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TTableable ooff CContents/Quickontents/Quick FFactsacts 1 TThree-Timehree-Time NCAANCAA TTournamentournament PParticipantsarticipants 2008 Milwaukee Baseball 2008 Milwaukee Baseball Media Guide -Quick Facts- -Table of Contents- School: ..........University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Table of Contents/Quick Facts ................................1 City/Zip: ............................Milwaukee, WI 53201 Head Coach Scott Doffek ....................................2-3 Founded: ...........................................................1885 Assistant Coach Cory Bigler .....................................4 Enrollment: ....................................................28,042 Coaching Staff ...........................................................5 Nickname: ....................................................Panthers Support Staff ..............................................................6 Colors: ............................................Black and Gold 2008 Schedule/League Schedule ......................7-9 Home Field: ...............................Henry Aaron Field 2008 Outlook ....................................................10-12 Capacity: .........................................................1,000 2008 Panthers ...........................................13-44 Surface: ............................................................Grass Numerical/Alphabetical Roster ...................14 Dimensions: ............................. LF/RF-320, CF-390 Roster Breakdown ..........................................15 Affi liation: ......................................NCAA Division I Seniors .......................................................16-29 Conference: ................................... Horizon League Juniors ........................................................30-34 Chancellor: .............................Dr. Carlos Santiago Sophomores ..............................................35-37 Athletics Director: .................................Bud Haidet Newcomers ...............................................38-44 Season In Review ..................................... 45-52 -History- 2007 Schedule/Results .................................46 First Year of Baseball: .................1957-73, 1987 2007 In Review ...............................................47 Overall All-Time Record: ....................717-826-2 2007 Overall Statistics .................................48 First Year in Division I: ....................................1991 2007 Horizon League Statistics...................49 Division I Record (Years): ...........424-442-1 (17) 2007 Horizon League Review ..............50-51 NCAA Regional App./Last App.: ............3, 2002 2007 Horizon League Award Winners ......52 Last NCAA Opp.: .....Nebraska/SW Missouri State 2008 Opponents .......................................53-62 Result: ..................................................L, 7-2/L, 6-1 Panther History and Records .................. 63-108 Year-By-Year Records ...................................64 -Media Relations- All-Time Coaching Records ...........................65 Asst. SID/Baseball Contact: ...................Chris Zills Early Program History ............................66-67 Offi ce Phone: ..............................(414) 229-4593 Year-By-Year Team Leaders .................68-71 Cell Phone: ..................................(414) 750-2090 Game Records .........................................72-73 E-Mail: [email protected] Season Records ........................................74-75 SID:.................................................. Kevin O’Connor Career Records ........................................76-77 SID Fax:........................................ (414) 229-5749 Team Records ..................................................78 Press Box Phone: ........................(414) 750-2090 All-Time Series Records .................................79 Website: ............................www.uwmpanthers.com All-Time Award Winners ........................80-81 SID Mailing Address: ........................P.O. Box 413 All-Time Series Histories .........................82-88 .............................................Milwaukee, WI 53201 Year-By-Year Results...............................89-94 Yearly Statistics .....................................95-108 -Coaching Staff- Panther Baseball Legacy .......................109-126 Head Coach: .......................................Scott Doffek Baseball in Milwaukee ...............................110 Alma Mater: .........................Concordia University NCAA Regional Teams ......................111-113 Record at UWM (Years): .......................25-32 (1) All-Time Letterwinners .......................114-117 Career Record (Years): ..................................Same Jersey Number History ......................118-119 Assistant Coach:....................................Cory Bigler Current Panthers in the Pros .............120-123 All-Time Panthers in the Pros ............124-125 Assistant Coach:.................................. Dean Haase Panthers Taken in MLB Draft .....................126 Volunteer Assistant Coach: .............Blake Kangas This Is UWM ..........................................127-144 Baseball Offi ce Phone: .............(414) 229-5670 -Team Information- The 2008 Milwaukee Baseball Media and Recruiting Overall Record: .............................................25-32 Guide was designed, written and edited by Assistant League Record: .............................................16-14 Sports Information Director Chris Zills with cover design by Assistant SID Kevin Conway. Editorial assistance pro- League Finish: .....................................................3rd vided by Sports Information Director Kevin O’Connor, League Tournament: ..........................................2-2 Kevin Conway and baseball coaches Scott Doffek and Final Ranking: .....................................................N/A Cory Bigler. Photo credits to Trevor Thompson, Peter Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................5/4 Jakubowski, John Jay Ward, Chris Zills and UWM Photo Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost: ....................1/3 Services. Printing by CCI, Hartland, Wis. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ........................17/8 22008008 MMILWAUKEEILWAUKEE PPANTHERSANTHERS BBaseballaseball HHeadead CCoachoach SScottcott DDoffekoffek 2 FFour-Timeour-Time HorizonHorizon LeagueLeague ChampionsChampions ##55 • SScottcott DDoffekoffek HHeadead CCoachoach Second Season Scott Doffek enters his second year as the head coach of the Panthers, having been named to the posi- tion in September of 2006. A mainstay in the Milwaukee baseball program, Doffek enters his 14th sea- son with the Panther coaching staff after spending the previous 12 years as the assistant head coach. He continues to lead the Milwaukee offense to great success at the plate, with six regulars batting over .300 last season, including two fi nishing in the top 10 in the league. His squad recorded 25-plus wins for the 10th time in the past 11 seasons, with his 25 victories a year ago breaking the program mark for wins by fi rst-year head coach, which had been 21. His team also reeled off the longest winning streak since the 2001 season (eight games) and set a program record when it scored more than 10 runs in seven consecutive games in May, breaking the old standard of fi ve-straight 10-plus run outings. After a slow start where the team played series against nationally-ranked Arkansas and Kentucky and also against eventual NCAA-Tournament participant Austin Peay, the Panthers righted the ship to go 23-15 the rest of the regular season. After posting two postseason victories, they had their season come to a heartbreaking close in extra innings of the semifi nals at the Horizon League Tournament. Doffek was named the seventh head coach in the history of the Milwaukee baseball program on Sept. 25, 2006. “I feel extremely blessed to have been given this opportunity,” Doffek said at the time. “The great thing is that I am coming into a position I’m very familiar with, especially when it comes to the day-to-day duties of all baseball operations. This roster is fi lled with players I have been working with all along and the guys know the way I work and what I expect of them. At the same time, I know how they work and what they expect from us. I see it as a very smooth transition.” As the assistant head coach in the past, he worked primarily with the team’s hitting and defensive units while also serving as the lead recruiter and over- seeing the day-to-day operations of the program. The 2006 season - his last as the assistant - will go down as a memorable one, as the Panthers won 30+ games for the sixth time since UWM moved to the NCAA Division I level in 1991, going 32-25 overall. Doffek led the offense to great heights, with seven regulars batting over .300, paced by All-American outfi elder Mike Goetz. Doffek helped guide Goetz to a .493 average on the season - the highest in the nation - in addition to hitting streaks of 32 and 27 games and team records in seven categories. Goetz went on to be drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers. As a team, the Panthers batted .324, the 16th-best average in the nation. His squad also ranked in the national leaders in doubles (third at 2.51 per game), slugging percentage (18th at .488), triples (35th), and runs (48th). UWM set a team record in doubles (143) and ended in the top fi ve in the record book in MMILWAUKEEILWAUKEE PPANTHERSANTHERS BBaseballaseball