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ASEBALL Weekly Release -Jan. 29, 2004 B 2004 Season Begins in California Media Relations Information The Cougars open up their 2004 season with a three-game series against contact: Ralph Zobell California in Berkley, Calif., beginning Thursday. The Cougars start the season E-Mail: [email protected] after finishing the 2003 season tied for second place in the Mountain West Date Opp/Event Time at site of game Conference with a 30-24 overall record and 18-12 conference record. The Golden 1/29-30California Berkeley, CA + 1:30 p.m. Bears also open their season against BYU after finishing with a 28-27 overall 1/31 California Berkeley, CA + Noon record last year. Cal is ranked 26th in Baseball America’s Top-50 Preseason Poll. 2/5-7 Pacific Invitational Stockton, CA 2/5 St. Mary’s Stockton, CA 6 p.m. A Quick Look at the Cougars 2/6 Pacific Stockton, CA +% 6 p.m. Fifth year coach Vance Law returns five position starters and Paul Jacinto, the 2/7 Nevada Stockton, CA +% 2 p.m. MWC Pitcher of the Year. Players to watch include third-team Preseason All- 2/9 Santa Clara+Santa Clara, CA 6 p.m. American Ranger Wiens, Ryan Chambers, Robi Itri and Casey Cloward. 2/10 Santa Clara+Santa Clara, CA 3 p.m. Pitchers to watch are Jacinto, junior college transfer Patrick Wells and Justin 2/12-13UC Riverside Riverside, CA 3 p.m. Su’a. 2/14 UC Riverside Riverside, CA 1 p.m. 2/19-20San Jose St. San Jose, CA % 6 p.m. Probable Pitching Rotation 2/21 San Jose St. San Jose, CA % 1 p.m. Jan. 29 California Paul Jacinto (10-5, 4.14) Berkeley, 1:30 p.m. 2/26-28Battle at the Beach Tournament Jan. 30 California Bryce Searle (2.1 IP, 0.00) Berkeley, 1:30 p.m. 2/26 Pepperdine Malibu, CA % 2 p.m. Jan. 31 California Patrick Wells (8-2, 1.29 at CEU JC) Berkeley, Noon 2/27 Nevada Malibu, CA +% 10 a.m. 2/28 Cal St. NR Malibu, CA 10 a.m. Series Record 3/4 Cal St. NR Northridge, CA 2 p.m. BYU and Cal are tied in the series at 8-8. Tha last time the two teams met was 3/5 Long Beach Long Beach, CA %6:30 p.m. in 2001 at Berkeley when BYU won the first and last of the three-game series. 3/6 Cal St. NR Northridge, CA 1 p.m. 3/8-13 Fresno Tournament Fresno, CA Radio Coverage 3/8 Dallas BaptistFresno, CA +% 10 a.m. BYU radio coverage begins once league play starts in March. Prior to then 3/9 Chicago St. Fresno, CA 1:30 p.m. selected games will be available via live audiostreaming on the Internet from 3/10 Fresno St. Fresno, CA % 6:35 p.m. 3/11 Monmouth Fresno, CA 1:30 p.m. host schools. Once BYU’s live radio coverage begins, the play-by-play will 3/12 Portland Fresno, CA 10 a.m. come again from Brent Norton, BYU’s veteran broadcaster. 3/13 TBA Fresno, CA TBA TV Coverage 3/18-19UNLV * Provo +% 6:30 p.m. 3/20 UNLV * Provo +% Noon There is a possibility that two of BYU’s home games will be televised by 3/25-26Utah * Salt Lake City 6 p.m. BYUTV. The opponents will be announced later. 3/27 Utah * Salt Lake City 1 p.m. 4/1-2 New Mexico *Albuquerque 6 p.m. Coach Law on the Season 4/3 New Mexico *Albuquerque Noon “We have a close-knit unit and continue to add more depth. We do not have a 4/8-9 UNLV * Las Vegas 6:30 p.m. pitcher in our program outside of Paul Jacinto who posted a victory for us last 4/10 UNLV * Las Vegas 2 p.m. season because Michel Bergeron(6-3, 5.37) and Anthony Bingham (1-0, 5.93) are 4/15-16San Diego St*Provo 7 p.m. seeking a medical redshirt.” 4/17 San Diego St*Provo Noon 4/22-23Air Force * Colorado Spgs. + 2 p.m. Probable Lineup 4/24 Air Force * Colorado Spgs. + Noon 1B–#1-Tim Law 2B–#5 Wade Vest SS–#2 Brandon Taylor 4/29-30Utah * Provo 7 p.m. 3B–#6 Blair Lucas RF–#25 Ben Saylor CF–#22 Ryan Chambers 5/1 Utah * Provo Noon LF–12 Kory Knell or #10 Kevin Bills 5/6-7 New Mexico * Provo 7 p.m. C–#9 Casey Cloward or #24 Adam Wilkes 5/8 New Mexico *Provo Noon DH–#8 Ranger Wiens or #16 Jeff Hiestand 5/12-14San Diego St*San Diego % 6 p.m. 5/18 Utah Valley Provo 7 p.m. Regarding BYU this season 5/20-21Air Force * Provo 7 p.m. BYU has nine current players who are married (Michel Bergeron, Bryce Burger, 5/22 Air Force * Provo Noon Casey Cloward, Brad Hales, Tyler Heid, Nathan Hess, Blair Lucas, Ranger 5/26-29MWC Tourn. Las Vegas TBA Wiens, Adam Wilkes). There are 23 players on the team who have served two- 6/2-5 NCAA Regionals TBA year volunteer Church missions, 16 of whom were assigned outside the United 6/9-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBA States and speak Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and Russian. 6/16-22College World Series Omaha, Neb. Incorporated into this year’s team are seven players who have just finished * MWC Games, %Internet Audio +webcast serving two-year Church missions (Joshua Barrett, Brad Hales, Jeff Hiestand, www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 2

BYU Quick Facts Seth Iorg, Ben Saylor, Justin Su’a, Brandon Taylor). Eight playerstransferred to BYU this season (Lance Beus, Bryce Burger, Nathan Hess, Nick Lemon, Kalen Location: Provo, Utah 84602 Parsons, Ben Saylor, Brandon Taylor, Patrick Wells). Among those throwing Enrollment: 30,069 (Daytime) batting practice to BYU again this season is former Cy Young winner Vernon Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Law (1960 ), father of BYU head coach Vance Law. Vernon Christ of Latter-day Saints turned 73-years-old last March. Earlier this month, Vance Law was in Colors: Blue and White Washington, D.C., where he was again a resource player (yearly for 12 of the Nickname: Cougars past 13 years) for the major league rookie training. Also in January, Coach Law Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) attended the Cubs Convention, an annual gathering which draws thousands of Affiliation: NCAA Division I fans. Conference: Mountain West Coach Vance Law and staff Field: Larry H. Miller Field (2,300) Vance Law played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six President: Cecil O. Samuelson different teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year for the Mountain Men’s AD: Val Hale West Conference. The 48-year-old coach is in his fifth year at BYU and has a Ticket Office Phone: (801) 378-BYU1 or 128-106-1 (.547) record. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his second year at 1-800-322-BYU1 BYU. Pitching coach Bobby Applegate is in his first full year with BYU, having Baseball Staff: last coached at the Air Force Academy. Volunteer assistant Seth King is in his Head Coach: Vance Law (BYU, 1978) first year on the BYU staff, succeeding Nate Mathis who is now a member of the Utah Valley State baseball staff. Office Phone: (801) 378-5049 Record: 128-106-1, fifth season Team Notes Assistant Coaches: • Ranger Wiens led the team with 25 multiple games in 2003. Ryan Roberts (BYU, 1998) • BYU had 15 one-run games in 2003 and won four of them. Bobby Applegate (U of Southern Colorado, 1996) • BYU’s MWC regular season title in 2001 was its first since 1994 when it won Seth King (BYU) the Western Athletic Conference playoff. By winning the MWC title in 2001 Trainer: Spencer Mack and 2002, it marks the first time BYU has repeated as the league champ since Baseball Facts: 1988-89, the only other time it has happened for the Cougars. The Cougars have won 11 league titles dating back to the WAC’s inception in 1962. 2003 Record: 30-24-1 (14-4 home,16-20 away) • Brock Jacobsen is one player who could have returned to this year’s team, but Conference Finish: 18-12, Second place in MWC skipped remaining college eligibility to sign with the Texas Rangers. Final National Ranking: NA Starters Returning (5): NCAA Rankings Ryan Chambers, 6-0, Jr., OF • Batting Casey Cloward, 5-11, Jr., C No. 30 Ranger Wiens, Brigham Young------53 .405 Rob Itri, 6-3, Sr., 2B/3B • RBI Wade Vest, 5-9, Sr., 2B No. 21 Kainoa Obrey, Brigham Young ------53 65 1.23 • Triples Ranger Wiens, 6-3, Sr., SS No. 8 Doug Jackson, Brigham Young ------54 8 0.15 Starters Lost (4): • Runs Per Game Doug Jackson, OF No. 7 Doug Jackson, Brigham Young------54 71 1.31 Brock Jacobsen, OF • Victories Kainoa Obrey, 3B No. 25 Paul Jacinto, Brigham Young ------10 5 0.667 Jake Stubblefield, 1B • Batting Other Key Letterwinners Returning: No. 8 Brigham Young ------.330 Kevin Bills, 3B/OF • Scoring No. 9 Brigham Young ------54 30 24 0 466 8.6 Brad Hales, INF • Home Runs Jeff Hiestand, OF/C No. 24 Brigham Young ------54 30 24 0 65 1.2 Tim Law, 1B/OF • Slugging Blair Lucas, INF No. 6 Brigham Young ------.528 Adam Wilkes, C • Triples Top Returning Pitchers from 2003: No. 3 Brigham Young ------54 30 24 0 31 0.57 Paul Jacinto, 6-0, RHP, Sr.,10-5, 4.14 Father and Son BYU Coach Vance Law and his son Tim are one of at least two father/son com- binations that have a coach/player relationship in college baseball. Kansas Coach Ritch Price and his son Ritchie is the other combination. Fourth Full Year in New Ballpark at Home This is BYU’s fourth full season at Miller Park, named in honor of Larry H. and Gail Miller, who made a significant financial contribution toward the facility. The baseball field is built on the site the original field was constructed on in 1969 and is named Larry H. Miller Field. The baseball portion seats 2,204 (675

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in the lower bowl) and mirrors a back-to-back concept with the adjoining softball Attend. @ Larry Miller Field field and a shared press box. Both fields have lights. The field measures 400 feet in Date Opponent Attendance center, 388 in the alleys and remains at 345 down the lines. BYU played its first 5/11/01 UNLV (Night) 3,120 night games in Provo with the opening of Miller Park. 4/5/02 Utah (Night) 2,863 4/6/02 Utah (Night) 2,611 Attendance Ranks Nationally 5/25/02 SDSU 2,396 4/11/03 Air Force (Night) 2,274 Attendance at Larry H. Miller field ranked 33rd nationally in 2003 with an average 5/25/02 SDSU (Night) — of 1,247 fans attending in 18 dates. The Cougars rank 44th nationally in total home 5/2/03 Utah (Night) 2,512 attendance with 22,460 fans in 2003. BYU set two top-10 home attendance records 4/4/02 Utah (Night) 2,251 last year drawing 2,512 fans to a match against Utah and 2,274 to one against Air 4/26/02 Air Force (Night) 1,964 Force. The Cougars have a 38-16 (.704) record at Larry H. Miller field going into the 5/17/02 New Mexico (Night) 1,831 2004 season. 3/22/02 SDSU (Night) 1,748 5/24/02 SDSU 1,713 Travel Plans 5/13/03 Southern Utah (Night) 1,711 BYU buses to Berkeley on Wednesday morning. The team will headquarter at the 5/24/02 UNLV (Night) — Four Points Sheraton in Emeryville (510) 547-7888. 4/19/02 New Mexico 1,668 4/19/02 New Mexico — (DH) Ranger Wiens 4/19/01 Utah (Night) 1,609 Selected as a third team Pre-season All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball 4/10/03 Air Force (Night) 1,601 magazine. The 2004 BYU co-captain leads all returning players in nearly every 3/21/03 UNLV (Night) 1,530 offensive category including average, RBI, doubles and stolen bases. His first year 3/22/03 UNLV 1,527 of action was at the University of Nevada prior to serving a Church mission to 3/23/02 SDSU, suspended 1,440 Hawai`i. Wiens set a junior’s record for MWC games with a .415 league batting 4/27/01 San Diego St. (Night) 1,398 average. His .405 season average ranked 30th in the nation. 5/1/03 Utah (Night) 1,392 4/21/01 Utah 1,371 Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO 5/12/01 UNLV 1,318 1999 .171 36-17 70 10 12 3 0 0 7 15 5 16 5/10/01 UNLV (Night) 1,282 2002 .318 63-63 242 43 77 14 3 3 32 106 22 47 4/12/03 Air Force 1,276 2003 .405 53-52 220 50 89 25 4 4 55 134 20 25 4/20/01 Utah (Night) 1,274 Total .335 152-132 532 103 178 42 7 7 94 255 47 88 4/25/02 Air Force (Night) 1,258 5/18/02 New Mexico 1,229 Paul Jacinto 5/12/03 Southern Utah 1,219 4/17/03 New Mexico (Night) 1,216 Jacinto was named MWC Pitcher of the Week for his complete game, one-hit outing 5/3/02 UNLV (Night) 1,189 against UNLV in Provo in a 3-1 victory. The 2003 MWC Pitcher of the Year lost a 5/16/02 New Mexico (Night) 1,183 three-hitter in a complete game in a 1-0 decision against Northwestern in BYU’s 5/6/02 Southern Utah 1,178 tournament in Arizona. He set a MWC record for league games with a .222 oppos- 5/22/02 Air Force (Night) 1,177 ing batting average, and set junior MWC games only marks with 74.1 innings and 3/21/02 SDSU (Night) 1,176 nine wins His 10 season wins ranked 25th in the nation. 5/23/02 UNLV (Night) 1,167 4/13/01 New Mexico (Night) 1,143 Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO 4/14/01 New Mexico 1,119 1999 11.52 1-1 11 4 0 1 27.1 43 38 35 23 20 4/14/01 New Mexico — (DH) 2002 7.83 2-3 14 9 0 0 56.1 77 57 49 28 42 3/20/03 UNLV 1,092 2003 4.14 10-5 18 13 4 0 113.0 101 58 52 38 83 5/3/03 Utah 1,072 Total 6.22 13-9 43 26 4 1 196.2 221 153 136 89 145 4/26/01 San Diego St. (Night) 1,059 5/4/02 UNLV 1,040 Ryan Chambers 4/28/01 San Diego St. 1,014 Chambers was named MWC Player of the Week vs. Utah after leading the Cougars 5/10/03 San Diego St. 1,007 to their first six-game sweep of the Utes since 1986, batting .600 with two 5/7/02 Southern Utah (Night) 948 home runs and eight RBI. He led the team with 10 home runs in conference play, 5/2/02 UNLV (Night) 913 ending the season tied for first with 11. A corner stone in right field, Chambers com- 4/16/01 Southern Utah 809 mitted only four errors while gunning down three who tested his arm. He led the 4/17/01 Southern Utah 862 MWC in total bases for league games only and was second with a slugging percent- 5/9/03 San Diego St. 820 age of .714. Chambers had a 17-game hitting streak near the end of the2003 season. 5/9/03 San Diego St. — 4/7/03 Southern Utah 543 Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO Totals 75,322 (avg. 1,537, 5 DH) 2002 .291 39-30 110 18 32 9 2 2 19 51 13 18 All Nighttime 53,223 (Avg. 1,663) 2003 .327 52-50 199 43 65 7 5 11 51 115 19 30 Total .314 91-80 309 61 97 16 7 13 70 166 32 48 2003 22,460(18 games)(Avg. 1,247) 2002 31,275(22game)(Avg. 1,422) 2001 17,378 (14 games) (Avg. 1,241) Losses Night record: 22-10 Overall Record @ Miller Park=38-16

www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Page 4 Cougars on Missions Bloodlines for Current BYU Baseball Team Player, Pos., Year @ BYU Place of Service • Michel Bergeron—father Richard was a running back for the Royal Military Thomas Bills, 1B, 2003 Montreal (French) Naval Academy. • Lance Beus—cousin Caroline played women’s basketball for BYU (1998-2000), Clayton Barnes, LHP, 2003 Mexico City West cousin Dan played basketball for Southern Utah University, grandmother is a Brian Nielsen, LHP, 2002 Germany cousin to former major league pitcher and winner Vernon Law, Adam Hanselman, OF, 2003 Long Beach, Calif. the father of BYU coach Vance Law. • Kevin Bills—father Jeff played catcher for BYU from 1972-75, grandfather Karol Chris Johnson, SS, 2003 Everett, Wash. played football and baseball in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Brother Thomas Tyler Manning, LHP, 2003 Guadalajara, Mexico signed last season with BYU baseball and is currently serving a Church mission to Montreal, Canada. • Bryce Burger—father pitched one year for Florida State, sister Rhianna played Missions Served lacrosse for two years at BYU. Player, Pos., Year @ BYU Place of Service • Casey Cloward—father Rod played for BYU baseball from 1969-72. Wife Joshua Barrett, LHP, Fr. Lithuania Amberlee is the sister of current BYU pitcher, Bryce. • Brad Hales—grandfather, Lynn Powell played for BYU baseball in 1949. Kevin Bills, 3B/OF, Sr. Orlando, Fla. • Tyler Heid—father Edward is a scout for Seattle Mariners, uncle David played Anthony Bingham, RHP, So. Chile baseball for BYU. Younger brother Trevor signed with BYU baseball last Bryce Burger, RHP, Jr. Boise, Idaho November. • Seth Iorg—father Dane played 10 years in the major leagues with the Phillies, Casey Cloward, C, Jr. Mexico Cardinals, Royals and Padres and won two World Series rings with the Cardinals Brad Hales, INF, So. Spain and Royals. Uncle Garth played nine years in the major leagues with the Toronto Tyler Heid, RHP, So. Japan Blue Jays. Uncle Lee and cousin Isaac also played baseball at BYU. Isaac was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2001 and now plays in the Atlanta Braves Nathan Hess, RHP, Jr. Montreal, Canada organization. Dane (1969-71) and Lee (1971-74) are members of the BYU Hall of Jeff Hiestand, OF/C, So. Denver, Colo. Fame and were All-Americans at BYU. Cousin Eli is a sophomore infielder at the Seth Iorg, OF, Fr. Ukraine University of Tennesee after playing his freshman year at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. Cousin Cale, a senior in high school, signed to play baseball Rob Itri, INF/OF, Sr. Portugal with Alabama. Paul Jacinto, RHP, Sr. Brazil • Rob Itri—father Nick pitched for Drexel University. Kory Knell, Infield/1B, Jr. Illinois • Paul Jacinto—grandfather Alvin played one year on the major league and then played in the San Francisco Giants organization, father David Tim Law, OF/1B, Sr. Toronto (Chinese) swam and played water polo for BYU, uncles Scott, Brett and Mark Favero were Nick Lemon, RHP, JR. Washington, D.C. swimmers for BYU and uncle Rex Favero swam for UCLA. Blair Lucas, 3B, Sr. Brazil • Mike Kessler—father Brad was a 1973 first round draft of the Cincinnati Reds. • Seth King, volunteer assistant coach—younger brother Eric pitches for UVSC. Ben Saylor, OF, So. Philippines • Vance Law, head BYU coach—father Vernon was 1960 Cy Young winner and was Bryce Searle, RHP, So. Ecuador a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1950-67), brother Veryl played basketball at Justin Su’a, RHP, So. Nicaragua BYU (1974-77) alongside Vance (1975-77), brothers Veldon (1975) and Vaughn (1979) played baseball for BYU, son Tim played baseball at Dixie and in 2000 and Brandon Taylor, SS, So. Argentina 2002 for BYU. Son Andrew signed with BYU baseball last November. Wade Vest, 2b, Sr. Chile • John Pace—father Corey was a center for BYU's football team (1976, `79-81), Ranger Wiens, SS, Sr. Hawai`i brother Daniel played football for BYU. Grandpa, Wallace Hunt ran track at BYU. • Kalen Parsons—uncle Lynn Parsons played basketball at BYU (1967-69). Adam Wilkes, Catcher, Sr. Russia • Ryan Roberts, assistant BYU coach—wife Angela played volleyball at Idaho State and UVSC, sister (Allison) plays volleyball at the Univ. of Houston, uncle Larry Married Players Schenk played baseball for BYU in 1959. • Bryce Searle—father Craig ran track and played freshman basketball for BYU in Michel Bergeron, RHP, Sr. Penelope Grebe 1974 with Gifford Nielsen and Dave Checketts. Sister Amberlee is the wife of cur- Bryce Burger, RHP, Jr. Jamie Eshenroder rent BYU catcher Casey Cloward. Casey Cloward, Catcher, Jr. Amberlee Searle • J.D. Stambaugh—father Roy played baseball for Shippensburg University. • Justin Su’a—father Murphy is a former BYU All-American (1978-79) and is the Brad Hales, INF So. Shannon Bufton hitting coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Tyler Heid, RHP, So. Ashley Sheffield • Brandon Taylor—grandpa Robert played quarterback at Ricks College, uncle Val Nathan Hess, RHP, Jr. Cindy Gibby played football at BYU. • Ranger Wiens—father Randy played AAAbaseball for the Toronto Blue Jays, Blair Lucas, INF, Sr. Sara Finlinson grandfather Lloyd Brink played football for BYU (1938-40), uncles Bill and Justin Ranger Wiens, SS, Sr. Katie Corbett Brink played baseball for BYU. Younger brother Logan signed with BYU baseball Adam Wilkes, Catcher, Sr. Erin Nelson last November. • Adam Wilkes—father James played baseball for the University of Arizona, grandfather was a scout for 30 years with the Los Angles Dodgers, younger brother Garrett played basketball for the College of Eastern Arizona. Adam’s wife, Erin Nelson, was an All-American soccer player for the University of Arizona.

www.byucougars.com BYU BASEBALL NEWS Schedule/Roster 2004 ROSTER N o .P l a y e r Po s . H t . W t . B-T Y r. D O B H o m e t o w n 1 ** T im Law 1B / O F 5- 1 0 18 0 L- L Sr. - 2 V 11- 6 - 7 8 Pr ovo, Utah (Dixie JC) 3 Brandon Tay l o r SS 6- 2 19 0 R- R So . - J C 7- 2 6 - 8 2 Or em, Utah (UVSC) 4 Patrick Wel l s LH P 6- 0 18 0 L- L Jr. - J C 8- 6 - 8 3 West Jordan, Utah (CEU) 5 *W ade Ves t 2B 5- 9 16 0 R- R Sr. - 1 V 12 - 1 5 - 7 9 Spanish Fork, Utah (UVSC) 6 *Blair Lucas IN F 5- 1 0 21 0 R- R Sr. - 1 V 3- 2 3 - 8 0 Lake Forest, Calif. (Saddleback CC 7 Lance Beus LH P 6- 0 18 0 L- L Jr. - T R 3- 11 - 8 3 Meridian, Idaho (Cochise CC) 8 **Ranger Wie n s SS 6- 3 20 0 R- R Sr. - 2 V 5- 7 - 8 0 Me r ced, California (Nevada) 9 **Casey Cloward C 5- 1 1 18 0 R- R Jr. - 2 V 12 - 8 - 8 0 Salem, Utah (Spanish Fork) 10 *Brad Hales INF 5-10 165 S-R So.-1V 1-7 82 Salem, Utah (Spanish Fork) 11 ***Kevin Bills 3B / O F 6- 2 17 5 R- R Sr. - 3 V 3- 5 - 8 0 Reno, Nevada (Reno) 12 Kory Knell OF 6- 0 19 0 R- R Jr. - R S 2- 6 - 8 0 Salt Lake City (Saddleback CC) 13 Kalen Parsons RH P 6- 3 21 0 R- R Jr. - J C 9- 1 - 8 2 Gr een River, Utah (CEU) 14 Nick Lemon RH P 6- 2 19 0 R- R Jr. - J C 10 - 4 - 8 1 Elk Grove, Calif. (Consumes River 15 ***Paul Jacinto RH P 6- 0 19 0 R- R Sr. - 3 V 1- 1 8 - 8 0 Encinitas, California (LaCosta) 16 *J e f f Hiestand OF / C 5- 1 1 21 5 L- R So . - 1 V 8- 1 0 - 8 2 Chino, California (Chino) 17 *T yler Heid RH P 6- 2 17 5 R- R So . - 1 V 8- 5 - 8 0 Glendale, Arizona (Cactus) 18 Nathan Hess RH P 6- 5 20 0 R- R Jr. - J C 4- 1 3 - 8 1 Pr eston, Idaho (SLCC) 19 Seth Iorg OF 6- 0 17 5 R- R Fr. - H S 8- 2 2 - 8 2 Pleasant Grove, Utah (Pleasant G.) 21 ***Rob Itri IN F 6- 3 18 0 L- R Sr. - 3 V 12 - 1 7 - 7 9 Br oomall, Penn. (Marple Newtow 22 ** R yan Chambers OF 6- 0 16 5 L- L Jr. - 2 V 12 - 3 1 - 8 2 Yucaipa, California (Yuc a i p a ) 23 Joshua Barret t RH P 6- 1 17 0 R- R Fr. - T R 9- 2 0 - 8 1 Pleasant Vie w , Utah (Arizona St.) 24 **Adam Wil k e s C 5- 9 16 5 R- R Sr. - 2 V 10 - 2 6 - 7 9 Tucson, Arizona (Sabino) 25 Ben Saylor 1B / O F 6- 4 21 5 L- R So . - J C 2- 1 4 - 8 2 Sa n d y , Utah (Hillcres t ) 26 *Bryce Searle RH P 6- 3 21 5 R- R So . - 1 V 11- 1 - 8 0 Spanish Fork, Utah (Spanish Fork) 27 *Justin Su’a 3B / R H P 6- 3 18 3 R- R So . - 1 V 9- 2 5 - 8 2 Torrance, California (Wes t ) 28 *Anthony BinghamRHP 6- 2 19 5 R- R So . - 1 V 11- 2 6 - 8 0 Mission Viejo, CA (Capistrano Val l . 30 *Michel Berge ro n RH P 6- 2 19 5 L- R Sr. - 1 V 6- 2 2 - 8 2 Ottawa, Ontario (St. Petersburg JC 32 J.D. Stambaugh LH P 6- 2 21 0 L- L Fr. - H S 10 - 2 5 - 8 4 Collierville, Tenn. (Collierville) 33 Bryce Burge r RH P 6- 6 23 0 R- R Sr. - J C 7- 7 - 7 9 Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (UVSC) 35 Mike Kessler OF 6- 2 21 0 R- R Fr. - H S 1- 2 4 - 8 5 Cl a r emont, California (Clarem o n t ) 36 John Pace 1B 6- 3 21 0 R- R Fr. - H S 4- 3 - 8 5 Esperanza, California (Esperanza) C o a c h e s 2—Vance Law, Head Coach, 29—Ryan Roberts, Assistant Coach, 34—Bobby Applegate, Assistant Coach 31—Seth King, Volunteer Coach * Letters

Honors for 2003 Brock Jacobsen, Centerfield Beau Seil, Outfielder All-MWC Tournament Academic All-MWC Casey Cloward, Catcher Academic All-MWC Academic All-MWC Jake Stubblefield, First Base Paul Jacinto, Pitcher MWC Player of the Week vs. Utah Ryan Chambers, Outfield MWC Pitcher of the Year MWC Player of the Week vs. Utah All-MWC First Team Wade Vest, Second Base Academic All-MWC Tyler Dabo, Pitcher MWC Pitcher of the Week vs. UNLV Academic All-MWC Kory Knell, Outfielder Mike Weingarten, Catcher Academic All-MWC Ken Gravley, Pitcher Academic All-MWC All-MWC Second Team Jeff Mousser, Pitcher Ranger Wiens, Shortstop All-MWC Second Team Tyler Heid, Pitcher -MWC Pitcher of the Week vs. Arizona Academic All-MWC -MWC Pitcher of the Week vs. Adam Wilkes, Catcher Washington State Academic All-MWC Doug Jackson, Outfield Bryce Searle, Pitcher All-MWC First Team Academic All-MWC Top Pitching Outings of 2003 2003 Final MWC Standings Hits Pitcher Opponent, W-L MWC Overall 1* Paul Jacinto UNLV, W 3-1 W-L GB W-L 3* Paul Jacinto Northwestern, L 1-0 UNLV 24-6 - 47-17 3+Paul Jacinto Air Force, W 17-2 BYU 18-12 6 30-24 San Diego St. 18-12 6 29-32 New Mexico 17-13 7 34-26 *complete game, +7 innings Utah 10-20 14 24-32 Air Force 3-27 21 15-39

www.byucougars.com 2003 Final BYU Baseball Statistics

Record: 30-24 Home: 15-4 Away: 11-16 Neutral: 4-4 : 18-12

Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BBHBP SOGDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% WIENS, Ranger .405 53 52 220 50 89 25 4 4 55 134 .609 20 5 25 5 .456 5 0 21 28 85 142 16 .934 JACKSON, Doug .367 54 53 218 71 80 12 8 4 34 120 .550 25 7 18 1 .444 2 0 10 13 114 3 1 .992 OBREY, Kainoa .362 53 53 199 50 72 24 0 11 65 129 .648 22 7 41 6 .432 6 0 0 1 35 79 13 .898 CLOWARD, Casey.356 40 33 104 20 37 9 2 0 16 50 .481 8 1 18 3 .404 1 1 1 2 190 15 3 .986 LUCAS, Blair .347 28 9 49 12 17 5 1 0 10 24 .490 4 3 5 0 .421 1 0 0 1 10 11 4 .840 STUBBLEFIELD, J.330 53 52 203 45 67 18 1 9 44 114 .562 18 2 24 4 .387 2 0 3 5 319 15 5 .985 CHAMBERS, Ryan.327 52 50 199 43 65 7 5 11 51 115 .578 19 2 30 2 .389 1 3 1 6 108 3 4 .965 CARSON, Clayton.326 40 17 95 24 31 5 1 7 27 59 .621 8 0 20 1 .375 1 0 2 3 16 23 3 .929 JACOBSEN, B. .323 53 52 189 51 61 7 5 10 49 108 .571 22 8 42 2 .410 3 2 20 23 106 4 1 .991 ITRI, Rob .316 45 34 133 30 42 10 0 5 26 67 .504 22 1 22 2 .417 0 1 0 0 48 47 6 .941 VEST, Wade .281 40 26 89 16 25 5 1 1 11 35 .393 7 3 18 0 .350 1 1 7 11 53 72 3 .977 WEINGARTEN, M.280 14 3 25 6 7 3 0 1 7 13 .520 2 0 5 1 .333 0 0 0 0 43 1 0 1.000 LAW, Tim .279 38 12 61 14 17 1 0 0 3 18 .295 10 2 5 3 .392 1 2 1 2 102 8 1 .991 BARNES, Clayton .261 15 2 23 4 6 2 2 0 6 12 .522 2 0 9 0 .308 1 0 0 0 7 3 1 .909 WILKES, Adam .254 30 19 71 12 18 1 0 0 9 19 .268 5 1 12 4 .308 1 0 0 0 103 15 0 1.000 BILLS, Kevin .231 21 6 39 7 9 1 0 2 10 16 .410 2 2 13 1 .295 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 1.000 KNELL, Kory .206 10 9 34 7 7 1 1 0 3 10 .294 6 0 7 1 .325 0 0 3 3 6 1 0 1.000 SEIL, Beau .103 16 4 29 4 3 0 0 0 2 3 .103 2 0 8 1 .161 0 0 3 3 12 0 3 .800 JOHNSON, Chris .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Totals .330 54 54 1981 466 653136 31 65 4281046 .528 204 44 322 37 .399 27 10 72 101 1393 487 74 .962 Opponents .312 54 54 1931 392 603 116 21 68 367 965 .500 169 55 323 38 .380 19 13 43 62 1397 611 97 .954

LOB - Team (404), Opp (403). DPs turned - Team (49), Opp (52). CI - Team (1), CLOWARD 1, Opp (1). IBB - Team (5), JACKSON 2, OBREY 2, JACOBSEN 1, Opp (3). Picked off - JACKSON 2, LAW 2, ITRI 2, CHAMBERS 1, JACOBSEN 1, OBREY 1, CLOWARD 1.

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHOCBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR ABB/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

SEARLE, Bryce 0.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 7 0 6 1 0 0 0 13 .462 3 0 0 1 0 JACINTO, Paul 4.14 10 5 18 13 4 0 0 0 113.0 101 58 52 38 83 15 4 12 429 .235 4 9 1 6 1 BERGERON, Michel 5.37 6 3 16 4 0 0 0 2 53.2 74 45 32 18 45 15 2 4 230 .322 9 10 2 1 2 DABO, Tyler 5.76 1 1 20 0 0 0 0 1 25.0 28 21 16 12 16 8 2 3 99 .283 2 1 3 4 1 BINGHAM, Anthony 5.93 1 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 13.2 17 12 9 5 14 2 1 0 58 .293 2 3 0 0 0 GRAVLEY, Kenneth 6.09 4 2 17 14 0 0 0 0 78.1 114 60 53 25 29 25 2 14 334 .341 4 4 3 1 2 MOUSSER, Jeff 6.40 5 7 16 16 3 1 0 0 95.2 117 77 68 22 73 20 7 17 388 .302 4 18 4 2 5 HEID, Tyler 7.45 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 18 8 8 4 8 5 0 2 45 .400 0 0 0 1 0 RODRIGUEZ, Curtis 7.71 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 20 8 8 3 5 4 0 1 46 .435 0 0 0 0 0 CHRISMAN, Jacob 9.50 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 18.0 31 23 19 5 14 2 2 3 81 .383 1 3 1 1 0 BARNES, Clayton 10.80 1 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 16.2 24 28 20 20 17 8 0 1 73 .329 8 5 2 1 0 GARCIA, Jason 11.52 1 4 12 3 0 0 0 1 25.0 41 33 32 10 17 8 1 9 112 .366 2 0 0 0 1 WILLIAMSON, Kirk 23.62 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 8 7 7 1 0 2 0 1 15 .533 0 1 0 1 0 KOFFMAN, Scott 27.00 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 5 4 0 1 2 0 1 8 .500 0 1 0 0 1

Totals 6.36 30 24 54 54 7 1 0 4 464.1 603 392328169 323 116 21 68 1931 .312 39 55 16 19 13 Opponents 7.38 24 30 54 54 2 2 2 8 465.2 653466382204 322 136 31 65 1981 .330 54 44 8 27 10

PB - Team (5), WILKES 2, CLOWARD 2, WEINGARTEN 1, Opp (11). Pickoffs - Team (6), GRAVLEY 2, MOUSSER 2, BERGERON 1, CLOWARD 1, Opp (10). SBA/ATT - CLOWARD (20-31), WILKES (18-24), GRAVLEY (13 16), MOUSSER (10-15), BERGERON (8-9), WEINGARTEN (5-5), CHRISMAN (4-5), JACINTO (1-4), GARCIA (4-4), DABO (0-3), BINGHAM (2 3), KOFFMAN (1-1), RODRIGUEZ (0-1), BARNES (0-1).

www.byucougars.com 2003 Final BYU Results Date Opponent W/L Score Site Rec. Div-Rec. Pitcher Opp. Pitcher Line Opp. Line Att. 1/30 @ Arizona W 6-3 A 1-0 0-0 Mousser Little 6-12-2 3-7-2 651 1/31 @ Arizona L 13-17 A 1-1 0-0 Koffman Meloan 13-15-3 17-19-1 828 2/1 @ Arizona L 3-32 A 1-2 0-0 Garcia Gardner 3-7-10 32-32-1 998 2/6 @ Arizona St. L 5-6 A 1-3 0-0 Jacinto Schroyer 5-9-3 6-10-1 2,850 2/7 @ Arizona St. L 6-17 A 1-4 0-0 Bergeron Thurmond 6-9-2 17-18-3 2,896 2/8 @ Arizona St. L 4-6 A 1-5 0-0 Jacinto Schroyer 4-10-0 6-9-0 2,691 2/15 Cal Poly-SLO W 11-1 N 2-5 0-0 Mousser Fitch 11-13-1 1-6-1 121 2/15 Northwestern L 0-1 N 2-6 0-0 Jacinto Konecny 0-5-0 1-3-1 143 2/27 Washington St. W 4-0 N 3-6 0-0 Mousser Banaszak 4-8-0 0-5-0 95 2/27 @ Lewis-Clark St. L 6-7 A 3-7 0-0 Jacinto Puckett 6-6-1 7-10-5 155 2/28 U. of Portland L 5-9 A 3-8 0-0 Dabo Renyer 5-7-3 9-12-1 75 3/1 Gonzaga W 10-1 A 4-8 0-0 Gravley Lichter 10-12-2 1-4-1 70 3/6 @ TCU W 7-6 A 5-8 0-0 Bergeron Jerome 7-11-1 6-14-1 797 3/7 @ TCU (10 Inn.) L 2-3 A 5-9 0-0 Garcia Weems 2-7-0 3-9-3 948 3/8 @ TCU L 6-16 A 5-10 0-0 Gravley Osentowski 6-12-1 16-19-2 1,056 3/13 @ New Mexico L 14-19 A 5-11 0-1 Mousser Soto 14-20-1 19-21-3 360 3/14 @ New Mexico W 14-9 A 6-11 1-1 Jacinto Giannetti 14-20-0 9-11-1 280 3/15 @ New Mexico L 10-11 A 6-12 1-2 Garcia Bullen 10-14-1 11-16-0 398 3/20 UNLV L 5-6 H 6-13 1-3 Mousser Pupo 5-10-2 6-5-2 1,092 3/21 UNLV W 3-1 H 7-13 2-3 Jacinto Van 3-8-1 1-1-0 1,530 3/22 UNLV L 9-19 H 7-14 2-4 Bergeron Thompson 9-12-1 19-24-2 1,527 3/25 @ Southern Utah W 8-1 A 8-14 2-4 Bingham Perkins 8-10-1 1-7-3 143 3/25 @ Southern Utah W 8-3 A 9-14 2-4 Bergeron Shepherd 8-10-3 3-4-6 — 3/28 @ Utah W 9-5 A 10-14 3-4 Jacinto Larsen 9-11-0 5-8-1 385 3/29 @ Utah W 6-4 A 11-14 4-4 Bergeron Westmorland 6-12-2 4-10-2 670 3/29 @ Utah W 10-5 A 12-14 5-4 Gravley Mackay 10-11-2 5-11-2 — 4/3 @ SDSU L 1-2 A 12-15 5-5 Mousser Moat 1-9-0 2-4-1 570 4/4 @ SDSU W 7-5 A 13-15 6-5 Jacinto Coon 7-13-2 5-12-0 822 4/5 @ SDSU (10 Inn.) L 3-4 A 13-16 6-6 Garcia Lindsey 3-8-2 4-12-1 603 4/7 Southern Utah W 18-1 H 14-16 6-6 Barnes Shepherd 18-22-0 1-7-3 543 4/10 Air Force Academy W 9-2 H 15-16 7-6 Mousser Stubbendorff 9-17-0 2-8-3 1,601 4/11 Air Force Academy W 17-2 H 16-16 8-6 Jacinto Vignola 17-16-1 2-3-2 2,274 4/12 Air Force Academy W 22-6 H 17-16 9-6 Gravley Hodgson 22-24-3 6-13-4 1,276 4/17 New Mexico L 5-6 H 17-17 9-7 Mousser Vermilyea 5-7-1 6-11-1 1,216 4/19 New Mexico W 12-4 H 18-17 10-7 Jacinto Gross 12-16-0 4-6-2 1,668 4/19 New Mexico W 5-4 H 19-17 11-7 Bergeron Soto 5-7-1 4-7-0 — 4/24 @ UNLV L 8-15 A 19-18 11-8 Mousser Scheinbaum 8-9-3 15-14-1 506 4/25 @ UNLV L 4-5 A 19-19 11-9 Jacinto Van 4-8-1 5-8-0 602 4/26 @ UNLV L 10-11 A 19-20 11-10 Bergeron Braun 10-10-0 11-14-4 704 5/1 Utah W 17-8 H 20-20 12-10 Mousser Mackay 8-9-4 17-15-0 1,392 5/2 Utah W 16-5 H 21-20 13-10 Jacinto Wes t m o r e l a n d 16-20-1 5-10-2 2,512 5/3 Utah W 7-6 H 22-20 14-10 Bergeron Martinez 7-10-2 6-14-2 1,072 5/9 SDSU L 4-11 H 22-21 14-11 Mousser Moat 4-11-2 11-17-0 820 5/9 SDSU W 9-5 H 23-21 15-11 Jacinto Carque 9-9-2 5-7-0 — 5/10 SDSU W 5-4 H 24-21 16-11 Gravley Coon 5-9-4 4-9-2 1,007 5/12 Southern Utah W 14-6 H 25-21 16-11 Chrisman Hanley 14-15-2 6-13-3 1,219 5/13 Southern Utah W 13-2 H 26-21 16-11 Garcia Roche 13-10-1 2-7-4 1,711 5/16 @ Air Force Academy W 19-16 A 27-21 17-11 Bergeron Chapados 19-22-2 16-20-1 121 5/16 @ Air Force Academy W 25-4 A 28-21 18-11 Jacinto Brown 25-23-0 4-8-3 — 5/17 @ Air Force Academy L 11-17 A 28-22 18-12 Gravley Couch 17-22-1 11-19-0 112 5/21 New Mexico W 7-6 A 29-22 18-12 Jacinto Vermilyea 7-13-0 6-11-5 1,051 5/22 San Diego State L 0-6 N 29-23 18-12 Mousser Carque 0-4-0 6-13-0 710 5/23 Utah W 7-6 N 30-23 18-12 Dabo Buck 7-13-0 6-12-2 541 5/23 San Diego State L 7-15 N 30-24 18-12 Barnes Harang 7-13-1 15-13-1 —

www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball FOR THE LAWS, BASEBALL IS A FAMILY AFFAIR BY BRANDON KO L D I T Z , "Tim is a great young man BYU NEWSNET and has excellent skills, particu- S TA F F W R I T E R larly in fielding," Ver n said. "He n 1960, Ver n Law, a 30- can probably save as many run s ye a r -old pitcher from as he'll drive in because of his IMeridian, Idaho, helped glove work. He's an excellent pitch the Pittsburgh Pirates fi e l d e r , and I enjoy watching past the New York Yankees in him play." the World Series, capturing As a sophomore in 2001, the CY Young Award along the Tim hit .301 with three doubles wa y . The Pirates won all three and one triple. He struck out games Ver n started in the only six times in 83 at bats. se r i e s . "Tim has done well for us," Now 73, Ver n is a volun- Vance said. "It's fun to be teer batting practice pitcher on around him. I used to have that the BYU baseball team. He is time with my own dad. It's fun to joined on the team by his son, Head Coach Vance Law, left, with his father Vernon (1960 have a father around." Coach Vance Law, and grandson, Cy Young Winner) and son Tim, a first baseman with BYU. With opportunity comes junior first baseman Tim Law. Vernon, now 73, still throws batting practice for BYU. pressure to perfo r m, especially Tim appreciates the experi- when your last name is Law. Tim ence he has to be on a team assisted by both his father and grandfa- realizes the pressure associated with having former major leaguers th e r . as a father and grandfather and also as a coach and batting practice "It's a special opportunity," Tim said. "I don't know of any other pi t c h e r . person in baseball who has this kind of opportunity. It's a special "The pressure comes from the people on the outside," Tim said. chance for me to be a part of that." "F rom the inside there is no pressure. My family's always there to The three generations of Laws possibly form the only three-gener- support me." ation family to work together on the same team at the same time. Tim said that he tries to focus on his responsibilities as a player Af ter a 16-year major league career with the Pittsburgh Pirates on a team, rather than worry about the pressure of being the coach's and a 10 year stint as the Cougars’ pitching coach in the `70s, Ver n so n . spends many of his afte r noons pitching batting practice to the "I think because of what Tim has done in the past and what he's Cougars. Even in his 70s, he still throws hard. capable of doing this year, you won't have to worry about people hol- "I can throw all day and have my arm not bother me," Ver n said. lering, 'Hey, the only reason you're playing is because your dad's the "I still have plenty left. The kids know I can throw strikes, and I have coach,'" Ver n said. "That's hard on a kid. It puts both of them in a dif- no problem doing that." ficult situation. He's got to keep his nose clean. He's got to do his job Ver n said he loves to give the players an opportunity to improve and prove to people that he belongs there." their hitting skills. Vance can also relate to the pressures associated with having a "He's always there to offer extra BP or extra swings if I need fo r mer major leaguer as a father and a coach. His dad was the pitch- them," Tim said. "He's taught me to work hard and don't put too much ing coach under Glen Tuckett while Vance played for BYU . pressure on yourself. He's told me to play how he knows I can play." "Coach Tuckett told me, 'Vance has got to be clearly the better With the help of his father's name, Vance was able to enjoy a 10- pl a y e r . Otherwise, it's going to reflect back on you,'" Ver n said. "But year major league career with the Pirates, White Sox, Expos, Cubs he clearly showed that he belonged." and Athletics. As a player for BYU, Vance was a three-time All-Wes t e r n Athlet- In his fourth season as the Cougar's head coach, Vance focuses ic Conference shortstop from 1974-78. his efforts on teaching the skills of baseball to his son and the rest of "There comes a point when ability means more than family ties the team. because you either perfo r m or embarrass yourself," Vance said. "I enjoy watching Vance coach the team," Ver n said. "He relates The Laws are showing they belong together in college baseball. ve r y well with the kids. I don't know anyone who works as well with With contributions made by Tim on the field and Ver n in batting young men as Vance does. He seems to be able to push the right but- practices, Vance has led his team to back-to-back Mountain Wes t tons and instruct the boys how to develop into good ballplayers." Conference Champions in 2001 and 2002. Tim is trying to go in the direction his father and grandfather have gone before him. After playing a year at Dixie College and serv- ing a church mission, Tim joined his father at BYU in 2001.

w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m BYU Baseball TURNS CHANCE INTO SUCCESS PAUL JACINTO BY BRANDON KO L D I T Z , BYU NEWSNET STA F F W R I T E R Jacinto said. "He worked really hard and proved to a lot of people that he could enior pitcher Paul Jacinto knew he play ball. I think that's helped me at times. could be successful in the BYU base- It's helped me work hard and be persistent." Sball team's starting rotation this year. In his first three years of high school He just needed to be given the opportunity. in Encinitas, Calif., Jacinto was LaCosta In 2002, Jacinto was the Cougars' third High's third baseman. He had a .450 batting st a r t e r , finishing 2-3 with a 7.83 ERA. He average as a position player. said he expected to be one of the three Af ter his junior year, many of the starters coming into the 2003 season. team's pitchers graduated. The pitching Before the season began, pitching coach coach knew Jacinto threw hard and asked Mike Karpel called him into his office and him to work on becoming a pitcher over the told Jacinto he was going to be a reliever. su m m e r . Jacinto was going to start off in the bullpen. "I took him serious and started doing "At first, I was very disappointed," Jacin- it and working very hard at it," Jacinto said. to said. "I was pretty discouraged because I "I really didn't know how to pitch. I just knew felt like I had done what I needed to do to be if you threw hard and threw strikes, you could one of the three starters. get people out. It's high school." "I told Coach K. (Karpel) it doesn't matter where I start (the sea- In Southern California, where talent is plentiful, Jacinto's hard son). I know where I'm going to work paid off. He finished his end up. I knew I was going to Baseball Schedule for 2004 senior year as a pitcher with a get the chance to start, and I 7-1 record and a microscopic was going to succeed. I was DAT E O P P O N E N T S I T E T I M E 1.88 ERA. His senior year gave going to perfo r m to the best of 1/29-30, 31 C a l i f o rn i a B e r k e l e y, CA1:30 p.m., noon him the opportunity to come to 2 / 5 St. Mary ’ s Stockton, CA 6 p.m. my abilities." 2 / 6 Pa c i f i c Stockton, CA 6 p.m. BYU as a pitcher. Two months into the 2003 2 / 7 N e v a d a Stockton, CA 2 p.m. "E v e r yone's good (in South- season, Jacinto is one of the 2 / 9 - 1 0 Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA 6, 3 p.m. er n California)," Jacinto said. Cougars' most consistent and 2/12-13, 14 UC Riverside Riverside, CA 3, 1 p.m. "E v e r y high school has great controlling pitchers in the start- 2/19-20, 21 San Jose St. San Jose, CA 6, 1 p.m. players. Only the ones who work 2 / 2 6 Pe p p e r d i n e Malibu, CA 2 p.m. ing rotation. 2/27 N e v a d a Malibu, CA 10 a.m. hard and are very persistent in "There's no question he's the 2 / 2 8 Cal St. NR Malibu, CA 10 a.m. their work ethic are the ones surprise of the year," BYU coach 3/4 Cal St. NR Northride, CA 2 p.m. who are able to continue on and Vance Law said. "We anticipated 3 / 5 Long Beach Long Beach 6:30 p.m. play somewhere else." him pitching big innings for us 3 / 6 Cal St. NR Northridge, CA 1 p.m. Jacinto joined the Cougars 3 / 8 Dallas Baptis Fresno, CA 10 a.m. coming into the season. I figured 3 / 9 Chicago St. Fresno, CA 1:30 p.m. in 1999. His freshman year was he was going to be a very solid 3 / 1 0 Fresno St. Fresno, CA 6:30 p.m. the last year under the helm of pi t c h e r , but he is turning into one 3 / 1 1 M o n m o u t h Fresno, CA 1:30 p.m. head coach Gary Pullins. Jacin- of the dominant forces in the 3 / 1 2 Po r t l a n d Fresno, CA 10 a.m. to made 11 appearances during co n f e r e n c e . " 3 / 1 3 T B D Fresno, CA T B D his freshman year, four of them 3/18-19, 20 U N LV * P R O V O 6:30, 12 p.m. Several generations of the 3/25-26, 27 U t a h * Salt Lake City 6, 1 p.m. starts, finishing 1-1 with one Jacinto family have enjoyed the 4/1-2, 3 New Mexico* A l b u q u e r q u e , N M 6, 12 p.m. save and an 11.52 ERA. sport of baseball. His grandfa- 4/8-9, 10 U N LV * Las Ve g a s 6:30, 2 p.m. Af ter his freshman year, th e r , Alvin Jacinto, played one 4/15-16, 17 San Diego St.* P R O V O 7, 12 p.m. Jacinto served a two-year year for the Chicago White Sox. 4/22-23, 24 Air Fo r c e * Colo. Spgs., CO 2, 12 p.m. church mission to Brazil for the 4/29-30, 5/1 U t a h * P R O V O 7, 12 p.m. Listed at five-foot-six, Jacinto 5/6-7, 8 New Mexico* P R O V O 7, 12 p.m. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- said his grandfather is an exam- 5 / 1 2 - 1 4 San Diego St.* San Diego 6 p.m. day Saints. He returned to a ple of a hard worker. 5 / 1 8 Utah Valley St. P R O V O 7 p.m. new baseball program at BYU "He's strong and fast, but he's 5/20-21, 22 Air Fo r c e * P R O V O 7, 12 p.m. in 2002 with a new coaching the type of guy, when you look at 5 / 2 6 - 2 9 MWC To u rn e y Las Ve g a s T B A * Indicates MWC Games him, you wouldn't think much of C o n t i n u e d hi m , " w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m BYU Baseball staff headed by Vance Law. "He knows he's good," Cloward said. "He knows he's better than "I felt a lot of pressure coming home from my mission because it the batter. A lot of times I think pitchers go out and do the motions. was a whole new coaching staff," Jacinto said. "They had never seen Yea, they have good technique, but they don't have it mentally. me play. I had the impression they wanted me to perfo r m right away. "P aul just knows he's going to throw his fastball right by them, or I couldn't do it because I needed to get back in shape. I needed to he's going to throw his slider and they're going to swing through it. get my arm where it needed to be, and I needed that extra time." They can't hit him. He's got that mentality." Early in the 2003 season, Jacinto was called into Karpel's office In a start against San Diego State in 2003, Jacinto coasted to discuss the transition. A heated discussion between the two began. through the Aztec lineup until he reached the fourth inning. He gave Karpel said he thought Jacinto was wasting his talent. He said he up three runs in the fourth inning before settling down once again. saw tremendous potential in Jacinto, but he wasn't working hard Trouble in the middle innings was a common occurrence for Jac- enough to achieve the potential. into last year. Jacinto saw the situation differently. "I get into a groove early in the game," Jacinto said. "I get really "I felt he wasn't giving me a chance and an opportunity to show comfortable. After a couple innings, I start to lose concentration my talent," Jacinto said. "I was written off as a pitcher from the old because I'm in such a groove. That usually wakes me up and gets me program. He wasn't giving me the time I needed to develop coming back focused on what I need to do." back from a two-year mission." A sign of a good pitcher is his ability to bounce back after bad Once the two knew where the other was coming from, Jacinto innings. Several times this year, including the game against San said they got along great. As a result, Jacinto was able to get into the Diego, Jacinto rebounded from bad innings and finished the game starting rotation last year. st r o n g . Af ter starting this season in the bullpen for the first two series, "I think that the one thing I've noticed with Paul this year over Jacinto received his chance to enter the starting rotation. Junior last year is his ability to compete when he doesn't have his best stuff," Michel Bergeron went down with an arm injury, and Jacinto Law said. "Nowhere was it more apparent then the cold night that he replaced him in the rotation. pitched in Utah where it took him two innings before his arm loos- In his first start on Feb. 15, Jacinto pitched a complete-game ened up. If that would have been Paul last year, I think he would have three hitter against Northwestern, but lost the game 1-0. been out of the ballgame. I don't think he would have battled through Af ter poor run support led to an 0-4 start, Jacinto has won four th a t . " st r a i g h t . Through the first two months in the 2003 season, Jacinto is 4-4 In 2002, Jacinto threw three different pitches: a fastball, a with a 4.30 ERA and 48 strikeouts. Opposing batters are hitting a cu r veball and a changeup. During the off-season, despite coaches conference-low .232 against him. Twice in BYU losing efforts, oppo- telling him his curveball was good enough, Jacinto developed a nents scored two runs or less off Jacinto. fourth pitch for 2003, a slider. Jacinto was named the Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the “He had a decent curveball, but he didn't have great command of week after throwing a one-hit complete game against No. 24 UNLV it," Law said. "Sometimes he'd throw it for a strike; sometimes he on March 21, 2003. He probably would have been named the nation- wouldn't. al pitcher of the week if another pitcher had- "With the slider, he has really good com- n't pitched a no-hitter the same week. mand of it. He can throw that pitch for a This year is the first time Jacinto has strike all the time, just like his fastball. had the same teachings and the same That gives him two pitches that he has very trainings from the same coaches as the good command of in the strike zone. When previous year. you have command of two very solid pitch- "I've been able to work on the same es, you give yourself a pretty good chance things, and I'm going to do what I can," to win." Jacinto said. "I've always had that atti- The slider was his dad's idea, but Jacin- tu d e . to developed it on his own. In a short time, "I've never been the best or the pretti- the slider has become one of Jacinto's best est player on the field, but I've been able and most-used pitches. to get the job done. I knew if the coach- "Because he's got great control of his ing staff gave me some confidence, I sl i d e r , he'll throw that at any count," said would show them that I could get the sophomore catcher Casey Cloward. "That's job done." made him very successful. Because he's got As the Cougars' second starter in the that fourth pitch, it keeps the hitters guess- rotation, Jacinto has comfortably set- ing and guessing." tled himself into the leading role. He Cloward caught many of Jacinto's has turned an opportunity into one of games in 2003. He said Jacinto is one of 2003’s best success stories. the most enjoyable pitchers he's ever caught for because of his confidence level. w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m BYU Baseball SHORTSTOP DRAWS MOTIVATION FROM ARMY NAMESAKE RANGER WIENS BY BRANDON KO L D I T Z , naturally took to the shortstop position.” BYU NEWSNET STA F F W R I T E R Ranger began to develop his talent at Golden Valley High School in Merced, Calif. As a sen- hile on a road trip in the Tor o n - io r , he hit .430 and had 16 doubles, five to Blue Jays minor league sys- triples, eight home runs and 24 stolen bases. Wtem, Randy Wiens, father of N - Never shall I fail my comrades. senior BYU shortstop Ranger Wiens, came Af ter high school, Ranger played his across a military article in a magazine. freshman year at the University of Nevada-- The article dealt with Army Rangers, a Reno. He helped the Wolf Pack to a 38-20 specially trained elite combat unit in the overall record and a 21-9 mark in the Big U.S. military. West Conference in 1999. The Ran g e r ’s creed inspired Ran d y , Ranger went on a mission for the leading him to name his first born son Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Ran g e r . Hawai’i after his freshman year at Nevada. In “If I didn’t play professional baseball, 2002, after completing his mission, he joined I wanted to be a Ran g e r ,” Randy said. the Cougars. “They stand for loyalty and honor, teach- As a sophomore for BYU, Ranger hit ing you to respect yourself and respect oth- .318 and had 14 doubles, three home runs and 32 er s . ” RBI. He helped the Cougars win the Mountain West Championship As the Cougars’ co-captain and starting shortstop, Ran g e r and barely miss the NCAA Super Regionals last year. Wiens works to represent the creed his name stands for. Ranger said team unity, not individual perfo r mances, is what In the Ran g e r ’s creed, an acronym defines the responsibilities of brought the team together at the end of last season. being an Army Ran g e r . “There’s 30 guys in the clubhouse and everyone’s different,” R - Recognizing that I volunteered as a Ranger ... I will Ranger said. “Our job is to come together as a team. With 30 dif- always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor, and high-spir- ferent attitudes, that’s tough. It helps you grow and build character ited corps of my Ranger Reg i m e n t . as an individual if you do it in the right way.” The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Randy as a pitcher in the fifth G - Gallantly will I show the world that I am a specially round after he posted a 16-1 record in his first year at Merced selected and well-trained soldier. My courtesy ... shall set the College in Merced, Calif. The same night, the Cardinals informe d example for others to follow. Randy that they could not sign him because he was a Canadian citi- In his second year with the Cougars, Ranger is learning to be a zen. Only American citizens could be selected in the Major League leader for his team. His teammates voted him as one of the team’s Dr a f t back then. tri-captains for the 2003 season. Af ter another season at Merced College, Randy signed as a free “He’s a quiet leader,” BYU baseball coach Vance Law said. agent with the Toronto Blue Jays. He was in the Blue Jays organi- “He’s a shy young man, and he doesn’t say a whole lot. He leads by zation for three years, finishing his career in the organization’s AAA example. That’s the kind of leadership our team needs. Besides a level, the highest level in the minor leagues. vocal leader, you need someone who’s going to play all-out all the Af ter the Blue Jays released Randy in 1979, he met his future ti m e . ” wife Sheryl Wiens. A year later, their first of three children was E - Energetically will I meet the enemies of my country. I bo r n. Randy had the choice of their first child’s name. He made his shall defeat them on the field of battle, for I am better son a Ran g e r . trained and will fight with all my might ... under no circum- A- Acknowledging the fact that a Ranger is an elite soldier. stances will I ever embarrass my country. Ranger learned to play baseball from his parents. His father would Last year, Wiens was selected to the All-Mountain Wes t throw batting practice or hit ground balls to him in the street. And Tou r nament team. In the tournament, he made several outstanding if his father couldn’t do it, his mother would step in and do the defensive plays. sa m e . “I haven’t seen a better shortstop play at the collegiate level Ranger learned to play shortstop while his younger brother, than how Ranger played the last three weeks of the season in the Logan, chose the position of his father. Mountain West Tou r nament,” Law said. “It was spectacular. If “I just wanted to develop him (Ranger) as an overall baseball scouts didn’t like what they saw, pl a y e r ,” Randy said. “He had such gifted, natural ability that he C o n t i n u e d w w w. b y u c o u g a r s . c o m BYU Baseball then they don’t like shortstops.” R - Readily will I display the intestinal fortitude required to fight on to the Ranger objective and com- plete the mission. In the first game of this year’s season against the University of Arizona, Wiens started with a bang. He went fo u r- f o r -five in the game with a and two doubles, helping the Cougars to a 6-3 victory. Through eight games this year, Wiens is hitting .344 with one home run and four doubles. As his mission at BYU comes closer to completion, Wiens anticipates his possible future mission in professional baseball. “I’ve had lots of up and downs, lots of successes and lots of failures,” Wiens said. “You get to the point where you wonder if you’re really going to make it. But the last two years have been great for me. I really look forward to play- ing pro ball in the near future.” The next level will be harder and require more endurance, but Wiens can face it living the creed that comes with having the name Ran g e r .

Third-team Preseason All-American, Ranger Wiens, now in his third year after his mission and transferring from Nevada, is also a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee at BYU.

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