I N F O R M A T I O N CONTENTS 2004 SCHEDULE Information ...... 1 FEBRUARY MARCH 2004 Season Preview ...... 2-3 123456 7 12345 6 2004 Roster ...... 4 2004 Husky Returners ...... 5-19 Missouri Missouri 2004 Husky Newcomers ...... 20-22 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. Baseball Support Staff ...... 23 891011 12 13 14 7891011 12 13 Head Coach Ken Knutson ...... 24-25 at at Loyola Loyola Assistant Coaches ...... 26-27 San Diego San Diego Missouri Marymount Marymount 2003 Statistics ...... 28 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 2003 Results ...... 29 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2003 Pac-10 Review ...... 30 at Loyola at Wash. at Wash. 2003 Year in Review ...... 31 San Diego Gonzaga Gonzaga Marymount State State Yearly Hitting Leaders ...... 32-33 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. Yearly Pitching Leaders ...... 34-35 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Husky Single-Season Records ...... 36 vs. Sac. at UC at Wash. at at at Arizona at Arizona Gonzaga State Riverside State Gonzaga Gonzaga State State Husky Career Records ...... 37 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. MT 1 p.m. MT Husky Team Records ...... 38 Huskies in the Pros ...... 39 29 28 29 30 31 vs. Oregon at Arizona All-Pac-10 & All-America ...... 41 State State All-Time Season Results ...... 42-50 11 a.m. 1 p.m. MT NCAA Regional Box Scores ...... 51-57 NCAA Regional Histoy ...... 58-59 APRIL MAY All-Time Lettermen ...... 60-61 12 3 234567 8 Husky Hall of Fame ...... 62 at at at Oregon Pac-10 Opponents ...... 63-64 California California State Stanford Stanford Non-Conference Opponents ...... 65 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. Series History ...... 66 45678910 9101112131415 Baseball Facilities ...... 67-68 at at Wash. Wash. Wash. Husky Experience ...... 69-80 California Portland State State State Stanford Portland Portland at USC at USC 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. Credits: The 2004 Washington Baseball 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Media Guide was written, edited and Oregon Oregon at Georgia at Georgia Lewis- designed by Jeff Bechthold. The guide State State Tech Tech at USC Clark St. UCLA UCLA was laid out and pasted up completely in- 6:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 7 p.m. ET 1 p.m. ET 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. house on desktop publishing applications. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 at Georgia Photos by Bruce Terami, Joanie Komura, Tech Arizona Arizona UCLA UC Irvine UC Irvine C.W. 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WASHINGTON BASEBALL QUICK FACTS Location: , Wash., 98195 Home Field: Husky Ballpark (turf infield / grass outfield; cap: 1,500; opened 1998) Founded: November 4, 1861 Dimensions: 327 (LF line), 365 (gaps), 395 (CF), 317 (RF line) Enrollment: 25,000 Press Box Phone: (206) 685-1994 Nickname: Huskies Head Coach: Ken Knutson (Washington ‘81), 12th year Colors: Purple & Gold Knutson’s Career Record: 389-253-1 (11 years) School Song: “Bow Down to Washington” Knutson’s Record at UW: 389-253-1 (11 years) President: Dr. Lee L. Huntsman Associate Head Coach: Joe Ross (Wisconsin-River Falls ‘82), 12th year Interim Director of Athletics: Dick Thompson Assistant Coaches: Travis Jewett (Washington State ‘93), third year Athletic Dept. Phone: (206) 543-2210 Gregg Swenson (Western Washington ‘94), third year Faculty Representative: Robert Aronson Undergraduate Assistant Coach: Scott Robertson (Washington ‘04), first year Senior Associate Director (SWA): Marie Tuite Strength & Conditioning Coach: Daniel Jahn (Washington ‘02), second year Director of Ticketing: Wendy Brown Ticket Office Phone: (206) 543-2200 Administrative Assistant: Sherry Eischen Baseball Phone: (206) 543-9365 Events : Scott Baebler Event Mgmt. Phone: (206) 543-2246 Athletic Trainer: Pat Jenkins Graduate Certified Trainer: Rob Scheidegger Asst. Athletic Director / Media Relations Director: Jim Daves Training Room Phone: (206) 543-2239 Assistant Media Relations Director (baseball): Jeff Bechthold Equipment Manager: Jim Hagland Equipment Room Phone: (206) 685-3193 Media Relations Phone: (206) 543-2230 Student Managers: Andrew Schatz & Jared Eischen Media Relations Fax: (206) 543-5000 Audio Technician: Peter Young Public Address Announcer: Bill Abelson Bechthold Home & Cell Phone: (206) 526-0617 Conference: Pacific-10 2003 Record: 42-18 (15-9, third in Pac-10) Bechthold e-mail: [email protected] Lettermen Returning/Lost: 21/14 Newcomers: 11 University of Washington Athletics Official Web Site: www.gohuskies.com Coaches’ e-mail addresses: Ken Knutson – [email protected] Joe Ross – [email protected] Travis Jewett – [email protected] Gregg Swenson – [email protected] 1 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 2 0 0 4 S E A S O N O U T L O O K When the Pacific-10 Conference’s two divisions Knutson has a number of options in this regard: merged prior to the 1999 baseball season, it marked moving former relievers to the rotation, promoting a decided challenge for the three former Northern part-time or mid-week starters, relying on players that Division teams. missed most or all of last year due to injury or going While it may have taken a couple of years for with one or more of his talented corps of freshmen. Washington to rise to that challenge, the Huskies Potentially, Knutson could have junior Will Fenton have shown they can indeed compete at the level of to serve as his No. 1 starter. Last season, the hard- one of the nation’s top conferences. Two consecutive throwing righty posted a simply amazing season as third-place finishes, as well as back-to-back NCAA he didn’t allow a single in 32.1 innings of work. appearances, have proven that the Dawgs belong. He went 2-0 with 12 saves and held opponents to a The 2004 season presents a new challenge to Ken paltry .145 average. However, he was limited in that Knutson’s 12th Husky team. This time around, the he generally could work only once a weekend. Moving Diamond Dawgs aim to prove that their program has him to the starting rotation may allow Knutson to get the depth of talent to sustain their recent high level a lot more innings out of his most proven . Senior John Otness of play. “Fenton had the best year I’ve ever seen,” Knutson It’s not as if the 2004 season looks like a rebuilding says. “When he pitched, we won. I feel like starting year. On the contrary, the Huskies return nearly all of may be easier on him. It might be his future.” an infield that played the largest role in smashing From the ranks of last year’s injured list come the school record for fielding percentage last season. senior right-hander Trevor Gibson and junior There’s also loads of depth in the bullpen and a long southpaw Joel Villalobos. list of talented hitters that have served mainly part- Gibson started six games last year and was mostly recruit and could really be a good two-way player,” time roles in the past. very effective, posting a 3-0 record. He had off-season Knutson says. “His stuff lets you think he could do However, the loss of a four-year starting , surgery to remove bone chips in his elbow and should anything. It also depends on what we end up doing two power-hitting and all three regular return to full health. Villalobos was dominant at with Fenton.” weekend starters does present a formidable task for Bellevue CC before coming to the UW. An unusual “Parker is a bulldog with really good stuff,” Knutson and his team. arm ailment forced him to rest for the entire 2003 Knutson continues. “He’s got a low-90s fastball, a season, but that rest served its purpose as he returned good breaking ball and his change has really come PITCHING as a top pitcher during fall practice. along.” The loss of Sean White and Jeff Petersen, who “Gibson is the unknown,” Knutson says. “He’s a Lincecum, the state’s player of the year in 2003, were both drafted and signed after the 2003 season, bonus if he’s back to his form of the fall of 2002 when also possesses a low-90s fastball, but his best pitch and Clay Johnson, who transferred, means that the he was our top guy. Joel had a good, healthy fall. He is his late-breaking, hard curve. “That curve is Huskies must replace the three that made was a guy that we’d expected to start last season.” dominant,” says his coach. “He could throw it every up their weekend rotation for most of last year. Last season, Matt Kasser, a hard-throwing righty, pitch.” was dominant when his command was on. He could Ponzoha reminds Knutson of former All-Pac-10 see time as a starter. Fellow soph, Keaton Everitt, a righty Shawn Kohn, “except he’s bigger and he will six-foot-seven righty, also has starting in his future. throw harder.” While very inexperienced, Everitt is a trememdous Junior Josh Conover also figures in the mix as he prospect thanks to his size and the velocity with which was very solid late in the year as the Huskies’ top he throws. mid-week starter, compiling a 4-0 mark in that role. “Kasser had a very good freshman year,” Knutson While only four or five of the aforementioned says. “He’s got enough stuff to be a very versatile players can fill starting roles, the rest will help pitcher. And now Keaton has had a year of health. He compile what should be a deep bullpen, joining four works so hard. Consistency and opportunity will make lefties – senior Trent Baysinger, juniors David Dowling him a really good pitcher. and Jamie Hawkins and sophomore Emmanuel Junior With all of those options, Knutson may not have Pedroza – and a right-hander, Hunter Hughes. Will Fenton to rely on freshman starters as much as it might seem Last year, Baysinger emerged as the Huskies’ top from the outside. However, the talent of those setup man and could continue in the role or perhaps freshmen might force him to give them a chance. The close this year. UW brought in what may be its best ever pitching “Trent would also be a terrific starter,” Knutson class this year and while only time will tell, all four says, “but he does so well in his current role thanks freshmen – Richie Lentz, Tim Lincecum, Kyle Parker to his command and his ability to get right-handed and Jordan Ponzoha – could someday be weekend hitters out. His versatility really sets up the bullpen.” starters. Dowling generally served in long relief and did it “We feel like these guys will contribute heavily well enough to win seven games a year ago, including to our program,” Knutson explains. “They’re talented, a start in the NCAA Regionals. “David accepts his they’re into it and they’re going to push everyone for role so willingly and knows what I like him to do,” innings.” Knutson says. Lentz, who also plays outfield, could start or close, Hawkins, Knutson says, “could be in the mix in a with some of that depending on how much he plays lot of ways. I like him on the mound. He’s got a bit of in the outfield or as the DH. “Richie was a national nastiness about him.” 2 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 2 0 0 4 S E A S O N O U T L O O K Pedroza, a third-year student, came through the two seasons as the starting . After a walk-on tryouts in the fall and will get his shot two strong start at the plate last year, the six-foot-five years removed from an outstanding high school slugger struggled at the bat the last half of the year. career. Hughes is a command pitcher who Knutson How he responds at the plate could be a key for the says excels and throwing a breaking ball for a strike. ’04 Dawgs. “Kyle will be the first to tell you that he was a CATCHERS little down last year,” says Knutson, “but we The Huskies’ starting catching situation is pretty anticipate he’ll be back on track after a strong summer easy to figure as preseason All-American Aaron and fall. He’s the key to our defense. He makes it Hathaway returns for his third season as a starter. hard for us to throw a ball away.” Originally known for outstanding defense, he emerged Senior Greg Isaacson returns for his third year as last year as the Huskies’ No. 3 hitter and batted .350. a starting . Always solid in the field, “Aaron has got to be the best catch-and-throw he made a jump at the plate last year, hitting .322 guy in our conference,” Knutson says, “and our depth with nine home runs. behind him is very good.” “Nothing Greg does surprises me,” says Knutson. Senior Ben Johnson has spent the last three “He has a great attitude and is the role model for our seasons as a backup catcher and part-time starter. program.” Knutson would be more than satisfied with him in Senior John Otness is another third-year starter that role this year, but Johnson also emerged from at third base, where he returns this year. “John is a the fall as the starter in left field. While he’ll hold on returning senior captain who has always been a very to the catching gear, his time as the No. 2 man behind productive player for us. We expect a big year out of the plate may come down to the play of freshman him,” Knutson says. slugger Matt Lane. The one new starter in the infield isn’t really new. Sophomore “Matt is a big, strong, left-handed hitting catcher,” Last year, the coaches converted then-freshman Brent Brent Lillibridge Knutson explains. “He’ll have his chance to be the Lillibridge to center field as his play forced them to No. 2. He had a very good fall.” find a place for him after starter Tila Reynolds Also backing up behind the plate is true freshman unexpectly returned for his senior year. All Lillibridge Ty Kuehl. did was bat .388 with 13 home runs and make first- Wagner moving on to pro ball. team All-Pac-10 and Freshman All-America before Boudon belted 22 homers last year to set a UW spending the summer as a starter on the U.S. National single-season record, while Wagner 15. While Last year, the Huskies broke the school record for Team. defense is always important, Knutson is tasked with fielding percentage with a .978 mark, good for No. 3 “It’s important to remember that this isn’t a center trying to replace some of that power when he in the nation. There’s little reason to think that will fielder being converted to shortstop,” Knutson restructures his outfield this year. change much this year as three-quarters of the explains. “It’s the other way around. He’s a really That need meant that the Huskies spent the fall starting infield returns. talented player and it’ll be fun to see him out there trying several veterans in new spots and at the end Junior Kyle Larsen has made only two errors in at shortstop every day.” of it, Taylor Johnson was joined by three converted The infield depth is also strong. While there players to make up the team’s top four outfielders. haven’t been many chances to break into the starting Taylor Johnson ended the fall playing center with lineup the last couple of years, Knutson’s confident Ben Johnson (the No. 2 catcher the last three years) that whenever their time comes, his younger in left and former third baseman Nick Batkoski in right. infielders will perform. Former catcher Zach Clem was the DH much of the Backing up at first base are sophomore Curt Rindal time, but also worked out in the two corner spots. and freshman James Allan. Both are powerful and “I think Taylor is a key guy,” Knutson says. “He’s Rindal’s fall performance may earn him some starts a physical guy and we expect him to produce. He could at designated hitter. hit anywhere in the lineup thanks to his good power Redshirt freshman Matt Tucker and sophomore and high on-base percentage.” Josh Showers back up at second base while Brian “Batkoski’s been a productive hitter when he’s Bauer is the No. 2 player at shortstop. At third base, gotten in there,” Knutson continues, “and Ben had a hard-hitting freshman Tyler Mach saw action in the very good fall. Clem was one of our best hitters in fall due to an injury to Otness and showed that he the fall. Those four guys will get the first shot.” can hold his own there if needed. Younger players fill out the depth in the outfield Additionally, junior Nick Batkoski, who has moved and all could push the veterans for time. Knutson has to the outfield, could return at third or short if needed. three center-field types in sophomores Devin Warner and Nick Burnham and freshman Nick Jiles and a Senior OUTFIELDERS corner in freshman Brett Kilborn. Greg Isaacson The only returner with any experience in the outfield is junior Taylor Johnson, the starter in right Like every season, there are question marks going most of the last two seasons. The Huskies lost, in. The Huskies, however, think they have all the essentially, three other regular outfielders with the answers. All that’s left is to get out on the field and move of Lillibridge and with Chad Boudon and Mike find out. 3 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 2 0 0 4 R O S T E R 2004 WASHINGTON BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/JC/College) 40 Allan, James 1B R/R 6-3 220 FR HS Greshman, Ore. (Sam Barlow HS) 16 Batkoski, Nick OF/IF R/R 6-1 195 JR 2V Federal Way, Wash. (Federal Way HS) 27 Bauer, Brian IF R/R 6-0 200 SO # 1V Woodinville, Wash. (Woodinville / San Diego State Univ.) 34 Baysinger, Trent P L/L 6-1 175 SR 1V Moscow, Idaho (Moscow HS / Walla Walla CC) 26 Burnham, Nick OF R/R 6-2 190 SO 1V Bellevue, Wash. (Eastside Catholic HS) 10 Clem, Zach OF/C R/R 6-1 215 SO 1V Burlington, Wash. (Burlington-Edison HS) 36 Conover, Josh P R/R 6-3 215 JR # 2V Kirkland, Wash. (Lake Washington HS) 28 Dowling, David P L/L 6-2 180 JR 2V Kirkland, Wash. (Juanita HS) 35 Everitt, Keaton P R/R 6-7 220 SO # 1V Kirkland, Wash. (Juanita HS) 37 Fenton, Will P R/R 6-2 207 JR 2V Kingston, Wash. (North Kitsap HS) 31 Gibson, Trevor P R/R 6-3 225 SR 3V Enumclaw, Wash. (Enumclaw HS) 13 Hathaway, Aaron C R/R 6-0 190 JR 2V Vancouver, Wash. (Columbia River HS) 32 Hawkins, Jamie P L/L 6-0 190 JR # 2V Bainbridge Island, Wash. (Bainbridge HS) 30 Hughes, Hunter P R/R 6-1 182 FR # RS SeaTac, Wash. (Mt. Rainier HS) 4 Isaacson, Greg IF L/R 6-1 195 SR 3V Aberdeen, Wash. (Aberdeen HS) 12 Jiles, Nick OF L/L 5-11 190 FR HS Yakima, Wash. (Davis HS) 2 Johnson, Ben OF/C S/R 6-0 205 SR 3V Bellevue, Wash. (Bellevue HS) 22 Johnson, Taylor OF L/L 6-2 220 JR 2V Vancouver, Wash. (Skyview HS) 39 Kasser, Matt P R/R 5-11 185 SO 1V Issaquah, Wash. (Issaquah HS) 3 Kilborn, Brett OF R/R 6-0 200 FR HS Seattle, Wash. (Ballard HS) 41 Kuehl, Ty C R/R 6-1 185 FR HS Tumwater, Wash. (Tumwater HS) 24 Lane, Matt C L/R 6-2 225 FR HS Port Angeles, Wash. (Port Angeles HS) 23 Larsen, Kyle 1B L/L 6-5 240 JR 2V Redmond, Wash. (Eastlake HS) 6 Lentz, Richie P/OF R/R 6-2 210 FR HS Woodinville, Wash. (Woodinville HS) 11 Lillibridge, Brent IF R/R 5-10 185 SO 1V Everett, Wash. (Jackson HS) 14 Lincecum, Tim P L/R 5-11 155 FR HS Renton, Wash. (Liberty HS) 18 Mach, Tyler IF R/R 6-1 200 FR HS Kent, Wash. (Kentlake HS) 25 Otness, John IF R/R 5-11 200 SR 3V Fircrest, Wash. (Wilson HS) 8 Parker, Kyle P R/R 6-3 195 FR HS Yakima, Wash. (West Valley HS) 15 Pedroza, Emmanuel P L/L 6-2 190 SO # HS Mabton, Wash. (Mabton HS) 33 Ponzoha, Jordan P R/R 6-4 205 FR HS Tumwater, Wash. (Tumwater HS) 21 Rindal, Curt 1B R/R 6-3 220 SO 1V Mount Vernon, Wash. (Mount Vernon HS) 7 Showers, Josh IF R/R 6-0 180 SO 1V Port Orchard, Wash. (South Kitsap HS) 9Tucker, Matt IF S/R 6-0 185 FR # RS Aurora, Colo. (Smoky Hill HS) 29 Villalobos, Joel P L/L 5-9 185 JR # RS Lynnwood, Wash. (Lynnwood HS / Bellevue CC) 42 Warner, Devin OF S/R 6-2 200 SO # RS Fort Collins, Colo. (Fort Collins HS / Univ. of Kansas) # indicates redshirt season utilitzed Head Coach: 19 Ken Knutson (Washington ’81; 12th year as head coach; 20th year overall) Associate Head Coach: 17 Joe Ross (Wisconsin-River Falls ’82; 12th year) Assistant Coach: 20 Travis Jewett (Washington State ’93; 3rd year) Assistant Coach: 44 Gregg Swenson (Western Washington ’94; 3rd year) PRONUNCIATIONS Undergraduate Assistant: 43 Scott Robertson (Washington ’04; 1st year) Player & Coach Names Nick Batkoski bat-CUSS-kee NUMERICAL ROSTER Trent Baysinger BAY-sing-er 2 Ben Johnson, of/c 17 Joe Ross, assoc. head coach 31 Trevor Gibson, rhp Ken Knutson kuh-NOOT-sun 3 Brett Kilborn, of 18 Tyler Mach, if 32 Jamie Hawkins, lhp Ty Kuehl KEEL 4Greg Isaacson, if 19 Ken Knutson, head coach 33 Jordan Ponzoha, rhp Brent Lillibridge LILL-uh-bridge 6 Richie Lentz, rhp/of 20 Travis Jewitt, asst. coach 34 Trent Baysinger, lhp Tim Lincecum LINTZ-uh-come 7 Josh Showers, if 21 Curt Rindal, if 35 Keaton Everitt, rhp John Otness OUGHT-ness 8 Kyle Parker, rhp 22 Taylor Johnson, of 36 Josh Conover, rhp Jordan Ponzoha pawn-ZO-uh 9Matt Tucker, if 23 Kyle Larsen, 1b 37 Will Fenton, rhp Joel Villalobos VEE-uh-LOW-bose 10 Zach Clem, of/c 24 Matt Lane, c 39 Matt Kasser, rhp 11 Brent Lillibridge, if 25 John Otness, if 40 James Allen, 1b Hometowns/High Schools 12 Nick Jiles, of 26 Nick Burnham, of 41 Ty Kuehl, c Enumclaw, Wash. EE-num-claw 13 Aaron Hathaway, c 27 Brian Bauer, if 42 Devin Warner, of Issaquah, Wash. IZZ-uh-kwah 14 Tim Lincecum, rhp 28 David Dowling, lhp 43 Scott Robertson, rhp SeaTac, Wash. SEE-tack 15 Emmanuel Pedroza, lhp 29 Joel Villalobos, lhp 44 Gregg Swensen, asst. coach Yakima, Wash. YACK-uh-muh 16 Nick Batkoski, of/if 30 Hunter Hughes, rhp

4 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S NICK BATKOSKI OUTFIELDER / • JUNIOR #16 • 6-1 • 195 • R/R FEDERAL WAY, WASH. (FEDERAL WAY HS) PERSONAL started April 13 vs. WSU, when he Born November 11, 1982, in Burien, Wash. ... son of Patricia Nelson and Paul Batkoski ... went 1-for-4 as the second baseman majoring in anthropology. ... first hit came in his second game, when he singled vs. Missouri Feb. 17 WASHINGTON ... went 1-for-4 with two runs and an 2003 (Sophomore) – Played in 36 games, starting 19 times ... emerged as a starter at RBI March. 16 vs. BYU ... DH, starting seven of the last eight games and 10 of the last 13 ... made 15 starts at DH, came off the bench in the NCAA two at second base and two at third base ... Huskies were 16-3 with him in the starting Regional final game vs. Rice and singled in two at bats ... belted a grand slam in a non- lineup ... started three of four games in the NCAA Regional ... collecting a hit in all three counting win over the University of British Columbia in the tournament in Phoenix opening ... went 4-for-12 in NCAA play and 2-for-4 with an RBI double June 1 vs. Long Beach State weekend ... played summer ball for Aloha (Ore.) in the Pacific , batting ... started all three in the regular season’s final series vs. USC, going 4-for-10 with four .323 in 19 league games. runs and an RBI double for the series ... started two of three vs. Arizona State the weekend before, contributing a two-run single to break a 2-2 tie in the fourth inning of the May 19 FEDERAL WAY HIGH SCHOOL game (third of the series) ... also started two at UCLA and had a big game in the series Earned three varsity letters at Federal Way, leading the Eagles to the AAAA (highest finale, a 13-2 UW win (May 11) ... went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in, a double and a level) state championship as a senior ... all-area as a junior and a senior and all-state as homer in that game ... 2-for-3 with a solo homer in a start at third base May 6 vs. Portland a senior ... MVP and batting champion of the South Puget Sound League as a junior ...... started at 3B April 21 vs. Hawaii-Hilo and hit first career homer in the first inning ... 2- two-time team MVP and also an All-SPSL pitcher ... hit .316 as a sophomore, .511 as a for-5 with three RBI in that game ... 10-for-32 (.312) in 11 games against Pac-10 opposition junior and .429 as a senior ... also went 9-2 with a 1.01 ERA as a senior, when his team ... 5-for-10 on the season as a ... played for North Adams (Mass.) during the went 23-3 ... team went 45-13 in his three seasons and won the district each of the last summer ... 2002 (Freshman) – Started five games at DH, two at shortstop, two at second two years ... team captain as a junior and senior ... as a 16-year old, played in the Junior base and one at third ... went 2-for-3 with two doubles May 14 (game two) vs. Gonzaga ... Olympics with the Burien (Wash.) Knights ... graduated with a 3.62 grade point average. NICK BATKOSKI’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2002 .196 22/10 46 7 9 4 0 0 4 .283 4 1 9 .269 1 0 0/0 2003 .346 36/19 81 12 28 6 0 3 18 .531 7 2 20 .411 0 1 1/1 Totals .291 58/29 127 19 37 10 0 3 22 .441 11 3 29 .359 1 1 1/1 BRIAN BAUER INFIELDER • RS-SOPHOMORE #27 • 6-0 • 200 • R/R WOODINVILLE, WASH. (WOODINVILLE HS/SDSU) PERSONAL the season and didn’t see any game Born November 12, 1982, in Kirkland, Wash. ... son of Mike and Patty Bauer ... has a action ... compiled a grade point brother, Joe, and a sister, Maggie ... both parents, as well as an uncle, attended the UW average of over 3.5 at SDSU. ... brother Joe played baseball at Lower Columbia CC ... construction management major. WOODINVILLE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL 2003 (RS-Freshman) – Served as a backup infielder and saw action in six games in his Played three seasons at Woodinville first season at the UW ... finished the year 2-for-4 with a homer and three runs batted in High under coach Terry Agnew, captaining the team as a senior ... helped the team to a ... first UW hit was a run-scoring single April 22 vs. Hawaii-Hilo ... May 6 vs. Portland, first-place league finish in 2000 and third place in 2001 ... named to the 4A All-KingCo belted a two-run homer in his only that day ... played for the Seattle Studs during first team as a junior and a senior ... hit .450 his junior season and .360 as a senior ... the summer and hit a grand slam at the National Baseball Congress in Wichita. twice won the Silver Bat Award as Woodinville’s top hitter and was an offensive MVP at the state all-star game his senior year ... played for Washington high school all-star team SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY in the annual series vs. Oregon ... won numerous academic awards ... graduated with a Was a true-freshman member of the San Diego State baseball team in 2002, but redshirted 3.8 grade point average. BRIAN BAUER’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2003 .500 6/0 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 1.250 0 1 1 .600 0 0 0/0

5 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S TRENT BAYSINGER LEFT-HANDED PITCHER • SENIOR #34 • 6-1 • 175 • L/L MOSCOW, IDAHO (MOSCOW HS/WALLA WALLA CC) PERSONAL seven ... threw twice vs. Arizona, going 1.1 scoreless in Apr. 11 win and then suffering the Born September 1, 1981, in Moscow, loss Apr. 13 in a 4.1-inning outing ... earned a Apr. 4 vs. Oregon State, allowing only Idaho ... parents are Cheryl and Chuck two hits and no runs over four innings ... got a start Mar. 11 at OSU (non-conference), but Baysinger ... has a younger brother, didn’t figure in the decision, working four innings ... pitched for Pacific International League Ryan ... a comparative literature champion Wenatchee (Wash.) during the summer ... posted a 5-0 record and a 1.05 earned major. run average over six starts for Wenatchee ... named the league’s player of the week once after throwing a nine-inning, one-hit shutout and finished the year as a first-team all- WASHINGTON league pick. 2003 (Junior) – Made 23 relief appearances and one start in his first season at Washington ... usually worked in a setup role, but saw long relief duties as well ... in 25.2 innings of WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE work vs. Pac-10 opposition, went 2-1 with a 3.16 ERA (second in the Pac-10) over 10 Played two seasons at Walla Walla CC under coach Chad Miltenberger ... team finished appearances ... walked only seven and struck out 26 against the Pac-10 ... .234 opponent fourth in the NWAACC eastern division both seasons ... as a freshman, struck out 16 in a batting average in Pac-10 play was third in the conference ... allowed only 14 ERs and 40 playoff game vs. Edmonds ... last summer, pitched for the Wenatchee (Wash.) Applesox in hits in 46.2 innings as a reliever (2.70 ERA) ... eighth in the Pac-10 (all games0 with 24 the Pacific International League, going 3-0 with a 4.71 average. called ... only five of his 23 relief outings lasted less than one full inning and 11 went two innings or more ... threw in both wins over Minnesota at the NCAA Regionals ... MOSCOW HIGH SCHOOL worked two-thirds no-hit innings in the regional opener and one and two-thirds in game Earned three letters at Moscow High, captaining the team as a junior and senior ... batted three, allowing a hit while fanning two ... got the win on the season’s final day, a 10-8 win .436 as a senior ... played in the Idaho-Utah all-star game and was team MVP in 2000 ... over USC, throwing three and two-thirds in relief ... threw three one-hit innings for save also participated in football, basketball and wrestling ... two-time football team captain May 17 vs. Arizona State ... two shutout innings May 11 at UCLA ... picked up the win ... the first Moscow High athlete to play varsity football, basketball and baseball three May 2 at Washington State, allowing no hits in the 12th and 13th for the victory ... worked years in a row ... named his school’s athlete of the year as a senior. four relief innings Apr. 26 vs. California, allowing one run on three hits while striking out TRENT BAYSINGER’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2003 3.02 4-1 24/1 0 0 3 50.2 45 19 17 20 48 4 1 3 .236 2 4 0

NICK BURNHAM OUTFIELDER • SOPHOMORE #26 • 6-2 • 190 • R/R BELLEVUE, WASH. (EASTSIDE CATHOLIC HS) PERSONAL EASTSIDE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Born October 4, 1983, in Bellevue, Earned three letters at Eastside Catholic, missing his sophomore year due to injury ... Wash ... son of Karen and Terry captained the team his final two seasons ... batted .441 with three homers as a junior and Burnham ... has a younger brother, .489 with three homers, 21 stolen bases and nine triples as a senior ... two-time first- Todd, and a younger sister, Lexie ... team All-Metro League outfielder and the Metro League MVP as a senior ... named team undecided on a major. MVP each of his final two years ... had a 3.61 high-school GPA.

WASHINGTON 2003 (Freshman) – Appeared in four games in his first season at the UW, getting a plate appearance in three of those four ... went 0-for-3 ... played for Bellingham (Wash.) during the summer. NICK BURNHAM’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2003 .000 4/0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0/0

6 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S ZACH CLEM OUTFIELDER / CATCHER • SOPHOMORE #10 • 6-1 • 215 • R/R BURLINGTON, WASH. (BURLINGTON-EDISON HS) PERSONAL BURLINGTON-EDISON Born September 20, 1983, in Mount Vernon, Wash. ... parents are Annette and Jim Clem HIGH SCHOOL .... father is a teacher, athletic director and longtime baseball coach at Burlington-Edison Earned three letters at Burlington- High ... has a younger brother, Jacob ... a pre-engineering major. Edison, finishing second in the league three times and third in the WASHINGTON district as a senior ... batted .419 with 2003 (Freshman) – Saw limited time in his first season as a Husky, playing in five games five homers as a senior ... second- ... got three at bats and drove in one run with a sacrifice fly Mar. 15 vs. Cal State Northridge team all-league as a sophomore ... played for Bellingham (Wash.) during the summer and earned the Pacific International before making the first team his last two years ... all-state as a senior ... named the state League’s Player of the Week award once. and region American Legion player of the year ... also earned three basketball and two football letters ... a first-team all-league defensive back ... in the summer of 2001, led the Burlington Sox (Legion) to a second-place regional finish, batting .476 with 16 homers ... graduated from high school with a 3.9 grade point average. ZACH CLEM’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2003 .000 5/0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 1 .200 1 0 0/0

JOSH CONOVER RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER • RS-JUNIOR #36 • 6-3 • 215 • R/R KIRKLAND, WASH. (LAKE WASHINGTON HS) PERSONAL loaded and one out Mar. 11 at Oregon Born May 5, 1982 ... son of Steve and Wendy Conover ... has an older brother, Jason, a State, and got a and a flyout former baseball player at Lewis-Clark State ... originally signed a Letter of Intent to play to get out of the jam ... pitched for at UW for the 2001 season, but did not come out for the team until 2002 ... considering Kirkland (Wash.) during the summer engineering as a major. ... 2002 (RS-Freshman) – Made eight relief appearances in his first season WASHINGTON with the Huskies ... didn’t allow a hit 2003 (Sophomore) – Made 14 appearances on the season, including five starts ... won his in his first three outings and didn’t first four starts, the first four starting outings of his career ... all starts came in mid-week surrender a run until his fifth ... top outing was probably April 10 vs. UC Irvine, when he action ... also very succesful out of the bullpen, allowing nine hits over 12.1 innings for a struck out three in two shutout innings ... that was also longest outing of the season ... 2.19 as a reliever ... worked 2.1 perfect innings May 18 vs. Arizona suffered only loss in his final outing of the season when he gave up four runs (two-thirds of State, fanning four ... no runs allowed in 5.1 Pac-10 innings ... was on his way to a fifth win his season total) vs. Gonzaga May 14 ... played for Bend (Ore.) over the summer, posting a May 6 vs. Portland, but left game with a minor back strain with two down in the fifth ... got solid 2.70 earned run average in the Pacific International League. fourth win in as many starts Apr. 29 vs. Lewis-Clark State, allowing three runs over six innings ... got third win Apr. 22 vs. Hawaii-Hilo, allowing no runs on four hits in four innings LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ... earned a win Apr. 15 at Kansas State, allowing four runs on five hits over 7.0 IP, walking Earned three varsity letters, playing primarily as an infielder, at Lake Washington ... batted one and fanning six ... pitched twice in relief at Stanford, combining to work 2.2 shutout .350 as a sophomore, .375 as a junior and .360 as a senior ... named first-team All-KingCo innings ... started Mar. 25 at Portland, earning a win in his first career start ... allowed six third baseman as a senior after earning second-team as a junior and honorable mention hits and one run while fanning five in 5.0 innings for the win ... came on with the bases as a sophomore ... team captain his senior year.

JOSH CONOVER’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2002 8.10 0-1 8/0 0 0 0 6.2 9 6 6 6 9 1 0 1 .333 0 0 0 2003 3.46 4-0 14/5 0 0 0 39.0 36 15 15 15 33 7 1 4 .255 2 6 0 Totals 4.14 4-1 22/5 0 0 0 45.2 45 21 21 21 42 8 1 5 .268 2 6 0

7 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S DAVID DOWLING LEFT-HANDED PITCHER • JUNIOR #28 • 6-2 • 180 • L/L KIRKLAND, WASH. (JUANITA HS) PERSONAL Mar. 22 at UC Irvine ... got a save Mar. 16 vs. CS Northridge, combining with Trevor Born October 31, 1982, in Seattle ... Gibson on a shutout ... fanned four in four innings vs. the Matadors ... got his fifth relief son of Jim and Ellen Dowling ... has victory Mar. 11 at Oregon State, allowing a run and fanning six over 3.1 innings ... picked one older brother, Brian, a current up a fourth relief win Mar. 8 vs. Washington State, allowing one run on two hits over an University of Washington student ... inning and one-third ... got third long-relief win of the season Mar. 1 vs. CS Northridge, member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity going six and one-third ... got the win in relief Feb. 8 vs. UCSB, working 5.2 innings (5 H, ... majoring in economics. 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K) ... got a similar win Feb. 14 at Loyola Marymount, allowing three runs and fanning six in 4.2 IP in a 10-9 UW win ... pitched for Bend (Ore.) during the summer ... 2002 WASHINGTON (Freshman) – Pitched in nine games in relief and started four others ... most relief 2003 (Sophomore) – Served as the Huskies’ long relief specialist, usually entering games appearances were in middle or long relief roles ... in first career outing, Feb. 26 at Portland, in the first five innings or so ... made 18 appearances in relief before getting lone start threw four innings of relief, striking out a season-high six batters ... wins came in relief May 31 at the NCAA Regionals vs. Minnesota ... eight of 18 relief appearances were vs. Washington State (retiring 10 of 11 batters over 3.1 innings) on April 14 and in a start three innings or longer ... picked up seven wins, second-most on the team ... earned a vs. Portland on May 7 ... suffered losses to UC Riverside (March 8), at Arizona State surprise start in the regional in a loser-out game vs. Minnesota ... pitched brilliantly in (March 29) and at Missouri (April 5), all in starting assignments ... threw five relief innings that game despite being informed of the start about 45 minutes prior to gametime ... May 12 at USC, allowing two earned runs and fanning five ... longest outing of the year allowed six hits and only one run (unearned) while walking three and striking out five for was a six-inning start in the loss at Missouri. the victory ... worked 3.1 solid innings of relief on the final day of the regular season, a 10-8 comeback win over USC, entering the game down 6-0 in the first ... allowed only one JUANITA HIGH SCHOOL run while fanning five in that one ... threw three innings in the May 18 loss to Arizona Earned two letters as a left-handed pitcher at Juanita, teaming with fellow UW pitcher State ... threw three innings May 9 at UCLA, allowing two runs (one earned) over 3.0 IP ... Keaton Everitt ... went 3-0 with a 2.13 ERA while batting .367 as a junior ... posted a 5-2 worked 2.1 relief innings for sixth win May 6 vs. Portland, facing the minimum ... threw mark with a 1.31 ERA as a senior ... team MVP in 2001 ... All-KingCo second-team selection 1.2 innings May 4 at Washington State, striking out four while not allowing a hit ... took as a senior ... Scholar-Athlete in both of his varsity seasons ... member of the National both losses at Stanford, both in relief ... didn’t allow an earned run in a 4.2-inning outing Honor Society all three years of high school ... graduated with a 3.7 grade point average. DAVID DOWLING’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2002 6.18 2-3 13/4 0 0 0 39.1 50 35 27 21 33 10 2 2 .314 11 9 1 2003 5.11 7-2 19/1 0 0 1 56.1 66 36 32 29 58 16 0 1 .296 10 2 3 Totals 5.55 9-5 32/5 0 0 1 95.2 116 71 59 50 91 26 2 3 .304 21 11 6 KEATON EVERITT RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER • RS-SOPHOMORE #35 • 6-7 • 220 • R/R KIRKLAND, WASH. (JUANITA HS) PERSONAL played summer ball for North Adams (Mass) ... 2002 (Freshman) – Redshirted the season Born February 4, 1983, in Edmonds, after undergoing pre-season elbow surgery. Wash. ... son of Robert and Lisa Everitt ... has an older brother, Trevor, JUANITA HIGH SCHOOL a current UW student ... mother and Earned two varsity baseball letters at Juanita, teaming with fellow UW pitcher David father, as well as numerous other Dowling ... mostly a position player in high school and only started pitching as a senior ... relatives, attended the University of honorable mention All-KingCo at both first base and pitcher as a senior ... posted a 1-1 Washington ... an economics major. record with a 2.10 ERA, a .118 opponent batting average and 27 strikeouts in 15 innings WASHINGTON as a senior ... batted .387 as a junior and .357 as a senior ... team’s most inspirational 2003 (RS-Freshman) – Didn’t allow a hit or a run in limited bullpen duty ... threw three award winner as a senior, when he was also team captain ... two-year member of the one-inning outings ... struck out one each in one-inning appearances vs. Gonzaga (Feb. National Honor Society ... graduated with a 3.7 grade point average. 22) and at Portland (Mar. 25) ... struck out three in one inning Apr. 22 vs. Hawaii-Hilo ... KEATON EVERITT’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2003 0.00 0-0 3/0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0

8 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S WILL FENTON RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER • JUNIOR #37 • 6-2 • 207 • R/R KINGSTON, WASH. (NORTH KITSAP HS) PERSONAL run in 37.1 innings dating back to Born April 7, 1983, in Bellevue, Wash. ... son of Greg and Sally Fenton ... has an older May 26, 2002, when Arizona’s sister, Sunny, and a younger brother, Ross ... both parents attended the University of Moises Duran hit a off of Washington ... member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity ... a pre-engineering major. him ... 2002 (Freshman) – Appeared in 19 games – second-most on the WASHINGTON team – starting once ... emerged as 2003 (Sophomore) – Finished the season not having allowed a single run, earned or a closer in the second half of the otherwise, in 32.1 innings of work ... All-Pac-10 first-team selection and a third-team All- season ... six of 13 earned runs he American from Baseball Amerca ... allowed only 16 hits and 11 walks while striking out allowed in relief came in one outing March 2 vs. Utah ... outside of that one outing, threw 49 ... opponents batted only .145 against him ... 18 appearances, all in relief and all late 22.2 innings of relief, allowing 20 hits and 10 runs (seven earned), good for a 2.78 ERA in the game as he finished the game in 17 of 18 ... struck out five in a game six times ... 12 over those 17 outings ... got the save April 27 at Cal after fanning the last two batters of saves led the Pac-10 and was third in UW history ... picked up two saves in the NCAA the game with the bases loaded ... worked 4.2 relief innings vs. Cal over two outings, Regional, in each of the UW wins over Minnesota ... got two saves in the USC series, allowing only one run ... got the win in the Huskies’ ninth-inning win over Rice to force a throwing three perfect innings ... Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week after three saves in four second regional championship game ... threw the final three and a third of that game, games in final week of season ... got eighth save May 19 vs. ASU, allowing three hits, but allowing no hits or runs ... worked 1.2 no-hit relief innings May 19 at Oregon State ... fanning five over 2.1 ... left four runners in scoring position in that one ... worked 2.2 threw three innings of relief in May 14’s first game vs. Gonzaga, allowing only one hit ... innings May 10 at UCLA for seventh save ... struck out five and allowed two hits in that picked up the win May 4 vs. UCLA with 1.2 innings ... also got a win with a two-inning one ... allowed three hits and no runs in 3.2 relief innings May 2 at Washington State ... relief outing March 26 vs. Washington State ... suffered the loss in the third game at USC, was outstanding in 11-inning, 4-3 win over Arizona Apr. 11, working the final 3.2 for the allowing two runs in one and a third ... earned his first start April 2 vs. Gonzaga ... allowed win ... gave up one hit and struck out five ... struck out five in 2.1 IP Apr. 5 for save vs. three runs on five hits over four innings in a no-decision. Oregon State ... didn’t pitch for nearly two weeks before getting a save Mar. 23 at UC Irvine, fanning the final three of the game ... got two saves in first Washington State NORTH KITSAP HIGH SCHOOL series, getting the final out in Mar. 7 11-8 win and working two innings (one hit, three Ks) Earned three varsity letters on the North Kitsap baseball team ... team finished first in the in the 6-5 win the next day... struck out five and gave up one hit over 2.2 to get win vs. San Olympic League his sophomore and senior years ... posted a career won-lost record of 18- Diego State ... got second save Feb. 23 vs. Gonzaga, coming on with no outs and two on 3, going 2-0 as a sophomore, 7-1 as a junior and 9-2 as a senior ... first-team All-Olympic in the ninth and retiring the next three in order without allowing a run... pitched briefly for League as a senior after making the second team as a junior ... most inspirational award the Fairbanks (Alaska) Goldpanners over the summer ... didn’t surrender a run in his seven winner as a senior ... captain his junior and senior years ... also played two years of and one-third innings for the Goldpanners ... enters the 2004 season having not allowed a football. WILL FENTON’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2002 3.22 3-3 19/1 0 0 1 44.2 35 19 16 28 42 9 0 5 .220 4 4 2 2003 0.00 2-0 18/0 0 0 12 32.1 16 0 0 11 49 3 0 0 .145 3 1 0 Totals 1.87 5-3 37/1 0 0 13 77.0 51 19 16 39 91 12 0 5 .190 7 5 1 TREVOR GIBSON RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER • SENIOR #31 • 6-3 • 225 • R/R ENUMCLAW, WASH. (ENUMCLAW HS) PERSONAL point, as he allowed three hits and Born May 25, 1982, in San Francisco, Calif. ... son of Jewett and Kathleen Gibson ... four runs over three innings ... lasted father played football and wrestled at the Air Force Academy and at Fresno State ... has only two-thirds of an inning Apr. 13 one older brother, J.P. ... majoring in sociology. at Arizona, allowing two runs, but didn’t take the loss ... still, as a WASHINGTON starter, went 26.2 IP, allowing only 2003 (Junior) – .Spent the middle portion of the year as a weekend starter, but a minor 15 hits and 12 runs while fanning 23, elbow problem kept him from pitching at the start of the year ... same injury kept him from good for a 4.05 ERA ... prior to pitching the last month and he didn’t pitch after April 21 ... ended up having off-season Stanford, had won all three starts and had a 1.08 ERA as a starter ... worked 5.2 IP in Mar. surgery to remove bone chips in his right elbow ... got a save with three innings of relief 23 win at UC Irvine, allowing only one hit (5.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 5 BB, 6 K) ... combined on a Apr. 21 vs. Hawaii-Hilo (game one): 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 K ... after three wins in three shutout Mar. 16 vs. CS Northridge, allowing three hits and one walk while fanning four in starts, got a no decision Apr. 13 vs. Oregon State (6.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 6 K) and also a no decision in the UW’s Mar. 30, 12-11 loss at Stanford ... easily his roughest start to that ... continued on next page 9 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S ... continued from previous page four hits and no walks while striking out three in that one ... matched that season-high strikeout total in two innings vs. Southern Utah March 10 ... threw scoreless single innings five innings ... got a win in first career start May 9 vs. Washington State, allowing only of relief at Oregon State, vs. Washington State and at Stanford before taking a loss to two hits and fanning seven over 6.0 IP ... 2002 (Sophomore) – Made 12 relief appearances, California on March 30 ... closed out the year with five straight relief outings without but time was limited in the second half of the season due to a minor injury and illness ... allowing a run ... over that stretch, gave up only one hit in three and one-third innings ... got the win April 27 at Cal, fanning one in a third of an inning ... hadn’t thrown since April over his final seven relief appearances (4.2 innings), allowed only two hits and one run. 2 due to soreness ... struck out a career-high seven in three innings March 5 at Portland ... threw two shutout innings, allowing no hits or walks, March 16 vs. Brigham Young ... got ENUMCLAW HIGH SCHOOL a save with three innings March 25 vs. WSU ... didn’t pitch in the final month of the Earned three varsity letters as a pitcher and outfielder under coach Dan Hennessey at regular season, mostly due to illness ... spent the summer as a starter with Bellingham Enumclaw ... captained the team as a senior ... second-team all-league as a sophomore (Wash.) in the Pacific International League, posting a 2-1 record and a 2.88 ERA in league and first-team as a junior ... as a senior, named a first-team all-league pitcher and a play ... fanned 31 in 28 innings in league action ... 2001 (Freshman) – The most-used of second-team all-league outfielder ... all-state and honorable mention all-America as a the freshmen relievers, he saw relief action in 14 games, the fourth most relief appearances senior ... played for the Washington team in the annual all-star game against Oregon’s on the team ... earned a save with a long relief outing in his first career appearance, high school all-stars ... a member of the National Honor Society with a 3.5 grade point throwing four innings to close the March 3 game at UC Riverside ... allowed one run on average. TREVOR GIBSON’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2001 6.00 0-2 14/0 0 0 1 15.0 13 12 10 10 10 3 0 2 .236 0 4 0 2002 9.98 1-0 12/0 0 0 1 15.1 15 18 17 13 16 3 0 1 .250 3 5 1 2003 4.02 3-0 9/6 0 0 1 31.1 23 14 14 18 29 5 2 1 .205 3 5 4 Totals 5.98 4-2 35/6 0 0 3 61.2 51 44 41 41 55 11 2 4 .225 6 14 6 AARON HATHAWAY CATCHER • JUNIOR #13 • 6-0 • 190 • R/R VANCOUVER, WASH. (COLUMBIA RIVER HS) PERSONAL games of the year ... played so well defensively in the NCAA Houston Regional that he Born December 2, 1982, in Van- made the all-regional team despite going only 1-for-17 at the plate in the tournament ... couver, Wash. ... son of Bill and allowed only one stolen base and picked off two in the regional ... shared the Pac-10 lead Jeannette Hathaway ... has one for most pickoffs over the course of the season with four ... had two hits and a homer in brother, Jason, a former baseball each of the first two games at Oregon State ... May 14 (game one) vs. Gonzaga, went 3- player at Concordia in Oregon ... a for-6 with two RBI ... 5-for-13 in USC series ... .321 average in league play was third on sociology major. the team ... 34-for-99 (.343) over his last 26 regular-season games ... 6-for-11 with a homer, a double and six RBI in Stanford series ... had all four UW RBI in April 20 loss to WASHINGTON the Cardinal and hit a solo homer to start an eighth-inning rally in April 21 win ... 5-for-10 2003 (Sophomore) – One of the nation’s finest defensive catchers ... also emerged as in the previous weekend’s league series vs. WSU ... first career homer April 13 vs. the the Huskies’ No. 3 hitter, batting third in 27 of the UW’s last 29 games ... picked off nine Cougars ... had the Huskies’ only five-hit game of the season, going 5-for-5 with two base-runners, any other player in the Pac-10 (including pitchers) ... allowed only 17 doubles April 2 vs. Gonzaga ... threw out 21-of-60 would-be basestealers on the season, stolen bases all year while throwing out 18 would-be base-stealers ... started 52 games, a solid .350 percentage ... had a tremendous debut Feb. 15 vs. Northwestern, going 2-for- 49 at catcher and three as the DH ... made the NCAA Regional all-tournament team (his 4 with a double and a triple ... also threw out a would-be basestealer and picked off a second all-regional award in as many seasons) after a big weekend at the plate ... went 8- runner at first base in that game. for-17 with two runs, a double, a homer and three RBI at the regionals ... went 3-for-5 in the opening win over Minnesota and 2-for-4 with an RBI against the Gophers on May 31 COLUMBIA RIVER HIGH SCHOOL and against Long Beach State on June 1 ... had the big hit May 25 in Washington’s come- Earned four letters in baseball at Columbia River ... batted over .400 in each of his final from-behind win over USC, driving in the go-ahead run with a two-out RBI double in the three seasons, hitting .429 as a sophomore, .466 as a junior and .485 as a senior ... had 10 eighth inning, breaking an 8-8 tie after UW had trailed, 6-0 ... 3-for-4 with four RBIs in homers and 61 RBI as a junior and belted five home runs and drove in 48 as a senior ... that game ... homered May 23 vs. USC ... hit safely in 22 of the last 26 to close out the first-team all-league pick his final three years ... team MVP and captain as a junior and season ... got a hit in all three at UCLA, going 5-for-13 on the weekend ... 2-for-5, two RBI senior ... made all-state as a senior and was named MVP of the all-state games ... played May 6 vs. Portland ... broke a seven-game hitting streak vs. Lewis-Clark State ... had gone on the Washington all-star team that swept Oregon’s all-stars ... helped team to a first- 14-for-29 (.483) during the streak ... 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI Apr. 21 vs. place finish in the league and the district as a sophomore, when River finished third in the Hawaii-Hilo (game 1) and then 2-for-3 with three RBI, a double and a triple Apr. 22 vs. the state ... also earned three letters in football and two in basketball ... in each of his last Vulcans ... home run Mar. 29 at Stanford ... first homer of the year in 8-1 win Mar. 9 vs. two seasons as the football team’s quarterback, led the Greater St. Helens League in Washington State ... spent the summer playing for Brewster (Mass.) in the Cape Cod passing yards, percentage and passing touchdowns ... named the Greater St. Helens League League ... 2002 (Freshman) – Named a first-team Freshman All-American by Collegiate Player of the Year as a senior footballer, and was the Vancouver Columbian’s area player Baseball after spending the season as the Huskies’ starting catcher ...made 48 starts at of the year ... all-state quarterback, kicker, punter and defensive back as a senior ... threw catcher, including 31 of the last 33 ... hit safely in 16 of last 20 and 21 of last 26 regular for 2,363 yards to help the Chieftans to the state AAA quarterfinals as a senior ... second- season games ... a major reason for the Huskies’ second-half turnaround as he batted team all-league in basketball while also earning team MVP and acting as team captain ... .302, allowed only four passed balls and threw out 11 of 21 basestealers over the last 32 TrendWest’s and KVAN’s Athlete of the Year ... graduated with a 3.72 GPA. AARON HATHAWAY’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2002 .303 52/48 175 27 53 6 1 4 30 .417 20 3 31 .382 1 2 9/15 2003 .350 55/52 203 38 71 12 2 5 38 .502 19 4 29 .410 3 4 3/6 Totals .328 107/100 378 65 124 18 3 9 68 .463 39 7 60 .397 4 6 12/21 10 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S JAMIE HAWKINS LEFT-HANDED PITCHER • RS-JUNIOR #32 • 6-0 • 190 • L/L BAINBRIDGE, WASH. (BAINBRIDGE HS) PERSONAL two-thirds of an inning March 2 vs. Born March 11, 1982, in Seattle ... son of Randy and Janet Hawkins ... has one younger Utah, allowing two hits, but no runs sister, Lindsay ... both parents attended the UW ... an anthropology major. ... worked a no-hit inning March 7 vs. Portland, striking out two ... 2001 WASHINGTON (Freshman) – Redshirted the 2003 (Sophomore) – Got a late start on the season after suffering an illness in the off- season, primarily due to a shoulder season that kept him out of action until he made his first outing March 25 ... pitched in injury. five games, including one start ... threw 0.1 IP (one hit, no runs) May 18 vs. ASU in his only Pac-10 action of the season ... got no decision in first career start May 7 vs. Portland, BAINBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL allowing three runs over 4.1 IP ... threw one shutout inning Apr. 21 (game 2) vs. Hawaii- Earned three letters as a pitcher and outfielder for coach Mike Reese at Bainbridge ... All- Hilo ... worked two innings at Kansas State, allowing a run on one hit ... struck out two in Olympic League as a junior and senior ... served as captain his senior year ... team went two innings Mar. 15 at Portland, allowing no runs on one hit in first outing of the year ... 19-2 his junior year and 18-4 his season season ... 6-2 with a 0.58 ERA and 53 strikeouts over the summer, pitched for Kirkland (Wash.) ... 2002 (RS-Freshman) – Saw limited in 40 innings as junior ... in his senior year, posted 4-1 record, a 1.47 earned run average action out of the bullpen ... pitched in two games and didn’t allow a run in either ... threw and 46 strikeouts in 24 innings ... threw a no-hitter as a senior. JAMIE HAWKINS’ CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2002 0.00 0-0 2/0 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .286 0 0 0 2003 3.72 0-0 5/1 0 0 0 9.2 9 4 4 6 9 0 0 1 .243 1 2 0 Totals 3.18 0-0 7/1 0 0 0 11.1 11 4 4 7 11 0 0 1 .250 1 2 0

HUNTER HUGHES RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER • RS-FRESHMAN #30 • 6-1 • 181 • R/R SEATAC, WASH. (MT. RAINIER HS) PERSONAL year and 14-1 his senior season ... Born March 12, 1984, in Seattle ... son of Marilyn and Richard Hughes ... has an older took first in the district and sixth in brother, Adam ... majoring in business. the state his senior year after finishing second in the district WASHINGTON playoffs as a junior ... posted a 1.00 2003 (Freshman) – Redshirted his first season with the Huskies. ERA and a 7-0 record as a junior ... followed that with a 1.25 earned run MT. RAINIER HIGH SCHOOL average and a 5-0 mark as a senior Earned four letters as a pitcher and first baseman at Mt. Rainier ... after last-place ... Seamount League MVP and first-team all-league pitcher as a senior ... first-team all- Seamount League finishes his first two years, led the team to league championships his league as a pitcher and first baseman his junior year ... lettered for and captained the golf final two seasons ... captained the team his final two years ... team went 11-4 his junior team as a senior ... graduated with a 3.82 grade point average.

11 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S GREG ISAACSON SECOND BASEMAN • SENIOR #4 • 6-1 • 195 • L/R ABERDEEN, WASH. (ABERDEEN HS) PERSONAL games ... usually batted ninth and hit .343 (37-for-108) as the No. 9 hitter (29 games) ... Born February 18, 1982, in Aberdeen, started all five at the NCAA regional, going 4-for-15 with three walks ... drove in what Wash. ... son of Thomas and Linda proved to be the winning run in the 4-2 win over Harvard, tripling home Aaron Hathaway Isaacson ... has two brothers (Joel for the third run in the Huskies’ four-run fourth ... hit safely in all three at OSU, going 4-for- and Daniel) and two sisters (Pam and 10 for the weekend ... three RBI May 8 vs. Portland ... 4-for-11 with six RBI in three games Sara) ... member of Phi Delta Theta vs. UCLA ... first career HR in May 5 win over the Bruins, a three-run bomb ... 4-for-10 with fraternity ... a economics major. two RBI, two doubles and two steals in Cal series ... doubled and scored tying run in the ninth of April 27’s 5-4 win ... 4-for-9 in series vs. Stanford ... first career hit was a two-run WASHINGTON double March 14 vs. BYU ... went 3-for-4 the following day and 2-for-5 the day after that 2003 (Junior) – Started 54 of 60 at second base ... an outstanding defensive second ... four doubles in his first five games ... didn’t let his average dip below .304 all season ... baseman with only 10 errors in 271 chances on the season (.963) ... nine homers were batted .333 with four triples and 15 walks in 23 league games for the Bend (Ore.) Elks in fourth-highest on the team ... over the last 38 games of the year, batted .329 (50-for-152) the Pacific International League last summer ... tied for first in the PIL in triples and third with 10 doubles, eight homers and 28 RBI ... four hits, including an RBI double in the in on-base percentage ... 2001 (Freshman) – Played sparingly in his true freshman season, opening win over Minnesota, in the NCAA Regional ... also had a pair of singles in the appearing in four games and starting one ... came off the bench in the March 10 and 11 other Minnesota win ... hit two homers, including a grand slam, and drove in six in the 26- games vs. Southern Utah and March 28 vs. Puget Sound ... went 0-for-3 in lone start, May 2 win over USC ... went 6-for-13 with 7 RBI in the USC series ... reached base eight times 15 vs. Gonzaga ... made only one error in 11 defensive chances at second base. in two-game series vs. Portland ... 3-for-4 with a solo homer May 9 at UCLA ... 4-for-6 with a double, a homer and four RBI Apr. 29 vs. Lewis-Clark State ... 3-for-4 with a homer and ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL a double Apr. 27 vs. Cal ... 7-for-14 in Cal series ... stole three bases in Hilo series ... 4-for- Earned two varsity letters, for coach Mike Voelkel as a junior and coach Mike Bozich as a 5 with a homer and three RBI at Kansas State ... third home run of the year in April 4 win senior ... played second base and shortstop ... named first-team All-Pac-9 as a junior and over Oregon State ... went 3-for-6 with a homer and two doubles Mar. 26 at Portland ... senior and was team MVP as a senior ... made district playoff appearances both seasons belted a grand slam Mar. 11 at OSU, breaking a 5-5 tie and capping a six-run eighth inning ... batted .394 with 10 doubles as a junior and hit .418 with 10 doubles and 26 RBI his ... only his second career homer at the time ... had game-winning RBI single in the ninth senior season ... once hit a game-winning home run to beat Puyallup ... earned three Feb. 14 at Loyola Marymount... played summer ball for Newport (R.I.) ... batted .339 as a letters in golf and two in basketalll ... named the MVP of the Pac-9 in basketball and regular starter for the Gulls and was named second-team all-league in the New England participated at state twice in golf ... a member of the National Honor Society, winning Collegiate Baseball League ... 2002 (Sophomore) – Didn’t play in the first 15 games of two scholarships with his 3.9 grade point average. the year and was set to redshirt, but then entered the line up and started 44 of the last 46 GREG ISAACSON’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2001 .000 4/1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0/0 2002 .315 44/44 149 32 47 9 1 1 25 .409 19 6 23 .409 2 4 11/15 2003 .322 58/54 208 54 67 10 2 9 38 .519 28 9 24 .423 1 4 9/16 Totals .316 106/99 361 86 114 19 3 10 63 .468 47 15 50 .413 3 8 20/31 BEN JOHNSON OUTFIELDER / CATCHER • SENIOR #12 • 6-0 • 205 • S/R BELLEVUE, WASH. (BELLEVUE HS) PERSONAL off the bench May 23 vs. USC, when he went 1-for-3 with a run scored ... doubled, scored Born October 17, 1981, in Seattle ... and drove in a run in start May 3 at Washington State ... 1-for-3 with an RBI double Apr. son of Deb Farley and Mike Johnson 21 vs. Hawaii-Hilo (game 2) ... also started Apr. 12 at Arizona and Apr. 6 vs. Oregon State ... has twin younger brothers, Nick ... first hit of the year was a three-run homer Mar. 26 at Portland ... started in that one and and Luke, and a younger sister, Ali ... also started Feb. 15 at Loyola and Mar. 16 vs. Cal State Northridge... spent the summer enrolled in the business school ... playing for the Seattle Studs ... 2002 (Sophomore) – The Huskies’ backup catcher, made member of Lambda Chi Alpha 12 starts behind the plate, including two of three in the ASU and Missouri series ... after fraternity. 15 games without any action, saw backup action May 7 and started May 8 vs. Portland ... also started last May 14 (second game) vs. Gonzaga, going 1-for-4 with a walk ... 1-for-3 WASHINGTON with a double and two RBI opening day vs. Missouri ... 2-for-4 March 28 at Arizona State 2003 (Junior) – Served as the Huskies’ No. 2 catcher for a third straight season ... saw ... also went 2-for-3 with a walk, a steal and an HBP April 5 at Missouri ... 2001 (Freshman) action in 22 games and started eight behind the plate ... no errors in 104 chances ... came – Played in 25 games and started 19, all behind the plate ... didn’t make his first career 12 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S appearance until March 11, when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in his first BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL career plate appearance ... first career hit was a double April 1 vs. Cal... after going 2-for- Earned three letters as a catcher and third baseman at Bellevue ... three-time all-league 3 vs. Pacific Lutheran April 3, got his first RBI in the April 6 win at Hawaii-Hilo, going 1- selection and team MVP as a senior ... drafted by the in the 29th round of for-4 ... 2-for-3 with two walks April 8 at Hilo ... was the hero of the Huskies’ April 25 win the 2000 draft ...also quarterbacked the Bellevue football team, serving as captain as a over Lewis-Clark State ... after the Huskies had given up the lead on a two-out homer in senior ... earned one letter in basketball. the top of the ninth, belted a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to win, his first career homer ... went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI the following game at WSU ... hit a solo homer in a May 1 win at Gonzaga. BEN JOHNSON’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2001 .229 25/19 70 7 16 2 0 2 8 .343 6 3 18 .316 0 1 0/0 2002 .200 19/12 40 7 8 1 0 1 4 .300 8 3 3 .373 0 0 2/3 2003 .154 22/8 39 7 6 2 0 1 5 .282 3 1 5 .227 1 0 0/0 Totals .201 66/39 149 21 30 5 0 4 17 .315 17 7 26 .310 1 1 2/3 TAYLOR JOHNSON OUTFIELDER • JUNIOR #22 • 6-2 • 220 • L/L VANCOUVER, WASH. (SKYVIEW HS) PERSONAL lone UCLA start that weekend ... Born July 25, 1983, in Vancouver, Wash. ... son of Charles and Terri Johnson ... has a started all three in RF and leadoff vs. younger sister, Kelsey, a standout on her high school soccer and track teams ... major is Cal, going 3-for-12 with two RBI and undeclared. two assists ... got a start April 16 vs. Lewis-Clark State (2-for-5 with a WASHINGTON double) and then started in right field 2003 (Sophomore) – Started 44 of 60 games in right field and 45 total ... slumped a bit and in the leadoff spot in both of the at the plate in the late-going, and only started two of the season’s final 13 games ... wins over Stanford ... first career hit started, walked and scored in the May 31 game vs. Long Beach State at the NCAA Regional was a solo homer Feb. 26 at Portland ... played summer ball for Bend (Ore.) in the Pacific ... 2-for-3 vs. Lewis-Clark State ... 2-for-4 Apr. 25 vs. Cal ... went 6-for-7 with a grand slam International League, batting .326 with a wood bat in 15 league games ... also walked 11 and five RBIs in Apr. 21 doubleheader vs. Hawaii-Hilo ... had a hit in seven straight ABs, times and stole eight bases in league play for the Elks. dating back to previous game ... hit fifth homer of the year in Mar. 16 win over Cal State Northridge ... two homers in final two ABs in Mar. 7 win over Washington State ... followed SKYVIEW HIGH SCHOOL that with a homer in his first at bat at Oregon State ... four hits in the Mar. 11 win at OSU Earned three varsity baseball letters at Skyview ... also earned three letters each in football ... 5-for-10 with four runs in OSU series March 11-12 ... 3-for-12 with six RBIs in WSU and basketball ... first-team all-league in baseball all three seasons ... also a first-team series ... homer and four RBI Mar. 1 vs. CSUN ... played summer ball for Bourne (Mass) in all-leaguer in basketball and second-team in football as a senior ... batted .408 as a the Cape Cod League ... 2002 (Freshman) – Finished the season as the regular starter in sophomore, .508 as a junior and .378 as a senior ... named team’s offensive MVP his right field against right-handed starters ... started 21 of the last 33 in right field, usually junior and senior years and played in the Area Code Games in 2000 ... all-state and a as the leadoff hitter ... also started four in CF ... Huskies went 15-6 in games in which he member of the Washington state all-star team that swept Oregon’s all-stars ... drafted in started in right field ... started all five games at the NCAA Regional ... 3-for-5 May 18 at the 39th round by Pittsburgh in the June, 2001 draft ... team captain as a junior and senior Oregon State ... 2-for-6 with a two-run homer in game two May 14 vs. Gonzaga ... 2-for-3 ... also team captain as a junior and senior in basketball ... team captain and offensive May 10 at USC ... hit three homers in his last nine regular-season starts ... homered in MVP of his football team as a senior ... graduated with a 3.6 GPA and was nominated for both games (May 7-8) vs. Portland and went 4-for-9 in the two games ... 2-for-3 May 5 in a National Football Foundation scholarship. TAYLOR JOHNSON’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2002 .278 34/26 108 23 30 6 0 4 13 .444 11 3 19 .361 0 3 6/10 2003 .264 47/45 163 38 43 6 0 6 25 .411 19 4 36 .349 3 5 6/10 Totals .269 81/71 271 61 73 12 0 10 38 .424 30 7 55 .354 3 8 12/20

13 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S MATT KASSER RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER • SOPHOMORE #39 • 5-11 • 185 • R/R ISSAQUAH, WASH. (ISSAQUAH HS) PERSONAL relief innings May 9 at UCLA ... threw a scoreless inning Apr. 21 vs. Hawaii-Hilo (game 2) Born December 17, 1983, in Yakima, and then struck out the side in order in his one IP Apr. 22 vs. Hilo ... struck out two in one Wash. ... son of Mike and Linda inning of relief Mar. 25 at Portland... got a win with a 0.2-inning relief appearance Mar. 12 Kasser ... has two younger sisters, at Oregon State... pitched for North Adams (Mass.) during the summer ... started six Lindsey and Laura ... major is games and struck out 45 in 36.2 innings over the summer. undeclared, but considering getting into business. ISSAQUAH HIGH SCHOOL Earned four letters as a pitcher and outfielder at Issaquah for coach Rob Reese ... captain WASHINGTON as a junior and senior ... team went 78-25 over his four years, winning the KingCo title his 2003 (Freshman) – The only true freshman pitcher to see any action all season ... made freshman year, the district title three of four years and the state championship his nine appearances, all in relief ... all nine runs allowed came in two outings while the sophomore season ... also finished second in the district his junior year, fourth in state as other seven were shutout appearances ... 11 of the 13 hits he allowed also came over a freshman and seventh in state in his final season ... posted a 25-5 career record in high those same two outings, Feb. 21 vs. Gonzaga (six hits, three runs) and Mar. 30 at Stanford school, including a 9-3 mark in his sophomore state-championship season ... set the KingCo (five hits, six runs) ... in other seven outings, allowed only three hits and no runs over 10.0 Conference record for career victories with 25 ... 7-1 as a junior and 8-1 as a senior ... innings, striking out 15 ... entered the postseason having fanned 10 of the last 18 batters threw nine complete games as a sophomore and eight as a senior ... a two-time All- he’d faced ... made one appearance at the NCAA Regional when he allowed two hits and Eastside pick and a three-time All-KingCo first-teamer ... team MVP as a junior and senior no runs over 2.2 innings vs. Long Beach State on June 1 ... struck out four in 2.2 hitless ... also ran cross country, earning three varsity letters in that sport. MATT KASSER’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2003 6.57 1-0 9 0 0 0 12.1 14 9 9 12 16 0 1 3 .298 0 1 1

KYLE LARSEN FIRST BASEMAN • JUNIOR #23 • 6-5 • 240 • L/L REDMOND, WASH. (EASTLAKE HS) PERSONAL Mar. 7 vs. Washington State ... 5-for-6 with homer, double, four RBI Mar. 1 vs. CS Northridge Born June 30, 1983, in Bellevue, ... led off the ninth vs. UCSB with a homer to tie the game at 5-5 ... two-run HR in the first Wash. ... son of Arne and Barb Larsen inning vs. Houston, a 4-1 win ... 2-for-4 with a double and HR Feb. 14 at Loyola Marymount...... has a younger brother, Kris ... batted .286 over 29 games while playing for Brewster (Mass.) in the Cape Cod League majoring in anthropology. over the summer ... 2002 (Freshman) – Named a first-team Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball after emerging as the Huskies’ everyday starter at first base, starting WASHINGTON 47 games there ... often hit No. 3 in the order, particularly against righties ... as the No. 3 2003 (Sophomore) – The Huskies’ hitter, batted .436 (24-for-55) in 14 starts there ... UW went 10-4 in those games ... during every day first baseman, starting 59 of 60 games on the season ... an outstanding defender the regular season, led the Huskies in batting with his .363 average and also was the ... after 621 career error-free chances, made first career error Mar. 12 at Oregon State ... team’s top hitter in Pac-10 play, batting .365 against conference opposition ... despite a still enters his junior year with only two errors in 1,008 career chances (.998) ... heated up rough time at the plate in the postseason (3-for-19), had a huge hit in the Huskies’ dramatic at the plate in the last few weeks of the regular season, hitting safely in each of the last comeback win over Rice ... down 6-4 with two outs and none on in the bottom of the five and getting two hits in four of those ... also hit in two of four NCAA Regional games, ninth, stroked a two-strike pitch for a single two batters prior to Jay Garthwaite’s game- going 2-for-4 May 31 vs. Minnesota ... 5-for-11 with three RBIs in USC series and 4-for-7 winning three-run homer ... entered the postseason on a 12-game hitting streak, his longest in last two ASU games ... went only 2-for-14 vs. UCLA, but drove in three runs ... broke of the year and the third longest of the season by any Husky ... during the streak, went 22- nearly two-month long home run drought with eighth homer May 3 at Washington State for-44 (.500) with nine runs, 10 RBI, four doubles and three steals, raising his average ... 5-for-14 on the weekend vs. the Cougs ... 3-for-6 with two RBI in Apr. 25 win over from .315 to .363 ... missed three games during that stretch after getting hit on the right California ... batted 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI Apr. 21 vs. Hawaii-Hilo (game one) elbow by a pitch in the second game at USC ... sat out game three at USC and both ... sat out game two, his lone non-start of the year ... reached base six times in the Arizona Gonzaga games May 14 ... finished his first college season without an error in 454 chances series ... hit seven homers in the season’s first 16 games ... homered in three straight ... 3-for-5 in April 26’s 2-0 win at Cal, including a solo HR in the ninth to make it 2-0 ... games (UCSB, Houston and first at LMU) ... 3-for-3 with four runs and a two-run homer singled in the game-winner in the ninth inning of 5-4 win April 27 at Cal ... drove in the

14 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S winning run in the 10th inning of the April 21, 4-3 win over Stanford... also hit a homer EASTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL earlier in that game ... hit first two career homers in back-to-back games March 2-3 vs. Earned three varsity baseball letters at Eastlake ... first-team All-KingCo as a junior and Utah ... 2-for-5 with a double and a homer March 25 vs. WSU... 3-for-6 with four RBI the again as a senior ... team MVP and all-state as a senior, when he batted .411 ... hit .439 as following day. a junior ... played on the Washington all-star team that swept the Oregon all-stars ... drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the June, 2001 draft ... also played one season of basketball. KYLE LARSEN’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2002 .342 51/47 190 30 65 11 1 5 37 .489 23 6 33 .425 2 0 4/6 2003 .274 59/59 219 44 60 8 0 8 41 .420 29 11 31 .382 3 0 0/1 Totals .306 110/106 409 74 125 19 1 13 78 .452 52 17 64 .402 5 0 4/7

BRENT LILLIBRIDGE SHORTSTOP • SOPHOMORE #11 • 5-10 • 185 • R/R EVERETT, WASH. (JACKSON HS) PERSONAL the year by a Husky ... over those 13 Born September 18, 1983, in Everett, Wash. ... parents are Leslie and Curt Lillibridge ... games: 24-for-53 (.453) with 15 runs, has three younger brothers, Kiel, Cameron and Riley ... undeclared major. 17 RBI and six homers ... over the last 41 games to end the year, batted .405 WASHINGTON (62-for-153) with 43 runs, 41 RBI and 2003 (Freshman) – All-Pac-10 first-team selection and runner-up for Pac-10 Freshman of 13 homers ... 3-for-4 with two the Year ... also named a first-team Freshman All-American and served as the regular homers, three runs, three RBI and a starter in center field for the USA Baseball National Team over the summer ... turned in stolen base at Kansas State ... went perhaps the best freshman season in Washington history ... spent most of the season as 3-for-3 Apr. 12 at Arizona and, in his first game as leadoff hitter, belted a homer in the first the Huskies’ top hitter and set a UW freshman record with 13 homers ... No. 2 in the inning Apr. 13 ... hit a grand slam in Mar. 30 loss at Stanford ... that slam gave the UW an nation among freshmen hitters with his .388 average, fifth in the Pac-10 ... third in the 11-10 lead in the seventh ... also made two great catches in that game ... first career Pac-10 with .699 slugging mark (tops in the nation for a freshman) and tied for 10th in the homer in Mar. 26 win at Portland ... drove in the game-winning run with a single in the Pac-10 in home runs ... 12 doubles in Pac-10-only play ranked second in the league and ninth vs. UCSB ... batted .253 in 29 games (26 starts) for the national team, helping it to a eight homers were fourth ... expected to start at shortstop the rest of his career at UW, silver medal at the Pan-Am Games ... posted a pair of 3-for-5 games during the medal but worked his way into the lineup as a center fielder as a freshman ... led off the last 30 rounds at the Pan-Ams. games for the Huskies, scoring a run in 20 of those ... hit three homers to lead off games ... named to NCAA Regional all-tournament team after hitting safely in all four ... 6-for-17 JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL with a homer and three RBI in the tournament ... in 24 Pac-10 games, batted .394 (39-for- A four-year letterman and three-year team captain at Jackson ... helped team to a 15-3 99) and slugged .758 with 12 doubles, eight homers, 26 runs and 21 RBIs ... went 3-for-4 record and a second-place district finish as a junior and a 16-2 mark and the league title with three runs, two RBIs and a homer in the regular-season-finale, come-from-behind as a senior ... for his career, batted .420 with 16 homers ... two-time first-team All-WesCo win over USC ... 4-for-10 with two homers, three RBI and four runs in ASU series ... two after earning second-team his sophomore year ... also earned three basketball letters, solo homers in 3-2 win over UCLA May 10 ... 3-for-4 with a grand slam May 6 vs. Portland earning second-team all-league honors twice ... boasted a 3.7 high school grade point ... had a 13-game hit streak broken Apr. 21 vs. Hilo (game 1) ... streak was the longest of average. BRENT LILLIBRIDGE’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2003 .388 54/48 183 49 71 16 1 13 47 .699 16 5 48 .451 0 2 9/14

15 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S JOHN OTNESS THIRD BASEMAN • SENIOR #25 • 5-11 • 200 • R/R FIRCREST, WASH. (WILSON HS) PERSONAL after taking a fastball in the head in the Feb. 22 win ... took two stitches behind his left Born September 15, 1981, in Tacoma, ear but finished the game ... 2001 (Freshman) – Due to an injury to senior starter Marc Wash. ... son of James and Cathy Rittenhouse, spent about half the season as the Huskies’ starter at second base ... played Otness ... has an older sister, Kirsten in 36 games and started exactly half (26) of the Huskies’ 52 games ... played tremendous ... father attended Washington ... a defense, committing only two errors in 112 chances on the season, good for an outstanding pre-engineering major, hoping to go .982 fielding percentage ... struck out only 10 times in 103 at bats ... went on a mid- into construction management. season tear that saw his average rise to .400 through his first 65 at bats ... after moving in the starting lineup on a regular basis, went 24-for-60 (.400) over 16 games ... belted a WASHINGTON pinch-hit double in first career at bat, March 3 at UC Riverside ... 2-for-4 with first career 2003 (Junior) – Washington’s everyday starter at third base after winning a preseason RBI in a 7-3 win over USC March 19 ... 3-for-5 with three RBI in a win over WSU on March battle for the starting job ... started 55 at third base and another two at designated hitter 21, driving in the go-ahead runs in the fifth inning ... 3-for-4 with a double vs. Puget Sound ... made only seven errors in 145 chances on the year, good for a .952 fielding mark ... (March 28) ... 2-for-4 with three runs batted in April 1 vs. Cal ... drove in the first two runs shared the team lead with his 16 doubles and led with four triples ... named to the all- in a 9-0 win at Hawaii-Hilo, going 1-for-2 with a two-run double and two walks in the tournament team at the NCAA Regional ... 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in the regional game ... 1-for-4 with a three-run double in the 10-7 win at Hilo ... over the summer, helped opener vs. Minnesota ... had a big game in the 26-2 rout of USC, going 3-for-5 with a the Aloha (Ore.) Knights to a 54-14 record, batting .298 with a wood bat while fielding at career-high five RBIs and a homer ... 3-for-5 with two homers, a double and four RBI in 13- a .976 clip (four errors in 169 chances) ... named first-team All-Pacific International League 2 win at UCLA May 11 ... 3-for-5 with two doubles Apr. 29 vs. Lewis-Clark State ... 4-for- following the summer. 4 March 24 at Stanford ... 3-for-6 with a homer at Kansas State ... 4-for-12 with a homer and four RBI in the Oregon State series ... hit first home run of the season in Mar. 26 win WILSON HIGH SCHOOL at Portland ... 5-for-12 in Cal State Northridge series ... 3-for-5 Mar. 7 vs. Washington Earned four varsity letters under coach Lonnie Slater at Wilson, playing shortstop, third State... played summer ball for Newport (R.I.) ... 2002 (Sophomore) – Began the year as base and pitcher ... only the fourth Wilson player ever to earn a letter as a freshman ... a platooning third baseman ... made 12 starts at third and 20 at DH, mostly at the end of served as team captain as a junior and senior ... as a senior, named the Narrows League the year ... Huskies went 13-7 in games in which Otness started at DH ... had a hit in 26 of MVP, all-area, all-state and the Tacoma News-Tribune Player of the Year ... team won the 32 starts on the season and once had an 11-game hit streak before breaking it in a pinch- Narrows League and went to state his sophomore and senior seasons ... batted .560 and hit role ... hit safely in 28 of 35 games overall (in which he had an AB) ... had a strong had an .817 on-base average as a senior ... in the league championship game his senior NCAA regional, going 6-for-16 with two doubles and three RBI ... reached on a two-strike year vs. rival Bellarmine Prep, threw a complete-game four-hitter, striking out 11 and also hit-by-pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth vs. Rice, one batter before Jay went 2-for-2 with a double, two walks and two runs at the plate ... played two years of Garthwaite’s game-winning, three-run homer ... started at DH (game one) and 3B (game varsity football, sharing quarterback duties as a junior, when his team took second in two) vs. Gonzaga May 14, going 4-for-4 with a walk in game two ... 3-for-8 in two DH state ... played one year of varsity basketball, helping the team to a fifth-place state starts at USC ... homered May 12 vs. the Trojans ... two RBI in three straight games April finish ... named the English and Math Student of the Year and was once the Tacoma 7-13 (at Missouri, vs. UC Irvine, vs. Washington State) ... first career homer April 13 vs. Athletic Commission’s Student-Athlete of the Month ... graduated with a 3.86 GPA. WSU ... also belted a two-run homer May 12 at USC ... started only once at Fresno State JOHN OTNESS’ CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2001 .301 36/26 103 12 31 7 0 0 15 .369 12 2 10 .381 1 1 3/5 2002 .333 35/32 120 15 40 7 0 2 19 .442 11 5 11 .412 0 0 3/3 2003 .298 57/57 218 41 65 16 4 6 36 .491 22 4 26 .367 4 0 2/3 Totals .308 128/115 441 68 136 30 4 8 70 .449 45 11 47 .382 5 1 8/11

HUSKY BASEBALL THANKS EASTON FOR ITS SUPPORT

16 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S CURT RINDAL FIRST BASEMAN • SOPHOMORE #21 • 6-3 • 220 • R/R MOUNT VERNON, WASH. (MOUNT VERNON HS) PERSONAL MOUNT VERNON Born September 15, 1983, in Mount Vernon, Wash. ... son of Teresa and Jeff Rindal ... has HIGH SCHOOL three brothers – Kevin, Brian and Eric – and a sister, Erin ... undecided on a major. Earned four varsity letters at Mount Vernon, helping the team to league WASHINGTON titles his last three seasons, to 2003 (Freshman) – Saw limited action during his first year as a Husky ... 2-for-9 with a district championships as a double, a run, and a HBP ... played in a total of eight games, but didn’t start ... scored first sophomore and junior and two top- run March 15 vs. Cal State Northridge and collected both of his two hits in game two of five state finishes ... team was 79- the April 21 doubleheader with Hawaii-Hilo, going 2-for-2 with a double ... played summer 18 over his four years ... batted .397 with four homers and 23 RBI as a junior and .412 with ball for Kirkland (Wash.) and batted .350 in league play. six home runs and 19 batted in as a senior ... all-league each of his last three years ... all- area, all-state and team captain as a senior ... also played one season each of basketball and football ... three-year National Honor Society member and involved in student government ... had a 3.7 grade point average. CURT RINDAL’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2003 .222 8/0 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 .333 0 1 1 .300 0 0 0/0

JOSH SHOWERS INFIELDER • SOPHOMORE #7 • 6-0 • 180 • R/R PORT ORCHARD, WASH. (SOUTH KITSAP HS) PERSONAL SOUTH KITSAP Born September 26, 1984, in Tacoma, Wash. ... parents are Debbie and Robert Showers ... HIGH SCHOOL has a younger brother, Chris ... undecided on a major. A two-year letterman at perennial state power South Kitsap ... as a WASHINGTON junior batted .383 with 18 RBI as the 2003 (Freshman) – Played in only four games during his true freshman season, and got a team went 17-7, finished second in plate appearance in only one game ... came off the bench for two at bats Feb. 22 vs. league and fourth in the district ... Gonzaga ... fielded all six of his chances on the year without an error. as a senior, hit .532 with five home runs and 30 runs batted in as the team went 20-5, won the league and district and finished fifth in state ... second-team All-Narrows League as a juinor and first-team all-league, league MVP and all-state as a senior ... played for Washington in the Washington-Oregon all-star series, which the Washington team swept. JOSH SHOWER’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2003 .000 4/0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0/0

17 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S MATT TUCKER INFIELDER • RS-FRESHMAN #9 • 6-0 • 185 • S/R AURORA, COLO. (SMOKY HILL HS)

PERSONAL SMOKY HILL HIGH SCHOOL Born June 5, 1983, in Salt Lake City, Earned three letters as a shortstop at Smoky Hill, serving as the team captain as a senior Utah ... son of Dave and Cindy Tucker ... as a junior, led the team to a 20-4 record and a league, district and state championship ... younger brother of Michael Done, ... batted .422 with eight homers, 34 runs and 28 RBI that year ... went 2-for-4 with the the Huskies’ starting third baseman game-winning homer in a 7-5 victory over rival Cherry Creek in the state championship from 2000 to 2002 ... Michael now game ... had a grand slam and a three-run homer in a another state tournament game ... plays in the Orioles organization ... second-team all-conference as a sophomore, honorable mention all-state and first-team father Dave also played at the UW all-conference as a junior and first-team all-conference and all-city as a senior ... also and was a teammate of coach Ken Knutson ... undecided on a major. played at Coors Field as a part of the Colorado Top 40 team ... participated in the Area Code Games and Best of the West Showcase ... went 7-for-8 with a homer, two doubles, WASHINGTON two triples and 13 RBI in the Midwest Prospects Showcase ... in 2001, collected four 2003 (Freshman) – Redshirted his first season as a Husky after undergoing surgery on different go-ahead or game-winning hits in the AAU National Championship tournament, his left (non-throwing) shoulder ... recovered in time to play summer ball for Bellefonte helping the team to a fifth-place finish with 11 RBI in six games. (Pa.), where he batted .288 and was among the league leaders in doubles.

JOEL VILLALOBOS LEFT-HANDED PITCHER • RS-JUNIOR #29 • 5-9 • 185 • L/L LYNNWOOD, WASH. (LYNNWOOD HS/BELLEVUE CC)

PERSONAL BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Born August 5, 1982, in Alaska ... son Played two seasons for coach Mark Yoshino, first as an outfielder in 2001 and then as a of George and Helen Villalobos ... has pitcher in 2002 ... first-team all-region and second-team all-NWAACC as a freshman two brothers, Ryan and Adam ... outfielder, when he earned BCC’s Silver Bat award as the team’s top hitter ... as a undecided on a major. sophomore, first-team all-region and all-NWAACC as a pitcher ... went 6-0 with a 1.40 earned run average in 2002 ... struck out 71, allowed only 31 hits and walked 19 in 51.1 WASHINGTON innings of work ... opponents batted only .161 against him ... helped team to a 31-12 2003 (Junior) – Sat out and red- overall record, a 26-4 league mark and a runner-up finish at the NWAACC championship. shirted his first season at the UW while recovering from a non-surgical arm ailment. LYNNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Earned two letters as an outfielder and pitcher at Lynnwood High, captaining the team as a senior ... helped team to the league title as a senior after batting .476 as a junior ... all- WesCo, all-state and team MVP as a senior in 2000 ... Everett Herald of the year as a senior.

HUSKY NO-HITTERS There are currently three no-hitters in recorded Washington history. The first (at regularly a catcher, no-hit Puget Sound, 14-0, on April 21, 1958. He fanned six, least since 1923) was thrown by Bob Peterson in 1951 (month and day unknown). walked one and hit one batter, but did not allow a ball out of the infield. He Peterson struck out seven and walked three in a 7-0 beating of division rival played every position on the field for the Huskies that year. Idaho. The next was by George Kritsonis against Seattle Pacific on April 8, 1957. Since 1958, there is no record of any Husky throwing a no-hitter. Here’s a recap Kritsonis threw a nine-inning game, beating the Falcons 18-0. He struck out 16 of the three Husky no-no’s: and did not allow a runner to reach second base. Kritsonis helped his own cause Bob Peterson (9 inn.) vs. Idaho (7-0), 1951 with two hits that day. The most recent no-hitter was a seven-inning job thrown George Kritsonis (9 inn.) vs. Seattle Pacific (18-0), April 8, 1957 by Larry Morrow, who was making his first college pitching appearance. Morrow, Larry Morrow (7 inn.) vs. Puget Sound (14-0), April 21, 1958

18 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S DEVIN WARNER OUTFIELDER • RS-SOPHOMORE #42 • 6-2 • 200 • S/R FORT COLLINS, COLO. (FORT COLLINS HS/KANSAS)

PERSONAL FORT COLLINS Born May 29, 1983, in Aurora, Colo. ... son of Norm and Barbara Warner ... has an older HIGH SCHOOL sister, Kara ... majoring in business ... transferred to the UW after one season at Kansas. Earned three varsity letters at Fort Collins, helping the team to league WASHINGTON championships as a junior and senior 2003 (Sophomore) – Red-shirted his first season at Washington due to a shoulder injury as well as the district title and a (non-surgical) ... played summer ball for the Bellefonte (Pa.) Bandits. third-place finish in the state as a senior ... all-conference as a junior UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS and all-conference, all-state 5A and all-Colorado as a senior ... batted over .500 as a Saw limited action in his one season at Kansas (2002) ... played in 13 games, starting one senior, when he was team captain ... also a two-time all-conference pick in football ...... had only three at bats, but also walked three times ... lone start came vs. Avila College class valedictorian with a 4.0 grade point average .. academic all-state in football and and also got an AB vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee. baseball all three years ... nominated for Wendy’s High School Heisman ... won the U.S. Marines outstanding student-athlete award.

2003-2004 DIAMOND CLUB MEMBERS Thank you to all of our Diamond Club members and volunteers, whose financial and volunteer help enhances the UW baseball program. This support goes to providing additional travel for the team to compete, an assistant coach’s salary, specialized training for coaches and players, equipment and much more. A special thank you to our group of volunteers who attend monthly meetings, in organizing all of the events that baseball sponsors, are always trying to help us raise money for the team, and for cheering at the games. Everyone’s help is invaluable to the Husky Baseball Program. William M. Abelson Peter S. and Sandra Dyer Mr. David V. Johnson Ms. Laura Moore-Almberg Michael and Diane Soules Marty Abraham Empire Equipment Estate of Lee M. Johnson Jim & Kris Moran Sean Spencer Ike N. Alhadeff Mr. Robert Dean Everitt Mr. Richard E. Johnston Steve & Patty Nelson Mr. Leonard D. Speyer Arby’s Roast Beef Exotic Metals Forming Co. Mr. Jeff Jones Mr. Frank W. Nolan, Jr. Mr. Andrew W. Sprague Baden Sports, Inc. Stephen Fairfax G. William and Bette Joost Randy Olson, D.D.S. Mr. Jack Standeford Morgan Bartlett Andrew M. Feldman Mr. Michael K. Kasser Debbie Parker Mr. Rick Stanton Michael Bauer Marlee M. and Daniel C. Fowler Mr. William R. Kiendl Eddie Pasatiempo Mr. Darryl Stevens Eldon G. Beals Daniel C. Fowley Laurie and Randy Koehler Mr. George Pitt Mr. Curtis E. Stimpson June Bechthold Larry Frostad Mr. Richard M. Koplowitz Ms. Cynthia L. Pladson Mr. Paul J. Stjerne Gary Bergan Mr. John L. Garner Dr. C. Michael Kramer David and Erin Ponzoha Mr. Charles G. Stocker Dale and Laura Bethel David Gelatt Ms. Kara Kriston W. Thomas and Dixie Porter, Jr. Mr. William B. Stuht George R. Birchfield Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Gittinger Mr. George Kritsonis Pamela Pratt Mr. Michael L. Sullivan Kelvin Bohrer Peter J. and Sally Glase Arne Larsen Preston Technology Estate of Jane B. Sylvester John Booher Mr. Anthony A. Gomez Mike & Jodie Lentz Ray Price Mr. Terry M. Tanner Joseph K. Bordeaux Randy Good Mr. Larry W. Lesley Neal & Lani Prindle Bob Tate Pete Botting Grad Products, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Curt Lillibridge Richard E. and Jane Ramsey Mr. Lester J. Teschner, Jr. Bowen Scarff Ford Mr. Robert R. Grant Mr. Chris Lincecum Mr. Bill H. Reams Don Torcaso Mr. & Mrs. Greg Brown Claude Green Robert Linder Mr. Ray E. Redman, Jr. Harald and Lisa Torgersen John R. Bruckart Mr. Addis Gutmann, Jr. Mr. Michael E. Locking Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Rindal Kevin Torlai Mr. & Mrs. Terry Burnham Ellen Haertl Mr. Christian F. Lundsgaard Ms. Kathy S. Roberts Michael Tucker-Done Anita Campbell Dana R. Halvorson Mr. Gene E. Lynn Mr. Bruce & Alida Robertson U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Inc. John T. Carroll Robert & Audrey Hancock Warren Mach Ron Roller Mr. Richard C. Uhlmann Ms. Julie A. Carroll Mr. John T. Hartley Richard Marshall, M.D. Louis and Sally Roselli Marilyn and Arch Van Belle Jeff Carter Mr. Duane Hastings Mr. V. Ronald Martin Mr. Harold J. Rowland Kosta Varlamos Herb D. Chaffey Bill & Jeannette Hathaway Robert E. and Jeane Maurer Mike Russell Varlamos Foods, Inc. Chaffey Investments Karl & Marilyn Havlicek Mr. Kenneth W. McBride Allan Sacks Ms. Marty M. Victor Gerald & Susan Christensen Mr. Michael B. Healey Mr. John A. McCallum Mr. Ralph C. Saxton, III Helen and George Villalobos Jim A. Clem Mr. Hiromu Heyamoto Mr. Curt S. McGuire Gerry Scalzo Washington Capital Mgmt., Inc. Edward A. Clifford Mr. George W. Hickman, Jr. Herb Mead Mr. Jeffrey D. Scanlan Mr. Geoffrey S. Wells Mr. & Mrs. Steve Conover Corinne D. and David L. Hill Rick A. and Patti Menti Mr. Raymond C. Schmidtke Ms. Mary Margaret White Steve Cragg Hinshaw’s Auto Body Ralph L. Merklin Mr. Robert W. Schoning Mr. Elmer J. White, Jr. Mr. Ray Cresap Ken and Terri Hobbs Mr. Robert A. Meyers Schweitzer Engineering Labs, Inc. Dr. Charles W. Wilkinson Mr. Patrick J. Dadosio Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hughes Mr. Richard M. Miailovich Bruce Shively David E. and Kay Williams Mr. J. Drew Daly Husky Fever Mikron Industries, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Bob Showers Ronald W. and Elsa A. Wise Mr. & Mrs. Don Daniels Gary Huson Milliman USA Sky Guide Troy & Elise Woodward Mr. Robert M. Davis Interocean Seafoods Co. Mr. Sam E. Mitchell Dr. Russell J. Smith James Day Mr. Gar Jeffers Mr. Carl R. Moesche Mrs. Richard A. Smith Tyee Sports Council Rep. Mr. Will Deisher Mr. Charles A. Johnson, Jr. Mr. Lee A. Moore Howard Snow Greg Knaplund Ellen and Jim Dowling

19 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E I N C O M I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S JAMES ALLAN BRETT KILBORN FIRST BASEMAN • FRESHMAN OUTFIELDER • FRESHMAN #40 • 6-3 • 220 • R/R #3 • 6-0 • 2005 • R/R GRESHAM, ORE. (SAM BARLOW HS) SEATTLE, WASH. (BALLARD HS)

PERSONAL PERSONAL Born December 3, 1984, in Portland, Ore. ... son of Born May 29, 1984, in Seattle ... son of Thomas Kilborn Nicolette and Randall Allan ... has a sister, Alexis ... and JoAnne Shuttleworth ... has a younger sister, Kendall grandfather, Larry Mann, was a ... undecided on a major. player ... undecided on a major. BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL SAM BARLOW HIGH SCHOOL Played four seasons of varsity baseball at Ballard ... one Earned four varsity baseball letters for the Bruins under of his coaches was Kevin Miller, a former two-time Pac- coach Steve Stebbins ... Barlow won the league title 10 North Player of the Year at the UW ... batted .408 as and finished second in state his sophomore season ... a freshman, .543 as a sophomore, .450 as a junior and batted .393 with five homers that year and was a sec- .566 as a senior, when he also belted eight homers and ond-team all-leaguer ... as a junior, hit .432 with seven drove in 35 in 21 games ... a three-time All-Metro League homers and made first-team all-league as a first baseman and second-team as a pitcher ... first-teamer as an outfielder and two-time second-teamer as a pitcher ... named 4A honor- also second-team all-state at 1B ... his senior year, hit .412 with seven home runs to earn able mention All-State his senior year, when he was also team captain and team MVP ... first-team all-league at both first base and pitcher, first-team all-state at first base, team named to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s baseball all-stars and was a Seattle Times prep MVP and Mt. Hood Conference player of the year ... won his school’s male athlete of the athlete of the week ... also played two seasons of basketball for the Beavers, helping the year as a senior ... also earned three football letters and two basketball letters ... all-league team to a fifth-place state finish as a junior. at quarterback and linebacker as a senior and two-time all-league pick in basketball ... captained the basketball and football teams ... a member of the National Honor Society ... graduated with a 3.95 grade point average.

NICK JILES TY KUEHL OUTFIELDER • FRESHMAN CATCHER • FRESHMAN #12 • 5-11 • 190 • L/L #41 • 6-1 • 185 • R/R YAKIMA, WASH. (DAVIS HS) TUMWATER, WASH. (TUMWATER HS)

PERSONAL PERSONAL Born February 20, 1985, in Yakima, Wash. ... son of Born April 29, 1984, in Olympia, Wash. ... son of Belinda Janice and Leland Jiles ... has a twin brother, NaCoubi, and Bob Kuehl .. father is the director of the Tumwater and a younger brother, Noah ... twin plays will be a fresh- School District ... has a younger brother, Cody ... major- man baseball player at Yakima Valley CC this spring ... ing in engineering. majoring in business marketing. TUMWATER HIGH SCHOOL DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters under coach Rick McGrath at Earned three varsity baseball letters for coach Pete Orgill, Tumwater ... teammate of fellow UW freshman Jordan Sr., at Davis ... named first-team All-Big 9 and honor- Ponzoha ... captained the team as a junior and senior ... able mention all-state as a junior, when he batted .476 as a senior, batted .403 with a .710 slugging mark, a with four homers and 23 RBI in 23 games ... as a senior, .570 on-base percentage and 14 doubles ... a first-team made All-Big 9 and all-state, batting .395 with three homers and 20 RBI ... helped team to All-Pac-9 selection as a senior ... set school season records for doubles (14) and the state tournament his sophomore and junior seasons ... captain as a senior ... team was (14) as a senior ... played every inning of every game all three years ... played seven different 50-19 during his three seasons ... in summer ball, playing for the Yakima Beetles, hit .415 positions in high school ... also earned three letters on the football team, leading the team with nine HRs and 54 RBI in 2002 and went .408-17-63 in 2003 ... also earned three football to an undefeated league championship season as a senior when he was honorable mention letters ... two-time all-conference defensive back and also all-conference at all-purpose as all-league quarterback ... helped football team to a 31-game league winning streak ... five- a senior ... named an all-state DB as a senior, when the Seattle Times tabbed him a “white time academic all-league pick in both sports combined ... graduated with a 3.66 grade pont chip” football prospect ... graduated from high school with a 3.53 grade point average. average.

20 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E I N C O M I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S MATT LANE TIM LINCECUM CATCHER • FRESHMAN RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER • FRESHMAN #24 • 6-2 • 225 • L/R #14 • 5-11 • 155 • L/R PORT ANGELES, WASH. (PORT ANGELES HS) RENTON, WASH. (LIBERTY HS)

PERSONAL PERSONAL Born May 23, 1984, in Port Angeles, Wash. ... son of Born June 15, 1984, in Bellevue, Wash. ... son of Chris Debbie and Ken Lane ... has two younger brothers, David and Rebecca Lincecum ... father played minor league and Eric ... undecided on a major. baseball ... has an older brother Sean, a former college baseball player ... undecided on a major. PORT ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity baseball letters at Port Angeles un- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL der coach Randy Steinman ... helped Roughriders to two Played two seasons of varsity baseball under coach Glen Narrows League Bridge Division titles and two first-place Walker ... led the Patriots to the 3A state championship finishes in district play ... named the 4A first-team All- during his senior year ... won the state’s Gatorade player State catcher ... played in the state all-star game ... of the year award in 2003 ... named the state’s 3A MVP Narrows League MVP as a senior after batting .648 with and first-team All-State ... played in the state all-star six home runs ... first-team all-league catcher all three years ... also letters three years in series in Wenatchee, earning MVP honors for the weekend ... team went 20-7 his senior football and once in tennis ... a first-team all-league punter ... graduated with a 3.32 grade year, when he posted some amazing stats on the mound ... posted a 12-1 record with a 0.70 point average. earned run average and 183 strikeouts in 91.2 innings ... as a junior, went 4-2 with a 0.73 ERA and 86 Ks in 49 innings ... team MVP as a senior and All-KingCo as a junior and senior .. Eastside player of the year in 2003 and a first-team All-Eastside pick as a junior ... finalist for the King County Journal Prep Athlete of the Year in 2003 and co-MVP for the state in 2003 spring sports ... graduated from Liberty with a 3.25 grade point average.

RICHIE LENTZ TYLER MACH PITCHER/OUTFIELDER • FRESHMAN INFIELDER • FRESHMAN #6 • 6-2 • 210 • R/R #18 • 6-1 • 200 • R/R WOODINVILLE, WASH. (WOODINVILLE HS) KENT, WASH. (KENTLAKE HS)

PERSONAL PERSONAL Born August 6, 1984, in Woodinville, Wash. ... son of Born December 11, 1984, in Kent, Wash. ... son of Mike and Jody Lentz ... has an older brother, Ryan, and Marsha and Warren Mach ... has an older sister, Amanda a younger brother Andy ... Ryan was a standout third ... high school classmate of UW freshman baseman for the Huskies (1996-98) and still holds the standout ... a cousin of former Husky UW career doubles record ... Andy has signed a Letter pitcher Justin Bice ... undecided on a major. of Intent to play at Washington in 2005 ... father Mike was the second overall pick (Padres) in the 1975 base- KENTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL ball draft, still the highest drafted player ever from the Earned three letters in baseball at Kentlake ... batted state of Washington. over .400 in each of his three varsity seasons, hitting .403 as a sophomore, .412 as a junior and .414 as a WOODINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL senior ... totalled 14 homers and 75 runs batted in over Earned three varsity letters for the Falcons, playing for coach Terry Agnew ... led the team to his three seasons ... first-team All-South Puget Sound League in each of his three seasons ... the 2002 state 4A (highest level) championship ... considered one of the nation’s top high captained the Falcons his last two years ... played on several summer amateur teams that school prospects throughout his prep career and appeared on numerous top-50 and top-100 performed well in national tournaments ... won world championships with a 15-year old lists ... as a senior, named 4A first-team All-State as an outfielder and second-team All- CABA team and the 16-year old USA Baseball team ... was the 13-year old CABA batting State as a pitcher ... played in the state all-star game ... also first-team All-State outfielder champ ... graduate from Kentlake with a 3.23 grade point average. as a junior ... team was 15-5 his freshman year (3-1 on the mound, .333 average), 24-2 his junior season (4-0, 3.21 as a pitcher, .367 as a hitter) and 19-2 his season year (8-2, 3.10 as a pitcher, .401 average) ... team won the KingCo 4A championship each of his three seasons ... first-team All-KingCo and All-Eastside as a junior and senior ... graduate from high school with a 3.3 grade point average.

21 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E I N C O M I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S KYLE PARKER JORDAN PONZOHA RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER • FRESHMAN RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER • FRESHMAN #8 • 6-3 • 195 • R/R #33 • 6-4 • 205 • R/R YAKIMA, WASH. (WEST VALLEY HS) TUMWATER, WASH. (TUMWATER HS)

PERSONAL PERSONAL Born April 8, 1985, in Yakima, Wash. ... son of Terry and Born October 6, 1984, in Olympia, Wash. ... son of David Debbie Parker ... has an older brother named Casey ... and Erin Ponzoha ... has two sisters, Whitney and Kalen undecided on a major. ... latest of numerous family members to attend the UW, a list that includes uncle Duane Day, a baseball WEST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL letterwinner and a kicker on the Husky football team ... Earned three letters under coach Klayton Wyckoff at father David played football at Montana in the early West Valley, alma mater of all-time Husky great Chris 1970s .. intends to major in physical therapy. Magruder ... captained the Rams as a senior ... named a 3A first-team All-State pitcher ... helped West Valley to TUMWATER HIGH SCHOOL an overall record of 49-15 over his three seasons ... led A three-year varsity letterwinner at Tumwater under team to a league and district title as a senior when the coach Rick McGrath ... teamed with fellow Husky fresh- Rams finished as runners-up at the state tournament ... team also made the state semi- man Ty Kuehl ... named a 3A second-team All-State pitcher ... first-team All-Pac-9 as a finals his junior year ... as a sophomore, struck out 80 in 38 innings and was named first- junior and senior ... as a senior, notched an 8-1 record wit a 1.54 earned run average and 55 team All-Mid Valley League ... team and league MVP as a senior, when he was also West strikeouts in 50 innings ... win percentage was best in school history ... also had ERAs under Valley’s spring athlete of the year ... as a senior, posted a 0.98 earned run average with 135 2.00 as a sophomore and junior and was team MVP his junior season ... also earned letters strikeouts in 72 innings ... in summer ball, playing for the Yakima Valley Pepsi Paks, went 13- each in football and basketball. 2 in 2002 and 16-2 in 2003 ... a top 50 prospect at the 2002 Area Code Games ... graduated from high school with a 3.5 grade point average. 2004 HUSKY ROSTER BREAKDOWN Seniors: 5 HUSKY BIRTHDATES/AGES Juniors: 9 as of Opening Day, Feb. 13, 2004 Sophomores: 10 Red-Shirt Freshmen: 2 22 Years Old (3) T. Johnson – July 25, 1983 True Freshmen: 10 Baysinger – Sept. 1, 1981 Rindal – Sept. 15, 1983 Otness – Sept. 15, 1981 Lillibridge – Sept. 18, 1983 EMMANUEL PEDROZA from Washington: 32 B. Johnson – Oct. 17, 1981 Clem – Sept. 20, 1983 from Colorado: 2 Burnham – Oct. 4, 1983 LEFT-HANDED PITCHER • RS-SOPHOMORE from Idaho: 1 21 Years Old (11) Kasser – Dec. 17, 1983 #15 • 6-2 • 190 • L/L from Oregon: 1 Isaacson – Feb. 18, 1982 MABTON, WASH. (MABTON HS) Right-handed hitters: 14 Hawkins – Mar. 11, 1982 19 Years Old (10) Left-handed hitters: 5 Conover – May 5, 1982 Hughes – Mar. 12, 1984* Switch hitters: 3 Gibson – May 25, 1982 Kuehl – April 29, 1984 PERSONAL Villalobos – Aug. 5, 1982 Lane – May 23, 1984* Born December 8, 1982, in Hermiston, Ore. ... Son of Right-handed pitchers: 10 Dowling – Oct. 31, 1982 Kilborn – May 29, 1984* Alex and Eva Pedroza ... has three brothers (Adrian, Jun- Left-handed pitchers: 5 Batkoski – Nov. 11, 1982 Lincecum – June 15, 1984 ior and Marco) and a sister (Yvette) ... has attended the Bauer – Nov. 12, 1982 Lentz – Aug. 6, 1984 UW for two years, but has not previously come out for 5-foot-9: 1 Hathaway – Dec. 2, 1982 Showers – Sept. 26, 1984 baseball ... majoring in economics. 5-foot-10: 1 Pedroza – Dec. 8, 1982 Ponzoha – Oct. 6, 1984 5-foot-11: 4 Everitt – Feb. 4, 1983 Allan – Dec. 3, 1984 MABTON HIGH SCHOOL 6-foot-0: 7 Mach – Dec. 11, 1984 Played four years of varsity baseball at Mabton for coach 6-foot-1: 7 20 Years Old (10) Kerry Snodgrass ... captained the Vikings as a senior ... 6-foot-2: 8 Fenton – Apr. 7, 1983 18 Years Old (2) team and league most valuable player in 2001 ... first- 6-foot-3: 5 Warner – May 29, 1983* Jiles – Feb. 20, 1985* team all-state in 2001 ... also lettered in football and 6-foot-4: 1 Tucker – June 5, 1983 Parker – April 8, 1985 basketball and was captain of all three teams during his senior year ... graduated from high 6-foot-5: 1 Larsen – June 30, 1983 school with a 3.84 grade point average. 6-foot-7: 1 * 2004 game day

22 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E HUSKY BASEBALL SUPPORT STAFF PAT JENKINS JEFF BECHTHOLD DANIEL JAHN CERTIFIED MEDIA RELATIONS STRENGTH & ATHLETIC TRAINER DIRECTOR CONDITIONING COACH Pat Jenkins joined Jeff Bechthold is in Daniel Jahn, a the Husky staff as a cer- his 13th year as an me- former baseball player tified athletic trainer in dia relations director for and undergraduate as- August, 2001. He works the Husky baseball sistant coach for the with Washington’s team. He also handles UW baseball team, be- men’s basketball and the sports information gins his second season baseball teams. department’s publica- as the UW baseball Jenkins grew up in tions and works with the strength and condition- Fairbanks, Alaska, Huskies’ football team ing coach. graduating from West during the fall. Jahn, who earned Valley High School. After attending Central Washington Beginning in 1999, Bechthold began to serve as the three letters as a Husky University, where he played two years of soccer, he gameday operations director for baseball. pitcher and outfielder from 1998 to 2000, spent the 2001 tranferred to Alaska-Fairbanks, where he earned a degree Bechthold came to Washington in December, 1991 and 2002 seasons as an undergraduate assistant coach in exercise science in 1997. He worked with the UAF after serving a year-long internship at the Pacific-10 for the Huskies, primarily helping out with the outfielders men’s basketball, women’s basketball, hockey and vol- Conference office and after working as an intern at and pitchers, before moving to his current job. leyball teams as a student trainer. Stanford University, serving as the baseball contact at After earning bachelor’s degrees from the UW in both Jenkins played one year of semi-pro soccer for the both. sociology and history (with a minor in physics) in 2002, he Jackson (Miss.) Chargers before going to work at a Bechthold received his bachelor’s degree in sports joined the Huskies’ strength and conditioning staff as an physical therapy clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1999, he information from the University of Southern California in assistant to Pete Kaligis. began his studies for a master’s in human performance May of 1990. He graduated from Shawnee Mission East Jahn has been certified by the National Pitching and athletic training at San Jose State. High School in Prairie Village, Kan., where he lived from Assocition’s function fitness program for strength and During his time at SJSU, Jenkins worked in the third grade through high school graduation. conditioning work with baseball teams. Stanford University training room, working with the On Husky road games, he has served as the color A graduate of Seattle’s Franklin High School, Jahn Cardinal’s football, women’s tennis, rowing and softball commentator on the radio broadcasts for the past 10 was drafted by Cleveland in the 11th round of the 1997 teams. seasons. draft. He was the Metro League MVP as a senior, leading Jenkins is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Bechthold will be married this coming July to fellow the Quakers to the league title. He also starred on a state Association and the Washington State Athletic Trainers UW athletic department employee Meghan Haslam. champion basketball team and graduated with a 3.5 GPA. Association. ROB SCHEIDEGGER JIM HAGLAND SHERRY EISCHEN GRADUATE CERTIFIED EQUIPMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ATHLETIC TRAINER INTERN MANAGER ASSISTANT Rob Scheidegger Jim Hagland is in Sherry Eischen en- begins his first season his 21st year as an as- ters her fifth season as as a certified athletic sistant equipment the administrative as- trainer intern with the manager at Washing- sistant for baseball. Husky baseball team. ton. Jim is in charge of In her capacity as He will serve as the equipment for the administrative assistant team’s trainer on a day- baseball, men’s soc- for both the baseball to-day basis and travel cer, track, cross coun- and volleyball pro- with the team through try, golf and tennis grams, she oversees all much of the year. teams. travel and budget-re- Scheidegger grew Before coming to lated issues, while also up in Yakima, Wash., where he played baseball and Washington, Hagland taught eighth grade U.S. history in helping out with organization of the teams’ recruiting football at Davis High. He went on to Central Washington the Bellevue School District. efforts, gameday operations and fund-raising. University, where he earned a degree in exercise science His duties include the coordination of the baseball Eischen also played a major role in coordinating the in 2001. At CWU, he worked in the training room and with team’s equipment needs as well as helping out with team baseball team’s trip to Cuba in the fall of 2000. the Wildcats’ baseball, football and men’s basketball travel. Prior to joining the staff at Washington, Eischen programs, and also spent time working for the Cincinnati A Seattle native, Hagland attended Queen Anne High worked as a special events coordinator at the Bellevue Reds at the Reds’ big-league club, AA team and at their School and earned his bachelor’s degree (physical educa- (Wash.) Community College Foundation and in the devel- rehab facility in Florida. tion/special education) in 1978 from Western Washing- opment office at Stanford University. After college, he was an intern trainer at the Univer- ton University. Eischen grew up in Los Angeles and San Diego. She sity of Colorado. He’s currently working on a master’s Currently, Jim lives in Woodinville with his wife and her husband Charlie, an environmental engineer, live degree in education at the UW. Georgeann. He has two children. Daughter Jana (21) is a in Seattle. She has three children – Chris (310), Jared (18) Scheidegger and his wife, Tristanne, live in Bothell student at Western Washington University while son and Whitney (17) – as well as two grandchildren, Kirra with their daughter Hannah. Shawn (19) attends the University of Portland. and Kai. Jared is a manager with the UW baseball team.

23 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E C O A C H I N G S T A F F KKEN e n KKNUTSON N U T S O N HEAD COACH –H e12TH a d C YEARo a c h Sometime early this season, Husky baseball field last summer. Before Knutson’s arrival as head coach, no Husky had ever even tried coach Ken Knutson should reach the 400-win out for the national team. plateau. Sometime later in the season, he will After struggling to play up to the level of theF re-unifiedi f t h Pacific-10 Y Conference,e a r the hopefully reach 423 wins, a total that would Huskies arrived last year, taking sole possession of third place in the conference with a make him the winningest coach in the UW his- 15-9 mark and a 42-18 overall record. That included a sweep of USC, probably the most tory. powerful program in college history, to end the regular season. Washington made its That’s certainly fitting. After all, during seven NCAA Regional appearance (fifth under Knutson) and once again out-played its Knutson’s 11-year tenure, the Washington base- seeding, finishing second in the regional after entering as the third seed. Six 2003 ball program has enjoyed what is clearly its most Huskies signed pro contracts at season’s end. successful 11-year stretch ever since the In 2002, despite not posting one of the best overall won-lost records of his career, program’s inception in 1901. In fact, in terms of Knutson, who serves as the Husky pitching coach, may have turned in one of his finest national recognition, you could argue that the last 11 years have seen more success than coaching jobs. Halfway through the season, the Huskies were mired in a seven-game the previous 92 years combined. losing streak and had a 12-15-1 record. Against the odds, the UW turned it around in the In his 11 years as coach, Ken Knutson has built the UW baseball team into the second half of the year, challenging for the championship of the powerful Pac-10 all the dominant program in the Northwest, one of the most consistently successful programs way into the final weekend of the season. At the end, the Huskies went 18-10 over the in the West and a nationally respected team that always plays at the highest level. last 28 games of the regular season and ended up in third place in the conference, a good In 11 seasons, Knutson has led the Dawgs to two Pacific-10 Conference champion- enough mark to give the team an NCAA Regional berth. Six members of the 2002 Husky ships, four Pac-10 Northern Division crowns and two second-place division finishes. He team signed pro contracts after the season. Two others were drafted, but decided to has led Washington to within one game of its first College World Series appearance on return for their senior seasons. three occasions. He has beaten five No. 1-ranked teams. He has landed the Huskies’ first- In 2001, Knutson’s Huskies laid the groundwork for the successful 2002 campaign. ever top 10 recruiting class. Knutson has been named the Pac-10 North Coach of the Year The Huskies, despite a rash of devastating mid-season injuries, still managed a 29-23 three times. In 1994, he coached the first Washington first-team All-American. In doing record and did so with sophomores nearly everywhere on the diamond each day. In 2000, all this, Knutson’s teams have almost completely rewritten the school record books while Knutson’s Huskies began that road to success, as one of the nation’s top freshmen developing a long list of talented players. Baseball America has called the Washington classes comprised much of a Husky team. program one of the nation’s fastest rising, and that’s largely due to Knutson’s efforts. In 1999, the first season of the integrated Pac-10, Knutson led the club to a 12-12 In his relatively brief tenure, Knutson has gained a national reputation as one of the league record and fell perhaps only one victory short of earning an NCAA berth. Knutson country’s finest coaches. In 11 seasons, he has compiled an impressive 389-253-1 (.606) also helped tutor the team’s highest-ever draft pick – Jeff Heaverlo, the 33rd pick in the overall record while his record in conference play is 167-115 (.592). Entering the 2004 draft. Heaverlo was one of six Huskies to move onto the pro ranks. season, Knutson already ranks a clear second (of 22) on the all-time Husky coaching wins In 1998, the Huskies posted another banner season, as Knutson’s Dawgs won their list, having long since passed the legendary Dorsett “Tubby” Graves, who spent 27 second consecutive Pac-10 title, sweeping No. 1-ranked Stanford in two games for the seasons as the UW head coach, in 1998. He needs to compile 34 wins this season to pass title. The ‘98 Huskies posted a 41-17 overall mark and won the Pac-10 North with a 17- former mentor Bob MacDonald’s 422 career wins. 7 record, earning Knutson his third straight Pac-10 North Coach of the Year honor. The During his 11 years, Knutson has sent 52 players onto the professional ranks, only Dawgs finished third at the NCAA Central Regional and, for the second straight year, 14 of whom were drafted out of high school. He has also coached 41 All-Pac-10 first-team finished No. 13 in the nation in the final poll. players and 21 Pac-10 All-Academic honorees. Under Knutson’s tutelege, 23 Huskies Following the 1998 season, Washington had seven players sign professional have earned some level of All-America acclaim and seven have been named first-team contracts, including four that were taken in the first five rounds of the draft, the second- Freshman All-Americans. Additionally, eight different Husky players have participated highest such total of any college in the nation. with the USA Baseball National Team, including Chris Magruder, who batted .339 and In 1997, Washington had perhaps its best season ever. The UW tied the school record started in right field for Team USA in 1997 and Brent Lillibridge, the U.S. starter in center for wins (46, set before in 1994) and finished as the No. 13 team in the nation with its KEN KNUTSON’S UW HEAD COACHING CAREER Year Overall Pac-10 (Place) Accomplishments 1993 39-19 22-8 (1st) Set Pac-10 North record for conference wins; won UW’s second straight division title 1994 46-18 20-10 (2nd) Set UW wins record; 2nd at NCAA Midwest II Regional; fell one win short of College World Series; coached first first-team All-American in UW history; beat three different teams ranked No. 1 at one point during the year 1995 24-30 16-14 (2nd) Won 100th game April 19 at Portland 1996 30-28 16-8 (1st) Pac-10 North Coach of the Year; won second Pac-10 Northern Division title; finished one win short of NCAA berth; had No. 8 recruiting class in the nation (Collegiate Baseball ranking) 1997 46-20 20-4 (1st) Pac-10 North Coach of the Year; won third Pac-10 Northern Division title; won Pac-10 championship; finished second at NCAA Mideast Regional; team finished No. 13 in nation 1998 41-17 17-7 (1st) Pac-10 North Coach of the Year; won fourth Pac-10 Northern Division title; swept No. 1 Stanford for Pac-10 championship; finished third at Central Regional; No. 13 in final poll 1999 33-23 12-12 (5th) Coached three All-Pac-10 first-teamers and first-round and second-round draft picks 2000 26-30 7-17 (8th) Second straight Top-30 recruiting class; four players named some level of Freshman All-America 2001 29-23 7-17 (8th) Picked up 300th win, only second Husky coach ever to reach that plateau 2002 33-27-1 15-9 (3rd) Made UW’s sixth-ever NCAA appearance and got Huskies to regional title game for third time 2003 42-18 15-9 (3rd) Second straight NCAA appearance and third-plac Pac-10 finish; two All-Americans; No. 23 in final poll Total 389-253-1 167-115 Second in UW history with 389 wins; coached 41 All-Pac-10 players in 11 seasons; (.606) (.592) coach of four division titleists and two Pac-10 winners; three-time league Coach of the Year 24 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E C O A C H I N G S T A F F

HEAD COACH KEN KNUTSON KEN KNUTSON’S Despite finishing second in the Pac-10 North, 1994 CAREER vs. ... was the most successful in UW history to that point. The Opponent (Years Played) Record UW, playing its toughest schedule ever, was ranked all Arizona (1999-2003) ...... 6-9 season, beat three different teams ranked No. 1 at some Arizona State (1998-2003) ...... 6-12 point, broke the school wins record by seven and was Brigham Young (1993, 94, 99, 2001-02) ...... 4-4-1 finally stopped in the NCAA Regional final. Cal Poly-SLO (1995) ...... 1-2 That team won 42 regular-season games and entered California (1998-2003) ...... 9-9 UC Irvine (2002-03) ...... 3-2 the NCAA Midwest II Regional as the fifth seed. The UCLA (1995, 97, 1999-2003) ...... 8-10 Huskies went on to post upset wins over Long Beach State UC Santa Barbara (1995, 98, 2003) ...... 2-1 (twice), Santa Clara and Georgia Tech (in a 14-inning UC Riverside (2001-02) ...... 4-3 marathon) before succumbing to Tech in a second champi- CS Los Angeles (1993) ...... 2-0 onship game. Washington was the only team that year to CS Northridge (1997, 99, 2003) ...... 9-2 force a second championship game on the last day of CS San Bernardino (1993) ...... 1-1 regional play. Central Florida (1998) ...... 1-0 Central Washington (1993, 94, 96, 97) ...... 12-0 UW, which had had only three All-Americans in re- Clemson (1994, 99) ...... 1-2 corded history (first-team or otherwise), saw five differ- Concordia, Ore. (1994) ...... 1-0 ent players named to various All-America teams after the Creighton (1994, 1999-2000) ...... 3-3 1994 season. Dartmouth (1994) ...... 1-0 Knutson’s first season as the Husky head coach (1993) Dayton (2000) ...... 3-0 was an eventful one. Washington enjoyed another of its Florida Atlantic (1998) ...... 1-0 most successful seasons ever, posting a 39-19 overall Fresno State (1997, 2002) ...... 4-2 George Fox (1993) ...... 1-1 record. The Huskies also won their second straight Pac-10 George Washington (1999) ...... 3-0 Northern Division title with a 22-8 league mark, posting a Georgia Tech (1994, 95, 97) ...... 3-3 46-20 overall mark. Washington ran roughshod over the Northern Division record with the 22 league wins. It was Gonzaga (1993-2003) ...... 28-21 Pac-10 North, posting a 20-4 record, and beat No. 4 Stanford, the Huskies’ first repeat since 1932, when the UW won its Grand Canyon (1994) ...... 1-0 two games to one, to win the Huskies’ first overall Pac-10 fourth in a row. Knutson won his first game Feb. 19, 1993, Harvard (2002) ...... 1-0 championship and the first by any Northern Division team on Chad Hartvigson’s three-hit gem, a 3-1 win at Hawaii. Hawaii (1993, 94, 97) ...... 4-3 since 1956. Knutson, who spent nine seasons with the Huskies as Hawaii-Hilo (1997, 2001, 2003) ...... 8-1 The 1997 Huskies went on to the NCAA Mideast Re- a player and assistant coach, took over prior to the 1993 Houston (2003) ...... 1-0 Illinois (2001) ...... 0-1 gional at Mississippi State as the No. 4 seed, but beat the season for long-time mentor Bob MacDonald, who left the Kansas State (1993, 2003) ...... 3-1 Nos. 1, 2 and 3 seeds to work their way to the championship Huskies after 16 seasons. Directly prior to being named the Kentucky (2001) ...... 1-0 round. The Dawgs fell twice to the host Bulldogs in a pair of head coach, Knutson was enrolled in a master’s program and Lewis-Clark State (1994-96, 97-98, 2000-03) ..... 11-6 tight games to be denied a trip to Omaha, but nonetheless working as a graduate assistant at Wichita State. Loyola Marymount (2003) ...... 1-2 had come closer than ever before. The team also had one of From 1990-92, Knutson served as assistant head coach Long Beach State (1994, 96, 2003) ...... 2-6 the best offensive seasons in Pac-10 history, batting .340 as and pitching coach for the Huskies. In those three years, he Minnesota (1997-98, 2003) ...... 3-1 a team and breaking the school and Northern Division mark helped produce several quality prospects that went on to the Mississippi State (1998) ...... 1-3 Missouri (2002) ...... 1-4 in nearly every offensive category. The team also posted 31 professional ranks. One, Scott Brow, made his major league Navy (1996) ...... 1-1 road wins on the season, the most in the nation. For his debut for the Blue Jays in 1993 and was on roster for Nebraska (1995, 97) ...... 3-1 efforts, Knutson was named the Pac-10 North Coach of the Toronto’s World Series victory. Nevada (1995, 96, 99-2000) ...... 1-5 Year for the second straight year. That three-year stint was his second as an assistant UNLV (1995-97, 99) ...... 3-6 In 1996, Knutson was named Pac-10 North Coach of the under MacDonald. From 1982 to 1986 he was in charge of New Mexico (1995, 97-98) ...... 3-2 Year after guiding the Dawgs to a Pac-10 Northern Division the Husky pitching staff. In 1985, UW led the nation with an New Mexico State (1995) ...... 0-1 title. Knutson’s lineup included an average of more than six earned run average of only 2.80, the only sub-3.00 ERA in Northern Iowa (2000) ...... 1-0 Northwestern (2000, 02) ...... 2-1 freshmen per game, but despite its youth and a schedule the country that season. Notre Dame (1994-96) ...... 2-1 that included 16 games against ranked teams (all on the In 1981, Knutson, a lefthander, pitched 62.1 innings Oklahoma State (1996) ...... 1-2 road), the Husky team came on to win the division crown. for Washington, recording a 5-2 record and a 2.89 ERA as Oral Roberts (1998) ...... 1-0 The UW then came within one win of a berth in the NCAA the Huskies won the Pacific-10 Conference Northern Oregon State (1993-2003) ...... 38-28 Regionals, taking game one of the Pac-10 Championship Division title, their first since 1959. He earned All-Pac-10 Pacific Lutheran (1993, 95, 01) ...... 3-0 Series against USC before dropping games two and three. first-team honors that year, as well as the team’s Most Pepperdine (2003) ...... 0-1 In 1995, Knutson became only the third head coach in Inspirational Player award, after transferring from Se- Portland (1993-2003) ...... 34-11 Husky history to win 100 games. Despite seeing his team lose attle University, where he was the ace of the staff and an Portland State (1993-98) ...... 34-8 Puget Sound (1993-95, 97-98, 2001) ...... 10-0 several significant players to the draft and to injury, Knutson all-league player. Rice (1998, 2002) ...... 2-1 coached the 1995 Huskies to a second-place finish in the Pac- Knutson’s head coaching experience prior to taking St. Martin’s (1997-2000) ...... 4-0 10 North, taking the division race into the last weekend. over at the UW came in the semi-pro Western International San Diego (1994, 98, 2003) ...... 1-2 League, where he coached a pair of teams. From 1982 to San Diego State (1994, 2003) ...... 2-0 KEN KNUTSON’S 1985, and again in 1990, Knutson was the head coach of San Francisco (1998-2000) ...... 4-1 Husky Fever. He led the team to the state championship in Santa Clara (1994) ...... 1-0 MILESTONE WINS 1982 and to runner-up finishes in 1985 and 1991. South Florida (1998) ...... 1-0 Southern California (1996, 1999-2003) ...... 8-10 In 1988 and 1989, Knutson took charge of the Seattle 1 – at Hawaii (3-1), February 19, 1993 Southern Utah (2000-01) ...... 4-2 Studs. In 1989, the Studs were state and regional champions Southwestern Louisiana (1997) ...... 1-0 50 – Puget Sound (15-0), March 10, 1994 and qualified for the National Baseball Congress World Se- Stanford (1997-2003) ...... 9-14 100 – at Portland (2-0), April 19, 1995 ries in Wichita. He received the league’s coach of the year Tennessee (1994) ...... 0-1 150 – at Hawaii-Hilo (4-2), March 23, 1997 award that season for his efforts. Texas A&M (1993, 98) ...... 0-5 Texas Tech (2002) ...... 1-1 200 – Arizona State (8-6), March 27, 1998 Born in Sisseton, S.D., Knutson was raised in Seattle. He was an all-state pitcher at Seattle’s Evergreen High Toledo (1994) ...... 1-0 250 – CS Northridge (6-0), April 18, 1999 Utah (1995, 2002) ...... 1-3 School in 1976 and also quarterbacked the football team. Washington State (1993-2003) ...... 50-21 300 – Pacific Lutheran (4-3), April 3, 2001 Knutson was married on August 31, 1991, to his wife Pam. Wichita State (1993, 94, 1996-2000) ...... 5-10 They have three children – Halie, Andrew and Camille – 350 – at Loyola Marymount (10-9), Feb. 14, 2003 TOTAL 389-253-1 and reside in Bothell, Wash. 25 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E C O A C H I N G S T A F F JOE ROSS – ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH (12TH YEAR) The 2002 season will moved into first place on the career home runs ledger class in the country. The 2000 class ranked No. 18 and mark Joe Ross’ 11th as with his 31st. In 2000, Erickson finished his career with more recently, the 2001 season’s crop of newcomers the Huskies’ top assis- 12 more homers than the next nearest Huskies. earned the No. 29 spot. tant coach. In 1997, Ross In 1998, he coached two players – Nick Stefonick and In six seasons as Normandale’s head coach, Ross was promoted to associ- Chris Magruder – to .400 seasons, the first time in mod- compiled a 180-38 record and took his team to two NJCAA ate head coach. ern Husky history that two players have topped that high World Series, in 1988 and 1990. He also led the team to Ross has made a plateau. Magruder, Kevin Miller and Ryan Lentz, all re- league championships in each of his six seasons at the reputation not only as cruited and coached by Ross, finished their three-year helm and won three Minnesota state championships, four one of college baseball Husky careers in 1998 as three of the best hitters in school regional championships and two NJCAA North Central top hitting coaches, but history, as Magruder finished with the career hits, runs District championships. also as one of its top and steals record, Miller with the RBI record and Lentz From 1990 to 1992, Ross also worked as a baseball scouts and evaluators of talent. with the single-season homer mark. coach for the Baseball Federation. In 1992, Ross came to Washington prior to the 1993 season In 1995, the team batted .297 while Jon Vander Griend he coached the U.S. Junior National team (16-18 year after a long and successful stint as head baseball coach and Joe Trippy set numerous career records. One of that olds) to a silver medal at the World Games in Mexico. at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn. tandem finished in the top three in the Pac-10 North in Among the members of that team was current super- He’s worked alongside Ken Knutson through each of every statistical category. star Alex Rodriguez. Ross was also an assistant on the Knutson’s 11 seasons as head coach. In 1994, he led the team to a .307 team batting aver- 1991 Junior National team and an assistant coach of an In his 11 seasons as Washington’s primary hitting in- age (fourth highest in team history at the time) and an Olympic Festival team in 1990. structor, Husky players have rewritten the school record average of nearly seven runs per game. Seven of UW’s From 1980-86, he was head coach at Wisconsin-River book several times over – largely during the 1997 and starters batted better than .300. Falls, which he lead from obscurity to state and NAIA 1998 seasons. The ’97 Huskies set new team records for Under his tutelage that year, Vander Griend broke District 14 championships in 1984 and 1985. batting, hits, runs, doubles, triples, home runs, total bases school records in doubles and triples while Trippy set UW From 1980 to 1983, Ross served as head coach for and slugging. Their team batting average of .340 was marks in steals, runs and hits. two different teams in the Netherlands’ Hoofdklasse 17th in the nation and the third highest in the history of In 1993, he helped Derrin Doty to become only the Baseball League, a league in which he spent three sum- the Pac-10 (Northern or Southern Division). second Husky in modern history to hit over .400 while mers as a top-notch professional player. Washington also posted Pac-10 all-time top-five sea- leading the team to a .304 average. He was named NJCAA North Central coach of the sons in runs, doubles and RBI while also ranking in the Another of his pupils in 1993, first baseman Randy year twice, NJCAA Region 13 coach of the year four times, top 20 in the nation in scoring and slugging, making the Jorgensen, broke the school record with 61 runs batted MCCC (Minnesota Community College Conference) coach 1997 Huskies one of the most prolific offensive teams in in during the 1993 season. of the year three times and NAIA District 14 coach of the the history of the Pac-10. Ross also handles the lion’s share of the Huskies’ re- year twice. In 2003, the Huskies had another outstanding offen- cruiting efforts (sharing those duties with Ken Knutson Ross has also served as a scout in the New York Mets sive season. Chad Boudon broke the school’s home runs and Travis Jewett), oversees the coaching of the catch- and Yankees organizations. record with 22 on the year, tops in the Pac-10 and sixth in ers, and makes the offensive calls during games. His 1995 Ross holds a bachelor’s degree (physical eduation/ the nation. Additionally, the Huskies, as a team, ranked recruiting class was ranked No. 28 in the nation by Colle- coaching, 1982) and master’s degree (supervision and in- No. 2 in the NCAA in home runs with 96. giate Baseball magazine, the first time a UW class had structional leadership, 1986), both from the University of In 1999, he had two different players break UW home been ranked in the top 30. The 1996 class was even more Wisconsin-River Falls. He and his wife, Laurence, a na- runs records. Dominic Woody posted 19 for the season highly acclaimed, earning the No. 8 ranking in that poll tive of the Netherlands, live with sons Alex and Luke in to break the 13-year old school mark while Ed Erickson and his class for the ’98 season was tabbed the No. 15 Kirkland. UW ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS Overall Conference Years (Total) Coach Record Pct. Record Pct. 1993-2003 (11) Ken Knutson 389-253-1 .606 167-115 .592 1977-92 (16) Bob MacDonald 422-322-7 .566 162-183-1 .470 1972-76 (5) 43-106 .289 22-64 .256 1964-71 (8) 96-177 .352 24-112 .176 1961-63 (3) 29-45-1 .393 10-32 .238 1957-60 (4) Dale Parker 68-48 .590 27-29 .482 1956 (1) Joe Budnick 4-7 .364 4-5 .444 1954-55 (2) Bill Marx 36-21 .632 17-13 .567 1950-53 (4) Warren Tappin 41-37-2 .525 30-29 .508 1947-49 (3) Art McLarney 23-23 .500 23-23 .500 1923-46 (24) Dorsett V. “Tubby” Graves 209-182-2 .602 168-122-1 .579 1922 (1) R.L. Mathews 15-3 .833 8-2 .800 1920-21 (2) Leonard “Stub” Allison 15-7 .682 15-7 .682 1906, 09-10, 15-19 (7) Dode Brinker 57-28 .671 19-5 .792 1914 (1) George Ingle 5-3 .625 1913 (1) James Clark 5-7-1 .423 1911-12 (2) Bill Hurley 13-16 .448 1908 (1) William Dehn 10-11 .476 1907 (1) Loren Grinstead 7-6 .538 1904-5 (2) Thorpe 10-11-1 .477 1903 (1) F. W. Knight 8-5 .615 1901 (1) Fred Schock 4-6 .400 photo by Jimmy Reynolds 26 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E C O A C H I N G S T A F F TRAVIS JEWETT GREGG SWENSON ASSISTANT COACH – THIRD YEAR ASSISTANT COACH – THIRD YEAR Travis Jewett enters his third season as an Gregg Swenson, former head baseball coach at assistant baseball coach at the UW. Jewett is primarily Tacoma Community College, joined the Washington responsible for the infielders. He also coaches third staff as the volunteer assistant coach prior to the 2001 base during games and is heavily involved in recruiting. season. Last season, Jewett was largely responsible for Swenson serves as the Huskies’ first base coach helping the Huskies break the school record for fielding during games and oversees the outfielders. He also percentage. The Dawgs’ .978 mark was best in UW oversees and administrates summer and winter camps. history, best in the Pac-10 and third in the NCAA Last year, he added two more All-Pac-10 first-teamers In 2002, in his first season as infield coach, Jewett to the list of outfielders he’s coached as Chad Boudon had a lot to do with the Huskies’ finishing the year and Brent Lillibridge both made the team. Additionally, with a sparking .974 fielding percentage in Pac-10 play, outfielder Mike Wagner belted 15 homers and was the second-best mark in the league. drafted in the fifth round following the season. In his first season in 2002, he helped Prior to coming to Washington, Jewett served as an assistant under head coach coach All-Pac-10 pick Tyler Davidson, as well as Jay Garthwaite. Both were drafted Steve Hertz at Gonzaga. In his last two seasons, the Bulldogs won their division in the following the season. West Coast Conference. In 2001, Gonzaga posted a .966 fielding percentage, best in Swenson, who also teaches physical education at Jason Lee Middle School in school history, thanks largely to Jewett’s efforts. The 1999 team fielded .962, second Tacoma, was named the league coach of the year at Tacoma CC in both 1997 and 2000. best in Gonzaga history at the time. His teams finished third in the NWAACC the last two seasons and he finished his five- Prior to joining the Gonzaga coaching staff, Jewett was head coach at Edmonds year TCC career with a won-lost record of 124-76. (Wash.) Community College. In 1998, his only season with the Tritons, Jewett led Swenson began his coaching career as an assistant at Sehome High School in Edmonds to the NWAACC Bellingham from 1992 to 1995. He helped championship and was named both Sehome to a second-place finish at the the NWAACC Coach of the Year state tournament in 1992 and fifth-place and the National Junior College finishes in 1993 and 1995. Coach of the Year by the American In 1996, Swenson moved to Tacoma Baseball Coaches Association. CC as an assistant coach under head man That Edmonds team had seven Travis Jewett, now a fellow second-year players selected in the Major assistant at Washington. League Baseball draft. Swenson attended Olympia High Jewett began his coaching School and Tacoma CC before earning a career as the head coach at Tacoma degree in exercise science and physiology Community College for the 1996 from Western Washington University in season, where his assistant was 1994. In 1997, he completed a master’s current UW volunteer assistant program in teaching at City University. Gregg Swenson. Swenson and his wife, Diane, a UW A 1993 graduate of Washington State University, Jewett earned a degree in social grad, reside in Puyallup. They are the science. He played two seasons of baseball at Lower Columbia College in Longview, parents of a baby daughter named Megan. Wash., before transferring to WSU. Jewett and his wife Tracy have two sons, Tanner and Thomas. The family resides in Kirkland. SCOTT ROBERTSON UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANT – FIRST YEAR Scott Rob- his bachelor’s degree in sociology/law, society ertson, a former and social policy. walkon who fin- As a Husky reliever, Robertson enjoyed his ished his career best season as a sophomore in 2001, when he ranked No. 6 in went 3-0 with seven saves over 20 appearances. W ashington His seven saves that year ranked him second in baseball history the Pac-10 that season and were sixth-most in with 10 career Husky history at the time. saves, joins the A 1999 graduate of Mercer Island (Wash.) coaching staff High School, Robertson was a three-time All- this season af- KingCo Conference selection during his prep ca- ter completing his four year playing career last reer, when he teamed with UW classmate Sean season. White. He helped the Islanders to a KingCo title Robertson, who made 50 career appearances his junior year, when he went 10-1, before post- as a relief pitcher from the 2000 through 2003 ing a 9-3 record as a senior. seasons, will aid head coach Ken Knutson in Robertson also earned first-team All-KingCo coaching the pitching staff while he completes honors for the M.I. football team. 27 2 0 0 4 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E