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LSUS BASEBALL RANKED # 18 IN NAIA PRESEASON POLL NOVEMBER 17, 2009 Kansas City, MO- The NAIA release today the preseason top 25 poll for the 2010 season which included the LSUS Pilots ranked at the number 18 spot. Just two teams from the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference were included in the poll. LSUS ranked 18th and William Carey University tied for 14th. The Pilots have the opportunity to soar high in the poll as the season unfolds with the tough conference schedule. Belhaven College also received votes in this year’s poll to enter the season ranked 34th. LSUS will face # 14 William Carey University for two three-game series. The first series will be on February 5th and 6th in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and the second series will be on April 2nd and 3rd at Pilot Field. The Pilots will face Belhaven College on February 12th and 13th at Pilot Field and at Smith Wills Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 26th and 27th. LSUS will begin the 2010 season on the road against GCAC opponent, Spring Hill College at Stan Galle Field, in Mobile, Alabama, on January 29th and 30th. The first game at Pilot Field will be on February 12th at 6:30 p.m versus the Belhaven Blazers. 2010 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 Poll – (Nov. 17) RANK LAST WEEK^ SCHOOL 2009 RECORD* TOTAL POINTS 1 1 Lubbock Christian University (Texas) (23) 52-8 684 2 3 Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) 45-13 649 3 2 Oklahoma City University 53-9 642 4 5 Southern Polytechnic State University (Ga.) 53-10 609 5 10 Lee University (Tenn.) 53-14 568 6 7 Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) (1) 40-15 566 7 6 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) 44-14 561 8 8 Campbellsville University (Ky.) 39-12 503 9 13 Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) 39-21 497 10 11 Bellevue University (Neb.) 41-12 495 11 9 Tennessee Wesleyan College 44-15 476 12 15 Lindenwood University (Mo.) 45-12 397 13 12 University of British Columbia 38-13 371 T14 21 William Carey University (Miss.) 36-22 341 T14 18 Wayland Baptist University (Texas) 43-15 341 16 14 Union College (Ky.) 44-12 310 17 RV Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) 36-20 298 18 19 Louisiana State University-Shreveport 42-16 283 19 RV Cumberland University (Tenn.) 33-25 254 20 NR Warner University (Fla.) 37-18 245 21 16 Madonna University (Mich.) 39-12 242 22 17 Malone University (Ohio) 47-16 223 23 RV Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) 37-23 195 24 24 Saint Xavier University (Ill.) 41-15 180 25 RV Northwood University (Texas) 36-19 132 Others receiving votes: Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) 124; Union University (Tenn.) 94; Texas Wesleyan University 72; Taylor University (Ind.) 62; Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) 59; William Jewell College (Mo.) 59; McKendree University (Ill.) 56; California Baptist University 45; Belhaven College (Miss.) 35; Jamestown College (N.D.) 30; University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) 24; University of Houston - Victoria (Texas) 24; Spring Arbor University (Mich.) 17; Bluefield College (Va.) 11; Nebraska Wesleyan University 8; Ohio Dominican University 8; Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.) 7; Oklahoma Baptist University 6; Biola University (Calif.) 6; University of St. Francis (Ill.) 3; Georgetown College (Ky.) 1; Indiana Institute of Technology 1; Lambuth University (Tenn.) 1; Mount Mercy College (Iowa) 1; Freed-Hardeman University (Tenn.) 1; Dickinson State University (N.D.) 1; Dakota Wesleyan University (S.D.) 1; Sterling College (Kan.) 1; Culver-Stockton College (Mo.) 1; William Woods University (Mo.) 1; Park University (Mo.) 1; Peru State College (Neb.) 1; University of Rio Grande (Ohio) 1; University of South Carolina - Beaufort (SC) 1 ^ Rating from the 2009 final regular season poll. * Final overall record from 2009 season, as submitted by the conference rater. LSUS, BROUILLETTE AND ENNIS NAMED NAIA PRESEASON ALL- AMERICANS NOVEMBER 09, 2009 Kansas City, MO- LSUS’ juniors, Andrew Brouillette and Justin Ennis, were named to the 2010 NAIA Baseball All-America Team which was announced on Friday afternoon. The LSUS Pilots look forward to the 2010 season and will have these preseason All Americans to make a run for another championship season. Andrew Brouillette, a junior from Benton, Louisiana, had a banner year in 2009 leading the Pilots in numerous offensive categories with a .455 batting average, 209 at bats, 95 hits, 21 doubles, 21 homeruns, 100 RBI, 187 total bases, .895 slugging percentage and a .565 on base percentage. Brouillette now holds the single season records at LSUS for batting average, homeruns, RBI, total bases, slugging percentage and on base percentage. He also set new Gulf Coast Athletic Conference records last year in RBI and slugging percentage. Brouillette now holds three LSUS career records for doubles, homeruns and RBI. His 100 RBI total from last season was not only good enough to break the school’s and conference’s record; he now holds the NAIA record for runs batted in in a single season. Brouillette currently has a career batting average of .433, which passes Kevin Ross who finished with a career batting average of .382. “With a player like Brou, you never have to question if he is giving you his all, he gives us all he has whether it’s at practice, a game or just working on his swing own his own,” said Head Coach, Rocke Musgraves. Justin Ennis, a junior from Livingston, Texas, was the go to guy on the mound last season for the Pilots as he lead the team in ERA with a 3.11, appearances with 18, 15 games started, an impressive 6 complete games, 107 innings pitched and 78 strikeouts. Ennis’ top outings of 2009 included a complete game performance in a win against Belhaven College where he pitched 9 innings, allowed just three hits, 2 runs (1 earned), 1 walk and nine strikeouts. He would strikeout nine batters again against Spring Hill College just allowing two earned runs in eight innings pitched. Ennis took the mound against the then ranked top 10, Bellevue University (Neb.) and led the Pilots to a win as he pitched a complete game allowing no walks while striking out 5 Bruin batters. “Justin has been a key aspect to our program since the first day he got here. We knew he was going to be something special by the way he handles himself on and off the field. He is another guy that always gives us his all,” stated Pitching Coach, Chris Bertrand. The 2010 LSUS Pilots will open their season on the road in Mobile, Alabama, against the Spring Hill Badgers on January 29th, with the first pitch at 6 p.m. 2010 NAIA Baseball Preseason All-America Team (Nov. 6, 2009) Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown Josh Ashenbrenner% Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) INF Sr. Kirkland, Wash. Ross Blondin^ Lubbock Christian (Texas) 3B Sr. Sonoma, Calif. Andrew Brouillette^ Lousiana State-Shreveport C Jr. Benton, La. Brian Burke$ Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) C Sr. Lancaster, Calif. Brian Chase$ Campbellsville (Ky.) 1B Sr. San Jose, Calif. Brice Cutspec^ Azusa Pacific (Calif.) INF Sr. Westminster, Calif. Oscar DePablos% Northwood (Fla.) OF Jr. Kissimmee, Fla. Tim Dunn^ Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) P Sr. Bardwell, Ky. R.L. Eisenbach$ Lubbock Christian (Texas) P Sr. Newark, Ohio Justin Ennis% Lousiana State-Shreveport P Jr. Livingston, Texas Jayson Koehn^ St. Xavier (Ill.) P Sr. Beecher, Ill. Jared Noteboom% Morningside (Iowa) 2B Sr. South Sioux City, Neb. John O’Brien% St. Xavier (Ill.) SS Sr. Lake Zurich, Ill. Tyler Tamayose% William Woods (Mo.) 1B So. Lethbridge, Alberta Jono Waugh^ Southern Polytechnic State (Ga.) SS Sr. Oxford, Ala. Derek Weber% Mount Mercy (Iowa) P Jr. Waterloo, Iowa Justin Zinkovich^ Embry Riddle (Fla.) P Sr. Cocoa, Fla. ^ 2009 All-America First Team $ 2009 All America Second Team % 2009 All-America Honorable Mention BRAVATA'S JERSEY DISPLAYED IN COLLEGE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME SEPTEMBER 02, 2009 LSUS Pilot's sophomore outfielder from Baton Rouge, Brandon Bravata, set the national record for most hit by pitches in a single season during the 2009 season. This summer Bravata’s #23 jersey was shipped to Lubbock, Texas to be displayed at the College Baseball Hall of Fame showcase from the 2009 season. The 2009 showcase of the collected memorabilia will travel throughout the United States through the course of the year, and then become a permanent fixture in the College Baseball Hall of Fame. The old record was held by Jamie Tapp of Oklahoma City University whit 34 HBP’s during the 2002 season. Bravata surpassed Tapp with his 35th HBP on April 24, 2009 against the Spring Hill Badgers. The most HBP’s in a single game for Bravata was three, which he did twice (1/23/09 @ Mobile, 3/21 @ LSUA).During the season, Bravata had a consecutive streaks of 6 games and 5 games of being hit by a pitch. Brandon Bravata is the first player in LSUS history to have his jersey in any Hall of Fame and hold a national record, but he may not be finished at setting records. Bravata has a career total of 47 HBP’s which is over half way to the current record of 81 HBP’s in a career by Jamie Tapp of OCU 2000-2003. Bravata needs only 35 more hit by pitches to set the national career records and he still has two seasons left to play. He would have to average 17.5 HBP for the next two seasons to break the record at which he had done just two months into the previous season. Bravata’s record breaking season of HBP’s Date Opponent # of HBP Total 1-23 University of Mobile 3 3 1-24 University of Mobile 1 4 1-30 LSU-Alexandria 2 6 1-31 LSU-Alexandria 1 7 1-31 LSU-Alexandria 1 8 2-4 Southern Arkansas University 1 9 2-7 Belhaven College 1 10 2-7 Belhaven College 1 11 2-13 William Carey University 1 12 2-14 William Carey University 2 14 2-17 Louisiana College 2 16 2-21 Tougaloo College 1 17 3-1 Bellevue University 2 19 3-7 Spring Hill College 1 20 3-10 Texas College 1 21 3-15 University of Mobile 1 22 3-15 University of Mobile 2 24 3-17 Southern Arkansas University 1 25 3-18 Louisiana College 1 26 3-21 LSU-Alexandria 3 29 3-28 Belhaven College 1 30 3-31 Texas Wesleyan University 1 31 3-31 Texas Wesleyan University 1 32 4-4 William Carey University 1 33 4-8 Univ.