ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY ARKANSAS STATE BASEBALL    VAN PROVENCE ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR [email protected] 870-972-2707 870-897-5010 (cell) ARKANSAS STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result GAMES 38, 39 & 40 Feb. 22 Ohio St.% L 7-3 Feb. 23 Seton Hall% W 6-3 Feb. 24 Navy% W 8-1 ASU INDIANS vs. WESTERN KENTUCKY HILLTOPPERS Feb. 25 Williams Baptist W 6-1   Feb. 28 Kansas State# W, 2-1. April 18, 2008 6:00 p.m. April 19, 2008 3:00 p.m. Feb. 29 Lamar# L,10-3. April 20, 2008  1:00 p.m. Mar. 01 Michigan St.# L, 6-5. Mar. 02 Lamar# L, 4-0 Nick Denes Field (2,500)  Bowling Green, Kentucky Mar. 05 at Ole Miss W, 7-5 Mar. 07 at Louisiana-Lafayette* W, 3-0 Radio: KJCF 103.9 Earl FM & ASUIndians.com Mar. 08 at Louisiana-Lafayette* W, 9-5 Mar. 09 at Louisiana-Lafayette* W, 9-2 LiveStats: ASUIndians.com Mar. 11 Memphis L, 3-0 Mar. 12 Harris-Stowe (DH) W 3-2, 10-4 LEADING OFF: The Arkansas and 6-3 in the Sunday finale. Mar. 14 Middle Tennessee State* W, 6-5 State University Indians return to Sun The Hilltoppers split a pair of mid- Mar. 15 Middle Tennessee State* L, 2-1 Mar. 16 Middle Tennessee State* L, 7-6 Belt Conference action this week- week games heading into the series Mar. 18 at Missouri State Rained Out Mar. 19 at Missouri State L, 9-4 end when they travel to Bowling with Arkansas State. Western Ken- Mar. 21 Louisiana-Monroe* L, 3-1 Green, Ky., to take on the Hilltoppers tucky defeated Evansville 11-3 Tues- Mar. 22 Louisiana-Monroe* W, 15-10 Mar. 23 Louisiana-Monroe* L, 6-3 of Western Kentucky in a three- day night before falling to Mar. 25 at Tennessee-Martin W, 12-6 Mar. 26 at Memphis W, 7-4 game series beginning Friday at 6 11th-ranked Vanderbilt 5-1 Wednes- Mar. 28 at South Alabama* L, 17-9 p.m. Saturday’s game is scheduled day night. Both games were played Mar. 29 at South Alabama* L, 10-4 Mar. 30 at South Alabama* L, 8-7 to get underway at 3 p.m., while in Bowling Green. In Sun Belt Con- Apr. 01 Tennessee-Martin L, 9-8 Apr. 02 Southern Illinois L, 10-3 Sunday’s first pitch is set for 1 p.m. ference action last weekend, New Apr. 04 at Troy* L, 8-4 Every ASU Indian baseball game Orleans defeated the Hilltoppers in Apr. 05 at Troy* L, 7-4 Apr. 06 at Troy* L, 2-8 can be heard live on 103.9 Earl FM the first two games of a series in New Apr. 09 at Southeast Missouri St. W, 8-3 Apr. 11 at Southern Miss L, 6-3 in Northeast Arkansas. The live Orleans. Western Kentucky avoided Apr. 12 at Southern Miss L, 8-7 audio broadcast can also be ac- the sweep with a 13-12 win in the Apr. 13 at Southern Miss L, 6-3 Apr. 16 Murray State W, 3-2 cessed through the StateZone por- Sunday game. Apr. 18 at Western Kentucky* 6:00 p.m. tion of the Arkansas State athletics Apr. 19 at Western Kentucky* 3:00 p.m. Apr. 20 at Western Kentucky* 1:00 p.m. website, ASUIndians.com. Live Stats THE SERIES: Arkansas State holds Apr. 22 Southeast Missouri St. 6:30 p.m. Apr. 23 Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. may also be accessed by logging a one-game advantage in the all- Apr. 25 New Orleans* 7:00 p.m. on to ASUIndians.com and clicking time series, leading the Hilltoppers Apr. 26 New Orleans* 6:00 p.m. Apr. 27 New Orleans* 1:00 p.m. the link on the left sidebar. 27-26. The 2008 trip to Bowling May 02 Florida International* 7:00 p.m. May 03 Florida International* 6:00 p.m. Green will be the third time in the May 04 Florida International* 1:00 p.m. THE TEAMS: Arkansas State last four seasons that the Tribe has May 09 at Florida Atlantic* 5:00 p.m. May 10 at Florida Atlantic* 4:00 p.m. stopped a three-game slide faced Western Kentucky on the May 11 at Florida Atlantic* 1:00 p.m. May 13 at Murray State 2:00 p.m. Wednesday night when the Indians road. When the two teams met last May 15 Arkansas-Little Rock* 7:00 p.m. posted a 3-2 victory over Murray year at Nick Denes Field, ASU de- May 16 Arkansas-Little Rock* 7:00 p.m. May 17 Arkansas-Little Rock* 2:00 p.m. State in Jonesboro. Last weekend, feated the Hilltoppers 8-5 in game May 21-24 Sun Belt Conf. Tournament TBA 5/30-6/01 NCAA Regionals TBA the Indians lost all three games of a one of the series. Western Kentucky Jun. 06-08 NCAA Super Regionals TBA non-conference series at #29 South- came back in game two to grab a Jun. 13-22 NCAA World Series TBA ern Miss, falling 6-3 in the Friday 10-3 win and even the series at 1-1,

% Service Academy Classic XVIII - Millington, Tenn. game, 8-7 in the Saturday contest but the Tribe posted a 6-4 win in Sun- # - Lamar Cardinal Classic - Beaumont, Texas day’s finale to win the series. * - Sun Belt Conference Game Sun Belt Conference Tournament - at Lafayette, La. Probable Pitching Matchups Arkansas State has earned a 2-1 se- All Times Central Time Friday ries victory over the Hilltoppers each ASU - RHP Chase Ware (4-3, 3.99 ERA) of the last three seasons. WKU - LHP Bart Carter (3-3. 6.50 ERA) Saturday ON THE MOUND FOR THE TRIBE: ASU - RHP Jacob Maggard (3-3, 5.55 ERA) Junior Chase Ware will take the WKU - RHP Matt Ridings (6-2, 3.42 ERA) mound in Friday’s series opener. Sunday Ware stands at 4-3 on the season ASU - LHP Jett Jones (1-6, 5.75 ERA) WKU - RHP Colby Beach (1-1, 6.19 ERA) with an ERA of 3.99. He has given up 16-21, 5-10 20-16, 7-8 49 hits and 21 earned runs through

2008 INDIAN BASEBALL 1 ASUINDIANS.COM 47.1 innings of work, with 39 strike- leading the way at .449. Redshirt currently ranked outs. Junior Jacob Maggard will freshman Cade Baxter is hitting .357, 2-3 on Arkansas start for the Indians in Saturday’s junior Derrick Coleman is at .321, State’s RBI chart contest. Maggard is 3-3 on the sea- while junior Brandon Eller is hitting this season, with son with an ERA of 5.55, having sur- .319. Senior Ryan Hudgins and junior Eller driving in 24 rendered 29 earned runs through Guy Brown are close to the .300 and Coleman 47.0 innings of work. He has given mark as well, with both hitting .296 plating 23. Sev- up 60 hits while striking out 25 op- heading into the Western Kentucky enteen of Eller’s posing batters. Junior Jett Jones will series. RBI’s and 14 of get the call for the Indians in Sun- Coleman’s have day’s finale. Jones is 1-6 on the sea- HIPPS ON FIRE: Junior catcher come with two Eller son with an ERA of 5.75. Jones has Lawson Hipps has hit .449 over the outs on the given up 26 earned runs on 49 hits last 18 games, going 31-for-69 since board. through 40.2 innings of work, with 28 the March 21-23 series with strikeouts to his credit. Louisiana-Monroe. He had a ca- PLUNKED: Junior Guy Brown is on reer-high four hits and five RBI’s pace to break the single-season hit- AMONG THE BEST IN THE BELT: March 25 at Tennessee-Martin, in- by-pitch record of Arkansas State currently leads the cluding his first career home run, a 23 set by Derek Sun Belt Conference in team pitch- two-out, three-run Alferman in ing, sporting an ERA of 4.84 in all shot in the third 1994. Brown has games played...junior right-hander that helped ASU been hit by a Chase Ware’s ERA of 3.99 in all to a 12-6 victory pitch on 11 oc- games played ranks him seventh in over the Sky- casions during the Sun Belt...freshman Drew Benes hawks. Hipps the 2008 season, has moved into a tie for fifth place had a 13-game including three in the Sun Belt with 13 doubles on hit streak times March 12 the season...in conference games snapped April 9 against Harris- only, junior right-hander Chris Bulling- at Southeast Mis- Stowe. Brown ton is seventh in the league with an souri State, which ERA of 3.71...in conference games Hipps was the longest only, the Tribe is second in team hitting streak for HEAD TO HEAD pitching with an ERA of 5.68, just be- any Indian this season. Hipps has hind first-place Louisiana-Monroe’s also hit successfully in every game ERA of 5.18. since the SEMO contest.

IMPROVING AT THE PLATE: Al- SUDDEN IMPACT: Freshman though the Indians have dropped Drew Benes is at or near the top in ASU USM 13 of their last 18 games, the Tribe’s several offensive categories for the 16-21, 5-10 . . .Record . . . . .20-16, 7-8 team batting average has im- Indians. Benes leads the team in .266 ...... Batting Avg...... 320 proved significantly over the 18- RBI’s (35), doubles (13) and home 338 ...... Hits ...... 415 game stretch. Heading into the runs (6). Addi- 172 ...... RBI ...... 264 ULM series March 21-23, the Tribe tionally, his three 194 ...... Runs Scored ...... 284 was hitting just .239 as a team, with doubles in the 74 ...... Doubles ...... 73 only one starter hitting over .300. Tribe’s 8-3 win 6 ...... Triples ...... 18 Over the last 18 games, the Indians April 9 at South- 22 ...... Home Runs ...... 45 are hitting .292 as a team and have east Missouri 21-32 ...... Stolen Bases ...... 59-77 raised their season batting average State are the .329 ...... On-Base % ...... 407 to .266. Over the last 18 games, four most for any In- 91 ...... Walks ...... 161 players are hitting .300 or better, dian in a single 4.84 ...... ERA ...... 5.46 with junior catcher Lawson Hipps game this sea- 208 ...... Runs Allowed ...... 218 son. Benes’ 13 172 . . . .Earned Runs Allowed . . . .193 Benes doubles rank him 9 ...... Saves ...... 5 fifth in the SBC .270 . . . . .Average Against ...... 288 heading into the Western Kentucky 127 ...... Walks Issued ...... 166 series. 245 ...... Strikeouts ...... 292 .963 ...... Fielding % ...... 975 CLUTCH HITTING: Juniors Bran- 18 . . . . .Double Plays Turned ...... 34 don Eller and Derrick Coleman are 52 ...... Errors ...... 33

2008 INDIAN BASEBALL 2 ASUINDIANS.COM FOUR “K’s” IN ONE INNING FOR out Tiger center fielder K.K. appearances BULLINGTON: Junior reliever Chris Chalmers for the third out of the in- for the Indians in Bullington had to ning, but Chalmers reached on a 2007, and has a put in extra work dropped third strike and eventually team-high 19 to get out of the scored on a single from shortstop appearances in seventh inning Chad Zurcher to cut the Arkansas 2008. He during ASU’s 7-4 State lead to 6-3. Bullington then recorded his victory at Mem- struck out right fielder Trey Weidman second career phis March 26. for his fourth strikeout of the inning, save March 12 Bullington struck but again the third strike was a wild against Harris- out four Tigers in pitch, and got past ASU catcher Stowe State and Lambert the inning, but it Lawson Hipps. Zurcher came home his third March 15 wasn’t enough. and cut the Indian lead to 6-4 be- against Middle Tennessee. Lambert Bullington struck Bullington fore Bullington got left fielder Robby notched his fourth save March 26 at Graham to fly out in the next at-bat. Memphis and his fifth April 17 Athletic Media Relations against Murray State. Arkansas State University LAMBERT EARNS FIRST SAVE: PO Box 1000 After setting the record for appear- SAVES ADDING UP: After record- State University, AR 72467 ances and relief appearances in a ing just six saves as a team during Telephone - 870-972-2541 single season a year ago, junior the 2007 season, the Tribe already Fax - 870-972-3367 right-hander Nick Lambert earned has nine to its credit in 2008. Juniors Press Box - 870-972-3383 his first career save against Ole Miss Chris Bullington and Nick Lambert Website - ASUIndians.com March 5. Lambert pitched the final have earned all of ASU’s saves, with inning against the Rebels, did not Lambert notching five and Bulling- Baseball Contact - Van Provence, Asst. SID allow a baserunner, and struck out ton four. The ASU single-season 870-972-2707 / [email protected] Jerry Scott, Asst. A.D./ Sports Info. Dir. one batter. Lambert made 32 relief saves record is seven, set by Randy 870-972-3405 [email protected] Walker in 1981. Gina Bowman, Asst. SID 870-972-3547 / [email protected] OUTTA HERE: The Indians have Stephanie Fischer, Graduate Asst. hit 22 home runs thus far in 2008, and 870-972-2541 14 of the Tribe’s homers have come [email protected] from newcomers. Freshman Drew Benes leads the way with six home MEDIA INFORMATION runs, junior transfer Derrick Coleman Credentials Arkansas State has five and junior transfer Lawson Working press credentials can be re- On the Radio Hipps has one. Freshmen Todd quested by contacting Van Provence Baumgartner and Joey Hoffman at 870-972-2707, or by email at [email protected]. Full-season Indian Baseball can be heard on have one each, while juniors Ryan and single-game credentials will be 103.9 Earl FM, and online at Hudgins, Guy Brown and Brandon mailed whenever possible. If not, they www.ASUIndians.com. Eller are the only veterans to have will be left at the Tomlinson Matt Stolz will handle the notched home runs. Hudgins has Stadium/Kell Field Box Office. play-by-play, returning for his third put five out of the park while Eller Post-Game Interviews season as the has two and Brown has hit one out. The Arkansas State locker room is “Voice of the Indians.” Hipps and Hoffman hit back-to- closed to all members of the media. back home runs March 25 at Ten- Head coach Keith Kessinger and re- nessee-Martin, the only time this Arkansas State Quick Facts quested assistant coaches and players season that the Tribe has logged will be available for interviews following Location ...... Jonesboro, Arkansas consecutive home runs. a brief cooling-off period. At ASU’s Enrollment ...... 10,869 home games, all post-game coach Nickname ...... Indians and player interviews will be con- Colors ...... Scarlet & Black WARE WINS SBC PITCHER OF THE ducted in the press box. President ...... Dr. Les Wyatt WEEK AWARD: Arkansas State junior Chancellor ...... Dr. Robert Potts Chase Ware was named the Sun Baseball Releases Director of Athletics . . . . .Dr. Dean Lee All Indian baseball releases can be ob- Belt Conference Pitcher of the tained as a PDF document on the ath- Home Facility ...... Tomlinson Stadium Week March 10 for his performance letics website at ASUIndians.com. To Capacity ...... 1,200 in game one of the Indians’ three- be added to the email broadcast for Conference ...... Sun Belt game sweep of preseason Sun Belt baseball releases, contact Van Head Coach . .Keith Kessinger (6th Year) Conference favorite Louisiana- Provence in the Sports Information of- Record at ASU ...... 131-144 fice. Overall Record ...... 197-191 Lafayette March 8 & 9. The series

2008 INDIAN BASEBALL 3 ASUINDIANS.COM sweep was the RBI and two runs scored. For the 2008 Sun Belt Standings Indians’ first-ever week, Baumgartner went 9-for-20 As of April 17 against the with a home run, a double, four RBI West Division Conf. Overall Ragin’ Cajuns. and five runs scored. In addition, he W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Ware threw posted a 1.000 fielding percentage, ULM 14-4 .778 24-12 .667 a complete- starting all four games in left field Troy 10-5 .667 22-16 .579 FAU 10-6 .625 21-13 .618 game shutout and was 1-for-1 South Alabama 8-7 .533 21-16 .568 against the on stolen base Middle Tenn. 9-8 .529 20-14-1.586 Ragin’ Cajuns, attempts. New Orleans 7-7 .500 23-12 .657 giving up just “I am ex- WKU 7-8 .467 20-16 .556 Ware three hits as he tremely pleased ULL 8-10 .467 18-18 .500 led the Tribe to a that both Todd Arkansas State 5-10 .333 16-21 .432 3-0 victory in game one. Striking out and Chase FIU 5-10 .333 12-27 .308 six batters while walking two, Ware Ware won the UALR 4-12 .250 8-25 .242 improved to 2-0 in three appear- player and Preseason All-Sun Belt ances on the season. Ware held pitcher of the the Cajuns to a .100 batting aver- week awards,” First Team Baumgartner Danny Farquhar age while surrendering just two sin- said ASU Head (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., SP) gles and a double in the game. He Coach Keith Kessinger. “Todd is a Hunter Moody now has 30 strikeouts in five appear- very talented player who really had (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., SP) ances this season (34.1 innings) and a break-out week in helping us to Mike Obradovich (Florida Atlantic, Sr., RP) has compiled a 2.62 ERA. our 4-0 record on the road this past Chris LaGrow “I am extremely pleased that week.” (South Alabama, So., RP) both Chase and Todd Baumgartner David Doss won the player and pitcher of the BAUMGARTNER OUT OF ACTION: (South Alabama, Jr., C) week awards,” said ASU Head Arkansas State freshman Todd Rawley Bishop (Middle Tennessee, Jr., 1B) Coach Keith Kessinger. “Chase was Baumgartner will be out of action Johnny Giavotella at his best against the Ragin’ Cajuns for at least six weeks after breaking (New Orleans, Jr., 2B) in a dominating performance that his right index finger during practice Terrence Dayleg got our weekend off to a great March 13 at Tomlinson Stadium. (WKU, Jr., SS) start.” Baumgartner was hit in the fin- T.J. Baxter (New Orleans, Sr., 3B) ger with the ball during routine drills Mike McKenna BAUMGARTNER WINS SBC leading into the Indians’ home series (Florida Atlantic, Sr., OF) PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD: with Sun Belt rival Middle Tennessee Nolan Gisclair Arkansas State freshman Todd State. (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., OF) Baumgartner was named as the Sun At the time of the injury Baum- Clint Toomey (South Alabama, Sr., OF) Belt Conference Player of the Week gartner was the reigning Sun Belt Scott Hawkins March 10 for his performance in the Conference Player of the Week (Louisiana-Lafayette, Jr., DH) Indians’ four games in the week after leading the Tribe to a victory ending March 9. Baumgartner led over No. 2 Ole Miss and a series Preseason Player of the Year Arkansas State at the plate during sweep of preseason SBC favorite Johnny Giavotella (New Orleans, Jr., 2B) the week, batting .450 as the Tribe Louisiana-Lafayette. For the week, handed previously undefeated and Baumgartner went 9-for-20 at the Preseason Pitcher of the Year No. 2-ranked Ole Miss a 7-5 defeat plate with a home run, a double, Danny Farquhar in Oxford, Miss., to open the week’s four RBI and five runs scored. In ad- (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., SP) play, then traveled to Lafayette, La., dition, he posted a 1.000 fielding where they swept three games from percentage, starting all four games Preseason Coaches Poll the preseason Sun Belt Conference in left field and was 1-for-1 on stolen 1. Louisiana-Lafayette (11) 121 favorite Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ base attempts. 2. New Orleans 107 Cajuns. The series sweep was the In- “We are obviously extremely dis- 3. Troy 94 dians’ first-ever against the Cajuns. appointed to lose a talented player 4. Florida Atlantic 81 Against Ole Miss, Baumgartner like Todd but I am sure that he will 5. Middle Tennessee 74 doubled, drove in a run and scored do all that he can to be back in the 6. South Alabama 69 a run, and in game two of the ULL lineup as soon as possible,” said ASU 7. Western Kentucky 56 series, he went 3-for-5 with a home Head Coach Keith Kessinger. 8. Louisiana-Monroe 45 run, two runs scored and two RBI. In “Knowing Todd the way that I do, I 9. Florida International 36 game three against the Cajuns, know that he will be a tremendous 10. Arkansas State 28 Baumgartner went 3-for-6 with an teammate on the bench during the 11. Arkansas-Little Rock 15

2008 INDIAN BASEBALL 4 ASUINDIANS.COM time that he is injured.” Kessinger’s alma-mater. In 2005, the Through the first 15 games this Tribe defeated ULL 6-2 and Ole Miss WOLVES ON THE WAY: March season, the freshman from Ed- fell victim to ASU again in 2006 when 13, at 11 a.m. on the east side of the wardsville, Ill., was second on the the Indians won 14-9. With this Student Union, a roll-out ceremony team with 18 hits, and second on year’s win over Ole Miss, the Indians for Arkansas State University’s newly the team with four doubles. He led have now defeated the highest adopted mascot, the Red Wolves, the Indians with six multi-hit games, ranked team they have played with revealed the new face of ASU ath- had slugged a team-leading two Keith Kessinger as head coach. letics. triples, and his batting average of The decision to bid farewell to .290 ranked third on the ASU hitting MORE RENOVATIONS AT TOM- ASU’s Indians and Indian Family was charts. LINSON STADIUM: As part of an on- not an easy one, but it was a col- going effort to improve the laborative decision at every level. FAST START IN SBC PLAY: When game-day experience for Indian The decision-making process was Arkansas State defeated Louisiana- baseball fans, 206 field-level seats begun about a year ago in re- Lafayette three games to none on have been added at Tomlinson Sta- sponse to NCAA sanctions. the opening weekend of confer- dium and Kell Field. Included in the At the urging of administrators, ence play, the Indians opened expansion is the addition of 26 notably ASU Chancellor Dr. Robert L. league play with a three-game handicap-accessible seats, with Potts, a Mascot Selection Steering sweep for the first time since 2003 - ramps for wheelchair access. Committee was appointed and and their 8-4 overall record was their The addition of the field-level charged with gathering ideas for a best through 12 games since a 10-2 seats at Tomlinson Stadium will bring mascot change from an extremely start in 2005. fans over 20 feet closer to home broad-based constituency that in- plate than in the past. Front-row cluded current students, alumni, FIRST SWEEP OF CAJUNS: ASU’s seating at the venue is now just 37 representatives from student athlet- three-game sweep of ULL March 8 feet behind home plate. The chair- ics, athletic administration represen- & 9 was the first time that the Indians back seats are 21 inches wide with tation, and members of the have earned a series sweep against 41 inches between rows, providing community. Jim Pickens, emeritus the Cajuns. The last ASU three- ample legroom for fans. trustee, was appointed committee game series win against ULL came In addition to the new seating chair to oversee the process and during the 2001 season when ASU area, party boxes have been keep it representative of all con- dropped the first game of the series added to the stadium to accom- stituencies. before bouncing back to win the modate groups or corporate Pickens remarked, “It was a final two. The Tribe also won the se- events, and plans are in place for fu- pleasure playing a small role in the ries with ULL during the 2004 season, ture expansion that will include pri- future of our university, and all con- but ASU won the series 2-0 when vate suites. cerned played a significant part in game three was rained out. Fans throughout the stadium helping our institution move forward. also have an improved view of the On behalf of the Mascot Selection RARE SWEEP AT LAFAYETTE: With game with the addition of a new Committee, we wish to thank the their three-game sweep of ULL Dyneema backstop net. Dyneema administration, Board of Trustees, March 7-9, ASU became the first backstop netting is used in most and various constituencies for the Sun Belt Conference team to sweep Major League parks throughout the trust, confidence, and support we Louisiana-Lafayette in a three-game nation and gives the most unob- received as we went about this his- series on the Ragin’ Cajuns home structed view while providing maxi- toric process of selecting a new field since the 2000 season. mum protection. mascot and mark for our university. I The renovation marks the sec- commend the Mascot Selection KESSINGER VS. RANKED TEAMS: ond major seating area improve- Committee for their dedication, pro- Following the March 5 win over #2 ment at Tomlinson Stadium in as fessionalism, and hard work as we Ole Miss, the Indians have now many years. Last year, the Barton’s attempted to select a new mascot knocked off seven ranked teams in Baseball Deck was added. The that is in keeping with the highest five-plus seasons under Head deck, located down the right field standards of our great university. Coach Keith Kessinger. In 2003, line, features picnic tables and bar- Hopefully, the new mascot and im- Kessinger’s first season at ASU, the In- beque grills for use by fans before agery will serve to broaden and dians defeated #25 South Alabama and during ASU’s home games. unify our base as together we strive twice. In 2004, the Indians defeated Other recent improvements at for continued excellence in all as- #10 Ole Miss 10-7, and later in the the stadium include the addition of pects of our students' experience at season after the Rebels had risen to brick columns under the grandstand Arkansas State University. I’m thank- #6 in the polls, ASU handed Ole Miss and the replacement of the infield ful for the opportunity to participate a second loss, posting a 7-6 win over turf following last season. in what I hope is a great new begin-

2008 INDIAN BASEBALL 5 ASUINDIANS.COM ning for A-State." group based in eastern North Car- body, print material, commercials, As Chancellor Potts noted at the olina, wrote the following message newspaper ads, and merchandis- historic Friday, March 7 ASU Board of to Chancellor Potts. ing. The new imagery will be a vital Trustees meeting, “on Jan. 30, the Wheeler wrote, “The Red Wolf part of the new student group. We Mascot Selection Steering Commit- Coalition, Inc., and the many sup- will continue to provide prizes, pro- tee concluded its work by recom- porters of red wolf conservation are motions, and incentives to increase mending that ASU adopt Wolves or thrilled and send their “howling” student involvement in athletic-re- a variation thereof, such as Red congratulations to ASU on your lated activities.” Wolves, as the new mascot and choice of the red wolf as your mas- Doug Doggett, associate ath- nickname for our athletic team.” cot. I have passed along your mas- letic director for external operations After ascertaining that the nick- cot announcement to the U.S. Fish and Indian Club director, says that name “Red Wolves” was unique and Wildlife Service’s Red Wolf Re- the name change, even for his own among four-year universities, Potts covery Program and to the captive organization, “obviously represents brought it before the trustees, who management facilities across the a significant impact on the athletic ratified his selection. Potts remarked, United States with great enthusiasm. program and the university. We will “The Red Wolf is a noble species of We consider our red wolf supporters continue to give thorough consider- wolf that once inhabited Arkansas and captive management facilities ation to the switch from Indian and still exists in small numbers in to be one big family, and we wel- names and imagery to Red Wolves other states. They are vicious and come the students, staff, and alumni throughout the process.” very aggressive, and they run in of Arkansas State University to the ASU’s athletic teams will begin packs. I believe that Red Wolves is family.” competing as Red Wolves next fall the best choice…” Wheeler “can’t wait” to see the at the beginning of the academic ASU Board of Trustees chair Mike imagery, either, but she won’t have year. Gibson addressed the Mascot Se- to wait much longer. The team from lection Steering Committee’s work ASU's Publications and creative at the historic board meeting mark- Services department is ready to roll ing the ratification of the adoption out the imagery that they created of Red Wolves as the new mascot. in-house for the new visage of ASU. Gibson noted of the committee’s According to Ron Looney, di- recommendation to the chancellor, rector, Department of Publications “It was done with class; it was done and Creative Services, all four of the well, it was a tough job done well. department’s staff artists collabo- On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I rated in the creation of the Red want to thank Jim Pickens, who Wolves imagery. Initial sketches of agreed to serve as chairman of this the wolf mascot were created by committee and did a wonderful job, art director Mark Reeves and de- Dr. Robert L. Potts, chancellor of the signer Mary Williams. Graphic de- Jonesboro campus who worked so signer Heath Kelly developed a hard to bring us to this point and to unique lettering style, and staff artist those committee members who Michael Johnson assisted with con- were there and offered their ceptual suggestions and digital ma- input…they all loved ASU…every- nipulation of the art forms. The staff body wanted the best, and I feel then combined their efforts to cre- like…you have come up with the ate the versions necessary for pro- best selection that anybody could duction of various types of university find.” Shortly after these comments, media. The Publications and Cre- and as the meeting broke up, Gib- ative Services team look upon the son led the assembled company of project as entirely collaborative, ASU administrators and their legal and as a great experience for them counsel, board members, and all. members of the media, in a rousing ASU will promote that ASU-gen- wolf howl, in a satisfactory conclu- erated Red Wolves imagery, ac- sion of the laborious process. cording to Gleen Hart, assistant Gibson and the assembled athletic director for marketing and company weren’t the only ones promotions, in many ways. Hart says, howling with joy. Kim Wheeler, ex- “We will try to be as visible as possi- ecutive director of the Red Wolf ble with the new imagery being dis- Coalition, a nonprofit conservation played via billboards, the student

2008 INDIAN BASEBALL 6 ASUINDIANS.COM Head Coach Keith Kessinger

Now entering his sixth season as head coach of the baseball Indians, Keith Kessinger has compiled a 131-144 record during his five seasons at ASU, including back-to-back winning seasons in 2004 and 2005 - the first time the Tribe had posted back-to-back winning records since 1996-97. In his five seasons at ASU, Kessinger has not only brought na- tional recognition to ASU baseball, earning victories over nationally- ranked opponents, but has also overseen the transformation of Tomlinson Stadium and Kell Field into a source of pride for Arkansas State. While at Arkansas State, Kessinger has coached 10 All-Sun Belt Conference performers, four ABCA All-South Region players, and two All-Americans. Additionally, two players have been named as ESPN the Magazine Academic All-Americans. Kessinger’s teams have also set or tied 16 individual or team records during his five years at ASU. Despite an overall record of 23-32 in 2007, the Indians did have the most Sun Belt Conference wins in a single season under Kessinger, winning 13 league games during the season. The Indians won league series over Florida International and Louisiana-Monroe in Jonesboro, and picked up road series wins over Western Kentucky and Arkansas-Little Rock. The Indians also de- feated Big-10 member Northwestern at the Lamar Cardinal Classic in Beaumont, Texas. Three players, pitcher T.J. Brewer, designated hitter Josh Yates and shortstop Ryan Hudgins, were named All-Sun Belt at the conclusion of the season. Brewer, Hudgins and pitcher Nathan Gates all earned Sun Belt Confer- ence Player of the Week honors during the season, with Brewer winning the award twice. Brewer and fellow senior pitcher Tim Egart were both selected in the Major League Baseball draft. Although the Indians also dipped below .500 in 2006, finishing at 22-30, ASU did post victories over nation- ally-ranked Mississippi, Southeastern Conference member Kentucky, Big 10 member Michigan State, and Memphis during the non-conference season. Additionally, the Tribe qualified for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament as it won Sun Belt series against UALR and WKU, sweeping UALR in early April. The Tribe also posted a 16-10 record in 2006 at ASU's Tomlinson Stadium, designated hitter Josh Yates was named All-America as a junior, and following the season, two Indians were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. ASU's 33 victories in 2005 tied a record for the fourth most victories in a single season for the Indian baseball program. The Indian offense posted a record breaking performance in 2005 under Kessinger's guid- ance as it re-wrote the ASU record books in almost every offensive cat- egory. The Tribe posted single season records in batting average (.314), runs scored (429), hits (632), doubles (135), home runs (78), runs batted in (390) and total bases (1023). The Tribe posted a 19-9 record at home at Tomlinson Stadium in 2005, which marked the most home wins since 1997. The Indians also recorded a 12-12 record in Sun Belt Conference action including series wins over Arkansas-Little Rock, Western Kentucky, New Orleans and NCAA Tournament participant South Alabama. The Tribe’s .500 winning percentage in SBC play is the best winning percentage for ASU since the 1998 season. Under his tutelage the Indians also gained national and regional recognition on both the team and individual levels. The Indians re- ceived votes for the first time in program history in the National Colle- giate Baseball Writers Association Weekly Poll. The Tribe placed three players on the All-Sun Belt First Team in first baseman Geoff Desmond, second baseman Brett Kinning and shortstop Chris Rich. Desmond also picked up NCBWA All-America honors for his record-breaking season as he set four new single season offensive marks. The Indians also highlighted the Sun Belt weekly awards in 2005 as they collectively took home eight total awards. The eight total awards for the team are the most ever for a team in a single season in Sun Belt history and the most since South Alabama and Southwestern Louisiana picked up six awards each in 1999. Included in those eight awards were six Pitcher of the Week honors with lefthander Taylor Fowler taking home a single season record five weekly honors. Fowler also was named the NCBWA/Pro-Line Cap National Pitcher of the Week and the Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week during the 2005 season. The Tribe has also made great strides off of the field as well. The In-

2008 INDIAN BASEBALL 7 ASUINDIANS.COM dians picked up the Sun Belt Conference Academic Team award for the third straight season. The Tribe posted a 3.0 team G.P.A. in 2005 to take home the honor. In 2004, the Indians posted a 29-28 record marking the first winning season for ASU since 1998. The Indians picked up victories over nation- ally-ranked Ole Miss on two different occasions and posted a two- game sweep of Sun Belt foe Louisiana-Lafayette late in the season In his first season at the helm, Kessinger opened the season by leading his team to some upsets as they knocked off nationally-ranked South Alabama, beat the University of Memphis twice and defeated his alma mater Ole Miss twice. Since Kessinger's arrival on campus he has been instrumental in spear- heading improvements at Tomlinson Stadium. Improvements have been made each year since his arrival and more improvements and renovations are planned for the future. In the five years that Kessinger has been at Arkansas State, the school has seen the ASU Baseball Complex transformed. Over 200 seats have been added to Tomlinson Stadium in time for the 2008 season, all at field level. The new seating includes 26 handicap accessible seats and moves the fans in the front row more than 20 feet closer to home plate than in the past. The ASU Legacy Walk was created during the offseason to honor friends of ASU Baseball for their contributions to the program, and during the 2007 season, the Barton’s Baseball Deck was completed. The deck became increasingly popular throughout the season and includes barbeque grills and picnic tables. The ASU base- ball program has also resurfaced the infield, added a second indoor batting cage, constructed two outdoor all-weather batting cages, re- located the bullpens, improved both teams' dugouts, refurbished the team's locker room, added landscaping features throughout the facil- ity, added a batter's eye, replaced the speakers/sound system and constructed a new brick entrance into the ballpark during Kessinger’s tenure. The Indians have also seen a marked improvement in attendance at Tomlinson Stadium since Kessinger's ar- rival. The Tribe posted a single game attendance record of 742 for a game against Ole Miss in his first season. The Indi- ans also set an attendance record for a three-game series in 2006 as they drew 1,488 for a series against nationally-ranked Louisiana-Lafayette. Kessinger came to ASU after spending two seasons as head coach at Carson-Newman College, where he compiled a record of 66-47. In 2002, his team finished 39-19, reaching the NCAA South Regional. CNC won the South Atlantic Conference regular season title while Kessinger picked up coach of the year honors from the confer- ence. At Carson-Newman, he coached a school- Kessinger At A Glance record nine All-SAC players in 2002, two All-Americans and the Division II National Player of the Year. The team also set or tied 18 individual or team records in his two . . . seasons. 2007 Arkansas State 23-32 13-17 in SBC, tie 8th Kessinger has an overall coaching record of 197- 2006 Arkansas State 22-30 7-16 in SBC, 7th 191 through seven seasons at both Arkansas State and 2005 Arkansas state 33-23 12-12 in SBC, 6th Carson-Newman College Prior to taking over the program at Carson-New- 2004 Arkansas State 29-28 8-15 in SBC, 8th man, Kessinger was an assistant coach and recruiting co- 2003 Arkansas State 24-31 9-14 in SBC, tie 7th ordinator at the University of Mississippi for four seasons. 2002 Carson-Newman 39-19 NCAA South Region al While there, he coached three All-Southeastern Confer- 2001 Carson-Newman 27-28 — ence players, two All-Americans and two freshman All- Americans as well as 28 academic All-SEC players. He Career at ASU - 131-144 (.476 winning percentage) helped guide the Rebels to three 30-win seasons in a row from 1998-2000. Career Overall - 197-191 (.507 winning percentage) Kessinger was a basketball and baseball player for Ole Miss and finished his career in the top ten in the Education: Graduate of University of Mississippi, 1989, Rebels' record book for hits, runs and doubles in a sea- B.A. Managerial Finance. son. He was named All-Southeastern Conference sec- ond-team shortstop in 1989 and Academic All-SEC three times. Playing Experience: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 1989 1989 ... played seven years with the Orioles, Cincinnati and played seven years for that team, the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs organizations. In his first major Reds and Chicago Cubs organizations ... played at Ole league appearance in 1993, he singled in his first at bat. Miss as a shortstop ... All-Southeastern Conference sec- Kessinger graduated from Briarcrest High School ond team in 1989 ... Academic All-SEC three times. in Memphis, Tenn. in 1984 and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in managerial finance from Ole Miss in 1989. He is married to the former Laura Neyman and they have Coaching Experience: Head Coach at Arkansas State two children-Anna Kathryn (11) and Chase (9). He is the Univer si ty (2002-Present); Head Coach at Carson-New- son of baseball legend Donnie Kessinger who spent 16 man College (2001-2002); Assistant Coach at Uni versi ty seasons in the Major Leagues including time with the Chicago Cubs. of Mississippi (1997-2001).

2008 INDIAN BASEBALL 8 ASUINDIANS.COM 2008 Arkansas State University Baseball Roster

Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown (Previous School) 1 Jordan Kimball So. INF/P 6’0” 175 S/R New Madrid, Mo. (Central) 2 A.J. Prickel Sr. OF 6’0” 195 R/R Cincinnati, Ohio (Ala. Southern) 3 Guy Brown Jr. INF 6’0” 170 R/R Harrison, Ark. (Harrison) 4 Aaron Ferguson Sr. OF 5’10” 180 R/R Paragould, Ark. (Crowder CC) 5 Derrick Coleman Jr. OF 5’10” 195 S/R Jonesboro, Ark. (Connors St. CC) 6 Grey Avant Jr. C 6’2” 210 R/R Germantown, Tenn. (Houston) 7 Jett Jones Jr. OF/P 6’2” 185 L/L Stuttgart, Ark. (Stuttgart) 8 Todd Baumgartner Fr. OF/INF 6’1” 180 R/R Edwardsville, Ind. (Edwardsville) 9 Hunter Smith So. RHP 6’3” 190 R/R Jonesboro, Ark. (Jonesboro) 10 Nick Lambert Jr. RHP 6’0” 165 R/R Norphlet, Ark. (Norphlet) 11 Joey Hoffman Fr. OF 6’0” 180 R/R St. Louis, Mo. (Parkway Central) 13 Cade Baxter Fr.-RS C 6’0” 175 R/R Forney, Texas (Rockwall) 14 Joel Boeschen Sr. LHP 6’2” 190 L/L Okawville, Ill. (SW Illinois CC) 15 Drew Benes Fr. INF/P 6’3” 210 R/R St. Louis, Mo. (Westminster) 16 Lawson Hipps Jr. C 6’0” 200 L/R Russellville, Ark. (Ft. Scott CC) 17 Cory Lambert So. LHP 6’2” 175 L/L Bryant, Ark. (Bossier Parish CC) 18 Cody Pace So. OF 6’2” 205 R/R Jonesboro, Ark. (Jonesboro) 19 Murray Watts Fr.-TR 1B 6’7” 250 L/R Jonesboro, Ark. (Arkansas) 21 Zach Skaggs So. LHP 5’11’ 170 L/L Tuckerman, Ark. (Tuckerman) 22 Danny Riemenschneider Fr.-RS INF/P 5’9” 155 R/R Bryant, Ark. (Bryant) 23 Jacob Maggard Jr. RHP 6’0” 192 R/R Monticello, Ark. (Miss. Delta CC) 24 Pete Pasternak Sr. RHP 6’3” 205 R/R Desloge, Mo. (Forest Park CC) 25 Jordan Torr Jr. LHP 6’2” 200 L/L McKinney, Texas (Paris CC) 26 Chris Bullington Jr. RHP 6’2” 195 R/R Lavaca, Ark. (UA-Ft. Smith) 27 Brandon Eller Jr. INF/P 6’0” 175 R/R Sherwood, Ark. (Sylvan Hills) 28 Ryan Blackburn So. RHP 6’0” 170 R/R Jonesboro, Ark. (Nettleton) 29 Chase Ware Jr. RHP 6’4” 210 R/R Southaven, Miss. (NW Miss. CC) 30 Cody Powell Fr. RHP 6’1” 195 R/R Jonesboro, Ark. (Jonesboro) 31 Ryan Hudgins Sr. INF 6’1” 210 R/R Hayesville, Kan. (Butler Co. CC) 33 Sean Nichols Fr.-RS INF 6’0” 185 R/R Bastrop, La. (Ouachita Christian) 34 Andy Ferguson Fr. RHP 6’1” 190 R/R Benton, Ark. (Benton) 36 Tony Pavan Fr. RHP 6’0” 170 R/R Sherwood, Ark. (Sylvan Hills) 37 Taylor Stetzer Fr. INF 6’0” 180 R/R Rowlett, Texas (Rockwall)

20 Keith Kessinger – Head Coach 12 Chris Cook – Assistant Coach 35 Justin Meccage – Pitching Coach

32 Steven Tharp – Volunteer Assistant

2008 INDIAN BASEBALL 9 ASUINDIANS.COM stAte Overall Statistics for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 16-21 Home: 6-7 Away: 7-12 Neutral: 3-2 Sun Belt: 5-10

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

16 Hipps, Lawson.... .336 37-34 119 14 40 3 0 1 10 46 .387 6 4 6 4 .382 2 1 0-0 213 31 4 .984 13 Baxter, Cade...... 333 11-3 18 1 6 3 0 0 3 9 .500 0 0 8 0 .333 0 0 0-0 9 1 1 .909 5 Coleman, Derrick. .301 36-36 156 30 47 8 1 5 23 72 .462 11 1 13 3 .349 1 1 0-0 87 3 3 .968 8 Baumgartner, Todd .290 15-15 62 10 18 4 2 1 9 29 .468 2 0 8 0 .303 2 1 3-4 29 0 0 1.000 7 Jones, Jett...... 286 23-11 28 5 8 3 0 0 1 11 .393 2 0 10 0 .333 0 1 1-1 12 9 1 .955 27 Eller, Brandon... .284 37-37 148 22 42 10 0 2 24 58 .392 9 3 14 4 .335 1 0 0-1 69 77 6 .961 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... .278 37-37 144 24 40 7 0 5 22 62 .431 19 3 25 3 .367 3 0 4-6 50 99 10 .937 3 Brown, Guy...... 269 37-37 134 30 36 8 2 1 12 51 .381 11 11 13 4 .365 3 4 5-6 31 66 13 .882 15 Benes, Drew...... 263 37-36 137 22 36 13 1 6 35 69 .504 7 4 43 1 .313 2 0 0-1 291 32 3 .991 18 Pace, Cody...... 243 24-19 70 8 17 4 0 0 4 21 .300 2 1 20 0 .274 0 2 3-6 36 2 2 .950 19 Watts, Murray.... .232 33-23 95 8 22 7 0 0 16 29 .305 6 2 31 0 .291 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 1.000 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. .222 31-20 72 10 16 2 0 0 2 18 .250 3 4 20 1 .291 0 7 4-5 56 4 0 1.000 11 Hoffman, Joey.... .146 17-15 41 4 6 1 0 1 7 10 .244 11 0 17 2 .321 1 0 0-0 7 1 0 1.000 1 Kimball, Jordan.. .133 20-6 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .200 0 0 4 1 .133 0 0 0-0 8 12 3 .870 2 Prickel, A.J...... 000 17-6 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 8 1 .136 0 1 1-2 11 0 0 1.000 ------22 Riemenschneider,. .250 4-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .250 0 0 2 0 .250 0 1 0-0 0 2 0 1.000 6 Avant, Grey...... 125 6-3 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .125 0 1 1 0 .222 0 0 0-0 18 1 1 .950 33 Nichols, Sean.... .000 4-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .250 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 28 Blackburn, Ryan.. .000 7-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 4 5 1 .900 24 Pasternak, Pete.. .000 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 3 3 0 1.000 34 Ferguson, Andy... .000 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 1 2 .600 25 Torr, Jordan...... 000 9-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 23 Maggard, Jacob... .000 8-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 7 4 0 1.000 26 Bullington, Chris .000 17-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 5 5 0 1.000 10 Lambert, Nick.... .000 19-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 4 0 1.000 29 Ware, Chase...... 000 8-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 12 1 .933 14 Boeschen, Joel... .000 11-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 3 7 1 .909

Totals...... 266 37-37 1272 194 338 74 6 22 172 490 .385 91 36 244 24 .329 16 19 21-32 960 382 52 .963 Opponents...... 270 37-37 1256 208 339 64 9 29 183 508 .404 127 31 245 12 .349 10 18 21-37 975 402 60 .958

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

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

29 Ware, Chase...... 3.99 4-3 8 8 1 1/0 0 47.1 49 29 21 17 39 14 1 4 183 .268 5 2 1 1 5 26 Bullington, Chris 5.17 0-2 17 1 0 0/0 4 38.1 36 23 22 17 35 9 1 4 142 .254 5 2 1 1 4 23 Maggard, Jacob... 5.55 3-3 8 8 0 0/0 0 47.0 60 32 29 13 25 13 2 7 194 .309 1 4 1 2 1 7 Jones, Jett...... 5.75 1-6 15 6 0 0/0 0 40.2 49 32 26 14 28 7 2 2 165 .297 0 3 0 1 4 14 Boeschen, Joel... 6.75 2-3 11 8 0 0/0 0 37.1 48 34 28 17 24 10 2 3 157 .306 4 2 2 1 1 ------2 Prickel, A.J..... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 34 Ferguson, Andy... 0.98 2-0 7 3 0 0/0 0 18.1 10 5 2 8 15 3 0 0 63 .159 1 2 0 0 0 28 Blackburn, Ryan.. 1.80 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 20.0 17 8 4 4 10 1 0 1 75 .227 0 5 0 1 1 25 Torr, Jordan..... 2.77 1-0 9 0 0 0/0 0 13.0 11 4 4 5 6 1 0 0 47 .234 0 2 0 0 1 10 Lambert, Nick.... 3.60 0-2 19 0 0 0/0 5 20.0 15 8 8 9 27 0 0 0 74 .203 3 3 0 2 0 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 4.43 2-2 14 2 0 0/0 0 22.1 22 13 11 9 23 3 1 4 90 .244 4 3 0 0 0 24 Pasternak, Pete.. 5.40 1-0 7 1 0 0/0 0 10.0 11 9 6 7 8 2 0 1 40 .275 0 2 0 0 1 15 Benes, Drew...... 13.50 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.0 4 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 9 .444 1 0 0 0 0 22 Riemenschneider,. 27.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 7 8 8 5 3 0 0 3 14 .500 0 1 0 1 0

Totals...... 4.84 16-21 37 37 1 1/0 9 320.0 339 208 172 127 245 64 9 29 1256 .270 24 31 5 10 18 Opponents...... 4.32 21-16 37 37 3 2/2 11 325.0 338 194 156 91 244 74 6 22 1272 .266 26 36 4 16 19 stAte Overall Statistics for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI

4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 60 56 4 0 1.000 1 0 0 --- 0 0 8 Baumgartner, Todd 29 29 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 2 Prickel, A.J..... 11 11 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 23 Maggard, Jacob... 11 7 4 0 1.000 1 2 2 .500 0 0 26 Bullington, Chris 10 5 5 0 1.000 1 3 4 .429 0 0 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 8 7 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 24 Pasternak, Pete.. 6 3 3 0 1.000 0 2 2 .500 0 0 10 Lambert, Nick.... 5 1 4 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 19 Watts, Murray.... 5 5 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 --- 0 0 25 Torr, Jordan..... 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 22 Riemenschneider,. 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 15 Benes, Drew...... 326 291 32 3 .991 12 0 0 --- 0 0 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 248 213 31 4 .984 1 14 16 .467 8 1 5 Coleman, Derrick. 93 87 3 3 .968 2 0 0 --- 0 0 27 Eller, Brandon... 152 69 77 6 .961 12 0 0 --- 0 0 7 Jones, Jett...... 22 12 9 1 .955 0 4 3 .571 0 0 18 Pace, Cody...... 40 36 2 2 .950 0 0 0 --- 0 0 6 Avant, Grey...... 20 18 1 1 .950 0 6 0 1.000 0 0 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 159 50 99 10 .937 11 0 0 --- 0 0 29 Ware, Chase...... 15 2 12 1 .933 0 3 1 .750 0 0 14 Boeschen, Joel... 11 3 7 1 .909 0 0 0 --- 0 0 13 Baxter, Cade..... 11 9 1 1 .909 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 28 Blackburn, Ryan.. 10 4 5 1 .900 0 3 2 .600 0 0 3 Brown, Guy...... 110 31 66 13 .882 3 0 0 --- 0 0 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 23 8 12 3 .870 1 1 0 1.000 0 0 34 Ferguson, Andy... 5 2 1 2 .600 1 1 2 .333 0 0 33 Nichols, Sean.... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0

Totals...... 1394 960 382 52 .963 18 21 16 .568 8 2 Opponents...... 1437 975 402 60 .958 30 21 11 .656 5 1 stAte Conference statistics for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (Sun Belt games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 5-10 Home: 2-4 Away: 3-6 Sun Belt: 5-10

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

8 Baumgartner, Todd .438 3-3 16 4 7 0 0 1 3 10 .625 0 0 0 0 .438 0 0 0-0 6 0 0 1.000 13 Baxter, Cade...... 400 5-2 10 0 4 2 0 0 2 6 .600 0 0 4 0 .400 0 0 0-0 3 0 1 .750 16 Hipps, Lawson.... .396 15-14 53 6 21 3 0 0 1 24 .453 2 2 5 1 .439 0 1 0-0 83 17 3 .971 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... .362 15-15 58 14 21 5 0 4 12 38 .655 9 2 11 1 .457 1 0 0-2 28 40 5 .932 27 Eller, Brandon... .328 15-15 58 10 19 6 0 1 7 28 .483 4 1 2 2 .381 0 0 0-0 24 31 2 .965 5 Coleman, Derrick. .299 15-15 67 15 20 4 0 2 11 30 .448 5 1 5 1 .356 0 0 0-0 44 1 2 .957 19 Watts, Murray.... .270 13-7 37 1 10 3 0 0 8 13 .351 1 0 15 0 .289 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000 15 Benes, Drew...... 264 15-14 53 8 14 3 1 3 14 28 .528 4 2 20 0 .333 1 0 0-0 113 11 0 1.000 3 Brown, Guy...... 250 15-15 56 9 14 1 1 1 8 20 .357 2 4 8 2 .317 1 3 1-2 20 22 3 .933 18 Pace, Cody...... 179 11-9 39 3 7 1 0 0 2 8 .205 1 1 15 0 .220 0 1 1-3 18 1 1 .950 1 Kimball, Jordan.. .167 8-3 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 4 1 .167 0 0 0-0 4 9 1 .929 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. .158 15-11 38 6 6 0 0 0 1 6 .158 2 3 12 1 .256 0 5 2-2 28 1 0 1.000 11 Hoffman, Joey.... .150 9-8 20 1 3 0 0 0 4 3 .150 5 0 10 0 .308 1 0 0-0 2 1 0 1.000 ------6 Avant, Grey...... 500 2-1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 .667 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 7 Jones, Jett...... 286 10-1 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 3 .429 2 0 2 0 .444 0 0 0-0 0 2 1 .667 2 Prickel, A.J...... 000 5-2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 .000 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000 10 Lambert, Nick.... .000 7-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 29 Ware, Chase...... 000 5-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 5 1 .875 25 Torr, Jordan...... 000 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 24 Pasternak, Pete.. .000 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 33 Nichols, Sean.... .000 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 22 Riemenschneider,. .000 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 28 Blackburn, Ryan.. .000 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 23 Maggard, Jacob... .000 5-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 3 0 1.000 26 Bullington, Chris .000 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 2 0 1.000 14 Boeschen, Joel... .000 5-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 4 1 .833

Totals...... 283 15-15 533 83 151 30 2 12 76 221 .415 38 17 116 9 .348 4 10 4-9 390 152 21 .963 Opponents...... 294 15-15 520 98 153 31 4 19 88 249 .479 52 13 87 4 .369 6 9 3-11 402 164 22 .963

(Sun Belt games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

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

------7 Jones, Jett...... 0.00 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 7.2 4 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 27 .148 0 0 0 0 1 15 Benes, Drew...... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .500 0 0 0 0 0 2 Prickel, A.J..... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 25 Torr, Jordan..... 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .250 0 0 0 0 0 24 Pasternak, Pete.. 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 28 Blackburn, Ryan.. 1.29 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 7.0 7 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 28 .250 0 4 0 0 0 10 Lambert, Nick.... 3.24 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 1 8.1 6 3 3 0 12 0 0 0 30 .200 2 1 0 2 0 26 Bullington, Chris 3.71 0-1 6 0 0 0/0 2 17.0 14 8 7 7 15 1 1 3 59 .237 3 0 0 0 3 29 Ware, Chase...... 4.30 2-3 5 5 1 1/0 0 29.1 28 22 14 14 23 9 0 4 109 .257 1 1 1 1 4 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 5.40 1-1 3 0 0 0/0 0 3.1 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 12 .167 2 2 0 0 0 23 Maggard, Jacob... 7.98 2-3 5 5 0 0/0 0 29.1 45 26 26 7 14 11 1 6 126 .357 1 4 1 2 1 14 Boeschen, Joel... 8.61 0-2 5 5 0 0/0 0 23.0 37 25 22 13 10 7 2 3 106 .349 3 0 1 0 0 22 Riemenschneider,. 37.80 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.2 6 7 7 5 2 0 0 2 10 .600 0 1 0 1 0

Totals...... 5.68 5-10 15 15 1 1/0 3 130.0 153 98 82 52 87 31 4 19 520 .294 12 13 3 6 9 Opponents...... 4.57 10-5 15 15 1 0/0 5 134.0 151 83 68 38 116 30 2 12 533 .283 11 17 1 4 10 stAte Conference statistics for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (Sun Belt games only Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI

15 Benes, Drew...... 124 113 11 0 1.000 3 0 0 --- 0 0 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 29 28 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 8 Baumgartner, Todd 6 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 23 Maggard, Jacob... 5 2 3 0 1.000 0 1 2 .333 0 0 2 Prickel, A.J..... 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 19 Watts, Murray.... 4 4 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 --- 0 0 26 Bullington, Chris 4 2 2 0 1.000 1 1 3 .250 0 0 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 3 2 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 28 Blackburn, Ryan.. 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 .000 0 0 10 Lambert, Nick.... 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 6 Avant, Grey...... 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 103 83 17 3 .971 0 3 8 .273 2 1 27 Eller, Brandon... 57 24 31 2 .965 2 0 0 --- 0 0 5 Coleman, Derrick. 47 44 1 2 .957 0 0 0 --- 0 0 18 Pace, Cody...... 20 18 1 1 .950 0 0 0 --- 0 0 3 Brown, Guy...... 45 20 22 3 .933 1 0 0 --- 0 0 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 73 28 40 5 .932 4 0 0 --- 0 0 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 14 4 9 1 .929 1 0 0 --- 0 0 29 Ware, Chase...... 8 2 5 1 .875 0 1 1 .500 0 0 14 Boeschen, Joel... 6 1 4 1 .833 0 0 0 --- 0 0 13 Baxter, Cade..... 4 3 0 1 .750 0 0 0 --- 0 1 7 Jones, Jett...... 3 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 .000 0 0 33 Nichols, Sean.... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 24 Pasternak, Pete.. 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 25 Torr, Jordan..... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 22 Riemenschneider,. 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0

Totals...... 563 390 152 21 .963 5 3 8 .273 2 2 Opponents...... 588 402 164 22 .963 12 4 5 .444 1 0 stAte Batting Leaders for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (All games)

Hitting minimums - 1 Games 10 AB 1 TPA Pitching minimums - 1 Games 30 IP

Batting avg Slugging pct On base pct ------1. 16 Hipps, Lawson.... .336 1. 15 Benes, Drew...... 504 1. 16 Hipps, Lawson.... .382 2. 13 Baxter, Cade...... 333 2. 13 Baxter, Cade...... 500 2. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... .367 3. 5 Coleman, Derrick. .301 3. 8 Baumgartner, Todd .468 3. 3 Brown, Guy...... 365 4. 8 Baumgartner, Todd .290 4. 5 Coleman, Derrick. .462 4. 5 Coleman, Derrick. .349 5. 7 Jones, Jett...... 286 5. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... .431 5. 27 Eller, Brandon... .335

Runs scored Hits Runs batted in ------1. 3 Brown, Guy...... 30 1. 5 Coleman, Derrick. 47 1. 15 Benes, Drew...... 35 5 Coleman, Derrick. 30 2. 27 Eller, Brandon... 42 2. 27 Eller, Brandon... 24 3. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 24 3. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 40 3. 5 Coleman, Derrick. 23 4. 27 Eller, Brandon... 22 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 40 4. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 22 15 Benes, Drew...... 22 5. 2 tied at...... 36 5. 19 Watts, Murray.... 16

Doubles Triples Home runs ------1. 15 Benes, Drew...... 13 1. 3 Brown, Guy...... 2 1. 15 Benes, Drew...... 6 2. 27 Eller, Brandon... 10 8 Baumgartner, Todd 2 2. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 5 3. 3 Brown, Guy...... 8 3. 15 Benes, Drew...... 1 5 Coleman, Derrick. 5 5 Coleman, Derrick. 8 5 Coleman, Derrick. 1 4. 27 Eller, Brandon... 2 5. 2 tied at...... 7 5. 4 tied at...... 1

Total bases Walks Hit by pitch ------1. 5 Coleman, Derrick. 72 1. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 19 1. 3 Brown, Guy...... 11 2. 15 Benes, Drew...... 69 2. 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 11 2. 15 Benes, Drew...... 4 3. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 62 3 Brown, Guy...... 11 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 4 4. 27 Eller, Brandon... 58 5 Coleman, Derrick. 11 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 4 5. 3 Brown, Guy...... 51 5. 27 Eller, Brandon... 9 5. 2 tied at...... 3

Sac bunts Sac flies Stolen bases ------1. 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 7 1. 3 Brown, Guy...... 3 1. 3 Brown, Guy...... 5 2. 3 Brown, Guy...... 4 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 3 2. 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 4 3. 18 Pace, Cody...... 2 3. 8 Baumgartner, Todd 2 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 4 4. 6 tied at...... 1 15 Benes, Drew...... 2 4. 8 Baumgartner, Todd 3 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 2 18 Pace, Cody...... 3

Caught stealing Steal attempts Stolen base pct ------1. 18 Pace, Cody...... 3 1. 3 Brown, Guy...... 6 1. 7 Jones, Jett...... 1.000 2. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 2 18 Pace, Cody...... 6 2. 3 Brown, Guy...... 833 3. 6 tied at...... 1 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 6 3. 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. .800 4. 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 5 4. 8 Baumgartner, Todd .750 5. 8 Baumgartner, Todd 4 5. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... .667

Strikeouts Grounded into DP Total plate appearances ------1. 15 Benes, Drew...... 43 1. 27 Eller, Brandon... 4 1. 5 Coleman, Derrick. 170 2. 19 Watts, Murray.... 31 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 4 2. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 169 3. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 25 3 Brown, Guy...... 4 3. 3 Brown, Guy...... 163 4. 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 20 4. 5 Coleman, Derrick. 3 4. 27 Eller, Brandon... 161 18 Pace, Cody...... 20 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 3 5. 15 Benes, Drew...... 150

At bats Games played Game starts ------1. 5 Coleman, Derrick. 156 1. 27 Eller, Brandon... 37 1. 27 Eller, Brandon... 37 2. 27 Eller, Brandon... 148 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 37 3 Brown, Guy...... 37 3. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 144 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 37 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 37 4. 15 Benes, Drew...... 137 15 Benes, Drew...... 37 4. 5 Coleman, Derrick. 36 5. 3 Brown, Guy...... 134 3 Brown, Guy...... 37 15 Benes, Drew...... 36

Games as sub ------1. 10 Lambert, Nick.... 19 2. 26 Bullington, Chris 16 3. 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 14 4. 7 Jones, Jett...... 12 5. 2 tied at...... 11

stAte Pitching Leaders for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (All games)

Hitting minimums - 1 Games 10 AB 1 TPA Pitching minimums - 1 Games 30 IP

Earned run avg Opposing bat avg Won-loss pct ------1. 29 Ware, Chase...... 3.99 1. 26 Bullington, Chris .254 1. 29 Ware, Chase...... 571 2. 26 Bullington, Chris 5.17 2. 29 Ware, Chase...... 268 2. 23 Maggard, Jacob... .500 3. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 5.55 3. 7 Jones, Jett...... 297 3. 14 Boeschen, Joel... .400 4. 7 Jones, Jett...... 5.75 4. 14 Boeschen, Joel... .306 4. 7 Jones, Jett...... 143 5. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 6.75 5. 23 Maggard, Jacob... .309 5. 26 Bullington, Chris .000

Wins Losses Saves ------1. 29 Ware, Chase...... 4 1. 7 Jones, Jett...... 6 1. 10 Lambert, Nick.... 5 2. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 3 2. 29 Ware, Chase...... 3 2. 26 Bullington, Chris 4 3. 34 Ferguson, Andy... 2 23 Maggard, Jacob... 3 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 2 14 Boeschen, Joel... 3 14 Boeschen, Joel... 2 5. 3 tied at...... 2

Innings pitched Batters struck out Appearances ------1. 29 Ware, Chase...... 47.1 1. 29 Ware, Chase...... 39 1. 10 Lambert, Nick.... 19 2. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 47.0 2. 26 Bullington, Chris 35 2. 26 Bullington, Chris 17 3. 7 Jones, Jett...... 40.2 3. 7 Jones, Jett...... 28 3. 7 Jones, Jett...... 15 4. 26 Bullington, Chris 38.1 4. 10 Lambert, Nick.... 27 4. 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 14 5. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 37.1 5. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 25 5. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 11

Games started Games finished Games in relief ------1. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 8 1. 10 Lambert, Nick.... 18 1. 10 Lambert, Nick.... 19 14 Boeschen, Joel... 8 2. 26 Bullington, Chris 7 2. 26 Bullington, Chris 16 29 Ware, Chase...... 8 3. 7 Jones, Jett...... 2 3. 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 12 4. 7 Jones, Jett...... 6 25 Torr, Jordan..... 2 4. 25 Torr, Jordan..... 9 5. 34 Ferguson, Andy... 3 28 Blackburn, Ryan.. 2 7 Jones, Jett...... 9

Wild pitches Balks Hit batters ------1. 26 Bullington, Chris 5 1. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 2 1. 28 Blackburn, Ryan.. 5 29 Ware, Chase...... 5 2. 26 Bullington, Chris 1 2. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 4 3. 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 4 23 Maggard, Jacob... 1 3. 7 Jones, Jett...... 3 14 Boeschen, Joel... 4 29 Ware, Chase...... 1 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 3 5. 10 Lambert, Nick.... 3 10 Lambert, Nick.... 3

Intentional BB allowed Runners picked off Batters SO out looking ------1. 10 Lambert, Nick.... 1 1. 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 3 1. 26 Bullington, Chris 13 2. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 2 2. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 11 29 Ware, Chase...... 2 3. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 10 4. 26 Bullington, Chris 1 4. 7 Jones, Jett...... 8 29 Ware, Chase...... 8

Sac bunts allowed Sac flies allowed Hits allowed ------1. 29 Ware, Chase...... 5 1. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 2 1. 26 Bullington, Chris 36 2. 7 Jones, Jett...... 4 10 Lambert, Nick.... 2 2. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 48 26 Bullington, Chris 4 3. 6 tied at...... 1 3. 7 Jones, Jett...... 49 4. 5 tied at...... 1 29 Ware, Chase...... 49 5. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 60

Runs allowed Earned runs allowed Walks allowed ------1. 26 Bullington, Chris 23 1. 29 Ware, Chase...... 21 1. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 13 2. 29 Ware, Chase...... 29 2. 26 Bullington, Chris 22 2. 7 Jones, Jett...... 14 3. 7 Jones, Jett...... 32 3. 7 Jones, Jett...... 26 3. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 17 23 Maggard, Jacob... 32 4. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 28 26 Bullington, Chris 17 5. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 34 5. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 29 29 Ware, Chase...... 17

Doubles allowed Triples allowed Home runs allowed ------1. 7 Jones, Jett...... 7 1. 29 Ware, Chase...... 1 1. 7 Jones, Jett...... 2 2. 26 Bullington, Chris 9 26 Bullington, Chris 1 2. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 3 3. 14 Boeschen, Joel... 10 3. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 2 3. 26 Bullington, Chris 4 4. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 13 7 Jones, Jett...... 2 29 Ware, Chase...... 4 5. 29 Ware, Chase...... 14 14 Boeschen, Joel... 2 5. 23 Maggard, Jacob... 7

stAte Fielding Leaders for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (All games)

Hitting minimums - 1 Games Pitching minimums - 1 Games 30 IP

Fielding pct Chances Putouts ------1. 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 1.000 1. 15 Benes, Drew...... 326 1. 15 Benes, Drew...... 291 8 Baumgartner, Todd 1.000 2. 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 248 2. 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 213 2 Prickel, A.J..... 1.000 3. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 159 3. 5 Coleman, Derrick. 87 23 Maggard, Jacob... 1.000 4. 27 Eller, Brandon... 152 4. 27 Eller, Brandon... 69 26 Bullington, Chris 1.000 5. 3 Brown, Guy...... 110 5. 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 56

Assists Errors Fielding double plays ------1. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 99 1. 3 Brown, Guy...... 13 1. 15 Benes, Drew...... 12 2. 27 Eller, Brandon... 77 2. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 10 27 Eller, Brandon... 12 3. 3 Brown, Guy...... 66 3. 27 Eller, Brandon... 6 3. 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 11 4. 15 Benes, Drew...... 32 4. 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 4 4. 3 Brown, Guy...... 3 5. 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 31 5. 3 tied at...... 3 5. 5 Coleman, Derrick. 2

Stolen bases against Caught stealing by Steal attempts against ------1. 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 14 1. 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 16 1. 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 30 2. 6 Avant, Grey...... 6 2. 26 Bullington, Chris 4 2. 7 Jones, Jett...... 7 3. 7 Jones, Jett...... 4 3. 7 Jones, Jett...... 3 26 Bullington, Chris 7 4. 3 tied at...... 3 4. 4 tied at...... 2 4. 6 Avant, Grey...... 6 5. 28 Blackburn, Ryan.. 5

Passed balls Catchers interference ------1. 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 8 1. 13 Baxter, Cade..... 1 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 1

stAte Games Summary for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (All games)

Inning-by-inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total ------Arkansas State 43 16 13 17 25 24 16 32 8 0 194 Opponents 38 16 26 25 25 19 28 13 17 1 208

Win-Loss Record When ------Overall...... 16-21 After 6 leading..... 16-4 Conference...... 5-10 ...... trailing.... 0-14 Non-Conference...... 11-11 ...... tied...... 0-3 Home games...... 6-7 After 7 leading..... 15-3 Away games...... 7-12 ...... trailing.... 0-15 Neutral site...... 3-2 ...... tied...... 0-3 Day games...... 7-10 After 8 leading..... 15-2 Night games...... 9-11 ...... trailing.... 0-16 vs Left starter..... 5-9 ...... tied...... 0-3 vs Right starter.... 11-12 1-Run games...... 4-6 Hit 0 home runs..... 6-12 2-Run games...... 1-1 ... 1 home run...... 8-8 5+Run games...... 7-6 ... 2+ home runs.... 2-1 Extra innings...... 0-2 Shutouts...... 1-2 Opponent 0 home runs 11-8 ...... 1 home run. 4-5 Scoring 0-2 runs.... 1-5 ...... 2+ HRs..... 1-8 ...... 3-5 runs.... 3-11 ...... 6-9 runs.... 9-5 Made 0 errors...... 4-6 ...... 10+ runs.... 3-0 .... 1 error...... 7-3 .... 2+ errors...... 5-12 Opponent 0-2 runs... 7-1 ...... 3-5 runs... 7-3 Opp. made 0 errors.. 3-4 ...... 6-9 runs... 1-13 ...... 1 error... 5-9 ...... 10+ runs... 1-4 ...... 2+ errors. 8-8

Scored in 1st inning 9-9 Out-hit opponent.... 11-1 Opp. scored in 1st.. 5-11 Out-hit by opponent. 4-15 Scores first...... 12-9 Hits are tied...... 1-5 Opp. scores first... 4-12

Record when team scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 0-2 0-2 1-1 3-6 0-4 0-1 3-1 2-2 2-1 2-1 3-0

Record when opponent scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 1-0 3-0 3-1 2-2 2-1 3-0 1-4 0-3 0-4 0-2 1-4

Record when leading after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 6-6 11-3 12-5 13-5 15-5 16-4 15-3 15-2

Record when trailing after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 4-9 2-13 2-13 2-12 1-15 0-14 0-15 0-16

Record when tied after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 6-6 3-5 2-3 1-4 0-1 0-3 0-3 0-3

Current winning streak : 1 Longest winning streak : 4 Longest losing streak : 8

Home attendance : 5589 ( 13 dates avg = 429 ) Away attendance : 28064 ( 24 dates avg = 1169 ) Total attendance: 33653 ( 37 dates avg = 909 ) stAte Miscellaneous Stats for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (All games)

MULTIPLE HIT GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot MULTIPLE RBI GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot ------5 Coleman, Derrick. 11 2 - - 13 15 Benes, Drew...... 6 2 2 - 10 27 Eller, Brandon... 11 2 - - 13 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 6 - - - 6 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 8 4 - - 12 27 Eller, Brandon... 4 - 2 - 6 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 8 2 1 - 11 5 Coleman, Derrick. 2 2 1 - 5 3 Brown, Guy...... 8 1 - - 9 19 Watts, Murray.... 3 - 1 - 4 15 Benes, Drew...... 6 1 1 - 8 3 Brown, Guy...... 1 1 - - 2 8 Baumgartner, Todd 4 2 - - 6 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 2 - - - 2 19 Watts, Murray.... 3 2 - - 5 8 Baumgartner, Todd 2 - - - 2 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 3 1 - - 4 16 Hipps, Lawson.... - - - 1 1 18 Pace, Cody...... 2 1 - - 3 ------7 Jones, Jett...... 2 - - - 2 TEAM 26 5 6 1 38 13 Baxter, Cade..... 1 - - - 1 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 1 - - - 1 ------TEAM 68 18 2 0 88

HITTING STREAKS Longest Current ------16 Hipps, Lawson.... 13 4 5 Coleman, Derrick. 10 4 27 Eller, Brandon... 7 1 15 Benes, Drew...... 7 - 3 Brown, Guy...... 6 2 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 6 - 18 Pace, Cody...... 6 - 7 Jones, Jett...... 5 - 8 Baumgartner, Todd 5 2 19 Watts, Murray.... 4 - 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 4 1 13 Baxter, Cade..... 3 - 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 3 - 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 1 - 22 Riemenschneider,. 1 - 6 Avant, Grey...... 1 1 stAte Miscellaneous Stats for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (All games)

STARTING LINEUP BY POSITION STARTING LINEUP BY LINEUP SPOT (Team W-L record when starter) (Team W-L record when starter) ------PITCHER: LEADOFF: 23 Maggard, Jacob... 8 (3-5) 5 Coleman, Derrick. 28 (13-15) 29 Ware, Chase...... 8 (4-4) 3 Brown, Guy...... 3 (2-1) 14 Boeschen, Joel... 8 (3-5) 18 Pace, Cody...... 3 (1-2) 7 Jones, Jett...... 6 (1-5) 8 Baumgartner, Todd 2 (0-2) 34 Ferguson, Andy... 3 (3-0) 7 Jones, Jett...... 1 (0-1) 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 2 (1-1) 2ND SPOT: 26 Bullington, Chris 1 (0-1) 8 Baumgartner, Todd 11 (9-2) 24 Pasternak, Pete.. 1 (1-0) 27 Eller, Brandon... 8 (3-5) CATCHER: 3 Brown, Guy...... 5 (1-4) 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 34 (15-19) 5 Coleman, Derrick. 5 (2-3) 6 Avant, Grey...... 3 (1-2) 7 Jones, Jett...... 4 (1-3) FIRST BASE: 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 3 (0-3) 15 Benes, Drew...... 35 (15-20) 2 Prickel, A.J..... 1 (0-1) 27 Eller, Brandon... 2 (1-1) 3RD SPOT: SECOND BASE: 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 26 (11-15) 27 Eller, Brandon... 34 (15-19) 27 Eller, Brandon... 5 (3-2) 3 Brown, Guy...... 2 (1-1) 5 Coleman, Derrick. 3 (1-2) 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 1 (0-1) 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 2 (0-2) THIRD BASE: 8 Baumgartner, Todd 1 (1-0) 3 Brown, Guy...... 32 (14-18) CLEANUP: 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 3 (0-3) 27 Eller, Brandon... 16 (7-9) 22 Riemenschneider,. 1 (1-0) 15 Benes, Drew...... 11 (3-8) 15 Benes, Drew...... 1 (1-0) 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 8 (5-3) SHORTSTOP: 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 2 (1-1) 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 34 (16-18) 5TH SPOT: 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 3 (0-3) 3 Brown, Guy...... 20 (11-9) LEFT FIELD: 27 Eller, Brandon... 8 (3-5) 8 Baumgartner, Todd 15 (10-5) 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 4 (1-3) 18 Pace, Cody...... 10 (2-8) 15 Benes, Drew...... 3 (1-2) 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 6 (3-3) 19 Watts, Murray.... 2 (0-2) 3 Brown, Guy...... 3 (1-2) 6TH SPOT: 5 Coleman, Derrick. 2 (0-2) 19 Watts, Murray.... 13 (9-4) 2 Prickel, A.J..... 1 (0-1) 3 Brown, Guy...... 9 (2-7) CENTER FIELD: 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 6 (3-3) 5 Coleman, Derrick. 34 (16-18) 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 5 (1-4) 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 3 (0-3) 8 Baumgartner, Todd 1 (0-1) RIGHT FIELD: 15 Benes, Drew...... 1 (0-1) 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 17 (9-8) 7 Jones, Jett...... 1 (1-0) 18 Pace, Cody...... 9 (4-5) 13 Baxter, Cade..... 1 (0-1) 2 Prickel, A.J..... 5 (1-4) 7TH SPOT: 7 Jones, Jett...... 4 (2-2) 15 Benes, Drew...... 21 (12-9) 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 2 (0-2) 19 Watts, Murray.... 5 (2-3) DESIGNATED HITTER: 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 4 (1-3) 19 Watts, Murray.... 23 (12-11) 18 Pace, Cody...... 3 (1-2) 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 7 (3-4) 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 2 (0-2) 13 Baxter, Cade..... 3 (1-2) 2 Prickel, A.J..... 1 (0-1) 7 Jones, Jett...... 2 (0-2) 13 Baxter, Cade..... 1 (0-1) 27 Eller, Brandon... 1 (0-1) 8TH SPOT: 33 Nichols, Sean.... 1 (0-1) 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 17 (11-6) 18 Pace, Cody...... 5 (0-5) 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 5 (2-3) 19 Watts, Murray.... 3 (1-2) 6 Avant, Grey...... 2 (1-1) 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 2 (0-2) 2 Prickel, A.J..... 1 (0-1) 33 Nichols, Sean.... 1 (0-1) 13 Baxter, Cade..... 1 (1-0) 9TH SPOT: 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 20 (9-11) 18 Pace, Cody...... 8 (4-4) 2 Prickel, A.J..... 3 (1-2) 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 2 (0-2) 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 2 (1-1) 22 Riemenschneider,. 1 (1-0) 6 Avant, Grey...... 1 (0-1) stAte Miscellaneous Stats for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (All games)

STARTERS SUMMARY ------|------Position------| |------Batting Order------| Player GS p c 1b 2b 3b ss lf cf rf of dh 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

31 Hudgins, Ryan.... 37 . . . . 3 34 ...... 3 26 8 . . . . . 27 Eller, Brandon... 37 . . 2 34 ...... 1 . 8 5 16 8 . . . . 3 Brown, Guy...... 37 . . . 2 32 . 3 . . . . 3 5 . . 20 9 . . . 15 Benes, Drew...... 36 . . 35 . 1 ...... 11 3 1 21 . . 5 Coleman, Derrick. 36 ...... 2 34 . . . 28 5 3 ...... 16 Hipps, Lawson.... 34 . 34 ...... 2 2 4 5 4 17 . 19 Watts, Murray.... 23 ...... 23 . . . . 2 13 5 3 . 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. 20 ...... 3 17 ...... 20 18 Pace, Cody...... 19 ...... 10 . 9 . . 3 . . . . . 3 5 8 8 Baumgartner, Todd 15 ...... 15 . . . . 2 11 1 . . 1 . . . 11 Hoffman, Joey.... 15 ...... 6 . 2 . 7 . . . . . 6 2 5 2 7 Jones, Jett...... 11 6 ...... 4 . 2 1 4 . . . 1 . . . 14 Boeschen, Joel... 8 8 ...... 23 Maggard, Jacob... 8 8 ...... 29 Ware, Chase...... 8 8 ...... 2 Prickel, A.J..... 6 ...... 1 . 5 . . . 1 . . . . 1 1 3 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 6 2 . . 1 . 3 ...... 2 2 13 Baxter, Cade..... 3 ...... 3 . . . . . 1 1 1 . 34 Ferguson, Andy... 3 3 ...... 6 Avant, Grey...... 3 . 3 ...... 2 1 22 Riemenschneider,. 1 . . . . 1 ...... 1 33 Nichols, Sean.... 1 ...... 1 ...... 1 . 24 Pasternak, Pete.. 1 1 ...... 26 Bullington, Chris 1 1 ...... stAte Statistics Summary for Arkansas State (as of Apr 16, 2008) (All games)

Record: 16-21 Home: 6-7 Away: 7-12 Neutral: 3-2 Sun Belt: 5-10

Date Opposing team Score Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB-ATT ------2/23 vs Ohio State 3-7 L 16 Hipps, Lawson.... .336 37-34 119 14 40 3 0 1 10 6 4 6 0-0 2/23 vs Seton Hall W 6-3 13 Baxter, Cade...... 333 11-3 18 1 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 8 0-0 2/24 vs Navy W 8-1 5 Coleman, Derrick. .301 36-36 156 30 47 8 1 5 23 11 1 13 0-0 2/25 Williams Baptist W 6-1 8 Baumgartner, Todd .290 15-15 62 10 18 4 2 1 9 2 0 8 3-4 2/28 vs Kansas State W 2-1 7 Jones, Jett...... 286 23-11 28 5 8 3 0 0 1 2 0 10 1-1 2/29 at Lamar 3-10 L 27 Eller, Brandon... .284 37-37 148 22 42 10 0 2 24 9 3 14 0-1 3/1 vs Michigan State 5-6 L 31 Hudgins, Ryan.... .278 37-37 144 24 40 7 0 5 22 19 3 25 4-6 ~3/2 at Lamar 0-4 L 3 Brown, Guy...... 269 37-37 134 30 36 8 2 1 12 11 11 13 5-6 3/5 at #2 Ole Miss W 7-5 15 Benes, Drew...... 263 37-36 137 22 36 13 1 6 35 7 4 43 0-1 *3/8 at Louisiana-Lafayette W 3-0 18 Pace, Cody...... 243 24-19 70 8 17 4 0 0 4 2 1 20 3-6 *3/8 at Louisiana-Lafayette W 9-5 19 Watts, Murray.... .232 33-23 95 8 22 7 0 0 16 6 2 31 0-0 *3/9 at Louisiana-Lafayette W 9-2 4 Ferguson, Aaron.. .222 31-20 72 10 16 2 0 0 2 3 4 20 4-5 3/11 Memphis 0-3 L 11 Hoffman, Joey.... .146 17-15 41 4 6 1 0 1 7 11 0 17 0-0 3/12 Harris-Stowe State W 3-2 1 Kimball, Jordan.. .133 20-6 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0-0 3/12 Harris-Stowe State W 10-4 2 Prickel, A.J...... 000 17-6 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 1-2 *3/14 Middle Tennessee W 6-5 ------*3/15 Middle Tennessee 1-2 L 22 Riemenschneider,. .250 4-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0-0 *3/16 Middle Tennessee 6-7 L 6 Avant, Grey...... 125 6-3 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0-0 3/19 at Missouri State 4-9 L 33 Nichols, Sean.... .000 4-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0-0 *3/21 Louisiana-Monroe 1-3 L 24 Pasternak, Pete.. .000 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 *3/22 Louisiana-Monroe W 15-10 28 Blackburn, Ryan.. .000 7-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 *3/23 Louisiana-Monroe 3-6 L 25 Torr, Jordan...... 000 9-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3/25 at UT Martin W 12-6 29 Ware, Chase...... 000 8-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3/26 at Memphis W 7-4 14 Boeschen, Joel... .000 11-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 *3/28 at South Alabama 9-17 L 23 Maggard, Jacob... .000 8-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 *3/29 at South Alabama 4-10 L 10 Lambert, Nick.... .000 19-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 *3/30 at South Alabama 7-8 L 26 Bullington, Chris .000 17-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4/1 UT-Martin 8-9 L 34 Ferguson, Andy... .000 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4/2 Southern Illinois 3-10 L *4/4 at Troy Trojans 4-8 L Totals...... 266 37-37 1272 194 338 74 6 22 172 91 36 244 21-32 *4/5 at Troy Trojans 4-7 L Opponents...... 270 37-37 1256 208 339 64 9 29 183 127 31 245 21-37 *4/6 at Troy Trojans 2-8 L Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 4/9 at Southeast Missouri W 8-3 ------4/11 at #29 Southern Miss 3-6 L 29 Ware, Chase...... 3.99 4-3 8 8 1 1/0 0 47.1 49 29 21 17 39 4/12 at #29 Southern Miss 7-8 L 26 Bullington, Chris 5.17 0-2 17 1 0 0/0 4 38.1 36 23 22 17 35 4/13 at #29 Southern Miss 3-6 L 23 Maggard, Jacob... 5.55 3-3 8 8 0 0/0 0 47.0 60 32 29 13 25 4/16 Murray State W 3-2 7 Jones, Jett...... 5.75 1-6 15 6 0 0/0 0 40.2 49 32 26 14 28 14 Boeschen, Joel... 6.75 2-3 11 8 0 0/0 0 37.1 48 34 28 17 24 * = Conference game ------2 Prickel, A.J..... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 34 Ferguson, Andy... 0.98 2-0 7 3 0 0/0 0 18.1 10 5 2 8 15 28 Blackburn, Ryan.. 1.80 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 20.0 17 8 4 4 10 25 Torr, Jordan..... 2.77 1-0 9 0 0 0/0 0 13.0 11 4 4 5 6 10 Lambert, Nick.... 3.60 0-2 19 0 0 0/0 5 20.0 15 8 8 9 27 1 Kimball, Jordan.. 4.43 2-2 14 2 0 0/0 0 22.1 22 13 11 9 23 24 Pasternak, Pete.. 5.40 1-0 7 1 0 0/0 0 10.0 11 9 6 7 8 15 Benes, Drew...... 13.50 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.0 4 3 3 2 1 22 Riemenschneider,. 27.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 7 8 8 5 3

Totals...... 4.84 16-21 37 37 1 1/0 9 320.0 339 208 172 127 245 Opponents...... 4.32 21-16 37 37 3 2/2 11 325.0 338 194 156 91 244

Score by innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total ------Arkansas State 43 16 13 17 25 24 16 32 8 0 194 Opponents 38 16 26 25 25 19 28 13 17 1 208

Win-loss breakouts: Day 7-10; Night 9-11; vs Left 5-9; vs Right 11-12; 1-Run games 4-6; 2-Run games 1-1; 5+Run games 7-6; Extra inns 0-2; Shutouts 1-2. Current streak: Won 1; Longest winning streak: 4; Longest losing streak: 8. Attendance: Home 5589 (avg 429); Away 28064 (avg 1169); Total 33653 (avg 909).