UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MEDIA ALMANAC 2011 COUGAR BASEBALL WWW.UHCOUGARS.COM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MEDIA ALMANAC 2011 COUGAR BASEBALL WWW.UHCOUGARS.COM 2011 HOUSTON BASEBALL CREDITS Executive Editor Jamie Zarda Editors Cassie Arner, Jeff Conrad Editorial Assistance Mike McGrory, Alissa Bauer, Kailee Gorman Layout Jamie Zarda, Adam Quisenberry Printing University of Houston Printing and Postal Services UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS 3100 Cullen Blvd. Houston, Texas 77204-6002 www.UHCougars.com MEDIA ALMANAC INTRODUCTION 2010 IN REVIEW GENERAL INFORMATION Table of Contents 3 2010 In Review 32 Location Houston, Texas Media Information 4 2010 Overall Stats 33 Enrollment 37,000 Roster 5 2010 Results 34 Founded 1927 INTRODUCTION Schedule 6 2010 Conference USA Stats 35 Nickname Cougars 2010 Home Run Breakdown 36 Colors Scarlet and White COACHING STAFF 2010 Game Highs 37 President Dr. Renu Khator Todd Whitting 8 2010 Standings & Honors 38 Athletics Director Mack Rhoades Trip Couch 9 2010 Conference USA Standings 39-40 Faculty Representative Dr. Richard Scamell Jack Cressend 10 SWA DeJuena Chizer Steven Trout 11 2011 OPPONENTS Conference Conference USA Traci Cauley 11 Opponent Information 42-43 Began C-USA Competition 1996 Support Staff 12 Series History 44-47 Silver Glove Series 48 BASEBALL STAFF 2011 COUGARS Head Coach Todd Whitting Season Preview 14 HISTORY & RECORDS Alma Mater, Year Houston, 1995 Joel Ansley 15 Cougars in the Majors 50 Record at Houston First Season Chase Dempsay 15 MLB Draft Picks 51 Career Record First Season Taylor Hammack 16 Award Winners 52-55 Best Time for Interview Contact SID Caleb Ramsey 17 NCAA Postseason History 56 Assistant Coach Trip Couch Ryan Still 18 Conference USA Tournament History 57 Alma Mater, Year Louisiana-Lafayette, 1991 Ty Stuckey 18 Regular Season Tournament History 58 Year at Houston First Season Travis Trial 19 Class Records 59 Assistant Coach Jack Cressend John Cannon 20 Individual Records 60 Alma Mater, Year Tulane, 2008 Matt Creel 20 Team Records 61 Year at Houston First Season Austin Gracey 21 Postseason Records 62-63 Assistant Coach Steven Trout Codey Morehouse 22 Conference Tournament Records 94-65 Alma Mater, Year TCU, 2007 Jared Ray 22 Cougar Field Records 66-67 Year at Houston First Season Jake Runte 23 Career Leaders 68-69 Taylor White 24 Single-Season Leaders 70-71 TEAM INFORMATION Mo Wiley 24 Team Single-Season Leaders 72-73 2010 Record 25-32 Eric Brooks 25 Year-by-Year Leaders 74-76 2010 C-USA Record (Finish) 11-13 (Fifth) M.P. Cokinos 25 Year-by-Year Lineups 77-79 2010 C-USA Tournament Finish 1-2 Dakota Dill 26 Against Ranked Teams 80-81 2010 Postseason N/A David Murphy 26 Year-by-Year Pitching Stats 82 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 20/13 Landon Appling 27 Year-by-Year Hitting Stats 83 Starters Returning/Lost 6/3 Kyle Bacak 27 Standout Hitting Performances 84 Newcomers 12 Jonathan Davis 27 Standout Pitching Performances 85 Aaron Dunahoe 27 Attendance Records 86 HOME FIELD INFORMATION Ryan Eastman 28 Coaching History 87 Name Cougar Field Dustin Fuerst 28 All-Time Roster 88-89 Capacity 3,500 Travis Jenkins 28 All-Time Jersey Numbers 90-91 Press Box Phone (713) 743-0840 Chase Jensen 28 The Last Time... 92 Kyle Lewis 29 Retired Jersey 93 SPORTS INFORMATION Tyler Magliolo 29 1953 Team 94 Associate A.D./Communications Cassie Arner Jordan Mannisto 29 1967 Team 95 Baseball Contact Jamie Zarda Luke Moran 29 Brad Lincoln 96 Email [email protected] Matt Taylor 30 Series History 97 Office Phone (713) 743-9406 Chase Wellbrock 30 Yearly Results 98-108 Cell Phone (713) 582-5138 Office Fax (713) 743-9411 Homepage UHCougars.com Shipping Address 3100 Cullen Blvd, Suite 2008 Athletics/Alumni Center Houston, Texas 77204 3 2011 HOUSTON BASEBALL MEDIA INFORMATION The 2011 edition of the University of Houston Baseball media guide primarily for the purpose of delivering news related to the has been prepared by the UH athletic communications office to assist recruitment of student-athletes will not qualify for credentials. HOUSTON IMG COLLEGE members of the media in their coverage of the Cougars. 4. Online entities will not receive photography credentials. Now in its seventh year as the exclusive multimedia For more information on the Houston baseball program, contact UH 5. Online entities (other than those identified above) registering rightsholder for UH Athletics, IMG College is regarded as assistant SID Jamie Zarda at (713) 743-9406 or at 20,000 legitimate unique users per month in each of the past [email protected]. 12 months will be given first consideration. America’s foremost collegiate sports marketing company and brings a national presence to the overall marketing of Cougar ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE “Real-time” transmission of digital images, audio and data, athletics. The University of Houston Athletic Communications Office is located including live game play-by-play and statistics, of any home game in the Ted Nance Suite (Rm. 2008) on the second floor of the Athletics/ is the exclusive property of the University of Houston and/or its Headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., IMG College is also Alumni Center. rights holder(s). “Real-time” is defined as “live continual coverage or the rightsholder for more than 35 other major college athletic INTRODUCTION The Athletics/Alumni Center is located on Cullen Boulevard between description of an event.” programs, including UH’s fellow Conference USA members Cougar Field and Hofheinz Pavilion. If available, parking will be provided East Carolina, Marshall, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF, in the facility’s front lot. PHOTOGRAPHERS Requests for photographers’ passes must be made in advance by and UTEP. ON THE INTERNET mail or fax on company letterhead to the athletic communications office. IMG College produces and markets a variety of sponsorship Houston’s athletics home page with information on all 16 varsity Photographers must observe the areas marked for photo use in Cougar opportunities surrounding Cougar Athletics, including radio sports can be found at: www.UHCougars.com. Field (located at the end of each dugout - opposite home plate) and remain within them until the end of each half inning. Failure to abide play-by-play, advertising in various athletics department OVER THE AIRWAVES by these regulations is grounds for removal from the stadium. publications and on the official athletics department Web site For the sixth consecutive season, Cougar baseball games can be (www.UHCougars.com), signage in university athletic facilities heard throughout the Houston market and via the Internet. GAME-DAY PRESS PARKING and at-event promotions. Fans will be able to catch all the action from the 2011 season through Media may park in either the front of the Athletics/Alumni Center www.UHcougars.com. Each broadcast begins with the pregame show or in the back lot, adjacent to the tennis courts and the Carl Lewis To contact the IMG College office in Houston, call (713) about 15 minutes before first pitch International Track & Field Complex. 743-1446. For game listings, check www.UHCougars.com. If parking in the back, the shortest way to get to Cougar Field is to All Houston Baseball games, including postseason contests, walk east between the tennis courts and the Athletics/Alumni Center. can be heard by logging onto UHCougars.com and following STADIUM DIRECTIONS All gated lots on campus are available for parking after 5 p.m. and on Cougar Field is located at the intersection of Cullen Boulevard and weekends. University parking rules regarding fire zones, handicapped the appropriate links. Elgin Street. and reserved spaces, apply to visiting media. From Bush Intercontinental Airport: take Highway 59 South IMG STAFF through downtown until the Interstate 45 exchange. Take I-45 South GAME SERVICES (Galveston) and proceed for about one mile. Take the Cullen Exit, and Season statistics and information packets will be available before MIKE LONG stay on the feeder road to the light. Take a right on Cullen and proceed the game and full box scores will be available shortly after each game. General Manager into the University. The stadium is about half of a mile on your right. MIKE SAGE From Hobby Airport: take Airport Drive to Interstate 45. Take I-45 VISITING RADIO Senior Account Executive North (towards downtown). Exit Cullen Blvd/Elgin St. and go through UH provides two courtesy phone lines for visiting radio. The visting the first light until you reach Cullen Boulevard. Take a left and follow radio location is generally in the suite closest to the third-base dugout. ALEC NGUYEN the directions above. Plenty of room is available for three radio broadcasters. Senior Account Executive The visiting radio lines are (713) 743-0845 and (713) 743-0846. CREDENTIALS Only local or credit card calls can be made from these lines. These lines Press admission to Cougar Field is by official credential only, and is can receive outside calls to reverse toll charges. limited to working members of the media. Credentials may be picked The press box phone line is (713) 743-0840 should you need an Jeremy Branham and Pat Cauley will team up to bring up at the athleitc communications office or the stadium Will Call emergency number to give to your station. all the action of Cougar baseball throughout the 2011 season. window on game day. Branham begins his third season as the “Voice of Cougar To obtain a season or game credential, requests must be emailed, TELEPHONES, FAX AND E-MAIL mailed or faxed on company letterhead to Jamie Zarda in the athletic A member of the athletic communications staff will prepare a Baseball”, handling the play-by-play duties. communications office. The athletic communications fax number is brief, AP-style, game story and line score for all games and distribute However, he is no stranger to the UH Athletics Department, (713) 743-9411.