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With his 19th season in the outfi elder Mike Arbinger was the fi rst player to bat Ohio dugout complete, Bobcat over .400 since 1985 and he recorded the highest off ensive Head Coach Joe effi ciency average in the 16-year history of the Bob Wren Carbone continues to build on Effi ciency Award. his status as the institution’s winningest coach. In addition, Carbone has been named MAC Coach of the Year twice (1991, 1997), also earning Mideast Region Coach Carbone has compiled a of the Year in 1997. 556-466-2 overall record in 19 seasons as head coach of his Over the course of his coaching career, 37 players have alma mater, more than any signed contracts. Seven of Carbone’s coach in any sport at Ohio, players have achieved All-American status - Josh Sorge and he has joined a list of only in 1996, Tom Miller in 1997, Ryan Kyes in 2001, Arbinger three other coaches in Mid- in 2002, Adam Fox in 2003, Anthony Gressick in 2004 and American Conference history 2006, and Ben Crabtree in 2005. Carbone has coached 36 to reach the 500-win plateau. Carbone’s 556 total wins at fi rst-team All-MAC and 28 All-Mideast Region performers the end of the 2007 campaign placed him second all-time during his 19 years at Ohio. in MAC history behind only Fred Decker (791). His 296 conference wins are third all-time behind former Eastern Carbone’s players are talented in the classroom as well. Michigan coach Roger Coryell’s 300 victories and Decker’s Fourteen of his athletes have earned Academic All-MAC 401 victories. honors while six others have garnered Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-American accolades (Mark Bradley, Ben The 2004, 2005 and 2007 seasons each featured milestone Crabtree, Rick Czajkowski, Jason Graham, Kyes, and victories for the Bobcat skipper. Carbone passed Stan Sand- Miller). During his tenure the program boasts a graduation ers for second place on the MAC all-time wins list with rate that ranks Ohio in the 99th percentile of all Division I his 535th career victory, a defeat of Ott erbein on March 3, baseball. 2007. Carbone gained his 500th career coaching victory on April 15, 2005 with a 12-3 decision over Marshall and a 9-4 Carbone’s success as a coach helped to earn him perhaps victory over Cleveland State on March 29, 2004 saw him his most prestigious honor in the spring of 1999. USA overtake Bob Wren to become the all-time leader in wins Baseball named him as an assistant coach for its 1999 at the school. In the process of amassing this mark, Car- Professional Team that competed in the Pan-Am Games in bone has returned the Bobcats to perennial championship Winnipeg, Canada. He joined current Kansas City Royals contenders. manager and former and Colorado Rockies manager Buddy Bell’s staff that also included Dick Cooke CARBONE’S HISTORY (Davidson College), Marcel Lachemann (pitching coach for the Rockies as well as former manager of the Anaheim An- COACHING EXPERIENCE: gels), Jackie Moore (former Oakland Athletic) and Reggie 1989-Present - Head Coach, Ohio Smith (All-Star Los Angeles Dodger outfi elder). 1977-88 - Assistant Coach, Ohio State 1972-77 - Assistant Coach, Toledo The team’s silver-medal-winning performance earned it a spot in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where it went on to 1970-72 - Assistant Coach, Marshall win the gold medal.

EDUCATION: B.S. in education, Ohio, 1970 M.S. in physical education, Marshall, 1972

During his tenure, the Bobcats have won two Mid-Ameri- can Conference titles, the most recent coming in 1997. That 1997 season also produced the most wins ever by an Ohio baseball team in one season with 43.

During the Carbone era, Bobcat teams have almost com- pletely rewritt en Ohio’s record books. Working directly with the hitt ers and defense, he has been instrumental in the breaking of 49 individual regular-season and career records as well as 49 single-season team marks. In 2001, 12 individual and 19 team records were set when the Bob- cats led the NCAA in home runs as a team (122). In 2002, 14 HEAD COACH JOE CARBONE

Carbone hosts annual summer camps at Ohio where he CARBONE’S TAKE ON... instructs youngsters on his philosophy of baseball fundamen- PITCHING: “We have had a history of good, sound, tals. Carbone’s success is not limited to his coaching career. solid pitching. You do not win championships without He was a talented player for the Bobcats as well. In three it. We have recruited some outstanding arms to go seasons as a starter (1968-70), he proved himself versatile, along with some great coaching over the years. That seeing time at second base, shortstop, third base and in the combination is what makes a succesful pitching staff .” outfi eld.

OFFENSE: “We like to hit. We have a good record In those three seasons, Ohio compiled an overall record of of being an off ensive club and we work hard on establishing good mechanics with all of our hitt ers. 74-24, going 36-4 in MAC play with three conference titles. Carbone was captain for the 1970 team that participated in DEFENSE: “We like to play defense with intensity. As the College World Series. a team, we like to go aft er the ball hard and try to make every play.” In 1969, as a center fi elder, Carbone led the team with a .367 average and was a second-team All-MAC selection. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT: “I know every one of our Following a move to second base in 1970, Carbone teamed guys wants to be a major leaguer. That is a great goal for them. We try to help them realize that dream by with future Hall of Famer Mike intense practices, a good weight training program and Schmidt to form the greatest double-play tandem in Bobcat by playing a demanding schedule.” history.

Among his many career accomplishments, Carbone was His playing days did not end aft er the completion of his named chairman of the NCAA Mid-East Region All-Amer- Bobcat career. Aft er signing with Kansas City following the ican Committ ee in August 2004. As the representative for 1970 season, Carbone played for Kingsport and Waterloo the region, he is part of selecting the nation’s All-American in the Royals’ organization. He then traveled to Italy, acting team. as a player/coach for Edipen.

Ohio was not Carbone’s fi rst coaching stop. He spent 17 Carbone is a member of the Tioga County Athletic Hall of years as an assistant coach at Marshall, Toledo and Ohio Fame. He played soccer, and baseball for Elk- State. During his stint with the Buckeyes from 1977-88, land High School of Elkland, Pa., which is a member of the Carbone was very active in collegiate summer leagues. Tioga County League. He was a coach and general manager of the Columbus All-Americans, also helping to develop the Great Lakes As one of six charter members, Carbone was inducted into Collegiate League in Michigan and Ohio. In 1982, he the Great Lakes League Hall of Fame in a special ceremony guided Winchester to the Shenandoah Valley Collegiate during the GLL All-Star Game on July 18, 2004. The Great League Championship. For Carbone’s accomplishments Lakes League Coach of the Year Award is also named in and continued commitment to development of the GLCL, his honor. the league named the Manager-of-the-Year award aft er him in his honor. In 2007, Carbone was named to the George Whitfi eld Baseball Clinic Hall of Fame for his role as a speaker at the From 1992-97, Carbone served as a taskforce member for annual event. USA Baseball’s fall trials in Homestead, Fla., and Tucson, Ariz. The trials are held for players under consideration for He earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Ohio and the Olympic Baseball Team. a master’s degree in physical education from Marshall. Carbone is married to the former Pat Facer of Toledo. Pat He was also a member of the task force that aided in the is an art teacher at Coolville Elementary. They have two selection of the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Teams. His coach- daughters, 2005 Ohio graduate Cristin (25) and 2006 Ohio ing experience with the 1999 Professional Team served as graduate Sarah (23). the continuation of an enduring relationship with USA Baseball.

In 1992, he took part in a United States/Italy coaches’ exchange sponsored by the United States Baseball Feder- ation’s Ambassadors Committ ee. Carbone and nine other coaches from American colleges and universities conduct- ed baseball clinics throughout Italy.

Carbone has been a frequent speaker at coaches’ clinics across the United States and Canada. He has produced baseball vid- eos and publications, and has also addressed the American College Baseball Coaches Convention four times. 15 HEAD COACH JOE CARBONE

CARBONE’S CAREER COACHING RECORD OVERALL MAC YEAR W L T PCT W L T PCT 1989 25 19 0 .568 17 10 0 .630 1990 29 27 0 .518 12 16 0 .489 1991 33 27 0 .550 20 11 0 .645 1992 33 22 0 .600 20 12 0 .625 1993 21 26 0 .447 13 15 0 .464 1994 34 19 0 .642 18 10 0 .643 1995 31 25 0 .554 15 17 0 .469 1996 34 23 0 .596 21 11 0 .656 1997 43 18 0 .705 22 9 0 .710 1998 31 24 0 .564 13 17 0 .433 1999 26 28 0 .481 17 13 0 .567 2000 31 25 1 .553 20 12 0 .625 2001 29 25 0 .537 16 11 0 .593 2002 26 25 0 .510 14 13 0 .519 2003 35 23 0 .603 15 11 0 .577 2004 25 29 0 .463 12 12 0 .500 2005 25 25 1 .500 9 10 1 .475 2006 22 25 0 .468 14 13 0 .519 2007 23 31 0 .388 8 19 0 .296 TOTALS 556 466 2 .544 296 242 1 .550

CARBONE IN MAC HISTORY CONFERENCE WINS TOTAL WINS CARBONE’S CAREER RECORD 1. Fred Decker ...... 401 1. Fred Decker ...... 791 VS. 2008 OPPONENTS 2. Roger Coryell ...... 300 2. Joe Carbone* ...... 556 3. Joe Carbone* ...... 296 3. Stan Sanders ...... 534 TEAM W L T Charleston Southern 0 1 0 4. Dean Kreiner ...... 280 4. Dean Kreiner ...... 516 Memphis 0 0 0 Ohio Wesleyan 13 3 0 Rio Grande 7 0 1 UNC Greensboro 2 12 0 West Virginia State 13 1 0 Purdue 0 0 0 Central Michigan 12 25 0 Cincinnati 7 9 0 Western Michigan 26 17 0 Duquesne 4 3 0 Cleveland State 13 4 0 Toledo 28 25 0 Xavier 12 4 0 West Virginia 5 7 0 Eastern Michigan 24 29 0 Pittsburgh 4 4 0 Youngstown State 17 6 0 Akron 38 27 0 Marshall 36 11 0 Kent State 26 31 0 Bowling Green 31 24 0 Otterbein 5 1 0 Dayton 11 7 0 Miami 40 37 0 Buffalo 12 9 1 TOTAL 386 297 2 16 ASSISTANT COACHES Assistant/Hitt ing Coach Scott Malinowski Ohio ‘00 Scott Malinowski is entering his sec- He also proved a gem in the fi eld, committ ing only four er- ond season as an assistant coach for rors at second base and earning the team’s most outstand- the Bobcats, though he originally ing defensive player award. For his career, Malinowski joined the Ohio Baseball coaching ranks in the top ten in several school records, including staff in 2004 as the graduate assis- fi ft h in games played (206), fourth in hits (218), second in tant coach. doubles (53) and eighth in total bases (299).

Malinowski’s fi rst season as the Aft er his Bobcat career, he signed with the team’s hitt ing coach was a success as the Bobcats fi nished and played two years for the Port St. Lucie (Fla.) Mets and the regular season second in the conference with a .298 the Capital City (S.C.) Bombers. Malinowski then began team batt ing average. Three Ohio players fi nished in the his coaching career with the Durham Braves of the Coastal top fi ve in the MAC in hitt ing, led by MAC Freshman of Plains League. He also was an instructor for C.F. Swing- the Year Marc Krauss. Krauss also earned All-MAC First town Baseball Academy for two years in his hometown of Team honors, the fi rst Ohio freshman ever to do so. Under Joliet, Ill. Malinowski’s watch, the team averaged 6.8 runs per game in 2007. Malinowski graduated from Ohio in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in sport industry and is currently working on his A four year starter for the Bobcats from 1995-98, Malinows- master’s degree in education. Scott is married to the former ki helped lead Ohio to a Mid-American Conference cham- Jen Meir, who was a swimmer at Ohio. Scott and Jenn have pionship in 1997 as a junior. He hit .318 that season with a two year old daughter named Rose. two home runs, 34 RBIs and 21 doubles.

Assistant/Pitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Andrew See Ohio ‘02 Andrew See is coming off his fi rst base, See was a starting pitcher in the weekend rotation for season as pitching coach/recruiting two years and served as the Bobcats’ closer as a senior. He coordinator for the Bobcats. was a career .350 hitt er with 33 home runs and 116 RBIs at the plate and he went 13-12 with a 7.20 ERA and 125 strike- Working with an injury-riddled outs in 39 career appearances on the mound. See earned and relatively inexperienced staff Mideast Region and Mid-American Conference First Team in 2007, See saw his Bobcats post a honors as a senior in 2001 when he led the Bobcats with 17 5.55 team ERA. Two Bobcat hurlers fi nished in the top 20 in homers and a school record 70 RBIs. He ranks second all- the MAC in regular season ERA, led by sophomore Chris time at Ohio with a .647 slugging average and is seventh on Rigo with a 4.18 ERA. Rigo fi nished third in the conference the home runs list. in complete games and tossed a one-hit shutout against Miami during the season. Under See’s guidance, junior An- The multi-talented player carried his career over to the pro- drew Shisila posted a team-best 2.62 ERA working primar- fessional ranks when he played for the ily out of the bullpen and did not allow a run in his fi nal of the independent for three seasons from 14.1 innings pitched. 2001-03. Playing multiple positions, See helped the Paints to Eastern Division titles in 2001 and 2003 and during his See, a native of Adrian, Mich., served as the recruiting co- fi nal season he led the team with eight saves and pulled ordinator and assistant coach at Appalachian State for the double duty by serving as the team’s bullpen coach. 2005 and 2006 seasons and was an assistant during the 2004 season at UNC Greensboro. During the summer of 2005, See got his coaching start as an undergraduate student as- See was the head coach of the Southern Ohio Copperheads, sistant at Ohio during the off season prior to the 2002 season the Athens-based team that competes in the Great Lakes and parlayed that into an assistant coaching position for Summer Collegiate league. the Bobcats as a graduate student during the 2003 season. See graduated from Ohio in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree See had a three-year career as an Ohio player from 1999- in sport industry and he earned a master’s in coaching edu- 2001 aft er transferring from Georgia following his fresh- cation and athletic administration from in 2003. man season. In addition to playing centerfi eld and fi rst 17 COACHES/STAFF Volunteer Assistant Coach Nate Murrie Western Kentucky ‘06

Nate Murrie is in his second in 2004 and won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament season as a volunteer assistant to earn a place in the NCAA Regional. The Hilltoppers coach for the Ohio baseball team. made the appearance count, defeating the No. 1 seed Mississippi by a score of 1-0. Murrie spent the 2006 season as an assistant coach at Bowling Murrie is a native of Bowling Green, Ky. and graduated Green High School in Kentucky, from Western Kentucky in the spring of 2006 with a where he worked with the degree in physical education. Aside from baseball, he is outfi elders. With his help, the Purples fi nished in third currently substitute teaching. His father was the head place in the district tournament. coach at Western Kentucky and now serves as a scout for the of Anaheim. In 2004 and 2005, Murrie served as a student assistant at Western Kentucky University. The Hilltoppers went 35-28 Certifi ed Athletic Trainer Scott Gardner Kentucky ‘85 Scott Gardner is a familiar Figure Skating Championships and the 1997 Phillips 66 face around the Ohio baseball National Swimming Championships. program as he returns for his tenth season as the athletic trainer Originally from Titusville, Fla., Gardner earned his for the sport. undergraduate degree from Kentucky in 1985 and completed his master’s degree at LSU in 1987. Gardner’s Gardner moved to Athens baseball experience includes working with future major aft er working 10 years at the leaguers Ben McDonald and Albert Belle while at LSU. Lipscomb Sports Medicine Clinic in Nashville, Tenn. During An accomplished sports photographer, which includes that time, he developed a close service to the Ohio Athletics Department as its primary relationship with the United State Olympic Committ ee, photographer, Gardner has been published in the Sports spending a year at the training center in Colorado Springs. Illustrated 1998 Basketball Championship issue, USA Today He worked as an athletic trainer at the 1996 Junior World and numerous college football and basketball preseason Speedskating Championships, the 1997 U.S. National magazines.

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Elaine Goodfellow Amy Dean Wes Liles Ryan McFann Administrative Assistant Senior Associate AD Baseball Media Assistant Equipment Administration & Sport Programs Relations Contact Director 18 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN PITCHERS NO NAME POS B/T HT/WT Class HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL 1 Zach Elmer LHP R/L 5-11/185 Jr.. Delaware, Ohio/Olentangy HS 3 John Angelicchi RHP L/R 5-10/180 Sr. Woodmere, Ohio/Woodmere HS 14 Matt Smith LHP L/L 6-3/190 Sr. Centre Hall, Pa./Allegany CC 21 Jason Moulton RHP R/R 6-1/170 Fr. Toledo, Ohio/Roy C. Start HS 22 Ross Overstreet RHP S/R 6-1/180 Fr. Greenfi eld, Ind./Mount Vernon HS 27 Kevin Mementowski RHP R/R 5-10/190 Jr. Parma, Ohio/Parma HS 29 Adam Goodpasture LHP L/L 6-0/180 Jr. Columbus, Ohio/Hillard-Davidson HS 30 Matt Schlarb RHP R/R 6-1/188 Jr. Lexington, Ohio/Lexington HS 32 Kurt Smith RHP R/R 6-4/230 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Country Day HS 33 Chris Rigo RHP R/R 6-3/185 Jr. Westlake, Ohio/St. Ignatius HS 34 Zach Fairbanks LHP L/L 5-11/190 Jr. Martins Ferry, Ohio/Ohio Valley Univ. 37 Mike Babin LHP L/L 6-1/190 Jr. Medina, Ohio/Cleveland State 39 Joe Stover RHP R/R 6-4/165 Jr. Shorewood, Ill./Joliet Junior College 41 Cody Neyman RHP R/R 6-2/220 Sr. Dravosburg, Pa./McKeesport HS NO NAME POS B/T HT/WT Class HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL 7 Kyle Heppeard C R/R 5-9/170 Sr. Van Wert, Ohio/Van Wert HS 13 Kris McDonough C R/R 5-10/185 So. Upper St. Clair, Pa./Upper St. Clair HS 20 Chris Klimko C R/R 5-10/180 Jr. McKeesport, Pa./McKeesport HS 25 Jason Selhorst C R/R 6-1/175 Sr. Ott awa, Ohio/Ott awa-Glandorf HS 26 Matt Razzante C R/R 5-10/180 Fr. Highland Heights, Ohio/Mayfi eld HS 35 Trace Voshell C R/R 6-1/180 Fr. Batavia, Ohio/Clearmont Northeastern HS INFIELDERS NO NAME POS B/T HT/WT Class HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL 4 Brandon Besl IF R/R 6-1/215 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills HS 5 Zach Keen IF R/R 6-1/160 Fr. Beavercreek, Ohio/Beavercreek HS 8 Joe Morris IF S/R 5-9/150 RS-Fr. Mount Sterling, Ohio/Westfall HS 10 Hayden Johnston IF R/R 5-11/185 Jr.. Stratt anville, Pa./Clarion-Limeston HS 16 Tyler Chadwell IF R/R 5-8/165 Fr. Amesville, Ohio/Federal Hocking HS 24 Zach Hartle IF R/R 6-3/170 Sr. Toldeo, Ohio/Glen Oaks CC 31 Jerod Yakubik IF L/L 6-2/185 So. Byesville, Ohio/Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans HS OUTFIELDERS NO NAME POS B/T HT/WT Class HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL 9 Robert Maddox III OF/1B L/L 6-2/193 Fr. Euclid, Ohio/Villa Angela St. Joseph HS 11 Adam Gecewich OF R/R 5-11/200 Fr. Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville HS 12 Dustin Klum OF L/L 6-0/185 Fr. Maineville, Ohio/Kings HS 15 Jeremie Rehak OF L/R 5-11/165 So. Pitt sburgh, Pa./Franklin Regional HS 17 Matt Stiffl er OF L/L 6-1/170 Sr. Bellbrook, Ohio/Bellbrook HS 19 Marc Krauss OF L/R 6-3/220 So. Deshler, Ohio/Patrick Henry HS 28 Gauntlett Eldemire OF R/R 6-2/175 Fr. Shaker Heights, Ohio/University School HS

BY CLASS: BY STATE: Seniors (7): Angelicchi, Hartle, Heppeard, Neyman, Selhorst, Ohio (26): Angelicchi, Babin, Besl, Chadwell, Eldemire, Elmer, Smith, M., Stiffl er Fairbanks, Gecewich, Goodpasture, Hartle, Heppeard, Keen, Klum, Krauss, Maddox, Mementowski, Morris, Moulton, Juniors (12): Babin, Besl, Elmer, Fairbanks, Goodpasture, Razzante, Rigo, Schlarb, Selhorst, Smith, K., Stiffl er, Voshell, Johnston, Klimko, Mementowski, Rigo, Schlarb, Smith, K., Yakubik Stover Pennsylvania (6): Johnston, Klimko, McDonough, Neyman, Sophomores (4): Krauss, McDonough, Rehak, Yakubik Rehak, Smith, M. Redshirt Freshmen (1): Morris Illinois (1): Joe Stover True Freshmen (10): Chadwell, Eldemire, Gecewich, Keen, Klum, Maddox, Moulton, Overstreet, Razzante, Voshell Indiana (1): Overstreet 19 SENIOR PROFILES 3 JJohnohn AANGELICCHINGELICCHI SSeniorenior PPitcheritcher 55-11-11 118585 RR/L/L DDelaware,elaware, OOhiohio / WWoodmereoodmere

2007 Summer League: Remained in Athens to pitch April 8 ... Registered his fi rst career save against for the Southern Ohio Copperheads of the Great Ott erbein on March 4 ... Recorded a season high Lakes Summer Collegiate League ... Was joined by six strikeouts against Michigan State on March fi ve other current Bobcat teammates ... Made one 18 and again against Eastern Michigan on appearance on the mound ... Allowed two April 15. hits in one inning and fi nished with a 9.00 ERA. 2005: Made eight appearances and fi ve starts in his freshman season 2007: Appeared in 16 games out of the ... Had an unblemished record of bullpen with a 1-1 record and a 4.55 3-0 with an ERA of only 2.66 ... ERA ... Missed the fi rst 19 games of the Made fi ve-straight appearances - season recovering from an injury ... 17.1 innings - without allowing an Allowed just one run in his fi nal 12.2 earned run ... Led the team in both innings pitched ... Tied for the team lead earned run average and winning with two saves and was second on the percentage ... Was fourth on the team team with a .243 opponent batt ing average in opposing batt ing average at .253 ...... Struck out 20 hitt ers against nine walks in Had 16 strikeouts and just six walks 27.2 innings pitched ... Limited left -handed hitt ers ... In his second career start on April to a .207 average and leadoff hitt ers to a .200 12 versus Ott erbein, threw 6.0 innings average. giving up only two hits and no earned runs while striking out six batt ers ... Also 2006 Summer League: Played for the Co- threw 3.0 innings in a game at West Virginia lumbus All-Americans of the Great Lakes on April 27 giving up no runs on just two hits ... Summer Collegiate League along with Appeared in a pair of Mid-American Conference current Bobcat teammate Hayden John- games. ston ... Recorded a 2.31 ERA in seven appearances, fi ve starts ... Limited hitt ers High School: Three-time fi rst-team all-confer- to a .197 average ... Allowed just 25 hits ence selection ... Cleveland Plain Dealer First in 35 innings pitched. Team selection twice ... Two-time league MVP ... All-Ohio as a senior ... Senior year’s 2006: Appeared in 13 games with nine squad won sectionals as well as the league starts and went 1-5 ... Recorded a 7.89 championship ... Team made it to the dis- ERA in 43.1 innings of work ... Had a 9.00 trict fi nals and were league champions in his ERA in 36.0 innings as a starter and a junior season. 2.45 ERA in 7.1 innings as a reliever ... Eleven of the 33 batt ers he struck out Personal: A sport industry major ... Son of John & were caught looking ... Allowed Oneida Angelicchi ... Born on June 25, 1986. two runs on six hits in 6.2 innings in his only victory at Ball State on Angelicchi’s Career Pitching Stats Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2005 3.04 3-0 8 5 0 0 0 23.2 20 9 8 6 16 4 0 1 94 .253 1 4 2 3 2006 7.89 1-5 13 9 0 0 1 43.1 61 45 38 24 33 7 1 6 222 .324 3 5 1 4 2007 4.55 1-1 16 0 0 0 2 27.2 27 20 14 9 20 6 1 4 111 .243 2 1 0 1 20 Career 5.70 5-6 37 14 0 0 3 93.5 108 74 60 39 69 17 2 11 427 .286 6 10 3 8 SENIOR PROFILES ZZachach HHARTLEARTLE 2244 SSeniorenior IInfieldernfielder 66-3-3 117070 RR/R/R TToledo,oledo, OOhiohio / TToledooledo CCentralentral CCatholicatholic

2007 Summer League: Played for the 2006: Played for Glen Oaks Community College ... Hit Southern Ohio Copperheads of the .344 with 23 RBI and 12 doubles ... Stole 22 bases and Great Lakes Summer Collegiate won Region XII Defensive Player of the Year ... Put League ... Was joined by fi ve other together a 31-game hitt ing streak. current Bobcat teammates ... Had 93 at bats in 27 games ... Personal: A pre-physical education major ... Son Finished the summer with of Douglas and Tonjia ... Born July 2, 1986. a .247 batt ing average and 14 runs ... Had seven RBI (third on the team) ... Tied for second on the team with fellow Bobcat Matt Stiffl er with two home runs ... Also successfully stole 11 bases.

2007: Appeared in 34 games and made 30 starts ... Started every game from April 18 on aft er Hayden Johnston was lost for the season with an injury ... Hit .325 aft er taking over the starting spot at shortstop ... Finished the season with a .284 average in 109 at-bats with a and 18 RBI ... Recorded a 10-game hit streak, the fourth longest by a Bobcat on the year ... Hit .293 in MAC contests ... Was 3-for-7 with the bases loaded and hit .333 with runners in scoring posi- tion ... Collected his fi rst career hit and RBI March 11 against Butler ... Slugged his fi rst career home run April 22 against Buff alo ... Posted his only three-hit game of the sea- son May 8 against Dayton.

Hartle’s Career Hitting Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD 2007 .284 34-30 109 15 31 9 0 1 18 43 .394 3 0 20 1 .301 1 3 1-1 41 93 13 .912 Career .284 34-30 109 15 31 9 0 1 18 43 .394 3 0 20 1 .301 1 3 1-1 41 93 13 .912 21 SENIOR PROFILES 4411 CCodyody NNEYMANEYMAN SSeniorenior PPitcheritcher 66-2-2 222020 RR/R/R DDravosburg,ravosburg, PPa.a. / MMcKeesportcKeesport AArearea

2007: Appeared in eight games out of the Struck out two vs. Rio Grande ... Earned his fi rst-ca- bullpen ... Finished with no decisions reer start vs. Vanderbilt, allowing just one run over and a 6.75 ERA in 13.1 innings pitched ... 5.0 innings of work with two punchouts. Struck out four hitt ers and issued eight walks ... Threw 3.2 scoreless innings May High School: All-league selection at 9 at West Virginia. third base ... Two-year lett erwinner in both baseball and football ... 2006: Finished 0-1 on the season af- Graduated with honors. ter making fi ve appearances out of the bullpen ... Missed two months due to an Personal: A sport industry elbow injury ... Recorded a 6.35 ERA in 5.2 major ... Son of Wayne & total innings of work ... Turned in scoreless out- Twila Neyman ... Born ings against West Virginia State, Wilmington and on Aug. 15, 1986. Akron.

2005: Made seven appearances, including one start ... Posted an 0-1 record with an earned run average of 6.35 ... Made his fi rst-career ap- pearance out of the bullpen vs. Michigan on March 20 ... Allowed two runs on three hits in an inning of work vs. the Wolverines ... Struck out two in an inning of work vs. Ohio Wesleyan ... Recorded a pair of Ks vs. Duquesne ... Tossed a scoreless 0.2 innings vs. Youngstown State ...

Neyman’s Career Pitching Stats Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2005 6.35 0-1 7 1 0 0 0 11.1 19 10 8 5 9 5 0 1 59 .388 1 2 0 3 2006 6.35 0-1 5 0 0 0 0 5.2 6 4 4 1 3 1 0 1 25 .273 0 1 1 0 2007 6.75 0-0 8 0 0 0 0 13.1 20 13 10 8 4 4 0 0 58 .345 2 0 1 0 22 Career 6.53 0-2 20 1 0 0 0 30.1 45 27 22 14 16 10 0 2 142 .349 3 3 2 3 SENIOR PROFILES Cody NEYMAN JJasonason SSELHORSTELHORST 4 Senior Pitcher SSeniorenior CCatcheratcher 6-2 220 R/R 66-1-1 117575 RR/R/R Dravosburg, Pa. / McKeesport Area OOttawa,ttawa, OOhiohio / OOttawa-Glandorfttawa-Glandorf

2007 Summer League: Played for the of the 2005: Made nine appearances and three starts behind the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League ... Was a teammate plate ... Had eight hits in only 18 at-bats ... Also scored of fellow Bobcat Zach Elmer ... Played in two games and two times and had an RBI ... Had a hit in fi ve of nine had four at-bats. appearances ... Picked up his fi rst-career hits vs. Ohio Wesleyan on April 6, going 2-for-2 2007: Appeared in 11 games and made three starts ... Hit with a run scored and an RBI ... In .231 in 13 at-bats with four RBI and a run scored ... Did not his next appearance, April 20 at commit an error in 28 chances ... Was 1-for-3 with two RBI Duquesne, went 2-for-3 with an April 8 against Ball State ... Was 3-for-5 with run- RBI and three runs scored ... Went ners on base. 2-for-2 and scored a run on May 7 vs. Ball State ... Went 5-for-9 2006 Summer League: Played for the (.556) with runners in scoring Grand Lake Mariners of the Great position. Lakes Summer Collegiate League along with former Ohio teammates High School: Named fi rst- Dusty Hammond and Bryant Witt team all-state and was a ... Hit .170 in 47 at-bats ... Posted Mizuno all-Ohio selection his a .980 fi elding percentage. senior year ... Was selected to the American Legion National Team for the USA Baseball Tournament of Stars ... All-Northwest Ohio District three times ... All-Western Buckeye League every year ... Holds school 2006: Played in 23 games with 17 starts ... Started the fi rst records with most hits, doubles, RBIs, at bats, and runs 14 games of the year ... Hit .264 in 72 at-bats with nine ... Four-year lett erwinner in baseball and twice in basket- RBIs and nine runs scored ... Hit .400 against left ies and ball. .228 against righties ... Reached base when leading off an inning 44 percent of the time ... Had a season-high three Personal: An integrated social studies major ... Son of hits against Michigan State on March 17 and recorded fi ve Dan & Julie Selhorst ... Born on May 23, 1985. multiple-hit games.

Selhorst’s Career Hitting Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD 2005 .444 9-3 18 6 8 0 0 0 2 8 .444 4 0 1 0 .545 0 0 0-0 29 3 0 1.000 2006 .264 23-17 72 9 19 1 0 0 9 20 .278 1 2 3 3 .289 1 0 1-1 127 15 3 .979 2007 .231 11-3 13 1 3 0 0 0 4 3 .231 2 0 1 0 .313 1 1 0-0 28 0 0 1.000 Career .291 43-23 103 16 30 2 0 0 15 31 .301 7 2 5 3 .342 2 1 1-1 184 18 3 .985 23 SENIOR PROFILES 1177 MMattatt STIFFLERSTIFFLER SSeniorenior OOutfielderutfielder 66-1-1 117070 RR/R/R BBellbrook,ellbrook, OOhiohio / BBellbrookellbrook 2007 Summer League: 2006 Summer League: Played for the Southern Ohio Cop- Played for the Southern perheads in Athens ... Ranked as the ninth-best prospect Ohio Copperheads of in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (GLSCL) by the Great Lakes Sum- Baseball America ... Named a Ron Miller Co-Top Position mer Collegiate League ... Prospect ... Earned All-GLSCL First Team accolades ... Hit Named First Team All- .367 in 35 games and drove in 20 runs while slugging .500 GLSCL and was selected to the All-Star team ... Played with and posting a .447 on-base percentage ... Also scored 20 runs fi ve other current Bobcats ... Finished the summer with the and stole nine bases for the Copperheads. team’s best batt ing average (.357) and on-base percentage (.486) ... Was second on the team with 34 runs ... Had 15 RBIs 2006: Started 43 games and played in 46 with at least eight and 30 hits ...Tied Bobcat Zach Hartle for third on starts in all three outfi eld positions ... Finished fourth on the the team with two homeruns ... Was walked 22 squad with a .300 average and tied Anthony Gressick for times. the team lead with 16 doubles ... Ranked second in the MAC with .35 doubles per game ... Finished second on the team in 2007: One of nine players selected runs scored and walks ... Recorded 17 multiple-hit and eight to the inaugural American Baseball multiple-RBI games ... Second best on the team with a .373 Coaches Association/Rawlings average with runners in scoring position ... Tied Gressick NCAA Division I Gold Glove and Jon Vondrell for the most hits in a game with four Team aft er posting a 1.000 fi eld- against Wilmington on May 3 ... Recorded a seven- ing percentage for the season ... game hitt ing streak and hit safely in 30 of his 46 games An All-MAC Second Team selec- played ... Led all Ohio outfi elders with 83 putouts and tion as an outfi elder ... Played in 52 recorded two outfi eld assists. games with 52 starts on the season ... Finished fi ft h in the MAC with a .359 batt ing average ... Led 2005: Appeared in 37 games, making 19 starts the team and the conference with 45 walks, the second rotating from fi rst base to left fi eld ... Tied for most in Ohio single season history and one shy of fourth on the team with 116 putouts ... Col- Matt Engleka’s record of 46 ... Also led the team with lected 13 hits and had a batt ing average of .188 eight triples, second most in the MAC, and tied for the ... Had a two RBIs and a run scored in a game second most in a single season by a Bobcat ... Posted a against Furman on Feb. 26. ... Went 3-for-4 with MAC-high 58 runs scored, the fourth most in a season a double against Michigan on March 20 ... Fol- in Ohio history ... Finished fourth in the MAC in hits, lowed that up with a double and two averaging 1.44 per game ... Totaled eight triples, second RBIs one game later at James Madison best in the conference ... Finished the season with 10 ... Registered a single in three- career triples, tied for the third most in the Ohio record straight games from May 3-May 8 book ... Led the MAC with a .477 on-base percentage and ... Had a 2-for-3 day in the series nine stolen bases in 12 att empts ... Recorded 139 putouts fi nale vs. Vanderbilt. and seven outfi eld assists and did not commit an error on the season ... Struck out just 29 times in 209 at-bats and High School: First-team all-con- led the team with 75 hits ... Slugged three home runs and ference as a senior and second- was fourth on the team with 40 RBI ... Was named MAC team as a junior ... League player East Player of the Week on May 7 ... Tied for second on the of the week twice ... Team earned team with 22 multi-hit games and tied for third on the team the school’s fi rst-ever conference titles with nine multi-RBI games ... Led the team with 12 three-hit in his last two seasons ... Three-year games, six more than the next player ... Hit .364 with run- scholar athlete. ners in scoring position ... Recorded a four-RBI game May 8 against Dayton. Personal: A chemical engineering major ... Son of Dave & Angel Stiffl er ... Born on March 3, 1986.

Stiffl er’s Career Hitting Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD 2005 .188 37-19 69 6 13 3 0 0 6 16 .232 13 0 16 1 .317 0 0 0-1 116 15 2 .985 2006 .300 46-43 170 39 51 16 2 3 28 80 .471 23 2 28 2 .390 0 4 5-7 83 2 7 .924 2007 .359 52-52 209 58 75 10 8 3 40 110 .526 45 4 29 4 .477 2 0 9-12 139 7 0 1.000 24 Career .310 135-114 448 103 139 29 10 6 74 206 .460 81 6 73 7 .421 2 4 14-20 338 24 9 .976 SENIOR PROFILES MMattatt SMITHSMITH 1144 SSeniorenior PPitcheritcher 66-3-3 119090 LL/L/L CCentreentre HHall,all, PPa.a. / PPa.a. VValleyalley AArearea 2007 Summer League: Played for the Winchester Royals ... Registered a 3-1 record, posting a 1.17 ERA ... Made eight appearances on the mound, including three starts ... Totaled 23.0 innings of work and 25 strikeouts.

2007: Appeared in 15 games with six 2005: Went 5-1 with a 3.31 ERA and starts on the year ... Missed the fi nal 17 struck out 48 hitt ers in 49 innings games with an injury ... Finished 4-4 pitched ... Led Allegany to 2005 with a 7.15 ERA ... Led the team with Maryland JUCO Championship. 51 strikeouts and was fi ft h on the team with 45.1 innings pitched ... Averaged High School: All-Mountain Athletic 10.12 strikeouts per nine innings ... Conference First Team selection as a senior Did not allow an earned run in six ... Second team selection in 2002 and 2003 ... innings March 3 against Ott erbein Went 9-3 with 96 strikeouts in 16 career starts ... Limited right-handed hitt ers for Penns Valley Area High School. to a .224 batt ing average. Personal: Majoring in integrated social studies ... 2006: 2006 All-Conference Son of Terry and Audrey ... Born on April 12, 1986. First Team selection at Al- legany College ... Region 20 Tournament Team and ABCA All-Region Team selection in 2006 ... Went 13-1 with a 3.37 ERA in 2006 ... Named team’s most valuable pitcher in 2006 and led team to fourth place fi nish at Division II Junior College World Series ... Team was 2006 Maryland JUCO champs, regional champs and district champs.

Smith’s Career Pitching Stats Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2007 7.15 4-4 15 6 0 0 0 45.1 64 45 36 30 51 8 0 4 186 .344 16 4 2 3 Career 7.15 4-4 15 6 0 0 0 45.1 64 45 36 30 51 8 0 4 186 .344 16 4 2 3 25 SENIOR PROFILES 7 KKyleyle HHEPPEARDEPPEARD SSeniorenior CCatcheratcher 55-9-9 117070 RR/R/R VVanan WWert,ert, OOhiohio / VVanan WWertert

2007: Did not appear in a game ... Served as the team’s bullpen aft er joining the team as a walk-on.

High School: Four-year lett erwinner in baseball for Van Wert High School ... Also lett ered two times in soccer, cross country and basketball.

Personal: Majoring in education ... Son of Randy and Sue ... Has two brothers, Korey and Kody ... Brother Korey played baseball at Malone College ... Mother Sue played soft ball at Winona State.

26 JUNIOR PROFILES Kyle HEPPEARD BBrandonrandon BBESLESL 4 Senior Catcher JJuniorunior IInfieldernfielder 5-9 170 R/R 66-1-1 221515 RR/R/R Van Wert, Ohio / Van Wert CCincinnati,incinnati, OhioOhio / OOakak HHillsills

2007 Summer League: Played for the of multiple-RBI games ... Turned in three-hit games at the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League with fellow Toledo on March 31 and against Kent State on April Bobcat Kurt Smith ... Finished tied for fi rst on the team 30 ... Had 26 strikeouts, third-most on the team, and with 17 RBIs ... Had a .271 average in 85 at-bats ... Had 21 grounded into a team-high six double plays ... Had hits and 12 runs ... Finished with a slugging percentage of the best fi elding percentage among infi elders at .979 .400 and a fi elding percentage of .992. and led the team with 290 putouts ... Missed the fi rst two weeks of the year with an ankle 2007: Was one of only two Bobcats to appear in all injury. 54 games and made 53 starts ... Totaled 17 doubles on the season, fi ft h-most in the MAC and tied for High School: A 2005 fi rst-team all- seventh in Ohio single season history ... Finished state, fi rst-team all-city and fi rst- fourth on the team with a .323 batt ing average team All-Greater Miami Conference ... Was third on the Bobcat roster with 41 RBI ... selection ... Named GMC Player of Tied the longest hitt ing streak of the season by a the Year ... Hit .364 with 13 home runs Bobcat with a 13-game streak ... Struck out just and 75 RBIs in his career at Oak Hills 24 times in 229 at-bats ... Was second on the team High School ... Holds school records with 45 runs scored ... His 229 at-bats were the for hits, games played, at-bats and fourth most in a single season by an Ohio player doubles ... Also earned lett ers in foot- ... Tied for the team lead with four sacrifi ce fl ies ball and basketball. ... Batt ed .327 against left ies and .322 against right- handers ... Recorded his fi rst career multi-home run Personal: Undecided on a major game with two home runs and a career-high four ... Son of Steve & Mona Jacobs ... RBI May 6 at Akron ... Finished second on the team Born on Oct. 6, 1986. with 22 multi-hit games.

2006 Summer League: Played for the Cincinnati Steam of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League along with former Ohio teammate Dan Weiss ... Hit .276 in 35 games played for the Steam ... Hit one home run with 13 RBI while posting a .987 fi elding percentage.

2006: Received 36 starts and played 39 games ... Started 32 times at fi rst and four times at third ... Hit .238 with nine extra-base hits and 24 RBIs ... Hit .324 with runners in scoring position ... Recorded eight multiple-hit and seven

Besl’s Career Hitting Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD 2006 .238 39-36 130 16 31 5 2 2 24 46 .354 13 4 26 6 .322 2 2 0-0 290 34 7 .979 2007 .323 54-53 229 45 74 17 0 5 41 106 .463 13 9 24 3 .376 4 0 1-1 86 117 17 .923 Career .292 93-89 359 61 105 22 2 7 65 152 .423 26 13 50 9 .356 6 2 1-1 376 151 24 .956 27 JUNIOR PROFILES 1 ZZachach EELMERLMER Adam GOODPASTURE JJuniorunior PPitcheritcher Junior Pitcher 55-11-11 118585 RR/L/L 6-0 180 L/L DDelaware,elaware, OOhiohio / OOlentangylentangy Columbus, Ohio / Hilliard-Davidson

2007 Summer League: Played for the Lima 2006: Made 12 appearances out of the bullpen Locos of the Great Lakes Summer Col- ... Recorded a 5.65 ERA in 14.1 innings pitched legiate League along with fellow Bobcat ... Led the team with 13.2 strikeouts per nine Jason Selhorst ... Finished with three wins innings ... Gave up just one extra-base hit in 15 and a 4.72 ERA ... Pitched a total of 13 hits allowed ... Right-handed batt ers hit just .216 innings ... Gave up seven runs over against him, the second-best mark on the team the course of the summer ... Started ... Also held lead-off hitt ers to a .167 average, the twice and pitched seven games in lowest mark among all Bobcat pitchers ... Tossed relief. a season-high 3.2 innings at Miami on May 13 and recorded a personal-best six strike- 2007: Appeared in seven games outs. with one start ... Missed the fi rst 22 games of the season with an High School: An all-state selection ... injury ... Recorded an 0-1 record Team, conference, district and county with a 5.19 ERA and one save player of the year ... Helped lead on the year ... Was fourth on Olentangy to a district championship ... the team with a .264 opponent Went 7-1 with a 1.80 ERA and held op- batt ing average ... Picked up posing hitt ers to a .146 batt ing average his fi rst career save by tossing as a senior ... Averaged 11 strikeouts per 3.2 scoreless innings May 19 at game in 2005 season ... Also lett ered in Bowling Green ... Struck out 10 football. hitt ers in 17.1 innings pitched on the year ... Allowed eight earned runs in Personal: A sport management major back-to-back outings on April 29 and ... Son of George & Cindy Elmer ... May 5 but gave up just two earned runs Born on Jan. 9, 1987. in his other fi ve appearances.

2006 Summer League: Played for the Delaware Cows of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League along with current Ohio teammate Chris Rigo ... Posted a 3.60 ERA in 10 appearances, one start ... Limited hitt ers to a .192 batt ing average while striking out 18 hitt ers in 15 innings pitched.

Elmer’s Career Pitching Stats Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2006 5.65 1-0 12 0 0 0 0 14.1 15 10 9 12 21 1 0 0 71 .263 2 1 1 0 2007 5.19 0-1 7 1 0 0 1 17.1 19 12 10 9 10 5 0 2 72 .264 1 0 1 1 Career 5.40 1-1 19 1 0 0 1 31.2 34 22 19 21 31 6 0 2 143 .264 3 1 1 1 28 JUNIOR PROFILES AAdamdam GGOODPASTUREOODPASTURE 2299 JJuniorunior PPitcheritcher 66-0-0 118080 LL/L/L CColumbus,olumbus, OhioOhio / HHilliard-Davidsonilliard-Davidson

2007 Summer League: Played for the Winchester High School: A fi rst-team all-conference, second- Royals of the Valley Baseball League in Winchester, team all-district aft er his senior season ... Went 12- VA along with fellow Bobcat Matt Smith ... Pitched 5 with a 2.71 ERA and 84 strikeouts in his career 12.2 innings ... Allowed 10 runs ... Finished with a at Hilliard-Davidson High School ... Twice earned 6.39 ERA. team’s Pitcher of the Year award.

2007: Tied for the team lead with 20 appearances and Personal: An education major ... Son of Don & made one start ... Finished without a decision and Jackie Moritz ... Born on April 21, 1987. a 10.24 ERA in 19.1 innings pitched ... Struck out 14 hitt ers against seven walks on the year ... Had fi ve consecutive scoreless out- ings from April 4-14.

2006: Finished third on the team with 17 appearances - all out of the bullpen ... Recorded a 2.55 ERA - best among all Ohio relievers ... Allowed 16 hits in 17.2 innings and limited opponents to a .242 batt ing average ... Twelve of his 17 outings were scoreless ... Struck out the only batt er he faced in his col- legiate debut at Western Kentucky on Feb. 25 ... Allowed one run on one hit in a season-high 2.2 innings against Pitt sburgh on April 18 ... Finished 1-0 with the victory coming against Bowling Green on May 19.

Goodpasture’s Career Pitching Stats Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2006 2.55 1-0 17 0 0 0 0 17.2 16 7 5 3 8 5 0 0 71 .242 2 1 0 1 2007 10.24 0-0 20 1 0 0 0 19.1 32 24 22 7 14 5 1 4 87 .368 2 3 1 1 Career 6.57 1-0 37 1 0 0 0 37.0 48 31 27 10 22 10 1 4 158 .314 4 4 1 2 29 JUNIOR PROFILES 1100 HHaydenayden JJOHNSTONOHNSTON JJuniorunior IInfieldernfielder 55-10-10 118585 RR/R/R SStrattanville,trattanville, PPa.a. / CClarion-Limestonelarion-Limestone

2007 Summer League: Played for the Columbus All- 2006: Was the only Ohio player to start all 47 Americans of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate games ... Received 43 starts at third base and four League with Bobcat teammates Chris Klimko and at shortstop ... Finished the season with a .290 Kevin Mementowski ... Had 116 at bats (fourth on average, but hit a team-best .421 in the season’s the team) and fi nished with a .284 average ... Had last 15 games ... Recorded 15 multiple-hit 33 hits and 13 runs ... Finished tied for third on games and six multiple-RBI games ... Had the team with seven stolen bases ... Also tied for three hits in a game four times ... Recorded third for games started with 32. a 12-game hitt ing streak ... Led the team by being hit by a pitch 11 times and by 2007: Appeared reaching base 12 times on a fi elder’s in 33 games with choice ... Advanced runners in 50 32 starts but missed percent of his opportunities ... the fi nal 21 games of the Had a season-high four RBIs season with an injury ... Hit .254 in the last game of the year with three home runs and 21 RBI in 122 at- against Bowling Green on bats ... Finished tied for fourth on the team May 20 ... Struck out a team- with 11 doubles ... Scored 24 runs on the year high 33 times. and stole two bases without being caught ... Fin- ished the season with 11 multi-hit games ... Tied High School: Dubbed a pre- a career-high in his fi nal game of the season April season High School All-American 17 at Cincinnati with four RBI ... Hit .324 against by the Baseball Factory ... Con- southpaws but just .227 against right-handers. ference MVP and the Tri-County Sunday First Team shortstop ... 2006 Summer League: Played for the Columbus Named to the NABF Senior Region- All-Americans of the Great Lakes Summer Colle- al All-Tournament Team ... Hit .484 giate League along with current Bobcat teammate with 31 home runs and 105 RBIs over John Angelicchi ... Hit .227 and fi nished second on a four-year career at Clarion-Lime- the team with 19 RBI ... Tied for the team lead with stone Area High School ... Also let- three home runs ... Led the team with 20 runs scored tered in basketball and football. and 119 at-bats. Personal: A business major ... Son of Mike & Tracey Johnston ... Born on Sept. 3, 1986.

Johnston ’s Career Hitting Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD 2006 .290 47-47 169 36 49 7 1 1 25 61 .361 15 11 33 4 .379 3 0 5-7 38 113 12 .926 2007 .254 33-32 122 24 31 11 0 3 21 51 .418 7 8 22 2 .329 3 5 2-2 46 75 15 .890 Career .275 80-79 288 60 80 18 1 4 46 112 .385 22 19 55 6 .358 6 5 7-9 84 188 27 .910 30 JUNIOR PROFILES Hayden JOHNSTON CChrishris KLIMKOKLIMKO 2200 Junior Infielder JJuniorunior CCatcheratcher 5-10 185 R/R 55-10-10 118080 RR/R/R Strattanville, Pa. / Clarion-Limestone MMcKeesport,cKeesport, Pa.Pa. / MMcKeesportcKeesport

2007 Summer League: Played for the Columbus All- Recorded six doubles, two home runs and 16 Americans of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate RBIs ... Turned in fi ve multiple-hit and two League with fellow Bobcats Hayden multiple-RBI games ... Recorded his fi rst career Johnston and Kevin Mementowski ... home run and had a season-high three RBIs Finished with a .310 average in 58 at against West Virginia on April 11 ... Threw out bats ... Started a total of 15 games ... 10 of 41 stolen base att empts from behind the Had 18 hits and eight runs over the plate. course of the summer ... Also had six RBI. High School: Served as team captain at McKeesport High School ... Hit .405 2007: Appeared in 48 games at with a home run in his junior season catcher with 44 starts ... Tied for ... Participated in the WPIAL All-Star second on the team with fi ve home Game ... Named to the Post Gazett e runs and fi nished fi ft h on the team “Top Ten” ... Played at the same with 30 RBI ... Posted a .263 average high school as Bobcat senior on the season with 11 doubles and one Cody Neyman. triple ... Threw out 16 of 82 base stealers ... Posted a career-high four RBI March Personal: A criminol- 10 against Butler ... Had nine multi-hit ogy major ... Son of games and nine multi-RBI games ... Was Paul & Carol Klimko 4-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and ... Born on Oct. 16, 1986. two runs scored May 4 at Akron ... Hit .300 against left -handed pitching and was 3-for-5 with the bases loaded ... Batt ed .308 with runners in scoring position.

2006: Received 28 starts and played in 31 games aft er missing the fi rst month of the season ... His .214 average was the lowest among regular starters ...

Klimko’s Career Hitting Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD 2006 .214 31-28 103 15 22 6 0 2 16 34 .330 11 3 9 2 .303 2 3 1-1 160 29 6 .969 2007 .263 48-44 160 20 42 11 1 5 30 70 .438 15 2 26 4 .328 3 2 2-4 269 37 11 .965 Career .243 79-72 263 35 64 17 1 7 46 104 .395 26 5 35 6 .318 5 5 3-5 429 66 17 .967 31 JUNIOR PROFILES 2277 KKevinevin MMEMENTOWSKIEMENTOWSKI JJuniorunior PPitcheritcher 55-10-10 119090 RR/R/R PParma,arma, OOhiohio / PParmaarma

2007 Summer League: Played for the Columbus All-Ameri- High School: Three-time all-conference selection cans of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League ... Hit .340 with three home runs and 15 RBIs as with Bobcat teammates Hayden Johnston and Chris a senior and recorded a .330 career average ... Klimko ... Lead the team to three wins and three Went 6-2 on the mound with a 2.40 ERA and 73 losses ... Finished with a 3.78 ERA over the course strikeouts in 52 innings in his fi nal season ... of 33 innings. Turned in a career pitching record of 14-8 with 115 strikeouts ... Lett ered all four years in 2007: Appeared in 13 games and made eight baseball and golf. starts ... Aft er starting the season primarily in the bullpen, his last seven appearances were Personal: A sports management ma- MAC weekend starts ... Finished the year jor... Son of Michael Mementowski 3-3 with a 4.21 ERA, the second best ERA and Linda Kauk ... Born on Nov. amongst Ohio starters ... Was second 17, 1985. on the team with 62 innings pitched ... Struck out 36 hitt ers against 18 walks ... Allowed just one unearned run in 8.1 innings April 14 at Eastern Michi- gan ... Struck out a career-high eight hitt ers in 4.1 innings of relief March 10 against Butler.

2006: Finished 1-0 with a 6.52 ERA in eight appearances and 9.2 innings pitched out of the bullpen ... Earned the vic- tory in his fi rst collegiate appearance when he worked three innings against Youngstown State on March 29 ... Had two strikeouts against Pitt sburgh in two innings of work.

Mementowski’s Career Pitching Stats Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2006 6.52 1-0 8 0 0 0 0 9.2 15 12 7 6 4 5 0 1 54 .326 0 0 1 1 2007 4.21 3-3 13 8 1 0 0 62.0 81 41 29 18 36 19 2 1 253 .320 2 4 4 4 Career 4.52 4-3 21 8 1 0 0 71.2 96 53 36 24 40 24 2 2 307 .321 2 4 5 5 32 JUNIOR PROFILES Kevin MEMENTOWSKI CChrishris RIGORIGO 3333 Junior Pitcher JJuniorunior PPitcheritcher 5-10 190 R/R 66-3-3 220505 RR/R/R Parma, Ohio / Parma WWestlake,estlake, OhioOhio / SSt.t. IIgnatiusgnatius

2007 Summer League: Played for the Delaware 2006: Finished second on the team with 19 appear- Cows of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate ances - all out of the bullpen ... Set an Ohio fresh- League ... Had four wins, no losses and a 2.55 man record with six saves, which also tied him ERA over the course of the summer ... Struck for the fourth-most in a single season in Bobcat out 26 batt ers in eight appearances on the history ... Led Ohio with 13 games fi nished ... mound ... Picked up one save. Limited opponents to a team-best .210 batt ing average ... Made his collegiate debut at 2007: Began the season in the bullpen but came Western Kentucky on Feb. 26 and tossed on as a starter midway through the season ... 2.2 innings ... Recorded saves against Appeared in 17 games with eight starts ... Michigan State, Northern Illinois, Led all starters with a 4.18 ERA on the Youngstown State, Ball State, year ... Led the team with two complete Eastern Michigan and Kent games and one shutout and tied for State. the team lead with two saves ... Threw a team-high 71 innings and was third High School: Captain on the team with 42 strikeouts ... Also and most valuable fi nished third on the team with a .258 player at St. Igna- opponent batt ing average ... Finished tius High School the year with a 2-4 record ... Threw a com- ... Finished 9-0 plete game, one-hit shutout against Miami with a 1.57 ERA on May 11 ... Allowed a hit on the fi rst pitch he threw and 41 strikeouts in 35.2 innings against the RedHawks but did not allow another hit pitched as a senior ... A fi rst- the rest of the game ... Also threw an eight-inning team all-conference selection and complete game April 13 at Eastern Michigan Cleveland Plain Dealer fi rst-team and allowed two runs in a 2-0 loss ... Made All-Cuyahoga County pick ... Helped all eight of his starts in MAC weekend play lead the Wildcats to the state semifi nals ... Was named the MAC East Pitcher of the in 2004 and the district championship game in Week on May 14. 2005 ... Also lett ered twice in football.

2006 Summer League: Played for the Dela- Personal: A business major ... Son of Stephen & ware Cows of the Great Lakes Summer Colle- Susan Rigo ... Born on Oct. 4, 1986. giate League along with current Ohio teammate Zach Elmer ... Earned All-GLSCL Second Team honors ... Posted a 2-3 record with a 1.59 ERA in nine appearances ... Rung up 20 hitt ers in 28.1 innings while limiting opposing batt ers to a .206 average.

Rigo’s Career Pitching Stats Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2006 4.50 2-0 19 0 0 0 6 22.0 17 17 11 8 13 1 0 5 94 .210 1 3 0 2 2007 4.18 2-4 17 8 2 1 2 71.0 71 48 33 30 42 16 0 7 275 .258 8 11 4 3 Career 4.26 4-4 36 8 2 1 8 93.0 88 65 44 38 55 17 0 12 369 .247 9 14 4 5 33 JUNIOR PROFILES 3300 MMattatt SCHLARBSCHLARB Kurt SMITH JJuniorunior PPitcheritcher Junior Pitcher 66-1-1 118888 RR/R/R 6-4 230 R/R LLexington,exington, OOhiohio / LLexingtonexington Cincinnati, Ohio / Country Day

2007 Summer League: Played for High School: A Division II fi rst-team All- the Southern Ohio Copperheads Ohio selection and a member of the Mizu- of the Great Lakes Summer Col- no All-Ohio All-Star Team ... Conference legiate League ... Was joined by Player of the Year, News Journal Pitcher fi ve other current Bobcats ... Had of the Year and an Academic All-Ohio a 2.15 ERA in one win and one loss selection ... Hit .452 at the plate as a se- during the season ... Picked up two nior and posted a 7-1 record with a 1.30 saves while allowing fi ve runs in ERA on the hill ... Helped lead Lex- eight innings. ington to a conference championship in 2005 ... Also lett ered in basketball 2007: Appeared in 20 games and soccer. and made six starts on the season ... Personal: An industrial systems Led the team engineering major ... Son of Mark & and fi nished Melinda Schlarb ... Born on Aug. 25, second in the 1986. MAC with seven regular season wins ... Posted a 7-3 record with a 5.07 ERA ... Was third on the team with 55 innings pitched ... Was fi ft h on the roster with a .297 opponent batt ing average ... Finished with 35 strikeouts and 32 walks ... Threw 6.1 scoreless innings March 8 against West Virgin- ia State ... Held right-handed hitt ers to a .271 batt ing average.

2006: Made eight relief appearances and one start ... Finished 0-2 with a 14.00 ERA - the high- est on the team ... Tossed a season-high 2.0 innings in games against Cleveland State and Pitt sburgh ... Took the loss in his fi rst career start against North- ern Illinois ... Had nine strikeouts in 9.0 innings of work, but surrendered 17 hits and 14 earned runs.

Schlarb’s Career Pitching Stats Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2006 14.00 0-2 9 1 0 0 0 9.0 17 16 14 16 9 5 1 0 61 .425 10 2 1 2 2007 5.07 7-3 20 6 0 0 0 55.0 68 49 31 32 35 8 1 3 229 .297 11 12 4 1 Career 6.33 7-5 29 7 0 0 0 64.0 85 65 45 48 44 13 2 3 290 .316 21 14 5 3 34 JUNIOR PROFILES Matt SCHLARB KKurturt SSMITHMITH 3322 Junior Pitcher JJuniorunior PPitcheritcher 6-1 188 R/R 66-4-4 223030 RR/R/R Lexington, Ohio / Lexington CCincinnati,incinnati, OhioOhio / CCountryountry DDayay

2007 Summer League: Played for Tossed a season high 5.0 innings against East- the Cincinnati Steam of the Great ern Michigan on April 16 ... Surrendered Lakes Summer Collegiate League ... at least one run in all nine appearances ... was joined by Bobcat teammate Bran- Was dubbed Preseason MAC Freshman of don Besl ... Ranked second on the team the Year by Baseball America. in saves with two ... Pitched fi ve games in relief ... Finished with 6.14 ERA over High School: Four-time all- seven innings. conference and three-time all-city selection at 2007: Appeared in 11 games with one Cincinnati Country start while batt ling injuries part of the Day High School ... season ... Finished 0-1 with a 9.15 ERA in Posted a 1.70 ERA 19.2 innings pitched ... Struck out 16 hitt ers in his senior sea- against 13 walks ... Struck out fi ve hitt ers in son ... Recorded four innings March 11 against Butler. 94 strikeouts in 57 innings pitched 2006 Summer League: Played for the South- ... Also lett ered ern Ohio Copperheads of the Great Lakes in football and Summer Collegiate league along with cur- basketball. rent Ohio teammate Matt Stiffl er and former teammates Willie Walker and Jared Willis Personal: Undecided on a ... Posted a 5.06 ERA in seven appearances, major ... Son of Tim & Barb four starts ... Recorded 18 strikeouts in Smith ... Born on Aug. 2, 1986. 21.1 innings pitched.

2006: Finished 0-4 in nine appear- ances with three starts ... Recorded an 8.02 ERA with 15 strikeouts in 21.1 innings pitched ... Allowed one earned run on six hits in 3.0 innings in his collegiate debut against Northern Illinois on March 26 ...

Smith’s Career Pitching Stats Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2006 8.02 0-4 9 3 0 0 0 21.1 38 25 19 9 15 7 0 0 115 .380 6 4 1 1 2007 9.15 0-1 11 1 0 0 0 19.2 29 23 20 13 16 8 1 0 86 .337 3 1 1 1 Career 8.56 0-5 20 4 0 0 0 41.0 67 48 39 22 31 15 1 0 201 .333 9 5 2 2 35 SOPHOMORE PROFILES 1199 MMarcarc KRAUSSKRAUSS SSophomoreophomore OOutfielderutfielder 66-3-3 222020 LL/R/R DDeshler,eshler, OOhiohio / PPatrickatrick HHenryenry

2007 Summer League: Played for the Grand Lake Mariners Hit six home runs in a fi ve game span begin- of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League ... Named ning with a three-home run game against First Team All-GLSCL and was selected to the All-Star Youngstown State ... Was one of 112 players in team ... Named the Ron Miller Top Position Prospect ... the nation and one of two players in the MAC Had 45 hits and 20 runs in 128 at bats ... Finished the to be named to the revised Wallace Watch season with a team-best .352 batt ing average ... List ... Earned MAC East Player of the Week Also led the team in slugging percentage (.484), honors on April 9 ... Named to the College on base percentage (.418), hits, and RBI (30). Baseball Foundation’s weekly National Honor Roll on April 3 ... Drew 35 free passes 2007: Named to the Louisville Slugger against just 37 strikeouts on the season ... Freshmen All-American Team , becom- Hit .453 with runners in scoring position ing just the third Bobcat ever to receive and .414 with men on base ... Ended the such an honor ... Earned All-MAC First season on an 11-game hitt ing streak, his Team honors as a freshman, the fi rst second 11-game streak of the season ... Led the Ohio freshman ever to be named to the team with 23 multi-hit games and tied for the fi rst team ... Named the MAC Freshman team lead with 13 multi-RBI games. of the Year at the conclusion of the season, the second Bobcat to earn the award (Robert High School: Earned Mizuno All-Ohio recog- Sismondo, 1996) ... Led the team and fi nished nition two times at Patrick Henry High School second in the MAC with a .369 batt ing aver- ... Was a three-time All-Conference selection age ... Also led the Bobcats in home runs (8), ... Hit .481 for his high school career, includ- doubles (19), total bases (114), and slugging ing .541 with eight home runs and 45 RBI as a (.610) ... Finished fourth in Ohio single season junior. Also a three-time All-State selection in history with 19 doubles ... His 19 doubles led football. the MAC as did his .610 slugging percentage ... Hit .393 in MAC games ... Finished second on the Personal: Majoring in broadcast journal- team in RBI (42), walks (35) and on-base percent- ism... Son of Dave and Jenny Krauss ... age (.471) ... His .471 on-base percentage was the Has two siblings. second-best in the MAC, behind teammate Matt Stiffl er ... Slugged three home runs and collected a Bobcat season-high fi ve RBI March 27 against Youngstown State ... The three-homer game was the fi rst by a Bobcat since Ben Crabtree hit three home runs against Youngstown State on March 9, 2003 ...

Krauss’ Career Hitting Statistics Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD 2007 .369 52-48 187 41 69 19 1 8 42 114 .610 35 3 37 3 .471 2 1 6-8 397 42 5 .989 Career .369 52-48 187 41 69 19 1 8 42 114 .610 35 3 37 3 .471 2 1 6-8 397 42 5 .989 36 SOPHOMORE PROFILES KKrisris MCDONOUGHMCDONOUGH 1133 SSophomoreophomore CCatcheratcher 55-10-10 118585 RR/R/R UUpperpper SSt.t. CClairlair / UUpperpper SSt.t. CClairlair

2007 Summer League: Played for the Southern Ohio Pre-Season All-Ameri- Copperheads of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate can accolades as a League... Was joined by fi ve current Bobcat teammates senior ... Almanac ...Finished with a .273 average in 66 at bats ... Ranked Diamond Dozen fourth on the team with six doubles ... Had 18 hits and selection in 2005 seven runs. and 2006 ... 2006 Top 10 WPIAL player and All-Star Team selection ... Team MVP in 2005 and 2006 ... Holds 2007: Appeared in 20 games and made eight starts ... school record for most home runs in a season ... Also Finished with a .152 average in 33 at-bats with a double and holds career records for hits, RBI and home runs ... fi ve RBI ... Collected his fi rst career hit, RBI and run scored Career .401 hitt er with 19 home runs, 26 doubles March 3 against Ott erbein ... Hit .313 (5-for-16) with runners and 78 RBI. in scoring position ... Threw out 3-of-15 base stealers. Personal: Intends to major in sport management ... Son of Ken and Denice ... Has a younger High School: Batt ed .452 with nine home runs and 30 sister, Jordan ... Born on Nov. 24, 1987. RBI his senior season at Upper St. Clair High School ... Named a Pitt sburgh Post-Gazett e All-Section selection in 2003, 2004 and 2006 ... Earned Puma

McDonough’s Career Hitting Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD 2007 .152 20-8 33 2 5 1 0 0 5 6 .182 1 1 13 0 .200 0 0 0-0 52 10 4 .939 Career .152 20-8 33 2 5 1 0 0 5 6 .182 1 1 13 0 .200 0 0 0-0 52 10 4 .939 JJoeoe MMORRISORRIS 8 RRedshirtedshirt FFreshmanreshman IInfieldernfielder / OOutfielderutfielder 55-9-9 115555 SS/R/R MMountount SSterling,terling, OOhiohio / WWestfallestfall

2007 Summer League: Played for FCA Grays of the All-League selection for Westfall High School ... MINK League in Kansas City, Mo. ... Had a .177 batt ing High school varsity batt ing champ ... School record average in 62 at-bats ... Finished the summer with 11 hits holder in base hits, average and triples. and six runs ... Also had three RBI. Personal: Majoring in electrical engineering ... 2007: Redshirted during the 2007 season. Son of Denny and Katherine ... Born on March 18, 1988. High School: Batt ed .462 for high school career at West- fall ... Recorded six hits in one game and eight RBI in a game ... Either broke or tied 13 total records at Westfall ... Selected to represent Ohio on Team Ohio in the Sun- belt Classic Summer in 2006 and was one of two players from Ohio selected to the all-tournament team ...

37 SOPHOMORE PROFILES 1155 JJeremieeremie RREHAKEHAK SSophomoreophomore OOutfielderutfielder 66-0-0 118080 LL/R/R PPittsburgh,ittsburgh, PPa.a. / FFranklinranklin RRegionalegional

2007: Played in 49 games High School: Batt ed .490 with 10 stolen bases his senior and made 36 starts on season at Franklin Regional High School ... Posted a the year ... Finished .600 on-base percentage and led the Panthers to a fi ft h on the team with sectional championship. a .282 batt ing average and tied for fourth on the roster with 34 runs scored ... Was second on the Personal: Majoring in mathematics with a minor team with seven stolen bases in 12 att empts ... in accounting ... Son of Eric and Annett e ... Has Had a season-high four hits May 8 against Dayton one brother, Gabriel ... Born on Nov. 11, 1987. ... Recorded seven multi-hit games on the season ... Was 3-for-7 in pinch-hitt ing duties.

Rehak’s Career Hitting Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD 2007 .282 49-36 142 34 40 0 0 0 12 40 .282 12 2 24 0 .342 2 4 7-12 51 1 6 .897 Career .282 49-36 142 34 40 0 0 0 12 40 .282 12 2 24 0 .342 2 4 7-12 51 1 6 .897 JJeroderod YYAKUBIKAKUBIK 3311 SSophomoreophomore OOutfielderutfielder / FFirstirst BBasease 66-2-2 221313 LL/L/L BByesville,yesville, OOhiohio / ZZanesvilleanesville BBishopishop RRosecransosecrans

2007 Summer League: High School: First Team All-Eastern District Selection two Competed for Zanes- times ... Earned All-CCL First Team honors two times ... ville in the All-Ameri- Hit .492 with 21 runs scored and 19 RBI his senior can Amateur Baseball Association Tournament ... season ... Career .364 hitt er with 33 walks Finished second on the team with a .360 batt ing and only 18 strikeouts at Bishop Rosecrans average ... Belted 41 hits and totaled 29 RBI to go High School ... Went 3-3 with a 1.57 ERA his with 23 runs scored ... Was second on the team in senior season. both on-base percentage (.439) and slugging percent- age (.412) ... Also pitched 16.0 innings, striking out 24 Personal: A sport management major ... Son of Aaron and Te- batt ers. resa ... Born on Nov. 30, 1987.

2007: Appeared in 13 games and made eight starts ... Hit .147 in 34 at-bats with four runs scored ... Col- lected his fi rst career hit in his fi rst career at-bat March 27 against Youngstown State ... Was 3-for-5 in pinch-hitt ing duty.

Yakubik’s Career Hitting Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO GDP OBP SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD 2007 .147 13-8 34 4 5 0 0 0 0 5 .147 2 0 6 0 .194 0 0 0-0 15 0 1 .938 38 Career .147 13-8 34 4 5 0 0 0 0 5 .147 2 0 6 0 .194 0 0 0-0 15 0 1 .938 NEWCOMER PROFILES MMikeike BABINBABIN 3377 JJuniorunior PPitcheritcher 66-2-2 118585 LL/L/L MMedina,edina, OOhiohio / SSt.t. VVincent-St.incent-St. MMaryary / CClevelandleveland SStatetate

2007 Summer League: Played for the Southern Ohio Copperheads ... Made six appearances and one start posting a 2.19 ERA in 12.1 innings ... Recorded 12 strikeouts and held opponents to a .159 bat- ting average.

2007: Played at Cleveland State ... Team closer, notching three saves and a 1-0 record in 21 appear- ances at Cleveland State ... Struck out 26 batt ers in 31.1 innings while compiling a 5.46 ERA ... Had a career-high seven strikeouts in 3.2 innings against Kent State ... Struck out two in one frame versus #12 Kentucky ... Threw 3.1 scoreless innings, notching fi ve strikeouts against Youngstown St. ... Also batt ed .231 as a fi rst baseman/left fi elder.

2006: Named to Horizon League All-Newcomer team aft er batt ing .221 with 15 RBI and fi ve runs ... Started 25 of 34 games in which he appeared, mostly as a designated hitt er ... Went 3-for-4 against Cincinnati and Marshall ... Homered and drove in fi ve runs against Butler ... Had two hits with an RBI and a run scored versus UIC ... Made seven relief appearances, working 14.2 innings ... Threw two perfect frames with three strikeouts against Butler.

High School: First-team all conference as a junior, second team as a senior and honorable mentio as a sophomore ... Team’s most valuable pitcher senior season ... Most valuable hitt er as a junior and the team rookie of the year as a sophomore ... Cleve- land Plain Dealer Player of the Week and Akron Beacon Journal all-city team his junior season ... Helped team to a 14-7 record and regional championship as a freshman.

Personal: Political science major ... Son of Bill and Debbie ... Sister, Becky, played soft ball at Wright State (2001-2004) ... Born on June 11, 1987.

ZZachach FFAIRBANKSAIRBANKS 3344 JJuniorunior PPitcheritcher 55-11-11 119090 LL/L/L MMartinsartins Ferry,Ferry, OhioOhio / MMartinsartins FerryFerry / OOhiohio VValleyalley UUniversityniversity

2007: Made 18 appearances, including six starts as a sophomore at Ohio Valley University ... Posted a 5.33 ERA and a 2-5 record ... Worked 56.0 innings, fi nishing second on the team with 44 strikeouts ... Had a team-high three saves.

High School: Played for Head Coach Jason Marling at Martins Ferry H.S. ... Selected fi rst-team All-OVAC and fi rst-team All-Dis- trict.

Personal: A health service administration major ... Son of Charles and Barbara ... Born on Jan. 18, 1987. JJoeoe SSTOVERTOVER JJuniorunior PPitcheritcher 3399 66-4-4 116565 RR/R/R SShorewood,horewood, IIll.ll. / JJolietoliet JJuniorunior CCollegeollege

2007: Played for Joliet Junior College ... Named First Team Junior College All-American for a second consecutive season ... Won a school-record 11 games, leading team to the NJCAA Division III Na- tional Championship and a runner-up fi nish ... Totaled 102 strikeouts on the season, the fourth most in school history ... Career totals at school stand at the top of the record books: fi rst in career wins (19), fi rst in ERA (2.10), fi rst in strikeouts (209), fi rst in innings pitched (201.1).

2006: As a freshman at Joliet Junior College was named First Team Junior College All-American ... Won eight games and recorded the second most strikeouts for a single season in school history (107) ... Worked 100.1 innings on the mound. Personal: A health service administration mejor ... Son of Dave and Jill ... Born on Dec. 01, 1986. 39 FRESHMEN PROFILES

1166 TTyleryler CCHADWELLHADWELL FFreshmanreshman IInfieldernfielder 55-8-8 116565 RR/R/R AAmesville,mesville, OhioOhio / FFederalederal HHockingocking

High School: Tri-Valley Conference Off ensive MVP as a junior and senior ... First-team All-Ohio as a senior ... Selected All-League and All-District as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Helped lead Federal Hocking to two sectional titles, one district championship and regional tournament runner-up fi nish ... Batt ed over .500 as a junior and senior ... Also lett ered four times in football and three times in basketball ... Two-time Athens County Athlete of the Month.

Personal: A civil engineering major ... Son of Brent and Kimberly ... Salutatorian of high school graduating class ... Member of National Honor Society ... Winner of the Russ College of Engineering Scholarship ... Born on Feb. 23, 1989 ... Nephew of Georgia Tech Head Baseball Coach Danny Hall. 2288 GGuantlettuantlett EELDEMIRELDEMIRE FFreshmanreshman OOutfielderutfielder 66-3-3 119090 RR/R/R SShakerhaker HHeights,eights, OOhiohio / UUniversityniversity SSchoolchool

High School: Played centerfi eld at University School for Head Coach Tony Iliano ... Was ranked the top right-handed hitt ing centerfi elder in Ohio (No. 10 prospect overall in Ohio) and also received a four-star ranking from The Buckeye Scout ... Hit .582 as a senior for the Preppers, collecting 34 RBI and 23 stolen bases ... Did not commit an error at centerfi eld as a senior ... Named to the Clevelan Plain Dealer Cuyahoga County First Team and the Cleve- land Plain Dealer All-Star Team in 2006 ... A two-time participant of the East Coast Professional Showcase.

Personal: A psychology major ... Son of Cliff and Marlene ... Born on Feb. 28, 1989.

1111 AAdamdam GGECEWICHECEWICH FFreshmanreshman OOutfielderutfielder 55-11-11 220000 RR/R/R SStrongsville,trongsville, OhioOhio / SStrongsvilletrongsville

High School: Selected fi rst-team all-conference as a junior and senior ... Named conference MVP as a senior ... Holds the home run record at Strongsville H.S. ... As a junior, played right fi eld on the 2006 Ohio Baseball State Championship team ... Batt ed .395 as a senior.

Personal: Undecided on major ... Son of Jim and Diane ... Born on Feb. 3, 1989. 40 FRESHMEN PROFILES ZZachach KKEENEEN 5 FFreshmanreshman IInfieldernfielder 66-1-1 117070 RR/R/R BBeavercreek,eavercreek, OOhiohio / BBeavercreekeavercreek

High School: Played for Head Coach Rick Woolfe at Beavercreek H.S. ... 2007 First-Team All- League, First-Team All-Area, and Mizuno All-State as a senior ... Batt ed .488 senior season ... Selected First-Team All-League as a junior ... Named Honorable Mention All-League as a sophomore.

Personal: A fi nance major ... Son of Scott and Sarah ... Born on Sept. 12, 1988. 9 RRobertobert MMADDOXADDOX IIIIII FFreshmanreshman OOutfielder/Firstutfielder/First BBasease 66-2-2 119393 LL/L/L EEuclid,uclid, OOhiohio / VVillailla AAngelangela SSt.t. JJosephoseph

High School: Draft ed by the in the 34th round of the 2007 MLB Amateur Draft ... Plain Dealer and News Herald fi rst-team selection as a senior ... Batt ed .559 with a 1.200 slugging percentage, including belting fi ve home runs, 26 RBI and 36 runs ... Also stole 16 bases senior season ... Named team MVP ... Also lett ered in basketball at Villa Angela St. Joseph, winning the 2007 David Strunge Academic Award.

Personal: A sport management major ... Son of Robert and Sonya ... Born on Oct. 18, 1988. 2211 JJasonason MOUTLONMOUTLON FFreshmanreshman PPitcheritcher 66-1-1 116565 RR/R/R TToledo,oledo, OOhiohio / RRoyoy CC.. SStarttart

High School: Prior to his senior season was named to the Louisville Slugger Preseason High School All-America Second Team as a multi-position player (pitcher-shortstop) ... Played for Head Coach Rich Arbinger at Roy C. Start H.S. ... Named All-City all four years ... Selected All- District three seasons ... Participant in the All-Ohio Mizuno Series.

Personal: Undecided on major ... Son of Steve ... Nickname is Boomer, as he was born on Jan. 22, 1989, Super Bowl Sunday, when quarterback Boomer Esiason faced the San Francisco 49ers. 41 FRESHMEN PROFILES 2222 RRossoss OVERSTREETOVERSTREET FFreshmanreshman PPitcheritcher 66-1-1 117575 RR/R/R GGreenfield,reenfield, IInd.nd. / MMountount VVernonernon

High School: Selected all-conference, all-east and all-county as a sophomore, junior and senior at Mount Vernon H.S. ... Named team MVP as both a junior and senior ... Also earned four lett ers in tennis and was named all-state, all-district and all-conference his junior and senior years ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: A mechanical engineering major ... Son of Tom and Fran ... Born on July 12, 1988.

2266 MMattatt RAZZANTERAZZANTE FFreshmanreshman CCatcheratcher 55-10-10 118585 RR/R/R HHighlandighland HHeights,eights, OOhiohio / MMayfieldayfield

High School: Played for Head Coach Don Ramer at Mayfi eld H.S. ... As a senior he was selected First Team All-Western Reserve Conference, All-Sun Messenger, Academic All-Conference, Plain Dealer Player of the Week, Second Team All-Ohio ... Was selected to play in the Mizuno All-Ohio series ... Batt ed .500 and posted a .750 on-base percentage as a senior.

Personal: Undecided on major ... Son of Robert and Therese ... Born on Jan. 3, 1989. 3355 TTracerace VVOSHELLOSHELL FFreshmanreshman CCatcheratcher 66-1-1 118080 RR/R/R BBatavia,atavia, OOhiohio / CClearmontlearmont NNortheasternortheastern

High School: First-team All-League catcher and Conference Player of the Year as a senior ... First- team All-Cincinnati as a junior and senior ... All-Ohio Honorable Mention as a senior ... Team MVP and batt ing title winner as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Career batt ing average of .405 and led team in every off ensive category ... Starting catcher all four years at Clermont Northeastern.

Personal: Majoring in integrated social studies and secondary education ... Son of Paul and Rhonda ... Born on May 24, 1989.

42 ALL-MAC BOBCATS MMarcarc KRAUSSKRAUSS

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ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Gold Glove Team

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