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Joe Little - Jr. - LHP

Joe Little 6-Foot-1 * 175 Bats: L * Throws: L Arvada, Colo. * Arvada Senior HS

Draft: Selected in 48th round of the 2000 draft by the .

Summer 2002: Played for the Cotuit Kettlers in the Cape Cod League ... Went 2-2 with a 4.37 ERA in seven appearances ... Averaged one per inning in 35 innings pitched while walking just 15 ... Combined with three teammates to toss a no-hitter against Chatham.

Arizona 2002: Arizona’s Sunday starter, made 17 appearances in 2002 ... Did not earn a decision against Washington State (5/18) despite giving up only four runs in six innings. He struck out seven and walked two ... Struck out eight in a six inning loss to UCLA (5/11) ... Won his sixth game of the season with six innings of work against UC Riverside (4/21). Struck out six and walked none while giving up three runs on four hits. Retired 14 straight hitters after giving up a leadoff single to start the game ... Was the hard-luck loser in Arizona’s 2-1 defeat at Cal (4/14). Pitched well for 6.2 innings, giving up just two runs on seven hits, while striking out five and walking one ... Did not earn a decision after tossing seven innings at Oregon State (3/29). Gave up just one run on six hits while striking out seven ... Ended Arizona’s season-high losing streak of four straight with 5.1 innings of work against UNC Wilmington (3/16). Earned his team-leading fifth win with six and only one walk against the Seahawks ... Did not earn a decision in 5.2 innings of work at Long Beach State (3/9) ... Won his team-high-tying fourth game of the season with six innings of work against CSUDH (3/3). Struck out six and walked only one ... Did not earn a decision in six innings of work against UC Irvine (2/23) in which he surrendered only two runs on five hits ... Suffered his first loss in 24 career appearances at Texas A&M (2/16) ... Struck out a career high 10 San Diego State hitters over seven innings to pick up his third win of the season (2/8) in UA’s 6-3 victory ... Went seven innings with nine K’s to earn his second win of the season against Utah just six days after being hit above the left eye with a foul ball in Arizona’s dugout. He received 20 stitches from the injury, but did not miss a start ... Went six innings in his season debut against New Mexico, struck out five and walked only one en route to the win.

Summer 2001: Played for the Mat Su Miners in the Alaska League ... Was 3-2 with a 1.79 ERA in eight starts ... Struck out 56 hitters while walking only 22 in 50.1 innings ... The Miners finished 12th in the National Baseball Congress .

Arizona 2001: Appeared in 20 games, 19 in relief and one start ... Picked up his fourth win of the season with 6.2 innings of work against Washington in the season’s final game ... Struck out a career-high eight Huskies in the victory ... Worked 6.1 innings of relief at seventh-ranked Stanford ... Came on in relief in series finale against ASU, tossing a then-career high 5.1 innings of three hit ball ... Worked three innings and struck out five to earn second save at Grand Canyon ... Picked up third victory with three innings of work against UCLA (3/11) ... Tossed 2.1 innings in relief against New Mexico (2/10) ... Earned first career victory at Hawaii-Hilo (1/19) ... Did not surrender a run in first five innings pitched.

High School: Graduated from Arvada Senior High School in Arvada, Colo. where he played under Coach Mark Magdeleno ... Earned four letters pitching and playing first base and a right field... Team captain his senior year... All-state and honorable mention all-USA his senior season... Also played football under Coach Bob Bozied... Earned two letters as a wide receiver ... Was a member of the honor roll all four years.

Personal: Full name: Joseph Thomas Little... Nickname: Joe... Born: 3/10/82 in Wheatridge, Colo. ... Major: IDS Applied Political Economy ... Son of Tom and Kathy Little... Has a sister, Amy, who played volleyball at the University of Southern Colorado from 1998-2001.

2003 Arizona Baseball 19 Matt McKinney - Fr. - INF

Matt McKinney 6-Foot-1 * 195 Bats: R * Throws: R Tucson, Ariz. * Santa Rita HS

High School: Graduated from Santa Rita High School in Tucson, Ariz., where he earned four varsity letters for coach Dan Moore ... Was a 4A South All-Star in 2002 ... First team All-Kino Region his senior year ... Second team all-region his junior year ... Participated in the Super 50 game in 2002 ... Also played two seasons of varsity soccer for coach J.C. Boston ... Was second team all- region his junior year in soccer ... Was on the honor roll all four years and graduated with a 3.62 GPA.

Summer Leagues: Played five season for the Tucson Dorados ... Team took fourth place at the USA Baseball 16 and under tournament... Played in the scout league.

Personal: Full name: Matthew Michael McKinney ... Nickname: Moose ... Born: 12/2/83 in Tucson, Ariz. ... Undecided on area of academic pursuit ... Son of Michael and Jennifer McKinney ... Has a sister, Meghan, who attends Northern Arizona ... Collects baseball cards and lists video games as his hobby.

John Meloan - Fr. - RHP

John Meloan 6-Foot-3 * 225 Bats: R * Throws: R Houston, Texas * Taylor HS

High School: Graduated from Taylor High School in Katy, Texas, where he earned three varsity letters for coach Melvin Cerny ... Was named to the 2002 all-state team ... Led the Houston area in strikeouts per inning in 2002 ... Tossed a school record three no-hitters during his career, including a 20-strikeout no-no against Mayde Creek HS his senior year .. Also earned a pair of varsity letters in football for coach Bill Law ... Was named to the all-district football team after leading Taylor in receptions and touchdown catches ... Was on Taylor’s Honor Roll ... Was an academic all-district honoree ... Is a member of the National Honor Society ... Was nominated for acceptance into the US Air Force Academy by US Representative John Culberson from Texas.

Personal: Full name: Jonathan Michael Meloan ... Born: 7/11/84 in Houston, Texas ... Majoring in business with an emphasis on finance ... Son of Mike and Janice Meloan ... Has a sister, Mindy, who attends Stephen F. Austin ... Lists hunting and fishing among his hobbies.

2003 Arizona Baseball 20 Richard Mercado - So. - C/1B

Richard Mercado 6-Foot-0 * 208 Bats: R * Throws: R San Clemente, Calif. * Mater Dei HS

Summer 2002: Played with Arizona teammate John Hardy for the Harrisonburg (Va.) Turks in the Valley League ... Batted .211 in 40 games with four doubles and 11 RBIs.

Arizona 2002: Started 37 games as DH, catcher, at first and third... Tallied his second pinch hit of the season against UC Riverside (4/19). Laced a single through the left side of the infield with two- outs in the eighth inning to score a pair of runners ... Picked up Arizona’s third pinch hit of the season in the eighth inning in UA’s 2-1 loss to Oregon State (3/29) ... Collected at least one hit in the first nine games he started ... Hit .300 (3 for 10) with three runs scored against #15 Arizona State (3/22-24) ... Went 5 for 13 with an RBI and a run scored in three games against UNC Wilmington (3/15-17) ... Hit his first career home run en route to a 2 for 4, four RBI and two run game against New Mexico State (2/26) ... Hit. .417 (5 for 12) with three RBIs and three runs scored in three games against UC Irvine (2/22-24) ... In three games against San Diego State he went 6 for 12 (.500) with two RBIs and three runs scored ... Went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in a single game against Southern Utah (2/5) ... Collected his first collegiate hit, a double, against Utah (2/1) ... Went 4 for 11(.363) with three doubles and four runs scored against the Utes in three games.

High School: Graduated from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif., where he played for coach Burt Call ... Three-year letterwinner in baseball ... Was twice named team captain ... Was a three position player in high school catching, pitching and outfield ... A two-time all-county honoree ... Was named the Serra League MVP ... Holds the school record for most hits in a season ... Played Connie Mack baseball for the Encititas Reds throughout high school.

Personal: Full name: Richard Michael Mercado ... Born 5/23/83 in Mission Viejo, Calif. ... Undecided in area of academic pursuit ... Son of Marcos and Vickie Mercado ... Has two brothers, David and Tomas ... Tomas plays football for Iona College in New York.

Ray Neal - Fr. - RHP

Ray Neal 6-Foot-0 * 185 Bats: L * Throws: R Phoenix, Ariz. * Mountain Pointe HS

High School: Graduated from Mountain Pointe High School where he earned two varsity letters for coach Roger LeBlanc ... Holds Mountain Pointe season records for doubles and hit by pitch ... First team All-Central Region in 2001 and 2002 ... First team all-city in 2001 ... Played for Team Arizona in the Sunbelt Classic ... Honorable mention All-Southeast Valley and All-East Valley Tribune in 2001 and 2002 ... National Honor Society Vice President ... Graduated in the top 10 percent of his class ... Four-time AIA Scholar Athlete ... Lettered academically all four years ... Listed in Who’s Who Among American High School Students.

Summer Leagues: Was the No. 3 prospect at the Team One West Regional ... Played with the Arizona Giants in the Connie Mack League in 2001 and 2002.

Personal: Full name: Forrest Ray Neal ... Born: 11/4/83 in Hollywood, Fla. ... Majoring in business ... Son of Ray and Debbie Neal ... Has a brother, Matt, that also plays baseball at Mountain Pointe HS ... Is a first-degree black belt in the American Tae Kwon Do Association and the International Tae Kwon Do Association

2003 Arizona Baseball 21 Alex Ortega - Fr. - INF

Alex Ortega 5-Foot-10 * 195 Bats: R * Throws: R Tucson, Ariz. * Cholla HS

High School: Graduated from Cholla High School in Tucson where he earned four varsity baseball letters for coaches Frank Trujillo and Dan Lopez ... Team captain in 2001 and again in 2002 ... Owns Cholla High School career records for most home runs, RBIs, runs scored, walks and varsity games played ... Was named to the All-Southern Arizona Baseball Team four times ... Also played two seasons of varsity soccer for coach Art Arnold ... Was named the Hispanic Student Athlete of the Year his senior season ... Was honored with recognition as a Hispanic Studies Student.

Summer Leagues: Played two seasons of All-Star Pony baseball ... Was member of the Tucson Dorados traveling team for four years ... Participated for the USA Baseball 16 and under team for three years and for the 18 and under team for two ... Earned all-tournament honors for the USA Baseball 18 and under team.

Personal: Full name: Alex Wes Ortega ... Nickname: Bruiser ... Born: 10/26/83 in Tucson, Ariz. ... Son of Alex and Juanita Ortega ... Has two brothers, Vinny and Brian ... Got the nickname Bruiser from his pediatrician the day he was born because he weighed in at 10 lbs-12.5 oz.

Brian Pemble - Sr. - LHP

Brian Pemble 6-Foot-4 * 200 Bats: L * Throws: L Tucson, Ariz. * Catalina Foothills HS

Arizona 2002: Redshirted the season.

Arizona 2001: Appeared in 15 games, making three starts ... Missed the second half of the season with a broken bone in his arm ... Worked four innings of relief against Southern Utah, striking out five and walking none ... Tossed the final two innings against St. Francis to earn his third victory of the season ... Picked up his second win against Texas A&M (2/17), working 4.2 scoreless innings in relief ... Earned his first win of the season with 4.2 innings of relief against St. Mary’s (1/29) in which he struck out five and walked one. Arizona 2000: Made 14 appearances, starting 10 games... Third on the team in starts... Struck out 35 batters in 40.1 innings pitched... Allowed just one run on four hits in victory over St. Mary’s (1/23)... Did not suffer a loss in his first five decisions... Worked back-to-back six-plus inning performances recording two victories... Had a season high 7.0 inning stint in a victory over Nevada (2/13)... Picked off a team leading three base stealers on the season. Summer 1999: Pitched for the Brainerd Mighty Gulls of the Northwoods League ... Went 5-5, 4.79 in 10 games (nine starts) ... Allowed just 57 hits in 62.0 innings ... Team finished second in the North Division. Arizona 1999: Tied for the team lead with 20 appearances ... Held opponents to a .366 slugging percentage ... Lefties hit just .211 off him ... Held batters to a .191 mark with two outs and .253 with men on base ... Stranded 17 of the 26 runners he inherited ... Struck out a season-best four batters on three occasions ... Earned first win with 6.0 shutout innings vs. Grand Canyon (3/16) ... Worked a season-high 4.2 innings vs. Arizona State (2/28). Summer 1998: Competed in the Connie Mack League. High School: Graduated from Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson where he played for Coach Jason Hisey ... Earned three letters as a ... Named to the Arizona Daily Star’s second-team 4A All-Sonoran Region ... Named to the Tucson Citizen All-Star second team ... Team MVP as a junior ... Also earned two letters in basketball ... First-team All-Sonoran Region ... Was a 1997 Area Code Games participant. Personal: Full name: Brian William Pemble ... Born: 4/24/80 in Tucson ... Majoring in political science with a minor in business ... Son of Bill and Lauri Pemble ... Father is an Arizona alum ... Has two brothers, Brady and Neal, and a sister Hayley ... Brady runs cross country and track at USC.

2003 Arizona Baseball 22 David Phillips - Fr. - INF

David Phillips 6-2 * 207 Bats: R * Throws: R Seaside, Calif. * Monterey HS

High School: Graduated from Monterey (Calif.) High School where he earned three varsity letters for coach Michael Groves ... Was team captain his junior and senior seasons ... Was a two-time all- league selection ... Batted .471 his senior season .. Team played for the Central Coast Champion- ship in 2002 ... Also earned two letters in football and one in basketball ... Was team captain of the football team his senior season an of the basketball team his junior year ... Was an all-league quarterback his senior season ... Was a member of the Honor Roll three times.

Summer Leagues: Played in the AAU Championships in Florida ... Participated in the Junior Olympics ... Attended the Aldrete Baseball Academy.

Personal: Full name: David Phillips ... Born: 7/11/83 in Monterey, Calif. ... Majoring in sociology ... Son of Molly Hayes ... Has three brothers, Dylan, Daniel and Jared, and one sister, Jennifer ... Brother Daniel played a year of professional baseball in Germany ... David was a youth coach at the Aldrete Baseball Academy.

Pat Reilly - R-So. - 1B/OF

Pat Reilly 6-Foot-1 * 195 Bats: L * Throws: L Reno, Nev. * Bishop Monogue HS

Arizona 2002: Took over the starting position at first base at the midpoint of the 2002 season and made 27 starts ... Appeared in another 13 games as a pinch hitter and defensive replacement ... Ended the 2002 season with a six-game hitting streak ... Set an NCAA Division I record for putouts in a game with 29 in Arizona’s 18-inning 5-4 loss to Stanford (4/5) ... Hit his second career home run en route to a 4 for 12 (.333) weekend against Washington State (5/17-19). Finished the series with three RBIs and three runs scored ... Went 3 for 3 with a pair of RBIs in a game vs. UCLA (5/ 10) ... Finished a three-game series at #23 USC (4/26-28) with a .300 average (3 for 10), three RBIs and two runs scored ... Went 4 for 11 (.364) in three games vs. UC Riverside (4/19-21) ... Hit his first career home run, a grand slam, against Grand Canyon (4/16) ... Was 4 for 17 (.235) in three games against the Cardinal with two RBIs and three runs scored ... Went 2 for 4 (.500) at Oregon State (3/29) ... Had two RBIs on two hits against #15 Arizona State (3/22-23) ... Finished 1 for 1 with a double against Long Beach State (3/10) ... Went 1 for 1 with three runs scored and an RBI in two games vs. UC Irvine (2/23-24) ... Hit is first career triple against the Anteaters (2/24). Summer 2001: Played for the San Diego Mavericks of the California Collegiate League ... Was named to the All-Star team. Arizona 2001: Redshirted Summer 2000: Played for Carson Capitols where he helped lead the team to the Pride of America Tournament title. High School: Graduated from Bishop Manegue High School in Reno, Nev. where he played under Coach Charles Oppio ... Earned three letters as pitcher and center fielder ... Team captain junior and senior season ... State most valuable player his senior season ... Three-time all-conference and all- zone ... Most valuable player of zone senior year ... Also played basketball under Coach Kyle Cerfoglio where he earned a letter as point guard ... Team captain senior season ... Also played football under Coach Bill Branka ... Earned two letters as quarterback and kicker First team all-state ... Team captain senior year ... Also played soccer where he earned a letter as a striker ... First team all-state ... Member of School Honors Society ... Bronze and silver pin holder ... Dean’s list member of 4.0 grade point average. Personal: Full name: Patrick John Reilly ... Nickname: Pat ... Born: 12/2/81 in Costa Mesa, Calif. ... Majoring in business ... Son of John and Antonia Reilly.

2003 Arizona Baseball 23 Derek Rodriguez - So. - RHP

Derek Rodriguez 6-Foot-1 * 175 Bats: R * Throws: R Las Vegas, Nev. * CC of Southern Nevada

CCSN: Pitched one season for the Community College of Southern Nevada for coach Tim Chambers ... Went 5-5 with a team leading 2.60 ERA in 69.1 innings pitched ... Made 12 starts in 18 appearances ... Struck out 59 and walked 17 ... Threw a six-inning one-hit shutout against North Idaho College on Feb. 22 ... Also beat North Idaho in CCSN’s lone win at the SWAC Region 18 Playoffs ... Earned Coyote Academic Honors. High School: Graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nev., where he earned a pair of varsity letters for coach Ken White ... Garnered all-state honors his senior season ... Was named an all-star after his junior and senior seasons ... Was the 2001 pitcher of the year at Bishop Gorman. Summer Leagues: Played four seasons of American Legion ball for the Las Vegas Knights. Personal: Full name: Derek William Rodriguez ... Born: 5/17/83 in Apple Valley, Calif. ... Majoring in pre-pharmacy ... Son of Sharon and Bill Rodriguez ... Has one sister, Dana ... Lists customized trucks as his hobby.

Sean Rierson - Jr. - RHP

Sean Rierson 6-Foot-3 * 200 Bats: R * Throws: R Phoenix, Ariz. * Chaparral HS

Draft: Taken in the 26th round of the 2002 draft by the San Francisco Giants. Summer 2002: Played for the Anchorage Bucs in the Alaska Baseball League ... Went 1-1 with a 2.00 ERA in five starts ... Struck out 18 and walked just two, one intentionally, in 27 innings pitched ... Combined with Nevada’s Bryan Johnson for a shutout during in the season. Arizona 2002: Led the starting staff with a career-high in innings pitched (117.0) ... Tallied a team-high seven wins ... Tossed his second complete game of the season against UC Riverside (4/19). Gave up just one run on six hits while striking out eight and walking only one for his team-leading seventh win of the season ... Won his team-leading sixth game of the season with seven strong innings at Cal (4/12) in which he gave up just two runs on five hits. Struck out three and walked none ... Tossed eight innings of five-hit ball in a no-decision effort against Stanford (4/5) ... Helped snap UA’s six game road losing streak with seven innings of work at Oregon State (3/28) ... Did not earn a decision in UA’s 9-7 loss to UNC Wilmington (3/15) ... Suffered his second loss of the season with no run support at Long Beach State (3/8). Worked seven innings and allowed just four runs on 11 hits ... Scattered four hits over eight innings while striking out a career-high 10 hitters in fourth win of the season against CSUDH (3/2)... Was hit on the right forearm during his start against Irvine, was removed for precautionary reasons, but did not miss any starts ... Strung together 17 scoreless innings pitched over three starts ... Tossed Arizona’s first complete-game shutout in nearly four years in UA’s 1-0 win over San Diego State (2/7). Struck out a then-career-high nine hitters and walked none while allowing only five hits to win his third game of the season ... Combined with two relievers in a 3-0 shutout of Utah (2/1), tossing six innings with four K’s ... Went eight innings in Arizona’s season opener against New Mexico (1/25), struck out four and walked none ... Saw his seven game winning streak (four in 2001, three this season) come to an end at Texas A&M (2/15). Tossed seven innings with two K’s and no walks in Arizona’s 4-0 shutout loss. Arizona 2001: Wildcats’ opening day starter... Had a team-high 3-to-1 strikeout- to-walk ratio ... Went 3-0 in his final three starts of the season tallying nine strikeouts and a 1.98 ERA against Washington, at Stanford and Arizona State ... Tossed eight innings in final start of the season against Washington (5/19). Struck out five Huskies for his seventh win of the year ... Followed an impressive showing in victory at Arizona State with seven inning effort to earn a win over the seventh-ranked Stanford Cardinal (5/12) in Palo Alto, Calif. Scattered eight hits, allowed only two runs, struck out one and walked none for his sixth victory of the season ... Was impressive over 7.2 innings in victory at Arizona State (4/28) (7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K) ... Earned his second consecutive victory (third overall) with five innings of work against Southern Utah (3/17) ... Won second game of the season with a seven inning effort at UCLA (3/10) ... Struck out a career-high tying eight hitters in no decision appearance against Utah (2/24) ... Tossed eight innings of five hit ball against New Mexico (2/9) striking out eight, walking none ... Pitched 4.1 innings in Arizona debut against Hawaii-Hilo (1/18) giving up only one earned run. High School: Graduated from Chaparral High School where he played for Coach Jerry Dawson ... Earned four varsity letters as a pitcher and first baseman... Team won two state titles... Two- time Scottsdale Pitcher of the Year... First-team all-state... Recorded 32 wins in four year career including back-to-back 11-win seasons his junior and senior year. Personal: Full name: Sean Michael Rierson... Born: 2/13/81 in Phoenix, Ariz... Nickname: Seaner... Undecided in major... Lists cars and golf among his hobbies ... Lists being a member of ‘99 USA Junior Olympics team that won the gold medal in Taiwan as one of his most memorable experiences in baseball ... Son of Robert and Bernice Rierson.

2003 Arizona Baseball 24 Kris Sanchez - Fr. - LHP

Kris Sanchez 6-Foot-3 * 215 Bats: L * Throws: L Tucson, Ariz. * Canyon Del Oro HS

High School: Graduated from Canyon Del Oro High school in Tucson, Ariz., where he earned three varsity letters for coach Keith Francis ... CDO won two state championships (2000, 2002) while he played for the Dorados ... Broke CDO records for career home runs, RBIs and hits ... Was a first team all-state and all-city selection his senior season ... Also earned one varsity letter in basketball for coach Dan Huff ... Was named second team all-city as a small forward ... Was on CDO’s honor roll three times and the Principal’s Honor Roll once.

Summer Leagues: Played at the 2001 Area Code Games ... Participated at the Tournament of Stars with the USA Junior National Team.

Personal: Full name: Kristoffer Michael Sanchez ... Born 1/9/84 in Tucson, Ariz. ... Majoring in accounting ... Son of Lauren Miller.

Terrence Taylor 6-foot-0 * 170 Bats: L * Throws: L Oakland, Calif. * College of Marin

Draft: Taken in the 44th round of the 2001 Major League draft by the Boston Red Sox.

College of Marin: Played two seasons at the College of Marin for coach Steve Berringer … Helped lead Marin to the California Junior College State Playoffs in 2002 for the first time since 1995 … Named team captain … Garnered all-state honors his sophomore season … Was named All-Bay Valley Conference in 2001 and 2002 … Set Marin school record for stolen bases in a season with 57 … Finished as the career leader in stolen bases as well … Also owns the single season and career records for triples.

High School: Graduated from Encinal High School in Alameda, Calif., where he earned three varsity letters for coach Jim Saunders … Named All- ACCAL in 1999 and again in 2000.

Personal: Full name: Terrence Taylor … Born: 10/28/82 in Oakland, Calif. … Majoring in family studies … Son of Carole Taylor … Has two brothers, Jason Washington and Lamar Taylor, and one sister, Chimene Washington … Has two cousins, J.R. Taylor and Dontrelle Willis, playing in professional baseball ... J.R. plays in the organization and Dontrelle in the Marlins organization.

2003 Arizona Baseball 25 Jeff Van Houten - So. - OF

Jeff Van Houten 5-Foot-10 * 175 Bats: R * Throws: R Paradise Valley, Ariz. * Chaparral HS

Arizona 2002: Appeared in 43 games, making 39 starts in the outfield ... Missed the final series of the season at Washington due to a nagging wrist injury ... Went 4 for 6 with two runs scored in two games vs. Washington State (5/17-18) ... Hit his seventh home run of the season, a three-run shot, against UCLA (5/12) ... Went 5 for 15 (.333) with three RBIs and three runs scored at #23 USC (4/26-28) ... Was impressive at the plate in three games against UNC Wilmington (3/15-17). Finished the series 5 for 14 (.357) with eight RBIs, two home runs, including a grand slam, and five runs scored ... Went 4 for 9 (.444) with a bases loaded triple, five RBIs and three runs scored in two games vs. CSUDH ... Hit .545 (6-for-11) with a home run (No. 4), five runs scored and two RBIs in three games vs. UC Irvine ... Went 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored at Texas A&M (2/17), finished the series 3 for 9 (.333) ... Hit his third home run of the season against San Diego State (2/ 8), driving in a pair of runs in the process ... Went 2 for 5 with a home run, a double, two RBIs and two runs scored in a game against Southern Utah (2/ 5) ... Made the most of his first career appearance with Arizona. Coming in as a pinch hitter against New Mexico (1/26) he went 2 for 2 with his first career home run, a RBI and two runs scored.

High School: Graduated from Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., where he played for coach Jerry Dawson ... Earned two letters as a member of the varsity team ... Was team captain his senior year ... Played with current teammates Kevin Guyette and Sean Rierson ... Earned first-team all-state honors his senior season.

Personal: Full name: Jeff. W. Van Houten ... Born 11/14/82 in Phoenix, Ariz. ... Major: Communications ... Son of Jim and Jeanne Kay Van Houten ... Father graduated from Arizona, mother from ASU.

Mark Worrell - So. - RHP

Mark Worrell 6-Foot-1 * 190 Bats: Right * Throws: Right Boynton Beach, Fla. * Indian River CC

Draft: Taken in the 11th round of the 2001 draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Indian River CC: Played one season at Indian River Community College in Florida for coach Mike Easom ... Was team co-captain during his one season at Indian River ... Went 4-6 in 14 starts with the Pioneers ... Had 77 strikeouts in 77 innings pitched ... Named the No.1 preseason junior college pitcher in the country by Baseball America ... Earned a 3.1 GPA.

Summer Leagues: Pitched for the 2001 USA Junior National Team ... Is the last US high school pitcher to defeat the Cuban National Team in international play.

High School: Graduated from John I. Leonard High School in Lake Worth, Fla., where he earned three varsity letters for coach Tom Evans ... 2001 Sun- Sentinel (Fla.) Player of the Year ... Was the 2001 Palm Beach County Player of the Year ... Was a two-time first team all-state honoree (2001 and 2000) and second team once (1999) ... Garnered all-county honors four times during his high school career ... Was voted team captain his junior and senior years ... Averaged 1.76 strikeouts per inning his senior season ... Averaged seven punchouts per walk in 2001 ... Tossed eight shutouts in 11 starts in 2001 ... Had an 8-3 record his senior season, a 6-2 record his junior year and went 10-2 his sophomore season ... Participated at the 2001 Area Code Games ... Also played one varsity season as the point guard on the basketball team.

Personal: Full name: Mark Robert Worrell ... Born: 3/8/83 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. ... Is a business major ... Son of Nancy Worrell ... Has a younger sister, Jennifer.

2003 Arizona Baseball 26 Wes Zlotoff - Sr. - RHP

Wes Zlotoff 6-Foot-0 * 185 Bats: R * Throws: R Flagstaff, Ariz. * Brigham Young

Has been granted a sixth season due to medical hardship.

Arizona 2002: Appeared in 22 games, all out of the bullpen ... Tallied his second save of the season with a perfect ninth inning at #23 USC (4/28) ... Was credited with a save in Arizona’s come-from behind win over #2 Stanford (4/7) ... Picked up the win in 1.2 innings of work against UC Irvine (2/24) ... Worked 3.0 innings in 2002 season debut against Utah (2/3). Struck out four and walked only one.

Summer 2001: Played for the A’s in the Arizona Collegiate League ... Earned four saves in 26 innings ... Struck out 35 hitters and recorded a 2.34 ERA.

Arizona 2000: Red-shirted the season.

Summer 1999: Competed for the San Luis Obispo Blues of the California Coastal League.

Arizona 1999: Made 19 appearances, all in relief ... Held right-handers to a .242 average ... Held opponents to a .186 mark with two outs ... Allowed just six of 23 inherited runners to score ... Pitched 4.0 no-hit innings at California (4/30) ... Earned first Wildcat win with 2.1 innings of shutout work vs. UNLV (2/ 9) ... Retired the last nine batters he faced vs. St. Mary’s (1/22) to earn a save in his Arizona debut.

Summer 1998: Pitched for Sullivan’s of the Michigan Collegiate League and the Kentucky Colonels of the Bluegrass League ... Compiled a 4-1, 2.04 mark with 52 strike outs in 41 innings.

Prior to UA: Pitched one year for Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah ... Went 2-3, 5.72 in 14 appearances ... Third on the team with eight starts ... Struck out better than a batter per inning (52 Ks, 45.2 innings), while limiting opponents to a .251 average.

High School: Graduated from Flagstaff (Ariz.) High School where he played for Coach Joe Killeen ... Earned four letters as a pitcher and outfielder ... Team captain as a senior ... Two-time all-state performer ... Earned all-region honors four times ... Posted a 26-6 high school record ... Tossed a no-hitter against Channel Island High School ... Four year honor roll student.

Personal: Full name: Wesley Martin Zlotoff ... Born: 1/11/79 in Flagstaff ... Majoring in economics with a minor in business administration ... Son of Bill and Marcia Zlotoff.

2003 Arizona Baseball 27 Career Statistics

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Brian Anderson - Jr. - OF Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB BA SLG% OB% 2001 48 181 40 67 9643818258.370 .552 .433 2002 40 160 37 44 4 0 5 30 25 31 6 .275 .394 .379 Career 88 341 77 111 13 6 9 68 43 56 14 .326 .478 .407 Moises Duran - Jr. - INF Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB BA SLG% OB% 2001 29 77 15 19 30178112.247 .325 .318 2002 51 169 48 46 8 3 9 42 36 36 14 .272 .515 .413 Career 80 246 63 65 11 3 10 49 44 47 16 .264 .455 .386 John Hardy - So. - INF Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB BA SLG% OB% 2002 52 174 36 57 8 1 5 38 24 44 5 .328 .471 .426 Career5217436578153824445.328 .471 .426 Richard Mercado - So. - C/1B Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB BA SLG% OB% 2002 45 144 22 42 7 1 1 21 10 18 3 .292 .375 .350 Career4514422427112110183.292 .375 .350 Jeff Van Houten - So. - OF Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB BA SLG% OB% 2002 43 149 36 44 10 3 7 34 24 29 5 .295 .544 .404 Career 43 149 36 44 10 3 7 34 24 29 5 .295 .544 .404 Pitching Brian Anderson - Jr. - RHP Player G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB K ERA CG SHO 2001 7 011310.1 5438112.61 0 0 2002 10 0 0 2 4 11.1 15 12 10 10 20 7.96 0 0 Career17013721.2 20 16 13 18 31 5.41 0 0 Scott Burns - Jr. - RHP Player G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB K ERA CG SHO 2000 7 00006.01310104515.00 0 0 2001 Did Not Pitch - Redshirt 2002 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 Career800007.01410104512.86 0 0 Chris Goodman - Jr. - RHP Player G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB K ERA CG SHO 2001 17 13 3 2 0 60.0 76 44 42 16 41 6.30 0 0 2002 21 3 5 2 0 53.2 62 40 29 22 31 4.86 0 0 Career3816840113.2 138 84 71 38 72 5.62 0 0 Joe Little - Jr. - LHP Player G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB K ERA CG SHO 2001 21 140250.1 57 30 29 12 36 5.19 0 0 2002 17 17 6 6 0 97.0 111 70 58 29 83 5.38 0 0 Career 38 18 10 6 2 147.1 168 100 87 41 119 5.32 0 0 Brian Pemble - Sr. - LHP Player G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB K ERA CG SHO 1999 20 321237.0 40 27 26 32 26 6.32 0 0 2000 14 10 3 3 0 40.3 53 47 44 31 35 9.82 0 0 2001 15 3 4 3 1 31.7 27 22 13 13 24 3.69 0 0 Career 49 16 9 7 3 109.0 120 96 83 76 85 6.85 0 0 Sean Rierson - Jr. - RHP Player G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB K ERA CG SHO 2001 18 17 7 4 0 100.1 126 66 52 21 66 4.67 0 0 2002 17 17 7 5 0 117.0 122 64 61 26 81 4.69 2 1 Career 35 34 14 9 0 217.1 248 130 113 47 147 4.68 2 1 Jason Snyder - So. - RHP Player G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB K ERA CG SHO 2002 12 2 2 1 0 33.1 41 20 12 9 32 3.24 0 0 Career12221033.1 41 20 12 9 32 3.24 0 0 Wes Zlotoff - Sr. - RHP Player G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB K ERA CG SHO 1999 19 022137.7 42 34 28 23 32 6.69 0 0 2002 22 0 2 1 2 30.0 27 12 10 8 19 3.00 0 0 Career41043367.7 69 46 38 31 51 5.05 0 0

2003 Arizona Baseball 28 Coaches’ Bios

2003 Arizona Baseball 29 Head Coach Andy Lopez

When Arizona director of record 50 games, fell just two wins shy of the national championship title athletics Jim Livengood went in search of game. The 1996 exploits garnered Lopez Collegiate Baseball National a new baseball coach in the summer of Coach-of-the-Year honors, the second such recognition of his coaching 2002 he had a laundry list of what the career. While at Florida his student-athletes also performed in the Wildcats wanted in their new skipper. A classroom as well, his players were tabbed with SEC academic honors 43 list of specific qualities, one that made times. the pool of candidates very small. He began his collegiate coaching career at Cal State-Dominguez Hills “We definitely want a coach with in 1983. He turned the program at CSUDH first into a California head coaching experience,” Livengood Collegiate Athletics Association championship team and then into a stated. “We want someone who has had Division II national championship contender. His teams won league titles success at the national level, we want a coach that has great player in 1986 and ’87, and the latter went on to the Division II College World relationships, pro scout relationships, academic importance, graduation Series. Three different times he was named the conference Coach of the rates, recruiting contacts regionally, locally and certainly nationally. We Year at Dominguez Hills and his 168-152-2 (.525) record in six seasons want someone with an understanding for the diversity of this university and caught the eye of Southern California neighbor Pepperdine. respect for it, along with the ability to sell Pepperdine hired Lopez to lead the baseball Wildcat baseball. Somebody that had a great team in 1989 and began to make waves in amount of energy, a great amount of Malibu, Calif., right from the start. Over six enthusiasm and certainly we want commu- seasons he tallied a record of 241-107-3 nity involvement.” (.691), his best winning percentage at a Livengood and the University of school in his career. His first team went 41- Arizona found their fit in Andy Lopez. 19-1 and made the first of four NCAA A veteran of 20 years as a collegiate postseason appearances during his stay. In head coach, Lopez enters his second season 1991 the Waves finished the season 41-17-1 at UA with a lifetime 718-442-6 (.618) and exited postseason play early, but built a overall record at four schools. He is one of foundation on which the 1992 team could only seven active coaches with a national build upon. championship to his credit and also is just The 1992 season culminated in one of eight coaches in NCAA Division I Pepperdine’s first and only national champi- history to lead two different schools to the onship in school history. Thought by many to College World Series. be too small of a school to compete His teams have appeared in the NCAA nationally in baseball, Lopez and his team postseason nine times, three of which went shocked the collegiate baseball world by on to Omaha and the College World Series. going 48-11-1, including 8-1 in the In 1992 he led the underdog Pepperdine postseason. The 3-2 title game victory over Waves to the national title. Cal-State Fullerton in Omaha earned Lopez His recruiting classes have consistently consensus National Coach of the Year honors been among the top in the nation, high- by Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America. lighted by his second-ranked class by Collegiate Baseball in 1999. His first Lopez got into collegiate baseball as a player at Los Angeles Harbor class at Arizona earned a respectable No. 10 ranking from the publication. Community College where he played two season before transferring to Pac- A total of 70 players coached by Lopez have signed professional contracts, 10 rival UCLA. A 1975 graduate of UCLA, Lopez was the team captain including an astonishing 11 in the 2002 MLB Draft alone, and 19 have and starting shortstop for the ’75 Bruin baseball team. He was drafted in garnered All-America honors. the ninth round by Detroit Tigers in the amateur draft, but opted to He has been nationally recognized as the Coach of the Year twice and complete his studies in Westwood and begin his coaching career instead of has won Coach of the Year honors eight times in three different confer- turning pro. He was inducted into UCLA’s baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. ences. Upon completion of his studies at UCLA, he got his first coaching job Lopez came to the Old Pueblo from the University of Florida, where at his junior college alma mater, L.A. Harbor Community College. He he spent seven seasons turning the Gators into a top 25 program and a spent two seasons as an assistant coach there before moving on to the high national championship contender. His .636 winning percentage at UF was school coaching ranks at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, third-best for any coach in Florida school history that spent five or more Calif. As head coach, he led Mira Costa to a 108-48 record over five seasons in the top spot. seasons before being hired at CSU Dominguez Hills. Lopez is involved in While in Gainesville, he led the Gators to a 278-159-1 (.636) overall the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and has twice served as the manager record, two Southeastern Conference championships, five NCAA tourna- for an Athletes in Action baseball team. His AIA teams competed interna- ment berths and two College World Series appearances during his tenure. tionally in 1982 and ’83. He averaged 40 wins a season during his stay in the Swamp, while He and his wife, Linda, are the proud parents of two daughters, Kristi doubling, from two to four, the UF program’s number of trips to Omaha, (16) and Kerri (14), and two sons, Michael (13) and David (11). The Neb., and the College World Series. The 1996 team, which won a school Lopez family resides in Tucson.

2003 Arizona Baseball 30 Lopez By The Numbers Andy Lopez’s Career Record 1 National Championships (1992) Year School Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. NCAA Postseason 2 National Coach of the Year Honors 1983 CSUDH 15-27 .357 8-19 .296 - (1992, 1996) 1984 CSUDH 25-35-1 .418 11-19 .367 - 3 College World Series Appearances 1985 CSUDH 34-23 .596 20-10 .667 - (1992, 1996, 1998) 1986 CSUDH 32-22-1 .590 19-11 * .633 1-3 3 NCAA Regional Titles (1992, 1996, 1987 CSUDH 43-15 .741 23-7 * .767 4-2 1998) 1988 CSUDH 19-30 .388 10-20 .333 - 3 45+ Victory Seasons 1989 Pepperdine 41-19-1 .680 20-4 * .833 0-2 1990 Pepperdine 37-23 .617 24-12 .667 - 7 Conference Titles (1986, 1987, 1989, 1991 Pepperdine 41-17-1 .703 25-10 * .714 0-2 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998) 1992 Pepperdine 48-11-1 .808 23-4 * .852 8-1 8 40+ Victory Seasons 1993 Pepperdine 41-17 .707 24-6 * .800 1-2 8 Conference Coach of the Year Honors 1994 Pepperdine 33-20 .623 20-10 .667 - (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995 Florida 32-24 .571 12-14 .462 - 1992, 1993, 1995) 1996 Florida 50-18 .735 20-10 * .667 6-2 11 NCAA Regional Appearances (1986, 1997 Florida 40-24 .625 17-13 .567 2-2 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998 Florida 46-18 .719 21-8* .724 4-3 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001) 1999 Florida 31-25 .554 13-17 .433 - 16 30+ Victory Seasons 2000 Florida 44-23-1 .654 18-11-1 .617 3-2 19 All-America Players 2001 Florida 35-27 .565 16-14 .533 1-2 20 All-Region Players 2002 Arizona 31-24 .589 9-15 .375 - Totals 20 Years 718-442-6 .618 353-234-1 .601 30-23 44 Academic All-Conference Players * Denotes conference champions 45 All-Conference Players 70 Draftees .618 Career Winning Percentage in 20 Seasons as a Head Coach 718 Career Wins in 20 Seasons as a Head Coach

Active Head Coaches Who Have Won a National Championship Coach School (Year) Andy Lopez Pepperdine (1992) Mike Marquess Stanford (1987, 1988) Mike Gillespie USC (1998) Augie Garrido Cal State Fullerton (1979, 1984, 1995); Texas (2002) Jim Morris Miami (1999, 2001) Gene Stephenson Wichita State (1989) Larry Cochelle Oklahoma (1994)

Head Coaches who Have Taken Two or More Schools to the College World Series Andy Lopez Facts: Coach Schools (Years) Larry Cochelle Oral Roberts (1978), 718-442-6 (.618) In 20 years as a collegiate head coach Cal State Fullerton (1988, 1990), Oklahoma 31-24 (.564) In one season at Arizona (1992, 1994, 1995) 278-159-1 (.636) In seven seasons at Florida (1995-2001) (Five NCAA Teams, Two CWS) Ron Polk Georgia Southern 241-107-3 (.691) In six seasons at Pepperdine (1989-1994) (Four NCAA Teams, One NC) (1973) Mississippi State (1979, 1981, 1985, 168-152-2 (.525) In five seasons at Cal State-Dominguez Hills (1983-1988) (One D-II CWS) 1990) Georgia (2001) 25-18 (.581) In nine NCAA Division I postseason appearances (1992 National Champion) Andy Lopez Pepperdine (1992), 5-5 (.500) In two NCAA Division II postseason appearances Florida (1996, 1998) Two-time national coach of the year - 1992 (consensus), 1996 Augie Garrido Cal State Fullerton Eight-time conference coach of the year - 1996 SEC, 1993 WCC, (1975, 1979, 1984, 1995) Texas (2000, 2002) 1992 WCC, 1991 WCC, 1989 WCC, 1987 CCAA, 1986 CCAA, 1985 CCAA Danny Litwhiller Michigan State (1954), Florida State (1957, 1960, 1963) Tom Petroff Rider (1967), Northern Colorado (1974) Dave Snow Loyola Marymount (1986) Long Beach State (1989) Jack Stallings Florida State (1970) Georgia Southern (1990)

2003 Arizona Baseball 31 Assistant Coach Jeff Morris Assistant Coach An Arizona 1980 College World Series cham- Mark Wasikowski pion alum, pitching coach Jeff Morris enters his Second-year assistant Mark Wasikowski begins his second season back in the collegiate game with an sixth overall season as a member on Coach Lopez’s enormous amount of pitching knowledge and Major staff. Having previously worked for three years in League credentials. A two-year letter winner for Gainesville with Lopez and one as a volunteer assistant Arizona in 1979 and ’80, Morris was a key compo- at Pepperdine, Wasikowski also played two seasons for nent to Arizona’s second national championship in Lopez in Malibu and was the starting third baseman on the 1992 national championship team. His duties baseball. at Arizona include serving as the infield and third base coach, as well as the He left a 19-year career in professional baseball to rejoin the Wildcat coordinator for recruiting. baseball program. He served as an area scout for the in Known as a highly regarded and fastidious recruiter, Wasikowski was the southwest region of the country for four years prior to returning to his responsible for three outstanding classes during his stay at Florida, alma mater and also served as a pitching instructor in the San Francisco including Collegiate Baseball’s second-ranked class in 1999. His recruiting Giants and organizations. prowess has already begun to pay dividends for Arizona as the Wildcats’first A native Tucsonan, he graduated from Catalina High School in 1976. recruiting class under Lopez and his staff was tabbed as the 10th-best group A left-handed starter, he spent one season at Yavapai Junior College in nationally by Collegiate Baseball in 2002. Prescott, Ariz., where he helped the Rough Riders win the 1977 Junior His endeavors on the diamond are equally impressive. Working with College National Championship. After one season in JUCO ball he the infielders at Florida, Wasikowski’s players continue to get better each transferred to Arizona where he once again played a part in postseason season. His first season in Tucson saw Arizona turn 10 more double plays success, pitching Arizona to the 1979 College World Series and the ’80 than the previous season’s team. At Florida, the 2001 Gator team finished national title. with a fielding percentage nine points higher than the 2000 squad, which in He was drafted after his junior at UA by the Houston Astros and turn finished with 23 less errors than the 1999 team. All three seasons that spent four seasons in the minor leagues, including two with the Tucson Wasikowski worked with the Gator infield, the team averaged better than a Toros. His pitching success and winning ways followed him to professional double play per game and the 2001 team set a school single season record baseball, as he was a member of the Daytona Beach Astros’ 1981 Florida with 74 double plays turned. State League championship team. Prior to his stint at Florida, Wasikowski served two seasons as the After a shoulder operation and four knee surgeries he retired from his graduate assistant at Southeast Missouri State. In 1998 he helped guide the playing career and began his career as a pitching instructor. He returned to Indians to a school record 32 wins and an appearance in the NCAA Tucson and Arizona in 1985 to complete his degree in exercise and sports postseason in the Midwest Regional. SMS hit a school record 90 home runs that season and had two players named All-America. While working sciences. Along with finishing his studies at UA, he also served as the on the diamond, he also earned his Masters degree in business at Southeast volunteer assistant pitching coach for the baseball team and legendary Missouri State. head coach Jerry Kindall. The Arizona winning tradition continued to In 1997 and again in ’98 he served as the head coach of the El Dorado shine on him as both seasons he worked under Kindall, 1985-86, the (Kan.) Broncos in the Jayhawk League, a summer collegiate wood bat Wildcats advanced to the College World Series, winning it all again in league. His 1998 Bronco team won the national championship at the 1986. National Baseball Congress Championships in Wichita, Kan. He was While at Arizona, Morris helped mold future major leaguers Gil recognized as the NBC Coach-of-the-Year that season after the champion- Heredia, and Lance Dixon. He also served as the pitching ship. coach for the MatSu Minors in the Alaska Collegiate League and for Team A native of Seal Beach, Calif., Wasikowski graduated Los Alamitos USA in the International Baseball Tournament in Taipei, Taiwan in 1986. High School in 1989 and began his collegiate playing career at the The San Francisco Giants hired Morris in 1987 to serve as a minor University of Hawaii. He transferred to Rancho Santiago Junior College league pitching coach. From 1987-90 he worked in San Francisco’s minor after one season and then to Pepperdine in time for the 1992 national league system, tutoring the likes of eventual Giants closer Rod Beck, Mark championship season. As the starting third baseman for the Waves, he was Dewey and Heredia in his first professional season. He worked one season twice named All-West Coast Conference and hit .312 with 10 home runs. with Northern Division Champion Everett Giants, two seasons with the In 1999 he was elected to the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame as part of Clinton Giants and in the Arizona Instructional League and one season the ’92 title team. with the San Jose Giants, who won the second half Northern Division Wasikowski, his wife, Lori Jo, and his daughter, Joelle, make their championship. home in Tucson. In 1991 he was retained by the New York Mets as their minor league pitching coach. He worked two seasons in the Mets organization, Jeff Casper spending 1991 with the Gulf Coast League Mets and 1992 in the New Volunteer Assistant Coach York Penn League with the Pittsfield Mets. Among his pitching prospects during that period was future Major Leaguer Eric Hiljus. Volunteer assistant coach Jeff Casper begins his In 1993 he signed on with the Baltimore Orioles organization, a club second season on the bench for Arizona. A native he would work for right up to his hiring at Arizona. Among the he Tucsonan, Casper graduated from UA in May coached while with the Orioles were Sidney Ponson and Josh Towers, two 2001 with a degree in business management and of Baltimore’s five starters in the 2002 rotation, Orioles’ reliever Calvin is currently working towards his MBA at UA’s Maduro and former Oriole Chris Fussell. Eller College. A four-year letterwinner for the Morris and his wife, Linda, continue to make Tucson their home. Wildcats, Casper completed his eligibility in 2001 and was named the Most Inspirational player on the team. As a catcher/ infielder he appeared in 59 games for the Wildcats and hit .261 for his career. Casper’s duties include working with the outfielders, hitters and as the first base coach.

2003 Arizona Baseball 32 2002 Review

2003 Arizona Baseball 33 2002 Review

Wearin’ It: It was officially the Having A Grand Time: most painful season to be a Moises Duran’s second grand Wildcat batter . Opposing slam of 2002, against UCLA on pitchers plunked Wildcat hitters May 12, made him the second a school record 69 times in 55 Wildcat player to hit two bases games (1.25 HBP per game). In loaded home runs in 2002. The comparison, last year Arizona sacks-full fence buster extended batters were hit “just” 35 times Arizona’s school single-season in 56 games (0.63 HBP per record to seven for the season. game). The previous school Pat Reilly, Jeff Van Houten, record was held by the 1997 John Hardy all hit a grand slam team that got hit 59 times in apiece. Sophomores Brian 56 games (1.05 HBP per Anderson and Duran each game). smashed two. The seven slams marked the first time since 1999 The More The Merrier: that an Arizona team has had two Arizona did a fine job of hitting or more bases loaded home runs with runners on base in 2002, in a season. Anderson’s second posting a .330 batting average GS of the season, against at the plate. However, that California on April 13, broke the average increased significantly previous school record of four when all three bases were shared by Arizona’s 1955, ‘56, occupied. In 59 official at bats ‘61, ‘88, ‘93, ‘98 and ‘99 teams. with the bases loaded, Arizona Former Wildcat Dave Shermet hit .458 (27 for 59) with seven holds the all-time individual grand slams (see note that career record with four. The Wildcats manufactured runs Feb. 23 propelled the first-year follows), 93 RBIs and posted via ground ball outs to the left side Arizona skipper to his 700th career an impressive .983 slugging Manufacturing, Inc.: Arizona of the infield, wild pitches, walks, win. Through his first season at percentage. The Wildcats also scored a total 433 runs in 2002 balks, sacrifice flies, errors, straight Arizona, his career record stands at hit eight sac-flies, walked nine and 105 of them (24 percent) steals and even batters being hit by 718-442-6 (.618). times and were hit by pitches came without Arizona recording a pitches. five times in bases loaded hit to score the run. In 41 of the 900 All-Time Wins: Arizona, situations. Moises Duran led 51 games in which Arizona Fewest Free Passes: The 2002 which finished the 2002 season the team with 15 bases loaded scored, at least one run was plated team recorded the second fewest 25-11 at home, achieved its RBIs in 2002 on a pair of without the benefit of a hit. base on balls in school history. 900th victory at Frank Sancet grand slams, a triple, two walks Averaging 2.81 walks per game, Field in a 14-2 win over UNC and a sac-fly. the Wildcats finished the season Wilmington (3/17). The 25 with 155 BB this season, home wins in 2002 were the including 10 intentional walks. most since the 1998 tallied 26 Only the 1951 team, which home victories. tallied 130 walks in just 32 Records Set Against Stanford - 4/5/2002 games (4.10 BB/game), had a Two Games In One: Arizona fewer number of free passes over and Stanford played what turned Team the course of a season. Including out to be two full nine inning Longest Game: this year, only nine Arizona teams games in one. The two schools New Record: 5:19 walked fewer than 200 hitters in battled for 18 innings on April 5 Old Record: 5:04 - at Mississippi (3/3/01) a season. for over five hours. The game Team At-Bats vs. Pac-10 Opp.: established a number of Arizona New Record: 65 700 and Counting: When Andy single game records and came Old Record: 63 - at California (2/28/97) Lopez signed on with the Wildcats close to breaking more. Individual last summer he had accumulated Putouts: 687 wins in 19 seasons as head New Record: 29 - Pat Reilly * coach at Cal State Dominguez Old Record: 23 - Bob Starke (3/29/73) Hills, Pepperdine and Florida. *NCAA Division I Record Arizona’s win over UC Irvine on

2003 Arizona Baseball 34 2002 Final Statistics Record: 31-24 Home: 25-11 Away: 6-13 Pac-10: 9-15 Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB A TT PO A E FLD% John Hardy .328 52 48 174 36 57 8 1 5 38 82 .471 24 6 4403594210519 4 .426 .886 Pat Reilly .317 40 27 120 28 38 10 2 2 25 58 .483 4 8 212044265156 1 .373 .979 Brad Hassey .315 55 55 238 50 75 10 2 9 46 116 .487 22 11 18 4 .396 2 5 15 23 112 152 14 .950 Justyn St. Clair .304 44 38 161 39 49 5 3 1 33 63 .391 14 1 16 4 .358 3 2 8 11 78 15 4 .959 Ken Riley .300 26 16 60 13 18 2 2 0 10 246690.41111124571 .400 .981 Jeff Van Houten .295 43 39 149 36 44 10 3 7 34 81 .544 24 4 29 3 .404 1 1 5 10 77 4 4 .953 Richard Mercado .292 45 37 144 22 42 7 1 1 21 54 .375 10 5 18 440345844 .350 .939 Marc Kaiser .291 48 48 172 45 50 8 1 7 31 81 .471 27 8 44 03267501910 .405 .873 Brian Anderson .275 40 40 160 37 44 4 0 5 30 63 .394 25 3 31 4 .379 2 0 6 10 99 5 2 .981 Chris Cunningham .273 53 52 205 47 56 13 4 13 53 116 .566 31 4 44 25113317538 .371 .979 Moises Duran .272 51 49 169 48 46 8 3 9 42 87 .515 36 6 36 1 .413 2 3 14 18 79 154 6 .975 Clayton Bried .258 38 18 62 13 16 3 0 1 8 22 .355 5 3 2214443502 0 .338 .946 Will Thompson .239 32 19 71 10 17 1 3 0 9 24 .338 14 2 13 11001178142 .375 .990 ------Chris Marini .105 18 7 19 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 .1053080.227 00111321.938 Kevin Anderson .091 7 2 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .0910221.231 00003001.000 Greg Powers .000 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0001010.167 0100000.000 Clarence Farmer .000 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0000010.0000011000.000 Kevin Sears .0002 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0000 0 0 0 .0000 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Totals .289 55 551921 433 555 89 25 60 380.455 874 246 69 357 29 .384 27 23 741479 108 591 90.958 Opponents .295 55 551986 354 586 122 14 51 325.448 889 155 39 345 34 .355 19 28 601453 93 548 90.957 LOB - Team (400), Opp (394). DPs turned - Team (46), Opp (39). CI - Team (1), Mercado 1. IBB - Team (6),, Reilly Cunningham 1, Hardy 3, Kaiser 1, Opp1 (10). Picked off - Hassey 5, Duran 2, Reilly 1, Cunningham 1, Thompson 1.

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA Wes Zlotoff 3.00 2 1 22 0 0 0 0 2 30.0 27 12 10 8 19 7 1 253221 111 .243 Jason Snyder 3.24 2 1 12 2 0 0 0 0 33.1 41 20 12 9 32 10 2 386020 139 .295 Sean Rierson 4.69 7 5 17 17 2 1 1 017.0 1 122 64 61 26 81 21 3 8.275 443 2 12 2 3 9 Chris Goodman 4.86 5 2 21 3 0 0 1 0 53.2 62 40 29 22 31 13 2 5 21822024 .284 Joe Little 5.38 6 6 17 17 0 0 0 0 97.0 111 70 58 29 83 26 2 16 395 .281 10 4 2 2 2 Marc Kaiser 5.77 5 4 16 13 2 0 0 0 78.0 96 69 50 20 36 16 1 10 31157167 .309 Kevin Sears 5.91 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 16 7 7 5 11 4 1 1 4600010 .348 Tony Sulser 5.93 2 3 22 0 0 0 0 3 30.1 44 26 20 18 20 9 0 243003 134 .328 Brian Anderson 7.94 0 2 10 0 0 0 1 4 11.1 15 12 10 10 20 2 0 0 4911000 .306 Will Miller 9.17 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 17.2 28 204361175 18 .373 21011 Matt Wersel 10.12 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 1693651241 11 .390 00100 ------Scott Burns 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0100000004.250 00000 Chris Marini 2.25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.03111300113.231 00001 Kevin Rupprecht 13.500 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 7 .571 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 5.24 31 24 55 55 4 2 1 9 493.1 586 354 287 155 345 122 14 51 1986 .295 39 39 8 19 28 Opponents 6.60 24 31 55 55 5 4 3 4 484.1 555 433 355 246 357 89 25 60 1921 .289 59 69 19 27 23

PB - Team (12), Cunningham 9, Riley 2, Mercado 1, Opp (9). Pickoffs - Team (7), Cunningham 2, Mercado 1, Rileyiser 1, 1, Rierson Goodman 1, 1, Ka Opp (10). SBA/ATT - Cunningham (40-63), Rierson (15-22), Little (15-21), Kaiser (11-19), Riley (13-15), Goodman (10-12),), SnyderMercado (7-9),(2-4), MillerZlotoff (3-4 (1-3), Sulser (0-3), Anderson, B (1-2), Sears (1-1), Wersel (1-1), Marini (0-1).

Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB % PB CI K. Anderson 33001.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 Zlotoff 20201.000 0 1 2 .333 0 0 Miller 10101.000 0 3 1 .750 0 0 Sears 11001.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 Wersel 11001.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 Thompson 194 178 14 2 .990 12 0 0 - 0 0 Anderson 106 99 5 2 .981 3 1 1 .500 0 0 Riley 53 45 7 1 .981 0 13 2 .867 2 0 Reilly 286 265 15 6.979 23 0 0 - 0 0 Cunningham 378 317 53 8 .979 9 40 23 .635 9 0 Duran 239 79 154 6 .975 29 0 0 - 0 0 Rierson 31 15 15 1 .968 0 15 7 .682 0 0 St. Clair 97 78 15 4 .959 1 0 0 - 0 0 Van Houten 85 77 4 4 .953 1 0 0 - 0 0 Hassey 278 112 152 14.950 32 0 0 - 0 0 Bried 37 35 0 2 .946 0 0 0 - 0 0 Little 17 4 12 1 .941 0 15 6 .714 0 0 Mercado 66 58 4 4 .939 1 7 2 .778 1 1 Marini 16 13 2 1 .938 0 0 1 .000 0 0 Goodman 13 3 9 1 .923 2 10 2 .833 0 0 Hardy 166 42 105 19.886 7 0 0 - 0 0 Kaiser 79 50 19 10 .873 2 11 8 .579 0 0 Sulser 4121.750 0 0 3 .000 0 0 Snyder 7313.571 0 2 2 .500 0 0 Rupprecht 0000.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 Burns 0000.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 Powers 0000.000 0 0 0 - 0 0 Farmer 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 - 0 0 Totals 2160 1479 591 90 .958 46 60 33 .645 12 1 Opponents 2091 1453 548 90 .957 39 74 34 .685 9 0 Hitting minimums - 1.0 AB/Game Pitching minimums - 5 Games

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2002 Game Highs 2002 Arizona Record Breakdown Team Batting Overall ...... 31-24 Stat ...... # ...... Opponent - Date At Bats ...... 65 ...... vs. Stanford 4/5 Pac-10 ...... 9-15 Runs (Inning) ...... 10 ...... at California 4/13 Non-Conference ...... 22-9 Hits (Game) ...... 17 ...... UNC Wilmington 3/17 vs. Ranked Teams ...... 3-9 Doubles ...... 6 ...... CS Dominguez Hills 3/2 vs. Unranked Teams ...... 28-15 Triples ...... 2 ...... Three Times Home ...... 25-11 Home Runs ...... 4 ...... Southern Utah 2/5, UC Irvine 2/22 Away ...... 6-13 ...... 4 ...... at California 4/13 Neutral ...... 0-0 RBIs ...... 20 ...... New Mexico 1/26 Stolen Bases ...... 5 ...... at California 4/12 Day ...... 25-15 Walks ...... 14 ...... New Mexico 1/26 Night ...... 6-9 Strikeouts ...... 17 ...... at Long Beach State 3/7 January ...... 3-0 Extra-Base Hits ...... 8 ...... CS Dominguez Hills 3/2 February ...... 12-4 Total Bases ...... 31 ...... Southern Utah 2/5 March ...... 6-8 Most Left on Base ...... 12 ...... at Texas A&M-CC 2/13 April ...... 7-6 ...... 12 ...... vs. Stanford 4/5 May ...... 3-6 Team Pitching Monday ...... 1-0 Innings Pitched ...... 18.0 ..... Stanford 4/5 Tuesday ...... 3-0 Fewest Hits ...... 4 ...... CS Dominguez Hills 3/2 Wednesday ...... 1-0 Most Hits ...... 26 ...... Stanford 4/6 Thursday ...... 2-0 Fewest Runs ...... 0 ...... Utah 2/1, San Diego State 2/7 Friday...... 7-9 Most Runs ...... 19 ...... vs. Stanford 4/6 Saturday ...... 8-9 Fewest Earned Runs ...... 0 ...... Utah 2/1, San Diego State 2/7 Sunday ...... 8-6 Most Earned Runs ...... 17 ...... vs. Stanford 4/6 vs. Righthanders ...... 26-18 Fewest Walks ...... 0 ...... New Mexico 1/25, San Diego State 2/7 Most Walks ...... 10 ...... USC 4/27 vs. Lefthanders...... 5-6 Most Strikeouts ...... 11 ...... San Diego State 2/8, CS Dominguez Hills 3/2 One-run Games ...... 4-5 ...... 11 ...... UCLA 5/11 Two-run Games ...... 2-6 Fewest Total Bases Allowed ...... 5 ...... San Diego State 2/7, CS Dominguez Hills 3/2 Extra Innings...... 2-2 Shutouts ...... 2-4 Individual Batting UA Scores First ...... 21-11 At Bats ...... 8 ...... Three Times Opponent Scores First ...... 10-13 Runs ...... 4 ...... Four Times Leading After Seven ...... 28-4 Hits ...... 5 ...... Marc Kaiser vs. UC Irvine 2/24 Doubles ...... 2 ...... Six Times Trailing After Seven ...... 1-17 Triples ...... 2 ...... Thompson, CS Dominguez Hills 3/2 Tied After Seven ...... 2-3 Home Runs ...... 2 ...... Kaiser vs. UC Irvine 2/22 Leading After Eight ...... 28-4 RBIs ...... 9 ...... Duran vs. New Mexico 1/26 Trailing After Eight ...... 1-17 Stolen Bases ...... 3 ...... Hassey vs. Utah 2/1 Tied After Eight ...... 2-3 Walks ...... 4 ...... Cunningham, Riley vs. New Mexico 1/26 Out-hit Opponents ...... 19-4 Strikeouts ...... 4 ...... Cunningham at Long Beach State 3/7 Out-hit by Opponents ...... 8-19 Total Bases ...... 9 ...... Duran vs. New Mexico 1/26 ...... 9 ...... Kaiser vs. UC Irvine Same Number of Hits ...... 4-1 Committing No Errors ...... 8-4 Individual Pitching Last Five Games ...... 2-3 Innings Pitched ...... 9.0 ...... Rierson vs. San Diego State 2/7 Last 10 Games ...... 4-6 ...... 9.0 ...... Kaiser vs. UNC Wilmington 3/18 Current Streak ...... Won 1 ...... 9.0 ...... Kaiser vs. Arizona State 3/24 ...... 9.0 ...... Rierson vs. UC Riverside 4/19 Innings (Relief) ...... 4.2 ...... Snyder at Texas A&M 2/16 Team S treaks and Stats ...... 4.2 ...... Goodman vs. Stanford 4/7 Longest Winning Streak ...... 6 Games Fewest Hits Allowed (Starters) ... 4 ...... Rierson vs. Utah 2/1, CSUDH 3/2 Longest Losing Streak...... Games 4 Fewest Runs ...... 0 ...... Rierson vs. San Diego State 2/7 Most Runs ...... 10 ...... Kaiser vs. Stanford 4/7 Largest Marging of Victory...... Runs 20 Fewest Earned Runs ...... 0 ...... Rierson vs. San Diego State 2/7 Largest Margin of Defeat...... Runs 18 Most Earned Runs ...... 9 ...... Kaiser vs. Stanford 4/7 Most Runs (Arizona Only)...... Runs 23 Walks (most) ...... 6 ...... Kaiser at USC 4/27 Most Runs (Both T eams) ...... 32 Runs Strikeouts ...... 10 ...... Little vs. San Diego State 2/8 Fewest Runs (Both Teams) ...... 1 Run ...... 10 ...... Rierson vs. CS Dominguez Hills 3/2 Most Double Plays (Game) ...... 3 Strikeouts (Relief) ...... 8 ...... Snyder vs. UC Irvine 2/22 Most Double Plays HitInto (Game) ...... 3 Most Errors (Game) ...... 7 2002 Final Pac-10 Standings Most Opponent Errors (Game) ...... 4 Longest Game (Time) ...... 5:19 Place Team Pac-10 Overall Longest Game (Innings)...... 18 Innings 1. USC 17-7 (.708) 37-24 (.607) Shortest Game ...... 2:01 2. Stanford 16-8 (.667) 47-18 (.723) Largest Home Crowd ...... 2,284 3. Arizona State 15-9 (.625) 37-21 (.638) Largest Road Crowd ...... 7,428 Washington 15-9 (.625) 33-27-1 (.549) 5. California 11-13 (.458) 29-27 (.518) 6. Oregon State 10-14 (.417) 31-23 (.574) 7. UCLA 9-15 (.375) 26-35 (.426) Arizona 9-15 (.375) 31-24 (.564) 9. Washington State 6-18 (.250) 21-33 (.389)

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Batting Average Doubles Stolen Bases Saves Baker, CAL .383 Pietsch, OSU 24 Rasmussen, UCLA 20 Sanders, OSU 9 C. Jackson, CAL .382 Concepcion, USC 21 Francisco, UCLA 20 Schroyer, ASU 8 Fuld, STAN .375 Fuld, STAN 20 Reynolds, WASH 19 McCally, STAN 7 Hart, WSU .370 Hecker, WSU 19 Garcia, ASU 16 Rich, STAN 6 LaRue, WSU .367 Arhart, UCLA 18 Garrabrants, ASU 16 Campos, USC 6 Concepcion, USC .363 West, ASU 18 Hassey, ARIZ 15 Brown, CAL 6 Arhart, UCLA .363 Davidson, WASH 18 5 tied at 14 Shepple, WASH 6 Ethier, ASU .363 Garko, STAN 18 Anderson, B, ARIZ 4 Gates, WSU .362 4 tied at 17 Earned Run Avg. 7 tied at 3 Peavey, USC .361 Schroyer, ASU 2.37 Triples Guthrie, STAN 2.51 Appearances Slugging Percentage Garrabrants, ASU 7 Kohn, WASH 3.22 Postlewait, OSU 30 C. Jackson, CAL .691 Pietsch, OSU 6 Hutchinson, CAL 3.38 Campos, USC 30 Whisler, UCLA .684 Reynolds, WASH 5 Reyes, USC 3.44 Williams, USC 29 West, ASU .668 Concepcion, USC 5 Bt.Bannister, USC 3.56 Ingram, CAL 29 Metropoulos, USC .653 Creighton, OSU 4 Brown, CAL 3.70 Kunes, UCLA 27 Peavey, USC .648 West, ASU 4 Esposito, ASU 3.72 Ekstrom, OSU 26 Concepcion, USC .637 Cunningham, ARIZ 4 Campos, USC 3.84 Shepple, WASH 26 Cooper, STAN .611 Fuld, STAN 4 Whisler, UCLA 4.06 Sanders, OSU 26 Berry, UCLA .611 Quentin, STAN 4 Bt.Bannister, USC 26 12 tied at 3 Davidson, WASH .606 Opposing Bat Avg. Kline, OSU 26 Garthwaite, WASH .603 Home Runs Schroyer, ASU .228 Games Started Whisler, UCLA 18 Guthrie, STAN .233 On Base Percentage Berry, UCLA 18 Kartler, ASU .240 Guthrie, STAN 20 Baker, CAL .516 C. Jackson, CAL 16 Hutchinson, CAL .242 Cunningham, STAN 20 Peavey, USC .467 Garthwaite, WASH 16 Bt.Bannister, USC .245 Rowe, OSU 18 Concepcion, USC .466 Peavey, USC 15 Kohn, WASH .252 Copeland, OSU 17 Metropoulos, USC .463 Davidson, WASH 15 Cunningham, STAN .256 Little, ARIZ 17 C. Jackson, CAL .461 Garko, STAN 14 McClellan, ASU .258 Esposito, ASU 17 Ethier, ASU .459 Hudgins, STAN .263 Rierson, ARIZ 17 4 tied at 13 West, ASU .450 McLemore, OSU .266 Kohn, WASH 16 Garrabrants, ASU .446 Bonine, WSU 16 Walks Barre, USC .444 Innings Pitched 3 tied at 15 Hart, WSU .442 Barre, USC 47 Peavey, USC 41 Guthrie, STAN 157.2 Garko, STAN 38 Kohn, WASH 131.1 Runs Scored Rierson, ARIZ 117.0 Individual Team Leaders Metropoulos, USC 38 Offensive Numbers Barre, USC 75 Garrabrants, ASU 36 Hutchinson, CAL 117.0 Garko, STAN 68 Duran, ARIZ 36 Cunningham, STAN 112.0 Fuld, STAN 67 Hudgins, STAN 105.0 Average: ...... 328 - John Hardy Hudson, OSU 34 Slugging: ...... 566 - Chris Cunningham Peavey, USC 62 Ethier, ASU 32 Bonine, WSU 104.2 Davidson, WASH 62 Esposito, ASU 104.0 On Base: ...... 426 - John Hardy 3 tied at 31 Runs: ...... 50 - Brad Hassey O’Riordan, STAN 59 Little, ARIZ 97.0 AB: ...... 238 - Brad Hassey Concepcion, USC 57 McClellan, ASU 97.0 Sacrifice Hits Hits: ...... 75 - Brad Hassey West, ASU 55 RBIs: ...... 53 - Chris Cunningham VanZandt, STAN 8 Garrabrants, ASU 55 Batters Struck Out 2B: ...... 13 - Chris Cunningham Quentin, STAN 55 Parker, UCLA 8 Guthrie, STAN 136 3B: ...... 4 - Chris Cunningham Cox, USC 8 HR: ...... 13 - Chris Cunningham Conley, CAL 7 Hutchinson, CAL 94 Hits Esposito, ASU 93 TB: ...... 116 - Brad Hassey Fuld, STAN 110 McAndrews, USC 7 BB: ...... 36 - Moises Duran Hecker, WSU 7 McClellan, ASU 91 O’Riordan, STAN 87 K: ...... 44 - Three tied Weiner, CAL 7 Little, ARIZ 83 SB: ...... 15 - Brad Hassey Davidson, WASH 85 Moon, USC 7 Rierson, ARIZ 81 Concepcion, USC 85 6 tied at 6 Kohn, WASH 79 Pitching Numbers C. Jackson, CAL 84 Bonine, WSU 78 Reynolds, WASH 83 Bt.Bannister, USC 76 Sacrifice Flies ERA: ...... 3.00 - Wes Zlotoff Pedroia, ASU 82 2 tied at 75 Opp BA: ...... 243 - Wes Zlotoff Barden, OSU 81 O’Riordan, STAN 9 Wins: ...... 7 - Sean Rierson Peavey, USC 9 Barre, USC 80 Wins Losses: ...... 6 - Joe Little West, ASU 8 Moon, USC 80 Guthrie, STAN 13 Saves: ...... 4 - Brian Anderson Gates, WSU 8 Inn. Pitched: ...... 117.0 - Sean Rierson Kohn, WASH 11 Garko, STAN 7 App: ...... 22 - Two tied Runs Batted In Rasmussen, UCLA 7 Hudgins, STAN 10 Ks: ...... 83 - Joe Little Peavey, USC 71 Metropoulos, USC 6 Cunningham, STAN 10 Starts: ...... 17 - Two tied West, ASU 71 Lunetta, USC 6 Esposito, ASU 9 Metropoulos, USC 65 Topham, STAN 6 Bt.Bannister, USC 8 Bonine, WSU 8 Garthwaite, WASH 64 Quentin, STAN 6 C. Jackson, CAL 61 6 tied at 7 Moon, USC 60 Cooper, STAN 57 Garko, STAN 55 Quentin, STAN 54 Cunningham, ARIZ 53

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