Mesa Baseball in the NJCAA Division II

Overall Record: 47-12; Conf. 27-11; Home 35-5; Away 12-7 Day Date Opponent Site Time Notes Sat Feb 1 Northern AZ U. Club (DH) Mesa W 10-1, 9-0 Statrting at No. 1: The Mesa baseball 121 stolen bases are No. 11 in the nation and they Sun Feb 2 Southern Idaho Mesa W 7-0 team has been ranked in the top 10 all have been caught just 27 times. Freshman Alex Tue Feb 4 St. U. Club Mesa W 18-2 year long, but the final poll put the T-Birds Gudac is tied for No. 35 with 23 steals in 27 tries Sat Feb 8 Arizona St. U. Club (DH) Mesa W 8-1 W 14-4 at No. 1. and sophomore Dillon Fahr is tied for 48th with 21 Sun Feb 9 Northwest Colorado Mesa W 6-3 First Time Since 2006 This is Mesa’s steals out of 25 attempts. Mon Feb 10 Northwest Colorado Mesa W 5-0 first apearance in the NJCAA Division II Other National Leaders: Alex Gudac and Tue Feb 11 Okanagan Mesa W 11-1 World Series since 2006. That ended a freshman Jordan Zimmerman are tied for 23rd in Fri Feb 14 at Phoenix* Phoenix, AZ W 6-4 (13) string of three straight years for MCC. the country with five triples each. The team ERA Sat Feb 15 Phoenix* Mesa W 11-8 Worst to First: This year has been a of 2.63 is No. 5. The team Sun Feb 16 Thompson River Mesa W 11-4 remarkable turn-arounf for Mesa baseball. of .964 is No. 4 and the runners cuaght stealing Last season the T-Birds finished 25-31 for percentage of .500 is No. 5. Tue Feb 18 Glendale* Mesa L 0-5 for a .446 winning percentage. That was Mesa has a storied baseball Wed Feb 19 at Glendale* Glendale, AZ L 7-8 Storied History: actually the worst record ever in MCC’s history. As noted above, MCC has suffered only Sat Feb 22 at Pima (DH) Tucson, AZ L 2-3 W 9-3 49-year baseball history. There have only four losing seasons in the 49 years it has been Mon Feb 24 Arizona Christian U. JV Mesa L 5-9 even been four losing seasons Amazingly, playing baseball. The program was started in Tue Feb 25 Yavapai* (DH) Mesa W 7-1, W 8-7 the team’s 47-12 record at the start of the 1966 by legendary college coach . He Fri Feb 28 at GateWay* Phoenix, AZ W 1-0 World Series is a .797 percentage, the eventually became the coach at Arizona State Sat Mar 1 GateWay* Phoenix, AZ L 5-6 best in those 49 years. and was inducted into the College Baseball Hall Tue Mar 4 Chandler-Gilbert* Mesa W 2-0 Tough Conference; Great Results The of Fame in 2007. He led the T-Birds to national Wed Mar 5 at Chandler-Gilbert* Chandler, AZ W 6-2 Arizona Community College Athletic Con- championships in 1970 and 1971. Jim Frey took Fri Mar 7 Paradise Valley* Mesa W 5-1 ference (ACCAC) is annually one of the over in 1972 and won another national title. Sat Mar 8 at Paradise Valley* Paradise Valley, AZ L 1-5 toughest in the nation and is comrise, as MCC and the Major Leagues: A total of 20 Wed Mar 12 Utah St. U. Club (DH) Mesa W 5-0, W 3-2 are many junior college leagues, of both former Mesa players have reached the major Thu Mar 13 Utah St. U. Club (DH) Mesa W 3-2, W 14-4 DI and DII schools. As illustrated below, leagues as outlined elsewhere in these notes. Tue Mar 18 Scottsdale* Mesa W 8-7 Mesa tied for the overall championship Dozens of others have been selected in the major Wed Mar 19 at Scottsdale* Scottsdale, AZ L 1-2 (10) with DI Central Arizona. Cochise and league draft and over 100 are listed as having Thu Mar 20 Arizona Christian U. JV Mesa W 10-1 South Mountain played for the Western played in the minor leagues. Sat Mar 22 at Arizona Western* (DH) Yuma, AZ W 2-0, W 6-5 District championship and DI World Series Tue Mar 25 Central Arizona* Mesa W 3-1, L 1-11 berth. During the regular season the Wed Mar 26 Arizona Christian U. JV Mesa W 11-3 T-Birds played those two teams a total of Sat Mar 29 Cochise* (DH) Mesa W 4-3 (8), W 6-4 four times and won all of them. Overall, Tue April 1 at Eastern Arizona* (DH) Thatcher, AZ W 5-2, L 3-8 MCC had a 14-3 record in games against Wed April 2 Arizona St. U. Club Mesa canc. DI schools. Fri April 4 at GateWay* Phoenix, AZ W 2-1 2014 Honors: Five MCC players received Sat April 5 GateWay* Mesa W 5-3 post-season honors. Freshman Tue April 8 at Chandler-Gilbert* Chandler, AZ W 11-6 Joseph Carvalho, freshman Zack Soria and freshman Jordan Wed April 9 Chandler-Gilbert* Mesa W 7-4 Zimmerman all were named first team Fri April 11 at Paradise Valley* Paradise Valley, AZ L 2-3 ACCAC Standings all-ACCAC. Sophomore pitcher John Sat April 12 Paradise Valley* Mesa W 13-10 Havird and sophomore Cole Team Conf All Tue April 15 at Scottsdale* Scottsdale, AZ L 2-4 Loncar were chose to the second team. All *Mesa 27-11 47-12 Wed April 16 Scottsdale* Mesa W 11-1 (8) five were named all-Region I. Central Arizona 27-11 42-16 Fri April 18 South Mountain* Mesa W 8-2 Dynamic Pitching Duo: Joseph Carvalho *GateWay 24-14 36-23 Sat April 19 at South Mountain* Phoenix, AZ W 3-2 (12) and John Havird have given Mesa one South Mountain 23-15 38-25 Tue April 22 Phoenix* Mesa W 5-4 of the best 1-2 pitching combinations in *Scottsdale 22-16 34-23-1 Wed April 23 at Phoenix* Phoenix, AZ W 4-1 school history. Carvalho, a freshman, has Pima 22-16 34-25 Fri April 25 at Glendale* Glendale, AZ W 6-3 gone 11-1 with a 1.38 ERA and Havird Cochise 19-19 37-27 Sat April 26 Glendale* Mesa L 5-6 10-1 and a 1.31 ERA. Havird’s ERA is *Glendale 18-20 28-24 Thu May 1 Region I vs. East. Utah Mesa W 11-1 (5) tenth best in the country and Carvalho *Paradise Valley 17-21 30-25 Fri May 2 Region I vs. East. Utah Mesa W 8-2 (7) ranks No. 14. Arizona Western 16-22 31-24 Thu May 8 Region I vs. Scottsdale Mesa W 8-2 Behind the Plate: Freshman catcher Zack Yavapai 15-21 26-25 Fri May 9 Region I vs. Scottsdale Mesa W 4-3 Soria gives Mesa potent weapon behind the *Chandler-Gilbert 15-23 31-25 Home games bold plate. He has nailed 18 of 27 would-be base *Phoenix 12-26 25-30 *ACCAC game stealers. Eastern Arizona 7-29 15-37 Running Game: The T-Birds love to . Their *Division II schools Find Mesa athletics on Facebook Mesa Community College Athletics at Mesa Community College is on Twitter at Mesa CC Athletics. Athletics. Mesa Community College Baseball Roster 2014 R/W Name Class Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Hometown High School 1 Drew Lacomb So. IF S-R 5-10 180 Las Vegas, Nev. Spring Valley 2 Jordan Rose Fr. C R-R 5-10 190 Tremonton, Utah Bear River 3 Dillon Fahr So. OF R-R 5-8 150 Las Vegas, Nev. Coronado 4 Joshua Murtha Fr. P R-R 6-0 190 Las Vegas, Nev. Faith Lutheran 6 Wes Byers So. OF R-R 5-9 155 Prescott Valley, AZ Bradshaw Mountain 7 Zack Soria Fr. C R-R 5-10 190 Chicago, Ill. St. Rita 8 Levi Larmour So. IF/OF R-R 6-1 180 Oakville, Ontario Stephen Lewis Secondary 9 Daniel Lutz Fr. P/IF S-R 5-10 155 Phoenix, AZ Shadown Mountain 10 Casey Congleton So. P R-R 6-3 190 Las Vegas, Nev. Centennial 11 Joseph Carvalho Fr. P R-R 5-11 165 Palmdale, Calif. Paraclete 15 James Anderson Fr. OF R-R 5-10 180 Henderson, Nev. Coronado 16 Ryan Reinhart Fr. P R-R 5-9 170 Albuquerque, NM Sandia 17 Marios Mylonas So. C/1B R-R 5-11 180 Scottsdale, AZ Desert Mountain 18 Cole Loncar So. OF R-R 6-0 205 Olympia, Wash. Olympia 19 Chad Leonard So. IF R-R 6-4 235 Mesa, AZ Queen Creek 20 Jordan Zimmerman Fr. IF R-R 6-0 200 Mesa, AZ Red Mountain 23 Casey Moses Fr. IF R-R 6-0 195 Las Vegas, Nev. Centennial 24 John Havird So. P L-L 6-2 170 Mesa, AZ Red Mountain 25 Danny Garlid Fr. IF R-R 6-3 165 Tempe, AZ Seton Catholic 26 Sean McGuire Fr. P R-R 5-11 160 Phoenix, AZ Desert Vista 27 Nick Schuman So. P R-L 6-5 220 Mesa, AZ Westwood 29/11 Alex Gudac Fr. IF R-R 5-10 165 West Jordan, Utah Juan Diego Catholic 30 Nick Williams So. OF/C R-R 6-0 185 Pinetop, AZ Blueridge 37 Garrett Bowman Fr. P R-R 6-4 215 Roy, Utah Roy 38 Evan Fresquez Fr. P R-R 5-9 190 Las Vegas, Nev. Coronado 42 Ryan Chen Fr. P R-R 6-6 185 Las Vegas, Nev. Arbor View Head Coach: Tony Cirelli Assistants: Doug Rose, Tom Novak, Ken Westray, David Robb, Sean Kenney

Pronunciation Guide Joseph Carvalho car-VOL-o P.J. Catera cuh-TARE-uh Tony Cirelli sir-EL-ee Evan Fresquez FRES-kwez Dillon Fahr FAR Alex Gudac GOO-dak John Havird HAV-rd Levi Larmour LAR-more Cole Loncar LAHN-car Joshua Murtha MER-tha Marious Mylonas my-LOAN-us Ryan Reinhart RINE-heart Zack Soria SOAR-ee-uh Mesa Baseball Honors

All-American (44) Head Coach Tony Cirelli Michael Wesolowski 3rd team IF 2012 Michael Desabrais 2nd team P 2012 Tony Cirelli now in his 20th season as the T'Birds skipper. His career re- Darian Johnson 2nd Team OF 2011 cord stands at a very impressive 711-457. His right-hand man, Recruiting Mike Wesolowski 3rd Team UT 2011 Coordinator and assistant coach Doug Rose has been on board since Darian Johnson 2nd Team OF 2010 1998. Tom Novak, Ken Westray, Sean Kenney and David Robb serve as Michael Levi 3rd Team IF 2006 Cirelli's additional assistants. Michael Levi 3rd Team OF 2006 Bryan Miller 2nd Team OF 2005 Originally from , Coach Cirelli attended Mesa Community Matt Lambeth 2nd Team OF 2004 College and and has a Master’s degree in Edu- Chris Cook 2nd Team IF 2003 cation. Cirelli was a third baseman as a player and joined the MCC staff Bobby Diliberto 1st Team DH 2002 as infield coach in 1985. He was named head coach in 1995 and now Shea Hillenbrand 1st Team 1996 holds the record for most wins in the history of Mesa Community College Martin Dewett 1st Team 1993 Baseball. Vance Wilson 2nd Team 1993 Chris Cooper 1st Team 1992 Over the past 29 years, Mesa has been in the playoffs 24 times with four Bill Minnis 3rd team IF 1987 NJCAA World Series appearances. His 2006 squad finished with a record Mike Devereaux 3rd team OF 1983 of 44-21 and a #1 national ranking. This year the T-Birds set a school Randy Rector 3rd team P 1983 record with 47 victories and have earned another berth in the NJCAA Rocky Coyle 2nd team OF 1980 Division II World Series. Cary Palmer Hon. Men. P 1979 Marty Barrett 1st Team IF 1978 . Cirelli was named American Baseball Coaches Association Southwest Mickey Hatcher 1st team OF 1976 Region Coach of the Year in NJCAA Division II in 2004, 2005 and again Scott Mark Hon. Men. OF 1975 in 2006. Ken Phelps 1st Team IF 1974 Dan Graham 2nd Team IF 1974 In the past 19 years, 45 MCC players have been drafted by Major League Julio Delgado 1st Team IF 1973 Baseball teams or played professionally. Of those 45 players, only five Ray Forgie Hon. Men P 1973 had been drafted prior to coming to Mesa. Most recently, Brian Broderick Bob Pate Hon. Men. IF 1973 made his Major League debut with the Nationals in 2011. Jeff Oscarson 2nd team IF 1972 Doug Slocum 2nd Team P 1972 In the summer of 2012 Cirelli coached for Novara in the Italian Baseball Vern Wilkins 1st Team IF 1971 League. Marty Stajduhar 1st Team C 1971 Jim Otten 2nd team P 1971 “We take pride in helping a good high school player develop his game so Marc Rhea Hon. Men 1971 he becomes a draftable player. Ken Reed 1st team IF 1970 Jim Otten 1st Team P 1970 Larry Schutzius 2nd team OF 1970 Vern Wilkins Hon. Men. IF 1970 Bob Engle Hon. Men. C 1970 Roger Schmuck 1st team OF 1969 Wendell Franke 1st team P 1969 Ken Reed 2nd team IF 1969 Larry Schutzius Hon. Men. OF 1969 Jack Collinge 2nd team IF 1968 Mesa Community College Baseball History Year Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Coach Regular Season Playoffs 2013 25-31 .446 11-27 .289 Tony Cirelli T-8th Place 2012 41-15 .732 23-15 .605 Tony Cirelli T-3rd Place 2011 38-20 .655 22-16 .579 Tony Cirelli 2nd Place 2010 32-24 .571 21-17 .553 Tony Cirelli 3rd Place 2009 27-30 .474 13-25 .342 Tony Cirelli 4th Place 2008 25-30 .455 11-25 .306 Tony Cirelli 5th Place 2007 30-26 .538 15-21 .417 Tony Cirelli 2nd Place 2006 44-21 .677 22-14 ..611 Tony Cirelli 1st Place Region I DII and District Champions 2005 43-23 .652 23-15 .605 Tony Cirelli 1st Place Region I DII and District Champions 2004 42-21 .667 21-17 .553 Tony Cirelli 1st Place Region I DII and District Champions 2003 33-24 .579 19-19 .500 Tony Cirelli 1st Place Region I Runner-Up 2002 45-15 .750 28-10 .737 Tony Cirelli 1st Place ACCAC Champions 2001 31-25 .554 20-18 .526 Tony Cirelli 3rd Place 2000 33-25 .569 21-19 .525 Tony Cirelli 2nd Place 1999 31-27 .534 25-15 .625 Tony Cirelli 1st Place 1998 32-24 .571 16-20 .444 Tony Cirelli 7th Place 1997 37-20 .649 24-12 .667 Tony Cirelli 4th Place 1996 33-23 .589 22-14 .611 Tony Cirelli 1st Place ACCAC Champions 1995 40-17 .702 23-13 .639 Tony Cirelli 3rd Place 1994 35-20 .636 22-14 .611 Roger Schmuck 1993 38-14-1 .726 28-8 .778 Roger Schmuck 1st Place ACCAC Champions 1992 28-19-1 .594 21-15 .583 Roger Schmuck 1991 34-18 .654 24-12 .667 Roger Schmuck 1990 38-21 .644 21-15 .583 Roger Schmuck NJCAA 3rd Place 1989 33-21 .611 21-15 .583 Roger Schmuck 1988 27-22 .551 21-15 .583 Roger Schmuck 1987 39-13 .750 29-7 .750 Roger Schmuck 1986 30-20 .600 19-7 .731 Roger Schmuck 1985 26-21 .456 12-13 .480 Roger Schmuck 1984 29-15 .659 18-8 .692 Roger Schmuck 1983 23-15 .605 14-12 .538 Roger Schmuck 1982 35-16 .686 17-7 .708 Jim Frye 1st Place ACCAC Champions 1981 19-22 .463 11-15 .423 Jim Frye 1980 36-19 .655 18-9 .667 Jim Frye 1st Place ACCAC Champions 1979 25-14 .641 17-9 .654 Jim Frye 1978 33-11 .750 19-6 .760 Jim Frye 1977 27-14 .659 16-10 .615 Jim Frye 1976 29-14 .674 19-6 .750 Jim Frye 1975 25-18 .581 13-13 .500 Jim Frye 1974 30-13 .698 16-10 .615 Jim Frye 1973 34-18 .654 12-6 .667 Jim Frye 1st Place ACCAC Champion 1972 41-13 .759 16-4 .800 Jim Frye 1st Place National Champions and ACCAC Champions 1971 37-15 .71 15-5 .750 Jim Brock 1st Place National Champions and ACCAC Champions 1970 39-11 .780 19-5 .792 Jim Brock 1st Place National Champions and ACCAC Champio\ 1969 30-12-1 .709 15-5-1 .738 Jim Brock 1st Place ACCAC Champions 1968 21-13 .618 10-10 .500 Jim Brock 1967 19-13-1 .591 11-8-1 .575 Jim Brock 1966 17-16 .515 10-10 .500 Jim Brock

MCC Coaching Records At the start of the World Series Head Coach Years Record Win Pct. Tony Cirelli 1995-present 711-454 .610 Roger Schmuck 1983-1994 380-219 .634 Jim Frye 1972-1982 334-172 .600 Jim Brock 1966-1971 163-80-2 .665 Mesa Baseball - 1521- 879- 2 (.634) T-Birds in the Majors (20)

Over the years a total of 20 former Mesa baseball players have earned their way into the major leagues, the most recent being Brian Broderick who pitched for the Washington Nationals in 2011. These players have served a total of 132 seasons in the majors, meaning an average of 6.6 years, topped by the 16 years of Dave Collins and the 15 played by Hubie Brooks.

Marty Barrett - 10 years - 1982-91 - Mike Devereaux - 12 years - 1987-98 Boston, San Diego - (AL), Baltimore, Chicago (AL), Atlanta, Texas

Dan Graham - 3 years - 1979-81 - Minne- Tommy Barrett - 3 years - 1988-89, sota, Baltimore 1992 - Philadelphia, Boston

Brain Broderick - 1 year - 2011 - Dick Grapenthin - 3 years - 1983-85 - Washington Montreal

Hubie Brooks - 15 years - 1980-94 - Larry Harlow - 6 years - 1975, 1977-81 - New York (NL), Montreal, Los Angeles (NL), Baltimore, California California, Kansas City

Dave Collins - 16 years - 1975-90 - Mickey Hatcher - 12 years - 1979-90 - California, Seattle, Cincinnati, New York Los Angeles (AL), Minnesota (NL), Toronto, Oakland, Detroit, St. Louis

Shea Hillenbrand - 7 years - 2001-07 - Pat Darcy - 3 years - 1974-76 - Cincin- Boston, Arizona, Toronto, San Francisco, Los nati Angeles (NL), Los Angeles (AL) Albie Lopez - 11 years - 1993-03 - Cleve- Paul Swingle - 1 year - 1993 - California land, Tampa Bay, Arizona, Kansas City

Brett Merriman - 2 years - 1993-94 - Vance Wilson - 8 years- 1999-06 - New Minnesota York (NL), Detroit

132 total seasons

Jim Otten - 5 years - 1974-76, 1980-81 - Chicgao (AL), St. Louis

Bob Pate - 2 years - 1980-81 - Montreal

Ken Phelps - 11 years - 1980-90 - Kansas City, Seattle, Montreal, New York (AL), Oak- land, Cleveland

Jimmy Serrano - 1 year - 2004 - Kansas City