University of Maine

Senior Captain Tony Patane

MERICA EASTTM Senior Captain Myckie Lugbauer UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY OFOF MAINEMAINE 2010 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE Contents The Table of Contents ...... 1 Black Bear Facts ...... 2 The University of Maine ...... 3 Maine Administration ...... 4 University of Maine ...... 5-6 Black Bear Athletics ...... 7 Support Services ...... 8-9 Mahaney Diamond Facilities ...... 10-11

The Coaching Staff Head Coach Steve Trimper ...... 13 Asst. Coach Mike Cole ...... 14 Asst. Coach Aaron Izaryk ...... 14 Asst. Billy Cather ...... 14

The Black Bears 2010 Rosters ...... 12 Ian Leisenheimer was named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American in 2009. 2010 Returning Player Profi les ...... 15-21 2010 New Player Profi les ...... 22-24 In complying with the letter and spirit of applicable laws and in pursuing its own goals of diversity, the University of Maine shall not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, 2009 Baseball Statistics ...... 25-26 religion, sex, sexual orientation, including transgender status or gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, or veterans status in employment, Miscellaneous education, and all other areas of the University System. The University provides reason- able accomodations to qualifi ed individuals upon request. Maine Team & Individual Records ...... 27-30 Questions and complaints about discrimination in any area of the University should Maine’s Leading Hitters ...... 31 be directed to: Director of Equal Opportunity, the University of Maine, 5754 North Stevens Hall, Room 101, Orono, Maine 04469-5754, telephone (207) 581-1226, TTY Maine Year-by-Year Records ...... 32 (207) 581-9484. Baseball at Maine ...... 33-35 Honored Black Bears ...... 36-37 Credits: The 2010 University of Maine Baseball Media Guide is a publication ...... 38 of the University of Maine Athletic Media Relations Offi ce. Editor: Laura Reed. America East Opponents ...... 39 Assistance by Tyson McHatten and Carson Pillar. Photography: Courtesy the University of Maine Department of Creative Services, Photographic Services; Non-Conference Opponents ...... 39-41 photographers – Peter Buehner, William Drake, Michael York, Sarah Nichols, Maine All-Time vs. Opponents ...... 42 Brian Jenkins, Tim Boyd and Laura Reed. Layout and Design: By Laura Reed with Adobe Indesign on a Macintosh iBook G4. Maine Year-by-Year Results ...... 43-49 Former Black Bears in the Pros ...... 50

2 • www.GoBlackBears.com 22010010 QUICKQUICK FFACTSACTS GENERAL INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION Location: Orono, Maine 04469 The University of Maine Athletic Media Relations Office extends a cordial welcome Founded: 1865 to all working media covering home games. We appreciate the coverage you give Enrollment: 12,000 us, and we will do everything possible to assist you in your game duties. In order President: Dr. Robert Kennedy (Minnesota ’68) to create the best possible situation, please observe the following: Director of Athletics: Blake James (Mankato State ’92) Nickname: Black Bears CREDENTIALS: Colors: Blue (PMS 289 and 292) and White All credential requests should be directed to Laura Reed, Assistant AD for Public Conference: America East Relations, 5747 Memorial Gym, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5747, or by phone at (207) 581-3646. Credentials to be mailed should be requested at least two weeks in advance. HISTORY All other credentials can be picked up at the will-call booth at the main entrance First Year of Baseball: 1881 of Mahaney Diamond. The University of Maine Athletic Media Relations Office Overall Program Record: 1733-1362-17 reserves the right to refuse a credential, or access to coaches or players, to any Number of Years in College World Series: 7 (1964, ’76, ’81, ’82, ’83, ’84, ’86) party it deems not a bona fide media entity. Number of Years in NCAA Regionals: 15 (1964, ’75, ’76, ’80, ’81, ’82, ’83, ’84, Visiting radio stations that require a phone line must contact the UMaine Athletic ’86, ’90, ’91, ’93, ’02, ’05, ’06) Media Relations Office at least two weeks prior to the scheduled contest(s). Last Post-Season Opponent: Binghamton (2007 America East Tournament, Farmingdale, N.Y. L,4-13) PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographers (both still and video) are permitted to shoot from behind the BASEBALL INFORMATION fence inside Mahaney Diamond, or from the balcony of the Mahaney Clubhouse. Head Coach: Steve Trimper (Eastern Connecticut SStatetate UUniv.niv. ’ 992)2) Photography from anywhere inside the fences (including the dugouts) is not Record at Maine: 109-104-2 / Four Seasons permitted. Overall Record: 281-278-4 / 11 Seasons Assistant Coaches: Mike Cole (Vermont ’01), Aaron Izaryk (Maine ’05) INTERVIEWS: Baseball Offi ce: (207) 581-1096 All requests for interviews, either in person or via phone, must be made through Fax Number: (207) 581-3987 Laura Reed, Assistant AD for Public Relations, at (207) 581-3646. Facility: Mahaney Diamond (cap. 4,400/fi eld turf) There will be no player interviews on game-day prior to post-game interviews, Dimensions: LF-330, CF-400, RF-330, Alleys-375 with one exception: the starting pitcher from the first game of a doubleheader will National Affi liations: NCAA Division I be available between games. Post-game interviews will be conducted 10 minutes 2010 Captains: Myckie Lugbauer, Matt Jebb, Joey Martin and Tony Patane after the game, outside the locker room. Letterwinners Ret./Lost: 12/6 PRESS SERVICES: Newcomers: 11 A phone line for filing stories and fax service is available on a first-come, Starters Ret./Lost: 5/4 first-served basis. Rosters, game notes and statistics will be provided prior to the 2009 Record: 32-23 game. Boxscores and a play-by-play are available 10 minutes after completion of 2009 America East Conference Record/Finish: 13-11, Fifth the contest. There is no reserved press parking area. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF PRESS BOX: Associate AD for Operations: Will Biberstein The Press Box phone number at Mahaney Diamond is (207) 581-1049. Associate AD for Compliance/SWA: Katie Herbine Associate AD for Internal Operations: Joe Roberts Assistant AD for Public Relations: Laura Reed Assistant AD for Business: Sue Randall Assistant AD for Development: Pat McBride Director of Academic Support: Ann Maxim Director of Marketing: Jeff Wildey Director of Student Services: Brandi Rideout Head Athletic Trainer: Paul Culina, M.Ed., ATC Baseball Trainer: Amy Adamo, LATC, CSCS Baseball Strength & Conditioning: Dan Nichol Black Bears on the Air in 2010 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATRELATIONS Select Maine games will be broadcast live by “The Black Bear Sports Net- Asst. AD for Public Relations/Baseball Contact: Laura Reed work, Fox Sports Maine 97.1 FM and 910 AM. Maine’s student radio station, Offi ce Phone: 207-581-3646 Cell Phone: 207-478-4256 WMEB-FM, 91.9 in Orono, Maine will also E-mail: [email protected] broadcast selected home games. Assistant Manager: Andrew Mahoney Phone: 207-581-4158 Jim Churchill returns for his 10th season as Assistant Manager: Barrett Gilham Phone: 207-581-3596 play-by-play voice of the Black Bears. Churchill Media Relation Intern:Tyson McHatten Phone: 207-581-4129 has called some of the most memorial mo- Fax: 207-581-3297 Website: www.GoBlackBears.com ments in Black Bear baseball the past few years, including a pair of America Twitter: www.twitter.com/BlackBearNation East Championships and fi ve NCAA Regional games. www.twitter.com/MaineBaseball Log onto www.GoBlakcBears.com to hear the action live.

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>> FAMOUS ALUMNI Stephen & Tabitha King (best-selling authors) // Gary Thorne (ESPN broadcaster) // Paul Kariya (NHL pro hockey player) // Olympia Snowe (U.S. Senator from Maine) // John Baldacci (Governor of Maine) // Dr. Bernard Lown (Nobel Prize winner) // Lawrence Bender (Oscar winning producer: An Inconvenient Truth, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2) // Bridget Zeigelaar Johnson (NASA engineer) // John Tortorella (Coach of 2004 Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning) // Dustin Penner (Played for 2007 Stan- ley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks) // Don Holder (Tony Award winner).

As the fl agship university of the University of Maine ✓ The fi rst women students were admitted in 1872. Traditions System and the state’s land-grant and sea-grant institu- ✓ The fi rst master’s degree was conferred in 1881; the ✓ The Stein Song: One of the most recognizable fi ght tion, the University of Maine has unique responsibilities fi rst doctoral degree in 1960. songs in the country. Written in 1910 by Lincoln Colcord for providing high-quality undergraduate and graduate ✓ In 1980, the University of Maine was given Sea Grant and made popular by Rudy Vallee (Maine ‘25), it became education programs, public service, and basic and ap- College status by the Federal Government under provi- number one on the pop charts of that day. The song was plied research. Located in Orono, within close proximity sions of the National Sea Grant College Program Act. named the nation’s sixth best fi ght song in the 1998 to the ocean, lakes, and mountains, the University of ✓ Maine has the highest possible Carnegie Foundation book, College Fight Songs: An Annotated Anthology. Maine off ers an inspiring learning environment. There is for the Advancement of Teaching Classifi cation, ranking ✓Bananas - The Black Bear: The black bear has been plenty of open space on its 1,200 acres, where students it among the top eight percent of comparable universi- the mascot at Maine since 1914. Jeff , a black bear cub, are off ered the diversity and the challenge of a large ties for research and graduate education. was the fi rst mascot. At least 15 diff erent black bears university in an invigorating atmosphere of a small col- ✓ Undergraduate programs in business and engineer- have carried on the name “Bananas” until the practice lege. The campus is located 10 miles north of Bangor, ing ranked in the top 150 nationally by U.S. News and of having live mascots was banned in 1966. Since 1969, Maine’s third largest city. World Report. the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity has provided a human ✓ Research centers like Climate Change Institute, Ad- “Bananas” as a service to the campus and the commu- Notable Facts vanced Engineered Wood Composite Center, and Labo- nity. In the fall of 2004, a newly designed “Bananas” ✓ The University of Maine was established as the Maine ratory for Surface Science Technology are internation- mascot was unveiled at the fi rst home football game. College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts under the ally recognized leaders. ✓ Maine Day: Since 1935, “Maine Day” has been set provisions of the Morrill Act, approved by President ✓ The Resource Economics graduate program ranks aside as a day in the spring for the classes to be sus- Abraham Lincoln in 1862. In 1897, the school changed 50th in the world and the Agronomy and Crop Sciences pended as students, faculty, staff and alumni take part its name to the University of Maine. graduate program ranks fi fth nationally. in cleaning and sprucing up campus. Several events are ✓ The institution opened on Sept. 21, 1868, with 12 ✓ UMaine’s research enterprise is ranked as one of the held throughout the day, including a wake-up parade, a students and two faculty members. 100 largest among public universities. lunchtime barbecue and games in the afternoon.

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wide public outreach missions. He has led the university’s Director of Athletics well-received strategic planning process, which has helped to provide direction for growth and advancement in targeted Blake James critical areas. Blake James was named Director of Athletics at the Univer- Kennedy began his academic career on the faculty of the sity of Maine on May 10, 2006, after serving as interim athletic University of Iowa, followed by faculty appointments at Wash- director since July 2005. He served the previous two years at President Director of Athletics ington State University, The Ohio State University, the Univer- Maine as the Senior Associate Athletic Director, overseeing Robert Kennedy Blake James sity of Maryland and Texas A&M University. all external relations for the athletic department and serving Immediately before coming to Maine, Kennedy served for as the lead administrator for several sports. Prior to Maine, President eight years as Vice President for Research and Associate Provost James worked in the athletic department at Providence Col- Robert Kennedy for Graduate Studies at Texas A&M. Kennedy also worked in the lege, where he established the “Friars Forever” campaign and Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at the National Robert A. Kennedy, Ph. D., became the president of the Friar Athletic Fund. He began his career at the University of Mi- Science Foundation in Washington, D.C., for three years in the University of Maine on April 15, 2005. A plant biochemist with ami working in corporate sales/athletic development. James a long and distinguished scholarly career, Kennedy has held late 1980s. has also worked at the University of Nebraska. He received a academic leadership positions at some of the nation’s most A Minnesota native, Kennedy earned his undergraduate prestigious universities. He has been at Maine since July 2000, degree in plant science from the University of Minnesota in bachelor’s degree in marketing in 1992 from Minnesota State- serving fi rst as Vice President for Academic Aff airs. One year 1968, and a Ph. D. in botany from the University of California- Mankato, and earned a master’s degree from St. Thomas Uni- after his arrival, he was promoted to the position of Executive Berkeley in 1974. Kennedy and his wife, Mary, a professor of versity (Miami, Fla.) in 1994. James and his wife, Kelly, reside Vice President and Provost. At Maine, Kennedy has played a central role in developing biochemistry at Maine, have four sons. in Veazie with their daughter Haley, and son, Ryan. and executing the university’s teaching, research, and state-

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ORONO, MAINE - Princeton Review once again lists the University of Maine among the best colleges in the country.

The New York-based publisher announced today “The Best 371 Colleges,” according to its annual guide book. The publication, which rates the nation’s best choices for undergraduate education, has selected UMaine for its list six years in a row.

Only about 15 percent of the four-year colleges in the U.S. are chosen for the list.

“We are pleased that Princeton Review continues to affi rm UMaine’s standing as a top-quality uni- versity and we appreciate inclusion on a list that includes the nation’s top colleges and universities,” says UMaine President Robert A. Kennedy.

Princeton Review bases its rankings, to a signifi cant degree, on surveys of current students. An average of 325 students per institution respond to Princeton Review’s 80-question survey.

“To me, this makes inclusion on the Princeton Review list all the more gratifying,” says Robert Dana, UMaine’s vice president for student aff airs and dean of students. “Our own students are helping spread the word about the quality and value of the UMaine student experience, which certainly validates Princeton Review’s choice.”

“Each of our 371 ‘best’ colleges off ers great academics,” says Robert Franek, author of the book and vice president and publisher of The Princeton Review. “However, we don’t rank schools academically because our goal is to help students fi nd and get into the best school for them. Instead, we tally 62 ranking lists based how students at these schools rated their campus experiences, plus ratings based on institutional data we collect on issues important to applicants. It’s all about the fi t.”

--July 27, 2009 (UMaine University Relations Press Release)

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Undergraduate Degrees Off ered at the University of Maine Accounting – Chemical History Pre-Medical Animal and Veterinary Sciences – Civil Interdisciplinary Studies Pre-Optometry Anthropology – Computer International Aff airs Pre-Physical Therapy Aquaculture – Electrical International Business Pre-Veterinary Art Education – Environmental Journalism Psychology Art History – Mechanical Kinesiology and Physical Public Management Athletic Training – Physics Education Romance Languages Biochemistry – Pulp and Paper Latin ROTC Army and Navy Biology – Undeclared Management Secondary Education Botany Engineering Technology Marine Science Social Work Business Administration – Construction Management Marketing Sociology Chemistry – Electrical Mass Communication Spanish Child Development and Family – Mechanical Mathematics Studio Art Relations – Surveying Microbiology Sustainable Agriculture Civil Engineering English Modern Languages Theatre Clinical Laboratory Sciences Environmental Horticulture Molecular and Cellular Biology University Studies Communication Finance Music Wildlife Ecology Communication Sciences and Financial Economics Music Education Women’s Studies Disorders Food Science and Human Music Performance Wood Science and Technology Computer Science Nutrition New Media Zoology Earth Sciences Forest Ecosystem Science and Nursing Ecology and Environmental Conservation Parks, Recreation and Tourism Sciences Forest Operations Science Philosophy Economics Forestry Physics Elementary Education French Political Science Engineering German Pre-Dental – Biological Health Professions Pre-Law

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