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MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014 Special Issue Sophomore third baseman Missy Taukeiaho has sparkled in her first season in a Titan uniform. She returns home as a transfer from Washington. THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ISSUE Junior infielder Matt Chapman has taken more of a leadership role this season after losing key players from last season to the 2013 MLB draft. INSIDE MATT CHAPMAN MISSY TAUKEIAHO The junior infielder is The native of Rancho looking to capture a Cucamonga is happy national title for CSUF to be back home and and play in the majors playing for the Titans ATHLETES 4 ATHLETES 4 RICK VANDERHOOK ANDERSON FIELD The third year coach is The softball facility got looking to win his first its name in 2006 from College World Series families that made and break the drought financial contributions COACHES 5 STADIUM 6 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @DTSPORTSDESK VISIT US AT: DAILYTITAN.COM/SPORTS PAGE 2 MARCH 3, 2014 THE DAILY TITAN HISTORY MONDAY Titan greats in the pros to earn the Golden Spikes starts with a 3.26 earned Nevin with the first pick Marlins in 1996. He had a batting average of .253. CSUF baseball has Award, which is given to run average and finished over Derek Jeter. very steady career but had Seven former Titans are produced a total of the best amateur baseball fifth in the Rookie of the Nevin was a late-bloom- a standout season in 2004 currently at spring train- player in the United States. Year voting. er as a pro baseball play- for the Oakland Athletics ing and have a chance of 251 professionals He is one of three Titans Injuries plagued Harkey er. He didn’t emerge as an where he batted .314 and making a major league ros- MICHAEL HUNTLEY to win the prestigious throughout the rest of his everyday player until 2000 finished tied for fourteenth ter. Ricky Romero is try- Daily Titan award. career, but he is current- for the San Diego Padres. in the Most Valuable Player ing to earn his way back Wallach was drafted in ly having a successful ca- That season, he hit 31 home voting. Kotsay retired in into the Toronto Blue Jays the first round of the 1979 reer as a pitching coach. runs and had 107 RBIs. In September of 2013 after a starting rotation. The 2005 Cal State Fullerton has MLB draft by the Montreal He served on the coach- 2001 he hit a career-high 41 17-year career. CSUF alumni broke out in one of the most recognized Expos. He spent 13 seasons ing staff for the New York home runs with 126 RBIs Kurt Suzuki was a mem- 2011 for the Blue Jays when baseball programs in the with the Expos, in which Yankees from 2008-2013 and made his only All-Star ber of the 2004 national he had a 2.92 ERA and fin- nation and many former he was a five-time All-Star and is currently the pitch- team. He played five more championship team and ished in the top 10 of the Cy Titans have laced up their and won three Gold Glove ing coach for the Arizona years but never regained led the team in several of- Young award voting. cleats in Major League Awards. He played the re- Diamondbacks. the success he once had. fensive categories, includ- Khris Davis, a 2009 Baseball. mainder of his four years in The second GoldenHe currently manages the ing batting average (.413), alumni, debuted in 2013 A staggering 251 Titans the major leagues with the Spikes winner to come Reno Aces, the Triple-A home runs (16), runs bat- for the Milwaukee Brewers have played profession- Los Angeles Dodgers and from CSUF was Phil Nevin. affiliate of the Arizona ted in (87) and runs scored ,and after an impressive al baseball at some lev- California Angels. He is a Nevin played for the Titans Diamondbacks. (77). rookie season, will be el. That is the fourth member of the Canadian on the 1992 College World The third and most re- He was drafted by the the starting left fielder in most of any university in Baseball Hall of Fame. Series runner-up team. cent Golden Spikes win- Oakland Athletics in the 2014. California, behind UCLA, Wallach is a successful That season he had a .402 ner from CSUF was Mark second round of the 2004 Former Titan infielder USC and Stanford. The ma- coach in MLB today. He has batting average with 22 Kotsay. He had a .422 bat- amateur draft. He made his Justin Turner is compet- jor leagues have seen 53 interviewed to be the man- home runs and 86 runs ting average in his junior major league debut in 2007 ing for a spot on the Los Titans in their ranks. ager of the Detroit Tigers batted in. His impressive year at CSUF with 21 home and was with Oakland un- Angeles Dodgers. The first Titan to step and Seattle Mariners and is senior season and per- runs and 90 RBIs and was til he was traded to the CSUF has a tradition in a major league batter’s the current bench coach for formance in the College voted Most Outstanding Washington Nationals of excellence in baseball. box was Tim Wallach. He the Los Angeles Dodgers. World Series prompted the Player of the College in 2012. A year later the Current players like Matt played first base for the The first Titan pitcher to Houston Astros to pick him World Series in which the Nationals traded him back Chapman and J.D. Davis 1979 national champion- make an impact in MLB with the first pick in the Titans won the national to Oakland. hope to join the long list of ship team at CSUF. In his is Mike Harkey. Harkey 1992 MLB draft. An Astros championship. For his major league ca- alumni to play in the major senior year at CSUF, he broke out as a Chicago Cub scout famously quit his job Kotsay was drafted in the reer, Suzuki has 67 home leagues and continue the was the second ever Titan in 1990, when he made 27 because the team chose first round by the Florida runs, 359 RBIs and a standard of greatness. FOR THE RECORD It is Daily Titan policy to correct factual errors printed in the publication. Corrections CSUF building a dynasty will be published on the subsequent issue after an error is discovered and will appear on page 2. Errors on the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. Corrections will also be made to the online version of the article. Please contact Editor-in-Chief Ethan Hawkes at (657) 278-5815 or at editorinchief@ dailytitan.com with issues about this policy or to report any errors. DAILY TITAN Editorial Editor-in-Chief Ethan Hawkes Managing Editor Nereida Moreno News Editor Samuel Mountjoy News Editor Matthew Medina News Assistant Cecily Meza News Assistant Sasha Belani Sports Editor Tameem Seraj Sports Editor Joseph Anderson Sports Assistant Andrew Fortuna Sports Assistant Ian O’ Brien Opinion Editor Eric Gandarilla Opinion Assistant Kayli Craig Opinion Assistant Gustavo Vargas Features Editor Kristen Cervantes Features Assistant Magdalena Guillen Detour Editor Mia McCormick Detour Assistant Sonam Mirpuri WINNIE HUANG / Detour Assistant Zack Johnston Daily Titan Multimedia Editor Gurajpalpreet Sangha The Titans won their first championship in 1979, defeating Arkansas to finish the season 60-41-1. Their second win came in 1984 with a 66-20 Layout Editor Brandon Hicks record. In 1998, the team won the national title with a 57-9 record. Their most recent title, in 2004, was the result of a 47-22 season. Layout Assistant Kaley Williams Layout Assistant Cynthia Washicko Copy Editor Julia Gutierrez about this team is that they various position players. The record before entering con- Copy Editor Andy Lundin Baseball has won lost the first game of both highest drafted was Caffrey, ference play. Fullerton took Copy Assistant Elizabeth Muñoz four championships the West Regional and the who the Yankees drafted off once the Big West sched- Copy Assistant James Smith and softball has one College World Series, which with the 15th overall pick in ule opened up, as they fin- Photo Editor Mariah Carrillo put the team in an early hole the draft. ished with a 19-2 record Photo Assistant Eleonor Segura JOSEPH ANDERSON that they were fortunate to Garrido’s 20th season as against their conference Photo Assistant Winnie Huang Daily Titan pull themselves out of. the CSUF head coach in 1998 foes. Photo Assistant Amanda Sharp Seven players were draft- featured the most dominant Catcher Kurt Suzuki and Illustrator Mike Trujillo ed from the 1979 team, with team in school history, as infielder Justin Turner led Webmaster David McLaren Few collegiate programs Wallach being the first tak- the Titans compiled a 57-9 the Titans on the offensive Adviser Bonnie Stewart nationwide feature the same en at 10th overall by the record that included a first end, while pitchers Ricky prestige and notoriety as the Montreal Expos. place finish in the Big West Romero and Jason Windsor Main Line (657) 278-5815 [email protected] Cal State Fullerton base- The second nationalConference with an 18-3 were dominant on the News Line (657) 278-4415 [email protected] ball team. Featuring four championship for Titans conference record. mound. Romero finished the College World Series titles to baseball came in 1984, The star of the show for year with a 14-4 record and a Advertising go along with a multitude of where they defeated the ti- Fullerton was center field- respectable 3.37 earned run Director of Advertising Jerry Kou Big West Conference cham- tle-favorite Texas Longhorns er Mark Kotsay, who earned average while Windsor went Asst.