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Tony Vitello accepted the position of head coach for the baseball program on June 7, 2017. CAREER NOTES A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Vitello arrived on Rocky Top following four seasons as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Arkansas. His rise to the head coaching ranks PLAYING EXPERIENCE also includes stops at Missouri (his alma mater) and TCU. He 2000-2002 Missouri has earned a reputation as one of the elite recruiters on the college baseball landscape, having assembled eight top-15 COACHING EXPERIENCE signing classes--including America’s top-rated crop of talent 2002 Salinas Packers Associate Head Coach in 2014. 2003 Missouri Volunteer Asst. Coach In November 2016, D1Baseball.com ranked Vitello No. 2, and 2004-10 Missouri Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coord. tops in the SEC, on its list of the top 30 recruiting coordinators 2011-13 TCU Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coord. in America. 2014-17 Arkansas Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coord. During a full-time, Division I coaching career spanning 2018-pres. Tennessee Head Coach just 14 years, Vitello has signed and developed six first-round MLB Draft picks and a handful of players who advanced to the COACHING HIGHLIGHTS big leagues. That list includes , Brandon - Rated top recruiter in the SEC and No. 2 recruiter in all of Finnegan, , All-Star , college baseball by D1Baseball.com in 2016 winner and four-time All-Star Ian Kinsler and five-time All-Star - Helped the Razorbacks average nearly 38 wins per year, win- and three-time winner . ning 40 or more games three times, appearing in three NCAA “This is as good of an opportunity as there is in the Tournaments and advancing to the 2015 College country,” Vitello said after being hired. “I consider myself - Coached 22 Razorbacks who were selected in four incredibly blessed to be a part of the athletic department at MLB Drafts the University of Tennessee. It’s the combination of - Helped lead TCU to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearanc- an elite conference, a state school with great in-state players, a es, including a Super Regional berth in 2012 phenomenal city and outstanding tradition that exists not just - Horned Frogs started seven freshmen who recruited by with baseball, but across all sports. Vitello in the NCAA Super Regional at UCLA in 2012 “It’s no coincidence that it’s been a place where so many - Final recruiting class at TCU was ranked 17th in the country, and three student-athletes he signed also played for Team great coaches have been leaders in their sport. I want to work USA like crazy to uphold that standard.” - During time at Missouri, recruited and developed 19 players The 39-year-old Vitello already boasts the incredibly rare who were drafted by major league teams, including Ian Kinsler, distinction of having mentored both a National Hitter of the Max Scherzer, Aaron Crow, Kyle Gibson, Nick Tepesch, Doug Year (Benintendi) and National of the Year (Crow). Mathis and Justin James Benintendi won the 2015 Golden Spikes Award as America’s - Made the postseason seven times with the Tigers top amateur baseball player after batting .376 with 20 home - Had top-25 recruiting classes in three of his final four years in runs, 57 RBIs and 24 stolen bases. Crow--who Vitello coached Columbia, including the 2008 class that ranked No. 11 during his tenure on staff at his alma mater, Missouri--claimed nationally by the 2008 following a campaign in which he won 13 games, posted four shutouts, totaled 127 POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE and at one point threw 43 consecutive scoreless innings. MISSOURI Crow became the highest MLB Draft pick in Mizzou history 2003 NCAA Regional (Starkville, Miss.) when the selected him ninth overall that 2004 NCAA Regional (Fayetteville, Ark.) summer. 2005 NCAA Regional (Fullerton, Calif.) Benintendi--drafted seventh overall by the 2006 NCAA Super Regional (Fullerton, Calif.) in 2015 and the recipient of a $3.6 million signing bonus--is a 2007 NCAA Regional (Columbia, Mo.) prime example of Vitello’s abilities in player development. From his freshman to sophomore season, Benintendi improved his 2008 NCAA Regional (Coral Gables, Fla.) batting average by 100 points and 19 more home runs. En 2009 NCAA Regional (Oxford, Miss.) route to National Player of the Year honors in 2015, he became TCU just the third player in SEC history to lead the league in home 2011 NCAA Regional (Fort Worth, Texas) runs and batting average. Just 421 days after being drafted, 2012 NCAA Super Regional (Los Angeles, Calif.) Benintendi was promoted to the Majors. ARKANSAS Arkansas stood among the most competitive programs in 2014 NCAA Regional (Charlottesville, Va.) the nation during Vitello’s four seasons in Fayetteville, averaging 2015 (t-7th) nearly 38 wins per year, winning 40 or more games three times, 2017 NCAA Regional (Fayetteville, Ark.) appearing in three NCAA Tournaments and advancing to the 2015 College World Series. That 2015 squad set a school record with a stellar .975 team fielding percentage. In 2017, Arkansas

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GENERAL INFO belted an SEC-best 83 home runs en route to 45 wins.  YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD Vitello coached 22 Razorbacks who were selected YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD PCT POSTSEASON in four MLB Drafts. 2002 Salinas Packers Assoc. Head Coach 50-14 .781 NBC World Series Vitello’s tenure with the Razorbacks was preceded CALIFORNIA COLLEGIATE LEAGUE TOTALS by three seasons as an Assoc. Head Coach 1 Year 50-14 .781 MEDIA INFO assistant coach and recruiting Total 1 Year 50-14 .781 coordinator at TCU (which was a member of the Mountain West in his first season YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD PCT POSTSEASON [2011] before joining the Big 2003 Missouri Vol. Assistant 36-22 .621 NCAA Regional 12). Prior to that, he was an 2004 Missouri Assistant/RC 38-23-1 .621 NCAA Regional assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Missouri (then 2005 Missouri Assistant/RC 45-23 .662 NCAA Regional a member of the Big 12) for 2006 Missouri Assistant/RC 35-28 .556 NCAA Supers COACHES/STAFF eight years. 2007 Missouri Assistant/RC 42-18 .700 NCAA Regional In his three years at TCU, Vitello lured some of the top 2008 Missouri Assistant/RC 39-16 .709 NCAA Regional players in the country to Fort 2009 Missouri Assistant/RC 35-27 .565 NCAA Regional Worth and helped the Horned 2010 Missouri Assistant/RC 29-26 .527 Frogs to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, Missouri Totals 8 Years 299-183-1 .620 including a Super Regional berth in 2012. The Horned YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD PCT POSTSEASON Frogs started seven freshmen, 2011 TCU Assistant/RC 43-19 .694 NCAA Regional PLAYERS recruited by Vitello, in the 2012 TCU Assistant/RC 40-22 .645 NCAA Supers Super Regional at UCLA. His final recruiting class at TCU 2013 TCU Assistant/RC 29-28 .509 was ranked 17th in the country, TCU Totals 3 Years 112-69 .619 and three student-athletes he signed also played for Team YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD PCT POSTSEASON USA. OPPONENTS 2014 Arkansas Assistant/RC 40-25 .615 NCAA Regional During Vitello’s eight years at Mizzou, the Tigers made the 2015 Arkansas Assistant/RC 40-25 .615 CWS postseason seven times. He 2016 Arkansas Assistant/RC 26-29 .473 served as the pitching coach, 2017 Arkansas Assistant/RC 45-19 .703 NCAA Regional REVIEW RECORDS & HONORS VOLMANAC while also working with the team’s hitters and serving as Arkansas Totals 4 Years 151-98 .606 the first base coach. Vitello’s 2008 Missouri recruiting class DIVISION I TOTALS was ranked No. 11 nationally Assistant Coach 15 Years 562-350-1 .616 by Baseball America, and he had top-25 recruiting classes Total 15 Years 562-350-1 .616 in three of his final four years in Columbia. *12 NCAA Tournament appearances in 15 seasons as a Division I assistant coach During his time as a Tiger assistant coach, Vitello recruited and developed 19 players who were drafted by major earned All-SEC recognition. Fletcher also became the third league teams, including major leaguers Kinsler, Scherzer, Crow, Vitello recruit to make the SEC All-Freshman team during Gibson, Nick Tepesch, and Justin James. Vitello’s four seasons in Fayetteville. A three-year letterwinner at Missouri (2000-02), Vitello earned Academic All- honors as a senior 2016 -- ARKANSAS and was named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll In 2016, Vitello helped Arkansas’ offense rank among the twice. Following his playing career and the completion of most potent in the SEC and the country. Redshirt sophomores his management degree at MU, Vitello joined the Missouri Carson Shaddy and Luke Bonfield each hit better than .300 coaching staff as a volunteer assistant in 2003 and completed and combined for 16 home runs and 74 RBIs to lead a team that his course work for his master’s degree in Business. In 2004, he finished fourth in the SEC in home runs (49). Two of Arkansas’ was elevated to full-time assistant coach. six draftees in the 2016 MLB Draft were pupils of Vitello. Utility Vitello served as the associate head coach for the Salinas player Clark Eagan went in the ninth round to the Pittsburgh Packers of the California Collegiate League in 2002. The Pirates. Eagan batted .298 during his junior season with 37 runs Packers finished 50-14 and earned their first trip to the NBC scored, 67 hits, seven home runs and 37 RBIs. He hit .280 or World Series in Wichita, Kansas. better in each of his three seasons as a Razorback and totaled 60 or more hits and 30 or more RBIs in both 2015 and 2016. Vitello’s Year-by-Year Highlights Michael Bernal was drafted by the in the 29th round. Vitello’s 2016 recruiting class was 2017 -- ARKANSAS ranked No. 6 nationally by Perfect Game. (Postseason: NCAA Fayetteville Regional) In Vitello’s final season at Arkansas, the Hogs posted 45 2015 -- ARKANSAS wins, advanced to the SEC Tournament final and hosted an (Postseason: College World Series) NCAA Regional. The Razorbacks’ offense led the SEC and Vitello was instrumental in Arkansas’ to the 2015 ranked among the national leaders in home runs with 83. College World Series, as the Razorbacks rebounded from a Grant Koch, shortstop Jax Biggers (a Brooks Wallace 15-15 start to win 18 of their final 25 regular-season games. Award semifinalist) and outfielder Dominic Fletcher each Working primarily with hitters and serving as the team’s third base coach, Vitello helped the Razorbacks slug their 2018 TENNESSEE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK | @VOL_BASEBALL 11 COACHES & STAFF

way into the postseason, finishing fifth in the SEC in hitting (.288) and fourth in home runs (53). Three Arkansas position players signed professional contracts following the 2015 season, including Andrew Benintendi who was selected No. 7 overall by the Boston Red Sox. Bobby Wernes improved his by 202 points from the 2014 to 2015 seasons and was selected in the 30th round of the MLB Draft, while outfielder Tyler Spoon improved his average 71 points and drove in 17 more runs in 2015. Spoon was drafted in the 35th round by the Boston Red Sox. Vitello’s second full recruiting class at Arkansas garnered national acclaim, as it was ranked No. 1 in the country by Perfect Game USA and No. 4 in the nation by Baseball America. The class, which took the field in 2015, featured 20 players, including 14 true freshmen and six junior college transfers.

2014 -- ARKANSAS (Postseason: NCAA Charlottesville Regional) In his first season at Arkansas, Vitello signed the nation’s top class for the Razorbacks in 2014. He also made an immediate impact working with the program’s hitters, as the Razorbacks improved their batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage from the previous campaign. Arkansas also enjoyed a boost in total hits, triples, home runs, RBIs and runs scored. The offense helped lead Arkansas to its 13th straight NCAA Tournament appearance at the NCAA Charlottesville Regional, and the Razorbacks advanced to the Regional final. Vitello saw two hitters from that 40-win squad selected in the top 20 rounds of 2014 MLB Draft: Brian Anderson (third round, ) and Eric Fisher (17th Freshman Preston Morrison was named the Mountain West round, Miami Marlins). Pitcher and Freshman of the Year and also was selected as a third-team All-American and a Freshman All-American. 2013 -- TCU (Postseason: Big 12 Tournament) 2011 -- TCU In 2013, 11 TCU newcomers from an 11th-ranked recruiting (Postseason: NCAA Fort Worth Regional) class saw time on the field for Frogs. A pair of Horned Frog In his first season at TCU in 2011, Vitello worked with an freshmen earned Freshman All-America honors, as Boomer offense that finished the season with a .306 batting average White hit .314 with 27 RBIs, while Alex Young was 7-4 with five and averaged 6.7 runs per game. The team hit 141 doubles on saves in 22 appearances, 20 in relief. Despite featuring four the season, which ranked fourth all-time in school history. The new faces, TCU’s pitching staff ranked among the Division I top Horned Frogs totaled 43 victories and advanced to an NCAA 20 in most pitching categories during the 2013 season. Regional. Five offensive players earned All-MWC honors, and four offensive players were selected in the 2011 MLB Draft. 2012 -- TCU (Postseason: NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional) 2009 -- MISSOURI Despite TCU’s youth in 2012, the squad enjoyed success (Postseason: NCAA Oxford Regional) on the field, winning the regular- Kyle Gibson was the 2009 Big 12 leader for strikeouts, with season championship and advancing to Super Regional a school-record 131, and he ranked second in the league with play before falling to UCLA. Four Horned Frog hitters 11 wins on the year (second-most in school history). Gibson earned All-Big 12 accolades, and six TCU players were finished his career at Mizzou with 28 wins and 304 strikeouts, selected in the MLB Draft. Vitello’s 2012 recruiting class which both ranked second in program history. A first-team All- was ranked in the top 10 nationally by Baseball America, Big 12 honoree, Gibson was selected by the in and the group paid immediate dividends for the Horned the first round of the 2009 MLB Draft, joining Aaron Crow as Frogs as 16 players made their debut during the season. a first-round selection the year before (after not signing the previous year, Crow was again drafted early in the first round, taken with the 12th overall pick by the ).

2008 -- MISSOURI (Postseason: NCAA Coral Gables Regional) During the 2008 season, Aaron Crow had a stretch of 43.0 scoreless innings pitched from Feb. 29 to April 11 that was the fourth longest streak in NCAA history. Another member of Vitello’s pitching staff, Ian Berger, put together a string of 36.1 scoreless innings pitched from March 9-29. Crow became the second MU pitcher in four years to be named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year. A first-team All-American, Crow also was the recipient of the Rogers Clemens Award, which is given to the nation’s top collegiate pitcher. He finished 2008 with a 13-0 record, setting a school record for wins in a season, and had an ERA of 2.85. The Washington Nationals selected Crow with the ninth overall pick in the 2008 MLB Draft, but he opted not to sign and re-entered the draft in 2009. Vitello’s 2008 recruiting class was ranked among the nation’s top 20 by Collegiate Baseball, and Baseball America rated the class 11th best nationally.

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“I’m really happy for him to get this opportunity in the SEC. He’s one of my favorite coaches I’ve ever had, and his attitude is con- tagious. He has done amazing things at every place he has been, and Tennessee should be thrilled to have him on board. It’s fair

to expect the best out of him, because he will get the best out of MEDIA INFO his players.” -- Max Scherzer , former player, 5-time MLB All-Star & 3-time Cy Young Award Winner

“Coach Vitello is one of the hardest working coaches I have ever been around. He doesn’t care what he needs to do to help you become a better player. He would come to practice early for guys who wanted to hit and he’d stay after to do the same thing. He is extremely unselfish and is all about the team and winning. He COACHES/STAFF wants to know you as a person and not just a player and cares about how you are doing regardless of the kind of player you are. I’m positive Tennessee is going to enjoy having him there.” -- Andrew Benintendi, former player & current Boston Red Sox outfielder

“Tony has done an incredible job during his time here at Arkansas as a recruiter and a coach. He has poured his heart and soul into PLAYERS our program. He’s elevated our recruiting. I knew when I hired him that I would probably only have him for three or four years. I couldn’t be more happy or pleased with Tony and his future

going forward.” -- , Arkansas Head Baseball Coach 2007 -- MISSOURI (Postseason: NCAA Columbia [Mo.] Regional) “Tony Vitello has the skill set and drive to make the Tennessee OPPONENTS The 2007 Missouri pitching staff ranked fourth in the Big baseball program a consistent winner. I’m proud of what Tony has 12 with an ERA of 4.25. That staff included an All-Big 12 first- accomplished during his coaching career and the true benefactors team selection in Aaron Crow and a second-team honoree, of this hire are the current and future Tennessee baseball players. Rick Zagone. He will recruit the right people and help them develop in to the best they are capable of being. You can expect high-energy baseball REVIEW RECORDS & HONORS VOLMANAC 2006 -- MISSOURI that will make you proud.” (Postseason: NCAA Fullerton Super Regional) -- , Former Missouri Head Baseball Coach In 2006, Vitello’s Missouri pitching staff recorded seven shutouts and held opponents to two or fewer runs in 19 games. “I hear great things about Tony from people I trust. I’ve also heard The staff’s 3.36 ERA led the Big 12 and was 11th-best nationally. he’s a superstar with an energy, hunger and work ethic second In the NCAA Regional, freshmen Rick Zagone and Aaron Crow to none. I am positive Tennessee baseball will be a force again.” recorded back-to-back complete game victories, each allowing -- J.P. Arencibia, Former UT All-American, 1st-round MLB Draft just one run on six hits as Mizzou went on to claim the Malibu Pick & current UT Student Assistant Coach Regional Championship. Vitello helped mold Max Scherzer into the 11th overall pick in the 2006 MLB Draft. Scherzer had a 2.25 “Tony has learned under some outstanding coaches in Tim Jamie- ERA despite fighting injuries much of the season and was one son, and Dave Van Horn, so he has strong pedi- of five Missouri were selected in the 2006 draft, with gree. Additionally, he’s earned a strong reputation as an excellent two selected in the first four rounds. recruiter, which I believe will help him succeed at Tennessee. Tony is an energetic, hard-working guy, who goes the extra mile.” 2005 -- MISSOURI (Postseason: NCAA Fullerton Regional) -- Kendall Rogers, D1Baseball.com With Vitello serving as pitching coach, Missouri had a stretch of 26 innings without allowing a run after putting “Tony’s work throughout his career has prepared him well to be together a 23-scoreless-inning stretch earlier that season. the head coach at Tennessee. He’s worked with some of the best Against Texas Tech in April, Missouri recorded the school’s first coaches in the country in Tim Jamieson, Jim Schlossnagle and Dave no-hitter since 1981. Sophomore Max Scherzer was named the Van Horn, and coached many exceptional players over the years. 2005 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year after posting a dominant 1.86 He has a strong eye for talent and his hard work on the recruiting ERA. He led the Big 12 in ERA, strikeouts (131) and opponents’ trail has paid off on the diamond.” batting average (.163). Under Vitello, the Tigers’ ERA -- Teddy Cahill, Baseball America consistently ranked among the best in the Big 12, highlighted by a 3.17 mark in 2005. “Vitello is a tireless recruiter who not only can land the blue-chip prospects, but also uncover those diamonds in the rough, polish them up, and turn them into the highest level performers on col- lege baseball’s biggest scale.” -- Jheremy Brown, Perfect Game

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Frank Anderson joined the Tennessee coaching staff in June of 2017 after spending the previous five seasons as an assistant coach  ANDERSON CAREER BREAKDOWN at Houston, where he helped lead the Cougars to three NCAA Tour- naments, including an NCAA Super Regional in 2014. UH played in PLAYING EXPERIENCE four consecutive American Athletic Conference Tournament champi- 1979-80 Mid-Plains Junior College onship games, taking home the title in 2014 and 2017. 1981-82 University of Nebraska at Kearney Considered one of the premier pitching coaches in the country, Anderson brings a wealth of experience as both an assistant and a head coach at the NCAA Division I level. Prior to his successful stint COACHING EXPERIENCE as pitching coach at Houston, Anderson served as head coach for 1984-87 Emporia State Assistant Coach Oklahoma State for nine seasons (2004-12), leading the Cowboys to 1988-89 Howard College Assistant Coach six NCAA Regional appearances as well as a trip to the NCAA Super 1990-99 Texas Tech Assistant Coach Regionals in 2007. 2000-03 Texas Assistant Coach During Anderson’s first season at Oklahoma State, he led the 2004-12 Oklahoma State Head Coach Pokes to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001. He 2013-17 Houston Assistant Coach guided OSU to the Big 12 Tournament Championship in 2004, its first in program history. 2018-pres. Tennessee Assistant Coach The 2006 season started an impressive three-year run for the POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE Cowboys, as they posted three straight seasons of 41 or more victo- ries. Anderson’s squad earned the No. 1 national seed in the NCAA EMPORIA STATE Tournament that year, and in 2007 the program reached the NCAA 1984 NAIA World Series Super Regionals. 1986 NAIA World Series Another successful season followed in 2008, with the Pokes 1987 NAIA World Series (Runner Up) climbing as high as No. 5 in the national rankings. Oklahoma State TEXAS TECH finished the season ranked all three years from 2006-08. 1995 NCAA Regional (Wichita, Kan.) Before taking over in Stillwater, Anderson was the pitching coach 1996 NCAA Regional (Lubbock, Texas) on ’s staff at Texas for four years (2000-03). During his 1997 NCAA Regional (Lubbock, Texas) time in Austin, Anderson helped lead the Longhorns to three con- secutive College World Series appearances (2001-03), and helped 1998 NCAA Regional (Coral Gables, Fla.) them win a national championship in 2002. 1999 NCAA Regional (Lubbock, Texas) Other stops for Anderson included 10 years as an assistant at TEXAS Texas Tech (1990-99), three seasons at Howard College (1987-89) 2000 College World Series (t-7th) and three years as an assistant at his alma mater, Emporia State 2001 NCAA Regional (Palo Alto, Calif.) (1983-85). In all, Anderson’s teams have advanced to 16 NCAA Tour- 2002 College World Series (National Champions) naments, five NCAA Super Regionals and have made three trips to the College World Series. 2003 College World Series (t-3rd) Anderson has overseen some of the nation’s top pitching staffs OKLAHOMA STATE during his 34-year coaching career. Most recently, Houston finished 2004 NCAA Regional (Tallahassee, Fla.) in the top-10 nationally in team during three of 2006 NCAA Regional (Fayetteville, Ark.) Anderson’s five seasons with the program. In all, Anderson’s teams 2007 NCAA Super Regional (Louisville, Ky.) finished among the top-25 in the country in ERA 11 times, includ- 2008 NCAA Regional (Stillwater, Okla.) ing six top-10 rankings. The Cougars had the country’s lowest reg- 2009 NCAA Regional (Clemson, S.C.) ular-season ERA (2.04) and WHIP (1.00) in 2014 while also tying a program record with 48 victories and making the postseason for the 2011 NCAA Regional (Nashville, Tenn.) first time since 2008. HOUSTON Anderson’s pitching staffs were equally as impressive in 2015 and 2014 NCAA Super Regional (Austin, Texas) 2016, leading the American Athletic Conference and ranking among 2015 NCAA Regional (Houston, Texas) the top-10 in ERA during both seasons. Houston finished the 2016 2017 NCAA Regional (Houston, Texas) season with a 2.48 ERA, which ranked No. 2 in the country. While at Texas, Anderson’s pitching staffs were a key factor in the program’s three consecutive trips to Omaha. The Longhorns led to the and Nick Hernandez going 247th overall to the Big 12 in team ERA during each of his four seasons and finished the . Lantrip led the nation in -to-walk ratio among the top five in the nation three times. Anderson’s staffs at (16.80) during the 2016 season. Texas recorded sparkling team ERAs of 2.82 in 2002, 3.17 in 2001 Anderson saw multiple members of his pitching staff taken in the and 3.30 in 2000, and also posted the program’s best team ERA 2015 MLB Draft, as right-handed pitchers Jake Lemoine and Patrick since 1983 (2.72) and the second-lowest ERA nationally in the 2002 Weigel were drafted in the fourth and seventh rounds, respectively. campaign. Lemoine became the highest-drafted Cougar since 2009. Two more Anderson has mentored some of the nation’s top pitchers pitchers were selected on the final day of the draft, joining three throughout his career. In 2017, he coached sophomore left-hander position players, bringing Houston’s total to eight. Trey Cumbie to AAC Pitcher of the Year honors. Cumbie led the con- In total, 15 pitchers were selected in the MLB Draft during An- ference with a 2.02 ERA in the regular season while posting a 9-1 derson’s tenure at Houston. He also had 27 pitchers drafted during record and was just selected by the in the 38th round his time at Oklahoma State, 15 selected while he was at Texas and of the 2017 MLB Draft. 21 picked during his 10 seasons with Texas Tech, giving him a grand Junior left-hander was taken in the first round of the total of 78 pitchers drafted throughout his storied coaching career. 2017 MLB Draft by the Washington Nationals with the 25th overall Anderson is a native of Grant, Nebraska, and earned his bache- pick. Under Anderson’s guidance, Romero was named a first-team lor’s degree in physical education from Emporia State in 1983 before Freshman All-American by Baseball America and the National Col- going on to attain his master’s degree from the school in 1985. Prior legiate Baseball Writers’ Association (NCBWA) in 2015. Romero was to attending ESU, Anderson was a junior college All-American at also named the AAC Rookie of the Year and was invited to play for Mid-Plains Junior College in North Platte, Nebraska. the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. Anderson and his wife, Sandra, have two children: a son, Brett, In 2016, the Cougars had two pitchers selected in the eighth who is a pitcher for the , and a daughter, Katelyn. round of the MLB Draft, with Andrew Lantrip going 242nd overall

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GENERAL INFO JOSH ELANDER ASSISTANT COACH 24 MEDIA INFO First Season at Tennessee Recruiting//Hitting TCU, 2016

Josh Elander was named an assistant coach for the Volun- COACHES/STAFF teers in August of 2017 after spending one season as a volun-  ELANDER CAREER BREAKDOWN teer assistant coach at Arkansas. Elander will work primarily with the team’s hitters and will PLAYING EXPERIENCE also serve as Tennessee’s recruiting coordinator. 2010-12 TCU “There are not many players that I have spent more hours Sixth Round MLB Draft Pick in 2012 ()

in the batting cage with than Josh. His work ethic was a cata- 2012 (Rookie League) lyst in making him a shining star as a player and in more recent 2013 Lynchburg Hillcats (Advanced A) years as a coach,” Vols head coach Tony Vitello said. 2013 Rome Braves ( A)

“His abilities as a high school All-American allowed for him 2014 Lynchburg Hillcats (Advanced A) PLAYERS to live out a recruiting experience of the utmost intensity. In 2015 Kane County Cougars (Single A) the weeks that he has relentlessly worked on the road, it’s evi- dent that his personal familiarity allows him to relate incredibly

PLAYING HONORS well to our prospects and their own personal process.” Louisville Slugger & Ping!Baseball Freshman Most recently, Elander was part of an Arkansas team that All-American (2010) went 45-19 last season and hosted an NCAA Regional. He MWC All-Academic Team (2010-12) helped lead one of the most potent offenses in the SEC as All-MWC Second Team (2011) the Razorbacks led the conference and ranked ninth nationally MWC All-Tournament Team (2011) OPPONENTS with 83 home runs in 2017. The Hogs also ranked among the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team (2011) top three in the SEC in batting average, runs scored, RBI, slug- Capital One Academic All-American (2012) ging percentage, on-base percentage, triples and . NCAA College Station All-Regional Team (2012) Elander played a large role in working with Arkansas’ catchers Atlanta Braves Minor League Player of the Year (2013) and helped develop Grant Koch into a first team All-SEC selec- Atlanta Braves Award Winner (2013) REVIEW RECORDS & HONORS VOLMANAC tion. Koch also earned a spot on the USA Baseball Collegiate National team. COACHING EXPERIENCE Prior to joining Arkansas’ coaching staff in 2017, Elander 2016 TCU Student Assistant spent the 2016 season as a student assistant at his alma mater 2017 Arkansas Volunteer Assistant Coach TCU, where he was able to complete his degree in communi- 2018-pres. Tennessee Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coord. cations while helping the Horned Frogs reach their third con- secutive College World Series. During his time at TCU, Elander POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE helped mentor sophomore catcher Evan Skoug, who was a TCU (as a player) semifinalist for the Award and was invited to 2010 College World Series (t-3rd) join the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. 2011 NCAA Regional (Fort Worth, Texas) Elander had a decorated playing career himself during his 2012 NCAA Super Regional (Los Angeles, Calif.) time at TCU from 2010-12. He hit .333 with 39 doubles, sev- TCU en triples, 18 home runs and 114 RBIs over 169 games during 2016 College World Series (t-3rd) his three seasons in Fort Worth. Elander earned Freshman All-America honors from Louisville Slugger and Ping!Baseball ARKANSAS in 2010 after batting .356 with 69 hits, 16 doubles, four triples, 2017 NCAA Regional (Fayetteville, Ark.) two home runs and 33 RBI in 59 games while helping TCU reach the College World Series. After taking over as the Horned Frogs starting catcher as a sophomore, Elander earned a spot on the USA Baseball Col- legiate National Team. Under the guidance of Vitello, who was TCU’s hitting coach from 2011-13, Elander started all 62 games and posted careers highs with 70 hits, 11 home runs and 43 RBIs en route to earning all-conference and Capital One Aca- demic All-America honors in 2012. Elander was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the sixth round of the 2012 MLB Draft and spent parts of four years in the Braves and Diamondbacks minor league systems before his career was cut short by injuries. Elander’s best sea- son came in 2013 when he was named the Atlanta Braves Mi- nor League Player of the Year and also won the Atlanta Braves , which is presented annually to the organi- zation’s top hitter in the minor leagues. During his professional career, Elander hit .273 with 21 homers and 135 RBIs through 222 games. Elander is a native of Round Rock, Texas, and earned his Bachelor’s degree in communications from TCU in 2016. He lives in Knoxville with his wife, Brittany. 2018 TENNESSEE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK | @VOL_BASEBALL 15 COACHES & STAFF ROSS KIVETT VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT 16 First Season at Tennessee /Camps Coordinator Kansas State, 2014

Ross Kivett was named Tennessee’s volunteer assistant coach in August of 2017.  KIVETT CAREER BREAKDOWN Kivett, an Ohio native, joined Vitello’s staff following four seasons in the ’ minor league system. His main PLAYING EXPERIENCE responsibilities include coaching the team’s infielders while 2011-2014 Kansas State assisting with baserunning and hitting on top of serving as Ten- nessee’s camp coordinator. Sixth Round MLB Draft Pick in 2014 (Detroit Tigers) “Coach Kivett brings an elevated amount of intensity, ener- 2014 (Single A) gy, and experience to Tennessee Baseball,” Vitello said. “He is 2014 Connecticut Tigers (Short-Season A) without question one of the most intense individuals I’ve ever 2015 West Michigan Whitecaps (Single A) seen on a baseball field.” 2016 Lakeland Flying Tigers (Advanced A) Kivett was an All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year 2017 Erie SeaWolves ( A) for Kansas State in 2013 before being drafted by the Tigers in 2017 Lakeland Flying Tigers (Advanced A) the sixth round of the 2014 First-Year 2017 Kansas City T-Bones (Independent) Player Draft. He went on to play 47 games with the Single A 2017 Traverse City Beach Bums (Independent) Connecticut Tigers in 2014, tallying 55 hits and 26 RBIs, before being assigned to the West Michigan Whitecaps where he col- PLAYING HONORS lected 154 hits, 78 runs scored, 30 doubles and 57 RBI over two ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second Team (2013) seasons (2014, 2015). Baseball America & Louisville Slugger All-America In 2016, Kivett played in 118 games for the Single A - Ad- Third Team (2013) vanced Lakeland Flying Tigers. He recorded 93 hits, including Big 12 Player of the Year (2013) 24 doubles, while being walked 70 times for a .328 on-base All-Big 12 First Team (2013) percentage. Kivett started 2017 with Lakeland, playing in 41 NCAA Manhattan Regional MVP (2013) games, before being assigned to the Erie Seawolves in May. He Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2013) went on to play in 25 games, notching 17 hits, 12 runs scored ABCA Midwest All-Region Second Team (2014) and four stolen bases. During his professional career, Kivett to- All-Big 12 Second Team (2014) taled 362 hits, 77 doubles, 147 RBI and 61 stolen bases. CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 Team (2014) While with the Tigers’ organization, he played with former Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2014) Vol Will Maddox in West Michigan and VFLs AJ Simcox and Two-time Big 12 Player of the Week (2014) in Erie. Prior to the 2014 draft, Kivett saw time at five different -po sitions for the Kansas State Wildcats. COACHING EXPERIENCE 2018-pres. Tennessee Volunteer Assistant Coach During a breakout junior campaign, he led the Big 12 in hits (94) and runs (57) and finished second in stolen bases (26) and total bases (126). Following the 2013 season, Kivett was tabbed POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE an All-American by three different outlets, earned Big 12 Play- KANSAS STATE (as a player) er of the Year accolades, ABCA Midwest All-Region First Team 2011 NCAA Regional (Fullerton, Calif.) honors and MVP of the NCAA Manhattan Regional. Kivett de- 2013 NCAA Super Regional (Corvallis, Ore.) cided against turning pro after being drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 2013, and instead returned to Kansas State to play his final season of college baseball as well as earn his degree. The All-American continued his stellar performance as a senior in 2014, becoming the first K-State player in nearly 17 years (the third in program history) to hit for the cycle when he achieved the feat on March 26 against Nebraska. Kivett cy- cled in reverse order, hitting a in the first, a in the second, a double in the third and a single in the sixth. He was named Big 12 Player of the Week following the series for the second time that season. Kivett capped off his career with ABCA Midwest All-Region and All-Big 12 Second Team honors. He also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 Team recognition. Kivett finished ranked among the Wildcats’ top-10 in mul- tiple categories, including first in stolen bases (80), second in games played (225) and games started (215), tied for second in runs scored (181), third in hits (277), fifth in (31), tied for fifth in walks (108) and tied for seventh in triples (11). He also started in 207 consecutive games, the longest such streak in Kansas State history. A 2014 graduate of Kansas State with a degree in communi- cation studies, Kivett is the son of Mike and Mary Kivett and has two siblings, Juliana and Jake.

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GENERAL INFO CHAD ZURCHER DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS MEDIA INFO Third Season at Tennessee Memphis, 2011 Liberty University, 2014

Heading into the 2018 season, Chad Zurcher enters his Major League Draft by the out of the Uni- COACHES/STAFF third year as the Tennessee Baseball team’s director of versity of Memphis. He went on to play 88 career games baseball operations. over two Minor League seasons, maintaining a combined Zurcher serves as a primary liaison between the Uni- .279 average between New York’s Rookie Kingsport Mets versity and the Vols Baseball program, while assisting the and Savannah Sand Gnats. coaching staff with coordinating offseason camps, events Zurcher earned his undergraduate degree from the Uni- and community service outings for the team. versity of Memphis in 2011 and went on to earn a Master’s Prior to joining the Volunteers’ staff, Zurcher coached Degree in Sport Administration from Liberty University in

youth teams and scheduled practices at the Ranger Base- 2014. PLAYERS ball Institute in Knoxville, Tenn. after retiring from a Minor “I went to Memphis and really enjoyed my time there,” League playing career. Over the past 10 years, he has also Zurcher added. “I went there and got to play Minor League

assisted and supervised preparations for events at the Uni- baseball but to be back in Knoxville and work for the Vols versity of Tennessee athletic facilities. is a dream come true.” In 2011, Zurcher was selected in the 31st round of the OPPONENTS

J.P. ARENCIBIA REVIEW RECORDS & HONORS VOLMANAC STUDENT ASSISTANT 44 First Season at Tennessee

Former Vol and Major League catcher J.P. Arencibia was tabbed bia’s freshman stats placed him in UT’s single-season record book Tennessee’s student assistant coach for the 2018 season. in multiple categories, including second in at-bats (283), tied for Arencibia returns to the University of Tennessee to finish his un- eighth in hits, tied for ninth in homers and sixth in RBIs. The cam- dergraduate degree after 10 years in the ranks, paign also earned him Freshman All-America honors from Baseball six of which were spent in the MLB. America and Louisville Slugger, and the title of SEC Freshman of The Miami native was taken with the 21st overall pick of the the Year. He earned additional postseason recognition when he was 2007 Draft by the . He spent three years in the named to the SEC All-Tournament team and NCAA Knoxville Re- minors before making his debut on Aug. 7, 2010, in a game against gional All-Tournament team. the that became one to remember. Arencibia hom- Following his freshman season, Arencibia immediately joined the ered twice and finished with four hits, earning a standing ovation USA Baseball Collegiate National Team and proceeded to lead the at Rogers Centre. elite club in hits (23), RBIs (12), total bases (33) and slugging per- He became Toronto’s starting catcher in 2011 and held onto the centage (.579). position through 2013 before signing with the Texas Rangers as a As the Vols’ starting catcher, he hit a career-high .352 during free agent for the 2014 season. He notched 36 hits and 35 RBI while his sophomore season. Arencibia totaled 76 hits, 28 of which were with the Rangers. extra-base knocks. He also recorded a career-high slugging per- In 2015, Arencibia played a 24-game stint with the Tampa Bay centage of .583 en route to driving in 52 runs. The stellar campaign Rays and recorded the best average of his career (.310). He went earned him All-America accolades from Louisville Slugger and Col- 22-for-71 and drove in 17 runs over that span. lege Baseball Foundation. He finished his MLB career with a .212 batting average, 80 home During his final season on Rocky Top, Arencibia posted a .450 runs and 245 RBI over 466 games. In the minors, he hit .263 over on-base percentage while tallying 63 hits and 42 RBI. He finished 647 games, homered 135 times and drove in 445 runs. Arencibia his UT career with a .333 batting average, 230 hits, 165 RBI and 145 earned 15 accolades including AL Player of the Week in May of 2012 scored runs through 174 games. Arencibia started all but one contest and finished the 2011 season ranked 25th in triples among American while at Tennessee and ranks among the top 10 all-time at UT in hits League players. (seventh), doubles (seventh), home runs (sixth), RBIs (fourth) and In his first season at Tennessee, Arencibia finished the year total bases (third). ranked second on the squad in RBIs (71) and home runs (14) while ranking third in hits (91). By the end of the 67-game slate, Arenci- 2018 TENNESSEE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK | @VOL_BASEBALL 17 COACHES & STAFF Director of Player Development Former Tennessee All- overall) of the First-Year Player Draft out of Tennessee American and Major League and went on to make his Major League debut just two Baseball veteran Todd years later on Aug. 2, 1997. During his first professional Helton joined the baseball season in 1996, he combined to hit .336 with 131 hits, nine staff as director of player homers and 64 RBI over 114 games between Double A development on January 27, New Haven and Triple A Colorado Springs. 2017. As a junior with the Tennessee Volunteers in 1995, Now in his second Helton hit at a .407 clip while leading the league in home season in the volunteer runs (20), RBI (92), runs (86), doubles (27), hits (105), role, Helton is responsible walks (61), slugging percentage (.775) and on-base for maintaining alumni percentage (.522). He also led the conference with a 1.66 relations, assisting with ERA while compiling an 8-2 record with 12 saves. on-campus recruiting, The 1995 National Collegiate Player of the Year collaborating with UT’s coaching staff and helping received the Dick Howser Award from USA Today/ Tennessee’s current players make informed decisions Baseball Weekly, Baseball America’s National Player of about pursuing professional baseball careers. the Year Award, Collegiate Baseball’s Co-National Player “After spending three years at Tennessee and 17 years of the Year and the ’s Male in the Major Leagues with the , I really Athlete of the Year Award that season. By doing so, he wanted to give back to this program any way that I can,” became just the second baseball player to receive the Helton said. SEC award, while the two-time First Team All-American Helton spent 17 years with the Colorado Rockies was also a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award in 1995. organization and as the club’s longest-tenured player, he Helton was a consensus Freshman All-American, First was a five-time All-Star, four-time Louisville Slugger Silver Team All-SEC and Third Team All-American in 1993. The Slugger Award winner and three-time Rawlings Gold honors continued to roll in 1994 as he earned All-America Glove Award winner. honors by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers At the time of his retirement in 2013, Helton held Association, Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball. Rockies career records for games played (2,247), runs The Tennessee native helped guide the Vols to three (1,401), hits (2,519), doubles (592), home runs (369), straight NCAA Regional appearances, including a third- RBI (1,406), walks (1,335) and extra-base hits (998). He place finish at the 1995 College World Series. He was also ranked 16th all-time among Major League players in twice named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team and doubles (592), 19th in OPS (.953), 35th in walks (1,335) earned a complete-game pitching victory over Clemson in and 37th in extra-base hits (998). On Aug. 7, 2014, Helton the first round of the College World Series. Helton holds became the first player in Rockies history to have his numerous school hitting records and the SEC’s mark for jersey No. 17 retired at . consecutive scoreless innings pitched with 47.2 in 1994. In 1995, Helton was selected in the first round (eighth

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GENERAL INFO CARMEN TEGANO Associate Athletics Director Carmen Tegano is athletics department since 1985 and was previously the an Associate Athletics Associate Athletics Director for Student Life. Director at the University of Tegano holds a doctorate from Tech, where Tennessee. he served as assistant athletics director before joining the MEDIA INFO His primary responsibili- Tennessee staff. He coached at both the high school and ties are management of the college levels prior to entering athletics administration baseball as well as working in 1980. Tegano is an adjunct professor at Tennessee with the office of develop- and has taught numerous courses in the area of athletics ment in the area of fundrais- administration and leadership. ing and endowments from He and his wife, Deborah, have two daughters, Rachel former student-athletes. and Mary Katherine. Tegano has been with the COACHES/STAFF

JEFF WOOD DR. CHRIS KLENCK Athletic Trainer Team Physician A big key to the Vols’ Dr. Chris Klenck enters his

success on the diamond is PLAYERS 11th season as the head team certified athletic trainer Jeff physician on the UT Sports Wood, who is in his 18th Medicine staff season with the Tennessee Klenck came to Knoxville baseball team. in November 2006 following Wood’s 30 plus years’ a primary care sports experience as a certified medicine fellowship at OPPONENTS athletic trainer has routinely earned him the praise of Indiana University Medical his colleagues—and it also Center. He had served the earned him trips to China Indianapolis hospital since in 2007 and Italy, Germany June 2001 in the positions of REVIEW RECORDS & HONORS VOLMANAC and the Netherlands with Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Major League Baseball International every summer since intern, resident and chief resident 2010. During fellowship training, Klenck was an assistant team “Woody,” as he is known in the clubhouse, arrived physician for the Indianapolis Colts preseason training at Tennessee boasting numerous years of professional camps and assisted at Purdue University, his alma mater. experience as a baseball trainer, including a 10-year stint He worked the NFL Scouting Combines in Indianapolis, has as a certified trainer in the organization NCAA championships experience and served as a team (which included a four-year stint as head trainer for the physician in the Indiana high school ranks class-AAA ). Additionally, he has earned board certifications in In addition, he has worked with the Bluefield Orioles Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Primary Care Sports rookie-league team, the Charlotte O’s class-AA club, the Medicine Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), NASCAR and In January 2013, was named the Sports Medicine Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). Person of the Year by the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ In 1987, Wood was named Athletic Trainer of the Year Society (TATS) by the Southern League of Professional Baseball Clubs. An Evansville, Ind., native, Klenck earned his doctor of He also has been invited to give numerous pro- pharmacy degree from Purdue before completing his doctor fessional presentations on topics ranging from “Care of medicine degree at Indiana University School of Medicine and Prevention of the Potentially Cervical Spine Injured He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Athlete” to “Shoulder Injuries Associated with Overhand American College of Physicians, American Medical Society Throwing.” for Sports Medicine and American College of Sports Medicine The Winfield, W.Va., native has earned a bachelor’s Klenck is married to the former Laura Botto of Dayton, degree in Education from Marshall (1984) and a mas- Ohio. They are the parents of three children: Jacob, Ben ter’s in Exercise Science from Tennessee (2002). He is and Ella certified by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification and licensed by the State of Tennessee. In addition to his baseball duties, Wood also works closely with the Volunteer tennis teams and is the manag- er for the East Athletic Training Room facility. Wood and his wife, the former Malinda Gray, reside in Clinton, Tenn., and are the proud parents of sons, Jordan, Lucas and Zachary and the proud grandparents of Sara and Corbin. 2018 TENNESSEE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK | @VOL_BASEBALL 19 COACHES & STAFF QUENTIN EBERHARDT SEAN MCCANN Strength and Conditioning Coach Video Coordinator Quentin Eberhardt was Sean McCann was hired as Tennessee base- hired as Tennessee base- ball’s strength and condi- ball’s video coordinator tioning coach in October of in October of 2017 after 2017 after spending eight working for Prep Baseball years in professional base- Report in various capaci- ball. ties from 2013-17. McCann “Our search started with brings a wealth of expe- a wide scope but after rience to his new position meeting Quentin weeks and has an impressive before his hire he actual- record as a talent-evalu- ly molded the criteria in ator. which we were looking During 2013-15, McCann for,” Tennessee head coach served as the Kansas Tony Vitello said. “We wanted someone with pro ball Scouting Director for Prep experience in order to aid our player’s preparation for Baseball Report where he the next level. We also wanted someone well versed in initially launched what is now the scouting epicenter the cutting edge methods that are being used today - the of the country with the likes of , , ones that work and the ones that don’t. In specific, Coach Nonie Williams and many more high-profile prospects. He Q has a proven track record of using these methods to became the outlet’s national crosschecker in 2016. help players make physical gains while also keeping them Prior to joining Prep Baseball Report, McCann spent healthy.” 18 years coaching at various levels of college baseball, Eberhardt brings a wealth of experience as a strength including nine years as recruiting coordinator at Big 12 and conditioning coach in professional baseball. The Conference schools Missouri and Kansas. Columbus, Ohio native spent the last four seasons as the head strength and conditioning coach for the New Orleans Baby Cakes, the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins. MEGHAN ANDERSON Before working with New Orleans, Eberhardt also spent time as the strength coach at four other minor league Associate Director of Academics teams: the Rome Braves (2013), the Quad City River Meghan Anderson joined Bandits (2012), the Corpus Christi Hooks (2011) and the the University of Tennessee Gulf Coast League Astros (2010). staff in August 2013 as During his time working in professional baseball, the Associate Director for Eberhardt worked with numerous major leaguers such Student Services. as Dallas Keuchel, Dee Gordon, Brian McCann, Stephen Prior to Tennessee, she Piscotty, J.D. Martinez, Edinson Volquez and Martin Prado, was at the University of among others. Missouri from 2007-13 as Eberhardt played college baseball Norfolk State, the Total Person Program’s Columbus State Community College and Ashland Assistant Director and University, where he was a corner and earned Academic Coordinator for All-Regional Tournament team honors during his senior the Missouri baseball and year in 2008. football teams. Eberhardt is a certified strength and conditioning Before her assistant specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning director role, Anderson also served as the Academic Organization (NSCA) and also holds a Precision Hydration Coordinator for the Swimming & Diving and Tennis pro- Level 1 certification from Precision Nutrition. grams in addition to being the Tutor Coordinator. Eberhardt grow up in Columbus, Ohio and earned Her responsibilities with the Volunteers include - a Bachelor of Science degree in management from ing student-athletes with major selection, scheduling, the University of Phoenix in 2011. He has a son named assigning tutors and mentors, interaction with professors Marcellas. and working closely to monitor the student-athletes prog- ress toward graduation. Under Anderson’s guidance, the Tennessee Baseball team posted its highest graduation success rate in pro- gram history. A native of Omaha, Neb., Anderson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska and a Masters in Recreation and Sports Management from Indiana State. While at Nebraska, Anderson was a four- year starter on the women’s soccer team and still holds the record for most consecutive games played with 94.

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MARY ALLEN DANNY BURNLEY SEAN BAROWS ANGIE DOYLE COACHES/STAFF Fan Experience Ticket Media Relations Event Management

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ROCKY KUNDERT STEPHANIE HORVATH DR. JOE WHITNEY Fan Experience Nutritionist Sport Psychologist REVIEW RECORDS & HONORS VOLMANAC

Back (L-R): Allyson Fisher, McClain Remus, Carly Bourne, Dani Clark, Taylor Call, Tricia Burtt, Chelsea Ott Middle (L-R): Emmie Dickman, Shannon Perrone, Malena D’Alessandro, Joy Postell Gee (Director), Emily Springstube, Alexa Stroh, Natalie Keener Front (L-R): Taylor Wiseman, Emma Waddle, Maggie Tracy, Chelsey Texeria, Rebecca Mitchell, Katie McDaniel 2018 TENNESSEE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK | @VOL_BASEBALL 21 COACHES & STAFF DR. BEVERLY DAVENPORT UT KNOXVILLE CHANCELLOR SECOND YEAR AT TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ‘81

Beverly Davenport is the eighth chancellor of the University University. She worked for Kansas for 11 years, most recently as of Tennessee, Knoxville, the state’s flagship public research a divisional dean for social sciences. She began her academic university. career at Kentucky, where she rose to the rank of associate She joined the Volunteer family on Feb. 15, 2017, after professor and chaired the Department of Communication. serving for more than three years at the University of Cincinnati, An accomplished scholar, she has published three books most recently as interim president and before that as senior vice on issues of work life and workplace civility and has authored president and provost. more than 100 papers. She has served as principal investigator At UC, Davenport initiated plans that resulted in record- or co-principal investigator on more than $19 million of funded breaking enrollment as well as increases in student retention and research projects and has been recognized for advancements graduation rates. She directed resources to improve advising, in technology-infused learning and health communication, career education, online learning, and study abroad programs. including telemedicine and telehospice. Collaborating with the athletics department, she helped make it Davenport earned a PhD in communication with a minor easier for student-athletes to keep up with their studies through in organizational behavior from Michigan, and bachelor’s technology and innovative classroom spaces. and master’s degrees in communication and journalism from As UC’s provost, she launched several faculty hiring Western Kentucky. She also completed Harvard’s Institute for programs. A $60 million cluster hiring initiative recruits world- Management and Leadership in Higher Education. class faculty for interdisciplinary collaborations in emerging She is a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and has two areas of study. Programs for strategic hiring opportunities and grown children: daughter Sloan Sypher, who graduated from dual career assistance resulted in strong growth in the numbers Vanderbilt with a degree in biomedical engineering and is a of minority and female faculty. graduate student at Cincinnati’s School of Design, and Ford Davenport served at Purdue for more than 11 years, most Sypher, who studied international affairs at Columbia and served recently as vice provost for faculty affairs. Before that she was in the 75th Ranger Regiment of the U.S. Army. He now lives in a senior fellow on the provost’s staff at Virginia Polytechnic New York City. DR. DONALD BRUCE FACULTY ATHLETIC REPRESENTATIVE 19TH YEAR AT TENNESSEE DREW UNIVERSITY ‘94

Donald Bruce is the Douglas and Brenda Horne Professor small business activity before the President’s Advisory Panel of Business in the Center for Business and Economic Research on Federal Tax Reform in 2005. (CBER) and the Department of Economics at the University of Dr. Bruce regularly teaches graduate and undergraduate Tennessee, Knoxville. courses on the economics of taxation and the economics of He joined the UTK faculty in 1999 after receiving his M.A. health and health care. He has recently served as the Director and Ph.D. in Economics from Syracuse University and his B.A. of Graduate Studies in Economics and the Director of the with honors in Economics from Drew University. Undergraduate Major in Public Administration. Before becoming As a CBER economist, Dr. Bruce regularly provides Faculty Athletics Representative, Dr. Bruce served for two years objective, non-partisan policy research and evaluation under as chair of the Athletics Board’s Fiscal Integrity and Long-Range contracts with an array of government agencies at the federal Planning Committee. He has also served as chair of the UTK and state levels. His recent work in CBER has included an Faculty Senate’s Budget and Planning Committee. Dr. Bruce is an ongoing evaluation of Tennessee’s welfare program, Families active member of the National Tax Association, the International First, for the Tennessee Department of Human Services, Institute of Public Finance, and the American, Southern, and an analysis of teacher supply and demand in Tennessee for Western Economic Associations. His community service has the Governor’s Office of Education Policy, and a forecast of included numerous economic and policy presentations for state expenditures on Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarships for and local organizations, and he currently serves as Chairman of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. the Board of Innovative Education Partnership, the non-profit In addition to his CBER research, Dr. Bruce studies the governing body of the Clayton-Bradley STEM Academy in Blount economic and behavioral effects of tax policies on such County. things as small business activity and owner-occupied Dr. Bruce lives in Walland, Tenn., with his wife Jennifer, a housing. His work has been presented and published in a mathematics teacher at Clayton-Bradley, and their daughter variety of academic journals, edited volumes, and professional Annie. meetings. He has testified before Congress on the topic of internet taxation, and he presented his work on taxes and 22 2018 TENNESSEE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK | UTSPORTS.COM

GENERAL INFO DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FIRST YEAR AT TENNESSEE MEDIA INFO TENNESSEE ‘72

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Chancellor Beverly produced 19 first-round NFL Draft selections and had a total Davenport announced the appointment of Phillip Fulmer as of 101 players selected overall. Director of Athletics on Dec. 1, 2017. Fulmer moved to this • Under Fulmer, the Vols were ranked in the national polls position after serving as special advisor to University of at game time for 169 of his 204 games as head coach.

Tennessee President Joe DiPietro for community, athletics • Tennessee posted a 44-37 record against teams ranked in

and university relations since June 20, 2017. the Associated Press Top-25 Poll during his tenure. COACHES/STAFF Fulmer—a former Tennessee football co-captain who went • Fulmer is one of only three coaches to produce multiple on to lead the Volunteers to a football national championship winners the Draddy Award (now known as the William and earn first-ballot induction into the National Football V. Campbell Trophy), which recognizes the nation’s top Foundation Hall of Fame—has faithfully academic and athletic student-athlete by The National served the University of Tennessee for more than 40 years. Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame.

Fulmer wasted no time getting to work. Six days after Offensive lineman Michael Munoz and quarterback Peyton taking the reins of the athletic department at his alma mater, Manning both received the award under Fulmer’s tutelage. he finalized a deal to make Jeremy Pruitt the 26th head coach Fulmer’s family approach in developing and guiding his in the storied history of the Tennessee football program. young men on and off the field gave him the opportunity to PLAYERS Fulmer had experience in such endeavors, as in 2013 he mentor some of the top names in college and NFL history— was tabbed by the administration at ETSU to serve as “special including Manning, Eric Berry, Chad Clifton, Al Wilson and assistant to the athletic director and advisor to football,” Jason Witten. Fulmer’s motivation was rooted in his role as providing guidance and expertise as the school sought to a principled mentor who pushed his student-athletes to grow restart its football program, which had been dormant for 10 socially, spiritually, academically and personally, as well as years. athletically. The cornerstones of Tennessee Athletics under Fulmer’s Fulmer’s reputation as an ace recruiter led many analysts OPPONENTS leadership are warmth, communication, trust and intensity. to praise him as one of the top head coach recruiters. His • Warmth – Ensuring that we care about our student- holistic approach earned recognition from his peers as he athletes, our university, our state, our fans and our community was named the second coach in history to earn the Eddie

• Communication – Transparency in sharing our vision and Robinson Coach of Distinction Trophy, the presidency of REVIEW RECORDS & HONORS VOLMANAC goals with our various constituencies the Coaches Association, and national, • Trust – We will build trust with our constituencies to regional and conference coach of the year honors. ensure that we weather and withstand the challenges we are His induction into the 2012 National Football Foundation certain to face. and College Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot was a • Intensity – We will operate with great intensity daily to be rare accomplishment, signifying immense respect from his the very best at our chosen calling peers. He previously was inducted to the Tennessee Sports Fulmer leaned on those same four pillars while leading his Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of alma mater’s storied football program to the most dominant Fame in 2008. He was welcomed into the Tennessee Athletics era in its modern history. Hall of Fame in 2017. Fulmer’s 17 years at the helm of the Volunteers program Fulmer and his wife, Vicky, have been passionate and active produced a record of 152 wins and 52 losses. At the supporters of several philanthropic causes. Phillip has served conclusion of Fulmer’s final season, he was the dean of SEC as the national spokesperson for The Jason Foundation, Inc., football coaches and no active coach with at least a decade in since 1998. He also serves as honorary chair of the Knoxville Division I-A had a better winning percentage (.744). Alzheimer’s Association Walk and sits on the Board of Under his tutelage, the Volunteers were the first to win the Trustees for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley. Bowl Championship Series National Championship in 1998 The annual Phillip Fulmer Golf Classic in 2001 has raised and made five appearances in the SEC Championship game, over $1 million for Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley. winning it in 1997 and 1998 and also capturing SEC East titles Additionally, Vicky stands as an honorary board member with in 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2007. Friends of the Smokies. Fulmer was named SEC Coach of the Year and National Fulmer’s three daughters—Courtney, Brittany and Allison— Coach of the Year in 1998. each graduated from the University of Tennessee’s College A 1972 Tennessee graduate, he starred on the offensive of Communication & Information. Brittany and Allison also line during his playing career, serving as team co-captain as lettered as Lady Vols, competing as a diver and a a senior. The Vols were 30-5 and won an SEC Championship player, respectively. His son, Phillip Jr., lives and works in and a Sugar Bowl during his playing career from 1969-71. White House, Tennessee. He returned to Rocky Top as an assistant coach in 1980 Between his Tennessee coaching tenure and his return to before being named head coach in 1992. UT in 2017, Fulmer also worked in business development and Fulmer built his programs by challenging and motivating made motivational speaking appearances nationwide. his teams to victories when the pressure was highest. Among his many accolades: • Nine Fulmer-coached squads eclipsed the 10-win mark and two others just missed with nine victories. • Eighteen of Fulmer’s Vols earned first-team All-America honors, 70 Vols garnered first-team All-SEC acclaim and he

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