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Athletic Media Relations 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-378-8948 • fax 801-378-3520

ASEBALL Weekly Release — March 20, 2002 B

Media Relations Information Home Season Begins Baseball contact: Ralph Zobell A showdown between the defending conference champion and the pre season E-Mail: [email protected] pick to win the league starts Thursday when BYU’s baseball team hosts San BYU 2002 Remaining Schedule Diego State University. The league-leading Cougars, 9-12-1 overall and 3-0 in % Mar. 21 *SDSU Provo 7 pm the Mountain West Conference, open their home season at Larry H. Miller Field % Mar. 22 *SDSU Provo 7 pm with favored SDSU, 18-9 and 2-1, with a pair of 7 p.m. Games on Thursday and % Mar. 23 *SDSU Provo 1 pm Friday. Saturday’s finale in the three-game series starts at 1 p.m. Mar. 29 *Air Force Colo. Spgs.,CO(DH)11 am Mar. 30 *Air Force Colo. Spgs., CO 1 pm %+Apr. 1 Notre DameSouth Bend, IN 1 pm A Quick Look at the Cougars %+Apr. 2 Notre DameSouth Bend, IN 6 pm Third-year coach Vance Law returns four position starters and has several expe- Apr. 4 *Utah Provo 7 pm rienced pitchers to go with a unique blend of transfers, returning missionaries Apr. 5 *Utah # Provo 7 pm and freshmen. Leading the young pitching corps is senior lefty Jeff Stone, who Apr. 6 *Utah # Provo 1 pm Apr. 11 *N. Mexico Albuquerque 3 pm needs six victories to become the all-time record-holder at BYU. Others to Apr. 12 *N. Mexico Albuquerque 3 pm watch include junior pre-season All-Americans Matt Carson and senior Lars Apr. 13 *N. Mexico Albuquerque 1 pm Birkeland and junior Doug Jackson. % Apr.18-19*SDSU San Diego, CA 6 pm % Apr. 20 *SDSU San Diego, CA 1 pm Apr. 25-26 *Air Force Provo 7 pm Probable Pitching Rotation Apr. 27 *Air Force#Provo 1 pm Mar. 21 San Diego State Jeff Mousser (3-1, 2.92) Provo, 7 pm % May 2-3 *UNLV Provo 7 pm Mar. 22 San Diego State Ryan Adams (1-3, 7.43) Provo, 7 pm % May 4 *UNLV Provo 1 pm Mar. 23 San Diego State Scott Koffman (2-2, 5.56) Provo, 1 pm May 6 So. Utah Provo 4 pm May 7 So. Utah Provo 7 pm May 9 *Utah Salt Lake City Noon Radio Coverage May 10 *Utah Salt Lake City Noon BYU’s station, KOVO (960 AM) carries all of its Mountain West Conference sin- May 11 *Utah Salt Lake City Noon gle games. SDSU’s games are broadcast live over the Internet. May 14-15 So. Utah Cedar City 1 pm May 16-17 *N. Mexico Provo 7 May 18 *N. Mexico Provo 1 Tickets 5/22-25 MWC Tournament Provo Individual baseball game prices at Miller Park are $5 for public and $3 for stu- 5/31-6/2 NCAA Regionals TBA dents, faculty, staff and senior citizens. Season reserved seats can be obtained 6/7-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBA with a Cougar Card for $30. Otherwise, reserved seats for the season are $30 6/14-22 College World Series Omaha, Neb. * Indicates MWC Games for students or $60 for public. For groups of 15 or more, there is a special rate #BYU Softball Hosts of $2 per person. For reserved tickets, phone 801 378-BYU1. All-sport and % Audiocast +Livestats Cougar Cards must be shown at the ticket office on the game day and redeemed for a reserved seat, based on availability. Tickets are on sale at the Mountain West Pre-Season Pix ticket office on the north side of Miller Park. Votes (1st) W-L, 2002 1. SDSU 24 (4) 2-1 Probable Lineup 2. BYU 22 (2) 3-0 1B–#17 Dave Jensen 2B–#21 Rob Itri SS–#8 Ranger Wiens 3. Utah 14 0-3 3B–#33 Jake Stubblefield C–#34 Lars Birkeland RF–#28 Matt Carson 4. New Mexico 12 3-0 CF–#13 Doug Jackson LF–#11 Cameron Coughlan 5. UNLV 11 0-3 DH–#33 Jake Stubblefield 6. Air Force 5 1-2 Series Record San Diego State leads the series, 45-31-1. The BYU-SDSU series dates back to 1957. BYU has a 14-13 record against SDSU in Provo.

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Matt Carson, Right Field BYU Quick Facts Second-Team All-American Pre-Season, Baseball America magazine Location: Provo, Utah 84602 Mountain West Conference Player of the Week, Feb. 18 (Santa Clara-Pacific) Enrollment: 28,300 (Daytime) Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Next Week Christ of Latter-day Saints The Cougars play at the Air Force Academy with a Friday doubleheader and a Colors: Blue and White single game on Saturday before continuing to fly back to Notre Dame. Nickname: Cougars Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) Regarding BYU this season Affiliation: NCAA Division I BYU has five current players who are married (Lars Birkeland, Ryan Adams, Conference: Mountain West Jeff Stone, Jacob Stubblefield and Matt Ward). There are 15 players on the team Field: Larry H. Miller Field (2,300) who have served two-year volunteer Church missions, 11 of whom were President: Merrill J. Bateman assigned outside the United States and speak Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and Men’s AD: Val Hale Russian. Incorporated into this year’s team are seven players who have just Ticket Office Phone: (801) 378-BYU1 or finished serving two-year Church missions (Kevin Bills, Rob Itri, Paul Jacinto, 1-800-322-BYU1 Dave Jensen, Curtis Rodriguez, Ranger Wiens and Adam Wilkes). Ranger Baseball Staff: Wiens is one of six players (Tyler Dabo, Sam Fernley, Jason Garcia, Jake Head Coach: Vance Law (BYU, 1978) Stubblefield and Mike Weingarten) who transferred to BYU this past Office Phone: (801) 378-5049 season...Wiens played three years ago at the University of Nevada. Two Record: 76--63-1, third season Cougars have South Korean connections...pitcher Jeff Stone served a two-year Assistant Coaches: mission to that country and second baseman Han Yi was born in Seoul--each David Eldredge (BYU, 1984) lived in Korea for nearly two years. Among those throwing batting practice to Mike Karpel (UC San Bernardino, 1994) BYU again this season is former Cy Young winner Vernon Law (1960 Pittsburgh Nate Mathis (BYU, 2000) Pirates), father of BYU head coach Vance Law. In January, Vance Law was in Trainer: Jared Hutchinson Washington, D.C., where he was again a resource player (yearly for the past Baseball Facts: nine years) for the major league rookie training. Pitcher Jake Chrisman stands 2001 Record: 38-22 (12-7 home, 26-15 away) 6-8 and redshirted this past season in basketball. Pitcher Jeff Stone (26-14) Conference Finish: 21-8, 1st in MWC needs six more victories to become BYU’s all-time winningest pitcher. Cameron NCAA Finish: Eliminated, first round at Lincoln, Neb. Coughlan runs a 6.5 in the 60-yard dash to be among the fastest Cougars. Final National Ranking: NA Starters Returning (4): Injuries Lars Birkeland, 6-1, Sr., C Pitchers Curtis Rodriguez and James Ray are both sidelined due to off-season Matt Carson, 6-2, Jr., RF surgery last semester, but both are hopeful of mid-season returns. Kainoa Doug Jackson, 5-7, Jr., OF Obrey, a pre-season third-team All-America, is out for the season, hoping for a Kainoa Obrey, 6-3, Jr., 3B medical hardship because of a back problem. Starters Lost (5): Ty Haguewood/Tim Law, 1B Coach Vance Law and staff Tyler Perry, 2B Vance Law played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six Seth King, SS different teams. Last season he was named Coach of the Year for the Mountain Shane Belliston, CF West Conference. The 46-year-old coach is in his third year at BYU and has a Jeff Hiestand, DH 76-63-1 record. He is assisted by David Eldredge, now in his fourth year at Other Letterwinners Returning from 2001: BYU. Eldredge was one of three finalists named for last year’s head-coach Cameron Coughlan, 5-11, Jr., 2B/OF vacancy at the University of Hawai`i. Pitching coach Mike Karpel is in his third Top Returning Pitchers from 2001: year with BYU. Graduate assistant Nate Mathis is in his first year on the BYU Ryan Adams, 6-3, Sr., RHP, 6-2, 4.10 staff, succeeding Hank Taylor who joined the U.S. Military Academy this season Scott Koffman, 6-2, RHP, Soph., 3-1, 7.44 at West Point as a member of its baseball staff. Jeff Mousser, 6-2, RHP, Soph.,3-0, 6.38 Jeff Stone, 6-1, Sr., LHP, 5-5, 6.09 First Full Year in New Ballpark at Home This is BYU’s first full season at Miller Park, named in honor of Larry H. and Gail Miller, who made a significant financial contribution toward the facility. The baseball field is built on the site the original field was constructed on in 1969 and is named Larry H. Miller Field. The baseball portion seats 2,204 (675 in the lower bowl) and mirrors a back-to-back concept with the adjoining softball field and a shared press box. Both fields have lights. The field measures 400 feet in center, 388 in the alleys and remains at 345 down the lines. BYU played its first night games in Provo with the opening of Miller Park.

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Carson, the man with the bat and the arm Cougars on Missions BYU junior Matt Carson was named second-team pre-season All-America by Player, Pos., Year @ BYU Place of Service Cortland Andrews, LHP, 2000 Guatemala Baseball America. Last season he was one of 19 named to the USA National Team Casey Cloward, C, 2000 Mexico Trials. He was also invited to the Trials in 2000. Last year he only went hitless 12 Brad Hales, SS, 2001 Spain times in his last 56 games. When Carson doesn’t speak with his bat, the rightfield- Jeff Hiestand, DH, 2001 Colorado-Denver South er’s cannon arm can make some noise, too. Continuing from the past two seasons, Bryce Searle, RHP, 2000 Ecuador earlier this season against Texas Tech he threw a perfect one-hopper to home plate Jeff Stearman, RHP, 2001 Perth, Australia to prevent a runner from scoring; caught a sac-fly, then threw to second base to Justin Suà, RHP, 2001 Nicaragua complete a double play; and made a relay to third to put out a player trying to stretch a double into a triple. Against Pacific he caught a runner with a throw to Missions Served second. In the first inning against the University of Hawaiì in game three he threw Player, Pos., Year @ BYU Place of Service out a runner at home after the UH runner tagged at third after a fly-out. He led the Ryan Adams, Pitcher, Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. Mountain West Conference most of last season and finished with 18 homers. Kevin Bills, 3B, So. Orlando, Fla. Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO HP Lars Birkeland, Catcher, Jr. Micronesia 2000 .395 54-53 195 42 77 18 3 8 43 125 20 29 14 Brandon Boothe, Jr. Brazil 2001 .335 56-56 227 56 76 6 5 18 70 146 26 47 2 Tyler Dabo, Pitcher, Jr. Peru 2002 .375 21-21 88 16 33 4 3 5 24 58 4 12 5 Rob Itri, INF/OF, So. Portugal Totals.365 131-130 510 114 186 28 12 31 137 329 50 38 19 Paul Jacinto, Pitcher, So. Brazil David Jensen, 1B Uruguay Jeff Stone Pursues Career Record Curtis Rodriguez, Pitcher, So. Texas (Spanish) Jeff Stone, Pitcher, Jr. Korea Senior southpaw Jeff Stone needs six more victories to become BYU’s all-time win- Jacob Stubblefield, DH, Jr. Chile ningest pitcher in surpassing Colby Ward (Houston, Texas). Stone was 1997 WAC Ryan Thurgood, INF, Fr. Mexico Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-America before his mission service in Mike Weingarten, Catcher, Jr. Toronto, Canada Korea. Stone grew up in Federal Way, Wash., before moving to Utah to finish his Ranger Weins, SS, So. Hawaiì high school career. He is one of five married players on this year’s team and at 24- Adam Wilkes, Catcher, So. Russia years-of-age, Stone is the oldest player on the team. Year ERA W-L APP GS CGSV IP H R ER BB SO BYU Pitcher, Years Career W-L 1997 6.94 11-1 14 13 1 0 84.1 92 70 65 56 70 1. Colby Ward, 1983-86 31-10 2000 6.23 10-5 17 17 2 0 99.2 126 82 69 53 74 2. Peter Kendrick, 1980-82 29-8 2001 6.09 5-5 17 14 1 1 85.2 117 68 58 37 52 Mark Beavers, 1983-86 29-15 2002 9.64 0-3 6 6 0 0 28.0 41 39 30 18 11 4. Scott Nielsen, 1978-83 27-3 Tot. 6.71 26-14 54 50 4 1 297.2 376 259 222 164 207 Jeff Dusek, 1970-72 26-7 Jeff Stone, 1997-02 26-13 Schedule Change Because of scheduling problems due to weather, the March 28 game at the Air Force BYU Winningest Pitchers Academy has been moved to a doubleheader on March 29. Other time, date Record Pitcher, Season changes are noted in the left-hand column on page 5. 16-3 Nate Fernley, 2001 16-2 John DeSilva, 1989 Team Notes 16-3 Peter Kendrick, 1981 • Matt Carson had a 12-game hitting streak, including the final game of last season, 14-1 Scott Nielsen, 1983 snapped in the first game at the University of Hawaiì. Dave Jensen had an 11- 14-5 Mark Beavers, 1985 game hitting streak ended in game two of the UCI series. Kainoa Obrey brought 12-0 Bob Mosteller, 1961 a 12-game hitting streak into this season, but it ended at 13 games. Obrey had a 12-4 Scott Haws, 1995 13-game hitting streak at one point last season. Jensen has the current hitting 11-0 Scott Nielsen, 1982 streak lead on the team with six games, followed by Matt Carson at four and 11-0 Mark De La Torre, 1983 Ryan Chambers at three. 11-1 Jeff Stone, 1997 • BYU’s MWC regular season title was its first since 1994 when it won the Western 11-2 Richard Zinniger, 1969 Athletic Conference playoff. The Cougars have won nine league titles dating back to the WAC’s inception in 1962. 11-2 Axle Hardy, 1977 • Baseball and BYU softball play at Miller Park on the same dates on April 5 (soft- 11-4 Bert Bradley, 1979 ball hosts CSU at 2 & 4 p.m.), April 6 (softball hosts UNM at noon and 2 p.m.) 11-5 Mike Switzer, 1990 and on April 27 (softball hosts Utah noon and 2 p.m.) • Doug Jackson and Cameron Coughlan tied a school record with seven at bats each in the 14-inning victory at Cal-Irvine. • Dave Jensen tied a Mountain West Conference record by hitting three doubles in the 12-5 victory at UNLV.

www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 4 BYU in 2001 NCAA Statistics Bloodlines for Current BYU Baseball Team Player, Category Ranking • Ryan Adams—uncle Stan Adams played baseball for BYU. • Kevin Bills—father Jeff played catcher for BYU from 1972-75, grandfather Karol Matt Carson, Home Runs, 1.25 25 played football and baseball in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Matt Carson, RBI, 0.32 25 • Lars Birkeland—uncle Val Sundberg played baseball at the College of Southern Idaho, College of Doug Jackson, Triples, 0.15 8 Eastern Utah and Southwest Louisiana. Cameron Coughlan, Triples, 0.13 15 • Clayton Carson—older brother Matt is BYU’s right fielder, father Eric played water polo at BYU, Nate Fernley, Victories, 16 1 mother’s cousin is former major leaguer Bill Buckner who played for the Boston Red Sox. Team Batting, .321 31 • Matt Carson—younger brother Clayton is a freshman on BYU’s baseball team, father Eric played Team Scoring, 8.07 21 water polo at BYU, mother’s cousin is former major leaguer Bill Buckner who played for the Boston Team Home Runs, 1.22 29 Red Sox. Team Slugging, .509 16 • Jacob Chrisman—father Rick played shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds, brother Jed is a right field- Team Triples, 0.53 4 er for the University of Utah, sister played softball at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. • Cameron Coughlan—cousin Chad Nichols played baseball for Loyola-Marymount and Pepperdine, cousin Gabriella played soccer for Loyola-Marymount. BYU CAREER APPEARANCES • Tyler Dabo—brother Mitch played water polo at BYU, grandpa David Grow was a pro boxer, 75-Carl Keliipuleole 1985-87 uncle Lorin Grow played major league baseball for the Cincinnati Reds and Snow College, uncle 57-Ryan Hancock 1992-96 David Grow played baseball for BYU. 54-Mark Beavers 1983-86 • David Eldredge, assistant BYU coach—father David was a DB/QB for Stanford (1950-53) and on 54-Jeff Stone 1997-02 it’s Rose Bowl team (1952) and played baseball for the Cardinal, brother Duane played baseball for 53-Micah Mangrum 1996-00 BYU, uncle Pal was a catcher for BYU, 1966-68, uncle Neil was an Olympic volleyball player, cousin 51-Colby Ward, 1983-86 Denise played soccer for Washington and Hawai`i. 38-Peter Kendrick 1980-82 • Sam Fernley—brother Nate pitched for BYU and now pitches in the Cleveland Indians organiza- 37-Scott Nielsen 1977-83 tion, sister Emily played softball for BYU. • Jason Garcia—cousins Jason and Jeremy Dietrich played baseball for Pepperdine and then both went on to play AAAball, cousin Eddie Guzman played football at the University of Texas and Career Hit By Pitch Record then in the WFL. Year Player HB 1999-2001 Michael Wirrick 25 • Rob Itri—father Nick pitched for Drexel University. 2000-02 Matt Carson 19 • Doug Jackson—brothers Mike and Tony played baseball for Hawai`i-Hilo. 1999-2001 Michael Davies 18 • Paul Jacinto—grandfather Alvin played one year on the major league Chicago White Sox and 1993-97 Tyson DowDell 18 then played in the San Francisco Giants organization, father David swam and played water polo for 1994-97 D.G. Nelson 14 BYU, uncles Scott, Brett and Mark Favero were swimmers for BYU and uncle Rex Favero swam for 1996-98 Chris Circuit 14 UCLA. • Dave Jensen—great grandfather Hugo Jorgensen pitched in the minor leagues. 1st Yr. Attend. @ Miller Park • Mike Karpel, assistant BYU coach—father Peter played basketball at Bowling Green, sisters were Date Opponent Attendance four-time All-American tracksters at the Air Force Academy (Shannon) and Boise State (Kathy), 5/11 UNLV (Night) 3,120 cousin Jeff Lamb currently plays basketball for Cal Tech. 4/19 Utah (Night) 1,609 • Scott Koffman—father Barry played football at the University of Missouri, great uncle was a 4/27 San Diego St. (Night) 1,398 catcher for the St. Louis Browns organization. 4/20 Utah (Night) 1,274 • Vance Law, head BYU coach—father Vernon was 1960 Cy Young winner and was a pitcher for the 4/21 Utah 1,371 Pittsburgh Pirates (1950-67), brother Veryl played basketball at BYU (1974-77) alongside Vance 5/12 UNLV 1,318 (1975-77), brothers Veldon (1975) and Vaughn (1979) played baseball for BYU, son Tim played base- 5/10 UNLV (Night) 1,282 ball at Dixie and last year for BYU. 4/13 New Mexico (Night) 1,143 • Nate Mathis, assistant BYU coach—grandfather LeGrand Mathis played football at the University 4/14 New Mexico 1,119 of Utah. 4/14 New Mexico — (DH) • Jeff Pugmire—brother Rob plays for the Cincinnati Reds organization, brother Chris played base- 4/26 San Diego St. (Night) 1,059 ball at the University of Washington and Bellevue Community College. 4/28 San Diego St. 1,014 • Curt Rodriguez—uncle Bob Palmer played baseball for BYU. 4/16 Southern Utah 809 • Jake Stubblefield—father James played football for BYU. 4/17 Southern Utah 862 • Matt Ward—older brother played baseball at the College of Eastern Utah, Totals 10 wins, 4 losses 17,378 younger brother plays baseball for UVSC. Night record: 5-2 • Mike Weingarten—father Robert played semi-pro basketball, cousin was an Olympic gymnast for Losses (Avg. 1,241) the New Zealand women’s team. • Ranger Wiens—father Randy played AAAbaseball for the Toronto Blue Jays, grandfather Lloyd Brink played football for BYU (1938-40), uncles Bill and Justin Brink played baseball for BYU. • Adam Wilkes—father James played baseball for the University of Arizona, grandfather was a scout for 30 years with the Los Angles Dodgers, younger brother Garrett plays basketball for the College of Eastern Arizona. www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 5

Cougar Scholar-Athletes Honored from Baseball BYU’s Longest Extra Innings 1983 @ Utah* (15 inn) W 12-9 Thirteen baseball players, including eight on the current squad, were honored as 2002 @ UC-Irvine (14 inn) W 10-7 scholar-athletes at the end of February by the Cougar Club. Those from this year’s 1993 Washington# (14 inn) W 7-6 squad are: Ryan Adams, Jason Garcia, David Jensen, Jeffrey Stone, Jacob 1994 @ Utah (13 inn) L 3-4 Stubblefield, Michael Weingarten, Adam Wilkes and Kirk Williamson. From last 1984 San Diego St.% (13 inn) W 5-3 year’s team were Shane Belliston, Thomas Doxey, Shawn Hancock, Stephen Snow 2000 @ San Diego St. (11 inn) W 7-6 and Michael Wirrick. This is the fourth time Snow and Wirrick were selected. 1984 No. Colorado (11 inn) W 10-9 Sophomore Pitchers # Coyote Classic, San Bernardino, Calif. Seven of BYU’s nine victories this season have been registered by sophomore pitch- % Riverside Baseball Invit., Calif. ers on the Cougar staff: Jeff Mousser with three and Scott Koffman and Paul Jacinto with two. There are three other sophomore pitchers on the BYU staff; Sam Fernley, Schedule Changes younger brother of last year’s All-American Nate Fernley; Jake Chrisman who Opponent Was Now stands 6-8; and Curtis Rodriguez, who is recovering from an injury. @ So. Utah 3/18 5/13, 1 pm @ So. Utah 3/19 5/14, 1 pm Ties in BYU history @ Air Force 3/28 3/29, 1 pm Last Saturday’s 12-12 finish at the University of Washington was the first tie record- @ Air Force 3/29 3/29, 3 pm ed for Vance Law as a Cougar coach. Because the Cougars had a flight to catch, @ Utah 6,6 & 1 pm Noon both UW and BYU agreed to end the game at 4 p.m. Other ties in BYU’s history So. Utah 4 pm DH, 5/6, 1 pm include a pair of 10-10 ties with the University of Hawaii in 1990 and 1988; in 1986 at Fresno State (4-4) in 1986; in 1986 against San Diego State (7-7) in that same Fresno tournament; in 1979 at New Mexico (10-10); in 1968 at Utah (2-2); in 1966 at San Fernando State (6-6); in 1963 against Pepperdine (1-1); in 1961 at UCLA (5-5); and the first official intercollegiate athletic event held in Utah was between Brigham Young Academy and the University of Utah on May 18, 1895 in Provo. Over 400 fans witnessed that BYU-Utah game which ended in a tie after a protested call, and a wild fist-fight.

Date Opponent W/L Score Site Rec. Div-Rec. Pitcher Opp. Pitcher Line Opp. Line Att. 1/25 @ Texas Tech L 6-8 A 0-1 0-0 Mousser Rowe 6-12-3 8-13-0 2,663 1/25 @ Texas Tech L 5-6 A 0-2 0-0 Ward Shaw 5-10-2 6-9-2 — 1/26 @ Texas Tech L 2-10 A 0-3 0-0 Koffman Fouts 2-6-0 10-12-3 2,353 1/31 @ UC-Irvine (14 inn.) W 10-7 A 1-3 0-0 Mousser Koller 10-10-2 7-12-2 620 2/1 @ UC-Irvine L 3-8 A 1-4 0-0 Adams Tracey 3-9-3 8-9-0 820 2/2 @ UC-Irvine L 2-10 A 1-5 0-0 Koffman Smith 2-4-1 10-12-2 814 2/4 @ UC Santa Barbara L 5-12 A 1-6 0-0 Chrisman Posthumus 5-11-3 12-14-2 137 2/5 @ Cal Poly-SLO L 5-14 A 1-7 0-0 Stone McGinnis 5-12-7 14-15-0 165 2/11 @ Santa Clara W 15-5 A 2-7 0-0 Koffman McBride 15-15-1 5-10-2 193 2/12 @ Stanford L 1-8 A 2-8 0-0 Stone Cunningham 1-3-0 8-10-1 1795 2/14 @ Pacific L 3-4 A 2-9 0-0 Adams Pena 3-9-1 4-9-1 124 2/15 @ Pacific L 4-8 A 2-10 0-0 Chrisman Godkin 4-10-2 8-11-1 150 2/16 @ Pacific W 5-2 A 3-10 0-0 Ward Pena 5-10-1 2-11-1 156 2/21 @ Hawaiì W 7-6 A 4-10 0-0 Mousser Quaglieri 7-13-2 6-7-0 2,329 2/22 @ Hawaiì L 5-10 A 4-11 0-0 Adams Pribble 5-9-2 10-10-1 2,876 2/23 @ Hawaiì W 4-3 A 5-11 0-0 Jacinto Yamashita 4-6-3 3-7-2 2,581 2/11 @ UNLV * W 12-5 A 6-11 1-0 Koffman Hall 12-13-2 5-7-5 478 2/12 @ UNLV * W 8-3 A 7-11 2-0 Mousser Pupo 8-13-0 3-4-1 — 2/12 @ UNLV * W 13-7 A 8-11 3-0 Adams Van 13-11-0 7-13-0 395 3/14 @ Washington L 8-15 A 8-12 3-0 Stone Kohn 8-9-3 15-13-3 189 3/15 @ Washington W 7-5 A 9-12 3-0 Jacinto Petersen 7-11-1 5-7-1 219 3/16 @ Washington T 12-12 A 9-12-1 3-0 Chrisman White 12-15-1 12-11-4 229

www.byucougars.com BYU BASEBALL NEWS Schedule/Roster 2002 SCHEDULE Apr. 4 *Utah Provo 7 pm Jan. 25 Texas Tech Lubbock, TX L, 6-8 Apr. 5 *Utah Provo 7 pm Jan. 25 Texas Tech Lubbock, TX L, 5-6 Apr. 6 *Utah Provo 1 pm Jan. 26 Texas Tech Lubbock, TX L, 2-10 Apr. 11 *New Mexico Albuquerque 3 pm Jan. 31 UC-Irvine Irvine, CA W, 10-7 Apr. 12 *New Mexico Albuquerque 3 pm Feb. 1 UC-Irvine Irvine, CA L, 3-8 Apr. 13 *New Mexico Albuquerque 1 pm Feb. 2 UC-Irvine Irvine, CA L, 2-10 Apr. 18 *San Diego St. San Diego, CA 6 pm Feb. 4 Cal-Santa Barbara S. Barb., CA L, 5-12 Apr. 19 *San Diego St. San Diego, CA 6 pm Feb. 5 Cal-Poly SLO S. L. O., CA L, 5-14 Apr. 20 *San Diego St. San Diego, CA 1 pm Feb. 11 Santa Clara S. Clara, CA W, 15-5 Apr. 25 *Air Force Provo 7 pm Feb. 12 Stanford Palo Alto, CA L, 1-8 Apr. 26 *Air Force Provo 7 pm Feb. 14 Pacific Stockton, CA L, 4-3 Apr. 27 *Air Force Provo 1 pm Feb. 15 Pacific Stockton, CA L, 4-8 May 2 *UNLV Provo 7 pm Feb. 16 Pacific Stockton, CA W, 5-2 May 3 *UNLV Provo 7 pm Feb. 21 Hawaiì Honolulu, HI W, 7-6 May 4 *UNLV Provo 1 pm Feb. 22 Hawaiì Honolulu, HI L, 5-10 May 6 Southern Utah (DH) Provo 1 pm Feb. 23 Hawaiì (TV) Honolulu, HI W, 4-3 May 7 Southern Utah Provo 7 pm F. 25-26 Hawaiì-Hilo Canceled Due to Rains May 9 *Utah Salt Lake City Noon Mar. 11 *UNLV Las Vegas W, 12-5 May 10 *Utah Salt Lake City Noon Mar. 12 *UNLV Las Vegas W, 8-3 May 11 *Utah Salt Lake City Noon Mar. 12 *UNLV Las Vegas W, 13-7 May 13 Southern Utah Cedar City 1 pm Mar. 14 Washington Seattle, WA L, 8-15 May 14 Southern Utah Cedar City 1 pm Mar. 15 Washington Seattle, WA W, 7-5 May 16 *New Mexico Provo 7 Mar. 16 Washington Seattle, WA T, 12-12 May 17 *New Mexico Provo 7 Mar. 21 *San Diego St. Provo 7 pm May 18 *New Mexico Provo 1 Mar. 22 *San Diego St. Provo 7 pm 5/22-25 MWC Tournament Provo Mar. 23 *San Diego St. Provo 1 pm 5/31-6/2 NCAA Regionals TBA Mar. 29 *Air Force (DH) Colo. Spgs., CO 11 am 6/7-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Mar. 30 *Air Force Colo. Spgs., CO 1 pm 6/14-22 College World Series Omaha, Neb. Apr. 1 Notre Dame South Bend, IN 1 pm * Indicates MWC Games Apr. 2 Notre Dame South Bend, IN 6 pm All times local to site of game

2002 ROSTER N o .P l a y e r Po s . H t . W t . B-T Y r. D O B H o m e t o w n 1 Jason Garcia RHP 6-0 195 R-R Jr.-JC 1-26-80 Garden Grove, California (Long Beach CC) 3 *Curtis Rodriguez RHP 6-0 165 R-R So.-1V 1-29-80 Laguna Niguel, California (Capistrano Valley 4 Han Yi 2B-SS-OF 5-10 170 R-R Fr.-RS 12-12-81 Torrance, California (West) 5 **James Ray LHP 5-9 160 L-L Sr.-2V 9-30-78 St. Augustine, Florida (Jacksonville U.) 7 *Scott Koffman RHP 6-2 190 R-R So.-1V 9-27-81 Salt Lake City, Utah (Olympus) 8 Ranger Wiens INF 6-3 200 R-R So.-TR 5-7-80 Merced, California (Nevada) 9 *Matt Ward RHP 6-2 170 R-R Sr.-1V 12-30-79 Spanish Fork, Utah (Utah Valley St.) 10 *Kevin Bills 3B 6-2 175 R-R So.-1V 3-5-80 Reno, Nevada (Reno) 11 **Cameron Coughlan OF/2B 5-11 175 S-R Jr.-2V 8-12-81 Malibu, California (Malibu) 12 *Lars Birkeland C 6-1 205 R-R Sr.-1V 7-12-78 Salt Lake City, Utah (Saddleback JC) 13 **Doug Jackson OF/2B 5-7 155 S-R Jr.-2V 1-31-81 Kailua, Hawai’i (Iolani) 14 Mike Weingarten C 6-2 200 R-R Jr.-JC 6-28-78 Orem, Utah (Utah Valley St.) 15 *Paul Jacinto RHP 6-0 190 R-R So.-1V 1-18-80 Encinitas, California (LaCosta) 16 Tyler Dabo RHP 6-2 180 R-R Jr.-JC 2-17-79 Hollister, California (Dixie JC) 17 *Dave Jensen 1B 6-3 215 L-L So.-1V 12-16-79 Henderson, Nevada (Green Valley) 18 *Jacob Chrisman RHP 6-8 225 R-R So.-1V 12-1-81 Provo, Utah (Provo) 19 Kirk Williamson RHP 6-0 180 R-R Fr.-HS 1-24-83 Ripon, California (Ripon) 21 *Rob Itri INF/OF 6-3 180 L-R So.-1V 12-17-79 Broomall, Pennsylvania (Marple Newtown) 23 ***Jeff Stone LHP 6-1 185 L-L Sr.-3V 10-15-77 Taylorsville, Utah (Taylorsville) 24 *Adam Wilkes C 5-9 165 R-R So.-1V 10-26-79 Tucson, Arizona (Sabino) 25 **Ryan Adams RHP 6-3 200 R-R Sr.-2V 4-3-78 Highland, Utah (UVSC) 26 Ryan Thurgood SS/OF 5-10 160 R-R Fr.-HS 10-20-79 Vancouver, Washington (Evergreen) 27 Ryan Chambers LHP/OF 6-0 165 L-L Fr.-HS 12-31-82 Yucaipa, California (Yucaipa) 28 **Matt Carson OF 6-2 195 R-R Jr.-2V 7-1-81 Yucaipa, California (Yucaipa) 29 Sam Fernley RHP 6-4 200 L-R So.-JC 1-29-82 Long Beach, California (Long Beach CC) 30 Clayton Carson Infielder 6-1 170 S-R Fr.-HS 4-6-83 Yucaipa, California (Yucaipa) 32 **Kainoa Obrey 3B 6-3 225 R-R Jr.-2V 10-6-80 Honolulu, Hawai’i (Iolani) 33 Jake Stubblefield INF 6-1 200 R-R Jr.-JC 8-16-79 San Diego, California (Ricks JC) 34 Jeff Pugmire C 5-11 205 R-R Fr.-HS 9-1-82 Snohomish, Washington (Cascade) 35 *Jeff Mousser RHP 6-2 215 R-R So.-1V 9-10-81 Tempe, Arizona (Marcos de Niza) 36 **Brandon Boothe RHP 6-9 265 R-R Jr.-2V 6-28-79 Merced, California (Golden Valley) Brian Nielsen LHP 6-1 175 L-L Fr.-HS 10-24-82 Sandy, Utah (Jordan) C o a c h e s 2—Vance Law, Head Coach 22—David Eldredge, Assistant Coach 31—Mike Karpel, Assistant Coach 6—Nate Mathis, Assistant Coach * Letters

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Record: 9-12-1 Home: 0-0 Away: 9-12-1 Mtn. West: 3-0

Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TBSLG% BB HBP SO GDPOB%SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% CARSON, Matt .375 21 21 88 16 33 4 3 5 24 58 .659 4 5 12 3 .424 2 0 5 8 40 4 1 .978 COUGHLAN, C. .354 20 19 82 21 29 2 0 1 12 34 .415 8 1 16 0 .418 0 0 12 14 37 3 1 .976 JENSEN, Dave .333 22 22 90 15 30 9 0 4 17 51 .567 9 0 13 2 .390 1 0 2 4 175 12 4 .979 WIENS, Ranger .312 22 22 80 12 25 5 2 0 8 34 .425 9 3 17 0 .402 0 0 6 8 34 73 5 .955 ITRI, Rob .310 21 18 71 14 22 6 0 1 11 31 .437 6 0 6 1 .364 0 1 2 3 22 37 1 .983 CHAMBERS, R. .278 11 3 18 4 5 1 1 1 6 11 .611 1 0 5 0 .316 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 1.000 JACKSON, Doug .273 22 22 88 20 24 3 0 2 11 33 .375 8 4 14 1 .356 1 2 6 6 46 1 2 .959 OBREY, Kainoa .242 10 10 33 5 8 5 0 1 8 16 .485 3 2 11 1 .333 1 0 0 0 7 19 5 .839 STUBBLEFIELD, J..229 20 19 70 12 16 2 1 2 9 26 .371 7 0 15 2 .299 0 0 0 1 28 21 6 .891 WILKES, Adam .222 11 1 9 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 .333 2 0 2 1 .364 0 1 0 0 18 1 0 1.000 CARSON, Clayton.222 6 2 9 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 .333 0 0 2 0 .200 1 0 0 0 6 11 4 .810 YI, Han .190 17 11 42 7 8 3 0 0 3 11 .262 4 1 8 0 .277 0 0 0 0 18 22 6 .870 WEINGARTEN,M. .182 8 6 22 2 4 0 0 1 4 7 .318 1 0 5 0 .208 1 0 0 0 29 1 0 1.000 BIRKELAND, Lars .167 16 16 54 5 9 1 0 1 9 13 .241 2 1 12 3 .207 1 1 2 3 84 14 0 1.000 BILLS, Kevin .154 11 6 26 5 4 1 0 2 3 11 .423 4 1 9 1 .290 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 THURGOOD, R. .000 9 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .111 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1.000

Totals .280 22 22 790 142 221 44 7 21 128 342 .433 69 18 148 15 .348 8 5 38 50 565 25240 .953 Opponents .297 22 22 751 165223 37 13 11 153 319 .425 105 38 118 10 .40411 11 27 37 598 25235.960

LOB - Team (151), Opp (193). DPs turned - Team (20), Opp (19). IBB - Team (4), JENSEN 3, CARSON M. 1, Opp (1). Picked off - WIENS 2, YI 2, CARSON M. 1, COUGHLAN 1.

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHOCBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR ABB/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA RAY, James 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .000 0 0 0 0 0 FERNLEY, Sam 2.70 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 9 4 3 3 3 0 3 0 38 .237 2 3 0 1 0 MOUSSER, Jeff 2.92 3 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 24.2 18 10 8 13 24 2 1 1 83 .217 1 6 1 1 4 KOFFMAN, Scott 5.56 2 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 34.0 39 27 21 14 13 6 0 4 134 .291 1 8 0 2 1 GARCIA, Jason 5.65 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 14.1 14 11 9 8 11 4 1 1 57 .246 1 1 2 1 1 JACINTO, Paul 5.87 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 15.1 14 11 10 9 14 5 1 1 58 .241 0 2 1 2 2 WARD, Matt 6.91 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 14.1 13 11 11 9 8 3 0 1 52 .250 3 4 1 2 1 ADAMS, Ryan 7.43 1 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 26.2 41 27 22 13 17 6 2 0 112 .366 3 3 0 2 1 DABO, Tyler 8.53 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 6.1 13 6 6 2 8 1 1 0 32 .406 1 1 1 0 0 STONE, Jeff 9.64 0 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 28.0 41 39 30 18 11 4 1 3 127 .323 1 7 4 0 1 CHRISMAN, Jacob 16.97 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 11.2 24 22 22 16 8 6 3 1 56 .429 1 4 1 1 0

Totals 6.79 9 12 22 22 0 0 0 3 188.1 226 168 142105 119 37 13 12 762 .297 14 39 11 12 11 Opponents 5.24 12 9 22 22 0 0 0 2 201.0 221 142 117 69 148 44 7 21 793 .279 15 18 1 8 5

PB - Team (10), BIRKELAND 4, WEINGARTEN 3, WILKES 3, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (6). SBA/ATT - BIRKELAND (22-29), STONE (6-8), MOUSSER (3-6), KOFFMAN (4-6), ADAMS (3-5), WEINGARTEN (3-4), GARCIA (3-3), FERNLEY (3-3), WILKES (3-3), JACINTO (2-2), WARD (2-2), DABO (2-2), CHRISMAN (0-1).

www.byucougars.com B Y U BASEBALL 2002 Long Arm, Super Bat Matt Carson

By Ralph R. Zobell, BYU Baseball SID threw him out, which prevented a run scoring n emcee takes charge of an event much the off the next batter's double. same way Matt Carson does in a baseball In that two-day, 13-inning game at USF, Agame. Carson tied a school record with seven at bats The pre-season All-American’s performance at and was a two-bagger shy of hitting for the BYU indicates he is a master of ceremonies, true cycle. to his initials, M. C. The all-conference right “I thought I hit it perfect for a double, then fielder from Yucaipa, Calif., speaks with more the ball went over the fence,” said Carson of his than his bat. The junior also leads with his arm second dinger of that game. to ignite the Cougars and was elected a co-cap- Those two homers were part of the 18 he hit tain this season. last season, which ranked him 25th best in the The 6-2, 195-pound mechanical engineering nation. One of those home runs was a 410-foot major can appreciate the blueprints used to con- blast at the University of New Mexico in the old struct BYU’s new Larry H. Miller field and he AAA field of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also knows the angles of the game. His arm is strong All-American & Co-Captain Matt Carson ranked 25th in the NCAA with his 70 runs bat- enough to throw a 94 mph fastball in practice as ted in as a sophomore. As a freshman against a pitcher, but he understands his limits. UNLV in Provo he hit the first-pitch thrown to him in late “There was another outfielder who could throw 97 mph in innings for a no-out grand slam. the league I played in last summer,” said Carson, who once hit He was a home run hitter in high school, blasting three in four batters before he was removed from the mound as a little one game, and set the record at 15 homers in a season. He got league pitcher. “It takes more than an arm. You can’t throw a a hit in all 27 games as a prepster. Last year, Carson went hit- real high arc from outfield and you’ve got to be accurate.” less in only 12 of his 56 games for BYU, including a streak of His arm is above average for a major leaguer, according to 19. BYU Coach Vance Law, who says its the best he’s seen since fel- He got 76 hits last season and 77 hits the year before when low teammate Andre Dawson. Carson modeled his arm after he batted .395, earned Freshman All-America honors and was boyhood hero and Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. named the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year. “Because of him I always tried to throw as hard as I could,” He set the BYU season record after being hit by 14 pitches said Carson of Ryan. as a freshman, a record he no longer holds. Carson always wanted to meet Ryan and be like him. In “A lot of people think getting hit by a pitch is taking one for fact, he has several baseball cards of the flame-thrower in his the team, but when a ball comes inside, I just won’t get out of 300-card collection, including one valued at $50. He regrets the way,” said Matt, who considers himself a power hitter. not buying a $35 rookie card of Ryan’s now worth over $100. “College was new to me and I just went to the plate and tried Major leaguers like Law, Dawson and Ryan are not new to to hit the ball.” Carson. Matt’s mother’s cousin is Bill Buckner, whom he con- While he doesn’t often fish for pitches, he does enjoy fishing sulted about whether to sign professionally or go to college out for trout. He has fished in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and of high school. And no, he did not ask Buckner about his enjoyed another family vacation in Costa Rica with his older famed World Series blunder with the Red Sox. sister and two younger brothers. But if a grounder ever leaked past first base with Carson Other family vacations have been to Utah to include fishing playing right field, look out. Twice Carson has turned a double or hunting for dove, quail and grouse. Matt enjoys fishing play at BYU. Last year he turned a double play in game one at nearby in the Provo River or at the Green River and Strawberry UNLV when he caught a fly and threw to first. As a freshman, and Scofield Reservoirs. he turned a double play in BYU's upset at No. 2 Alabama. Now that he knows the local fishing holes, opponents have “I had quite a few double plays in high school,” said Carson, also learned about Carson. Last season, pitchers tried to pitch who recorded five assists as a Cougar freshman and seven assists around him, only to pay the price as teammate Kainoa Obrey, last season. “I play shallow in right field and I throw runners also a pre-season All-American, drove him around the bases. out at first base or pick them off.” “Everyone knows my weakness is a slider pitched way out,” Last season he threw two Illinois runners out in the same said Matt. “My strength is hitting a fastball or a change up.” inning. Again last year, at the University of San Francisco, a Ironically, the only thing that stopped Carson last year was Don tried to extend a third-inning, one-out single. Carson his swing. C o n t i n u e d w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m B Y U BASEBALL 2002

He missed on a swing in the opening game of the MWC Ever since then, Matt has been turning heads and leading Tournament against the Air Force Academy in San Diego. the charge because of his arm and his bat. Throughout little Even though he got on base and scored, his back caused him so league, he always wore jersey number 14. When Matt got to much pain he had to be pulled from the lineup. high school his coach was wearing it, so Matt doubled the For the next two games of the tourney, the best Carson number and has been wearing number 28. could do was to lay in agony atop a table in back of the dugout The past two years he has been among the select few invited in between rests and treatments at his parents’ beachside condo to the USA Team Trials in Tucson, Ariz. in San Clemente, Calif. “Two years ago I thought I had a good chance of making At his side as his teammates were winning the Mountain the team,” said Matt, who was invited to participate in the West Championship was his girlfriend Lisa, a hometown home-run derby during that one-week period, but was not acquaintance. She followed him up to the Beehive State and selected to join the team which ended up playing in Europe. became a student at rival University of Utah last year so that “It was a shock when they kept only one outfielder.” she could be closer to Matt. Last year the USA Trials lasted three days and Matt didn’t Utah is one of the teams to feel the sting of Carson’s arm. have a good tryout. Instead of joining that team to play in Last season a Ute tried to score, but Carson threw him out at Japan, he packed his bags for the second year in a row to play the plate. summer ball in New England. Weeks later as the Cougars advanced to In the summer of 2000 he played the NCAA Regionals in Lincoln, Neb., Matt Carson Homers for a team in Hyannis, Mass. Last sum- Rutgers decided to test Carson’s arm. Homers for 2002 mer he played for a team in Brewster, Early in the game Matt gunned down a No. Opponent, Score Inning, #On Base Mass., and also assisted in a summer camp Scarlet Knight runner at home plate with 1,2 @ Pacific, 5-3 8th, 0 on; 9th 1 on for kids and worked at a pharmacy during the bases loaded. 3 @ Hawaii, 4-3 3rd, 1 on the day. This season against Texas Tech he threw 4 @ UNLV, 13-7 4th, 2 on Last Fall, Matt even toyed around, a perfect one-hopper to home plate to pre- 5 @ Washington, 12-12 4th, 0 on batting left-handed and hit a triple off vent a runner from scoring; caught a sac- teammate Sam Fernley. fly, then threw to second base to complete Homers for 2001 He was named earlier this year to a double play; and made a relay to third to 1 @ Arizona, 8-4 8th, 0 on Baseball America magazine’s pre-season put out a player trying to stretch a double 2 @ Fresno State, 7-4 8th, 0 on Second-Team All-America squad. Carson’s into a triple. Against Pacific he caught a 3, 4 @ USF, 10-6 7th, 1 on; 9th 2 on accomplishments give plenty of material runner with a throw to second. In the first 5 @ Cal Fullerton, 8-2 1st, 1 on for a master of ceremonies. inning against the University of Hawai`i 6 vs. Washington, 5-6 1st, 1 on As he marches through his junior in game three he threw out a runner at 7 @ New Mexico, 21-0 7th, 1 on season, pro scouts will have their eye on home after the UH runner tagged at third 8 @ San Diego St., 5-4 2nd, 1 on Carson, so this could be his final year in a after a fly-out. 9 @ San Diego St., 8-5 5th, 0 on Cougar uniform. Thus far he has recorded four assists 10 vs. Mesa St., 15-6 3rd, 2 on The Cougars open the first full this season, seven last season and five as a 11 @ So. Utah, 8-3 5th, 1 on home season in newly-constructed Miller freshman. 12 @ Utah, 12-8 1st, 1 on Park on March 21 when they host San “Playing water polo as I grew up 13 New Mexico, 11-5 5th, 1 on Diego State. BYU hosts the MWC Tour- helped me strengthen my arm,” said Car- 14 vs. Southern Utah, 12-15 1st, 1 on nament on May 22-25. son, whose father Eric came to BYU years 15 vs. Southern Utah, 15-5 1st, 0 on ago to swim. While playing water polo for 16 vs. Utah, 10-18 4th, 0 on the Cougars, Eric met Jayne, Matt’s mom- 17 @ Oklahoma St., 7-8 3rd, 2 on to-be. 18 vs. UNLV, 5-8 6th, 0 on Eric and Jayne were delighted when Matt chose BYU over Nebraska and the Homers for 2000 University of Southern California. 1 @ UNLV, 9-1 7th, 0 on “BYU came after me early, but I chose 2 @ UNLV, 9-8 5th, 0 on not to sign early,” said Carson. “After the 3 vs. Mesa State, 4-6 8th, 0 on spring, I ended up choosing BYU.” 4 @ New Mexico, 20-2 7th, 1 on Now his brother Clayton, a second 5 vs. UNLV, 6-12 6th, 3 on baseman, made the same decision and is 6 vs. San Diego State, 5-16 5th, 0 on playing for the Cougars as a freshman this 7 vs. New Mexico, 5-7 2nd, 0 on season. 8 vs. New Mexico, 3-8 2nd, 1 on “I never have played with him before,” said Matt. “Until I was 14-years-old, he was always a better player than me.” w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m