the field, compiling a 1.000 fielding percent- age in three chances. Right GRANT ACHILLES #21 Throws: 185 HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL Bats: Right Weight: Heritage HS All-Region and All-District first team as a jun- Height: 5-10 High School: Lynchburg,Va. Hometown: Lynchburg,Va. Birthplace: ior and a senior... helped lead his team to a Birthdate: 6/11/83 Region III Championship and a berth in the Virginia title game... batted .495 for Post 16 Career Highs Last Time It Happened with 27 stolen bases in 2001... was named Hits: -- HR: -- MVP of the World Youth Classic Runs: 1 vs. Davidson (5-1-02) Multi-Hit: -- Walks: 1 vs. Davidson (5-1-02) Multi-HR: -- Championship in 2001... coached by Dennis Knight at Heritage High School... was an YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A Academic All-State selection for three 2002 .000 4-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0-0 years. er Deacon infielder Todd Health and Exercise Science major... chose Wake Forest over Liberty... is the son of Doug and Marie Achilles... the younger brother of form Achilles, who now works in the Wake Forest admissions office.

GRANT ACHILLES SOPHOMORE THE BOOK ON ACHILLES INFIELD A hard-working infielder who gives 100 percent every day in practice... has impressed the coaches Off the Field With Grant Achilles with a solid fall practice...cited by many as one of the most improved players on the team... saw limited Most Impressive Person You Know: My dad game action as a freshman... used most often as a Favorite Class: Economics (Prof.Whaples) pinch-runner or late-game defensive replacement. What Do You Do Before Every Game: Pray 2002: FRESHMAN YEAR My Best Non-Athletic Talent: Appeared in two games in the NCAA Winston-Salem Writing romantic poetry Regional... had one at-bat against Navy and caught the final out of the game... pinch-ran against Most People Don’t Know This About Me: Richmond... saw action in four games overall... made My second grade picture was taken with an three plate appearances as a freshman... walked and acorn in my ear scored against Davidson on May 1... was flawless in 2002: FRESHMAN YEAR Posted a 6-1 record an a 5.86 ERA...appeared in Right 16 games with five starts... threw a total of 43 BRIAN BACH #16 Throws: 195 innings and struck out 29 hitters against 19 Bats: Right Weight: Mount Tabor HS walks... pitched 2.1 scoreless innings of relief Height: 6-2 High School: Winston-Salem, N.C. at the ACC Tournament... three of his six wins Hometown: Winston-Salem, N.C. Birthplace: Birthdate: 6/16/82 came against ACC teams (vs. Ga. Tech, at NC State, at Virginia)... defeated Georgia, Virginia Career Highs Last Time It Happenedin: at West Virginia (5-15-02) Tech and West Virginia... struck out a career- IP: 9 at Va.Tech (4-24-02) W high eight batters vs.Georgia on March 19 to K: 8 vs. Georgia (3-19-02) Loss: vs. Richmond (6-2-02) BB: 4 vs. UNC (4-6-02) Save: Never get the win... tossed a complete game at Virginia Tech on April 24 with seven strike- YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO outs and no walks... his complete game 2002 16-5 6-1 1 0 0 5.86 43.0 55 34 28 19 29 came one day after fellow freshman Tim Morley threw one at Charlotte. Accounting major... chose Wake Forest over Vanderbilt andofford, UNC... Cousin parents Aaron are Tom and Marianne Bach... father Tom ran track at Northwestern,inston-Salem Uncle Robbie played ten- nis at , Uncle Robert played football at W Peterson played at Queens College... one of two W MOUNT TABOR HS ake Forest rosters (Steve LeFaivre). natives on the W The 2001 Central Piedmont BRIAN Conference Player of the Year at BACH Mount Tabor High School in SOPHOMORE THE BOOK ON BACH Winston-Salem... led his USSSA PITCHER A solid middle reliever for the Deacons as team, the Carolina Hurricanes, a freshman... used occasionally as a to a national championship Off the Field With Brian Bach starter in mid-week games... will likely with a 1.00 ERA... was a two- stay in that role as a sophomore... a time all-conference pick at My Hobbies Include: Golfing sinker-slider type pitcher... comes Mount Tabor under coach Favorite Class: Accounting in on the righties and away from Trey Massie... batted .486 as the lefties... touches 90 on the a senior for the Spartans Best Player I’ve Ever Played Against: radar gun and regularly throws with a 1.20 ERA... helped his Kyle Sleeth in the upper-80’s... a tough team to a North Carolina My Best Non-Athletic Talent: Sales competitor... came to Wake State Games gold medal... Forest one of the best prep also earned a letter in bas- Person In History You’d Most Like to Meet: players in North Carolina on ketball and track... a Mickey Mantle the mound and with the member of the National bat... a smart student and a Honor Society. Favorite TV Show: Seinfeld smart athlete.

2003 Wake Forest 19 THE BOOK ON BLUE vs.NC State...went 5-for-10 at Florida State One of the team’s three captains along with fellow with three RBI... rode a seven-game hit streak from seniors Seth Hill and Ryan Johnson... begins third February 20 to March 4... went 3-for-10 with five RBI season as the everyday second baseman... a slick in two games vs. New Orleans... drove in three runs fielder... always seems to be on base and a threat to against the Privateers on March 2. steal... missed fall practices after shoulder surgery. 2000: FRESHMAN YEAR 2002: JUNIOR YEAR Played in 22 games as a rookie, usually as a late- Finished the year with a .355 average, third best on inning defensive replacement... made just 22 plate appearances but the squad...his 21 stolen bases and .453 on-base per- HONORS & AWARDS centage were second made the most of his HONORS & AWARDS best on the team... * All-NCAA Regional opportunities, batting * 2nd Team All-ACC batted .414 in ACC Team (Knoxville,Tenn.) .364... did not commit * All-ACC Tourney Team games (29-for-70) ... an error... went 2-for-3 the ACC Player of the with three runs and two RBI against Davidson on Week on April 22... led the ACC with 1.53 runs per February 24. conference game, 29 runs total... reaches base at a .500 clip in conference games, sixth in the ACC... had SARATOGA HIGH SCHOOL four-hit games vs. Clemson, Virginia and Maryland A top 100 California prospect... earned All- (twice)... had 19 multi-hit games against highly-tout- Conference honors at shortstop in his junior and NICK BLUE ed opponents such as Clemson, Rice, Florida State, senior years at Saratoga... led team to CCS sectional SENIOR Georgia Tech and Nebraska...batted .300 or better all championship... named team’s offensive and defen- SECOND BASE but one day of the season... a standout defensive sive player of the year in 1998... awarded the player who owned a .941 fielding percentage... stole Saratoga team MVP award in four bases in a game against Maryland, the 1998... invited to try out for the NICK BLUE #1 first Deacon to accomplish the feat since Area Code team... Bats: Switch 1988... hit his first collegiate “outside- played on all-Japanese Little Height: Throws: 6-0 Right Hometown: Weight: the-park” home run in that game vs. League and Pony League Fairfax, Calif. 178 Birthdate: High School: the Terps... had 13 multi-RBI squads in Japan... participant 4/16/81 Saratoga HS Birthplace: games... led the team with eight sac on the 1996 U.S. 16-under Fairfax, Calif. Career Highs Last Time It Happened bunts... batted .500 (6-for-12) with the team that traveled to Hits: 4 vs. NC State (5-20-01) HR: vs. Maryland (4-19-02) bases loaded... hit .462 in the month Australia and again in RBI: 3 three times Multi-Hit: vs. Richmond (6-2-02) of April before injuring his shoul- 1998. HR: 1 vs. NC State (4-22-01) Multi-HR: Never der... missed 15 games from late- YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A April through late-May with a dislo- 2000 .364 22-1 22 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 2 1-1 cated shoulder...Wake was 31-8 when 2001 .291 59-55 196 47 57 6 0 1 31 32 26 18-21 2002 .355 51-51 203 60 72 9 0 1 40 37 21 21-24 Blue started at second base. Total .325 132-107 421 112 137 16 0 2 74 69 49 40-46 2001: SOPHOMORE YEAR Full name is Nicolas Blue... Communications major... chose Wake Forest over San Diego St., San Diego and Santa Clara... parents are Kathy Moore and David Blue. Picked up a career-high four hits in the ACC Championship game with a walk... had a key two-run single in the sixth inning that gave Wake Forest a cushion in the championship game... selected to the NCAA All-Regional Off the Field with Nick Blue team in Knoxville after batting .353 with six Favorite Food: Kanpai hits, two walks and two stolen bases... turned a spectacular double play in the Favorite Class at WFU: Film with Mary Dalton semifinals of the ACC Tournament to If I Have a Career Besides Pro Baseball, It help the Deacons escape an eighth- Will Be: In film inning jam and defeat Georgia Tech... bat- ted .333 in 10 postseason games... reached My Hobbies Include: Screenwriting base at a solid .400 clip on the year... swiped 18 Favorite Movie: Casablanca bases in 21 attempts including a perfect 11-for-11 in ACC games... hit .314 against conference oppo- Most Famous Person to Attend Your High nents... started 55 games at second base, typically School: Steven Spielberg batting second... hit a three-run inside-the-park Most Impressive Person You Know: My Mom BLUE VS.THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Favorite TV show: Baseball Tonight 2002 CAREER Best Player I’ve Ever Played Against: AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI (formerly of Clemson) vs. CU .636 3-3 11 2 7 0 3 vs. CU .458 7-7 24 2 11 0 3 The Person in History You’d Most Like to vs. DU -- 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. DU .462 4-3 13 2 6 0 1 Meet: Ted Williams vs. FSU .312 4-4 16 4 5 0 1 vs. FSU .357 8-8 28 7 10 0 4 vs. GT .375 2-2 8 4 3 0 1 vs. GT .296 7-6 27 11 8 0 3 My Favorite Sportscaster: Tony Gwynn vs. MD .769 3-3 13 8 10 1 7 vs. MD .524 7-6 21 11 11 1 7 The Person Who Has Most Influenced Your vs. NC .056 4-4 18 3 1 0 2 vs. UNC .103 9-7 29 6 3 0 2 Athletic Career: My Dad vs. NCS .273 4-4 11 3 3 0 6 vs. NCS .321 9-8 28 8 9 1 12 vs.VA .583 3-3 12 6 7 0 2 vs.VA .464 9-7 28 10 13 0 4 I Wish I Was Better At: Hitting bombs ACC .404 23-23 89 30 36 1 22 vs. ACC .359 60-52 198 57 71 2 36 My Biggest Fear is: Non-ACC .323 32-32 133 43 43 0 22 Non-ACC.296 72-55 223 55 66 0 38 Dislocating my shoulder again

20 2003 Wake Forest Baseball THE BOOK ON BOURASSA One of the best players in the country... a junior col- lege transfer who burst onto the Division I scene last season... claimed the center field position from day one...often overlooked by scouts because of his size, Bourassa is a four-tool player with the proven ability to hit for average, blazing speed, strong arm while playing flawless defense... the team’s leadoff hitter... two-time Cape Cod All-Star for Yarmouth-Dennis.

2002: JUNIOR YEAR Had one of the best all-around seasons in Wake Forest history... HONORS & AWARDS led the Deacons * 2nd Team All-American in average, hits, (Baseball Weekly) triples and stolen * 3rd Team All-American bases... started (NCBWA) every game in ADAM * First Team All-ACC center field for BOURASSA * NCAA All-Regional Team Wake... reached SENIOR (Winston-Salem) base in 60 of 61 OUTFIELD * ACC All-Tournament Team games... did not slip below .355 at any point last KISHWAUKEE JC / EASTVIEW HS year... third in the ACC in batting Selected to the all-conference and all-region teams Left average, third in triples, third in ADAM BOURASSA #8 Throws: as a sophomore...hit .331 at Kishwaukee as a fresh- 175 on-base percentage, fifth in hits Bats: Left Weight: man with 43 runs in 43 games... an All-Region IV 5-8 Eastview HS and fifth in stolen bases... batting Height: High School: All-Tournament Team pick... named male ath- Apple Valley, Minn. Faulkton, S.D. .456 vs. ACC pitching... second in Hometown: Birthplace: lete of the year at Kishwaukee... attended Birthdate: 3/31/81 the league with 44 hits in ACC Eastview High School in Apple Valley, games (1.91 per game)... a Minn., and was coached by J.D. Bickle. Career Highs Last Time It Happened tremendous fielder who made Hits: 4 four times HR: vs. Maryland (4-21-02) just one error... hit .512 with run- RBI: 4 vs. App. State (3-5-02) Multi-Hit: at Liberty (5-13-02) HR: 1 two times Multi-HR: -- ners in scoring position (41-for- SB: 3 vs. Duke (5-19-02) Multi-SB: vs. Duke (5-19-02) 80)...knocked in four game-win- ning runs... his 11th inning RBI YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A 2002 .412 61-61 250 71 103 11 4 2 41 35 21 26-31 single proved to be the game- winner at New Orleans on A two-time Cape Cod League All-Star for Yarmouth-Dennis... spent the final six weeks March 11... had multi-hit of the 2002 season batting better than .400... sociology major... the son of Nick and Kristy Bourassa... chose Wake Forest because of its atmosphere and the players on the games against nationally- team... high school teammate Chris Lambader plays for Indiana. ranked teams including Clemson, Rice, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Nebraska and Richmond... had nine hits in a three-game Off the Field with Adam Bourassa series vs. Maryland... enjoyed a 14-game hitting Favorite Class: Physics streak from April 27 through June 1. Favorite Movies: Rudy, Iron Will CAPE COD LEAGUE (Y-D RED SOX) My favorite Coach Greer phrase: “Hubbard, Played the past two summers for the Yarmouth- haven’t seen you at Waffle House lately.” Dennis Red Sox of the prestigious wood bat Cape My favorite Coach Mabe phrase: Cod League... named to the All-Star team in 2001 “My wife thinks you need to cut your hair.” and 2002... helped take Y-D to the 2002 playoffs... batted .500 in the postseason... finished second in My favorite Coach Holmes phrase: the league in hitting at .323, second with 50 hits Forget phrases, I just like the way he dresses and fifth in stolen bases with 18... reached base My Hobbies Include: in four of five plate appearances in the 2002 Video games, pretending to be social All-Star Game and scored the East’s only run. The Most Impressive Person You Know: My Dad BOURASSA VS.THE ACC IN THE RECORD BOOKS The Best Player I’ve Ever Played Against: 2002 2002 SINGLE SEASON Joe Mauer AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI Hits WFU Record My Favorite All-Time Sporting Events: vs. CU .537 4-4 14 1 5 0 1 T - 3rd 103 112 Jon Palmieri, 1999 Games Six and Seven of the 1991 World Series vs. DU .538 3-3 13 2 7 0 1 vs. FSU .176 4-4 17 2 3 0 2 Stolen Bases My Favorite Sportscaster: Stuart Scott vs. GT .571 2-2 7 1 4 0 4 T - 5th 26 41 Tommy Gregg, 1985 Person in History You’d Most Like to Meet: vs. MD .562 3-3 16 10 9 1 6 Gale Sayers vs. NC .375 4-4 16 4 6 0 1 Batting Average vs. NCS .550 4-4 20 9 11 0 3 T- 6th .412 .476 Bill Merrifield, 1983 In the Movie of Your Life,Who Plays You: vs.VA .533 3-3 15 3 8 0 2 Sean Astin (Rudy) ACC .449 27-27 118 32 53 1 20 Runs Scored My Biggest Fear is: Media interviews Non-ACC .394 38-38 151 47 59 1 23 T - 8th 71 85 Cory Sullivan, 2001

2003 Wake Forest Baseball 21 THE BOOK ON CAUDILL Did not see any game action as a fresh- man and redshirted... coaches like his Right CHRIS CAUDILL #19 Throws: long-range potential... a tall, lanky pitch- 220 Bats: Right Weight: er... is described as having a loose arm Episcopal HS Height: 6-4 High School: Houston,Texas with a fastball that reaches 90 on the Hometown: Houston,Texas Birthplace: gun... has had two knee surgeries... missed Birthdate: 9/28/82 fall practices before his freshman year with knee surgery... helped his development by Career Highs Last Time It Happened being healthy this past fall. IP: -- Win: -- K: -- Loss: -- BB: -- Save: -- 2002: REDSHIRT YEAR YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO Did not pitch in his first year at Wake Forest 2002 Redshirted while taking a redshirt year... a member of illiam the Spring 2002 Dean’s List. Full name is William Christopher Caudill...ate Matt undecidedMoake plays major... for Rice... chose the Wake son ofForest W over Rice... former high school teamm ed “Ebby” and Chris Caudill... one grandfather played wide receiver and middle infielder for EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL Missouri and another grandfather was a swimmer at Texas A&M... nicknam Once threw a perfect game for Episcopal by his teammates after the character in the movie “Bull Durham.” High School... An All-South zone selection... CHRIS voted most improved pitcher on his staff... graduat- CAUDILL RS-FRESHMAN ed cum laude from Episcopal where he was coached PITCHER by Chris Russ. Off the Field With Chris Caudill Favorite Coach Greer Phrase: “Hey Tex! What are you doing?” Favorite Coach Holmes Phrase: “Ebby!” If I Have a Career Besides Baseball, It Will Be: Senator I Wish I Was Better at: Paying attention Most People Don’t Know This About Me But: I’m a lot smarter than I look

THE BOOK ON DAVIDSON Emerged as one of the team’s top setup men as a freshman... will see time as a Right DANIEL DAVIDSON #33 Throws: starter in the midweek rotation... a tall, 215 Bats: Right Weight: strikeout pitcher who throws a tough, Grissom HS Height: 6-5 High School: over-the-top curveball... touches 90 with Huntsville, Ala. Hometown: Huntsville, Ala. Birthplace: his fastball... has developed a change up Birthdate: 4/7/83 that compliments his other pitches well... will become a top pitcher in the ACC as he Career Highs Last Time It Happened continues to improve his toughness. IP: 5.0 vs. App. St. (3-5-02) Win: vs. NC State (3-23-02) K: 5 vs. App. St. (3-5-02) Loss: -- BB: 3 vs. App. St. (3-5-02) Save: -- 2002: FRESHMAN YEAR Finished the year with a perfect 3-0 mark YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2002 15-2 3-0 0 0 0 4.34 29.0 30 16 14 18 30 with a 4.34 ERA... named by Collegiate argaret, is a former two-time All-ACCake Forest sec- Undecided major... sister, M Baseball as Honorable ond team player for the Deacons... chose W Mention Freshman over Alabama... is the son of John and Sheila Davidson... comes from an athletic family with relatives that played minor base- All-American... ball, college football and college volleyball. pitched exception- ally well in the NCAA DANIEL Regional against GRISSOM HIGH SCHOOL DAVIDSON Richmond, tossing three An outstanding athlete who was an all-region SOPHOMORE scoreless innings with four player in addition to his skills on the PITCHER punchouts... struck out two mound... named first-team All-State in Rice batters in one inning Alabama... earned Metro Pitcher of the Year Off the Field With Daniel Davidson against Rice... struck out two honors... named first team All-City at Seminoles in 1.2 innings... Grissom High School... owned a 3.26 ERA Favorite Movie: 61* struck out three Tar Heels in with 142 strikeouts to just 38 walks... once Best All-Time Sporting Event You’ve three innings. set a school record with 16 strikeouts in Attended: Game at Yankee Stadium one game. HONORS & AWARDS Best Sportscaster: Harry Caray * Honorable Mention Person Who Has Most Influenced Your Freshman All-American Athletic Career: My sister, Margaret

Most People Don’t Know This About Me But: I’m obsessed with having a clean car

22 2003 Wake Forest Baseball THE BOOK ON CLAYTON strong innings against Clemson allowing just one A talented, tall lefty who has been bothered by vari- run on three hits with four K’s but did not factor in ous injuries over the last two seasons... received a the decision... picked up his third win of the year in medical hardship in 2002 and is a junior eligibility- the Friday game at UNC going 5.2 innings and giving wise... shown to be one of the team’s best pitchers up three runs...lasted 4.1 innings, his shortest outing when fully healthy...a former Freshman All-American of the season, against Duke, giving up six runs on who threw a no-hitter against UNC Greensboro in nine hits... earned his second win of the year against 2000... has worked very hard in rehab during the off- New Orleans after yielding one run in five IP...threw season and has lost 25 pounds... could be a major seven innings against Virginia Tech giving up one contributor. run on five hits while striking out six...made his 2001 debut against Purdue and struck out six in five 2002: MEDICAL HARDSHIP innings while allowing three runs. Made just four starts before having his season cut short because of a shoulder injury... went 2-1 with a 2000: FRESHMAN SEASON 6.19 ERA, picking up wins against Elon and High Threw a no-hitter against UNC Greensboro on March Point in February... logged 16 innings and fanned 22... earned ACC Pitcher of the Week and Louisville 11... rated by Baseball America as the nation’s 74th Slugger National HONORS & AWARDS best pro prospect prior to the season. Player of the Week (March 27) * Freshman All-American BEN CLAYTON 2001: SOPHOMORE SEASON honors for his (Collegiate Baseball) RS-JUNIOR performance... Owned a 4-1 record in limited action with just 10 shutout nationally-ranked Rice for six innings in his PITCHER starts... missed much of the second collegiate debut... part of the regular starting rota- half with knee and shoulder prob- tion... ranked third in the ACC in strikeouts per nine lems but recovered in time to innings (9.24)... finished the season with a 7-2 mark defeat Tennessee in the NCAA and a 4.52 ERA... started in 12 of his 19 games... Left BEN CLAYTON #24 Throws: Tournament in Knoxville... struck 210 fanned 66 batters in 63.2 innings... had a better than Bats: Left Weight: out five Vols in five innings on his Bishop O’Dowd HS two-to-one strikeout to walk ratio... threw one of the Height: 6-4 High School: way to the win... pitched well at Baton Rouge, La. team’s three complete game shutouts. Hometown: San Leandro, Calif. Birthplace: High Point on April 18, allowing 12/4/80 Birthdate: one run on three hits in five innings but did not factor in the BISHOP O’DOWD HIGH SCHOOL Career Highs Last Time It Happened decision... allowed a season-high A three-year starter posting a record of 22-7...had 32 IP: 9 vs. UNCG (3-22-00) Win: vs. North Carolina (3-16-01) starts and 11 complete games... recorded 202 strike- K: 13vs. UNCG (3-22-00) Loss: at Florida State (3-30-01) 10 hits which led to six BB: 4 four times Save: Never runs in 4.2 innings outs in 180 innings during his high school career... pitched against selected as the MVP in the Best of the West YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO Tournament in Honolulu in the summer of 2000 19-12 7-2 1 1 0 4.52 63.2 55 32 31 31 66 Virginia... suffered 2001 9-9 3-1 0 0 0 5.25 48.0 59 28 28 21 28 his first loss in 1998... named All-Conference his junior and sen- 2002 4-4 2-1 0 0 0 6.19 16.0 24 15 11 5 11 more than one ior seasons... earned a silver medal as part of his Total 32-25 12-4 1 1 0 4.93 127.2 138 75 70 57 105 year after AAU Junior Olympic squad in 1997... 74th-best college prospect in 2001... full name is Benjamin Riggs Baseball America’s getting named Pitcher of the Year in the Clayton... a communication major... parents are Susan and Neal Clayton. touched Hayward Area Athletic up for six earned runs in League in 1997 and Off the Field with Ben Clayton five innings at Florida was named to the State... allowed eight High Sierra Classic Favorite Class: Introduction to Film hits and three All-Tournament walks and took team... selected for Favorite Movies: The Thomas Crowne Affair the loss... the California My favorite Coach Greer phrase: pitched 6.1 Rookies team that par- “Clayton! What are you doing!?!?” ticipated in the Friendship Games held in Australia in 1996,and also played with the Alameda County My favorite Coach Mabe phrase: squad in the World Games in the summer of “Play the game!” 1996. My Hobbies Include: Cars, movies, , my dog If I Have a Career Besides Pro Baseball, It Will Be: Teaching, coaching The Most Impressive Person You Know: My father If I Could Add Any Team to the Schedule, It Would Be: Any Northern California team My Biggest Fear Is: Drowning In the Movie of Your Life,Who Plays You: Kiefer Sutherland Favorite Sport Besides Baseball: Golf My Best Non-Athletic Talent: Taming Animals

2003 Wake Forest Baseball 23 THE BOOK ON D’ANTONA 2001: FRESHMAN YEAR One of the top power hitters in the country... pos- Chosen national freshman of the year by Collegiate sesses a cannon arm... played first base as a fresh- Baseball after batting .364 with 17 home runs and an man and third base as a sophomore... could see time ACC-leading 77 at both positions as a junior... the 2001 National HONORS & AWARDS RBI... named to Freshman of the Year and ACC Rookie of the Year... * National Freshman of the the NCAA All- could make a run at Wake Forest’s career marks for Year (Collegiate Baseball) Regional Team in home runs and runs batted in this season as a jun- * ACC Rookie of the Year Knoxville after ior...needs 19 home runs and 82 RBI for the records... * NCAA All-Regional Team batting .391 with could get into top ten for career batting average... (Knoxville,Tenn.) five homers and pitched on Scout Day during the fall and created a * ACC All-Tournament Team nine RBI... hit buzz by throwing 94 mph off the mound. three HR vs. Tennessee Tech becoming just the fourth player in 2002: SOPHOMORE YEAR NCAA history to accomplish the feat in a Drove in 83 runs,the second best single season mark Tournament game... named to the ACC All- in Wake Forest history... drilled 20 home runs, Tournament Team while hitting .368 with two home becoming just runs and six RBI... a second team All-ACC selection... HONORS & AWARDS the fifth Deacon batted .398 against ACC pitching... started at first * NCAA All-Regional Team to accomplish base in each of Wake Forest’s 62 games... ranked JAMIE (Winston-Salem) that feat... fin- among the league leaders in home runs (5th), total D’ANTONA JUNIOR * ACC All-Tournament Team ished fifth nation- bases (5th), slugging percentage (5th), runs (6th), ally in runs batted hits (7th) and average (9th)... finished his rookie sea- INFIELD in with 1.46 per game... stepped it up in the post- son on a 17-game hitting streak and batted .403 in the final month season once again, batting .500 with four home runs JAMIE D’ANTONA #2 of the year with seven home runs and 14 RBI, reaching base in 28 of 45 plate appear- Bats: and 25 RBI in just 16 games... fin- Right ances... hit 10 home runs against ACC pitching to Height: Throws: ished with a team-high 22 multi- 6-2 Right lead the league... drove in 34 runs in just 22 ACC Hometown: Weight: Trumbull, Conn. 210 games... had 20 multi-RBI games including nine RBI games... had 27 multi-hit Birthdate: High School: 5/12/82 Trumbull HS games including 12 contests with Birthplace: games with four or more RBI... homered twice with Greenwich, Conn. five RBI in one game vs. UNC... hit three base hits... had a pair of Career Highs Last Time It Happened three-hit games at third- Hits: 4 vs. App. State (3-5-02) HR: vs. Richmond (6-2-02) five bombs in a four-game RBI: 5 four times Multi-Hit: vs. Richmond (6-2-02) span vs. Maryland and ranked Georgia Tech with a HR: 3 vs.Tenn.Tech (5-26-01) Multi-HR: vs. Maryland (4-21-02) Charlotte... hit six home home run... hit a grand slam at runs vs. ranked teams Virginia Tech...had three hits in YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A one game at Florida State... 2001 .364 62-62 253 65 92 14 1 17 77 28 50 1-2 (three vs. UNC, FSU, GT and 2002 .336 57-56 223 54 75 10 1 20 83 47 40 2-2 Richmond)... had a team- homered against Clemson... Total .351 119-118 476 119 167 24 2 37 160 75 90 3-4 leading nine game-winning had three final at-bat game winning RBI’s -- a 12th inning Collegiate Baseball’s RBI... reached base in 51 2001... A communicationNational major... Freshman full name of is the Jamie Year D’Antona... and the ACC’s chose Rookie Wake ofForest the Year over in of 56 games... had a single against UCF, a two-on, Virginia... parents are Joseph and Karin D’Antona. 12-game hitting two-out single in the streak from ninth to defeat ECU March 22 and a bottom of the ninth bloop single through against Duke... began his college career on a April 15-game hitting streak... drilled three dou- Off the Field with Jamie D’Antona 12. bles vs. Penn State, tying a WFU record. Favorite Food: Every kind TRUMBULL HIGH SCHOOL A two-time USA Today Honorable Mention Favorite Music Group: Player of the Year... a three-year starter... a two- Limp Bizkit time All-State pick... the Connecticut Post’s Favorite Class: Most Valuable Player as a senior... named to Deviant Behavior (Earl Smith) the All-District 1 Team... a two-time recipi- ent (1998 and 1999) of the “Golden Bat If I Have a Career Besides Playing Baseball, Award” for best offensive player of his Team It Would Be: Something still in baseball Connecticut Select Team that won the My Hobbies Include: national championship in 1999. Fishing, Cooking, Eating D’ANTONA IN THE POSTSEASON The Most Impressive Person You Know: My whole family 2001 2002 CAREER The Best Player I’ve Ever Played Against: OPP AB R H RBI HR 2B OPP AB R H RBI HR 2B AVG AB R H RBI HR 2B BB Bobby Brownlie (formerly of Rutgers) vs.UNC401100 vs.NCS322310 .434 76 23 33 29 11 4 18 The Best Sports Broadcaster is: vs.VA 401100 vs.UNC512100 Paul Mayer vs.GT 321110 vs.FSU412100 NOTES: vs.FSU301000 vs.CU500000 Of his 18 walks, five have been The Person in History You’d Most Like to vs.NCS523311 vs.GW421410 intentional... his career on-base Meet: Ted Williams vs.T.Tech512210 vs. Rich. 3 0 3 0 0 0 percentage in the postseason is vs.MTSU511210 vs.Navy433411 .543... the three home run per- My Best Non-Athletic Talent is: vs.T.Tech633530 vs. Rich. 3 1 2 0 0 0 formance against Tennessee Tech Eating at Tenn. 3 2 2 0 0 1 vs. Rich. 3 2 2 1 1 1 on May 26, 2001 tied an NCAA The Person Who Has Most Influenced My at Tenn. 4 0 1 0 0 0 Tournament record most recent- Athletic Career: My Dad Total 42 11 16 15 7 2 Total 34 12 17 14 4 2 ly set by J.D. Drew.

24 2003 Wake Forest Baseball THE BOOK ON ENICK A power-hitting corner infielder... Upper St. Clair coach Jerry Right BRENDAN ENICK #26 Throws: 201 Malarkey calls him one of the hard- Bats: Right Weight: Upper St. Clair HS est working and most dedicated Height: 6-3 High School: Pittsburgh, Pa. players he has coached... suffered a Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa. Birthplace: torn hamstring on the first day of Birthdate: 9/12/83 fall practice and was slowed by the lingering effects. Career Highs Last Time It Happened Hits: -- HR: -- Runs: -- Multi-Hit: -- UPPER ST. CLAIR HS HR: -- Multi-HR: -- An All-South selection and a member YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A of the Diamond Dozen... a member of 2003 the National Honor Society... consid- ered to be the best power hitting Full name is Brendan &Robert Mary... Enick... is the son Undecided of Wally major... and Kathy chose Enick... Wake father Forest Wally over played East Carolina and William prospect in Pennsylvania... named golf at the University of Pennsylvania... attended the same high school as Cincinnati first team at the Blue-Gray Classic... Reds first baseman Sean Casey... the first Pittsburgh native to play for the Demon helped led the Panthers to back-to- Deacons since All-American center fielder Cory Sullivan (2000-2001). BRENDAN back sectional titles... a member of the ENICK Allegheny Team in the Pennsylvania Keystone FRESHMAN Games... an excellent student, a member of the THIRD BASE National Honor Society and a Student of the Year nominee. Off the Field with Brendan Enick If I Could Keep Only One Possession, It Would Be: The gold baseball chain my parents gave me Favorite Sport Besides Baseball: Hockey In the Movie of Your Life,Who Plays You?: Val Kilmer Most Impressive People You Know: Parents Person in History You’d Most Like to Meet: Mark McGwire THE BOOK ON GETZ Considered to be the best prep shortstop in the midwest... drafted Right CHRIS GETZ #7 Throws: in the sixth round by the Chicago 165 Bats: Left Weight: Grosse Pointe South White Sox, but opted to attend Height: 6-0 High School: Farmington, Mich. Wake Forest instead... a tremendous Hometown: Grosse Pointe, Mich. Birthplace: talent with good speed, power, feet, Birthdate: 8/30/83 hands and arm strength... has great baseball instincts... bothered by a Career Highs Last Time It Happened back injury suffered last summer but Hits: -- HR: -- Runs: -- Multi-Hit: -- showed steady improvement during HR: -- Multi-HR: -- fall practice... could get a look as the SB: -- Multi-SB: -- Deacons’ closer this year... throws in YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A the low-90’s. 2003 ake Forest... hite Sox... decid- Undecided major... parents are Art and Betsy Getz... father, Art, attended W GROSSE POINTE SOUTH selected in the sixth round of the 2002 June Draft by the Chicago W ake Forest because of its strong combination of baseball and academ- HIGH SCHOOL ed to attend W ics... chose the Deacons over Baylor, Michigan, Michigan State and Illinois. Three-time All-Michigan selection... CHRIS team MVP as a sophomore and senior... GETZ FRESHMAN three-team All-Region... holds the Grosse Pointe INFIELD South career records for batting average (.465), dou- bles, stolen bases, walks and saves... rated by Team One as one of the top 20 middle infielders in the Off the Field With Chris Getz country... participated in the Area Code Games in Favorite TV Show: Saved by the Bell 2001... carried Grosse Point South to a state champi- onship as a junior...also lettered in football and golf... Most Impressive Person You Know: My Dad played at Grosse Pointe South for coach Dan Best Player I’ve Ever Faced: B.J. Upton Griestaum. Best Sportscaster: Harold Reynolds Person in History You’d Most Like to Meet: George Washington In the Movie of Your Life,Who Plays You?: Wesley Snipes

2003 Wake Forest Baseball 25 THE BOOK ON HANSON opening day, Nebraska on February 17 and The top set-up man for his first two years... had an Appalachian State on March 5. outstanding summer for Cotuit of the Cape Cod League, making an All-Star appearance as a closer... CAPE COD LEAGUE (COTUIT KETTLEERS) has a three-quarter delivery... generally has good Spent the last two summers with Cotuit of the Cape control... throws a fastball in the low-90’s with excel- Cod League... earned a spot on the 2002 West All- lent movement, a curveball, a good change-up, a Star team... finished the season with a 1-1 mark, a splitter and a slider which makes him a strikeout 1.82 ERA and seven saves in 21 appearances... struck pitcher... difficult to hit because each of his pitches out 36 Cape hitters in 34.2 innings of work. has different movement... may move into the start- ing rotation. 2001: FRESHMAN YEAR Appeared in 12 of Wake Forest’s 24 ACC contests... 2002: SOPHOMORE YEAR picked up the win in relief against Virginia with 3.1 Appeared in 33 games as a sophomore, including 12 innings pitched, against ACC opponents...tossed 3.2 innings of score- two runs on four HONORS & AWARDS less relief against top-ranked Florida State... allowed hits... threw two * Freshman All-American just two earned runs in seven innings of work in the innings of score- (Collegiate Baseball) NCAA Tournament, both appearances vs. less relief the Richmond... equaled a career-long outing on June 1 next day against the ‘Hoos... tied for third in the ACC ADAM with five innings, allowing just one run on two hits with appearances in 12 league games... came out of HANSON with three strikeouts... made three appearances in the pen twice against Clemson, on Friday and JUNIOR the ACC Tournament with 3.52 ERA in 7.2 innings... Sunday... got a win at UNC with two PITCHER got off to a stellar start with 10 straight appearances innings of work and two strike- from February 21 through March 11 without allow- outs... picked up his first career ADAM HANSON #27 ing an earned run, a streak spanning 18 innings... ACC win in relief against Duke... Bats: during that stretch, Hanson fanned 16 batters... got threw in all three games at the Right Height: Throws: 6-2 Right the save on February 24 vs. Cincinnati... picked up Rice Coca-Cola Classic including Hometown: Weight: Medford, N.J. 195 wins against New Mexico, Cincinnati and New two shutout innings of relief Birthdate: High School: 8/6/81 Lawrenceville HS Orleans... struck out the side against Davidson on against nationally-ranked Rice... Birthplace: Mt. Laurel, N.J. earned his first career win after Career Highs Last Time It Happened throwing 3.2 innings of scoreless IP: 5.0 two times Win: at New Orleans (3-10-02) K: 5 at Davidson (5-1-01) Loss: at High Point (4-18-01) relief against Penn State while BB: 2 six times Save: at Virginia (4-14-02) giving up just one hit... made his career debut in the season YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2001 26-0 5-3 0 0 0 5.30 52.2 69 36 31 20 38 opener against James Madison. 2002 33-0 3-0 0 0 0 4.50 56.0 56 35 28 19 40 Total 59-0 8-3 0 0 0 4.89 108.2 125 71 59 39 78

LAWRENCEVILLE HS Full name is Mark Adam Hanson... a psychology major... his parents are Mark and The New Jersey Prep Player of Chris Hanson... a Cape Cod League All-Star for the Cotuit Kettleers during the the Year in 1998 and 2000 summer of 2002... went to the same high school as Huey Lewis and Calista Flockhart. while at Lawrenceville...led the Big Red to the Garden State Championship in 2000... a three-time all-state first team selection... three-time recipient of the Jackson Off the Field with Adam Hanson Weaks Osborn Trophy, awarded to the team’s most valuable player... a three-time member of the All- Favorite Food: Hansonburgers Mercer County first team. Favorite Music Group: Springsteen, Bon Jovi My Favorite Coach Greer Phrase: HANSON IN THE RECORD BOOK Shaking his head at “the Biffer” . My Favorite Coach Mabe Phrase: SINGLE SEASON APPEARANCES “Were you born stupid or did you have to 1. Dave Bush 2001 41 work on it?” 2. Dave Bush 2002 40 3. Dave Bush 2000 36 If I Have a Career Besides Pro Baseball, it 4. Adam Hanson 2002 33 Will Be: Sports Psychology Frank Humber 1989 33 My favorite All-Time Sports Event: Buddy Jenkins 1991 33 2001 World Series 7. Sean DePaula 1996 31 8. Scott Siemon 1999 29 The Most Famous Person I’ve Met: 9. John Hendricks 1998 27 Tim Henman Jeremy Ward 1997 27 The Person Who Has Most Influenced My Mike Ramseyer 1996 27 12. Adam Hanson 2001 26 Athletic Career: My Mother If I Could Add One Team to the Schedule, it Would Be: Stanford My Biggest Fear: Regret One Thing I Wish I Was Better At: Hitting In the Movie of Your Life,Who Plays You?: Tom Cruise

26 2003 Wake Forest Baseball THE BOOK ON HILL HILL GAME BY-GAME Team captain along with Nick Blue and Ryan Johnson...a control pitcher who is intensely compet- 2002 itive...a finesse pitcher...has a fastball in the mid-80’s, Date Opp. S/R Dec. IP H R ER BB K curve, change and cut fastball... a finesse pitcher... 2-17 NEB R - 1.0 1 2 1 0 0 seems to get stronger as the game goes along... 2-23 CIN R - 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3-1 ASU R S 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 pitched this summer for the Brewster Whitecaps in 3-5 ASU R - 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 the prestigious Cape Cod League... drafted twice by 3-10 UNO S - 3.2 7 5 5 1 3 Pittsburgh...perhaps his best asset is his competitive 3-20 GA R - 4.2 3 1 1 2 6 nature... always gives enters the spring as a frontrun- 3-24 NCST R - 2.0 0 1 1 3 3 3-27 LIB R W 5.0 3 1 1 0 3 ner for a weekend starting role. 3-31 FSU R - 2.1 1 0 0 2 2 4-2 UNCG R W 4.0 2 0 0 0 4 4-7 UNC R - 5.2 3 1 1 0 9 2001: JUNIOR SEASON 4-13 VA S - 7.2 7 3 2 0 5 Finished the year with a 3-3 record and a 4.86 ERA... 4-20 MD S W 7.0 8 5 5 3 5 used a variety of roles early in the year but forced 4-27 CU S L 5.1 7 5 5 3 2 himself into the weekend rotation after several out- 5-13 LIB S - 5.2 13 10 9 1 2 5-18 DUKE S L 6.0 4 3 3 2 0 standing outings in the month of April... defeated 5-23 ^ UNC S - 6.0 7 5 3 3 4 Maryland, UNC Greensboro and Liberty... struck out 6-1 % RICH S L 3.0 4 2 2 1 2 SETH nine Tar Heels in 5.2 innings out of the bullpen HILL against UNC on April 7...got a save for three effective SENIOR innings against Appalachian State on March 1... had PITCHER an outstanding stretch of seven games from March 20 to April 13, tossing 30.1 IP with a 1.78 ERA.

Left SETH HILL #17 Throws: KISHWAUKEE CC / 220 Bats: Left Weight: SANDWICH HS Sandwich HS Height: 6-4 High School: Sandwich, Ill. Teammate with current Deacon Hometown: Sandwich, Ill. Birthplace: 5/6/81 Adam Bourassa... A USA Today Birthdate: honorable mention high school Career Highs Last Time It Happenedin: vs. Maryland (4-20-02) All-American at Sandwich HS for IP: 7.2 at Virginia (4-13-02) W coach Derrick Avery... a three- K: 9 vs. North Carolina (4-7-02) Loss: vs. Richmond (6-1-02) time MVP...JUCO All-Region first BB: 3 twice Save: vs. Appalachian State (3-1-02) team... fifth in ERA in Div. II YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO JUCO... started 10 games as a 2002 18-8 3-3 0 0 1 4.86 74.0 73 45 40 22 53 freshman and posted a 4-0 record to go with a 1.79 ERA Sociology major... drafted in the 40th round out of high school by Pittsburgh and again by the Pirates in the 46th round after one year at Kishwaukee CC ... a junior col- at Kishwaukee for Mike lege teammate of current Deacon Adam Bourassa... chose Wake Forest over Davenport... struck out 48 bat- Oklahoma State, Kansas and Florida... the son of Dan and Peg Hill... born May 6, 1981 ters in 50.1 innings... earned in Sandwich, Ill. three basketball letters and two football letters in high school. Off the Field with Seth Hill HILL VS.THE ACC Favorite Class: Social Inequality and Stratification 2002 W-L ERA IP H ER BB K If I Have a Career Besides Pro Baseball, It vs. CU 0-1 8.44 5.1 7 5 3 2 Will Be: Sports Marketing or Management vs. DU 0-1 4.50 6.0 4 3 2 0 vs. FSU 0-0 0.00 2.1 1 0 2 2 My Hobbies Include: Hunting, camping, vs.GT------hanging out with friends vs. MD 1-0 6.43 7.0 8 5 3 5 vs. NC 0-0 4.63 11.2 10 6 4 13 Best Player I’ve Ever Played Against: vs. NCS -- 4.50 2.0 0 1 3 3 Khalil Greene (formerly of Clemson) vs.VA 0-0 2.35 7.2 7 2 0 5 ACC 1-2 4.71 42.0 37 22 17 30 My Favorite Sportscaster: Harry Caray Non-ACC 2-1 5.06 32.0 36 18 5 23 Person in History You’d Most Like to Meet: Tom Glavine Most Famous Person You’ve Ever Met: Michael Jordan If I Could Add One Team to the Schedule, It Would Be: Stanford Favorite Sport Besides Baseball: Golf The One Possession You’d Keep if You Lost All But One: My baseball glove My Impressive Person You Know: Tim Rediger My Favorite All-Time Sporting Event Would Be: Seeing the Cubs in the World Series

2003 Wake Forest Baseball 27 THE BOOK ON HUBBARD HUBBARD VS.THE ACC A natural infielder who settled into the vacated left fielder position last season...also played second base AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI for the Deacons last spring... a lead-off type switch vs. CU .000 3-3 6 0 0 0 0 hitter with blinding speed and surprising power for vs. DU .000 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 his size...handles the bat well...was originally drafted vs. FSU .222 3-3 9 2 2 0 0 out of high school by Atlanta... Cypress JC coach vs. GT .000 2-2 9 1 0 0 0 Scott Pickler calls Hubbard a competitor in the mold vs. MD .333 3-3 9 6 3 1 2 of current Deacon volunteer assistant coach Scott vs. NC .083 3-3 12 3 1 1 4 Daeley, former Cypress and Wake Forest standout. vs. NCS .429 4-4 14 8 6 1 2 vs.VA .286 3-3 14 2 4 0 2 2002: JUNIOR YEAR ACC .219 22-22 73 22 16 3 10 Got off to a slow start after off-season arm surgery Non-ACC .291 30-30 134 27 39 4 18 but finished very strong with a nine-game hitting streak... ended the year with a .274 average, seven home runs and 28 RBI... scored 49 runs... batted .615 in the postseason with three hits against George Washington, two hits against NC State and Richmond... drove in the RYAN game-winning run on four occasions including HUBBARD a ninth-inning single in a 3-2 win against SENIOR New Mexico... had the game-winning RBI OUTFIELD with an eighth inning single at New Orleans... had 17 multi-hit games... RYAN HUBBARD #9 launched a grand slam against North Bats: Carolina on April 6 with a season-best four Switch Height: Throws: 5-10 Right RBI... homered against Nebraska, New Hometown: Weight: Huntington Beach, Calif. 171 Orleans, NC State, Maryland, Charlotte, UNC Birthdate: High School: 9/6/80 Huntington Beach HS Greensboro and North Carolina... stole three Birthplace: Edina, Minn. bases in games against Cincinnati and Career Highs Last Time It Happened Liberty...17 of his runs batted in came with two Hits: 3 vs. G.Wash (5-31-02) HR: vs. UNCG (4-30-02) RBI: 4 vs. UNC (4-6-02) Multi-Hit: vs. Richmond (5-2-02) outs. SB: 3 twice Multi-SB: at Liberty (5-13-02)

YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A CYPRESS JUNIOR COLLEGE / 2002 .274 52-52 201 49 55 6 2 7 28 25 48 19-20 HUNTINGTON BEACH HS Communication major... a former Atlanta Braves draft pick... chose Wake Forest over Attended both schools with current Pepperdine, San Diego, NC State and Kansas... decided to attend Wake Forest because teammate Jeff Ruziecki... batted .382 his mom liked it a lot... attended the same high school as Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro with five home runs and 14 stolen bases tight end Tony Gonzalez... parents are Kevin and Wendy Hubbard. for Cypress Junior College in California... first team all-conference as a freshman at Cypress and earned second team honors despite having his season cut Off the Field with Ryan Hubbard short by injury... named Favorite Food: #1 at the In ‘n’ Out two-time MVP at Huntington Beach HS... Favorite Music Group: Weezer coached there by Mike Favorite Movie: Superman III Dodd... recipient of the Principal’s Award for best Favorite Class at WFU: C++ Programming grade point average on My favorite Coach Greer phrase: high school team. “How was Waffle House last night?” My favorite Coach Mabe phrase: “C’mon, now! Would Wendy be proud of that?” Favorite All-Time Sports Event: Game One of the 1988 World Series - Dodgers vs. A’s Favorite Sportscaster: Chick Hearn Person in History I’d Most Like to Meet: Abraham Lincoln Most Famous Person I’ve Ever Met: Bo Jackson Most People Don’t Know This About Me But: I collect Pez dispensers My Best Non-Athletic Talent: I dominate Chutes & Ladders In the Movie of Your Life,Who Plays You?: I wouldn’t mind doing it myself

28 2003 Wake Forest Baseball THE BOOK ON INGOLD A Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American last year... perhaps the most pleasant surprise last sea- son for the Deacons as he filled the everyday short- stop role exceptionally well for a freshman... an out- standing fielder with a good arm and range... improved every day during the season and became a dangerous hitter in the lineup... has better speed than his statistics indicate... was cautious after an early-season back injury... came to Wake Forest as one of the best prep infielders in North Carolina.

2002: FRESHMAN SEASON Finished a tremendous rookie campaign with a .305 average with two home runs,29 runs batted in and a .938 fielding per- HONORS & AWARDS centage... laid * Freshman All-American down seven sacri- BEN (Collegiate Baseball) fice bunts... was INGOLD plunked 11 times SOPHOMORE at the plate, the fourth-most in Wake Forest history... INFIELD had a better batting average against ACC in the reg- ular season (.309) than against non-conference foes... posted a .408 on-base percentage in the RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL Right conference... capped a two-out Left Riverside High School as the career leader in BEN INGOLD #23 Throws: 185 rally against North Carolina with a runs, steals, walks and at bats... batted .368 as a jun- Bats: Right Weight: Riverside HS Height: 6-2 High School: two-run game-winning single in ior with 19 stolen bases in 20 games... three-time Durham, N.C. Hometown: Durham, N.C. Birthplace: the eighth inning as the Deacons conference player of the year... selected to the All- Birthdate: 8/18/82 erased a 6-1 deficit on April 7... North Carolina team... was the Pac-6 Conference had four hits against NC State Player of the Year... four-time all-conference selec- Career Highs Last Time It Happened and Maryland... went 4-for-6 tion... voted Riverside’s MVP and best defensive Hits: 4 twice HR: vs. Davidson (5-1-02) against Maryland on April 19 player... an all-around athlete who played two years RBI: 3 vs. Maryland (4-19-02) Multi-Hit: vs. Navy (6-1-02) HR: 1 twice Multi-HR: -- with a double and his first career of soccer... an outstanding student... high school home run... also homered coach David Norman says Ingold was “the corner- YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A against Davidson on May 1... stone of our defense since the day he set foot on 2002 .305 57-56 203 30 62 16 1 2 29 20 34 1-1 ake Forest doubled twice against Liberty campus” and the hardest working player he’s ever Full name is Benjamin Barrett Ingold... undecided major... chose Wake Forest over on March 27 and against VCU had. Tulane, NC State, North Carolina, Duke and Maryland... decided to attend W on May 12... missed the first because of its ACC Championships... parents are Rod and Carol Ingold... father, Rod, played golf at Duke... mom, Carol, was a cheerleader at North Carolina... brother, Matt, four games INGOLD VS.THE ACC played soccer at North Carolina. of the year with a minor back AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI injury... started at short- Off the Field with Ben Ingold vs. CU .250 4-4 12 1 3 0 0 stop in 56 of the remain- vs. DU .077 3-3 13 0 1 0 0 Favorite Food: ing 57 games of the vs. FSU .333 4-4 12 2 4 0 1 Italian year. vs. GT .400 2-2 5 2 2 0 0 Favorite Music Group: vs. MD .417 3-3 12 4 5 1 5 Nappy Roots vs. NC .417 4-4 12 3 5 0 3 vs. NCS .375 4-4 16 2 6 0 2 Favorite Class: vs.VA .154 3-3 13 0 2 0 1 Deviant Behavior (Earl Smith) ACC .295 27-27 95 14 28 1 12 Non-ACC .315 30-29 108 16 34 1 17 My Favorite Coach Greer Action: The Whistle If I Have a Career Besides Playing Baseball, It Would Be: CEO The Most Impressive Person You Know: My Father The Best Player I’ve Ever Played Against: Jason Neighborgall (former HS teammate, now of Georgia Tech) The Person Who Has Most Influenced My Athletic Career: Allan Simpson My Biggest Fear: Getting punched in the nose My Best Non-Athletic Talent: Scrabble I Wish I Was Better At: Monopoly

2003 Wake Forest Baseball 29 THE BOOK ON JOHNSON 2001: SOPHOMORE YEAR Team captain along with Nick Blue and Seth Hill... a Batted .363 overall and .423 in the ACC second on very talented hitter who hits for power and aver- the team only to Cory Sullivan... saw the ball very age... hits to all fields... equally well off right-handed well in the ACC Tournament, hitting a team leading and left-handed pitching... a good fielder with an .583 with seven hits in 12 at-bats... was the team’s accurate arm in the outfield... spent the last two best hitter in the second half, hitting at a .410 rate... summers with Chatham in the Cape Cod League. owned a 13-game hitting streak from March 13 to April 4 and batted .444 (20-for-45) during that span... 2002: JUNIOR YEAR was 7-for-15 at Georgia Tech with at least two hits in Developed as one of the top players in the country all three games... went 2-for-6 with a home run and with a monster year at the plate... ranked among the three RBI at Maryland on April 27... got the game- national leaders in winning RBI, a sac fly, in Wake’s 9-8 comeback win runs batted in HONORS & AWARDS against Virginia... was a remarkable 7-for-11 against with 77, the * 2nd Team All-American Seminole pitching with multi-hit games in all three fourth-best mark (Baseball Weekly) contests in Tallahassee... cranked a grand slam in the in Wake Forest his- * 1st Team All-ACC fifth inning of the Saturday game at Chapel Hill for a tory... batted .366 * ACC All-Tournament Team career-high four RBI... crushed a home run off the with 17 home right field foul pole at VCU’s The Diamond on March 13, his first dinger of the season... hit his first career runs and a .629 slugging percentage... finished the RYAN year on a major tear with a team-best 19-game hit- triple at Liberty... got off to a slow start while recov- JOHNSON ting streak... had at least one RBI in 12 of his last 17 ering from a back injury he suffered in the fall. SENIOR games... reached base in all seven plate appearances OUTFIELD against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament... 2000: FRESHMAN YEAR went 9-for-17 at the ACC Tournament with two Batted .304 in his rookie season... RYAN JOHNSON #3 homers, seven RBI and five walks... homered nine played 34 games and started 22... Bats: times against ACC teams -- three vs. Maryland, two hit three home runs with 17 RBI in Left Height: Throws: 6-2 Left vs. Florida State and one vs. Clemson, 92 at bats... did not make an error Hometown: Weight: Laguna Hills, Calif. 205 Georgia Tech, NC State and Duke... in 38 chances... homered in the Birthdate: High School: 1/11/81 Laguna Hills HS had multi-hit games against Florida NCAA regional against South Birthplace: Newport Beach, Calif. State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina... enjoyed a 2-for-3 day Career Highs Last Time It Happened Carolina and Georgia... had with three RBI and two runs Hits: 4 twice HR: vs. Clemson (5-25-02) RBI: 6 vs. Davidson (5-1-02) Multi-Hit: vs. Richmond (6-2-02) 22 multi-hit games... against Davidson on February HR: 2 vs. Maryland (4-21-02) Multi-HR: vs. Maryland (4-21-02) drove in 29 runs vs. ACC 24... homered against East teams, fifth in the Tennessee State in a 2-for-4 YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A 2000 .304 36-22 92 18 28 3 0 3 17 5 12 0-0 league... maintained a .300 day... had a five-game hitting 2001 .363 50-43 157 33 57 9 2 3 31 11 26 2-2 average every day after streak late in the year and got 2002 .366 58-54 232 56 85 14 4 13 77 30 26 1-3 February 24... drove in 21 nine hits out of 13 at bats (.692) Total .353 144-119 481 107 170 26 6 19 125 46 64 3-4 runs in just 12 games in from April 15-22. Politics major... a former Chicago Cubs draft pick... Full name is Ryan Eric Johnson... the month of May... had parents are Eric and Deanne Johnson... father, Eric, played college baseball. seven game-winning LAGUNA HILLS HS RBIs including two in Lettered in baseball, football and the final at-bat... dou- soccer at Laguna Hills and was on the honor bled in the winning run in the roll for four years... a four-year starter and All- Off the Field with Ryan Johnson bottom of the ninth against league performer in baseball... named All-CIF Georgia Tech... beat Virginia and All-Orange County as a senior... hit .420 Favorite Food: Tech in the final at-bat with 12 home runs as a senior and batted .418 Cape Cod Lobster with a bases loaded sin- with eight homers as a junior... set a school Favorite Class: gle... drove in four runs record for home runs... also a four-year East Asian Politics vs. Florida State... drove starter on the soccer team in five runs vs. Maryland... and holds the school My Favorite Coach Greer Phrase: knocked in a career-high record with 58 career “Johnson, what were you doing?” six runs vs. Davidson on goals... on the grid- My Favorite Coach Mabe Phrase: May 1... ended the year iron, he averaged 41 Anything with “Y’all” with a .353 career bat- yards per punt and ting average, 10th best rushed for 1,210 My Favorite All-Time Sporting Event: in Wake Forest history. yards as a senior. Kirk Gibson’s Home Run in the ‘88 World Series The Best Sportscaster is: JOHNSON VS.THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Bob Costas The Person In History I’d Like To Meet: 2002 CAREER Lou Gehrig and Thomas Jefferson AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI The Most Famous Person You’ve Ever Met: vs. CU .118 4-4 17 1 2 1 1 vs. CU .226 8-7 31 2 7 1 3 Colin Powell vs. DU .463 3-3 13 3 6 1 3 vs. DU .375 5-4 16 3 6 1 3 If I Lost All My Possessions But One, I’d vs. FSU .309 3-3 13 2 4 2 5 vs. FSU .353 9-9 34 3 12 2 8 Keep: My bat vs. GT .429 2-1 7 2 3 1 4 vs. GT .429 7-5 28 7 12 1 5 vs. MD .300 3-3 10 7 3 3 10 vs. MD .370 7-7 27 11 10 4 18 Favorite Sport Besides Baseball: vs. NC .533 4-4 15 5 8 0 3 vs. UNC .560 8-7 25 8 14 1 8 vs. NCS .353 4-4 17 3 6 1 9 vs. NCS .421 10-9 38 10 16 1 11 My Best Non-Athletic Talent: vs.VA .167 3-3 12 1 2 0 1 vs.VA .136 8-6 22 2 3 0 2 Singing ACC .327 26-25 104 24 34 9 29 vs. ACC .362 62-54 221 46 80 11 58 Non-ACC .414 32-29 128 32 51 4 48 Non-ACC.346 82-65 260 61 90 8 67

30 2003 Wake Forest Baseball THE BOOK ON LeFAIVRE a game-tying two-run shot to dead cen- A powerful hitter at the plate with an equally pow- ter field on March 14... went 3-for-5 erful arm in the outfield... had two outfield assists as against Purdue with an RBI... doubled a sophomore... a local product out of West Forsyth and drove in a run in his first collegiate High School in Winston-Salem who played right at-bat against Penn State field and designated hitter for the Deacs last year... on February 10. played summer ball with Ryan Johnson and Jamie D’Antona with Chatham in the Cape Cod League. WEST FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL 2002: SOPHOMORE SEASON A two-time first team Swung a hot bat the first half of the season but tailed all-state selection... off toward the end of the year... had two multi-hit two-time con- games in the North Carolina series... went 3-for-5 ference with a pair of doubles against eighth-ranked player of the year... Nebraska... went 2-for-3 vs. Cincinnati with a season- primarily a right high three RBI on February 24... drilled a two-run fielder who batted homer at Duke... belted the go-ahead home run at .559 as a senior with High Point on February 26. an on-base percent- STEVE age of .783... hit a home LeFAIVRE 2001: FRESHMAN SEASON run once every 7.3 at JUNIOR Ranked third on the team in slugging percentage as bats... three-time All- OUTFIELD a freshman behind Cory Sullivan Conference honoree... and Jamie D’Antona... cracked a an outstanding stu- two-run home run at home dent who had per- against Liberty on April 23... blast- fect attendance in Left his four years at STEVE LeFAIVRE #18 Throws: ed a monster home run at Virginia 205 West Forsyth. Bats: Left Weight: Tech to right-center field... fin- West Forsyth HS Height: 6-2 High School: ished with a 3-for-5 day with a Winston-Salem, N.C. Hometown: Winston-Salem, N.C. Birthplace: career-high four RBI... homered in 12/9/81 Birthdate: three straight at-bats including two pinch-hit home runs over Career Highs Last Time It Happened the course of the VCU and UNC Hits: 3 four times HR: at Duke (5-17-02) RBI: 4 at Virginia Tech (4-10-01) Multi-Hit: at Charlotte (4-23-02) games... was Wake’s most fre- HR: 1 ten times Multi-HR: -- quent pinch hitter with 5-of-16 success and two home runs in YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A 2001 .321 36-18 84 18 27 8 1 5 23 7 16 0-0 those situations... came off the 2002 .267 51-44 165 34 44 8 1 5 28 34 41 0-0 bench at VCU to double and hit Total .285 87-64 249 52 71 16 2 10 51 41 57 0-0

Full name is Steven Michael LeFaivre... business major... his parents are Jack and Kathy LeFaivre... father, Jack, is a former broadcaster for the Pawtucket Red Sox... nicknamed “the Biffer.”

Off the Field with Steve LeFaivre Favorite Food: Steak Favorite Music Group: Beatles Favorite Movie: Rudy Favorite TV show: Seinfeld Favorite Class at WFU: Accounting My favorite Coach Greer phrase: “The Biffer!” (when I make a good play) My favorite Coach Mabe phrase: “What’s wrong with you, LeFaivre?” If I Have a Career Besides Pro Baseball, It Will Be: Accountant LeFAIVRE VS. THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE My Hobbies Include: Playing guitar, eating at Kanpai 2002 CAREER My Favorite Sportscaster: Jack LeFaivre AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI vs. CU .111 4-4 9 3 1 0 0 vs. CU .235 6-6 17 3 4 0 0 The Person in History You’d Most Like to vs. DU .125 2-2 8 2 1 1 2 vs. DU .100 4-2 10 2 1 1 2 Meet: John Lennon vs. FSU .111 3-3 9 0 1 0 1 vs. FSU .133 5-5 15 1 2 0 1 The Most Famous Person You’ve Ever Met: vs. GT .000 2-2 9 0 0 0 1 vs. GT .100 3-2 10 0 1 0 3 Bill Clinton vs. MD .333 3-3 12 3 4 1 2 vs. MD .286 4-3 14 3 4 1 2 vs. NC .429 4-3 14 4 6 0 1 vs. NC .500 6-4 16 6 8 2 4 My Superstitions Include: vs. NCS .182 3-3 11 1 2 0 2 vs. NCS .200 4-4 15 3 3 0 2 Swinging really hard in the on-deck circle vs.VA .200 2-2 5 0 1 0 2 vs.VA .167 3-2 6 0 1 0 2 If I Could Add One Team to the Schedule, It ACC .208 23-22 77 13 16 2 11 vs. ACC .233 35-28 103 18 24 4 16 Would Be: at the Hawaii Rainbows Non-ACC .318 28-22 88 21 28 3 17 Non-ACC.322 52-34 146 34 47 6 35

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