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® 2014 BASEBALL SHIPRAIDERS.COM ABOUT SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY Table of Contents SHIPPENSBURG QUICK FACTS Quick Facts/PSAC ..................... 2 About the University .................. 3 Official Name of University: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania General Information Academics & Athletics ............... 4 Member: The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Academic Support Services ........ 5 • Founded in 1871 as the Cumber- Location and Zip Code: Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 Athletic Administration ............. 6 land Valley State Normal School Interim President: Dr. G.F. “Jody” Harpster Coaches ...................................7-9 • Comprehensive regional public Overall Enrollment: 7,800 Roster ....................................... 10 university Founded: 1871 • Member of the Pennsylvania State Season Outlook ...................11-13 Colors: Red and Blue System of Higher Education Players .................................14-30 Nickname: Raiders • Located on 200 acres in southcen- 2013 Season Results ................. 31 Conference: Pennsylvania State Athletic tral Pennsylvania 2013 Season Review ............32-33 Other Affiliations: NCAA Division II Enrollment 2013 Statistics .....................34-35 Athletic Director: Jeff Michaels 2013 PSAC Results .................. 36 • 7,800 total undergraduate Athletic Department Phone: (717) 477-1711 History ................................37-38 and graduate students Head Coach: Matt Jones Records ................................39-43 Assistant Coach: • 53% women and 47% men Adam Sheibley • 37% of our students live on campus Post Season Tournaments ......... 44 Coach’s Office: (717) 477-1508 • 94% of our students are from Penn- ABCA All-Americans .............. 45 Sports Information Director: Bill Morgal sylvania All-PSAC Teams .................46-47 Office Phone 717-477-1206 Faculty Raider Pro Signings .................. 48 E-mail [email protected] Raider Pro Standings ................ 49 Fax 717-477-1253 • Student-faculty ratio: 20:1 and each Year-by-Year Records ............... 50 Hotline 717-477-7678 student has a faculty advisor Fairchild Field .......................... 51 Mailing Address: Sports Information Office • 91% of the 294 full-time instruc- tional faculty members hold a Schedule .....................Back Cover 1871 Old Main Drive (OM 304) doctorate or other terminal degree Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 in their field Photos by Bill Smith: Photos can be purchased online. Go to www.shipraiders.com and click Photo Store. Website www.shipraiders.com • Our faculty’s main focus is teaching. All classes are taught by faculty, not Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, in compliance with federal and state laws and university policy, is committed to human understanding and provides equal educational, employment, and economic opportunities for all persons without regard to race, color, sex, age, creed, national origin, religion, veteran status, or disability. Direct requests for disability accommodations and other graduate assistants inquiries to the Office of Disability Services, Horton Hall 120, Shippensburg University, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299, (717) 477-1329. Accreditations • AACSB International ABOUT THE PSAC • ABET (Computer Science) Highly competitive on a regional and national level, • ACEJMC (Communications/ PSAC schools annually combine to send nearly one-third Journalism) of its teams into NCAA postseason play. Ultimately, the • Internships, hands-on labs, graduate Women: basketball, cross country, Originating in 1951 to administer and promote men’s • American Chemical Society assistantships and more, SU helps field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, soft- athletics, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference has membership’s success has yielded 46 NCAA team and 255 individual title winners. • Council for the Accreditation of you create opportunities for real-life ball, swimming, tennis, track/field, evolved into one of the NCAA’s most heralded intercol- Counseling and Related Educa- experiences. volleyball. legiate conferences. While proud of its athletic accomplishments, the league tional Programs • Academic options include indepen- • Intramural sports: also has evolved into one of Division II’s finest from an The first major step came in 1977, when based on a grow- • Council for Exceptional Children dent study and research internships, academic standpoint. In each of the past five years, nearly Basketball, soccer, softball, street ing interest, the league reorganized to provide a structure • Council on Social Work Education field experience, the Marine Science one-third of the PSAC’s student-athletes are honored hockey, Ultimate Frisbee, volleyball for its women’s programs. Only three years later, lacking a • International Association of Coun- Consortium at Wallops Island, a each academic year as “Scholar-Athletes” for maintaining • Sports facilities include: outdoor standard competitive division, league voted to reclassify the seling Services 3+2 engineering program with two a grade-point average of 3.25 or better - a total that has tennis courts, indoor and outdoor entire conference to NCAA Division II. schools of engineering, 2+3 and 3+3 tripled since PSAC Scholar-Athletes were first recognized • Middle States Commission on track, two indoor swimming pools, health science programs with pro- Among its recent enhancements the PSAC expanded its in the mid-1990s. Higer Education squash and handball courts, a membership with two full-time members twice during • National Council for Accreditation fessional schools, 2+2 allied health rehabilitation center, outdoor sand a five-year span. The first occurred during the 2008-09 Although all 18 current institutions are members of Divi- of Teacher Education programs, and Army ROTC. volleyball courts. academic year with the addition of Gannon and Mercy- sion II, five league schools also compete at the Division I • Find a job or focus on a career with • ShipRec Center features an level in select sports. PSAC schools enroll over 134,000 Academic Programs the help of Career Development hurst Universities. Then, in the summer of 2013, Seton Hill and Opportunities 8,000-square-foot fitness center, University and the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown students and claim approximately 750,000 alumni, includ- Center and alumni career services. with 35 cardio machines with TVs, ing over 550,000 who reside in Pennsylvania. joined the league as full-time members. Long-known as the • 100 undergraduate programs and Athletics an elevated running track, racquet- NCAA’s largest one-state conference, the PSAC now con- The PSAC is governed by the 57 graduate programs ball courts, and four multi-purpose sists of 18 institutions located within the Commonwealth, • Member of the Pennsylvania State courts. presidents of the 18 member insti- • 3 colleges: Arts and Sciences, Busi- making the PSAC the largest NCAA conference regardless Athletic Conference and NCAA tutions. It employs a commissioner, ness, and Education and Human • 12-acre student recreation center of state borders or classifying division. The league is also Division II. two associate commissioners, and Services; plus a Office of Unde- includes: hockey rink; sand volley- distinguished as the largest football-playing conference in • Intercollegiate sports: a director of media relations at its clared Students. ball courts; basketball courts; fields the NCAA, and, with 23, the conference that sponsors the headquarters in Lock Haven, Pa. Men: baseball, basketball, cross- for football, softball, lacrosse, and • Study abroad opportunities are most championships at the Division II level. country, football, soccer, swimming, rugby; exercise trail for rollerblad- available in dozens of countries. track and field, wrestling. ing, biking, and jogging. Find out more at www.ship.edu/ international 2 Shippensburg University Baseball 3 ACADEMICS & ATHLETICS ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES FOR STUDENT AtHLETES Shippensburg University shapes its ath- Shippensburg University established the Office of letic program to fit within the overall aca- Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes to demic goals of the university—maintaining a provide the best possible resources for enhancing the balance between athletics and academics. academic experiences of student-athletes. Through Since 1984, the university’s Office of Insti- the coordinator, a variety of academic assistance tutional Research has monitored the prog- services are available, including academic advising ress of our athletes in the classroom. The support, academic progress monitoring, academic original study found that Shippensburg was counseling and referral, and assisting graduating ahead of many institutions in meeting the student-athletes in researching and pursuing employ- standards of Propositions 48 and 64—two ment and/or opportunities for graduate education. NCAA resolutions designed to set mini- The Office of Academic Support Services for mum educational levels in collegiate athletes. Student-Athletes has strong links with the Learning Melissa Knouse Proposition 64 of the NCAA established a Center and other campus-wide programs to support minimum score of 700 in the SAT and a 2.0 the academic well being of student-athletes. Interim Coordinator of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes grade point average in 11 core curriculum All student-athletes have the opportunity to partici- courses in high school. Proposition 48 car- pate in the NCAA Student Athletic Affairs. This ries these minimums even