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Athletic Media Relations 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-9769 • fax 801-422-0633 ASEBALL Weekly Release — April 15, 2003 B Media Relations Information Above .500 for the first time since week one Baseball contact: Ralph Zobell E-Mail: [email protected] BYU, 17-16 overall and 9-6 in the Mountain West Conference, is in a three-way Date Opp/Event Time at site of game tie for second place with this week’s opponent New Mexico, 26-15 and 9-6, and 1/30 Arizona Tucson, AZ W, 6-3 San Diego State. BYU is now above .500 for the first time since being 1-0 and 1- 1/31 Arizona Tucson, AZ L, 13-17 1 to start the season. 2/1 Arizona Tucson, AZ L, 3-32 A Quick Look at the Cougars 2/6 Arizona State Tempe, AZ+ L, 5-6 Fourth-year coach Vance Law returned four position starters and had several 2/7 Arizona State Tempe, AZ+ L, 6-17 experienced pitchers. Players to watch include junior 2002 pre-season All- 2/8 Arizona State Tempe, AZ+ L, 4-6 American Kainoa Obrey who was granted a medical hardship for last season 2/15 Cal Poly, Scottsdale, AZ W, 11-1 and fellow junior Ranger Wiens and senior Doug Jackson. Pitchers to watch 2/15 Northwestern, Scottsdale, AZ L, 0-1 include juniors Jeff Mousser and Paul Jacinto. 2/27 %Washington St., Lewiston, ID W, 4-0 2/27 %Lewis-Clark St., Lewiston, ID L, 6-7 Probable Pitching Rotation 2/28 Univ. of Portland, Lewiston, ID L, 5-9 Apr. 10 New Mexico Jeff Mousser (4-3, 4.50) Provo, 7 p.m. 3/1 Gonzaga, Lewiston, ID W, 10-1 Apr. 11 New Mexico Paul Jacinto (5-4, 4.12) Provo, 7 p.m. 3/6 %TCU Ft. Worth, TX W, 7-6 Apr. 12 New Mexico Ken Gravley (3-1, 4.70) Provo, 1 p.m. 3/7 %TCU Ft. Worth, TX L, 2-3 3/8 %TCU Ft. Worth, TX L, 6-16 Radio Coverage 3/13 New Mexico *Albuquerque L, 14-19 BYU radio coverage continues this week along with live audiostreaming on the 3/14 New Mexico *Albuquerque W, 14-9 Internet all with the play-by-play from Brent Norton, BYU’s veteran broadcast- 3/15 New Mexico *Albuquerque L, 10-11 er. All MWC games for BYU will be carried live on local radio KOVO (960 AM) 3/20 %UNLV * Provo+ L, 5-6 and/or the Internet. All BYU home games will have livestats on www.byu- 3/21 %UNLV * Provo+ W, 3-1 cougars.com. 3/22 UNLV * Provo+ L, 9-19 3/25 So. Utah Cedar City W, 8-1 Probable Lineup 3/25 So. Utah Cedar City W, 8-3 1B–#1-Tim Law,#33-Jake Stubblefield C–#9 Casey Cloward,#24 Adam Wilkes 3/27-28%Utah * Salt Lake City W, 9-5 SS–#8 Ranger Wiens 3B–#32 Kainoa Obrey 2B–#5 Wade Vest 3/29 %Utah * Salt Lake City W, 6-4 RF–#22 Ryan Chambers CF–#3 Brock Jacobsen LF–#13 Doug Jackson 3/29 %Utah * Salt Lake City W, 10-5 DH–#33 Jake Stubblefield or #21 Rob Itri or #23 Clayton Carson 4/3 SDSU * San Diego L, 1-2 4/4 %SDSU * San Diego W, 7-5 Regarding BYU this season 4/5 SDSU * San Diego L, 3-4 BYU has six current players who are married (Jacob Chrisman, Casey Cloward, 4/7 So. Utah Provo+ W, 18-1 Tyler Dabo, Brock Jacobsen, Jake Stubblefield, Adam Wilkes). There are 19 play- 4/10 Air Force * Provo+ W, 9-2 ers on the team who have served two-year volunteer Church missions, 11 of 4/11 % Air Force * Provo+ W, 17-2 whom were assigned outside the United States and speak Spanish, Portuguese, 4/12% Air Force * Provo+ W, 22-6 Japanese, Chinese and Russian. Incorporated into this year’s team are three 4/17 New Mexico *Provo+ 7 p.m. players who have just finished serving two-year Church missions (Anthony 4/18-19% N. Mexico*Provo+ 7, 1 Bingham, Casey Cloward, Tyler Heid, Bryce Searle). Brock Jacobsen is one of 4/24 UNLV * Las Vegas 6:30 p.m. five players (Kory Knell, Blair Lucas, Mike Bergeron, Beau Seil) who have trans- 4/25-26%UNLV * Las Vegas 6:30, 2 ferred to BYU this season. On April 19 there will be a reunion of the 1983 BYU 5/1-2 %Utah * Provo+ 7 p.m. baseball team that was ranked No. 1 in the nation. Among those throwing bat- 5/3 %Utah * Provo+ (TV) 1 p.m. ting practice to BYU again this season is former Cy Young winner Vernon Law 5/8 %SDSU * Provo+ (TV) 7 p.m. (1960 Pittsburgh Pirates), father of BYU head coach Vance Law. Vernon turned 5/9 %SDSU * Provo+ 7 p.m. 73-years-old last month. In January, Vance Law was in Washington, D.C., 5/10 %SDSU * Provo+ 1 p.m. where he was again a resource player (yearly for 11 of the past 12 years) for the 5/12-13So. Utah Provo+ 4 p.m., 7 p.m. major league rookie training. Also in January, Coach Law attended the Cubs 5/15-17%Air Force * Colorado Spgs. 2 p.m. Convention, an annual gathering which draws thousands of fans and he was on 5/21-24MWC Tournament Albuquerque the winning 1989 Jeopardy team with Ryne Sandberg which defeated the 1969 5/30-6/1NCAA Regionals TBA Cubs team with Ferguson Jenkins. 6/6-8 NCAA Super Regionals TBA 6/13-23College World Series Omaha, Neb. * MWC Games, %Internet Audio +webcast www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 2 BYU Quick Facts Coach Vance Law and staff Vance Law played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six Location: Provo, Utah 84602 different teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year for the Mountain Enrollment: 30,069 (Daytime) West Conference. The 47-year-old coach is in his fourth year at BYU and has a Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus 98-82-1 record. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his first year at BYU. Christ of Latter-day Saints Pitching coach Mike Karpel is in his fourth year with BYU. Volunteer assistant Colors: Blue and White Nate Mathis is in his second year on the BYU staff, succeeding Hank Taylor Nickname: Cougars who joined the U.S. Military Academy last season at West Point as a member of Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) its baseball staff. Affiliation: NCAA Division I Team Notes Conference: Mountain West • Ryan Chambers has the longest hitting streak on the team at 17 games, a sea- Field: Larry H. Miller Field (2,300) son high (Casey Cloward has a seven-game streak and Tim Law is at five President: Merrill J. Bateman games). Jake Stubblefield had a 14-game hitting streak earlier this season Men’s AD: Val Hale and Kainoa Obrey’s 13-game streak. Ticket Office Phone: (801) 378-BYU1 or • BYU has had nine one-run games this season and has won one of them. 1-800-322-BYU1 • BYU hosted an Outdoor Movie Night at Miller Park on March 29 where 1,632 Baseball Staff: fans watched the movie “The Rookie,” on a 20'x40' inflatable screen. A live Head Coach: Vance Law (BYU, 1978) cameo appearance by the Cougar baseball and softball teams came midway Office Phone: (801) 378-5049 through the show. Proceeds went towards the baseball and softball programs. • On April 19 BYU will host a reunion for the 1983 No. 1-ranked baseball team. Record: 98-82-1, fourth season Among the members of that team were major leaguers Wally Joyner, Cory Assistant Coaches: Snyder, Gary Cooper, Colby Ward, Scott Nielsen and Rick Aguilera. Ryan Roberts (BYU, 1998) • BYU’s MWC regular season title in 2001 was its first since 1994 when it won Mike Karpel (Cal State San Bernardino, 1994) the Western Athletic Conference playoff. By winning the MWC title in 2001 Nate Mathis (BYU, 2000) and 2002, it marks the first time BYU has repeated as the league champ since Trainer: Jared Hutchinson 1988-89, the only other time it has happened for the Cougars. The Cougars Baseball Facts: have won 11 league titles dating back to the WAC’s inception in 1962. 2002 Record: 31-31-1 (13-8 home,18-23-1 away) • Doug Jackson continues to extend the MWC and BYU’s career triples record, now at 22. Last season Jackson tied a school record with seven at bats in the Conference Finish: 15-14, MWC Champions 14-inning victory at Cal-Irvine. Jackson got six hits in a row in the 2002 MWC NCAA Finish: Eliminated, first round at Los Angeles Tournament and set a record of 13 hits in the MWC tourney. Final National Ranking: NA • Dave Jensen, Matt Carson and Cameron Coughlan are three players who Starters Returning (5): could have returned to this year’s team, but have foregone remaining college Ryan Chambers, 6-0, So., OF eligibility. Jensen, ended up signing as a third-round draft pick by the Kansas Rob Itri, 6-3, Jr., 2B/3B City Royals, Coughlan,was the fourth Cougar drafted (signed as the 18th- Doug Jackson, 5-7, Sr., OF round-pick by the Texas Rangers), Matt Carson was drafted in the fifth round Kainoa Obrey, 6-3, Jr., 3B--redshirted in 2002 and signed by the New York Yankees.