NCBWA Pre-Season All-Americans Ben Graham, Kenny Burkhead and Colby Killian.

2010 2009 D-II Runner-Up 2009 MIAA Champions 2008 NCAA Regional 2008 MIAA Champions BASEBALL 2007 NCAA Regional 2007 MIAA Champions 2006 D-II World Series 2006 MIAA Champions 2005 NCAA Regional 1993 MIAA Champions MEDIA GUIDE 2004 NCAA Regional 1993 NCAA Regional T.V. and radio roster

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Kevin Wempe Jacob White Jeremy Francis Tyler Herrig Dorain Williams J.D. Herman Chris Dobler

9 10 11 14 8 12 13

Marc Albers Parker Amos Andy Cotton Austin Anderson Jake Hosey Casey Lipholdt Justin Maxson

16 15 17 18 19 20 22

Jake Martin Brett Mize Ben Graham Calder Coady Rudy Weiser Karsten Streiloff Tyler Knight

23 24 2528 2628 27 28 29

Colby Killian Travis Whipple David Albritton Joey Oxley Zach Carlson Michael Cotter Matt Robertson

31 32 35 36 30 RS 37 38

Cole Moore Drew Smith Kenny Burkhead Kyle Rosine Spencer Blades Dominik King Keith Spreckles

39 40 HC AC AC GA Logan Forbis Bryson Ramsey Bob Fornelli Jason Santangelo John Martin Kellen Mitts Table of Contents

Table of Contents General Information

TV/Radio Roster ...... IFC Location ...... Emporia, Kan. General Information ...... 1 Founded ...... 1863 Table of Contents ...... 1 Affiliation ...... NCAA II Baseball Quick facts ...... 1 Conference ...... Mid-America Glennen Field at Trusler Sports Complex ...... 2 ...... Intercollegiate Athletics Association 2010 Schedule ...... 3 Enrollment ...... 6,128 Home Field ...... Glennen Field Head Coach Bob Fornelli ...... 4-5 ...... at Trusler Sports Complex Assistant Coaches ...... 5 Capacity ...... 500 2010 Roster ...... 6-7 Colors ...... Black and Old Gold Pronunciation Guide ...... 6 Nickname ...... Hornets President ...... Dr. Michael Lane Meet the Hornets Athletic Director ...... Kent Weiser Returning Player Profiles ...... 8-15 Assoc. A.D. for Internal Affairs ...... Carmen Leeds Hornets in the 2010 World Series ...... 16 Assoc. A.D. for External Affairs ...... Shane Shivley Newcomers ...... 17-21 Asst. A.D. for Media Relations ...... Don Weast Faculty Representative...... Dr. John Rich 2009 Season Review ...... 22-23 Men’s Athletic Trainer ...... John Baxter 2009 Results ...... 24-25 Women’s Athletic Trainer ...... Leslie Kenney Past MIAA Champions ...... 25 2009 Statistics ...... 26-26 2009 Team Leaders ...... 29

The MIAA ...... 30 Media Relations Honors and Awards ...... 31 Assistant A.D. for Media Relations ...... Don Weast MIAA Statistics/Leaders ...... 32-33 MIAA Opponents ...... 34 E-mail ...... [email protected] Office ...... (620) 341-5526 All-time Series Records ...... 35 Home ...... (620) 342-6406 Hornet No-Hitters ...... 36 Assistant Director (Baseball Contact) . . . . . Josh Slaughter Professional Signees ...... 36 E-mail ...... [email protected] Hornet All-Americans ...... 36 Office ...... (620) 341-6038 Past All-MIAA Selections ...... 36 Press Box Trusler Sports Complex ...... (620) 343-1815 The Roger Newell Award ...... 37 Fax ...... (620) 341-5808 ESU Records ...... 38-39 MIAA Records ...... 40-41

Emporia State Athletics ...... 42-44 History of Corky ...... 45 Coaching Staff Athletic Facilities ...... 46-48 Head Coach ...... Bob Fornelli Hornets in the Community ...... 49 Commitment to Quality Education ...... 50-54 Alma Mater ...... Emporia State ‘91 Athletic Staff Directory ...... 55 Record at ESU ...... 265-103 (.720) ESU Athletics Administration ...... 58-60 Years at ESU ...... 6 Phone Directory ...... 61 Career Record ...... 571-216 (.726) ESU Hall of Honor ...... 62 Years ...... 12 Media Information ...... IBC Assistant Coaches ...... Jason Santangelo, John Martin Graduate Assistant ...... Kellen Mitts Baseball Office Phone ...... (620) 341-5930

Credits/On the Cover Baseball Quick Facts The 2010 Emporia State Baseball Media Guide was produced by the ESU Athletic Media Relations Office, Donald Weast Director, Assistant 2009 Record ...... 49-14 (.778) Director, Josh Slaughter. Photos by Matthew Hicks, MSH Photography, 2009 MIAA Record/Finish/Tournament ...... 29-7/1st/3rd University Photography, James Garvey, Director, Stephen Coleman and Starting position players returning/lost ...... 5/3 Josh Slaughter. Mug shots courtesy of ESU ID Office. Guide was printed Pitchers returning/lost ...... 2/2 by ESU Printing Services. Cover Design by Kat Dorcas, ESU Printing Letterman returning/lost ...... 21/11 Services.

1 Glennen Field at Trusler Sports

* Hanna Clubhouse Features

-V.I.P Viewing Deck -Restroom and Shower Facilities -Coaches Offices -Washer/Dryer Facilities -Players Lounge and Meeting Area -Team and Facility Storage Area -Player Lockers -Umpire Dressing Room -Washer/Dryer Facilities

Indoor Hitting Facility

Glennen Field * hanna Turnbull field clubhouse

Press Box The Trusler Sports Complex was completed in 1992 thanks to the generosity of the Trusler & Foundation. Established in 1957 by Harold and Irene Trusler, the Trusler Foundation seeks Pavilion to improve the quality of life in Emporia and surrounding areas. After great success in the agriculture business, as heads of the Trusler-Cook Grain Company, the Truslers wished to share their good fortune with the community of Emporia. The Trusler Sports Complex is one of the many projects made possible by the Trusler Foundation.

Starting in December of 2005, renovations began to improve the Trusler Sports Complex. One of the additions is the Hanna clubhouse overlooking the Baseball and Softball teams’ home fields. Named after major project contributors, Chuck and Doris Hanna, the new Hanna Clubhouse includes a viewing deck for fans as well as new lockerrooms, facilities and coaches offices.

Glennen Field, where the Hornets play their home baseball games, Thomas field CAnnon field was named in honor of Emporia State University President, Dr. Robert E. Glennen. Dr. Glennen was the thirteenth president of Emporia State University and held the position from 1985 to 1997. In addition to Glennen Field, three other fields are part of the Trusler Sports Complex. Turnbull Field, where the Emporia State Softball team plays their home games, is named in honor of J. Michael Turnbull, president and trustee of the Trusler Foundation. Cannon Field is named in honor of Joe Cannon, a lifelong Emporian who provided the lead gift of land that has become Trusler Sports Complex. Thomas Field is named in honor of Tom D. Thomas, treasurer and trustee of the Trusler Foundation.

In 2009, further renovations were undertaken. A new artificial turf has been added to Glennen Field to replace the infield. Money for the project was donated by the Trusler Foundation who has been instru- mental in the cultivation of the complex since it opened. Both Turnbull and Glennen Field also got new scoreboards during the 2009 season thanks to the gift by the Bill and Aloha Preston Family. The two boards will be state of the art Daktronics wireless scoreboards that will replace the originals from the complex’s opening in 1994. And in November and December 2009 the Hornets completed their indoor hitting facilty to fin- ish the renovations. 2 2010 Schedule

Feb. 13 at Drury (DH) Springfield, Mo. 1 p.m. Feb. 14 at Drury (1-9) Springfield, Mo. 12 noon Feb. 16 at Central Oklahoma (1-9) Edmond, Okla. 2:30 p.m. Feb. 19 Colorado School of Mines (1-9) EMPORIA 3 p.m. Feb. 20 Colorado School of Mines (DH) EMPORIA 1 p.m. Feb. 21 Colorado School of Mines (1-9) EMPORIA 12 noon Feb. 26 Truman (1-9) EMPORIA 2 p.m. Feb. 27 Truman (DH) EMPORIA 1 p.m. Feb. 28 Truman (1-9) EMPORIA 12 noon March 5 at Fort Hays State (1-9) Hays, Kan. 4 p.m. March 6 at Fort Hays State (DH) Hays, Kan. 1 p.m. March 7 at Fort Hays State (1-9) Hays, Kan. 12 noon March 9 Bemidji State (1-9) EMPORIA 3 p.m. March 10 Bemidji State (1-9) EMPORIA 3 p.m. March 12 Central Missouri (1-9) EMPORIA 5 p.m. March 13 Central Missouri (DH) EMPORIA 1 p.m. March 14 Central Missouri (1-9) EMPORIA 12 noon March 16 Wayne State (1-9) EMPORIA 3 p.m. March 17 Central Oklahoma (1-9) EMPORIA 2:30 p.m. March 19 at Southwest Baptist (7/9) Bolivar, Mo. 1 p.m. March 20 at Southwest Baptist (7/9) Bolivar, Mo. 12 noon March 23 Bethany (1-9) EMPORIA 6 p.m. March 26 at Nebraska-Omaha (1-9) Omaha, Neb. 4 p.m. March 27 at Nebraska-Omaha (DH) Omaha, Neb. 1 p.m. March 28 at Nebraska-Omaha (1-9) Omaha, Neb. 12 noon March 29 at Wayne State (1-9) Wayne, Neb. 1 p.m. April 2 at Northwest Missouri (7/9) Maryville, Mo. 1 p.m. April 3 at Northwest Missouri (7/9) Maryville, Mo. 12 noon April 6 Rockhurst (1-9) EMPORIA 6 p.m. April 9 Pittsburg State (1-9) EMPORIA 6 p.m. April 10 Pittsburg State (DH) EMPORIA 1 p.m. April 11 Pittsburg State (1-9) EMPORIA 12 noon April 16 Missouri Southern (1-9) EMPORIA 6 p.m. April 17 Missouri Southern (DH) EMPORIA 1 p.m. April 18 Missouri Southern (1-9) EMPORIA 12 noon April 20 at Rockhurst (1-9) Kansas City, Mo. 6 p.m. April 23 Washburn (7/9) Topeka, Kan. 4 p.m. April 24 Washburn (7/9) EMPORIA 4 p.m. April 30 at Missouri Western (1-9) St. Joseph, Mo. 6 p.m. May 1 at Missouri Western (DH) St. Joseph, Mo. 1 p.m. May 2 at Missouri Western (1-9) St. Joseph, Mo. 12 noon May 6-9 MIAA Tournament Kansas City, Mo. TBA May 13-16 NCAA South Central Regional TBA TBA May 22-29 NCAA Divison II National Championships TBA TBA

All DH's 7/7 unless noted *MIAA Game Home Games in Bold and played at Trusler Sports Complex 3 head coach bob fornelli

Bob Fornelli is in his seventh year as head coach of the Bob Fornelli Hornets after going 49-14 last season and coaching the Hornets to a regular season MIAA Championship. In 13 years of coaching, Fornelli is 571-216, making him the third winningest active coach by percentage in NCAA Division II baseball. For Profile the sixth straight year, and in all of Fornelli's seasons as head coach, the Hornets advanced to the NCAA Division II Regional ESU Head Coach Tournament. Season: 7th Years: 2004-present In 2009 the Hornets made their deepest run in the NCAA tournament ever, making the national championship game in Jersey: # 33 Cary, N.C. before falling to Lynn 2-1. The Hornets won their second straight MIAA Championship and won their second Emporia State ‘91 NCAA Regional Championship. Conner Crumbliss earned All- American honors and was named the MIAA Player of the Year.

In 2008 Fornelli had three players earn All-American honors and Year by Year Results Keith Hernandez was named the National Player of the Year. Year School W L Pct. In 2007 the Hornets advanced to the NCAA Central Regional 1997 * Fort Hays State 48 15 .762 by defeating Central Missouri to win the MIAA post-season 1998 * Fort Hays State 44 14 .759 tournament. 1999 * Fort Hays State 35 22 .614 2000 * # Fort Hays State 54 12 .818 The Hornets finished the 2006 campaign by winning the MIAA 2001 Fort Hays State 37 19 .661 Regular Season Championship and NCAA Central Region 2002 Fort Hays State 43 16 .729 Championship on their way to Emporia State University's first 2003 * Fort Hays State 45 15 .750 NCAA Division II World Series appearance. Fornelli had nine 2004 * Emporia State 36 22 .621 players selected to the All-MIAA teams in 2006 which included 2005 * Emporia State 41 20 .656 1st Team All-American and NCAA Division II "Pitcher of the 2006 * # Emporia State 48 13 .787 Year" Gabe Medina. Medina along with catcher John Martin 2007 * Emporia State 41 24 .631 were selected in the 15th and 24th rounds of the 2006 Major 2008 * Emporia State 50 10 .833 League Baseball Amateur Draft. Prior to coming to Emporia 2009 * # Emporia State 49 14 .778 State, he coached for seven years at Ft. Hays State and Career Totals 571 216 .726 averaged 44 wins year during his time with the Tigers. * NCAA Regional Tournament # NCAA Championship Participant Fornelli, a 1991 graduate of ESU, spent seven years at FHSU where he compiled a 306-113 record. In his last year with the Tigers, they won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season and postseason tournament titles. They NCAA Postseason Appearances also hosted the NCAA Division II West Region tournament. Ft. Hays ended the season ranked 15th in D-II, the sixth Year School Tournament Finish W L year Fornelli had the Tigers in the final Top 30 poll. He is the 1997 FHSU West Region - Chico, Calif. 2 2 winningest coach in FHSU history and led the Tigers to the RMAC championship four times in his seven years. Fornelli led 1998 FHSU West Region - Chico, Calif. 1 2 FHSU to the NCAA Division II national championship game in 1999 FHSU West Region - Chico, Calif. 0 2 2000 and was in the NCAA regional tournament six times. Eight of Fornelli’s players have been selected in the Major League 2000 FHSU National Finalists - Montgomery, Ala. 7 2 Baseball draft, including current Florida Marlin relief pitcher 2003 FHSU West Region - Hays, Kan. 1 2 Nate Field.

2004 ESU Central Region - Warrensburg, Mo. 1 2 Prior to his time in Hays, Fornelli was the pitching coach at 2005 ESU Central Region - Warrensburg, Mo. 0 2 Butler County Community College in El Dorado, Kan., from 1991 until 1996. During his tenure the Grizzlies were 195-86 2006 ESU World Series- Montgomery, Ala. 4 2 and finished third in the NJCAA World Series in 1994. 2007 ESU Central Region - Warrensbrurg, Mo. 2 2 Fornelli, a native of Lenexa, Kan., was an honorable mention 2008 ESU Central Region - Emporia, Kan. 2 2 all-Central States Intercollegiate Conference catcher for the 2009 ESU National Finalists - Cary, N.C. 7 2 Hornets as a senior after transferring from BCCC. He is married to the former Jill Harris of Madison, Kan. The couple has three daughters - Emma, Rylie and Addison.

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Hornet Coaching Records - by Victories Name Seasons Yrs W L Pct Dave Bingham 1973-1987 15 557 223 .714 Brian Embery 1988-2003 16 458 320 .589 Bob Fornelli 2004-2009 6 265 103 .720 Jack Smitheran 1969-1972 4 123 61 .668 Bill Kerr 1958-1962 5 58 55 .513 Larry Cochell 1967-1968 2 54 27 .667 Guy Owen 1966 1 33 32 .508 Larry Ensminger 1963-1965 4 25 20 .556 Bob Ives 1949-1950 2 19 9 .679 Rick Niclai 1962 1 11 8 .579 Joe Pease 1952 1 8 5 .615 John Buckley 1951 1 6 5 .545 Noel McGregor 1957 1 5 6 .455 Chuck Sisson 1956 1 4 4 .500

Head Coach Bob Fornelli with his wife Jill and his three daughters: Rylie, Emma and Addison.

Jason Santangelo Profile Assistant Coach Jason Santangelo enters his third season as an assistant coach for the Season: 3rd Emporia State Hornets. He will serve as an infield/hitting coach for the Years: 2008-pres Hornets during the 2009 campaign. Jersey: # 34 Prior to coming to Emporia State he spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Labette County Community College. While he was at Labette Fort Hays State '03 County three players earned all-conference honors. Prior to coaching Hutchinson, Kan. at Labette County he spent one season as the head coach at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, Colorado.

Before joining the college coaching ranks Santangelo spent two season as the head coach at Ellis High School in Ellis, Kan.

Santagelo’s playing career culminated at Fort Hays State University, under then head coach Bob Fonelli. While at Fort Hays State Santangelo was a 2002 Division II All-American at second base. He also earned Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors during the 2002 campaign. In 2001 he was a second team All-Conference Selection for the Tigers.

The Hutchinson, Kan. native has a wife, Tessa and two sons, Cyrus and Baylor.

John Martin Profile

John Martin enters his second season as the Hornets pitching coach. He spent Pitching Coach three years as a member of the Hornets squad and was the 2006 Roger Newell Award Winner. During his senior season with the Hornets he hit .303 with 30 Season: 2nd RBI and from his catcher position threw out 17 would be base stealers. Years: 2008-pres

Following his senior season he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Jersey: # 25 24th round of the draft. He spent time with both the Gulf Coast Dodgers and the Ogden Raptors where he hit .256 with three RBI and an on-base percentage of Emporia State ‘06 .343. In 2008 he played with the Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League Shawnee, Kan. where he hit .257 with three home runs and 30 RBI.

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Numerical Roster

No name Pos B/T Ht Wt Yr Hometown Previous School 1 Kevin Wempe IF/OF R/R 6-1 180 Jr. Topeka, Kan. Hayden HS 2 Jacob White IF R/R 5-10 170 Jr. Kansas City, Kan. Highland CC 3 Jeremy Francis OF R/R 5-10 175 Sr. Emporia, Kan. Johnson County CC 4 Tyler Herrig OF L/L 6-1 190 Sr. Leavenworth, Kan. Florida Atlantic 5 Dorain Williams OF R/L 5-9 180 Jr. Olathe, Kan. Butler Count CC 6 J.D. Herman IF R/R 6-0 185 Jr. Omaha, Neb. Butler CC 7 Chris Dobler OF L/L 6-2 185 Sr. Topeka, Kan. Johnson County CC 8 Marc Albers IF R/R 5-9 175 Sr. Lawrence, Kan. Barton County CC 9 Parker Amos OF R/R 6-0 180 Jr. Overland Park, Kan. Arkansas State 10 Andy Cotton IF R/R 5-8 170 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska 11 Austin Anderson RHP R/R 6-0 170 Sr. Omaha, Neb. Barton County CC 12 Jake Hosey RHP R/R/ 6-1 195 Jr. Topeka, Kan. Allen CC 13 Casey Lippoldt RHP R/R 5-11 175 Jr. Pratt, Kan. Pratt CC 14 Justin Maxson RHP R/R 6-0 180 So. Wichita, Kan. Maize HS 15 Jake Martin LHP L/L 6-2 185 Jr. Shawnee, Kan. Mid-America Nazarene 16 Brett Mize RHP R/R 6-2 185 Sr. Bartlesville, Okla. Kansas City, Kan. CC 17 Ben Graham RHP R/R 6-4 195 Sr. Holden, Mo. Hutchinson CC 18 Calder Cody IF L/R 6-0 200 Jr. Wellington, Kan. Butler County CC 19 Rudy Weiser C R/R 6-1 220 So. Manhattan, Kan. Manhattan HS 20 Karsten Streiloff OF R/R 5-11 185 Jr. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Labette County CC 21 Drew Wilkinson OF R/R 6-2 195 Jr. Manhattan, Kan. Hutchinson CC 22 Tyler Knight OF R/R 6-2 185 Sr. Lawrence, Kan. Sam Houston State 23 Colby Killian RHP R/R 6-0 190 Sr. McMinnville, Tenn. Butler CC 24 Travis Whipple OF L/L 5-11 175 Jr. Morgan City, La. Lousiana-Lafayette 25 David Albritton C R/R 6-6 205 Jr. Shreveport, Louis. Barton CC 26 Joey Oxley C R/R 6-2 205 Fr. Olathe, Kan. Olathe North HS 27 Zack Carlson IF L/R 6-2 205 Fr.-RS Topeka, Kan. New Mexico 28 Michael Cotter RHP R/R 6-6 200 Jr. Overland Park, Kan. Barton CC 29 Matt Robertson RHP R/R 6-1 195 Jr. Valley Center, Kan. Barton CC 30 Cole Moore RHP R/R 6-4 215 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Neosho County CC 31 Drew Smith RHP R/R 6-3 190 Jr. Eaton, Colo. Barton CC 32 Kenny Burkhead IF R/R 6-3 215 Sr. Berryton, Kan. Barton County CC 35 Kyle Rosine RHP R/R 6-1 205 Jr. Knob Knoster, Mo. Hutchinson CC 36 Spencer Blades LHP L/L 6-2 205 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. Barton CC 37 Dominik King RHP/IF L/R 6-4 185 So. Wichita, Kan. Kapaun HS 39 Logan Forbis RHP R/R 6-5 190 Fr. Tonganoxie, Kan. Tonganoxie HS 40 Bryson Ramsey INF R/R 5-9 175 So. Arkansas City, Kan. Arkansas City HS

On the Mound IN THE PEN 11 - Austin Anderson Pronunciation Guide 13 - Casey Lippoldt 14 - Justin Maxson 1 Kevin Wempe . . . . . Wim-pee 15 - Jake Martin Starters 4 Tyler Herrig ...... Hair-ig 16 - Brett Mize 17 - Ben Graham 20 - Karston Streiloff 7 Chris Dobler ...... Dough-bler 23 - Colby Killian 30 - Cole Moore 13 Casey Lippoldt . . . . .Lip-olt 12 - Jake Hosey 37 - Dominik King 20 Karsten Streiloff ...... Car-stun Stry-loff 28 - Michael Cotter 39 - Logan Forbis 25 David Albritton ...... All-Bri-ton 29 - Matt Robertson 36 - Spencer Blades Closers 31 - Drew Smith 35 - Kyle Rosine

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By State By Class UNITED STATES 12 Seniors Kansas - 26 City Previous School 3 Jeremy Francis OF Emporia, Kan. 1 Kevin Wempe Topeka Hayden HS 4 Tyler Herrig OF Leavenworth, Kan. 2 Jacob White Kansas City Highland CC 7 Chris Dobler OF Topeka, Kan. 3 Jeremy Francis Emporia Johnson County CC 8 Marc Albers IF Lawrence, Kan. 4 Tyler Herrig Leavenworth Florida Atlantic 11 Austin Anderson RHP Omaha, Neb. 5 Dorain Williams Olathe Butler CC 16 Brett Mize RHP Bartlesville, Okla. 7 Chris Dobler Topeka Johnson County CC 17 Ben Graham RHP Holden, Mo. 8 Marc Albers Lawrence Barton County CC 22 Tyler Knight OF Lawrence, Kan. 9 Parker Amos Overland Park Arkansas State 23 Colby Killian RHP McMinnville, Tenn. 30 Cole Moore RHP Lee’s Summit, Mo. 12 Jake Hosey Topeka, Kan. Allen CC 32 Kenny Buckhead IF Berryton, Kan. 13 Casey Lipholdt Pratt Pratt CC 14 Justin Maxson Wichita Maize HS 20 Juniors 15 Jake Martin Shawnee Mid-American Nazarene 1 Kevin Wempe OF Topeka, Kan. 18 Calder Cody Wellington Butler County CC 2 Jacob White IF Kansas City, Kan. 19 Rudy Weiser Mahattan Manhattan HS 5 Dorain Williams OF Olathe, Kan. 21 Drew Wilkinson Manhattan Hutchinson CC 6 J.D. Herman IF Omaha, Neb. 9 Parker Amos OF Overland Park, Kan. 22 Tyler Knight Lawrence Sam Houston State 10 Andy Cotton IF Lincoln, Neb. 26 Joey Oxley Olathe Olathe North HS 12 Jake Hosey RHP Topeka, Kan. 27 Zach Carlson Topeka New Mexico 13 Casey Lippoldt RHP Pratt, Kan. 28 Michael Cotter Overland Park Barton CC 15 Jake Martin LHP Shawnee, Kan. 18 Calder Cody IF Wellington, Kan. 29 Matt Robertson Valley Center Barton CC 20 Karsten Streiloff OF Saskatoon, Sask. 32 Kenny Burkhead Berryton Barton County CC 21 Drew Wilkinson OF Manhattan, Kan. 37 Dominik King Wichita Kapuan HS 24 Travis Whipple OF Morgan City, Louis. 39 Logan Forbis Tonganoxie Tonganoxie HS 25 David Albritton C Shreveport, Louis. 40 Bryson Ramsey Arkansas City Arkansas City HS 28 Michael Cotter RHP Overland Park, Kan. 29 Matt Robertson RHP Valley Center, Kan. Missouri - 4 City Previous School 31 Drew Smith RHP Eaton, Colo. 17 Ben Graham Holden Hutchinson CC 35 Kyle Rosine RHP Knob Knoster, Mo. 36 Spencer Blades LHP Kansas City, Mo. 30 Cole Moore Lee’s Summit Neosho County CC 35 Kyle Rosine Knob Knoster Hutchinson CC 4 Sophomores 36 Spencer Blades Kansas City Barton CC 14 Justin Maxson RHP Wichita, Kan. 19 Rudy Weiser C Manhattan, Kan. 37 Dominik King RHP Wichita, Kan. Nebraska - 3 City Previous School 40 Bryson Ramsey IF Arkansas City, Kan. 6 J.D. Herman Omaha Butler CC 3 Freshmen 10 Andy Cotton Lincoln University of Nebraska 26 Joey Oxley C Olathe, Kan. 11 Austin Anderson Omaha Barton County CC 27 Zach Carlson IF Topeka, Kan. 39 Logan Forbis RHP Tonganoxie, Kan. Louisiana - 2 City Previous School 24 Travis Whipple Morgan City Louisiana-Lafeyette 25 David Albritton Shreveport Barton CC

Colorado - 1 City Previous School In the Field CF 31 Drew Smith Eaton Barton CC 5 - D. Williams RF LF 7 - C. Dobler 22 - T. Knight Oklahoma - 1 City Previous School 24 - T. Whipple 4 - T. Herrig 16 Brett Mize Bartlesville Kansas City Kansas CC 3 - J. Francis 9 - P. Amos SS 2B CANADA 10 - A. Cotton 2 - J. White Saskatchewan - 1 City Previous School 6 - J. Herman 6 - J. Herman 20 Karsten Steiloff Saskatoon Labette County CC 8 - M. Albers 3B 40 - B. Ramsey 1 - K. Wempe 1B 18 - C. Cody 32 - K. Burkhead 27 - Z. Carlson DH COACHING STAFF 18 - C. Cody 27 - Z. Carlson C 33 Bob Fornelli Head Coach (ESU ‘91) 7th yr. 7 - C. Dobler 25 - D. Albritton 21 Jason Santangelo Assistant Coach 3rd yr. 4 - T. Herrig 19 - R. Weiser 41 John Martin Pitching Coach 2nd yr. 3 - J. Francis 26 - J. Oxley 42 Kellen Mitts Graduate Assistant 1st yr.

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Profile Kevin Wempe 1 Height: 6'0" Weight: 185 Position: 3B In 2009 Bats: Right Hit .308 with eight home runs and 42 RBI...is second amongst Hornets return- Throws: Right ing in runs scored after scoring 61 last season. Season: 4th Year: Junior In 2008 Was named honorable mention All-MIAA...was fifth in the MIAA in runs scored Topeka, Kansas with 60 on the season...was third in the league in on-base percentage at .490 Topeka Hayden HS on the year...hit .363 on the year with seven home runs and 43 RBI in 46 starts as a freshman.

In 2007 Career Highs Redshirted during the 2007 season for the Hornets

Runs: 5 vs. Minn.-Duluth (03/08/08) High School Hits: 5 vs. Angelo State (05/14/09) Lettered four times in baseball and four times in basketball for the Wildcats of RBIs: 7 vs. Angelo State (05/14/09) Topeka Hayden...named All-State, All-City and All-Centennial League. 2B: 2 3x last vs. Angelo State (05/14/09) SB: 2 vs. Pittsburg State (04/01/08) Personal BB: 2 2x last vs. Angelo State (05/14/09) Parents are Jim and Joan Wempe

Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2008 .363 52 46 157 60 57 9 0 7 43 87 .554 27 13 24 1 .490 1 6 9 9 20 72 8 .920 2009 .308 63 62 227 61 70 22 0 8 42 116 .511 17 14 30 6 .391 0 8 9 10 37 135 11 .940

TOTAL .331 115 108 384 121 127 31 0 15 85 203 .529 44 27 54 7 .434 1 14 18 19 57 207 19 .933

Profile Jacob White 2 Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 Position: INF In 2009 Bats: Right Was named to the All-National Tournament team, after hitting his first career Throws: Right home run against Grand Valley State...hit .397 and made 19 starts, most at the Season: 2nd end of the season and had 12 RBI and scored 20 runs. Year: Junior 2007-08 Highlands CC Kansas City, Kan. Hit .306 for the Scotties during his freshman season. Highlands CC High School Was a letter winner in baseball and basketball for Louisberg High School...set a record for must runs score in a single season while with the Wildcats...hit .327 Career Highs during senior season. Runs: 3 vs. Angelo State (05/14/09) Hits: 3 2x last vs. Grand Valley (05/23/09) RBIs: 2 2x last vs. Central Mo. (05/18/09) 2B: 2 vs. Nebraska-Omaha (05/16/09) SB: 1 3x last vs. Mo. Southern (04/26/09) BB: 2 2x last vs. Mo. Southern (04/26/09)

Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2009 .397 27 19 73 20 29 4 2 1 12 40 .548 8 0 4 1 .457 0 3 3 3 42 55 6 .942

TOTAL .397 27 19 73 20 29 4 2 1 12 40 .548 8 0 4 1 .457 0 3 3 3 42 55 6 .942

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Profile Jeremy Francis 3 Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 Position: OF In 2009 Bats: Right Was named Honorable Mention All-MIAA...hit .335 with three home runs and Throws: Right 42 RBI...scored 52 runs and hit three triples as he stole 17 bases on the sea- Season: 2nd son...hit .360 against right handed pitching. Year: Senior 2007-08 Johnson County CC Emporia, Kan. Hit .302 with two home runs and 25 RBI last season...had the third most at- Johnson County CC bats on the team.

High School Earned varsity letters in baseball and football ... Earned All-Centennial League Career Highs accolades in baseball all four years ... Selected honorable mention as a fresh- man, second-team as a sophomore and earned first-team accolades his junior Runs: 3 2x last vs. Newman (02/24/09) and senior campaigns ...Batted .420 with 32 hits, including six doubles, three Hits: 4 vs. Truman (04/10/09) triples and 22 RBI as a senior. RBIs: 3 vs. Washburn (03/30/09) 2B: 2 vs. Pittsburg State (04/08/09) SB: 3 vs. Truman (04/11/09) BB: 2 vs. Pittsburg State (04/08/09)

Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2009 .335 53 51 182 52 61 12 3 3 42 88 .484 15 10 32 5 .415 0 7 17 21 42 0 0 1.000

TOTAL .335 53 51 182 52 61 12 3 3 42 88 .484 15 10 32 5 .415 0 7 17 21 42 0 0 1.000

Profile Chris Dobler 7 Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 In 2008 Position: OF Hit .340 as he made 11 starts for the Hornets last year...hit two home runs Bats: Left and added 15 RBI. Throws: Left Season: 4th In 2008 Year: Senior Birthdate: 5.17.86 Hit .321 with one home run and two RBI and a .429 slugging percentage before suffering a season ending injury...also scored eight runs in early sea- Topeka, Kan. son action for the Hornets. Johnson County CC 2007 Johnson County CC Hit .366 with three home runs and 26 RBI.

Career Highs 2006 at ESU Runs: 3 vs. Pittsburg State (04/08/09) Hits: 3 vs. Fort Hays State (03/14/09) High School RBIs: 4 vs. Pittsburg State (04/08/09) Lettered in Baseball for the Topeka Seaman...Was an Honorable Mention 2B: 1 3x last vs. Fort Hays St. (03/14/09) All-Leaguer. SB: 1 4x last vs. Fort Hays St. (03/14/09) BB: 2 vs. Central Missouri (03/21/09)

Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2006 .000 16 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 2008 .321 10 7 28 8 9 0 0 1 2 12 .429 1 0 4 1 .333 1 0 0 0 11 1 0 1.000 2009 .340 26 11 47 10 16 3 0 2 15 25 .532 8 0 15 0 .429 1 1 3 4 8 0 2 .800 TOTAL .329 52 18 76 21 25 3 0 3 17 37 .487 9 0 20 1 .391 2 1 4 5 19 1 2 .909

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Profile Marc Albers 8 Height: 5-9 Weight: 175 In 2009 Position: INF Hit .288 seeing most of his time as a designated hitter...started 12 games for Bats: Right Throws: Right ESU had two home runs and ten runs driven in...scored seven runs and had Season: 2nd two doubles and a .424 slugging percentage. Year: Senior 2007-08 Barton County Community College Lawrence, Kan. Hit .337 with 25 RBI’s and had six stolen bases in a team high 172 at-bats Barton County CC last year.

High School As a senior shortstop he hit .375 with three home runs for Lawrence High School...was honorable mention All-State for the Chesty Lions. Career Highs

Runs: 1 7x last vs. Angelo State (05/14/09) Hits: 3 vs. Truman (04/10/09) RBIs: 4 vs. Truman (04/10/09) 2B: 1 2x last vs. Truman (04/10/09) SB: 1 vs. Bethany (04/01/09) BB: 2 2x last vs. Pittsburg State (04/08/09)

Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2009 .288 25 12 59 7 17 2 0 2 10 25 .424 6 1 9 2 .364 0 0 1 2 7 5 0 1.000

TOTAL .288 25 12 59 7 17 2 0 2 10 25 .424 6 1 9 2 .364 0 0 1 2 7 5 0 1.000

Profile Andy Cotton 10 Height: 5-8 Weight: 170 Position: INF In 2009 Bats: Right Was named honorable mention All-MIAA last season...hit .332 with three Throws: Right home runs and 37 runs driven in...started in 57 of the Hornets 63 games...had Season: 2nd Year: Junior 16 doubles and a .381 on-base percentage.

Lincoln, Neb. 2008 University of Nebraska University of Nebraska Hit .375 while starting the final two games of the Big 12 Tournament.

High School Had a .337 average, 27 runs scored and 23 RBIs as a senior at Lincoln Southwest High School...was named second-team All-Nebraska by the Career Highs Omaha World-Herald Runs: 4 vs. Regis (02/14/09) Hits: 3 vs. Colorado Mines (02/21/09) RBI: 4 vs. Nebraska-Omaha (05/16/09) 2B: 2 vs. Missouri Western (04/05/09) SB: 1 4x last vs. SW Baptist (05/02/09) BB: 1 6x last vs. Mesa State (05/25/09)

Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2009 .332 57 57 187 42 62 16 0 3 37 87 .465 6 12 29 7 .381 5 3 4 7 74 184 15 .945 TOTAL .332 57 57 187 42 62 16 0 3 37 87 .465 6 12 29 7 .381 5 3 4 7 74 184 15 .945 10 meet the 2010 hornets

Profile Austin Anderson 11 Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Position: RHP In 2009 Bats: Right Appeared in 13 games last season...was 1-0 and had the Hornets first save of the sea- Throws: Right son on the road...struck out 17 through 27.0 innings of play. Season: 2nd Year: Senior 2006 Barton County Community College Was 6-2 with a 41 strikeouts last season for the Cougars...had a 4.00 ERA. Omaha, Neb. Barton CC High School He earned a perfect 5-0 record as a senior to go along with a 1.00 earned run average... was named second team All-State at Omaha-Burke High School.

Career Highs

IP: 5.1 vs. Pittsburg State (4/8/09) SO: 3 vs. Pittsburg State (4/15/09)

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2009 7.00 1 0 13 2 0 0 1 1 27.0 37 23 21 4 17 7 0 7 125 .319 0 5 0 0

TOTAL 7.00 1 0 13 2 0 0 1 1 27.0 37 23 21 4 17 7 0 7 125 .319 0 5 0 0

Profile Casey Lippoldt 13 Height: 5-11 Weight: 175 Position: RHP In 2009 Medical Redshirt Bats: Right Made four appearances for the Hornets and was injured for most of the season...had two Throws: Right strikeouts in his two innings of work. He received a medical redshirt for the season. Season: 2nd Year: Junior 2007-08 Pratt CC Played two seasons and was a letter-winner for the Beavers. Pratt, Kan. Pratt CC High School Was a three-year letter winner in both football and baseball for Fort Morgan High School in Kansas...was named All-Tri Valley League twice in baseball fot the Mustangs.

Career Highs

IP: 1.0 at Regis (2/15/09) SO: 2 at Regis (2/15/09)

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA

2009 49.50 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 13 11 11 2 2 5 2 1 22 .684 2 1 0 0

TOTAL 49.50 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 13 11 11 2 2 5 2 1 22 .684 2 1 0 0

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Profile Justin Maxson 14 Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 Position: RHP In 2009 Bats: Right Made nine appearances for the Hornets picking up two wins and boasting a 5.28 ERA... Throws: Right struck out nine in 15.1 innings of work...opposing hitters only managed a .230 average Season: 3rd against him. Year: RS-So. In 2008 Maize, Kan. Redshirted during the 2008 season. Maize HS High School Was a two year letter winner in baseball for Maize High School...was a member of state teams during ‘04 and ‘05 for the Eagles. Career Highs

IP: 5.0 vs. Truman (4/10/09) SO: 6 vs. Bethany (4/1/09)

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2009 5.28 2 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 15.1 14 10 9 2 9 4 0 2 66 .230 2 3 0 0

TOTAL 5.28 2 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 15.1 14 10 9 2 9 4 0 2 66 .230 2 3 0 0

Profile Brett Mize 16 Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Position: RHP In 2009 Bats: Right Made 11 appearances for the Hornets, including being involved in a combined shut-out... Throws: Right had 15 strikeouts over 16 innings, while allowing opposing hitters a .226 batting average Season: 3rd against him. Year: RS-Sr. In 2008 Bartlesville, Okla. Redshirted for ESU in 2008. Kansas City Kan. CC 2006-2007 Kansas City Kansas Community College Was honorable mention All-KJCAA during the 2006 season with the Blue Devils.

High School Was a letter winner in baseball for the Bartlesville Bruins. Career Highs

IP: 4.0 vs. Newman (3/3/09) SO: 3 vs. Missouri Western (4/5/09)

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA

2009 5.06 0 0 11 2 0 0 1 0 16.0 14 12 9 13 15 3 0 4 75 .226 3 0 0 0

TOTAL 5.06 0 0 11 2 0 0 1 0 16.0 14 12 9 13 15 3 0 4 75 .226 3 0 0 0

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Profile Ben Graham 17 Height: 6-4 Weight: 195 At ESU Position: RHP Was named a Pre-Season All-American by the National College Baseball Writers Bats: Right Association. Throws: Right Season: 2nd In 2009 Year: Senior Was named to the All-National Tournament team after pitching 14.1 innings in the World Series, allowing only two runs while striking out 15...on the season he was 8-4 with a Holden, Mo. 3.39 ERA...led the league in strikeout to walk ratio striking out 76 batters, while only Hutchinson CC walking 11...pitched a team high 93.0 innings.

2007-08 Hutchinson Community College Was named honorable mention All-KJCCC during the 2008 season for the Dragons.

Career Highs High School Was an All-State selection in both baseball and football for the Eagles of Holden High IP: 9.0 3x last vs. Ft. Hays St. (3/13/09) School in Missouri. SO: 10 vs. Lynn (5/30/09)

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA

2009 3.39 8 4 17 12 3 1 0 0 93.0 102 39 35 11 76 18 4 7 395 .280 2 8 2 10

TOTAL 3.39 8 4 17 12 3 1 0 0 93.0 102 39 35 11 76 18 4 7 395 .280 2 8 2 10

Profile Rudy Weiser 19 Height: 6-1 Weight: 220 Position: C In 2009 Bats: Right Had 14 at-bats in 12 appearances last season...hit .357 with five RBI... Throws: Right scored three runs for the Hornets. Season: 3rd Year: RS-So. In 2008 Manhattan, Kan. Redshirted for the Hornets in 2008 Manhattan HS High School Was a letter winner in baseball for Manahattan High School...was named first-team All-Centennial League as a senior...hit .305 with 10 RBI his Career Highs junior season.

Runs: 1 3x last vs. SW Baptist (5/2/09) Hits: 1 5x last vs. SW Baptist (5/2/09) RBIs: 2 vs. Southwest Baptist (5/2/09)

Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2009 .357 12 0 14 3 5 0 0 0 5 5 .357 0 0 1 0 .357 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1.000

TOTAL .357 12 0 14 3 5 0 0 0 5 5 .357 0 0 1 0 .357 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1.000

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Profile Colby Killian 23 Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 Position: RHP AT ESU Bats: Right Was named a pre-season All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Throws: Right Association. Season: 2nd Year: Senior In 2009 Went 8-0 for the Hornets last season...earned three of his wins in the post-season as he McMInnville, Tenn. allowed only six runs over 23.2 innings of work...had 76 strikeouts and 4.25 ERA. Butler CC 2007-08 Butler County Community College Was named first team All-KJCAA for the Grizzlies...was 8-2 with a 3.47 ERA during 2008.

High School Career Highs Was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 27th round out of Warren County High School in McMinnville, Tenn...was a letter winner in baseball for the Pioneers. IP: 7.0 3x last vs. Grand Valley St. (5/23/09) SO: 11 at Truman (4/11/09)

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA

2009 4.25 8 0 18 14 0 0 3 0 84.2 73 48 40 50 76 7 2 7 374 .235 6 9 2 3

TOTAL 4.25 8 0 18 14 0 0 3 0 84.2 73 48 40 50 76 7 2 7 374 .235 6 9 2 3

Profile Cole Moore 30 Height: 6-4 Weight: 250 Position: RHP In 2009 Bats: Right Went 5-0 during the season with a 5.35 ERA making primarily mid-week starts for the Throws: Right Hornets...struck out 31 hitters over 38.2 innings of work. Season: 2nd Year: Senior 2007-08 Neosho County Community College Played two seasons with the Neosho County Panthers. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Neosho County CC High School Was a two year letter winner in baseball at Lee’s Summit High School in Missouri....Was named a first team All-Suburban Big Seven for the Bronco’s.

Career Highs

IP: 7.0 vs. Central Oklahoma (3/18/09) SO: 8 vs. Central Oklahoma (3/18/09)

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 2009 5.35 5 0 13 5 0 0 0 0 38.2 50 25 23 18 31 14 3 5 187 .314 11 6 0 4

TOTAL 5.35 5 0 13 5 0 0 0 0 38.2 50 25 23 18 31 14 3 5 187 .314 11 6 0 4

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Profile Kenny Burkhead 32 Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 Position: INF AT ESU Bats: Right Throws: Right Was named a Pre-Season All-American by the National Collegiate Season: 2nd Baseball Writers Association. Year: Senior In 2009 Berryton, Kan. Was named First Team All-MIAA...hit .386 with a team leading 86 RBI, had Barton County CC a .627 slugging percentage, hitting 10 home runs on the season...stole a team second best 25 bases out of 26 attempts.

2007-08 Barton County Community College Career Highs Had 10 home runs, 87 RBI and 12 triples in his career for the Cougars. Runs: 3 vs. Newman (2/24/09) Hits: 5 2x last vs. Angelo State (5/14/09) High School RBIs: 7 2x last vs. Angelo State (5/14/09) Was a letter winner in baseball and basketball at Shawnee Heights High 2B: 2 3x last vs. Neb.-Omaha (5/16/09) School...was named first team All-State and City League Player of the SB: 2 2x last vs. Angelo State (5/14/09) Year for the Thunderbirds. BB: 2 2x last vs. SW Baptist (5/2/09)

Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2009 .386 63 63 249 64 96 28 1 10 86 156 .627 22 5 33 8 .442 2 0 25 26 564 24 5 .992

TOTAL .386 63 63 249 64 96 28 1 10 86 156 .627 22 5 33 8 .442 2 0 25 26 564 24 5 .992

Profile Dominik King 37 Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Position: RHP In 2009 Bats: Left Went 4-0 with two saves as he made 24 appearances out of the bull-pen Throws: Right for the Hornets primarily as the set-up man...had a 3.32 ERA as he struck Season: 2nd Year: Soph. out 20 batters over 43.1 innings of work.

Wichita, Kan. High School Kapaun High School A four year letter-winner at Kapaun in Wichita, Kan. ...was named an All-City third-baseman in three seasons and an All-City Pitcher in two seasons...was named All-State at Pitcher during his senior season as the Crusaders made the State Championship game

Career Highs

IP: 4.1 at Nebraska-Omaha (5/8/09) SO: 3 at Truman (4/10/09)

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA

2009 3.32 4 0 24 0 0 0 2 2 43.1 54 23 16 10 20 8 0 2 191 .327 0 8 3 5

TOTAL 3.32 4 0 24 0 0 0 2 2 43.1 54 23 16 10 20 8 0 2 191 .327 0 8 3 5

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4 Tyler Herrig Profile Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 AT ESU Position: OF Will see time in the outfield for the Hornets. Bats: Left At Florida Atlantic Throws: Left Hit .118 with two starts for the Owls and 22 appearances last season. Season: 1st At Allen County CC Year: Senior In his senior season hit .367 with 33 RBI, 11 doubles and three homeruns...as a freshman earned All-Jayhawk Eastern Division second team honors... had a .342 batting average and 29 RBI hitting Leavenworth, Kan. seven doubles, one triple and five homers Florida Atlantic High School Was a three-time All-Conference performer at Leavenworth High School.

5 Dorain Williams Profile Height: 5-9 Weight: 180 At ESU Position: OF Could start in center field for the Hornets. Bats: Right Throws: Right At Butler County Community College Season: 1st Was named a second team All-Jayhawk Conference selection for the Grizzlies. Also Year: Junior played one season of football for the BCCC.

High School Olathe, Kan. A letter winner in both baseball and football at Olathe East High School...was named a Butler County CC top prospect by both Baseball American and Rivals.com.

6 J. D. Herman Profile Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 At ESU Position: INF Could see time in both the infield and as a designated hitter for the Hornets. Bats: Right Throws: Right At Butler County Community College Season: 1st Was named an Academic All-District during his sophomore year...was named Honorable Year: Junior Mention All-Jayhawk Conference his freshman season. Omaha, Neb. High School Butler County CC Was a letter-winner in baseball at Omaha Northwest High School...was named Academic All-State.

9 Parker Amos Profile Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 At ESU Position: OF Could see time in the outfield for the Hornets. Bats: Right Throws: Right At Johnson County Community College Season: 1st Was named Honorable Metion All-Jayhawk East. Year: Junior

High School Overland Park, Kan. Was an All-State performer at Shawnee Mission Northwest during his senior sea- Arkansas-Little Rock son.

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Profile Jake Hosey 12 Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 Position: RHP At ESU Bats: Right Could see time in the Hornets starting rotation. Throws: Right Season: 1st Allen County Community College Year: Junior Went 11-1 with a 3.13 ERA and 82 strikeouts for the Red Devils.

High School Topeka, Kan. Pitched a perfect game during his senior season to lead Topeka Seaman to the State Allen County CC Tournament...was named both All-City and All-State his senior season.

Profile Jake Martin 15 Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Position: LHP At ESU Bats: Left Could see time out of the bullpen this season for ESU. Throws: Left Season: 1st At Mid-America Nazarene University Year: Junior Was 2-5 last season with a 6.96 ERA, 31 strikeouts and one save for the Pioneers.

Shawnee, Kan. High School Mid-America Was a letter winner in baseball at Shawnee Mission North High School. Nazarene

Profile Calder Cody 18 Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 Position: INF In 2009 - Medical Redshirt Bats: Right Had one home run and nine RBI in 19 at-bats before a back injury ended his season Throws: Right and earned a medical redshirt. Season: 2nd Year: RS-Junior 2007-08 Butler County Community College Hit .305 with 13 home runs and 39 runs driven in...was named second team All-KJCCC Wellington, Kan. for the Grizzlies. Butler County CC High School Was an All-State selection for Wellington High School Crusaders.

Profile Karsten Streiloff 20 Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 Position: OF/P In 2009 Bats: Right Played in one game as a pitcher and one game in the outfield for ESU. Throws: Right Season: 2nd 2007-08 Labette County Community College Year: Junior Hit .422 during his freshman year while hitting .549 before breaking his hand during sophomore year. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan High School Labette County CC Was a letter winner in football, basketball and track for Bedford Road Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatechewan...did not play high school baseball.

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22 Tyler Knight Profile Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 At ESU Position: OF Will likely start in the outfield for the Hornets. Bats: Right At Sam Houston State Throws: Right He hit .346 with seven home runs and 55 RBI for the Bearkats. Season: 1st Year: Senior Neosho County Community College Was an All-Jayhawk Conference selection. Lawrence, Kan. High School Sam Houston State Was a letter winner in football and baseball at Lawrence High School in Kansas.

24 Travis Whipple Profile Height: 5-11 Weight: 175 At ESU Position: OF Could see time in the outfield and at DH for the Hornets. Bats: Left Throws: Left At Louisiana-Lafeyette Season: 1st Started 38 games hitting .329 with eight home runs and 30 runs driven in. Year: Junior

High School Morgan City, La. Four-year letterwinner at Central Catholic High School...Earned all-district honors four Louisiana-Lafeyette times...Earned all-state honors twice...Helped lead the Eagles to four district champion- ships and two state championships.

25 David Albritton Profile Height: 6-6 Weight: 205 At ESU Position: C Should start at catcher for the Hornets this season. Bats: Right Throws: Right At Barton County Community College Season: 1st Was an All-Jayhawk League selection he hit .401 with eight home runs, 47 RBI and 50 Year: Junior runs scored. Shreveport, La. High School Barton CC A letter winner at C.E. Byrd High School where he earned All-District and All-City Honors....started 44 games his senior season and hit .320 with 26 RBI’s.

26 Joey Oxley Profile Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 At ESU Position: C Will provice depth at the catcher position for the Hornets. Bats: Right Throws: Right High School Season: 2nd Was named All-Olathe, All-KC Metro and All-League at catcher/designated hitter at Year: RS-Fr. Olathe North High School...despite an injury during his senior season hit .286 with two home runs and 11 RBI. Olathe, Kan. Olathe North HS

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Profile Zach Carlson 27 Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 Position: IF At ESU Bats: Left Could see time in the Hornet infield, or a designated hitter. Throws: Right Season: 1st At New Mexico Year: RS-Fr. Redshirted in his first season with the Lobos.

Topeka, Kan. High School New Mexico He was named first team All-State Class 5A 2007 for Topeka Seaman...was first team All-Centennial League while hitting .429 with five home runs and 22 RBI...was named All-Centennial League in 2006 when he batted .348 with two home runs and 17 RBI.

Profile Michael Cotter 28 Height: 6-6 Weight: 200 At ESU Position: RHP Could see time in the Hornets starting rotation or out of the pen. Bats: Right Throws: Right At Barton County Community College Season: 1st Started ten contests his freshman season, before redshirting his second year...during Year: Junior his final season went 5-5 with 65 strikeouts in 73.1 innings of work.

Valley Center, Kan. High School Barton County CC Started three seasons at Pitcher at Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Mo...was a three year letter winner in baseball.

Profile Matt Robertson 29 Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 Position: RHP At ESU Bats: Right Could see time in the Hornet rotation or out of the bullpen. Throws: Right At Barton County Community College Season: 1st Went 6-5 last season with 40 strikeouts. Year: Junior High School Valley Center, Kan. He earned All League and All-State Honors while at Valley Center and was selected the Barton County CC Player of the Year in 2007.

Profile Drew Smith 31 Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Position: RHP At ESU Bats: Right Will likely split time with Kyle Rosine at closer. Throws: Right Season: 1st At Barton County Community College Year: Junior Was the closer in 2009 for the Cougars posting a 3-2 record with a 2.76 ERA while recording 12 saves. Eaton, Colo. Barton County CC High School As a senior Drew posted a 7-1 record with a 1.30 ERA and helped lead Eaton High School to the Colorado State Baseball Tournament. 20 meet the 2010 hornet Newcomers

35 Kyle Rosine Profile Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 At ESU Position: RHP Will likely split time with Drew Smith at closer. Bats: Right Throws: Right At Hutchinson Community College Season: 1st He was 1-2 with nine saves and a 2.49 ERA for the Blue Dragons...was 11th in the Year: Junior nation in saves...had 32 strikeouts in 25.1 innings...was a first-team All-Jayhawk Conference performer and earned second-team All-Region VI honors. Knob Knoster, Mo. Hutchinson CC High School Was a letter-winner in baseball at Knob Knoster High School in Missouri.

36 Spencer Blades Profile Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 At ESU Position: LHP Could be a starter, or used out of the pen by the Hornets Bats: Left Throws: Left At Barton County Community College Season: 1st Was 5-3 last season with a 4.35 ERA striking out 47 batters through 51 innings of Year: Junior work. Kansas City, Mo. High School Barton County CC Was a four year letter winner at Libery High School in Kansas City, Mo.

39 Logan Forbis Profile Height: 6-5 Weight: 190 At ESU Position: RHP Will likely work out of the Hornet pen this season. Bats: Right Throws: Right High School Season: 2nd Was name an KBCA All-State selection in class 4A during his senior season at Year: RS-FR. Tonganoxie High School in Kansas...during his senior season he threw a complete game in which he struck out seven hitters for the Cheiftans...also pitche a complete Tonganoxie, Kan. game in the State Championship. Tonganoxie HS

40 Bryson Ramsey Profile Height: 5-9 Weight: 175 At ESU Position: IF Could play in the Hornet middle infield this season. Bats: Right Throws: Right High School Season: 1st A four year starter and letter winner at Arkansas City High School...played shortstop his Year: Soph. freshman year across the infield from ESU all-time hits leader Conner Crumbliss. Arkansas City, Kan. Arkansas City HS

21 2010 Review

The Emporia State baseball team continued their hot hitting went 49-14 and advanced to the scoring 13 runs on 16 hits to NCAA Division II Championship defeat Nebraska-Omaha 13-8 in Cary, North Carolina. ESU got and become the only unbeaten seven players named the All-MIAA team remaining in the NCAA squad. Fourth Year senior Conner South Central Regional. The Crumbliss was named the MIAA’s Hornets have racked up 40 Player of the Year. He earned first- hits over their first two games team honors along with Mike Sharp including seven home runs. and Kenny Burkhead. They have also scored 25 of The Hornets won their second their 36 runs with two outs in straight MIAA Championship. The the inning. Hornets then fell in the MIAA post- ESU then faced host Cen- season tournament, allowing Cen- tral Missouri, for a chance to tral Missouri to host the South Cen- advance to the Championhip tral Regional. game. The Hornets fell to

ESU would open against Angelo Central Missouri, and had to MIAA Player of the Year Conner Crumbliss State. The #17 Hornets put up 23 beat Angelo State to remain in runs scoring three runs or more in the tournament. The Hornet used a seven run third an inning six times during the game The #17 Emporia State baseball inning to get all the run support they with a 23-0 win over #16 Angelo team used a two run seventh inning would need in a 15-6 South Cen- State. ESU racked up 24 hits while to come from behind for a 5-3 victo- tral Regional Championship vic- holding the rams to only five hits on ry over #16 Angelo State. The ESU tory over #13 Central Missouri. The the day as well as playing error free bats came to life as they outscored Hornet put up 18 hits and took ad- defense. their opponents 42-13 to make their vantage of five Mule errors and had ESU then faced Nebraska-Oma- way into a winner take all champi- five extra base hits of their own. ha in the second round. The Hornets onship game. Seven Hornets found their way onto the All-Regional Tournament team, including MVP and Pitcher of the Tournament Colby Killian. ESU took three of the four infield posi- tions as first baseman Kenny Burk- head, second baseman Jacob White and third baseman Kevin Wempe. Conner Crumbliss made the team as an outfielder and was joined by All-Tournament designated hitter Anthony Dreiling. The #3 Emporia State Hornets got a strong defensive effort and pieced together three runs to earn a 3-0 win over Grand Valley State in the first round of the NCAA Di- vision II Baseball Championship. ESU fans look on as the Hornets take the field during the NCAA Division II National Champion- ship Game. Both teams got strong efforts from 22 2010 Review their starting pitchers with both NCAA Division II National starters making into the seventh in- Championship game in Cary, ning. N.C. on Saturday afternoon. On the mound Colby Killian scat- It was just the fourth one run tered three hits over 7.0 innings to game in a D-II Champion- pick up his eighth win of the season. ship game and the first 2-1 fi- It was his third combined shutout of nal since Cal. State Northridge the season and the second in NCAA defeated Nicholls State 2-1 in Tournament play. Dominik King 1970. ESU was out hit 10-6, pitched a scoreless eighth and Di- but forced Lynn to strand ten ego Soto came on to pitch the ninth runners during the game. ESU and earn his 11th save of the season stranded seven in the game and and move into second place on the got only one extra base hit. ESU single season list. Jacob White, Kellen Lane The #3 Emporia State baseball and Ben Graham earned all- team overcame an early 2-1 defi- tournament honors for the Hor- cit to pull out a 5-2 victory over #6 nets, who were making their Mesa State in the NCAA Division first appearance in the NCAA II Baseball Championship Tourna- Division II Championship ment. Three of the Hornets five runs Game in just their second trip came with two outs and ESU has to the Championship Finals. Ben Graham, who was named to the All-National now scored 33 runs with two outs in Tournament Team, pitches against Lynn in the Na- the post-season. The Hornets gave tional Championship. up two runs and three hits through the first two innings before shutting out the most potent offense in Divi- sion II on just four hits through the final seven innings. ESU got a walk-off two run home run from Kellen Lane for a 5-3 win over UC-San Diego and a spot in the National Championship Game. ESU trailed 1-0, but rallied with single runs in the third, fourth and fifth inning to take a 3-1 lead. The Tritons scored one each in the sixth and eighth to tie the game. Every Hornet batter finished with either a hit or a run scored in the game. Colby Killian went 5.2 innings, al- lowing five hits and two runs. Diego Soto pitched the final 1.2 innings to pick up his sixth win of the season. The Hornets prepare to take the field against Lynn in the NCAA Division II The #3 Emporia State baseball team fell 2-1 to #5 Lynn in the National Championship. 23 2009 Results

Date Opposing team Score r-h-e r-h-e Inn oVR MIAA Pitcher Att. Time Feb 10, 2009 at Southwestern Okla. W 19-9 19-20-2 9-10-3 9 1-0-0 0-0-0 Applehans,T (W 1-0) 80 3:15 Feb 14, 2009 at Regis Baseball 14-18 L 14-16-0 18-16-3 9 1-1-0 0-0-0 Applehans,T (L 1-1) 103 3:14 Feb 15, 2009 at Regis Baseball 2-10 L 2-4-1 10-16-5 9 1-2-0 0-0-0 Graham,B (L 0-1) - 2:24 Feb 15, 2009 at Regis Baseball W 10-9 10-8-2 9-9-6 7 2-2-0 0-0-0 Soto,D (W 1-0) 178 2:22 Feb 17, 2009 at Central Oklahoma W 18-13 18-16-2 13-14-4 9 3-2-0 0-0-0 Anthony,R (W 1-0) 100 3:10 Feb 20, 2009 at Colorado Mines W 6-1 6-10-1 1-5-0 9 4-2-0 0-0-0 Graham,B (W 1-1) 65 1:45 Feb 21, 2009 at Colorado Mines W 18-4 18-18-0 4-5-2 7 5-2-0 0-0-0 Killian,C (W 1-0) 79 2:15 Feb 21, 2009 at Colorado Mines W 11-0 11-15-1 0-4-3 7 6-2-0 0-0-0 Applehans,T (W 2-1) 55 2:04 Feb 22, 2009 at Colorado Mines W 19-2 19-23-1 2-9-5 9 7-2-0 0-0-0 Anthony,R (W 2-0) 47 2:37 Feb 24, 2009 NEWMAN W 20-9 20-21-1 9-17-2 9 8-2-0 0-0-0 King,D (W 1-0) 231 2:34 *Mar 02, 2009 NORTHWEST MISSOURI W 3-0 3-6-1 0-5-3 7 9-2-0 1-0-0 Graham,B (W 2-1) 47 1:35 *Mar 02, 2009 NORTHWEST MISSOURI W 10-9 10-11-2 9-9-3 (11) 10-2-0 2-0-0 Soto,D (W 2-0) 49 3:15 Mar 03, 2009 at Newman University 9-11 L 9-15-1 11-9-3 9 10-3-0 2-0-0 McBride,B (L 0-1) 66 7:32 *Mar 06, 2009 NEBRASKA-OMAHA W 7-5 7-11-1 5-9-2 9 11-3-0 3-0-0 Killian,C (W 2-0) 132 2:04 *Mar 07, 2009 NEBRASKA-OMAHA 3-4 L 3-8-1 4-13-1 (10) 11-4-0 3-1-0 Soto,D (L 2-1) 61 1:48 *Mar 07, 2009 NEBRASKA-OMAHA W 5-3 5-5-0 3-9-4 7 12-4-0 4-1-0 Anthony,R (W 3-0) 61 1:45 *Mar 08, 2009 NEBRASKA-OMAHA W 5-4 5-4-1 4-9-3 9 13-4-0 5-1-0 King,D (W 2-0) 101 2:00 Mar 10, 2009 BEMIDJI STATE W 6-2 6-12-2 2-7-3 9 14-4-0 5-1-0 Moore,C (W 1-0) 21 2:01 *Mar 13, 2009 FORT HAYS STATE W 5-1 5-7-0 1-3-1 9 15-4-0 6-1-0 Graham,B (W 3-1) 183 1:32 *Mar 14, 2009 FORT HAYS STATE W 10-0 10-13-0 0-5-1 7 16-4-0 7-1-0 Anthony,R (W 4-0) 335 1:34 *Mar 14, 2009 FORT HAYS STATE W 6-5 6-11-0 5-10-1 7 17-4-0 8-1-0 Soto,D (W 3-1) 335 2:07 *Mar 15, 2009 FORT HAYS STATE W 11-3 11-13-1 3-9-2 9 18-4-0 9-1-0 Applehans,T (W 3-1) 312 2:19 Mar 18, 2009 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA W 3-2 3-3-0 2-8-3 9 19-4-0 9-1-0 Moore,C (W 2-0) 106 1:53 *Mar 20, 2009 at Central Missouri 3-7 L 3-10-2 7-13-0 9 19-5-0 9-2-0 Graham,B (L 3-2) 325 2:21 *Mar 21, 2009 at Central Missouri W 2-1 2-3-1 1-3-1 7 20-5-0 10-2-0 Anthony,R (W 5-0) 490 1:42 *Mar 21, 2009 at Central Missouri W 6-2 6-10-2 2-7-4 (8) 21-5-0 11-2-0 Soto,D (W 4-1) 411 2:45 *Mar 22, 2009 at Central Missouri W 7-5 7-12-3 5-7-0 9 22-5-0 12-2-0 Applehans,T (W 4-1) 340 2:45 Mar 25, 2009 vs Wayne State W 7-1 7-13-1 1-9-3 9 23-5-0 12-2-0 Moore,C (W 3-0) 120 2:17 *Mar 30, 2009 vs Washburn W 10-1 10-11-4 1-2-2 7 24-5-0 13-2-0 Anthony,R (W 6-0) 20 1:48 *Mar 30, 2009 vs Washburn W 9-8 9-9-0 8-11-3 9 25-5-0 14-2-0 King,D (W 3-0) 115 2:40 Apr 01, 2009 BETHANY COLLEGE W 12-9 12-11-2 9-10-6 9 26-5-0 14-2-0 Maxson,J (W 1-0) 121 2:17 *Apr 05, 2009 MISSOURI WESTERN 2-9 L 2-8-4 9-9-1 7 26-6-0 14-3-0 Anthony,R (L 6-1) 34 1:51 *Apr 05, 2009 MISSOURI WESTERN W 9-5 9-10-0 5-11-4 9 27-6-0 15-3-0 Moore,C (W 4-0) 34 2:14 *Apr 06, 2009 MISSOURI WESTERN W 6-2 6-7-0 2-4-2 7 28-6-0 16-3-0 Applehans,T (W 5-1) 21 2:00 *Apr 06, 2009 MISSOURI WESTERN W 10-0 10-10-3 0-2-0 7 29-6-0 17-3-0 Killian,C (W 3-0) 23 2:10 *Apr 08, 2009 PITTSBURG STATE W 14-2 14-18-0 2-7-1 7 30-6-0 18-3-0 Graham,B (W 4-2) 157 2:01 *Apr 08, 2009 PITTSBURG STATE W 14-10 14-11-2 10-12-4 9 31-6-0 19-3-0 Anderson,A (W 1-0) 157 2:45 *Apr 10, 2009 at Truman State Univ. W 12-4 12-17-1 4-5-2 7 32-6-0 20-3-0 Maxson,J (W 2-0) - 2:03 *Apr 10, 2009 at Truman State Univ. W 18-8 18-21-1 8-10-1 7 33-6-0 21-3-0 Moore,C (W 5-0) 60 2:17 *Apr 11, 2009 at Truman State Univ. W 16-0 16-18-1 0-2-1 7 34-6-0 22-3-0 Applehans,T (W 6-1) - 1:58 *Apr 11, 2009 at Truman State Univ. W 5-1 5-11-0 1-5-2 9 35-6-0 23-3-0 Killian,C (W 4-0) 124 2:05 *Apr 15, 2009 at Pittsburg State W 12-2 12-15-1 2-12-1 7 36-6-0 24-3-0 Graham,B (W 5-2) - 2:05 *Apr 15, 2009 at Pittsburg State W 3-1 3-6-0 1-5-2 9 37-6-0 25-3-0 Anthony,R (W 7-1) 90 2:23 Apr 21, 2009 STERLING COLLEGE W 15-3 15-18-1 3-7-4 7 38-6-0 25-3-0 Applehans,T (W 7-1) 311 2:13 *Apr 24, 2009 at Missouri Southern 4-11 L 4-6-1 11-13-2 9 38-7-0 25-4-0 Anthony,R (L 7-2) 455 2:41 *Apr 25, 2009 at Missouri Southern W 5-2 5-8-2 2-4-2 (8) 39-7-0 26-4-0 Soto,D (W 5-1) 547 2:16 *Apr 25, 2009 at Missouri Southern 11-12 L 11-13-1 12-9-1 7 39-8-0 26-5-0 Soto,D (L 4-2) 516 2:31 *Apr 26, 2009 at Missouri Southern 7-11 L 7-14-2 11-18-1 9 39-9-0 26-6-0 Graham,B (L 5-3) 555 2:33 *May 01, 2009 SOUTHWEST BAPTIST 1-4 L 1-7-0 4-10-0 7 39-10-0 26-7-0 Applehans,T (L 7-2) 103 1:58 *May 01, 2009 SOUTHWEST BAPTIST W 4-1 4-5-1 1-3-1 9 40-10-0 27-7-0 Killian,C (W 5-0) 103 2:30 *May 02, 2009 SOUTHWEST BAPTIST W 5-0 5-7-2 0-4-3 7 41-10-0 28-7-0 Anthony,R (W 8-2) 163 1:59 *May 02, 2009 SOUTHWEST BAPTIST W 13-3 13-12-1 3-9-2 8 42-10-0 29-7-0 Graham,B (W 6-3) 163 2:21 +May 08, 2009 vs Nebraska-Omaha 3-6 L 3-9-1 6-12-0 9 42-11-0 29-7-0 Applehans,T (L 7-3) 1011 2:15 +May 09, 2009 vs Central Missouri 4-8 L 4-9-3 8-12-0 9 42-12-0 29-7-0 Anthony,R (L 8-3) 0 2:29 #May 14, 2009 vs Angelo State W 23-0 23-24-0 0-5-1 9 43-12-0 29-7-0 Killian,C (W 6-0) 165 2:55 #May 16, 2009 vs Nebraska-Omaha W 13-8 13-16-0 8-14-0 9 44-12-0 29-7-0 Graham,B (W 7-3) 141 2:12 #May 17, 2009 vs Central Missouri 1-2 L 1-7-0 2-4-0 9 44-13-0 29-7-0 Applehans,T (L 7-4) 745 2:05 #May 17, 2009 vs Angelo State W 5-3 5-10-0 3-10-2 9 45-13-0 29-7-0 King,D (W 4-0) 96 2:50 #May 18, 2009 at Central Missouri W 15-6 15-18-0 6-11-5 9 46-13-0 29-7-0 Killian,C (W 7-0) 801 2:41 ^May 23, 2009 vs Grand Valley State W 3-0 3-9-1 0-4-1 9 47-13-0 29-7-0 Killian,C (W 8-0) 621 2:22 ^May 25, 2009 vs Mesa State W 5-2 5-11-1 2-7-2 9 48-13-0 29-7-0 Graham,B (W 8-3) 504 3:00 ^May 28, 2009 vs UC San Diego W 5-3 5-14-0 3-8-1 9 49-13-0 29-7-0 Soto,D (W 6-2) 763 2:56 &May 30, 2009 vs Lynn 1-2 L 1-6-0 2-10-0 9 49-14-0 29-7-0 Graham,B (L 8-4) 734 2:31 ()= Extra Innings *= MIAA Conference Game += MIAA Post-Season Tournament #= South Central Regional ^= Division II Championships &= National Championship Game 24 2009 Post Season results

2009 Final MIAA Standings MIAA Regular Season Champions

Conference Overall 2009 Emporia State Team W L Pct. W L T Pct. 2008 Emporia State 1- ESU (2) 29 7 0.806 49 14 0 0.778 2007 Central Missouri 2- UCM (10) 27 9 0.750 44 15 0 0.746 2006 Emporia State 3- MSSU 24 10 0.706 35 20 0 0.636 2005 Central Missouri State 4- UNO (28) 27 13 0.675 41 20 0 0.672 2004 Central Missouri State MWSU 22 16 0.579 34 22 0 0.607 2003 Central Missouri State FHSU 20 20 0.500 30 26 0 0.536 2002 Central Missouri State WU 16 20 0.444 23 27 0 0.460 2001 Central Missouri State NWMSU 15 21 0.417 24 27 0 0.471 PSU 12 26 0.316 15 38 0 0.283 SBU 7 31 0.184 9 41 0 0.180 MIAA Tournament Champions TSU 7 33 0.175 11 45 0 0.196 2009 Nebraska-Omaha 2009 MIAA Tournament Results 2008 Central Missouri 2007 Emporia State 2006 Central Missouri State Fiday, May 8 2005 Central Missouri State Missouri Southern 10, Central Missouri 0 (7 Innings) 2004 Central Missouri State Nebraska-Omaha 6, Emporia State 3 2003 Central Missouri State 2002 Central Missouri State Saturday, May 9 2001 Central Missouri State Central Missouri 8, Emporia State 4 (ESU Eliminated) 2000 Central Missouri State Nebraska-Omaha 4, Missouri Southern 0 1999 Pittsburg State Central Missouri 4, Missouri Southern 1 (MSSU Eliminated) 1998 Central Missouri State 1997 Central Missouri State Sunday, May 10 1996 Central Missouri State Nebraska-Omaha 12, Central Missouri 9 (UNO Wins MIAA Tournament) 1995 Central Missouri State 2009 South Central Region Results 1994 Central Missouri State 1993 Emporia State #= Regional Seed 1992 Missouri Southern State May 14-17 1991 Missouri Southern State 1990 Central Missouri State Game 1 - #4 Emporia State 23, #3 Angelo State 0 1989 Central Missouri State Game 2 - #5 Nebraska-Omaha 5, #2 Abilene Christian 4 1988 Central Missouri State 1987 Southeast Missouri State Game 3 - #1 Central Missouri 3, #6 UT-Permian Basin 2 1986 Central Missouri State Game 4 - Abilene Christian 10, UT-Permian Basin 9 (UTPB Eliminated) 1985 Southeast Missouri State 1984 Missouri-St. Louis Game 5 - Angelo State 6, Central Missouri 3 1983 Northwest Missouri Game 6 - Emporia State 13, Nebraska-Omaha 8 1982 Northwest Missouri 1981 Central Missouri State Game 7 - Central Missouri 14, Nebraska-Omaha 1 (UNO Eliminated) 1980 Northwest Missouri Game 8 - Angelo State 4, Abilene Christian 2 (12) (ACU Eliminated) 1979 Southwest Missouri State 1978 Northwest Missouri Game 9 - Central Missouri 2, Emporia State 1 1977 Southeast Missouri State Game 10 - Emporia State 5, Angelo State 3 (ASU Eliminated) 1976 Southeast Missouri State 1975 Northwest Missouri Game 11 - Emporia State 15, Central Missouri 5 1974 Central Missouri State (ESU Wins South Central Regional) 1973 Northwest Missouri 1972 Missouri-Rolla 2009 Division II Championship Results 1971 Central Missouri State #= Regional Seed 1970 Southwest Missouri State 1969 Southwest Missouri State May 23-30 1968 Missouri-Rolla Game 1 - Mesa State 7, Belmont Abbey 2 1967 Southeast Missouri State Game 2 - Emporia State 3, Grand Valley State 0 1966 Central Missouri State MIAA Titles Won or Shared Game 3 - Dowling 3, UC-San Diego 1 Game 4 - Lynn 7, West Chester 3 Central Missouri ...... 15 Northwest Missouri ...... 6 Game 5 - Belmont Abbey 5, Grand Valley 4 (GVSU Eliminated) Southeast Missouri State ...... 5 Game 6 - Emporia State 5, Mesa State 2 Emporia State ...... 5 Game 7 - UC San Diego 8, West Chester 6 (WCU Elminated) Southwest Missouri State ...... 3 Missouri-Rolla ...... 2 Game 8 - Lynn 6, Dowling 5 Missouri Southern ...... 2 Game 9 - UC San Diego 13, Dowling 1 (Dowling Eliminated) Missouri-St. Louis ...... 1 Nebraska-Omaha ...... 1 Game 10 - Belmont Abbey 9, Mesa State 2 (MSU Elminated) Game 11 - Emporia State 5, UC San Diego 3 (UCSD Eliminated) Game 12 - Lynn 7, Belmont Abbey 5 (BAC Elminated) National Championship - Lynn 2, Emporia State 1 (Lynn Wins National Championship) 25 2009 statistics

No. Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT

2 White,Jacob .397 27 19 73 20 29 4 2 1 12 40 .548 8 0 4 1 .457 0 3 3 3 4 Crumbliss,Conner .397 63 63 247 92 98 30 5 5 54 153 .619 34 8 15 4 .483 1 3 30 32 32 Burkhead,Kenny .386 63 63 249 64 96 28 1 10 86 156 .627 22 5 33 8 .442 2 0 25 26 27 Sharp,Mike .371 61 59 213 51 79 18 0 13 56 136 .638 17 2 18 5 .419 2 1 3 4 3 Francis,Jeremy .335 53 51 182 52 61 12 3 3 42 88 .484 15 10 32 5 .415 0 7 17 21 10 Cotton,Andy .332 57 57 187 42 62 16 0 3 37 87 .465 6 12 29 7 .381 5 3 4 7 22 Williamson,Caleb .319 48 37 138 26 44 3 1 3 25 58 .420 10 6 20 3 .385 2 2 5 8 1 Wempe,Kevin .308 63 62 227 61 70 22 0 8 42 116 .511 17 14 30 6 .391 0 8 9 10 12 Lane,Kellen .308 48 34 133 30 41 8 0 1 28 52 .391 5 4 10 2 .350 1 2 4 4 8 Albers,Marc .288 25 12 59 7 17 2 0 2 10 25 .424 6 1 9 2 .364 0 0 1 2 6 Dreiling,Anthony .278 59 59 209 46 58 10 0 4 42 80 .383 18 7 34 0 .350 3 3 7 9 5 Theadman,Zach .229 38 19 83 18 19 5 0 0 10 24 .289 11 1 15 1 .326 0 2 6 7 38 Markowitz,Anthony .417 12 2 12 5 5 0 0 1 2 8 .667 3 0 0 0 .533 0 0 0 0 19 Weiser,Rudy .357 12 0 14 3 5 0 0 0 5 5 .357 0 0 1 0 .357 0 0 0 0 7 Dobler,Chris .340 26 11 47 10 16 3 0 2 15 25 .532 8 0 15 0 .429 1 1 3 4 29 Steinbach,Abe .326 26 10 46 8 15 5 1 1 10 25 .543 2 1 13 1 .367 0 1 0 2 9 Morrison,James .308 12 3 13 2 4 0 1 0 1 6 .462 1 1 2 1 .400 0 0 1 1 20 Streiloff,Karsten .000 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .250 0 0 0 0 28 Applehans,Tyler .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0

Totals .336 63 63 2155 540 724 167 14 58 486 1093 .507 186 73 285 46 .404 17 36 118 140 Opponents .267 63 63 1986 289 530 104 17 47 267 809 .407 212 56 452 40 .352 13 37 46 69

vs Left vs Right w/Runners On w/Bases Empty w/bases Loaded Rch as Leadoff Fly Gnd Fly/ No. Player H AB Avg H AB Avg H AB Avg H AB Avg H AB Avg Rch Ops Pct Out Out Gnd 8 Albers,Marc 11 33 .333 6 26 .231 7 31 .226 10 28 .357 0 2 .000 4 10 .400 10 19 0.5 28 Applehans,Tyler 0 0 - 0 1 .000 0 0 - 0 1 .000 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 99.9 32 Burkhead,Kenny 30 63 .476 66 186 .355 65 151 .430 31 98 .316 8 17 .471 15 39 .385 57 61 0.9 10 Cotton,Andy 10 42 .238 52 145 .359 36 99 .364 26 88 .295 3 9 .333 15 39 .385 50 47 1.1 4 Crumbliss,Conner 25 57 .439 73 190 .384 44 105 .419 54 142 .380 5 10 .500 52 117 .444 58 73 0.8 7 Dobler,Chris 0 3 .000 16 44 .364 9 26 .346 7 21 .333 2 5 .400 8 17 .471 7 11 0.6 6 Dreiling,Anthony 11 57 .193 47 152 .309 35 108 .324 23 101 .228 1 4 .250 25 55 .455 69 43 1.6 3 Francis,Jeremy 16 57 .281 45 125 .360 38 101 .376 23 81 .284 5 10 .500 11 27 .407 37 49 0.8 12 Lane,Kellen 5 14 .357 36 119 .303 27 74 .365 14 59 .237 4 10 .400 7 25 .280 29 48 0.6 38 Markowitz,Anthony 0 3 .000 5 9 .556 4 7 .571 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 1 3 .333 2 5 0.4 9 Morrison,James 2 4 .500 2 9 .222 2 9 .222 2 4 .500 0 0 - 2 3 .667 1 5 0.2 27 Sharp,Mike 24 62 .387 55 151 .364 43 109 .394 36 104 .346 0 4 .000 23 51 .451 63 48 1.3 29 Steinbach,Abe 4 15 .267 11 31 .355 7 25 .280 8 21 .381 1 3 .333 5 10 .500 12 5 2.4 20 Streiloff,Karsten 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 - 1 2 .500 0 2 0.0 5 Theadman,Zach 4 17 .235 15 66 .227 10 49 .204 9 34 .265 0 2 .000 3 9 .333 17 28 0.6 19 Weiser,Rudy 0 2 .000 5 12 .417 4 9 .444 1 5 .200 1 3 .333 1 3 .333 3 3 1.0 1 Wempe,Kevin 12 52 .231 58 175 .331 34 118 .288 36 109 .330 3 8 .375 20 45 .444 67 57 1.2 2 White,Jacob 5 11 .455 24 62 .387 15 39 .385 14 34 .412 0 8 .000 7 12 .583 21 21 1.0 22 Williamson,Caleb 8 35 .229 36 103 .350 21 71 .296 23 67 .343 1 3 .333 13 33 .394 20 52 0.4

Totals 168 535 .314 556 1620 .343 405 1143 .354 319 1012 .315 35 100 .350 213 503 .423 530 581 0.9 Opponents 190 738 .257 340 1248 .272 267 929 .287 263 1057 .249 15 64 .234 181 518 .349 410 595 0.7

With Runners w/Rnr on 3rd Success #Rrs Pinch Hitting In Scoring Pos And LT 2 Out With 2 Out 2 Out Advancing Rnrs Adv. Rnr Rch Rch No. Player H AB Avg H AB Avg RBI Ops Pct H AB Avg RBI Adv Ops Pct. W/out LOB Err FC KL 8 Albers,Marc 0 7 .000 7 23 .304 3 5 .600 6 20 .300 3 17 32 .531 8 12 3 1 2 28 Applehans,Tyler 0 1 .000 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 32 Burkhead,Kenny 0 0 - 53 116 .457 31 42 .738 29 84 .345 28 100 162 .617 27 35 4 4 11 10 Cotton,Andy 0 0 - 28 74 .378 14 24 .583 20 68 .294 17 60 113 .531 14 41 3 10 7 4 Crumbliss,Conner 0 0 - 34 79 .430 14 20 .700 26 56 .464 23 78 120 .650 17 33 5 9 7 7 Dobler,Chris 5 14 .357 7 20 .350 6 10 .600 6 15 .400 6 14 30 .467 5 12 0 3 5 6 Dreiling,Anthony 0 0 - 24 73 .329 17 22 .773 16 64 .250 19 68 123 .553 22 47 7 9 18 3 Francis,Jeremy 0 1 .000 26 71 .366 11 19 .579 22 56 .393 22 73 119 .613 16 39 10 8 15 12 Lane,Kellen 5 9 .556 21 58 .362 13 17 .765 11 41 .268 9 48 79 .608 21 30 7 3 1 38 Markowitz,Anthony 2 3 .667 1 4 .250 0 0 - 1 3 .333 0 6 8 .750 1 3 0 0 0 9 Morrison,James 1 5 .200 1 6 .167 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 5 10 .500 2 2 1 0 1 27 Sharp,Mike 0 2 .000 29 80 .363 12 18 .667 31 81 .383 25 64 115 .557 11 39 7 9 10 29 Steinbach,Abe 3 6 .500 4 17 .235 3 5 .600 5 18 .278 4 13 26 .500 8 10 2 0 4 20 Streiloff,Karsten 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 2 .500 1 0 0 0 1 5 Theadman,Zach 1 7 .143 7 37 .189 5 8 .625 5 29 .172 2 28 57 .491 10 26 5 2 7 19 Weiser,Rudy 5 13 .385 4 9 .444 2 4 .500 2 2 1.000 2 5 9 .556 0 0 2 0 1 1 Wempe,Kevin 0 0 - 24 87 .276 13 26 .500 27 73 .370 21 77 139 .554 23 47 11 8 3 2 White,Jacob 2 3 .667 14 31 .452 6 9 .667 8 25 .320 4 26 43 .605 4 17 1 7 2 22 Williamson,Caleb 1 4 .250 13 45 .289 8 15 .533 16 48 .333 13 45 82 .549 15 20 4 8 8

Totals 25 77 .325 300 839 .358 161 248 .649 234 689 .340 200 734 1279 .574 211 424 72 81 104 Opponents 12 48 .250 160 580 .276 74 131 .565 182 658 .277 102 495 1048 .472 153 461 46 62 149 26 2009 statistics

No. Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 21 Soto,Diego 2.76 6-2 32 0 0 12 42.1 33 13 13 21 48 3 3 2 144 .229 0 3 1 1 4 37 King,Dominic 3.32 4-0 24 0 0 2 43.1 54 23 16 10 20 8 0 2 165 .327 0 8 0 3 5 36 Anthony,Ryan 3.38 8-3 16 13 0 0 74.2 64 36 28 32 74 20 0 5 281 .228 1 11 1 1 5 17 Graham,Ben 3.39 8-4 17 12 3 0 93.0 102 39 35 11 76 18 4 7 364 .280 2 8 0 2 10 28 Applehans,Tyler 3.68 7-4 15 15 1 0 66.0 54 32 27 40 77 14 3 2 240 .225 7 0 0 3 5 23 Killian,Colby 4.25 8-0 18 14 0 0 84.2 73 48 40 50 76 7 2 7 310 .235 6 9 1 2 3 16 Mize,Brett 5.06 0-0 11 2 0 0 16.0 14 12 9 13 15 3 0 4 62 .226 3 0 0 0 0 14 Maxson,Justin 5.28 2-0 9 0 0 0 15.1 14 10 9 2 9 4 0 2 61 .230 2 3 0 0 0 30 Moore,Cole 5.35 5-0 13 5 0 0 38.2 50 25 23 18 31 14 3 5 159 .314 11 6 0 0 4 11 Anderson,Austin 7.00 1-0 13 2 0 1 27.0 37 23 21 4 17 7 0 7 116 .319 0 5 0 0 0 24 McBride,Brett 9.00 0-1 11 0 0 0 12.0 18 12 12 6 5 1 0 2 52 .346 0 1 0 1 1 20 Streiloff,Karsten 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .000 1 0 0 0 0 98 Higgins,Brendan 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 35 Fornelli,Lucas 45.00 0-0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 7 .571 0 1 0 0 0 13 Lippoldt,Casey 49.50 0-0 4 0 0 0 2.0 13 11 11 2 2 5 2 1 19 .684 2 1 0 0 0

Totals 4.33 49-14 63 63 7 15 518.0 530 289 249 212 452 104 17 47 1986 .267 35 56 3 13 37 Opponents 7.76 14-49 63 63 6 4 501.1 724 540 432 186 285 167 14 58 2155 .336 55 73 9 17 36

vs Left vs Right w/Runners On w/Bases Empty Rch by Leadoff w/2 Out No. Player H AB Avg H AB Avg H AB Avg H AB Avg Rch Ops Pct H AB Avg

11 Anderson,Austin 6 20 .300 31 96 .323 18 54 .333 19 62 .306 13 26 .500 15 42 .357 36 Anthony,Ryan 10 43 .233 54 238 .227 34 132 .258 30 149 .201 23 76 .303 22 93 .237 28 Applehans,Tyler 6 27 .222 48 213 .225 25 112 .223 29 128 .227 26 70 .371 17 74 .230 35 Fornelli,Lucas 1 3 .333 3 4 .750 3 4 .750 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 17 Graham,Ben 20 69 .290 82 295 .278 42 156 .269 60 208 .288 36 92 .391 37 131 .282 98 Higgins,Brendan 0 0 - 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 23 Killian,Colby 21 75 .280 52 235 .221 42 144 .292 31 166 .187 29 88 .330 18 88 .205 37 King,Dominic 6 23 .261 48 142 .338 28 83 .337 26 82 .317 11 38 .289 21 54 .389 13 Lippoldt,Casey 2 3 .667 11 16 .688 8 14 .571 5 5 1.000 4 4 1.000 1 2 .500 14 Maxson,Justin 0 8 .000 14 53 .264 9 22 .409 5 39 .128 3 15 .200 8 24 .333 24 McBride,Brett 5 10 .500 13 42 .310 9 30 .300 9 22 .409 6 13 .462 5 18 .278 16 Mize,Brett 5 10 .500 9 52 .173 10 27 .370 4 35 .114 5 17 .294 7 26 .269 30 Moore,Cole 12 42 .286 38 117 .325 22 72 .306 28 87 .322 16 40 .400 18 53 .340 21 Soto,Diego 7 24 .292 26 120 .217 17 75 .227 16 69 .232 9 36 .250 10 47 .213 20 Streiloff,Karsten 0 0 - 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000

Totals 101 357 .283 429 1629 .263 267 929 .287 263 1057 .249 181 518 .349 182 658 .277 Opponents 141 408 .346 583 1747 .334 405 1143 .354 319 1012 .315 213 503 .423 234 689 .340

IP/ K/BB Player App-GS App *H/g *R/g *ER/g *BB/g *SO/g Ratio *2B/g *3B/g *HR/g *FOR/g *GO/g

11 Anderson,Austin 13-2 2.08 12.33 7.67 7.00 1.33 5.67 4.3 2.33 0.00 2.33 8.00 11.33 36 Anthony,Ryan 16-13 4.67 7.71 4.34 3.38 3.86 8.92 2.3 2.41 0.00 0.60 6.39 10.12 28 Applehans,Tyler 15-15 4.40 7.36 4.36 3.68 5.45 10.50 1.9 1.91 0.41 0.27 8.73 6.55 35 Fornilli,Lucas 1-0 1.00 36.00 45.00 45.00 9.00 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.00 18.00 9.00 17 Graham,Ben 17-12 5.47 9.87 3.77 3.39 1.06 7.35 6.9 1.74 0.39 0.68 7.26 11.23 98 Higgins,Brendan 1-0 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.00 9.00 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 18.00 23 Killian,Colby 18-14 4.70 7.76 5.10 4.25 5.31 8.08 1.5 0.74 0.21 0.74 4.89 11.91 37 King,Dominic 24-0 1.81 11.22 4.78 3.32 2.08 4.15 2.0 1.66 0.00 0.42 9.35 10.59 13 Lippoldt,Casey 4-0 0.50 58.50 49.50 49.50 9.00 9.00 1.0 22.50 9.00 4.50 9.00 9.00 14 Maxson,Justin 9-0 1.70 8.22 5.87 5.28 1.17 5.28 4.5 2.35 0.00 1.17 9.98 11.15 24 McBride,Brett 11-0 1.09 13.50 9.00 9.00 4.50 3.75 0.8 0.75 0.00 1.50 12.00 10.50 16 Mize,Brett 11-2 1.45 7.88 6.75 5.06 7.31 8.44 1.2 1.69 0.00 2.25 9.00 9.00 30 Moore,Cole 13-5 2.97 11.64 5.82 5.35 4.19 7.22 1.7 3.26 0.70 1.16 5.35 12.57 21 Soto,Diego 32-0 1.32 7.02 2.76 2.76 4.46 10.20 2.3 0.64 0.64 0.43 5.53 8.72 20 Streiloff,Karsten 1-0 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.00 9.00 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.00 9.00

Totals 63-63 8.22 9.21 5.02 4.33 3.68 7.85 2.1 1.81 0.30 0.82 7.12 10.34 Opponents 63-63 7.96 13.00 9.69 7.76 3.34 5.12 1.5 3.00 0.25 1.04 9.51 10.43

27 2009 statistics

2009 Fielding C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CL Multiple Hit Games 2 3 4 5+ Tot 32 Burkhead,Kenny 16 7 4 2 29 22 Williamson,Caleb 50 46 4 0 1.000 3 0 0 - 0 0 4 Crumbliss,Conner 16 7 5 - 28 3 Francis,Jeremy 42 42 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 27 Sharp,Mike 17 7 1 - 25 8 Albers,Marc 12 7 5 0 1.000 2 0 0 - 0 0 1 Wempe,Kevin 13 6 - 1 20 38 Markowitz,Anthony 12 12 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 - 0 0 3 Francis,Jeremy 13 4 1 - 18 37 King,Dominic 8 2 6 0 1.000 0 2 4 .333 0 0 10 Cotton,Andy 13 3 1 - 17 30 Moore,Cole 8 1 7 0 1.000 1 7 2 .778 0 0 6 Dreiling,Anthony 9 5 - - 14 38 Applehans,Tyler 7 1 6 0 1.000 0 5 1 .833 0 0 22 Williamson,Caleb 10 1 1 - 12 19 Weiser,Rudy 5 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 12 Lane,Kellen 7 2 - - 9 11 Anderson,Austin 3 1 2 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 2 White,Jacob 5 2 - - 7 9 Morrison,James 3 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 5 Theadman,Zach 4 1 - - 5 24 McBride,Brett 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 29 Steinbach,Abe 4 - - - 4 20 Streiloff,Karsten 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 7 Dobler,Chris 2 1 - - 3 14 Maxson,Justin 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 8 Albers,Marc 1 1 - - 2 13 Lippoldt,Casey 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 18 Cody,Calder 2 - - - 2 27 Sharp,Mike 408 366 40 2 .995 0 38 17 .691 9 0 TEAM 132 47 13 3 195 4 Crumbliss,Conner 124 115 8 1 .992 2 0 0 - 0 0 32 Burkhead,Kenny 593 564 24 5 .992 44 0 0 - 0 0 Multiple RBI Games 2 3 4 5+ Tot 32 Burkhead,Kenny 13 8 1 2 24 29 Steinbach,Abe 89 77 11 1 .989 0 8 3 .727 1 0 4 Crumbliss,Conner 12 5 1 - 18 12 Lane,Kellen 39 36 2 1 .974 1 0 0 - 0 0 27 Sharp,Mike 9 4 2 - 15 36 Anthony,Ryan 26 3 22 1 .962 1 9 3 .750 0 0 3 Francis,Jeremy 10 3 - - 13 10 Cotton,Andy 273 74 184 15 .945 36 0 0 - 0 0 10 Cotton,Andy 10 - 1 - 11 2 White,Jacob 103 42 55 6 .942 14 0 0 - 0 0 1 Wempe,Kevin 6 4 - 1 11 6 Dreiling,Anthony 220 79 128 13 .941 24 0 0 - 0 0 6 Dreiling,Anthony 4 3 1 1 9 1 Wempe,Kevin 183 37 135 11 .940 12 0 0 - 0 0 12 Lane,Kellen 5 2 - - 7 5 Theadman,Zach 29 26 1 2 .931 0 0 0 - 0 0 22 Williamson,Caleb 6 1 - - 7 23 Killian,Colby 10 2 7 1 .900 2 4 8 .333 0 0 7 Dobler,Chris 1 2 1 - 4 21 Soto,Diego 8 1 6 1 .875 0 9 1 .900 0 0 18 Cody,Calder 1 2 - - 3 17 Graham,Ben 25 2 19 4 .840 0 6 4 .600 0 0 8 Albers,Marc 1 - 1 - 2 7 Dobler,Chris 10 8 0 2 .800 0 0 0 - 0 0 29 Steinbach,Abe 2 - - - 2 18 Cody,Calder 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 White,Jacob 2 - - - 2 16 Mize,Brett 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 19 Weiser,Rudy 1 - - - 1 Totals 2296 1554 676 66 .971 57 46 23 .667 10 0 5 Theadman,Zach - 1 - - 1 Opponents 2306 1504 671 131 .943 60 118 22 .843 16 1 TEAM 84 35 8 4 131

TEAM GAME HIGHS HITTING INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS At bats: 50 vs Angelo State (May 14, 2009) At bats: 6 (10 games ) Runs scored: 23 vs Angelo State (May 14, 2009) Runs scored: 5 Crumbliss,Conner vs SW Baptist (May 02, 2009) Hits: 24 vs Angelo State (May 14, 2009) 5 Crumbliss,Conner vs Angelo State (May 14, 2009) RBIs: 23 vs Angelo State (May 14, 2009) Hits: 5 Burkhead,Kenny vs Central Oklahoma (Feb 17, 2009) Doubles: 8 vs Nebraska-Omaha (May 16, 2009) 5 Burkhead,Kenny vs Angelo State (May 14, 2009) Triples: 2 vs Colorado Mines (Feb 22, 2009) 5 Wempe,Kevin vs Angelo State (May 14, 2009) 2 vs Bethany College (Apr 01, 2009) RBIs: 7 Burkhead,Kenny vs Central Oklahoma (Feb 17, 2009) Home runs: 5 vs Fort Hays State (Mar 15, 2009) 7 Burkhead,Kenny vs Angelo State (May 14, 2009) Total bases: 39 vs Angelo State (May 14, 2009) 7 Wempe,Kevin vs Angelo State (May 14, 2009) Walks: 8 vs Pittsburg State (Apr 08, 2009) Doubles: 3 (4 games ) Strikeouts: 10 vs Colorado Mines (Feb 20, 2009) Triples: 1 (14 games ) 10 vs Nebraska-Omaha (Mar 07, 2009) Home runs: 2 Crumbliss,Conner vs Fort Hays State (Mar 15, 2009) Sac hits: 3 (4 games ) 2 Sharp,Mike vs Pittsburg State (Apr 15, 2009) Sac flies: 2 vs Newman (Feb 24, 2009) Total bases: 11 Burkhead,Kenny vs Central Oklahoma (Feb 17, 2009) Stolen bases: 5 (6 games ) Walks: 3 Crumbliss,Conner vs Southwest Baptist (May 01, 2009) Hit by pitch: 5 vs Pittsburg State (Apr 08, 2009) 3 Dreiling,Anthony vs Angelo State (May 17, 2009) Runners LOB: 13 vs Pittsburg State (Apr 08, 2009) Strikeouts: 3 (9 games ) Hit into DP: 4 vs Central Oklahoma (Mar 18, 2009)) Sac hits: 2 Theadman,Zach vs Colorado Mines (Feb 20, 2009) FIELDING Sac flies: 1 (17 games ) Putouts: 33 vs Northwest Missouri (Mar 02, 2009) Stolen bases: 3 Crumbliss,Conner vs Truman State Univ. (Apr 10, 2009) Assists: 20 vs Grand Valley State (May 23, 2009) 3 Francis,Jeremy vs Truman State Univ. (Apr 11, 2009) Errors: 4 vs Washburn (Mar 30, 2009) Hit by pitch: 2 Williamson,Caleb vs Truman State Univ. (Apr 11, 2009) 4 vs Missouri Western (Apr 05, 2009) 2 Cotton,Andy vs Missouri Southern (Apr 25, 2009) DPs turned: 3 (5 games ) 2 Wempe,Kevin vs Southwest Baptist (May 02, 2009) PITCHING Pitching Innings pitched: 11.0 vs Northwest Missouri (Mar 02, 2009) Innings pitched: 9.0 Graham,Ben vs Colorado Mines (Feb 20, 2009) Runs allowed: 18 vs Regis Baseball (Feb 14, 2009) 9.0 Graham,Ben vs Nebraska-Omaha (Mar 07, 2009) Earned runs: 18 vs Regis Baseball (Feb 14, 2009) 9.0 Graham,Ben vs Fort Hays State (Mar 13, 2009) Walks allowed: 8 (5 games ) Runs allowed: 8 Anthony,Ryan vs Missouri Western (Apr 05, 2009) Strikeouts: 17 vs Truman State Univ. (Apr 11, 2009) Earned runs: 7 Killian,Colby vs Washburn (Mar 30, 2009) Hits allowed: 18 vs Missouri Southern (Apr 26, 2009) 7 Moore,Cole vs Truman State Univ. (Apr 10, 2009) Doubles allowed: 6 vs Central Oklahoma (Feb 17, 2009) 7 Graham,Ben vs Missouri Southern (Apr 26, 2009) Triples allowed: 4 vs Regis Baseball (Feb 15, 2009) Walks allowed: 7 Killian,Colby vs Regis Baseball (Feb 15, 2009) Homers allowed: 3 (5 games ) Strikeouts: 17 Applehans,Tyler vs Truman State Univ. (Apr 11, 2009) Wild pitches: 4 vs Regis Baseball (Feb 15, 2009) 28 2009 statistical leaders

Batting avg Triples Grounded into DP Innings pitched Hit batters

2 White,Jacob 397 4 Crumbliss,Conner 5 32 Burkhead,Kenny 8 17 Graham,Ben 93.0 36 Anthony,Ryan 11 4 Crumbliss,Conner 397 3 Francis,Jeremy 3 10 Cotton,Andy 7 23 Killian,Colby 84.2 23 Killian,Colby 9 32 Burkhead,Kenny 386 2 White,Jacob 2 1 Wempe,Kevin 6 36 Anthony,Ryan 74.2 37 King,Dominic 8 27 Sharp,Mike .371 3 Francis,Jeremy 5 28 Applehans,Tyler 66.0 17 Graham,Ben 8 3 Francis,Jeremy .335 Home runs 27 Sharp,Mike 5 37 King,Dominic 43.1 30 Moore,Cole 6 10 Cotton,Andy .332 21 Soto,Diego 42.1 11 Anderson,Austin 5 22 Williamson,Caleb .319 27 Sharp,Mike 13 Total plate appearances 30 Moore,Cole 38.2 1 Wempe,Kevin .308 32 Burkhead,Kenny 10 11 Anderson,Austin 27.0 Runners picked off 12 Lane,Kellen .308 1 Wempe,Kevin 8 4 Crumbliss,Conner 293 8 Albers,Marc .288 4 Crumbliss,Conner 5 32 Burkhead,Kenny 278 Batters struck out 36 Anthony,Ryan 3 6 Dreiling,Anthony 4 1 Wempe,Kevin 266 27 Sharp,Mike 2 Slugging pct 6 Dreiling,Anthony 240 28 Applehans,Tyler 77 28 Applehans,Tyler 2 Total bases 23 Killian,Colby 76 27 Sharp,Mike .638 At bats 17 Graham,Ben 76 Hits allowed 32 Burkhead,Kenny .627 32 Burkhead,Kenny 156 36 Anthony,Ryan 74 4 Crumbliss,Conner .619 4 Crumbliss,Conner 153 32 Burkhead,Kenny 249 21 Soto,Diego 48 16 Mize,Brett 14 2 White,Jacob .548 27 Sharp,Mike 136 4 Crumbliss,Conner 247 30 Moore,Cole 31 14 Maxson,Justin 14 1 Wempe,Kevin .511 1 Wempe,Kevin 116 1 Wempe,Kevin 227 24 McBride,Brett 18 3 Francis,Jeremy .484 3 Francis,Jeremy 88 27 Sharp,Mike 213 Appearances 21 Soto,Diego 33 10 Cotton,Andy .465 10 Cotton,Andy 87 6 Dreiling,Anthony 209 11 Anderson,Austin 37 21 Soto,Diego 32 30 Moore,Cole 50 On base pct Walks Pitching 37 King,Dominic 24 28 Applehans,Tyler 54 23 Killian,Colby 18 37 King,Dominic 54 4 Crumbliss,Conner .483 4 Crumbliss,Conner 34 Earned run avg 17 Graham,Ben 17 2 White,Jacob .457 32 Burkhead,Kenny 22 36 Anthony,Ryan 16 Runs allowed 32 Burkhead,Kenny .442 6 Dreiling,Anthony 18 21 Soto,Diego 2.76 28 Applehans,Tyler 15 27 Sharp,Mike .419 1 Wempe,Kevin 17 37 King,Dominic 3.32 30 Moore,Cole 13 14 Maxson,Justin 10 3 Francis,Jeremy .415 27 Sharp,Mike 17 36 Anthony,Ryan 3.38 11 Anderson,Austin 13 24 McBride,Brett 12 1 Wempe,Kevin .391 3 Francis,Jeremy 15 17 Graham,Ben 3.39 16 Mize,Brett 11 16 Mize,Brett 12 28 Applehans,Tyler 3.68 24 McBride,Brett 11 21 Soto,Diego 13 Runs scored Hit by pitch 23 Killian,Colby 4.25 37 King,Dominic 23 Games started 11 Anderson,Austin 23 30 Moore,Cole 25 4 Crumbliss,Conner 92 1 Wempe,Kevin 14 Opposing bat avg 32 Burkhead,Kenny 64 10 Cotton,Andy 12 28 Applehans,Tyler 15 28 Applehans,Tyler 32 36 Anthony,Ryan 36 1 Wempe,Kevin 61 3 Francis,Jeremy 10 28 Applehans,Tyler .225 23 Killian,Colby 14 3 Francis,Jeremy 52 4 Crumbliss,Conner 8 16 Mize,Brett .226 36 Anthony,Ryan 13 27 Sharp,Mike 51 6 Dreiling,Anthony 7 36 Anthony,Ryan .228 17 Graham,Ben 12 Earned runs allowed 6 Dreiling,Anthony 46 22 Williamson,Caleb 6 21 Soto,Diego .229 30 Moore,Cole 5 14 Maxson,Justin .230 14 Maxson,Justin 9 Hits Sac bunts Games finished 16 Mize,Brett 9 24 McBride,Brett 12 Wins 4 Crumbliss,Conner 98 1 Wempe,Kevin 8 1. 21 Soto,Diego 29 21 Soto,Diego 13 37 King,Dominic 16 32 Burkhead,Kenny 96 3 Francis,Jeremy 7 23 Killian,Colby 8 2. 37 King,Dominic 7 11 Anderson,Austin 21 27 Sharp,Mike 79 36 Anthony,Ryan 8 3. 14 Maxson,Justin 6 30 Moore,Cole 23 1 Wempe,Kevin 70 Sac flies 17 Graham,Ben 8 4. 11 Anderson,Austin 4 28 Applehans,Tyler 27 10 Cotton,Andy 62 28 Applehans,Tyler 7 36 Anthony,Ryan 28 3 Francis,Jeremy 61 10 Cotton,Andy 5 21 Soto,Diego 6 Games in relief 6 Dreiling,Anthony 58 6 Dreiling,Anthony 3 30 Moore,Cole 5 37 King,Dominic 4 21 Soto,Diego 32 Walks allowed Runs batted in Stolen bases 37 King,Dominic 24 14 Maxson,Justin 2 Losses 11 Anderson,Austin 11 32 Burkhead,Kenny 86 4 Crumbliss,Conner 30 24 McBride,Brett 11 11 Anderson,Austin 4 27 Sharp,Mike 56 32 Burkhead,Kenny 25 14 Maxson,Justin 9 24 McBride,Brett 6 28 Applehans,Tyler 4 37 King,Dominic 10 4 Crumbliss,Conner 54 3 Francis,Jeremy 17 17 Graham,Ben 4 16 Mize,Brett 9 3 Francis,Jeremy 42 1 Wempe,Kevin 9 30 Moore,Cole 8 17 Graham,Ben 11 36 Anthony,Ryan 3 16 Mize,Brett 13 6 Dreiling,Anthony 42 6 Dreiling,Anthony 7 21 Soto,Diego 2 17 Graham,Ben 5 1 Wempe,Kevin 42 5 Theadman,Zach 6 30 Moore,Cole 18 24 McBride,Brett 1 21 Soto,Diego 21 10 Cotton,Andy 37 22 Williamson,Caleb 5 Wild pitches 12 Lane,Kellen 28 36 Anthony,Ryan 32 Saves 22 Williamson,Caleb 25 Strikeouts 30 Moore,Cole 11 21 Soto,Diego 12 28 Applehans,Tyler 7 6 Dreiling,Anthony 34 Doubles 37 King,Dominic 2 23 Killian,Colby 6 32 Burkhead,Kenny 33 11 Anderson,Austin 1 16 Mize,Brett 3 4 Crumbliss,Conner 30 3 Francis,Jeremy 32 13 Lippoldt,Casey 2 32 Burkhead,Kenny 28 1 Wempe,Kevin 30 14 Maxson,Justin 2 1 Wempe,Kevin 22 10 Cotton,Andy 29 17 Graham,Ben 2 27 Sharp,Mike 18 22 Williamson,Caleb 20 10 Cotton,Andy 16 27 Sharp,Mike 18 29 The miaa

MIAA Me mb e r s h i p Over the past 95 years, the MIAA has gained the opted to move to NCAA Division I and the MIAA reputation of being one of the top NCAA Division II appointed its first full-time commissioner, Ken Jones, conferences in the nation. MIAA student-athletes have in July. University of Central Missouri won 12 NCAA team championships and, since 1964, He would be in the position for 16 years, retiring Location ...... Warrensburg, Mo. 153 individual national titles. The MIAA currently con- in 1997. Former Gulf South and Metro commissioner Mascot ...... Mules ducts championships in eight sports for men and eight Ralph McFillen succeeded Jones, serving 10 years Emporia State University for women. before his retirement in 2007. Jim Johnson succeeded Location ...... Emporia, Kan. For the men, champions are crowned in football, McFillen in July of that year. Mascot ...... Hornets cross country, basketball, indoor and outdoor track & Southwest Baptist University brought membership Ft. Hays State University field, baseball, tennis and golf. The women compete back to eight schools in 1986, before the major Location ...... Hays, Kan. for titles in volleyball, cross country, soccer, basketball, expansion of the conference in 1989. Pittsburg State, Mascot ...... Tigers indoor and outdoor track & field, softball, golf and Washburn, Missouri Southern State College (now tennis. Missouri Southern State University University) and Missouri Western State College (now The MIAA turned a new page on July 1, 1992, when University) °© formerly members of the Central States Location ...... Joplin, Mo. the NCAA Division II conference changed its name Intercollegiate Conference °© began competition in the Mascot ...... Lions from the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association to 1989-90 season. Missouri Western State College the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Southeast Missouri State left the MIAA following Location ...... St. Joseph, Mo. The decision to make the change originated in the 1990-91 season to move on to NCAA Division I, Mascot ...... Griffons 1989, when Pittsburg State University and Washburn and was replaced by Emporia State University in the University of Nebraska-Omaha University became the first schools outside the state of 1991-92 season. Location ...... Omaha, Neb. Missouri to gain membership in the MIAA. In August 1991, Judy Willson was hired as the Mascot ...... Mavericks The conference was first organized in 1912 with MIAA’s first full-time sports information director. She left Northwest Missouri State University 14 member institutions. Of those original members, in 1994, and was succeeded by Matt Newbery, former- Location ...... Maryville, Mo. the University of Central Missouri, Truman State ly the assistant sports information director at Pittsburg University, and Northwest Missouri State University still State. He became the assistant to the commissioner Mascot ...... Bearcats remain a part of the MIAA. for media relations in 2005. Kellen Coleman replaced Pittsburg State University The first change in membership came in 1924, Newberry as Director of Communications for the 2008- Location ...... Pittsburg, Kan. when the MIAA reorganized to include only the five 09 season. A third full-time staff member was added in Mascot ...... Gorillas regional Missouri state colleges: Central, Truman 2005, as former Emporia State track and field athlete Southwest Baptist University (at the time known as Northeast Missouri State), Natasha Oakes was hired as the assistant to the com- Location ...... Bolivar, Mo. Northwest, Southeast Missouri State University and missioner for compliance. Larry House joined the staff Mascot ...... Bearcats Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri in August 2007 as coordinator of external affairs. Truman State University State). The current membership of the MIAA is at 11 Location ...... Kirksville, Mo. Over the next 56 years, three schools joined the schools, with the departure of Missouri-St. Louis in 1996 and Missouri-Rolla in 2005, the forfeiture of Mascot ...... Bulldogs membership: the Missouri School of Mines (later the University of Missouri-Rolla) in 1935, Lincoln University membership by Lincoln in 1999 and the addition of Washburn University in 1970, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Fort Hays State University in 2006 and the University Location ...... Topeka, Kan. 1980. of Nebraska-Omaha in 2008. Lincoln will rejoin the Mascot ...... Ichabods The 1980s brought the biggest changes in the con- league in 2010. ference. In 1981, Southwest Missouri State University MIAA St aff

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2009 MIAA Ba s e ba l l Fi n a l St a n d i n g s Director of Conference Overall Communications Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Kellen Coleman 1- ESU (2) 29 7 0.806 49 14 0.778 Office - (816) 421-6422 2- UCM (10) 27 9 0.750 44 15 0.746 [email protected] 3- MSSU 24 10 0.706 35 20 0.636 4- UNO (28) 27 13 0.675 41 20 0.672 MWSU 22 16 0.579 34 22 0.607 Coordinator of External FHSU 20 20 0.500 30 26 0.536 Affairs WU 16 20 0.444 23 27 0.460 Larry House NWMSU 15 21 0.417 24 27 0.471 Office - (816) 421-6422 PSU 12 26 0.316 15 38 0.283 [email protected] SBU 7 31 0.184 9 41 0.180 TSU 7 33 0.175 11 45 0.196 30 2009 miaa awards

2009 All-MIAA Second Team Player of the Year Ryan Anthony, ESU P 6-4 210 Sr. Overland Park, Kan. Conner Crumbliss, OF, ESU Tyler Applehans, ESU P 6-0 215 Sr. Fredonia, Kan.

Tim Brown, PSU P 6-3 200 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. Pitcher of the Year Kyle Dahman, UNO P 6-0 185 Sr. Raymore, Mo. Chris Matlock, RHP, UCM Ben Percival, UNO P 6-4 195 Sr. Clive, Iowa

Nick Phillips, UCM RP 6-0 185 Jr. Bartlesville, Okla. Freshman of the Year Matt LeGree, UCM C 6-0 195 Jr. Shawnee, Kan. Bret Schwartz, SS, UCM Derek Ezell, MSSU 1B 6-0 205 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Jacob Taylor, MSSU 2B 6-1 195 Jr. Moreno Valley, Calif. Wilson® Coach of the Year Bret Schwartz, UCM SS 5-11 170 Fr. Blue Springs, Mo. Bob Fornelli, ESU Alex Harvey, FHSU 3B 6-3 240 Sr. Wichita, Kan. Greg Bieker, FHSU OF 6-5 190 Jr. Hays, Kan. Zach Caldwell, MSSU OF 5-11 188 Jr. Pittsburg, Kan. 2009 All-MIAA First Team Will Feil, UCM OF 6-2 195 Sr. St. Charles, Mo. A.J. Huttenlocker, MWSU P 6-3 195 Sr. Buckley, Wash. Taylor House, PSU OF 5-9 175 Sr. Neosho, Mo. C.J. Maffei, MSSU P 6-2 185 Jr. Parsons, Kan. Jon Wegener, UCM OF 6-2 190 So. Raytown, Mo. Mitch Stubenhofer, UCM P 6-1 190 Jr. Tulsa, Okla. Brett Sorensen, WU DH 6-1 185 Sr. Grain Valley, Mo. *+Chris Matlock, UCM RP 6-2 180 Sr.Mo. Springfield, A.J. Levanduski, FHSU UT 6-1 203 Sr. Topeka, Kan. *Mike Sharp, ESU C 6-1 180 Sr. Liberty, Mo. Five starting pitchers and five outfielders selected due to ties in voting Kenny Burkhead, ESU 1B 6-3 215 Jr. Berryton, Kan. Andrew Hansen, UNO 2B 6-0 185 Jr. Lakeville, Minn. 2009 All-MIAA Honorable Mention *Evan Porter, UNO SS 6-5 205 Sr. Omaha, Neb. Carter Lance, MSSU P 6-4 195 Jr. Conway, Ark. Skyler Rawlins, MSSU 3B 5-9 170 So. Seneca, Mo. Eric Gilliland, FHSU P 6-1 190 Sr. Concordia, Kan. *Chance Tuttle, UCM OF 5-9 175 Jr. Sapulpa, Okla. Bret Harvel, NWMSU P 6-3 195 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. #Conner Crumbliss, ESU OF 5-8 170 Sr. Arkansas City, Kan. Dustin Holthaus, WU P 6-1 175 Jr. Topeka, Kan. Troy Landi, MWSU OF 6-3 200 Sr. Blue Springs, Mo. Brooks Martin, UCM P 6-1 180 Jr. Streator, Ill. *Drew Schwab, UNO DH 6-4 210 Sr. Omaha, Neb. Blake Thomas, MWSU P 5-11 170 Jr. Raymore, Mo. Andy Hebrard, MWSU UT 6-3 190 Jr. Clackamas,Ore. Mat Atkinson, FHSU RP 6-1 185 Jr. Victoria, B.C. *=Unanimous selection Diego Soto, ESU RP 6-1 195 Sr. Tucson, Ariz. +=Repeat first-team selection from 2008 Devon Myers, TSU C 6-0 180 Fr. Fenton, Mo. #=First-team selection at DH in 2008 Dusty Washburn, FHSU 1B 6-3 230 Sr. Hays, Kan. Tyler Robbins, FHSU 2B 6-0 185 Jr. Denver, Colo. Hornets on the 2009 MIAA Academic Honor Roll Danny Conners, MWSU SS 5-10 160 Jr. Kalispell, Mont. Name Class Hometown Major Andy Cotton, ESU SS 5-8 170 So. Lincoln, Neb. Marc Albers Jr. Lawrence, Kan. Business Dane Simoneau, WU SS 6-3 215 So. Salina, Kan. Kenny Burkhead Jr. Berryton, Kan. Business Anthony Dreiling Sr. Lawrence, Kan. Accounting Wes Joy, WU 3B 5-10 175 Jr. Burlington, Kan. Brendan Higgins Sr. Kansas City, Kan. Molecular Biology Casey Lippoldt Jr. Pratt, Kan. Physical Education Colin Murphy, UCM 3B 6-0 180 So. Kansas City, Mo. Brody McCullogh Sr. Frontenac, Kan. Marketing Jeremy Francis, ESU OF 5-10 175 Jr. Emporia, Kan. Brett Mize Jr. Bartlesville, Okla. Political Science Cole Moore Jr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Crime and Deliquency Juan Hernandez, MSSU OF 5-10 165 Sr. Orlando, Fla. Joey Oxley Fr. Olathe, Kan. Chemistry Keith Spreckles Sr. Lenexa, Kan. Physical Education Keaton Jones, TSU OF 6-0 165 Jr. Iowa City, Iowa Abe Steinbach Sr. Hoyt, Kan. Integrated Studies Kyle Stacken, FHSU DH 6-0 210 So. Concordia, Kan. Zach Theadman Jr. Alva, Okla. Physical Education Kevin Wempe So. Topeka, Kan. Business Justin Beal, MSSU UT 6-2 200 Sr. Owasso, Okla. Caleb Williamson Sr. Baxter Springs, Kan. Health Promotions Jason Murphy, PSU UT 6-0 230 Jr. Bucyrus, Kan. John Oropeza, UCM UT 6-0 200 Fr. Kansas City, Kan. 31 2009 miaa statistics

Team Batting AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF Emporia State .336 63 2155 540 724 167 14 58 486 1093 .507 186 73 285 46 .404 17 Nebraska-Omaha .335 61 1978 426 663 144 17 44 399 973 .492 199 74 332 43 .408 43 Missouri Southern .332 55 1752 404 582 101 25 48 368 877 .501 214 39 296 31 .412 22 Central Missouri .321 59 1885 437 606 109 19 49 385 900 .477 242 87 315 20 .416 31 Fort Hays State .321 56 1725 390 553 103 9 69 359 881 .511 203 51 313 29 .403 22 Missouri Western .290 56 1673 317 486 90 9 55 285 759 .454 188 49 295 13 .374 24 Washburn .287 50 1545 281 444 96 13 23 247 635 .411 181 49 289 36 .376 17 Northwest Mo. State .275 51 1598 278 439 82 12 30 245 635 .397 135 53 323 18 .348 15 Pittsburg State .272 53 1612 270 439 84 16 39 241 672 .417 130 43 295 26 .340 17 Truman .262 56 1709 246 447 77 10 17 216 595 .348 176 48 370 34 .345 12 Southwest Baptist .244 50 1452 214 355 69 15 23 189 523 .360 134 35 368 14 .321 10

Team Pitching ERA W L G CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Central Missouri 4.13 44 15 59 4 3 2 15 479.0 488 265 220 148 447 87 9 37 Emporia State 4.33 49 14 63 7 8 4 15 518.0 530 289 249 212 452 104 17 47 Missouri Southern 4.34 35 20 55 14 6 3 5 433.2 470 272 209 144 319 97 4 24 Missouri Western 4.41 34 22 56 19 2 1 5 412.2 423 256 202 170 375 57 6 24 Nebraska-Omaha 4.43 41 20 61 17 5 1 10 479.0 483 289 236 214 424 83 6 28 Washburn 5.19 23 27 50 13 4 0 6 394.0 474 282 227 166 254 71 10 27 Northwest Mo. State 5.54 24 27 51 4 2 0 11 404.2 480 304 249 150 258 96 9 38 Fort Hays State 5.75 30 26 56 8 4 1 14 419.1 530 334 268 147 269 107 11 50 Pittsburg State 7.44 15 38 53 15 2 1 4 397.0 540 423 328 178 292 101 16 57 Southwest Baptist 8.47 9 41 50 9 0 0 3 368.2 544 433 347 196 251 113 19 67 Truman 8.73 11 45 56 2 0 0 1 429.2 683 485 417 181 270 145 39 70

TEAM FIELDING C PO A E .Pct DP Emporia State 2296 1554 676 66 .971 57 Team Stolen Bases SB Central Missouri 2024 1437 520 67 .967 42 Nebraska-Omaha 2085 1437 563 85 .959 40 Central Missouri 142 Emporia State 118 Fort Hays State 1967 1258 628 81 .959 47 Northwest Mo. State 77 Washburn 1840 1182 578 80 .957 38 Missouri Southern 76 Truman 1934 1289 558 87 .955 30 Missouri Western 75 Northwest Mo. State 1802 1214 502 86 .952 33 Truman 65 Missouri Southern 1942 1301 548 93 .952 42 Nebraska-Omaha 62 Missouri Western 1813 1238 482 93 .949 33 Washburn 54 Southwest Baptist 1624 1106 431 87 .946 24 Southwest Baptist 52 Fort Hays State 52 Pittsburg State 1785 1191 471 123 .931 38

Individual Batting AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP Porter,Evan, UNO .424 61 61 229 54 97 23 0 10 62 150 .655 28 10 Schwab,Drew, UNO .417 58 55 199 41 83 16 3 8 50 129 .648 12 0 Hansen,Andrew, UNO .403 60 60 231 62 93 33 3 3 46 141 .610 22 10 Crumbliss,Conner ESU .397 63 63 247 92 98 30 5 5 54 153 .619 34 8 Tuttle,Chance, UCM .392 57 55 209 80 82 14 4 12 55 140 .670 35 12 Burkhead,Kenny, ESU .386 63 63 249 64 96 28 1 10 86 156 .627 22 5 Wegener,Jon, UCM .385 55 50 192 39 74 13 4 9 56 122 .635 12 11 Levanduski,A, FHSU .385 48 45 135 42 52 10 0 7 37 83 .615 29 8 Caldwell,Zach, MSSU .381 55 55 210 63 80 15 3 7 39 122 .581 26 4 Ezell,Derek, MSSU .375 55 55 184 47 69 17 2 4 54 102 .554 34 7 Sharp,Mike, ESU .371 61 59 213 51 79 18 0 13 56 136 .638 17 25 Individual Pitching ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Harvel,Bret, NWMSU 2.66 5 5 16 12 2 2 0 0 81.1 67 31 24 13 54 9 1 3 Thomas,Blake, MWSU 2.69 8 4 14 14 7 1 0 0 83.2 86 41 25 21 70 10 2 4 Maffei,CJ, MSSU 2.70 9 3 13 13 3 1 2 0 86.2 79 34 26 29 74 15 0 1 Holthaus,Dus, WU 2.84 4 2 16 6 3 0 0 1 66.2 67 36 21 16 41 14 1 6 Kessinger,Chris, UNO 3.02 9 4 14 14 6 1 0 0 86.1 81 45 29 38 82 16 0 8 Martin,Brooks, UCM 3.05 6 5 15 15 2 0 0 0 76.2 62 35 26 35 87 8 2 8 Stubenhofer,Mitch, UCM 3.13 7 1 14 11 2 1 1 0 69.0 76 30 24 11 40 5 1 4 Huttenlocker,A.J., MWSU 3.35 11 3 15 13 8 0 1 0 94.0 95 44 35 19 98 13 3 3 Anthony,Ryan, ESU 3.38 8 3 16 13 3 2 0 0 74.2 64 36 28 32 74 20 0 5 Graham,Ben, ESU 3.39 8 4 17 12 3 1 0 0 93.0 102 39 35 11 76 18 4 7 32 2009 miaa statistics

HITS CL G H H/G RUNS BATTED IN CL G RBI RBI/G

Porter,Evan UNO SR 61 97 1.59 Burkhead,Kenny ESU JR 63 86 1.37 Crumbliss,Conner ESU SR 63 98 1.56 Wegener,Jon UCM SO 55 56 1.02 Hansen,Andrew UNO JR 60 93 1.55 Porter,Evan UNO SR 61 62 1.02 Burkhead,Kenny ESU JR 63 96 1.52 Feil,Will UCM SR 57 57 1.00 Caldwell,Zach MSSU JR 55 80 1.45 Ezell,Derek MSSU SR 55 54 .98 Tuttle,Chance UCM JR 57 82 1.44 Tuttle,Chance UCM JR 57 55 .96 Schwab,Drew UNO SR 58 83 1.43 Sorensen,Bre WU SR 48 45 .94 Feil,Will UCM SR 57 78 1.37 Sharp,Mike ESU SR 61 56 .92 Wegener,Jon UCM SO 55 74 1.35 Taylor,Jacob MSSU JR 55 49 .89 Schwartz,Bret UCM FR 59 78 1.32 Schwab,Drew UNO SR 58 50 .86

RUNS SCORED CL G R R/G STOLEN BASES CL G SB SB/G

Crumbliss,Conner ESU SR 63 92 1.46 Tuttle,Chance UCM JR 57 34 .60 Tuttle,Chance UCM JR 57 80 1.40 Caldwell,Zach MSSU JR 55 31 .56 Caldwell,Zach MSSU JR 55 63 1.15 Landi,Troy MWSU SR 56 30 .54 Landi,Troy MWSU SR 56 62 1.11 Stice,Matt NWMSU JR 51 26 .51 Hansen,Andrew UNO JR 60 62 1.03 Crumbliss,Conner ESU SR 63 30 .48 Burkhead,Kenny ESU JR 63 64 1.02 Feil,Will UCM SR 57 27 .47 Rawlins,Skyler MSSU SO 53 52 .98 Burkhead,Kenny ESU JR 63 25 .40 Francis,Jeremy ESU JR 53 52 .98 Wegener,Jon UCM SO 55 20 .36 Wempe,Kevin ESU SO 63 61 .97 Barnhart, Justin SBU JR 50 17 .34 Schwartz,Bret UCM FR 59 57 .97 Francis,Jeremy ESU JR 53 17 .32

HOME RUNS CL G HR HR/G TOTAL BASES CL G TB TB/G

Landi,Troy MWSU SR 56 14 .25 Burkhead,Kenny ESU JR 63 156 2.48 Bieker,G. FHSU JR 46 11 .24 Porter,Evan UNO SR 61 150 2.46 Kirsch,Brandon NWMSU JR 48 11 .23 Tuttle,Chance UCM JR 57 140 2.46 Sharp,Mike ESU SR 61 13 .21 Crumbliss,Conner ESU SR 63 153 2.43 Tuttle,Chance UCM JR 57 12 .21 Hansen,Andrew UNO JR 60 141 2.35 Washburn,D. FHSU SR 49 10 .20 Landi,Troy MWSU SR 56 127 2.27 Rigby,Rhett PSU JR 43 8 .19 Sharp,Mike ESU SR 61 136 2.23 Hart,Kenny MSSU SR 55 10 .18 Schwab,Drew UNO SR 58 129 2.22 Harvey,A. FHSU SR 56 10 .18 Caldwell,Zach MSSU JR 55 122 2.22 Rawlins,Skyler MSSU SO 53 9 .17 Wegener,Jon UCM SO 55 122 2.22

DOUBLES CL G 2B 2B/G WINS CL G W-L

Hansen,Andrew UNO JR 60 33 .55 Huttenlocker,A.J. MWSU SR 15 11-3 Crumbliss,Conner ESU SR 63 30 .48 Percival,Ben UNO SR 14 10-4 Burkhead,Kenny ESU JR 63 28 .44 Maffei,CJ MSSU JR 13 9-3 Gorges,Brian WU SR 42 17 .40 Kessinger,Chris UNO SR 14 9-4 Porter,Evan UNO SR 61 23 .38 7 tied with 8 victory(s) Simoneau,Dan WU SO 50 18 .36 Wempe,Kevin ESU SO 63 22 .35 STRIKEOUTS CL G SO SO/G Kirkwood,Austin PSU SR 49 16 .33 Ezell,Derek MSSU SR 55 17 .31 Applehans,Tyler ESU SR 15 77 10.50 Beal,Justin MSSU SR 49 15 .31 Martin,Brooks UCM JR 15 87 10.21 Huttenlocker,A.J. MWSU SR 15 98 9.38 TRIPLES CL G 3B 3B/G Anthony,Ryan ESU SR 16 74 8.92 Brown,Tim PSU SR 13 77 8.66 Taylor,Jacob MSSU JR 55 8 .15 Kessinger,Chris UNO SR 14 82 8.55 Wise, Kyle SBU JR 50 5 .10 Killian,Colby ESU JR 18 76 8.08 House,Taylor PSU SR 53 5 .09 Cook,Danny WU JR 11 49 7.74 Asher, Jason SBU SR 45 4 .09 Maffei,CJ MSSU JR 13 74 7.68 Joy,Wes WU JR 47 4 .09 Thomas,Blake MWSU JR 14 70 7.53 Crumbliss,Conner ESU SR 63 5 .08 Wegener,Jon UCM SO 55 4 .07 Hart,Kenny MSSU SR 55 4 .07 Tuttle,Chance UCM JR 57 4 .07 Jacobi,Travis UNO SO 47 3 .06

33 miaa opponents

Central Missouri Missouri Western State Southwest Baptist Missouri Southern State Location . . . . . Warrensburg, Mo. Location ...... St. Joseph, Mo. Location ...... Bolivar, Mo. Location ...... Joplin, Mo. Enrollment ...... 11,000 Enrollment ...... 5,158 Enrollment ...... 3,536 Enrollment ...... 5,740 Nickname ...... Mules Nickname ...... Griffons Nickname ...... Bearcats Nickname ...... Lions Colors . . . . . Cardinal and Black Colors ...... Black and Gold Colors ...... Purple and White Colors ...... Green and Gold Home Field . . Crane Stadium (600) Home Field Phil Welch Stadium (5,000) Home Field . . . Dodson Field (250) Home Field Joe Becker Stadium (1,070) President . . Dr. Aaron M. Podolefsky President . . Dr. Robert Vartebedian President . . . . . Dr. C Pat Taylor President . . . .Dr. Bruce W. Speck Athletic Director . . . . Jerry Hughes Athletic Director . . . David Williams Athletic Director . . . . .Brent Good Athletic Director . . Jared Bruggeman

Baseball Information Baseball Information Baseball Information Baseball Information Head Coach ...... Tom Myers Head Coach . . . . Buzz Verduzco Head Coach ...... Sam Berg Head Coach . . . . .Bryce Darnell Record at School . . .91-32 (2 years) Record at School . .249-205 (9 years) Record at School . 151-37-1 (10 years) Record at School . . 54-53 (2 years) 2009 Record ...... 44-15 2009 Record ...... 34-22 2009 Record ...... 9-41 2009 Record ...... 35-20 MIAA Record/Finish . . . .27-9/2nd MIAA Record/Finish . . . 22--16/5rd MIAA Record/Finish . . . 7-31/10th MIAA Record/Finish . . . 24-10/3rd Series Record . . CMSU leads 98-49 Series Record . . .ESU leads 83-31 Series Record . . . ESU leads 33-8 Series Record . . .ESU leads 40-18

Media Relations Media Relations Media Relations Media Relations Sports Info . . . .Rob McCutcheon Sports Info . . . . Trevor Berneking Sports Info ...... Justin Wollard Sports Info . . . . . Justin Maskus Area Code ...... 660 Area Code ...... 816 Area Code ...... 417 Area Code ...... 417 Office ...... 543-4312 Office ...... 271-4257 Office ...... 328-1799 Office ...... 625-9359 Fax ...... 543-8034 Fax ...... 271-4544 Fax ...... 328-1745 Fax ...... 625-9397

Northwest Missouri State Nebraska-Omaha Truman State Pittsburg State Location ...... Maryville, Mo. Location ...... Omaha, Neb. Location ...... Kirksville, Mo. Location . . . . Pittsburg, Kan. Enrollment ...... 6,500 Enrollment ...... 14,000 Enrollment ...... 6,000 Enrollment ...... 6,751 Nickname ...... Bearcats Nickname ...... Mavericks Nickname ...... Bulldogs Nickname ...... Gorillas Colors . . .Forrest Green and White Colors . . . . . Crimson and Black Colors ...... Purple and White Colors . . . . Crimson and Gold Home Field . . . Bearcat Field (200) Home Field . .Ballpark at Boys Town Home Field . . . Truman Field (250) Home Field Al Ortolani Field (1,000) President . . . . Dr. Dean Hubbard President . . . .Dr. Jon Christiensen President . . . . Dr. Barbara Dixon President . . . Dr. Steven Scott Athletic Director . . Dr. Bob Boerigter Athletic Director . . . . Trev Alberts Athletic Director . . Jerry Wollmering Athletic Director . .Chuck Broyles

Baseball Information Softball Quick Facts Baseball Information Baseball Information Head Coach ...... Darin Loe Head Coach ...... Bob Harold Head Coach ...... Dan Davis Head Coach . . . . Steve Bever Record at School . .286-249 (10 years) Record at School 341-203-2 (10 years) Record at School . . 28-125 (3 years) Record at School .510-442 (19 years) 2009 Record ...... 24-27 2009 Record ...... 41-20 2009 Record ...... 11-45 2009 Record ...... 15-38 MIAA Record/Finish . . . 15-21/8th MIAA Record/Finish . . . 27-13/4th MIAA Record/Finish . . . 7-33/11th MIAA Record/Finish . . 12-26/9th Series Record . . . ESU leads 35-28 Series Record . . UNO leads 29-23-1 Series Record . . .ESU leads 46-12 Series Record . .ESU leads 52-29 Media Relations Media Relations Media Relations Media Relations Sports Info . . . . .Jeremy Wangler Sports Info . . . . .Bryan Boettcher Sports Info ...... Kevin White Sports Info . . . . .Dan Wilkes Area Code ...... 402 Area Code ...... 660 Area Code ...... 660 Area Code ...... 620 Office ...... 554-2606 Office ...... 562-1118 Office ...... 785-4276 Office ...... 235-4147 Fax ...... 554-3694 Fax ...... 562-1582 Fax ...... 785-7475 Fax ...... 235-4149

Washburn Fort Hays State Location ...... Topeka, Kan. Location ...... Hays, Ks Enrollment ...... 7,400 Enrollment ...... 9,000 Nickname ...... Ichabods Nickname ...... Tigers Colors . . . . Yale Blue and White Colors ...... Black and Gold Home Field ...... Falley Field Home Field ...... Larks Park President . . . . . Dr. Jerry Farley President . Dr. Edward H. Hammond Athletic Director . . . .Loren Ferre´ Athletic Director . . Curtis Hemmeke

Baseball Information Baseball Quick Facts Head Coach . . . . .Steve Anson Head Coach . . . . .Rick Sabbath Record at School .739-640-3 (31 years) Record at School . . .91-76 (3 years) 2009 Record ...... 23-27 2009 Record ...... 30-26 MIAA Record/Finish . . . 16-20/7th MIAA Record/Finish . . . 20-20/6th Series Record . ESU leads 150-58-1 Series Record . . ESU leads 115-57 Media Relations Media Relations Sports Information . . .Ryan Prickett Sports Info . . . . . Gene Cassell Area Code ...... 785 Area Code ...... 785 Office ...... 628-5903 Office ...... 231-1010 x1791 Fax ...... 231-1091 Fax ...... 231-1091

34 all-time series records

MIAA Opponents H Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) ...... 1-0 Central Missouri ...... 49-98 Hawaii-Hilo ...... 1-0 Missouri Southern ...... 40-18 Huston-Tillotson (Texas) ...... 2-2 P Missouri Western ...... 83-31 Panhandle State (Okla.) ...... 6-0 Nebraska-Omaha ...... 23-29-1 Peru State (Neb.) ...... 2-0 Fort Hays State (Kan.) . . . . .115-57 I Phillips ...... 5-13 Northwest Missouri ...... 35-28 Illinois ...... 2-0 Plano (Texas) ...... 3-3 Pittsburg State ...... 52-29 Incarnate Word (Texas) ...... 2-0 Point Park (Pa.) ...... 1-1 Southwest Baptist ...... 33-8 Iowa State ...... 3-2 Truman ...... 46-12 Washburn ...... 150-58-1 K R Kansas ...... 22-39 Regis (Colo.) ...... 1-3 Non-Conference Opponents Kansas State ...... 7-18 Rockhurst (Mo.) ...... 35-28 Kansas Wesleyan ...... 37-5 Rocky Mountain ...... 12-0 A Kentucky State ...... 0-1 Adams State (Colo.) ...... 2-1 S Air Force Academy (Colo.) . . . . .1-0 L St. Edward's (Texas) ...... 6-2 Angelo State ...... 2-3 La Verne (Calif.) ...... 0-1 St. Francis (Ill.) ...... 1-0 Arkansas ...... 7-9 Lewis (Ill) ...... 0-1 St. Mary of the Plains (Kan.) . . . .20-1 Augustana (S.D.) ...... 2-0 Lewis-Clark (Idaho) ...... 2-3 St. Mary's (Minn.) ...... 2-0 Austin (Texas) ...... 1-2 Lincoln (Mo.) ...... 4-7 St. Mary's (Texas) ...... 1-0 Avila (Mo.) ...... 4-0 Livingston (Ala.) ...... 0-1 Sioux Falls (S.D.) ...... 2-0 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) ...... 0-1 Lubbock Christian (Texas) . . . . .1-1 South Dakota ...... 1-0 Lynn ...... 0-1 South Dakota State ...... 2-0 B Southern Arkansas ...... 1-0 Baker (Kan.) ...... 36-3 M Southern Colorado ...... 1-1 Baylor (Texas) ...... 0-4 Marymount ...... 24-0 Southern Utah State ...... 2-1 Bellevue (Neb.) ...... 6-5 Mayville State (N.D) ...... 8-1 Southeastern Okla. State . . . . 13-14 Bemidji State (Minn.) ...... 32-0 McPherson (Kan.) ...... 6-2 Southwest State (Minn.) ...... 3-0 Benedictine (Kan.) ...... 80-22 Mesa State (Colo.) ...... 2-0 Southwest Texas State ...... 0-1 Bethany (Kan.) ...... 21-0 Mid-America Nazarene (Kan.) . . . 26-0 Southwestern (Kan.) ...... 6-4 Buena Vista (Iowa) ...... 3-1 Midland Lutheran (Neb.) ...... 6-0 Southwestern (Texas) ...... 8-1 Black Hills State (S.D.) ...... 1-1 Midwestern State (Texas) . . . . . 4-1 Southwestern Okla. State . . . . 19-16 Minnesota-Crookston ...... 2-0 Sterling (Kan.) ...... 26-0 C Minnesota-Duluth ...... 2-1 Sul Ross State (Texas) ...... 1-0 Cameron (Okla.) ...... 2-1 Minnesota-Mankato ...... 3-0 Central Oklahoma ...... 14-11 Minnesota-Morris ...... 12-0 Central State (Ohio) ...... 2-0 Minot State (N.D.) ...... 5-0 T Chico State ...... 0-1 Missouri-Kansas City ...... 4-0 Tabor (Kan.) ...... 18-1 Colorado Mines ...... 7-0 Missouri-Rolla ...... 19-8 Tarkio ...... 3-1 Colorado ...... 1-1 Missouri-St. Louis ...... 5-4 Taylor (Ind.) ...... 0-1 Concordia (Minn.) ...... 5-1 Missouri Valley (Mo.) ...... 3-2 Texas-Arlington ...... 6-10 Concordia-St. Paul ...... 1-0 Morningside (Iowa) ...... 6-5 Texas-Austin ...... 0-32 Concordia Lutheran (Texas) . . . . 5-0 Texas Christian ...... 7-11 N Texas-Pan American ...... 1-0 Nebraska ...... 1-0 Texas Wesleyan ...... 9-38 D Nebraska-Kearney ...... 23-15 Tulsa (Okla.) ...... 7-10 Dallas (Texas) ...... 7-4 Newman (Kan.) ...... 40-16 Dallas Baptist (Texas) ...... 4-6 North Dakota ...... 14-4 U Dana (Neb.) ...... 9-3 North Dakota State ...... 4-5 Upper Iowa ...... 3-1 Eastern Michigan ...... 0-1 North Texas State ...... 8-2 UC- San Diego ...... 1-0 Northeastern Oklahoma ...... 0-2 E Northeastern State (Okla.) . . . . .1-0 W Emporia, College of (Kan.) . . . .46-16 Northern Colorado ...... 0-6 Waldorf (Iowa) ...... 1-0 Elon (N.C.) ...... 1-0 Northern State (S.D.) ...... 12-1 Wayne State (Neb.) ...... 21-5 Northwestern Okla. State . . . . . 3-0 Wichita State (Kan.) . . . . . 11-37-1 F Northwood Institute (Texas) . . . . 0-1 William Carey (Mo.) ...... 1-0 Franklin Pierce ...... 0-1 William Jewel (Mo.) ...... 15-9 Friends (Kan.) ...... 32-5 O William Penn (Iowa) ...... 2-0 Oklahoma ...... 0-10 Winona State (Minn.) ...... 1-1 G Oklahoma Baptist ...... 1-9 Wisconsin-River Falls ...... 2-0 Graceland (Kan.) ...... 6-0 Oklahoma City (Okla.) ...... 7-4 Grand Valley State ...... 2-2 Oklahoma Christian ...... 2-0 Grand View (Iowa) ...... 1-0 Oklahoma State ...... 0-1 Guilford (N.C.) ...... 1-0 Oral Roberts (Okla.) ...... 10-19 Grand Valley State ...... 1-0 Ottawa (Kan.) ...... 15-1

35 hornet history

ESU All-MIAA Selections Roger Newell Award Winners

Most Valuable Player Second Team Conner Crumbliss ...... 2009 Ryan Anthony ...... 2009 Keith Hernandez ...... 2008 Tyler Applehans ...... 2009 The Roger Newell Most Inspirational Player Award Jason Herman ...... 1996 Trent Lare ...... 2007 Keith Hernandez ...... 2007 Each year, the Roger Newell Award is presented to the most inspirational Emporia Freshman of the Year Bill Sharp...... 2006 State University Baseball player or players from the previous season. The recipient is Scott Patrick ...... 2000 Jeff Schloser...... 2006 Scott Fogelson ...... 2005 someone who best exemplifies the spirit and determination of the late Roger Newell. Pitcher of the Year Matt Petty ...... 2005 Gabe Medina ...... 2006 Jeff Caymann ...... 2005 Newell, a native of Newton, Kansas played Baseball at Emporia State from 1941-1974. Scott Smith ...... 2004 During his career as a Hornet, he lettered four times and was a three-year starting Hitter of the Year Jared Myers ...... 2004 catcher. Newell died in a plane crash outside of Purcell, Oklahoma in 1979. Anthony Delsi ...... 1992 Jason Way ...... 2004 Mark Funston ...... 2002 North Division Josh Stratman ...... 2002 Jerald Van Rheen ...... 1992 Ryan Boden ...... 2002 Bob Russell ...... 1992 Brent Dayton ...... 2001 Anthony Delsi ...... 1992 Kentaro Yasutake ...... 2001 Chris Kallaher ...... 1992 Jon Purdy ...... 2001 2009 Conner Crumbliss 1993 Bobby Russell Josh Ervin ...... 2001 2008 Aaron Burris Rick Weigel First Team Scott Patrick ...... 2001 Conner Crumbliss ...... 2009 Josh Ervin ...... 2000 2007 Tim Barger 1992 Terry Wedel Kenny Burkhead ...... 2009 John McIntyre ...... 1999 2006 John Martin 1991 Ted Martinez Tyler Applehans ...... 2008 Steve Kelley ...... 1998 2005 Ramon Grado 1990 Glenn Synder Keith Hernandez ...... 2008 Steve Kelley ...... 1997 Anthony Dreiling ...... 2008 Marc Kenney ...... 1997 2004 Dustin Patton 1989 Jon Perry Eric Shortell ...... 2008 Rico Coppel ...... 1997 Brian Trivette 1988 Brett Berry Brian Majors ...... 2008 Bryan Jamison ...... 1996 Connor Crumbliss ...... 2008 Ryan Dwyer ...... 1996 2003 Ben Taylor 1987 Jose Gonzalez Mark McBratney ...... 2007 Chris Malsam ...... 1996 2002 Jamie Miller 1986 Dave Olson Gabe Medina ...... 2006 Toro Trevino...... 2006 Honorable Mention 2001 Luke Bradford 1985 Bob Hines Mark McBratney...... 2006 Andy Cotton ...... 2009 2000 Rick Cunningham 1984 Jeff Kerns Matt Petty...... 2006 Diego Soto ...... 2009 1999 Mike Strickland 1983 Tim Nick John Martin ...... 2006 Brock Nehls ...... 2008 Jared Myers ...... 2005 Richard Timbrook ...... 2008 1998 Chris Endicott 1982 Terry Nowak Scott Smith ...... 2005 Aaron Burris ...... 2008 Eric Oldham 1981 Dan Yoder Grant Barker ...... 2004 Kevin Wempe ...... 2008 Nick Sheahon ...... 2004 Mickey Lara ...... 2007 1997 Mark Longhofer 1980 Danny Hernandez Mark Funston ...... 2003 Conner Crumbliss ...... 2007 1996 Shane Pierce 1979 Tom Riesgo Grant Barker ...... 2003 Matt Marasco ...... 2007 Josh Stratman ...... 2003 Billy Sharp ...... 2007 1995 Scott McDonald Dan Ford ...... 2003 Tim Barger ...... 2007 1994 Cory Nickel Ryan Boden ...... 2001 Nick Carlson...... 2006 Scott Miller ...... 2000 Tim Barger...... 2006 Scott Patrick ...... 2000 John Martin ...... 2005 Rich Devine ...... 2000 Josh Schaub ...... 2005 Rich Devine ...... 1999 Jason Way ...... 2003 Jason Wiedder ...... 1998 Nate Mejia ...... 2002 ESU All-Americans Oscar Contreras ...... 1998 Rodrigo Castillo ...... 2002 Oscar Contreras ...... 1997 Nate Mejia ...... 2001 Player of the Year Bryce Buller ...... OF . . . 1990 Jason Herman ...... 1996 Jeremy Bartlet ...... 1998 Keith Hernandez...... C . . . . .2008 Jon Facklam . . . . . P . . . .1990 Rico Coppel ...... 1996 Eric Oldham ...... 1998 Gabe Medina ...... P . . . . .2006 Tommy Cimino . . . . OF . . . 1989 Jackson Blake ...... 1994 Art Palafox ...... 1998 Glenn Schneider . . . .OF . . . 1989 Dan Drum ...... 1994 Steve Clairborne ...... 1997 First Team Mark Kokaly ...... C . . . .1988 Joey Kraft ...... 1993 Art Palafox ...... 1997 Keith Hernandez . . . .C . . . .2008 Mario Romero . . . . .P . . . .1988 Jerald Van Rheen ...... 1992 Jeremy Bartlet ...... 1997 Gabe Medina...... P ...... 2006 Brad Bascue . . . . . DH . . .1988 Bob Russell ...... 1992 Steve Clairborne ...... 1996 Anthony Delsi . . . . .DH . . .1992 John Hernandez . . . .OF . . . 1987 Anthony Delsi ...... 1992 Tim Bergen ...... 1996 Mike Carlson . . . . . 1B . . . 1987 Phil McKinzie . . . . . P . . . .1986 Doug Miller ...... 1995 Steve Michael . . . . .P/OF . . 1987 Al Ruiz ...... 3B . . . 1985 Doug Miller ...... 1994 Pat Blasi ...... SS . . . 1986 Dale Lanik ...... 1B . . . 1984 Tod Schulz ...... OF . . . 1986 Mike Montgomery . . . P . . . .1984 Phil McKinzie . . . . . P . . . .1985 Brad Hill ...... OF . . . 1983 Brad Hill ...... OF . . . 1981 Brent Dobbs . . . . . P . . . .1982 Wilson Kilmer . . . . .P . . . .1979 Brad Hill ...... OF . . . 1982 Brian Moyer ...... C . . . .1978 Shawn Smith . . . . . OF . . . 1982 Hornet No-Hitters Frank Trujillo . . . . . SS . . . 1977 MIke Brown ...... OF . . . 1981 Mike Shinn ...... C . . . .1976 MIke Brown ...... OF . . . 1980 Mike Plunkett . . . . . P . . . .1970 5/1/06 Toro Trevino (6) ...... ESU 12, Missouri Southern 0 Larry Groves . . . . . P . . . .1980 Paul Martin ...... C . . . .1980 4/18/06 Toro Trevino (9) ...... ESU 8, Washburn 0 Second Team Bob Moore ...... OF . . . 1980 3/07/92 Marty Rutland (5) ...... ESU 10, Kansas Wesleyan 0 Eric Shortell ...... OF . . . 2008 Hans Raymond . . . . SS . . . 1980 3/06/88 Steve Shifflet (5) ...... ESU 17, Bethany 0 Brian Majors . . . . . OF . . . 2008 Joe Wood ...... 3B . . . 1980 3/29/85 Dave Hosier (5) ...... ESU 19, Dana 0 Jason Herman . . . . .P . . . .1996 Brian Poldberg . . . . .C . . . .1979 Mike Holloway . . . . .P . . . .1991 Pete Villaescusa . . . .OF . . . 1979 3/09/83 Paul Stuckey (6) ...... ESU 10, Tabor 0 Brad Bascue . . . . . 1B . . . 1989 Steve Gillies . . . . . 1B . . . 1978 3/09/83 Mike Montgomery (5) ...... ESU 15, Tabor 0 Jon Perry ...... 2B . . . 1989 Kevin Mendon . . . . .P . . . .1978 4/13/82 Dave Root (6) ...... ESU 10, Washburn 0 Brett Berry ...... OF . . . 1988 Fred Hernandez . . . .OF . . . 1977 4/20/82 Mike Montgomery (7) ...... ESU 8, Washburn 0 Jon Perry ...... 2B . . . 1988 Gary Pickert ...... P . . . .1977 5/07/81 Mike Montgomery (5) ...... ESU 5, Mid-America Naz. 0 Ruben Ruiz ...... OF . . . 1985 Ben Bounous . . . . . P . . . .1976 Brad Hill ...... OF . . . 1984 Rick Elliott ...... 3B . . . 1976 4/12/80 Larry Groves (7) ...... ESU 3, Washburn 0 Ben Bounous . . . . . P . . . .1977 Jere Peterson . . . . .1B . . . 1976 4/25/78 Kevin Mendon (7) ...... ESU 1, Benedictine 0 Doug Ewy ...... SS . . . 1975 6/01/78 Kevin Mendon (9) ...... ESU 2, Missouri Southern 0 Honorable Mention Steve Leake . . . . . 1B . . . 1975 5/12/77 Gary Pickert (7) ...... ESU 14, St. Mary of Plains 0 Tyler Applehans . . . .P . . . .2008 Mike Shinn ...... C . . . .1975 4/05/75 Tom Spencer (7) ...... ESU 5, Fort Hays State 1 Mark McBratney...... OF...... 2006 Tom Higgins . . . . . 2B . . . 1972 Bobby Russell . . . . .OF . . . 1992 Al Viebrock ...... P . . . .1972 5/15/75 Ben Bounous (9) ...... ESU 1, Fort Hays State 0 Chris Kallaher . . . . .1B . . . 1991 Rich Alday ...... C . . . 1970 36 hornet professional signees

Keith Hernandez Pro Team: Detroit Tigers Currently: Toledo Mudhens (AAA)

2010 Season: West Michigan White Caps, Gulf Coast Tigers, Onenata Tigers, Toledo Mudhens Team AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS WM 143 4 14 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 .143. 214 .357 GC-TIG 200 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .200 .400 .600 ONE .255 34 102 8 26 7 0 2 12 39 5 2 0 10 .297 .382 .680 TOL. 200 4 15 3 3 2 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 .200 .333 .533 Minors .235 44 136 13 32 11 0 2 15 49 5 8 0 10 .269 .360 .629

Conner Crumbliss Pro Team: Oakland A’s Currently: Kane County Cougars (A)

2009 Season: Vancouver Canadiens, Kane County Cougars Team AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS VAN .293 57 205 40 60 9 4 2 25 83 49 28 11 2 .425 .405 .830 KC .280 14 50 11 14 4 1 0 3 20 11 9 2 1 .438 .400 .838 Minors .290 71 255 51 74 13 5 2 28 103 60 37 13 3 .427 .404 .831

Trent Lare Pro Team: New York Yankees Currently: Tampa Yankees (A)

2009 Season: Gulf Coast Tigers Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/A OAVG SI 3 2 1.07 6 6 0 0 0 33.2 20 9 4 3 33 81 0.33 .164 CSC 2 3 2.76 7 7 0 0 0 42.1 36 16 13 0 7 35 1.43 .235 TAM 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 2 0.33 .250 Minors 5 5 2.19 14 13 0 0 0 78.0 58 27 19 4 40 116 0.34 .240

Rich Alday ...... C . . Texas Rangers ...... 1971 Jamie Cuesta ...... P . . . . . Atlanta Braves ...... 1987 Dave Bingham ...... 3B . . Texas Rangers ...... 1971 Brett Berry ...... OF . . Chicago White Sox ...... 1988 Bill Cowan ...... P . . . . . Kansas City Royals ...... 1971 Steve Shifflet ...... P . . . . . Kansas City Royals ...... 1989 John McRae ...... 1B . Houston Astros ...... 1971 John Medrick ...... P . . . . . Kansas City Royals ...... 1991 Mike Miller ...... P . . . . . Texas Rangers ...... 1971 Jerald Van Rheen . . . . C . . Detroit Tigers ...... 1993 Al Viebrock ...... P . . . . . New York Yankees ...... 1973 Darren Riley ...... P . . . . . Butte Copper Kings (indep.) . . . .1994 Bill Wilson ...... P . . . . . Los Angeles Dodgers ...... 1974 Jason Herman ...... P . . . . . Richmond Roosters (indep.) . . . .1996 Mike Peterson ...... OF . . Seguin Toros ...... 1975 Rich Devine ...... OF . . Kansas City Royals ...... 2000 Gary Pickert ...... P . . . . . San Diego Padres ...... 1977 Scott Fogelson . . . . . P ...... San Diego Padres ...... 2006# Mike Shinn ...... C . . Cincinnati Reds ...... 1977 Gabe Medina ...... P ...... NY Yankees/Wichita Wingnuts . . 2006# John Upshaw ...... C . . Detroit Tigers ...... 1977 John Martin ...... C . . .Los Angelos Dodgers ...... 2006 Kevin Mendon ...... P . . . . . Montreal Expos ...... 1978 Toro Trevino ...... P ...... Windy City Bolts (Indep.) . . . . 2006# Brian Poldberg ...... C . . New York Yankees ...... 1979 Matt Petty ...... P ...... Southshore Railcats (indep.) . . . 2006# Larry Groves ...... P . . . . . Montreal Expos ...... 1980 Mark McBratney . . . . .OF . . .Detroit Tigers ...... 2007 Joe Wood ...... 3B . . San Diego Padres ...... 1980 Trent Lare ...... P ...... Kalamazoo Kings/NY Yankees . . 2007# Brad Hill ...... OF . . Texas Rangers ...... 1984 Keith Hernandez . . . . . C . . .Detroit Tigers ...... 2008# Dale Lanik ...... 1B . . Texas Rangers ...... 1984 Brock Nehls ...... P ...... Evansville Otters (Indep.) . . . . 2008# Larry Klein ...... SS . . Texas Rangers ...... 1984 Ty Reese ...... P ...... Kansas City T-Bones ...... 2008 Phil McKinzie ...... P . . . . . Kansas City Royals ...... 1986 Eric Shortell ...... OF . . .Kansas City Royals ...... 2009# Gene Bierscheid . . . . . P . . . . . Philadelphia Phillies ...... 1986 Conner Crumbliss . . . .IF/OF . . Oakland A’s ...... 2009# Steve Michael . . . . . P/OF . . Boston Red Sox ...... 1987 Mike Sharp ...... C . . .Wichita Wingnuts ...... 2009# Saul Soltero ...... P . . . . . San Diego Padres ...... 1987 Diego Soto ...... P ...... Wichita Wingnuts ...... 2009# Jose Valencia ...... P . . . . . Atlanta Braves ...... 1987 #= Active 37 hornet records

Season Batting Records Home Runs Base Hits Games Played 1. Steve Michael 24 1987 1. Conner Crumbliss 311 1. Tom Cimino 69 1989 2. Eric Shortell 23 2008 2. Brad Hill 302 Al Ruiz 69 1985 3. Tod Schulz 19 1986 3. Jim Wood 202 Ruben Ruiz 69 1985 4. Scott Smith 18 2005 4. Brad Bascue 192 Shawn Smith 69 1982 Keith Hernandez 18 2008 Josh Stratman 192 Greg Strecker 69 1982 6. Brad Bascue 17 1988 6. Ryan Boden 170 6. Brad Bascue 68 1989 7. Cliff Thompson 15 1983 Mark McBratney 170 Brett Berry 68 1988 Brad Hill 15 1981 7. Greg Strecker 165 Mike Carlson 68 1988 Scott Smith 15 2004 9. Brian Majors 160 Mike Carlson 68 1987 10. Tim Barger 157 Jose Gonzalez 68 1987 Runs Scored Steve Michael 68 1987 Runs Scored Pat Blasi 68 1986 1. Eric Shortell 93 2008 Dave Mosea 68 1986 2. Conner Crumbliss 92 2009 1. Conner Crumbliss 272 Jim Word 68 1982 3. Brett Berry 84 1988 2. Brad Hill 241 4. Brian Majors 83 2008 3. Greg Strecker 227 Batting Average (min. 100 ab) 5. Greg Strecker 81 1982 4. Brett Berry 154 6. Jon Perry 78 1989 5. Bob Hines 150 1. Anthony Delsi .471 1992 Tod Schulz 78 1986 6. Jon Perry 146 Jared Myers hit .374 in his career, seventh 2. Keith Hernandez .462 2008 8. Brad Hill 75 1984 7. Doug Miller 139 3. Mike Carlson .450 1987 best in school history. His 147 career hits are Conner Crumbliss 75 2007 8. Ryan Boden 133 4. Tod Schulz .449 1986 also an ESU top-ten record. In 2005, Myers 10. Jeff Hoover 73 1988 stole 42 bases, scored 71 runs, and had 81 Mike Brown 133 5. Rich Devine .442 1999 hits, all top-ten in school history. 10. Pat Blasi 132 6. Jason Wiedder .434 1999 Stolen Bases 7. Bobby Russell .429 1992 Doubles Runs Batted In 8. Nick Sheahon .426 2004 1. Conner Crumbliss 30 2009 1. Rich Devine 58 2000 9. Chris Kallaher .424 1991 2. Mike Carlson 29 1987 2. Rich Devine 57 1999 1. Brad Hill 264 10. Brian Majors .423 2008 3. Kenny Burkhead 28 2009 3. Greg Strecker 54 1982 2. Mike Carlson 175 Shawn Smith 54 1982 4. Chris Kallaher 23 1991 3. Conner Crumbliss 169 At-Bats 5. Mike Brown 43 1981 Brad Bascue 23 1989 4. Keith Hernandez 158 6. Jared Myers 42 2005 6. Brad Hill 22 1984 1. Brian Majors 253 2008 Mike Warren 42 1977 5. Brad Bascue 156 Matt Marasco 22 2007 2. Kenny Burkhead 249 2009 8. Jon Perry 40 1989 6. Mark McBratney 151 Kevin Wempe 22 2009 3. Conner Crumbliss 247 2009 9. Jon Perry 39 1988 7. Al Ruiz 149 3. Brad Bascue 246 1989 9. Frank Trujillo 21 1977 10. Eric Shortell 33 2008 8. Brett Berry 144 4. Brad Bascue 243 1988 Mark McBratney 21 2006 9. Cliff Thompson 141 5. Al Ruiz 241 1985 Career Batting Records 10. Ryan Boden 128 6. Brad Hill 239 1982 Triples 7. Jeff Hoover 238 1988 1. Brett Berry 10 1988 Games Played 8. Brett Berry 237 1988 Shawn Smith 10 1981 9. Tom Cimino 236 1989 3. Dan Drum 9 1994 1. Brad Hill 244 Bill Sharp 236 2006 4. Doug Miller 7 1995 2. Greg Strecker 227 Doug Miller 7 1994 3. Conner Crumbliss 222 Base Hits 4. Jim Wood 211 Tommy Cimino 7 1988 5. Bob Hines 205 1. Brian Majors 107 2008 6. Tim Barger 177 Brett Berry 7 1987 2. Mike Carlson 103 1987 7. Bob Moore 175 3. Brad Bascue 100 1989 Scott Patrick 7 2000 Josh Stratman 175 4. Brett Berry 99 1988 Greg Rogers 7 1977 9. Greg Rogers 167 5. Conner Crumbliss 98 2009 10. Several players 6 10. Christian Drbal 166 6. Kenny Burkhead 96 2009 7. Brad Bascue 92 1988 Runs Batted In Batting Average (min. 150 ab’s) 8. Mark McBratney 89 2006 9. Tod Schulz 88 1986 1. Mike Carlson 98 1987 1. Rich Devine .430 10. John Hernandez 84 1987 2. Steve Michael 91 1987 2. Tod Schulz .402 Pat Blasi 84 1986 3. Eric Shortell 86 2008 3. Jason Wiedder .397 Conner Crumbliss 84 2007 Kenny Burkhead 86 2009 4. Oscar Contreras .396 5. Brad Bascue 85 1989 5. Nick Sheahon .386 Al Ruiz 85 1985 6. Brian Majors .383 7. Brett Berry 83 1988 7. Keith Hernandez .382 Brad Hill 83 1981 8. Mike Brown .378 9. Mark McBratney 80 2006 9. Shawn Smith .375 Keith Hernandez 80 2008 10. Scott Miller .374 Jared Myers .374 Walks At-Bats 1. Greg Strecker 69 1982 2. Jose Gonzalez 63 1987 1. Conner Crumbliss 595 3. Greg Strecker 60 1984 2. Brad Hill 809 4. Tim Kerl 59 1989 3. Jim Wood 608 Mike Buss 59 1985 4. Greg Strecker 592 Brad Hill 59 1984 5. Josh Stratman 554 6. Mike Warren 543 Pete Villaescusa 59 1978 7. Tim Barger 523 8. Steve Bartow 54 1980 In 2004, Nick Sheahon batted .426 with 81 8. Christian Drbal 500 9. Brian Moyer 52 1978 hits and 20 doubles placing him in the top-ten 9. Brad Bascue 489 for single season records in all three catego- Scott Smith hit 33 homeruns in his career, 10. Larry Klein 50 1984 the second most in school history. In 2005, he 10. John Martin 478 ries. Sheahon’s .386 career batting average, hit 18 of those homeruns, third most in a single Ron Taylor 50 1982 134 hits and 34 doubles are also top-ten in the season at ESU. ESU record books. 38 hornet records

Doubles Season Pitching Records ERA (35 ip min.) Saves

1. Conner Crumbliss 78 Appearances 1. Mike Miller 0.81 1971 1. Jaime Cuesta 20 1. Brad Hill 71 2. Mike Miller 1.01 1969 2. Frank Stanek 19 3. Brad Bascue 46 1. Grant Barker 36 2004 3. Al Viebrock 1.11 1972 3. Grant Barker 18 4. Mike Carlson 41 2. Jaime Cuesta 35 1987 4. Mike Plunkett 1.12 1970 4. Matt Petty 17 5. Tod Schulz 37 3. Diego Soto 32 2009 5. John Campbell 1.24 1970 5. Greg Muehlbauer 13 6. Ruben Ruiz 36 4. Phil McKinzie 30 1985 6. Tim Weiser 1.31 1979 6. Bryan Jamison 12 7. Mark McBratney 35 5. Toro Trevino 28 2005 7. Bill Wilson 1.43 1973 7. Diego Soto 12 Keith Hernandez 35 6. Toro Trevino 27 2006 8. Jason Herman 1.65 1996 8. Phil McKinzie 10 9. Nick Sheahon 34 Matt Petty 27 2006 9. Dave Root 1.73 1982 9. 5 tied with 6 10 Chris Kallaher 33 8. Grant Barker 26 2003 Wilson Kilmer 1.73 1979 9. Frank Stanek 25 1982 Innings Pitched 10. Matt Petty 24 2005 Strikeouts Jaime Cuesta 24 1986 1. Brent Dobbs 285.0 Frank Stanek 24 1984 1. Bill Cowan 168 1971 2. Phil McKinzie 282.3 Aaron Burris 24 2008 2. Gabe Medina 142 2006 3. Bill Cowan 281.0 Dominic King 24 2009 3. John Campbell 120 1970 4. Ben Bounous 277.0 4. Kevin Mendon 114 1978 5. Mike Montgomery 274.0 Games Started 5. Gary Pickert 113 1976 6. Tom Spencer 257.0 6. Gary Pickert 104 1977 7. Mark Funston 249.3 1. Gabe Medina 17 2006 John Campbell 104 1971 8. Mike McIlhargey 240.0 2. Phil McKinzie 16 1986 8. Bill Wilson 99 1974 9. Paul Stucky 229.0 Brent Dobbs 16 1982 9. Al Viebrock 98 1972 10. Brent Biggs 227.1 Bill Cowan 16 1971 10. Steve Michael 94 1987 5. 9 tied with 15 Strikeouts Innings Pitched Relief Appearances 1. Bill Cowan 342 1. Bill Cowan 121.0 1971 2. Ben Bounous 242 1. Grant Barker 36 2004 2. Kevin Mendon 120.3 1978 3. John Campbell 224 2. Jaime Cuesta 34 1987 3. Phil McKinzie 116.6 1986 4. Gary Pickert 217 3. Diego Soto 32 2009 4. Toro Trevino 108.1 2006 5. Tom Spencer 212 Scott Patrick hit seven triples in 2000, the 5. Gary Pickert 107.6 1976 fourth highest single-season total in Emporia 4. Matt Petty 24 2005 6. Mark Funston 210 6. Phil McKinzie 107.0 1985 State history making him the MIAA Freshman Frank Stanek 24 1982 7. Gabe Medina 187 of the Year. He also gathered spots on the all- Aaron Burris 24 2008 Ben Bounous 107.0 1976 8. Mike Montgomery 183 conference first team that year and the second Dominic King 24 2009 8. Gabe Medina 105.1 2006 9. Mike Beran 179 team in 2001. 8. Frank Stanek 23 1984 9. Ben Bounous 99.3 1977 10. Mike Miller 178 9. Toro Trevino 22 2005 10. Mike McIlhargey 98.0 1985 Triples Jaime Cuesta 22 1986 1. Brett Berry 17 Career Pitching Records 2. Doug Miller 15 3. Shawn Smith 14 Wins Appearances 4. Greg Strecker 12 5. Mike Peterson 11 1. Mike Holloway 14 1991 1. Phil McKinzie 73 6. Mike Brown 10 Phil McKinzie 14 1985 2. Frank Stanek 69 Dan Drum 10 3. Ben Bounous 13 1977 3. Mike Montgomery 65 8. Dave Mosea 9 Gabe Medina 13 2006 4. Grant Barker 62 Conner Crumbliss 9 4. Jason Herman 12 1996 5. Brent Biggs 60 9. Several Players 8 Steve Michael 12 1987 6. Brent Dobbs 57 Phil McKinzie 12 1986 7 Toro Trevino 55 Home Runs Bill Cowan 12 1971 8. Mike Beran 53 9. 2 with 11 Scott Tajchman 53 1. Brad Hill 47 Mark Funston 53 2. Scott Smith 33 Saves 3. Tod Schulz 30 Starts 1. Jaime Cuesta 16 1986 4. Keith Hernandez 29 2. Diego Soto 12 2009 1. Brent Dobbs 46 5. Mike Carlson 28 3. Grant Barker 10 2004 2. Mike Montgomery 45 6. Brad Bascue 25 4. Matt Petty 9 2006 3. Bill Cowan 43 7. Ryan Boden 24 5. Grant Barker 8 2003 Paul Stucky 43 Steve Michael 24 Matt Petty 8 2005 5. Mark Funston 41 Cliff Thompson 24 Frank Stanek 8 1984 6. Ben Bounous 39 10. Joey Kraft 23 8. Anthony Delsi 7 1990 7. Mike Beran 38 Eric Shortell 23 9. Bryan Jamison 6 1996 Mike McIlhargey 38 Bryan Jamison 6 1995 9. Tom Spencer 35 Walks Greg Muehlbauer 6 1993 10. Brent Biggs 34 1. Greg Strecker 173 Frank Stanek 6 1982 2. Brad Hill 148 Wins Complete Games 3. Conner Crumbliss 125 Scott Fogelson started 15 games for the 1. Ben Bounous 33 4. Steve Bartow 97 Hornets in 2005, tied for the fourth most ever 1. Kevin Mendon 14 1978 2. Phil McKinzie 31 5. Tom Higgins 93 at ESU. Fogelson was named to the All-MIAA 2. Bill Wilson 13 1974 3. Mike Montgomery 29 Greg Rogers 93 second team. Bill Cowan 13 1971 4. Brent Dobbs 27 7. Pete Villaescusa 89 4. Wilson Kilmer 12 1979 5. Bill Cowan 26 8. Rick Elliot 86 Gary Pickert 12 1976 6. Mike Beran 22 9. Ruben Ruiz 82 6. Ben Bounous 11 1977 Kevin Mendon 22 Ray Kallaher 82 Tom Spencer 11 1975 8. Mike McIlhargey 21 Mark McBratney 82 8. Several Players 10 Gary Pickert 21 Paul Wilson 21 39 MIAA Records

Individual Batting Assists Strikeouts Games Played Game: 11 Chad Basler NWMSU 3-20-99 Game: 4 Several vs. PSU Season: 66 Will Bradley CMSU 2005 Season: 56 Josh Rubin TSU 2004 Season: 182 Thad Pealer CMSU 2000 Shawn Callahan CMSU 2005 Career: 166 John Sipes NWMSU 2000-03 Craig Ringe CMSU 2001 Josh Eftink CMSU 2005 Career: 583 Craig Ringe CMSU 1999-2002 Career: 245 Brian McBride UCM 2005-08 Batting Average Errors Season: .489 Dan Shy (300 AB) SEMSU 1989 At-Bats Career: .445 Rick Ladjevich CMSU 1993-94 Game: 4 Several Game: 8 Darin Koch TSU 4-24-88 Season: 33 Marcus Rowe, MWSU 1991 vs. MWSU Slugging Percentage Career: 81 Chris Schnurbusch CMSU 1984-87 Jason Halvorson MSSU 4-26-92 Season: 1.007 Scott Spurgeon NWMSU 1988 vs. UMSL Career: .912 Scott Spurgeon (2 yr) NWMSU Total Chances Season: 258 Eric Errante CMSU 2004 1997-1998 Career: 862 Brian McBride UCM 2005-08 Game: 21 Morgan Burkhart CMSU 4-23-94 Career: .743 Steve Williams (4 yr) SEMSU 1981-84 vs. SBU Runs Brad Jenkins TSU 4-15-95 Stolen Bases vs. ESU Game: 7 Ben Slemmer CMSU 4-19-98 Season: 564 Kenny Burkhead ESU 2009 Game: 7 Mike Zirngibl MSSU 1994 vs. ESU Career: 1,855 Brent Westman NWMSU 2005-08 vs. Minn.-Morris Season: 103 E. Stuckenschneider CMSU 1994 Season: 58 Rich Devine ESU 2000 Eric Errante CMSU 2004 Fielding Average Career: 121 Sittichoke Huckuntod CMSU 1988-90 Career: 297 Craig Ringe CMSU 1999-2002 Season: 1.000 Several

Hits Career: .992 Steve Seal SWMSU 1969-70

Game: 6 Jay Hearn NWMSU 4-2-96 Double Plays vs. UNO Game: 5 by 3 players Jason Meysenburg WU 4-2-03 Season: 5 D. J. Thrash CMSU 2000 vs. TSU Career: 95 Ron Snider SWMSU 1976-79 Season: 107 Brian Majors ESU Career: 312 Brian McBride UCM 2005-08 Individual Pitching Doubles Appearances Game: 4 Wayne Wente MSSU 1993 vs. SBU Season: 36 Grant Barker ESU 2004 Season: 33 Andrew Hansen UNO 2009 Career: 80 Eric Horner CMSU 2000-03 Career: 78 Conner Crumbliss ESU 2006-09 Games Started

Triples Season: 20, Rick Nilges, LU, 1975 Game: 3 Four Tied Career: 53, Paul Neal, CMSU, 1988-91 Season: 14 Pat Colley WU 2000 Career: 23 Pat Colley WU 1998-2001 Complete Games Season: 18 Rick Nilges LU 1975 Home Runs Career: 42 Rick Nilges LU 1973-76 Game: 4 Rick Ladjevich CMSU 4-16-94 vs. TSU Innings Pitched Tim Sheeler CMSU 2-25-95 Game: 14 Mike Backes Lincoln 4-6-91 vs. Missouri vs. CMSU Eric Shortell ESU 4-20-08 Season: 137.6 Rick Nilges LU 1975 vs. Northwest Missouri Career: 346.6 Rick Nilges LU 1973-76 Season: 23 Eric Shortell ESU 2008 Career: 52 Steve Williams SEMSU 1981-84 Shutouts Total Bases Rich Devine is ESU’s career leader in batting average and stolen bases. He earned all-MIAA first-team honors during his Season: 4 Rick Nilges LU 1974 Trae Hastings SEMSU 1976 Game: 17 Rick Ladjevich CMSU 4-16-94 career and led the nation in stolen bases (58) and runs scored (54) in 2000. Devine signed with the Kansas City Royals after Bob Poisal CMSU 1994 vs. TSU the 2000 season. Danny Powers CMSU 2005 Season: 165 Shawn Callahan CMSU 2005 Career: 8 Rick Nilges LU 1973-76 Career: 427 Ben Slemmer CMSU 1995-98 Sacrifice Hits Saves Runs Batted In Game: 3 Ken Watkins SWMSU 5-23-69 vs. Mankato State Season: 14 Chris Matlock UCM 2009 Game: 10 5x most recent Gus Marsala SBU4-18-03 Season: 14 Terry Kasper SWMSU 1975 Career: 19 Nick Webber CMSU 2003-05 vs. TSU Career: 24 John Sipes NWMSU 2000-03 Season: 97, Rick Ladjevich CMSU 1994 Hits Allowed Career: 214, Joe Strada CMSU 2002-04 Individual Fielding Game: 19 Rob Simms TSU 4-21-99 Putouts vs. CMSU Season: 167 Darrin Ankrom SBU 2001 Most Walks Game: 21 Brad Jenkins TSU 4-15-95 Career: 340 Jerry Mick LU 1977-80 vs. ESU Game: 4 Several Season: 502 Chris Umphres CMSU 2002

Season: 70 Tim Casper MSSU 1991 Career: 1,322 Eric Miller PSU 1991-94

Career: 181 Craig Ringe CMSU 1999-2002 40 Miaa records

Runs Allowed Consecutive Wins Total Bases Game: 57 PSU vs. UMR 4-21-99 Game: 16 Mike Cavender LU 4-29-77 Season: 14 P.J. McGinnis CMSU 2-18-01 to 5-9-01 Season: 1254 CMSU 2004 vs. NWMSU Jason Herz CMSU 2-15-02 to 5-26-02 Batting Average Season: 121 Darrin Ankrom SBU 2001 Overall: 21 Jason Herz CMSU 3-7-01 to 5-26-02 Career: 219 Rick Nilges LU 1973-76 Season: .390 CMSU 1998 Consecutive Losses Earned Runs Allowed Slugging Percentage Season: 13 Rob Simms TSU 2-20-00 to 5-7-00 Game: 14 Mike Cavender LU 4-29-77 Overall: 16 Rob Simms TSU 3-31-99 to 5-7-00 Season: .685 CMSU 1998 vs. NWMSU Tim Walter UMR 4-28-04 Team Batting Stolen Bases vs. PSU Game: 17 UMSL vs. Harris-Stowe 4-14-86 Season: 84 Darrin Ankrom SBU 2001 At-Bats Career: 153 Rick Nilges LU 1973-76 Season: 176 NWMSU 1989 Game: 61 MSSU vs. UMSL 4-26-92 Walks Allowed Season: 2158 CMSU 2004 Putouts Game: 45 CMSU vs. Northern Iowa 3-16-92 Game: 13 Larry Thompson LU 3-14-77 Runs vs. Central Methodist Season: 1563 CMSU 2004 Season: 84 Rick Nilges LU 1976 Game: 34 PSU vs. Siuox Falls 3-24-03 Career: 239 Rick Nilges LU 1973-76 Season: 655 CMSU 2004 Assists Game: 28 CMSU vs. SBU 4-23-94 Strikeouts Hits Season: 685 CMSU 2000 Game: 21 Bruce Berenyi TSU 1976 Game: 34 MSSU vs UMSL 4-26-92 vs. UMR Season: 765 CMSU 2004 Most Errors Season: 153 Rick Nilges LU 1975 Game: 12 SBU vs. Ozarks 4-4-96 Doubles Career: 349 Rick Nilges LU 1973-76 Season: 170 SBU 996 Game: 9 5x most recent PSU Earned Run Average vs. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 3-24-03 Fielding Percentage Season: 149 CMSU 2003 & 2004 Season: 0.59 Dick Jones SWMSU 1971 Season: .994 UMR, 1982 Career: 1.14 Dave Wehrmeister TSU 1971-72 Double Plays

Game: 5 SEMSU vs. Maryville 4-21-81 NWMSU vs. TSU 3-18-95 CMSU vs. Okla.Panhandle St. 3-8-03 Season: 64 CMSU 2000

Team Pitching

Complete Games

Season: 26 LU 1980

Shutouts

Season: 16 CMSU 2005

Strikeouts Game: 21 TSU vs. UMR 4-2-76 Season: 563 CMSU 2004

Walks

Grant Barker earned MIAA Pitcher of the Year status in 2003 and spots on the All-Conference First Team in ‘03 and ‘04. His 36 Game: 18 TSU vs. Quincy 4-2-78 relief appearances in 2004 were a school and MIAA record. He also is fourth on the career list with 62. Season: 294 CMSU 1994

Earned Run Average Triples Wins Season: 1.83 SEMSU 1973 Game: 6 SWMSU vs. UMR 4-8-66 Season: 15 Danny Powers CMSU 2005 Season: 34 NWMSU 1989 Miscellaneous Career: 32 Josh Reynolds CMSU 1998-2000 Home Runs Games Played: 66 CMSU 2005 Losses Wins: 65 CMSU 2004 & 2005 Game: 9 CMSU vs. TSU 4-16-94 Losses: 45 SBU 2001 Season: 13 Rob Simms TSU 2000 Season: 102 CMSU 1998 Consecutive Wins: 35 ESU 2008 Career: 29 Jerry Mick LU 1977-80 Consecutive Losses: 34 LU 1984-85 Runs Batted In MIAA Wins: 29 CMSU/ESU 2000/2008 Season Winning Percentage (min. 14 decisions) Game: 33 PSU vs. UMR 4-21-99 MIAA Losses: 28 SBU 2001 1.000 Jason Herz (14-0) CMSU 2002 PSU vs. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 3-24-03 Winning %: .879 CMSU 2001 (51-7) Season: 584 CMSU 2004 MIAA Winning% 1.000 SWMSU 1981 (12-0) Career Winning Percentage (min. 13 decisions)

1.000 Steve Sharpe (13-0) CMSU 2004 41 Em p o r ia St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU At h l e t i c s

For the fifth straight year the Emporia State University Athletic Department finished in the top fifty among nearly 300 NCAA Division II schools in the Learfield Sports Director’s Cup. The Hornets made the select company thanks to top 20 finishes by six of the schools 15 athletic programs.

The first MIAA Championship for the volleyball team highlighted the fall sports season. The Hornets jumped out to an impressive 22-1 mark to open the season, winning 19 straight matches. ESU clinched their first outright MIAA Championship with a 3-0 win over Washburn in front of an MIAA record crowd of 2,432 in White Auditorium. The excitement grew as the Hornets played host to the NCAA South Central Regional. ESU averaged over 1700 fans for its three games in the regional and the South Central Regional in White Auditorium was the best attended regional tournament in the country. ESU ranked second in the nation in average attendance. Ting Liu and Arica Shepard each earned All-American honors with Liu named the Most Valuable Player in the MIAA. With over 20 freshmen on the two-deep roster, the Hornet football team went 4-2 on the turf of Jones Field at Welch Stadium. The four home wins were the most by the Hornets since going 4-2 during the 2003 season. ESU was just 15 points from going 7-4 on the year with three losses by less than eight points. The excitement of the young team helped the Hornets rank 33rd in the nation in average attendance. The ESU soccer team showed a four match improvement in the win column and played their first on campus match. The Hornets split the home season between the TRYSA Complex in northwest Emporia and the ESU Pitch north of the HPER Building. The move to campus helped the Hornets rank 35th in the nation in attendance. Skyler Delmott and Katie Mona both earned All-MIAA status in cross country for the Hornets.

Winter saw the Lady Hornets capture their second straight MIAA Regular Season Women’s Basketball Championship and seventh title in the last 12 years. ESU was 26-6 on the year, the seventh straight 20 win season and the sixth time they have eclipsed 25 wins under Brandon Schneider Ida Edwards continued a four year run of Lady Hornets being named All-American, earning first-team WBCA/ State Farm honors. Cassondra Boston also earned first-team All-MIAA honors for the Lady Hornets. ESU capped another successful run in White Auditoirum going 14-1 on their home court. For the 12th straight year the Lady Hornets finished in the top six of the nation in attendance, averaging over 2,000 fans per game in White Auditorium. A year after becoming the first eight seed to advance to the MIAA Tournament Championship Game, the Hornet men finished third in the MIAA during the regular season with an 18-10 record. Lamar Wilbern finished in the top ten of the MIAA in scoring and rebounding on his way to second-team All-MIAA honors while Robert Moores led the nation in three point shooting accuracy. The Hornets were 12-2 in the confines of White Auditorium and were 16th in the nation in average attendance last season. Josh Honeycutt provided the highlight for the indoor track & field season, winning the national championship in the triple jump. His effort led the Emporia State men to a 14th place showing nationally. The ESU men had six individual championships and six runner-up performances as they finished second at the MIAA Indoor Championships. Vincent Howze led the Hornets with 21 points at the meet to earn MIAA Freshman of the Year honors. The ESU women finished sixth in the MIAA team standings, just one point out of fifth, after placing second last season. Katie Mona won the women’s Freshman of the Year award with 18.5 points. At the national meet the ESU women broke a string of scoring in 13 straight indoor national championship meets, which was the sixth longest active streak in the nation entering the championships. 42 www.emporia.edu/athletics Em p o r ia St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU At h l e t i c s

The spring seasons again brought great success to Emporia State, highlighted by a national runner-up finish for the Hornet baseball team.

ESU won their second straight MIAA regular season championship before dropping four of eight games to end the regular season and bowing out of the MIAA tournament after just two games. The Hornets entered the NCAA South Central Regional as a fourth seed and opened the tourney with a 23-0 win over two seed Angelo State. ESU would go on to out-score their opponents 57-19 in five games at the regional, including a 15-6 victory over host Central Missouri in the championship game. In their second trip to the D-II World Series in four years, the Hornets defeated Grand Valley State, Mesa State and UC-San Diego before falling 2-1 to Lynn in the national championship game. Conner Crumbliss earned All-American honors for ESU and was drafted by the Oakland A’s after setting numerous hitting records at ESU. The Hornet softball team battled through the loser’s bracket to pick up their sixth straight MIAA tournament title. ESU has gone 26-1 in the MIAA tournament over the last six years. With the tourney win the Hornets advanced to the NCAA tournament for the seventh time in school history. Miranda Campbell was named a Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American for the second straight year. Six Hornets scored individual championships and Emporia State had nine other runner-up finishes at the MIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. As a team ESU placed third on the men’s side and sixth with the women. The Hornet men placed 15th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, the third straight year they have placed in the top 20 nationally, while the women were 36th. With a move to a new region came a reduction in the number of tennis teams that could qualify for the national tournament. For the first time since 2004 that neither ESU tennis team advanced to the NCAA tournament. Kevin Schoon was named the MIAA Sportsmanship Award in a vote of the league coaches and players. It is the third straight season an ESU player has earned that award.

Emporia State excelled in the classroom as well with 19 Emporia State student-athletes named MIAA Scholar Athletes during 2008-09. To earn this distinction, student-athletes must have a cumulative 3.50 grade-point average and earned All-MIAA honors in their sport over the past season. ESU is ranked tenth in the nation in producing Academic All-Americans named by CoSIDA in the 21st century. Hornet student-athletes have been named Academic All-America 16 times since 2000. Over half of the Hornet student-athletes made the ESU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll with a 3.00 GPA over the previous semester.

All of the success on the field and in the classroom showed up in the attendance figures as well. Over 110,000 fans turned out for ESU home athletic events during the school year with volleyball, football, men’s and women’s basketball and soccer all ranked in the top 35 nationally. The Hornet volleyball team set an MIAA single match record when 2,432 showed up for their MIAA championship clinching match against Washburn. ESU also drew over 2,000 for their regional final against Truman and ranked second in the nation in average attendance. The Lady Hornet basketball team ranked in the top six of the nation in average attendance for the 12th straight year. This is the sixth-straight year in which ESU has gone over 100,000 in total atten- dance in all sports combined.

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Ho r n e t s Wr a p Up An o t h e r Se a s o n o f Su c c e s s For the fifth year in a row, the Emporia State Athletic Department placed in the top 50 out of nearly 300 NCAA Division II institutions in the Learfield Sports Director’s Cup standings. The Hornet baseball team led the way with a national championship game appearance.

Overall MIAA MIAA MIAA nCAA national Season Sport W-L W-L Finish Tourney Finish Ranking Highlights Baseball 49-14 29-7 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd Appeared in NCAA Championship Game Basketball - M 18-10 12-8 3rd 5th -- -- Robert Moores led nation in 3-pt shooting Basketball - W 26-6 17-3 1st 2nd 17th 17th Won seventh MIAA Championship Cross Country - M -- -- 7th ------Skyler Delmott placed in top ten at MIAA Cross Country - W -- -- 7th ------Katie Mona earns All-MIAA honors Football 4-7 2-7 8th ------Went 4-2 at Jones Field/Welch Stadium Soccer 4-15-1 2-13-1 8th ------4.5 win improvement over previous season Softball 43-16 15-5 3rd 1st 17th 19th Won sixth straight MIAA Tourney Championship Tennis - M 8-8 1-4 5th 5th -- -- Third straight year with at least .500 record Tennis - W 9-8 3-5 6th 5th -- -- Had two All-MIAA performers Indoor Track & Field - M -- -- 2nd -- 11th 10th Josh Honeycutt NCAA Champion in triple jump Indoor Track & Field - W -- -- 6th -- -- 27th Connie Philips broke school record in javelin Outdoor Track & Field - M -- -- 3rd -- 20th 15th Third straight top 20 finish Outdoor Track & Field - W -- -- 6th -- 36th 30th Jaclyn Sill first 3-time MIAA champ in 400m Volleyball 34-4 18-2 1st -- 9th 5th Won first MIAA Championship Overall 195-88-1 99-54-1 The Hornets claimed three MIAA regular season and one postseason .689 .643 tournament championship in 2008-09

Ho r n e t s Dr a w Ov e r 100,000 Fa n s f o r 2008-09

More than four times the population of Emporia watched as Emporia State won three MIAA regular season championship in 2008-09. The Hornets drew 111,251 fans to 115 sporting events last year, averaging 967 spectators per event. That marked the sixth time that at least 100,000 fans saw the Hornets play.

ESU Attendance by Sport in 2008-09

Sport Events Total Average Baseball 25 3,364 134 Basketball - M 14 29,160 2,083 Basketball - W 15 30,761 2,051 Cross Country 1 750 750 Football 6 26,969 4,495 Soccer 10 2,083 207 Softball 19 3,958 208 Tennis 9 270 30 Track 3 1,750 583 Volleyball 13 12,196 938 Total 115 111,251 967

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“Yaps, Yellow Jackets and Hornets” Here come the Hornets! Go Hornets Go! How did Emporia State Uni- versity really get to known as the Hornets? A casual conversation between Vic Trusler and an Emporia Gazette reporter named Cecil Carle led the establishment of the Hornets as Empo- ria State’s mascot. In the early 1930’s, the Teachers College students were called the Yaps. It is uncertain why the students were called that except popular legend suggests that because they were teachers, they did a lot of “yapping.” In any case, most of the students were not fond of the moniker. Trusler, a legendary figure on campus in the “30’s,” and coach at Roosevelt High School, and Carle, without design, were instrumental in get- ting the name changed. Carle was seeking information on the official name of the Roosevelt High School team. Trusler suggested he call the Roosevelt team the Bluejackets since they wore blue jerseys. In that momentous conversation, Trusler further commented that the students at the Teacher College really did not like being called the Yaps. Instead he suggested they be called the Yellow Jackets because the men wore yellow sweaters with black stripes on the sleeves. And, like the insect, they had quite a sting to them. Nothing further was said, but the next Gazette article about the Teachers College referred to the students as Yellow Jackets. The evolution of the name Yellow Jacket to Hornet is almost anti-climatic. A lack of newspaper space forced the Yellow Jacket to be shortened to Harnet. For a while the two names were interchanged and used throughout the state. To further cement the Hornet tradition, the football team received new uniforms in 1936. They were almost entirely black prompting some to suggest that the team be called the Mud Daubers, which are yel- lowjackets, which are hornets, which game more sting to the legend. “Corky” first appeared on the scene in 1934 when Paul Edwards, then a sophomore, made what he thought was a more representative figure of the school mascot than the strereotyped hornet being used. He entered it in a contest and finished second. Not to be discouraged Edwards redrew his hornet and showed it to Ray Maul, then manager of the Memorial Union, who thought he could “use the buzzard.” The Corky figure would soon become popular on campus. Edwards liked his Corky so much he patented the bug in 1936, which dated its 50th anniversary to 1986. During Homecoming 1987, Edwards dedicated a Corky the Hornet statue he sculpted and is now on display in the Memorial Union Bookstore. A large number of Corky’s cropped up beginning in 2003 during a Parade of Corkys throughout Emporia and many of them are still on display in the community.

The Corky Tradition ----- The Sting Lives On!

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Over the last three years, Emporia State has implemented several projects to upgrade their facilities. The projects continue to give Emporia State some of the finest venues in NCAA Division II.

The Emporia State Athletic Department recently announced plans to renovate and expand the ESU Athletics Weight Room into one of the top facilities in the MIAA. The renovation will expand the current “Hornet’s Nest” from 2,460 square feet to over 4,300 square feet and includes state of the art equip- ment. That will place ESU in the top third of the MIAA in terms of weight room size. When the current Hornet track and field weight room, located on the lower level of the HPER Building, is added to the total ESU will have over 6,000 square feet dedicated to athletic strength and conditioning.

Opened in 1937 and dedicated in 1960, Welch Stadium sits just north of beautiful Lake Wooster in the heart of the ESU campus. Crowds as large as 10,000 fans have watched games when bleachers were added in each end zone. Permanent lighting makes it possible to televise games and play at night.

The facility also has been used extensively by individuals outside the University community. Welch Stadium is the home field of the Emporia High School football team and has hosted the Hershey Track and Field State Championships, Special Olympics, the 1998 and 2004 Kansas Shrine Bowl. The 1995, 1999 and 2006 NCAA Division II National Track Championships were held here as well.

A new Super Turf playing surface was installed at Welch Stadium in the fall of 2005. The new field is named Jones Field at Welch Stadium in honor of the W.S. and E.C. Jones Testamentary Trust, the lead contributor to the project. The Super Turf surface allows the Hornet football team multiple practices and games in the stadium that were not possible with the natural grass surface.

Zola Witten Track at Welch Stadium was resurfaced over the summer of 2005 as well. The resurfac- ing prepared ESU as the host site of the 2006 NCAA II men’s and women’s outdoor track and field national championships. The facil- ity hosted the same event in 1995 and 1999.

The Hanna Clubhouse at the Trusler Sports Complex, just north of the ESU campus, has been in place since 2007. The facility houses locker rooms for baseball and soft- ball, as well as coaches offices. It gives Hornet student-athletes on the teams a place to call home before and after games and practices. The second floor of the building serves as an observation deck were fans may have parties.

Em p o r ia St a t e Fa c i l i t y Br e a k d o w n Name Sports Capacity Location Jones Park Men’s and Women’s Cross Country 1,000 24th Av. & Prairie St./NW Emporia Milton Tennis Courts Men’s Tennis/Women’s Tennis 100 1721 Morse Dr./ESU Campus Trusler Sports Complex Baseball/Softball 500/450 900 Trusler Rd./NE Emporia ESU Pitch Soccer 500 1890 Morse Dr./ESU Campus Fran Welch Stadium Football 7,000 1600 Morse Dr. ESU Campus William Lyndsay White Auditorium Men’s Basketball/Women’s Basketball/Volleyball 5,000 111 E 6th Av/Downtown Emporia Zola Witten Track Men’s Track and Field/Women’s Track and Field 7,000 1600 Morse Dr./ESU Campus 46 www.emporia.edu/athletics Em p o r ia St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU At h l e t i c Fa c i l i t i e s

Throughout NCAA Division II programs, White Auditorium is regarded as one of the premier basket- ball arenas in the nation. The 69 year old facility was upgraded during the fall of 2008 with a new scoreboard and video board as well as a new color scheme on the arena floor and the throughout the entire building.

The approximately $270,000 improvement project was funded with City of Emporia general fund and Convention and Visitors Bureau money, along with contributions from ESU, the Walter S. and Evan C. Jones Trust, Emporia Sports Promotions, Inc., and Sunflower Gymnastics.

Mounted on the south wall of the arena, the video board displays everything from player photos and statistics to game action from the floor.

John Decker, ESU’s graphic artist, created the color scheme, decorative striping and lettering design which gives the arena its bright new look. The auditorium’s inch-thick maple floor was sanded and refinished as well.

Built in 1940 as a product of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Public Works Administration (PWA), William Lindsay White Auditorium serves the needs of the Emporia community and Emporia State University.

ESU dedicated Milton Tennis Courts in 2004 in honor of former coach George Milton. Milton was a coach at ESU from 1966-99. The facility, located west of the HPER Building on campus, is used by the men’s and women’s tennis program and it hosted the Hornet women’s first ever trip to the NCAA tournament in 2005. The Hornets also play matches at the Emporia High School Courts in northwest Emporia. The EHS complex has 12 lighted courts, allowing for men’s and women’s matches to be played a the same time

Jones Park in northwest Emporia is the home of the Emporia State cross country program. The park provides practice facilities and the host-site for the ESU Invitational, a meet hosted be ESU each year. In 2009 Jones Park will serve as the host site for the MIAA Championships in cross country.

For the first time in the programs eight year history, Hornet soccer will play their entire home schedule on the ESU campus. The ESU Pitch is located north of the HPER Building and provides easy access for Hornet fans.

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Emporia State is committed to providing student-athletes with an environment that will maximize the potential for success. ESU’s Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building houses offices for coaches and administrators, weight room facilities, a swim- The computer lab on the HPER Building ming pool, computer lab, five practice gym- in just one of many available to student- nasiums and a state-of-the-art training room. athletes on the ESU campus. Over 200 The practice gyms allow the baseball, softball computers are available on campus, pro- and track and field teams a chance to practice viding ESU students the highest technolo- indoors, as well as offer additional practice gies available. space for basketball and volleyball.

A swimming pool in the HPER Building provides student- athletes conditioning and an additional option for physical therapy.

The Emporia State training room facili- ties offer student-athletes the finest ath- letic medicine care available. Athletic trainers John Baxter, M.S., ATCR, and Leslie Kenney, M.S., ATCR, establish injury and illness prevention programs, evaluate and provide immediate care for injury or illness, rehabilitate and recondi- tion athletic injuries, and provide health care administration, education and coun- seling as related to injury or illness, all under the supervision of team physician Dr. Marshall Havenhill, M.D. Assisting Baxter and Kenney are two certified graduate assistants and numerous under- graduate student assistants.

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Emporia State student-athletes didn’t just provide the Emporia community with exciting sports action throughout the year, the Hornets also provided the community with over 2,100 hours of community service during the 2008-09 year.

Working with organizations like the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Special Olympics, Rebuilding Together, Abundant Harvest Food Kitchen and several local elementary schools, the Hornets contributed over 2100 hours of commu- nity service. From painting homes for the disadvantaged, cheering on Special Olympics competitors, collecting canned foods and to recycling, Emporia State student-athletes could be seen all around Emporia lending their time.

A total of 19 Emporia State student-athletes were named MIAA Scholar Athletes in 2008-09. To earn this dis- tinction, student-athletes must have a cumulative 3.50 grade-point average in two terms of attendance at the nominating institution, and earned All- MIAA honors in their sport over the past season.

The student athlete advisory committee

will be hosting the fourth annual Senior Citizen Prom in early April in the MU Ballroom. This year’s event will feature the Tall Grass Big Band.

”Senior citizens play a big role in all of our athletic events and SAAC wants to show how much we appreciate them,” said former ESU softball player and SAAC member Megan Grisell. “We learned about the senior prom idea at the NCAA Leadership conference and thought this would be a great way to get our new Community and Student Involvement team off the ground.”

Our relationship has been and will continue to be very strong with Emporia. Our teams have been a constant in the community. The teams pay attention to the com- munity perceives them and it is important that we maintain our great relationship.

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THIS IS EMPORIA STATE Emporia State University is a comprehensive Regents university primarily serving residents of Kansas by providing leadership in quality instruction, related scholarship and service. A student-centered institution, its cen- tral mission is to develop lifelong learning skills, impart society’s cultural heritage, and education and prepare for both the professions and advanced study. Faculty, staff and students interact in a collegial atmosphere that fos- ters freedom of inquiry and expression. ESU provides undergraduate educational opportunities designed to meet the broad goals of basic skill development and general education, as well as the more specific goals of a variety of programs in art and sciences, business, education, and library and information management. Graduate programs serve needs and provide leadership within the region, the state and the Great Plains area. The university offers programs of national distinction in Education and Library and Information Management, including a Ph.D. in Library and Information Management. ESU’s arts and sciences programs and offerings at the undergraduate and graduate levels provide a solid foundation for further learning, prepara- tion for the many avenues of employment to which the basic disciplines lead, and the advanced knowledge necessary to enable professionals, including teachers, to move ahead in their fields and accept increased responsibilities and challenges. As a national leader in teacher preparation, the Teachers College at ESU has a rich history of preparing teachers to succeed in the classroom. ESU offers well-established teacher preparation programs that support the growing need for quality teachers in all dis- ciplines. ESU’s teacher education program was selected as one of four “model” teacher preparation programs in the nation. The School of Library and Information Management (SLIM) prepares students to analyze and manage information on a global scale. With coursework through the doctorate level, SLIM offers grad- uate-level instruction for information managers in all professions. SLIM is the only school accredited by the American Library Association in a 12 state area. ESU’s School of Business educates students to be entrepreneurs, critical thinkers and lead- ers in the workplace. Graduates hold leader- ship positions in some of the most prestigious companies throughout Kansas and the Nation. The School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International)AACSB, the mark of quality distinction most widely sought after by business schools. Less than one fourth of the business programs in the U.S. are accred- ited by AACSB International. The accreditation is the “gold standard” that identifies programs of the highest quality. Fundraising is currently underway to launch an $18.5 million renovation of ESU’s Memorial Union. Construction of project’s first phase is scheduled to begin next spring, and the total project is slated to be complete by fall, 2012. The Memorial Union was constructed in 1925 in memory of the students who fought and died in World War I. Additions were constructed in 1958, 1963 and 1972.

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As an institution of higher education, Emporia State University is committed to helping students, faculty, staff and administrators acquire those skills necessary to enable them to think critically, to ques- tion intelligently, and to analyze complex and diverse ideas in order to become thoughtful, educated world citizens.

In a recently-released survey, Emporia State University surfaces as an institution that enables close partnerships and communication between stu- dents and faculty. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), administered to freshmen and seniors, compares responses from Emporia State students with their peers at colleges and universities in Kansas and across the nation.

Emporia State University is an equal opportunity institution of higher education where individuals of diverse back- grounds and beliefs come to learn and work together professionally and respectfully. As a university, we seek to create and uphold high intellectual standards within a learning community, to make those intellectual standards accessible to all who engage in the learning process, and to foster a curiosity about life and society that will lead to informed and involved citizenship. Learning requires critical think- ing about the production of knowledge and the various beliefs that people may hold, as well as opportunities to test and actively engage with new ideas.

Emporia City Profile Among Emporia’s notable citizens are William Allen White, editor and owner of The Emporia Gazette newspaper, and NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer. Today, Emporia is a manufacturing, edu- cation, transportation, trade, medical and cattle center of the east- central Kansas region. Emporia is the county seat of Lyon County, with a total county population of approximately 35,500.

Located midway between Kansas City and Wichita on the Kansas Turnpike, Emporia is an important crossroads and trade area for the east-central Kansas population of approximately 85,000 people.

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad mainline passes through Emporia. The Emporia Municipal Airport, with a 5,000 ft. hard surface runway, can accommodate most corporate aircraft.

Emporia State University is one of the finest medium-sized uni- versities in the Midwest. More than 6,000 students are enrolled in outstanding programs in education, business, arts and sciences, library science and information management.

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MEMORIAL UNION RENOVATION Fundraising is currently underway to launch an $18.5 million renovation of ESU’s Memorial Union. Construction of project’s first phase is scheduled to begin next spring, and the total project is slated to be complete by fall, 2012. The Memorial Union was constructed in 1925 in memory of the students who fought and died in World War I. Additions were constructed in 1958, 1963 and 1972.

Students approved, 739-181, a fee increase to help pay for the project.

A Lawrence architectural firm, Treanor Architects P.A., designed the renovation plan following a series of meetings with ESU students, staff and Emporia residents.

Included in the renovation: Creation of new student lounge space and performance area Renovation of the current student cafete- ria An addition on the east side of the building featuring a new entrance, information center and Admissions office Redesigned entrances to the building’s west, south and east sides Redesigned meeting spaces and traffic patterns inside the building Environmentally-friendly improvements to the building’s heating, ventilation and cooling systems

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The process to get the renovation going has been a long one with the first meeting about the project occurring in 1999. Still, the effort didn’t start in earnest until the fall of 2007

The Memorial Union has a long and storied history on the ESU campus. Originally opened in 1925, the union was built as a tribute to the students who fought and died in World War I. Since then, the union has had four additions.

The current renovation plans aim to make the union into a “living room space” for ESU students, ESU President Michael Lane said.

“I think it’s really critical to our current and future students,” Lane said. “It really is supposed to serve as a functional meeting place, a social place, a gathering place, an eating place for our students as well as our faculty and staff.”

The renovation also looks to make the union a greener building.

“We want to upgrade the windows and lighting to make them environmentally friendly,” Lane said, “as well as more efficient heating and cooling that will be environmentally friendly. The finishes will be done with environmentally friendly materials as well. We want to make the building as green as we can as well as comfortable for our students, faculty and staff.”

In addition, the university is looking to move its admissions office to the union.

“(The union) will become the university’s front door,” Lane said, “and it needs to be attractive to current and prospective students.”

The project has been broken into two phases, with construction on Phase One scheduled to start in spring of 2010. The renovation should be finished by the start of the fall 2012 semester.

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•In the 2008-09 academic year, 53 percent of ESU’s student- De g r e e s Off e r e d a t ESU athletes achieved a grade-point average of 3.0 or better.

•Free health care, pharmacy, and legal services are available as School of Business part of your student fee package. • Accounting • Business Administration • Business Education • Computer Info. Systems •In recent years, off-campus locations for courses at ESU have • Economics • Finance included the jungles of Peru, the caves and coral reefs of the • International Business • Management Bahamas, and the castles of Spain. • Marketing • Office Systems •Nearly 500 students from almost 50 countries across the Management globe make up ESU’s diverse international College of Liberal Arts and Sciences student population. • Art • Biology • Chemistry • Communication • Computer Science • Dramatic Art •Emporia State • Earth Science • Engineering University and Kansas • English State University, both •Every room in the ESU • Foreign Languages (French and Spanish) Residence Halls is wired for founded in 1863, were the first two universi- • History • Mathematics Internet access and if you don’t • Music • Nursing have a computer there are over ties in the state. • Physical Science • Physics 200 computers available in vari- ous labs across campus. • Political Science • Social Science •ESU was one of the • Sociology • Speech Communication •ESU helped establish the nation’s first campuses National Teachers Hall of Fame, to be accessible to the The Teachers College located in Emporia, in 1989. physically challenged. Elementary Education •Modern and beautifully remod- eled residence halls, along with fraternity • Art • Bicultural Sciences and sorority houses, and married student • Early Childhood Ed. • Early Childhood Special Ed. apartments, provide excellent and com- • Health Education • Language Arts fortable living units to ESU students. • Mathematics • Natural Sciences • Psychology • Social Sciences •ESU hosted the 1995, 1999 and 2006 • Special Education NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 1996 NCAA Women’s Secondary Education Softball Championships, and 1998 • Art NCAA II Cross Country Championships as well as numerous NCAA regional • Secondary Education tournaments. • Combined Elementary & Secondary • Biology •Emporia State University, nationally • General Science known for its teacher preparation pro- • Business Education gram, was named one of four ‘model’ • Office Education • Distributive Education teacher preparation programs in the • English nation in a report “Educating School • Foreign Language Teachers” written by Arthur Levine, presi- • French • Spanish dent emeritus of Columbia University Teachers College. • Combined Elementary • Health Education • Mathematics •ESU is the first and only university in the world to • Physical Education offer a four-year degree in Engraving Arts. • Coaching • Athletic Training • Combined Elementary & Secondary •Emporia State University was named one of the • Recreation “Best in the Midwest” by the Princeton Review. • Physical Science One thing that puts this ranking above the rest is • General Science • Chemistry that it is based on student opinion data and sur- veys filled out by current ESU students. • Physics • Earth Science • Psychology •Over 93% of graduates from the ESU Teachers • Special Education • Social Science College remain in the profession after five years. • Speech Comm. • Rehab. Services Education Nationally, 30 to 50% leave the profession before completing three years in the classroom. Pre-Professional Programs Areas in the Pre-Professional programs with local •Emporia State University’s School of Business is proud to hold the distinction of being accredited accreditations: by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools Agriculture, Chiropractic, Dental, Engineering, of Business (AACSB). Less than ¼ of all business Journalism, Law, Medical, Medical Technology, Nursing, programs in the US hold this distinction. This Optometry, Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy, Physical accreditation is the “gold standard” that identifies Therapy, Social Work, Veterinary Medicine. programs of the highest quality.

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John Baxter Steven Blocker Wesley Book Kristi Bredbenner John Cayton Jennifer Collins Men’s Athletic Trainer Track Assistant MBB Assistant Softball Coach Tennis Coach Asst. to the A.D. (620) 341-5021 (620) 341-6174 (620) 341-5642 (620) 341-6164 (620) 341-6129 (620) 341-5349

Jory Collins Sean Clowers Bob Fornelli Ken Gordon Rick Ginter Dave Harris WBB Assistant Football Assistant Baseball Coach Football Assistant Track Assistant Track & Field/XC Coach (620) 341-6087 (620) 344-0220 (620) 341-5930 (620) 341-5593 (620) 341-6174 (620) 341-5938

Becky Henry Garin Higgins Leslie Kinney Greg Larson Lauren Loucks Gary Manuel Compliance Assistant Football Coach Athletic Trainer Athletic Tickets Softball Assistant Football Assistant (620) 341-6185 (620) 341-5504 (620) 341-5955 (620) 341-6378 (620) 341-5928 (620) 341-6084

David Moe John Rich Bryce Saia Jason Santangelo Brandon Schneider Jim Schneiderhahn Men’s Basketball Coach Faculty Athletic Rep. Football Assistant Baseball Assistant WBB Head Coach Soccer Coach (620) 341-5928 (620) 341-5225 (620) 341-6083 (620) 341-5930 (620) 341-5932 (620) 341-5036

Matt Walter Jiangping Wang Bing Xu Football Assistant Volleyball Assistant Volleyball Coach (620) 341-5941 (620) 341-5931 (620) 341-6085

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President Dr. Lane was active for many years in the American Dr. Michael R. Lane Accounting Association, serving on the board of the Midwest region. He served Beta Alpha Psi, the national Dr. Michael R. Lane accounting honors and professional fraternity for several became the 15th president of years as faculty vice president at Northeastern University Emporia State University on and Bradley University where he was selected as one of November 1, 2006. Under five “Outstanding Faculty Vice President” by the national his watch the Hornet Athletics organization. Dr. Lane also served on the national program has seen thirteen of Council of Beta Alpha Psi. the fifteen athletic programs compete in NCAA postseason As a business dean, Dr. Lane was active in regional competition while maintaining activities of Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of a 3.00 cumulative GPA. ESU Business (AACSB). Dr. Lane has published or presented has maintained a top 40 standing in the Learfield Sports more than two dozen papers and has written ethics Director’s Cup standings under his watch and was the cases for a principles of Accounting text book. top MIAA school, finishing #11 in the nation in the 2007- President Lane is a member of Congressman Jerry 08 Director’s Cup Standings. Moran’s Executive Committee. He also serves on the The success is not only in the playing arena as ESU Advisory Committee for Science, Technology and the had an MIAA high two ESPN The Magazine Academic Future, chaired by Senator Pat Roberts. He recently All-Americans in 2007-08 and ranks tenth in the nation in completed a term as a member of the Math and Science producing Academic All-Americans in the 21st century. Education Advisory Committee to the Kansas Legislature. He is currently a member of the Kansas Park Trust, and The NCAA and National Association of Collegiate the Steering Committee for the Visitor’s Center at the Marketing Administrators recognized Emporia State as Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. He also serves the MIAA’s recipient of the 2008 Community Engagement on the Board of Directors for the Kansas Business Hall Award of Excellence. of Fame, the Regional Development Association of “Athletics is a key part of the educational experience East Central Kansas and the National Teachers Hall of at Emporia State,” says Lane. “We try to foster a posi- Fame. He is a member of the Kansas Cavalry, Emporia tive environment of sportsmanship and integrity for our Area Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of student-athletes.” Emporia. Dr. Lane earned a Ph.D. in Accounting from Texas A&M President Lane’s wife, Dr. Peggy Lane, is an University, a master’s degree from Northeastern University Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting and a bachelor’s degree from Lowell Technological and Information Systems in the ESU School of Business. Institute (now the University of Massachusetts at Their household includes a beagle (Lucy) and a cat Lowell). (Brandy). A native of Melrose, Massachusetts, Dr. Lane’s career in higher education began in Boston as an assis- tant professor of accounting at Northeastern University. As a professor at Bradley University he served as Chair of the Department of Accounting, Associate Dean of the College of Business and Director of the MBA Program. In 1994 he was named dean of the School of Business at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. He later advanced to dean of the Campbell of School of Business at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. At Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, Lane served over four years as provost and vice president for academic affairs. Prior to coming to Emporia State University, he was vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith.

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Athletic Director Major capital improvements, such as the Hanna Kent Weiser Baseball/Softball Clubhouse, Jones Field SuperTurf, Under the leadership of the artificial turf infield at Glennen Field, new score- Director of Athletics Kent boards at the Trusler Sports Complex and White Weiser, Emporia State has Auditorium and the resurfacing of Witten Track have consistently competed at been completed under his watch with 100% of the the national level in NCAA nearly $2 million coming from donors. These improve- Division II on the field, in ments have helped maintain those facilities as some the class room and in the of the best in the nation at the Division II level. His stands. ESU has ranked in leadership of ESU’s fund raising efforts led to the the top 50 of nearly 300 D-II largest single gift for athletics scholarships in school schools in each of the last five years, highlighted by an history, a $1.25 million contribution in 2004. MIAA best 11th place finish in the 2007-08 US Sports He helped establish the first department-wide shoe Academy Director’s Cup Standings and a 12th place and apparel contracts in NCAA Division II, when ESU finish in 2005-06. In the classroom, Emporia State partnered with adidas in 2000. ESU is still just one is ranked tenth in the nation in producing Academic of just two NCAA Division II athletic programs in the All-Americans in the 21st century. The athletic and nation to be a Direct Sales Partner with adidas. The academic success has combined to place every ESU agreement stretches buying power of all 15 Hornet program in the top 25 in national attendance at some programs and is similar to programs designed for point during Weiser’s nine year tenure. NCAA Division I institutions. The Hornets have won 22 MIAA regular season While other institutions were faced with reducing team championships and have finished in the top 20 sports, Weiser spearheaded the effort to add women’s of Division II in eleven different sports under Weiser’s soccer as a varsity sport, increasing participation leadership. opportunities for women at the University for the first The Hornets had six top 20 finishes in 2008-09 as time since 1980. His efforts helped ESU receive a ten of 15 programs made the NCAA post-season. grant from the NCAA in support of expanding adminis- ESU had top ten finishes in volleyball and a runner-up trative opportunities for women and minorities. Weiser finish at the NCAA Championship Tournament by the has been a guest panelist at numerous NCAA and Hornet baseball team highlighting the year. ESU also NACDA meetings, including for the Division II Strategic picked up top 20 finishes by the men’s indoor track & Alliance Matching Grant Enhancement Program and field, softball, women’s basketball, and men’s outdoor the NCAA Leadership Institute for Minority Males. track & field teams. ESU has played for a national Weiser, a native of Great Bend, Kan., received a championship in softball or baseball in three of the last Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science in Education four years. from the University of Kansas. He began his career In the classroom ESU ranks tenth in the nation in athletics at KU, where he worked from 1981-88. among Division II schools with 16 Academic All- During that time, he held administrative positions as Americans in the 21st century. ESU regularly places ticket manager and marketing director He also served over 50 percent of its student-athletes on the A.D.’s as the Kansas women’s golf coach from 1984-88. Honor Roll and has had an NCAA Top VIII Award He was the associate director of development for winner under Weiser. Nine coaches hired by Weiser Ottawa University from 1990-93. He joined Emporia have been named MIAA Coach of the Year in their State in 1999, after serving as associate athletic direc- respective sports. Ten of ESU’s 15 varsity programs tor at Oregon State University for six years. earned Top 25 recognition at some point during the Weiser is married to the former Amy Pangrac, and 2007-08 school year. During the 2003-04 school year the couple has two daughters, Katie and Abby. Emporia State was the first NCAA Division II institution to advance to the postseason in football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball with 11 of ESU’s 15 programs competing in the NCAA postsea- son. www.emporia.edu/athletics 57 Em p o r ia St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU Ad mi n i s t r a t i o n

Associate Athletic and a state of the art baseball hitting facility. These Director for External improvements have helped maintain those facilities as Operations some of the best in the nation at the Division II level. Shane Shivley Shivley has also led efforts to increasing the annual ath- Shane Shivley is in his sev- letic giving each year of his tenure. In 2008-09 Athletic enth year with the Emporia giving topped $1.12 million according to figures from the State Athletic Department. ESU Foundation. Promoted to Associate Athletic Director in August A native of Parsons, Kansas, Shivley earned a bache- of 2006, Shivley directs and lor’s degree in business from Emporia State in 2000 and manages all income generat- his Master’s in Sport Administration from Wichita State ing activities for the athletic in 2002. department. This includes supervision of the marketing, ticketing, and facilities offices. He is married to the former Mary Decker. The couple are the proud parents of a daughter, Alexa and a son, Under his supervision the Hornets have spearheaded Maddox. campaigns to construct the Hanna Baseball/Softball Clubhouse, SuperTurf for Jones Field at Welch Stadium, the resurfacing of the Witten Track, a remodel of the Basketball Practice Facility, Glennen Field Baseball Turf,

Asssociate Athletic a facilitator at the NCAA Leadership Conference, the Director for Internal Division II Regional Leadership Conference and NCAA Operations/SWA CHAMPS/Life Skills Orientation Conference. Carmen Leeds She was formerly the head women’s basketball coach Carmen Leeds is in her ninth and SWA at South Carolina-Upstate. She coordinated year as Associate Director the Athletes Can Educate (ACE) program and imple- of Athletics for Internal mented the school’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Operations and Senior (SAAC). As basketball coach, she had a 100 percent Woman Administrator (SWA). graduate rate among four-year players. She oversees areas of NCAA compliance, CHAMPS/Life She received her bachelor’s degree from Appalachian Skills, student-athlete services and athletic training. (N.C.) State and her master’s from Clemson University.

Carmen oversees the student-athlete advisory commit- She is married to Greg Leeds, a 1984 ESU graduate, tee (SAAC) and community service. Under her super- and the couple has three sons, Brian, Matt and Parker. vision, each year ESU student-athletes perform over 2000 hours of community service. The student-athlete advisory committee has sponsored the annual Senior Citizen’s Prom for the local community, winning the inau- gural Community Engagement Award of Excellence for the MIAA. SAAC has raised over $1,100 the past two years for the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

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Assistant Athletic A 1998 graduate of ESU, Weast was a sports super- Director for Media visor at the Emporia Recreation Commission prior to Relations returning to ESU as a student in the sports informa- Don Weast tion office in 1997. Don Weast has been in After a year of graduate work at Central Missouri, charge of media relations at he returned to ESU in 1999 as the director of sports Emporia State for ten years promotions. He began his association with the and is in his 11th year as Hornets as a student athletic trainer in 1986. Weast a full-time member of the spent part of the 1989-90 season with the now ESU Athletic Department. defunct Topeka Sizzlers of the CBA as an athletic Promoted to the title of trainer. assistant athletic director for media relations in He earned his BFA from Emporia State in 1998 2003, Weast oversees media relations, publications and is married to the former Terri Kaiser, a 1998 and Web site management for the 15 sport intercol- MLS graduate of ESU. The couple have a daughter, legiate athletic program at ESU. Emelie Rae. His office has won three Best in Nation awards from CoSIDA for publication excellence. Hornet student-athletes have been voted to All-American honors 19 times and Academic All-American honors 16 times, including two national players of the year and two Academic All-Americans of the Year.

Director of Athletic City, Kan. He has also been read as a freelance Publications journalist and columnist for several area newspa- Josh Slaughter pers. Josh Slaughter begins He is a 2006 graduate of Sterling College where his third full year as Assistant he was involved in both print and broadcast journal- Director of Athletic Media ism. While in college he was both a KACP and KCB Relations and Director of award winner. He was the very first radio voice of Athletic Publications at the Sterling College Warriors when Sterling College Emporia State after com- Radio went on air in 2005. He also hosted a nation- ing in February of 2007. al NAIA Athletics Radio Show called “Evening the His responsibilities include SCOR” from 2005 to 2006. designing media guides, preparing game notes and He was a 2003 graduate of Chaparral High other game day responsibilities. During his time as School in Anthony, Kan., where he was a two-year baseball contact five players have been named All- letterwinner in baseball and golf. Americans and Keith Hernandez was named the 2008 NCAA Division II Player of the Year. He is a member of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Regional Committee. Prior to coming to Emporia Josh was a Kansas Press Association award winning photojournalist with the Osage County Herald-Chronicle in Osage

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Director of Marketing Tim Callahan Tim Callahan is in his second year as the Director of Athletic Marketing for Emporia State University. He set records for athletic marketing income in his first year at ESU. Prior to coming to Emporia, Tim spent time at the University of Nebraska Kearney as well as at the University of North Texas. Both of these positions were actively involved with running the day-to-day marketing and promotions operations. His primary duties at Emporia State revolve around overseeing the sponsorships and advertising revenue as well as the direction of athletic marketing and promotional efforts. He also oversees much of the department’s print production, enhancement of student and fan participation, enhancement of game-day atmosphere and assisting with all phases of event management and operations. Callahan graduated from the University of Nebraska Kearney with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science in 2003 and went on to receive a Master’s Degree in Sports Administration in 2005. He is a native of Greeley, Neb.

Director of Operations & Event Management Cody Moors

Cody Moors is in his second year as Director of Athletics Operations/Events and Facilities. He oversees game management of home events, scheduling and maintenance of the athletic buses, and oversees the athletic facilities of ESU Athletics.

Moors served as the ESU Athletic Administrator for the 2009 Division II Leadership Academy assisting student-athletes in developing leadership action plans to take back to their universities. Along with his national leadership training, he has implemented the Hangin’ with a Hornet mentoring program for Emporia Middle School to help develop social, academic, and leadership skills for 7th and 8th graders, as well as ESU Student Athletes.

Prior to coming to ESU, Moors served eight years as an At-Risk Aid/Event Supervisor for Eisenhower Middle School in Manhattan, Kan. He served as the Head Wrestling Coach for two years and an assistant coach for six years. He was actively involved in the supervision and athletic event game management for EMS. Moors is a 2008 graduate of Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology.

He is married to the former Jessi Decker, a 2003 graduate of Emporia State, and the couple has one daughter Madison. Athletic Business Manager Davonne Hinz

Davonne Hinz is in her eleventh year as the athletic business manager at Emporia State. The Melvern, Kansas native has been at Emporia State since 1985 and has worked in the Hornet Athletic Department since 1995.

She is responsible for the day to day business operations of the 15 sport athletic pro- gram at ESU and maintains the budget for the Hornet athletic department.

She has a daughter, Kelsi.

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At h l e t i c Di r e c t o r - Ke n t We i s e r , (620) 341-5350 | MEN’S BASKETBALL Em a i l : [email protected] He a d Co a c h - Da v i d Mo e , (620) 341-6226 | As s o c . AD In t e r n a l /SWA - Ca r m e n Le e d s , (620) 341-5825 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] As s t . Co a c h - We s l e y Bo o k , (620) 341-5642 | As s o c . AD/De v e l o p m e n t - Sh a n e Sh i v l e y , (620) 341-6988 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] As s t . AD/Me d ia Re l a t i o n s - Do n We a s t , (620) 341-5526 | WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Em a i l : [email protected] He a d Co a c h - Br a n d o n Sc h n e i d e r , (620) 341-5932 | Di r e c t o r o f Ma r k e t i n g - Tim Ca l l a h a n , (620) 341-5026 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] As s t . Co a c h - Jo r y Co l l i n s , (620) 341-6087 | Di r . o f Op e r a t i o n s /Ev e n t s - Co d y Mo o r s , (620) 341-5954 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] As s t . MRD/Di r e c t o r o f Pub l i c a t i o n s - Jo s h Sl a u g h t e r , (620) BASEBALL 341-6038 | Em a i l : [email protected] He a d Co a c h - Bo b Fo r n e l l i , (620) 341-5930 | ESU Ti c k e t Ma n a g e r - Gr e g La r s o n , (620) 341-6378 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] As s t . Co a c h - Ja s o n Sa n t a n g e l o , (620) 341-5930 | At h l e t i c Bu s i n e s s Mg r . - Da v o n n e Hi n z , (620) 341-5925 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] At h l e t i c Offi c e Ma n a g e r - Je n n i f e r Co l l i n s , (620) 341-5350 | SOFTBALL Em a i l : [email protected] He a d Co a c h - Kr i s t i Br e d b e n n e r , (620) 341-6164 | Co m p l ia n c e As s i s t a n t - Be ck y He n r y , (620) 341-6185 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] As s t . Co a c h - La u r e n Lo u ck s , (620) 341-5928 | Em a i l : [email protected] Co a c h i n g St aff TENNIS FOOTBALL He a d Co a c h - Jo h n Ca y t o n , (620) 341-6129 | He a d Co a c h - Ga r i n Hi g g i n s , (620) 341-5504 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] As s o c . He a d Co a c h /Se c o n d a r y - Br y c e Sa i a , (620) 341-6083 | TRACK & FIELD Em a i l : [email protected] He a d Co a c h - Da v i d Ha r r i s , (620) 341-5938 | De f . Co o r ./LB - Ke n Go r d o n , (620) 341-5593 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] As s t . Co a c h - Ri ck Gi n t e r , (620) 341-6174 | Co-Off Co o r ./RB - Ga r y Ma n u e l , (620) 341-6084 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] As s t . Co a c h - St e v e n Bl o ck e r , (620) 341-6174 | Co-Off Co o r ./OL/Re c . Co o r ./ - Se a n Cl o w e r s (620) 344-0220 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] Wi d e Re c e i v e r s /St r e n g t h - Ma t t Wa l t e r , (620) 341-5941 | Su p p o r t St aff Em a i l : [email protected] Fa c u l t y At h l e t i c Re p . - Jo h n Ri c h , (620) 341-5225 | VOLLEYBALL Em a i l : [email protected] He a d Co a c h - Bi n g Xu, (620) 341-6085 | Em a i l : [email protected] At h l e t i c Tr ai n i n g As s t . Co a c h - Ji a n g p i n g Wa n g , (620) 341-5931 | Em a i l : [email protected] ATC He a d At h l e t i c Tr ai n e r - Jo h n Ba x t e r , (620) 341-5021 | Em a i l : [email protected] SOCCER ATC Wo m e n ’s Tr ai n e r - Le s l i e Ke n n e y , (620) 341-5955 | He a d Co a c h - Jim Sc hneiderhahn , (620) 341-5036 | Em a i l : [email protected] Em a i l : [email protected] Te am Ph y s i c ia n - Dr. Ma r s h a l l Ha v e n h i l l , (620) 341-5955 | Em a i l : [email protected] CROSS COUNTRY He a d Co a c h - Da v i d Ha r r i s , (620) 341-5938 | Em a i l : [email protected]

61 www.emporia.edu/athletics Em p o r ia St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU Ha l l o f Ho n o r 1995 2009 Class of Inductees Tammy Hoffman . . . .SB, BB 2004 Ken Hush ...... TN 1978 Baseball Team . . . NAIA Phil Delavan • Track and Field/Cross Country Bob Janesko ...... FB ...... National Champions Wilson Kilmer ...... BSB Kendra Dawson ...... VB Dick Nolan ...... FB Denise (Dawson) Landwher . BB Deandra Doubrava • Track and Field James McCallop . . . . . BB 1996 Earl Sauder . . . . . Booster Aneta Kausite • Women’s Basketball Debbie Carrier . . . . .SB, BB Bill Freeman ...... FB 2005 Dorothy Kempf . . . . SW, TF 1980 Softball Team . . . AIAW Jurgita Kausaite • Women’s Basketball Myron Rodee ...... FB ...... National Champions Les Stafford ...... TN Dennis Delmott . . . . TF/XC Bill Dickey . . . .BSB, BB, TF Brian Shay • Football 1997 Mark Stanbrough . . . . TF/XC Ben Bounous ...... BSB Tim Weiser ...... BSB Carolyn Davis ...... BB Abe Welcher ...... FB 1983 NAIA National Championship Softball Team Doug Glaysher ...... BB 2006 Dennis Nee ...... TF/XC Alvester Bobby ...... FB David Tryon ...... FB Tom Fincken ...... TF 1982 1988 Kim Kline ...... SB/BB 1998 Dale Burnett . . . .FB, BB, TF Lee Haring ...... TF Wade LeDuc ...... FB Dale Cushinberry . . . . . BB Richard Mawdsley . . . . .FB Gordon “Babe” Hoyt . . . .FB Mark Majors ...... TF Gus Fish ...... FB, BB Bill Monneypenny . . . . .FB William Fraley ...... TF 1958 Men’s XC . . . . . NAIA Bill Hargiss . .FB, BSB, BB, TF Dennis Shogren . . . BSB, BB Kelly McCammon . . . . . TF ...... National Champions Bill Litchfield . . . . . FB, BB Brenda Stolle ...... SB Phil McKinzie ...... BSB 1959 Men’s XC . . . . . NAIA Archie San Romani . . . . TF Brian Robinson ...... BB ...... National Champions Bill Tidwell ...... TF, XC 1989 Greg Zickefoose . . . . . FB Fran Welch . . . FB, BSB, BB Dave Bingham ...... BSB 2007 1999 Steve Henry ...... FB, TF Dianna Beebe . . . . .VB/SB 1983 Pamela Bulson-O'Connor . .BB Ron Boline ...... BB Noel Certain ...... TF Glen Campbell . . . . .FB, BB Ireland Sloan . . . . . TF, XC Bruce Cerone ...... FB Jim Hayes ...... BB John Kuck ...... TF Paul Whitely . . . . . TF, XC Roger Jennings . . . . XC, TF Joe Rich ...... FB Gene Johnson ...... BB Kevin Mendon ...... BSB Hank Thompson . . . . . TF John Lohmeyer ...... FB 1990 George Milton . . . TN Coach 1989 Football Team . . . NAIA Elvin McCoy ...... FB Kathy Devine ...... TF Bill Quayle . . .Athletic Director ...... National Runners-Up Elijah Williams ...... TF A.O. Duer . . NAIA Exec. Sec. Wayne Goldsmith . . . FB, TF 2000 2008 1984 Charles Sanger . . .FB, BB, TF Rich Alday ...... BSB Arthur Peals ...... TF Buck Astle . . . .FB, BB, BSB Val Schierling ...... TF Clifford Hodrick ...... FB Carl Prophet ...... FAR James Fraley ...... FB Larry Kramer . . . . FB Coach 1991 Ryan Sprecker ...... MBB Shorty Hoch ...... FB Susan (Stein) Melgraes . .XC, TF Lesha Wood . . . . . TF, XC Jason Stuke ...... TF Dutch Holtfrerich . FB, BSB, TF Craig Stromgren . . . . . BB Cora Zaletel ...... GYM Mike Denimarck ...... FB Betty Walters . . SB/VB Coach Herb Dixon ...... FB 1964-64 Men’s SC and TF NCAA 1985 William Goldsmith . . . . .FB ...... XC National Champions Jerome Carroll . . . . BSB, TF 2001 Russ Jenkins ...... FB ...... NAIA Keith Caywood . . .FB, BB, TF Sandy (Schrant) Barnwell . .BB Roy Lane ...... FB .Outdoor Track National Champs Chesley Culp ...... FB Howard Bonser ...... BB Francis Swaim ...... TF ...... XC National Runners-Up Al Feuerbach ...... TF Mike Carlson ...... BSB Bernard Taylor . . . . .FB, TF Wendell Goldsmith . . .FB, TF Kelly Goodburn ...... FB 2008 Matt Koehler ...... FB Menzo Hainline . . . . FB, TF 1992 Phil Delavan . . . . . TF/XC Doug Minnis ...... FB Eddie Hamada ...... FB Sam Butterfield ...... TF Deandra Doubrava . . . . TF Harry Kline ...... TF, FB Bob Clements ...... 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ESU Athletic Media Relations again provide ESU fans with the best source for keep-Ne w s p a p e r s HPER 113 • 1200 Commercial • Box 4020 ing up with the Hornets. Salina native Greg Rahe is in Emporia Gazette* - C.J. Moore, Sports Editor Emporia KS 66801 his 19th year of serving as the Voice of the Hornets. Drawer C Rahe has been honored by the Kansas Association of Emporia,KS 66801 Emporia State University media guides assist you in Broadcasters and taken first place for “sports play-by-(620) 342-4805 (O) - (620) 342-8108 (Fax) your coverage of the Hornets and the Mid-America play” in a Kansas medium market. ESU Bulletin* - Sports Editor Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Additional infor- In addition to game coverage, Rahe will host a weekly 12th and Commercial, mation may be requested by calling Don Weast at show “Hornet Talk” on Mondays at noon. Saturday Box 4068 (620) 341-5526 or via e-mail at dweast@emporia. Morning Sports Talk, a popular area show, can be heard Emporia, KS 66801 (620) 341-5201 (O) - (620) 341-5865 (FAX) edu. His office is housed in the HPER Building, Room every Saturday morning from 8-9 a.m. Rahe is joined by 113. Tim Miller and Steve Sauder. Topeka Capital Journal - Ken Corbitt 6th and Jefferson Credentials Hornet Webcasts Topeka, KS 66601 (800) 777-7171 (O) - (785) 295-1230 (Fax) Credentials for all Hornet events may be obtained All Hornet athletic events broadcasted by KFFX-FM, by calling Weast by noon one-day prior to a home 104.9 will also be available online. Follow the “Hornet Kansas City Star - Blair Kerkhoff, Sports game. Your name will be placed on the media pass list Broadcasts” link at www.emporia.edu/athletics to 1729 Grand Avenue located at the entrance to facility. Should you need a hear the live action all around the world. Kansas City, MO 64108 credential for a road contest, you are advised to make (816) 234-4355 (O) - (816) 234-4360 (FAX) your request at least one week prior to the road trip so we can place you on our media list. Visit Our Web Site Wichita Eagle - Tony Adame, Sports All of the following is available on the internet at www.825 E. Douglas Wichita, KS 67201 Parking emporia.edu/athletics (800) 825-6397 (O) -(316) 268-6536 (Fax) Parking around ESU Athletic venues is not reserved for • Rosters members of the media. Please arrive in plenty of time to • Schedule Salina Journal - Bob Davidson, Sports (785) 822-1444 (O) -(785) 827-6060 (Fax) ensure a parking spot close to the facility. • Statistics • Game Notes Hutchinson News - Gene Schinzel, Sports Game Services • Latest Boxscores (800) 766-5742 (O) -(316) 662-4186 (Fax) A media packet including a game program, press Ra d i o release, statistics, etc., is available to media before the game. Complete statistics will be available follow- KVOE-AM,FM/KFFX-FM* - Greg Rahe, Sports Dir. ing the game. P.O. Box 968 Emporia, KS 66801 (620) 342-1400 (O) - (620) 342-0804 (Fax) ESU Post-event Interviews ESU head coaches and selected players will be avail- KRWV-FM - Sports able in a designated interview area following a brief (620) 343-9393 (O) - (620) 342-7617 (Fax) cooling-off period. Please give a list of requested play- KSNP-FM - Sports ers to ESU athletic media relations personnel. (620) 364-8807 (O) - (620) 364-2047

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Day Date Opponent Location Time Feb. 13 at Drury (DH) Springfield, Mo. 1 p.m. Feb. 14 at Drury (1-9) Springfield, Mo. 12 noon Feb. 16 at Central Oklahoma (1-9) Edmond, Okla. 2:30 p.m. Feb. 19 Colorado School of Mines (1-9) EMPORIA 3 p.m. Feb. 20 Colorado School of Mines (DH) EMPORIA 1 p.m. Feb. 21 Colorado School of Mines (1-9) EMPORIA 12 noon Feb. 26 Truman (1-9) EMPORIA 2 p.m. Feb. 27 Truman (DH) EMPORIA 1 p.m. Feb. 28 Truman (1-9) EMPORIA 12 noon March 5 at Fort Hays State (1-9) Hays, Kan. 4 p.m. March 6 at Fort Hays State (DH) Hays, Kan. 1 p.m. March 7 at Fort Hays State (1-9) Hays, Kan. 12 noon March 9 Bemidji State (1-9) EMPORIA 3 p.m. March 10 Bemidji State (1-9) EMPORIA 3 p.m. March 12 Central Missouri (1-9) EMPORIA 5 p.m. March 13 Central Missouri (DH) EMPORIA 1 p.m. March 14 Central Missouri (1-9) EMPORIA 12 noon March 16 Wayne State (1-9) EMPORIA 3 p.m. March 17 Central Oklahoma (1-9) EMPORIA 2:30 p.m. March 19 at Southwest Baptist (7/9) Bolivar, Mo. 1 p.m. March 20 at Southwest Baptist (7/9) Bolivar, Mo. 12 noon March 23 Bethany (1-9) EMPORIA 6 p.m. March 26 at Nebraska-Omaha (1-9) Omaha, Neb. 4 p.m. March 27 at Nebraska-Omaha (DH) Omaha, Neb. 1 p.m. March 28 at Nebraska-Omaha (1-9) Omaha, Neb. 12 noon March 29 at Wayne State (1-9) Wayne, Neb. 1 p.m. April 2 at Northwest Missouri (7/9) Maryville, Mo. 1 p.m. April 3 at Northwest Missouri (7/9) Maryville, Mo. 12 noon April 6 Rockhurst (1-9) EMPORIA 6 p.m. April 9 Pittsburg State (1-9) EMPORIA 6 p.m. April 10 Pittsburg State (DH) EMPORIA 1 p.m. April 11 Pittsburg State (1-9) EMPORIA 12 noon April 16 Missouri Southern (1-9) EMPORIA 6 p.m. April 17 Missouri Southern (DH) EMPORIA 1 p.m. April 18 Missouri Southern (1-9) EMPORIA 12 noon April 20 at Rockhurst (1-9) Kansas City, Mo. 6 p.m. April 23 Washburn (7/9) Topeka, Kan. 4 p.m. April 24 Washburn (7/9) EMPORIA 4 p.m. April 30 at Missouri Western (1-9) St. Joseph, Mo. 6 p.m. May 1 at Missouri Western (DH) St. Joseph, Mo. 1 p.m. May 2 at Missouri Western (1-9) St. Joseph, Mo. 12 noon May 6-9 MIAA Tournament Kansas City, Mo. TBA May 13-16 NCAA South Central Regional TBA TBA May 22-29 NCAA Divison II National Championships TBA TBA

All DH's 7/7 unless noted *MIAA Game Home Games in Bold and played at Trusler Sports Complex