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2018 Eastern Kentucky University Baseball Record Book 2018 Schedule DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME 2/16 (Fri) at UNC Wilmington Wilmington, N.C. 4 p.m. 4/10 (Tue) EAST TENNESSEE STATE Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m. 2/17 (Sat) vs. Lehigh University Wilmington, N.C. 6 p.m. 4/13 (Fri) at Austin Peay* Clarksville, Tenn. 7 p.m. 2/18 (Sun) vs. Butler Wilmington, N.C. 10 a.m. 4/14 (Sat) at Austin Peay* Clarksville, Tenn. 5 p.m. 2/21 (Wed) at Louisville Louisville, Ky. 3 p.m. 4/15 (Sun) at Austin Peay* Clarksville, Tenn. 2 p.m. 2/23 (Fri) at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 3 p.m. 4/17 (Tue) at Dayton Dayton, Ohio. 4 p.m. 2/24 (Sat) at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 1 p.m. 4/20 (Fri) EASTERN ILLINOIS* Richmond, Ky. 6 p.m. 2/25 (Sun) at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 1 p.m. 4/21 (Sat) EASTERN ILLINOIS* Richmond, Ky. 6 p.m. 2/28 (Wed) BOWLING GREEN Richmond, Ky. 3 p.m. 4/22 (Sun) EASTERN ILLINOIS* Richmond, Ky. 1 p.m. 3/2 (Fri) COPPIN STATE Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m. 4/27 (Fri) at Jacksonville State* Jacksonville, Ala. 7 p.m. 3/3 (Sat) COPPIN STATE Richmond, Ky. 2 p.m. 4/28 (Sat) at Jacksonville State* Jacksonville, Ala. 2 p.m. 3/4 (Sun) COPPIN STATE Richmond, Ky. 1 p.m. 4/29 (Sun) at Jacksonville State* Jacksonville, Ala. 2 p.m. 3/6 (Tue) at Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 4 p.m. 5/1 (Tue) at Northern Kentucky Highland Heights, Ky. 3 p.m. 3/7 (Wed) at East Tennessee State Johnson City, Tenn. 4 p.m. 5/4 (Fri) MURRAY STATE* Richmond, Ky. 6 p.m. 3/9 (Fri) at Belmont* Nashville, Tenn. 5 p.m. 5/5 (Sat) MURRAY STATE* Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m. 3/10 (Sat) at Belmont* Nashville, Tenn. 3 p.m. 5/6 (Sun) MURRAY STATE* Richmond, Ky. 1 p.m. 3/11 (Sun) at Belmont* Nashville, Tenn. 2 p.m. 5/11 (Fri) at Tennessee Tech* Cookeville, Tenn. TBA 3/13 (Tue) at Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky. 4 p.m. 5/12 (Sat) at Tennessee Tech* Cookeville, Tenn. TBA 3/14 (Wed) at Vanderbilt Nashville Tenn. 7:30 p.m. 5/13 (Sun) at Tennessee Tech* Cookeville, Tenn. TBA 3/16 (Fri) at Mercer Macon, Ga. 6 p.m. 5/15 (Tue) WESTERN CAROLINA Richmond, Ky. 6:30 p.m. 3/17 (Sat) at Mercer Macon, Ga. 2 p.m. 5/17 (Thur) SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* Richmond, Ky. 6 p.m. 3/18 (Sun) at Mercer Macon, Ga. 1 p.m. 5/18 (Fri) SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m. 3/20 (Tue) NORTHERN KENTUCKY Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m. 5/19 (Sat) SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* Richmond, Ky. 1 p.m. 3/21 (Wed) XAVIER Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m. 5/22 (Tue) OVC Tournament Oxford, Ala. TBA 3/23 (Fri) MOREHEAD STATE* Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m. 5/23 (Wed) OVC Tournament Oxford, Ala. TBA 3/24 (Sat) MOREHEAD STATE* Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m. 5/24 (Thur) OVC Tournament Oxford, Ala. TBA 3/25 (Sun) MOREHEAD STATE* Richmond, Ky. 1 p.m. 5/25 (Fri) OVC Tournament Oxford, Ala. TBA 3/27 (Tue) WESTERN KENTUCKY Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m. 5/26 (Sat) OVC Tournament Oxford, Ala. TBA 3/29 (Thu) at Tennessee-Martin* Martin, Tenn. 7 p.m. 5/27 (Sun) OVC Tournament Oxford, Ala. TBA 3/30 (Fri) at Tennessee-Martin* Martin, Tenn. 7 p.m. 5/28 (Mon) OVC Tournament Oxford, Ala. TBA 3/31 (Sat) at Tennessee-Martin* Martin, Tenn. 3 p.m. 5/29 (Tue) OVC Tournament Oxford, Ala. TBA 4/3 (Tue) at Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 3 p.m. 6/3-5 NCAA Regionals TBD 4/6 (Fri) SIU EDWARDSVILLE* Richmond, Ky. 6 p.m. 6/10-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBD 4/7 (Sat) SIU EDWARDSVILLE* Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m. 6/18-28 College World Series Omaha, Neb. 4/8 (Sun) SIU EDWARDSVILLE* Richmond, Ky. 1 p.m. Home Games in Bold CAPS * Ohio Valley Conference Game Times given are Eastern and subject to change The Official Home Of Eastern Kentucky University Athletics www.EKUSports.com EKUSports.com 2 2018 Roster No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Will Johnson OF R/R 6-0 195 R-Jr. Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia State) 2 Jaxson Blair UTL R/R 6-0 170 So. Lexington, Ky. (Lexington Christian Academy) 3 Cornell Nixon INF R/R 5-8 170 R-Sr. Marietta, GA. (Kennesaw State) 4 Nick Laster RHP R/R 6-0 175 So. Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake HS) 5 Daniel McFarland OF L/L 6-1 180 Sr. Louisville, Ky. (Male HS) 6 Bryan Quillens RHP R/R 6-2 180 Sr. Austell, Ga. (Georgia Highlands College) 7 Ryland Kerr INF R/R 6-0 175 R-Jr. Bellevue, Wash. (Edmonds CC) 8 Corey Conklin INF L/R 6-2 185 R-Jr. Corvallis, Ore. (Lower Columbia CC) 9 Jake Lewis LHP/1B L/L 6-2 190 Fr. New Albany, Ind. (Providence HS) 10 Casey Collins LHP L/L 6-3 200 Sr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Georgia Highlands College) 11 Ryan Bramlett LHP L/L 6-1 200 Sr. Buford, Ga. (Georgia Highlands College) 12 Alex Holderbach OF/INF R/R 6-0 185 Jr. Fairfi eld, Ohio (Stephen T. Badin HS) 13 Brenden Overton INF R/R 6-2 185 Sr. Clearwater, Fla. (Hillsborough College) 14 Logan Stephens OF L/R 5-11 185 So. Valdosta, Ga. (Valdosta HS) 15 Chance Bodine C R/R 6-2 205 Fr. Bardstown, Ky. (Vincennes University) 16 Grant Martin C R/R 6-2 190 So. Prestonsburg, Ky. (Prestonsburg HS) 17 Eddie Satisky RHP R/R 6-3 200 Fr. Lexington, Ky. (Lafayette HS) 19 Will Brian LHP L/L 5-10 179 Fr. Brandenburg, Ky. (Meade County HS) 20 Miles Jones 1B L/L 6-2 200 So. Fayetteville, Ga. (Whitewater High School) 21 Jack Piekos LHP L/L 6-2 190 Sr. Blue Point, N.Y. (Florida Southwestern St. College) 22 Mitch Zamora RHP R/R 6-0 180 Jr. Brentwood, Calif. (College of San Mateo) 23 Nick Howie OF R/R 6-3 210 So. Oakville, Ontario (Garth Webb HS) 24 Chris Botsoe OF R/R 5-11 184 R-So. Hinsdale, Ill. (Iowa Western CC) 25 Aaron Ochsenbein RHP R/R 6-2 200 R-Jr. Lexington, Ky. (Dunbar HS) 27 Daniel Harris IV INF R/R 5-11 152 Fr. Stone Mountain, Ga. (Miller Grove HS) 28 Darren Williams RHP R/R 6-6 205 R-Fr. Maysville, Ky. (Mason County HS) 29 Kaven Brown RHP R/R 6-4 215 Jr. Paris, Ky. (Pensacola State College) 30 Logan Teague RHP R/R 6-3 195 Jr. Lancaster, Ky. (Lincoln Trail College) 31 Tyler Romanik C/1B R/R 6-3 215 Jr. Columbia, S.C. (State College of Florida) 32 Austin Perry RHP R/R 6-2 198 R-Sr. Shelbyville, Ky. (Milligan College) 33 Eli Crall RHP R/R 6-5 200 Fr. Mount Orab, Ohio. (Western Brown HS) 37 Austin Shepherd RHP R/R 6-1 200 Fr. Lexington, Ky. (Dunbar HS) 41 Brandon Dehass C R/R 6-1 220 Fr. New Albany, Ohio (New Albany HS) 43 Jacob Abbott INF R/R 6-1 180 So. Lexington, Ky. (Lafayette HS) 45 Max Ford RHP R/R 6-2 195 Sr. Braselton, Ga. (University of Georgia) Head Coach: Edwin Thompson (Webber University, 2003), Third Year Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Tyler Hanson (Maine-Farmington, 2009), Third Year Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach: Adam Revelette (Kentucky 2007), Third Year Volunteer Assistant Coach: Julius McDougal (Claffl in University, 2012), First Year Aaron Ochsenbein Ocean-BINE Jack Piekos PEE-kos Bryan Quillens Quill-INS 3 EKUSports.com Head Coach • Edwin Thompson since 2013. baseball.” Title: Head Coach In addition to Fisher’s individual academic accomplish- Before arriving at Eastern Kentucky, Thompson Year at EKU: 3rd season ments, as a whole the team continues to excel in the spent three seasons at Georgia State University. He Alma Mater: Webber University, 2003 classroom under Thompson. The Colonels posted a combined served as the pitching coach for the Panthers in 2013 3.17 grade-point-average during the 2016-17 academic year. and 2014 before being promoted to recruiting coordi- Edwin Thompson, who in the Eastern Kentucky has earned an American Baseball Coaches nator/defensive coordinator before the 2015 season. last seven seasons has recruited Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award each His 2015 recruiting class was ranked by Perfect Game and coached 12 All-Americans of the past two seasons, one of only 18 Division I teams to as one of the top-100 recruiting classes in the country. and 33 players who went on to play professional garner the award each of the past two years. EKU was the It included three future MLB Draft picks and was also baseball, was chosen as the head baseball coach at only OVC team to win the award each year. In order to qualify nationally recognized by Collegiate Baseball Newspa- Eastern Kentucky University on July 2, 2015. for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, programs per as one of the top classes in the nation. “EKU has a great standard of academic and ath- must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. In the summer Thompson helped Georgia State to a pair of 30- letic excellence along with a strong baseball tradition of 2017, the baseball team received the OVC Team Academic win seasons in his three years on the staff .