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GEORGE MASON 2014 BASEBALL NOTES 2014 MASON BASEBALL GEORGE MASON 2014 BASEBALL NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION Name of School George Mason University 2014 MASON BASEBALL SCHEDULE Location Fairfax, Va. FEBRUARY Founded 1957 (Univ. Status, 1972) 15 Sat. vs. Morehead St. W, 14-4 Enrollment 33, 917 at USC Upstate W, 7-0 Nickname Patriots 16 Sun. vs. Moorehead St. W, 22-5 School Colors Green & Gold 20 Fri. vs. Coastal Carolina L, 3-2 President Dr. Angel G. Cabrera 21 Sat. vs. illinois W, 3-0 22 Sun. vs. Wichita State W, 5-4 (13) Dir. of Athletics Tom O’Connor vs. Connecticut L, 11-2 Athletic Dept. Phone (703) 993-3220 26 Wed. at Longwood W, 2-1 Athletic Dept. Fax (703) 993-3239 MARCH 1 Sat. HARTFORD (DH) W, 1-0 TEAM INFORMATION W, 1-0 (7) Affiliation NCAA Division I 2 Sun. HARTFORD L, 4-3 (12) 5 Sun. TOWSON Cancelled Conference Atlantic 10 8 Sat. FAIRFIELD L, 3-1 Facility/Capacity Spuhler Field/1,000 9 Sun. FAIRFIELD (DH) W, 9-4 2013 Record 18-35 L, 6-1 CAA Record/Finish 7-20/10th 11 Tues. at No. 13 North Carolina L, 13-3 Postseason CAA Tournament 14 Fri. BROWN L, 6-3 15 Sat. BROWN W, 5-2 Starters Returning/Lost 16 Sun. BROWN W, 2-1 Position 7/2 19 Wed. TEMPLE Cancelled Pitchers 3/0 21 Fri. FORDHAM* W, 7-4 Newcomers 11 22 Sat. FORDHAM* W, 6-0 23 Sun. FORDHAM* L, 8-5 COACHING STAFF 28 Fri. VCU* W, 6-1 30 Sun. VCU* Cancelled Head Coach Bill Brown (George Mason ‘80) VCU* Cancelled Record at School/Years 929-821-6/33 APRIL Career Record/Years Same 1 Tues. CORNELL W, 2-1 (7) Office Phone (703) 993-3227 2 Wed. CORNELL L, 3-2 (7) E-mail [email protected] 4 Fri. at George Washington* L, 4-3 Associate Head Coach Stephen Hay (Webber Intl. ‘99) 5 Sat. at George Washington* W, 7-3 6 Sun. at George Washington* W, 10-3 Assistant Coach Tag Montague (VCU, ‘98) 8 Tues. MARYLAND L, 11-0 Vol. Asst. Coach Justin Walker (Rio Grande Univ.) 9 Wed. GEORGETOWN W, 6-5 11 Fri. ST. BONAVENTURE* W, 8-3 12 Sat. ST. BONAVENTURE* L, 8-6 (11) SPORTS INFORMATION 13 Sun. ST. BONAVENTURE* W, 6-1 15 Tues. at Georgetown Cancelled Asst., Comm./Baseball Contact Greg Piduch 18 Fri. at Rhode Island* W, 5-0 Office Phone (703) 993-3260 19 Sat. at Rhode Island* W, 7-0 Cell Phone (716) 465-1224 20 Sun. at Rhode Island* L, 7-6 E-mail [email protected] 22 Tues. at Towson L, 13-9 Associate AD/Media Relations Maureen Nasser 23 Tues. at Maryland L, 13-4 Office Phone (703) 993-3263 25 Fri. SAINT LOUIS W, 2-1 (13) 26 Sat. SAINT LOUIS L, 4-3 E-mail [email protected] 27 Sun. SAINT LOUIS W, 9-2 Assistant. Dir., Communications Casey Goldstein 30 Wed. at Navy Cancelled Office Phone (703) 993-3264 MAY E-mail [email protected] 2 Fri. at UMass* W, 12-7 Assistant Dir., Communications Elizabeth Ryan 3 Sat. at UMass* W, 7-0 Office Phone (703) 993-3246 4 Sun. at UMass* L, 9-1 6 Tues. LONGWOOD W, 2-0 E-mail [email protected] 9 Fri. SAINT JOSEPH’S* L, 5-3 Director, Patriot Productions Jeff O’Bier 10 Sat. SAINT JOSEPH’S* L, 9-0 Office Phone (703) 993-3261 11 Sun. SAINT JOSEPH’S* W, 2-1 E-mail [email protected] 15 Thurs. at Dayton* W, 8-5 SID Fax (703) 993-3259 16 Fri. at Dayton* W, 9-1 17 Sat. at Dayton* L, 2-1 Athletic Web Site GoMason.com 21 Wed. vs. Dayton^ W, 4-3 (11) SID Mailing Address 4400 University Drive 22 Thurs. vx. Saint Joseph’s^ W, 5-4 MS 3A5 23 Fri. vs. VCU^ W, 3-0 Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 24 Sat. vs. VCU^ W, 3-2 (10) 30 Fri. vs. Rice# 8:00 p.m. EDT All home games are played at Spuhler Field Home games in all caps * Atlantic 10 Game ^A-10 Tournament Game # NCAA Tournament Game 2014 MASON BASEBALL GEORGE MASON 2014 BASEBALL NOTES 2013-14 George Mason Baseball Roster 2 Gallo, Nick OF L/R 5-11 195 Fr. Washington Township, N.J. (Paul VI) 3 Willis, Luke OF R/R 5-11 185 Jr. Annandale, Va. (Coastal Carolina) (Oakton) 5 Cook, Chris SS/2B S/R 5-11 180 RSr. Riva, Md. (DeMatha) 6 Foley, Mick 1B/OF L/L 6-3 190 Sr. Oreland, Pa. (William Penn Charter School) 7 Montefusco, Anthony RHP/DH R/R 6-0 185 RSr. Medford, N.J. (Shawnee) 8 Toto, Ray C R/R 6-0 210 Jr. Drexel Hill, Pa. (St. Joseph’s Prep) 9 Fernandez, Blaise 3B/OF R/R 6-1 175 Sr. Bernville, Pa. (Tulpehocken Area) 10 Leemhuis, Josh OF R/R 5-11 185 RSr. Potomac, Md. (North Carolina) (St. John’s College H.S.) 11 Esposito, Patrick C R/R 5-11 190 Sr. Amarillo, Texas (Western Texas College) (Randall) 13 Hoffa, Neight RHP R/R 6-2 175 Sr. Manssas Park, Va. (Manassas Park) 14 Murray, Jayme 1B L/L 6-1 190 Fr. Alexandria, Va. (West Potomac) 15 Gum, Brandon SS R/R 6-1 170 So. Woodbridge, Va. (Woodbridge) 16 Galvin, Ryan LHP L/L 6-3 210 Fr. Virginia Beach, Va. (Kellam) 17 Bowie, Michael RHP R/R 5-11 210 Sr. Hughesville, Md. (St. John’s College H.S.) 18 Kalish, Jake LHP/OF S/L 6-2 200 Sr. Shrewsbury, N.J. (Red Bank Regional) 19 Williams, John RHP R/R 6-1 190 Jr. Haymarket, Va. (Battlefield) 20 Hunt, Taylor RHP R/R 6-2 225 RJr. Tooele, Utah (Western Texas College) (Stansbury) 21 McMahon, Rich LHP L/L 6-0 185 RSr. Springfield, Va. (Chesapeake CC) (West Springfield HS) 22 Evans, Derek 2B/SS R/R 5-10 185 So. Haymarket, Va. (Battlefield) 23 Driscoll, Garett C R/R 5-11 205 Fr. Burke, Va. (Lake Braddock) 25 Tobin, Tucker C S/R 6-0 185 Sr. Springfield, Va. (Chesepeake C.C.) (West Springfield) 26 Maksimow, Mark RHP R/R 6-2 180 So. Hamilton, N.J. (Notre Dame) 29 Sable, Andrew Utl R/R 6-0 185 RJr. Alexandria, Va. (Mount Vernon) 30 Porcella, Evan LHP L/L 6-2 195 So. Orange, Calif. (Orange Coast College) (El Modena) 31 Hill, Jordan SS/2B R/R 6-1 165 Sr. Media, Pa. (Penncrest) 32 Kardas, Tyler LHP L/L 6-3 165 Fr. Hopewell Junction, N.Y. (John Jay) 33 Gaynor, Jared LHP L/L 6-0 170 Sr. Cave Creek, Ariz. (South Mountain CC) (Scottsdale Christian) 35 Geisler, Isaac C R/R 5-10 175 So. Fredericksburg, Va. (College of Central Florida) (Mountain View) 37 Tobin, Tyler RHP R/R 5-10 165 So. Springfield, Va. (Chesapeake College) (West Springfield) 38 Mocabee, Tyler RHP R/R 6-3 210 So. Ashburn, Va. (Stone Bridge) 39 Coverdale, Riley RHP R/R 6-0 205 Jr. Puslinch, Ontario (Western Texas) (Parkside) 42 Zombro, Tyler RHP R/R 6-1 205 Fr. Staunton, Va. (Robert E. Lee) 43 Ball, Steven RHP R/R 6-3 225 Sr. Blacksburg, Va. (Lehigh) Coaches Head Coach: #27 Bill Brown, 33rd Season (George Mason ‘80) Associate Head Coach: #34 Steve Hay, Eighth Season (Webber International ‘99) Assistant Coach: Tag Montague, First Season (VCU ‘98) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Justin Walker, First Season (Rio Grande University) Pronunciation Bowie = Boo - ee Leemhuis = Leem – iss Maksimow = Max – i – moe Montefusco = Monte – few - sco Porcella = Por – chella Geisler = G – eye – sler Mocabee = Mock – a - bee 2014 MASON BASEBALL GEORGE MASON 2014 BASEBALL NOTES Bill Brown Head Coach 33rd Season • 929-821-6 at Mason Bill Brown is in his 33rd season as the head coach of George Mason baseball, and his 37th season involved with the Patriots. After two seasons as a Patriots catcher and two years as an assistant coach, Brown has maintained the success he inherited with the program and lifted it to new heights. George Mason’s all-time leader in coaching victories with a 32-year record of 895-801-6, Brown surpassed the program’s founder, Raymond H. “Hap” Spuhler, in 1993. Spuhler was 318-169-3 in 12 seasons before George Mason entered the Division I ranks. Brown guides the Patriots through their inaugural Atlantic 10 Conference season in 2014, and before that, left a mark as one of the most decorated coaches in Colonial Athletic Association history. Brown was honored as CAA Coach of the Year a record six times and has guided George Mason to some of its greatest accomplishments. Since 1985, the Patriots have won two CAA titles and finished second three other times, and they have made six appearances in the NCAA Tournament. George Mason also has posted at least 30 victories in a season 14 times in the last 25 years, including a school-record 42 wins and an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament in 2009. Mason was nationally-ranked for the first time in school history that year, rising into the top 30 in both the National College Baseball Writer’s Association and Collegiate Baseball polls. Twice in two years,a Mason player was named a finalist for a national award. In 2009, Chris Henderson was a finalist for the Bench Award as the nation’s top catcher while in 2010, Ryan Soares was a finalist for the Wallace Award as the nation’s top shortstop.