2001 Sun Devil Baseball ASU Media Relations 2001 Record:0-1 (P) 480-965-6592 2001 Home Record:0-1 (F) 480-965-5408 Final 2000 Record:44-15 Baseball Contact: Jeff R. Evans 2000 Pac-10:17-7 E-Mail: [email protected] All-Time Record:1,856-737 Website: www.TheSunDevils.com Head Coach:Pat Murphy NCAA National Champions 1965 • 1967 • 1969 • 1977 • 1981

2001 Schedule and Results Sun Devil Baseball Looks For First Wins of (0-1, 0-0 Pac-10) DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME 2001 With Four Games Against Southern Utah Jan. 26 Texas-Arlington L, 5-3 The 2001 Arizona State Sun Devil baseball team opened the season last Friday vs. Texas- Jan. 27 Texas-Arlington Rained Out Jan. 28 Texas-Arlington Rained Out Arlington and dropped their first season opener since 1993. The 5-3 setback was followed Feb. 1Southern Utah 7:00 by twop.m. consecutive rain outs to cancel the series with the Mavericks. ASU and UTA are Feb. 2 Southern Utah 7:00 p.m. currently trying to reschedule the games to be played in Arlington sometime in April. Led Feb. 3 Southern Utah 1:00 p.m. by 14 returning lettermen, including the entire nucleus of the Pac-10 Championship team Feb. 4 Southern Utah 1:00 p.m. that finished 2000 with a 44-15 record, the Sun Devils have all eyes set on a return trip to Feb. 9 Duke (R) (TV) 7:00 p.m. Omaha and the College World Series, despite losing their first game. In addition to the Feb. 10 Duke (DH) (TV) 1:00 p.m. Feb. 11 Duke (R) 1:00 p.m. entire starting infield from a year ago returning, seven of the team’s top 10 hitters are back, Feb. 13 New Mexico State 5:00 p.m. including Pac-10 Player of the Year Casey Myers. Leading the pitching corps is a pair of Feb. 16 Creighton (R) 7:00 p.m. preseason All-Americans in LHP Jon Switzer and RHP closer Eric Doble. Switzer was 11- Feb. 17 Creighton 1:00 p.m. 3 with a 3.89 ERA in 2000. Feb. 18 Creighton (R) 12:00 p.m. Feb. 23 at Cal State Fullerton (R) 7:00 p.m. Setting Up The Southern Utah Series: Feb. 24 at Cal State Fullerton (R) 1:00 p.m. Feb. 25 at Cal State Fullerton (R) 1:00 p.m. The Sun Devils are looking to rebound from the season-opening loss to Texas-Arlington Mar. 2 LSU (R) (TV) 7:00 p.m. and will take a 14-game unbeaten streak into this weekends series against Southern Utah. Mar. 3 LSU (TV) 1:00 p.m. ASU has never lost to the Thunderbirds and dominated them last year going 2-0 while Mar. 4 LSU (R) (TV) 1:00 p.m. scoring 47 runs between the two games. Dennis Wyrick (4x5), Mel Stocker (5x6, 6 RBI), Mar. 6 Oral Roberts (R) 7:00 p.m. Casey Myers (3x6, 5 RBI) and Jeff Phelps (.500) all had great games for ASU. The team hit Mar. 7 Oral Roberts 7:00 p.m. Mar. 9 South Florida 7:00 p.m. .471 as opposed to ASU pitchers keeping the SUU bats at a .226 batting average. Jered Mar. 10 South Florida 7:00 p.m. Liebeck was the only pitcher to face SUU last year, striking out one batter in 0.2 innings of Mar. 11 South Florida (R) 12:00 p.m. work. The four games open the 2001 season for Southern Utah, who were 30-26 last year. Mar. 16 at California* (R) 2:00 p.m. Mar. 17 at California* (R) 1:00 p.m. Blame It On The Rain: Mar. 18 at California* (R) 1:00 p.m. The Sun Devil baseball program wanted nothing more than to play the two games vs. Mar. 24 at Oregon State* (R) 1:00 p.m. Mar. 25 at Oregon State* (R) 1:00 p.m. Texas-Arlington on Saturday and Sunday to try to avenge the 5-3 loss they were dealt in the Mar. 26 at Oregon State* (R) 1:00 p.m. season opener Friday. Unfortunately Mother Nature did not cooperate and the stormy weather Mar. 30 Stanford* (R) (TV) 7:00 p.m. that slammed the Southwest cancelled the two games leaving ASU with an 0-1 mark head- Mar. 31Stanford* (R) 7:00 p.m. ing into the four-game series with Southern Utah. Apr. 1Stanford* (R) 1:00 p.m. Apr. 6 at USC* (R) 6:00 p.m. Tough Schedule Looms Ahead for Sun Devils: Apr. 7 at USC* (R) 1:00 p.m. Apr. 8 at USC* (R) 1:00 p.m. You can’t blame the Sun Devils for taking on a light schedule in 2001. Arizona State will Apr. 12 Washington State* (TV) 7:00 p.m. play six teams that are ranked in the preseason top 25. The 2001 schedule includes three Apr. 13 Washington State* (R) 7:00 p.m. games each against #2 USC and #3 LSU, in addition to Stanford, Cal State Fullerton, Apr. 14 Washington State* (R) 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma and Tennessee who were ranked in at least one of the preseason polls. ASU will Apr. 18 at Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. also be playing a combined 22 games against teams that advanced to the NCAA Tourna- Apr. 19 at New Mexico State 6:00 p.m. Apr. 23 Gonzaga 7:00 p.m. ment in 2000 (Oral Roberts, Creighton, LSU, Oklahoma, USC, UCLA, Stanford and Cal Apr. 24 Gonzaga 7:00 p.m. State Fullerton). Apr. 27 Arizona* (R) 7:00 p.m. Apr. 28 Arizona* (R) (TV) 7:00 p.m. 42 Years of Sun Devil Baseball: Apr. 29 Arizona* (R) (TV) 1:00 p.m. While the history of baseball at Arizona State University goes back all the way to the early May 1at Tennessee 7:00 1900’s,p.m. the school officially began sponsoring varsity baseball in 1959. In 42 years of May 2 at Tennessee 7:00 p.m. May 12 at Washington* (R) 6:30 p.m. varsity baseball at Arizona State, the program has built a legacy matched by few in the May 13 at Washington* (R) 1:00 p.m. college baseball world. With a 1,856-737 all-time record, Arizona State has recorded win- May 14 at Washington* (R) 1:00 p.m. ning seasons in all but one year, advanced to the College World Series 18 times, won five May 18 UCLA* (R) 7:00 p.m. national championships, won six Pac-10 titles, produced 13 Players of the Year and three May 19 UCLA* (R) (TV) 7:00 p.m. Golden Spikes Award winners, and has gone to the NCAA Tournament 24 times. Under May 20 UCLA* (R) (TV) 1:00 p.m. current head coach Pat Murphy, the Sun Devils have finished in the top 12 in three of the May 24-27 NCAA Regionals TBA last four years and finished second in the nation in 1998. June 1-3 NCAA Super Regionals TBA June 8-16 College World Series Omaha, Neb. Media Exposure: * Pacific-10 Conference game None of the Southern Utah games will be broadcast on the internet or on XTRA 910 AM, (R) denotes Radio broadcast on XTRA 910 AM but all four games can be tracked through a new feature called Live Stats via the official (TV) denotes TV game on Cox Communications internet site of ASU Athletics, www.TheSunDevils.com. All times are local to site and subject to change.

Jan. 30, 2001 • Southern Utah Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 30, 2001 ¥ Page 2 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 2001 Preseason Polls Around The Horn With ASU Baseball: ASU lost its first season opener since 1993 when they fell to Texas-Arlington 5-3... in ‘93 the Devils Baseball America lost to Hawaii, but still managed to make it to Omaha that year... Pat Murphy was undefeated at ASU 1. Georgia Tech and in his Division I head coaching career in season openers before the UTA game... ASU records as 2. USC 3. Louisiana State far back as 1976 do not show ASU ever losing two games in a row to open a season... the Sun Devils 4. Miami, Fla. are a perfect 14-0 vs. Southern Utah, including 2-0 last year when they outscored the Thunderbirds 47- 5. Nebraska 7... Dennis Wyrick had three hits vs. UTA, marking the fourth three-hit game of his career... Brooks 6. ARIZONA STATE Conrad also had three hits for ASU in the season opener... Mike Lopez had his 13-game hitting streak 7. Florida State 8. South Carolina dating back to 2000 snapped when he went 0-for-4 vs. UTA... ASU is trying to reschedule its two 9. Notre Dame rained out games with UTA for April with the possibility of playing at The Ballpark at Arlington, home 10. Clemson of the Texas Rangers... Franco Pezely, who is known as the fireman of ASU baseball for putting out 11. Auburn fires on the mound, is 2-for-2 in inheriting runners and not letting them score... utility player Nick 12. Rice 13. Florida Walsh recorded a sharp single in his first collegiate at-bat... Jeremy West (DH) and Steve Garrabrants 14. Stanford (LF) are both true freshmen who started the opening game for ASU. 15. Cal State Fullerton 16. Georgia ASU Tops In Scoring in NCAA Last Two Years: 17. Central Florida 18. Pepperdine Arizona State has led the NCAA in scoring each of the last two years, averaging 11.32 runs per game 19. Tulane in 1999 and 10.97 runs per game last year. ASU also led the nation in batting average with a team total 20. Baylor of .356 in 1999. The Sun Devils .346 average in 2000 fell just percentage points shy of matching that 21. Mississippi State feat a second year in a row, trailing Stony Brook by one point. ASU out-hit Stony Brook 738-500. 22. Long Beach State 23. East Carolina During Pat Murphy’s six seasons in Tempe, the Sun Devils have been a scoring machine with 3,373 24. Minnesota runs, averaging 9.46 runs per game. 25. Southern Mississippi Dominating Infield Returns for 2001: Baseball Weekly/USA Today The entire infield that finished 2000 ranked fifth in the nation with a .971 fielding percentage is back. 1. Georgia Tech 2. LSU Casey Myers, who was a finalist for the Johnny Bench Catcher of the Year Award, finished the year 3. USC with a .996 fielding percentage, and was honored by Collegiate Baseball as the Easton Redline/Na- 4. Florida State tional Defensive Player of the Year. ASU only made 65 errors in 2000, marking the lowest number of 5. Clemson errors during the Pat Murphy Era (1995-2000). The Sun Devils also return seven of ASU’s top 10 6. ARIZONA STATE 7. Nebraska hitters from a year ago, led by Myers’ remarkable .412 average. 8. Miami, Fla. 9. Stanford Sun Devils Scoring Streak Still Alive at 314 Games: 10. South Carolina The Arizona State baseball program has scored in a Pac-10 record 314 straight games, not having been 11. Rice 12. Cal State Fullerton shutout since a 9-0 setback to USC on April 7, 1995. The streak is currently the second longest in 13. Notre Dame NCAA Division I, trailing Wichita State which has not been shutout in 329 games. ASU’s 314-game 14. Florida streak ranks fourth all-time, with Coastal Carolina holding the record at 349 games. 15. Auburn 16. Baylor This Weekend’s Rotation: 17. Mississippi State 18. Georgia Andy Torres will make his ASU debut on the mound Thursday, then be followed by ace Jon Switzer on 19. Oklahoma Friday. Either sophomore RHP Jered Liebeck or freshman RHP Ryan Schroyer will take to the hill on 20. Texas Saturday. If Schroyer goes Saturday, Liebeck will throw Sunday, and vice versa. Southern Utah will 21. Central Florida 22. Long Beach State combat with four right-handers in Justin Kittrell, Cody Hunter, Bryan Ball and James Anderson in that 23. Alabama order. 24. Stetson 25. Tulane ARIZONA STATE BASEBALL PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Collegiate Baseball g #6 Arizona State vs. Southern Utah (Feb. 1-4, 2001) Battin er 1. Georgia Tech Ord 2. USC No. Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2000 Stats 3. LSU 119Steve Garrabrants (R/R) LF 5-10 160 Fr. Played high school ball at Moon Valley 4. Nebraska 2 6 Mel Stocker (S/R) CF 5-9 158 Jr. .344, 38 R, 42 H, 3 2B, 4 3B, 26 RBI, 8 SB 5. Clemson or 17 Ryan McKenna (L/R) CF 5-10 170 Fr. 14 Home Runs during senior year of HS 6. ARIZONA STATE 3 15 Brooks Conrad (S/R) 2B 5-11 185 Jr. .336, 72 R, 76 H, 16 2B, 4 3B, 10 HR, 67 RBI) 7. Rice 4 22 Casey Myers (R/R) C 6-0 215 Sr. .412, 71 R, 98 H, 19 2B, 18 HR, 97 RBI 8. Florida State 9. Miami (Fla.) 5 20 Jeff Phelps (R/R) 1B 6-0 195 Sr. .362, 54 R, 81 H, 17 2B, 4 3B, 8 HR, 60 RBI 10. South Carolina 6 4 Mike Lopez (R/R) 3B 5-10 200 Sr. .370, 44 R, 51 H, 12 2B, 6 HR, 49 RBI 11. Stanford or 39 Nick Walsh (L/R) OF 5-8 180 Fr. Good power with tremendous promise. 12. Cal State Fullerton 7 44 Eric Keefner (R/R) DH 6-2 235 Fr. Fourth Round Draft Pick by Houston Astros 13. Florida or 8 Jeremy West (R/R) DH 5-11 189 Fr. Played prep ball at Silverado High School 14. Notre Dame 8 7 Jonah Martin (R/R) RF 5-9 176 Sr. .325, 63 R, 63 H, 3 2B, 7 3B, 2 HR, 29 RBI 15. Oklahoma 9 5 Dennis Wyrick (R/R) SS 6-1 219 So. .317, 42 R, 51 H, 2 2B, 2 3B, 29 RBI 16. Georgia 17. Baylor Probable Starting Rotation vs. Southern Utah 18. Auburn Day No. Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2000 Stats 19. Central Florida 2/1 54 Andy Torres (R/R) RHP 6-0 165 Jr. Transfer from East LA CC (12-3, 2.11 ERA) 20. Stetson 2/2 55 Jon Switzer (L/L) LHP 6-2 195 Jr. 11-3, 3.89 ERA, 121 SO, 46 BB, 115.2 IP 21. Mississippi State 22. Long Beach State 2/3 47 Jered Liebeck (R/R) RHP 6-2 196 So. 2-2, 5.55 ERA, 12 SO, 9 BB, 24.1 IP 23. Evansville 2/4 12 Ryan Schroyer (R/R) RHP 6-1 218 Fr. High School All-American from Oracle, Ariz. 24. Alabama *Rotation/Starting Lineup Subject to Change 25. Tennessee Bold = 2001 ASU Opponent Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 30, 2001 ¥ Page 3 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Recruiting Class Draws Rave Reviews: The recruiting class that makes up the freshman class on the diamond this spring was rated as the top Scouting SUU class of recruits in the nation by Baseball America. Highlighted by seven players who were selected in Arizona State vs. Southern Utah the annual Major League Draft, the group includes several players who are expected to contribute Tempe, Ariz. (Feb. 1-4, 2001) immediately. The recruiting class was also ranked third in the nation by Collegiate Baseball. Success in the Classroom As Well As On The Field: Southern Utah ASU has long enjoyed much success on the diamond, and with 18 College World Series appearances, Nickname: Thunderbirds it is known as one of the gems of college baseball. But lately academics, as well as on-field talent, have National Ranking: NR shown its true colors in the storied program. Pat Murphy’s Sun Devil squads have produced four Location: Cedar City, Utah Academic All-Americans over the past two years (Willie Bloomquist, Mark Ernster, Jeff Phelps, Ca- sey Myers), including Myers being named the Academic All-American for college baseball in 2000. Enrollment: 6,200 The four players honored as National Academic All-Americans is the most by any college baseball Head Coach: Kurt Palmer program in the nation over the last two years. The 2001 squad also features two players, Ty Johnson Assistants: Jarod Ingersoll, Jason Jacobsen and Mike Lopez, who have already received their undergraduate degrees and are pursuing their master’s. 2000 Record: 20-26 Myers, Phelps, Eric Doble and Jonah Martin are all scheduled to graduate in May. 2000 Mid-Continent Conf: 16-11 Career vs. ASU: 0-14 The New Guy on the Mound; Andy Torres: Baseball SID: Steve Johnson ASU’s latest addition to the roster is junior college transfer RHP Andy Torres. Torres, who came to Website: www.suu.edu/athletics ASU from East Los Angeles CC, had a stellar career on the mound at the JC level, capping his career with a 12-3 record, 2.11 ERA, one save and 113 strikeouts in 119.1 innings pitched. The 6-0, 165 Torres is penciled in as the preseason No. 2 starter for ASU and has showed great poise and control on Top Returning Players: the mound thus far. Torres will start Thursday vs. Southern Utah. 3B Curtis Jacobsen (.390/9 HR/44 RBI) 1B Keith Dickinson (.358/8 HR/41 RBI) Like Father, Like Son; Rod Allen: 2B Todd Mitchell (.356/11 HR/50 RBI) For the second straight year, the Sun Devils have a player whose father was part of a World Series SS James Anderson (.451/2 HR/19 RBI) Championship. Just like Jason Fingers’ (2000) father Rollie, freshman Rod Allen’s father, Rod Sr., won a World Championship with the Detroit Tigers in 1984. Allen, who played a total of 31 MLB Southern Utah Notes: games, is now a broadcaster for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The younger Allen is a 3B/DH for the Sun Devils and has shown great talent in early spring drills. He could fill in at DH with the injury to OF While Southern Utah has never beaten he Chris Duffy and may even play some 3B. Sun Devils in 14 career games, the Thunderbirds are coming into this The Assistant Coaches: weekend’s games off a very successful Coach Murphy has long been regarded for his winning programs and the development of college 2000 season. Second-year head coach Kurt players into top pro talent. Perhaps the most forgotten skill Murphy should be praised for is his devel- Palmer led the Thunderbirds to a 30-26 opment of assistant coaches into head coaches. Four of his former assistants, Nino Giarratano (San Francisco), John Pawlowski (Charleston), Doug Schreiber (Purdue) and Brian Cleary (Cincinnati) record last year and a third place finish in have all moved onto the head coaching ranks. His current staff that he has assembled over the years is the Mid-Continent Conference. Palmer is one of the best in all of college baseball. Jay Sferra is in his sixth year in association with the ASU ironically the youngest coach in Division baseball program and his third as an assistant coach. Sferra helps with the pitching staff and is the I, having not graduated from college until recruiting coordinator. Mike Rooney is regarded as one of the best assistants in the country and his on- this year. His assistant, Jarod Ingersoll field leadership and teaching skills make him a coveted coaching prospect for the future. Billy Jones is ironically is also a ‘01 graduate of South- in his first year as a volunteer assistant coach and will head up the Sun Devil outfielders this spring. ern Utah. The program at SUU was very Jones was recently named the head coach for the Brewster Whitecaps in the prestigious Cape Cod League. close to being dropped last year. The Thunderbirds return five starters from last What Was Supposed To Be a Three-Game Series Turned Into One Game: year and 12 letterwinners overall. In all, While three games turned into only one because of winter-like conditions in the Southwest, ASU the program has 20 transfers on the roster. dropped its first season opener since 1993 and only the second since 1979. The UTA Mavericks won teh game 5-3 behind solid pitching from starter Pierce Loveless and reliever Clint Faught. ASU had several opportunities to win the game, but left 10 men on base and had the bases loaded in the eighth Upcoming Opponents and ninth innings, but failed to score each time. Starter Jon Switzer pitched well, but had one bad Duke (Feb. 9-11) inning giving up three runs in the second. Reliever Franco Pezely was once again solid out of the bullpen turning in 2.2 innings of shutout ball, but preseason All-American Eric Doble struggled and New Mexico State (Feb. 13) was tagged with the loss allowing two runs on four hits in the top of the ninth. Saturday and Sunday’s games were rained out and will be possibly made up in April. Duke Nickname: Blue Devils ASU Is Now 22-2 In Season Openers Since 1979: 2001 Record: 0-0 If you think ASU’s Jan. 26th game vs. Texas-Arlington was a late start for the season, well it is. In fact, it is the latest ASU has started a season since opening Feb. 2 in 1996. Despite the loss to UTA, the Sun 2000 Record: 17-41 Devil baseball program has maintained an impressive 22-2 record in season openers dating back to Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 15/4 1979, while head coach Pat Murphy is 6-1in Tempe having recorded a season-opening win in six of his Career vs. ASU: 0-5 seven years at the helm of the Sun Devils. Murphy’s teams have also greatly outscored their opponents since 1995 in season openers, 71-23. In his 13+ years as a head coach at the Division I level (Now 7 at ASU, 7 at Notre Dame), Murphy has lost only one game (UTA). One of his season openers actually New Mexico State came against ASU when the Irish defeated the Sun Devils 11-4 in 1993. The last time ASU lost a Nickname: Aggies season opener before this year was a 9-4 setback to Hawai’i in 1993, and ASU advanced to the CWS 2001 Record: 0-0 that year. 2000 Record: 19-36 Starters Returning/Lost: 6/3 Career vs. ASU: 0-19 Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 30, 2001 ¥ Page 4 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Around the Pac-10 Martin Takes A Bunch For The Team: Senior Jonah Martin (Waianae, Hawaii) set a Pac-10 and ASU record with 29 hit by pitches in 2000. Final 2000 Standings: Martin, a transfer from Los Angeles City JC, ranks fourth all-time with his 29 HBP, tying Corky Miller Team Conf. Overall of Nevada who also got beaned 29 times in 1998. The NCAA leader for single-season HBP’s is Andrew Slater of Richmond who got plunked 33 times in 56 games in 1997. As a team, Arizona State Arizona State 17-7 44-15 was hit by a pitch 115 times in 2000 - an ASU school record. They broke the Pac-10 single-season Stanford 17-7 50-16 record held by Washington (1998) while the national record is held by Nevada (125 in 1997). ASU’s UCLA 17-7 38-26 115 HBP in ’00 ranks fourth all-time in the NCAA record book. Long Beach State (1999) is third with USC 16-8 44-20 114 and second with 124 (1998). California 11-13 25-28 Arizona State Claims Pac-10 Championship in 2000: Oregon State 9-15 28-27 For the first time in league history, three teams finished in a tie for first place in the conference stand- Arizona 8-16 26-30 ings in 2000. ASU, Stanford and UCLA all notched a 17-7 record in Pac-10 play. By virtue of a tie Washington 7-17 26-30 breaker (ASU won both conference series against Stanford and UCLA), the Sun Devils received the Washington St. 6-18 20-36 Pac-10’s automatic bid to postseason play. It was their first conference championship since 1993 and sixth since joining the Pac-10 in 1978. Stanford and Pac-10 runner-up USC advanced through the 2001 Preseason Coaches Poll: NCAA Tournament and made appearances at the College World Series in Omaha. Stanford was the eventual runner-up. Team Points USC 52 Two Sport Stars: Arizona State 49 If you think you heard the names of a couple of ASU baseball players’ names being called over the Sun Stanford 37 Devil Stadium loudspeaker during football season, that wasn’t a joke. Three players, Skyler Fulton, Jon Sheaffer and Eric Keefner all double as players on the ASU football team. Sheaffer (WR) and Arizona 31 Fulton (RB) saw action on special teams, while Keefner (LB) was named the Scout Team MVP. Kevin California 30 Tommasini (1996-97) and Jason Verdugo (1994-97) were the last Devils to double as a player on the UCLA 29 diamond and on the gridiron. Oregon State 27 Murphy Garners Pac-10 Coach of the Year Award: Washington 15 Head coach Pat Murphy was voted the Pac-10 Coach of the Year by his peers for the 2000 season. The WSU 8 Sun Devils skipper led his squad to their sixth Pac-10 Conference title and first since 1993. ASU was picked to finish sixth in the league in the preseason coaches’ poll. Murphy led the Devils to their third ASU Pac-10 Preseason Awards: postseason appearance in the last four years.

All-Pac-10: Injury Bug Bites the Sun Devils Early: Casey Myers, C In staying in tune with the rest of ASU Athletics, the Sun Devil baseball squad followed suit with Chris Duffy, OF football and basketball in having several key injuries to start the season. Projected starting center Eric Doble, Relief Pitcher fielder Chris Duffy will be sidelined 4-6 weeks (retroactive Jan. 18) after he tore his MCL in his right Jon Switzer, Pitcher knee during outfield drills on a wet field. Duffy is projected to return to the lineup for the Mar. 2-4 Jeff Phelps, DH series vs. LSU. Freshman relief pitcher J.J. Jackson (Chandler) broke his left hand before spring drills started and should be back in the bullpen this weekend for the SUU series. He threw his first bullpen on Player of the Year: Tuesday since getting his cast off. Freshman pitcher Billy Silvestri (Scottsdale) underwent a knee Casey Myers, C scope in early January and will be out at least tell the Duke series (Feb. 9-11). Silvestri is a top candi- date to take a redshirt season in 2001. RHP Mike Esposito is almost 100% recovered from his Tommy 2001 Top Prospects: John surgery, but will not be pushed in his return to the starting rotation. Espositio, who was ASU’s No. 4. Jon Switzer, LHP 1 starter to open 2000, is projected to return in later March or early April. 7. Chris Duffy, OF 9. Eric Doble, RHP Freshmen Looking to Step Into Spotlight: 10. Casey Myers, C Several freshmen player for ASU are looking to break into the starting lineup or play key roles as reserves. With the injury to Duffy in the outfield, true freshmen Ryan McKenna (Elgin, Ill.) and Skyler Best Tools: Fulton (Olympia, Wash.) will play key roles off the bench and may fill in as starters. Junior Mel Best Pure Hitter: Casey Myers Stocker will roam center field to fill in for Duffy. Steve Garrabrants, a product of Moon Valley High Fastest Baserunner: Chris Duffy School in Phoenix will make the transition from second base and start in left field. The designated Best Defensive OF: Chris Duffy hitter position will be filled by one of two freshmen, with Jeremy West (Las Vegas, Nev.) and power *As voted by Baseball America hitter Eric Keefner (Chicago, Ill.) dueling for at-bats. Rod Allen is also another possiblity for the DH position and has shown he can compete at a high level. On the mound RHP Ryan Schroyer (Oracle, Ariz.) has emerged as a potential addition to the weekend rotation. The high school All-American from Canyon del Oro High School may start the Saturday game vs. Texas-Arlington. Relievers Alex Creel (Rosemont, Calif.), J.J. Jackson (Chandler, Ariz.) and Mark Sopko (Joliet, Ill.) will be key for the Sun Devils out of the bullpen. Preseason Awards Plenty for Many Sun Devils: Several Sun Devils received honors from various preseason college baseball publications. Casey My- ers was a unanimous Preseason All-American as the Devils cracked the polls at No. 6 in the nation. Eric Doble was named a third-team preseason All-American by the NCBWA and Jon Switzer was also coveted as a preseason All-American. In Baseball America’s annual Pac-10 review, five players re- ceived all-conference recognition. Myers, Doble, Switzer, in addition to Chris Duffy and Jeff Phelps were named to the team. Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 30, 2001 ¥ Page 5 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Casey Myers An All-American On The Field And In The Classroom: Inside the Numbers Senior team captain Casey Myers (Casa Grande) is listed as a preseason All-American by nearly every publication in 2001, but that doesn’t even scratch the surface as to what Myers brings to the ASU Number of times in the program. He was named Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2000, becoming the second straight season an 3 last four years that ASU player has earned the honor (Willie Bloomquist, 1999). The catcher and team leader was among ASU has finished in the top 12 in the nation. a handful of players vying for Baseball America’s National Player of the Year award and was named a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Collegiate Catcher of the Year. Myers certainly put up impressive National Champion- numbers in 2000, leading the team in batting average (.412), hits (98), doubles (19) and on-base per- 5 ships won by the Sun centage (.502), as well as RBI (97). His 97 RBI rank fourth in the ASU single-season record book. Devils. Myers now has 206 career RBI and needs 77 during his senior year to break the Pac-10 and ASU career record. His current mark of 206 RBI places him fifth in the Pac-10 record book and fourth in ASU Preseason Top 25 history. He hit 18 home runs (second on the team) behind teammate Mitch Jones and now has 32 in his 6 Teams ASU will face in career. The school record is 56 set by Bob Horner. Myers has quietly done an excellent job behind the 2001. plate as well, calling the pitches himself. He has been named conference player of the week three times during his career at ASU. He reached base safely (hit, walk, HBP) in 54 of 59 games in ’00. Myers led Number of runs the Sun Devils have the squad in multiple-hit games (31) and multi-RBI games (29). His multi-hit games included three, 9.47 averaged per game four-hit affairs. He hit safely in 50 of 59 games. Myers was clutch with 26 two-out RBI and hit .417 since 1995. with the bases loaded. He hit .466 (48x103) with runners in scoring position and .459 with runners on base. Myers finished his junior campaign ranked 30th in the nation in batting average (.412), third in Number of Returning RBI (97), and 35th in home runs (.31 per game). 14 Letterwinners from the 2000 club. More On Myers: As asset for the program throughout his career in Tempe, Myers has also been stellar in the classroom. The math wiz that scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT out of high Times the Sun Devils school, Myers has maintained a near-perfect GPA as a math/accounting major at ASU. He was an have participated in the Academic All-American in 1999 and 2000, and received college baseball’s highest academic honor 18 Collge World Series. last year when he was named the GTE/CoSida Academic All-American of the Year. In addition to being named the Academic All-American of the Year, All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year in Number of home runs hit over the Green 2000, Myers was also named the Collegiate Baseball National Defensive Player of the Year with a 18 Moster in center field, .996 fielding percentage. In November, Myers was named the top amateur athlete in the state of Ari- last by Brooks Conrad zona by the March of Dimes. in 2000. Myers’ Honors and Awards Casey Myers in the Record Books...... Number of former Sun 1998 Devils who have Pac-10 Career RBI NCBWA 3rd Team All-American 75 1. Andrew Beinbrink, ASU (1996-99) ...... 283 played in the Major Sporting News Freshman All-American Leagues. 2. John Gall, Stanford (1997-2000)...... 263 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American 3. Paul Carey, Stanford (1987-90)...... 220 1999 Number of RBI Casey 4. Eric Valent, UCLA (1996-98) ...... 219 Myers needs to set Pac- 5. Casey Myers, ASU (1998-P) ...... 206 GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American 78 First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic 10 and ASU school career record. ASU Career RBI 2000 1. Andrew Beinbrink (1996-99) ...... 283 First-Team All-American Number of Wins Coach 2. Clay Westlake (1973-76) ...... 250 -Sporting News, NCBWA 232 Murphy has won at 3. Bob Horner (1976-78) ...... 229 Second-Team All-American Arizona State. 4. Casey Myers (1998-P) ...... 206 -Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball Pac-10 Player of the Year Number of wins in Pac-10 All-Academic Arizona State varsity ASU Career Batting Average Academic All-American of the Year 1,856 baseball history since 1. Kevin Romine (1981-82) ...... 408 Baseball America Player of the Year Candidate 1959. 2. Hubie Brooks (1977-78) ...... 396 Johnny Bench Catcher of the Year Finalist 3. Willie Bloomquist (1997-99) ...... 394 Defensive Player of the Year Sun Devils in the Polls 10. Casey Myers (1998-P) ...... 378 2001 BA BW CB PS Preseason All-American (CB, BA, NCBWA) 666 1/29 ------2/5 ------2/12 ------Career statistics for: Casey Myers 2/19 ------Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT 2/26 ------1998.... .386 51-48 184 35 71 17 0 8 58 20 36 1-1 3/5 ------1999.... .329 51-46 170 39 56 11 0 6 51 25 24 1-4 3/12 ------2000.... .412 59-59 238 71 98 19 0 18 97 34 24 4-5 3/19 ------2001.... .000 1-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3/26 ------TOTALS.. .378 162-154 596 145 225 47 0 32 206 79 84 6-10 4/2 ------4/9 ------4/16 ------4/23 ------Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 30, 2001 ¥ Page 6 Sun Devil Baseball 2001

2000 ASU Hitting Leaders Pat Murphy at ASU: Batting Average: Arizona’s State has had only three coaches in its illustrious history. The latest to join the legacy is 1. Casey Myers .412 Pat Murphy who has enjoyed great success since arriving in Tempe six years ago in 1995. Murphy 2. Mike Lopez .370 has guided ASU to a 232-124 (.652) and posted an impressive 90-77 record in the tough Pac-10. 3. Jeff Phelps .362 ASU has advanced to postseason play in three of the six years under Murphy, including a 2nd place 4. Mitch Jones .357 finish at the College World Series in 1998. With his 232 wins at ASU, Murphy has the third best 5. Phil Downing .355 Hits: winning percentage of Pac-10 coaches.Murphy is 10 wins shy of 100 career Pac-10 victories. 1. Casey Myers 98 2. Mitch Jones 89 Brooks Conrad Turns In Solid Season At Second Base: 3. Jeff Phelps 81 Junior second baseman Brooks Conrad was named to the 2000 Pac-10 All-Conference team. Con- 4. Jeff Duncan 78 rad hit at a .336 clip and finished second on the team in runs (72). He hit .351 in league play with 5. Brooks Conrad 76 15 of his 33 hits going for extra bases. He became only the 18th player to hit a homer over the Runs Scored: 1. Mitch Jones 79 green monster at Packard Stadium vs. Washington (5/14). Conrad hit .392 with runners in scoring 2. Jeff Duncan 72 position and .500 when he led off an inning. The Spring Valley, Calif., native notched 19 multi-hit 3. Brooks Conrad 72 games as well as 15 multi-RBI games during the ’00 season. The switch hitter was named Pac-10 4. Casey Myers 71 Player of the Week twice in 2000. For his career at ASU, Conrad is a .338 hitter with 108 hits and RBI: 20 doubles. Conrad was 3-for-4 to open his 2001 campaign vs. UTA. 1. Casey Myers 97 2. Mitch Jones 92 3. Brooks Conrad 67 The Ice Man, Eric Doble: 4. Jeff Phelps 60 Junior Eric Doble was as cool as ice in ’00 with a team-leading nine saves. The right-hander took Doubles: over the closer role on the Devils pitching staff and performed solidly. Doble had six saves in 1. Casey Myers 19 conference play as well as a 2-0 record with a 2.66 ERA to earn All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention 2. Mitch Jones 18 honors. For the year, Doble finished the year 3-1 with nine saves and a 3.35 ERA. He ended up Triples: second in the Pac-10 in games finished (23), second in saves (9), tied for third in games in relief 1. Jonah Martin 7 Home Runs: (27) and fifth in appearances (27). He held opponent batters to a .259 average at the plate and a 1. Mitch Jones 27 .219 average with runners on base. The Case Grande, Ariz., native transferred to ASU from Grand 2. Casey Myers 18 Canyon in 1999 and returns for his senior season after being drafted in the 10th round of the 2000 3. Brooks Conrad 10 MLB draft by the Boston Red Sox. 2000 ASU Pitching Leaders The Franchise, Jon Switzer: Earned Run Average: After going 11-3 last year and having a successful summer with Team USA, junior lefty Jon Swit- 1. Robby Milner 2.35 2. Franco Pezely 3.24 zer (Houston, Texas) is set to start what is expected to be a stellar junior campaign. Switzer was 3. Eric Doble 3.35 named a preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball (2nd Team) and Baseball America (3rd 4. Jason Fingers 3.63 team). He was named an honorable mention on the 2000 Pac-10 All-Conference team. Switzer 5. Jon Switzer 3.89 picked up win No. 11 vs. Arizona May 21 in a relief appearance, making him the first ASU pitcher Wins: to reach 11 wins since 1993. Switzer finished with an impressive 5-2 record in conference play 1. Jon Switzer 11 2. Franco Pezely 8 with a 4.47 ERA. He was honored as Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week three times in ’00 (tying UCLA’s 3. Chad Pennington 7 Rob Henkel for the most honors). He led the team with 121 strikeouts and held opposing batters to Batters Struck Out: a .228 average at the plate. He ranked seventh in the conference in ERA (3.89), third in opposing 1. Jon Switzer 121 batting average (.228), sixth in strikeouts (121) and third in wins (11). Right handed hitters 2. Chad Pennington 65 managed only a .226 batting average vs. Switzer in 2000, while lefties checked in at .233. For his 3. Eric Doble 58 career, he is 18-7 with 199 strikeouts. Drafted in the 26th round out of high school by the Pitts- Innings Pitched: burgh Pirates, Switzer is listed as one of the top lefties for the 2001 draft. He was 1-0 with a 2.41 1. Jon Switzer 115.2 2. Chad Pennington 65.2 ERA with Team USA this past summer before leaving the team early after having an emergency 3. Eric Doble 51.0 appendectomy surgery. 2000 ASU Fielding Leaders ASU And Team USA: Errors: Junior lefty Jon Switzer (Houston, Texas) was among 20 invitees to the 2000 USA Baseball Team 1. Dennis Wyrick 13 Trials and waas one of two ASU players to represent the Red, White and Blue last summer. Switzer 2. Brooks Conrad 12 was joined by three other Pac-10 players: USC’s Mark Prior, UCLA’s Josh Karp and Stanford’s 3. Mike Lopez 8 Brian Sager at the trials, and junior catcher Casey Myers was also selected to play for the team. Fielding Percentage (Min 100 Chances): 1. Casey Myers .996 Myers (Casa Grande, Ariz.) was a member of the junior national team in ’96 and was a ’98 national 2. Mitch Jones .992 team invitee. Myers ended up hitting .310 with Team USA and Switzer was 1-0 with a 2.41 ERA 3. Jeff Phelps .987 4. Jeff Duncan .969 Senior Jeff Phelps Looking For Breakout Season: Assists: Infielder Jeff Phelps (Yuma) has been a solid player for the Sun Devils over the past three years and 1. Brooks Conrad 142 2. Dennis Wyrick 128 has extremely high expectations heading into the 2001 season. After finishing third on the squad 3. Mike Lopez 74 last year with a .362 batting average, Phelps added strength and power during the offseason. A Putouts: career .344 hitter, the utility infielder is slated to start the season at first base, but has also worked 1. Casey Myers 460 out at third base. Phelps started 45 games at first base, 12 at third base and two at DH. 2. Jeff Phelps 332 3. Jeff Duncan 121 Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 30, 2001 ¥ Page 7 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Drafted Devils: Sun Devil Quick Facts A total of 17 players on the 2001 Arizona State squad have been taken in the Major League Name of School ...... Arizona State Baseball Amateur Draft. Since the inception of the draft in 1965, ASU has had more players City, State ...... Tempe, Ariz. chosen (289), more first-round draft picks (21) and more No. 1 picks (3) than any other Founded ...... 1885 school in the nation. Eight (8) players from the 2000 Pac-10 Championship team were Enrollment ...... 42,255 drafted last June. ASU’s three No. 1 picks were Rick Monday (1965), Floyd Bannister Mascot ...... Sun Devils (1976) and Bob Horner (Atlanta). School Colors ...... Maroon and Gold Stadium ...... Packard Stadium (5,000) Player Year Team Round Drafted Fences ...... LF/RF (340) Rod Allen 2000 Reds 34th round ...... Center (395 Eric Doble 2000 Red Sox 10th round Conference ...... Pac-10 Chris Duffy 2000 Red Sox 43rd round President ...... Dr. Lattie F. Coor Mike Esposito 1999 Reds 5th round Athletics Director ...... Gene Smith Drew Friedberg 1997 Diamondbacks 25th round 2000 Brewers 29th round Baseball History Skyler Fulton 2000 Mets 25th round Steve Garrabrants 2000 Twins 42nd round First year of Baseball ...... 1959 (28-18) Jon Gutierrez 2000 Red Sox 25th round All-Time Record ...... 2,189-1,075 Eric Keefner 2000 Astros 4th round Modern Era (1959-P) ...... 1856-737 (.716) Jered Liebeck 1999 Diamondbacks 45th round Early Era (1906-1958) ...... 333-338 Mike Lopez 1996 Blue Jays 52nd round Packard Stadium Record ...... 759-220 (.775) Casey Myers 2000 Brewers 30th round Years in College World Series ...... 18 Jeff Phelps 1997 Pirates 36th round NCAA Championships ...... 5 Ryan Schroyer 2000 Tigers 16th round Jon Sheaffer 1999 Reds 29th round College World Series Record ...... 56-30 (.652) Jon Switzer 1998 Pirates 26th round NCAA Appearances ...... 24 Dennis Wyrick 1999 Tigers 35th round NCAA Record ...... 121-47 Last CWS Appearance ...... 1998 (2nd) Horner Ranks Second As Player of the Century: Best All-Time Record...... 59-8 (1973) Last All-Americans ...... Casey Myers Former Sun Devil greats Bob Horner and Eddie Bane were honored by Baseball America ...... Jon Switzer by being placed on the publications’ “Team of the Century.” Horner, an ASU great under ...... Mitch Jones Jim Brock from 1976-78, hit .383 for his career and belted a school record 56 home runs. Horner was listed second on the team behind Oklahoma State slugger Pete Incaviglia Media Relations (1983-85). Bane, a top pitcher for the Sun Devils from 1971-72, posted a career 40-4 Media Relations Phone ...... (480) 965-6592 record and a 1.64 ERA. Bane was listed as the ninth best player of the 20th Century by Fax ...... (480) 965-5408 Baseball America. The top 10 players of the century were voted on by fans, coaches and Baseball SID ...... Jeff R. Evans baseball writers and are listed below: E-Mail Address ...... [email protected] Home Phone ...... (480) 699-1358 1. Pete Incaviglia (Oklahoma State) Director of Media Relations ...... Mark Brand 2. Bob Horner (Arizona State) Associate Director ...... Doug Tammaro 3. Robin Ventura (Oklahoma State) Assistant Directors...... Will Phillips 4. Burt Hooten (Texas) ...... Rhonda Lundin 5. Dave Winfield (Minnesota) ...... Erin Rowley 6. Phil Stephenson (Wichita State) ...... Jason Bellamy 7. John G. Olerud (Washington State) Press Box ...... (480) 727-7253 8. J.D. Drew (Florida State) Web Site ...... www.TheSunDevils.com 9. Eddie Bane (Arizona State) 10. Derek Tatsuno (Hawai’i) ASU Coaching/Support Staff Head Coach ...... Pat Murphy Bloomquist Earns Minor League All-Star Award: Record at ASU ...... 232-124 (7th Season) Career Division I ...... 550-240-1 (13) Willie Bloomquist (1997-1999) showed signs he would be a great professional ball player Assistants ...... Jay Sferra (6th) during his time at ASU. After his first full season of professional ball, the 1999 Pac-10 ...... Mike Rooney (3rd) Player of the Year turned in a banner season split between Single-A Lancaster and Triple- ...... Billy Jones (1st) A Tacoma in the Seattle Mariners organization. The second basemen hit a blistering .379 Baseball Operations ...... Chris Holick ...... Joe Brennan at Lancaster to earn Single-A all-star status and was overall a second-team Minor League ...... Graham Rossini All-Star as selected by the writers at Baseball America. After having a great spring Managers ...... Steve Kirkman training last year with the M’s, Bloomquist will have a return stay in the Big League Trainer ...... Kenny McCarty, Mike Elliott camp with the M’s in Peoria, and has an outside shot at making the opening day roster. 2000 Review 2000 Record ...... 44-15 Team AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB Home ...... 33-8 Lancaster (CAL) .379 256 63 97 19 6 2 51 37 27 22 Lancaster/Tacoma .313 447 80 140 24 7 3 74 44 55 27 Away ...... 11-7 2000 Pac-10 Record ...... 17-7 (1st) Home ...... 9-3 Away ...... 8-4 Letterman Returning/Lost ...... 14/13 Starters Returning/Lost ...... 7/2 Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost ...... 2/2 Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 30, 2001 ¥ Page 8 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Games With At Least One Hit Golden Spikes Common At Arizona State: While Kip Bouknight of South Carolina was the recipient of the 2000 Golden Spikes award as the Conrad ...... 1 of 1 games nation’s top amateur baseball player, it should be noted that three Arizona State players have won the Duffy...... 0 of 0 games award. Bob Horner, who was a standout at ASU from 1976-78, won the inaugural award in 1978. Garrabrants ...... 0 of 1 games Oddibe McDowell, who was a member of the first Team USA baseball team to compete in an Olym- Lopez ...... 0 of 1 games pics, won the award in 1984. Mike Kelly, who ranks second in ASU history with 46 home runs from Martin ...... 1 of 1 games Myers ...... 0 of 1 games 1989-91, won the award in 1991. In all, 13 players that have worn the Maroon and Gold have been Phelps ...... 0 of 1 games named a Player of the Year for college baseball. Stocker ...... 0 of 1 games Walsh ...... 1 of 1 games ASU Leader of the Pac When It Comes to Player of the Week: West ...... 0 of 1 games Arizona State has amassed 41 Pac-10 Pitchers of the Week and 62 Players of the Week since 1981. Wyrick ...... 1 of 1 games That total leads all Pac-10 member schools. The Sun Devils had four players honored as Pac-10 POW last year (Mitch Jones -2, Brooks Conrad -2) and Jon Switzer was a three-time recipient of the award Games Reaching Base in 2000.

Conrad ...... 1 of 1 games Arizona State in Postseason Play: Duffy...... 0 of 0 games Garrabrants ...... 0 of 1 games The Sun Devil baseball program has created a dynasty in college baseball that has been matched by Lopez ...... 0 of 1 games few. With 18 appearances in the College World Series, ASU ranks fourth for the most trips to Omaha. Martin ...... 1 of 1 games Arizona State has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 24 of the program’s 42 seasons, amassing an Myers ...... 0 of 1 games incredible 116-43 (.730) record. ASU’s five National Championships rank as the second most of any Phelps ...... 1 of 1 games NCAA school. In addition to ASU’s five national championships, the Sun Devils have also turned in Stocker ...... 1 of 1 games five second-place teams and three third-place finishes. Walsh ...... 1 of 1 games West ...... 0 of 1 games Postseason Summary: Wyrick ...... 1 of 1 games NCAA Appearances 24 Record in District 7 12-1 Extra Base Hits All-Time NCAA Record 121-47 CWS Appearances 18 Regional Appearances 18 CWS Titles 5 Conrad ...... 0 Duffy...... 0 Regional Titles 12 CWS Runners-up 5 Fulton ...... 0 Record in Regionals 54-16 CWS Third-Place Finishes 4 Keefner ...... 0 District 7 Appearances 6 Record at CWS 55-30 (.647) Lopez ...... 0 District 7 Titles 6 Martin ...... 0 Myers ...... 0 Phelps ...... 0 ASU In Pac-10 Play: Stocker ...... 0 West ...... 0 While Arizona and Arizona State both joined the Pacific-10 Conference in 1979 as the newest addi- Wyrick ...... 0 tions to the “Conference of Champions,” ASU has quickly made quick gains to place its name among the top two in winning percentage of all Pac-10 schools. With a career 440-302 record combined when Home Run Breakdown apart of the old Six-Pac or the combined Pac-10, ASU’s .593 winning percentage falls behind just Solo Home Runs ...... 0 behind USC’s .642 winning percentage in 77 years being affiliated with the Pac-10. 2-Run Home Runs ...... 0 3-Run Home Runs ...... 0 This is ASU Baseball: Grand Slams ...... 0 • Only one losing season in school history • 2 NCAA Coaches of the Year First Inning ...... 0 • 18 College World Series Appearances • 75 Major League Players Second Inning ...... 0 • 21 First-Round Draft Picks Third Inning ...... 0 • 24 years in the NCAA Tournament Fourth Inning ...... 0 • Six Pac-10 Titles • Finished in top 12 three of past four years Fifth Inning ...... 0 • Five NCAA Championships • Only one losing season in school history Sixth Inning ...... 0 • 13 NCAA National Players of the Year • Three 2001 Preseason All-Americans Seventh Inning ...... 0 • Three Golden Spikes Award Winners • Four Academic All-Americans in last two years Eighth Inning ...... 0 • Finished in the top 12 in three of the past four years. Ninth Inning ...... 0 • 58 All-Americans Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 30, 2001 ¥ Page 9 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Sun Devils Had a Successful Run in the 1990’s: Media Information: While ASU started the new millennium with a bang winning the Pac-10 Championship with a 44-15 Baseball Contact: Jeff R. Evans record, the decade of the 1990’s was one that marked great success for the ASU program. The Sun Devils SID Phone: (480) 965-6592 compiled a 398-213 (.651) record during the decade and made three trips to Omaha for the College World Evans’ Direct Line: (480) 965-6594 Series. The 398 wins were third-best of all conference schools. SID Fax: (480) 965-5408 Evans’ E-Mail: [email protected] Sun Devils in Major League Baseball in 2000: Website: www.TheSunDevils.com Player MLB Team W-L ERA G SV IP H BB SO Address: Doug Henry Giants/Astros 4-4 3.79 72 178.1 57 49 62 Media Relations Office Sean Lowe White Sox 4-15.48 50 0 70.2 78 39 53 ICA Room 105 Gabe Molina Braves/Orioles 0-0 9.00 11 0 15.0 28 10 9 Tempe, AZ 85287-1505

Player, Pos. MLB Team Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Interviews: Mike Benjamin, 2B Pirates .270 233 28 63 18 2 2 19 All interviews with players and the Barry Bonds, LF Giants .306 480 129 147 28 4 49 106 coaching staff need to be cleared Jacob Cruz, CF Indians .24129 3 7 3 0 0 5 through the ASU media relations office Paul LoDuca, C Dodgers .246 65 6 16 2 0 2 8 and Jeff Evans. If you wish to talk to Fernando Vina, 2B Cardinals .300 487 81146 24 6 4 31 any Sun Devil player or head coach Pat Murphy, please contact Evans via the ASU Well-Represented In Arizona Fall League: above information. Player Team W-L ERA G SV IP H BB SO Ryan Bradley, RHP Maryvale 2-1 6.00 13 0 21.0 18 12 21 Media Guides: Ryan Mills, LHP Grand Canyon 1-4 5.35 8 0 33.2 41 7 23 Media guides will be available to work- ing press only and can be purchased by Player, Pos. Team Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI fans at home games only from the sou- Willie Bloomquist, INF Peoria .289 90 14 26 7 1 0 8 venir stand. Press guides will not be dis- Mark Ernster, INF Maryvale .295 95 13 28 4 5 2 11 tributed to fans from the press box or Dan McKinley, OF Maryvale .313 16 1 5 0 1 0 4 the media relations office. Game Notes and Statistics: Game notes and statistics will be dis- 2002 Recruiting Class Among Nation’s Best: tributed to all working media and scouts The 2002 recruiting class that will debut on the diamond next spring (2002) has drawn rave reviews from on game days at Packard Stadium. Cop- Baseball America as one of the top three in the nation. Mike Jones and Kris Honel are listed as two of the ies will also be made available in the press box. The statistics are for work- top 10 pitching prospects out of this year’s high school class. The 2001 class that debuts on the field this ing press, scouts and coaches only. A year was ranked as the No. 1 class in the nation by Baseball America and the No. 3 class by Collegiate complete statistical book containing box Baseball. The list of players who signed NLI’s with the Sun Devils is provided below: scores, play-by-play and game notes will also be available in the press box Player Position Hometown School Notes for working media following each home Joel Bocchi C/3B Phoenix, Ariz. Desert Vista HS Good all-around player game. All information will be made Ryan Bonesio LHP/1B Carrollton, Texas Navarro CC Solid gap hitter available to fans and ASU supporters Nickolas Cadena SS/3B Glendale, Ariz. Apollo HS Led Arizona in HR in 2000 through the school’s official athletic Chris Collins INF/C Phoenix, Ariz. S. Mountain CC Brother of former ASU star website, www.TheSunDevils.com. Tuffy Gosewisch INF Scottsdale, Ariz. Horizon HS Brother of Chip Gosewisch Live Stats: Garrett Guzman OF Henderson, Nevada Green Valley HS No. 59 prospect by Team One While only certain games can be ac- Travis Hinton 1B Tempe, Ariz. Santa Clara Led SC with 9 HR in 2000 cessed by radio either through the in- Kris Honel RHP Bourbonnais, Ill. Providence HS. No. 6 prospect by Team One ternet or in the greater Phoenix area, ev- John Hoyos LHP Los Angeles, Calif. East LA CC Hard Throwing LHP ery home game and selected road games Mike Jones RHP Phoenix, Ariz. Thunderbird HS No. 3 prospect by Team One can be tracked through live statistical Matt Leaf RHP Peoria, Ariz. Sunrise Mtn. HS No. 61 prospect by Team One updates on www.TheSunDevils.com. Robert McClellan RHP Liberal, Kansas Seward County CC 2nd in nation in Ks per IP Dustin Pedroia SS Woodland, Calif. Woodland HS Great defensive skills Ryan Richardson C Mesa, Ariz. Central Arizona Scrappy, hard nosed player Miguel Sanchez P Los Angeles, Calif. Bishop Amat HS 7-1 with 2.13 ERA Jr year Arizona State Baseball Notes ¥ January 30, 2001 ¥ Page 10 Sun Devil Baseball 2001 Where ASU Ranked In The Nation in 2000: ASU had a year that will go down in the NCAA record books. The Sun Devils finished second in Summer Ball: hitting with a .346 team batting average, trailing only Stony Brook which posted a .347 average. The team went a collective 738-for-2134. The Sun Devils, however, were the most productive The following is a list of where ASU team in the nation in ’00, leading the NCAA in scoring, while averaging 10.97 runs per game. players spent their summers in the many The Sun Devils also led the nation with 37 total triples and ASU’s nearest threat was Delaware collegiate summer leagues around the with 10.02 runs per game. Here is a list of where the team and individual players ranked in the nation and where some are going to NCAA: play in the 2001 summer. Doble, Phelps Team Rankings: Individual Rankings: and Conrad helped lead the Alaska Scoring 1st 10.97 Batting: Myers 30th, .412 avg. Goldpanners all the way to the NBC Batting: 2nd .346 RBI: Myers 4th, 1.64 pg Fielding: 5th .971% Jones 5th, 1.56 pg World Series in Wichita, Kansas: Home Runs 7th 1.46 rpg Home Runs Jones 1st, .458 pg Slugging: 2nd .561% Myers 35th, .31 pg Triples: 1st 0.63 Triples: Martin 17th, .12 pg 2000 Summer: Won-Loss 8th .746 (44-15) Runs: Jones 11th, 1.34 pg Conrad ...... Alaska Goldpanners Slugging: Jones 11th, .787 % Phelps ...... Alaska Goldpanners Doble ...... Alaska Goldpanners Myers ...... Team USA National Varsity Squad Dominates Alumni In Annual Contest Held Jan. 20: Switzer ...... Team USA National Led by a strong pitching performance from converted catcher Ty Johnson (Englewood, Colo.), Edginton ...... Mankato Mashers the 2001 varsity squad defeated the Alumni 8-3 on Jan. 20 at Packard Stadium. The Alumni Friedberg...... Wisconsin Woodchucks squad, which featured 15 players who are currently playing in the minor leagues and one former Kartler ...... Seattle Studs (PIL) Major Leaguer (Ken Phelps) were easily handled by Johnson and lefty ace Jon Switzer (Houston, Stocker ...... Athletes in Action Texas). Johnson and Switzer combined to allow only three hits and one run in five innings. At the player the 2001 Devils pounded out 13 hits and were led by catcher Casey Myers who finished the 2001 Summer: day 2-for-4 with two RBI. Third baseman Mike Lopez and reserve infielder Lucas Weber (Tuc- Alaskan League: son, Ariz.) also recorded two hits apiece in the winning effort. Both teams used wood bats in the Keefner ...... Alaska Goldpanners game. For the Alumni, Montreal Expos product Dan McKinley was the only player to record Jackson ...... Alaska Goldpanners more than one hit. Willie Bloomquist (1997-99), Mitch Jones (1999-2000) and Andrew Beinbrink Liebeck ...... Alaska Goldpanners (1996-99) were just a few of the past Sun Devil greats who played in the game.

Reviewing the 2000 Pac-10 Championship Season: Northwoods League: ASU won its sixth Pac-10 title (all since 1981) and first since 1993, after being picked sixth in the Fulton ...... Alexandria preseason poll… ASU hit the 40-win plateau for the fourth time since 1993… The 17 league wins were Walsh ...... Alexandria a five-game improvement from 1999 and it was the fifth time since 1990 with 17 or more wins in Pac- Kartler ...... Alexandria 10 play… ASU was 2nd in the nation in batting, 5th in fielding percentage, and 1st in scoring in 2000… ASU led the Conference in batting average (.346), runs per game (11.0), slugging percentage Cape Cod League: (.561), on base percentage (.454), RBI (588), triples (37), walks (336), and stolen bases (92)… Sr. OF Schroyer ...... Falmouth Mitch Jones broke Bob Horner’s (1978) 22-year-old school record for home runs when he hit No. 26 vs. Arizona May 21. Jones finished with 27, becoming just the ninth player in Pac-10 history to hit at least 27 in a season, and seventh to do so since 1990… ASU had an extra-base hit in all but two games Jayhawk League (Kansas): in 2000… ASU batters were hit by a pitch 115 times in 20000, breaking the Pac-10 record (101, UW, West ...... Liberal 1998). The mark ranks in the top-four all-time in the NCAA record books (125, Nevada in 1997)… Garrabrants ...... Liberal Pac-10 Player of the Year Casey Myers finished ’00 with 97 RBI, second-best in Pac-10 history, and Espositio ...... Liberal 206 for his career, fifth-best. Myers led the Sun Devils with 98 hits, 19 doubles, 97 RBI, and a .502 on- base percentage. Myers led the Pac-10 in RBI and on-base percentage. He also ranked among the Central Illinois Collegiate League: Conference leaders in hits (3rd), slugging percentage (.718, t3rd), total bases (171, 7th), runs scored (71, 9th), home runs (18, t8th), and doubles (19, t9th). Myers batted .412 for the season, second in the Sopko ...... Twin City Pac-10 tied for 22nd-best average in single season Pac-10 history… Myers and Jones (92) ranked first Allen ...... Twin City and second in the Conference in RBI; third and fifth in the nation… The Sun Devils scored 10 or more runs in 31 games last season, and 20 runs nine times. Great Lakes League: Weber ...... Summit City Sun Devil Baseball on the Tube: Heading into the season, the Sun Devils are tentatively scheduled to play 11 televised games in 2001 on Cox Communications Channel 9. ASU is also guaranteed at least one game to be televised by Fox Sports Net as part of the Pac-10’s agreement. With longtime ASU broadcaster George Allen and former Arizona State Assistant Sports Information Director Doug Gerlach calling the play-by-play, schedule highlights for TV games include the entire series vs. LSU (March 2-4) and two games of the heated instate rivalry with Arizona (Apr. 28-29). The tentative Cox schedule for ASU baseball is as follows: Date Opponent Date Opponent Feb. 9 Duke Apr. 12 Washington State Feb. 10 Duke Apr. 28 Arizona Mar. 2 LSU Apr. 29 Arizona Mar. 3 LSU May 19 UCLA Mar. 4 LSU May 20 UCLA Mar. 30 Stanford