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Media Information/Quick Facts WE ARE UTSA | When referencing The University of Texas at San University of Texas at San Antonio Antonio Athletics, please use the acronym UTSA and the nickname Location San Antonio, Texas Roadrunners. Please refrain from using Texas-San Antonio, UT- Founded 1969 San Antonio, UT-SA or any other variation. Enrollment 32,101 Nickname Roadrunners Colors Navy Blue (289), orange (1665), white MEDIA COVERAGE | The UTSA Athletics Communications Home Arena/Capacity Roadrunner Field/800 Office assists members of the media with their coverage of all Dimensions 335-375-405-375-340 Roadrunners sports by providing player and coach interviews, Affiliation NCAA Division I feature ideas, pregame notes and updated statistics. In addition Conference Conference USA to the 2019 UTSA Baseball Almanac, media members may check UTSA’s official athletics website – goUTSA.com – for the latest President Dr. Taylor Eighmy (Tufts, 1980) information on all the department’s 17 sports. Director of Athletics Dr. Lisa Campos (Colorado State) INTERVIEWS | All interviews with coaches and student-athletes Athletics Communications must be arranged at least 24 hours in advance through baseball Assistant AD/Communications Kyle Stephens Associate Director Brent Ingram contact Brent Ingram. Telephone interviews are available to the Assistant Director Whitney Truax media on a “call-back” basis at a time that is convenient for the Assistant Director Michael High coach or student-athlete. Post-game interviews with coaches and Website goUTSA.com student-athletes will be conducted on the field following a 10-minute Facebook /UTSABaseball “cooling off” period. Twitter @UTSABSB Instagram @UTSAAthletics MEDIA SERVICES | Media members are encouraged to contact the UTSA Athletics Communications Office with credential Baseball Coaching Staff requests at least 24 hours before a home game. Credentials can Head Coach Jason Marshall be picked up with proper photo identification at the UTSA Athletics Alma mater Texas A&M, ‘96 Record at UTSA / Career record 181-162 (7 years) / Same Communications office, which is located at University Heights Associate Head Coach Jim Blair office complex (5710 West Hausman Road, Suite 101). Phone Assistant Coach Roger Kieschnick lines and complimentary wireless Internet access for radio, SIDs Volunteer Assistant Coach Connor Teykl and members of the print media are available. Baseball History PRACTICES | UTSA welcomes all media to attend baseball First Season 1992 practices during the season with 24 hours notice to the athletics All-time record 757-761 communications office. In most cases, coaches and student- All-time conference record 370-363 athletes are available after practice. Pre-game practices are closed All-time Southland Conference record 283-277 to the media. All-time Western Athletic Conference record 15-11 All-time Conference USA record 72-75 NCAA Tournament Appearances 3 (1994, 2005, 2013) INTERNET BROADCASTS | All of UTSA’s home games are Last Tournament Appearance 2013 (vs. Texas A&M; L, 6-1) slated to be broadcast live (audio) on goUTSA.com this season. Championships 5 Video streaming (subscription required) also will be available for all SLC (reg. season: 2007, ‘08)(tournament champs: 1994, 2005) home games. WAC: (tournament champs: 2013) Team Information 2018 Record 32-24 Credits Home 18-13 Away 13-9 The 2019 UTSA baseball almanac was designed, written Neutral 1-2 and edited by Assistant Athletics Communications Director 2018 Conference USA record/finish 16-13/4th Brent Ingram. Assistance provided by Assistant AD/ 2018 Final national ranking N/A Starters R/L 5/4 Athletics Communications Kyle Stephens, Tony Baldwin, Letterwinners R/L 18/12 Zena Rex-Vandervort, Brian Hernandez. Photography was Newcomers 16 provided by Jeff Huehn. 1 2019 Schedule 2019 UTSA BASEBALL SCHEDULE Date Day Opponent Location Television Time (CT) February 15 Friday McNeese State Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 16 Saturday McNeese State Roadrunner Field 2 p.m. 17 Sunday McNeese State Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 1 p.m. 19 Tuesday Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 22 Friday Dartmouth Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 23 Saturday Dartmouth [doubleheader] Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 1 p.m. 24 Sunday Dartmouth Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 11:30 a.m. 27 Wednesday at Texas Austin, Texas Longhorn Network 7 p.m. March 1 Friday Bradley Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 2 Saturday Bradley Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 2 p.m. 3 Sunday Bradley Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv TBD 5 Tuesday Texas State Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 8 Friday at Auburn Auburn, Ala. SEC Network+ 6 p.m. 9 Saturday at Auburn Auburn, Ala. SEC Network+ 2 p.m. 10 Sunday at Auburn Auburn, Ala. SEC Network+ 1 p.m. 12 Tuesday at Houston Houston, Texas 6 p.m. 15 Friday *Middle Tennessee Roadrunner Field 6 p.m. 16 Saturday *Middle Tennessee Roadrunner Field 2 p.m. 17 Sunday *Middle Tennessee Roadrunner Field 12 p.m. 19 Tuesday at Houston Baptist Houston, Texas 2 p.m. 22 Friday *at Rice Houston, Texas 6 p.m. 23 Saturday *at Rice Houston, Texas 2 p.m. 24 Sunday *at Rice Houston, Texas 1 p.m. 26 Tuesday Missouri Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 29 Friday *Southern Miss Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 30 Saturday *Southern Miss Roadrunner Field 2 p.m. 31 Sunday *Southern Miss Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 1 p.m. April 2 Tuesday at Texas State San Marcos, Texas 6 p.m. 5 Friday *at Louisiana Tech Ruston, La. 6 p.m. 6 Saturday *at Louisiana Tech Ruston, La. 2 p.m. 7 Sunday *at Louisiana Tech Ruston, La. 1 p.m. 9 Tuesday Lamar Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 12 Friday *Old Dominion Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 13 Saturday *Old Dominion Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 2 p.m. 14 Sunday *Old Dominion Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 1 p.m. 16 Tuesday at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas 6 p.m. 18 Thursday *at UAB Birmingham, Ala. 6:30 p.m. 19 Friday *at UAB Birmingham, Ala. 6:30 p.m. 20 Saturday *at UAB Birmingham, Ala. 1 p.m. 23 Tuesday Houston Baptist Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 26 Friday *WKU Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 27 Saturday *WKU Roadrunner Field 2 p.m. 28 Sunday *WKU Roadrunner Field 12 p.m. 30 Tuesday at Texas State San Marcos, Texas 6 p.m. May 3 Friday *at Marshall Huntington, W.Va. 2:30 p.m. 4 Saturday *at Marshall Huntington, W.Va. 1 p.m. 5 Sunday *at Marshall Huntington, W.Va. 12 p.m. 7 Tuesday UIW Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 10 Friday *Florida Atlantic Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 11 Saturday *Florida Atlantic Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 2 p.m. 12 Sunday *Florida Atlantic Roadrunner Field CUSA.tv 11:30 a.m. 16 Thursday *at Charlotte Charlotte, N.C. CUSA.tv 5 p.m. 17 Friday *at Charlotte Charlotte, N.C. CUSA.tv 4 p.m. 18 Saturday *at Charlotte Charlotte, N.C. CUSA.tv 11 a.m. 22-26 Wed.-Sat. Conference USA Championship Biloxi, Miss. TBD June 1-4 Fri.-Mon. NCAA Regionals 16 Campus Sites (TBD) TBD 6-10 Thurs.-Mon. NCAA Super Regionals 8 Campus Sites (TBD) TBD 15-26 Sat.-Wed. NCAA College World Series Omaha, Neb. (TBD) TBD schedule is subject to change • home games in bold • times Central & Conference USA Baseball Championship • * Conference USA game 2 2019 Numerical and Alphabetical Roster NUMERICAL ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 5 Bryan Arias INF 1 Jonathan Tapia INF/OF R/R 5-9 182 So. San Antonio, Texas/O’Connor HS 31 Taylor Barber INF 2 Joshua Lamb INF R/R 6-0 180 So. Nederland, Texas/Monsignor Kelly Catholic HS 19 Larry Barry INF 4 Garrett Moon C R/R 6-0 190 Sr. Rockwall, Texas/Rockwall HS/Paris [Texas] JC 6 Aldo Buendia RHP/INF 5 Bryan Arias INF R/R 6-0 202 Sr. San Antonio, Texas/Marshall HS 37 Cameron Carver RHP 6 Aldo Buendia RHP/INF R/R 5-9 186 Jr. Laredo, Texas/Alexander HS 26 Shane Daughety RHP 7 Clayton Hill RHP R/R 5-11 180 Jr. Lufkin, Texas/Hudson HS/Angelina [Texas] College 28 Slater Foust RHP 8 Bradley Griggs LHP L/L 5-10 185 Sr. Castroville, Texas/Medina Valley HS 30 Tyler Giovanoni RHP 9 Ben Ostrominski RHP L/R 5-10 180 Jr. Round Rock, Texas/Round Rock HS 8 Bradley Griggs LHP 10 Chase Keng OF L/L 6-1 190 So. Deer Park, Texas/Deer Park HS 11 Zachary Griggs RHP 11 Zach Griggs RHP R/R 6-4 225 R-Fr. Castroville, Texas/Medina Valley HS 13 Hunter Grimes RHP/INF 13 Hunter Grimes RHP/INF R/R 6-1 150 Fr. Kerrville, Texas/Tivy HS 25 Arturo Guajardo RHP/INF 14 Chase Hacker INF/C R/R 6-1 200 So. Farmersville, Texas/Farmersville HS 14 Chase Hacker INF/C 15 Bryan Sturges INF R/R 5-10 205 So. Houston, Texas/Seven Lakes HS/TCU/Howard [Texas] JC 36 Jake Harrison RHP 16 Connor Heffron LHP L/L 5-10 180 Jr. San Antonio, Texas/Reagan HS/McLennan [Texas] JC 16 Connor Heffron LHP 18 Shane Sirdashney OF R/R 6-1 185 Fr. The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands HS 7 Clayton Hill RHP 19 Layton Barry IF L/R 6-2 180 Fr. Houston, Texas/IMG Academy 10 Chase Keng OF 20 Karan Patel RHP R/R 6-0 215 Sr. Sugar Land, Texas/Kempner HS 2 Joshua Lamb INF 21 Gavin Machado C R/R 6-1 200 Fr.