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2010-11 Media Guide Facilities Gordon Field House Baseball and Softball Field Hale Recreational Pool George H. Clark Gymnasium Lighted Turf Field Judson Competition Pool Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Tiger Power Den Gordon Field House Indoor Track Varsity Track and Field RIT Tennis Courts Wiedman Fitness Center Contents & Information 2011 Baseball uPROGRAM CONTENTS uRIT STAFF DIRECTORY - AREA CODE (585) Coaching Staff . 2 Director, Center for Athletics and Recreation . Lou Spiotti Jr ., Season Outlook . 3 . 475-2615 2011 Roster . 4 Senior Associate Director . Greg Moss, 475-2610 Player Profiles . .5-14 Assistant Director for Athletics . Scott McVean, 475-7448 2010 Stats/Results . 15 Associate Director for NCAA Compliance . Lex Sleeman, 475-7372 2010 Season in Review . 16 Head Athletic Trainer . Ben Emke, 475-4513 Empire 8 at a Glance . 17 Development Officer . Rob Dermody, 475-2414 Yearly/Opponent Records . 18 NTID Support Faculty . Jan Strine, 475-6104 Individual Records . 19 Athletics Secretary . Karen Wagner Beck, 475-5814 Individual Honors . 20-21. Senior Financial Assistant . Sue Benson, 475-2412 Top-10 Season Records . 22 Sports Information Director . Steve Jaynes, Top-10 Career Records . 23 . 475-6154/skjsid@rit .edu Academic/Athletic Success . 24 Sports Information Director . Joe Venniro, . 475-5598/jtvsid@rit .edu u QUICK FACTS Tiger Sports Hotline . 475-6180 Head Coach . Rob Grow Athletics Website . www .ritathletics .com . .(585) 475-7374/rcgrar@rit .edu Twitter Page . RITSports Record/Years at RIT . 325-299-1/19th. season Facebook Group . www .facebook .com/RIT .Athletics 2010 Record/Empire 8 (finish) . 18-20/6-10 (4th) Starters Returning/Lost . .6/3 Letter Winners Returning/Lost . .15/10 Location . Rochester, N .Y . Address . Athletics, Clark Gymnasium 2011 Baseball Schedule . 51 Lomb Memorial Drive DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME . Rochester, NY 14623 Founded . 1829 Sat ., February 26 Augustana (IL) Winter Haven, Fla . 2:30 p .m . Total Enrollment . 17,000 Sun ., February 27 Farmingdale State (NY) (DH) Winter Haven, Fla . 11:30 a .m . President . Dr . Bill Destler Mon ,. February 28 Hanover (IN) Winter Haven, Fla . 1 p .m . Nickname . Tigers Colors . Orange and Brown Thu ., March 3 Wartburg (IA) Winter Haven, Fla . 2:30 p .m . Affiliations . .NCAA Division III Fri ., March 4 Rose-Hulman (IN) (DH) Winter Haven, Fla . 12 p .m . Conference . Empire. 8 Sat ., March 5 St . Vincent (PA) Winter Haven, Fla . 9 a .m . Sat ., March 19 Medaille (DH) Webster, N .Y . 1 p .m . Technology. uADMISSIONS/FINANCIAL AID of Early Admission Deadline . .December 1, 2011 Sun ., March 20 SUNY Brockport Webster, N .Y . 1 p .m . Regular Admission Deadline . .February 1, 2012 Tues ., March 22 Hilbert Webster, N .Y . 1 p .m . Institute Admissions Website . www .rit .edu/admission Sat ., March 26 Cazenovia (DH) Webster, N .Y . 1 p .m . Admissions Office Phone . (585) 475-6631 Sun ., March 27 Keuka (DH) Webster, N .Y . 12 p .m . Rochester of Admissions E-mail . admissions@rit .edu Sat., April 2 * Ithaca (DH) RIT Field 1 p.m. Financial Aid Deadline . FAFSA due March 1, 2012 Financial Aid Office Phone . (585) 475-2186 Sun., April 3 * Ithaca (DH) RIT Field 1 p.m. trademark Thu ., April 7 Hilbert (DH) Hamburg, N .Y . 1 p .m . Visits to campus are encouraged and may be arranged in advance by Sun ., April 10 SUNY Cortland Cortland, N .Y . 2 p .m . registered calling (585) 475-6631 . Visits to the National Technical Institute for the a Tues., April 12 University of Rochester RIT Field 4 p.m. is Deaf may be arranged by calling (585) 475-6700 (voice/TTY), or toll- RIT free in the U .S . and Canada at (866) 644-6843 (voice/TTY) . Sat., April 16 * Stevens (DH) RIT Field 1 p.m. Sun., April 17 * Stevens (DH) RIT Field 12 p.m. u COVER AND CREDITS Wed ., April 20 SUNY Brockport Brockport, N .Y . 4 p .m . The 2011 Baseball Media Guide is a publication of the Rochester Institute of Technology Sports Information Office . Cover and interior Fri ., April 22 * Utica (DH) Utica, N .Y . 2 p .m . design by University Publications Graphic Designer Peter Bella Jr . ’03 Sat ., April 23 * Utica (DH) Utica, N .Y . 12 p .m . and Mary McConnell ’88 . Content written and edited by Sports Infor- Sat ., April 30 * St . John Fisher (DH) Pittsford, N .Y . 1 p .m . mation Directors Steve Jaynes and Joe Venniro . Printed by RIT Hub . Tue ., May 10 * St . John Fisher (DH) Pittsford, N .Y . 1 p .m . Photos by RIT student photographers Mike Bradley ’12, and Dylan *Denotes Empire 8 Conference contest (DH) Double Header Heuer ’12 . Aerial photography by Stratus Imaging . 250-P1153-3/11-HUB-MEM Rochester Institute of Technology www.ritathletics.com 1 Coaching Staff Rob Grow, RIT’s all-time leader in coaching wins and 2006 RIT Pitcher of the Year, Dylan Rees . Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, begins his 19th season at the Grow is a 1988 graduate of RIT, where he played three helm of the Tiger baseball squad . He has led the Tigers to seven years of baseball for the Tigers as an outfielder . He is among the seasons with at least 20 wins . RIT has averaged 20 wins per career leaders in runs scored, walks, and on-base percentage . In season since 1999 . 1988, he set the Tiger single-season record with a 554. on-base Last season, Grow led the squad to an 18-20 record and percentage . a third-place finish in the Empire 8 conference . Seven Tigers After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business, Grow earned All-Empire 8 honors, including Geoff Dornes, who was was an assistant coach at Rush-Henrietta High School . In 1990, named the league’s Player of the Year for the third time in four he helped guide the squad to a Section V title . seasons, a new record . Dornes holds RIT career records for hits In addition to his duties as head baseball coach, Grow is (199), at-bats (518), runs scored (138), runs batted in (111), also the director of alumni relations at RIT . He and his wife, total bases (279), walks (75), and triples (14) . Suzanne, live in Victor with their two sons, Casey and Brady, The Tigers finished the 2006 season with a 24-16 record, and their daughter, Riley . which set a program record, and won the ECAC Upstate Championship for the second time in school history . In 2007, RIT Coaching Record the Tigers tied the school record with 24 wins and had the best Year W L T Pct. Head Coach 1993 10 20 0 .333 winning percentage ( 667). since 1971 . Rob Grow 1994 13 21 0 .382 On March 24, 2002, Grow became the program’s all-time 1995 15 19 0 .441 leader in coaching victories with an 8-4 victory over Catholic, 1996 18 14 0 .563 breaking Bruce Proper’s record of 154 wins . On May 5, 2004, 1997 17 15 0 .531 he recorded his 200th victory as Tiger head coach, with an 11-3 1998 13 21 0 .382 win over Keuka . Grow notched his 250th win at RIT on March 1999 20 16 0 .555 31, 2007, defeating Utica 4-3 . On April 19, 2009, Grow earned 2000 22 11 0 .667 his 300th career coaching win at RIT, leading the Tigers to a 2001 20 17 1 .539 7-2 win over Utica . 2002 17 16 0 .515 2003 21 13 0 .618 Under Grow, the Tigers have rewritten the record book . In 2004 14 19 0 .424 2006, RIT broke team records for most wins (24), team batting 2005 18 15 0 .545 average ( 337),. at-bats (1,251), runs (267), hits (422), RBIs 2006 24 16 0 .600 (234), triples (20), total bases (552), assists (408), and putouts 2007 24 12 0 .667 (884) . In 2009, RIT shattered the school mark with 77 wins . 2008 22 14 0 .611 Since the Tigers moved to the Empire 8 conference in 2000, 2009 19 20 0 .487 Grow has coached 93 All-Empire 8 selections . He has also 2010 18 20 0 .474 mentored 18 ABCA/Rawlings All-Stars and the 2007 Empire 8 Total 325 299 1 .521 Greg Keagle, a former major Former professional standout Adam Potter begins his first league pitcher, is back for his and New York Yankees draft season as an assistant coach . fourth season as an assistant pick R D. Long begins his first Potter will work primarily with coach for the Tigers, where he season as an assistant coach . the middle infielders . will assist the pitchers . Long will serve as the team’s Potter graduated from A native of Corning, N Y. ,. hitting instructor . Penfield High School in 2005 . Keagle pitched for Monroe Long was drafted by the He was a three-year starter for Community College in the Cleveland Indians in 1989, the baseball team, playing both Assistant Coach early 1990s . Keagle spent 11 Assistant Coach but attended the University of Assistant Coach second base and shortstop . Greg Keagle seasons in professional base- R.D. Long Arizona . He transferred to the Adam Potter Potter graduated summa cum ball . He was a sixth-round draft University of Houston . laude from the University of pick of the San Diego Padres Long was drafted by the New Pennsylvania in 2009 with a in 1993, and in 1996, he made York Yankees in 1992, as part of degree in anthropology . his major league debut with the same draft class as current Potter has coached American the Detroit Tigers . He went on Yankee Derek Jeter . Legion baseball with fellow RIT to pitch three seasons in the In six seasons at the minor assistant coach R D.