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BYU Baseball Athletic Communications • 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, UT, 84602 Contact: Ralph Zobell • Office: (801) 422-9769 • Fax: (801) 422-0633 e-mail: [email protected] BYU (10-12) vs. USF, San Jose St. Probable BYU Pitching Rotation BYU 2010 Schedule/Results Mar. 31 @ USF Shawn Hardesty (1-2, 7.82) 2 p.m. PDT Date Opponent Time at site of game Feb 19 @ UC Riverside + L, 11-12 Apr. 1 @ San Jose St. Chris Capper (1-0, 3.43) 6 p.m. PDT Feb 19 @ UC Riverside + L, 4-6 Apr. 2 @ San Jose St. Matt Neil (3-2, 4.91) 6 p.m. PDT Feb 20 @ UC Riverside+% L, 11-6 Feb 25 @ UC Davis +% L, 0-3 Apr. 3 @ San Jose St. Chunner Nyberg (0-2, 10.03) 1 p.m. PDT Feb 25 @ UC Davis +% W, 10-2 Feb 27 @ UC Davis +& W, 8-4 Mar 2 @ Baylor +^% W, 7-5 Series Record: Mar 3 @ Texas A & M +^ L, 3-5 Mar 4 @ UT Arlington + L, 2-17 San Francisco leads the series, 5-3, last playing in 2001 when they split Mar 5 @ UT Arlington + L, 3-6 a two-game series there, and San Jose State leads the series 13-10-1. Mar 6 @ UT Arlington + W, 11-10 Mar 11 Washington +^ W, 10-4 The Spartans last played BYU in 1999 when the Cougars two of three. Mar 12 Washington +^ W, 16-4 Mar 13 Washington +^ L, 10-12 Mar 15 @ Gonzaga + L, 7-9 Coverage This Week Mar 16 @ Gonzaga + W, 3-2 Mar 18 @ No. 4 TCU + L, 6-13 All four of the BYU games will be available through livestats on- Mar 19 @ No. 4 TCU + L, 3-11 line through links available at http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule. Mar 19 @ No. 4 TCU + W, 5-4 Mar 25 UNLV +^ W, 12-11 jsp?SP=101. There are no live radio broadcasts on Radio 960 AM/92.9 Mar 26 UNLV +^ W, 8-4 FM. Mar 27 UNLV +^ L, 5-11 Mar 31 @USF + 2 p.m. Apr 1 @ San Jose St. + 6 p.m. Apr 2 @ San Jose St. + 6 p.m. Coach Vance Law Apr 3 @ San Jose St. + 1 p.m. Coach Vance Law loged his 600th game at the BYU helm last month. Apr 5 Washington St. +^ 3 p.m. Apr 6 Washington St. +^ 6:30 p.m. Law is in his 11th season as head coach at BYU. He played 14 years Apr 8 @ New Mexico* + 6 p.m. of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six different teams. Apr 9 @ New Mexico* + 6 p.m. Apr 10 @ New Mexico* + Noon In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year in the Mountain West Con- Apr 13 Kansas St. +^ 6:30 p.m. ference. The 53-year-old coach entered this season with a 317-263-2 Apr 14 Kansas St. +^ 11 a.m. Apr 15 TCU* +^ (BYU TV live) 6:00 p.m. (.546) record. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his eighth year at Apr 16 TCU* +^ (BYU TV live) 6:00 p.m. BYU. Pitching coach Bobby Applegate is in his seventh year with Apr 17 TCU* +^ (BYU TV live) 1 p.m. Apr 22 Utah* +%^ 6:30 p.m. BYU, having last coached at the Air Force Academy. Apr 23 Utah* +^ (BYU TV live) 6:00 p.m. Apr 24 Utah* +^ (BYU TV live) 1 p.m. Apr 29 @ Seattle 3 p.m. Hitting Streaks Apr 30 @ Seattle 2 p.m. May 1 Portland (Seattle) 11 a.m. Sean McNaughton’s 15-game hitting streak leads the team, followed by May 4 @ UVU + 6 p.m. Dane Nielsen at nine. May 6 @ UNLV* + 7 p.m. May 7 @ UNLV* + 7 p.m. May 8 @ UNLV*+% 1 p.m. May 10 @Arizona St. + 6:30 p.m. 2010 BYU Baseball Media Guide May 11 @Arizona St. + 6:30 p.m. May 13 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) 6:00 p.m. There is no hard copy of the 2010 BYU Baseball Media Guide, rather it May 14 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) 6:00 p.m. is all on-line at http://www.byucougars.com/mediaGuides.jsp. BYU’s May 15 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) 1 p.m. May 18 UVU +^ (BYU TV live) 6:30 p.m. online media guides have been recognized by eyeonsportsmedia.com as May 20 @ Air Force* + 2 p.m. the Best Online Media Guide Solution, receiving the 2009 Bloodshot May 21 @ Air Force* + 2 p.m. May 22 @ Air Force* +% Noon Eyeball Award for Sports Media Best Practices. May 25-29 MWC Champs @ San Diego St. Jun19-29/30 College World Series * MWC Games, % Internet Audio, + webcast, ^live video Injuries -- All times are local to site Andrew Law and Stephen Wells both suffered hamstring injuries when BYU played at UC Davis. Law missed the first trip to Texas and Wells returned to play in the final contest when he hit a two-run homer to win the game at UT Arlington. www.byucougars.com 2010 Baseball 2010 Game-Winning RBI About the Team . Alex Wolfe ..................................................2 --two-run double, UC Davis, 10-2 Oldest to Youngest --two-run double, Washington, 16-4 There are eight seniors and eight freshmen on the current squad. The ages Brandon Relf ...............................................2 range from 24-year-old Kevin Sloan to 18-year-old Kevin Noall. -single, TCU, 5-4 -error, UNLV 8-4 Strength of Schedule Ryan Bernal .................................................1 Boyd’s World collegiate baseball rankings had BYU ranked with the 31st -single, UC Davis, 8-4 toughest schedule in the nation. Others on BYU’s schedule were ranked Stephen Wells ..............................................1 on that strength of schedule index: Washington State (18), San Francisco -two-run homer, UT Arlington, 11-10 Austin Hall ..................................................1 (23), Arizona State (30) and TCU (53). Pingbaseball has BYU at No. -sac-fly, Gonzaga, 3-2 17 on schedule difficulty, while Seattle is No. 1, followed by San Diego Bryce Ayoso ................................................1 State (24) and New Mexico (50) -single, UNLV, 12-11 2010 Honors Good GPAs Alex Wolfe, First Base/Third Base Sophomore pitcher David Parry recorded a 4.0 grade point average last se- • CollegeBaseballInsider.com Regional Player of mester. The accounting major made the Dean’s List. Another of the top the Week vs. Washington • MWC Player of Week vs. Washington GPAs on the team is by pitcher Shawn Hardesty, who has a job teaching Portuguese at the nearby Missionary Training Center. ‘09 Honors for ‘10 Returnees Shawn Hardesty, Pitcher Home Season • Academic All-Mountain West Conference • MWC Scholar-Athlete BYU drew 19,474 fans in it’s 21-game home schedule last season for an average of 927 with a 8-13 record. The Cougars have a 128-58 (.688) Andrew Law, Second Base record at Larry H. Miller Field which seats 2,204 fans in its 10th season • Academic All-Mountain West Conference since it was built. In the previous nine years BYU has drawn 218,981 fans for an average of 1,177 and 142,248 at night for an average of Brock Luker, Outfield • Academic All-Mountain West Conference 1,452. This season BYU has drew 18,650 fans at home (1,036 avg.), but a couple of the 18 games were not paid admission. The crowd of 3,081 Sean McNaughton, Outfield against Utah this season was the fourth-largest in school history and the • Academic All-Mountain West Conference second-largest at Miller Park. • Wallace Watch List, 2009 • MWC Preseason Player of Year & All-MWC, Baseball America, 2009 Triple Play • Preseason All-MWC, 2009 (MWC coaches/media, BYU recorded the fourth triple play in school history and the third in College Baseball Insider, & Rivals.com) MWC history (AFA and TCU) with a 5-4-3 (Parker-Andrew Law-Ko) triple play in the 12-2 game vs. New Mexico last season. Brandon Michon, Pitcher • Academic All-Mountain West Conference Inside the Park Homers Kevin Sloan, Utility Brandon Relf had an inside-the-park homer in 2008 vs. Air Force. • Academic All-Mountain West Conference • MWC Scholar-Athlete Last season, Stetson Banks had an inside-the-park home run vs. Utah Valley. Blake Torgerson, Pitcher • Second Team All-Mountain West Conference • MWC Pitcher of Week vs. AFA Zimbabwe Coach Vance Law, his son Andrew, Wes Guenther, David Parry and Alex Wolfe, First Base/Catcher Stephen Wells assisted others in the community in packing clothing and • Academic All-Mountain West Conference supplies in crates which arrived in January to assist those in need in Zim- babwe. Coach Law became aware of this project through his son Adam, BYU’s Sibling Rivalry who was on last year’s team, and is now serving a mission there. Player/Coach ............ No. of Siblings Matt Neil .................... 7 Colton White .............. 6 More Data Coach Vance Law ....... 5 Chunner Nyberg’s given names are Christian Jacob, but because he was Bryce Ayoso ............... 5 a chubby baby, his parents nicknamed him Chunner. BYU Coach Vance Austin Hall ................. 5 Law and his son Andrew join Washington Coach Lindsay Meggs and Brandon Michon ........ 5 his son Joe and Kansas Coach Ritch Price and his son Robby are other Stephen Wells ............. 5 Coach/Player/Father/Son relations in NCAA baseball. www.byucougars.com 2010 Baseball BYU 2009 Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time at site of game 2/ 20 Manhattan College W, 11-10 2/ 20 @ No. 13 Oklahoma St. L, 14-17 2/ 21 Manhattan College L, 6-20 2/ 21 @ No. 13 Oklahoma St.