Statesmen Baseball 2004 Ncaa National Champions | 13-Time Gulf South Conference Champions | 11 Ncaa Regional Titles | 11 Ncaa College World Series Appearances
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GAMES 35-38 | SHORTER UNIVERSITY STATESMEN BASEBALL 2004 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 13-TIME GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 11 NCAA REGIONAL TITLES | 11 NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES DELTA STATE DELTA DELTA STATE 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 18-15 OVERALL 26-8 OVERALL OVERALL RECORD: 26-8 INSIDE THE BUCS INSIDE THE STATESMEN GSC: 16-5 NON-CONFERENCE: 10-3 Overall Record: 18-15 Overall Record: 26-8 HOME: 9-4 AWAY: 16-4 GSC Record: 7-13 GSC Record: 16-5 NEUTRAL: 1-0 RANKED OPPONENTS: 6-4 Last Five/Last 10: 3-2 | 4-6 Last Five/Last 10: 4-1 | 9-1 Last Game: W, 14-5 Immanuel (4.4) Last Game: W, 10-0 Ouachita Bapt. (4.4) FEBRUARY SHORTER UNIVERSITY SHORTER Current Streak: W3 Current Streak: W4 RANKINGS RANKINGS 4 Harding University Searcy, Ark. W, 9-7 (11 inn) Collegiate Baseball News -- Collegiate Baseball News 14 5 Harding University Searcy, Ark. W, 5-4 | W, 1-0 NCBWA -- NCBWA 14 NCAA South Region -- NCAA South Region -- 10 #20 Florida Southern Lakeland, Fla. W, 4-1 HEAD COACH Wes Timmons HEAD COACH Mike Kinnison 11 #20 Florida Southern Lakeland, Fla. L, 13-0 Career Record: 35-47 (2nd season) Career Record: 878-283-3 (21st season) 11 #33 vs. Mount Olive Lakeland, Fla W, 9-8 Record at SU: 35-47 (2nd season) Record at DSU: 878-283-3 (21st season) 18 #34 West Alabama * (DH) Livingston, Ala. W, 6-4 | L, 10-10-5 FIRST PITCHES: STATESMEN HOST SHORTER FOR GO GREEN WEEKEND 19 #34 West Alabama * Livingston, Ala. W, 10-6 R The First Pitch: No. 14 Delta State University (26-8, 16-5 GSC) hosts Shorter University for a 22 Southern Arkansas Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 8-4 (18-15, 7-13 GSC) three-game GSC series, starting with a doubleheader on Saturday at 2 p.m. and 25 #21 Lee University * (DH) Cleveland, Tenn. L, 11-7 | W, 4-1 concluding with a single game on Sunday at 2 p.m. The Statesmen are on a four-game winning 26 #21 Lee University * Cleveland, Tenn. W, 13-5 streak and have won 12 of their last 13 games entering the weekend. MARCH R First Pitch II: Margaret and David Ferriss will throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Satur- 4 Union (TN) University * (DH) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 10-8 (10) | L, 10-4 day’s doubleheader while Brett Marchant will do the honors before Sunday’s series finale versus the 5 Union (TN) University Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 13-2 Hawks. Margaret and David are the daughter and son of Coach Dave “Boo” Ferriss, who passed away 8 Arkansas Tech (DH | 7/7) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field L, 10-3 | W, 4-3 on Nov. 24, 2016. Marchant is the son of Coach Bill Marchant, who passed away on Feb. 20, 2016. 12 West Georgia * (DH) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 5-2 | L, 8-4 R Make-A-Wish Weekend: April 6-9 is Make-A-Wish weekend sponsored by the Delta State SAAC committee. The goal is to raise $11K to sponsor one child’s wish. Text WISH to 50555 to donate $5 13 West Georgia * Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field L, 14-4 (8) to Make-A-Wish all weekend. Fans can also get a pledge form Make-A-Wish table on the concourse 15 Mississippi Valley State Itta Bena, Miss. W, 8-1 of Harvey Stadium to support Walks-For-Wishes. Each time the Statesmen draw a walk during the 18 Alabama Huntsville * Huntsville, Ala. W, 13-8 three-game series your pledge per walk will go towards helping the SAAC reach its goal. 19 Alabama Huntsville * (DH) Huntsville, Ala. W, 11-6 | W, 6-3 R Shannon Named GSC POTW: Junior Zack Shannon was named the Gulf South Conference Base- 21 Henderson State Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 15-13 ball Player of the Week for the week ending April 2, 2017. Shannon hit .533 with seven runs scored, 25 North Alabama * (DH) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 8-4 | W, 18-10 a home run and 11 RBIs to help the Statesmen to a 3-1 week. The Cincinnati, Ohio, native batted 26 North Alabama * Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field W, 6-2 .700 with a grand slam home run and 10 RBIs, slugged 1.000 and had an .800 on base percentage 28 Southern Arkansas Magnolia, Ark. L, 3-2 (11) in a three-game sweep of Christian Brothers last weekend. The Cincinnati, Ohio, native was named APRIL the South Region Player of the Week by the NCBWA. 1 Christian Brothers * (DH) Memphis, Tenn. W, 22-8 | W, 15-3 R Scouting Shorter: Blaze Vazquez is hitting .377 with six home runs and 20 RBIs. Vazquez is tied with William Winslow and Raul Cortes with seven doubles. Jack Leech is the RBIs leader with 2 Christian Brothers * Memphis, Tenn. W, 8-0 34 along with five home runs and four doubles while Ty Cherry has a team-high seven home runs 4 Ouachita Baptist Arkadelphia, Ark. W, 10-0 and 34 RBIs. The Hawks are batting .275 with 37 home runs, and 45 RBIs. Probable starting 8 Shorter (Ga.) University * (DH) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 2 p.m. pitchers (base on last series): Jacob Ramos (RHP, 3-3, 5.04 ERA, 55 Ks, 23 BB, 30 R, 28 ER, 9 Shorter (Ga.) University * Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 2 p.m. 50.0), Jerry Liang (RHP, 3-0, 3.79 ERA, 26 Ks, 9 BBs, 21 R, 17 ER, 40.1) and Tyler Buchanan (RHP, 11 Arkansas-Monticello Monticello, Ark. 3 p.m. 4.35 ERA, 2-1, 22 Ks, 16 BBs, 12 R, 10 ER, 20.2) 14 West Florida * (DH) Pensacola, Fla. 2 p.m. 15 West Florida * Pensacola, Fla. 1 p.m. GAMES 35-38: DELTA STATE vs. SHORTER UNIVERSITY 18 Mississippi Valley State Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 6 p.m. DATE TIME STADIUM LOCATION 19 Arkansas-Monticello Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 6 p.m. April 8 2:00 p.m. Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field Cleveland, Miss. 22 Valdosta State * (DH) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 2 p.m. April 8 5:30 p.m. Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field Cleveland, Miss. 23 Valdosta State * (SD) Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field 1 p.m. April 8 2:00 p.m. Harvey Stadium-Ferriss Field Cleveland, Miss. 29 Mississippi College * (DH) Clinton, Miss. 3 p.m. INSIDE THE SERIES 30 Mississippi College * Clinton, Miss. 1 p.m. Delta State leads the series 10-2 | Kinnison vs. SU 10-2 MAY SERIES BREAKDOWN: H: 6-0 | A: 4-2 | N: 0-0 6-9 GSC Tournament TBD TBA LAST MEETING: 4/10/16 DSU W, 10-0 (7) 18-22 NCAA South Region Tour. TBD TBA CURRENT STREAK: W4 27-June 3 NCAA D-II World Series Grand Prairie, Texas TBA * - GSC game | DH - Doubleheader | SD - Senior Day | GGW - Go Green Weekend MEDIA COVERAGE RADIO: Statesmen Sports Network | Majic 107.5 FM Matt Jones, Play-by-Play | Cody Clark | Fred Sington LIVE AUDIO: www.GoStatesmen.com LIVE VIDEO: www.GoStatesmen.com LIVE STATS: www.GoStatesmen.com @DSUSTATESMEN /DSUSTATESMEN @DSUATHLETICS DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL GAME NOTES | 1 GAMES 35-38 | SHORTER UNIVERSITY 2017 STATESMEN BASEBALL OFFICE OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL QUICK FACTS MEDIA SERVICES: ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STATESMEN QUICK FACTS Delta State University’s Office of Athletic Communications provides a full service public relations Name of School Delta State University shop to members of the media. Game day services include credentials, statistics, photography, video City/Zip Cleveland, MS 38733 clips (where available), and post-game access to coaches and student-athletes. The Office of Athletic Founded 1924 Communications is located on the second floor of Chadwick-Dickson Fieldhouse adjacent to Parker Enrollment 4,004 Field-McCool Stadium. Nickname Statesmen School Colors Forest Green & White R Senior Associate AD/External Relations ..................................................................... Matt Jones Home Field Dave “Boo” Ferriss Field E-Mail: [email protected] | Cell: (662) 719-9160 Capacity 1,750 R Primary Baseball Contact ...........................................................................................Fred Sington Surface Natural Grass E-Mail: [email protected] | Cell: (662) 588-6232 Ferriss Field Dementions R Secondary Baseball Contact.......................................................................................... Cody Clark Left 330’ E-Mail: [email protected] | Cell: (843) 610-6007 Left Center 355’ R Secondary Baseball Contact............................................................................................J.T. Webb Center Field 400’ E-Mail: [email protected] | Cell: (662) 719-9167 Right Center 355’ Right 330’ Delta State University Office of Athletic Communications Chadwick-Dickson Fieldhouse • Cleveland, MS 38733 Affiliation NCAA Division II Conference Gulf South President William N. “Bill” LaForge Athletic Director Ronnie Mayers Athletic Department Phone (662) 846-4300 Ticket Office Phone (662) 846-4290 HISTORY First Year of Baseball 1933 All-time Statesmen Baseball Record 1,951-947-11 MATT JONES FRED SINGTON J.T. WEBB CODY CLARK All-time Record in Gulf South Conference Play 584-214-1 Gulf South Conference Championships 13 ONLINE: GOSTATESMEN.COM NCAA Tournament Appearances 30 GoStatesmen.com offers complete coverage of Delta State baseball each week online with a live NCAA Region Championships 11 in-game blog and live stats provided through Stats Broadcas. GoStatesmen.com is also optimized for College World Series Appearances 11 all devices. NCAA Division II Championships One • 2004 WEB STREAMING: GOSTATESMEN.COM COACHING STAFF Delta State Athletics provides live pay-per-view web streaming for all Statesmen home games in 2016. Head Coach Mike Kinnison The Statesmen Sports Network provides commentary and video services through Stretch Internet. Alma Mater/Year Delta State/1978 Record at DSU/Years 878-283-3/2 Career Collegiate Record 878-283-3 (.756) Baseball Office Phone (662) 846-4291 Best Time To Reach Mornings (9-11 a.m.) Assistant Coach Eric Patten Alma Mater/Year Delta State/2004 Assistant Coach Stephen Waggener MARCH 20-26, 2017 | MEDIA AVAILABILITY Alma Mater/Year West Alabama/2004 Graduate Assistant Jonathan Moody MONDAY (4.3) Off Day Alma Mater/Year Delta State/2015 Student Assistant Luke Stanley TUESDAY (4.4) Alma Mater/Year Delta State/Ex.