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Media Relations Information Hosting MWC Tournament Baseball contact: Ralph Zobell Third-seeded BYU, 24-28-1 overall and 15-14 in the Mountain West Conference, E-Mail: [email protected] hosts the third annual MWC Tournament. First up for the Cougars in the dou- BYU 2002 Remaining Schedule ble-elimination tourney is No. 4 seeded Air Force Academy, 27-26 overall and %+5/22-25 MWC Tournament Provo 14-15, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. On Thursday, the Cougars will play at either 11 5/31-6/2 NCAA Regionals TBA a.m. (if they lose Wednesday) or again at 7 p.m. (if they win on Wednesday) 6/7-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBA against either Utah or UNLV. 6/14-22 College World Series Omaha, Neb. * Indicates MWC Games % Audiocast, SDSU, AFA & UNLV games only A Quick Look at the Cougars +Livestats Third-year coach Vance Law returned four position starters and had several Mountain West Pre-Season Pix experienced pitchers to go with a unique blend of transfers, returning mission- Votes (1st) W-L, 2002 aries and freshmen. Players to watch include junior pre-season All-Americans 1. SDSU 24 (4) 20-10 Matt Carson and senior Lars Birkeland, junior Doug Jackson and sophomore 2. BYU 22 (2) 15-14 Dave Jensen. Law juggled his starting lineup after the second week of MWC 3. Utah 14 16-14 play, moving Rob Itri from second to third, Cameron Coughlan from left field to 4. New Mexico 12 11-19 second, Jackson from center to left and inserting freshman Ryan Chambers at 5. UNLV 11 13-17 centerfield. Injuries have sidelined All-American Kainoa Obrey (back), 6. Air Force 5 14-15 Chambers (hamstring) and Clayton Carson (back). Coughlan’s tendonitis kept him out of the defensive lineup nine games in the latter part of April and the BYU vs. MWC Opponents first part of May. 2002 All-time Air Force 3-2 107-20, BYU Probable Pitching Rotation New Mexico 4-2 57-32-1, BYU May 22 Air Force Jeff Mousser (8-4, 5.09) Provo, 7 p.m. SDSU 0-6 31-51-1, SDS May 23 Utah or UNLV TBA Provo, 11 a.m. or 7 p.m. UNLV 5-1 47-47 Utah 3-3 181-84-1, BYU Radio Coverage BYU’s station, KOVO (960 AM) carries all of its Mountain West Conference single games. Livestats of all BYU home games and the MWC Tournament are Missions Served available over at www.byucougars.com. Air Force, San Diego State and UNLV Player, Pos., Year @ BYU Place of Service will be doing live audiocasts. Ryan Adams, Pitcher, Sr. Jacksonville, Fla. Kevin Bills, 3B, So. Orlando, Fla. Probable Lineup Lars Birkeland, Catcher, Sr. Micronesia 1B–#17 Dave Jensen 2B–#11 Cameron Coughlan SS–#8 Ranger Wiens Brandon Boothe, Pitcher, Jr. Brazil 3B–#21 Rob Itri C–#34 Lars Birkeland RF–#28 Matt Carson Tyler Dabo, Pitcher, Jr. Peru CF–#27 Ryan Chambers LF–#13 Doug Jackson Rob Itri, INF/OF, So. Portugal DH–#33 Jake Stubblefield Paul Jacinto, Pitcher, So. Brazil David Jensen, 1B, So. Uruguay Regarding BYU this season Curtis Rodriguez, Pitcher, So. Texas (Spanish) BYU has five current players who are married (Lars Birkeland, Ryan Adams, Jeff Stone, Pitcher, Sr. Korea Jeff Stone, Jacob Stubblefield and Matt Ward). Reliever Tyler Dabo just pro- Jacob Stubblefield, DH, Jr. Chile posed to his fiancee last month on the diamond at Larry H. Miller Field and Ryan Thurgood, INF, Fr. Mexico catcher Adam Wilkes flew home to get engaged. There are 15 players on the Mike Weingarten, Catcher, Jr. Toronto, Canada Ranger Wiens, SS, So. Hawai`i team who have served two-year volunteer Church missions, 11 of whom were Adam Wilkes, Catcher, So. Russia assigned outside the United States and speak Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and Russian. Incorporated into this year’s team are seven players who have just finished serving two-year Church missions (Kevin Bills, Rob Itri, Paul Jacinto, Dave Jensen, Curtis Rodriguez, Ranger Wiens and Adam Wilkes). Ranger www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 2

BYU Quick Facts Wiens is one of six players (Tyler Dabo, Sam Fernley, Jason Garcia, Jake Location: Provo, Utah 84602 Stubblefield and Mike Weingarten) who transferred to BYU this past Enrollment: 28,300 (Daytime) season...Wiens played three years ago at the University of Nevada. Two Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Cougars have South Korean connections...pitcher Jeff Stone served a two-year Christ of Latter-day Saints mission to that country and second baseman Han Yi was born in Seoul--each Colors: Blue and White lived in Korea for nearly two years. Among those throwing batting practice to Nickname: Cougars BYU again this season is former Cy Young winner Vernon Law (1960 Pittsburgh Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) Pirates), father of BYU head coach Vance Law. In January, Vance Law was in Affiliation: NCAA Division I Washington, D.C., where he was again a resource player (yearly for the past Conference: Mountain West nine years) for the major league rookie training. Pitcher Jake Chrisman stands Field: Larry H. Miller Field (2,300) 6-8 and redshirted this past season in basketball. Pitcher Jeff Stone (27-16) President: Merrill J. Bateman needs five more victories to become BYU’s all-time winningest pitcher. Men’s AD: Val Hale Ticket Office Phone: (801) 378-BYU1 or Coach Vance Law and staff 1-800-322-BYU1 Vance Law played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six Baseball Staff: different teams. Last season he was named Coach of the Year for the Mountain Head Coach: Vance Law (BYU, 1978) West Conference. The 46-year-old coach is in his third year at BYU and has a Office Phone: (801) 378-5049 91-79-1 record. He is assisted by David Eldredge, now in his fourth year at Record: 91-79-1, third season BYU. Eldredge was one of three finalists named for last year’s head-coach Assistant Coaches: vacancy at the University of Hawaiì. Pitching coach Mike Karpel is in his third David Eldredge (BYU, 1984) year with BYU. Graduate assistant Nate Mathis is in his first year on the BYU Mike Karpel (UC San Bernardino, 1994) staff, succeeding Hank Taylor who joined the U.S. Military Academy this season Nate Mathis (BYU, 2000) at West Point as a member of its baseball staff. Trainer: Jared Hutchinson Baseball Facts: First Full Year in New Ballpark at Home 2001 Record: 38-22 (12-7 home, 26-15 away) This is BYU’s first full season at Miller Park, named in honor of Larry H. and Conference Finish: 21-8, 1st in MWC Gail Miller, who made a significant financial contribution toward the facility. NCAA Finish: Eliminated, first round at Lincoln, Neb. The baseball field is built on the site the original field was constructed on in Final National Ranking: NA 1969 and is named Larry H. Miller Field. The baseball portion seats 2,204 (675 Starters Returning (4): in the lower bowl) and mirrors a back-to-back concept with the adjoining soft- Lars Birkeland, 6-1, Sr., C ball field and a shared press box. Both fields have lights. The field measures Matt Carson, 6-2, Jr., RF 400 feet in center, 388 in the alleys and remains at 345 down the lines. BYU Doug Jackson, 5-7, Jr., OF played its first night games in Provo with the opening of Miller Park. Kainoa Obrey, 6-3, Jr., 3B Starters Lost (5): Attendance Record Ty Haguewood/Tim Law, 1B Two attendance records were set this season, overall attendance at 24,822 sur- Tyler Perry, 2B passing 17,378 for last season; and the series record. The three-game series with Seth King, SS Utah at the start of April established a new record with 7,725 fans attending, Shane Belliston, CF including the second, third and fourth best crowds in Miller Park history of Jeff Hiestand, DH 2,863, 2,611 and 2,251. The old record was 5,720 against UNLV last season, Other Letterwinners Returning from 2001: including the record-setting 3,120 fans who watched BYU clinch the MWC title. Cameron Coughlan, 5-11, Jr., 2B/OF The average attendance at home is up to 1,551 compared to 1,241 last season. Top Returning Pitchers from 2001: BYU’s home attendance average was 38th best in the NCAAlast season and Ryan Adams, 6-3, Sr., RHP, 6-2, 4.10 ranked 50th in terms of total home attendance. Scott Koffman, 6-2, RHP, Soph., 3-1, 7.44 Jeff Mousser, 6-2, RHP, Soph.,3-0, 6.38 Team Notes Jeff Stone, 6-1, Sr., LHP, 5-5, 6.09 • Matt Carson has the longest hitting streaks on the team at 12 games, followed by Ranger Wiens at 11 and Doug Jackson at eight. Dave Jensen had the current Cougars on Missions hitting streak lead on the team with 16 games, but that ended vs. Southern Player, Pos., Year @ BYU Place of Service Cortland Andrews, LHP, 2000 Guatemala Utah. Jensen’s 16-game streak was the longest of the season for BYU. Carson Casey Cloward, C, 2000 Mexico had a 12-game hitting streak, including the final game of last season, snapped Brad Hales, SS, 2001 Spain in the first game at the University of Hawaiì. Jensen had an 11-game hitting Jeff Hiestand, DH, 2001 Colorado-Denver South streak ended in game two of the UCI series and a 12-game hitting streak ended Bryce Searle, RHP, 2000 Ecuador in the Utah series. Kainoa Obrey brought a 12-game hitting streak into this Jeff Stearman, RHP, 2001 Perth, Australia season, but it ended at 13 games. Obrey had a 13-game hitting streak at one Justin Suà, RHP, 2001 Nicaragua point last season. • BYU’s MWC regular season title was its first since 1994 when it won the www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 3

Western Athletic Conference playoff. The Cougars have won nine league titles Career Hit By Pitch Record dating back to the WAC’s inception in 1962. Year Player HB • Doug Jackson and Cameron Coughlan tied a school record with seven at bats 2000-02 Matt Carson 27 each in the 14-inning victory at Cal-Irvine. 1999-2001 Michael Wirrick 25 • Dave Jensen tied a Mountain West Conference record by hitting three doubles in 1999-2001 Michael Davies 18 the 12-5 victory at UNLV. His two homers in game two vs. SDSU is among the 1993-97 Tyson DowDell 18 best in the MWC so far this season. 1994-97 D.G. Nelson 14 1996-98 Chris Circuit 14 Graduation Commencement Exercises were April 25. Pitcher James Ray graduated in sociolo- Attend. @ Larry Miller Field gy, one of only two BYU players to graduate during his senior season in the past Date Opponent Attendance three years. Pitcher Matt Rex graduated at the end of his senior season in 2000. 5/11/01 UNLV (Night) 3,120 4/5/02 Utah (Night) 2,863 Carson, the man with the bat and the arm 4/6/02 Utah (Night) 2,611 BYU junior Matt Carson was named second-team pre-season All-America by 4/4/02 Utah (Night) 2,251 Baseball America. Last season he was one of 19 named to the USA National Team 4/26/02 Air Force (Night) 1,964 Trials. He was also invited to the Trials in 2000. Last year he only went hitless 12 5/17/02 New Mexico (Night) 1,831 times in his last 56 games. When Carson doesn’t speak with his bat, the rightfield- 3/22/02 SDSU (Night) 1,748 er’s cannon arm can make some noise, too. This season against Texas Tech he threw a perfect one-hopper to home plate to prevent a runner from scoring; caught 4/19/01 Utah (Night) 1,609 a sac-fly, then threw to second base to complete a double play; and made a relay to 3/23/02 SDSU, suspended 1,440 third to put out a player trying to stretch a double into a triple. Against Pacific he 4/27/01 San Diego St. (Night) 1,398 caught a runner with a throw to second. In the first inning against the University of 4/20/01 Utah (Night) 1,274 Hawai`i in game three he threw out a runner at home after the UH runner tagged at 4/21/01 Utah 1,371 third after a fly-out. He pegged a Utah runner in the fifth inning at home. At Air 5/12/01 UNLV 1,318 Force this season he caught a ball at shoe-top level with men at second and third, 5/10/01 UNLV (Night) 1,282 then completed the double play by throwing out a runner by 20 feet at home. He 4/25/02 Air Force (Night) 1,258 gunned down a runner at New Mexico trying to stretch a second-inning single to a 5/18/02 New Mexico 1,229 double. Thus far he has recorded eight assists this season, seven last season and 5/3/02 UNLV (Night) 1,189 five as a freshman. He led the Mountain West Conference most of last season in 5/16/02 New Mexico (Night) 1,183 homers and finished with 18. He has gone hitless in only 10 games this season. 5/6/02 Southern Utah 1,178 Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO HP 3/21/02 SDSU (Night) 1,176 2000 .395 54-53 195 42 77 18 3 8 43 125 20 29 14 4/13/01 New Mexico (Night) 1,143 2001 .335 56-56 227 56 76 6 5 18 70 146 26 47 2 2002 .359 50-50 209 49 75 19 4 9 49 129 18 30 11 4/14/01 New Mexico 1,119 Totals.361 160-159 631 147 228 43 12 35 162 400 65 106 27 4/14/01 New Mexico — (DH) 4/26/01 San Diego St. (Night) 1,059 Jensen On Fire 5/4/02 UNLV 1,040 Sophomore first baseman Dave Jensen is proving the Cleveland Indians knew what 4/28/01 San Diego St. 1,014 they were doing when they drafted him in the 17th round last summer as he was 5/7/02 Southern Utah (Night) 948 returning from his Church mission to Uruguay. Last February he was mired at a 5/2/02 UNLV (Night) 913 .258 batting average and has batted .453 since that time to pull up his average to 4/16/01 Southern Utah 809 .394. He has gone hitless in seven games this season. He advances for Verizon 4/17/01 Southern Utah 862 Academic All-America consideration with a 3.44 GPA, majoring in International Totals 19-11 42,200 (avg. 1,407) Relations. Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO 2002 24,822(16game)(Avg. 1,551) 1999 .368 47-44 174 39 64 23 0 6 35 105 18 24 2002 .394 53-53 216 48 85 26 0 10 57 141 28 29 . 3 8 2 2001 17,378 (14 games) (Avg. 1,241) Totals.382 100-97 390 87 149 49 0 16 92 246 46 53 NCAA Rankings All Nighttime 30,820 (Avg. 1,622) For the fourth consecutive week, BYU’s Dave Jensen has been ranked in the NCAA doubles per game category. Jensen is ranked in the top 20 for his 26 doubles which Losses Night record: 12-7 averages to .49 per game. AFA’s Josh Phifer is also ranked in the NCAA top 20 for Overall Record @ Miller Park=19-11 his 69 RBI for a 1.33 average.

www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 4 Matt Carson, Right Field BYU Pitcher, Years Career W-L Second-Team All-American Pre-Season, Baseball America magazine 1. Colby Ward, 1983-86 31-10 Mountain West Conference Player of the Week, Feb. 18 (Santa Clara-Pacific) 2. Peter Kendrick, 1980-82 29-8 Mark Beavers, 1983-86 29-15 Jeff Mousser, Pitcher 4. Scott Nielsen, 1978-83 27-3 Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Week, April 8 (Utah) Jeff Stone, 1997-02 27-16 6. Jeff Dusek, 1970-72 26-7 Dave Jensen, First Base BYU Homers at Home Verizon Academic All-District VIII Year Conf. All BYU-Home Opp@BYU Speedster Cameron Coughlan 2002 27 48 12 13 2001 34 73 25 (6) 17 (5) Junior Cameron Coughlan runs a 6.5 in the 60-yard dash to be among the fastest 2000 34 64 20 17 Cougars. He is ahead of his previous season’s pace. He is four stolen bases away 1999 37 77 32 42 from moving into ninth place in career stolen bases ahead of Mike Littlewood (includes games @UVSC) (1985-88) at 39. Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-A BYU’s Homers @ Home 2000 .291 32-13 79 22 23 6 1 1 11 34 6 10 4-7 Homers for 2002 2001 .341 48-31 132 30 45 6 6 3 27 72 15 28 9-14 No. Opponent, Score 1. Kevin Bills vs. SDSU, L, 10-11 2002 .353 51-50 221 57 78 8 4 4 39 106 16 39 25-30 2. Kevin Bills, vs. SDSU, L 10-12 Totals.338 128-91 432 109 146 20 11 8 77 212 37 77 38-51 3. Jake Stubblefield vs. UNLV, W 8-6 4. Rob Itri vs. So. Utah, W 12-3 Jeff Stone Pursues Career Record 5. Ranger Wiens vs. So. Utah, W 12-3 Senior southpaw Jeff Stone needs five more victories to become BYU’s all-time win- 6. Han Yi vs. So. Utah, W 12-3 ningest pitcher in surpassing Colby Ward (Houston, Texas). Stone was 1997 WAC 7. Dave Jensen vs. So. Utah, W 9-4 Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-America before his mission service in 8. Kevin Bills vs. So. Utah, W 9-4 Korea. Stone grew up in Federal Way, Wash., before moving to Utah to finish his 9. Matt Carson vs. UNM, W 12-5 high school career. He is one of five married players on this year’s team and at 24- 10. Cameron Coughlan, vs. UNM, L 13-17 11. Dave Jensen vs. UNM, L 13-17 years-of-age, Stone is the oldest player on the team. 12. Rob Itri, vs. UNM, L 13-17 Year ERA W-L APP GS CGSV IP H R ER BB SO 1997 6.94 11-1 14 13 1 0 84.1 92 70 65 56 70 2000 6.23 10-5 17 17 2 0 99.2 126 82 69 53 74 Dave Jensen Homers 2001 6.09 5-5 17 14 1 1 85.2 117 68 58 37 52 Homers for 2002 2002 8.59 1-5 15 8 1 0 51.1 78 62 49 29 19 No. Opponent, Score Tot. 6.76 27-16 63 52 5 1 321 413 282 241 175 215 1 @ Texas Tech, L 5-6 2 @ UNLV, W 12-5 3,4 @ Washington, L 8-15 5,6 San Diego State, L 7-9 Injuries 7 @ New Mexico, W 13-10 Cameron Coughlan (elbow, tendonitis) and Ryan Chambers (hamstring) missed 8 @ New Mexico, W 8-7 being in parts of the lineup earlier this month, but now are back in full action. 9 Southern Utah, 9-4 Pitchers Curtis Rodriguez and James Ray were both sidelined due to off-season sur- 10 New Mexico, L 13-17 gery last semester. Ray began play this season at Washington. Kainoa Obrey, a pre- season third-team All-America, is out for the season, hoping for a medical hardship BYU Hosting Conference Tourneys because of a back problem. Obrey last played in the final game at the University of 1968 vs. Arizona, BYU 2-1 Hawaiì. 1970 vs. Arizona, BYU 1-2 1972 vs. Arizona St., BYU 1-2 Cougar Scholar-Athletes Honored from Baseball Thirteen baseball players, including eight on the current squad, were honored as 1974 vs. Arizona, BYU 0-2 scholar-athletes at the end of February by the Cougar Club. Those from this year’s 1977 vs. Arizona St., BYU 0-2 squad are: Ryan Adams, Jason Garcia, David Jensen, Jeffrey Stone, Jacob 1979 vs. San Diego St., BYU 2-1 Stubblefield, Michael Weingarten, Adam Wilkes and Kirk Williamson. From last 1981 vs. Hawaiì, BYU 2-0 year’s team were Shane Belliston, Thomas Doxey, Shawn Hancock, Stephen Snow 1983 Four-team field, BYU 3-1 and Michael Wirrick. This is the fourth time Snow and Wirrick were selected. 1985 Four-team field , BYU 3-1 Sophomore Pitchers 1987 vs. Hawaiì, BYU 2-2 Thirteen of BYU’s 24 victories this season have been registered by sophomore pitch- 1994 vs. Fresno State, BYU 2-0 ers on the Cougar staff: Jeff Mousser with eight, Scott Koffman and Paul Jacinto 1996 vs. Cal State Northridge, BYU 0-2 with two, and Sam Fernley with one. There are three other sophomore pitchers on BYU has an 18-16 record in league post- the BYU staff; Sam Fernley, younger brother of last year’s All-American Nate season play at home. The Cougars have a 6-3 Fernley; Jake Chrisman who stands 6-8; and Curtis Rodriguez, who is recovering record in MWC post-season and a 37-38 record from an injury. in league post-season since 1963. www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 5

Date Opponent W/L Score Site Rec. Div-Rec. Pitcher Opp. Pitcher Line Opp. Line Att. 1/25 @ Texas Tech L 6-8 A 0-1 0-0 Mousser Rowe 6-12-3 8-13-0 2,663 1/25 @ Texas Tech L 5-6 A 0-2 0-0 Ward Shaw 5-10-2 6-9-2 — 1/26 @ Texas Tech L 2-10 A 0-3 0-0 Koffman Fouts 2-6-0 10-12-3 2,353 1/31 @ UC-Irvine (14 inn.) W 10-7 A 1-3 0-0 Mousser Koller 10-10-2 7-12-2 620 2/1 @ UC-Irvine L 3-8 A 1-4 0-0 Adams Tracey 3-9-3 8-9-0 820 2/2 @ UC-Irvine L 2-10 A 1-5 0-0 Koffman Smith 2-4-1 10-12-2 814 2/4 @ UC Santa Barbara L 5-12 A 1-6 0-0 Chrisman Posthumus 5-11-3 12-14-2 137 2/5 @ Cal Poly-SLO L 5-14 A 1-7 0-0 Stone McGinnis 5-12-7 14-15-0 165 2/11 @ Santa Clara W 15-5 A 2-7 0-0 Koffman McBride 15-15-1 5-10-2 193 2/12 @ Stanford L 1-8 A 2-8 0-0 Stone Cunningham 1-3-0 8-10-1 1795 2/14 @ Pacific L 3-4 A 2-9 0-0 Adams Pena 3-9-1 4-9-1 124 2/15 @ Pacific L 4-8 A 2-10 0-0 Chrisman Godkin 4-10-2 8-11-1 150 2/16 @ Pacific W 5-2 A 3-10 0-0 Ward Pena 5-10-1 2-11-1 156 2/21 @ Hawaiì W 7-6 A 4-10 0-0 Mousser Quaglieri 7-13-2 6-7-0 2,329 2/22 @ Hawaiì L 5-10 A 4-11 0-0 Adams Pribble 5-9-2 10-10-1 2,876 2/23 @ Hawaiì W 4-3 A 5-11 0-0 Jacinto Yamashita 4-6-3 3-7-2 2,581 2/11 @ UNLV * W 12-5 A 6-11 1-0 Koffman Hall 12-13-2 5-7-5 478 2/12 @ UNLV * W 8-3 A 7-11 2-0 Mousser Pupo 8-13-0 3-4-1 — 2/12 @ UNLV * W 13-7 A 8-11 3-0 Adams Van 13-11-0 7-13-0 395 3/14 @ Washington L 8-15 A 8-12 3-0 Stone Kohn 8-9-3 15-13-3 189 3/15 @ Washington W 7-5 A 9-12 3-0 Jacinto Petersen 7-11-1 5-7-1 219 3/16 @ Washington T 12-12 A 9-12-1 3-0 Chrisman White 12-15-1 12-11-4 229 3/21 San Diego St. * L 8-17 H 9-13-1 3-1 Mousser Dunwell 8-11-4 17-19-2 1,176 3/22 San Diego St. * L 7-9 H 9-14-1 3-2 Stone Harang 7-13-4 9-15-3 1,748 3/29 @ Air Force Academy * W 4-2 A 10-14-1 4-2 Mousser Koegel 4-10-1 2-3-1 119 3/29 @ Air Force Academy * W 9-5 A 11-14-1 5-2 Adams Zicarelli 9-17-3 5-7-2 — 3/30 @ Air Force Academy * L 5-7 A 11-15-1 5-3 Jacinto Kaercher 5-12-1 7-11-4 128 4/1 @ Notre Dame L 0-1 A 11-16-1 5-3 Stone Gagne 0-3-0 1-5-0 1,193 4/4 Utah * W 5-2 H 12-16-1 6-3 Mousser Wylie 5-8-1 2-8-2 2,251 4/5 Utah * L 3-17 H 12-17-1 6-4 Adams Rushton 3-10-3 17-17-4 2,863 4/6 Utah * (12 inn.) W 10-9 H 13-17-1 7-4 Dabo Snyder 10-22-1 9-16-4 2,611 4/8 @ Southern Utah L 4-10 A 13-18-1 7-4 Fernley Perkins 4-10-1 10-13-2 133 4/9 @ Southern Utah W 9-8 A 14-18-1 7-4 Adams White 9-12-0 8-8-2 102 4/11 @ New Mexico * W 13-10 A 15-18-1 8-4 Mousser Vermilyea 13-15-2 10-16-1 276 4/12 @ New Mexico * L 2-12 A 15-19-1 8-5 Koffman Bullen 2-10-3 12-19-0 349 4/13 @ New Mexico*(10 inn.)W 8-7 A 16-19-1 9-5 Dabo McCready 8-12-4 7-9-0 686 4/18 San Diego St. *(Susp.) L 10-12 H 16-20-1 9-6 Ray Ring 10-17-2 12-19-1 1,400 4/18 @ San Diego St. * L 2-10 A 16-21-1 9-7 Mousser Dunwell 2-10-1 10-9-1 610 4/19 @ San Diego St. * L 3-6 A 16-22-1 9-8 Adams Shortell 3-8-2 6-7-0 842 4/20 @ San Diego St. * L 6-7 A 16-23-1 9-9 Jacinto Hartshorn 6-13-0 7-11-0 723 4/25 Air Force Academy * W 3-2 H 17-23-1 10-9 Mousser Kaercher 3-7-1 2-7-0 1,258 4/26 Air Force Academy * L 8-10 H 17-24-1 10-10 Garcia Pratt 8-14-3 10-14-3 1,964 5/2 UNLV * L 6-19 H 17-25-1 10-11 Mousser Van 6-12-2 19-28-2 913 5/3 UNLV * W 7-5 H 18-25-1 11-11 Adams Seccombe 7-10-4 5-8-0 1,189 5/4 UNLV * W 8-6 H 19-25-1 12-11 Fernley Bonnell 8-15-2 6-16-0 1,040 5/6 Southern Utah W 12-3 H 20-25-1 12-11 Garcia Anderson 12-13-1 3-8-2 1,178 5/7 Southern Utah W 9-4 H 21-25-1 12-11 Stone Matthews 9-14-2 4-10-1 948 5/9 @ Utah * W 19-4 A 22-25-1 13-11 Mousser Rushton 19-22-2 4-14-4 212 5/10 @ Utah * L 6-19 A 22-26-1 13-12 Koffman Wylie 6-10-3 19-20-0 266 5/11 @ Utah * L 6-11 A 22-27-1 13-13 Jacinto Maio 6-13-0 11-14-1 467 5/16 New Mexico * W 11-9 H 23-27-1 14-13 Garcia Vermilyea 11-15-1 9-16-1 1,183 5/17 New Mexico * W 12-5 H 24-27-1 15-13 Adams Bullen 12-17-1 5-11-0 1,831 5/18 New Mexico *(10 inn.) L 13-17 H 24-28-1 15-14 Dabo McCready 13-21-5 17-17-1 1,229

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2002 SCHEDULE Apr. 5 *Utah Provo L, 3-17 Jan. 25 Texas Tech Lubbock, TX L, 6-8 Apr. 6 *Utah Provo W, 10-9 Jan. 25 Texas Tech Lubbock, TX L, 5-6 Apr. 8 Southern Utah Cedar City L, 4-10 Jan. 26 Texas Tech Lubbock, TX L, 2-10 Apr. 9 Southern Utah Cedar City W, 9-8 Jan. 31 UC-Irvine Irvine, CA W, 10-7 Apr. 11 *New Mexico Albuquerque W, 13-10 Feb. 1 UC-Irvine Irvine, CA L, 3-8 Apr. 12 *New Mexico Albuquerque L, 2-12 Feb. 2 UC-Irvine Irvine, CA L, 2-10 Apr. 13 *New Mexico Albuquerque W, 8-7 Feb. 4 Cal-Santa Barbara S. Barb., CA L, 5-12 Apr. 18 *San Diego St. Provo, SDSusp. L, 10-12 Feb. 5 Cal-Poly SLO S. L. O., CA L, 5-14 Apr. 18 *San Diego St. San Diego, CA L, 2-10 Feb. 11 Santa Clara S. Clara, CA W, 15-5 Apr. 19 *San Diego St. San Diego, CA L, 3-6 Feb. 12 Stanford Palo Alto, CA L, 1-8 Apr. 20 *San Diego St. San Diego, CA L, 6-7 Feb. 14 Pacific Stockton, CA L, 4-3 Apr. 25 *Air Force Provo W, 3-2 Feb. 15 Pacific Stockton, CA L, 4-8 Apr. 26 *Air Force Provo L, 8-10 Feb. 16 Pacific Stockton, CA W, 5-2 Apr. 27 *Air Force Provo canceled Feb. 21 Hawaiì Honolulu, HI W, 7-6 May 2 *UNLV Provo L, 6-19 Feb. 22 Hawaiì Honolulu, HI L, 5-10 May 3 *UNLV Provo W, 7-5 Feb. 23 Hawaiì (TV) Honolulu, HI W, 4-3 May 4 *UNLV Provo W, 8-6 F. 25-26 Hawaiì-Hilo Canceled Due to Rains May 6 Southern Utah Provo W, 12-3 Mar. 11 *UNLV Las Vegas W, 12-5 May 7 Southern Utah Provo W, 9-4 Mar. 12 *UNLV Las Vegas W, 8-3 May 9 *Utah Salt Lake City W, 19-4 Mar. 12 *UNLV Las Vegas W, 13-7 May 10 *Utah Salt Lake City L, 6-19 Mar. 14 Washington Seattle, WA L, 8-15 May 11 *Utah Salt Lake City L, 6-11 Mar. 15 Washington Seattle, WA W, 7-5 May 16 *New Mexico Provo W, 11-9 Mar. 16 Washington Seattle, WA T, 12-12 May 17 *New Mexico Provo W, 12-5 Mar. 21 *San Diego St. Provo L, 8-17 May 18 *New Mexico Provo L, 13-17 Mar. 22 *San Diego St. Provo L, 7-9 May 22 # Air Force Provo 7 p.m. Mar. 29 *Air Force Colo. Spgs., CO W, 4-2 5/23-25 MWC Tournament Provo TBA Mar. 29 *Air Force Colo. Spgs., CO W, 9-5 5/31-6/2 NCAA Regionals TBA Mar. 30 *Air Force Colo. Spgs., CO L, 5-7 6/7-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Apr. 1 Notre Dame South Bend, IN L, 0-1 6/14-22 College World Series Omaha, Neb. Apr. 4 *Utah Provo W, 5-2 * Indicates MWC Games, # MWC Tourney All times local to site of game 2002 ROSTER N o .P l a y e r Po s . H t . W t . B-T Y r. D O B H o m e t o w n 1 Jason Garcia RHP 6-0 195 R-R Jr.-JC 1-26-80 Garden Grove, California (Long Beach CC) 3 *Curtis Rodriguez RHP 6-0 165 R-R So.-1V 1-29-80 Laguna Niguel, California (Capistrano Valley 4 Han Yi 2B-SS-OF 5-10 170 R-R Fr.-RS 12-12-81 Torrance, California (West) 5 **James Ray LHP 5-9 160 L-L Sr.-2V 9-30-78 St. Augustine, Florida (Jacksonville U.) 7 *Scott Koffman RHP 6-2 190 R-R So.-1V 9-27-81 Salt Lake City, Utah (Olympus) 8 Ranger Wiens INF 6-3 200 R-R So.-TR 5-7-80 Merced, California (Nevada) 9 *Matt Ward RHP 6-2 170 R-R Sr.-1V 12-30-79 Spanish Fork, Utah (Utah Valley St.) 10 *Kevin Bills 3B 6-2 175 R-R So.-1V 3-5-80 Reno, Nevada (Reno) 11 **Cameron Coughlan OF/2B 5-11 175 S-R Jr.-2V 8-12-81 Malibu, California (Malibu) 12 *Lars Birkeland C 6-1 205 R-R Sr.-1V 7-12-78 Salt Lake City, Utah (Saddleback JC) 13 **Doug Jackson OF/2B 5-7 155 S-R Jr.-2V 1-31-81 Kailua, Hawai’i (Iolani) 14 Mike Weingarten C 6-2 200 R-R Jr.-JC 6-28-78 Orem, Utah (Utah Valley St.) 15 *Paul Jacinto RHP 6-0 190 R-R So.-1V 1-18-80 Encinitas, California (LaCosta) 16 Tyler Dabo RHP 6-2 180 R-R Jr.-JC 2-17-79 Hollister, California (Dixie JC) 17 *Dave Jensen 1B 6-3 215 L-L So.-1V 12-16-79 Henderson, Nevada (Green Valley) 18 *Jacob Chrisman RHP 6-8 225 R-R So.-1V 12-1-81 Provo, Utah (Provo) 21 *Rob Itri INF/OF 6-3 180 L-R So.-1V 12-17-79 Broomall, Pennsylvania (Marple Newtown) 23 ***Jeff Stone LHP 6-1 185 L-L Sr.-3V 10-15-77 Taylorsville, Utah (Taylorsville) 24 *Adam Wilkes C 5-9 165 R-R So.-1V 10-26-79 Tucson, Arizona (Sabino) 25 **Ryan Adams RHP 6-3 200 R-R Sr.-2V 4-3-78 Highland, Utah (UVSC) 26 Ryan Thurgood SS/OF 5-10 160 R-R Fr.-HS 10-20-79 Vancouver, Washington (Evergreen) 27 Ryan Chambers LHP/OF 6-0 165 L-L Fr.-HS 12-31-82 Yucaipa, California (Yucaipa) 28 **Matt Carson OF 6-2 195 R-R Jr.-2V 7-1-81 Yucaipa, California (Yucaipa) 29 Sam Fernley RHP 6-4 200 L-R So.-JC 1-29-82 Long Beach, California (Long Beach CC) 30 Clayton Carson Infielder 6-1 170 S-R Fr.-HS 4-6-83 Yucaipa, California (Yucaipa) 32 **Kainoa Obrey 3B 6-3 225 R-R Jr.-2V 10-6-80 Honolulu, Hawai’i (Iolani) 33 Jake Stubblefield INF 6-1 200 R-R Jr.-JC 8-16-79 San Diego, California (Ricks JC) 35 *Jeff Mousser RHP 6-2 215 R-R So.-1V 9-10-81 Tempe, Arizona (Marcos de Niza) 36 **Brandon Boothe RHP 6-9 265 R-R Jr.-2V 6-28-79 Merced, California (Golden Valley) C o a c h e s 2—Vance Law, Head Coach 22—David Eldredge, Assistant Coach 31—Mike Karpel, Assistant Coach 6—Nate Mathis, Assistant Coach * Letters

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Record: 24-28-1 Home: 9-7 Away: 15-21-1 Mtn. West: 15-14

Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BBHBP SOGDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% JENSEN, Dave .394 53 53 216 48 85 26 0 10 57 141 .653 28 2 29 3 .458 5 0 7 12 450 28 8 .984 CARSON, Matt .359 50 50 209 49 75 19 4 9 49 129 .617 18 11 30 5 .432 3 0 9 13 107 8 4 .966 COUGHLAN, C. .353 51 50 221 57 78 8 4 4 39 106 .480 16 2 39 2 .397 3 2 25 30 72 52 6 .954 ITRI, Rob .352 52 49 199 29 70 14 1 4 44 98 .492 13 2 20 2 .392 3 3 6 11 63 105 15 .918 JACKSON, Doug .339 52 52 236 53 80 16 5 4 33 118 .500 13 4 26 2 .382 1 2 16 16 123 7 9 .935 WIENS, Ranger .325 53 53 200 34 65 10 3 3 24 90 .450 17 8 39 3 .396 2 0 9 13 90 166 11 .959 CHAMBERS, R. .288 29 20 73 13 21 5 2 1 11 33 .452 8 0 12 1 .354 1 0 4 4 39 1 0 1.000 BIRKELAND, L. .277 42 39 137 18 38 6 2 1 17 51 .372 6 4 20 4 .322 2 1 4 6 186 38 1 .996 YI, Han .252 39 27 107 16 27 7 0 1 12 37 .346 11 4 21 1 .344 0 1 1 2 55 31 12 .878 STUBBLEFIELD .243 41 35 136 22 33 8 1 3 21 52 .382 10 0 26 3 .291 2 1 0 3 37 22 10 .855 OBREY, Kainoa .242 10 10 33 5 8 5 0 1 8 16 .485 3 2 11 1 .333 1 0 0 0 7 19 5 .839 BILLS, Kevin .241 30 19 79 12 19 2 0 5 14 36 .456 12 1 23 1 .344 1 0 0 1 11 13 5 .828 CARSON, C. .222 6 2 9 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 .333 0 0 2 0 .200 1 0 0 0 6 11 4 .810 WILKES, Adam .185 20 6 27 4 5 1 0 0 4 6 .222 5 1 7 1 .324 1 1 1 1 50 4 1 .982 WEINGARTEN .167 20 12 48 3 8 0 0 2 5 14 .292 3 2 8 0 .241 1 0 0 0 59 6 1 .985 THURGOOD, R. .158 22 0 19 6 3 1 0 0 2 4 .211 2 0 4 0 .238 0 0 2 2 3 9 1 .923 CHRISMAN, J. .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1.000

Totals .317 53 53 1949 370 617129 22 48 342 934 .479 165 43 317 29 .378 27 11 84 114 1384 600 102.951 Opponents .323 53 53 1911 430 617127 22 40 391 908 .475 210 75 283 20 .405 32 24 60 90 1419 602 79.962

LOB - Team (407), Opp (445). DPs turned - Team (36), Opp (40). TPs turned - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (6), JENSEN 4, CARSON M. 2, Opp (2). Picked off - COUGHLAN 4, JENSEN 3, WIENS 2, YI 2, CARSON M. 2, ITRI 2, JACKSON 1, BIRKELAND 1, WILKES 1.

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHOCBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR ABB/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

DABO, Tyler 4.26 2 1 20 0 0 0 0 3 25.1 32 14 12 7 20 3 1 1 103 .311 3 3 1 3 0 FERNLEY, Sam 4.60 1 1 17 1 0 0 0 1 29.1 37 16 15 10 15 6 4 1 122 .303 5 6 0 1 0 MOUSSER, Jeff 5.09 8 4 16 10 1 0 0 0 76.0 96 61 43 30 71 19 3 6 303 .317 3 13 2 4 7 GARCIA, Jason 6.27 2 1 13 1 0 0 0 1 33.0 44 25 23 11 20 11 1 4 139 .317 1 2 2 1 2 ADAMS, Ryan 6.41 5 5 16 13 0 0 0 0 73.0 99 73 52 34 38 18 3 2 306 .324 5 11 0 5 7 WARD, Matt 6.84 1 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 25.0 25 19 19 13 13 8 0 2 94 .266 3 4 1 2 1 KOFFMAN, Scott 7.31 2 4 13 8 0 0 0 1 60.1 75 61 49 28 25 14 0 9 242 .310 2 13 0 5 2 JACINTO, Paul 8.01 2 3 13 8 0 0 0 0 51.2 70 52 46 23 37 20 3 7 215 .326 5 6 1 8 3 RAY, James 8.25 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 3 12.0 22 18 11 5 10 4 1 3 63 .349 1 0 3 1 0 STONE, Jeff 8.59 1 5 15 8 1 0 0 0 51.1 78 62 49 29 19 12 2 5 226 .345 3 11 5 2 2 CHRISMAN, Jacob 11.84 0 2 11 3 0 0 0 0 24.1 42 32 32 20 16 12 4 1 109 .385 3 7 1 1 0

Totals 6.85 24 28 53 53 2 0 0 9 461.1 620 433 351210 284 127 22 411922 .323 34 76 16 33 24 Opponents 6.11 28 24 53 53 6 1 0 9 474.2 617 370322165 317 129 22 48 1952 .316 34 43 18 27 11

PB - Team (16), BIRKELAND 7, WEINGARTEN 6, WILKES 3, Opp (13). Pickoffs - Team (7), STONE 3, MOUSSER 2, CHRISMAN 1, BIRKELAND 1, Opp (19). SBA/ATT - BIRKELAND (42-61), MOUSSER (11-20), WEINGARTEN (12-16), KOFFMAN (10-15), JACINTO (9-11), ADAMS (7-10), STONE (6-10), WILKES (7-8), RAY (7-7), GARCIA (4-6), FERNLEY (3-4), DABO (2-4), WARD (2-3), CHRISMAN (0-1).

www.byucougars.com B Y U BASEBALL 2002 Long Arm, Super Bat Matt Carson

By Ralph R. Zobell, BYU Baseball SID threw him out, which prevented a run scoring n emcee takes charge of an event much the off the next batter's double. same way Matt Carson does in a baseball In that two-day, 13-inning game at USF, Agame. Carson tied a school record with seven at bats The pre-season All-American’s performance at and was a two-bagger shy of hitting for the BYU indicates he is a master of ceremonies, true cycle. to his initials, M. C. The all-conference right “I thought I hit it perfect for a double, then fielder from Yucaipa, Calif., speaks with more the ball went over the fence,” said Carson of his than his bat. The junior also leads with his arm second dinger of that game. to ignite the Cougars and was elected a co-cap- Those two homers were part of the 18 he hit tain this season. last season, which ranked him 25th best in the The 6-2, 195-pound mechanical engineering nation. One of those home runs was a 410-foot major can appreciate the blueprints used to con- blast at the University of New Mexico in the old struct BYU’s new Larry H. Miller field and he AAA field of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also knows the angles of the game. His arm is strong All-American & Co-Captain Matt Carson ranked 25th in the NCAA with his 70 runs bat- enough to throw a 94 mph fastball in practice as ted in as a sophomore. As a freshman against a pitcher, but he understands his limits. UNLV in Provo he hit the first-pitch thrown to him in late “There was another outfielder who could throw 97 mph in innings for a no-out grand slam. the league I played in last summer,” said Carson, who once hit He was a home run hitter in high school, blasting three in four batters before he was removed from the mound as a little one game, and set the record at 15 homers in a season. He got league pitcher. “It takes more than an arm. You can’t throw a a hit in all 27 games as a prepster. Last year, Carson went hit- real high arc from outfield and you’ve got to be accurate.” less in only 12 of his 56 games for BYU, including a streak of His arm is above average for a major leaguer, according to 19. BYU Coach Vance Law, who says its the best he’s seen since fel- He got 76 hits last season and 77 hits the year before when low teammate Andre Dawson. Carson modeled his arm after he batted .395, earned Freshman All-America honors and was boyhood hero and Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. named the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year. “Because of him I always tried to throw as hard as I could,” He set the BYU season record after being hit by 14 pitches said Carson of Ryan. as a freshman, a record he no longer holds. Carson always wanted to meet Ryan and be like him. In “A lot of people think getting hit by a pitch is taking one for fact, he has several baseball cards of the flame-thrower in his the team, but when a ball comes inside, I just won’t get out of 300-card collection, including one valued at $50. He regrets the way,” said Matt, who considers himself a power hitter. not buying a $35 rookie card of Ryan’s now worth over $100. “College was new to me and I just went to the plate and tried Major leaguers like Law, Dawson and Ryan are not new to to hit the ball.” Carson. Matt’s mother’s cousin is Bill Buckner, whom he con- While he doesn’t often fish for pitches, he does enjoy fishing sulted about whether to sign professionally or go to college out for trout. He has fished in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and of high school. And no, he did not ask Buckner about his enjoyed another family vacation in Costa Rica with his older famed World Series blunder with the Red Sox. sister and two younger brothers. But if a grounder ever leaked past first base with Carson Other family vacations have been to Utah to include fishing playing right field, look out. Twice Carson has turned a double or hunting for dove, quail and grouse. Matt enjoys fishing play at BYU. Last year he turned a double play in game one at nearby in the Provo River or at the Green River and Strawberry UNLV when he caught a fly and threw to first. As a freshman, and Scofield Reservoirs. he turned a double play in BYU's upset at No. 2 Alabama. Now that he knows the local fishing holes, opponents have “I had quite a few double plays in high school,” said Carson, also learned about Carson. Last season, pitchers tried to pitch who recorded five assists as a Cougar freshman and seven assists around him, only to pay the price as teammate Kainoa Obrey, last season. “I play shallow in right field and I throw runners also a pre-season All-American, drove him around the bases. out at first base or pick them off.” “Everyone knows my weakness is a slider pitched way out,” Last season he threw two Illinois runners out in the same said Matt. “My strength is hitting a fastball or a change up.” inning. Again last year, at the University of San Francisco, a Ironically, the only thing that stopped Carson last year was Don tried to extend a third-inning, one-out single. Carson his swing. C o n t i n u e d w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m B Y U BASEBALL 2002

He missed on a swing in the opening game of the MWC playing for the Cougars as a freshman this season. Tournament against the Air Force Academy in San Diego. “I never have played with him before,” said Matt. “Until I Even though he got on base and scored, his back caused him so was 14-years-old, he was always a better player than me.” much pain he had to be pulled from the lineup. Ever since then, Matt has been turning heads and leading For the next two games of the tourney, the best Carson the charge because of his arm and his bat. Throughout little could do was to lay in agony atop a table in back of the dugout league, he always wore jersey number 14. When Matt got to in between rests and treatments at his parents’ beachside condo high school his coach was wearing it, so Matt doubled the in San Clemente, Calif. number and has been wearing number 28. At his side as his teammates were winning the Mountain The past two years he has been among the select few invited West Championship was his girlfriend Lisa, a hometown to the USA Team Trials in Tucson, Ariz. acquaintance. She followed him up to the Beehive State and “Two years ago I thought I had a good chance of making became a student at rival University of Utah last year so that the team,” said Matt, who was invited to participate in the she could be closer to Matt. home-run derby during that one-week period, but was not Utah is one of the teams to feel the sting of Carson’s arm. selected to join the team which ended up playing in Europe. Last season a Ute tried to score, but Carson threw him out at “It was a shock when they kept only one outfielder.” the plate. Last year the USA Trials lasted Weeks later as the Cougars advanced to three days and Matt didn’t have a good the NCAA Regionals in Lincoln, Neb., Matt Carson Homers tryout. Instead of joining that team to Homers for 2002 Rutgers decided to test Carson’s arm. No. Opponent, Score Inning, #On Base play in Japan, he packed his bags for the Early in the game Matt gunned down a 1,2 @ Pacific, 5-3 8th, 0 on; 9th 1 on second year in a row to play summer ball Scarlet Knight runner at home plate with 3 @ Hawaii, 4-3 3rd, 1 on in New England. the bases loaded. 4 @ UNLV, 13-7 4th, 2 on In the summer of 2000 he played This season against Texas Tech he threw 5 @ Washington, 12-12 4th, 0 on for a team in Hyannis, Mass. Last sum- 6 @ New Mexico, 13-10 6th, 0 on a perfect one-hopper to home plate to pre- 7 @ New Mexico, 8-7 10th, 2 on mer he played for a team in Brewster, vent a runner from scoring; caught a sac- 8 @ Utah, 6-19 2nd, 0 on Mass., and also assisted in a summer camp fly, then threw to second base to complete 9 New Mexico, 12-5 6th, 1 on for kids and worked at a pharmacy during a double play; and made a relay to third to the day. put out a player trying to stretch a double Homers for 2001 Last Fall, Matt even toyed around, 1 @ Arizona, 8-4 8th, 0 on into a triple. Against Pacific he caught a 2 @ Fresno State, 7-4 8th, 0 on batting left-handed and hit a triple off runner with a throw to second. In the first 3, 4 @ USF, 10-6 7th, 1 on; 9th 2 on teammate Sam Fernley. inning against the University of Hawai`i 5 @ Cal Fullerton, 8-2 1st, 1 on He was named earlier this year to in game three he threw out a runner at 6 vs. Washington, 5-6 1st, 1 on Baseball America magazine’s pre-season home after the UH runner tagged at third 7 @ New Mexico, 21-0 7th, 1 on Second-Team All-America squad. Carson’s 8 @ San Diego St., 5-4 2nd, 1 on after a fly-out. He pegged a Utah runner 9 @ San Diego St., 8-5 5th, 0 on accomplishments give plenty of material in the fifth inning at home. 10 vs. Mesa St., 15-6 3rd, 2 on for a master of ceremonies. At Air Force this season he caught a ball 11 @ So. Utah, 8-3 5th, 1 on As he marches through his junior at shoe-top level with men at second and 12 @ Utah, 12-8 1st, 1 on season, pro scouts will have their eye on third, then completed the double play by 13 New Mexico, 11-5 5th, 1 on Carson, so this could be his final year in a 14 vs. Southern Utah, 12-15 1st, 1 on throwing out a runner by 20 feet at home. 15 vs. Southern Utah, 15-5 1st, 0 on Cougar uniform. Thus far he has recorded eight assists 16 vs. Utah, 10-18 4th, 0 on this season, seven last season and five as a 17 @ Oklahoma St., 7-8 3rd, 2 on freshman. 18 vs. UNLV, 5-8 6th, 0 on “Playing water polo as I grew up Homers for 2000 helped me strengthen my arm,” said Car- 1 @ UNLV, 9-1 7th, 0 on son, whose father Eric came to BYU years 2 @ UNLV, 9-8 5th, 0 on ago to swim. While playing water polo for 3 vs. Mesa State, 4-6 8th, 0 on the Cougars, Eric met Jayne, Matt’s mom- 4 @ New Mexico, 20-2 7th, 1 on to-be. 5 vs. UNLV, 6-12 6th, 3 on 6 vs. San Diego State, 5-16 5th, 0 on Eric and Jayne were delighted when 7 vs. New Mexico, 5-7 2nd, 0 on Matt chose BYU over Nebraska and the 8 vs. New Mexico, 3-8 2nd, 1 on University of Southern California. “BYU came after me early, but I chose not to sign early,” said Carson. “After the spring, I ended up choosing BYU.” Now his brother Clayton, a second baseman, made the same decision and is w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m