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USFUSF BaseballBaseball Season Preview 2008 USF BA S E B ALL 2007 REVIEW HOME AW A Y T ON CA T ch 47 TV 1 Schedule 56 A Look Back at 2007 FEBRUARY 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 7 pm 7 pm 6 Home Facilities 60 Game-by-Game Hitting 7 Quick Facts and Schedule 61 Game-by-Game Pitching 24 25 26 27 28 T 29 @ 1 ISU OSU NYY NWU 8-10 Head Coach Lelo Prado 62 2007 BIG EAST Statistics 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 MAR 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 MEET THE TEA M OSU FGC BCC SSU SSU Noon 7 pm 6 pm 7 pm 7 pm 16-17 Joey Angelberger HI S TORY AND RECORD S 9 10 11 12 13 14 T 15 18-19 Dexter Butler 70 Individual Hitting Records 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 APRIL 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 WVU UCF UofL UofL 34 Stephen Hunt 104-105 Active Bulls in the Minor Leagues 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 THE UNIVER S ITY 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 1 pm 7 pm 7 pm 37 Zach Pietrzyk 116 Associate Director of Athletics Kevin Quackenbush 117 Academic Services 38 Chris Rey 118 Sports Medicine MAY 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 Baseball Academy & Camps UCF STJ STJ 7 pm 6 pm 2 pm EDIA N F OR M ATION M I CREDITS 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 New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Lea BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG 51 2008 Postseason Photography/Volcanoes Baseball, Nikolaus Johnson/Carolina Mudcats, EAST EAST EAST EAST EAST Seattle Mariners, Ron Vesely/Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins, 52 BIG EAST Conference Oakland A’s, Jerry Wachter/Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds. 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 World Series, Omaha, Neb. Seven Regular Season Conference Titles 1 Season 20082008 BullsBulls Preview USF in 2008 In his sec- the staff, especially Thomas, Quevedo and Sanford," BIG EAST CO M E S TO FLORIDA 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 Florida, 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 LL S IN NATIONAL SP OTLI G HT 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 pitchers (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 THREE IN THE 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." CATCHER 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 TWO RIVALS .C O M PLAYER 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.