Baseball MEDIA GUIDE 2018 San Jacinto College BASEBALL Roster
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2018 baseball MEDIA GUIDE 2018 San Jacinto College BASEBALL Roster No. Name Year Position B/T HT. WT. Hometown / Previous School (Previous College) 1 Jordan Myrow Soph. OF R/R 5-10 185 Los Angeles, California / Notre Dame HS (UCLA) 2 DJ Stephens Fresh. OF R/R 5-11 170 Waianae, Hawaii / Saint Louis School 3 Alerick Soularie Fresh. OF/INF R/R 6-0 185 Humble, Texas / Atascocita HS 5 Trent Franson Soph. INF R/R 5-10 190 Houston, Texas / Lutheran South HS (TCU) 6 Tyriece Silas Fresh. OF/LHP L/L 5-11 165 Houston / Cypress Falls HS 7 Herbert Iser Soph. C/1B L/R 6-3 207 Kissimmee, Florida / Osceola HS 8 Mike Pascoe Soph. RHP R/R 5-11 170 Arlington, New York / Wallace – Dothan HS 9 Sergio Macias Soph. INF/RHP L/R 5-9 205 Laredo, Texas / Alexander HS 10 Matt Goodheart Fresh. OF/INF L/R 6-2 185 Magnolia, Arkansas / Magnolia HS 11 Blake Goins Soph. RHP R/R 5-11 205 Pearland, Texas | Pearland HS (University of Texas) 12 Devon Roedahl Soph. RHP R/R 6-2 220 Beaumont, Texas / West Brook HS 13 Lukas Veinbergs Soph. RHP R/R 6-1 195 Pickney, Michigan / Pickney HS (Indiana University) 14 Andres Sosa Soph. INF/OF R/R 6-0 180 San Antonio, Texas / Reagan HS (University of Texas) 15 Blair Frederick Soph. LHP L/L 6-0 193 New Orleans, Louisiana / Brother Martin HS (LSU) 16 Michael Byrne Soph. LHP L/L 6-3 205 Highland Heights, Ohio | Mayfield HS (Cuyahoga Community College) 17 Alden Arrington Fresh. RHP R/R 6-0 175 Kingwood, Texas / Kingwood Park HS 18 Mario Moralez Soph. INF L/R 6-1 200 Baytown, Texas / Goose Creek Memorial HS 20 Reid Morgan Soph. RHP R/R 6-2 192 Kingwood, Texas / Foster HS 21 Jake Matheny Soph. C R/R 6-3 190 Weldon Spring, Missouri / Westminster Christian HS (Indiana University) 22 Jacob Cantleberry Soph. LHP R/L 6-1 205 Greenwood, Indiana / Center Grove HS 23 Keagan Downs Fresh. INF R/R 6-1 168 Pleasanton, Texas / Pleasanton HS 25 Luke Matheny Soph. RHP R/R 6-2 200 Weldon Spring, Missouri / Westminster Christian (Oklahoma State University) 27 Chezzare Gonzalez Fresh. RHP/OF R/R 6-0 185 Hidalgo, Texas / Valley View HS 28 Nick Neville Soph. INF L/R 6-0 190 Fairfax, Virginia / Lake Braddock HS (University of Notre Dame) 29 Aaron George Soph. RHP R/R 6-5 230 Monroe, Louisiana / Ouachita Christian 30 Baylor Rowlett Soph. C R/R 6-1 210 Montgomery, Texas / College Station HS (Temple College) 31 Rylan Kaufman Fresh. LHP L/L 6-4 190 Friendswood, Texas / Friendswood HS 33 Matt Wiseman Fresh. INF R/R 6-0 205 Grand Island, Florida / Eustis HS 34 Chris Roberts Soph. RHP R/R 6-0 210 Baytown, Texas / Ross Sterling HS 35 Burton Schnake Soph. RHP R/R 6-3 211 Houston / Memorial HS (Tulane University) 36 Markus Ramos Soph. RHP R/R 6-3 205 Ewa Beach, Hawaii / Campbell HS (University of Oregon) 39 Kaddin Mikulik Fresh. INF L/R 6-0 170 Flatonia, Texas / Flatonia HS 44 Austin Kelly Fresh. RHP R/R 6-1 200 Little Rock, Arkansas / Robinson HS 45 Peter Zimmermann Soph. INF/OF R/R 6-3 225 St. Louis, Missouri / Chaminade College Preparatory (St. Louis University) 47 Trey Dillard Fresh. RHP R/R 6-2 215 Phoenix, Arizona / Desert Mountain HS 48 Zach De Leon Fresh. RHP R/R 6-0 195 Hondo, Texas / Hondo HS 50 Garrison Taska Fresh. RHP L/R 6-5 200 Kingwood, Texas / Kingwood Park HS 51 Alden Blest Fresh. LHP L/L 5-10 212 Humble, Texas / Atascocita HS 54 Luis Quinones Soph. RHP R/R 6-0 190 Arecibo, Sabana Hoyos, Puerto Rico / Aberlardo Otero (Wabash Valley College) 55 Luis Martinez Fresh. INF R/R 6-2 195 La Grulla, Texas / La Grulla HS 1 San Jacinto College Baseball 2018 2018 TEAM OUTLOOK The 2018 Gators look to return to the Junior College (JUCO) World Series for the fourth straight season and 13th time under legendary Hall of Fame Head Coach Tom Arrington. Last season San Jac finished as the national runner up for the sixth time under Arrington. The first home games of the season will be on Friday, Feb. 2 against Bossier Parish Community College in a doubleheader. In total, San Jac will play 18 home games this season at JR Harrison Field at Andy Pettitte Park. San Jac will once again host the Tournament of Champions Feb. 9 – 11, with game sites at San Jac, University of Houston, Sam Houston State University and Lamar University. Following that annual tournament, San Jac will host Western Texas for two games Feb. 15 and 17 before hitting the road for five games. Region XIV home games for the 2018 season include matchups against Wharton County Junior College (Saturday, March 30; Thursday, April 12), Galveston College (Thursday, March 8; Saturday, April 21), Blinn College (Saturday, March 17; Thursday, April 26), Laredo College (Friday – Saturday, April 6-7), and Alvin College (Thursday, March 22; Saturday, May 4). Additional home games include Navarro College (Monday, March 5), South Suburban College (Tuesday, March 13), Coastal Bend College (Tuesday, March 20), and McLennan College (Monday, March 26). “It is going to be an exciting year, and we are looking forward to getting out on the field for the 2018 season,” said Arrington, who is entering his 17th year at the helm of the San Jacinto College baseball program. “With the overwhelming success we have had the past several years, people might find it hard to believe, but this upcoming year could be the best ever.” Arrington has nine returners from a team that finished as the national runner up last season. Included in that lineup are Mario Moralez (Baytown / Goose Creek HS) and Herbert Iser (Kissimmee, Florida / Osceola HS), the top two returning hitters, as well as Sergio Macias (Laredo, Texas / John B. Alexander High School). Moralez hit .302 on the year in 58 games. He had 159 at bats, and posted 48 hits, 4 doubles, and nine homeruns. Iser saw action in 62 games, hitting .281. He had 52 hits with 11 doubles, 1 triple and seven homeruns. Macias played in 61 games with 188 at bats. He posted 47 hits, including 10 doubles, one triple and six home runs. He was also responsible for 35 RBI and scoring 40 runs, while stealing five bases. Ten transfers will join Arrington’s team for 2018, including Jordan Myrow (Los Angeles, California / Notre Dame HS / UCLA), godson of LA Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts; and Jake (Weldon Spring, Missouri / Westminster Christian HS / Indiana University) and Luke Matheny (Weldon Spring, Missouri / Westminster Christian HS / Oklahoma State University), sons of St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny. San Jac will also welcome transfers Nick Neville (Fairfax, Virginia / Lake Braddock HS / University of Notre Dame), Andres Sosa (San Antonio, Texas / Reagan HS / University of Texas), and Trent Franson (Houston / Lutheran South HS / TCU). A slew of freshman will join Arrington’s team this spring, including Alerick Soularie (Humble, Texas / Atascocita HS), Tyreice Silas (Houston / Cypress Falls HS), Matt Goodheart (Magnolia, Arkansas / Magnolia HS), and Rylan Kaufman (Friendswood / Friendswood HS). Where are they from? ARIZONA INDIANA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA FLORIDA HAWAII LOUISIANA MICHIGAN MISSOURI NEW YORK OHIO PUERTO RICO TEXAS VIRGINIA sanjacsports.com 2 Player Bios 1 2 Jordan DJ Myrow Stephens OF | 5-10 | 185 | Soph. OF | 5-11 | 170 | Fresh. Los Angeles, California | Notre Dame HS (UCLA) Waianae, Hawaii / Saint Louis School “Jordan Myrow is a transfer outfielder from UCLA. He has tremendous arm in “DJ Stephens comes to us from Hawaii. He can defend at a high level and the outfield having been clocked at 99 mph. Jordan has raw power and can play any outfield position. He will need to get more physical in the weight hit for a high average as well as being a plus runner and instinctive on the room over the next two years. DJ has the ability to hit for a very good bases. He also happens to be the Godson of Los Angeles Dodgers Manager average but at this point is a defender first.” Dave Roberts.” 3 5 Alerick Trent Soularie Franson OF | 6-0 | 185 | Fresh. INF | 5-10 | 190 | Soph. Humble, Texas | Atascocita HS Houston, Texas | Lutheran South HS (TCU) “Alerick Soulaire has the complete package. He can flat out hit at the highest “Trent Franson transferred to us from TCU. He has become a very good of levels. He can hit for power, high average and run the bases as well as defender, and he has very good barrel control and feel for the strike zone. anyone. He will play in the outfield and hit in the top third of any lineup. He is Trent has the ability to hit for both a high average and also power as he is a University of Tennessee signee.” very physical. He will play for Houston Baptist University next season.” 6 7 Tyriece Herbert Silas Iser OF | 5-11 | 165 | Fresh. C | 6-3 | 207 | Soph. Houston, Texas | Cypress Falls HS Kissimmee, Florida | Osceola HS “Tyriece Silas has the ability to play professional baseball for a very long time. “Herbert Iser is one of the most genuine people ever to play in this He has tremendous eye-hand coordination, can bunt and run, drive gaps, program. On top of that, he is a heck of a player. His bat plays at any level. defend all fields in the outfield and steal bases at will.