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THE 2007 SEASON he Sun Devils made their 20th trip to the College IB Brett Wallace Padres. Matt Spencer was taken by the Philadelphia TWorld Series in Omaha, Nebraska in 2007, fi nishing Phillies in the third round, Andrew Romine went to the season with a 49-15 record…ASU swept the the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the fi fth round, Tempe Regional and the Tempe Super Regional to Tim Smith was a 7th round pick of the Texas Rangers, secure their trip to Omaha, the fi rst time in school Brian Flores was selected in the 13th round by the history that Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Scott Mueller was taken by the Ballpark has hosted a Super Regional…Arizona State Baltimore Orioles in the 21st round, Josh Satow was won the 2007 Pac-10 championship with a record of a 28th round pick of the Seattle Mariners and Mike 19-5, tying for the most conference wins in history… Jones was picked in the 42nd round by the Chicago It was the seventh overall Pac-10 title and fi rst since White Sox…Joe Persichina and CJ Retherford each they shared it with UCLA and Stanford in 2000. It signed with the Chicago White Sox as free agents… was the fi rst outright title since 1993…ASU fi nished Brett Wallace and Petey Paramore were both named the season 35-3 at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at to the USA Baseball National Team…Wallace was a Brock Ballpark, including 5-0 in postseason play… Semi-Finalist for the Golden Spikes Award, the Howser ASU fi nished the year ranked #5 in the nation Trophy and the Wallace Award…Five Devils earned and was ranked every week of 2007, never lower weekly awards from the Pac-10 during the course than 20th…2007 marked the 45th straight season of the season. Matt Spencer, Brett Wallace and Kiel ASU topped the 30-win mark and the 28th time in Roling (twice) all earned Player of the Week awards, school history they surpassed 40 wins…Pat Murphy while Josh Satow and Brian Flores (twice) were named was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the Pitcher of the Week…Spencer was named a National second time in his career…Murphy achieved several Petey Paramore), while four others earned Honorable Player of the Week three times, Kiel Roling was named milestones during the year, picking up his 800th career Mentions (Brian Flores, Tim Smith, Andrew Romine a National Player of the Week twice and Satow, and Matt Spencer)…Three Sun Devils were named to Division I victory, his 500th ASU victory and his 900th Paramore, Flores and Wallace each earned national the Academic All-Pac-10 team. Petey Paramore and overall win…Murphy also passed Bobby Winkles for honors once. second most wins in Arizona State baseball history… Ryan Sontag were both First Team selections, while Joe Persichina was an honorable mention, the third straight As always, Arizona State played one of the toughest WALLY’S WORLD year he earned an Academic honor from the Pac-10… schedules in the nation, facing eight teams that Brett Wallace turned in one of the most dominant sea- Brett Wallace and Eric Sogard both earned membership advanced to the NCAA Tournament, including Oregon sons ever by a Sun Devil, earning consensus First Team into exclusive clubs, as both joined the .400 club and State, who won their second consecutive National All-American honors in the process. The slugging fi rst Championship…The Devils played the eighth toughest the 100-hit club. Wallace fi nished the year at .404 with baseman led the Pac-10 in batting average (.404), runs schedule in the nation, according to BoydsWorld. 107 hits, while Sogard ended at .400 with 100 hits… batted in (78) and home runs (16) to win the Pac-10 com…Of the 64 games ASU played, 41 were against The Sun Devils fi nished 2-1 in the prestigious Houston Triple Crown. teams that were ranked at some point during the College Classic at Minute Maid Park, with their only 2007 season…Arizona State advanced to their eighth loss coming in extra innings to Vanderbilt, who spent ARMS RACE straight NCAA Tournament and 31st overall…Mike most of the year at #1…Matt Spencer was named The Sun Devils boasted one of the nation’s top pitching Leake was named the Most Outstanding Player of the the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, one of rotations, as the three regular starters (Josh Satow, Tempe Regional, one of seven Devils on the All-Tempe six Devils (Leake, Sogard, Paramore, Wallace, Satow) Mike Leake and Brian Flores) combined for 37 victories. Regional team (Eric Sogard, Andrew Romine, Kiel to earn All-Tournament honors…Leake, Wallace and Leake and Satow each turned in 13 wins, tying each Roling, Petey Paramore, Ike Davis, Brian Flores)…Brett Joe Persichina earned All-Coca-Cola Classic honors other for the Pac-10 lead and fi nishing tied for third Wallace won the Pac-10 Triple Crown, fi nishing with a following the tournament in Surprise…The ASU .404 batting average, 16 home runs and 78 runs batted pitching staff boasted three ten-game winners (Leake in the country. Not only was the front end of the staff in. He was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year… 13-2, Satow 13-3, Brian Flores 11-2) for the fi rst time strong, but the back end as well. Closer Jason Jarvis set Wallace was also named a First Team All-American since 1990…Freshman closer Jason Jarvis, who did not an ASU freshman record by recording 11 saves, despite by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, the NCBWA join the team until Pac-10 play began in late March, not joining the team until midway through the season and Rivals.com…He was also named the District IX set an ASU freshman record with his 11 saves. The 11 Player of the Year…Eric Sogard was named the Pac-10 saves is tied for the second most in a single-season HOME SWEET HOME Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the fi rst Sun in school history and puts Jarvis in a tie for 8th place Arizona State dominated the competition at Winkles Devil to ever win that award…Five Sun Devils earned for most saves in a career…Brian Flores set a new Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark, going 35-3 at All-American status from Collegiate Baseball: Brett school record by starting 23 games on the mound, home in 2007. Following two straight losses to Long Wallace (1st), Josh Satow (2nd), Mike Leake (3rd), Eric eclipsing the previous record of 22 held by Kendall Beach State in the beginning of March, the Sun Devils Sogard (3rd) and Ike Davis (3rd). Leake was also named Carter in 1984 and Floyd Bannister in 1976. It ties the reeled off 22 consecutive victories on their home fi eld. a Freshmen All-American by Collegiate Baseball and Pac-10 record, set in 1987 by UCLA’s Alex Sanchez… The streak included sweeps of Pac-10 foes Stanford, Rivals.com…The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Flores became the fourth player in history to ever be Washington State and UCLA and also saw Arizona Association honored two Devils as All-Americans: Brett the starting pitcher in back-to-back College World State clinch the 2007 Pac-10 Championship against Ari- Wallace (1st) and Kiel Roling (2nd)…Baseball America Series games…Arizona State led the Pac-10 with a zona. The streak ended on the fi nal day of the regular and Rivals.com both named two Sun Devils All- .345 batting average and fi nished third in the nation season, when ASU rested most of its regular starters. Americans: Brett Wallace (1st) and Eric Sogard (2nd)… in batting average…Eight Sun Devils were drafted The Devils began a new streak in the postseason, Seven Sun Devils earned First Team All-Pac-10 Honors in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, led by Eric winning all fi ve NCAA Tournament games in Tempe on (Wallace, Sogard, Satow, Leake, Roling, Davis and Sogard, who was a second round pick of the San Diego their way to the College World Series in Omaha. 78 ASU BASEBALL 2007 RESULTS BASEBALL STAFF SUN DEVIL LIFE 2008 DEVILS TRADITION GAME DATE OPPOSING TEAM SCORE R H E/ R H E INNS OVERALL PAC-10 PITCHER OF RECORD ATTEND TIME Feb. 02, 2007 Southern Utah W 20-1 20 18 1/ 1 4 2 9 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 Flores (W 1-0) 3459 2:56 Feb 03, 2007 Southern Utah W 18-4 18 22 1/ 4 12 2 9 2- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 Satow (W 1-0) 3127 3:19 Feb 04, 2007 Southern Utah W23-3 23 22 2/ 3 8 3 9 3- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 Parigi (W 1-0) 2707 3:02 !Feb 09, 2007 vs Texas A&M W5-4 5 10 1/ 4 5 1 9 4- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 Leake (W 1-0) 8079 2:48 !Feb 10, 2007 vs #5 Vanderbilt 6-7 L 6 11 0/7 9 0 (10) 4- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Davis, I. (L 0-1) 23984 4:10 !Feb 11, 2007 vs Houston Cougars W11-1 11 15 0/1 6 1 9 5- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Satow (W 2-0) 10378 3:00 Feb 15, 2007 Missouri W7-1 7 9 1/ 1 5 0 9 6- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Leake (W 2-0) 2587 2:34 #Feb 16, 2007 vs Missouri 2-3 L 2 7 0/ 3 6 0 9 6- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Satow (L 2-1) 2364 2:44 #Feb 17, 2007 vs #15 Oregon State 4-12 L 4 5 1/12 11 2 9 6- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Parigi (L 1-1) 5582 3:11 #Feb 18, 2007 vs Gonzaga W 9-2 9 14 0/2 5 1 9 7- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Leake (W 3-0) 2184 2:22 Feb 23, 2007 UAB W 11-3 11 13 3/3 3 3 9 8- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Satow (W 3-1) 3109 3:14 Feb 24, 2007 UAB W 13-2 13 13 0/2 6 3 9 9- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Flores (W 2-0) 2866 3:28 Feb 25, 2007 UAB W 12-5 12 12 0/5 7 0 9 10- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Brader (W 1-0) 3028 3:00 Feb 27, 2007 at #12 Arizona W 22-8 22 20 0/8 14 0 9 11- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Parigi (W 2-1) 1422 3:36 Mar 02, 2007 at #23 Auburn W 8-2 8 17 1/ 2 8 3 9 12- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Satow (W 4-1) 3460 3:05 Mar 03, 2007 at #23 Auburn 8-11 L 8 13 1/11 11 1 9 12- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Leake (L 3-1) 3652 3:02 Mar 04, 2007 at #23 Auburn 6-7 L 6 9 2/7 9 1 9 12- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 Mitchell (L 0-1) 3242 3:54 Mar 09, 2007 #19 Long Beach State W 7-6 7 14 1/6 8 0 9 13- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 Leake (W 4-1) 3526 3:35 Mar 10, 2007 #19 Long Beach State 7-8 L 7 6 1/8 16 1 9 13- 6-