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WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2014 WAC BASEBALL WAC WEBSITE WAC standings, statistics, championships information, school links and more are available on the TABLE OF CONTENTS Internet at: www.wacsports.com WAC MEDIA CENTER School Directory ..........................................IBC The WAC’s website (wacsports.com) includes a link on the home page to the Media Center. From there, WAC Staff Directory ........................................1 links to media guides, notes, teleconferences, logos, images and other information can be found. Play Up ................................................................2 WAC Member Profi les ................................3-7 WAC History ...................................................8-9 WAC Timeline ...........................................10-11 WAC Commissioner .....................................12 WAC Staff ...................................................12-13 WAC SAAC .......................................................14 WAC Championships Calendar ................15 Team Sport Summary ................................. 15 WAC Baseball Notebook ......................16-19 THE SCHOOLS Western Athletic Conference Bakersfi eld .................................................20-23 9250 E. Costilla Ave., Suite 300 Chicago State ...........................................24-27 Englewood, CO 80112-3662 Grand Canyon ..........................................28-31 New Mexico State ...................................32-35 Phone: (303) 799-9221 FAX: (303) 799-3888 North Dakota ...........................................36-39 Northern Colorado .................................40-43 Sacramento State ...................................44-47 WAC STAFF DIRECTORY Seattle U.....................................................48-51 Jeff Hurd, Commissioner .......................................................................................(303) 962-4216 [email protected] Texas-Pan American ..............................52-55 Connie Hurlbut, Deputy Commissioner ...........................................................(303) 962-4205 [email protected] Utah Valley ................................................56-59 Mollie Lehman, Sr. Assoc. Commissioner/Chief Financial Offi cer ...........(303) 962-4215 [email protected] David Chaffi n, Assoc. Commissioner of Technology & Conference Svcs. .....(303) 962-4212 ........ dchaffi [email protected] RECORDS & HISTORY 2013 Individual Statistics .....................60-63 Nicole Harvey, Assistant Commissioner of Compliance.............................(303) 962-4211 [email protected] 2013 Team Statistics .................................... 64 Amanda Benzine, Director of Championships & Marketing .....................(303) 962-4204 ...... [email protected] Yearly Individual Leaders .....................65-67 Vicky Eggleston, Director of Creative Services ..............................................(303) 962-4207 ... [email protected] Yearly Team Leaders ..............................68-69 Jason Erickson, Director of Media Relations ...................................................(303) 962-4206 [email protected] WAC Team Records ...................................... 70 Hope Shuler, Director of Media Relations .......................................................(303) 962-4213 [email protected] WAC Individual Records .............................71 Matt Pucak, Asst. Director of Championships & Media Relations ...........(303) 962-4214 [email protected] WAC Career Records ..............................72-73 Mary Barber, Administrative Assistant ..............................................................(303) 962-4208 [email protected] WAC Honors ................................................... 74 Jared Williams, Championships & Compliance Intern ................................(303) 962-4203 ....... [email protected] All-WAC Teams .........................................75-79 All-Time WAC Standings .......................80-83 SUPERVISORS OF OFFICIALS WAC Tournament History ....................84-86 Dan Pedersen, Baseball ...........................................................(619) 368-8228 .................................. [email protected] NCAA Tournament History ..................87-89 Bobby Dibler, Men’s Basketball ............................................(915) 598-6286 [email protected] 2014 NCAA Tournament Schedule......... 88 Kaye Garms, Women’s Basketball ........................................(303) 238-4630 [email protected] College World Series History ....................89 Dan Keohane, Men’s & Women’s Soccer .......................... (650) 343-4947 [email protected] 2014 Composite Schedule ..................90-92 Dave Neidlinger, Softball ........................................................(303) 755-1192 ...........................topoffi [email protected] 2014 WAC Tournament Bracket ...............93 Alan Suzuki, Volleyball............................................................. (303) 741-3565 [email protected] CREDITS The 2014 WAC Baseball Media Guide is compiled and published by the WAC offi ce with the assistance and cooperation of the conference’s sports information directors and their staff s. Editor Jason Erickson Layout and Design STAY CONNECTED WITH THE WAC Vicky Eggleston Twitter.com/WACSports @WACSports Facebook.com/WACSports Use #WACbsb to follow WAC baseball all season long 1 WACSports.com WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEMBER SCHOOLS BAKERSFIELD ACADEMIC: Since opening its doors in 1970, the growth of California State University, Bakersfi eld has kept pace with the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the state. Thus, its role as the only four-year institution within a 100-mile radius becomes even more signifi cant as it extends higher education opportunities to the increasing economic and social center. CSUB boasts an excellent and diverse faculty and the highest percent- age of faculty in the California State University system with terminal degrees. More than 90% of its tenured faculty earned doctorate degrees in their fi elds of study. 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students on the main campus in Bakersfi eld and the Antelope Valley Center in Lancaster, Calif., benefi t from excellent academic programs with a student-to-faculty ratio of 17:1. CSUB student learning also benefi ts from a wide range of co-curricular opportunities. In addition to more than 90 registered student clubs and organizations on campus, the student and campus life is enhanced by its NCAA Division I athletics program and a 75,000 square foot recreation center. CSUB and its academic programs have earned some of the nation’s and region’s highest accreditations. ATHLETIC: After completing the NCAA reclassifi cation process in 2009, Bakersfi eld has enjoyed success as a new Division I program while showing it can be competitive in that short time. The Roadrunners, who won 30 NCAA National Championships and a Sears Director’s Cup as a Division II program, have already won two Location: Bakersfi eld, Calif. conference championships in men’s swimming (MPSF 2011) and baseball (WAC 2013) and earned their fi rst Nickname: Roadrunners berth in the NCAA Tournament as an at-large participant in the men’s soccer tournament in 2011. Bakersfi eld also nearly swept WAC baseball postseason honors in its fi rst season as an affi liate member in 2013 with Tyler Founded: 1965 Shryock being named Player of the Year, Bill Kernen earning Coach of the Year honors and Jeff McKenzie Enrollment: 8,000 being selected Pitcher of the Year. Other accolades within the department include two women’s basketball Joined WAC: 2013 postseason berths in the WBI (2010, 2011) and a men’s basketball appearance in the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, all of which came while competing as an Independent. CSUB has also sent several athletes to the professional ranks recently as nine former baseball players are currently in the minor leagues while two former soccer players Kory Kindle (Colorado Rapids) and Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy) are playing in MLS. Several other men’s and women’s basketball players are enjoying professional careers oversea. MEN’S SPORTS: Baseball, Basketball, Golf, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Outdoor Track and Field, Wrestling WOMEN’S SPORTS: Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Sand Volleyball, Soccer, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field, Volleyball, Water Polo 2 2014 WAC Baseball Mediaedia GuideGuuide WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEMBER SCHOOLS CHICAGO STATE ACADEMIC: Chicago State University, founded in 1867, is a public university located on 161-picturesque acres in a residential community on the Southside of Chicago. The university’s fi ve colleges – Health Sciences, Arts and Science, Business, Education, and Pharmacy - off er 36 undergraduate and 25 graduate degree-granting programs. In addition, CSU has a Division of Continuing Education and Non-Traditional Programs that reach out to the community with extension courses, distance learning and not-for-credit