Wright State Raiders Baseball 2000
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2000 BASEBALL WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY 2000 Baseball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. BIT Hometown/High School 1 Scott Marshall OF 5-10 175 Jr. UL Centerville, OH/Centerville 2 Chris Tuttle IF/OF 5-9 160 Fr. UR LaGrange, OH/Keystone 3 Chris Grimm C 5-10 195 Fr. R/R Marshallville, OH/Orrville 4 Brian Welsh IF 5-8 155 Fr. R/R Grove City, OH/Grove City 5 Jason Smith 2B 5-9 185 Fr. R/R Zanesville, OH/Zanesville 6 Josh Hart C/OF 6-0 200 Sr. R/R Springfield, OH/North 7 Bill Johnson OF 5-10 190 So. R/R Midland, Ml/Bullock Creek 8 Tim Nevius IF 6-0 180 Fr. R/R Kettering, OH/Alter 9 Jim Morris ss 5-11 185 Jr. R/R Lima, OH/Senior 10 Scott Blair 1B 5-10 195 Sr. UL Beavercreek, OH/Beavercreek 11 Brad Olinger IF 5-9 170 So. R/R Springfield, OH/South 12 Chris Bedford LHP 6-3 195 Jr. UL Alliance, OH/Marlington 13 Josh Reno RHP 6-0 165 So. R/R Cedarville, OH/Cedarville 14 Chris Ranstead OF 6-0 180 So. UL Miamisburg, OH/Miamisburg 15 Paul McLain IF 6-2 205 Fr. R/R Dublin, OH/Scioto 16 Matt Bruner 2B 6-1 185 Sr. R/R Kettering, OH/Chaminade-Julienne 17 Joe Powers RHP 6-3 210 So. R/R Cincinnati, OH/La Salle 18 Andrew Theado OF 5-11 190 Jr. R/R Columbus, OH/Watterson 19 Nick Shields C 6-3 225 So. R/R Rockford, IUHarlem 20 Paul Marook P/OF 5-10 185 Jr. R/R Bloomingdale, OH/Steubenville Catholic 21 Tom Bohr 3B 6-0 190 So. UR Concord, OH/Fairport Harding 23 Kofi Gyimah OF 5-11 185 Fr. R/R Woodbridge, ONT/Woodbridge 24 Chad Brant RHP 6-3 215 Jr. R/R Mayville, Ml/Mayville 25 Jason Krenzke 1B 5-11 210 Sr. UL Sanford, Ml/Meridian 26 Cliff Turner LHP 6-0 165 Fr. UL Englewood, OH/Northmont 27 Jeremy Nash RHP 6-2 160 Fr. R/R Gas City, IN/Mississinawa 28 Kevin Kuntz RHP 6-3 175 Fr. R/R Dayton, OH/Chaminade-Julienne 31 Jim Shultman RHP 6-2 200 So. R/R Crown Point, INNalparaiso 33 Brian Stephens LHP 6-3 200 So. R/L Caro, Ml/Caro 35 Doug Nichols C 6-0 215 Sr. R/R LaGrange Park, IULyons Township 36 Casey Sanford RHP 6-3 220 Sr. R/R Defiance, OH/Defiance 37 Ron Begley RHP 6-3 200 Jr. R/R Fairborn, OH/Greenan 38 Brad Baker RHP 6-2 170 Fr. B/R West Chester, OH/Lakota East 39 Jake Hart IF 5-10 175 So. R/R Springfield, OH/South 41 Tim Peffley P/IF 6-0 175 Fr. R/R Antwerp, OH/Antwerp 44 Nathan Kopp LHP 6-0 205 So. R/L Huber Heights, OH/Bethel 29 Ron Nischwitz, Head Coach [II lmi~1!I 11 22 Bo Bilinski, Associate Head Coach ~ 40 Dan Bassler, Assistant Coach vVRIGI-IT STATE UNIVERSITY 2000 WRIGHT STATE BASEBALL WRIGHT STATE QUICK FACTS CONTENTS Location ........................................ Dayton, OH 45435 About Wright State University ...... ... ...... ..... 35 Founded ..................... 1964; independent status, 1967 Acadenlics ....... ..... ..................................... 34 Enrollment ••.•.•.•.•.•.••••••.•.•..•.•.•..••••.•.•••••.•••..•.. 15,702 All-Time Roster (1971-99) .... ............... 27-28 Nickname ........................................................ Raiders All-Time Series Records (1971-99) .... .. ...... 26 Colors •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Hunter Green and Gold Conference ............................. Midwestern Collegiate Brian Anderson .......................... ............... .. 33 President •••••••••••••• ;,...... ............... Dr. _Kim Goldenberg Coaching Staff ................. ......................... 4-6 Director of Athletics ................... Dr. Michael Cusack Dayton .................... .. .. .... .......................... .. 36 Associate Athletic Director .................. Paul Newman MCC Baseball, 1999 ..... .................... .......... 24 Asst. AD/SW A ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Laurel Wartluft Midwestern Collegiate Conference .. .......... .. 25 Head Baseball Coach ......................... Ron Nischwitz Outlook, 2000 .. .. ... .... ................ ... ........ .. ... 2-3 Alma Mater/Year ................... Ohio State/1961 Player Bios ............................................. 7-20 WSU Record .................... 754-547-7 (25 years) Career Record •.•.•.•••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••• Same Raiders At A Glance ................................... 21 Associate Head Coach ............................. Bo Bilinski Raider History .... ..... .. .. .... ..... .. .. .. .... ............. 31 Alma Mater/Year ................ WrightState/1974 Raider MVP's .... .. .. .............. .. .. ................... 30 Assista.nt Coach •••••••••••••••••••••••.•.•••••••••.•• Dan. Bassler Raider Record Book .................................... 29 Alma Mater/Year ................ Wright State/1993 Raiders in the Pros ...................................... 32 Sports Information Director ...................... Bob Noss Schedule, 2000 ...................... .... .. ............... BC Baseball Conta.ct ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••• Shawn Adkins Office ...............•.•.•..••••••••••...••..•. 937-775-2831 Season Results, 1999 .................... ........... .... 22 Fax •.•.•.•.•.•.•••••••••.•••••••••.••••••••••••• 937-775-2818 Season Statistics, 1999 ................................ 23 P:r-ess Box ••••••••••••..•••••••••••••••••••••• 937-775-4 707 Team Roster, 2000 .............................. .. .... IFC Hotline •••••••••••.•.••••.••••.•••••.•••. 1-888-RAIDERS Wright State Quick Facts .......... ..................... 1 Head Athletic Trainer .............................. Tony Ortiz Wright State University ................ ...... .. .... IBC Baseball Trainer ••••.•••••••••••.•••••••••.•.•.•••• Matt Schmidt 1999 Overall. Record ••••.•.•....•.•.........•........•••.•.. 26-28 1999 MCC Record/Finish ....................... 8-10/Fourth ON THE COVER ... Sta.rter-s Retu.m.in.~t ····················••-•················ 6/3 utterwinners Returning/Lost ........................... 17n Senior second baseman Matt Bruner (top Web Site ................... http://www.wtight.edu/athletics left), junior pitcher Chad Brant (top right), junior shortstop Jim Morris (bottom left) and senior pitcher Casey Sanford (bottom right) BASEBALL ON TIME WARNER' 1/ wsu look to lead the Wright State baseball team Selected Wright State athletic events are being shown on Time Warner Channels 4 and 30 in the Dayton area into the new millennium. this year. They are being televised on Sundays at 6 P.M. , Mondays at 11 A.M. and 7 P.M. and Saturdays at 11 A.M. The following baseball games will be televised on PUBLICATION CREDITS Time Warner this season. (Oates and times subject to Compilation, Typesetting and Layout change.) Matt Zircher with assistance from Shawn Adkins Game Date Opponent Cover Design April 12 Indiana WSU Printing Service May12 Butler Editing May21 MCC Championship Game WSU Office of Communications and Marketing ~ TIME WARNER Photography Scott Kissell, University Media Services ~ CABLE / 1 2000 Baseball 2000 S EASON OUTLOOK As the new millennium begins, the Wright State base Three other pitchers return for the Raiders this sea ball program will have a mixture of the old and the new son after not seeing any action in 1999 due to injury .. this season. Fifth-year senior Casey Sanford, the ace of the WSU Head coach Ron Nischwitz, who starts his second staff in 1997 and 1998, returns after sitting out last sea quarter-century at the helm of the Raiders in 2000, wel son with a neck injury. In his last season for the Raiders comes back 17 letterwinners from last year's team, in before the injury, Sanford posted a 6-6 record in 1998 cluding six position starters. He also has WSU' s top with seven complete games and a 4.44 earned run aver two starting pitchers from last season returning and three age. The righthander won 13 games for Wright State other pitchers that missed all of 1999 due to injury. during his sophomore and junior seasons with 115 While many of the faces will be the same in 2000, a strikeouts during that period. new era for the team dawns this season as the Raiders Also back is junior righthander Chad Brant, who begin play at Nischwitz Stadium. One of the finest col sat out last season after undergoing "Tommy John" sur lege facilities in the country, the recently completed sta gery on his arm. Brant looks to return to the form that dium features lights, dugouts, permanent restrooms and saw him strike out 60 in 78 innings as a sophomore. chair-backed seating for 700 fans. The third pitcher looking to make a comeback is With that combination of old and new, Wright State sophomore righthander Joe Powers, who was out after hopes to reach its two main goals in 2000--a second kidney surgery. MCC championship and a second appearance in the Two other righthanders return in junior Ron Begley, NCAA Division I Tournament. who made three starts and struck out seven in 10 innings last season, and sophomore Josh Reno, who appeared THE P ITCHING STAFF in 13 games with two starts in 1999. While Wright State lost its closer and a starter from A position player who could also see pitching action last season, the Raiders have 10 players on this year's is junior lefty Scott Marshall, who posted 15 strikeouts team with Division I pitching experience. in 17 innings last season. Others who could push for time Leading the list of returnees is a .-------------- on the mound include junior Paul pair of lefthanders in junior Chris Marook, sophomores Nathan Bedford and sophomore Brian Kopp and Jim Shultman and Stephens. Bedford tied for the team freshmen Brad Baker, Kevin lead in wins with six in 1999 while Kuntz, Jeremy Nash, Tim Peffley striking out 71 and walking just 35 and Cliff Turner. in 91 innings of work. He came on strong at the end of the season, pitch THE CATCHERS ing a complete-game four-hit shut The Raiders look to be strong