gwfinn—dmw! dad-Ewan Nu 1982 N. C.STATE WOLFPACK SCHEDULE February 27 at High Point(2). 28 Elon March 1 Pembroke (2) 3 Pfeiffer 4 at UNC-Wilmington 5 High Point (2) 6 at North Carolina Wesleyan 8 at UNC-Charlotte (2) 9 at Pfeiffer 10 at Campbell 12 at Richmond (2) 13 George Mason 14 Virginia* 15 Connecticut 16 Connecticut 17 Clemson* 18 Connecticut 20 at North Carolina* 21 Eastern Connecticut 23 at Duke* 25 Georgia Tech* 28 Maryland* 29 Campbell 31 Duke* April 1 Methodist 3 at Georgia Tech* 4 at Clemson* 6 UNC-Wilmington 7 East Carolina (2) 8 North Carolina Wesleyan 10 at Maryland* 11 at Virginia* 14 at Wake Forest* 15 at East Carolina (2) 17 North Carolina* 18 Wake Forest* 2:00 21-25 ACC Tournament in Chapel Hill, NC. Home Games printed in Red Home Games played at Doak Field *Denotes Atlantic Coast Conference games MARCH APRIL SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 28 29 3O 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 QUICK FACTS ABOUT STATE ACTING CHANCELLOR ...... ...................................... Nash N. Winstead 5533*: FOUNDED ................. ...................................................... 1887 ENROLLMENT ................................................................. 21,500 I CONFERENCE .......... ................... ........................... Atlantic Coast COLORS ........................ ...................................... Red and White NICKNAME ................................ ................................ Wolfpack FIELD .................................... ...... .................. Doak Field (4,000) ATHLETICS OFFICE ............................................. Case Athletics Center ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ...................... ......................... Willis R. Casey ASSOC. ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ....................... ........ ...... Frank Weedon SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR ............. ........................ Ed Seaman ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION. ..................................... Mike Finn ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION .............................. Sarah Sue Ingram DIR. OF PROMOTIONS AND PUBLICATIONS .......................... Jim Pomeranz TELEPHONES ............................ Baseball 919-737-2101 Sports Information 919-737-2102 Requests for N. C. State athletics information and working press tickets should be made to Ed Seaman, Sports Information Director. Telephones: office, 919-737-2102; home 919-829-9186. THE 1982 OUTLOOK AT A GLANCE: 17 lettermen return from the 1981 squad which gave NC. State the most wins ever by a Wolfpack baseball team. The 33-12 record last season help set 11 team single season records including most runs scored (326), most hits (440), most ‘ doubles (77), most home runs (58) and most complete games by a pitching staff (23). In the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Wolfpack was 10-4 during the regular season, tying for the top spot, but failed to advance out of the league tournament. TOP RETURNERS: Pitchers Joe Plesac and Dan Plesac each won six games last year. Joe, 6-3, pitched nine complete games and had an earned run average of 2.49, best among starters. Dan, 6-3, had five complete games and a 4.56 ERA. Joe was first team all- ACC. Centerfieldi Ken Sears in the leading hitter returning with a .357 average last year and a career mark of .334. Louie Meadows (.322) is an outfielder/first baseman. In all, starters return to six of eight fielding positions with three others with starting experience. TOP LOSSES: Chuckie Canady, lst team all-conference three years running, hit .372 last year and .371 for his three-year career, opted for professional ball instead of his senior season with the Wolfpack. Led the team in HRs (10), hits (66), RBIs (59) and total bases (110). Tied school single season mark for HRS, and set marks for single season hits and RBIs. Holds Wolfpack career marks for home runs (24) and total bases (271) and is second in career hits (163), runs scored (100) and doubles (26). Pat Sheehy, a four-year starter at catcher, graduated. He was named second team all-ACC last spring. SAYS COACH SAM ESPOSITO: “Judging from last year, we should have strong pitching and we should be a pretty good hit- ting ball club. Also, even though we lost Chuckie Canady—and you never really can replace a player like that—we should have a solid outfield. ‘ “Our team speed should be adequate (51 steals in 65 attempts last year). We lost experience behind the plate, but the guys there should do a good job. We’ll be looking for pitching depth, es- pecially out of the bullpen. “I would say that catching and our middle infield are the ques- tion marks, but we really won’t know about that until we start playing. “What really pleases me is that most of these guys have been around the past couple of seasons and have shown the ability to comeback in games. We’ve had real strong finishes the past couple of seasons. We had to win our last four ACC games last year to tie for the conference, and we did. And, I like the way we hustled in the late innings to win after making early errors. “Our only disappointment last year was the ACC Tournament. I thought we were playing well enough to win, but we ran out of pitching. Overall I was pleased about last year and I am optimistic about this season.” ~ Here’s a look at the 1982 Wolfpack by position: PITCHERS: Along with the Plesac brothers, Mike Pesavento (4-1) is back for the starting rotation and should be joined by Mark Roberts who was out last spring with injury but was 4-4 in sum- mer league action. Other potential starters include Jim Rivera (4- 0), Dave Peterson (4-1) and John Mirabelli, a reliever who was 5-2 as a starter in summer ball. Esposito signed two pitchers and 2 could get service from three other newcomers but will look to Frank Whitley (1-1), Nelson Carlton (1-0) and Robert Bowman (2- 1) for relief as well as to Mirabelli (six saves), Rivera (three saves) and Peterson. “The starters coming back did a good job last year and the rest of the guys gave us depth. The same should hold this season,” says Esposito. “The key could be Roberts if he has a sound arm and a strong season.” CATCHERS: With Sheehy gone, Jim Toman could find a home here, but he developed shoulder problems and might find more time at first base. Toman caught in summer ball and proved effec- tive, throwing out 14 runners trying to steal. Senior Bobby Hoffman, who saw little action last spring and similar work in the summer, is also a possibility here as well as newcomers Doug Davis and Flip Morris. FIRST BASE: Louie Meadows, a consistent .325 hitter, is the probable starter here along with Tim Barbour who has played three years as a starter and reliever here. Both are long ball hit- ters. Jim Toman could also play here. SECOND BASE: A definite weak spot. Danny Bass, the start- er for two seasons, is gone, and the spot could be filled by senior Michael Sprouse, a shortstop a year ago but who played second in summer ball. Freshman Joe Maciejewski will get a shot. “We’ll just have to work until we find the right guy for the position,” says Esposito. SHORTSTOP: If Sprouse doesn’t work out at second base, he could get a shot here along with senior Moe Barbour who played primarily at third last spring but atshortstop in summer action. Freshman Tracy Woodson will also get a shot at shortstop. “This is just like second base,” says Esposito. “We’ll just work until we find the right man for the job.” THIRD BASE: Ray Wojkovich, the starter here last year, is back. A senior, Wojkovich hit .294 last year, his best season in three, and was a steady performer here. Back up could come from several people including Moe Barbour. OUTFIELD: Maybe the strongest position. Counting Louie Meadows, four potential starters return with Ken Sears in center, Tracy Black in right and Chris Baird in left. Black hit .292 last season and Baird hit .295. Both had good range in the field as does Sears. Meadows will also find playing time in the outfield. DESIGNATED HITTER: Several names could appear here from game to game, depending who starts in the field, Meadows, Toman, Baird and Tim Barbour should be the regulars here. ON THE COVER Four outstanding Wolfpack performers. Upper left, senior Ken Sears, a four—year starter in centerfield. Upper right, Louie Meadows, first base/outfield/ designated hitter. Lower left, sophomore pitcher Dan Plesac. Lower right, junior pitcher Joe Plesac, two-time all-Atlantic Coast Conference selection. MEET THE WOLFPACK *Indicates letters won *Chris Baird So. bats left OF Cary, N.C. Christopher Scott Baird is a possible starter in left field . big 1 strong hitter known for his long ball ability . hit .295 as a fresh— man . had five home runs . played summer ball with Wolf- pack last summer hit .327 in 104 at bats was an all- conference outfielder at Cary Senior High enjoys playing basketball, snow and water skiing and listening to rock music . majoring in telecommunications . born Feb. 28, 1962. YEAR G AB R H RBI 23 3B HR SB-SBA BB K AVG. 1981 26 61 1518 19 2 1 5 2-3 7 11 .295 \ *Moe Barbour Sr. bats right SB/SS Garner, N.C. Danny Ray (Moe) Barbour was a reserve third baseman last spring but could see action at shortstop this season . played shortstop during summer league ball, hitting .214 and showing a steady glove with 64 assists and 45 putouts and making only four errors in playing 29 games . an all-state shortstop at Garner Senior High in helping the Trojans to the state 4-A title in 1978 .