2016 Baseball Press Guide
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Jake Sisco Shawn Stuart 2011 2010 Millennial All-Americans Brian Gilbertson 2008 Jason Hague 2009 AJ Pinocchil 2005 MERCED Wesley Borba 2008 COLLEGE Tynan Pedretti BLUE 2011 DEVIL BASE BALL Dusty Ryan 2016 2004 PRESS GUIDE Travis Hendr 2006 Doug Fister 2004 Kirk Rocha Ricky McColloch 2011, 2012 2013 Derick Velasquez 2012 1 2 Table of Contents Blue Devil Baseball Guide Current Data General Information ............................................................Inside Front Cover Superintendent/President ...............................................................................5 Area High School Coaches/Central Valley Conference ..................................6 Head Coach ....................................................................................................7 Assistant Coaches .......................................................................................8,9 Blue Devils at 4-Year Colleges-Blue Devils Gone Pro ..................................10 Blue Devil Baseball History ......................................................................11-16 Blue Devil Baseball 2015 Statistics ........................................................ 17-19 Academic Life ...............................................................................................20 Individual Pitching Records ..........................................................................22 Individual Fielding Records ...........................................................................22 Individual Batting Records, Season ..............................................................23 Individual Batting Records, Game ................................................................23 Team Batting Records, Season ....................................................................24 Team Batting Records, Game .......................................................................24 Team Fielding Records and School Records ................................................24 Blue Devil Player Profi les ....................................................................... 25-38 Blue Devil Roster ..........................................................................................46 2016 Baseball Schedule ...............................................................................47 Athletic Trainers, Sports Info. Director, Secretary .........................................48 Blue Devil Field Data ....................................................................................51 Blue Devil Baseball Boosters ........................................................................55 Team Awards .......................................................................................... 53-55 All-American Selections ..........................................................................57-61 Merced College Baseball Hall Of Fame Inductions ................................ 64-67 All-Conference Teams ............................................................................ 68-72 3 4 On behalf of Merced College faculty, classifi ed professionals, and managers and administrators, I am delighted to welcome you to the 2016 baseball season. We are proud of Merced College’s exceptional tradition of athletics. We are pleased to welcome visiting teams to our campus to compete. We join Coach Chris Pedretti, his staff, and his team in welcoming the coaches, teams and fans of the competing teams, as well as our own loyal fans, to Merced College. We offer all the teams our best wishes for a healthy and competitive season. Dr. Susan Walsh Acting Superintendent / President 5 Central Valley Conference Area High School Coaches Through the cooperation of area high school baseball coaches, the Blue Devils have had many outstanding players through the years : Buhach Colony-Greg Wakefi eld Los Banos - Mike Lemos Atwater - Jarrod Pimentel Mariposa - Justin Kleinsmith Chowchilla - Shawn Grissom Merced - Justin Parle Dos Palos - Kevin Jones El Capitan - Aaron Ruiz Golden Valley - Richard Solis Pacheco - Chauncey Lee Le Grand - Joel Salcido Stone Ridge Christian - Karl Bartholomew Livingston - Matt Winton 6 9 - Chris Pedretti Head Coach Chris Pedretti is in his thirty thirtythird year as the Blue Devils Head Coach. Chris became the the head coach in 1984 after Glenn Nobbe left the college. After twenty nine years, Chris took the 2012-13 school year off when he took a sabbati- cal. Returning in 2014, he is in his thirty-second year at the helm of the Blue Devils. He was the 2009 Northern California Coach of the Year. This year Chris joined a very selective group of former and current CCC baseball coaches by winning his 700th game. Chris is the only current and former Blue Devil Coach with at least 700 wins in a single sport. As head coach of the Blue Devils he has won four conference championships, made the California Regional playoffs eight times, and has had twenty-two players including former Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Brian Fuentes, and Detroit Tigers and now Washington Nationals pitcher Doug Fister. After playing his high school ball at Turlock, Chris was a member of the ‘76 and ‘77 State Champion teams at MC. In his sophomore year, Chris was named the MVP of the State Divi- sion II JC’s. He was also selected to the coaches All-America squad. After playing and graduating from San Jose State, where he was All-League for the Spartans in 1979, he coached a year at SJSU. Chris served as an assistant for the Blue Devils in ‘81 and also spent six months in Italy as a player-coach. He received his teaching credential from Cal State Stanislaus in ‘82 and also served as the coach of Turlock High’s sophomore baseball team. Chris has a Master of Arts Degree in counseling from the University of San Francisco. He and his wife Michelle have three grown children and one at home here in Merced. His youngest son Tynan is a coach on his staff. 7 40 - Nathan Devine Head Coach Nate Devine returns to the Blue Devil dugout for his eigth season (seven as assistant coach and one as head coach). During the 2012-13 academic year Head Coach Chris Pedretti went on a sabbatical and Nate was made the interim head coach. Nate compiled a 22-14 record and a birth in the Regional Playoffs. He was the sixth head coach of the Blue Devil baseball team. In his seventh year, Nate has over four years experience as the pitching coach for the Blue Devils. He also has four years coaching experience at University of LaVerne while working on his MBA. He coached outfi elders, hitters and pitchers. The ULV pitching staff led the conference his last two years, and won two conference titles. Nate is a native of Sonora, CA and a graduate of Sonora High School before coming to Merced College. Graduating from Merced in 1998 Nate continued his playing career and academics at the University of LaVerne. In his fourth year he was selected Team Most Inspirational player. Nate received a B.S. degree in Business Administration from ULV. While coaching baseball, he is a full-time Life-Fitness instructor at MC. Nate currently lives in the Merced area. 6 - Jason Ingraham Assistant Coach Jason Ingraham played on the 1997 and 1998 Blue Devil teams. The 1997 team came within a couple of outs of making it to the State Championships losing in the Super Regional Championship game. He is a former 1st Team All- CVC selection, and a two-year player at CSU, Stanislaus. He graduated from CSUS with a BA degree in Physical Education. In 2001 he was the Ceres High School freshman coach. He moved to Hughson High School from 2002-2004 as an assistant coach, and up to the intercollegiate level coaching the infi eld and hitting at CSU Stanislau from 2005 to 2009. Since 2010 Jason has coached on traveling teams, and given private lessons to some of the elite players in the area. Jason will coach the Blue Devil infi elders, and act as the hitting coach. Jason and his wife Jasmine live in Turlock with their two small children son Evan (4-years old), and daughter Avery (2-years old). 32 - Tynan Pedretti Assistant Coach Tynan is the third Pedretti to play baseball at Merced College having followed his father and older brother Joel. Ty played shortstop for the Blue Devils in 2010 and 2011 earning 1st Team All-CVC his sophomore year. Ty spent his junior year attending and playing baseball at the University of Hawaii. In 2013 he transfered back to the valley and fi nished his collegiate baseball career at CSU Stanislaus. Ty spent two springs coaching varsity baseball at Turlock High School. He will be the outfi eld coach and help with the infi elders and hitters. Tynan is single and lives in Merced. His father and mother are Chris and Michelle Pedretti. He has two sisters and one brother Michelle, Alexandria and Joel respectively. 8 9 FORMER BLUE DEVILS WHO ARE PLAYING BASEBALL AT A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE Ryan Cumberland -- UC Santa Barbara, 2015 Adam Nascimento -- CSU Stanislaus, 2015 Joseph Salmeri -- Misouri Western, 2015 Jimbo Pernetti -- CSU Chico, 2015 Joseph Brazil -- U. of LaVerne, 2015 Noah Gapp -- Cumberland University, 2015 Thomas Longworth -- Tabor College, 2014 Bryan Rubalcaba -- Bethany College, 2014 Ryan Emerald -- Bethany College, 2014 Garett Boothe-Avila College, 2014 Brent Backlund -- U. of LaVerne, 2014 Daniel Mcdonnell -- U. of Laverne, 2014 Darrell Janz -- York College, 2013 BLUE DEVILS SIGNED BY THE PROS 1972 Rick Williams, Houston Astros 1986 Bruce Egloff, Cleveland Indians 1974 Jerry Gavin, Minnesota Twins (Blue Jays) Joel Faulk, Philadelphia Phillies Don Ballenger, Philadelphia Phillies 1988 Blas Minor,