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Media Relations Information Key Series at San Diego State contact: Ralph Zobell E-Mail: [email protected] BYU, 12-14 overall and 5-4 in the Mountain West Conference, plays a three- Date Opp/Event Time at site of game game series at San Diego State, 13-18 and 6-3. 1/30 Arizona Tucson, AZ W, 6-3 A Quick Look at the Cougars 1/31 Arizona Tucson, AZ L, 13-17 Fourth-year coach Vance Law returned four position starters and had several 2/1 Arizona Tucson, AZ L, 3-32 experienced pitchers. Players to watch include junior 2002 pre-season All- 2/6 Arizona State Tempe, AZ+ L, 5-6 American Kainoa Obrey who was granted a medical hardship for last season 2/7 Arizona State Tempe, AZ+ L, 6-17 and fellow juniors Doug Jackson, Ranger Wiens and Rob Itri. Pitchers to watch 2/8 Arizona State Tempe, AZ+ L, 4-6 include junior Jeff Mousser and reliever Tyler Dabo. 2/15 Cal Poly, Scottsdale, AZ W, 11-1 2/15 Northwestern, Scottsdale, AZ L, 0-1 Probable Pitching Rotation 2/27 %Washington St., Lewiston, ID W, 4-0 Apr. 3 San Diego St. Jeff Mousser (3-2, 5.25) San Diego, 6 p.m. 2/27 %Lewis-Clark St., Lewiston, ID L, 6-7 Apr. 4 San Diego St. Paul Jacinto (3-4, 4.12) San Diego, 6 p.m. 2/28 Univ. of Portland, Lewiston, ID L, 5-9 Apr. 5 San Diego St. Ken Gravley (2-1, 5.82) San Diego, 1 p.m. 3/1 Gonzaga, Lewiston, ID W, 10-1 3/6 %TCU Ft. Worth, TX W, 7-6 Radio Coverage 3/7 %TCU Ft. Worth, TX L, 2-3 BYU radio coverage continues this week along with live audiostreaming on the 3/8 %TCU Ft. Worth, TX L, 6-16 Internet all with the play-by-play from Brent Norton, BYU’s veteran broadcast- 3/13 New Mexico *Albuquerque L, 14-19 er. All MWC games for BYU will be carried live on local radio KOVO (960 AM) 3/14 New Mexico *Albuquerque W, 14-9 and/or the Internet. All BYU home games will have livestats on www.byu- 3/15 New Mexico *Albuquerque L, 10-11 cougars.com. 3/20 %UNLV * Provo+ L, 5-6 3/21 %UNLV * Provo+ W, 3-1 Probable Lineup 3/22 UNLV * Provo+ L, 9-19 1B–#1-Tim Law or #33-Jake Stubblefield 2B–#21 Rob Itri 3/25 So. Utah Cedar City W, 8-1 SS–#8 Ranger Wiens 3B–#32 Kainoa Obrey C–#9 Casey Cloward 3/25 So. Utah Cedar City W, 8-3 RF–#27 Ryan Chambers CF–#3 Brock Jacobsen LF–#13 Doug Jackson 3/27-28%Utah * W, 9-5 DH–#33 Jake Stubblefield or #12 Kory Knell or #11-Clayton Barnes 3/29 %Utah * Salt Lake City W, 6-4 3/29 %Utah * Salt Lake City 1 p.m. Regarding BYU this season 4/3 SDSU * San Diego 6 p.m. BYU has six current players who are married (Jacob Chrisman, Casey Cloward, 4/4 %SDSU * San Diego 6 p.m. Tyler Dabo, Brock Jacobsen, Jake Stubblefield, Adam Wilkes). There are 19 play- 4/5 SDSU * San Diego 1 p.m. ers on the team who have served two-year volunteer Church missions, 11 of 4/7 So. Utah Provo+ 4 p.m. whom were assigned outside the United States and speak Spanish, Portuguese, 4/10 Air Force * Provo+ 7 p.m. Japanese, Chinese and Russian. Incorporated into this year’s team are three 4/11-12% Air Force * Provo+ 7, 1 players who have just finished serving two-year Church missions (Anthony 4/17 New Mexico *Provo+ 7 p.m. Bingham, Casey Cloward, Tyler Heid, Bryce Searle). Brock Jacobsen is one of 4/18-19% N. Mexico*Provo+ 7, 1 five players (Kory Knell, Blair Lucas, Mike Bergeron, Beau Seil) who have trans- 4/24 UNLV * Las Vegas 6:30 p.m. ferred to BYU this season. On April 19 there will be a reunion of the 1983 BYU 4/25-26%UNLV * Las Vegas 6:30, 2 baseball team that was ranked No. 1 in the nation. Among those throwing bat- 5/1-2 %Utah * Provo+ 7 p.m. ting practice to BYU again this season is former Cy Young winner Vernon Law 5/3 %Utah * Provo+ (TV) 1 p.m. (1960 ), father of BYU head coach Vance Law. Vernon turned 5/8 %SDSU * Provo+ (TV) 7 p.m. 73-years-old last month. In January, Vance Law was in Washington, D.C., 5/9 %SDSU * Provo+ 7 p.m. where he was again a resource player (yearly for 11 of the past 12 years) for the 5/10 %SDSU * Provo+ 1 p.m. major league rookie training. Also in January, Coach Law attended the Cubs 5/12-13So. Utah Provo+ 4 p.m., 7 p.m. Convention, an annual gathering which draws thousands of fans and he was on 5/15-17%Air Force * Colorado Spgs. 2 p.m. the winning 1989 Jeopardy team with which defeated the 1969 5/21-24MWC Tournament Albuquerque Cubs team with Ferguson Jenkins. 5/30-6/1NCAA Regionals TBA Coach Vance Law and staff 6/6-8 NCAA Super Regionals TBA 6/13-23College World Series Omaha, Neb. Vance Law played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six * MWC Games, %Internet Audio +webcast different teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year for the Mountain West Conference. The 47-year-old coach is in his fourth year at BYU and has a www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 2

BYU Quick Facts 98-82-1 record. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his first year at BYU. Pitching coach Mike Karpel is in his fourth year with BYU. Volunteer assistant Location: Provo, Utah 84602 Nate Mathis is in his second year on the BYU staff, succeeding Hank Taylor Enrollment: 30,069 (Daytime) who joined the U.S. Military Academy last season at West Point as a member of Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus its baseball staff. Christ of Latter-day Saints Colors: Blue and White Second Full Year in New Ballpark at Home Nickname: Cougars This is BYU’s second full season at Miller Park, named in honor of Larry H. and Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) Gail Miller, who made a significant financial contribution toward the facility. Affiliation: NCAA Division I The baseball field is built on the site the original field was constructed on in 1969 and is named Larry H. Miller Field. The baseball portion seats 2,204 (675 Conference: Mountain West in the lower bowl) and mirrors a back-to-back concept with the adjoining soft- Field: Larry H. Miller Field (2,300) ball field and a shared press box. Both fields have lights. The field measures President: Merrill J. Bateman 400 feet in center, 388 in the alleys and remains at 345 down the lines. BYU Men’s AD: Val Hale played its first night games in Provo with the opening of Miller Park. Ticket Office Phone: (801) 378-BYU1 or 1-800-322-BYU1 Attendance Record Baseball Staff: Three attendance records were set last season, overall attendance at 31,275 sur- Head Coach: Vance Law (BYU, 1978) passing 17,378 for last season; average attendance; and the series record. The three-game series with Utah at the start of April established a new record with Office Phone: (801) 378-5049 7,725 fans attending, including the second, third and fourth best crowds in Record: 98-82-1, fourth season Miller Park history of 2,863, 2,611 and 2,251. The old record was 5,720 against Assistant Coaches: UNLV last season, including the record-setting 3,120 fans who watched BYU Ryan Roberts (BYU, 1998) clinch the MWC title. The average attendance at home was up to 1,422 com- Mike Karpel (Cal State San Bernardino, 1994) pared to 1,241 last season. BYU improved to 32nd from 50th the preceding year Nate Mathis (BYU, 2000) in average fans per game. Last season in total attendance BYU moved up the Trainer: Jared Hutchinson rungs to 38th nationally compared with 50th place in 2001. Baseball Facts: Team Notes 2002 Record: 31-31-1 (13-8 home,18-23-1 away) • Ryan Chambers has the longest hitting streak on the team at 10 games. Conference Finish: 15-14, MWC Champions Ranger Wiens is at six games and Brock Jacobsen and Jake Stubblefield are at NCAA Finish: Eliminated, first round at Los Angeles three games. Stubblefield had a 14-game hitting streak earlier this season and Final National Ranking: NA Kainoa Obrey’s 13-game streak ended last week. Starters Returning (5): • BYU has had seven one- games this season and has won two of them. Ryan Chambers, 6-0, So., OF • BYU hosted an Outdoor Movie Night at Miller Park on March 29 where 1,632 Rob Itri, 6-3, Jr., 2B/3B fans watched the movie “The Rookie,” on a 20'x40' inflatable screen. A live Doug Jackson, 5-7, Sr., OF cameo appearance by the Cougar baseball and softball teams came midway through the show. Proceeds went towards the baseball and softball programs. Kainoa Obrey, 6-3, Jr., 3B--redshirted in 2002 • On April 19 BYU will host a reunion for the 1983 No. 1-ranked baseball team. Ranger Wiens, 6-3, Jr., SS • BYU’s MWC regular season title in 2001 was its first since 1994 when it won Jake Stubblefield, 6-1, Sr., DH the Western Athletic Conference playoff. By winning the MWC title in 2001 Starters Lost (4): and 2002, it marks the first time BYU has repeated as the league champ since Lars Birkeland, C 1988-89, the only other time it has happened for the Cougars. The Cougars Dave Jensen, 1B have won 11 league titles dating back to the WAC’s inception in 1962. Cameron Coughlan, 2B • Doug Jackson continues to extend the MWC and BYU’s career triples record, Matt Carson, OF now at 22. Last season Jackson tied a school record with seven at bats in the 14-inning victory at Cal-Irvine. Jackson got six hits in a row in the 2002 MWC Other Key Letterwinners Returning: Tournament and set a record of 13 hits in the MWC tourney. Kevin Bills, 3B/OF • Dave Jensen, Matt Carson and Cameron Coughlan are three players who Casey Cloward, C could have returned to this year’s team, but have foregone remaining college Tim Law, 1B/OF eligibility. Jensen, ended up signing as a third-round draft pick by the Kansas Mike Weingarten, C City Royals, Coughlan,was the fourth Cougar drafted (signed as the 18th- Adam Wilkes, C round-pick by the Texas Rangers), Matt Carson was drafted in the fifth round Top Returning Pitchers from 2002: and signed by the . Kainoa Obrey, who was an 11th round Tyler Dabo, 6-2, RHP, Sr., 2-2, 5 saves, 3.90 draft in 2002 by the Royals, ended up not signing. Jason Garcia, 6-0, RHP, Sr., 3-1, 6.50 NCAA Rankings Paul Jacinto, 6-0, RHP, Jr., 2-3, 7.83 As a team in 2002 BYU finished 12th nationally in doubles averaged at 2.40 (151 Scott Koffman, 6-2, RHP, Jr., 4-4, 6.59 total), 18th in triples at .41 (26 total), and 27th in batting average at .321. Jeff Mousser, 6-2, RHP, Jr., 9-4, 4.88 Individually, Dave Jensen was 10th in doubles .46 (29 total) and 30th in batting average at .411, while Cameron Coughlan was 15th in runs scored 1.25 (76 total) and 23rd in triples .11 (seven total). New rankings will be out in mid-April.

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Attend. @ Larry Miller Field Kainoa Obrey (see feature story at the end of this release) Date Opponent Attendance Kainoa Obrey, who was granted a medical hardship redshirt, brought a 12-game 5/11/01 UNLV (Night) 3,120 hitting streak into 2002, but it ended at 13 games. Obrey had a 13-game hitting 4/5/02 Utah (Night) 2,863 streak at one point in 2001. He was a repeat selection as a tri-captain this season. 4/6/02 Utah (Night) 2,611 Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO 5/25/02 SDSU 2,396 2000 .342 54-51 190 37 65 13 0 9 45 105 23 37 5/25/02 SDSU (Night) — 2001 .381 59-59 226 48 86 20 0 13 56 145 31 58 2002 .242 10-10 33 5 8 5 0 1 8 16 3 118 2 4/4/02 Utah (Night) 2,251 2003 .366 25-25 99 23 34 11 0 5 31 60 10 23 4/26/02 Air Force (Night) 1,964 Totals.353 148-145 547 113 193 49 0 28 140 326 67 129 5/17/02 New Mexico (Night) 1,831 3/22/02 SDSU (Night) 1,748 Jeff Mousser 5/24/02 SDSU 1,713 Junior Jeff Mousser picked up the first honor of the 2003 season. He was named the 5/24/02 UNLV (Night) — Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Week when he struck out nine in 6.1 4/19/01 Utah (Night) 1,609 innings pitched and earned his 13th career victory as the Cougars defeated Arizona, 3/21/03 UNLV (Night) 1,530 6-3, in the season opener for both teams. He allowed two earned runs, walked two and scattered six hits vs. the Wildcats. His nine strikeouts average 12.8 per game 3/22/03 UNLV 1,527 using the NCAAformula. Hew won MWC Pitcher of the Week honors again the 3/23/02 SDSU, suspended 1,440 final week of February for shutting out Washington State, 4-0. 4/27/01 San Diego St. (Night) 1,398 Year ERA W-L APP GS CGSV IP H R ER BB SO 4/20/01 Utah (Night) 1,274 2001 6.38 3-0 12 4 0 0 36.2 47 30 26 22 35 4/21/01 Utah 1,371 2002 4.88 9-4 19 12 1 1 90.1 109 68 49 38 73 5/12/01 UNLV 1,318 2003 5.25 3-2 8 8 2 0 48 51 34 28 12 39 5/10/01 UNLV (Night) 1,282 Total 5.30 15-6 39 24 3 1 175 207 132 103 72 147 4/25/02 Air Force (Night) 1,258 Last Action 5/18/02 New Mexico 1,229 The Cougars finished 5-0 last week, sweeping a doubleheader at SUU, then win- 5/3/02 UNLV (Night) 1,189 ning all three at the University of Utah. This was the first time this season BYU 5/16/02 New Mexico (Night) 1,183 won a series and it is the first time BYU has swept Utah in three games since 2001. 5/6/02 Southern Utah 1,178 Jake Stubblefield (see next note) had a huge series at Utah. This is the longest win- 5/22/02 Air Force (Night) 1,177 ning-streak of the season at five games. Jason Garcia registered BYU’s first save of 3/21/02 SDSU (Night) 1,176 the season in the 6-4 victory in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader and 5/23/02 UNLV (Night) 1,167 Michel Bergeron picked up two victories last week. Doug Jackson extended the 4/13/01 New Mexico (Night) 1,143 career triples record to 22, hitting a triple in the opening series against UNLV and 4/14/01 New Mexico 1,119 one in the nightcap vs. SUU. 3/20/03 UNLV 1,092 Stubblefield Honored for three Game-Winning RBI 4/14/01 New Mexico — (DH) Jake Stubblefield became BYU’s first Mountain West Player of the Week this season 4/26/01 San Diego St. (Night) 1,059 (pitchers Jeff Mousser and Paul Jacinto have previously been honored). He got the 5/4/02 UNLV 1,040 game-winning RBI in all three games at Salt Lake City. In game one he a two-run 4/28/01 San Diego St. 1,014 double in the fifth, a two-run double in game two in the seventh and was only one 5/7/02 Southern Utah (Night) 948 of the three hits surrendered by Ute reliever Brady Martinez. He gave BYU a 1-0 5/2/02 UNLV (Night) 913 lead in game two with a lead-off first pitch homer in the second inning. He got the 4/16/01 Southern Utah 809 game-winning RBI again in game three in the fifth inning with a double. 4/17/01 Southern Utah 862 Please Note These Changes Totals 24-12 52,802 (avg. 1,467) BYU has added a game on April 7 at 4 p.m. in Provo against Southern Utah. All Nighttime 39,895 (Avg. 1,534) Ticket Prices at Miller Park 2003 4,149 (3 games)(Avg. 1,383) A season pass is $60 for lower chair seats and $50 for upper chair seats and allows patrons to be in the same seat for all 18 home games. A family pass for indi- 2002 31,275(22game)(Avg. 1,422) vidual games is available for $60 to the general public or $50 for Cougar Club mem- bers or $30 to BYU students or employees. Individual Cougar Card prices are $30 to the general public or $20 for 2001 17,378 (14 games) (Avg. 1,241) Cougar Club members or $15 to BYU students or employees through the Cougar Card option. Holders of these cards need to exchange tickets in advance the week Losses Night record: 17-9 of the game to obtain reserve tickets. Overall Record @ Miller Park=25-14 Individual game prices are $5 for adults or $4 students/BYU faculty or staff or $2 apiece for groups of 15 or more. Tickets can be ordered through the in person or by phon- ing 378-BYU1 or through www.byutickets.com. Ticket purchases are also available two hours before each game at the Miller Park ticket office.

www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 4 Bloodlines for Current BYU Baseball Team Cougars on Missions • Clayton Barnes—father Clint played semi-pro baseball for the Cincinnati Reds Player, Pos., Year @ BYU Place of Service organization, brother Bryce played baseball for Sacramento State, brother Kyle Thomas Bills, 1B, 2003 Montreal (French) played baseball for UVSC, uncles Steve and Sean Covey played football for Brian Nielsen, LHP, 2002 Germany Harvard and BYU, respectively, and cousin played basketball for Ricks. Brad Hales, SS, 2001 Spain • Luke Beck—father Kevin played football for Harvard and cousins played lacrosse Jeff Hiestand, DH, 2001 Colorado-Denver South for Loyola College in Maryland. Jeff Stearman, RHP, 2001 Perth, Australia • Michel Bergeron—father Richard was a running back for the Royal Military Naval Justin Su`a, RHP, 2001 Nicaragua Academy. • Kevin Bills—father Jeff played catcher for BYU from 1972-75, grandfather Karol Missions Served played football and baseball in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Player, Pos., Year @ BYU Place of Service • Anthony Bingham—cousins are former BYU baseball players Travis (1990-95) and Tyson DowDell (1993-97). Kevin Bills, 3B, Jr. Orlando, Fla. • Clayton Carson—older brother Matt was BYU’s right fielder last season and Anthony Bingham, SS, 3B, Fr. Chile signed as a junior draft of the New York Yankees, father Eric played water polo Casey Cloward, C, So. Mexico at BYU, mother’s cousin is former major leaguer Bill Buckner who played for the Tyler Dabo, RHP, Sr. Peru Boston Red Sox. Tyler Heid, RHP, Fr. Japan • Jacob Chrisman—father Rick played shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds, brother Rob Itri, INF/OF, Jr. Portugal Jed was an outfielder for the University of Utah, sister played softball at the Brock Jacobsen, OF, 1B, Jr. Michigan University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. Paul Jacinto, Pitcher, Jr. Brazil • Tyler Dabo—brother Mitch played water polo at BYU, grandpa David Grow was Kory Knell, Infield/1B, Jr. Illinois a pro boxer, uncle Lorin Grow played for the Cincinnati Tim Law, OF, 1B, Jr. Toronto (Chinese) Reds and Snow College, uncle David Grow played baseball for BYU. Blair Lucas, 3B, Jr. Brazil • Tyler Heid—father Edward is a scout for Seattle Mariners, uncle David played Curtis Rodriguez, Pitcher, So. Texas (Spanish) baseball for BYU. Bryce Searle, RHP, Fr. Ecuador • Jason Garcia—cousins Jason and Jeremy Dietrich played baseball for Pepperdine Beau Seil, OF, Jr. Japan and then both went on to play AAAball, cousin Eddie Guzman played football at the University of Texas and then in the WFL. Jacob Stubblefield, DH, Sr. Chile • Adam Hanselman—father Michael played football and wrestled for Juanita Wade Vest, 2b, Jr. Chile College in Pennsylvania. Mike Weingarten, Catcher, Sr. Toronto, Canada • Rob Itri—father Nick pitched for Drexel University. Ranger Wiens, SS, Jr. Hawai`i • Doug Jackson—brothers Mike and Tony played baseball for Hawai`i-Hilo. Adam Wilkes, Catcher, Jr.. Russia • Brock Jacobsen—father Bill was head baseball coach at Dixie JC and is currently an assistant football coach there for the Rebels. Married Players • Paul Jacinto—grandfather Alvin played one year on the major league Chicago Jake Chrisman, Pitcher, Jr. Emy Castagnetto White Sox and then played in the San Francisco Giants organization, father David Casey Cloward, Catcher, So. Amberlee Searle swam and played water polo for BYU, uncles Scott, Brett and Mark Favero were Tyler Dabo, RHP, Sr. Jamie Lynn swimmers for BYU and uncle Rex Favero swam for UCLA. Brock Jacobsen, OF, 1B, Jr. Dusty Hart • Chris Johnson—father Ken played tennis for BYU, uncle Rick Bachman pitched for Long Beach State. Jacob Stubblefield, DH, Sr. Shauna Nielsen • Mike Karpel, assistant BYU coach—father Peter played basketball at Bowling Adam Wilkes, Catcher, Jr.. Erin Nelson Green, sisters were four-time All-American tracksters at the Air Force Academy (Shannon) and Boise State (Kathy), cousin Jeff Lamb currently plays basketball for League* Career Triple Leaders Cal Tech. No. Player Seasons • Scott Koffman—father Barry played football at the University of Missouri, great 31 Larry Harrison, New Mexico 1980-83 uncle was a catcher for the St. Louis Browns organization. • Vance Law, head BYU coach—father Vernon was 1960 Cy Young winner and was 28 Eddie Leon, Arizona 1965-67 a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1950-67), brother Veryl played basketball at 26 Alan Bannister, Arizona St. 1970-72 BYU (1974-77) alongside Vance (1975-77), brothers Veldon (1975) and Vaughn 24 Tom Francis, New Mexico 1979-82 (1979) played baseball for BYU, son Tim played baseball at Dixie and in 2000 and 23 Keith Hagman, New Mexico 1979-80 2002 for BYU. • Nate Mathis, assistant BYU coach—grandfather LeGrand Mathis played football 22 Doug Jackson, BYU 2000-2003 at the University of Utah. 22 Franz Yuen, Hawai`i 1991-94 • Ryan Roberts, assistant BYU coach—wife Angela played volleyball at Idaho State * includes players in the old Western Ath. Conf. and UVSC, sister (Allison) plays volleyball at the Univ. of Houston, uncle Larry Schenk played baseball for BYU in 1959. • Curt Rodriguez—uncle Bob Palmer played baseball for BYU. • Bryce Searle—father Craig ran track and played freshman basketball for BYU in 1974 with Gifford Nielsen and Dave Checketts. • Jake Stubblefield—father James played football for BYU. • Mike Weingarten—father Robert played semi-pro basketball, cousin was an Olympic gymnast for the New Zealand women’s team. • Ranger Wiens—father Randy played AAAbaseball for the Toronto Blue Jays, grandfather Lloyd Brink played football for BYU (1938-40), uncles Bill and Justin Brink played baseball for BYU. • Adam Wilkes—father James played baseball for the University of Arizona, grand- father was a scout for 30 years with the Los Angles Dodgers, younger brother Garrett played basketball for the College of Eastern Arizona. www.byucougars.com BYU BASEBALL NEWS Schedule/Roster 2003 REMAINING SCHEDULE 5/2 Utah * Provo 7 p.m. 4/3 San Diego St. * San Diego 6 p.m. 5/3 Utah * Provo 1 p.m. 4/4 San Diego St. * San Diego 6 p.m. 5/8 San Diego St. * Provo 7 p.m. 4/5 San Diego St. * San Diego 1 p.m. 5/9 San Diego St. * Provo 7 p.m. 4/7 Southern Utah Provo 4 p.m. 5/10 San Diego St. * Provo 1 p.m. 4/10 Air Force * Provo 7 p.m. 5/12 Southern Utah Provo 4 p.m. 4/11 Air Force * Provo 7 p.m. 5/13 Southern Utah Provo 7 p.m. 4/12 Air Force * Provo 1 p.m. 5/15 Air Force * Colorado Spgs. 2 p.m. 4/17 New Mexico * Provo 7 p.m. 5/16 Air Force * Colorado Spgs. 2 p.m. 4/18 New Mexico * Provo 7 p.m. 5/17 Air Force * Colorado Spgs. 2 p.m. 4/19 New Mexico * Provo 1 p.m. 5/21-24 MWC Tournament Albuquerque 4/24 UNLV * Las Vegas 6:30 p.m. 5/30-6/1 NCAA Regionals TBA 4/25 UNLV * Las Vegas 6:30 p.m. 6/6-8 NCAA Super Regionals TBA 4/26 UNLV * Las Vegas 2 p.m. 6/13-23 College World Series Omaha, Neb. 5/1 Utah * Provo 7 p.m. * Indicates MWC Games

2003 ROSTER N o .P l a y e r Po s . H t . W t . B-T Y r. D O B H o m e t o w n 1 *Tim Law 1B/OF 5-10 180 L-L Jr.-1V 11-6-78 Provo, Utah (Dixie JC) 3 Brock Jacobsen OF/1B 6-2 195 S-R Jr.-JC 12-31-78 Santa Clara (Dixie JC) 5 Wade Vest 2B 5-9 160 R-R Jr.-JC 12-15-79 Spanish Fork, Utah ( St.) 6 Blair Lucas INF 5-10 185 R-R Jr.-JC 3-23-80 Lake Forest, California (Saddleback CC) 7 **Scott Koffman RHP 6-2 210 R-R Jr.-2V 9-27-81 Salt Lake City, Utah (Olympus) 8 *Ranger Wiens SS 6-3 200 R-R Jr.-1V 5-7-80 Merced, California (Nevada) 9 *Casey Cloward C 5-11 180 R-R So.-1V 12-8-80 Salem, Utah (Spanish Fork) 10 **Kevin Bills 3B/OF 6-2 175 R-R Jr.-2V 3-5-80 Reno, Nevada (Reno) 11 Clayton Barnes LHP/1B 6-1 175 L-L Fr.-HS 12-20-83 Provo, Utah (Provo) 12 Kory Knell OF 6-0 190 R-R Jr.-JC 2-6-80 Salt Lake City (Saddleback CC) 13 ***Doug Jackson OF 5-7 155 S-R Sr.-3V 1-31-81 Kailua, Hawai’i (Iolani) 14 *Mike Weingarten C 6-2 200 R-R Sr.-1V 6-28-78 Orem, Utah (Utah Valley St.) 15 **Paul Jacinto RHP 6-0 190 R-R Jr.-2V 1-18-80 Encinitas, California (LaCosta) 16 *Tyler Dabo RHP 6-2 180 R-R Sr.-1V 2-17-79 Hollister, California (Dixie JC) 17 *Jason Garcia RHP 6-0 195 R-R Sr.-1V 1-26-80 Garden Grove, California (Long Beach CC) 18 **Jacob Chrisman RHP 6-8 225 R-R Jr.-2V 12-1-81 Provo, Utah (Provo) 19 Kenneth Gravley LHP 6-0 185 R-L Fr.-HS 5-5-84 Long Beach, California (Millikan) 21 **Rob Itri INF 6-3 180 L-R Jr.-2V 12-17-79 Broomall, Pennsylvania (Marple Newtown) 22 *Ryan Chambers OF 6-0 165 L-L So.-1V 12-31-82 Yucaipa, California (Yucaipa) 23 Clayton Carson INF 6-1 175 S-R Fr.-HS 4-6-83 Yucaipa, California (Yucaipa) 24 *Adam Wilkes C 5-9 165 R-R Jr.-2V 10-26-79 Tucson, Arizona (Sabino) 25 Beau Seil OF 6-5 220 R-R Jr.-JC 11-30-78 Boise, Idaho (Ricks JC) 26 Bryce Searle RHP 6-3 215 R-R Fr.-RS 11-1-80 Spanish Fork, Utah (Spanish Fork) 27 Chris Johnson INF 5-11 175 R-R Fr.- HS 3-30-84 Laguna Hills, California (Laguna Hills) 28 *Curtis Rodriguez RHP 6-0 165 R-R So.-1V 1-29-80 Laguna Niguel, California (Capistrano Valley 30 Michel Bergeron RHP 6-2 195 L-R Jr.-JC 6-22-82 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (St. Petersburg JC) 32 **Kainoa Obrey 3B 6-3 225 R-R Jr.-2V 10-6-80 Honolulu, Hawai’i (Iolani) 33 *Jake Stubblefield 1B 6-1 200 R-R Sr.-1V 8-16-79 San Diego, California (Ricks JC) 34 Anthony Bingham RHP 6-2 195 R-R Fr.-RS 11-26-80 Mission Viejo, California (Capistrano Valley) 35 **Jeff Mousser RHP 6-2 215 R-R Jr.-2V 9-10-81 Tempe, Arizona (Marcos de Niza) 36 Kirk Williamson RHP 6-0 175 R-R Fr.-RS 1-24-83 Ripon, California (Ripon) Luke Beck RHP 6-2 205 R-R Fr.-HS 9-18-84 Malibu, California (Malibu) Adam Hanselman OF 6-2 195 L-R Fr.-HS 3-4-84 Frederick, Maryland (Gov. Thomas Johnson) Tyler Heid RHP 6-2 175 R-R Fr.-RS 8-5-80 Glendale, Arizona (Cactus) Trevor Kuresa 1B 6-3 215 R-R Fr.-HS 3-2-84 Roseville, California (Del Campo) Tyler Manning LHP 6-2 175 L-L Fr.-HS 1-29-84 Jacksonville, Florida (Terry Parker) C o a c h e s 2—Vance Law, Head Coach, 29—Ryan Roberts, Assistant Coach, 31—Mike Karpel, Assistant Coach 4—Nate Mathis, Volunteer Coach * Letters Series Record vs. 2003 MWC Teams Opponent BYU-OPP Last Y Win Last Loss New Mexico 58-34-1 2003 2003 UNLV 50-49 2003 2003 Utah 184-84-1 2003 2002 SDSU 27-51-1 2002 2002 Air Force 108-20 2002 2002 www.byucougars.com 2003 BYU Baseball Statistics

Record: 12-14 Home: 1-2 Away: 8-10 Neutral: 3-2 MWC: 5-4

Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BBHBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% WIENS, Ranger .381 26 26 113 26 43 11 2 1 17 61 .540 9 3 11 2 .437 1 0 16 20 44 66 12 .902 JACKSON, Doug .369 26 25 111 31 41 6 7 2 15 67 .604 7 3 11 0 .418 1 0 6 8 60 1 0 1.000 STUBBLEFIELD .368 25 24 95 24 35 11 0 6 24 64 .674 9 1 13 2 .429 0 0 1 2 127 5 3 .978 OBREY, Kainoa .343 25 25 99 23 34 11 0 5 31 60 .606 10 3 23 3 .412 2 0 0 1 17 42 5 .922 CHAMBERS .318 25 23 85 14 27 4 2 2 19 41 .482 10 0 14 1 .385 1 1 0 1 52 1 4 .930 JACOBSEN .311 25 25 90 18 28 4 1 6 27 52 .578 13 3 20 0 .411 1 1 2 4 57 0 0 1.000 CARSON, Clayton.289 19 6 38 8 11 1 0 3 8 21 .553 3 0 7 1 .341 0 0 0 0 9 11 1 .952 ITRI, Rob .281 20 18 64 13 18 4 0 4 9 34 .531 9 1 9 2 .378 0 1 0 0 27 26 5 .914 LUCAS, Blair .278 12 3 18 2 5 2 1 0 1 9 .500 1 2 4 0 .381 0 0 0 1 7 5 3 .800 WILKES, Adam .225 17 11 40 4 9 0 0 0 3 9 .225 2 0 8 1 .262 0 0 0 0 58 8 0 1.000 KNELL, Kory .206 10 9 34 7 7 1 1 0 3 10 .294 6 0 7 1 .325 0 0 3 3 6 1 0 1.000 CLOWARD, Casey.195 17 14 41 4 8 0 1 0 2 10 .244 5 0 10 1 .283 0 1 0 0 91 9 2 .980 LAW, Tim .167 19 8 30 5 5 1 0 0 2 6 .200 6 1 3 1 .316 1 1 0 1 60 3 1 .984 BARNES, Clayton .154 9 2 13 1 2 0 1 0 2 4 .308 2 0 6 0 .267 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000 VEST, Wade .143 17 7 28 3 4 1 1 0 0 7 .250 1 2 8 0 .226 0 0 4 4 16 22 1 .974 BILLS, Kevin .133 9 3 15 0 2 1 0 0 3 3 .200 0 2 6 0 .235 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 WEINGARTEN, M.091 5 2 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .091 1 0 3 0 .167 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 1.000 SEIL, Beau .067 9 3 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .067 1 0 7 0 .125 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 1.000 JOHNSON, Chris .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Totals .299 26 26 941 184 281 58 17 29 167 460 .489 95 21 170 15 .373 7 5 34 47 664 215 43.953 Opponents .314 26 26 938 208 295 45 14 33 193 467 .498 91 33 153 15 .390 12 5 27 38 687 295 45.956

LOB - Team (199), Opp (208). DPs turned - Team (19), Opp (23). CI - Team (1), CLOWARD 1, Opp (1). IBB - Team (3), OBREY 2, JACKSON 1, Opp (1). Picked off - LAW 2, JACKSON 1, ITRI 1, CLOWARD 1, OBREY 1.

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHOCBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR ABB/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

SEARLE, Bryce 0.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 7 0 6 1 0 0 0 13 .462 3 0 0 1 0 HEID, Tyler 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .400 0 0 0 0 0 RODRIGUEZ, Curtis 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .250 0 0 0 0 0 JACINTO, Paul 4.12 3 4 10 5 2 0 0 0 54.2 46 27 25 22 40 6 3 5 205 .224 2 5 0 3 0 BINGHAM, Anthony 4.85 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 13.0 16 10 7 4 13 2 1 0 54 .296 1 3 0 0 0 MOUSSER, Jeff 5.25 3 2 8 8 2 1 0 0 48.0 51 34 28 12 39 6 4 8 191 .267 2 11 1 1 3 GRAVLEY, Kenneth 5.82 2 1 8 6 0 0 0 0 34.0 47 25 22 13 9 6 1 6 141 .333 2 3 3 1 0 BERGERON, Michel 5.83 3 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 29.1 48 32 19 10 23 8 2 2 138 .348 6 5 1 0 0 DABO, Tyler 9.26 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 11.2 16 16 12 6 7 6 2 3 49 .327 2 1 1 3 1 GARCIA, Jason 13.50 0 3 7 2 0 0 0 1 12.2 24 20 19 7 9 3 1 5 62 .387 2 0 0 0 0 BARNES, Clayton 13.50 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 7 6 5 5 2 0 0 16 .312 3 1 0 1 0 WILLIAMSON, Kirk 23.62 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 8 7 7 1 0 2 0 1 15 .533 0 1 0 1 0 CHRISMAN, Jacob 23.82 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 21 18 15 5 6 1 0 2 37 .568 1 2 1 1 0 KOFFMAN, Scott 27.00 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 5 4 0 1 2 0 1 8 .500 0 1 0 0 1

Totals 6.67 12 14 26 26 4 1 0 1 221.1 295 208 164 91 153 45 14 33 938 .314 24 33 7 12 5 Opponents 5.90 14 12 26 26 1 1 1 4 229.0 281 184 150 95 170 58 17 29 941 .299 23 21 4 7 5

PB - Team (3), WILKES 2, WEINGARTEN 1, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Team (3), MOUSSER 1, CLOWARD 1, GRAVLEY 1, Opp (6). SBA/ATT - CLOWARD (12-19), WILKES (12-16), GRAVLEY (10-13), MOUSSER (4-7), BERGERON (6-6), BINGHAM (2-3), WEINGARTEN (3-3), CHRISMAN (2-3), JACINTO (0-2), GARCIA (2-2), DABO (0-1), KOFFMAN (1-1).

www.byucougars.com 2003 BYU Conference Games Only Statistics Record: 5-4 Home: 1-2 Away: 4-2 MWC: 5-4 Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BBHBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% STUBBLEFIELD .459 9 9 37 13 17 6 0 3 12 32 .865 3 0 5 0 .500 0 0 0 0 51 2 0 1.000 JACKSON, Doug .439 9 9 41 16 18 1 3 2 6 31 .756 5 1 5 0 .511 0 0 2 3 26 1 0 1.000 LAW, Tim .400 6 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .400 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 1.000 CHAMBER .395 9 9 38 8 15 2 2 1 9 24 .632 3 0 4 0 .439 0 0 0 0 23 0 1 .958 ITRI, Rob .379 8 8 29 5 11 2 0 1 5 16 .552 6 1 3 0 .500 0 0 0 0 14 13 2 .931 JACOBSEN .375 9 9 32 9 12 1 1 4 15 27 .844 7 1 4 0 .488 1 0 0 1 24 0 0 1.000 WILKES, Adam .375 6 4 16 3 6 0 0 0 1 6 .375 0 0 0 0 .375 0 0 0 0 26 4 0 1.000 WIENS, Ranger .357 9 9 42 10 15 4 1 0 7 21 .500 3 1 3 2 .413 0 0 3 5 11 22 1 .971 OBREY, Kainoa .314 9 9 35 8 11 6 0 0 10 17 .486 3 2 9 1 .381 2 0 0 1 9 17 2 .929 CARSON, Clayton.250 8 2 16 4 4 0 0 3 6 13 .812 0 0 3 1 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 CLOWARD .235 6 5 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 .235 3 0 2 1 .350 0 0 0 0 31 1 1 .970 KNELL, Kory .167 4 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .167 3 0 4 0 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LUCAS, Blair .167 2 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .333 0 0 1 0 .167 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000 VEST, Wade .000 5 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 5 0 .154 0 0 1 1 8 5 0 1.000 SEIL, Beau .000 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 BARNES, Clayton.000 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 BILLS, Kevin .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals .344 9 9 343 80 118 23 7 14 74 197 .574 37 9 50 5 .418 3 0 6 11 237 66 10 .968 Opponents .323 9 9 331 79 107 18 6 16 76 185 .559 23 18 54 3 .392 6 2 8 12 240 101 13 .963

LOB - Team (72), Opp (64). DPs turned - Team (4), Opp (10). IBB - Team (0), Opp (1). Picked off - JACKSON 1.

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR ABB/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA JACINTO, Paul 4.81 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 24.1 18 13 13 7 20 2 2 3 89 .202 1 3 0 2 0 GRAVLEY, Kenneth 5.74 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 24 12 10 4 3 4 1 4 67 .358 0 2 2 0 0 GARCIA, Jason 6.00 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 11 .182 1 0 0 0 0 BINGHAM, Anthony 6.75 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 0 2 0 0 0 BERGERON, Michel 9.00 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 12.0 22 12 12 1 10 5 1 1 59 .373 1 2 0 0 0 MOUSSER, Jeff 12.00 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 15.0 18 21 20 4 14 1 2 5 61 .295 0 6 0 1 2 CHRISMAN, Jacob 18.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 11 .636 0 1 0 1 0 WILLIAMSON, Kirk 18.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 6 .500 0 0 0 0 0 DABO, Tyler 20.25 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 8 6 6 0 1 4 0 1 14 .571 1 1 1 2 0 BARNES, Clayton 27.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 6 6 4 3 2 0 0 9 .444 2 1 0 0 0 Totals 8.66 5 4 9 9 2 0 0 1 79.0 107 79 76 23 54 18 6 16 331 .323 6 18 3 6 2 Opponents 8.21 4 5 9 9 0 0 0 1 80.0 118 80 73 37 50 23 7 14 343 .344 8 9 2 3 0 PB - Team (0), Opp (1). Pickoffs - Team (1), GRAVLEY 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - WILKES (4-7), CLOWARD (4-5), GRAVLEY (3-5), CHRISMAN (2-3), BERGERON (2-2), MOUSSER (1-2). Paul Jacinto, Pitcher MWC Pitcher of the Week vs. UNLV Jeff Mousser, Pitcher MWC Pitcher of the Week vs. Arizona MWC Pitcher of the Week vs. Washington State Jake Stubblefield, First Base MWC Player of the Week vs. Utah Father and Son BYU Coach Vance Law and his son Tim are one of at least three father/son combinations that have a coach/player relationship in college baseball. San Diego State Coach and his son Anthony and Kansas Coach Ritch Price and his son Ritchie are the other combinations.

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Date Opponent W/L Score Site Rec. Div-Rec. Pitcher Opp. Pitcher Line Opp. Line Att. 1/30 @ Arizona W 6-3 A 1-0 0-0 Mousser Little 6-12-2 3-7-2 651 1/31 @ Arizona L 13-17 A 1-1 0-0 Koffman Meloan 13-15-3 17-19-1 828 2/1 @ Arizona L 3-32 A 1-2 0-0 Garcia Gardner 3-7-10 32-32-1 998 2/6 @ Arizona St. L 5-6 A 1-3 0-0 Jacinto Schroyer 5-9-3 6-10-1 2,850 2/7 @ Arizona St. L 6-17 A 1-4 0-0 Bergeron Thurmond 6-9-2 17-18-3 2,896 2/8 @ Arizona St. L 4-6 A 1-5 0-0 Jacinto Schroyer 4-10-0 6-9-0 2,691 2/15 Cal Poly-SLO W 11-1 N 2-5 0-0 Mousser Fitch 11-13-1 1-6-1 121 2/15 Northwestern L 0-1 N 2-6 0-0 Jacinto Konecny 0-5-0 1-3-1 143 2/27 Washington St. W 4-0 N 3-6 0-0 Mousser Banaszak 4-8-0 0-5-0 95 2/27 @ Lewis-Clark St. L 6-7 A 3-7 0-0 Jacinto Puckett 6-6-1 7-10-5 155 2/28 U. of Portland L 5-9 A 3-8 0-0 Dabo Renyer 5-7-3 9-12-1 75 3/1 Gonzaga W 10-1 A 4-8 0-0 Gravley Lichter 10-12-2 1-4-1 70 3/6 @ TCU W 7-6 A 5-8 0-0 Bergeron Jerome 7-11-1 6-14-1 797 3/7 @ TCU (10 Inn.) L 2-3 A 5-9 0-0 Garcia Weems 2-7-0 3-9-3 948 3/8 @ TCU L 6-16 A 5-10 0-0 Gravley Osentowski 6-12-1 16-19-2 1,056 3/13 @ New Mexico L 14-19 A 5-11 0-1 Mousser Soto 14-20-1 19-21-3 360 3/14 @ New Mexico W 14-9 A 6-11 1-1 Jacinto Giannetti 14-20-0 9-11-1 280 3/15 @ New Mexco L 10-11 A 6-12 1-2 Garcia Bullen 10-14-1 11-16-0 398 3/20 UNLV L 5-6 H 6-13 1-3 Mousser Pupo 5-10-2 6-5-2 1,092 3/21 UNLV W 3-1 H 7-13 2-3 Jacinto Van 3-8-1 1-1-0 1,530 3/22 UNLV L 9-19 H 7-14 2-4 Bergeron Thompson 9-12-1 19-24-2 1,527 3/25 @ Southern Utah W 8-1 A 8-14 2-4 Bingham Perkins 8-10-1 1-7-3 143 3/25 @ Southern Utah W 8-3 A 9-14 2-4 Bergeron Shepherd 8-10-3 3-4-6 — 3/28 @ Utah W 9-5 A 10-14 3-4 Jacinto Larsen 9-11-0 5-8-1 385 3/29 @ Utah W 6-4 A 11-14 4-4 Bergeron Westmorland 6-12-2 4-10-2 670 3/29 @ Utah W 10-5 A 12-14 5-4 Gravley Mackay 10-11-2 5-11-2 —

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BY DEVEN MCC A N N , ATHLETIC MEDIA RELAT I O N S volleyball during high school--but his main f you drive by Miller Park these days you interest has always been baseball. are likely to see one of BYU’s baseball “I always thought baseball was my Istars battling the bitter cold to work on best chance to play in college and hopefully his game. The cold is not something he’s play professionally,” Obrey said. accustomed to nor something he prefers— He began building his baseball resume but whatever it takes to improve is worth it early in his career. Obrey was named to him. Gatorade State Player of the Year as a prep The BYU baseball team enjoyed success ju n i o r . He earned all-league and all-star hon- last season despite having one of the team’s ors while helping his team to a sixth -place best players and best kept secrets on the national ranking in 1997. bench. Kainoa Obrey 6-3, 225, Jr., from He led his team to two state champi- Honolulu, Hawai`i played in just 13 games onships and was named the 1999 American during the 2002 campaign. His name is pro- Legion State Tou r nament MVP and won the nounced k-IGH-noh-uh OH-bree. batting title. BYU head coach Vance Law knows what While achieving much success Obrey the team missed not having him in the lineup. began thinking about the next level—some- “He's a big strong kid who can the ball a mile,” said Law. where that would offer him an education and a chance to play ball. Obrey plays third base for BYU and has become one of the most To his surprise, the University of Hawai`i didn’t do much to keep feared hitters in the Mountain him on the island, which Obrey West Conference, but his junior Baseball Schedule for 2003 admits was a little disappoint- season was cut short due to an in g . in j u r y suffered in practice last DAT E O P P O N E N T S I T E T I M E He kept his options open fa l l . 1 / 3 0 - 3 1 A r i z o n a Tucson, AZ 3 p.m. and shopped around for a school 2 / 1 Arizona Tucson, AZ 1:30 p.m. “W e were doing base run - that would offer him a scholar- 2 / 6 - 8 Arizona State Tempe, AZ 7 , 1 p.m. ning drills and I went to plant 2 / 1 3 - 1 5 Rawlings To u rn e y sh i p . and I couldn’t because of the 2 / 1 3 N o r t h w e s t e rn Scottsdale, AZ 2 p.m. Given his talent and accom- pain in my back,” Obrey said. 2 / 1 4 Cal Po l y Scottsdale, AZ 10 a.m. plishments it’s not hard to see The injury was diagnosed as 2 / 1 3 M i s s o u r i Scottsdale, AZ N o o n why BYU came knocking on his a slight herniated disk in his 2 / 2 7 - 3 / 1 Banana Belt To u rney Lewiston, ID do o r . For mer BYU assistant 2 / 2 7 Washington St. Lewiston, ID N o o n lower back—an injury that coach David Eldredge is a 2 / 2 7 Lewis-Clark St. Lewiston, ID 3:00 p.m. makes it very painful to swing a 2/28 U n i v. of Po r t l a n d Lewiston, ID 10 a.m. Hawai`i native an began bat or pick up ground balls. 3 / 1 G o n z a g a Lewiston, ID 4 p.m. expressing interest in Obrey. Obrey was out most of fall drills 3/6-7, 8 Texas Christian Ft. Worth, TX 6:30, 1 p.m. BYU liked what they saw but started to feel better as the 3/13-14, 15 New Mexico * A l b u q u e r q u e 2, 1 p.m. and offered Obrey a scholarship. season drew closer. 3/20-21, 22 U N LV * Pr o v o 7, 2 p.m. “My mom was real happy “I thought I could tough it 3 / 2 5 S o u t h e rn Utah (dh) Cedar City 11 a.m. when BYU came into the pic- 3/27-28, 29 Utah * Salt Lake City 6, 7, 1 p.m. out and play through the pain ture. She was excited about the 4/3-4, 5 San Diego St. * San Diego 6, 1 p.m. but it just hurt too much,” he 4 / 7 S o u t h e rn Utah Pr o v o 4 p.m. opportunity for me to come here sa i d . 4/10-11, 12 Air Force * Pr o v o 7, 1 p.m. and that factored into my deci- Just 13 games into the sea- 4/17-18, 19 New Mexico * Pr o v o 7, 1 p.m. sion,” he said. son, Obrey hung up his cleats to 4/24-25, 26 U N LV * Las Ve g a s 6:30, 2 p.m. Obrey signed a letter of let his back heal. 5/1-2, 3 Utah * Pr o v o 7, 1 p.m. intent before even visiting BYU 5/8-9, 10 San Diego St. * Pr o v o 7, 1 p.m. Kainoa is the son of John and has never regretted his deci- 5/12, 13 S o u t h e rn Utah Pr o v o 4, 7 p.m. Obrey and Iwalani Dayton. He 5 / 1 5 - 1 7 Air Force * Colorado Spgs. 2 p.m. si o n . grew up on the island of Oahu 5 / 2 1 - 2 4 MWC To u rn a m e n t A l b u q u e r q u e “I am happy I came here, I playing baseball and volleyball. 5 / 3 0 - 6 / 1 NCAA Re g i o n a l s TBA would recommend BYU to any- He attended Iolani High school-- 6 / 6 - 8 Super Re g i o n a l s TBA one,” he said. a private school which includes 6 / 1 3 - 2 3 College World Series Omaha, Neb. kindergarten through 12th * Indicates MWC Games C o n t i n u e d grade. He lettered three times in w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m BYU Baseball

Per haps influenced by Obrey’s decision, long-time friend from “My role on the team is to drive in runs. I need to look for extra home and teammate Doug Jackson also chose to play ball at BYU . base hits and bring guys in,” Obrey said. Obrey says Jackson’s decision to play at BYU doesn’t have anything Coach Law echoed Obrey’s comments and agrees with Obrey’s to do with him, but he is glad to have his friend here. role on the team. The two can rarely be seen without the other. “W e are looking for him to drive in a lot of runs this year. He is Af ter their freshman year they both returned to Hawai`i and going to be our big RBI man this season,” Law said. played ball on the island. Since then, they have spent their time-off Whether or not Obrey can drive in a lot of runs will influence the playing in summer leagues on the east coast. Co u g a r ’s season and Obrey’s career in baseball. In 2001 Obrey played for the Newport Gulls of the New England “His future depends on how well he can drive in runs,” Law said. Collegiate Baseball League. Obrey was named to the all-star team Obrey is not very vocal, but he possess what Law calls “quiet and was named as one of the leagues Top 10 Pro s p e c t s . in t e n s i t y .” Law says Obrey is not afraid to vocalize his opinion if During the past summer the two friends played in the Cape Cod things aren’t going as they should. League. Their teams were located just 10 minutes apart and they Obrey returns the praise to his coach and says he has been able to were able to spend time together when they weren’t playing ball. le a r n a lot from Law because of his experience. Obrey says playing in those leagues gave him a good chance to “He is a great coach,” Obrey said. “He has helped me out so improve since they played 45 games in two months. much defensively because he played third base. He has also taught “When you play almost every day it’s easier to work on things me so much about hitting-especially with a wood bat. There is so and get into a rhythm rather than playing a few days then taking a much more skill involved when swinging a wood bat.” few off like in college.” Law has his players using wooden bats during workouts this fall. As a freshman Obrey was named Honorable Mention Fre s h m a n Obrey feels using the wood bat has forced him to generate more All-America by Collegiate Baseball magazine. He hit a team-high power with his body and to find the sweet spot of the bat. nine homers and batted .342 overall. He hit an 11th-inning home “With a metal bat you can cheat hits when you get jammed run to beat San Diego State 7-6. because the bat won’t break. You have to be more disciplined with a Obrey led the team in hitting his sophomore year with a batting wooden bat,” Obrey said. average of .381. He had 13 homeruns and 29 doubles. He hit a Coming in to this season, expectations are high for BYU since the grand slam against New Mexico off prep teammate Marvin Won g . team fared so well and made it to the NCAA Tou r nament last year. His junior season he was named to Collegiate Baseball maga- Obrey is excited to play a full season and to see what he can do. zine’s pre-season All-America third According to Law, Obrey team. Despite the pain in his has the ability to decide how good back, he hit a three-run homerun he wants to be. When asked to in the 14th inning to beat UC describe Obrey’s talent in a few Ir vine for the first Cougar win of words Law chose “un-tapped the season. A few games later the po t e n t i a l . pain increased and Obrey decided “Once in a while everyt h i n g he couldn’t play anymore that he has learned comes together season. and he hits the ball as hard as Obrey was drafted by the anyone I’ve ever seen. He could Kansas City Royals in the 11th put on the steps of the round and was given the option to Ma r riott Center.” leave BYU for the pros. He decid- Obrey isn’t really thinking ed not to go. too far down the road yet. “W e talked about it for a few “First things first, I just weeks and decided that I would want to play all season and stay come back to BYU,” Obrey said. he a l t h y ,” he said. “I am so close to graduating and Law thinks if he stays that is something I have to do.” healthy he could be one of the top Obrey hopes after a full, hitters in the nation. healthy season his value will One day, Obrey’s days at increase in the eyes of the pro BYU will be done and playing scouts. He said Kansas City had ev e r yday somewhere is pretty some concerns regarding the sta- realistic. tus of his back. The Island Boy has only one Af ter losing big hitters Dave preference when it comes to Jensen and Matt Carson to the where he plays professional ball, dr a f t, Obrey understands his sta- All-American Obrey learned how to play the hot corner “h o p e f u l l y , somewhere warm, ” tu s . from former major-leaguer Vance Law, BYU’s coach, who he said with a smile. says “there’s not telling how good he could be.” w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m BYU Baseball SHORTSTOP DRAWS MOTIVATION FROM ARMY NAMESAKE RANGER WIENS BY BRANDON KO L D I T Z , naturally took to the shortstop position.” BYU NEWSNET STA F F W R I T E R Ranger began to develop his talent at Golden Valley High School in Merced, Calif. As a sen- hile on a road trip in the Tor o n - io r , he hit .430 and had 16 doubles, five to Blue Jays minor league sys- triples, eight home runs and 24 stolen bases. tem, Randy Wiens, father of W “N - Never shall I fail my comrades . . .” junior BYU shortstop Ranger Wiens, came Af ter high school, Ranger played his across a military article in a magazine. freshman year at the University of Nevada-- The article dealt with Army rangers, a Reno. He helped the Wolf Pack to a 38-20 specially trained elite combat unit in the overall record and a 21-9 mark in the Big U.S. military. West Conference in 1999. The ranger’s creed inspired Ran d y , Ranger went on a mission for the leading him to name his first born son Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Ran g e r . Hawai’i after his freshman year at Nevada. “If I didn’t play professional baseball, Last year, after completing his mission, he I wanted to be a ranger,” Randy said. joined the Cougars. “They stand for loyalty and honor, teach- As a sophomore for BYU, Ranger hit ing you to respect yourself and respect oth- .318 and had 14 doubles, three home runs and 32 er s . ” RBIs. He helped the Cougars win the Mountain West Championship As the Cougars’ co-captain and starting shortstop, Ran g e r and barely miss the NCAA Super Regionals last year. Wiens works to represent the creed his name stands for. Ranger said team unity, not individual perfo r mances, is what In the Ran g e r ’s creed, an acronym defines the responsibilities of brought the team together at the end of last season. being an Army Ran g e r . “There’s 30 guys in the clubhouse and everyone’s different,” “R - Recognizing that I volunteered as a Ranger . . . I will Ranger said. “Our job is to come together as a team. With 30 dif- always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor, and high-spirited ferent attitudes, that’s tough. It helps you grow and build character corps of my Ranger Reg i m e n t . ” as an individual if you do it in the right way.” The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Randy as a pitcher in the fifth “G - Gallantly will I show the world that I am a specially select- round after he posted a 16-1 record in his first year at Merced ed and well-trained soldier. My courtesy . . . shall set the example College in Merced, Calif. The same night, the Cardinals informe d for others to follow.” Randy that they could not sign him because he was a Canadian citi- In his second year with the Cougars, Ranger is learning to be a zen. Only American citizens could be selected in the Major League leader for his team. His teammates voted him as one of the team’s Dr a f t back then. tri-captains for the 2003 season. Af ter another season at Merced College, Randy signed as a free “He’s a quiet leader,” BYU baseball coach Vance Law said. agent with the Toronto Blue Jays. He was in the Blue Jays organi- “He’s a shy young man, and he doesn’t say a whole lot. He leads by zation for three years, finishing his career in the organization’s AAA example. That’s the kind of leadership our team needs. Besides a level, the highest level in the minor leagues. vocal leader, you need someone who’s going to play all-out all the Af ter the Blue Jays released Randy in 1979, he met his future ti m e . ” wife Sheryl. A year later, their first of three children was born. “E - Energetically will I meet the enemies of my country. I shall Randy had the choice of their first child’s name. He made his son a defeat them on the field of battle, for I am better trained and will Ran g e r . fight with all my might . . . under no circumstances will I ever “A- Acknowledging the fact that a Ranger is an elite soldier ...” em b a r rass my country.” Ranger learned to play baseball from his parents. His father would throw batting practice or hit ground balls to him in the street. And Last year, Wiens was selected to the All-Mountain Wes t if his father couldn’t do it, his mother would step in and do the Tou r nament team. In the tournament, he made several outstanding sa m e . defensive plays. Ranger learned to play shortstop while his younger brother, “I haven’t seen a better shortstop play at the collegiate level Logan, chose the position of his father. than how Ranger played the last three weeks of the season in the “I just wanted to develop him (Ranger) as an overall baseball Mountain West Tou r nament,” Law pl a y e r ,” Randy said. “He had such gifted, natural ability that he C o n t i n u e d w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m BYU Baseball said. “It was spectacular. If scouts didn’t like what they saw, then they don’t like shortstops.” “R - Readily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to fight on to the Ranger objective and complete the mission . . . .” In the first game of this year’s season against the University of Arizona, Wiens started with a bang. He went fo u r- f o r -five in the game with a and two doubles, helping the Cougars to a 6-3 victory. Through eight games this year, Wiens is hitting .344 with one home run and four doubles. As his mission at BYU comes closer to completion, Wiens anticipates his possible future mission in professional baseball. “I’ve had lots of up and downs, lots of successes and lots of failures,” Wiens said. “You get to the point where you wonder if you’re really going to make it. But the last two years have been great for me. I really look forward to play- ing pro ball in the near future.” The next level will be harder and require more endurance, but Wiens can face it living the creed that comes with having the name Ran g e r .

Tri-captain Ranger Wiens, now in his second year after his mission and transferring from Nevada, is also a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee at BYU. IOLANI GRADUATE GETS INTO BYU RECORD BOOK DOUG JACKSON

BY DENNIS past BYU baseball's career triples record last weekend when he hit A N D E R S O N , two at New Mexico for a four-year total of 20. H O N O L U L U Jackson's 20th triple, a screamer down the right-field line, was A DV E RT I S E R hit off former Punahou and UH pitcher Chad Giannetti in S TAFF W R I T E R Al b u q u e r q u e . Put bats in their Jackson also homered twice and went 8-for-15 in the Mountain hands and ballplay- West Conference series, missing the cycle by a double both Thursday ers from Hawai'i are and Fri d a y . forces to be reck- His reward was being hit by a pitch Saturday. oned with. Jackson is batting .364 (28-for-77) in 18 games with five triples One university's this season. He has been errorless in center field. baseball career He will move into BYU's career top 10 in stolen bases this sea- triples record fell so n . last week to a four- Junior third baseman Kainoa Obrey (Iolani '99 of Makiki) leads year pursuit from a BYU in RBIs with 23 and shares the team lead in runs (18) and Hawai'i player. home runs (4) in 18 games. He is batting .386 (26-for-7 1 ) . Senior Doug Obrey led BYU in batting in 2001, but got a medical redshirt Jackson (Iolani '99 last year because of disabling herniated disks in his lower back. of Kailua) sprinted Obrey also was hit by a pitch last week — by Giannetti.

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