Baseball Stadium Baseball will include a press box, team dugouts and hitting and pitching practice areas. Synthetic grass will extend the ability to practice and play throughout the year and lighting will allow for evening games. New Olympic Sports Facility Coming in 2010! Similar to the blueprint Pitt began cultivating in 2000 to entrench itself among the country’s finest universities, Pitt Athletics is intent on doing the same from a student-athlete perspective. Envisioned is a new complex that will provide state-of-the-art homes for Pitt baseball, softball, men’s and women’s soccer, and men’s and women’s track and field. The complex will transform 12 acres of land at the peak of campus, not only giving Pitt student- athletes nationally competitive facilities, but also rejuvenating an untapped area that neighbors the University of Pittsburgh campus. The Olympic Sports Complex The Olympic Sports Complex will transform 12 acres of unused land into a major attraction for the kind of top-performing student-athletes who can elevate the quality of our Olympic sports programs while competing academically to achieve all that an education at the University of Pittsburgh has to offer. Combined with the premier venues of Heinz Field, the Petersen Events Center, the UPMC Sports Performance Complex, and the newly renovated Fitzgerald Field House and Trees Pool, this complex will offer students, parents and fans an enthralling sports experience that stretches from Oakland to the North Shore to the booming South Side. Track & Field Stadium The track and field stadium will be utilized for practice and competition, and be located on the site presently occupied by Pitt’s current baseball and softball fields. Soccer Stadium The men’s and women’s soccer stadium will be a practice and competition venue, complete with synthetic grass field, lighting and a press box. Softball Stadium Softball will have a skinned infield with an artificial grass outfield, along with lighting. The stadium will include team dugouts, hitting and pitching practice areas and a press box. Pitt Baseball By The Numbers 600 611 328 289 122 91 31 29 8 8 7 5 5 2 Table of Contents T C M I P Q F 3 CONTACT: Overseeing the media relations 2010 Season Outlook ..............................p. 4-5 School: University of Pittsburgh duties for the Pitt baseball team is Mendy Location: Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Head Coach Joe Jordano .........................p. 6-7 Nestor. Founded: 1787 Enrollment: 33,574 Assistant Coaches/Support Staff ............ p. 7-8 PRESS SERVICES: Members of the media Nickname: Panthers Panther Headshots ..................................p. 10 are supplied with weekly updates containing Colors: Blue and Gold statistics, game summaries and information Facility: Trees Field [500] Team Roster .............................................p. 11 on upcoming events. On game day, the media Dimensions: LF-302, LC-365, CF-400, Panther Profi les...................................p. 12-31 relations staff will distribute programs, team RC-385, RF-328 and individual statistics and postgame infor- Affiliation: NCAA Division I 2010 Opponents ..................................p. 32-34 mation. Conference: Big East 2010 Big East Championships ................... p.35 Chancellor: Mark A. Nordenberg Alma Mater: Thiel ‘70 2009 Final Results.................................... p. 36 Athletic Director: Steve Pederson M R Alma Mater: Nebraska ‘80 2009 Final Stats ...................................p. 37-38 Located on the Event Level of the Petersen Athletic Dept. Phone: 412-648-8200 Season Batting Records ......................p. 39-41 Events Center. Career Batting Records ...................... p. 42-43 Assoc. Athletic Director E.J. Borghetti Season Pitching Records .................... p. 44-45 Director Greg Hotchkiss C S Assocociate Director Mendy Nestor Head Coach: Joe Jordano Career Pitching Records ..................... p. 46-47 Assistant Director Sophia Duck Alma Mater: Westminster ‘85 Assistant Paul Pancoe Distinguished Panthers ...................... p. 48-51 Record at Pitt (Yrs.): 328-292-2 (12 years) Coordinator Celeste Welsh Overall Record (Yrs.): All-Time Record vs. Opponents .......... p. 52-58 Phone Number 412-648-8240 611-410-2 (22 years) Fax Number 412-648-8242 Year-by-Year Results ............................p. 59-67 Assistant Coach: Danny Lopaze Alma Mater: Virginia Commonwealth ‘04 All-Time Roster .................................. p. 68-70 Mailing Address P.O. Box 7436 Assistant Coach: Brandon Rowan Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Facilities .............................................. p. 71-72 Alma Mater: Memphis ‘04 Overnight Address 3719 Terrace Street Vol. Assistant Coach: Ryan Leahy Pittsburgh, PA 15261 Alma Mater: Boston College ‘04 Baseball Office Phone: 412-648-8208 M R I. Media Relations Contact: Mendy Nestor 2009 S R Cell Phone: 412.849.9470 Email Address: 2009 Overall Record: 28-21 [email protected] 2009 Big East Record: 13-13 Work Phone: 412.648.1018 Media Relations Phone: 412.648.8240 Media Relations Fax: 412.648.8242 Web Address: I P www.pittsburghpanthers.com 2010 T I If a member of the media wishes to interview Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 19/8 or photograph a Pitt baseball player or coach, Position Starters Returning/Lost: 7/3 contact Mendy Nestor of the Media Rela- Key Pitchers Returning/Lost: 3/1 tions Department in advance. Every attempt TOP RETURNERS will be made to fulfi ll the request as effi ciently A and quickly as possible. BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI Editors: Lauren Rupert and Mendy Nestor Joe Leonard 42/42 .316 171 54 5 35 Interviews will be set up only by the Media Re- Contributing Editors: Paul Pancoe, Greg Danny Lopez 38/33 .323 130 42 2 30 lations Offi ce. Please allow at least one day’s Hotchkiss, Sophia Duck and Celeste Welsh John Schultz 46/46 .319 188 60 3 30 notice or more. Athletes’ telephone num- Contributors: Jenn Mereby, Adam Gunn Zach Duggan 43/37 .270 126 36 0 14 bers will not be released to the media. Cover Design: Direct Axis Cory Brownsten 39/37 .226 133 30 5 26 Interviews with any of the coaches can be ar- Front Cover: Junior Joe Leonard Kevan Smith 32/37 .363 102 37 3 21 ranged by contacting them directly. Coaches’ Front Cover Design: Direct Axis Frank Mercurio 37/26 .306 108 33 6 28 Photography: Mike Drazdzinski, Chuck offi ce numbers are listed in the athletics de- PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO BB LeClaire, Joe Kapelewski and Pete Madia partment directory in the back portion of this David Kaye 17/11 5.74 3-4 73.2 44 28 guide Printing: Herrmann Printing Corey Baker 15/13 5.91 6-3 80.2 50 26 Expectations are high every season for the tial in 2010 and into the future as four of the 11 games for the Panthers. Iannazzo struck Panthers. This season is no diff erent. six returning starters are juniors and the re- out 43 batters, 15 of those looking, and had The Panthers have added to their al- maining two are sophomores. only 13 walks in 46.0 innings on the hill. ready strong foundation in 2009 and the “We have several options on the Kevin Dooley made 12 appearances for the 2010 edition is looking to take even greater mound,” said Pitt’s 13th-year head coach. Panthers, striking out 14 batters in 26.0 in- strides with the return of players such as “Although we do not have a so-called pow- nings, while Cole Taylor contributed 6.0 in- Joe Leonard, Kevan Smith, Danny Lopez er arm, I believe we have a consistent staff . nings with 5 strikeouts. and Corey Baker to the lineup. CATCHERS Head coach Joe Jordano sees the The starter behind the plate will growth and potential in this team be Cory Brownsten, who started in and is excited as he thinks ahead 37 games for the Panthers last sea- through the season. son and is one of the best defensive “This is a big year for us as we feel catchers in the Big East. we have one of the best off enses Off ering relief at catcher will be ever assembled at the University of Kevan Smith, a strong backup at Pittsburgh,” Jordano stated. “We the position that will see the lineup are returning seven starters on of- most days due to his off ensive pro- fense, which includes four or fi ve duction following a .365 year at the potential draft picks and quite pos- plate. Smith also put together a sibly one of the best defenses in the 20-game hitting streak, the longest country. by a Pitt player of the past decade. “Over the past few years we’ve Also competing for playing time been very consistent with our level will be sophomore Dan Pfi ster and of success,” Jordano continued. “We new to the roster will be Jonathan have fi nished in the top half of the Danielcyzk, a freshman from Erie, conference in most years and look Pa. forward to the challenge of compet- ing for the Big East Championship INFIELD this season as we did in 2005.” Joe Leonard First base will see some competi- With the majority of the lineup return- tion between Frank Mercurio and Chester. ing, Jordano supplemented the roster with It is going to be interesting to see how the Mercurio started in 26 of his 37 appear- several key components which he hopes rotation evolves. If we want to contend for ances in 2009, posting an impressive fi eld- will take the program to the next level. Ex- the Big East Championship our pitching ing percentage of .988 with just two errors pected to make an early impact will be ju- staff will have to be consistent and keep us on the season. In contention with Mercurio nior college transfers David Chester, Sean in ball games”. is junior transfer David Chester. Chester Toole and Travis Whitmore, who’s bats will With returning pitchers, Corey Baker, found success in both his years at Semi- be a welcome addition.