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BASEBALL RELEASE Contact: Kyle McRae (650-725-2959, [email protected]) Web: http://gostanford.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/050706aaa.html Date: May 6, 2006

*Stanford ace tosses first career complete game with a three-hitter in 7-1 win over No. 16 Arizona State last Friday Stanford Celebrates Its All-Time Starting 9

Stanford, Calif. – Stanford Baseball announced its All-Time Starting 9 on Saturday during its Pac-10 game versus . The nine players selected for the team represent the best of the first 30 years of the distinguished career of Stanford head coach . The squad was voted upon by fans throughout the 2006 campaign during a season-long promotion and an exclusive trading card set of the All-Time Starting 9 was distributed to the first 2000 spectators in attendance for Saturday’s contest. The team consisted of (, 1988-90), Ryan Garko (, 2000-03), John Gall (First Base, 1997-2000), (Second Base, 2003-05), Ed Sprague (Third Base, 1986-88), Eric Bruntlett (Shortstop, 1997-2000), Joe Borchard (, 1998-2000), Sam Fuld (Outfielder, 2001-04) and (Outfielder, 1990-92). Hammonds threw out the first pitch for Saturday’s Stanford-California contest after a pre-game ceremony.

STANFORD BASEBALL – ALL-TIME STARTING 9 PITCHER - MIKE MUSSINA (1988-90) ... 25-12, 4.44 ERA, 328.1 IP, 250 SO AT STANFORD: Member of the starting rotation on 1988 CWS champions • Co-led team with 14 wins and tossed a club-high 149.0 innings in 1990 • His 14 wins in 1990 are tied for second on the school's all-time single-season list • Ranks ninth all-time at Stanford with 328.1 career innings • Second Team Freshman All-American and Team Co-Most Valuable Player in 1988 • Earned Team's Co-Come Through Award in 1988 WHERE IS HE NOW?: Pitching in the ' starting rotation and arguably one of Stanford's most successful pro baseball players ever, making seven trips to the All-Star Game and compiling 229 wins while currently in his 16th season

CATCHER - RYAN GARKO (2000-03) ... .350, 39 HR, 191 RBI, 4 SB AT STANFORD: 2003 First Team All-American, Award Winner, Co-Pac-10 Player of the Year and Team Most Valuable Player • Two-time All- Pac-10 selection (2002, 2003) • Ranks among Stanford's all-time leaders in doubles (5th), RBI (7th-T), home runs (9th) and batting average (9th) • Tied school single-season record for RBI in 2003 • Posted a .389 all-time batting average at the CWS • One of only two Stanford players (along with Sam Fuld) to earn a pair of All-CWS honors • Picked up a pair of NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player awards (2001, 2003) WHERE IS HE NOW?: Catching for the ( AAA)

FIRST BASE - JOHN GALL (1997-2000) ... .358, 46 HR, 263 RBI, 31 SB AT STANFORD: Stanford's all-time leader in hits, RBI, doubles and total bases • Also the Pac-10's career leader in hits, doubles and total bases • Ranks among the school's Top 10 in at bats (2nd), batting average (3rd), games played (3rd), home runs (3rd-T) and runs (7th) • Three-time All-Pac-10 selection (1998, 1999, 2000) • A member of the 1999 All- team • Earned Stanford's Come Through Award in back-to-back seasons (1998, 1999) • Led Stanford with a .381 batting average as a sophomore in 1998 • Stanford's Co-Most Valuable Freshman (1997) WHERE IS HE NOW?: Recently called back up to the Major Leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals

SECOND BASE - JED LOWRIE (2003-05) ... .338, 31 HR, 162 RBI, 16 SB AT STANFORD: Two-time All-American and All-Pac-10 selection (2004, 2005) • 2004 Pac-10 Player of the Year and Crown winner • Two-time All- NCAA Regional choice (2003, 2004) • Started the final 148 games of his career at second base • Team MVP in 2004, while earning the Come Through Award in 2005 • Led Stanford in batting average as a sophomore with a .399 mark that ranks seventh on the school's all-time single-season list • Named "Best Player" on the Baseball America Midseason Report in 2004 and was a member of the publication's Player of the Year Watch List the entire season WHERE IS HE NOW?: Playing in the Minor Leagues with the Wilmington Blue Rocks ( A) in his second season of pro baseball

THIRD BASE - ED SPRAGUE (1986-88) ... .330, 41 HR, 178 RBI, 18 SB AT STANFORD: A key member of both of Stanford's College World Series champions in 1987 and 1988 • All-American (1988) and two-time All-Pac-10 choice (1987, 1988) • Ranks tied for sixth on Stanford's all-time home list • Tied for third in RBI and fourth in homers on Stanford's single-season lists with a monster campaign in 1988 CWS championship season • Earned an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 1988 USA Olympic Baseball team coached by Mark Marquess • Inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002 WHERE IS HE NOW?: In his third season as the head baseball coach at Pacific after an 11-year Major League Baseball career highlighted by back-to-back World Series titles as a member of the (1992-93) and an All-Star Game appearance playing for the Pirates in 1999

SHORTSTOP - ERIC BRUNTLETT (1997-2000) ... .335, 4 HR, 74 RBI, 22 SB AT STANFORD: Instrumental as the team's starting shortstop in the first two of Stanford's school record five straight trips to the College World Series in 1999 and 2000 • Had his best year as a senior in 2000, hitting .342 with three homers and 44 RBI, while leading the team in doubles, runs scored, stolen bases, walks and by pitches • Started all 66 of the team's games at shortstop in 2000 • His 24 doubles in 2000 still rank tied for third on Stanford's all-time list, while his 73 runs scored are tied for eighth • Named Stanford's Most Improved Player as a junior in 1999 WHERE IS HE NOW?: On the Houston Astros' roster for the fourth consecutive season

OUTFIELDER - JOE BORCHARD (1998-2000) ... .346, 40 HR, 187 RBI, 14 SB AT STANFORD: Two-time All-American and All-Pac-10 selection (1999, 2000) • Team Co-Most Valuable Freshman (1998) • Helped lead the Cardinal to CWS appearances in each of his last two seasons (1999, 2000) • Ranks eighth on Stanford's career home runs list and 10th in career RBI's • Had one of the best power seasons in Stanford history as a junior in 2000, hitting 19 homers to rank eighth on the single-season list and driving in 76 runs to rank tied for eighth, while leading the club in both categories • Named the Most Outstanding Player at the 2000 NCAA Regional hosted by Stanford WHERE IS HE NOW?: Playing for the Florida Marlins (his third MLB team)

OUTFIELDER - SAM FULD (2001-04) ... .332, 16 HR, 149 RBI, 38 SB AT STANFORD: Earned a pair of All-American honors (2001, 2002) and had three All-Pac-10 campaigns (2001, 2002, 2003) • One of only two Stanford players to ever be named twice to the All-College World Series team (along with Ryan Garko) with his selections in 2001 and 2002 • Earned Freshman All-American honors in 2001 • Has his name peppered in the career section of Stanford's record book as the school's all-time leader in runs scored and at bats, while also ranking among the Top 10 in games played (2nd), hits (2nd), triples (3rd-T) and doubles (6th-T) • Set Stanford's single-season hit record as a sophomore in 2002 with 110 and tied the run record with 83 as a junior in 2003 • Broke the all-time College World Series record for hits and finished his CWS career with 24 WHERE IS HE NOW?: Suiting up for the Daytona Cubs (Chicago Clubs A Advanced) in his second season of pro baseball

OUTFIELDER - JEFFREY HAMMONDS (1990-92) ... .354, 27 HR, 134 RBI, 102 SB AT STANFORD: Baseball America National Freshman of the Year in 1990 when he set four single-season school records (hits, runs, stolen bases, 37-game hit streak) with the latter three still standing today, while also leading the club with a .355 batting average • Two-time All-American and All-Pac-10 selection (1990, 1992) • All-College World Series choice (1990) • Ranks among Stanford's all-time leaders in stolen bases (4th) and batting average (5th) • A member of the fourth-place USA Baseball team at the 1992 Olympics WHERE IS HE NOW?: Jeffrey and his family attended a pre-game ceremony at Sunken Diamond before he threw out the first pitch • He is enjoying retirement after a 13-year career in Major League Baseball that included an All-Star Game appearance while a member of the in 2000, after being Stanford's highest draft choice ever when he was chosen fourth overall by the in 1992