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BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI N.C. A&T AGGIES (17-15, 7-4 MEAC) AJ Hunt 27/25 .330 97 32 3 14 Greg White 31/31 .300 120 36 0 9 Head Coach: Ben Hall (Clemson ‘05) Zach McLean 26/24 .286 91 26 1 12 Career Division I Record: 68-116 (4 seasons) Milton Rivera 31/31 .271 133 36 5 16 Record at N.C. A&T: Same PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO Michael Johnson 7/6 2.54 4-0 39.0 24 N.C. CENTRAL EAGLES (20-16, 6-6 MEAC) Tim Luth 8/8 3.55 3-1 50.2 34 Head Coach: Jim Koerner (St. John Fisher ‘97) Marcello Betances 8/8 4.03 1-4 44.2 43 Career Division I Record: 174-260-1 (10 seasons) Josh Stikeleather 12/0 0.67 2-1 27.0 32 Record at NCCU: 151—198-1 (7 seasons) 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS PROBABLE STARTERS OVERALL: 17-15 MEAC: 7-4 Saturday, Apr. 14 – 1 p.m. DATE Opponent Time/RESULTS NCAT – Tim Luth, LHP, Jr. (3-1, 3.55 ERA) 2/18 COPPIN STATE W, 3-2 NCCU – TBA 2/18 COPPIN STATE L, 9-5 Saturday, Apr. 14 – 4 p.m. 2/20 at N.C. State L, 9-7 NCAT – Marcello Betances, RHP, Sr. (1-4, 4.03 ERA) 2/21 HIGH POINT L, 10-3 2/24 LEHIGH W, 8-4 NCCU – TBA 2/24 LEHIGH L, 3-2 Sunday, Apr. 15 – 1 p.m. 2/25 LEHIGH W, 11-5 NCAT – Michael Johnson, LHP, Jr. (4-0, 2.54 ERA) 2/27 DAVIDSON L, 12-3 NCCU – TBA 3/2 BUCKNELL L, 5-4 3/3 BUCKNELL L, 7-5 3/4 BUCKNELL W, 7-6 AGGIES OVERVIEW: The North Carolina A&T State baseball team (17-15, 7-4) will begin a five 3/7 South Carolina L, 12-2 -game road swing away from War Memorial Stadium starting this weekend traveling to N.C. Cen- 3/10 N.C. CENTRAL L, 8-6 tral (20-16, 6-6) for a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) weekend series beginning on Sat- 3/10 N.C. CENTRAL L, 6-3 urday with a doubleheader at 1 p.m. The Aggies have won eight of their last nine games including 3/11 N.C. CENTRAL W, 5-3 five straight against MEAC opponents. 3/13 at UNC L, 1-0 3/14 PRESBYTERIAN W, 8-5 3/16 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 5-4 (13) WEEK IN REVIEW: N.C. A&T is coming off a 9-2 win over Appalachian State at home on 3/17 ST. BONAVENTURE L, 8-7 Wednesday. Zach McLean had his third multiple-hit game of the season going 3-for-4 at the plate 3/18 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 4-3 while scoring a career-high three runs. LHP Jonah Owenby improved to a 3-0 record on the 3/24 at Bethune-Cookman* W, 4-3 mound tossing 3.1 innings striking out two and walking two batters. Over the weekend, the Ag- 3/25 at Bethune-Cookman* L, 5-2 3/25 at Bethune-Cookman* L, 4-3 (12) gies won a MEAC home series against Florida A&M moving into first place in the conference 3/27 USC UPSTATE W, 6-1 southern division with a 7-4 record. Marcello Betances earned his first win of the season in the 3/30 at Savannah State* W, 3-2 (14) second game as the Aggies completed a sweep taking a doubleheader (3-2, 13-4) on Friday 3/30 at Savannah State* W, 12-1 against the Rattlers. The Aggies posted season-highs in runs (13), RBI (12), home runs (3), triples 3/31 at Savannah State* W, 3-2 (9) (2) and total bases (30) smashing four home runs in the first inning against FAMU. 4/2 at UNCG W, 3-2 4/4 at Presbyterian W, 12-8 4/6 FLORIDA A&M* W, 3-2 RIVERA NAMED MEAC CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Milton Rivera was named MEAC 4/6 FLORIDA A&M* W, 13-4 co-player of the week for his performance during the week of April 2-8, helping the Aggies to a 3- 4/7 FLORIDA A&M* CANCELED 1 record. He went a combined 8-gor-17 (.417) for the week, hit two home runs, drove in four runs 4/11 APPALACHIAN STATE W, 9-2 and scored five more runs. He homered and scored twice in helping the Aggies beat FAMU twice. 4/14 at N.C. Central* 1 p.m. 4/14 at N.C. Central* 4 p.m. Rivera went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a homer against Presbyterian before adding a 3-for-4 4/14 at N.C. Central* 1 p.m. effort in the second game of the doubleheader against FAMU. Rivera also stole two bases during 4/17 USC Upstate 6 p.m. the week 4/18 at Elon* 6 p.m. 4/20 ALABAMA A&M 6 p.m. 4/21 ALABAMA A&M 3 p.m. N.C. CENTRAL OVERVIEW: The Eagles enter the weekend on a five-game skid falling to 4/22 ALABAMA A&M 1 p.m. Campbell (3-1) on Tuesday and Norfolk State (12-3) on Wednesday in non-conference action. 4/25 at High Point 6 p.m. With a 6-6 MEAC record, NCCU sits fourth in the division and leads the MEAC in base on balls, 4/28 BETHUNE-COOKMAN* 1 p.m. doubles, home runs, runs, scoring, slugging percentage and win-loss percentage. Carter Williams 4/28 BETHUNE-COOKMAN* 4 p.m. leads the conference in triples and total bases while Zach Michalski is both the home run leader 4/29 BETHUNE-COOKMAN* 1 p.m. 5/2 at Appalachian State 6 p.m. and RBI leader. Corey Joyce is the conference leader in doubles, slugging percentage, total bases 5/5 SAVANNAH STATE* 1 p.m. and stolen bases. Jacob Raby is tops in base on balls. Chris Kernen has the lowest ERA and Devin 5/5 SAVANNAH STATE* 4 p.m. Sweet is first in strikeouts and strikeout-to-walk ratio amongst the MEAC. 5/6 SAVANNAH STATE* 1 p.m. 5/11 at Florida A&M* 1 p.m. LOOKING AHEAD: The Aggies will wrap-up their road swing with back-to-back games at USC 5/11 at Florida A&M* 4 p.m. 5/12 at Florida A&M* 1 p.m. Upstate on Tuesday, Apr. 17 at 6 p.m. followed by Elon on Wednesday, Apr. 18 at 6 p.m. News & Notes 5/16-19 at MEAC Baseball Tourney • Halfway through the college baseball season the Aggies are ranked top-100 nationally in a number of categories: triples (51st/9), hits allowed per nine innings (52nd/7.97), stolen bases

(53rd/44), double plays (65th/27), WHIP (73rd/1.35), earned run average (82nd/3.92).

2018 N.C. A&T BASEBALL BY CLASS 2018 N.C. A&T State University Numerical Roster SENIORS (11) Josh Bottenfield Marcello Betances No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Wt. B/T Hometown (Previous School) Forest Kimbrell 1 Myles Sowell SR OF 6'1" 175 R/R Greensboro, NC (Dudley HS) K.J. McAlister Brandon Melendez 2 Camden Williamson SO OF 5'8" 180 L/R Greensboro, NC (Dudley HS) Adan Ordonez 4 Tony Mack FR INF 5'7 180 S/R Smithfield, NC (West Johnston HS) Jonah Owenby Milton Rivera 5 AJ Hunt RJR INF 5'10" 205 R/R Chesapeake, VA (Indian River HS) Myles Sowell 6 Shane Faulk SO OF 5'8" 180 L/T North Myrtle Beach, SC (USC Lancaster) Josh Stikeleather 7 Justin Williams RFR INF 6'1" 195 R/R Charlotte, NC (Independence HS) Greg White 8 Dawnovan Smith JR OF 6'1" 215 R/R Jacksonville, NC (Northside HS) JUNIORS (10) 9 Forest Kimbrell SR INF 6'2" 190 R/R Dobson, NC (Rockingham CC) Perry “AJ” Hunt Leon Hunter 10 Jason King JR OF 5'10" 175 R/R Baltimore, MD (Gilman School) Jason King 11 Jason Jenkins RFR RHP 6'1" 180 R/R Winston Salem, NC (Mt. Tabor HS) Tim Luth Roberto Negron 12 Adan Ordonez SR C 5'8" 180 S/R Clermont, FL (East Ridge HS) Jarrett Norman 13 Milton Rivera SR INF 5'9" 175 R/R Humacao, Puerto Rico (Inter. Baseball Academy) Walfrank Pineiro 15 Jonah Owenby SR LHP 6'1" 190 L/L Fort Myers, FL (State College of Jacksonville James Rorie Sawnoven Smith 17 Josh Bottenfield RSR RHP 6'2" 170 R/R Concord, NC (Catawba Valley CC) McKinley Stanbery 19 Zach McLean SO INF 5'10" 200 R/R High Point, NC (High Point Christian)

SOPHOMORES (6) 20 Marcello Betances SR RHP 6'2" 205 R/R Raleigh, NC (Louisburg College) Leon Davidson 21 Roberto Negron JR RHP 6'3" 230 R/R Toa Alta, Puerto Rico (Chipola College) Shane Faulk Michael Johnson 23 Greg White SR OF 6'1" 200 R/R Greensboro, NC (Pitt CC) Zach McLean 24 Josh Stikeleather SR RHP 6'0" 175 R/R Kenly, NC (Southeastern CC) Ryne Stanley 25 Brandon Melendez SR INF 5'9" 165 L/R Fort Lauderdale, FL (Chattanooga State) Camden Williamson 26 Anthony Rodriguez FR LHP 6'0" 185 L/L Bronx, NY (Bronx School of Law) FRESHMEN (7) 27 Tim Luth JR RHP 6'2" 205 R/R Dunedin, FL (Eastern FL State) Aaron Benson Ethan Chavis 28 KJ McAlister SR RHP 5'10" 185 R/R Greensboro, NC (Dudley HS) Jason Jenkins 30 McKinley Stanbery JR RHP 5'10" 160 R/R Kernersville, NC (Brunswick CC) Tony Mack Anthony Rodriguez 31 Leon Hunter JR RHP 6'3" 220 R/R Garner, NC (Southeast Raleigh HS) McKinly Strickland 32 Jarrett Norman JR C/OF 5'10" 185 S/R Matthews, NC (Butler HS) Justin Williams 33 Michael Johnson SO RHP 5'11" 220 R/R Lexington, NC (North Davidson HS)

NORTH CAROLINA (22) 34 Walfrank Pineiro JR RHP 5'10" 220 R/R Apopka, FL (FL Southwestern State) Josh Bottenfield 35 Ryne Stanley RSO C 6'0" 190 R/R High Point, NC (Southeast Guilford HS) Marcello Betances Ethan Chavis 37 McKinley Strickland FR 1B/LHP 6'1" 190 L/L Pembroke, NC (Purnell Swett HS) Leon Davidson 38 James Rorie RSO C/INF 6'1" 195 R/R Asheboro, NC (Asheboro HS) Leon Hunter Jason Jenkins 39 Ethan Chavis FR LHP/OF 6'0" 200 L/L Pembroke, NC (Purnell Swett HS) Michael Johnson 40 Aaron Benson RFR RHP 6'0 175 R/R Detroit, MI (Detroit Country Day School) Forest Kimbrell 42 Leon Davidson SO RHP 6'0 215 R/R Huntersville, NC (Hopewell HS) Tony Mack K.J. McAlister Zach McLean Jarrett Norman Coaching Staff th James Rorie Head Coach: Ben Hall (Clemson ‘07, 4 season) Myles Sowell Assistant Coach: Jamie Serber (High Point ’10, 3rd season) Dawnoven Smith nd McKinley Stanbery Assistant Coach: Stefan Jordan (N.C. A&T ’14, 2 season) Ryne Stanley Assistant Coach: Marquis Riley (N.C. A&T ’13, 1st season) Josh Stikeleather McKinley Strickland Equip. Manager/Baseball Operations: Arric Devond Greg White Student Manager: Andrew Bullock Camden Williamson Justin Williams Student Manager: Cervando Castaneda Athletic Trainer: Ben Clapp MICHIGAN (1) Aaron Benson

MARYLAND (1) Pronunciation Guide Jason King

FLORIDA (5) Marcello Betances Beh-tan-CEEZ Brandon Melendez Ethan Chavis CHAY-vis Tim Luth Adan Ordonez Ahh-Don Or-Dough-Nez Adan Ordonez Jonah Owenby Walfrank Pineiro Pin-Ear-O Walfrank Pineiro

NEW YORK (1) Anthony Rodriguez

Puerto Rico (2) Roberto Negron Milton Rivera

VIRGINIA (1) AJ Hunt

SOUTH CAROLINA (1) Shane Faulk

2018 N.C. A&T BASEBALL MEDIA INFORMATION • N.C. A&T is ranked in the top-3 in the conference as a team and top-10 individually in a num- N.C. A&T State Athletic Communications ber of categories: As a team, the Aggies lead the MEAC in earned run average, hits allowed Moore Gymnasium per nine innings, triples and in WHIP while ranking in the top-3 in double plays, doubles, 1601 E. Market Street doubles per game, fielding percentage, hits by pitch, home runs, home runs per game, runs, Greensboro, NC 27411 slugging percentage, triples per game, win-loss percentage and walks allowed per nine in-

Baseball Contact Jason Pompey nings. Office Phone (336) 285-3609 • Individually, Marcello Betances and Michael Johnson are first and second in hits allowed per Cell Phone (646) 643-8510 nine innings while Betances and Tim Luth are tied for third in games started. Johnson is first Fax in earned run average and is second in both victories and WHIP. Josh Bottenfield is the con- Email [email protected] ference leader and ranks third in the nation in pitching appearances. Adan Ordonez is first in Website www.ncataggies.com the MEAC and fourth in the nation in toughest to strike out. Milton Rivera and Perry Hunt are in the top-5 in triples with Greg White ranking in the top-10 in both doubles and hit by N.C. A&T QUICK FACTS pitch.

School Information • Myles Sowell is on a current eight game hit streak and Forest Kimbrell in on a four-game Location Greensboro, N.C. streak. Milton Rivera, Greg White and AJ Hunt have all recorded 11 multi-hit games this sea- Founded 1891 son. Dawnoven Smith is the only Aggie with four RBI in a game this year and leads the squad Enrollment 11,837 with five multiple RBI games. Nickname Aggies Colors Blue and Gold STIKELEATHER NAMED MEAC CO-PITCHER OF THE WEEK Home Field (cap.) Senior Josh Stikeleather was named MEAC Co-Pitcher of the Week on Monday, Mar. 19. He led War Memorial Stadium (2,000) Affiliation NCAA Division I the Aggies on the mound, allowing no runs or hits in seven innings while striking out seven in two Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic appearances. He picked up the save, his second of the season, against Presbyterian, tossing a President Dr. Harold L. Martin hitless ninth inning. He followed that up with 3.2 scoreless innings of relief on Friday against St. Director of Athletics Earl M. Hinton III Bonaventure, an outing in which he struck out seven and didn’t allow a hit before picking up the Athletic Dept. Phone (336) 334-7686 win.

Baseball History PRESEASON RANKINGS First Season 1902 First Year of Varsity Baseball 1964-65 The Aggies were tabbed to finish second in the Preseason MEAC Southern Division coaches poll. First Year of NCAA DI Play 1973-74 N.C. A&T finished behind favorite Bethune-Cookman who received 13 first place votes. The Aggies NCAA Tournament Appearances 2005(1) (64) followed the Wildcats just edging out third place Florida A&M (63) that received five first- NCAA Tournament Record 0-2 place votes. North Carolina Central (37) was picked fourth and Savannah State (22) was fifth. Del- MEAC Tournament Championships 2005 (1) aware State (67) landed 13 first-place votes to lead the northern division predictions. The Hornets Regular-Season Conference Titles finished second in the division last season and advanced to the third day of the 2017 MEAC Base- 1974, 1993, 2005 (3) ball Championship. Norfolk State (56) received five first-place votes and was picked second, then CIAA Championships 1947, 1950, 1951, Coppin State (32) and Maryland Eastern Shore (25) was fourth in the north. 1952, 1953, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 (10)

2017 Information FIVE AGGIES SELCTED TO 2018 All-MEAC PRESEASON TEAM 20117 Record 28-25 Three Aggies were selected the 2018 MEAC Baseball Preseason All-Conference First Team and 20117 MEAC Record (finish) 15-9 (2nd Southern) two made the Second Team. Catcher Ardan Ordonez (5-7, 180, SR, Clermont, Fla.), shortstop 2017 Home/Road/Neutral 16-10/11-13/1-2 Brandon Melendez (5-9, 180, SR, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and outfielder Myles Sowell (6-2, 180, SR, Letterman Returning/Lost 23/14 Greensboro, N.C.) were the first team selections. Outfielder Greg White (6-1, 180, SR, Greensbo- Starting Position Players Returning/Lost 8/1 ro, N.C.) and at utility Perry “AJ” Hunt (5-11, 180, SR, Chesapeake, Va.) made the second team. Returning Weekend Starters Returning/Lost 2/1

Returning Relief/Midweek Pitchers Ret/Lost 5/1 Newcomers 8 FOURTH YEAR Fourth year head coach of the N.C. A&T Aggies baseball team Ben Hall was named the 2017 MEAC 2017 Information Coach of the Year and returns 25 letterwinners that went 28-25 and 15-9 in the conference, tying Head Coach Ben Hall (4th season) a school record for conference wins a 15-game improvement from 2016. Hall at N.C. A&T 51-103 (4 yrs.) Hall Overall same 2017 AT A GLANCE Assistant Coaches Jamie Serber(3rd) The 2017 Aggies baseball team tied a school record for conference wins going 15-9 while improv- Stefan Jordan (2nd) Marquis Riley (1st) ing their overall season wins by 15 games. Coach Hall contributes last year’s success to big time Athletic Trainer Ben Clapp recruiting and the experience of the returning players. A&T ranked second in the MEAC in both double plays (42) and double play per game (0.79) while sitting fifth in ERA (5.29) and sixth in fielding percentage (0.946). A major factor to the Aggies 2017 success was a first-team All-MEAC honoree and was on the Midseason Watch List for the 13th annual National Collegiate Baseball Writes Association Stopper of the Year Award, pitcher Cutter Dyals. Dyals became the 19th player in program history to be selected in the MLB draft. In his one season with the Aggies, Dyals fin- ished with an impressive 0.50 ERA holding batters to .190.

N.C. A&T DRAFTER PLAYERS 2017: Cutter Dyals – 17th Round – Atlanta Braves 2014: Luke Tendler – 29th Round – Texas Rangers 2011: Xavier Macklin--12th Round--Oakland Athletics 2009: C.J. Beatty--26th Round--St. Louis Cardinals

2018 N.C. A&T BASEBALL 2018 NCAT LEADERS 2018 AGGIE SCHEDULE WIN-LOSS RECORD WHEN... Batting Average Value The 2018 schedule features 32 home contests and 20 Overall 17-15 AJ Hunt .330 games on the road, including 28 nonconference match- MEAC 7-4 Greg White .300 MEAC Home/Road 3-2/4-2 Zach McLean .286 ups to go along with the 24 MEAC games. The schedule Non-Conference 10-11 includes three opponents from the Big South, two op- Home games 12-9 Slugging Percentage Value ponents from the ACC, Patriot League and Atlantic-10 Away games 5-6 AJ Hunt .526 Neutral site 0-0 Milton Rivera .459 conferences and teams from the SEC, Southern Confer- Day games 13-15 Zach McLean .396 ence, SWAC, Sun Belt and Atlantic Sun. Night games 4-0 vs. Left-handed starter 3-1 On-Base Percentage Value OUTLOOK ON AGGIE CATCHERS vs. Right-handed starter 14-14 AJ Hunt .430 1-run games 8-5 Greg White .375 All three catchers for the Aggies are polarizing guys. 2-run games 2-3 Adan Ordonez .341 Ordonez has played in 148 career games for the Aggies 5+ run games 5-3 and made his second All-MEAC Baseball First Team hon- Extra innings 4-1 Hits Value Shutouts 0-1 Milton Rivera 36 ors in 2017. He has been on the field for the Aggies and Greg White 36 has the history and performance to lead a team both When NCAT scores… AJ Hunt 32 physically in the clutch and away from the field. Jarrett 0-2 runs 0-4 3-5 runs 9-7 RBI Value Norman and Rhyne Stanley well see time behind the 6-9 runs 5-4 Dawnoven Smith 20 plate. Norman has played a lot in his two seasons and 10+ runs 3-0 Milton Rivera 16 has emerged as one of the vocal leaders of the Aggies. When the opponent scores… Adan Ordonez 14 AJ Hunt 14 0-2 runs 9-1 OUTLOOK ON AGGIE OUTFIELDERS 3-5 runs 7-4 Home Runs Value Looking to lead the outfielders will be a pair of All-MEAC 6-9 runs 1-6 Milton Rivera 5 Preseason Team members in left fielder Greg White and 10+ runs 0-4 Dawnoven Smith 4 AJ Hunt 3 center fielder Myles Sowell. White was the Aggie leader Inning breakdown in hits (73), doubles (12), stolen bases (15), total plate NCAT scored in 1st inning 8-7 Runs Scored Value appearances (214) and at bats (181). Sowell was ranked Opponent scored in 1st inning 4-5 NCAT scores first 13-7 Greg White 22 second in the conference in triples (5), fifth in both runs Milton Rivera 22 Opponent scores first 4-8 AJ Hunt 19 scored (41) and batting average (.356) while finishing After 6, leading 11-1 eighth in both total bases (87) and hits (62). Right field- trailing 4-12 tied 2-2 Stolen Bases Value ers Camden Williamson and Dawnovan Smith will also After 7, leading 10-1 Forest Kimbrell 10 trailing 5-9 Myles Sowell 7 add depth to the returning outfielders. tied 0-2 Shane Faulk 5 After 8, leading 11-1

OUTLOOK ON AGGIE INFIELDERS trailing 0-9 Walks Value Short stop Brandon Melendez, third baseman AJ Hunt tied 3-2 Adan Ordonez 17

AJ Hunt 16 and second baseman Milton Rivera started last season Miscellaneous statistics Forest Kimbrell 12 for the Aggies and with their return have raised expec- Hit 0 home runs 8-8

tations for the Aggies infielders. Melendez led the Ag- Hit 1 home run 6-5 Innings Pitched Value Hit 2+ home runs 3-2 Tim Luth 50.2 gies in batting average (.363), on base percentage (.442) Opponent hit 0 home runs 13-7 Marcello Betances 44.2 and in walks (21). Hunt was amongst the MEAC leaders Opponent hit 1 home run 4-7 Michael Johnson 39.0 last season ranking tied for fourth in home runs (6) and Opponent hit 2+ home runs 0-1 Made 0 errors 8-1 Strikeouts Value ninth in slugging percentage (.483). Made 1 errors 4-3 Marcello Betances 43 Made 2+ errors 5-11 Tim Luth 34 OUTLOOK ON AGGIE PITCHERS Opponent made 0 errors 3-3 Josh Stikeleather 32 Marcello Betances led the Aggies in strikeouts (58), Opponent made 1 error 6-5

innings pitched (71.2) and games started (14) posting a Opponent made 2+ errors 8-7 Wins Value NCAT out-hit opponent 12-3 Michael Johnson 4 5.40 ERA. Michael Johnson struck out 36 and ranked Opponent out-hit NCAT 2-8 Tim Luth 3 fifth in the conference in walks allowed (18). He made Hits are tied 3-4 Jonah Owenby 3 12 starts with a 6.16 ERA in 64.1 innings pitched Josh Stikeleather 2 NCAT’s record in Josh Bottenfield 2 February 3-5 March 10-8 ERA Value April 4-1 Michael Johnson 2.54 May 0-0 Tim Luth 3.55 Marcelllo Betances 4.03 NCAT’s record on Monday 1-0 Saves Value Tuesday 1-3 Josh Bottenfield 3 Wednesday 2-3 Josh Stikeleather 2 Friday 4-3 Leon Hunter 1 Saturday 5-4 Jason Jenkins 1 Sunday 4-2

Games Started Value NCAT’s record when Marcello Betnaces 8 Marcello Betances 2-6 Tim Luth 8 Tim Luth 6-2 Michael Johnson 6 Michael Johnson 5-1 Ethan Chavis 1-4 Appearances Value Jonah Owenby 1-1 Josh Bottenfield 21 Jason Jenkins 1-1 Leon Hunter 13 Walfrank Pineiro 1-0 Josh Stikeleather 12

2018 N.C. A&T BASEBALL 2018 MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE N.C. A&T in MEAC and NCAA STATISTICS

NCAA MEAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK PITCHER OF THE WEEK ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Team Rank Rank Statistics Feb. 19 Corey Joyce - NCCU Feb. 19 Trevor McKenna - SSU Feb. 19 Jeremy Adams - B-CU Base on Balls 248 6 94 Feb. 26 Andrew Valichka - NCCU Feb. 26 Anthony Maldonado - B-CU Feb. 26 Giovany Lorenzo - B-CU Batting Average 163 5 .261 Mar. 5 Carter Williams - NCCU Mar. 5 Devin Sweet - NCCU Aaron Robinson - NSU Double Plays 48 2 27 Mar. 12 Justin Hayes - NSU Mar. 12 Chase Anderson - NSU Mar. 5 Alsander Womack - NSU Double Plays Per Game 66 2 .87 Mar. 19 Brian Davis - FAMU Mar. 19 Josh Stikeleather - NCAT Mar. 12 Alsander Womack - NSU Doubles 134 3 49 Earned Run Average 88 1 3.98 Stephen Baughan - NSU Evan Bertone - MDES Mar. 19 Aaron Robinson - NSU Fielding Percentage 266 3 .955 Mar. 26 Zach Michalski - NCCU Mar. 26 Devin Sweet - NCCU Mar. 26 Aaron Robinson - NSU Hit Batters 226 9 24 Apr. 2 Caleb Duhay - CSU Jahmon Taylor - CSU Avery Tunnell - MDES Hit By Pitch 94 3 34 Dwayne Marshall - MDES Apr. 2 Thomas Nicoll - FAMU Apr. 2 Derek Lohr - CSU Hits 109 4 279 Apr. 9 Joseph Fernando—BCU Apr. 9 Anthony Maldonado - B-CU Apr. 9 Derek Lohr - CSU Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings 59 1 8.09 Milton Rivera—NCAT Apr. 16 Apr. 16 Home Runs 100 2 22 Apr. 16 Apr. 23 Apr. 23 On Base Percentage 236 6 .337 Runs 157 3 158 Apr. 23 Apr. 30 Apr. 30 Sacrifice Bunts 178 3 12 Apr. 30 May 7 May 7 Sacrifice Flies 124 5 12 May 7 May 14 May 14 Scoring 187 4 5.1 May 14 Shutouts N/A N/A N/A Slugging Percentage 136 2 .385 Stolen Bases 53 5 42

Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio 216 4 1.63 Strikeouts Per Nine Innings 245 6 7.0 Triples 45 1 9 WHIP 87 1 1.37 Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings 156 3 4.27

NCAA MEAC Individual Rank Rank Statistics Doubles Greg White 107 3 10

Earned Run Average Josh Bottenfield 25 1 1.42 Michael Johnson 141 3 2.54

MEAC Schedule MEAC Baseball Games Started Saturday, April 14 Marcello Betances 9 3 8 2018 Standings (thru Apr. 13) Tim Luth 9 3 8 Coppin State at Delaware State* (DH) 12 p.m. Team MEAC Pct. Overall Pct. Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman* (DH) 1 p.m. Northern Hit By Pitch Greg White 108 7 8 N.C. A&T at N.C. Central* (DH) 1 p.m. Coppin State 10-2 .833 11-16-1 .411 Maryland E. Shore at Norfolk State* (DH) 1 p.m. Norfolk State 7-5 .583 10-19 .345 Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings

Maryland E. Shore 4-8 .333 7-26 .212 Marcello Betances 107 1 6.65 Sunday, April 15 Delaware State 3-9 .250 5-26 .161 Josh Bottenfield 140 2 6.92 N.C. A&T at N.C. Central* 1 p.m. Pitching Appearances Coppin State at Delaware State* 12 p.m. Team MEAC Pct. Overall Pct. Maryland E. Shore at Norfolk State* 12 p.m. Josh Bottenfield 2 1 21 Southern Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman* 1 p.m. North Carolina A&T 7-4 .636 17-15 .531 Saves Florida A&M 7-4 .636 14-21 .400 Josh Bottenfield 142 1 3

Tuesday, April 17 Bethune Cookman 7-5 .483 13-20 .394 Norfolk State at William & Mary 6 p.m. Slugging Percentage N.C. Central 6-6 .500 20-16 .556 Perry Hunt 245 5 .543 N.C. Central at Appalachian State 6 p.m. Savannah State 2-10 .167 5-21 .192 Bethune-Cookman at Florida Atlantic 6:30 p.m. Stolen Bases Per Game Maryland E. Shore at Towson TBA Forest Kimbrell 141 11 0.33 2017 Standings Team MEAC Pct. Overall Pct. Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio Wednesday, April 18 Josh Bottenfield 133 4 4.20 Delaware State at Towson 3:30 p.m. Northern Savannah State at North Florida 5 p.m. Norfolk State 16-7 .696 26-22 .542 Toughest to Strike Out Coppin State at UMBC 6 p.m. Delaware State 14-10 .583 22-25 .468 Adan Ordonez 4 1 26.8 Bethune-Cookman at UCF 6:30 p.m. Maryland E. Shore 9-15 .375 12-40 .231 Coppin State 8-15 .348 11-31 .262 Triples Milton Rivera 36 2 3 Friday, April 20 Perry Hunt 105 3 2 Alabama A&M at N.C. A&T 6 p.m. Team MEAC Pct. Overall Pct. Southern Victories Bethune Cookman 15-8 .652 36-25 .590 Michael Johnson 112 2 4 Saturday, April 21 Alabama A&M at N.C. A&T 3 p.m. North Carolina A&T 15-9 .625 28-25 .528 WHIP Delaware State at Maryland E. Shore* (DH) 12 p.m. Florida A&M 14-10 .583 27-26 .509 Josh Bottenfield 49 1 0.95 Norfolk State at Coppin State* (DH) 1 p.m. N.C. Central 12-11 .522 22-28 .440 Savannah State 3-21 .125 12-39 .235 Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings N.C. Central at Bethune-Cookman* (DH) 1 p.m. Josh Bottenfield 48 1 1.42 Savannah State at Florida A&M* (DH) 1 p.m.

Sunday, April 22 Alabama A&M at N.C. A&T 1 p.m. Norfolk State at Coppin State* 12 p.m. N.C. Central at Bethune-Cookman* 1 p.m.

2018 N.C. A&T BASEBALL HEAD COACH BEN HALL’S YEAR-BY-YEAR TOTALS HEAD COACH BEN HALL Year School Record Pct. League Pct. Record at N.C. A&T 2015 N.C. A&T 10-36 .217 7-17 .292 68-117 (4th season) 2016 N.C. A&T 13-41 .241 6-18 .250 2017 N.C. A&T 28-25 .528 15-9 .625 Overall Record 2018 N.C. A&T 17-15 .531 7-4 .556 Same 4 seasons at N.C. A&T 68-117 .335 34-48 .387

Ben Hall was named the interim head coach at North Carolina A&T on Oct. 23, 2014. After a full season in that role, N.C. A&T Athletics Director Earl M. Hilton III named Hall the permanent coach on July 21, 2015, making Hall the ninth Aggies baseball coach since the Aggies became an NCAA program in 1982.

In his first season as the Aggies headman, the experienced hitting instructor, helped catcher Adan Ordonez earn MEAC Rookie of the Year and first-team All-MEAC honors. His move to make Brandon Wilkerson the Aggies leadoff hitter helped Wilkerson, a senior, earn his first all-conference accolade. Timothy Ravare also earned All-MEAC honors as a utility player. In Hall’s second year, shortstop Milton Rivera had a career year by hitting .349 with seven home runs to earn first-team all-conference honors.

The previous year before Hall arrived the Aggies were hitting .245 as a team. They hit .264 as a team in his first year in 2015 and during the 2016 season the team hit .274. Among the hitters who have improved under Hall from 2015 to 2016 are Kyle Clary (.221-.300), Timo- thy Ravare (.286-.306) and Rivera (.299-.349). Rivera earned his first-ever first-team All-MEAC selection thanks to his offensive improve- ment.

Hall came to N.C. A&T after spending three seasons with the Winthrop Eagles baseball program. During his time with the Eagles he assist- ed with infielders, hitters and all aspects of recruiting, which included 2014 first-team All-Big South outfielder TJ Olesczuk who was draft- ed by the Baltimore Orioles and 2013 all-conference third baseman Chad Smith.

Before accepting the post at Winthrop, Hall worked at Division II Wingate for four seasons. He started there as a graduate assistant be- fore being promoted to an assistant coach in 2010, where he worked with hitters and infielders. In 2011, the Bulldogs finished in the top- 10 in hits, doubles, home runs and slugging percentage nationally.

The Bulldogs finished 34-22, won the South Atlantic Conference Tournament and earned a bid to the Southeast Regional in 2011. Slugger Dodson McPherson was one of the best offensive players in the country, earning SAC Player of the Year. He was also named first-team All -SAC, first-team All-Southeast Region, Southeast Region Player of the Year, first-team All-American (by two different publications) and was a finalist for the Tino Martinez Award which goes to the Division II player of the year.

Hall’s other slugger at Wingate, Brian Yeung, led the nation in doubles and was among the nation’s leaders in home runs, total bases and hits. Yeung scored second-and-third-team All-American accolades and was first-team All-Southeast Region.

Wingate won the SAC regular-season title in 2010 behind the bats of All-SAC performers Logan Issacs (second baseman) and Chris Vasquez (shortstop). After lettering twice at Clemson University in baseball, Hall began his coaching career as a student assistant coach at Clemson. As a player, he became familiar with A&T when the two schools faced each other in the 2005 NCAA regional in Clemson.

Hall played one season each at Stetson and Daytona Beach Community College before transferring to the Tigers. With Stetson he hit .321 and was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman team.

He received his undergraduate degree in sports management from Clemson in 2007 and his master of business administration degree from Wingate in 2009. Ben Hall Record vs. Opponents at N.C. A&T Appalachian State 1-3 East Tennessee State 0-2 Maryland Eastern Shore 4-0 St. Bonaventure 2-1 Albany 1-2 Elon 1-1 Mount St. Mary’s 3-0 UNCG 2-3 Bethune-Cookman 6-15 Fairleigh Dickinson 1-2 Navy 1-5 USC Upstate 1-0 Bucknell 1-2 Florida A&M 7-13 Norfolk State 1-3 Virginia Tech 0-1 Campbell 0-3 Furman 1-2 North Carolina 0-1 Western Carolina 0-1 Charlotte 3-1 Gardner-Webb 0-4 North Carolina State 0-3 Winthrop 1-5 Coppin State 1-1 High Point 0-4 North Carolina Central 7-14 Davidson 0-5 Iona 2-1 Presbyterian 2-2 Delaware State 1-0 James Madison 0-1 Richmond 0-1 TOTAL 68-117 Duke 0-1 Lehigh 2-1 Savannah State 15-5 vs. Non-Conference 25-66 East Carolina 0-1 Longwood 1-3 South Carolina 0-1 vs. MEAC Opponents 42-51

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