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2008 USF Ba s e b a l l 2007 Re v i e w Ho m e Aw a y T o n Ca t ch 47 TV 1 Schedule 56 A Look Back at 2007 Fe b r u a r y 2-3 Season Preview - USF in 2008 57 2007 Season Results Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 4 2008 Rosters 58 2007 Overall Stats 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 5 Photo Roster 59 2007 Game Highs ISU ISU 6 Home Facilities 60 Game-by-Game Hitting 7 pm 7 pm 7 Quick Facts and Schedule 61 Game-by-Game Pitching 24 25 26 27 28 T 29 @ 1 8-10 Head Lelo Prado 62 2007 BIG EAST Statistics ISU OSU NYY NWU 1 pm 7 pm 1:15 7 pm 11 Pitching Coach Lazer Collazo 63 BIG EAST Standings & Leaders 12 Assistant Coach Bryant Ward 64 2007 BIG EAST Leaders 13 Volunteer Coach Tino Martinez 65 2007 Awards & National Polls Ma r c h 14 Director of Operations Greg Parris 66 2007 Postseason Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 67 2007 Seniors 2 3 4 5 @ 6 7 8 Me e t Th e Te a m OSU FGC BCC SSU SSU Noon 7 pm 6 pm 7 pm 7 pm 16-17 Joey Angelberger Hi s t o r y a n d Re c o r d s 18-19 Dexter Butler 70 Individual Hitting Records 9 10 11 12 13 14 T 15 SSU FAU UNF SHU SHU 20 Charles Cleveland 71 Individual Pitching Records 1 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm 21 Mike Consolmagno 72 Single-Season Hitting Highs 16 17 18 19 20 21 @ 22 @ 22-23 Addison Maruszak 73 Career Hitting Highs SHU OU OU UC UC dh 24 Victor Pina 74 Single-Season Pitching Highs 1 pm 7 pm 7 pm 6:30 1 pm 25 Matt Quevedo 75 Career Pitching Highs 23 24 25 @ 26 @ 27 28 T 29 T 26-27 Shawn Sanford 76 Team Hitting Records FGC UNF GU GU 27 Matt Stull 77 Team Pitching Records 6 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm 28-29 Daniel Thomas 78-80 Yearly Leaders 30 31 30 David Torcise 81-83 Year-by-Year Statistics GU 31 Michael Anzivino 84-85 USF vs. All-Time Opponents 1 pm Eric Baumann 86-92 Year-by-Year Results 32 Todd Brazeal 93-95 USF in the NCAA Tournament Ap r i l Junior Carlin 96-97 All-Time Conference Standings Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Kyle Eastham 98-99 All-Time Roster 1 @ 2 3 4 @ 5 @ 33 Randy Fontanez 100 Past USF Skippers UCF BCC WVU WVU Ryan Garcia 101 All-Time Award Winners 6:30 7 pm 7 pm 3 pm Brian Hobbs 102-103 Bulls in the Major League 6 @ 7 8 @ 9 10 11 T 12 34 Stephen Hunt 104-105 Active Bulls in the Minor Leagues WVU UCF UofL UofL 1 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm Cory Johnson 106 All-Time MLB Draft Picks Teddy Kaufman 13 14 15 @ 16 @ 17 18 @ 19 @ UofL SU BCC RU RU 35 Jonathan Koscso Th e Un i v e r s i t y 1 pm 7 pm 6 pm 3:30 1 pm Ryan Lockwood 108-109 Discover USF 20 @ 21 22 @ 23 24 25 T 26 Andrew Longley 110-111 Welcome to Tampa Bay RU FAU SU VU VU 36 Ian MacGeorge 112-113 USF Athletics Noon 6:30 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm Trey Manz 114 President and FAR 27 28 29 30 Jordan McGillis 115 Director of Athletics VU UCF BCC 37 Zach Pietrzyk 116 Associate Director of Athletics 1 pm 7 pm 7 pm Kevin Quackenbush 117 Academic Services 38 Chris Rey 118 Sports Medicine Ma y Andew Salgueiro 119 Strength and Conditioning Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 39 Brandon Smith 120 Bulls Club 1 2 3 Derrick Stultz 121 Prominent USF Graduates Doug Wagner 122 USF Staff Directory 40 Support Staff 123 Bulls in the Community 4 5 6 7 8 9 @ 10 @ 124 USF Academy & Camps UCF STJ STJ 7 pm 6 pm 2 pm e d i a n f o r m a t i o n M I Cr e d i t s 11 @ 12 13 @ 14 15 T 16 T 17 42 Communications & Media Policies The 2008 USF Baseball Media Guide is a publication of the USF Sports Information Office. Written, edited and designed by USF Assistant STJ UF ND ND ND 43 Media Outlets Sports Information Director Amy Woodruff using Adobe InDesign CS3 and Noon 6:30 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm Adobe Photoshop. Editorial Assistance by Chris Freet, Jeff Wuerth and 44 Maps and Directions Mat Ratner. Photography by Tim Boone, Thomas Wagner, J. Meric, Charles Sonnenblick and OwensImages.com. Photos of USF players in 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 45-50 Opponents the Majors courtesy of The , Houston Astros, Lea BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG 51 2008 Postseason Photography/Volcanoes Baseball, Nikolaus Johnson/Carolina Mudcats, EAST EAST EAST EAST EAST , Ron Vesely/, , 52 BIG EAST Conference Oakland A’s, Jerry Wachter/ and . Cover art (front, inside and back) produced by Karloz Tellez. Printing by May 20-24 BIG EAST Tournament, Clearwater, Fla. 53-54 BIG EAST Composite Schedule Corporate Printing Management Services, Tampa, Fla. Special thanks to May 30 - June 2 NCAA Regionals, sites tba all BIG EAST and opponent SIDs that assisted in compiling information June 6-9 NCAA Super Regionals, sites tba and materials. T. June 14-24 College , Omaha, Neb.

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In his sec- the staff, especially Thomas, Quevedo and Sanford," BIG EAST Co m e s To Fl o r i d a ond season at the said Prado. "If they perform then it won’t put so much The 2008 BIG EAST Conference University of South pressure on the younger guys. Baseball Championship will be held in , head coach If we can get the ball to Shawn Clearwater, Fla., at Bright House Net- Lelo Prado looks Sanford in the ninth inning works Field May 20-24. for the Bulls base- there’s no question that he ball team to make should be one of the best clos- Bu l l s i n Na t i o n a l Sp o t l i g h t waves in the BIG ers in the country this year. As The National Collegiate Baseball EAST Conference along as we can give him the Writers Association predicted the as well as earning a ball in the ninth, he should be Bulls to be in the national spotlight berth into the post- pretty good. Then we have again this year, as USF received season for the first left handed (trans- votes in the Preseason NCBWA Top time since 2002. fers) David Torcise and Teddy 35 Poll. "There’s no Kauffman, who can really help doubt that we have to compete for a conference cham- this program." To p Th r e e i n t h e BIG EAST pionship and get back into the regional," said Prado. Torcise came to USF from Louisville in 2007, but The BIG EAST Conference coach- "Our pitching and defense are the keys. Our pitching is had to sit out due to NCAA transfer rules. Kauffman is es tabbed the Bulls the third-best young, but if those guys get a little confidence behind a transfer from Miami who was used as a situational team in the league in the 2008 pre- them, I think they will be very good this year." reliever in 2007. season baseball poll. Prado and his coaching staff, including Lazer Col- "The pitching staff is where the young bodies are," Senior second baseman Dexter Butler lazo, Bryant Ward and Tino Martinez have added 24 said Prado. "Once the lights go on, we’ll see who steps represented USF on the preseason newcomers – 10 transfers and 14 true freshmen – to up. We do have some great arms. Derek Stultz should all-conference team. the 11 retuning players, comprising a squad of 22 un- be solid as well as Randy Fontanez, Kevin Quacken- 1. St. John’s derclassmen and just five seniors. bush, Zach Pietrzyk, Stephen Hunt and Junior Carlin. 2. Louisville "We’re going to have some pretty good players but We have plenty good arms and we just have to see 3. USF we are young, so we need some of those guys to come who’s going to produce at the right time." 4. Rutgers through for us," said Prado. "The key is the youth of the 5. Notre Dame pitching staff and how fast they come along." Ca t c h e r s 6. Connecticut The Bulls' newcomers, whom Collegiate Base- USF reloaded the catcher posi- 7. Pittsburgh ball Newspaper tabbed as the 43rd-best recruit- tion this season, as all four guys be- 8. Villanova ing class in the country, are a lineup that includes hind the plate are newcomers to the 9. Cincinnati four players selected in the Major League Base- team. A junior from NJCAA National 10. West Virginia ball Draft, two NJCAA National Champions, a pair Champion Chipola CC, Trey Manz 11. Seton Hall of players from a California State Championship leads the crop of catchers, trailed 12. Georgetown Final Four team, an FCCAA State Champion, by sophomore Cory Johnson, who high school prospects ranked by Baseball Ameri- batted .375 for Liberty University last Tw o Ri v a l s .c o m Pl a y e r s ca and a high school all-American. season. Dexter Butler and Shawn Sanford The 2008 Bulls have experience up the middle "Trey played on a national championship team last were selected to the Rivals.Com 2008 as the team returns 2007 third team All-BIG EAST sec- year so he knows how to win," said Prado. "He didn’t Preseason All-Conference Team. As a ond baseman Dexter Butler (.324, 44 RBI) and 2006 have a very good fall, but I think he’s going to do real team, the Bulls were chosen to finish BIG EAST Rookie of the Year, shortstop Addison Mar- well in the spring. Cory can definitely help us there as the season third in the BIG EAST. uszak (.329, 44 RBI, 13 doubles). Returning seniors a back up catcher." Joey Angelberger (OF/1B) and Charles Cleveland (3B/1B), along with junior outfielder Mike Consolmag- Fa bu l o us 40 In f i e l d e r s no will all be battling for starting roles this year. USF received votes in Collegiate The Bulls return middle infielders Addison Maruszak The pitching staff looks forward to the return of ju- Baseball Newspaper’s Fabulous (ss) and Dexter Butler (2b), but will look to newcomers nior right handed Daniel Thomas, who took a 40 Preseason NCAA Division I poll, to fill spots on the corners. red-shirt year last season. Sophomore pitchers Shawn which placed the Bulls No. 44 in the "Addison and Dexter are two key ingredients to our Sanford (3.10 ERA, 11 saves, 72.2 IP) and Matt country. infield," said Prado. "They have been through it and Quevedo (4-3, 4.01 ERA, 71.0 IP) will add experience know how to do it. If those guys have good years we to the mound for the Bulls this year. Sa n f o r d o n Wa l l a c e Wa t c h should be good." Sophomore pitcher Shawn San- "I’m excited to see what we have got, and hopefully ford is on the Preseason Watch List we have enough to win a BIG EAST championship and for the 2008 Brooks Wallace Player of move on to the regional tournament," said Prado. the Year Award. The Wallace Award is presented to the nation’s top colle- Pi t c h e r s giate baseball player. USF's pitchers bring a combination of experience as only six have thrown a pitch in a colle- Ra n k e d Re c r u i t s The coaching staff was honored giate baseball game, by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper including 2007 start- with the 43rd-best baseball recruiting ers Daniel Thomas class in the country. Head coach Lelo and Matt Quevedo, "We can also look to the young guys like Jonathan Prado, along with assistants Lazer and Shawn Sanford, Koscso, who had a great fall, so we won’t have to rely Collazo and Bryant Ward, added 28 a who earned on them (Maruszak and Butler) so much. Cleveland is newcomers to the 2008 USF squad, 11 saves before another guy that should help us a lot this year." including 17 freshmen and 11 trans- starting four games for USF in his rookie year. Koscso, senior Charles Cleveland and sophomore fers. "Our success is going to depend on the health of Victor Pina are battling for starts at third base while

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junior college transfer Brandon Smith and freshman Todd Brazeal are fighting for first. Pr e s e a s o n Koscso, who won the Perfect Game World Wood Na t i o n a l Po l l s Bat Association National Championship with the U-17 (USF opponents in bold) All-American Prospects last summer, was a first team Ba s e b a l l USA To d a y / all-state player batting .525 with five home runs and 41 Am e r i c a ESPN RBI at Jesuit in Tampa. Cleveland started 29 games 1. UCLA 1. Oregon St. for the Bulls last season, 22 of which were at the des- 2. Arizona 2. North Carolina ignated hitter spot. He produced five doubles in his 26 3. Vanderbilt 3. Rice hits, driving in 20 runs. In 2007 Pina made five appear- 4. Mississippi 4. UC-Irvine 5. North Carolina 5. Arizona St. ances for the Bulls, all at third base. Carlin, a freshman, and Rey, a junior, will vie for the 6. Missouri 6. Louisville nod in left field, both bringing a strong bat to the plate 7. Oregon St. 7. Cal. St.-Fullerton as well as good defense in the field. Carlin, an - out 8. Michigan 8. Mississippi St. 9. Arizona St. 9. Vanderbilt fielder and LHP who was selected in the 29th round of 10. Miami 10. South Carolina the MLB draft by the Boston Red Sox, batted .375 for 11. San Diego 11. Wichita St. Riverview High with a .484 . Rey 12. South Carolina 12. Texas A&M batted .403 at Miami Dade last season and was sec- 13. Long Beach St. 13. Clemson ond on the team with 36 RBI in 158 at bats. 14. Rice 14. Texas "Consolmagno had a great fall and I think he de- 15. Baylor 15. Florida St. serves a chance to play," said Prado. "He’s done a 16. Texas 16. Mississippi 17. Virginia 17. Virginia good job. Rey, Carlin and Angelberger will fit in the Smith attended Sacramento City College in 2007, 18. Fresno St. 18. Michigan other spots." where he helped the team to the Final Four of the 19. La.-Lafayette 19. Oklahoma St. California State Championships. Coming out of high 20. Wichita St. 20. San Diego 21. Texas A&M 21. Arkansas school, Brazeal was ranked as the 112th-best prospect De s i g n a t e d Hi t t e r s Prado has yet to determine a designated hitter, plan- 22. Tulane 22. UCLA in the country by Baseball America. 23. Clemson 23. Coastal Carolina ning to use numerous guys at the position, but will look "Brandon is going to be big 24. East Carolina 23. Missouri for us. He is going to do a to Joey Angelberger, Todd Brazeal and Stephen Hunt 25. Old Dominion 25. Arizona good job at first base and then early in the season. Brazeal and Pina, when they Co l l e g i a t e get their chances, are going Ba s e b a l l to do a good job," continued NCBWA Ne w s p a p e r Prado. "I expect great careers 1. Arizona St. 1. Arizona out of those guys, especially 2. North Carolina 2. South Carolina 3. Rice 3. Arizona St. Brazeal. I think he gets better 4. South Carolina 4. Mississippi and better every day. " 5. Arizona 5. North Carolina 6. Texas 6. Rice Ou t f i e l d e r s 7. Mississippi 7. San Diego The outfield will be anchored by transfer Ryan 8. Vanderbilt 8. Texas "Designated hitter is going to be a toss up," he said. 9. San Diego 9. Wichita St. Lockwood, who will be complimented with Chris Rey "It could be several guys like Angelberger, Brazeal, 10. Wichita St. 10. Michigan or Junior Carlin in left and Mike Consolmagno or Joey Brandon Smith or Eric Baumann. Whoever doesn’t 11. Oregon St. 11. Vanderbilt Angelberger in right. play a position is going to shoot for that DH spot. We'll 12. Miami 12. Florida St. Lockwood, a red- 13. Florida St. 13. Clemson play different guys all the time like we did last year, it shirt at Florida last 14. Cal. St. Fullerton 14. Miami will be a revolving door." year, played sum- 15. Michigan 15. Missouri mer ball in the Cape 16. Clemson 16. Cal. St. Fullerton 17. Missouri 17. Long Beach St. Cod League in 2007 Th e Sc h e d u l e With the official start date of college baseball set at 18. Long Beach St. 18. UCLA and was an all-state 19. UCLA 19. Oregon St. Feb. 22, the Bulls will play 56 regular season games in player for Jesuit High in Tampa his senior season. 20. Texas A&M 20. Kentucky "It starts in center field and having Lockwood there 89 days. The schedule spans 21 teams from nine con- 21. Virginia 21. Fresno St. is a plus," said Prado. "He’s one of the best guys I’ve ferences, with 44 games played in the state of Florida. 22. UC Irvine 22. Texas A&M had the luxury of coaching. He’s going to be a leadoff The 2008 listing includes six teams (17 games) that 23. Louisville 23. Louisville guy with homerun potential. He knows how to play the competed in the 2007 NCAA Tournament and recorded 24. Mississippi St. 24. Virginia 25. Kentucky 25. Georgia Tech game and he should bring a lot to the plate for this 40-plus wins last season. USF's 34-home game schedule includes five teams 26. Baylor 26. UC Irvine club." 27. Mississippi St. (10 games) that are ranked in national preseason Top 27. Oklahoma St. One of only two returning outfielders, Consolmagno 28. La.-Lafayette 28. Baylor will contribute speed in right field 30 polls and a rigorous 15-game BIG EAST slate. The 29. Fresno State 29. Pepperdine and two years of USF experience. Bulls begin the season with 18 of their first 19 contests 30. Coastal Carolina 30. Louisiana St. He has played in 91 games in two at home, and have a late-season of seven-con- 31. Georgia Tech 31. Oklahoma St. seasons, increasing his batting secutive games at the newly-renovated Red McEwen 32. Pepperdine 32. La.-Lafayette 33. Southern Miss. 33. Southern Illinois average more than .100 points Field. USF will face off against the New 34. LSU 34. Southern Miss. from his freshman to his sopho- 35. Arkansas 35. UC Riverside York Yankees in an exhibition game at more season. 36. Stetson Angelberger will be battling for Legends Field in Tampa on Feb. 29. 37. Coastal Carolina a starting spot in right after batting The NCAA-MLB matchup will be the 38. Nebraska .279 last season with seven dou- Yankees' first game of 39. California bles, two triples and three home the year, and the Bulls' fifth game of 40. Oral Roberts runs. the 2008 season.

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No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/ Previous School No. Name 2 Brandon Smith 1B/OF L-R 6-0 195 Jr. Sacramento, Calif./Sac City CC/College Park HS 3 Joey Angelberger 3 Joey Angelberger OF/1B R-R 6-0 210 Sr. Dunedin, Fla./Dunedin HS 36 Michael Anzivino 4 Mike Consolmagno OF L-L 5-7 152 Jr. Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph By The Sea 39 Eric Baumann 5 Trey Manz C L-R 6-1 185 Jr. Columbus, Ga./Chipola CC/Shaw HS 33 Todd Brazeal 6 Ryan Lockwood OF L-R 5-10 175 RsFr. Tampa, Fla./Florida/Jesuit HS 17 Dexter Butler 7 Randy Fontanez RHP R-R 6-1 175 Fr. Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo HS 30 Junior Carlin 8 Addison Maruszak SS R-R 6-1 195 Jr. Pinellas Park, Fla./St. Petersburg Catholic 9 Charles Cleveland 9 Charles Cleveland 1B/RHP R-R 6-1 200 Sr. Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic/Florida State 4 Mike Consolmagno 10 Jonathan Koscso 3B R-R 5-11 175 Fr. Tampa, Fla./Jesuit HS 25 Kyle Eastham 11 Chris Rey OF R-R 6-1 190 Jr. Miami, Fla./Miami Dade JC/Gulliver Prep 7 Randy Fontanez 12 Shawn Sanford RHP R-R 6-0 205 So. Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson HS 35 Ryan Garcia (RS) 13 Victor Pina 3B R-R 5-10 200 So. Miami, Fla./Westminster Christian HS 31 Stephen Hunt 14 Andrew Longley C R-R 6-3 180 Fr. (RS) Tampa, Fla./Sickles HS 38 Cory Johnson 15 Ian MacGeorge OF R-R 6-4 195 Fr. (RS) Altamonte Springs, Fla./Bishop Moore HS 22 Teddy Kaufman 16 Brian Hobbs OF R-R 6-2 230 Jr. Hurlock, MD/Chipola CC/North Caroline HS 10 Jonathan Koscso 17 Dexter Butler 2B R-R 5-9 210 Sr. Key West, Fla./Key West HS 6 Ryan Lockwood 19 Derrick Stultz RHP R-R 6-3 190 Fr. Tampa, Fla./Wharton HS 14 Andrew Longley (RS) 20 Kevin Quackenbush RHP R-R 6-3 195 Fr. Tampa, Fla./Jesuit HS 15 Ian MacGeorge (RS) 22 Teddy Kaufman LHP L-L 5-11 185 RsSo. Miami, Fla./Miami/Miami Killian HS 5 Trey Manz 24 Matt Stull RHP R-R 6-5 210 RsFr. St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg Catholic 8 Addison Maruszak 25 Kyle Eastham RHP R-R 6-2 175 Fr. Riverview, Fla./Riverview HS 29 Jordan McGillis (RS) 26 Daniel Thomas RHP R-R 6-2 200 Jr. Tampa, Fla./Gaither HS 34 Zach Pietrzyk 27 Doug Wagner RHP R-R 6-1 215 Fr. Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore HS 13 Victor Pina 29 Jordan McGillis INF R-R 5-10 160 Fr. (RS) Evansville, Ind./Memorial HS 20 Kevin Quackenbush 30 Junior Carlin OF/LHP L-L 6-0 170 Fr. Riverview, Fla./Riverview HS 37 Matt Quevedo 31 Stephen Hunt LHP/1B L-L 5-10 190 Fr. Tampa, Fla./Jesuit HS 11 Chris Rey 33 Todd Brazeal 1B/OF R-R 6-3 230 Fr. Tampa, Fla./Chamberlain HS 40 Andrew Salgueiro 34 Zach Pietrzyk RHP R-R 6-1 185 Fr. Valrico, Fla./Bloomingdale HS 12 Shawn Sanford 35 Ryan Garcia C/1B R-R 6-3 235 So. (RS) Miami, Fla./Brevard CC/Miami Sunset HS 2 Brandon Smith 36 Michael Anzivino RHP S-R 6-5 210 Fr. Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep 24 Matt Stull 37 Matt Quevedo RHP R-R 6-1 170 So. Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic 19 Derrick Stultz 38 Cory Johnson C L-R 6-0 185 So. Lake Worth, Fla./Liberty Univ./Kings Academy 26 Daniel Thomas 39 Eric Baumann DH R-R 5-11 195 Sr. Tampa, Fla./Duke/Armwood HS 91 David Torcise 40 Andrew Salgueiro RHP R-R 5-11 200 Jr.* Miami, Fla./Louisville/Gulliver Prep 27 Doug Wagner 91 David Torcise LHP L-L 6-1 185 Sr. Homestead, Fla./Louisville/Westminster Christian HS *Must sit out 2008 season due to NCAA transfer rules 1 Lelo Prado, Head Coach Second season at USF, 19th season overall 42 Lazer Collazo, Assistant Coach Second season at USF 18 Bryant Ward, Assistant Coach Second season at USF Left Field Center Field Right Field 23 Tino Martinez, Volunteer Assistant Coach Second season at USF Chris Rey Ryan Lockwood Mike Consolmagno 32 Greg Parris, Director of Baseball Operations Seventh season at USF Junior Carlin Joey Angelberger Pr o n u n c i a t i o n Gu i d e Br e a k d o w n s Coach Lelo Prado Lell-O By Cl a ss Coach Lazer Collazo Coy-ah-zo Freshmen 16 Shortstop Second Base Joey Angelberger Angel-burger Sophomores 6 Addison Maruszak Dexter Butler Mike Anzivino An-za-veen-o Juniors 8 Dexter Butler Addison Maruszak Eric Baumann Baugh-man Seniors 5 Todd Brazeal Bra-zeel Third Base First Base Junior Carlin Car-lEEn By St a t e Jonathan Koscso Pitchers Brandon Smith Mike Consolmagno Con-sol-MAG-no California 1 Charles Cleveland Daniel Thomas Todd Brazeal Jonathan Koscso Kos-co Florida 29 Matt Quevedo Stephen Hunt Ian MacGeorge Mc-George Georgia 1 Derrick Stultz Addison Maruszak Mar-ew-zak Indiana 1 Randy Fontanez Zach Pietrzyk PEE-trick Maryland 1 Shawn Sanford (closer) Victor Pina PEEn-ya New Jersey 1 Matt Quevedo Ka-vey-doe New York 1 Junior Carlin Andrew Salgueiro Sal-gerr-e-o David Torcise David Torcise Tore-EE-cee Kevin Quackenbush Zach Pietrzyk Bi r t h d a y s Stephen Hunt (closer) January - Brian Hobbs, 11; Stephen Hunt, 11; February - Joey Angelberger, 4; Ryan Garcia, 9; Daniel Thomas, 10; Designated Hitter Cory Johnson, 12; Dexter Butler, 12; March - Michael Anzivino, 3; Matt Stull, 11; Derrick Stultz, 23; Ian MacGeorge, Joey Angelberger 25; April - Andrew Salgueiro, 16; May - Teddy Kaufman, 4; Randy Fontanez, 18; Kyle Eastham, 25; June - Ju- Todd Brazeal nior Carlin, 6; July - Jordan McGillis, 18; August - David Torcise, 22; Charles Cleveland, 26; Shawn Sanford, 28; September - Trey Manz, 1; Brandon Smith, 10; Todd Brazeal, 25; October - Eric Baumann, 1; Andrew Longley, 5; Catchers Jonathan Koscso, 28; Doug Wagner, 31; November - Mike Consolmagno, 3; Chris Rey, 25; Kevin Quackenbush, Trey Manz 28; December - Victor Pina, 1; Matt Quevedo, 2; Ryan Lockwood, 18; Addison Maruszak, 21; Zach Pietrzyk, 28. 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Proposed New Stadium Renderings of the proposed USF baseball stadium, planned to be built on the site of the current stadium, at the corner of Bull Run and Sycamore Street.

Red McEwen Field has been the home to USF baseball since the 1967 season. The plaque at the facility honoring McEwen reads: This facility stands and serves Playing their inaugural season (1966) at , the Bulls moved to their new as a living memorial to the sports contribution made to this community by James M. home on the campus of the University of South Florida on March 4, 1967 with an 8-6 “Red” McEwen and the man himself a brilliant athlete, Red McEwen was a participant, loss to Rollins College. A 7-3 victory over St. Andrew’s on March 18, 1967 marked the coach, promoter and a major supporter of athletics in the state of Florida in general, in first-ever victory at USF’s new on-campus facility. Through the first 10 seasons the Tampa in particular. facility was known simply as the USF . The concessions stand and restrooms were added in 1982 while the press box was In 1976 New York Yankees donated lights for the facility and added a year later. the current stands were also erected. The first night game at Red McEwen Field was A new lighting system was installed in 1997 and during the spring of 2004, a new Feb. 25, 1977 against the (an 8-7 victory). scoreboard/message board was installed in right field. Renovations in 2007 included The field was dedicated in honor of James M. “Red” McEwen on March 30, 1977, an Astroturf halo around home plate, landscaping the entire facility, restrooms in dug- prior to a game against the University of Florida. McEwen, who died in the summer of outs and new signage and banners. After moving the outfield fences prior to the 2008 1976, was a Tampa sportsman and civic leader, active in the early efforts to establish season, the field’s dimensions are 330 feet down the left and right field lines, 375' in USF in Hillsborough County in the 1950s. the gaps and 400' to center.

In May 2004, the USF athletic family moved into a sparkling new $15 million facil- facility is 104,000 square feet and brings the vast majority of the athletic department ity that provides student-athletes with an outstanding environment for improving the under one roof. With the exception of men's and women's basketball, volleyball and mind and body with impressive space for academic counseling, sports medicine and men's and women's golf, the remainder of the 13 athletic teams call the facility strength and conditioning, in addition to a home for the athletic department staff. The home.

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Fe b r u a r y Un i v e r s i t y o f So u t h Fl o r i d a 22 Friday Indiana State Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Location Tampa, Fla. 23 Saturday Indiana State Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Enrollment 44,038 24 Sunday Indiana State Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. Founded 1956 28 Thursday Oklahoma State Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Colors Green and Gold 29 Friday New York Yankees Tampa, Fla. 1:15 p.m. Nickname Bulls Ma r c h Affiliation NCAA, Division I 1 Saturday Northwestern Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Conference BIG EAST 2 Sunday Oklahoma State Tampa, Fla. Noon Home Field Red McEwen Field 4 Tuesday Florida Gulf Coast Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Dimensions 340-400-340 5 Wednesday Bethune-Cookman Daytona Beach, Fla. 6 p.m. Capacity 1,500 7 Friday Savannah State Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. President Dr. Judy Genshaft 8 Saturday Savannah State Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Alma Mater, Yr. Wisconsin ‘69 9 Sunday Savannah State Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. Director of Athletics Doug Woolard 11 Tuesday FAU Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. 12 Wednesday UNF Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Alma Mater, Yr. SIU Carbondale ‘73 14 Friday Seton Hall* Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Faculty Representative Dr. Shuresh Khator 15 Saturday Seton Hall* Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Athletic Department Phone (813) 974-2125 16 Sunday Seton Hall* Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. 18 Tuesday Oklahoma Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Te a m Hi s t o r y 19 Wednesday Oklahoma Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. First Season 1966 21 Friday Cincinnati* Cincinnati, Ohio 6:30 p.m. All-Time Record 1,220-963-5 (.559) 22 Saturday Cincinnati (DH)* Cincinnati, Ohio 1 p.m. 25 Tuesday Florida Gulf Coast Ft. Myers, Fla. 6 p.m. All-Time Seasons 43rd season 26 Wednesday UNF Jacksonville, Fla. 7 p.m. Most Wins 52 in 1986 28 Friday Georgetown* Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Conference Titles/Last 7 / 1996 (C-USA) 29 Saturday Georgetown* Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Conf. Tournament Titles/Last 4 / 1995 (Metro) 30 Sunday Georgetown* Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. NCAA Appearances/Last 10 / 2002 Last NCAA Tournament Opponent Florida State Ap r i l Result L, 13-6 1 Tuesday UCF Orlando, Fla. 6:30 p.m. Record 2-2, Lost in Regional Championship 2 Wednesday Bethune-Cookman Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. 4 Friday West Virginia* Morgantown, W.V. 7 p.m. 5 Saturday West Virginia* Morgantown, W.V. 3 p.m. Co a c h i n g St a ff 6 Sunday West Virginia* Morgantown, W.V. 1 p.m. Head Coach Lelo Prado (Tampa, '85) 8 Tuesday UCF Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m. Overall Record (Years) 632-451-2 (18) 11 Friday Louisville* Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Record at USF (Years) 34-26 (1) 12 Saturday Louisville* Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Assistant Coach Lazer Collazo (Miami '88) 13 Sunday Louisville* Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. Year at USF Second 15 Tuesday Stetson DeLand, Fla. 7 p.m. Assistant Coach Bryant Ward (East Carolina '02) 16 Wednesday Bethune-Cookman Daytona Beach, Fla. 6 p.m. 18 Friday Rutgers* Piscataway, N.J. 3:30 p.m. Year at USF Second 19 Saturday Rutgers* Piscataway, N.J. 1 p.m. Volunteer Coach Tino Martinez (Tampa, '88) 20 Sunday Rutgers* Piscataway, N.J. Noon Year at USF Second 22 Tuesday FAU Boca Raton, Fla. 6:30 p.m. Director of Operations Greg Parris (USF, '86) 23 Wednesday Stetson Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Year at USF Seventh 25 Friday Villanova* Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. 26 Saturday Villanova* Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. 2008 Pr e v i e w 27 Sunday Villanova* Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. Position Starters Returning/Lost 4/5 29 Tuesday UCF Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. 30 Wednesday Bethune-Cookman Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Pitchers Returning/Lost 3/9 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 11/19 Ma y Newcomers 23 6 Tuesday UCF Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. 9 Friday St. John’s* Queens, N.Y. 6 p.m. 2007 Re v i e w 10 Saturday St. John’s* Queens, N.Y. 2 p.m. 2007 Overall Record 34-26 11 Sunday St. John’s* Queens, N.Y. Noon Home 23-15 13 Tuesday Florida Gainesville, Fla. 6:30 p.m. Away 9-9 15 Thursday Notre Dame* Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. 16 Friday Notre Dame* Tampa, Fla. 7 p.m. Neutral 2-2 17 Saturday Notre Dame* Tampa, Fla. TBA 2007 BIG EAST Record 13-14 Home 5-7 Po s t s e a s o n Away 8-7 May 20 - May 24 BIG EAST Tournament Clearwater, Fla. Finish 5th May 30 – June 2 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites 2007 BIG EAST Tournament 2-2 June 6 – June 9 Super Regionals Campus Sites June 14 – June 24 College World Series Omaha, Neb.

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Le l o Pr a d o Pr a d o 's Co l l e g i a t e Ca r e e r Head Coach Un i v e r s i t y o f So u t h Fl o r i d a 2007 (1 y e a r ) University of Tampa, 1985 Head Coach, 34-26 Second Season at USF BIG EAST Conference tournament Career Record: 632-451-2 (19 seasons) Un i v e r s i t y o f Lo u i s v i l l e 1995-2006 (11 y e a r s ) Head Coach, 320-301-1 Eight NCAA appearances On June 16, 2006, where in 11 11 C-USA tournament appearances Lelo Prado, a native of seasons he Seven 30-win seasons Cuba who grew up in became that Tampa before embark- school's all- Un i v e r s i t y o f Ta m p a ing on an ultra-success- time win- 1989-1995 (7 y e a r s ) ful college coaching ningest coach Head Coach, 278-124-1 1993 NCAA D-II National Championship career that includes with 320 victo- 1992 NCAA D-II National Championship back-to-back NCAA ries. In addi- Three D-II World Series appearances Division II National tion to his first Championships in his hometown, returned to Tampa to year at USF, Un i v e r s i t y o f Ta m p a become the fifth coach in the USF baseball program's his- his 19 seasons 1986-88 tory. as a head Assistant Coach In his first season with the Bulls, Prado led the squad into coach include the Final Four of the 2007 BIG EAST Conference seven at the Hillsborough Co mm u n i t y Co l l e g e 1985 Championship, completing his inaugural USF campaign University of Assistant Coach with a 36-24 record and a 13-14 conference clip. Tampa and 11 Prado earned his 600th career win just two games into his at the NCAA Po s t s e a s o n Ap p e a r a nc e s rookie year at USF, and now holds a 632-451-2 mark after University of Tampa (D-II): Three (1990, 1992, 1993) 19 years as a collegiate head coach. Louisville. A Louisville: One (2002) Four Bulls from his squad were selected in the 2007 Major proven winner, League Baseball Draft, with picks coming in the 21st, 38th, Prado has col- 44th and 48th rounds. lected two Division II National Championships (1992, 1993), In 2007 he coached three BIG EAST all-conference play- eight NCAA appearances and three Division II World Series ers as well as five College Baseball Foundation National appearances. At Louisville, he took the program to its first- Players of the Week and seven players who earned nine ever NCAA appearance in 2002 and he was the 2002 weekly league awards. Conference USA Coach of the Year, the same year he won Prado led the team to a 9-0 start, which boosted the Bulls USA Baseball Coach of the Year honors. in to the national spotlight. At the end of February, College During his time at Louisville, Prado compiled more wins Baseball News ranked USF No. 30 in their national weekly than any other coach in Cardinal history. He surpassed Dr. poll and the Bulls received votes in the USA Today/ESPN John Heldman Jr. (309) when he registered win No. 310 on and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association polls. May 7, 2006 (a 9-6 win over the No. 8-ranked Notre Dame Prado, 44, joined USF from the University of Louisville, Fighting Irish). The Cardinals closed the 2006 season with

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collegiate amateur squad to a Me e t Le l o Pr a d o 23-7 record, and a silver medal at the first-ever FISU World Born: Nov. 5, 1962 in Havana, Cuba Alma Mater: University of Tampa, 1985 University Baseball Wife: Pam Championships in Messina, Children: Jason, Tyler, Zach Italy. The team also captured Named USF Head Coach: June 16, 2006 the gold medal at the Haarlem Education: B.S. - adult fitness Baseball Week in Haarlem, The Netherlands, and defeat- Overall Head Coaching Record: 632-451-2 ed the Japanese Collegiate All-Stars three games to two, a 12-game winning streak before falling in the championship in the 31st annual USA/Japan Collegiate Championship game of the BIG EAST Conference Championship, posting Series. a 31-29 record with a third-place regular season finish In 2000, he was one of three assistant coaches on the (17-10) in the team's initial year in the BIG EAST. under-22 USA National Team, which posted an all-time best Prado guided the Cardinals to 11-consecutive conference 27-3-1 record and featured college stars like , tournament appearances, including 10-straight in Conference Mark Prior, Xavier Nady and fellow C-USA member Jake USA, as Louisville was one of three teams in the league that Gautreau. Prado served on the USA Baseball selection advanced to the C-USA Tournament in each of conference's committee from 1995-1998 and helped select the `96 first 10 seasons, joining Southern Miss and Tulane. Olympic bronze medal winning squad. He was the only coach in Louisville baseball history to During his 11 years at Louisville, Prado saw 20 players record more than two 30-win seasons, tallying seven (31 in (Matt Berger, Danny Haas, James McAuley, Jorge Maduro, '98, 37 in '99, 32 in '01, 39 in '02, 34 in '03, 32 in '05 and 31 Mike Davis, Brian Bentley, Sean Green, Chad Petty, Justin in '06). Woodrow, Bill Gatti Jr., Key Voshell, Adam Haley, Grant Under Prado, the team earned its first-ever postseason Williams, Josh Bolen, Carlos Fernandez, Ron Braun, Mark appearance in 2002, advancing to the NCAA Regional in Jurich, Scott Barber, J.T. LaFountain and Brian Halford) Atlanta, Ga. Prado led UofL to a single-season record 39 make the pro ranks. wins in 2002, as well as an all-time best conference record Before he was of 21-9, placing second. During the 2002 season, Prado hired at Louisville also guided the USA Baseball National Team as its head in June of 1995, coach, the first coach in C-USA history to do so, leading the Prado spent seven seasons Pr a d o 's Co a c h i n g Hi g h l i g h t s as the head Aw a r d s coach at the Conference USA Coach of the Year, 2002 University of USA Baseball Selection Committee, 1995, 1997, 1998 Tampa. In his USA Baseball Olympic Team Selection Committee, 1996 seven seasons at Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame Induction, 1995 Tampa, Prado Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year, 1989, 1990, 1995 compiled a South Region Coach of the Year, 1993 278-124-1 record, ABCA (D-II) National Coach of the Year, 1992, 1993 South Region Coach of the Year, 1990, 1992 the winningest record in UT's USA Na t i o n a l Te a m , 2002 history, averaging Head Coach, 23-7 record nearly 40 wins Won USA/Japan Collegiate Championship Series per season. His Gold medal at Harrlem Baseball Week .691 winning per- Silver medal at FISU World University Baseball Championships centage ranks among the top 10 U-22 USA Na t i o n a l Te a m , 2000 Assistant Coach, 27-3-1 record in Division II his- tory. In addition to Ni c a r a g u a n Na t i o n a l Ba s e b a l l Te a m the two national Assistant Coach championships, his teams also Di s t r i c t VI Al l -St a r s , 1982 reached the Head Coach College World

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Series in 1990, finishing third, and were an NCAA South Region finalist in each of his other four seasons as head Pr a d o 's Ye a r -b y -Ye a r Re su l t s coach (1989, 1991, 1994 and 1995). Ye a r Sc h o o l Re c o r d Po s t s e a s o n He was named the ABCA National Coach of the Year in 1989 Tampa 37-18-1 South Region Finalist 1992 and 1993, and he was the South Region Coach of the 1990 Tampa 45-14 NCAA World Series Year in 1990, 1992 and 1993. He also won conference 1991 Tampa 34-17 South Region Finalist coach of the year in 1989, 1990 and 1995 and was inducted 1992 Tampa 42-19 NCAA National Champion into the Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame in 1995. 1993 Tampa 43-21 NCAA National Champion His No. 1 jersey is retired at Tampa. 1994 Tampa 36-18 South Region Finalist Prado coached 17 first or second team All-America selec- 1995 Tampa 41-17 South Region Finalist tions at Tampa, including national player of the year Sam 1996 Louisville 18-36 C-USA Tournament 1997 Louisville 23-32 C-USA Tournament Militello in 1990, two Academic All-Americans, 43 All-South 1998 Louisville 31-24 C-USA Tournament Region picks and 32 All-Sunshine State Conference 1999 Louisville 37-19 C-USA Tournament Selections. 2000 Louisville 17-37-1 C-USA Tournament During his tenure at Tampa, seven Spartans were drafted 2001 Louisville 32-29 C-USA Tournament by major league clubs, nine of whom played pro ball and 2002 Louisville 39-18 NCAA Regional four have reached the major leagues, including Tino 2003 Louisville 34-23 C-USA Tournament Martinez (Yankees), Jeff Carter (Chicago White Sox), Ozzie 2004 Louisville 26-30 C-USA Tournament Timmons () and Militello (Yankees). 2005 Louisville 32-24 C-USA Tournament 2006 Louisville 31-29 C-USA Tournament Prado served as Assistant Director of Athletics at Tampa, 2007 USF 34-26 BIG EAST Tournament focusing on fundraising and community support coordina- Total (19 years) 598-425-2 tion. Prado has also worked with the Nicaraguan National Baseball Team. After playing two seasons Wh a t Th e y Sa y Ab o u t Co a c h Pr a d o at Hillsborough Community College, he completed his “Lelo is highly respected in the game of base- college career at Tampa in ball. He was one of the big reasons why Louisville 1985, where he earned a made it all the way to the College World Series in 2007. Virtually all of the players on that team were bachelor’s degree in adult recruited by him and his superb coaching staff fitness. when he was the head coach with the Cardinals. He was an assistant coach In time, I expect South Florida to be a powerhouse at Hillsborough one year in NCAA Division I baseball due to his recruiting skills, coaching ability and the insight he has in (1985) before accepting a hiring great assistant coaches.” similar position at Tampa, Lou Pavlovich where he worked as an Editor, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper assistant for three seasons (1986-88) prior to his “We have had the pleasure of playing against advancement as the Lelo at both Louisville and USF. Lelo-coached teams are always fundamentally sound and are Spartans' head coach. His very well prepared. You know when you are play- first coaching experience ing his teams. They are going to play hard and you was leading the District VI are in for a competitive game.” All-Stars to the 1982 Big Fred Hill League World Series. Head Baseball Coach, Rutgers As a sophomore in high "I know Lelo will bring the same energy and school, Prado was the catch- leadership in his hometown as he exhibited in his er on Tampa Catholic's state 10 years developing our baseball program at the championship team in 1979. University of Louisville. From a personal stand- During his senior campaign point, I watched with great pride the development in 1981, he batted .504 on of my son (former U of L All-American Mark Jurich, his way to All-Hillsborough currently in the Atlanta Braves minor league orga- County honors. nization) as a player under his guidance. Lelo is not only a great asset for USF, but for the BIG Prado and his wife, Pam, EAST Conference as a whole." have three sons, Jason, Tom Jurich Tyler and Zach. Director of Athletics, Louisville

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La z e r Co l l a z o Co l l a z o 's Ca r e e r

Assistant Coach Un i v e r s i t y o f So u t h Fl o r i d a 2007 (1 y e a r ) University of Miami, 1988 Pitching Coach Second Season at USF Pitching Coach Un i v e r s i t y o f Lo u i s v i l l e 2006 (1 y e a r ) Pitching Coach

Lazaro "Lazer" Collazo the pitching coach for Gu l l i v e r Pr e p enters his second season the '99 and '01 nation- 2004 (1 y e a r ) as the Bulls' pitching coach, al champs. Head Coach bringing a championship With the Hurricanes pedigree to USF, having for 18 years, he Un i v e r s i t y o f Mi a m i guided teams to 12 appear- tutored the likes of 1990-91, 1993-2002 (12 Ye a r s ) ances in the College World Danny Graves, Jay Pitching Coach Series, while claiming three Tessmer, Brian 1986-1990 (4 Ye a r s ) College National Walker, Tom Farmer, Graduate Assistant - 1986-90 Pe r s o n a l Championships. Robbie Morrison, Born: March 2, 1964 in Miami, Fla. The Miami native, who Michael Neu, Luke USA Ba s e b a l l Na t i o n a l Te a m Wife: Maria has as impressive a resume DeBold, David Gil and 1993 Children: Gabriel, Michael, Mitchell, as any collegiate pitching J.D. Arteaga. Pitching Coach Matt, Edgar, Danielle, Taylor, Riley coach, oversees the Bulls' Collazo served as Education: B.A. in Psychology pitching staff and assists the pitching coach for Fl o r i d a St a t e Se m i n o l e s with camps and recruiting. the 1993 USA 1992 "Lazer is one of the best pitching coaches I have ever been Baseball National Pitching Coach around," said head coach Lelo Prado. "He gets the most out of his Team, helping the pitchers. He recruits a lot in this area and his ties down in Miami team to a 30-16 Mi a m i La z e r s really help us. I really feel that he is one of the best pitching record. The pitching 1987-89 coaches in America." staff compiled a 3.04 Head Coach Throughout the 2007 season, four of Collazo's pitchers were ERA and captured a ranked in the top 50 in national statistical categories, including silver medal at the Intercontinental Cup Tournament in Spain and wins, saves and per nine innings. Two of Collazo's paly- a bronze medal at the World University Games in Buffalo, N.Y. ers were selected in the 2007 Major League Draft, one of which He was a graduate assistant coach with the Hurricanes for the was Danny Otero, who was the Minor League Baseball Short- five seasons (1986-90), following his graduation at UM. He was Season of the Year and a post-season All-Star. then named an assistant coach under in 1990 and Collazo joined USF's staff in July of 2006, following a year at the 1991. In 1992 he was the pitching coach for Florida State, where University of Louisville where he oversaw the Cardinal pitching he helped the Seminoles staff and assisted with strength and conditioning, camps and team reach the College World defense. Under Collazo, Louisville compiled a 4.87 team ERA, Series with a 49-21 record while holding opposing hitters to a .273 batting average (fourth- and a team ERA of 3.02. best in the BIG EAST). In just their first season in the BIG EAST, Baltimore Oriole Hall of the Cardinals advanced to the championship game of the BIG Famer Jim Palmer hired EAST Tournament. Collazo as a private pitching Prior to joining the Cardinal staff, Collazo spent one season as instructor in 1991 during head coach at Gulliver Palmer's comeback attempt. Prep High School in In 1987 he became the Miami, guiding it to the youngest coach to ever win a school's first-ever state National Baseball Congress championship in 2004. Tournament, guiding the He has been a mem- Miami Lazers to a 32-3 record ber of three NCAA and 16th-place finish out of College World Series 41 teams in his first stint as a Championship teams head coach. with the University of Collazo, who holds a bach- Miami, posting a 2.79 elor’s degree in psychology ERA in limited action for from Miami, enjoys spending the 1985 team as a time with his wife Maria. reliever and working as

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Assistant Coach Un i v e r s i t y o f So u t h Fl o r i d a East Carolina University, 2002 2007 (1 y e a r ) Second Season at USF Infield Coach Al e x a n d r i a Be e t l e s 2006 (1 s u mm e r )

Ca l St a t e Fu l l e r t o n In his second season at Before joining the 2004-06 (2 y e a r s ) USF, One of the nation's Cal State Fullerton bright, young coaching Staff, Ward served as Pi t t Co mm u n i t y Co l l e g e minds, Bryant Ward will con- an assistant coach at 2003-04 (1 Ye a r ) tinue to add a wealth of Pitt (N.C.) Community knowledge and experience College from 2003-04. He assisted in all defensive and offensive to the Bulls' coaching staff. instruction and development, as well as recruiting. A native of Greenville, Ward was a standout infielder for the East Carolina Pirates N.C., Ward was instrumen- from 1998-02, playing for the late Keith LeClair. Serving as team tal in the recruitment of captain during his senior season, Bryant helped guide the Pirates Pe r s o n a l USF's 2008 baseball class, to a 182-67 record and four-consecutive NCAA Tournament Born: Sept. 27, 1979 which was tabbed as the appearances. He finished his ECU career ranked fifth in games in Greenville, N.C. No. 43 squad in the country played (194), seventh in at-bats (687) and third in doubles (50). Education: B.S. in Communications by Collegiate Baseball During his freshman campaign (1999), Ward and the Pirates Newspaper. posted a 46-16 overall record and became the first Colonial Ward, who head coach Lelo Prado says is one of the best up- Athletic Association team to earn a No. 1 seed at an NCAA and-coming young coaches in the country, came to USF from Cal Regional. State Fullerton in the fall of 2006. As a sophomore (2000), Ward once again helped lead East While on staff at Cal State Fullerton, the Titans compiled a Carolina to a top seed in the NCAA Regionals and captured their record of 96-33 during Ward's two seasons, hosting a Super second-consecutive CAA crown. In 2001, Ward earned first team Regional in 2005 and advancing to Omaha in 2006. This past All-CAA, second team All-East Region and NCAA All-Wilson season, the Titans finished the year with a 50-15 record, making Regional honors, the team's 14th trip to Omaha. The Titans finished the '06 season while leading the hitting .313 with 43 home runs, while ranking in the top five in each Pirates in batting of the year's final polls. In his first season with the Big West average (.368) and Conference power, Ward helped guide the Titans to a 46-18 record doubles (22). ECU and an appearance in the Super Regionals held at the Cal State went 47-13, earning Fullerton baseball field. the school's first- "As sad as we were to see Bryant go, we are elated at the ever national seed opportunity he has in front of him at USF," said Cal State Fullerton (No. 7) and finishing head coach George Horton. "In my opinion they have acquired one just two games shy of the brilliant young baseball minds in the country and will soon of reaching the find out how valuable he will be to their program, just as we found College World out what he meant to ours over the past two seasons." Series. As a senior (2002), Ward guided East Carolina to a 43-20-1 record as a team captain. The Pirates earned a No. 24 national ranking and secured its first- ever Conference USA Tournament title and its fourth- straight NCAA post- season appear- ance. Ward resides in Tampa.

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Ti n o Ma r t i n e z Volunteer Assistant Coach University of Tampa, 1988 Second Season at USF Hitting Coach

Former New York ting, sure hands and quiet leadership in the locker room made him Yankee and Tampa Bay one of the cornerstones of the greatest baseball dynasties of the Devil Ray Tino Martinez, century, a team that brought home four World Series victories in who played at Tampa while 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. Prado was an assistant From 1995 to 1999, Martinez logged 587 RBI, the most in the coach there, will be a volun- and second in . He re- teer assistant coach for the ceived MLB All-Star honors in 1995 and 1997 and Silver Slugger Bulls again this season. in 1997, while winning the Derby in 1997 and finishing He has been a cham- second in MVP voting. That same year, with a total of 44 home pion at every level, both on runs, Martinez became the first Yankee to hit more than 40 home and off the field. runs since in 1980, joining , Lou Geh- After leading Tampa Catholic and Jefferson High Schools to state rig, , Joe DiMaggio and . In 1998, he championships in the mid-1980s, Martinez was drafted in the third became only the 17th man in the history of baseball to hit a grand round by the Boston Red Sox in 1985. Opting instead for college, slam in a World Series game. he spent three years playing for the University of , In 2000, Martinez hit an astounding .364 in the postseason, his where he was a three-time All-American, an Academic All-Ameri- 24-for-66 falling one hit shy of the all-time record and powering can and a fixture in the Spartan record books. Martinez still holds the Yankees to a World Series victory over the Mets. In 2001, he Spartan records for career home runs (54), career batting average launched one of the greatest hits in World Series history, a bottom- (.399), career slugging percentage (.736), single season batting of-the-ninth, two-out, two-run homer that tied the game and paved average (.452) and single season slugging percentage (.957). the way for a 10th-inning win. The bat used to hit that dramatic In 1988, Martinez led the 1988 United States baseball team to home run is enshrined in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. the gold medal in the Summer Olympics in , . He Martinez retired from following the 2005 was named MVP of the World Amateur Championships in Parma, season after re- Italy, hitting .413 with four home runs and 18 RBI and was named turning to the on The Sporting News College All-America team. Yankees for a fi- That year, he also was a finalist for the , pre- nal year. He left sented to the country’s best amateur player. the game with The Seattle Mariners drafted Martinez in the first round (14th 339 home runs, overall) of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft. After a slew of 1271 RBI and a Triple-A All-star and MVP honors, he made his first appearance in .995 career field- the majors in 1990, beginning a career that would span 16 years ing percentage and lead him from the Mariners to the New York Yankees, St. Louis in 2023 games Cardinals, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and back to the Yankees. played. He be- As one of MLB’s most feared hitters, Martinez made his living came an an- driving in runs, developing a reputation as a hitter who was most chor on ESPN’s dangerous with runners in scoring position. Martinez's clutch hit- beginning with the 2006 sea- son, and in June 2006, agreed to join the Uni- versity of coaching staff as Major League Baseball a volunteer as- All-Star Tino Martinez sistant. with the Trophy, which he won in 1997 in his second year with the New York Yankees.

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Gr e g Pa r r i s Director of Baseball Operations USF, 1986 Seventh Season at USF

Greg Parris enters his seventh season on the University of South Florida staff, first joining the pro- gram in 2002 as the administrative assistant. He was a volunteer assis- tant and is now the Director of Baseball Operations. Prior to joining USF, Parris put together a 14-year record of 234-138 in the prep ranks. He was 208-69 in 10 seasons at Brandon High School. Parris led Brandon to six confer- ence titles, four district champion- ships, a pair of regional trophies as well as a trip to the state title game in 1995. He was named the Florida Athletic Coaches Association District Coach of the Year in 1995 and 1996 and the Class 6A Coach of the Year in 1996 when Brandon enjoyed an undefeated regular-season. Forty of his players earned college scholarships and 16 were drafted profession- ally. Parris earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from USF in 1986 and his master's degree in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern in 1994. Parris and his wife, Lisa, reside in Brandon with their daughter, Savannah (9) and son, Easton (2).

USF Ba s e b a l l Co a c h e s Volunteer Tino Martinez, Assistant Lazer Collazo, Head Coach Lelo Prado, Director of Operations Greg Parris, Assistant Bryant Ward

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