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2014 MEDIA GUIDE For more information about the baseball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 1 140103_BaseballMediaGuide_01-20.indd 1 3/7/14 8:42 AM 2014 SAN JACINTO COLLEGE BASEBALL ROSTER 2014 SAN JACINTO COLLEGE BASEBALL TEAM No. Name Pos. B/T Ht./Wt. Yr. Hometown / High School (Previous School) 1 Josh Whisler C S/R 5-11/190 Soph. Owasso, Okla. / Owasso HS (Eastern Oklahoma College) 3 Riley Smith RHP R/R 6-0/175 Fresh. Lufkin / Hudson HS 5 Joshua Palacios OF L/R 6-1/175 Fresh. Brooklyn, N.Y. / Telecommunications HS (Stony Brook University) 6 Garrett Fisher OF L/L 6-0/175 Fresh. Tuttle, Okla. / Tuttle HS (Stephen F. Austin State University) 7 Matt Eureste INF L/R 6-1/175 Soph. Houston / St. Pius HS (Texas Tech) 8 EJ Garcia OF/RHP R/R 5-11/180 Fresh. Laredo / Alexander HS 9 Aaron Ford LHP L/L 5-10/170 Fresh. Klein / Klein HS 10 Bryce Welborn RHP R/R 5-10/170 Fresh. Tomball / Tomball HS 11 Clayton Isherwood LHP L/L 6-0/185 Soph. Texanda Island, Canada / Brooks Secondary 12 Kelvin Ramos INF R/R 5-10/160 Soph. Cayey, Puerto Rico / Pro Baseball Academy 13 Chance Czerwonka INF/OF R/R 6-2/195 Fresh. Highlands / Goose Creek HS 14 Garrett Luna INF R/R 6-1/200 Fresh. Magnolia / Magnolia HS 15 Austin Homan INF R/R 6-0/170 Fresh. Mont Belvieu / Barbers Hill HS 17 Ben Kernick INF R/R 5-10/175 Fresh. Rowville, Victoria, Australia / Rowville Secondary College 18 Tyler Newcomb OF R/R 5-11/195 Fresh. Mont Belvieu / Barbers Hill HS 19 Toller Boardman LHP L/L 6-3/210 Soph. Houston / Bellaire HS (University of Texas) 21 Taylor Hearn LHP L/L 6-5/205 Soph. Royse City / Royse City HS 22 Geonte Jackson INF R/R 6-1/200 Soph. Missouri City / Elkins HS (Louisiana State University) 23 Dustin Cook RHP R/R 6-5/220 Fresh. Huffman / Huffman – Hargrave HS 25 Austin Boyd INF/RHP R/R 6-2/225 Fresh. Sweeny / Sweeny HS 28 Tim Holmes RHP R/R 6-2/200 Soph. Jacksonville, Fla. / Arlington Country Day HS (Chipola College) 29 Holden Helmink RHP R/R 6-4/200 Fresh. Conroe / Willis HS (University of Texas) 30 Josh Croft INF L/R 6-0/175 Fresh. Powell River, British Columbia, Canada 31 Luke Manuel RHP R/R 6-2/180 Fresh. Delta, British Columbia, Canada / Sands Secondary School 33 Miguel Silva RHP R/R 6-2/205 Soph. Chula Vista, Calif. / Hilltop HS (Yavapai College) 34 Angel Vega C R/R 6-0/190 Fresh. El Paso / Bel Air HS 36 Austin Clark RHP R/R 6-3/195 Soph. Elkridge, Md. / Archbishop Spalding (La Salle University) 39 Brian Sandoval C R/R 5-9/165 Fresh. Kingwood / Kingwood HS 40 Brandon Wright 1B L/L 6-3/210 Soph. Humble / Humble HS 42 Brendan Mannion 1B/OF R/R 6-3/215 Fresh. Lynn, Mass. / Lawrence Academy 44 Brandon Sonnenberg OF L/R 6-0/205 Soph. Surrey, Canada / Fraser Heights HS 45 John Fussell INF/OF L/R 6-2/215 Soph. Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. / Briarcliff HS (Westchester Comm. College) 46 Austin Johnson LHP L/L 5-9/165 Fresh. Kingwood / Kingwood HS 47 Tyler Nevill C R/R 5-11/175 Fresh. Boerne / Boerne HS 50 Michael Herrera RHP R/R 5-10/196 Fresh. Tomball / Tomball HS Head Coach: Tom Arrington, 13th season (532-192, .735), Texas A&M University (1987) | Assistant Coach: Jimmy Durham, ninth season | Assistant Coach: DJ Wilson, 18th season | Assistant Coach: Kory Koehler, 13th season | Assistant Coach: Jason Krug, fifth season | Team Manager: Diego Villatoro | Student Trainer: Kyneil Walwyn 2 San Jacinto College Baseball 2014 140103_BaseballMediaGuide_01-20.indd 2 3/7/14 8:42 AM PLAYER BIOS Josh Whisler Riley Smith 5-11 | 190 | Soph. | C 6-0 | 175 | Fresh. | RHP Owasso, Okla. | Owasso HS Lufkin | Hudson HS (Eastern Oklahoma College) Bats: R | Throws: R Bats: S | Throws: R 1 3 Joshua Palacios Garrett Fisher 6-1 | 175 | Fresh. | OF 6-0 | 175 | Fresh. | OF Brooklyn, N.Y. | Tuttle, Okla. | Tuttle HS Telecommunications HS (Stony (Stephen F. Austin State University) Brook University) Bats: L | Throws: L Bats: L | Throws: R 5 6 Matt Eureste EJ Garcia 6-1 | 175 | Soph. | INF 5-11 | 180 | Fresh. | OF/RHP Houston | St. Pius HS (Texas Tech) Laredo | Alexander HS Bats: L | Throws: R Bats: R | Throws: R 7 8 Aaron Ford Bryce Welborn 5-10 | 170 | Fresh. | LHP 5-10 | 170 | Fresh. | RHP Klein | Klein HS Tomball | Tomball HS Bats: L | Throws: L Bats: R | Throws: R 9 10 Clayton Isherwood Kelvin Ramos 6-0 | 185 | Soph. | LHP 5-10 | 160 | Soph. | INF Texanda Island, Canada | Cayey, Puerto Rico | Brooks Secondary Pro Baseball Academy Bats: L | Throws: L Bats: R | Throws: R 11 12 For more information about the baseball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 3 140103_BaseballMediaGuide_01-20.indd 3 3/7/14 8:42 AM PLAYER BIOS Chance Czerwonka Garrett Luna 6-2 | 195 | Fresh. | INF / OF 6-1 | 200 | Fresh. | INF Highlands | Goose Creek HS Magnolia | Magnolia HS Bats: R | Throws: R Bats: R | Throws: R 13 14 Austin Homan Ben Kernick 6-0 | 170 | Fresh. | INF 5-10 | 175 | Fresh. | INF Mont Belvieu | Barbers Hill HS Rowville, Victoria, Australia | Bats: R | Throws: R Rowville Secondary College Bats: R | Throws: R 15 17 Tyler Newcomb Toller Boardman 5-11 | 195 | Fresh. | OF 6-3 | 210 | Soph. | LHP Mont Belvieu | Barbers Hill HS Houston | Bellaire HS Bats: R | Throws: R (University of Texas) Bats: L | Throws: L 18 19 Taylor Hearn Geonte Jackson 6-5 | 205 | Soph. | LHP 6-1 | 200 | Soph. | INF Royse City | Royse City HS Missouri City | Elkins HS Bats: L | Throws: L (Louisiana State University) Bats: R | Throws: R 21 22 Dustin Cook Austin Boyd 6-5 | 220 | Soph. | RHP 6-2 | 225 | Fresh. | INF/RHP Huffman | Huffman – Hargrave HS Sweeny | Sweeny HS Bats: R | Throws: R Bats: R | Throws: R 23 25 4 San Jacinto College Baseball 2014 140103_BaseballMediaGuide_01-20.indd 4 3/7/14 8:42 AM PLAYER BIOS Tim Holmes Holden Helmink 6-2 | 200 | Soph. | RHP 6-4 | 200 | Fresh. | RHP Jacksonville, Fla. | Arlington Country Conroe | Willis HS Day HS (Chipola College) (University of Texas) Bats: R | Throws: R Bats: R | Throws: R 28 29 Josh Croft Luke Manuel 6-0 | 175 | Fresh. | INF 6-2 | 180 | Fresh. | INF Powell River, British Columbia, Delta, British Columbia, Canada | Canada | Brooks Sands Secondary School Bats: L | Throws: R Bats: R | Throws: R 30 31 Miguel Silva Angel Vega 6-2 | 205 | Soph. | RHP 6-0 | 190 | Fresh. | C Chula Vista, Calif. | Hilltop HS El Paso | Bel Air HS (Yavapai College) Bats: R | Throws: R Bats: R | Throws: R 33 34 Austin Clark Brian Sandoval 6-3 | 195 | Soph. | RHP 5-9 | 165 | Fresh. | C Elkridge, Md. | Archbishop Spalding Kingwood | Kingwood HS Bats: R | Throws: R Bats: R | Throws: R 36 39 Brandon Wright Brenden Mannion 6-3 | 210| Soph. | 1B 6-3 | 215 | Fresh. | 1B/OF Humble | Humble HS Lynn, Mass. | Lawrence Academy Bats: L | Throws: L Bats: R | Throws: R 40 42 For more information about the baseball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 5 140103_BaseballMediaGuide_01-20.indd 5 3/7/14 8:42 AM PLAYER BIOS Brandon Sonnenberg John Fussell 6-0 | 205 | Soph. | OF 6-2 | 215 | Soph. | INF/OF Surrey, Canada | Fraser Heights HS Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. | Briarcliff HS Bats: L | Throws: R (Westchester Community College) Bats: L | Throws: R 44 45 Austin Johnson Tyler Nevill 5-9 | 165 | Fresh. | LHP 5-11 | 175 | Fresh. | C Kingwood | Kingwood HS Boerne | Boerne HS Bats: L | Throws: L Bats: R | Throws: R 46 47 Michael Herrera Kyneil Walwyn 5-10 | 196 | Fresh. | RHP Student Trainer Tomball | Tomball HS Bats: R | Throws: R 50 Diego Villatoro Team Manager 6 San Jacinto College Baseball 2014 140103_BaseballMediaGuide_01-20.indd 6 3/7/14 8:42 AM SAN JAC BASEBALL IN THE COMMUNITY San Jacinto College baseball student-athletes are committed to giving back to their community. Each year, the team participates in a number of events on and off the field. From supporting breast cancer awareness with the annual Play Pink game and visiting children in the hospital, to participating in the Challenger game at the Junior College World Series, San Jacinto College baseball student-athletes understand the impact they have on their community. For more information about the baseball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 7 140103_BaseballMediaGuide_01-20.indd 7 3/7/14 8:42 AM COACHING STAFF BIOS Wright and Miguel Pena went 20-4 overall, earning All- America honors. The 2010 season was one of the most successful under Arrington. He guided San Jac to an unprecedented 21st trip to the NJCAA World Series, finishing as the national runner-up. Four players were named to the All-Tournament team in Grand Junction, three earned postseason honors, and nine were selected in the MLB first-year player draft. Tom Arrington San Jac’s appearance in the national championship game Head Coach was the 12th in program history, and the national runner- Texas A&M University (1987) up finish was the seventh. San Jac finished the season with Overall record: 565-211 a 52-12 overall record. (.728), 13 seasons 2009 was, by all measures, a successful season, despite not having a home field to play on due to construction Leading the baseball program at San Jacinto College means at JR Harrison Field.