2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL PLAYERS

#14 FRANK MESA #20 NICK WALSH

#45 ERIK AVERILL

#39 TUFFY GOSEWISCH

37 LEFT-HANDED PITCHER 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL ERIK AVERILL #45 6-2 • 190 • So. • 1V • Bats: Left • Throws: Left • Orange, Calif. (Villa Park)

seven shutout innings to pick up eighth WHAT TO KNOW: win... recorded season high eight strike- Coming off a solid fresh- outs vs. nationally ranked Cal State man season in which he Fullerton (6/6) in the super regionals... went 8-2 with a 3.66 threw a one-hit gem over 7.1 innings in ERA and was named a his ASU debut vs. UHH (1/18) to pick up freshman All-American his first collegiate win... struck out seven by Baseball America and and had his bid for ASU’s first no-hitter Collegiate Baseball... since 1993 erased with one out in the worked out with team- eighth... Had a stretch of 18.2 consecu- mates Jeff Mousser, tive innings without giving up an earned Quentin Andes and Brett run to open the season and his collegiate Bordes over the summer in Tempe and added 15 career... faced brother Brandon on Apr. pounds with intensive strength training... a pol- 17 vs. UCLA and hit him in only at-bat. ished left-handed pitcher with a good fastball and offspeed pitches... has the ability and command to be ASU’s Friday night pitcher... very confident in HIGH SCHOOL: A 2002 graduate of Villa his abilities and is a good team leader... ranked by Park High School (Spartans) in Orange, Baseball America as the No. 66 college prospect Calif... won three varsity letters under for the 2005 draft. head coach Tom Tereschuk... played summer baseball with the Encinitas Reds 2003 (FRESHMAN): Had a solid freshman year and Colton Nighthawks... his high school going 8-2 with a 3.66 ERA... named freshman All- team was a combined 73-16 during his American by Collegiate Baseball (1st team) and varsity baseball career... helped lead Villa Baseball America (2nd team)... named ASU’s co- Park to Century League championships freshman Newcomer of the Year at annual team two years and CIF State Championships banquet with teammate Travis Buck... named to in 2000 and 2002... named all-league all Baseball America’s midseason All-America team... three years and all-CIF as a sophomore... tied for seventh in the ASU freshman record was 6-2 with a 1.74 ERA and 57 strike- books with eight wins, ninth in ERA (3.66), sev- outs in 44.1 innings pitched during his enth in strikeouts (61) and seventh in innings senior year... 7-0 as a sophomore in pitched (86.0)... made 20 pitching appearances 2000... ranked as the No. 101 prospect with 15 coming as starts... seven of his wins came by TeamOne Baseball heading into in starts and was 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 11.2 senior season... ranked as the No. 11 innings out of the bullpen... overall recorded 61 prospect at the 2001 TeamOne strikeouts in 86.0 innings... ranked amongst the National Showcase... 2001 Junior league leaders holding opponents to a .264 bat- Sunbelt All-Tournament team... All- ting average... best start of the year came against Southern California 1st Team by Arizona (5/24) when he dominated the Wildcats in BaseballResource.com.

PERSONAL: A pre-business major... a CAREER HIGHS AT ASU maroon and gold scholar... full name is Erik Daniel Averill... parents are Don and Innings...... 7.1 (UHH; 1/18/03) Gale Averill of Orange, Calif... has one Runs Allowed ...... 5 - 4x (CSF; 6/6/03) brother, Brandon (22), who is a senior ER Allowed...... 5 - 4x (CSF; 6/6/03) infielder on the UCLA baseball team... K’s...... 8 (CSF; 6/6/03) also recruited by USC, Georgia Tech, BB...... 3 (CAL; 4/11/03) UCLA and Notre Dame... lists most exciting spades... also enjoys playing the unofficial team Hits Allowed ...... 10 (CAL; 4/11/03) moment in sports as when he was the winning game of ASU Baseball, Risk... also lists climbing WP...... 1 - 2x (WASH; 5/17/03) pitcher in the CIF State Championship game in Camelback Mountain, wakeboarding HBP...... 4 (USC; 3/29/03) 2000... a member of the National Honor Society and going to church as his interests... born Feb. and was a scholar athlete in high school... enjoys 9, 1984. spending time with his teammates and playing

CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP 2003 3.66 8 2 20 15 0 0 3 0 86.0 87 41 35 19 61 19 6 7 373 .264 2 16 TOTAL 3.66 8 2 20 15 0 0 3 0 86.0 87 41 35 19 61 19 6 7 373 .264 2 16

38 CATCHER 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL JOEL BOCCHI #19 5-11 • 190 • Jr. • 2V • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista)

WHAT TO KNOW: A solidly built baseball player who has won at every level he has played at... will battle junior team- mate Tuffy Gosewisch for playing time... has proven he can come up with the big hit... needs to gain con- fidence behind the plate... a career .292 hitter with eight doubles and two home runs.

2003 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 43 games with 22 starts behind the plate... finished the year hitting .318 (27-for-85) with seven doubles, two home runs and 21 RBI... recorded only three hits (3-for-26) after Mar. 16 (Oklahoma)... was one of ASU’s best hitters through the early part of the season, hitting .407 after his first 20 games... recorded two big hits (3-Run HR, 3-Run 2B) in wins vs. BYU... hit first career home run in season opener vs. Hawaii-Hilo to spark ASU to 9-0 win... set a career high in hits when he went 4-for-5 vs. Hawaii- Hilo (1/17)... hit .395 (15-for-38) with runners in scoring position and was 3- for-5 (.600) with the bases loaded... spent the summer playing with the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod League... hit .145 (8-for-55) with Cotuit with three doubles and four RBI while appearing in 19 games.

2002 (FRESHMAN): Finished the year hitting .214 while making eight starts... recorded first career start on national television at Florida State (2/15)... first career hit was a single vs. Southern Utah (2/1)... recorded a clutch run-scoring single vs. Oklahoma (4/24)... had a triple vs. Portland (5/14)... a promising catcher for the future with unlimited potential behind the plate.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Ariz... earned four varsity letters in baseball and three in football... helped lead Desert Vista to a combined 114-33 record during his four years, including a state championship in 2001... drove in the winning run of the state champi- onship game... hit .260 his freshman year with one home run and 11 RBI... named all-region during sophomore year with .370 batting average, seven home runs and 24 RBI... repeated as all-region and all-city selection during junior year with .300 batting average and five home runs... named all-region, all-city, all-state, and was a third-team All-American during senior year... hit .510 with five home runs and 48 RBI... recorded CAREER HIGHS AT ASU over 120 tackles during his junior year on the grid- At Bats...... 5 - 2x (PSU; 2/28/03) iron... also played in the Runs ...... 2 (Cal; 4/13/03) Team One Showcase and Hits...... 4 (UHH; 1/17/03) Best of the West Athletic Director for sports administration at ASU... his father coached football RBI...... 3 - 3x (BYU; 2/8/03) Tournament. at ASU and Kansas State as well... has one brother, Matt (22)... describes his BB...... 2 - 2x (ND; 2/22/03) best individual athletic performance as a football game vs. Horizon when he SB...... 1 (UHH; 1/17/03) PERSONAL: Interested in recorded 24 tackles... most exciting experience in sports was playing in three 2B...... 1 - 8x (OKLA; 3/14/03) a sociology degree... par- straight state baseball games (won two) and winning one football state cham- HR ...... 1 - 2x (BYU; 2/8/03) ents are Don and Eileen pionship... born Feb. 13, 1983 in Manhattan, Kansas. Hit Streak:...... 5 games Bocchi of Phoenix, Ariz... father is the Associate

CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E F% 2002 .214 17 8 28 3 6 11039.321 6 1 5 2 .371 0 0 0 0 68 16 3 .966 2003 .318 43 22 85 17 27 7 0 2 21 40 .471 11 4 23 2 .420 0 2 1 1 159 16 5 .972 TOTAL .292 60 30 113 20 33 8 1 2 24 49 .434 17 5 28 4 .407 0 2 1 1 228 32 8 .970 39 LEFT-HANDED PITCHER 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL BRETT BORDES #49 5-10 • 175 • So. • 1V • Bats: Left • Throws: Left • Mesa, Ariz. (Dobson)

WHAT TO KNOW: Looking to make a move from the bullpen into the starting rotation for the 2004 season... had an excellent fresh- man year in which he went 1-1 with a 3.21 ERA... needs to improve control as he walked 28 batters in 28 innings... may be small in size, but has a fastball with excep- tional movement that can hit upwards of 90 mph... spent the summer in Tempe working out with teammates Jeff Mousser, Erik Averill and Quentin Andes to improve strength and condition- ing.

2003 (FRESHMAN): Made 27 pitching appear- ances during his freshman season, all coming out of the bullpen... went 1-1 with a 3.21 ERA... pitched in two of ASU’s 10 shutouts... gave up 21 hits and walked 28 in 28.0 innings pitched... lim- ited opposing hitters to .210 batting average... pitched exceptionally well to right-handers giving up only 12 hits in 68 at-bats... recorded first career victory with 0.1 IP at USC (3/28)... season long outing was 2.1 innings against Notre Dame HIGH SCHOOL: A 2002 graduate of Dobson High PERSONAL: Undecided on a major at ASU... full (2/22) in which he struck out three and did not School in Mesa, Ariz... earned three varsity letters name is Brett James Bordes... parents are Charles give up a run... allowed only 10 of 28 inherited in baseball and one in wrestling... coached by Bob and Jeannie Bordes of Mesa, Ariz... is one of six runners to score (36%)... had one of his best out- Hershey on the diamond... played summer base- children, with three sisters and two brothers: ings of the year against Cal State Fullerton in the ball with the Swamp Dogs... helped lead the Danielle (25), Lindsay (13), Kaylee (11), Greg Super Regional final, throwing two no-hit Swamps Dogs to a fourth-place finish in the (18), Charlie (22)... Charlie was one of the walk- innings... in Pac-10 play, he was 1-1 with a 2.79 Connie Mack State Championships... Dobson ons to make the cut after tryouts and played dur- ERA in 9.2 innings. went 27-6 his senior year... was 11-2 with a 1.19 ing the ‘Sandlot’ games... Greg has signed an NLI ERA and 98 strikeouts in 76.2 innings as a sen- to play baseball for the Sun Devils starting in ior... named the East Valley Tribune 5A Pitcher of 2005... his father played professionally with the the Year... Arizona Republic first-team all-state... Texas Rangers, reaching as high as the Triple-A CAREER HIGHS AT ASU East Valley Region Player of the Year (2002)... level... also played in college at Southwestern first-team AzBCA All-State... participated in the Louisiana (currently Louisiana Lafayette) and was Innings...... 2.1 (ND; 2/22/03) Arizona All-Star game... as a junior was named to voted into the school’s athletic hall of fame in Runs Allowed ...... 2 - 2x (OSU; 5/14/03) first-team all-East Valley and was an honorable 1998... his grandfather Bill Cutler is a former pres- ER Allowed...... 2 (WST; 3/19/03) mention all-state selection... was 8-4 with a 1.44 ident of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League... an K’s ...... 3 (ND; 2/22/03) ERA and 86 strikeouts in 64.0 innings as a junior... uncle, Jack Heidemann, played six years of pro- BB ...... 3 - 2x (WASH; 5/18/03) best performances include 17 strikeouts in a fessional baseball with the Brewers and Indians... Hits Allowed ...... 3 (OSU; 5/14/03) seven-inning game during his junior year and a enjoys fishing, swimming and going to the WP...... 1 (UCLA; 4/18/03) five-inning no-hitter his senior year vs. Desert movies... also recruited by Tulane, Louisiana- HBP...... 1 - 2x (UCLA; 4/18/03) Vista. Lafayette and Arizona.... born Nov. 30, 1983.

CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP 2003 3.21 1 1 27 0 0 0 2 0 28.0 21 12 10 28 27 2 0 2 132 .210 1 2 TOTAL 3.21 1 1 27 0 0 0 2 0 28.0 21 12 10 28 27202132.210 1 2

40 OUTFIELDER 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL TRAVIS BUCK #4 6-3 • 210 • So. • 1V • Bats: Left • Throws: Right • Richland, Wash. (Richland)

WHAT TO KNOW: pair of six-game streaks during .475 with 32 RBI, 12 doubles, three Coming off a solid the year... named Pac-10 Player home runs and tied a school record freshman season in of the Week (4/1) after going 8- with 25 stolen bases... earned team which he was named a for-11 in a three-game series at MVP honors and was named first- freshman All-Amer- USC... became just the seventh team all-league, all-area and all- ican... etched his name Sun Devil in recorded history state... hit .412 with four home runs into the ASU freshman and the first freshman in Pac-10 and 18 RBI as a sophomore... hit record books in several history to hit for the cycle when .421 with seven home runs and 19 categories... became the he went 5-for-5 with seven RBI RBI as a junior... during his senior first freshman in Pac-10 against Southern Utah (3/7)... basketball season he earned all- baseball history to hit he capped his perfect night with area honors by averaging 20.2 ppg for the cycle... came to ASU as a shortstop, but a grand slam home run to com- and 7.0 rpg... had 1,009 career converted to the outfield in 2003 and led the team plete the cycle... etched his points on the hardwood as a guard with four outfield assists... has a good approach name in the ASU freshman and small forward... was rated as at the plate and is disciplined... has line-drive record books in several cate- the No. 77 prospect heading into power to all fields and can lay down a bunt... gories, including hits (78, 3rd), the 2002 MLB draft by Baseball ranked by Baseball America as the No. 25 top col- doubles (13, 5th), stolen bases America... played in the 2001 Area lege prospect for the 2005 MLB draft. (12, 4th), runs scored (59, 2nd), Code Games in Long Beach, Calif... RBI (46, 5th) and batting aver- during the first game of his senior 2003 (FRESHMAN): Named All-Pac-10 age (.326, 8th)... ranked 10th in season vs. Gonzaga Prep he was 5- Honorable Mention and was ASU’s co-Freshman the Pac-10 in runs scored and for-5 with two doubles, two home Newcomer of the year with Erik Averill... also eighth in walks (35)... hit .365 runs and eight RBI... he hit a three- earned freshman All-America honors from (31-for-85) in Pac-10 games run home run and a grand slam in Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America (2nd and .305 in non-conference the same inning. team)... named to Baseball America’s midseason games... recorded at least one freshman All-America team... hit .326 (78-for- hit in 47 of 66 games and was MLB DRAFT: Selected in the 23rd 239) with 13 doubles, three triples and four home sixth on the team with 20 extra round (700 overall) of the 2002 runs... played in 66 games during his freshman base hits... made an unbeliev- MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners. campaign, making 65 starts... made 33 starts in able catch in the NCAA Regional left field, 31 in right field and one at designated final against UNLV (6/1) to rob Fernando PERSONAL: Interested in a business degree at hitter... also recorded 46 RBI and scored 59 Valenzuela Jr. of a home run... selected for the Arizona State... a maroon and gold scholar... full runs... tabbed 22 multi-hit games, including 14 USA Baseball National Team Trials, but did not name is Travis George Buck... parents are Stephen two-hit games, seven three-hit games and one make the team and played summer baseball with Buck and Vicki Bricker... has two brothers, Aric five-hit contest... also had eight multi-RBI the Peninsula Oilers (Alaska Summer League)... (27) and Jason (24)... Aric played baseball at games... had 11 bunt base hits and also had five hit .311 (14-for-42) with the Oilers with two dou- Linfield College and an uncle (Arv Morfin) played sacrifice hits to lead the team... longest hitting bles and one home run before breaking a bone in professionally with the Seattle Mariners... also streak of the year was a seven-game stretch to his hand... rated as the No. 4 prospect by Baseball recruited by Clemson, Washington State, Oregon open the season (11-for-21, .524)... also had a America in the Alaskan Summer League. State and Duke... enjoys lifting weights, playing golf and hanging out with friends and family... HIGH SCHOOL: A 2002 graduate of Richland High member of National Honor Society and was on the CAREER HIGHS AT ASU School (Bombers) in Richland, Wash... earned honor roll in high school... played fall baseball three letters each in baseball and basketball... was during high school with current teammate Justin At Bats...... 7 (BYU; 2/7/03) captain of both sports during his senior year... Ehlers... his most exciting experience in sports is Runs ...... 3 - 3x (Cal; 4/13/03) coached in baseball by Ben Jacobs and in basket- listed as having hit a home run at SAFECO Field Hits...... 5 (SUU; 2/7/03) ball by Earl Streufert... played summer baseball with a wood bat during a fall baseball game... born RBI ...... 7 (SUU; 2/7/03) for the Richland Knights and Twin City Titans... Nov. 18, 1983. BB...... 3 (GU; 2/14/03) helped lead Richland to baseball Big 9 champi- SB...... 2 - 3x (OSU; 5/12/03) onships during his junior and senior (22-3) sea- 2B ...... 2 (SDSU; 1/24/03) sons... Richland finished third in state in 2002... HR...... 1 - 4x (OSU; 5/12/03) was named the Tri-City Herald Athlete of the Year Hit Streak ...... 7 games for his accomplishments in baseball and basket- ball... during his senior baseball season he hit

CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E F% 2003 .326 66 65 239 59 78 13 3 4 46 109 .456 35 11 28 9 .432 2 5 12 14 94 4 4 .961 TOTAL .326 66 65 239 59 78 13 3 4 46 109 .456 35 11 28 9 .432 2 5 12 14 94 4 4 .961 41 OUTFIELDER/INFIELDER 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL NICK CADENA #16 6-1 • 200 • RS-So. • 1V • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Glendale, Ariz. (Apollo)

WHAT TO KNOW: Has .239... was 19-for-61 (.311) with 21 of his tremendous power at 28 RBI and five of his six home runs dur- the plate... expected to ing that stretch of games... led ASU with contend for a starting two multi-home run games... moved into spot in the outfield or at the starting role when right fielder Andre first base... will be relied Ethier broke his right thumb at Notre on to fill the power need Dame (4/26)... hit three-run home run at with Jeremy West Washington State (4/7) for first career departed... was the only home run in first career start... had two Sun Devil during his home runs and four RBI vs. New Mexico freshman season of State (4/30)... had another two home run 2002 to notch a pair of multi-home run games... game and a career-high five RBI vs. USC his six home runs tied for fifth in the ASU fresh- (5/19)... hit .059 (1-for-17) as a pinch-hit- man record books... was a high school shortstop ter... was a .333 (13-for-39) hitter with and catcher who has moved into the outfield... will runners in scoring position. be a team leader before his career is over as a Sun Devil... has great size, speed and power and will HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year varsity base- be an impact player in the lineup. ball player at Apollo High School in Glendale, Ariz.... coached by Ray 2003 (SOPHOMORE): Played in only five games Alonzo... a three-time all-state selection, in 2003 and was 3-for-7 (.429) with a double and including a first-team selection his junior an RBI... sprained his ankle in pregame warm-ups and senior seasons... Apollo went a com- against Long Beach State (1/31) and also suffered bined 95-35 during his prep career... hit an ongoing offseason back injury that let him uti- .442 his freshman season while earning lize a medical redshirt... played summer baseball all-region honors... named second-team with Northern Ohio in Great Lakes Summer all-state and repeated as an all-region Collegiate League with teammates Eric Van Slyke selection while hitting .490 his sopho- and Matt Leaf... named first-team All-Great Lakes more year... named first-team all-state League while hitting .306 with Northern Ohio... and was the Skyline League MVP his junior year PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology... a maroon finished sixth in the league with 23 RBI and tied while hitting .516... set single-season Apollo and gold scholar... parents are Jack and Candee for first with five home runs... hit a solo home run records during junior year with 14 home runs and Samora of Glendale, Ariz... siblings are Jackie against Team USA. 38 RBI... honorable mention All-American... (12) and Jacob (10)... also recruited by improved on his records during senior season, Pepperdine, Arizona, Pacific and Long Beach 2002 (FRESHMAN): A pinch-hitter through much earning all-state and All-America honors his sen- State... lists receiving a scholarship to ASU and of the first part of the season until starting the last ior season... hit 17 home runs, collected 45 RBI breaking Bob Horner’s Apollo High School record 16 games of the year... raised his batting average and hit .496 his senior season... broke the school as his most exciting moments in sports... enjoys from .097 on April 26 to its season-ending mark of record for home runs in a career, set by former baseball, church and spending time with his fam- Sun Devil and current Los Angeles Dodger Paul ily... worked for the city of Glendale as a recreation Lo Duca... also played football... played summer events coordinator... currently works at Honey CAREER HIGHS AT ASU baseball for Arizona Baseball Academy, helping Bears BBQ, commonly known as the best BBQ in lead his team to a sixth place showing at the AAU the state of Arizona... in high school worked at At Bats...... 6 (WSU; 4/7/02) Nationals... Participated in the 2000 Area Code Baseball Palace Batting Cages... has volunteered Runs ...... 3 - 2x (USC; 5/19/02) Games in Long Beach, Calif., and also played in with the Special Olympics, Adopt a Family for the Hits...... 3 - 3x (OSU; 5/24/02) the annual Sunbelt Classic and the Best of the Holiday Project and was a student mentor during RBI ...... 5 (USC; 5/19/02) West Showcase. high school... born Nov. 17, 1982. BB ...... 1 - 8x (UHH; 1/19/03) SB ...... 1 (USD; 6/1/02) MLB DRAFT: Selected in the 42nd round of the 2B...... 1 - 3x (UHH; 1/19/03) 2001 Amateur draft by the Kansas City Royals. HR ...... 2 - 2x (USC; 5/19/02) Hit Streak ...... 4 games

CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E F% 2002 .239 38 19 92 14 22 2 0 6 28 42 .457 6 1 23 2 .290 1 0 1 1 20 0 1 .952 2003 .429 5 0 7 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 .571 2 0 1 0 .556 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 TOTAL .253 43 19 99 16 25 3 0 6 29 46 .465 8 1 24 2 .312 1 0 1 1 21 1 1 .957 42 CATCHER 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL TUFFY GOSEWISCH #39 5-10 • 185 • Jr. • 2V • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Scottsdale, Ariz. (Horizon)

WHAT TO KNOW: multi-RBI contests... hit .750 (6-for-8) with the A hard-nosed player bases loaded and .371 (23-for-62) with runners who was born to play in scoring position... hit first career home run baseball... very scrap- vs. UCLA (4/17)... went 3-for-3 with two doubles py in the field and at and a home run (nine total bases) and three RBI the plate... is growing vs. Oregon State (5/14)... opened the season on behind the plate with a tear going 6-for-10 (.600) with three multi-hit every game played... games vs. Hawaii-Hilo. became ASU’s starting catcher midway 2002 (FRESHMAN): Started the season as through the 2003 sea- ASU’s opening day catcher, but had a rough start son and never looked back... brother of former at the plate going 0-for-11 in his first four Sun Devil standout Ian “Chip” Gosewisch... Ian games... finished the year hitting .128 while played at ASU from 1996-99, hitting .338 over playing excellent defense in his 12 starts... great his career... a hard worker in the weight room tools behind the plate and has the potential to be who gained strength by working out at Athletes’ a real threat at the plate... broke an 0-for-14 Performance in Tempe over the summer... will slump with single vs. Tennessee (2/8) for first be looked upon as a team leader in 2004... a career hit... notched first career RBI with single career .295 hitter after hitting .340 in 2003. vs. Loyola Marymount (3/1).

2003 (SOPHOMORE): Earned Pac-10 HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of Horizon Honorable Mention honors on the field and in High School in Scottsdale, Ariz...earned three the classroom in 2003 while hitting .340 (49-for- varsity letters in golf and four in baseball... 144) with 47 runs, nine doubles, two home runs coached by Eric Kibler in baseball... helped lead and 43 RBI... earned the Bobby Winkles Award Horizon to a combined 96-40 record during his at the annual team banquet... named to Tempe prep career... Horizon won the Desert Valley Regional All-Tournament team after going 4-for- Regional championship all four years... hit .375 9 (.444)... became ASU’s everyday starting as a freshman... during sophomore year earned catcher at the start of the Pac-10 season and second-team all-region by hitting .400 with ended the year making 23 straight starts behind three home runs and 20 RBI... named first-team the plate... overall played in 59 games, making all region junior year with .410 batting average 45 starts... recorded hits in 13 of his last 15 and 18 RBI... named all-state and all-region sen- games, including a career-high eight-game ior year by hitting .430 with five home runs and streak in which he went 12-for-29 (.414)... was 30 RBI... named to Arizona Republic All-State solid behind the plate with a perfect 1.000 field- second team as a utility player. ing percentage and threw out 11 of 25 base stealers... notched 15 multi-hit games and 10 PERSONAL: Majoring in finance... a Maroon and Gold Scholar... full name is James, but goes by Tuffy... played for the Scottsdale Mavericks CAREER HIGHS AT ASU during his prep summer ball career... parents are Jim and Nancy Gosewisch... father is the gener- At Bats ...... 5 - 5x (UNLV; 6/1/03) al manager at Cleats, Inc., a baseball equipment Runs...... 3 - 2x (UCLA; 4/19/03) store... one brother, Chip (26), who played at Hits...... 3 - 2x (OSU; 5/14/03) ASU (1996-99) and played in the Anaheim RBI ...... 3 - 3x (OSU; 5/14/03) Angles organization for two years... also recruit- BB...... 3 (UCI; 5/6/03) ed by Arizona, Grand Canyon and Loyola SB...... 1 - 2x (OKLA; 4/30/03) Marymount... enjoys playing golf... born 2B...... 2 (OSU; 5/14/03) Aug. 17, 1983. HR ...... 1 - 2x (OSU; 5/14/03) Hit Streak...... 8 games

CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E F% 2002 .128 30 12 39 6 5 00025.128 4 0 12 4 .209 0 0 0 0 117 11 1 .992 2003 .340 59 45 144 41 49 9 0 2 41 64 .444 22 9 19 3 .442 6 4 2 2 346 31 0 1.000 TOTAL .295 89 57 183 47 54 9 0 2 43 69 .377 26 9 31 7 .397 6 4 2 2 463 42 1 .998 43 OUTFIELDER/INFIELDER JEFF LARISH #11 6-2 • 195 • Jr. • 2V • Bats: Left • Throws: Right • Tempe, Ariz. (McClintock)

WHAT TO KNOW: All-American by Collegiate Baseball, Baseball Coming off a stellar America and CollegeBaseballInsider.com... also sophomore campaign in picked up third-team honors from the NCBWA and which he became only the ABCA... named co-Offensive MVP at ASU the second player in ASU Baseball Awards Banquet... selected with team- history to record 70 or mate Dustin Pedroia to play on the USA Baseball more walks and RBI in a National Team... hit .372 with 80 runs scored, 18 season... was an RBI doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 95 RBI... machine in 2003 ending ranked 51st in the NCAA in home runs per game the year with 95 to rank (0.28), sixth in RBI (1.46), 18th in runs (1.23), fifth in the ASU record 38th in slugging percentage (.697), and led the books... a candidate for Pac-10 and National nation in walks (1.2 per game)... ranked ninth in Player of the Year in 2004... rated as one of the top the Pac-10 in batting (.372), second in on-base college prospects for the 2004 MLB Draft... com- percentage (.528), first in RBI (95) and third in bines with junior teammate Dustin Pedroia as one home runs (18)... his 95 RBI are fifth most in ASU of the best combinations in all of college base- single-season history... recorded 78 walks for the ball... likely to start in the outfield after starting at second most in single-season history and became first base in 2003 and third base in 2002... very only the second Sun Devil to record a 70-70 sea- versatile... has line-drive power to all fields... son (walks-RBI)... former major leaguer Alvin enters his junior season with a career .356 (129- Davis was the other... recorded a career-high four for-362) batting average in 99 games... has 21 hits vs. Arizona (5/25), tying the school record home runs, 119 RBI, 39 multi-hit games and 29 with four doubles... hit four grand slams to break multi-RBI games. the previous school record of three... also tied the single-game record with nine RBI vs. San Diego 2004 (JUNIOR): A first-team preseason All- State (1/26)... recorded at least one hit in 46 of 65 American by Baseball America and Collegiate games and tallied 27 multi-hit games... in ASU’s Baseball... a second-team preseason selection by first 15 games he had more RBI than he had in all the NCBWA... ranked by Baseball America as the of 2001 (24)... hit .380 with runners in scoring No. 8 college prospect for the 2004 MLB draft... position and .727 (16-for-22) with the bases the Major League Scouting Bureau ranked him as loaded... recorded his 100th career hit with a the sixth top college prospect for the 2004 draft. grand slam vs. UCLA (4/19)... played for the USA multi-RBI games... a very solid third baseman Baseball National Team, helping lead the Red, with a .938 fielding percentage... was 3-for-4 with 2003 (SOPHOMORE): Had a breakthrough year White and Blue to a silver medal in the 2003 Pan a run scored and a triple in his Sun Devil debut vs. in 2003 earning First-Team All-Pac-10 honors and Am Games... started all 29 games during the sum- Oklahoma... went 4-for-6 with three RBI vs. several All-America honors... named second-team mer tour in which Team USA went 27-2... hit .255 Washington (3/30)... hit first career home run vs. (26-for-102) and led the team with 23 RBI and UCLA (4/12) that tied the game at 2-2... had three eight home runs... his eight home runs are the RBI in three straight games (NMSU-STAN)... had CAREER HIGHS AT ASU most by a Team USA player since they started a 10-game hitting streak from Apr. 20-May 15 in using wood bats... hit home runs in five straight which he hit .389 with 12 RBI and 14 hits... had a t Bats...... 6 - 4x (USD; 6/1/02) games to rank second in the National Team record big three-run home run off Stanford first-round Runs...... 4 (PORT; 5/15/02) books... named a second-team Summer All- draft pick Jeremy Guthrie (5/10)... recorded at Hits ...... 4 - 3x (ARIZ; 5/25/03) American by Baseball America. least one hit in 24 of 34 games played... sixth on RBI...... 9 (SDSU; 1/26/03) the team with 11 extra base hits... a .302 hitter in BB...... 4 (WSU; 4/27/03) 2002 (FRESHMAN): Named honorable mention Pac-10 play and was the team leader while hitting SB ...... 1 - 3x (OSU; 5/12/03) All-Pac-10... hit .328 overall with four doubles, .381 (16-for-42) clip in 12 non-conference games. 2B...... 4 (ARIZ; 5/25/03) three triples and three home runs... two of his HR ...... 2 (SDSU; 1/26/03) three home runs came on the road... recorded 12 HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of McClintock Hit Streak...... 17 games multi-hit games, two of which were three-hit High School in Tempe, Ariz... coached by Harold affairs and two four-hit contests... added eight Bull on the diamond... was the team captain dur-

CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E F% 2002 .328 34 33 128 31 42 4 3 3 24 61 .477 29 0 19 3 .447 2 0 0 1 30 45 5 .938 2003 .372 65 64 234 80 87 18 2 18 95 163 .697 78 6 42 5 .528 6 1 3 5 507 29 6 .989 TOTAL .356 99 97 362 111 129 22 5 21 119 224 .619 107 6 61 8 .501 8 1 3 6 537 74 11 .982

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ing senior season... named first-team all-region by PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in justice studies... hitting .398 with six home runs and 26 RBI during lists his best individual athletic performance as junior year... hit .441 during his senior year with 12 breaking the McClintock record for home runs in a home runs and 45 RBI... named all-city, first-team season... winning the state summer baseball title all-region and second-team all-state as a senior... in 2001 was his most memorable athletic achieve- set single-season school record with his 12 home ment... parents are Doug and Wendy Larish of runs in 2001... hit .800 over 20 games during sum- Tempe, both are teachers... has one brother, Bryan mer season in 2000 with the Connie Mack Pilots. (23)... full name is Jeffrey David Larish... born Oct. 11, 1982. MLB DRAFT: Selected in the 32nd round of the 2001 draft by the Chicago Cubs.

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AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Overall .356 362 111 129 22 5 21 119 January .484 31 15 15 3 0 5 23 February .395 43 19 17 4 0 4 25 March .319 72 18 23 3 4 3 17 April .319 97 29 31 4 0 4 27 CAREER VS. PAC-10 May .367 90 23 33 8 1 2 20 June .345 29 7 10 0 0 3 7 G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Home .364 217 73 79 17 4 15 78 Pac-10 46 .320 181 41 58 11 1 6 41 Away .345 145 39 50 6 1 6 44 Arizona 5 .562 16 5 9 4 0 1 3 Pac-10 .320 181 41 58 11 1 6 41 California 6 .318 22 3 7 1 0 0 2 Non-Conf. .392 181 70 71 11 4 15 78 Oregon State 6 .375 24 6 9 2 0 0 6 NCAA .289 38 9 11 0 0 3 11 Stanford 6 .240 25 4 6 0 1 1 6 Day .352 179 53 63 10 2 14 72 UCLA 6 .296 27 8 8 0 0 2 7 Night .361 183 58 66 12 3 7 47 USC 6 .238 21 4 5 1 0 1 6 RISP .364 143 — 52 9 1 10 101 UW 6 .269 26 3 7 2 0 0 3 Bases Loaded .645 31 — 20 4 0 4 52 WSU 6 .318 22 9 7 1 0 1 0 Pinch Hitting .500 2 — 1 0 0 0 0

45 OUTFIELDER 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL RYAN MCKENNA #17 5-10 • 175 • RS-Jr. • 2V • Bats: Left • Throws: Right • Elgin, Ill. (Larkin)

WHAT TO KNOW: recorded at least one official plate Has good speed and appearance in... recorded a career- solid outfield skills... a high seven-game hitting streak typical Murphy player from 3/24-4/19 in which he hit .360 who is hard-nosed and (9x25) with five runs scored, six gets on base... makes RBI and a home run... also had a himself a better player pair of four-game hitting streaks by strong work ethic... during the season... had nearly 30 takes a quality approach family members watch him play at the plate and is very near his home state of Illinois disciplined... coming off when the Devils visited Notre a redshirt season in 2003... added weight with Dame (4/26). intense strength training program last year and throughout the summer... will battle for playing 2001 (FRESHMAN): Saw action time at all three outfield positions. in 30 games with 10 as starts... seven of his 10 starts came after 2003 (RS-SOPHOMORE): Did not play during May 1... recorded a hit in 10 of his the 2003 season, sitting out the year as a redshirt 30 games played... was 1-for-3 to work in the weight room to gain strength. with a two-run single in the regular season finale vs. UCLA... had back- 2002 (SOPHOMORE): Hit .265 overall in the reg- to-back multi-hit games vs. ular season while starting in 20 games... named Tennessee (5/2) and Washington first-team all-Pac-10 Academic... missed the last (5/12)... tabbed first career extra two games of the year due to an illness and did base hit with double vs. UW not play in the NCAA Regional... made seven (5/12)... 2-for-2 in reserve role vs. starts in center field, one in right field and four in Creighton (2/16)... hit .324 with left field... recorded three multi-hit games and runners on base and .500 with the three multi-RBI games... did not make an error in bases loaded (2x4) with four RBI... 28 total chances in the outfield... ASU leading awarded the Player Development pinch-hitter at .556 (5x9) including a key single in MVP at the end of the year ban- the eighth inning in ASU’s 7-2 win over nationally quet... played for the Wisconsin ranked Oklahoma State (3/10)... had big three-run Woodchucks in the Northwoods double at Washington State (4/6) to help lead League... helped lead the Devils to come-from-behind victory... blasted first Woodchucks to the second-half career home run in 8th inning vs. UNLV (4/1)... hit championship and eventual .318 (14x44) in 17 games and 11 Pac-10 starts... Northwoods League Champ- recorded at least one hit in 19 of the 31 games he ionship... hit .253 with 11 doubles and one triple... times in a row... played in the Area Code games also stole team-best 23 bases... drove in the win- in 2000... in soccer made all-state in 2000 and ning run with a single to left field in ninth inning of was a four-time all-area selection... won a nation- CAREER HIGHS AT ASU the championship game and then recorded the al championship with his summer league team. final two outs in center field. At Bats ...... 6 (Tennessee; 5/02/01) PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in interdiscipli- Runs ...... 3 (UCLA; 4/14/02) HIGH SCHOOL: A 2000 graduate of Larkin High nary studies... a maroon and gold scholar... par- Hits ...... 2 - 7x (STAN; 5/11/02) School in Elgin, Ill... earned four varsity letters ents are Patrick and Nancy McKenna of Elgin, Ill... RBI...... 3 (WSU; 4/06/02) each in baseball and soccer, in addition to two in has one brother, Sean (19) and one sister, Heather BB ...... 2 - 2x (Nevada; 5/16/01) basketball... captained all three squads during his (15)... his car’s license plate reads, “ASU RBI”... SB...... 1 - 4x (OKST; 3/10/02) prep career... on the baseball diamond earned born October 9, 1981 in Elgin, Ill... full name is 2B...... 1 - 4x (WSU; 4/06/02) Chicago Tribune all-state honors his senior year Ryan Patrick McKenna. HR...... 1 (UNLV; 4/01/02) and was an all-area selection for three years... set the Elgin HS record with 14 home runs in 2000 and tied a state record by reaching base safely 18

CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E F% 2001 .286 30 10 49 13 14 100815.306 11 1 9 1 .426 0 0 2 3 19 0 0 1.000 2002 .265 39 20 83 15 22 3 1 1 15 30 .361 14 3 18 1 .382 2 0 2 3 28 0 0 1.000 TOTAL .273 69 30 132 28 36 4 1 1 23 45 .341 25 4 27 2 .399 2 0 4 6 47 0 0 1.000 46 INFIELDER 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL FRANK MESA #14 6-0 • 195 • Jr. • 1V • Bats: Left • Throws: Right • Yuma, Ariz. (Kofa/Arizona Western)

WHAT TO KNOW: A ARIZONA WESTERN (2002): versatile player who can Played one year at Arizona play every infield posi- Western in his hometown of tion... switched num- Yuma, Ariz... coached by John bers for the 2004 sea- Stratton and was named Team son from #32 to #14... MVP... named first-team all- continues the Yuma ACCAC and first team all- pipeline to Arizona region... hit .406 (73x180) State, following former with 16 doubles, six triples and Kofa players Richy Leon nine home runs... also had 55 and Jeff Phelps... added RBI and seven stolen bases. strength during the summer by staying in Tempe and working out with junior catcher Tuffy HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 gradu- Gosewisch... one of the quieter players on the ate of Kofa High School in team, but plays hard... has a knack for getting on Yuma, Ariz... lettered three base... teammates call him “Ponch.” years in varsity baseball and twice in football... coached in 2003 (SOPHOMORE): baseball by Billy Laguna and in Junior college transfer from Arizona Western football by Steve Casey... who hit .364 (52-for-143) with six doubles, one played summer baseball with triple, one home run and 23 RBI... played in 54 the Yuma Braves... named to games and made 36 starts... made 29 starts at the Arizona Republic All-State third base and seven at second base... also saw First-Team as a senior after hit- late-inning action at shortstop... named All-Pac- ting .519 with 14 doubles and 10 Honorable Mention and was the ASU Transfer was 8-0 on the mound with a of the Year... hit .400 (4-for-10) in series vs. 0.70 ERA... named league UCLA... recorded 13 multi-hit games and three MVP and was both the pitcher multi-RBI contests... best performance came and player of the year... also when he went 4-for-6 with three RBI and hit a named first-team all-region as two-run home run in 17-6 win over BYU (2/7)... a defensive back as a senior... ranked 10th in the Pac-10 with a .456 on-base played in the Best of the West percentage... hit .448 (13-for-29) in the month of Showcase. April with two doubles and five RBI... was a .423 (33-for-78) hitter in ASU’s 31 night games, PERSONAL: Pursuing a soci- including four extra base hits and 12 RBI... ology major at ASU... full name longest hitting streak of the year was a six-game is Frank Edward Mesa... par- streak in which he went 10-for-23 (.435). ents are Frank Mesa Sr. and Susan Sparaco... has two sis- ters, Chelsie and Stephanie, CAREER HIGHS AT ASU and one brother, Zach... lists his most exciting experience in At Bats...... 6 - 2x (BYU; 2/7/03) sports as winning the city Runs ...... 3 - 3x (SUU; 3/7/03) championship in baseball vs. Hits...... 4 (BYU; 2/7/03) rival Yuma High School... hob- RBI ...... 3 - 3x (WSU; 4/25/03) bies include hanging out by BB...... 3 (GU; 2/17/03) the river, wakeboarding and SB...... 1 - 2x (WST; 3/18/03) riding ATV’s at the sand 2B ...... 1 - 6x (UCLA; 4/18/03) dunes... born May 24, 1983. HR ...... 1 (BYU; 2/7/03) Hit Streak...... 6 games

CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E F% 2003 .364 54 36 143 39 52 6 1 1 23 63 .441 23 2 21 3 .456 1 0 2 3 41 76 12 .907 TOTAL .364 54 36 143 39 52 6 1 1 23 63 .441 23 2 21 3 .456 1 0 2 3 41 76 12 .907

47 SHORTSTOP DUSTIN PEDROIA #2 5-8 • 180 • Jr. • 2V • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Woodland, Calif. (Woodland)

WHAT TO KNOW: pick by Baseball America and was the District IX Has put together two of Player of the Year (NCBWA)... selected for second the best back-to-back straight year to play for the USA Baseball National seasons in ASU history... Team... set ASU and Pac-10 single-season record coming off a record- with 34 doubles and led the NCAA... the old ASU breaking sophomore record for doubles was 30 set by Sal Bando year in which he broke (1978) and the Pac-10 record was previously held the ASU and Pac-10 sin- by former WSU Cougar and current Los Angeles gle-season records with Dodger Mike Kinkade (31, 1994)... also ranked 34 doubles... currently 31st in the NCAA in batting and was the fourth 11th in the ASU record toughest to strikeout (1 K every 22.8 at-bats)... books with a .379 career batting average... has finished the season hitting .404 (120-for-297), recorded 68 career multi-hit games... a two-time marking the 16th time a Sun Devil has finished the First-Team All-Pac-10 selection and the 2003 Pac- season hitting over .400... his 120 hits are fourth 10 co-Player of the Year... starting shortstop for most in ASU single-season history and his 297 at- the USA Baseball Team each of the past two sum- bats are fourth most... finished second in the Pac- mers... a slick fielding shortstop who is known for 10 in hitting (.404), sixth in on-base percentage his amazing plays in the field... a consistent lead- (.472), first in runs scored (83), first in hits (120), off hitter who can spray the ball with power to all second in total bases (172) and sixth in walks fields... fierce competitor and unchallenged team (36)... finished the season at .404 despite going leader. 0-for-13 in the super regional against Cal State Fullerton... named the Tempe Regional Most 2004 (JUNIOR): Has earned first-team presea- Outstanding Player after going 8-for-16 (.500)... son All-America honors by Collegiate Baseball and also named MVP of the Coca-Cola Classic hitting NCBWA... a third-team preseason selection by .417 (5-for-12) and was named to the all-tourna- Baseball America... ranked by Baseball America as ment team at the Bob Schaefer Memorial the No. 41 college prospect for the 2004 draft. Classic... named one of 25 players on the initial Golden Spikes Award Watch List... recorded 41 2003 (SOPHOMORE): Recorded one of the best multi-hit games and went hitless in only seven single-season offensive and defensive perform- games all year... was the only Sun Devil to play ances in ASU history... named Pac-10 co-Player of and start in all 68 games... of his 41 multi-hit the Year with Stanford’s Ryan Garko and was games, 15 were with three or more hits... he nearly a consensus first-team All-American... recorded four separate hitting streaks of 10 or selected as a first-team All-American by Collegiate more games and five streaks of eight or more Baseball, ESPN/Sports Weekly, ABCA, NCBWA games... started the season with an 11-game history... he has played and started every game of and CollegeBaseballInsider.com... a second-team streak going 20-for-45 (.444)... also had a 17- his ASU career (126 games)... the heart and soul game streak in February and early March in which of the Sun Devils on and off the field as a team he went 34-for-72 (.472)... defensively did not leader... described by UNLV head coach as the CAREER HIGHS AT ASU make an error in his last 26 games (124 total “Pete Rose of College Baseball”... hit .294 (30-for- chances) and finished the year with a .975 fielding 102) for Team USA with five doubles, one home At Bats ...... 7 (UCLA; 4/18/03) percentage... named Pac-10 Player of the Week runs and 12 RBI... started 28 of 29 games and Runs ...... 4 (WASH; 5/18/03) (5/19) after going 10-for-23 (.435) in a five-game helped lead Team USA to a 27-2 record and a sil- Hits...... 4 - 5x (UCLA; 4/19/03) stretch at Oregon State and Washington... in addi- ver medal in the 2003 Pan Am Games in Santo RBI...... 3 - 2x (OKLA; 4/30/03) tion to his 34 doubles, also had three triples and Domingo, Dominican Republic... named to the BB...... 3 (WST; 3/18/03) four home runs to lead the team with 41 extra Pan Am Games All-Tournament Team... named a SB...... 1 - 8x (ARIZ; 5/25/03) base hits... led the Sun Devils hitting .478 (43-for- first-team Summer All-American by Baseball 2B...... 3 (CSUN; 3/6/03) 90) with runners in scoring position... ASU was America. HR ...... 1 - 5x (WASH; 5/18/03) 52-11 when Pedroia hit in the leadoff position... Hit Streak...... 22 games will enter his junior season with a career .379 bat- ting average (202-for-533), ranked 11th in ASU

CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E F% 2002 .347 58 58 236 51 82 13 2 1 45 102 .432 24 5 19 5 .417 1 1 5 9 57 163 4 .982 2003 .404 68 68 297 83 120 34 3 4 52 172 .579 36 6 13 9 .472 4 3 3 7 100 211 8 .975 TOTAL .379 126 126 533 134 202 47 5 5 97 274 .514 60 11 32 14 .448 5 4 8 16 156 374 12 .978 48 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL

2002 (FRESHMAN): Finished fourth on the team and an RBI in 32 of his 58 games played... was a repeat as an all-league, all-metro and all-state in hitting with a .347 (82x236) batting average... .381 (40x105) hitter in Pac-10 play... hit .398 selection... hit 17 home runs and batted team-best named first-team Freshman All-American by (35x88) with runners in scoring position... was 4- .432 for Carson (Nev.) Capitols over the summer... Collegiate Baseball and second-team Freshman for-5 vs. rival Arizona with one run scored in first named to all-star team at 2000 Area Code games All-American by Baseball America... first team all- career Pac-10 contest (3/22)... tied career high in Long Beach, Calif... hit .445 with 18 doubles and Pac-10 selection... named team defensive MVP with four hits in NCAA regional game vs. San five home runs during his senior year to capture and was the winner of the On Deck Circle Most Diego (5/31)... only home run of season ended league MVP honors... he was also the Metro Valuable Player award... named to NCAA Mesa seven-inning shortened game vs. UNLV (3/8)... (Sacramento) Player of the Year and was recog- Regional All-Tournament team after hitting .500 ended the season with an 11-game hitting streak nized by the Sacramento Bee as the area player of (10x20)... athlete of the year for City of Woodland intact (.420, 21-for-50)... also had a pair of nine- the year... named a preseason All-American by Fox (Calif.)... set ASU freshman record with 82 hits, game hitting streaks earlier in the season... hit .208 Student Sports. passing old record of 81 set by Clay Westlake in with two doubles and played excellent defense for 1973... his 13 doubles are tied for fifth best and his Team USA. PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in interdisciplinary 51 runs scored are second in ASU freshman histo- studies at ASU... parents are Guy and Debbie ry... led team with 27 multi-hit games... made only HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of Woodland Pedroia of Woodland, Calif., who rarely miss a four errors in 223 total chances for a .982 fielding High School in Woodland, Calif... was a three-time road or home game... his father runs a tire shop in percentage... only Sun Devil to play and start All-Delta League selec- Woodland... has one older brother, Brett (24), who in all 58 games... made eight starts at second tion... hit .448 with 12 played baseball for two years as a catcher at base, 16 at third base and 34 at shortstop... doubles, one triple and Shasta Junior College in Redding, Calif... describes recorded at least one hit in 46 of 58 games two home runs his soph- his best individual athletic performance as a game omore year... was named at the National High School Classic where he was to the all-state (under- 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and recorded classman) team by CalHi three RBI in a 4-3 win... he also stole home to win Sports... was the starting the game... also recruited by national baseball shortstop sophomore powers Miami (Fla.), Texas, Florida, Cal, Long year and named team Beach State and Tulane... enjoys playing golf... MVP... earned the Gold favorite team is the NBA Sacramento Kings... his Glove Award while play- Little League team fell one game short of qualify- ing for Team USA in an ing for the Little League World Series when he was Australian tournament... 12... full name is Dustin Luis Pedroia... born Aug. ... hit .459 as a junior to 17, 1983 in Sacramento, Calif.

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AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Overall .379 533 134 202 47 5 5 97 January .467 45 13 21 7 0 1 11 February .333 99 22 33 8 2 1 16 March .414 140 36 58 19 1 1 26 April .348 112 29 39 7 1 1 23 May .404 104 30 42 6 0 1 18 June .273 33 4 9 0 1 0 3 CAREER VS. PAC-10 Home .398 337 96 134 28 4 3 67 Away .347 196 40 68 19 1 2 29 G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Pac-10 .395 215 51 85 15 2 1 37 Pac-10 48 .395 215 51 85 15 2 1 37 Non-Conf. .368 318 83 117 32 3 4 60 Arizona 6 .385 26 7 10 1 0 0 3 NCAA .367 49 10 18 2 1 0 7 California 6 .280 25 5 7 1 0 0 7 Day .387 269 62 104 25 4 3 51 Oregon State 8 .472 36 12 17 3 0 1 8 Night .371 264 72 98 22 1 2 46 Stanford 6 .375 24 4 9 2 0 0 1 RISP .435 177 — 77 17 1 1 88 UCLA 6 .355 31 8 11 3 0 0 4 Bases Loaded .294 17 — 5 0 0 0 14 USC 6 .423 26 6 11 1 0 0 3 Pinch Hitting .000 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 UW 6 .481 27 7 13 3 1 1 8 WSU 6 .429 28 8 12 2 1 0 5

49 CATCHER 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL GARRETT SCHOENBERGER#60 6-0 • 190 • RS-Jr. • 2V • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Juneau, Alaska (Juneau-Douglas)

WHAT TO KNOW: strikeouts... played with the Peninsula Oilers in three-time all-region champion in wrestling... Only player to make the Alaskan Summer League and finished second State champion at 171 pounds senior year on the the team through walk- on the team with 20 RBI and was sixth in hitting mat... second team All-American by Wrestling on tryouts in the fall of among the regular starters... played with ASU USA... hit five home runs in 12 game season sen- 2000... member of teammate Travis Buck. ior year on the diamond. developmental team during redshirt year of 2002 (RS-FRESHMAN): A walk-on who saw PERSONAL: Major is Business Marketing with a 2001... strong work limited action as a backup catcher... made the 25- minor in International Business... parents are ethic... received a stand- man travel squad for three Pac-10 series... Jerry and Laurie Schoenberger of Juneau, ing ovation from the recorded first career hit with a sharp single to cen- Alaska... father is a principal and mother is a ASU dugout after ter field vs. Portland (5/14)... played for the Kenai teacher... one sister, Summer (25) who ran track recording first career hit as a Sun Devil vs. Peninsula Oilers in the Alaskan League. for Colorado State University... identifies winning Portland during 2002 season... president of the the state championship in wrestling as his most ASU student-athlete group, SAAC (Student HIGH SCHOOL: 2000 graduate of Juneau- exciting experience in sports... enjoys fishing, Athlete Advisory Committee)... voted as the Pac- Douglas High School... lettered twice in baseball hunting, snowboarding, traveling and spending 10 SAAC Co-Chairperson to represent ASU in under head coach Jim Ayers... also played four time with his family... born Sept., 15, 1982 in Pac-10 student-athlete meetings years of football and wrestled all four years... cap- Anchorage, Alaska... full name is Garrett Wade tain of the baseball team senior year and wrestling Schoenberger. 2003 (RS-SOPHOMORE): Appeared in five squad junior and senior years... named first-team games and was 0-for-4 at the plate with two all-state senior year in baseball as a catcher... CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E F% 2002 .250 4 040100001.250 0 0 1 0 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2003 .000 5 040000000.000 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1.000 TOTAL .125 9 080100001.125 0 0 3 0 .125 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1.000

ARIZONA STATE BASEBALL SEASON PROMOTIONS The following list are the scheduled in-season promotions for the Arizona State Baseball program:

Saturday, Feb. 28 UConn Sparky’s Kids to College Friday, Mar. 5 East Carolina Trading cards to first 500 fans (cards 1-10 of 30-card set) Friday, Mar. 19 California Facult/Staff Day (T-shirts to first 300 faculty/staff of ASU) THE .400 CLUB Friday, Mar. 26 Washington ARIZONA STATE BASEBALL Sparky bobble head dolls to first 300 fans. Only 15 players since varsity baseball started at Sunday, April 4 USC Arizona State (1959) have hit above .400 in a Trading cards to first 500 fans (cards 11-20 of 30-card set) season. Below is a list of the exclusive .400 club: Saturday, May 15 Oregon State Trading cards to first 500 fans (cards 21-30 of 30-card set) Paul Lo Duca, 1993 - .446 Mark Ernster, 1999 - .439 **Every Sunday game will be ‘Turn Back the Clock Day’, with Roger Schmuck, 1971 - .434 players wearing their new ‘old school’ uniforms and special Hubie Brooks, 1978 - .432 ‘Turn Back the Clock’ promotions throughout the game.** Mike Sodders, 1981 - .424 Dan McKinley, 1997 - .423 Chris Bando, 1978 - .415 Willie Bloomquist, 1998 - .414 Bob Horner, 1978 - .412 Casey Myers, 2000 - .412 Kevin Romine, 1981 - .410 Kevin Romine, 1982 - .406 Ken Landreaux, 1976 - .406 Oddibe McDowell, 1984 - .405 Current Los Angeles Dodger all-star catcher Paul Lo Duca is one Dustin Pedroia, 2003 - .404 of only 15 players that are part of the elusive .400 Club. Lo Duca earned National Player of the Year honors in 1993 when he hit a Andrew Beinbrink, 1999 - .402 single-season school record .446. 50 INFIELDER 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL NICK WALSH #20 5-8 • 185 • Sr. • 3V • Bats: Left • Throws: Right • Alamo, Calif. (De La Salle)

WHAT TO KNOW: bleheader vs. Cal, but ended the season on a One of ASU’s hardest and tear going 29-for-74 (.392) over the final 24 scrappiest players... enters games... hit .487 (19-for-39) during the month the season as an ASU grad- of April with 13 RBI... started the summer uate, earning his degree in playing with the Alaska Goldpanners in the Sociology in December... Alaskan League, but returned to Tempe to lift can play any number of weights. positions, including third base, second base, catcher 2002 (RS-SOPHOMORE): and the outfield... one of Filled the role as a utility and role player for ASU’s best pinch-hitters ASU last year... played in 41 games, making 14 during his career... will be starts which all came at designated hitter... hit looked upon as a team leader with his five years of expe- .219 with a very effective .446 on-base per- rience in the program... has a knack for getting on base centage... had three walks in a game twice and in big-game situations... is a career .292 hitter with 80 had 20 for the year... did not have a multi-hit hits and a career .470 on-base percentage... is a .320 hit- game to his credit, but scored 19 runs... was ter during Pac-10 play during his career... has had great 1-for-1 with three runs scored in regular sea- success during his career as a pinch-hitter, going 22-for- son finale vs. Oregon State (5/26)... had a two- 63 (.349) with 16 RBI... has been clutch with runners in run double vs. nationally ranked Florida State scoring position during his ASU career with a .378 (31- (2/16)... scored three runs vs. Washington for-82) batting average with RISP. State (4/6)... had a three-game hitting streak in which he was 3-for-4 (.750) with four runs 2003 (RS-JUNIOR): scored and one RBI (5/12-5/26)... earned hon- Earned All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention honors on the orable mention Academic All-Pac-10 honors... field and in the classroom during his junior season in played summer baseball with Youngtown in 2003... finished the year hitting .353 (42-for-119) with the Great Lakes Collegiate League... hit .337 seven doubles, one triple and 23 RBI... ranked fifth in the (35-for-104) with 40 runs and was named Pac-10 with a .483 on-base percentage... also ranked first-team All-Great Lakes League. fifth with a .410 batting average in Pac-10 play... hit .500 (4-for-8) with five runs scored in the NCAA regionals... 2001 (RS-FRESHMAN): had a career-day against Washington State (4/27), going Saw action in 44 games in 2001, with 21 6-for-6 with five runs scored, three doubles and seven coming in starts... made 16 of his 21 starts on RBI... all six of his hits were run scoring hits... recorded a consecutive streak to end the season... start- in ‘99... three-year letterwinner in baseball... two-year let- a career-high eight-game hitting streak Apr. 13-Apr. 27 in ed 15 games at DH and six games in right field... ASU terwinner in football... all-conference in ‘98 and ‘99 in which he went 19-for-33 (.576)... recorded 10 multi-hit was 13-6-1 when Walsh started in the leadoff spot... hit baseball... all-state in ‘98...batted over .400 junior and games, including four games with three or more hits... .264 with 26 runs scored, three doubles, one home run senior seasons... led conference in stolen bases and had four multi-RBI games... appeared in 56 games and and 15 RBI... drew 31 walks, including a team-high four walks in ‘99... football team was voted the USA Today made 26 starts... made three starts at second base, 17 in vs. UCLA (5/19)... recorded a .472 on-base percentage... High School National Champions in ‘99 and is currently left field and six at designated hitter... returned home to had six multi-hit games, including three, three-hit riding a streak of 128 consecutive wins... went 8-for-8 at the Bay Area (from Alamo, Calif.) against California and affairs... was 3-for-5 vs. Tennessee (5/2) with a pair of the plate on two occasions his senior season. went 6-for-8 (.750) in a doubleheader against the Golden doubles... hit at a .294 (10x34) clip with 14 RBI with run- Bears... was hitting only .238 (10-for-42) before the dou- ners in scoring position... ASU’s top pinch hitter in 2001, PERSONAL: going 8-for-19 (.421)... with the bases loaded was 2-for- Graduated in Dec., 2003 with a degree in Sociology and 5 with five RBI... had game winning hit with a solo home will compete in the spring as a graduate student... a run vs. Washington State (4/13) in 3-2 ASU win... fin- CAREER HIGHS AT ASU maroon and gold scholar... parents are Chick and ished with three game-winning hits in 2001... also had Madeline Walsh of San Ramon, Calif.... has two brothers, late-inning two-run singles vs. Cal State Fullerton (2/23) At Bats...... 6 - 2x (OSU; 5/14/03) Christopher (31) and Patrick (28) and sister Amanda and at Cal (3/17)... recorded at least one hit in 15 of his Runs...... 5 (WSU; 4/27/03) (26)... brother Christopher was an All-American in base- 44 games played... played with the Alexandria Beetles in Hits ...... 6 (WSU; 4/27/03) ball at UC-Davis... brother Patrick played football and the summer of 2001 in the Northwoods League... hit .265 RBI ...... 7 (WSU; 4/27/03) baseball at San Jose State... Patrick transferred after jun- with seven doubles, one home run and 19 RBI. BB...... 4 (UCLA; 5/19/01) ior year and played baseball at Texas... born May 6, 1980 SB...... 1 - 9x (UNLV; 6/1/03) in Walnut Creek, Calif.... enjoys reading and surfing... full HIGH SCHOOL: 2B...... 3 (WSU; 4/27) name is Nicholas Andrew Walsh. HR...... 1 (WSU; 4/13/01) A 1999 graduate of De La Salle High School in Hit Streak ...... 8 games Concord, Calif.... coached by Bruce Jensen, Dave Baker and his brother Patrick Walsh... captained baseball team

CAREER STATS AT ASU: Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E F% 2001 .264 44 21 91 26 24 3 0 1 15 30 .330 31 5 9 2 .472 0 3 2 5 10 1 1 .917 2002 .219 41 14 64 19 14 200916.250 20 7 12 4 .446 1 2 4 5 2 6 0 1.000 2003 .353 56 26 119 37 42 7 1 0 23 51 .429 22 8 14 5 .483 0 3 3 5 28 15 3 .935 TOTAL .292 141 61 274 82 80 12 1 1 47 97 .354 73 20 35 11 .470 1 8 9 15 40 22 4 .939 51 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL QUENTIN ANDES #21 6-2 • 194 • RHP • Fr. • HS • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola) WHAT TO KNOW: all-district selection and was named to the North- MLB DRAFT: Selected in the 34th round of the Highly touted freshman South All-Star game as a senior... played in sever- 2003 MLB amateur draft by the Minnesota Twins. pitcher... electric arm and al baseball showcases, including TeamOne, PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in psychology a tremendous competi- Perfect Game Wood Bat World Series, Best of the with a minor in journalism... parents are William tor... has a polished West and the Area Code Games... played on the and Martha Andes... has one brother, Gabe (21)... delivery and is expected Baseball America team that won the Wood Bat was a three-year academic letterman and ended to contribute in his rook- World Series in Jupiter, Fla., in 2002... threw a his prep career with a 3.88 GPA... enjoys snow- ie year in the program... complete-game victory in the world series... was boarding and playing video games... lists his has three plus pitches named the No. 10 prospect from the 2002 Area future goal as being a major league pitcher... with movement. Code Games... rated as the No. 54 high school favorite major league team is the Atlanta Braves HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 prospect for the 2003 draft by Baseball America... and favorite player is Greg Maddux... full name is graduate of Cibola High School in Albuquerque, TeamOne Baseball rated him as the No. 15 right- Quentin James Andes... born Aug. 29, 1985 in N.M... earned four varsity baseball letters under handed high school pitcher entering the 2003 Baton Rouge, La. head coach Glen Copeland... went 6-3 with a 2.01 MLB draft... was the No. 2 prospect at the ERA as a junior and 7-2 as a senior... a three-year TeamOne west showcase held in Tempe, Ariz. JOSH ASANOVICH #15 6-0 • 190 • INF • Jr. • TR • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Gold Canyon, Ariz. (Highland/Central Arizona CC) WHAT TO KNOW: Sun Devil Clint Myers... played with current ASU selection. Very experienced with teammate Jason Urquidez and helped CAC to the MLB DRAFT: Selected in the 26th round of the outstanding baseball 2002 NJCAA National Championship... as a soph- 2001 draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. instincts... very versa- omore in 2003, he was named first-team all- PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in interdisciplinary tile... can play all three ACCAC and first-team all-region... helped lead CAC studies at ASU... parents are Robert Asanovich infield positions and the to a 41-19 record and a region I runner-up finish... and Dolores Gaona... has one sister, Adrea France outfield... above average hit .346 (64-for-185) with nine doubles, five home and one brother, Justin France... a pair of cousins, tools... an accomplished runs and 40 RBI... as a freshman in 2002, he hit Brian and Matt Asanovich, played college base- hitter... comes to ASU .361 (75-for-208) with 17 doubles, four home runs ball... Brian played baseball at Southern Colorado from a highly competitive and 55 RBI... recorded a .410 on-base percentage and Matt at Arizona Western... his sister graduated junior college at Central and a .538 slugging percentage. from ASU in 2003 with a degree in business... Arizona... was the starting shortstop on the 2002 HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of Highland High enjoys skiing and hunting... lists his most exciting Junior College National Championship team... an School in Gilbert, Ariz.... Earned four letters in experience in sports being when CAC won the all ACCAC selection in 2003... named the No. 7 baseball and one in basketball... coached by Keith NJCAA National Championship... favorite MLB prospect in the Jayhawk League after spending the Brown in baseball... captain of the baseball squad team is the New York Yankees and his favorite summer with the Elkhart Dusters... last name is his junior and senior years... earned Arizona players are Derek Jeter and Chipper Jones... full pronounced uh-sohn-uh-vich. Republic All-State honors after hitting .465 his jun- name is Robert Josh Asanovich... born Jan. 31, JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played two years at Central ior season... finished his prep career by hitting 1983 in Miami, Ariz. Arizona College in Coolidge, Ariz., under former .398 as a senior... a three-time all-Fiesta Region

> ASU has hit over .300 at the plate in 32 of 45 > Junior college transfers Jason Urquidez and varsity baseball seasons, including a string of 16 Josh Asanovich helped lead Central Arizona straight seasons. The Devils have combined to hit College to the 2002 NJCAA World Series title in at a .331 clip during the nine years under current Grand Junction, Colo. Former Sun Devil Clint head coach Pat Murphy. ASU has hit .315 overall Myers managed CAC to the World Series title. since varsity baseball started in 1959. > Current Sun Devil freshman Zechry Zinicola and > ASU’s recruiting classes have been ranked nation- Pat Bresnehan both played for the USA Baseball ally in the top 12 in each of the past six years, includ- Junior National team during their prep careers. ing the class that will debut in 2004 being ranked No. 3 in the nation by Baseball America. > Freshmen Pat Cassa and Matt Henne each played > With an all-time 2,317-1,136-6 (.671) record in in the Little League World Series. Cassa played for 92 seasons of Sun Devil Baseball, ASU ranks sixth Cypress Little League in the 1998 LLWS and Henne among all major colleges. The Devils have made played for Saudi Arabia in 1996 and 1997. 27 postseason appearances and ranks fifth with 18 College World Series appearances.

52 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL JOSH BLAKE #41 6-4 • 195 • LHP • Fr. • HS • Bats: Left • Throws: Left • Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West) WHAT TO KNOW: career... went 5-2 as a sophomore with a 3.60 ERA played in 201 MLB games with four different A three-pitch left-han- and 30 strikeouts in 38.1 IP... earned all-league teams... he hit .257 with 17 home runs for the der with a loose arm... honors... went 5-2 with two saves and a 1.08 ERA Cleveland Indians in 2003... father played baseball has an advanced pitching as a junior... named all-league, Sun Country Player at Simpson College... brother, Jason, played at plan for a freshman... has of the Year, All-Metro first-team, All-Johnson West Arkansas CC and brother, Jackson, played at a tremendous upside on County and all-state... named Kansas co-Player of Hutchinson CC and Emporia State... cousin, Pete the mound... has strong the Year after going 6-1 with a 0.82 ERA as a sen- Blake, was drafted in 1997 by the Minnesota baseball bloodlines, with ior... helped high school to state tournament dur- Twins... uncle, Joe Blake, played professionally in his cousin, Casey Blake, ing his sophomore and senior years... played in the the New York Yankees organization. playing in the major Area Code games and Tropicana Top 100... named PERSONAL: Undecided on a major at ASU... par- leagues for the Cleveland to the Baseball Coaches Association (BCA) All- ents are Jack and Jill Blake of Overland Park, Kan... Indians... the 2003 District 5 team. has two brothers; Jason (33) and Jackson (31) Kansas High School Player of the Year. BASEBALL BLOODLINES: Blake is the cousin of and two sisters; Jill (24) and Jaclyn (17)... favorite HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Blue Valley Cleveland Indians third baseman Casey Blake... baseball team is the Kansas City Royals and West High School in Stilwell, Kan... earned four Casey was a three-time All-American and two-time favorite player is Tom Glavine... enjoys hanging out varsity letters in baseball... coached by Bill academic All-American at Wichita State from with friends and family... full name is Joshua McDonald... 2003 preseason all-state selection... 1993-96... he was selected in the seventh round of Cleveland Blake... born Oct. 17, 1984 in Overland recorded a career 18-6 record during his prep the 1996 draft by the Toronto Blue Jays and has Park, Kan. PAT BRESNEHAN #40 6-1 • 205 • RHP • Fr. • HS • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Sherborn, Mass. (Dover Sherborn) WHAT TO KNOW: USA Baseball Junior National Teams in 2002 and the nation among high school player by Baseball A freshman with a 2003... earned all-league honors all four years in America and TeamOne. power arm and outstand- high school... league pitcher of the year as a fresh- MLB DRAFT: Selected in the 23rd round of the ing mound presence... a man, sophomore and senior... league and state 2003 MLB Amateur Draft by the Kansas City bulldog mentality and a MVP as a senior in 2003... struck out 21 batters in Royals. ferocious competitor... his first start of 2003 against Medway High PERSONAL: Undecided on a major at ASU... par- plays like a linebacker on School... led all high school players in ents are Jay and Sheila Bresnehan of Sherborn, the mound... comes to Massachusetts with 109 strikeouts and a 1.58 ERA Mass... has two brothers, Thomas (19) and Connor ASU with an experience as a sophomore... was 12-2 over his final two (16)... father played hockey at Boston University... baseball background... years of high school... went 6-1 with 90 strikeouts brother, Thomas, plays soccer at Bowdoin pitched for the 2003 USA and a 0.25 ERA as a junior and 6-1 with 102 strike- College... considers his most exciting moment in Baseball Junior National outs in 43 innings as a senior... played for the sports as playing with the USA Baseball Junior Team... ranked No. 27 by Baseball America on the Bayside Yankees in the 2003 CABA World Series... National Team... favorite team is the Boston Red top 60 freshman list (as of Nov. 2003). on the gridiron was a standout quarterback and Sox... enjoys playing video games, snowboarding HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Dover- running back... earned Boston.com Player of the and playing golf... full name is Patrick Jeremiah Sherborn High School in Dover, Mass... competed Week honors (10/22/02) after throwing touchdown Bresnehan... born April 23, 1985 in Danbury, Conn. one year at the Salisbury School in Connecticut... a passes of 55 and 40 yards and running for a 77- three-sport prep star with four varsity letters in yard TD... also rushed for 180 yards, scored five baseball, four in football and two in basketball... touchdowns and had eight tackles in one game coached in baseball by Steve Ryan... played for the during his prep career... ranked in the top 100 in PAT CASSA #26 5-10 • 160 • LHP/OF • Fr. • HS • Bats: Left • Throws: Left • Cypress, Calif. (Kennedy)

WHAT TO KNOW: HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of John F. doubles and three RBI and threw 6.1 innings of A typical “Murphy- Kennedy High School in La Palma, Calif... earned shutout baseball with 10 strikeouts in the same type” player... baseball three varsity letters in baseball under head coach game. rat that loves the game... Chris Pascal... played in the Junior Olympics and PERSONAL: Undeclared on a major at ASU... par- comes from an outstand- two AAU National Championships... first-team all- ents are Patrick and Katherine Cassa of Cypress, ing high school program league as a pitcher during his senior year... hit Calif... has two brothers, Jeffery (13) and Blake in Southern California... a .321 (27-for-84) with six doubles and 17 RBI as a (1)... favorite team is the Oakland Athletics... two-way player with junior... as a senior in 2003 he went 6-4 with a played in the 1998 Little League World Series on huge upside on the 1.86 ERA with 78 strikeouts in 71.2 innings... fin- the West Region team... enjoys skim boarding, mound... his competi- ished ninth in the county in ERA... hit .244 at the playing cards and watching college football and tiveness is off the plate, but came on strong later in the season hit- baseball... lists signing with ASU as one of his charts... has outstanding knowledge of the ting .344 in league play... played for Southern most exciting moments in sports... full name is game... played in the 1998 Little League World California in the 2002 Junior All-State game... best Patrick William Cassa... born August 16, 1985 in Series. performance was when he went 3-for-4 with two Anaheim, Calif. 53 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL CHRIS COOK #32 6-5 • 215 • 1B • Jr. • TR • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain View/Mesa CC) WHAT TO KNOW: in hits (67), third in RBI (50) and tied for fourth in home and averaged 10 points and six rebounds per game... a A junior college transfer runs (6)... a third-team NJCAA Division II All-American... two-time all-conference selection... played on the Tampa from Mesa CC... a surpris- earned first-team all-region and first-team all-ACCAC Bay Devil Rays scout team in 2000... also played on the ingly versatile player for honors... named to the NJCAA Division II All-Southwest Arizona Sun Belt All-Star team. someone his size... can play District team, an honor for individuals who have distin- PERSONAL: Interested in an interdisciplinary studies both first and third base... guished themselves on a national level through perform- degree with an emphasis in business... parents are Larry has exceptional power at the ance, service, merit or achievement... as a freshman in and Teri Cook of Mesa, Ariz... has one brother, Erik (21)... plate, combined with a solid 2002, he hit .355 (48-for-135) with 18 doubles, eight his father, Larry, played baseball in the Arizona State pro- approach at the plate... can home runs and 42 RBI... hit three home runs in a game gram from 1977-80, earning a varsity letter in 1979 as a be a very dangerous threat at against Scottsdale CC and a walk-off homer against pitcher... his grandfather, Max Schlaurbaum, played foot- the plate... a third-team JC Central Arizona. ball and baseball at Truman State University... enjoys All-American in 2003... his HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of Mountain View High fishing, golfing and hanging out with friends... favorite father, Larry, played baseball at ASU in the late 1970’s. School in Mesa, Ariz... played two years of both varsity MLB team is the Arizona Diamondbacks and his favorite JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played two years at Mesa basketball and baseball... coached on the diamond by player is Matt Williams... full name is Christopher W. Community College under head coach Tony Cirelli... Mike Theil and in basketball by Gary Ernst... helped lead Cook... born July 3, 1983 in Mesa, Ariz. played both first and third base in his two years at MCC... Mountain View to league championships in back-to-back as a sophomore in 2003, he hit .344 (67-for-195) with years... as a junior he hit .381 with eight home runs and 19 doubles, six home runs and 50 RBI... finished 13th in 31 RBI... as a senior he hit .357 with seven home runs the ACCAC in hitting (.344), second in doubles (19), third and 40 RBI... a two-year starter on the basketball team JOE COSENTINO #51 5-11 • 185 • OF • Jr. • TR • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Henderson, Nev. (Bishop Gorman/Phoenix College)

WHAT TO KNOW: sophomore... coached by Tim Chambers at CCSN MLB DRAFT: Selected in the 47th round of the Brings tremendous life and Ryan Reynolds at Phoenix College. 2001 amateur draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. and character to the HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of Bishop PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in secondary field... has battled back Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nev... earned education... parents are Anthony and Toinette to the baseball field after two varsity letters in baseball under coach Ken Cosentino... has one sister, Aimee Cosentino serious knee injuries... White... hit .325 as a junior with one home run, (28)... favorite team is the Chicago Cubs and solid hitter with line drive but did not play as a senior due to a knee injury... favorite player is Vladimir Guerrero... enjoys lis- power to the gaps. played summer baseball with the Las Vegas tening to music, watching sports and hanging out JUNIOR COLLEGE: Knights, hitting .380 with two home runs... partic- with friends... is a huge fan of Notre Dame foot- Attended the Community ipated in the Area Code Games in 2000... went 2- ball... full name is Joseph Michael Cosentino... College of Southern for-3 with two RBI in his first game at the Area born on Christmas Day, 1982. Nevada as a freshman and Phoenix College as a Code Games. COLIN CURTIS #9 6-0 • 190 • OF • Fr. • HS • Bats: Left • Throws: Left • Issaquah, Wash. (Issaquah)

WHAT TO KNOW: Washington state 3A MVP honors with Washington High School game (televised by Fox Sports) going 1-for- A legitimate five-tool play- freshman pitcher Tim Linecum (Seattle Times)... after 2 (RBI)... participant in the Washington All-State Baseball er... has star potential with missing half of his freshman season, returned to help Series and the KingCo All-Star game... named to the exceptional work ethic and lead the Issaquah Indians to the 2000 3A Washington PowerBar High School Baseball Top 50 after the 2002 desire... the sky is the limit State Championship... faced his brother, Conor, at the Area Code Games... rated as the No. 70 prospect for for Curtis in terms of future plate in the state championship game against city rival 2003 draft by TeamOneBaseball.com... No. 15 high expectations... a polished Skyline High... led Issaquah to fifth and third place fin- school prospect for 2003 draft heading into 2003 season left-handed hitter with power ishes his junior and senior years, respectively...was by Baseball America... participated in the Area Code to all fields... extremely tal- named to the All-KingCo First-Team as starting the center Games, TeamOne Showcase and Perfect Game. ented in all aspects of the fielder for three straight years and was named first-team MAJOR LEAGUE DRAFT: Selected in the 50th round in game... has a stellar high All-State his senior year... named team MVP three times 2003 draft by the Cincinnati Reds (1467 overall). school career where he was (2001-03) by his teammates... led Issaquah to a 76-26 PERSONAL: Undecided on a course of study at Arizona a four-year starter at record (.745) over his career... hit .405 (30-for-74) with State... parents are Jed and Janet Curtis of Sammamish, Issaquah High School... the 2003 Washington state Co- six doubles, five home runs and 21 RBI during his senior Wash... has one brother, Conor (21)... is a survivor of Player of the Year... ranked by Baseball America No. 15 year... also pitched in 2003, going 2-1 with a 2.67 ERA in cancer after being diagnosed in 1999... was a summer on the top 60 freshman list (as of Nov. 2003). 21.0 IP... hit .459 his junior year, third best hitting per- league teammate of Arizona outfielder Derrick Decatur... HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Issaquah High formance in the school’s history... Held opponents to a favorite major league baseball team is the Seattle School in Issaquah, Wash... coached in baseball by Rob 1.40 ERA as a pitcher in 2001... played in the American Mariners... full named is Colin Benedict Curtis... born Reese and basketball by Jeff Patrick... was a four year let- Legion Summer league for Food Giant/Lakeside... won Feb. 1, 1985 in Redmond, Wash. terwinner and starter in baseball and a two year letter- the Washington State American Legion State winner in basketball... a three-time KingCo 3A first-team Championship two times and advanced to the Legion outfielder and two-time all-state selection... shared World Series in 2002... played in the 2003 All-American 54 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL SETH DHAENENS #6 6-1 • 175 • INF • RS-Fr. • RS • Bats: Left • Throws: Right • Chandler, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe) 2003 (FRESHMAN): mer baseball for Legacy Baseball (2002) and the MLB DRAFT: Selected in the 50th round of the Redshirt season... All-Star Baseball Academy (2001)... hit .485 with 2002 MLB draft by the Boston Red Sox. played for the Florence two home runs and 12 doubles in summer of PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in aerospace Redwolves in the Coastal 2002... helped Mountain Pointe win 2002 engineering... a Maroon and Gold Scholar... full Plain League... hit .194 Regional title as team went on to finish the year name is Seth Thomas Dhaenens... parents are (27-for-139) while start- 26-7... hit .375 as a junior with four triples and six Mark and Cami Dhaenens of Chandler, Ariz... has ing 43 games at short- doubles... hit .419 with one home run and 10 dou- two brothers, Jared (17) and Jacob (15)... was an stop. bles as a senior... second team all-Central Region editor of his high school newspaper, Voice of the HIGH SCHOOL: A 2002 in 2001... first-team all-Central Region as a senior Pride... a member of the honor roll throughout graduate of Mountain (2002) and was first-team all-state selection by high school... graduated with honors and received Pointe High School in the East Valley Tribune... finished high school a provost scholarship for being among the top Phoenix, Ariz... earned two varsity letters in base- career as the sixth best hitter in Mountain Pointe five-percent in his class... born May 20, 1984. ball... coached by Roger LeBlanc... played sum- history. LADD HALL #38 6-3 • 205 • RHP • Jr. • TR • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Hereford, Ariz. (Buena/Eastern Arizona CC) WHAT TO KNOW: ACCAC and first-team all-region... led the league also chosen after his freshman season at Eastern A highly touted pitcher with 106 strikeouts and posted a 1.50 ERA... Arizona in the 30th round in 2002. with an excellent baseball spent the summer in the Alaskan Summer League PERSONAL: Interested in a degree in interdisci- background... strong with the Kenai Peninsula Oilers, with current ASU plinary studies at ASU with an emphasis in baseball bloodlines, as teammates Travis Buck and Garrett forestry... parents are Bo and Joyce Hall of his brother played in the Schoenberger... went 4-0 with a 1.54 ERA with 31 Hereford, Ariz... father is a longtime former junior minor leagues with the strikeouts in 52.2 innings... as a freshman in college baseball coach and currently the dean of Boston Red Sox and his 2002, named second-team all-conference as a students and athletics director at Cochise father was a longtime utility player... spent the summer with the College... Bo also went to spring training with the Arizona junior college Torrington Twisters in the New England Collegiate San Francisco Giants and played in the Sonoran baseball coach... very League... led his team with a 1.12 ERA with a 1-1 Northern Mexican League... has one brother, versatile on the mound as a starter or reliever... record and seven saves... struck out 23 and held Shane, and one sister, Lynette... brother played at has an outstanding breaking ball and can spot his opponents to a .195 batting average in 24.0 Eastern Arizona and in the minor leagues with the fastball in the lower 90s... competitive on the innings. Boston Red Sox after being drafted in the 12th mound... expected to contribute immediately on HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of Buena High round... enjoys all outdoor activities, especially Chris Sinacori’s staff in 2004. School in Sierra Vista, Ariz... earned three varsity hunting and fishing... favorite MLB team is the JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played two years at Eastern baseball letters under head coach Mark Schaefer. Oakland Athletics and favorite player is Barry Arizona College in Thatcher, Ariz... named EAC MLB DRAFT: Has been selected twice in the MLB Zito... full name is Ladd James Hall... born April 7, Male Athlete of the Year in 2002-03... as a sopho- Amateur Draft... drafted out of high school in 1982 in Safford, Ariz. more in 2003, he was named first-team all- 2001 in the 22nd round by the Seattle Mariners... MATT HENNE #23 6-1 • 200 • 1B • Fr. • HS • Bats: Left • Throws: Right • Scottsdale, Ariz. (Paradise Valley)

WHAT TO KNOW: varsity letters in baseball under coach Roy Pa... he played for the Arabian American Little A strong first baseman Muller... captain of baseball team during senior League team out of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia... he who can really hit... has year... played summer baseball for Team Arizona led all players in the 1996 World Series hitting more room to grow who and the Phoenix Firebirds... earned first-team All- .833 (5-for-6)... his father, Charles, coached both could turn into an elite State honors by AzBCA as a junior and senior... teams. hitter... will advance with also a two-time All-State selection by the Arizona PERSONAL: Undeclared on a major at ASU... par- time in the Sun Devil pro- Republic... hit .507 as a junior with a .743 slug- ents are Charles and Margaret Henne of gram... played two years ging percentage... as a senior he hit .465 with 29 Scottsdale, Ariz... is an only child... enjoys playing in the Little League RBI... had 11 RBI in one game and walked 30 golf, fishing and driving... favorite baseball team World Series... could be times during the season... named Paradise Valley is the Detroit Tigers... full name is Matthew Martin a redshirt candidate for High School Athlete of the Year in 2003... played Christopher Henne... born Jan. 23, 1985 in the 2004 season... grew up in Dhahran, Saudi in the Sunbelt Tournament his junior and senior Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Arabia with his father in the oil business. years. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Paradise LITTLE LEAGUE HERO: Henne played two years Valley High School in Phoenix, Ariz... earned three in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, 55 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL TAYLOR HOLIDAY #27 5-11 • 170 • UTL • Fr. • HS • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Laguna Niguel, Calif. (Mission Viejo) WHAT TO KNOW: senior year... a prep standout in both sports... coached in and total receiving yards all three years. An ultra-competitive play- baseball by Chris Ashbach and on the gridiron by Bob PERSONAL: Undeclared on his major... parents are Craig er on the field... from one of Johnson... as a sophomore he hit .386 and led the team and Carole Holiday of Laguna Niguel, Calif... has one the nation’s best high school in stolen bases... a South Coast All-League selection and brother, K.C. (16) and one sister, Kendall (17)... named in football programs... can play voted most inspirational player... as a junior led the team Who’s Who of American High School Students... gradu- any position on the field... in hitting with a .452 (42-for-93) average with five home ated with honors in the international baccalaureate pro- has the mentality to do what- runs and 24 RBI... named all-league, all-county and all- gram... chosen from his high school as a candidate for ever it takes to win the CIF... named team MVP and repeated as most inspira- the Wendy’s National High School Heisman Trophy... game... a catalyst type of tional... first-team All-State selection by honored with the National Scholar Athlete Award for his player who will lead by BaseballResource.com and was named a scholar athlete 4.2 GPA... lists his best individual athletic performance as example... bulldog mentali- for his 4.0 GPA... hit .362 (25-for-69) during his senior going 4-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI in second ty... a great student-athlete... year with four doubles, one home run and 18 RBI... round of the CIF playoffs as a junior... favorite baseball a true Sun Devil-type player who is scrappy and always named all-league, most inspirational and was chosen as team is the New York Yankees... enjoys snowboarding, hustling. an Orange County All-Star... a three-year starter at wide playing cards with friends and Playstation 2... full name HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Mission Viejo High receiver for the highly acclaimed Mission Viejo football is Taylor Craig Holiday... born April 21, 1984 in Orange, School in Mission Viejo, Calif... earned three varsity let- team... helped MVHS to a 37-3 record and back-to-back Calif. ters in baseball and football... captain of the baseball CIF championships... named team captain, team MVP team his junior and senior years and football squad his and all-CIF his senior year... led the Diablos in receptions ROCKY LAGUNA #12 5-11 • 185 • OF • Fr. • HS • Bats: Left • Throws: Right • Yuma, Ariz. (Kofa) WHAT TO KNOW: HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Kofa High School missed most of his junior season with an injury, but still Son of longtime Kofa High (Kings) in Yuma, Ariz... played three years of varsity earned post-season honors in the Fiesta Region... hit School baseball coach Billy baseball, two years on the varsity football squad and let- .383 during his prep baseball career (92-for-240) with 10 Laguna... a super aggressive tered one year in swimming... captain of the varsity base- home runs and 57 RBI... as a swimmer he was the 100 and versatile player... known ball team his junior and senior seasons... coached in meter Yuma City freestyle champion and a state qualifier for his tremendous left- baseball by Billy Laguna (father), in football by Steve in the 4x100 freestyle relay... played shortstop and out- handed bat at the plate... Casey and in swimming by Renee Kryger... as a senior field for Team Legacy out of Phoenix in the summer of possesses outstanding lead- earned first-team All-Fiesta Region, first-team Arizona 2003. ership skills... should be a Republic All-State, first-team Arizona Baseball Coaches PERSONAL: Undecided on a major at ASU... parents are force on the field before his Association (AzBCA) and was selected to the 5A AzBCA Billy and Diane Laguna of Yuma, Ariz... has one brother, playing days at ASU are up... State All-Star baseball team... selected to the “Super 50” Greg (21)... father played baseball at Arizona Western will only get better with All-Arizona baseball All-Star game... picked as the Yuma and Northern Arizona... Greg also played baseball at added strength and conditioning at ASU. Rotary/Yuma Sun Baseball Player of the Year... hit .457 Arizona Western... lists his best individual performance THE KOFA CONNECTION:With the addition of Laguna (43-for-94) with eight doubles, three triples, five home as going 5-for-5 with two home runs and three doubles to the Sun Devil family, he continues the pipeline of runs and 32 RBI... also had a .554 on-base percentage in a doubleheader against Gilbert High School... favorite standout players from Kofa High School to attend ASU... and was named team MVP... helped lead Kofa to the team is the Seattle Mariners and favorite player is Ken Richy Leon (1995-98), Jeff Phelps (1998-2001), Angel Fiesta Region title his sophomore and senior seasons... Griffey, Jr... enjoys hanging out with friends and relax- Ramirez (2000-01) and current Sun Devil Frank Mesa was second-team All-Fiesta Region as a sophomore, hit- ing... full name is William Rocky Laguna... born Nov. 20, (2003-P) also came from Kofa and were standouts on the ting .370 (37-for-100) with six doubles, three triples and 1984 in Yuma, Ariz. diamond for the Devils. three home runs... named varsity rookie of the year... JEFF LANDRY #3 5-9 • 170 • INF • Fr. • HS • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Walnut Creek, Calif. (Clayton Valley)

WHAT TO KNOW: HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Clayton Valley all-league, all-area and all-State honors... tore his A vintage type Sun High School in Concord, Calif... earned four varsi- ACL before the start of his senior season. Devil player... hard- ty letters in baseball... coached by Bob Ralston... PERSONAL: Interested in a business degree at nosed infielder with captain of team junior and senior years... played ASU... parents are Jeff and Denese Landry... has tremendous power at summers for the Lafayette Generals... helped two brothers, Jon (17) and Jordan (10), and one the plate... ferocious Clayton Valley to league championships in three sister, Jen (12)... favorite baseball team is the San competitor... known for seasons and Northern California runner-up during Francisco Giants and favorite player is David his intensity on the junior year... hit .390 as a freshman... earned all- Eckstein... enjoys watching baseball games and field... did not play league and all-Bay Area honors as a sophomore playing wiffleball... full name is Jeffrey Donald baseball his senior year after hitting .421 with two home runs, 19 RBI and Landry, Jr... born Mar. 14, 1984 in San Francisco, in high school due to 20 stolen bases... hit .512 as a junior with four Calif. torn ACL. home runs, 22 RBI and 22 stolen bases... earned 56 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL TY MAROTZ #47 6-2 • 200 • RHP • RS-Jr. • TR • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Crystal Lake, Ill. (Crystal Lake Central/Mesa CC)

WHAT TO KNOW: Cirelli... team captain of MCC during fall of ‘02 and two-time all-conference selection and team MVP An extremely intelli- spring of ‘03... actually attended MCC for three his junior year... struck out 17 in a seven-inning gent pitcher... really years, sitting out the 2001 season as a redshirt shutout victory... participated in the 1997CABA understands how to with an injury... as a sophomore in 2003, he went World Series with the Crystal Lake Travelers... pitch... known for his 8-5 with a 3.52 ERA with 72 strikeouts 84 innings sharp 12-6 curve ball... pitched... MCC was 34-24 overall... as a freshman PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in interdiscipli- can eat up a lot of in 2002, he went 7-7 with 95 strikeouts in 90 nary studies... parents are Tim and Diane Marotz innings for the Sun innings pitched... helped MCC to the ACCAC con- of Crystal Lake, Ill... both parents attended ASU... Devils... should provide ference title with a 45-15 record. has one brother, Erik Marotz (25), who played some leadership to a baseball at DePauw University... his uncle (Greg young pitching staff... an HIGH SCHOOL: A 2000 graduate of Crystal Lake Marotz) and grandpa (Warren Marotz) played in outstanding student... Central High School in Crystal Lake, Ill... earned the minor leagues... favorite MLB team is his last name is pronounced three varsity letters in baseball under head coach hometown Chicago Cubs and favorite player is Mare-itz (rhymes with carrots). Jeff Aldridge... team captain of baseball team his Mark Prior... enjoys watching movies... an honor junior and senior years... as a junior hit .399 at the roll student throughout his prep career... full name JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played two years at Mesa plate and registered 72 strikeouts on the mound... is Tyler Timothy Marotz... born Nov. 19, 1981 in Community College under head coach Tony did not pitch as a senior, but hit .329 at the plate... Arlington Heights, Ill. JEFF MOUSSER #35 6-2 • 215 • RHP • Sr. • TR • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Tempe, Ariz. (Marcos de Niza/BYU) WHAT TO KNOW: 2002 (SOPHOMORE): Voted All-Mountain West Pitcher in 2000... also earned Central Region Returns home to Conference, Second Team by the league’s coach- Player of the Year... USA Today Honorable Tempe after playing the es... selected as MWC Pitcher of the Week for his Mention All-American... captain of baseball team first three years of his April performance against Utah... in that game he in 2000... recorded a 10-3 record with a 1.02 ERA, collegiate career at BYU struck out 10 and walked one through 8.1 109 strikeouts, and 16 walks in 89.0 innings with in Provo, Utah... com- innings... he threw 112 pitches, lowered his ERA five shutouts as a senior... also batted .347 with piled a career 17-11 from 2.80 to 2.68, put the Utes down in order in nine homers, 13 doubles and 41 RBI... for his high record with a 5.78 ERA the 1st, 2nd, 4th, sixth, and seventh innings, and school career he recorded 21 wins and posted a at BYU under head got out of a bases loaded jam in the eighth with no 2.57 ERA... played for the Arizona Firebirds in the coach Vance Law... runs on three hits... threw only 74 pitches for Connie Mack A League, where he had a 7-1 record recorded 181 strikeouts seven innings to pick up a 4-2 victory at Air Force with 95 strikeouts and eight walks in 72 innings during his BYU career in in a complete game... registered six of his 10 with a 2.07 ERA... helped lead Marcos to a state 222.2 innings... a hard-throwing right-hander and strikeouts in the first three innings of his 3-2 vic- runner-up finish during sophomore year in 1998... strikeout pitcher... worked out this summer with tory over AFA... finished the year with a 9-4 record played for the Arizona Diamondback scout team teammates Erik Averill and Brett Bordes to get into and a 4.88 ERA... recorded a pair of 10-strikeout in 1999. better pitching shape. games... came out of the bullpen to close out the 2002 Mountain West Conference Championship PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in interdiscipli- 2003 (JUNIOR): Got off to a 3-0 start for the sec- game to seal the win over San Diego State and nary studies at Arizona State... transferred to ond time in his college career... named the advance BYU to the NCAA Tournament. Arizona State from BYU in the fall of 2003... has Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Week three older brothers, Todd (32), Doug (32) and (2/3) when he struck out nine in 6.1 innings 2001 (FRESHMAN): Selected as Mountain West Steve (35)... received the YouthFest Top Teen pitched as the Cougars defeated Arizona, 6-3, in Conference Pitcher of the Week for his upset at Award in 2000... was also a recipient of the Marine the season opener for both teams... allowed two nationally-ranked Oral Roberts when he pitched Corps Distinguished Athlete Award... describes earned runs, walked two and scattered six hits vs. his seven shutout innings as the starter in BYU’s coming back home to ASU to finish out his college the Wildcats... won MWC Pitcher of the Week 5-3 victory (5/4)... had 12 appearances, four career as one of his most exciting experiences in honors again the final week of February for shut- starts and a 3-0 record with a 6.38 ERA... record- sports... favorite team is the Houston Astros and ting out Washington State, 4-0... was BYU’s lead- ed season-high eight strikeouts in six-inning start his favorite player is Curt Schilling... parents are off pitcher in three-game series... finished the year against Southern Utah (4/2). Dean and Cheryl Mousser of Tempe, Ariz... full with a 5-7 record and a 6.40 ERA... recorded a name is Jeffrey David Mousser... born Sept. 10, season-high nine strikeouts against Arizona HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Marcos de Niza High 1981 in Phoenix, Ariz. (1/30)... had five or more strikeouts in seven of where he was coached by Tom Huber... first-team his 16 starts. all-state in 2000... team MVP for two seasons... was region player of the year and Tempe’s all-city CAREER STATS AT BYU: Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP 2001 6.38 3 0 12 4 0 0 --- 0 36.2 47 30 26 11 35 13 2 5 155 .303 2 5 2002 4.88 9 4 19 12 1 0 --- 1 90.1 109 68 49 38 73 22 3 7 353 .309 3 15 2003 6.40 5 7 16 16 3 1 --- 0 95.2 117 77 68 22 73 20 7 17 388 .302 4 18 TOTAL 5.78 17 11 47 30 4 1 --- 1 222.2 273 175 143 71 181 55 12 29 896 .305 9 38 57 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL JOE PERSICHINA #10 6-0 • 180 • INF • Fr. • HS • Bats: Left • Throws: Right • Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. (Peninsula) WHAT TO KNOW: father (Lou) also helped coach Peninsula... played six has two older brothers, Anthony (28) and Michael (24)... A gritty baseball player years of summer baseball with the South Bay Sharks... father played baseball at Long Beach State... his aunt, who is a coach on the field... earned all-league and all-area honors his junior and sen- Claudia Schneider, participated in the 1976 Olympics in would run through a wall for ior years... Los Angeles Times first-team all-region as a Canada for the first US Women’s Rowing team... his the team... has exceptional junior... hit .371 as a junior with four home runs and .341 uncle (George Lockwood), was also a world-class rower baseball instincts... coaching with four homers, 10 doubles and 10 stolen bases as a and participated in the World Rowing Games in 1971-72 staff compares his model of senior... played in several baseball showcases, including in Denmark... listed in Who’s Who Among High School play after George Brett... a the Perfect Game World Wood Bat Championship in Students in 2001 and 2002... part of the ASB in high very polished left-handed 2002... won the gold glove award at the Super 7 Series in school and was the Commissioner of the Environment... hitter... ultra-competitive... East Cobb, Ga., with the Orange County Dawgs... helped also a member of the S.O.S (Serving our Society) com- hit a triple and the game- his summer team to a gold medal as the USA Baseball munity service club... enjoys listening to music, fishing, winning home run during Junior Olympics in Tucson, Ariz., in 2001... played on hiking and camping... favorite team is the Los Angels ASU’s fall Sandlot World Series. scout teams for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Dodgers... full name is Joseph Heinrich Persichina... HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Palos Verdes Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers... helped the AABC born Dec. 14, 1984 in Torrance, Calif. Peninsula High School in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif... team to a silver medal in the 2003 USA Baseball earned four varsity letters in baseball and was captain his Tournament of Stars in Joplin, Mo. junior and senior seasons... coached in baseball by Roger PERSONAL: Undeclared on a major at ASU... parents are Cannon... former big league catcher Don Slaught and his Lou and Ilse Persichina of Rolling Hills Estates, Calif... JASON URQUIDEZ #34 6-1 • 165 • RHP • Jr. • TR • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • Simi Valley, Calif. (Royal/Central Arizona CC)

WHAT TO KNOW: omore in 2003, named first-team All-ACCAC and first- went 7-4 with a 1.74 ERA... named varsity pitcher of the An experienced pitcher team all-region... ACCAC Conference Pitcher of the Year... year, all-Mission League and All-CIF second team (south- who dominated at the junior third-team NJCAA All-American... went 9-4 with three ern section)... participated in various showcases, includ- college level... possesses a saves and a 1.89 ERA... also struck out 103 batters in ing TeamOne and Best of the West. tremendous arsenal of pitch- 85.2 innings while leading CAC to a 41-19 record... led MLB DRAFT: Selected in the 48th round of the 2002 es... member of the 2002 the league with nine wins and second with 103 strike- draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Junior College National outs... as a freshman in 2002, helped lead CAC to the PERSONAL: Pursing a degree in interdisciplinary stud- Championship team at NJCAA National Championship... named to the NJCAA ies... parents are James and Kim Urquidez of Simi Valley, Central Arizona... has an World Series All-Tournament team... earned two wins Calif... describes his most exciting moment in sports advanced pitching plan... during CAC’s 5-0 run to win the NJCAA World Series... when he was with CAC and won the NJCAA World Series possesses a lethal combina- named second-team all-ACCAC and second-team all- by going 5-0... favorite baseball team is the Oakland tion of a power arm and region... went 10-1 with a 3.18 ERA. Athletics and favorite player is Nolan Ryan... enjoys water pitching knowledge... a leading candidate to be ASU’s HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Chaminade College Prep fresh- sports (wake boarding, water skiing, tubing) and collects closer in 2004. man through junior years and Royal High School his sen- baseball cards... born Sept. 12, 1982 in Tarzana, Calif... JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played two years at Central Arizona ior year... earned varsity letters in baseball all four years... full name is Jason Carl Urquidez. College for former Sun Devil Clint Myers... also played coached at Chaminade by Scott Drootin and at Royal by with current ASU teammate Josh Asanovich... as a soph- Dan Maye... had his best year as a sophomore when he

BRIAN WALKER #5 6-0 • 195 • C • Fr. • HS • Bats: Left • Throws: Right • Tulsa, Okla. (Union)

WHAT TO KNOW: played summer baseball with the Union Redskins (2002- during his prep career, combined to hit .466 (319-for- A big strong catcher with a 03) and Memorial Boosters (2000-01)... helped Union to 694) with 42 home runs and 223 RBI. tremendous left-handed a combined 134-47 (.740) record during his prep PERSONAL: Undecided on a major at ASU... parents are bat... has a chance to be an career... as a freshman he hit .396 (65-for-164) with four David and Joni Walker (step mom) of Tulsa, Okla... moth- elite hitter at the college home runs and 46 RBI... named honorable mention all- er is Tammy Walker of Tulsa, Okla... has one brother, Eric level... known for his ability conference and all-metro... as a sophomore he earned (15) and one step brother, Justin McAlpin (15)... gradu- to use the left-center field conference MVP honors after hitting .486 (90-for-185) ated in the top 20% of his high school with a 3.85 GPA... gap... has an exceptional feel with 23 doubles, 16 home runs and 65 RBI... an all-con- favorite team is the St. Louis Cardinals and favorite play- for the game as a catcher for ference selection as a junior... hit .454 (75-for-165) with er is Mike Matheny... enjoys weight lifting, watching a freshman... the catcher of 10 home runs and 54 RBI... selected as all-state, all- baseball and reading about baseball... full name is Brian the future for the Sun Devils. region, all-conference, all-metro and repeated as league Thomas Walker... born July 16, 1985 in Tulsa, Okla. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 MVP as a senior... hit .494 (89-for-180) with 40 runs graduate of Union High School in Tulsa, Okla... earned scored, 18 doubles, 12 home runs and 58 RBI... played four varsity letters under coaches Bill Springman and in the Area Code Games in 2002 and the Arizona Fall Shannon Dobson... was captain of his team senior year... Classic, both for the Chicago White Sox scout team... 58 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL TRAVIS WEBB #50 6-4 • 200 • LHP/DH • Fr. • HS • Bats: Left • Throws: Left • Spokane, Wash. (Lewis & Clark HS) WHAT TO KNOW: ly... during his senior year he was 6-5 in 13 starts and junior with 12 doubles and two home runs... earned A two-way player with was 4-1 in Pac-10 North games... signed out of college league MVP honors as a senior after hitting .609 (28-for- incredible upside... a big, with the Chicago Cubs... his grandfather, Ron Webb, also 46) with eight doubles and 14 RBI... on the mound he strong kid with tremendous played three years at WSU (1953-56)... his uncle, Craig was 6-2 with a 0.67 ERA... played two summers for the athletic ability with plenty of Ehlo, played basketball for the Cougars and went on to Spokane Heat. room to grow... expected to play 14 seasons in the NBA... another uncle, Steve Webb, PERSONAL: Undecided on a major at ASU... parents are contribute immediately on also played baseball for the Cougars from 1984-88... Stan and Jami Webb of Spokane, Wash... has two sisters, the mound for the Devils in named All-Pac-10 North in 1988 and All-District 9 first Tana (17) and Christina (13)... father played baseball at 2004... a student of the baseman after hitting 15 home runs... teammate of John Washington State... won the Case Youth Award and was game with an exceptional Olerud during his college playing days. a member of R.A.C.E (Racial and Cultural Equality)... work ethic... very competi- HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Lewis & Clark High played in high school against teammate Colin Curtis... tive... possesses arm strength and movement on fastball School in Spokane, Wash... earned four varsity letters in favorite team is the Seattle Mariners and favorite player is reminiscent of former Sun Devil and current Tampa Bay baseball... also played varsity basketball and football... John Olerud... models his game after Olerud, who was Devil Ray Jon Switzer. coached in baseball by Dexter Davis and in football by the 1988 College Baseball Player of the Year as a pitcher PAC-10 BLOODLINES: His father, Stan Webb, played Tom Yearout... had the lowest ERA in the Greater and first baseman at Washington State... enjoys fishing two years at Washington State in the early 1980’s and at Spokane League as a senior as was the batting champ and bird hunting... full name is Travis Stanton Webb... Southwestern Junior College in Chula Vista, Calif... junior and senior years... played in the Area Code Games born Aug. 2, 1984 in Spokane, Wash. pitched his junior and senior year for the Cougars... as a in 2002... was a four-year all-league selection... hit .350 junior he was 3-0 with a 1.03 ERA to rank third national- (21-for-60) as a sophomore and .547 (29-for-53) as a ERIC WILLIAMS #25 5-10 • 170 • OF • Fr. • HS • Bats: Switch • Throws: Left • Carmel, N.Y. (Trinity-Pawling)

WHAT TO KNOW: varsity letters in baseball and soccer... captain of baseball PERSONAL: Undecided on a major at ASU, but interest- A Lenny Dykstra type play- team his junior and senior years and in soccer in 2003... ed in kinesiology or engineering... parents are Charles er... combines great intensity coached in baseball by Doug Boomer and in soccer by and Beverly Williams of Carmel, N.Y... has three brothers, and knowledge of the Bill Dunham... played for the nationally known Bayside Charles (25), Chris (23) and Todd (15)... graduated cum game... ideally suited as a Yankees in the summers of 2002-03... helped lead laude from high school... voted junior prefect (student- leadoff hitter and on-base Bayside to the CABA World Series Championship in 2003 body vice president) for senior year by students, faculty percentage type of player... and was named to the all-tournament team and earned and administration... earned the sportsmanship award... has excellent game of his the Golden Glove Award... robbed a three-run home run played with teammate Pat Bresnehan on the Bayside strengths on the baseball in the first inning of the championship game at the CABA Yankees... favorite baseball team is the New York field... solid defender who is World Series... named team MVP his junior and senior Yankees... favorite players are Mickey Mantle, Jason best suited as a center field- years... hit .477 with seven stolen bases as a junior... hit Giambi and Bernie Williams... enjoys hanging out with er... a good student with great leadership skills. .550 with 22 stolen bases in 14 games as a senior (.804 friends and family, especially his three brothers... also HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Trinity-Pawling on-base percentage). enjoys watching hockey and soccer... full name is Eric School in upstate New York (Pawling, N.Y.)... earned four Heinz Williams... born Jan. 9, 1985 in Carmel, N.Y. ZECHRY ZINICOLA #37 6-1 • 205 • RHP/DH • Fr. • HS • Bats: Right • Throws: Right • San Bernadino, Calif. (Arlington)

WHAT TO KNOW: help the team... ranked No. 44 by Baseball America on 16-under and 18-under USA Baseball National teams... a A highly touted freshman the top 60 freshman list for 2003 (as of Nov. 2003). two-time participant in the USA Baseball Tournament of from the baseball hotbed of HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Arlington High Stars in Joplin, Mo... played in the 2002 Area Code Riverside, Calif... pitched his School in Riverside, Calif... earned four varsity letters in Games... won the 16-under youth championship with high school to the CIF cham- baseball and one in football... coached in baseball by USA Baseball. pionship in 2002 as a jun- Gary Rungo... as a junior he hit .313 (30-for-96) with five MLB DRAFT: Selected in the 43rd round by the Atlanta ior... a two-way player who home runs and 21 RBI... went 7-0 with a 1.86 ERA in Braves in the 2003 MLB Amateur Draft. combines tremendous size 56.2 innings (66 strikeouts)... named to the underclass- PERSONAL: Undecided on a major at ASU... parents are and strength with outstand- man all-state team by Cal-Hi Sports in 2002... also earned John and Laurie Zinicola of San Bernadino, Calif... has ing baseball instincts and all-CIF and all-league honors... as a senior he hit .438 four sisters, Leah (16), Launa (13), Lacy (11) and intensity... on the mound he (42-for-96) with 38 runs scored, nine doubles, five home Lyndsie (11) and one brother, Zain (2)... his uncle, Rick has a power arm who knows runs and 32 RBI... on the mound he was named the Silverthorn, played football at San Diego State... favorite how to pitch... best suited as a corner infielder when not Inland Empire L.A. Times Pitcher of the Year after going player is Troy Glaus... full name is Zechry John Zinicola... pitching... has the ability to be one of the nation’s best 9-1 with a 1.61 ERA in 69.2 innings (70 strikeouts)... born Mar. 2, 1985 in Loma Linda, Calif. two-way players... will do whatever it takes to win and to named to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State team... member of

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DON’T BE SIDELINED: • has officially withdrawn from a four-year college; ASK BEFORE YOU ACT • was recruited by ASU staff; or • has not started ninth grade but has receive rizona State University financial assistance from the institution. is strongly commit- Ated to conducting its REPRESENTATIVES OF ASU ATHLETICS overall athletic program INTEREST MAY NOT: according to the official • get involved in the recruitment of prospective rules and regulations of the student-athletes (i.e., telephone or write them or NCAA and Pacific-10 their parents, legal guardian(s) or relatives); Jody Smith Conference. Within the • provide extra benefits (i.e., discounts, gifts, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, the Office transportation) to prospective student-athletes, of Compliance is responsible for coordinating and enrolled student-athletes or their parents, legal monitoring all aspects of these rules and regula- guardian(s), relatives or friends; and tions. • provide any financial assistance to prospec- As an athletic representative of Arizona State tive student-athletes, enrolled student-athletes or University, you, too, must abide by all NCAA rules their parents, legal guardian(s), relatives or and regulations, as Arizona State University is friends. held responsible for all actions related to its prospective student-athletes and/or enrolled stu- REPRESENTATIVES OF ASU ATHLETICS dent-athletes. INTEREST MAY: We thank you for your continued support in our • send newspaper clippings and other informa- effort to succeed both academically and athletical- tion about prospective student-athletes to coaches; ly. While this information does not contain all the • continue established family relationships with applicable NCAA rules and regulations, it should friends and neighbors that have prospective stu- serve as a guide. If you have any questions, please dent-athlete aged children; do not hesitate to call Jody Smith in the Office of • offer summer employment to prospective Compliance at (480) 965-5943. student-athletes who have signed a National Remember to always ask before you act, as your Letter of Intent and to enrolled student-athletes action may jeopardize the eligibility of a prospec- after contacting the Office of Compliance; and tive or enrolled student-athlete. • offer an occasional meal on a special occa- sion to a student-athlete or team at your home IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR REPRE- with prior approval from the Head Coach and SENTATIVES OF ASU ATHLETICS INTEREST Office of Compliance. REGARDING NCAA RULES & REGULATIONS

You are a Representative of ASU Athletics Interest if you have: • participated in or are a member of an organi- zation promoting ASU athletics’ program; • contributed to the athletics department or any of its booster clubs; • assisted or have been requested by the athlet- ics staff to assist in the recruitment of prospec- tive student-athletes; • assisted in providing benefits to enrolled stu- dent-athletes or their families; or • been involved in otherwise promoting the ASU athletics program.

*ONCE AN INDIVIDUAL IS IDENTIFIED AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INSTITUTION’S ATHLETICS INTEREST, THE PERSON RETAINS THAT IDENTITY INDEFINITELY.

A Prospective Student-Athlete is one who: • has started ninth grade; • is enrolled in a two-year college;

60 2004 SUN DEVIL BASEBALL SUN ANGEL FOUNDATION he Sun Angel Foundation is a support group that has served Arizona State University since 1947. It was officially incor- T porated as a nonprofit agency for the purpose of promoting Sun Devil athletic programs, and recently came under the direction of Arizona State’s intercollegiate athletic department. The foundation seeks to join the energy and resources of busi- ness leaders, ASU alumni and members of the Valley community with the goals and objectives of Arizona State University to benefit the community at large. Over the past 53 years, Sun Angels have contributed over $60 million in private funding to ASU athletics. Annual contributions from Sun Angel members are the lifeblood of ASU athletics. Contributions from more than 7,000 members support all of the university’s 22 varsity teams and over 500 stu- dent-athletes. The umbrella of the Sun Angel Foundation is large, and it includes specific clubs that strive to meet the needs of specific pro- grams. The Wings of Gold (women’s and Olympic sports), On Deck Circle (baseball) and Slam Dunk Club (basketball) are part of the Sun Angel Foundation, and donations to the Sun Angel Foundation can be earmarked for specific programs and purposes. The support Sun Devil athletics has received from its fans and community in the past is greatly appreciated. The Sun Angel Foundation stands ready to meet its half-century-long goal of pro- moting excellence in both academic and athletic programs while becoming the best collegiate support group in the country. To join the team, call the Sun Angels today at (480) 727-7700 or visit www.TheSunDevils.com.

2003-04 SUN ANGEL FOUNDATION Board Members Richard Barr Dean Jacobson, Secretary Jim Barrett Steve Johnson Fred Bengtson Wally Kelly Patricia Boyd Gentry Nap Lawrence Steve Butterfield Steve Loy Martin Calfee Steve Matlock Don Carson Bob Matthews, Vice Chairman Nadine Carson Nathan Norris Pep Cooney Guthrie Packard Eric Crown Michael Polachek Verde Dickey Bill Post, Treasurer Gene Drake Bill Robson Geoffrey Edmunds Bill Schaefer Mike Gallagher, Chairman Cindy Slick Greg Hancock Phillippi Sparks Bob Hobbs Don Tapia Bob Holman Scott Tonn Stewart Horejsi Gregg Tryhus Guy Inzalaco Steve Wood

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MICHAEL M. CROWPresident ichael M. Crow International and Public Affairs. As Executive Vice and other outcomes. became the 16th Provost, Crow oversaw Columbia’s research enterprise, Crow holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science MPresident of Arizona technology and innovation transfer operations, strategic and Environmental Studies from Iowa State University State University on July 1, initiative program, interdisciplinary program develop- (1977) and a doctorate degree in Public Administration 2002. At ASU, Crow is ment and an assortment of special projects. (Science and Technology Policy) from the Maxwell focused on building a new He played the lead role in the creation of the Columbia School at Syracuse University (1985). Prior to moving to type of American university, Earth Institute (CEI), a leader in earth systems teaching Columbia in 1991, he was Institute Professor of one that is directly engaged and research. CEI is a federation of eight research and Technology Management and Director of the Institute for in the economic and social teaching centers: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Physical Research and Technology at Iowa State success of its region. In Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia, University. At Columbia he served as Vice Provost, Vice addition, the university will Biosphere 2 Center, Center for Environmental Research Provost for Research, and Associate Vice Provost for pursue unique research and and Conservation, Earth Engineering Center, International Science and Engineering before becoming Executive creative excellence focused on the large intellectual ques- Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Center for Vice Provost in 1998. tions of our time, as well as those questions central to the International Earth Science Information Network and He is the author of many articles and the author or edi- building of a sustainable and globally correct environ- Laboratory of Populations. tor of several books relating to the analysis of research ment and economy for Arizona. He also helped found Columbia’s Center for Science, organizations, technology transfer, strategic R&D man- Prior to joining ASU, Crow was Executive Vice Provost Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) in Washington, D.C., an agement, research universities, science and technology of Columbia University, where he also was Professor of intellectual center dedicated to linking science and policy and the practice and theory of public policy. Science and Technology Policy in the School of technology to desired social, economic, environmental

GENE SMITH Director of Athletics ene Smith was Joona Puhakka in diving. Significant competitive Board in Tempe as well as a number of Pacific-10 appointed as Arizona achievement has been realized in every Olympic sport Conference committees. He serves as the vice president GState University’s 18th and ASU earned a No. 10 ranking in the annual NACDA of the Pac-10 Executive Committee and the chair of the director of athletics on July Athletics Cup (formerly Sears Cup). Pac-10 Football Officiating Committee and is a member 27, 2000. Smith arrived at While at Iowa State, Smith engineered exceptional of the Pac-10 Selection, Athletics Directors’ Revenue ASU as no stranger to colle- financial and competitive performance that propelled Sharing, Rose Bowl Management and Bowl (Ad Hoc) giate athletics, serving as the Cyclone athletic department to the forefront of the committees. He is a member of the Honors Court of the athletics director at Iowa Big 12 Conference and diligently prepared it for the 21st National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of State University for seven century. Promising to make Iowa State “one of the pre- Fame, the NCAA Infractions Committee, the NCAA years prior to coming to mier athletic programs in the nation,” Gene Smith Football Rules Committee, the NCAA Administrative ASU. Smith was also the ath- began his tenure as Iowa State’s 12th athletics director Review Committee and the BCS Athletic Director’s letics director at Eastern on July 1, 1993. Smith is a past president of the Advisory Committee. Michigan University (1986-93). National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Prior to his arrival at Iowa State, Smith served as ath- In his three years at Arizona State, Smith has started (NACDA) who oversaw an athletic department transfor- letic director at Eastern Michigan University for seven his own legacy of success in Tempe. He has hired nation- mation during his tenure in Ames. The construction of years. Smith joined the EMU staff in 1983 as assistant ally regarded coaches in football, soccer, wrestling, new facilities, record-breaking fundraising, exemplary athletic director for non-revenue sports. He was named women’s golf, water polo and volleyball while overseeing athletic-academic achievement and recruitment of staff interim executive athletic director in 1985 and was ele- each of ASU’s 22-sports programs, many of which have whose performance has affirmed his choices under- vated to the position permanently on June 25, 1986. seen unprecedented competitive success the past three score Smith’s legacy at Iowa State. ISU’s student-ath- Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in business adminis- years. Smith also helped to finish a $30 million capital letes were community leaders, participating in a variety tration from the University of Notre Dame in 1977. He campaign, which in part funded the construction of the of local and regional initiatives that demonstrate the earned three varsity football letters as a defensive end at $19 million Ed and Nadine Carson Student-Athlete athletics department’s proactive outreach under Smith’s Notre Dame and was a member of the Associated Press Center, completed in 2002. The state-of-the-art facility leadership. 1973 national championship team. affords ASU one of the finest student-athlete centers in Smith’s strong reputation among his peers was Smith also served as an assistant football coach at the country, including perhaps the premier weight room affirmed in June 1994 when the Notre Dame graduate Notre Dame from 1977-81, helping the squad to its 1977 and sports rehabilitation areas. was named president of NACDA. In 1991, Smith was undisputed national championship. He then spent two In his first three years at ASU—Smith, who was appointed to a four-year term on NACDA’s 32-member years as a marketing representative for IBM prior to join- named the 2003 Division I West Region Athletics executive committee. In 1992, he was elected third vice ing the Eastern Michigan staff in April 1983. Director of the Year by the National Association of president of the organization and was named to the A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Smith earned eight let- Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA)—has created Division I-A Executive Committee. He was elected first ters in football, basketball and track while attending a winning environment dedicated to building stronger vice president of NACDA in 1993. Smith has also served Chanel High School and was the football squad’s MVP programs and providing student-athletes the opportuni- on the NCAA President’s Commission Liaison as a senior. ty to be successful academically, athletically and social- Committee, the NCAA Executive Committee, the NCAA Smith, who was born Dec. 18, 1955, and his wife ly. With 341 of 470 student-athletes earning a 3.0 GPA Men’s Basketball Committee and the NCAA Working Sheila, have four children: Matt, Nicole, Lindsey and or higher (Fall ‘02), and a major leap in student-athlete Committee to Study Basketball Issues. He was appointed Summer; and two grandchildren: Marshall and Steele. graduation rates, the Sun Devils also continued to excel to the NCAA’s Management Council in May of 1996 and Sheila, a 1976 Canadian Olympian basketball player, on the fields of play. In addition, ASU produced its first continues to serve on that committee. He is also a mem- holds a doctorate in Higher Education Administration and three individual national champions since 1996: Eric ber of the NCAA Infractions Committee. currently serves as Senior Vice President for the ASU Larkin in wrestling, Alejandro Canizares in golf and In addition, Smith is a member of the Fiesta Bowl Foundation. 62