2015 Baseball Media Guide
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Golden Eagle Baseball Table of Contents Guide Directory ....................................................................................................................... Quick Facts .............................................................................................................................. 2 205 Team Roster .................................................................................................................... 3 205 Outlook ........................................................................................................................... 4 Head Coach Profile .................................................................................................................. 6 Assistant Coach Profile ............................................................................................................ 8 Player Profiles .......................................................................................................................... 9 204 Stats and Region 8 Standings ...................................................................................... 7 204 Game Results ................................................................................................................ 8 205 Schedule ........................................................................................................................ 9 Topping the Charts ................................................................................................................. 20 204 Leaders .......................................................................................................................... 2 Continuing Success ................................................................................................................ 22 Behind the Scenes .................................................................................................................. 26 CSI Athletic Success .............................................................................................................. 28 CSI Baseball Facilities ........................................................................................................... 30 CSI Athletic Facilities ............................................................................................................ 32 CSI Campus ........................................................................................................................... 34 Twin Falls and the Magic Valley ............................................................................................ 36 Year by Year Leaders ............................................................................................................. 38 Region 8 Opponents ............................................................................................................. 40 2015 CSI Baseball Media Guide This publication was produced by Karen Baumert, CSI sports information director. Andy Arenz did the photography for the action shots, team photo and mug shots. Graphic design on the cover, page 3 and pages 28-37 were done by Tereasa Nichols. Golden Eagle Baseball General Information Location: Twin Falls, Idaho Founded: 964 Enrollment: 8,500 President: Jeff Fox Athletic Director: Joel Bate Conference: Scenic West Athletic Conference Region: 8 Athletic Affiliation: NJCAA, Division I Nickname: Golden Eagles Colors: Gold and Black Website: www.csi.edu Home Facility: Skip Walker Field (450 capac- ity) Athletics Office Manager: Ginger Nukaya, 732- 6486 Team Information Team Physicians: Dr. Thad Scholes Orthopedic Surgeon: Dr. William May 204 Record: 27-3 Athletic Trainer: Richard Bingham, 732-648 Returning Starters: 5 Physical Therapist: Bryan Wright Returning Non-Starters: 11 Physical Therapist: Julie Ellis Newcomers: 9 Head MBB Coach: Jared Phay 732-6498 204 SWAC Finish: Fourth Asst. MBB Coach: Brock Morris, 732-6476 204 Region 8 Tournament Finish: Third Asst. MBB Coach: Chris McMillian, 732-6476 Region 8 North Division Titles: 2 Head WBB Coach: Randy Rogers, 732-6480 Region 8 Titles: 2 Asst. WBB Coach: Jason Nichols, 732-6490 JUCO World Series Appearances: 9 Head VB Coach: Heidi Cartisser, 732-6485 JUCO World Series National Titles: Asst. Volleyball Coach: Jim Cartisser, 732-6492 Head SB Coach: Nick Baumert, 732-6493 Baseball Information Asst. SB Coaches: Cortney Clark, 732-6495 Head Rodeo Coach: Steve Birnie, 732-6620 Head Coach: Boomer Walker (2th Year as head CSI Board of Trustees: Chairman Karl Kleinkopf, coach; 20th year at CSI) Dr. Thad Scholes, Bob Keegan, Jan Mittleider Assistant Coach: Nick Aiello (4rd year) and Laird Stone Vol. Asst. Coach: Matt Walkowicz Office Phone Number: (208) 732-649 (208) 732-6477 Clubhouse Phone Number: (208) 732-6650 Sports Information Mailing Address: CSI Baseball 35 Falls Ave. SID: Karen Baumert P.O. Box 238 Office Phone: (208) 732-6493 Twin Falls, ID 83303-238 E-mail Address: [email protected] E-mail Addresses: [email protected] Fax: (208) 734-0245 [email protected] Website: www.csi.edu 2 Golden Eagle Baseball Southern Idaho Baseball 2015 Roster No. Name Height Weight Position B/T Class Hometown Joey Rossi 5-7 155 UTL R/R Fr Bakersfield, Calif. 2 Dugan Shirer 5-11 175 OF L/R So Chahalis, Wash. 3 Jake Boyd 5-0 165 INF R/R Fr Salt Lake City, Utah 4 Cody Schmidt 5-11 170 INF R/R So Las Vegas, Nev. 5 Jordan Freese 5-11 175 C L/R Fr Vancouver, Wash. 6 Trey Dennis 6-3 175 RHP R/R Fr Boise, Idaho 7 Cody Jenkins 5-11 185 INF R/R So Denver, Colo. 8 Sam Gerhold 5-11 170 INF R/R Fr Shelton, Wash. 9 Nate Gardner 6-1 180 OF L/R Fr Salt Lake City, Utah 0 Kody Garvin 6-1 185 UTL L/R Fr Boise, Idaho 2 Braxton Deveraux 6-1 180 RHP R/R So Lehi, Utah 4 Quentin Marcelin 6-4 180 OF R/R Fr Layton, Utah 5 Ethan Ibarra 5-9 165 INF R/R Fr Las Vegas, Nev. 6 Mikey Ortega 6-0 185 C R/R So Walnut, Calif. 7 Cole Walters 5-8 165 INF R/R Fr Salt Lake City, Utah 8 Damon Jones 6-5 195 LHP L/L Fr Twin Falls, Idaho 9 Harrison Ramey 5-0 160 INF R/R So Lake Oswego, Ore. 20 Parker Loutensock 6-3 200 RHP R/R Fr Magna, Utah 2 Tyler Burdett 6-2 205 RHP R/R So Las Vegas, Nev. 22 Jackson Kunz 6- 200 UTL L/R RS Burley, Idaho 24 Mason Hilty 6-0 190 RHP/INF R/R So Richland, Wash. 25 Cameron Coombs 6-5 230 UTL R/R Fr Las Vegas, Nev. 26 Makay Nelson 5-11 175 RHP R/R So Maple Mountain, Utah 27 Bodie Cooper 6-2 200 C/INF R/R So Pocatello, Idaho 28 Cole Skinner 6-5 170 RHP R/R Fr Boise, Idaho 29 Austin Pitcher 6-2 190 LHP L/L RS American Fork, Utah 30 Demetrious Small 5-0 175 LHP L/L Fr Reno, Nev. 3 Pat Machibroda 6-1 175 LHP L/L Fr Saskatoon, Canada 32 Zack Draper 6-3 190 LHP L/L So Salt Lake City, Utah 34 Tyler Coleman 6-2 190 RHP R/R Fr Lake Oswego, Ore. 3 Golden Eagle Baseball CSI Baseball has speed, power and pitching for the 2015 Season Competing in one of the toughest regions in the country year in and year out can be difficult but reward- ing. CSI Head Baseball Coach Boomer Walker hopes this year’s squad has everything it takes to battle for a Scenic West Athletic Conference title. Understanding the grueling season and the level of play it takes is key. So the fact that the Golden Eagles return 0 players from last year’s squad will be huge down the stretch. In addition to experience, this year’s team has speed, power at the plate and a deep bullpen with solid start- ers. “The conference is very deep again this year,” Walker said. “Every team has the ability to win at home and beat anybody, which adds a lot of parity to our conference. It should keep the race tight until the last week of the season.” On the mound, CSI will look to returning pitchers Braxton Deveraux, Tyler Burdett, Mason Hilty, Makay Nelson and Zack Draper. The Golden Eagles will also have redshirt freshman returners Pat Machibroda and Damon Jones. Newcomers include Trey Dennis, Parker Loutensock, Cole Skinner, Demetrious Small and Tyler Coleman. Behind the dish will be returners Mikey Ortega and Bodie Cooper as well as freshman Jordan Freese. Sophomore infielders include Cody Schmidt, Cody Jenkins and Harrison Ramey. They will be joined by a very talented freshmen group of Jake Boyd, Sam Gerhold, Ethan Ibarra and Cole Walters. In the outfield, Walker will look to sophomore Dugan Shirer to lead a young athletic group of freshmen, 4 Golden Eagle Baseball 2015 Outlook including Nate Gardner and Quentin Marcelin, Kody Garvin, Joey Rossi and Cameron Coombs. “One of our strengths will definitely be our pitching,” Walker said. “We have guys that have the ability to throw a lot of strikes and not beat themselves on that side. As a whole our pitching staff is athletic and well rounded. I would say we are competitive with a lot of experience.” As far as position players and hitting goes, Walker said the team will have good foot speed and should have the ability to put runs on the board. “We are going to have to put pressure on defenses to generate offense,” Walker said. “We will also have the ability to drive balls in the gaps and show occasional power.” The winner of the Scenic West Athletic Conference will host the Region 8 Tournament. The winner of the region tournament will host this year’s district playoff and the top two teams at the tournament will advance to the playoff. 5 Golden Eagle Baseball Boomer Walker Head Coach 12th Season It was only natural that Boomer Walker would someday wear a coach’s cap at Southern Idaho. After assisting the Golden Eagles for nine years Boomer took over as head coach in 2004. In those 11 years, Boomer has amassed a 336 wins and just 246 losses. In 2006 and 2007, the Golden Eagles battled