Vaughan – RHP – 2003 Other Notable Guests Craig Counsell (played for coach Murphy at Notre Dame, 15-year MLB veteran, 2x World Series Champion – ’97 Marlins, ’01 Diamondbacks – 2001 NLCS MVP) Roland Hemond (received the Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award; three-time winner of MLB’s Executive of the Year Award in ’72, ’83, ’89; credited with the original idea for the Arizona Fall League) .

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