I N F O R M A T I O N CONTENTS 2005 SCHEDULE Information ...... 1 FEBRUARY MARCH 2005 Season Preview ...... 2-3 1234 5 1234 5 2005 Roster ...... 4 St. 2005 Husky Returners ...... 5-18 Martin’s UCSB UCSB 2005 Husky Newcomers ...... 19-22 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. Baseball Support Staff ...... 23 6789101112 6789101112 Head Ken Knutson ...... 24-25 at UC at UC Assistant Coaches ...... 26-27 Irvine Irvine UCSB Portland Pacific Pacific 2004 Statistics ...... 28 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2004 Results ...... 29 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2004 -10 Review ...... 30 at UC at Santa at Santa at at 2004 Year in Review ...... 31 Irvine Clara Clara Cal Poly Cal Poly Yearly Hitting Leaders ...... 32-33 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. Yearly Pitching Leaders ...... 34-35 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Husky Single-Season Records ...... 36 at Santa at Texas USD 10 a; at Husky Career Records ...... 37 Clara A&M Evansville Cal Poly at Arizona at Arizona at Arizona 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 11 a.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. Husky Team Records ...... 38 Huskies in the Pros ...... 39 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 Evansville vs. San Utah Utah All-Pac-10 & All-America ...... 41 10 a.m.; Diego Valley St. Valley St. All-Time Season Results ...... 42-50 A&M 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 3 p.m. (DH) Series History ...... 51 NCAA Regional Box Scores ...... 52-59 APRIL MAY NCAA Regional Histoy ...... 60-61 12 123456 7 All-Time Lettermen ...... 62-63 at Husky Hall of Fame ...... 64 USC USC Wash. St. Pac-10 Opponents ...... 65-66 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. Non-Conference Opponents ...... 67 345678 9 891011 12 13 14 Baseball Facilities ...... 68 at UC at UC at Oregon Oregon Husky Experience ...... 69-80 USC Portland Riverside Riverside Portland State State 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. Credits: The 2005 Washington Baseball 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Media Guide was written, edited and at UC Oregon Lewis- Arizona Arizona designed by Jeff Bechthold. The guide Riverside Cal Cal State Clark St. State State was laid out and pasted up completely in- 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. house on desktop publishing applications. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 at at at Arizona at at Photos by Bruce Terami, Joanie Komura, Cal Portland Stanford Stanford State UCLA UCLA C.W. Pack, Ethan Janson, Frank Ragsdale, 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. Jimmy Reynolds, Jeff Bechthold, Jim Daves, Jeff Golden and Marc McClintock. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 June 1 2 3 4 at at at at All front cover photos by Komura. UBC Stanford (exhib.) Wash. St. Wash. St. UCLA NCAA NCAA Printing by Pub- 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. Regionals Regionals lications Services (Judy Robertson). Any Home games shaded. All times local to site. DH indicates doubleheader (Mar. 29) additions or corrections (especially to the see back cover of this media guide for complete schedule lettermen or results) are welcome. games on Feb. 25-28 are Domino’s Pizza Aggie Classic, College Station, Texas WASHINGTON BASEBALL QUICK FACTS Location: , Wash., 98195 Home Field: Husky Ballpark (turf infield / grass outfield; cap: 1,500; opened 1998) Founded: November 4, 1861 Dimensions: 327 (LF line), 365 (gaps), 395 (CF), 317 (RF line) Enrollment: 42,000 Press Box Phone: (206) 685-1994 Nickname: Huskies Head Coach: Ken Knutson (Washington ‘81), 13th year Colors: Purple & Gold Knutson’s Career Record: 428-273-2 (12 years) School Song: “Bow Down to Washington” Knutson’s Record at UW: 428-273-2 (12 years) President: Mark Emmert Associate Head Coach: Joe Ross (Wisconsin-River Falls ‘82), 13th year Athletics Director: Todd Turner Assistant Coaches: Donny Harrel (Cal State Bakersfield ‘95), first year Athletic Dept. Phone: (206) 543-2210 Gregg Swenson (Western Washington ‘94), fourth year Faculty Representative: Patrick Dobel Undergraduate Assistant Coach: Ty Kuehl (Washington ‘07), first year Senior Associate Director (SWA): Marie Tuite Strength & Conditioning Coach: Daniel Jahn (Washington ‘02), third year Ticket Office Phone: (206) 543-2200 Administrative Assistant: Sherry Eischen Baseball Phone: (206) 543-9365 Events : Scott Baebler Event Mgmt. Phone: (206) 543-2246 Athletic Trainer: Rob Scheidegger Asst. Athletic Director / Media Relations Director: Jim Daves Training Room Phone: (206) 543-2239 Assistant Media Relations Director (baseball): Jeff Bechthold Equipment Manager: Jim Hagland Equipment Room Phone: (206) 685-3193 Media Relations Phone: (206) 543-2230 Student Manager: Andrew Schatz Media Relations Fax: (206) 543-5000 Audio Technician: Peter Young Public Address Announcer: Bill Abelson Bechthold Home/Cell Phone: (206) 271-4665 Conference: Pacific-10 2004 Record: 39-20-1 (15-9, 2nd in Pac-10) Bechthold e-mail: [email protected] Lettermen Returning/Lost: 18/11 Newcomers: 17 University of Washington Athletics Official Web Site: www.gohuskies.com Coaches’ e-mail addresses: Ken Knutson – [email protected] Joe Ross – [email protected] Donny Harrel – [email protected] Gregg Swenson – [email protected]

2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 1 2 0 0 5 S E A S O N O U T L O O K In some ways, the 2005 Washington baseball team is entering uncharted territory as it heads into the upcoming Last year, the Huskies finished the season with a season. In other ways, the dawn of the new campaign starting rotation consisting of two freshmen and a raises memories from not so many years before. sophomore. Additionally, two other freshmen, another Washington takes the field this spring with an sophomore and a junior took occassional turns as starters. experienced team that has earned berths in each of the Every one of those pitchers return in 2005, making Knutson’s last three NCAA tournaments, a string of postseason job, as both head coach and pitching coach, a pretty easy success unprecedented in Diamond Dawgs history. one. In 1998, the UW team was looking for only a second Sophomores and Kyle Parker and junior straight appearance, but had won the previous season’s Matt Kasser comprised the UW’s weekend rotation in 2004 Pac-10 championship and played for the title the year before and as the 2005 season gets underway, there’s no reason that. That ’98 squad included experience all over the to make any changes. diamond and boasted a seasoned pitching staff. “We’re just going to go with what we finished with,” The 2005 team has its similarities. Starters return at Knutson explains. “Everybody played well enough during six spots in the order. Even the players expected to the fall to hold onto their spots. They pitched so well last step into starting spots for the first time this year have a year, especially at the end of the season. So, it’s Lincecum, fair amount of previous experience. Every that Parker and Kasser.” started a game in 2004 returns for ’05. Lincecum was named the Pac-10’s Pitcher of the Year Last year, the Huskies had enough to finish second in and Freshman of the Year after posting a 10-3 record and the powerful Pac-10 Conference, only one game short of striking out a school-record 161 batters, the third highest the title. This year, the components appear to be in place total in the nation last year. He’ll return to his role as the to take yet another step forward. And 13th-year head coach of the staff in ’05. Ken Knutson hopes that this time, the Huskies have a little “Tim’s going to be a year older and that much more 2004 All-Pac-10 Kyle Larsen more going for them than those championship teams from mature,” Knutson says. “He pitched great last year, but I seven and eight years ago. think he’d tell you that as good as he was, he had some Dowling,” Knutson says. “He won seven games the year “On paper, this team reminds me a lot of the 1997 and things he felt he could improve. I know he wants to cut before, and last year he pitched only 22 innings. David is 1998 teams — those ballclubs that won back-to-back Pac- down his walks and get deeper into games. He wants to back and throwing the ball well. 10 championships,” Knutson says. “We have special establish himself as our ace and the leader of our staff.” “Ponzoha goes into that mix with David and Keaton as players in our program like we did back then. But I think Parker wasn’t that far behind his classmate Lincecum a long reliever that will push the starters,” Knutson the thing that gives us the is that I think we’re better in 2005 and after an outstanding summer season, which continues. “He pitched a fair amount as a freshman and on the mound than those teams.” he capped with a five-hit shutout in the NBC we’ll look for him to improve. He’s maturing physically.” While the ’98 club did win the Pac-10 crown, it couldn’t championship game, he’s continued his progression as well. One of the rare positions of inexperience for make it past the NCAA regionals. The last three seasons, “Like Tim, Kyle’s problem last year at times was that Washington is at as former All-American Will Fenton 2002 through 2004, Washington has played in the regional he’d have streaks of wildness, “ Knutson says. “But he’s has moved on to professional baseball. Sophomore championship round, but the Dawgs have been unable to just really good. His stuff is nasty. He competes really well fireballer Richie Lentz, a starter in eight games last year break through to the super regionals. Could 2005 be the and he’s very mature for his age. I think with a full season and a reliever in 12 others, is expected to take over as year? in the rotation and if he can out those few inconsistent closer. “We’re locked and loaded,” Knuson says. “It’s a really stretches, he can be a dominant pitcher. I think he’ll “Lentz was a closer over the summer,” Knutson says. good team that’s worked hard and done all the right things. compete with Lincecum and some others in the Pac-10 to “He’s got the stuff and the mentality. It’ll be new for him at Now we just need to stay healthy and get the magic going. be one of the best pitchers in the league.” this level, but I think he’s perfectly suited for it. We’ll have This is a special team that could contend for all the big Kasser started over the course of the last 10 weeks of a power arm coming in at the back end of games.” prizes if the ingredients comes together. It’ll be our job as the season and closed his year with a big win in the NCAA Senior Josh Conover, who converted to a side-armer coaches to make sure things are directed in the right ways.” Regional. He’ll retain his starting spot as a junior. midway through last season, is the Huskies’ most “Matt gave us some really good games when he began experienced reliever aside from Dowling. A part-time starting last year, but it was his first year starting,” says starter in the past, Knutson figures on using Conover out Coach Knutson. “The three of them are all sort of the same of the bullpen in 2004. Another senior could also make in that regard. They all have a solid year behind them and himself known as a reliever as fourth-year starting right now let’s see if they’ll improve.” fielder Taylor Johnson will be given a shot as a reliever Behind those three are several others that will battle while still holding on to his spot in the . for midweek starts and be on stand-by for the weekend “Conover is now throwing exclusively sidearm and he’s should they be needed. Junior Keaton Everitt made 10 throwing hard,” Knutson says. “It’s just a matter of having starts last year while sophomore Jordan Ponzoha made success like he did at the end of last season. If he can three. Additionally, senior lefty David Dowling, who has build on that, he can really help our bullpen. I see him giving served as a starter during his career, is back from injury right-handed hitters fits. and could serve in any of a variety of roles. “We’re trying Taylor out of the bullpen,” Knutson “Keaton was really good early in the year,” Knutson continues. “He’s always had that power arm. He pitched says. “His thing is about his command because his stuff is during the fall and had some success. He’s an option for us really good. We have an unusual schedule this year where as a left-handed power arm. It’s 90-plus miles per hour we have six games in four days at one point and a lot of and he throws it easy.” midweek games. For our overall team success, we have to How much Johnson will be needed will likely depend be good in that fifth and even sixth starting role. We have on the progress of a big group of youngsters. Southpaws to have some people that can get it done there. I’m hoping Emmanuel Pedroza and Nick Hagadone and righties Matt Keaton can do that for us. And the weeks we don’t have Hague and Brandon McKerney all got a lot of work during those extra games, I want to have him in the bullpen and the fall and will push for innings in the early-going. be able to utilize him if he’s not one of the three starters. Addtionally, righties Benji Brown and Andrew Powell could He’s going to pitch some very important innings for us.” see some bullpen action while big southpaw Kyle Carson The same goes for Dowling and Ponzoha. “I thought and right-hander Casey Bollinger will continue their 2004 All-Pac-10 pitcher Tim Lincecum last year, one of the biggest things we were missing was progress after being limited during the fall due to injuries. 2 2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 2 0 0 5 S E A S O N O U T L O O K every year. We’re really excited about having him back.” If there’s a question mark for the 2005 Diamond Dawgs, Sophomore Curt Rindal, who redshirted last season due it’s at . That’s not so much a reflection on the abilities to injury, provides backup at first base and also emerged of the four players that will play there this year, but more during the fall as the top pick at . on the fact between them, those four have only started “At second base, Rundle and came in and played very one game behind the plate in a Washington uniform. well defensively in the fall,” Knutson says. “He’s shown Sophomore Matt Lane started 36 games last year at that he can be a good offensive player. When we were designated hitter, but only one game behind the plate with contacted by him about his interest in transferring, junior Aaron Hathaway and senior Ben Johnson (both were someone described him as a Lillibridge-type of player. He’s drafted after the 2004 season) ahead of him on the depth a little guy but he’s got a lot of bounce in his body. He has chart. Lane has the inside track on the starting job as the the ability to drive the ball. He’s probably not going to hit a spring arrives. ton of home runs, but that’s not what we want him to do.” “Lane’s the big offensive guy for us,” Knutson says. Junior Josh Showers, who also plays third base, will “He hit over .300 as a freshman and he has tremendous be the top backup at second base while freshmen Kiel offensive ability. He’s worked hard on his catching and his Lillibridge and Ryan Anderson back up at both second and defensive skills are going to be good. He gives us left- short. handed power, but the key thing will be how he works with Brent Lillibridge enters his junior year as a two-time the pitching staff and I’m encouraged by his fall.” All-Pac-10 first-teamer with a .347 batting average. Three newcomers comprise the rest of the catching “Brent’s an All-American type player who’s going to corps. Most experienced of the three is junior college be a high draft pick,” Knutson says. “We anticipate him transfer D.J. Neyens, who enters the spring in the No. 2 playing every day for the entire season. There’s spot. Freshmen Joey Dunn and Stewart Davis are also no reason to believe that we’ll move him to the outfield. expected to vie for playing time. He hasn’t taken any reps there and as long as he’s healthy, he’ll be out there at shortstop every day. We expect him to be an All-American. He’ll compete for conference player While technically only one full-time starting of the year and he’ll get a lot of attention from professional 2004 All-Pac-10 Zach Clem returns from last season, there won’t be a shortage of baseball. I think he’s the best in the country. familiar faces manning those four spots in 2005. He’s a dangerous player and he’s the guy that everybody Senior Kyle Larsen, who has started at first base for gameplans for when they play us.” played well. He’s really sort of an underrated defender. He three seasons, makes a somewhat unexpected return for Batkoski has filled in at third, short, DH and in the was an All-Pac-10 , so that means he can hit. his fourth season. Junior Brent Lillibridge has spent most outfield during his first three seasons, and has cracked the He’s going to hit third, fourth or fifth in the lineup.” of the last two seasons in center field, but did start 32 lineup as an everyday starter down the stretch of the last Johnson enters his senior year with 115 career starts, games at shortstop last season. Nick Batkoski, who has two years. This year, for the first time in his career, he’ll be mostly in right field. As noted earlier, he may also make started 67 games during his UW career, including 28 at a starter from opening day, taking over at third base. some appearances on the mound as a senior. short last season, takes over at third base on a full-time “He’s at his true position after playing shortstop last “Taylor’s made big improvements in maturity, basis. And, as the team enters spring, senior Mike Rundle, year when we made a move to get his bat in the lineup,” confidence and consistency at the plate,” Knutson says. “I a transfer from Gonzaga, will start at second base. Knutson says. “He’s been a really good hitter when he’s think his run late last year really helped him. One thing “Larsen really solidifies our defense,” says Knutson. gotten the chance. Plus, he’s very sure-handed. He profiles about Taylor is that he can steal a base, he can beat you “He’s been so good at first base during his career and he’s as a and he’ll do really well there. He should with his glove, he can hit the ball out of the park, he can also been really productive and one of our best players hit in the middle of the lineup” get a drag bunt — he’s just an athlete that can beat you a Three freshmen will compete for playing time behind lot of ways. Batkoski. Matt Stevens wields a powerful bat that could “The compeition going into the fall was in center field get him in the lineup at third, first, outfield or DH. Matt and Burnham just went out and won the job,” Knutson Hague figures to see significant action as a reliever, but continues. “Nick’s a guy that just knows how to play and also plays third base. And Andy Lentz, who can play several he’s very popular with his teammates because he’s a guy infield spots and any position in the outfield, will also push that just does things the right way. He swung the bat well for at bats. this fall, and as an outfielder that’s critical. He defends “I think Andy has a chance to play a number of positions well. He throws and runs well and he knows how to do all for us,” says Knutson, “but then again he may settle in of it. He’s really hungry to play.” somewhere at some point. Right now though, we’re open Sophomore Nick Jiles will continue to challenge for and we just want to get him on the field. We think he’s time in center field along with freshman Michael Burgher going to contribute as a freshman. He’s going to be in the while Cory Rickard, a junior college transfer with a very mix early on. successful pedigree, backs up all three spots.

OUTFIELDERS Knutson knows that, entering his 13th season as head The Huskies return all three starting from coach, he has as good a team as he’s ever had. The 2005 last season – left fielder Zach Clem, Brent UW team is experienced, talented and deep. Lillibridge and Taylor Johnson – but with “One thing that gives us an edge over some of our Lillibridge back at shortstop, one position was open going earlier teams is the number of quality seniors that are into the fall. Junior Nick Burnham won that job and will back,” Knutson says. “We have experienced guys that have begin the year as the UW’s starting center fielder. played a lot. It’s hard for me to believe that there are too Clem, who had only three at bats as a freshman many teams in the country that have a situation like we catcher/third baseman in 2003, hit .336 with 13 home runs do. Even our less experienced guys are more experienced last year and earned first-team All-Pac-10. He’ll start in than usual – guys like Burnham and Lane. left field. “The league’s going to be really nasty,” Knutson “Zach was so consistent all last year,” Knutson says. concludes. “Everyone is good. It’s going to be fun and it’s 2004 All-Pac-10 outfielder and shortstop “His numbers were really steady from day one. Now, we going to be competitive, but I really like our club and I really Brent Lillibridge know he’s a left fielder. He’s played out there and he’s like working with them day to day.”

2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 3 2 0 0 5 R O S T E R 2005 WASHINGTON BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/JC/College) 2 Ryan Anderson IF R/R 5-8 170 FR HS Kennewick, Wash. (Kamiakin HS) 16 Nick Batkoski IF R/R 6-1 195 SR 3V Federal Way, Wash. (Federal Way HS) 29 Casey Bollinger P R/R 6-5 220 FR HS Bothell, Wash. (Bothell HS) 34 Benji Brown P R/R 5-10 160 FR HS Bothell, Wash. (Bothell HS) 4 Michael Burgher OF R/R 6-0 175 FR HS Shoreline, Wash. (Shorecrest HS) 26 Nick Burnham OF R/R 6-2 190 JR 2V Bellevue, Wash. (Eastside Catholic HS) 31 Kyle Carson P L/L 6-7 220 FR HS Longview, Wash. (Mark Morris HS) 10 Zach Clem OF R/R 6-1 205 JR 2V Burlington, Wash. (Burlington-Edison HS) 36 Josh Conover P R/R 6-3 220 SR # 3V Kirkland, Wash. (Lake Washington HS) 40 Stewart Davis C L/R 5-10 200 FR HS Spokane, Wash. (Central Valley HS) 28 David Dowling P L/L 6-3 180 SR 3V Kirkland, Wash. (Juanita HS) 18 Joey Dunn C R/R 6-2 200 FR HS Redmond, Wash. (Inglemoor HS) 35 Keaton Everitt P R/R 6-7 220 JR # 2V Kirkland, Wash. (Juanita HS) 27 Nick Hagadone P L/L 6-4 225 FR HS Sumner, Wash. (Sumner HS) 1 Matt Hague P/IF R/R 6-2 205 FR HS Kent, Wash. (Kentwood HS) 12 Nick Jiles OF L/L 5-10 190 SO 1V Yakima, Wash. (Davis HS) 22 Taylor Johnson OF L/L 6-1 215 SR 3V Vancouver, Wash. (Skyview HS) 39 Matt Kasser P R/R 6-0 185 JR 2V Issaquah, Wash. (Issaquah HS) 24 Matt Lane C L/R 6-2 225 SO 1V Port Angeles, Wash. (Port Angeles HS) 23 Kyle Larsen 1B L/L 6-5 240 SR 3V Redmond, Wash. (Eastlake HS) 5 Andy Lentz OF/IF L/R 6-0 190 FR HS Woodinville, Wash. (Woodinville HS) 6 Richie Lentz P/OF R/R 6-2 210 SO 1V Woodinville, Wash. (Woodinville HS) 11 Brent Lillibridge IF R/R 5-11 185 JR 2V Everett, Wash. (Jackson HS) 32 Kiel Lillibridge IF R/R 5-8 155 FR HS Everett, Wash. (Jackson HS) 14 Tim Lincecum P L/R 6-0 160 SO 1V Renton, Wash. (Liberty HS) 38 Brandon McKerney P R/R 6-2 175 FR HS Edmonds, Wash. (Meadowdale HS) 9 D.J. Neyens C R/R 5-11 200 JR JC Marysville, Wash. (Marysville-Pilchuck HS/Edmonds CC) 8 Kyle Parker P R/R 6-3 205 SO 1V Yakima, Wash. (West Valley HS) 37 Emmanuel Pedroza P L/L 6-2 180 JR # SQ Mabton, Wash. (Mabton HS) 33 Jordan Ponzoha P R/R 6-4 210 SO 1V Tumwater, Wash. (Tumwater HS) 20 Andrew Powell P R/R 6-6 185 FR HS Seattle, Wash. (Bishop Blanchet HS) 25 Cory Rickard OF L/R 6-3 205 JR JC Republic, Wash. (Republic HS/Spokane Falls CC) 21 Curt Rindal 1B R/R 6-2 220 SO # 1V Mount Vernon, Wash. (Mount Vernon HS) 3 Mike Rundle IF R/R 5-10 170 SR TR Bend, Ore. (Bend HS/Citrus JC/Gonzaga) 7 Josh Showers IF R/R 6-0 190 JR 1V Port Orchard, Wash. (South Kitsap HS) 13 Matt Stevens IF/OF R/R 6-2 200 FR HS Lake Stevens, Wash. (Lake Stevens HS) # indicates redshirt season utilitzed Head Coach: 19 Ken Knutson (Washington ’81; 13th year as head coach; 21st year overall) Associate Head Coach: 17 Joe Ross (Wisconsin-River Falls ’82; 13th year) Assistant Coach: 15 Donny Harrel (Cal State Bakersfield ’95; 1st year) Assistant Coach: 7 Gregg Swenson (Western Washington ’94; 4th year) PRONUNCIATIONS Player & Coach Names Nick Batkoski bat-CUSS-kee NUMERICAL ROSTER Michael Burgher Burger 1Matt Hague, rhp/if 14 Tim Lincecum, rhp 27 Nick Hagadone, lhp Nick Hagadone HAG-uh-doan 2 Ryan Anderson, if 15 Donny Harrel, asst. coach 28 David Dowling, lhp Ken Knutson kuh-NOOT-sun 3Mike Rundle, if 16 Nick Batkoski, if 29 Casey Bollinger, rhp Brent Lillibridge LILL-uh-bridge 4Michael Burgher, of 17 Joe Ross, assoc. head coach 31 Kyle Carson, lhp Kiel Lillibridge KYLE Lill-uh-bridge 5Andy Lentz, of/if 18 Joey Dunn, c 32 Kiel Lillibridge, if Tim Lincecum LINTZ-uh-come 6 Richie Lentz, rhp/of 19 Ken Knutson, head coach 33 Jordan Ponzoha, rhp D.J. Neyens NY-uhs 7 Josh Showers, if 20 Andrew Powell, rhp 34 Benji Brown, rhp Jordan Ponzoha pawn-ZO-uh 7Gregg Swenson, asst. coach 21 Curt Rindal, 1b 35 Keaton Everitt, rhp 8 Kyle Parker, rhp 22 Taylor Johnson, of 36 Josh Conover, rhp Hometowns/High Schools 9D.J. Neyens, c 23 Kyle Larsen, 1b 37 Emmanuel Pedroza, lhp Issaquah, Wash. IZZ-uh-kwah 10 Zach Clem, of 24 Matt Lane, c 38 Brandon McKerney, rhp Kamiakin HS kuh-MY-uh-kin 11 Brent Lillibridge, if 25 Cory Rickard, of 39 Matt Kasser, rhp Kennewick, Wash. KENN-uh-wick 12 Nick Jiles, of 26 Nick Burnham, off 40 Stewart David, c Yakima, Wash. YACK-uh-muh 13 Matt Stevens, if/of

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Personal game ... 2-for-3 with a solo homer in a start at third base May 6 vs. Portland Born November 11, 1982, in Burien, Wash. ... started at 3B April 21 vs. Hawaii-Hilo and hit first career homer in the ... son of Patricia Nelson and Paul Batkoski first inning ... 2-for-5 with three RBI in that game ... 10-for-32 (.312) in 11 ... majoring in anthropology. games against Pac-10 opposition ... 5-for-10 on the season as a ... played for North Adams (Mass.) during the summer ... 2002 Washington (Freshman) – Started five games at DH, two at shortstop, two at second 2004 (Junior) – Began the year as a sometime starter in the outfield, but base and one at third ... went 2-for-3 with two doubles May 14 (game his bat forced the coaches to find him a spot in the order and he started two) vs. Gonzaga ... started 28 of the last 29 games at shortstop … also started one game at second April 13 vs. WSU, when he base, three at DH and six in right field … had been on a tear before went 1-for-4 as the second hitting a rough patch the last two weeks of the season ... was hitting .333 baseman ... first hit came in before a 3-for-25 stretch to end the regular season ... prior to that, had hit his second game, when he in 20 of 23 games, going 34-for-93 (.366) with 24 RBI over those 23 … singled vs. Missouri Feb. 17 came on again at the NCAA Regionals, going 7-for-17 (.412) in four ... went 1-for-4 with two tournament games … in the April 18 win at Tech, went 2-for-5 runs and an RBI double with a double, a homer and six runs batted in ... May 1 at Oregon State, March. 16 vs. BYU ... came went 3-for-7 with four RBI and a triple … drove in winning run with single off the bench in the NCAA in the 10th May 7 vs. Stanford ... homered the following day ... belted a Regional final game vs. Rice pinch-hit, three-run double in the eighth inning of Mar. 6’s 11-6 win over and singled in two at bats Mizzou ... broke a 5-5 tie with a three-run, two-out double in the ninth at ... belted a grand slam in a Riverside ... two-run single in the seventh tied the Feb. 21 Gonzaga game non-counting win over the … made only seven errors, good for a .950 fielding mark … played summer University of British ball for the Seattle Studs, earning first-team All-Pacific International Columbia in the tournament League shortstop … hit .358 with a league-high 15 doubles in 27 league in Phoenix opening weekend games … named the PIL Player of the Week after helping the Studs to ... played summer ball for the league title with a ninth-inning, game-tying in one of the Aloha (Ore.) in the Pacific final games of the season … went 6-for-14 (.375) in four games at the International League, National Baseball Congress World Series … named the No. 10 prospect batting .323 in 19 league in the PIL by … 2003 (Sophomore) – Played in 36 games. games, starting 19 times ... emerged as a starter at DH, starting seven of the last eight games and 10 of the last 13 ... made 15 starts at DH, two at Federal Way High School second base and two at third base ... Huskies were 16-3 with him in the Earned three varsity letters at Federal Way, leading the Eagles to the starting lineup ... started three of four games in the NCAA Regional ... AAAA (highest level) state championship as a senior ... all-area as a junior collecting a hit in all three ... went 4-for-12 in NCAA play and 2-for-4 with and a senior and all-state as a senior ... MVP and batting champion of the an RBI double June 1 vs. Long Beach State ... started all three in the South Puget Sound League as a junior ... two-time team MVP and also an regular season’s final series vs. USC, going 4-for-10 with four runs and an All-SPSL pitcher ... hit .316 as a sophomore, .511 as a junior and .429 as a RBI double for the series ... started two of three vs. Arizona State the senior ... also went 9-2 with a 1.01 ERA as a senior, when his team went weekend before, contributing a two-run single to break a 2-2 tie in the 23-3 ... team went 45-13 in his three seasons and won the district each of fourth inning of the May 19 game (third of the series) ... also started two the last two years ... team as a junior and senior ... as a 16-year at UCLA and had a big game in the series finale, a 13-2 UW win (May 11) old, played in the Junior Olympics with the Burien (Wash.) Knights ...... went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in, a double and a homer in that graduated with a 3.62 grade point average. NICK BATKOSKI’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2002 .196 22/10 46 7 9 4 0 0 4 .283 4 1 9 .269 1 0 0/0 2003 .346 36/19 81 12 28 6 0 3 18 .531 7 2 20 .411 0 1 1/1 2004 .303 47/38 165 25 50 11 2 2 33 .430 16 1 30 .364 2 0 2/3 Totals .298 105/67 292 44 87 21 2 5 55 .435 27 4 59 .362 3 1 3/4

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Personal May 11 …no errors in 14 fielding chances …played summer ball for the Born October 4, 1983, in Bellevue, Wash San Francisco Seals … hit .398 with 10 doubles during the summer and ... son of Karen and Terry Burnham ... has had a 19-game hitting streak … even posted a save for the Seals ... 2003 a younger brother, Todd, and a younger sister, Lexie ... majoring in (Freshman) – Appeared in four games in his first season at the UW, economics. getting a plate appearance in three of those four ... went 0-for-3 ... played for Bellingham (Wash.) during the summer. Washington 2004 (Sophomore) – Played in 24 games, starting three as one of the Eastside Catholic High School Huskies’ top reserve outfielders ...started on opening day at San Diego, Earned three letters at Eastside Catholic, missing his sophomore year due going 1-for-2 with a stolen base ... also started in a win at Gonzaga March to injury ... captained the team his final two seasons ... batted .441 with 22, going 1-for-4 with lone RBI of the year ... third start of the season three homers as a junior and .489 with three homers, 21 stolen bases and came April 17 win at Georgia Tech, going 0-for-3 … scored a run off the nine triples as a senior ... two-time first-team All- outfielder bench Feb. 15 at San Diego ... 1-for-1 off the bench in the March 20 win at and the Metro League MVP as a senior ... named team MVP each of his Washington State ... scored a run off the bench in the April 18 win at final two years ... played at the Area Code Games … had a 3.61 high- Georgia Tech ... came off the bench to go 1-for-3 in the victory vs. Portland school GPA. NICK BURNHAM’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2003 .000 4/0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0/0 2004 .238 24/3 21 5 5 0 0 0 1 .238 2 1 4 .333 0 0 1/1 Totals .208 28/3 24 5 5 0 0 0 1 .208 2 1 4 .296 0 0 1/1

Personal as the Huskies’ top hitter and home run threat in 2004 ... started 55 of 60 Born September 20, 1983, in Mount games, 54 in left field and one at DH ... batted third in the order 32 times Vernon, Wash. ... parents are Annette and … led the team in home runs, slugging percentage and on-base average Jim Clem .... father is a teacher, athletic director and longtime baseball … had a 13-game hitting streak (second-longest of the year by a Husky) coach at Burlington-Edison High ... has a younger brother, Jacob ... majoring between April 10 and May 7, getting his average as high as .395 ... during in economics. streak: 23-for-54 (.426) … 6-for-16 with two homers and six RBI in USC series ... went 6-for-14 at Oregon State ... 6-for-13 with two home runs Washington and five RBI at Georgia Tech … named the Pac-10 Player of the Week for 2004 (Sophomore) – Named to the All-Pac-10 first team after a breakout the second time in three weeks after a great series at Arizona State (Mar. season … set a UW record and led the Pac-10 after being hit by a pitch 26-28) ... 6-for-12 with two doubles, two homers and nine RBI in the series 24 times … ranked in the top-10 in several Pac-10 categories: fifth with in Tempe ... grand slam in seventh inning Mar. 28 at ASU gave the UW a 13 home runs, fifth with .579 slugging percentage and eighth with 60 6-5 lead ... later that same game, drove in two with a ninth-inning single runs scored … twice named the Pac-10 Player of the Week (Mar. 16, Mar. to break a 6-6 tie ... homered in each of the three wins over Loyola 30) … after having had only three at bats as a freshman in 2003, emerged

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Personal State, fanning four ... no runs allowed in 5.1 Pac-10 innings ... was on his Born May 5, 1982 ... son of Steve and way to a fifth win May 6 vs. Portland, but left game with a minor back Wendy Conover ... has an older brother, strain with two down in the fifth ... got fourth win in as many starts Apr. Jason ... originally signed a Letter of Intent to play at UW for the 2001 29 vs. Lewis-Clark State, allowing three runs over six innings ... got third season, but didn’t come out for the team until 2002 ... majoring in sociology. win Apr. 22 vs. Hawaii-Hilo, allowing no runs on four hits in four innings ... earned a win Apr. 15 at Kansas State, allowing four runs on five hits Washington over 7.0 IP, walking one and fanning six ... pitched twice in relief at Stanford, 2004 (Junior) – Appeared in eight games, with one start … picked up combining to work 2.2 shutout innings ... started Mar. 25 at Portland, the victory on the final day of the regular season when he held UC Irvine earning a win in his first career start ... allowed six hits and one run while to one run on three hits over five innings of relief, walking one and fanning fanning five in 5.0 innings for the win ... came on with the bases loaded three as the UW scored four in the ninth to give him the victory ... threw and one out Mar. 11 at Oregon State, and got a and a flyout to four innings of no-hit relief in that game before allowing a run on three get out of the jam ... pitched for Kirkland (Wash.) during the summer ... hits in the top of the ninth … lone start of the season came March 22 at 2002 (RS-Freshman) – Made eight relief appearances didn’t allow a hit Gonzaga (no decision in a UW win) ... allowed five runs on five hits, two in his first three outings and didn’t surrender a run until his fifth ... top walks and a strikeout over three and two-thirds in that game … switched outing was probably April 10 vs. UC Irvine, when he struck out three in to a sidearm delivery midway through the season ... in 10 innings of work two shutout innings ... suffered only loss in final outing of the season after the change, allowed three runs on six hits while fanning eight … when he gave up four runs (two-thirds of season total) vs. Gonzaga May struck out six in two innings April 6 at Portland ... threw three shutout 14 ... played for Bend (Ore.) over the summer, posting a solid 2.70 ERA. innings of relief (one hit) May 12 vs. the Pilots ... worked three innings of relief Feb. 14 at San Diego, allowing one unearned run on three hits … Lake Washington High School 2003 (Sophomore) – Made 14 appearances on the season, including Earned three varsity letters, playing primarily as an infielder, at Lake five starts ... won his first four starts, the first four starting outings of his Washington ... batted .350 as a sophomore, .375 as a junior and .360 as a career ... all starts came in mid-week action ... also very succesful out of senior ... named first-team All-KingCo third baseman as a senior after the bullpen, allowing nine hits over 12.1 innings for a 2.19 earned run earning second-team as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore average as a reliever ... worked 2.1 perfect innings May 18 vs. Arizona ... team captain his senior year. JOSH CONOVER’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2002 8.10 0-1 8/0 0 0 0 6.2 9 6 6 6 9 1 0 1 .333 0 0 0 2003 3.46 4-0 14/5 0 0 0 39.0 36 15 15 15 33 7 1 4 .255 2 6 0 2004 6.53 1-0 8/1 0 0 1 20.2 21 17 15 7 16 3 1 0 .276 2 7 0 Totals 4.88 5-1 30/6 0 0 1 66.1 66 38 36 28 58 11 2 5 .270 4 13 0 2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 7 R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S

Personal allowing two runs (one earned) over 3.0 IP ... worked 2.1 relief innings for Born October 31, 1982, in Seattle ... son of sixth win May 6 vs. Portland, facing the minimum ... threw 1.2 innings Jim and Ellen Dowling ... has one older May 4 at Washington State, striking out four while not allowing a hit ... brother, Brian, a current University of Washington student ... member of took both losses at Stanford, both in relief ... didn’t allow an earned run in Phi Kappa Psi fraternity ... majoring in economics. a 4.2-inning outing Mar. 22 at UC Irvine ... got a save Mar. 16 vs. CS Northridge, combining with Trevor Gibson on a shutout ... fanned four in Washington four innings vs. the Matadors ... got his fifth relief victory Mar. 11 at Oregon 2004 (Junior) – After appearing in 13 games as a freshman and 19 in State, allowing a run and fanning six over 3.1 innings ... picked up a fourth 2003, saw his action limited to nine games and 22.0 innings as a junior, relief win Mar. 8 vs. Washington State, allowing one run on two hits over primarily due to injury … after pitching in the opening weekend (Feb. 14) an inning and one-third ... got third long-relief win of the season Mar. 1 vs. San Diego, didn’t throw again until March 22 at Gonzaga … threw vs. CS Northridge, going six and one-third ... got the win in relief Feb. 8 three innings in UW win May 2 at Oregon State, allowing one run on four vs. UCSB, working 5.2 innings (5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K) ... got a similar win Feb. hits ... worked four shutout innings for a save Apr. 23 vs. Arizona, allowing 14 at Loyola Marymount, allowing three runs and fanning six in 4.2 IP in a four hits, but no runs ... got the loss in relief Apr. 10 vs. WSU, allowing 10-9 UW win ... pitched for Bend (Ore.) during the summer ... 2002 five runs (four ERs) over 3.2 innings … worked 3.1 relief innings Mar. 27 (Freshman) – Pitched in nine games in relief and started four others ... at Arizona State, allowing one earned run on two hits ... returned to the most relief appearances were in middle or long relief roles ... in first career mound Mar. 22 at Gonzaga after five-week injury layoff ... threw 2.1 relief outing, Feb. 26 at Portland, threw four innings of relief, striking out a innings at Gonzaga, allowing no hits, runs or walks while fanning three season-high six batters ... wins came in relief vs. Washington State (retiring … 2003 (Sophomore) – Served as the Huskies’ long relief specialist, 10 of 11 batters over 3.1 innings) on April 14 and in a start vs. Portland on usually entering games in the first five innings or so ... made 18 May 7 ... suffered losses to UC Riverside (March 8), at Arizona State (March appearances in relief before getting lone start May 31 at the NCAA 29) and at Missouri (April 5), all in starting assignments ... threw five Regionals vs. Minnesota ... eight of 18 relief appearances were three relief innings May 12 at USC, allowing two earned runs and fanning five innings or longer ... picked up seven wins, second-most on the team ...... longest outing of the year was a six-inning start in the loss at Missouri. earned a surprise start in the regional in a loser-out game vs. Minnesota ... pitched brilliantly in that game despite being informed of the start about 45 minutes prior to gametime ... allowed six hits and only one run Earned two letters as a left-handed pitcher at Juanita, teaming with fellow (unearned) while walking three and striking out five for the victory ... UW pitcher Keaton Everitt ... went 3-0 with a 2.13 ERA while batting .367 worked 3.1 solid innings of relief on the final day of the regular season, a as a junior ... posted a 5-2 mark with a 1.31 ERA as a senior ... team MVP 10-8 comeback win over USC, entering the game down 6-0 in the first ... in 2001 ... All-KingCo second-team selection as a senior ... Scholar-Athlete allowed only one run while fanning five in that one ... threw three innings in both of his varsity seasons ... member of the National Honor Society all in the May 18 loss to Arizona State ... threw three innings May 9 at UCLA, three years of high school ... graduated with a 3.7 grade point average.

DAVID DOWLING’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2002 6.18 2-3 13/4 0 0 0 39.1 50 35 27 21 33 10 2 2 .314 11 9 1 2003 5.11 7-2 19/1 0 0 1 56.1 66 36 32 29 58 16 0 1 .296 10 2 3 2004 4.09 0-1 10/0 0 0 1 22.0 19 18 10 16 11 4 0 3 .237 4 2 1 Totals 5.28 9-6 42/5 0 0 2 117.2 135 89 69 66 102 30 2 6 .292 25 13 5

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Personal loss in third start, Feb. 29 vs. Oregon State … started in the regional final Born February 4, 1983, in Edmonds, Wash. at Ole Miss, suffering the loss in a three-inning outing vs. Tulane … played ... son of Robert and Lisa Everitt ... has an summer ball for the Bellingham (Wash.) Bells … 2003 (RS-Freshman) – older brother, Trevor, a recent UW graduate ... mother and father, as well Didn’t allow a hit or a run in limited bullpen duty ... threw three one- as numerous other relatives, attended UW ... an economics major. inning outings ... struck out one each in one-inning appearances vs. Gonzaga (Feb. 22) and at Portland (Mar. 25) ... struck out three in one Washington inning Apr. 22 vs. Hawaii-Hilo ... 2002 (Freshman) – Redshirted the season 2004 (Sophomore) – Began the year in the Huskies’ weekend rotation after undergoing pre-season elbow surgery. despite entering the season with only three career innings pitched ... kept that starting spot through the first seven weeks of the season … got a Juanita High School win in first career start Feb. 15 at San Diego ... allowed one run on two Earned two varsity baseball letters at Juanita, teaming with fellow UW hits, three walks and two over five innings ... followed that pitcher David Dowling ... mostly a in high school and only with a great start Feb. 22 vs. Gonzaga, allowing only one hit and no runs started pitching as a senior ... honorable mention All-KingCo at both first in seven innings … got win in start May 18 vs. Lewis-Clark State, allowing base and pitcher as a senior ... posted a 1-1 record with a 2.10 ERA, a five hits and two runs in six innings, breaking the Warriors’ 22-game .118 opponent batting average and 27 strikeouts in 15 innings as a senior winning streak ... started May 11 vs. Portland and got the win with 5.1 IP, ... batted .387 as a junior and .357 as a senior ... team’s most inspirational 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K … took the loss Mar. 27 at ASU (2.2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, award winner as a senior, when he was also team captain ... two-year 4 ER, 4 BB, 0 K) … got third win Mar. 20 at Washington State ... took the member of the National Honor Society ... graduated with a 3.7 GPA. KEATON EVERITT’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2003 0.00 0-0 3/0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 2004 5.66 5-3 11/10 0 0 0 47.2 47 35 30 31 22 9 2 3 .264 7 2 1 Totals 5.33 5-3 14/10 0 0 0 50.2 47 35 30 36 27 9 2 3 .251 8 3 1

Personal Davis High School Born February 20, 1985, in Yakima, Earned three varsity baseball letters for coach Pete Orgill, Sr., at Davis ... Wash. ... son of Janice and Leland Jiles named first-team All-Big 9 and honorable mention all-state as a junior, ... has a twin brother, NaCoubi, and a younger brother, Noah ... NaCoubi when he batted .476 with four homers and 23 RBI in 23 games ... as a will be a sophomore on the Oral Roberts University baseball team this senior, made All-Big 9 and all-state, batting .395 with three homers and spring ... planning on majoring in business marketing. 20 RBI ... helped team to the state tournament his sophomore and junior seasons ... captain as a senior ... team was 50-19 during his three seasons Washington ... in summer ball, playing for the Yakima Beetles, hit .415 with nine HRs 2004 (Freshman) – Played in four games during his freshman year at the and 54 RBI in 2002 and went .408-17-63 in 2003 ... also earned three UW, highlighting his limited action with a home run in his first college at football letters ... two-time all-conference defensive back and also all- bat … came off the bench Feb. 15 at San Diego and belted a solo homer conference at all-purpose as a senior ... named an all-state DB as a senior, in first appearance … also played vs. Missouri (Mar. 5), at Washington when the Seattle Times tabbed him a “white chip” football prospect ... State (Mar. 20) and vs. Portland (May 11) … drove in a run with a sacrifice graduated from high school with a 3.53 grade point average. fly in his game vs. WSU … played summer ball for the Humboldt (Calif.) Crabs … started 41 games, hitting .282 with six homers and 24 RBI. NICK JILES’ CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2004 .333 7/0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1.333 1 0 0 .400 1 0 0/0 2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 9 R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S

Personal slumped a bit at the plate in the late-going, and only started two of the Born July 25, 1983, in Vancouver, Wash. ... season’s final 13 games ... started, walked and scored in the May 31 game son of Charles and Terri Johnson ... has a vs. Long Beach State at the NCAA Regional ... 2-for-3 vs. Lewis-Clark younger sister, Kelsey, a standout soccer player at Bellevue Community State ... 2-for-4 Apr. 25 vs. Cal ... went 6-for-7 with a grand slam and five College ... majoring in sociology. RBIs in Apr. 21 doubleheader vs. Hawaii-Hilo ... had a hit in seven straight ABs, dating back to previous game ... hit fifth homer of the year in Mar. 16 Washington win over Cal State Northridge ... two homers in final two ABs in Mar. 7 2004 (Junior) – Started a total of 44 games for the Huskies, 25 in center win over Washington State ... followed that with a homer in his first at field and 19 in right ... was the most regular starter in right the last month bat at Oregon State ... four hits in the Mar. 11 win at OSU ... 5-for-10 with of the season after Lillibridge’s move to center … one of three Huskies four runs in OSU series March 11-12 ... 3-for-12 with six RBIs in WSU with double-digit stolen bases, with a career-best 10 in 13 attempts … series ... homer and four RBI Mar. 1 vs. CSUN ... played summer ball for had a hot stretch over 13 games in late April and the first half of May, Bourne (Mass) in the Cape Cod League ... 2002 (Freshman) – Finished going 17-for-37 (.459) with 12 runs and 15 RBI … drove in winning run in the season as the regular starter in right field against right-handed starters the 10th May 14 at USC as UW came back from 6-0 down to win, 8-6 … ... started 21 of the last 33 in right field, usually as the leadoff hitter ... 5-for-7, three doubles May 11-12 vs. Portland ... started all three vs. No. 1 also started four in CF ... Huskies went 15-6 in games in which he started Stanford, batting 3-for-9 for the weekend ... 3-for-7 with two homers and in right field ... started all five games at the NCAA Regional ... 3-for-5 six runs batted in at May 18 at Oregon State ... 2-for-6 with a two-run homer in game two May Oregon State ... grand 14 vs. Gonzaga ... 2-for-3 May 10 at USC ... hit three homers in his last slam May 2 at OSU ... 2- nine regular-season starts ... homered in both games (May 7-8) vs. Portland for-4 with a triple at and went 4-for-9 in the two games ... 2-for-3 May 5 in lone UCLA start Georgia Tech … that weekend ... started all three in RF and leadoff vs. Cal, going 3-for-12 homered in ninth Mar. 23 with two RBI and two assists ... got a start April 16 vs. Lewis-Clark State at Gonzaga ... had a good (2-for-5 with a double) and then started in right field and in the leadoff opening weekend vs. spot in both of the wins over Stanford ... first career hit was a solo homer Gonzaga ... provided Feb. 26 at Portland ... played summer ball for Bend (Ore.) in the Pacific game-winning RBI in Feb. International League, batting .326 with a wood bat in 15 league games ... 21 win, singling to drive also walked 11 times and stole eight bases in league play for the Elks. in Lillibridge in the eighth ... two-run HR Feb. 23 in Skyview High School 3-0 win … played Earned three varsity baseball letters at Skyview ... also earned three letters summer ball for the each in football and basketball ... first-team all-league in baseball all three Seattle Studs, making seasons ... also a first-team all-leaguer in basketball and second-team in second-team all-league football as a senior ... batted .408 as a sophomore, .508 as a junior and after batting .314 with .378 as a senior ... named team’s offensive MVP his junior and senior four homers and 24 RBI years and played in the Area Code Games in 2000 ... all-state and a member in 29 league starts … of the Washington state all-star team that swept Oregon’s all-stars ... went to the National drafted in the 39th round by Pittsburgh in the June, 2001 draft ... team Baseball Congress World captain as a junior and senior ... also team captain as a junior and senior Series with the Studs, starting all four of their games there … named the in basketball ... team captain and offensive MVP of his football team as a No. 8 prospect in the Pacific International League by Baseball America … senior ... graduated with a 3.6 GPA and was nominated for a National 2003 (Sophomore) – Started 44 of 60 games in right field and 45 total ... Football Foundation scholarship. TAYLOR JOHNSON’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2002 .278 34/26 108 23 30 6 0 4 13 .444 11 3 19 .361 0 3 6/10 2003 .264 47/45 163 38 43 6 0 6 25 .411 19 4 36 .349 3 5 6/10 2004 .265 53/44 148 28 38 9 1 5 27 .432 23 7 43 .374 4 4 10/13 Totals .265 134/115 419 89 111 21 1 15 65 .427 53 14 98 .361 7 12 22/33

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Personal four runs on six hits, four walks and three strikeouts … played summer Born December 17, 1983, in Yakima, ball for the Aloha (Ore.) Knights, helping them to the National Baseball Wash. ... son of Mike and Linda Kasser ... Congress World Series championship … named second-team all-league has two younger sisters, Lindsey and Laura ... majoring in business and won his lone start at the World Series … during the regular season management. at Aloha, went 4-4 with a 2.14 ERA, allowing only 46 hits in 63 innings … 2003 (Freshman) – The only true freshman pitcher to see any action all Washington season ... made nine appearances, all in relief ... all nine runs allowed 2004 (Sophomore) – Began the year in the bullpen, but moved into the came in two outings while the other seven were shutout appearances ... starting rotation April 4 at and held that role the last 10 weeks 11 of the 13 hits he allowed also came over those same two outings, Feb. of the season ... had an outstanding starting performance at the NCAA 21 vs. Gonzaga (six hits, three runs) and Mar. 30 at Stanford (five hits, six Oxford Regional to close out his season, beating Western Kentucky, 4-1, runs) ... in other seven outings, allowed only three hits and no runs over in an elimination game … in that game, allowed only one run on four hits 10.0 innings, striking out 15 ... entered the postseason having fanned 10 and three walks while striking of the last 18 batters he’d faced ... made one appearance at the NCAA out five in seven and two- Regional when he allowed two hits and no runs over 2.2 innings vs. Long thirds innings … no decision Beach State on June 1 ... struck out four in 2.2 hitless relief innings May in his last two starts of the 9 at UCLA ... threw a scoreless inning Apr. 21 vs. Hawaii-Hilo (game 2) regular season, May 30 vs. and then struck out the side in order in his one IP Apr. 22 vs. Hilo ... struck UC Irvine (4.0 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 out two in one inning of relief Mar. 25 at Portland... got a win with a 0.2- ER, 2 BB, 4 K) and May 23 vs. inning relief appearance Mar. 12 at Oregon State... pitched for North Adams UCLA (7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 (Mass.) during the summer ... started six games and struck out 45 in 36.2 BB, 6 Ks) … got the win at innings over the summer. USC May 15 in longest career outing to that point: 7.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 6 BB, 2 K ... no Earned four letters as a pitcher and outfielder at Issaquah for coach Rob decision in the Husky loss Reese ... captain as a junior and senior ... team went 78-25 over his four May 8 vs. Stanford: 4.0 IP, 5 years, winning the KingCo title his freshman year, the district title three H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2Ks … no of four years and the state championship his sophomore season ... also decision in UW’s 26-14 win at finished second in the district his junior year, fourth in state as a freshman OSU May 1, allowing eight and seventh in state in his final season ... posted a 25-5 career record in runs (four earned) on nine hits high school, including a 9-3 mark in his sophomore state-championship over four innings ... had a very season ... set the KingCo Conference record for career victories with 25 ... good start Apr. 17 at Georgia 7-1 as a junior and 8-1 as a senior ... threw nine complete games as a Tech to get the win: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K … no decision Apr. 10 sophomore and eight as a senior ... a two-time All-Eastside pick and a vs. Washington State, allowing six runs on four hits over 2.2 innings ... three-time All-KingCo first-teamer ... team MVP as a junior and senior ... won first career start Apr. 4 at California, throwing seven innings, allowing also ran cross country, earning three varsity letters in that sport.

MATT KASSER’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2003 6.57 1-0 9/0 0 0 0 12.1 14 9 9 12 16 0 1 3 .298 0 1 1 2004 5.98 4-0 17/10 0 0 1 64.2 72 50 43 38 42 11 1 9 .291 11 6 0 Totals 6.08 5-0 26/10 0 0 1 77.0 86 59 52 50 58 11 2 12 .293 11 7 1

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Personal … three-run double highlighted a six-run first inning Apr. 23. vs. Arizona Born May 23, 1984, in Port Angeles, Wash. ... 2-for-6 with six walks in Arizona series ... home run Apr. 18 at Georgia ... son of Debbie and Ken Lane ... has two younger brothers, David and Tech opened an eight-run second inning ... 4-for-9 in two games in Atlanta Eric ... majoring in history. ... started two of three at Arizona State (4-for-9 with two doubles) ... got first start at catcher Feb. 29 vs. OSU … played summer ball for the Aloha Washington (Ore.) Knights, the National Baseball Congress World Series champions 2004 (Freshman) – The Huskies’ most-used freshman hitter, started 37 … hit .290 with four homers and 30 RBI in 40 games for the Knights. games and played in six others in his first season at the UW ... made 36 starts as the Husky designated hitter and one at catcher ... in the last half Port Angeles High School of the year, started pretty much every game vs. righties … finished the Earned four varsity baseball letters at Port Angeles under coach Randy regular season having hit three home runs in his last five games, one Steinman ... helped Roughriders to two Narrows League Bridge Division each vs. USC (May 15), UCLA (May 22) and UC Irvine (May 30) … hit a titles and two first-place finishes in district play ... named the 4A first- homer in first start, Feb. 20 vs. Gonzaga ... doubled in four straight games team All-State catcher ... played in the state all-star game ... Narrows March 12 and 13 vs. Loyola Marymount and March 19 and 20 at League MVP as a senior after batting .648 with six home runs ... first- Washington State … went 2-for-4 with a double and a home run in the team all-league catcher all three years ... also letters three years in football regular-season finale vs. UC Irvine ... went 4-for-6 in two games vs. UCLA and once in ... a first-team all-league punter ... graduated with a ... 3-for-8 with a homer and three RBI in USC series .. 3-for-9 vs. Stanford 3.32 grade point average. MATT LANE’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2004 .301 43/37 133 26 40 10 0 6 26 .511 18 3 34 .391 2 0 1/1

Personal off an inning ... 5-for-12 in Arizona series … made the NCAA Oxford Born June 30, 1983, in Bellevue, Wash. Regional all-tournament team after going 8-for-17 (.471) with a double, a ... son of Arne and Barb Larsen ... has a younger brother, Kris ... majoring homer and five RBI in four regional games … capped the regular season in anthropology. with a one-out two run single that capped a four-run rally in the ninth May 30 vs. UC Irvine as the Huskies beat then-NCAA saves leader Blair Washington Erickson for an 8-7 win … tied May 7 game vs. Stanford with a solo 2004 (Junior) – Named to the All-Pac-10 first team … enters his senior homer in the sixth (UW won, 3-2, in 10) ... went 4-for-14 with eight RBI in year on several UW career top-10s … one of only 10 players in UW history Oregon State series ... 4-for-6 with 6 RBI May 2 in Corvallis … 3-for-5 ever to record 200 or more hits … ranks ninth in Husky history with 203 with four RBI Apr. 10 vs. Washington, when he was a single short of hitting hits, ninth with 133 runs batted in, 10th (tied) with 24 home runs and for the cycle ... 7-for-10 in series at California ... two-out double drove in eighth with 28 career hit by pitch … ranked in the top-10 in the conference winning run in ninth Mar. 22 at Gonzaga ... first-inning grand slam in Mar. in several categories: seventh with 55 runs batted in, eighth with 78 hits, 12 win over Loyola Marymount ... 6-for-11 in LMU series … 2003 ninth with .568 slugging percentage and ninth with 11 home runs … seven (Sophomore) – The Huskies’ every day first baseman, starting 59 of 60 homers in Pac-10 play ranked third and .644 slugging mark in conference games on the season ... an outstanding defender ... after 621 career - games only was fourth … along with Lillibridge, one of two Huskies to free chances, made first career error Mar. 12 at Oregon State ... still entered start every game in 2004 ... started all 60 at first base ... named the Pac- his junior year with only two errors in 1,008 career chances (.998) ... heated 10’s best defensive first baseman by Baseball America ... has made only up at the plate in the last few weeks of the regular season, hitting safely four errors in 1,517 career chances, good for a .997 fielding pct. … belted in each of the last five and getting two hits in four of those ... also hit in a career-high 11 home runs in 2004 and led the team with his .344 batting two of four NCAA Regional games, going 2-for-4 May 31 vs. Minnesota ... average and 55 runs batted in … became third Husky ever to hit three 5-for-11 with three RBIs in USC series and 4-for-7 in last two ASU games homers in a game Apr. 25 vs. Arizona ... all three were solo shots to lead ... went only 2-for-14 vs. UCLA, but drove in three runs ... broke nearly 12 2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E R E T U R N I N G P L A Y E R P R O F I L E S two-month long home run drought with eighth homer May 3 at Washington on a 12-game hitting streak, his longest of the year and the third longest State ... 5-for-14 on the weekend vs. the Cougs ... 3-for-6 with two RBI in of the season by any Husky ... during the streak, went 22-for-44 (.500) Apr. 25 win over California ... hit seven homers in the season’s first 16 with nine runs, 10 RBI, four doubles and three steals, raising his average games ... homered in three straight games (UCSB, Houston and first at from .315 to .363 ... missed three games during that stretch after getting LMU) ... 3-for-3 with four runs and a two-run homer Mar. 7 vs. Washington hit on the right elbow by a pitch in the second game at USC ... sat out State ... 5-for-6 with homer, double, four RBI Mar. 1 vs. CS Northridge ... game three at USC and both Gonzaga games May 14 ... finished his first led off the ninth vs. UCSB with a homer to tie the game at 5-5 ... two-run college season without an error in 454 chances ... 3-for-5 in April 26’s 2- HR in the first inning vs. Houston, a 4-1 win ... played for Brewster (Mass.) 0 win at Cal, including a solo HR in the ninth to make it 2-0 ... singled in in the Cape Cod League over the summer ... 2002 (Freshman) – Named a the game-winner in the ninth inning of 5-4 win April 27 at Cal ... drove in first-team Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball after emerging the winning run in the 10th inning of the April 21, 4-3 win over Stanford... as the Huskies’ everyday starter at first base, starting 47 games there ... also hit a homer earlier in that game ... hit first two career homers in often hit No. 3 in the order, particularly against righties ... as the No. 3 back-to-back games March 2-3 vs. Utah ... 2-for-5 with a double and a hitter, batted .436 (24-for-55) in 14 starts there ... UW went 10-4 in those homer March 25 vs. WSU... 3-for-6 with four RBI the following day. games ... during the regular season, led the Huskies in batting with his .363 average and also was the team’s top hitter in Pac-10 play, batting Eastlake High School .365 against conference opposition ... despite a rough time at the plate in Earned three varsity baseball letters at Eastlake ... first-team All-KingCo the postseason (3-for-19), had a huge hit in the Huskies’ dramatic comeback as a junior and again as a senior ... team MVP and all-state as a senior, win over Rice ... down 6-4 with two outs and none on in the bottom of the when he batted .411 ... hit .439 as a junior ... played on the Washington ninth, stroked a two-strike pitch for a single two batters prior to Jay all-star team that swept the Oregon all-stars ... drafted by the Mets in the Garthwaite’s game-winning three-run homer ... entered the postseason 14th round of the June, 2001 draft ... also played one season of basketball. KYLE LARSEN’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2002 .342 51/47 190 30 65 11 1 5 37 .489 23 6 33 .425 2 0 4/6 2003 .274 59/59 219 44 60 8 0 8 41 .420 29 11 31 .382 3 0 0/1 2004 .344 60/60 227 44 78 16 1 11 55 .568 33 11 32 .444 4 0 1/5 Totals .319 170/166 636 118 203 35 2 24 133 .494 85 28 96 .417 9 0 5/12

Personal eight in 5.0 IP ... played summer ball for Newport (R.I.) in the New England Born August 6, 1984, in Woodinville, Collegiate Baseball League … helped the Gulls to the NECBL championship Wash. ... son of Mike and Jody Lentz ... series … named the league’s top reliever and was named by Baseball has an older brother, Ryan, and a younger brother Andy ... Ryan was a America as the NECBL’s top prospect … posted a 1.66 ERA and nine saves standout third baseman for the Huskies (1996-98) and still holds the UW during the regular season, fanning 32 and allowing only nine hits in 21.2 single-season doubles record ... Andy is a freshman on this season’s UW innings … in the playoffs, worked six games, getting a win and three team ... father Mike was the second overall pick (Padres) in the 1975 saves while striking out 12 in seven and two-thirds. baseball draft … majoring in sociology. Washington Earned three varsity letters for the Falcons, playing for coach Terry Agnew 2004 (Freshman) – Began year as a starter (in fact, he became the first ... led the team to the 2002 state 4A (highest level) championship ... freshman to start opening day under Coach Ken Knutson), but moved to considered one of the nation’s top high school prospects throughout his the bullpen down the stretch … got his only save May 18 vs. Lewis-Clark prep career and appeared on numerous top-50 and top-100 lists ... as a State with a three-inning outing ... appeared twice at Oregon State, senior, named 4A first-team All-State as an outfielder and second-team throwing 1.2 no-hit innings (one BB, 2 Ks) Apr. 30 and a third of an inning All-State as a pitcher ... played in the state all-star game ... also first- May 1, when he struck out a batter with two down and the bases loaded team All-State outfielder as a junior ... team was 15-5 his freshman year in the bottom of the seventh … started Apr. 12 vs. OSU and got the loss (3-1 on the mound, .333 average), 24-2 his junior season (4-0, 3.21 as a (3.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K) ... threw four innings of one-hit relief for pitcher, .367 as a hitter) and 19-2 his season year (8-2, 3.10 as a pitcher, the win Apr. 6 at Portland, fanning five .. posted best starting outing Mar. .401 average) ... team won the KingCo 4A championship each of his three 14 vs. Loyola Marymount, when he allowed three runs on four hits over seasons ... first-team All-KingCo and All-Eastside as a junior and senior 7.0 IP for the win ... earned first win Feb. 27 vs. Sacramento State, fanning ... graduate from high school with a 3.3 grade point average. RICHIE LENTZ’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2004 6.70 3-3 20/8 0 0 1 49.2 54 41 37 41 52 12 1 5 .290 6 4 1

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Personal to start at shortstop the rest of his career at UW, but worked his way into Born September 18, 1983, in Everett, Wash. the lineup as a center fielder as a freshman ... led off the last 30 games ... parents are Leslie and Curt Lillibridge ... has three younger brothers, for the Huskies, scoring a run in 20 of those ... hit three homers to Kiel, and Riley ... Kiel is a freshman on the UW baseball team games ... named to NCAA Regional all-tournament team after hitting safely this season … majoring in anthropology. in all four ... 6-for-17 with a homer and three RBI in the tournament ... in 24 Pac-10 games, batted .394 (39-for-99) and slugged .758 with 12 doubles, Washington eight homers, 26 runs and 21 RBIs ... went 3-for-4 with three runs, two 2004 (Sophomore) – Named to the All-Pac-10 first team for the second RBIs and a homer in the regular- straight season … named to the all-tournament team at the NCAA season-finale, come-from- Regional … ranked third in the Pac-10 with 65 runs scored, seventh with behind win over USC ... 4-for-10 79 hits, fifth with 16 doubles, ninth with 11 home runs, seventh with 130 with two homers, three RBI and total bases, fifth with 41 walks and fourth with 18 stolen bases … nine four runs in ASU series ... two doubles in Pac-10 play tied for conference lead … several season totals solo homers in 3-2 win over ranked in the top-10 in Husky history: 249 at bats (fifth), 79 hits (ninth), 54 UCLA May 10 ... 3-for-4 with a runs (fifth), 41 walks (sixth) and 65 strikeouts (first) … enters his junior grand slam May 6 vs. Portland year No. 6 on the UW career batting average list with a .347 mark … 24 ... had a 13-game hit streak career home runs ties him for 10th in UW history … finished the regular broken Apr. 21 vs. Hilo (game 1) season on a 14-game hitting streak (21-for-59 (.356) with 18 runs during ... streak was the longest of the the streak) ... one of two Huskies to start every game ... began the year at year by a Husky ... over those 13 shortstop, but moved back to center field (where he spent most of his games: 24-for-53 (.453) with 15 freshman year) in midseason to give Batkoski a place to play … seven of runs, 17 RBI and six homers ... 11 home runs came in the Huskies’ first at bat of a game (first batter of over the last 41 games to end the first inning) ... hit first pitch of the first inning out in the UW’s May 9 the year, batted .405 (62-for- win over Stanford ... hit two homers Apr. 24 vs. Arizona, including one to 153) with 43 runs, 41 RBI and lead off the game ... went 6-for-13 with five runs at Oregon State ... 4-for- 13 homers ... 3-for-4 with two 5 with five runs in May 1 win at Corvallis ... had a solid weekend vs. homers, three runs, three RBI and a stolen base at Kansas State ... went Washington State (7-for-12, three doubles) … had a strong weekend at 3-for-3 Apr. 12 at Arizona and, in his first game as leadoff hitter, belted a Arizona State, going 5-for-16 with three doubles ... hit three homers in homer in the first inning Apr. 13 ... hit a grand slam in Mar. 30 loss at Washington State series in Pullman (Mar. 19-21), including two on Mar. Stanford ... that slam gave the UW an 11-10 lead in the seventh ... also 19 … had hit safely in 14 straight prior to the loss vs. Missouri ... home made two great catches in that game ... first career homer in Mar. 26 win run in the season’s first at bat to lead off Feb. 13 at San Diego and hit the at Portland ... drove in the game-winning run with a single in the ninth vs. first pitch of Feb. 15 game out for a homer … played summer ball for the UCSB ... batted .253 in 29 games (26 starts) for the national team, helping Harwich (Mass.) Mariners in the Cape Cod League … 2003 (Freshman) it to a silver medal at the Pan-Am Games ... posted a pair of 3-for-5 games – All-Pac-10 first-team selection and runner-up for Pac-10 Freshman of during the medal rounds at the Pan-Ams. the Year ... also named a first-team Freshman All-American and served as the regular starter in center field for the USA Baseball National Team Jackson High School over the summer ... turned in perhaps the best freshman season in A four-year letterman and three-year team captain at Jackson ... helped Washington history ... spent most of the season as the Huskies’ top hitter team to a 15-3 record and a second-place district finish as a junior and a and set a UW freshman record with 13 homers ... No. 2 in the nation 16-2 mark and the league title as a senior ... for his career, batted .420 among freshmen hitters with his .388 average, fifth in the Pac-10 ... third with 16 homers ... two-time first-team All-WesCo after earning second- in the Pac-10 with .699 slugging mark (tops in the nation for a freshman) team his sophomore year ... also earned three basketball letters, earning and tied for 10th in the Pac-10 in home runs ... 12 doubles in Pac-10-only second-team all-league honors twice ... boasted a 3.7 high school grade play ranked second in the league and eight homers were fourth ... expected point average. BRENT LILLIBRIDGE’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2003 .388 54/48 183 49 71 16 1 13 47 .699 16 5 48 .451 0 2 9/14 2004 .317 60/60 249 65 79 16 1 11 36 .522 41 7 65 .428 0 0 18/20 Totals .347 114/108 432 114 150 32 2 24 83 .597 57 12 113 .437 0 2 27/34

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Personal seven double-digit strikeout games, including a loss to Tulane in the NCAA Born June 15, 1984, in Bellevue, Wash. ... Regional opening game at Ole Miss … in that game, took the loss despite son of Chris and Rebecca Lincecum ... father played minor league baseball allowing three runs on four hits over 6.2 innings, fanning 10 … had three ... has an older brother Sean, a former college baseball player ... undecided outings of five innings or longer on a major. in which he allowed only one hit and held opponents to four Washington or fewer hits 10 times in outings 2004 (Freshman) – Became the first player ever to be named both the longer than five innings … had Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and the Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year … also only one appearance all year in the first Husky ever to win either award … one of three players named which he fanned fewer than the National Freshman of the Year by Collegiate Baseball … a first-team one batter per inning (seven Ks Freshman All-American by both Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America in eight shutout innings May 22 … named to Collegiate Baseball All-America second-team and earned vs. UCLA) … played summer honorable mention from the American Baseball Coaches Association … ball for the Seattle Studs, first freshman since 1978 (Bill Bordley, USC) to lead the Pac-10 in strikeouts helping them to National … his 12.9 strikeouts per nine innings ranked second in the NCAA to Baseball Congress World Long Beach State’s (13.3) … also ranked fourth in the Pac- Series, where he earned one of 10 with 3.53 ERA, second with .207 opponent batting average, fourth in the team’s two wins at the innings (112.1), first in called strikeouts (60), fourth in wins (10) and third series … named by Baseball in starts (18) … six wins in Pac-10 play led the conference … named the America as the No. 1 prospect Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week twice (Mar. 16, May 11), and also earned in the Pacific International National Pitcher of the Week acclaim on both those occasions … aside League. from the new UW strikeouts record (which also places him 10th in the Husky career list), also set new UW records with 18 games started and 82 Liberty High School bases on balls … 112.1 innings were second most in Husky history and Played two seasons of varsity baseball under coach Glen Walker ... led 10 wins tied for third … got 10th win May 29 vs. UC Irvine, allowing four the Patriots to the 3A state championship during his senior year ... won runs on four hits, six walks and 10 Ks ... had six double-digit strikeout the state’s Gatorade player of the year award in 2003 ... named the state’s outings on the year ... shut out UCLA for eight innings May 22 for ninth 3A MVP and first-team All-State ... played in the state all-star series in win ... vs. UCLA: 8.0 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 7 K … named Collegiate Baseball Wenatchee, earning MVP honors for the weekend ... team went 20-7 his and NCBWA National Player of the Week and Pac-10 Player of the Week senior year, when he posted some amazing stats on the mound ... posted after getting two wins over No. 1 Stanford ... threw final two innings May a 12-1 record with a 0.70 and 183 strikeouts in 91.2 7 in UW’s 3-2, 10-inning win and then fanned 13 over eight innings May 9 innings ... as a junior, went 4-2 with a 0.73 ERA and 86 Ks in 49 innings ...... May 9 vs. Stanford: 8.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 13 K … got the win Apr. team MVP as a senior and All-KingCo as a junior and senior .. Eastside 18 at Georgia Tech with another gem, taking a no hitter in the sixth ... Apr. player of the year in 2003 and a first-team All-Eastside pick as a junior ... 18 at Georgia Tech: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 9 Ks … named National finalist for the King County Journal Prep Athlete of the Year in 2003 and Player of the Week after striking out 15 in six innings Mar. 12 vs. Loyola co-MVP for the state in 2003 spring sports ... graduated from Liberty with Marymount ... vs. Loyola: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 15 K … had total of a 3.25 grade point average. TIM LINCECUM’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2004 3.53 10-3 20/18 0 0 0 112.1 83 55 44 82 161 11 0 5 .207 15 7 3

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Personal also a first-team all-league pick after compiling a 7-1 record and 2.07 Born April 8, 1985, in Yakima, Wash. ... ERA during the regular season … over 69.2 innings for the Knights, allowed son of Terry and Debbie Parker ... has an older brother named Casey ... only 46 hits while striking out 75 and allowing opponents to hit only .189 majoring in sociology. … picked up two victories at the NBC World Series, including throwing a five-hit, complete-game shutout in the championship game. Washington 2004 (Freshman) – Began the year in the bullpen, but got a start April 3 West Valley at California and was a weekend starter from then on ... held the Friday High School starter spot after taking it over April 16 at Georgia Tech … ranked No. 3 Earned three letters under in the Pac-10 with a .224 opponent batting average and sixth in the coach Klayton Wyckoff at conference with a 3.84 earned run average … closed out the season with West Valley, alma mater of the UW’s lone complete game performance of the season, beating host all-time Husky great Chris Mississippi in an elimination game at the NCAA Oxford Regional … held Magruder ... captained the the Rebels to two runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out seven Rams as a senior ... named a over nine innings in that game, a 7-2 Washington win … got the win in 3A first-team All-State his last regular season outing with a fine effort May 28 vs. UC Irvine: 6.2 pitcher ... helped West Valley innings, 5 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts … took a loss vs. UCLA May to an overall record of 49-15 21, allowing three runs on five hits over 5.2 IP ... no decision May 14 at over his three seasons ... led USC after allowing six in the first and then holding the Trojans scoreless team to a league and district the rest of the way through five (UW won, 8-6) … no decision despite one title as a senior when the of his best outings May 7 vs. No. 1 Stanford ... left the game with a 2-2 tie Rams finished as runners-up after eight innings, the longest outing of the year by a Husky at the time: at the state tournament ... 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 Ks … got a win with a five-inning start Apr. team also made the state 23 vs. Arizona, allowing only one hit and one run while walking eight and semi-finals his junior year ... as a sophomore, struck out 80 in 38 innings fanning three … took loss Apr. 16 at Georgia Tech (5.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 and was named first-team All-Mid Valley League ... team and league MVP BB, 7 Ks) ... won first career start Apr. 3 at Cal, allowing two runs on as a senior, when he was also West Valley’s spring athlete of the year ... seven hits with two walks and two Ks over 6.0 innings … earned Summer as a senior, posted a 0.98 earned run average with 135 strikeouts in 72 All-America second-team acclaim while playing for the National Baseball innings ... in summer ball, playing for the Yakima Valley Pepsi Paks, went Congress World Series champion Aloha (Ore.) Knights … named the No. 13-2 in 2002 and 16-2 in 2003 ... a top 50 prospect at the 2002 Area Code 2 prospect in the Pacific International League by Baseball America … Games ... graduated from high school with a 3.5 grade point average. KYLE PARKER’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2004 3.84 4-3 18/10 1 0 0 75.0 59 32 32 55 58 3 1 6 .224 10 6 2

HUSKY NO-HITTERS There are currently three no-hitters in recorded Washington history. The first (at regularly a catcher, no-hit Puget Sound, 14-0, on April 21, 1958. He fanned six, least since 1923) was thrown by Bob Peterson in 1951 (month and day unknown). walked one and hit one batter, but did not allow a ball out of the infield. He Peterson struck out seven and walked three in a 7-0 beating of division rival played every position on the field for the Huskies that year. Idaho. The next was by George Kritsonis against Seattle Pacific on April 8, 1957. Since 1958, there is no record of any Husky throwing a no-hitter. Here’s a recap Kritsonis threw a nine-inning game, beating the Falcons 18-0. He struck out 16 of the three Husky no-no’s: and did not allow a runner to reach second base. Kritsonis helped his own cause Bob Peterson (9 inn.) vs. Idaho (7-0), 1951 with two hits that day. The most recent no-hitter was a seven-inning job thrown George Kritsonis (9 inn.) vs. Seattle Pacific (18-0), April 8, 1957 by Larry Morrow, who was making his first college pitching appearance. Morrow, Larry Morrow (7 inn.) vs. Puget Sound (14-0), April 21, 1958

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Personal Mabton High School Born December 8, 1982, in Hermiston, Ore. Played four years of varsity baseball at Mabton for coach Kerry Snodgrass ... son of Alex and Eva Pedroza ... has three brothers (Adrian, Junior and ... captained the Vikings as a senior ... team and league most valuable Marco) and a sister (Yvette) ... had attended the UW for two years, but player in 2001 ... first-team all-state in 2001 ... also lettered in football has not previously come out for baseball prior to last season ... majoring and basketball and was captain of all three teams during his senior year in American ethnic studies. ... graduated from high school with a 3.84 grade point average.

Washington 2004 (RS-Sophomore) – Spent his first season as a member of the UW pitching staff, but did not see any game action.

Personal (one run, four hits, four Ks) in the March 6 loss to Missouri ... threw two Born October 6, 1984, in Olympia, Wash. innings (two hits, two runs, two walks, two strikeouts) in the 20-8 win at ... son of David and Erin Ponzoha ... has two sisters, Whitney and Kalen ... Washington State March 20 ... struck out two in a no-hit inning of relief latest of numerous family members to attend the UW, a list that includes April 10 vs. Washington State … threw five and two-thirds solid innings uncle Duane Day, a baseball letterwinner and a kicker on the Husky football of relief in the April 12 loss vs. Oregon State, allowing two runs on three team ... father David played football at Montana in the early 1970s .. hits and a walk while striking out four … fanned three in 1.2 innings Apr. undeclared major. 16 at Georgia Tech ... threw a perfect inning (one K) in the win at Oregon State May 1. Washington 2004 (Freshman) – A walkon freshman that pitched in relief in seven games and started three others … one win came in a pre-determined A three-year varsity letterwinner at Tumwater under coach Rick McGrath three-inning start May 12 vs. Portland, his final outing of the season ... in ... teamed with fellow Husky freshman Ty Kuehl ... named a 3A second- that game, allowed only one hit, no runs and no walks while striking out team All-State pitcher ... first-team All-Pac-9 as a junior and senior ... as two in three innings as the Huskies won, 5-1 … started March 23 at a senior, notched an 8-1 record wit a 1.54 earned run average and 55 Gonzaga, allowing four runs (three earned) over 3.2 IP ... no decision as strikeouts in 50 innings ... win percentage was best in school history ... the UW won, 12-5 … also started April 6 at Portland April 6, allowing also had ERAs under 2.00 as a sophomore and junior and was team MVP three runs on four hits over two innings of work … worked two innings his junior season ... also earned letters each in football and basketball. JORDAN PONZOHA’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year ERA W-L G/GS CG ShO Sv IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR Avg. WP HB BK 2004 5.32 1-0 10/3 0 0 0 23.2 27 15 14 10 24 8 0 3 .287 1 1 1

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Personal didn’t start ... scored first run March 15 vs. Cal State Northridge and Born September 15, 1983, in Mount collected both of his two hits in game two of the April 21 doubleheader Vernon, Wash. ... son of Teresa and Jeff Rindal ... has three brothers – with Hawaii-Hilo, going 2-for-2 with a double ... played summer ball for Kevin, Brian and Eric – and a sister, Erin ... majoring in economics. Kirkland (Wash.) and batted .350 in league play.

Washington Mount Vernon High School 2004 (Sophomore) – Ended up redshirting the season after suffering an Earned four varsity letters at Mount Vernon, helping the team to league injury to his left (non-throwing) elbow during a practice … played in the titles his last three seasons, to district championships as a sophomore season’s third game, at San Diego, when he came off the bench to provide and junior and two top-five state finishes ... team was 79-18 over his four an RBI single in his seasons’ lone at bat … came back from injury in time years ... batted .397 with four homers and 23 RBI as a junior and .412 with to play summer ball for the Bellingham (Wash.) Bells, batting .345 with six home runs and 19 batted in as a senior ... all-league each of his last four homers and 29 runs batted in … named the Pacific International three years ... all-area, all-state and team captain as a senior ... also played League Player of the Week at one point during the summer … 2003 one season each of basketball and football ... three-year National Honor (Freshman) – Saw limited action during his first year as a Husky ... 2-for- Society member and involved in student government ... had a 3.7 grade 9 with a double, a run, and a HBP ... played in a total of eight games, but point average. CURT RINDAL’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2003 .222 8/0 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 .333 0 1 1 .300 0 0 0/0 2004* 1.000 1/0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0/0 Totals .300 9/0 10 2 3 1 0 0 1 .400 0 1 1 .364 0 0 0/0 *medical redshirt season

Personal South Kitsap High School Born September 26, 1984, in Tacoma, A two-year letterman at perennial state power South Kitsap ... as a junior Wash. ... parents are Debbie and Robert Showers ... has a younger brother, batted .383 with 18 RBI as the team went 17-7, finished second in league Chris ... majoring in communications. and fourth in the district ... as a senior, hit .532 with five home runs and 30 runs batted in as the team went 20-5, won the league and district and Washington finished fifth in state ... second-team All-Narrows League as a juinor and 2004 (Sophomore) – Didn’t see any action, due in part to a hamstring first-team all-league, league MVP and all-state as a senior ... played for injury … played summer ball for the Everett (Wash.) Merchants … 2003 Washington in the Washington-Oregon all-star series, which the (Freshman) – Played in only four games during his true freshman season, Washington team swept. and got a plate appearance in only one game ... came off the bench for two at bats Feb. 22 vs. Gonzaga ... fielded all six of his chances on the year without an error. JOSH SHOWERS’ CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: Year Avg. G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB/A 2003 .000 4/0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0/0

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Personal Born August 27, 1985, in Richland, Wash. ... son of Rick and Bobbie Anderson ... undecided on a major.

Kamiakin High School Earned three varsity letters under Coach Rex Easley ... served as team captain as a junior and senior ... batted over .400 in both his junior (.430) and senior (.420) sea- sons ... first-team All-Big 9 shortstop as a junior and senior and second-team at second base as a sophomore ... the Braves’ top hitter his last two seasons ... sec- ond-team all-state as a junior and senior and played at the state all-star game Personal after his last season ... led his summer team, the Twin City Titans, to a second- Born October 3, 1985, in Seattle ... parents are Larry place state finish, batting .440 ... also starred as a receiver and defensive back on and Faith Burgher ... has an older sister, Laura ... the football team, earning three letters ... broke the school records for single-game father rowed crew at Washington ... undecided on a major but considering eco- receiving yards (219) and single-season receptions (65) ... first-team All-Big 9 and nomics. all-area at both receiver and defensive back as a senior. Shorecrest High School Earned three varsity letters as an outfielder for Coach Brett Medalia at Shorecrest ... named a top 100 outfielder in the nation by Team One Baseball and a top 60 prospect in the northwest by Baseball Northwest ... drafted by in the 36th round of the 2004 draft ... first-team All-WesCo Conference as a senior ... captained his summer team, Shockers Baseball, for three seasons and led them to three state tournament championships ... played two varsity seasons as a cornerback on the football team ... won a high school award for most improved student.

Personal Born January 4, 1986, in Redmond, Wash. ... son of Tim and Linda Bollinger ... has one older sister, Val ... majoring in construction management.

Bothell High School Earned three varsity letters as a pitcher for Coach Paul Moody ... team captain as a senior ... named second-team All-KingCo Conference as a junior and senior ... posted a 7-1 record as a junior and 7-2 mark as a senior, when Bothell made it to the state tournament and finished with a 16-8 record ... a classmate and teammate of fellow Personal UW freshman Benji Brown at Bothell ... played summer ball for the Wilkinson Car- Born October 3, 1985, in Longview, Wash. ... son of dinals ... also earned two letters in basketball. Gary and Michelle Carson ... has three older sis- ters, Jessica, Amy and Dawn ... grandfather, John Byers, was an end on Washing- ton State’s 1931 Rose Bowl team ... undecided on a major, but considering archi- tecture or business.

Mark Morris High School Played only one season of baseball at Mark Morris after having began his high school career at ... helped Castle Rock to the 2A state tournament his freshman season ... led his Senior Babe Ruth team to a second- place finish in the state in 2004, throwing a two-hitter in the semifinal ... also played basketball and football in high school and helped basketball to a district win in 2004 ... won academic awards for baseball and basketball in all four high school seasons and twice in football ... ranked by The Sporting News as one of the Personal nation’s top-20 high school junior quarterbacks in 2002. Born March 6, 1986, in Mount Vernon, Wash. ... parents are Greg and Stacy Brown ... father, Greg, played four varsity seasons on the UW baseball team (1976-79) and was a first- team All-Pac-10 outfielder in 1979 ... has an older sister, Lauren ... a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

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Personal Personal Born March 22, 1986, in Spokane, Wash. ... son of Born January 1, 1986, in Sandpoint, Idaho ... par- Kenny and Nancy Davis ... has a younger sister ents are Mike and Alison Hagadone ... has a younger named Kasey ... undecided on a major. brother named Danny ... father played football at Idaho and mother was a volley- ball player at Montana State ... undecided on a major, but considering architecture. Central Valley High School Played two seasons of varsity baseball at Freeman High before playing his senior Sumner High School year at Central Valley for Coach Steve Rasmussen ... hit .333 as a freshman and Earned two varsity letters at Sumner, playing for Coach Casey Adcox ... helped the .425 as a sophomore before transferring ... couldn’t play on the varsity as a junior Spartans to a second-place finish in the South Puget Sound League, when, aside due to transfer rules ... batted .418 with three homers as a senior ... first-team all- from pitching, he batted .400 with four home runs as the designated hitter ... named league as a freshman and sophomore and first-team All-Greater Spokane League first-team All-SPSL and team most valuable player as a senior ... posted a 7-3 as a senior ... for his summer team, the Spokane Cannons, batted .457 with six record for his summer team, the Tacoma Knights, in 2004 ... drafted by the Seattle homers in 2003 and .432 with nine homers and 51 RBI in 2004 ... also played four Mariners in the 36th round of the 2004 draft ... played quarterback for the football seasons of football (three at Freeman and one at Central Valley)... second-team team, earning honorable mention all-league ... graduated with a 3.8 grade point All-GSL as a senior and first-team all-league as a junior in football ... graduated average. with a 3.7 grade point average.

Personal Personal Born January 10, 1986, in Framingham, Mass. ... Born August 20, 1985 in Renton, Wash. ... son of son of Joe and Dianne Dunn ... has a younger Paul and Teresa Hague ... has a younger brother, brother, Zach, and two older sisters, Courtnae and Averyl ... undecided on a major Mikey ... father attended the UW ... undeclared major, but interested in communi- but considering studying law and/or philosophy. cations.

Inglemoor High School Kentwood High School Played three seasons of varsity baseball under Coach Craig Bishop at Inglemoor ... Earned three varsity letters for coach John Aarstad at Kentwood ... helped the captain as a junior and senior batted .360 as a sophomore, .420 with four home Conquerors to a second-place finish in the state in 2004, when he was named runs as a junior and .450 with six homers as a senior ... named his team’s most team MVP, first-team all-state pitcher and second-team all-state infielder ... also a valuable player all three seasons ... first-team All-KingCo and all-state as a senior 2003 all-state pitcher and second-team all-area selection as a junior ... broke the ... led his summer team, Taylor Baseball, in batting in 2004, hitting .468 ... also a South Puget Sound League RBIs record with 31 in 2004, when he hit .500 with four varsity soccer player in high school. home runs and posted a 9-2 record and a 1.89 ERA on the mound ... as a junior, hit .400 while compiling a 6-1 record and a 0.67 ERA ... first-team All-SPSL all three seasons ... hit over 20 home runs for his summer team, Chaffey Baseball, in 2004.

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Personal Personal Born April 19, 1986, in Bellevue, Wash. ... son of Born August 3, 1986, in Seattle ... son of Harry and Mike and Jody Lentz ... oldest brother, Ryan, was Wendy McKerney ... has two older sisters, Chris- the Huskies’ starting third baseman for three seasons (1996-98) and still holds the tina and Missy ... undecided on a major, but would like to study communications. UW single-season doubles record ... Ryan was a fifth-round draft pick in 1998 ... other brother, Richie, is a sophomore for Washington this season ... father was the Meadowdale High School No. 2 overall pick in the 1975 draft, still the highest-ever pick from the state of Earned two varsity letters at Meadowdale under Coach Ron Martin, a UW baseball Washington ... undeclared major, but thinking of majoring in communications or alumnus ... helped team to a first-place finish in districts and fifth-place finish at public relations. state as a junior and then helped team to ninth in state his senior year ... posted a 1.57 earned run average and hit .447 as a junior and then had a 3.53 ERA and a Woodinville High School .419 average as a senior ... during summer ball, threw a one-hitter in a national Played three seasons of varsity baseball at Woodinville for Coach Terry Agnew ... tournament ... graduated with a 3.3 grade point average. helped team win the league title all three years, the district title twice and the 4A state championship his sophomore season ... captained the team his last two years ... as a senior, hit .426 with 29 runs batted in and went 4-1 on the mound ... two- time first-team All-KingCo Conference selection and second-team all-state pick his senior year ... named team MVP as a senior and was voted a high school All- American by Perfect Game ... played in the 2003 AFLAC All-American High School Classic ... played summer ball for Taylor Baseball and helped that team to a sec- ond-place national finish in 2002.

Personal Personal Born October 13, 1985, in Everett, Wash. ... son of Born September 19, 1983, in Everett, Wash. ... son Curt and Leslie Lillibridge ... older brother, Brent, is of Dave and Laurie Neyens ... has a younger brother, a junior on the Husky baseball team ... also has younger twin brothers, Cameron Jared, who plays baseball at Edmonds CC ... majoring in finance. and Riley ... undeclared major, but interested in studying business. Edmonds Community College Jackson High School Played two seasons at catcher at Edmonds CC under coaches Donnie Marbut (2003) Played four seasons on the varsity for Coach Kirk Nicholson ... second-team All- and Tighe Dickinson (2004) ... team won the Northwest Athletic Association of WesCo as a catcher in 2003 and first-team at shortstop as a senior in 2004 ... also Community Colleges (NWAACC) championship his freshman year and finished third made all-state as a senior ... team captain in 2004 ... also played one season of his sophomore season ... helped the Tritons to a 22-2 league record and a 36-7 varsity basketball at Jackson ... graduated with a 3.3 grade point average. overall mark his sophomore year ... played 2004 summer season for the Everett (Wash.) Merchants, batting .312.

Marysville-Pilchuck High School Played two seasons of varsity baseball under coach Josh Rosenbaugh at Marysville- Pilchuck ... named second-team All-WesCo 4A as a junior and first-team All-WesCo 4A as a senior ... made all-state his senior year ... graduated from high school with a 3.5 grade point average.

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Personal Personal Born January 12, 1986, in Tallahassee, Fla. ... son Born June 30, 1982, in San Diego, Calif. ... son of of Greg Powell and Susan Jeffords ... has a younger Tom and Tammy Rundle ... has two brothers, Drew brother, Matt, and a younger sister, Montana ... undecided on a major. and Matt ... majoring in finance.

Bishop Blanchet High School Gonzaga University Played three seasons as a pitcher and position player on the varsity under coach Played one season as the everyday starter at second base at Gonzaga ... started 45 George Monica at Blanchet ... helped the Braves to a 19-6 record during his senior of 51 games for the Bulldogs, batting .221 with eight doubles, one homer and 16 year, when the team made it to the state’s 3A state tournament quarterfinals ... runs batted in ... also stole eight bases in nine attempts and committed only 10 team finished second in the Metro League his senior year. errors in 225 chances, good for a .956 ... played summer ball for the Bend (Ore.) Elks in 2004, batting .318 and earning first-team all-league as a third baseman.

Citrus Junior College Played two seasons at Citrus JC, in Glendora, Calif. ... as a sophomore, hit .373 with 24 runs batted in, 16 doubles and 15 steals as the team went 28-12 before losing in the regional finals ... named All-Western State Southern Conference first- team ... hit .390 with 10 runs batted in and 12 steals as a freshman when the team was 30-10.

Bend High School Earned three varsity letters under Coach Brian Crook at Bend High ... captain as a senior ... hit over .571 as a junior and .510 as a senior ... first-team all-state in 2001, his senior year ... earned All-Intermountain League first-team as a junior and senior, when he was also league MVP ... team won the league title his last two Personal seasons and made the state quarterfinals his junior year ... also played three sea- Born May 17, 1984, in Republic, Wash. ... son on sons of football and two of basketball ... graduated from high school with a 3.7 Rory and Kim Rickard ... has three older brothers, grade point average. Mark, Ryan and Tyrus ... father, as well as an uncle, played baseball at Eastern Washington ... majoring in business administration.

Spokane Falls Community College Played two seasons under Coach Dave Keller at Spokane Falls ... team MVP as a freshman and sophomore ... led the Sasquatch to two straight NWAACC tourna- ments after an eight-year absence ... named first-team All-Eastern Division and second-team All-NWAACC as a sophomore, when he batted .362, tops on the team ... also second-team all-division pick as a freshman.

Republic High School Earned four varsity letters and was four-time team captain at Republic High, play- ing for his father, Rory Rickard ... hit over .500 every year in high school: .520 as a Personal freshman, .570 as a sophomore, .615 as a junior and .636 as a senior, when he hit Born October 10, 1985, in Edmonds, Wash. ... son 13 homers and drove in 65 runs and was also 10-2 as a pitcher ... .541 career of Patrick and Sherry Stevens ... has three brothers average ... four-time team MVP and all-league all four seasons, the first player — Nathan, Micah and David — and two sisters, Julie and Amy ... Nathan played ever so honored in Panorama League history ... one of only two players from the college baseball and Micah played college basketball ... undecided on a major, but state “B” classification named all-state in 2002, when the Tigers finished fifth at considering political science. the state tournament ... for his career, struck out 510 batters in 238 career innings and once struck out 18 in a six-inning game and 23 in an eight-inning game ... once Lake Stevens High School pitched a perfect game and hit for the cycle in the same game and also one hit four Earned three letters for Coach Roger Anderson at Lake Stevens ... named first- homers in a single game ... also played four seasons each of football and basket- team All-WesCo outfielder as a junior and first-team All-WesCo utility man as a ball ... the summer after his senior year, hit .450 and went 6-2 on the mound for the senior, when he was also an all-area first-team and an all-state pick ... hit .300 Spokane Cannons ... graduated from high school with a 3.82 grade point average. with 25 RBI as a junior and .305 with 14 stolen bases as a senior, when he was also 6-1 on the mound ... played three seasons of varsity basketball and was a first- team All-WesCo pick as a junior and second-teamer as a senior ... graduated with a 3.75 grade point average.

22 2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E HUSKY BASEBALL SUPPORT STAFF JEFF BECHTHOLD ROB SCHEIDEGGER DANIEL JAHN MEDIA RELATIONS CERTIFIED STRENGTH & DIRECTOR ATHLETIC TRAINER CONDITIONING COACH Jeff Bechthold is in Rob Scheidegger Daniel Jahn, a his 14th year as an me- was hired as a Staff former baseball player dia relations director for Athletic Trainer at the and undergraduate as- the Husky baseball University of Washing- sistant coach for the team. He also handles ton in 2004. Rob is an UW baseball team, be- the sports information assistant trainer with gins his third season as department’s publica- the football team and is the UW baseball tions and works with the the athletic trainer for strength and condition- Huskies’ football team the baseball team as ing coach. during the fall. well. Jahn, who earned Beginning in 1999, Bechthold began to serve as the Previous to his current assignment, Scheidegger was three letters as a Husky pitcher and outfielder from 1998 gameday operations director for baseball. a Certified Intern Athletic Trainer at UW for the baseball to 2000, spent the 2001 and 2002 seasons as an under- Bechthold came to Washington in December, 1991 and football teams, acting as the baseball team’s trainer graduate assistant coach for the Huskies, primarily help- after serving a year-long internship at the Pacific-10 on a day-to-day basis through the majority of last sea- ing out with the outfielders and pitchers, before moving to Conference office and after working as an intern at son. Prior to his experiences at UW, Rob served as an his current job. Stanford, serving as the baseball contact at both. intern on the training staffs for the University of Colo- After earning bachelor’s degrees from the UW in both Bechthold received his bachelor’s degree in sports rado football team, Central Washington University and sociology and history (with a minor in physics) in 2002, he information from the University of Southern California in the Cincinnati Reds. joined the Huskies’ strength and conditioning staff as an May of 1990. He graduated from Shawnee Mission East Rob earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science assistant to Pete Kaligis. High School in Prairie Village, Kan., where he lived from from Central Washington University and enjoys playing Jahn has been certified by the National Pitching third grade through high school graduation. golf and fly fishing. He lives in Bothell with his wife Assocition’s function fitness program for strength and For road games, he has served as the color commen- Tristanne and daughter Hannah. conditioning work with baseball teams. tator on the radio broadcasts for the past 11 seasons. A graduate of Seattle’s Franklin High School, Jahn Bechthold was married last July to the former Meghan was drafted by Cleveland in the 11th round of the 1997 Haslam, a fellow UW athletic department employee. draft. He was the Metro League MVP as a senior, leading They reside in Mill Creek. the Quakers to the league title. He also starred on a state champion basketball team and graduated with a 3.5 GPA.

STEVE SANDMEYER JIM HAGLAND SHERRY EISCHEN RADIO PLAY-BY-PLAY EQUIPMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ANNOUNCER MANAGER ASSISTANT Steve Sandmeyer Jim Hagland is in Sherry Eischen en- returns for his second his 22nd year as an as- ters her sixth season as season as the play-by- sistant equipment the administrative assis- play voice of Washing- manager at Washing- tant for baseball. ton baseball in 2004. ton. Jim is in charge of In her capacity as ad- Sandmeyer, who is equipment for the ministrative assistant co-host of the morning baseball, men’s soc- for the baseball, gym- show on Sports Radio cer, track, cross coun- nastics, swimming and KJR-AM, the Husky try, golf and tennis track programs, she flagship station, is also teams. oversees all travel and the play-by-play an- Before coming to budget-related issues, nouncer for UW women’s basketball and the studio an- Washington, Hagland taught eighth grade U.S. history in while also helping out with organization of the teams’ chor for Husky football broadcasts. Prior to moving to KJR the Bellevue School District. recruiting efforts, gameday operations and fund-raising. in 1998, he had worked as sports director at KPUG in His duties include the coordination of the baseball Eischen also played a major role in coordinating the Bellingham and KJTT in Oak Harbor. team’s equipment needs as well as helping out with team baseball team’s trip to Cuba in the fall of 2000. A Seattle-area native, Sandmeyer was a bat boy in travel. Prior to joining the staff at Washington, Eischen the visitors’ clubhouse at Mariner games from 1988 to A Seattle native, Hagland attended Queen Anne High worked as a special events coordinator at the Bellevue 1991. After graduating from Seattle Prep High, where he School and earned his bachelor’s degree (physical educa- (Wash.) Community College Foundation and in the devel- played baseball alongside former Husky star Joe Trippy, tion/special education) in 1978 from Western Washing- opment office at . in 1991, he attended Loyola Marymount University in Los ton University. Eischen grew up in Los Angeles and San Diego. She Angeles, where he called baseball and basketball games Currently, Jim lives in Snohomish with his wife and her husband Charlie, an environmental engineer, live for student station KXLU for four years. Georgeann. He has two children. Daughter Jana (22) is a in Seattle. She has three children – Chris (32), Jared (19) Sandmeyer, 32, earned a degree in English in 1995 a student at the UW while son Shawn (20) attends the and Whitney (18) – as well as two grandchildren, Kirra and now resides in West Seattle. University of Portland. and Kai. Jared and Whitney both attend the UW.

2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 23 C O A C H I N G S T A F F KKEN e n KKNUTSON N U T S O N HEAD COACH –H e13TH a d C YEARo a c h When the Husky baseball team beat UCLA, finishing alone in second place in the standings, only one win short of the championship 7-2, last May 22 at Husky Ballpark, Ken Knutson at 39-20-1 overall and 15-9 in the league. For the third straight season, the Huskies became the winningest baseball coach in UW played in an NCAA Regional championship round,F this i timef t at h Ole Miss. Y Sixe more a Huskiesr history, passing the 422 wins of his former coach went on to professional baseball at season’s end after four were named first-team All- and mentor Bob MacDonald. Pac-10. In addition, UW right-hander Tim Lincecum became the first ever to earn Pac-10 What that win did was cement the notion Freshman of the Year and Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year in the same season. that there has been no better or more successful After struggling to play up to the level of the re-unified Pacific-10 Conference, the coach in Husky baseball history. With all due Huskies arrived in 2003, taking sole possession of third place in the conference with a respect to longtime skippers like MacDonald 15-9 mark and a 42-18 overall record. That included a sweep of USC, probably the most and Tubby Graves, Knutson’s credentials speak powerful program in college history, to end the regular season. Washington made its for themselves. seventh NCAA Regional appearance (fifth under Knutson) and once again out-played its With his 428-273-2 overall record, Knutson seeding, finishing second in the regional after entering as the third seed. Six 2003 has a higher winning percentage (.610) than any Husky coach who was in charge for more Huskies signed pro contracts at season’s end. than 85 games (Knutson has coached in 703). His 182-124 record in conference play is In 2002, despite not posting one of the best overall won-lost records of his career, good for a percentage of .595, better than any Husky coach with more than 24 league Knutson, who also serves as the Husky pitching coach, may have turned in one of his games. finest coaching jobs. Halfway through the season, the Huskies were mired in a seven- In addition, his 12 seasons at the helm of his alma mater’s baseball team have been game losing streak and had a 12-15-1 record. Against the odds, the UW turned it around the most successful stretch since the program’s inception in 1901. In fact, in terms of in the second half of the year, challenging for the championship of the powerful Pac-10 national recognition, you could argue that the last 12 years have seen more success than all the way into the final weekend of the season. At the end, the Huskies went 18-10 over the previous 92 years combined. the last 28 games of the regular season and ended up in third place in the conference, In his 12 years as coach, Ken Knutson has built the UW baseball team into the a good enough mark to give the team an NCAA Regional berth. Six members of the 2002 dominant program in the Northwest, one of the most consistently successful programs Husky team signed pro contracts after the season. Two others were drafted, but decided in the West and a nationally respected team that always plays at the highest level. to return for their senior seasons. In 12 seasons, Knutson has led the Dawgs to two Pacific-10 Conference champion- In 2001, Knutson’s Huskies laid the groundwork for the successful 2002 campaign. ships, four Pac-10 Northern Division crowns, a second-place league finish and two The Huskies, despite a rash of devastating mid-season injuries, still managed a 29-23 second-place division finishes. He has led Washington to within one game of its first record and did so with sophomores nearly everywhere on the diamond each day. In 2000, College World Series appearance on three occasions. Six of Washington’s eight all-time Knutson’s Huskies began that road to success, as one of the nation’s top freshmen NCAA appearances have come under Knutson’s watch. classes comprised much of a Husky team. He has beaten six No. 1-ranked teams. He has landed the Huskies’ first-ever top 10 In 1999, the first season of the integrated Pac-10, Knutson led the club to a 12-12 recruiting class. Knutson has been named the Pac-10 North Coach of the Year three league record and fell perhaps only one victory short of earning an NCAA berth. Knutson times. In 1994, he coached the first Washington first-team All-American. In doing all this, also helped tutor the team’s highest-ever draft pick – Jeff Heaverlo, the 33rd pick in the Knutson’s teams have almost completely rewritten the school record books while draft. Heaverlo was one of six Huskies to move onto the pro ranks. developing a long list of talented players. In 1998, the Huskies posted a banner season, as Knutson’s Dawgs won their second During his 12 years, Knutson has sent 59 players onto the professional ranks, only consecutive Pac-10 title, sweeping No. 1-ranked Stanford in two games for the title. The 15 of whom were drafted out of high school. He has also coached 45 All-Pac-10 first-team ‘98 Huskies posted a 41-17 overall mark and won the Pac-10 North with a 17-7 record, players and 22 Pac-10 All-Academic honorees. Under Knutson’s tutelege, 24 Huskies earning Knutson his third straight Pac-10 North Coach of the Year honor. The Dawgs have earned some level of All-America acclaim and eight have been named first-team finished third at the NCAA Central Regional and, for the second straight year, finished No. Freshman All-Americans. Additionally, eight different Husky players have participated 13 in the nation in the final poll. with the USA Baseball National Team, including starters Chris Magruder (1997) and Following the 1998 season, Washington had seven players sign professional Brent Lillibridge(2003). Before Knutson’s arrival as head coach, no Husky had ever even contracts, including four that were taken in the first five rounds of the draft, the second- tried out for the national team. highest such total of any college in the nation. Last year, the Huskies continued their ascent in the rugged Pacific-10 Conference, In 1997, Washington had perhaps its best season ever. The UW tied the school record KEN KNUTSON’S UW HEAD COACHING CAREER Year Overall Pac-10 (Place) Accomplishments 1993 39-19 22-8 (1st) Set Pac-10 North record for conference wins; won UW’s second straight division title 1994 46-18 20-10 (2nd) Set UW wins record; 2nd at NCAA Midwest II Regional; fell one win short of College World Series; coached first first-team All-American in UW history; beat three different teams ranked No. 1 at one point during the year 1995 24-30 16-14 (2nd) Won 100th game April 19 at Portland 1996 30-28 16-8 (1st) Pac-10 North Coach of the Year; won second Pac-10 Northern Division title; finished one win short of NCAA berth; had No. 8 recruiting class in the nation (Collegiate Baseball ranking) 1997 46-20 20-4 (1st) Pac-10 North Coach of the Year; won third Pac-10 Northern Division title; won Pac-10 championship; finished second at NCAA Mideast Regional; team finished No. 13 in nation 1998 41-17 17-7 (1st) Pac-10 North Coach of the Year; won fourth Pac-10 Northern Division title; swept No. 1 Stanford for Pac-10 championship; finished third at Central Regional; No. 13 in final poll 1999 33-23 12-12 (5th) Coached three All-Pac-10 first-teamers and first-round and second-round draft picks 2000 26-30 7-17 (8th) Second straight Top-30 recruiting class; four players named some level of Freshman All-America 2001 29-23 7-17 (8th) Picked up 300th win, only second Husky coach ever to reach that plateau 2002 33-27-1 15-9 (3rd) Made UW’s sixth-ever NCAA appearance and got Huskies to regional title game for third time 2003 42-18 15-9 (3rd) Second straight NCAA appearance and third-place Pac-10 finish; two All-Americans; No. 23 in final poll 2004 39-20-1 15-9 (2nd) Third straight NCAA appearance; second place in third straight regional; No. 21 in final poll Total 428-273-2 182-124 First all-time in UW history with 428 wins; coached 45 All-Pac-10 players in 12 seasons; (.610) (.595) coach of four division titleists and two Pac-10 winners; three-time league Coach of the Year

24 2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E C O A C H I N G S T A F F HEAD COACH KEN KNUTSON KEN KNUTSON’S CAREER vs. ... 10 North, taking the division race into the last weekend. Opponent (Years Played) Record Arizona (1999-2004) ...... 9-9 Despite finishing second in the Pac-10 North, 1994 Arizona State (1998-2004) ...... 8-13 was the most successful in UW history to that point. The Brigham Young (1993, 94, 99, 2001-02) ...... 4-4-1 UW, playing its toughest schedule ever, was ranked all Cal Poly-SLO (1995) ...... 1-2 season, beat three different teams ranked No. 1 at some California (1998-2004) ...... 11-10 point, broke the school wins record by seven and was UC Irvine (2002-04) ...... 6-2 finally stopped in the NCAA Regional final. UCLA (1995, 97, 1999-2004) ...... 9-12 That team won 42 regular-season games and entered UC Santa Barbara (1995, 98, 2003) ...... 2-1 UC Riverside (2001-02, 04) ...... 4-4 the NCAA Midwest II Regional as the fifth seed. The CS Los Angeles (1993) ...... 2-0 Huskies went on to post upset wins over Long Beach State CS Northridge (1997, 99, 2003) ...... 9-2 (twice), Santa Clara and Georgia Tech (in a 14-inning CS San Bernardino (1993) ...... 1-1 marathon) before succumbing to Tech in a second champi- Central Florida (1998) ...... 1-0 onship game. Washington was the only team that year to Central Washington (1993, 94, 96, 97) ...... 12-0 force a second championship game on the last day of Clemson (1994, 99) ...... 1-2 Concordia, Ore. (1994) ...... 1-0 regional play. Creighton (1994, 1999-2000) ...... 3-3 UW, which had had only three All-Americans in re- Dartmouth (1994) ...... 1-0 corded history (first-team or otherwise), saw five differ- Dayton (2000) ...... 3-0 ent players named to various All-America teams after the Florida Atlantic (1998) ...... 1-0 1994 season. Fresno State (1997, 2002) ...... 4-2 Knutson’s first season as the Husky head coach (1993) George Fox (1993) ...... 1-1 was an eventful one. Washington enjoyed another of its George Washington (1999) ...... 3-0 Georgia Tech (1994, 95, 97, 2004) ...... 5-4 most successful seasons ever, posting a 39-19 overall Gonzaga (1993-2004) ...... 33-21 record. The Huskies also won their second straight Pac-10 Grand Canyon (1994) ...... 1-0 Northern Division title with a 22-8 league mark, posting a for wins (46, set before in 1994) and finished as the No. 13 Harvard (2002) ...... 1-0 Northern Division record with the 22 league wins. It was Hawaii (1993, 94, 97) ...... 4-3 team in the nation with its 46-20 overall mark. Washington the Huskies’ first repeat since 1932, when the UW won its Hawaii-Hilo (1997, 2001, 2003) ...... 8-1 ran roughshod over the Pac-10 North, posting a 20-4 record, fourth in a row. Knutson won his first game Feb. 19, 1993, Houston (2003) ...... 1-0 and beat No. 4 Stanford, two games to one, to win the on Chad Hartvigson’s three-hit gem, a 3-1 win at Hawaii. Illinois (2001) ...... 0-1 Huskies’ first overall Pac-10 championship and the first by Kansas State (1993, 2003) ...... 3-1 Knutson, who spent nine seasons with the Huskies as any Northern Division team since 1956. Kentucky (2001) ...... 1-0 a player and assistant coach, took over prior to the 1993 The 1997 Huskies went on to the NCAA Mideast Re- Lewis-Clark State (1994-96, 97-98, 2000-04) ..... 12-6 season for long-time mentor Bob MacDonald, who left the Loyola Marymount (2003-04) ...... 4-2 gional at Mississippi State as the No. 4 seed, but beat the Huskies after 16 seasons. Directly prior to being named the Long Beach State (1994, 96, 2003) ...... 2-6 Nos. 1, 2 and 3 seeds to work their way to the championship head coach, Knutson was enrolled in a master’s program and Minnesota (1997-98, 2003) ...... 3-1 round. The Dawgs fell twice to the host Bulldogs in a pair of working as a graduate assistant at Wichita State. Mississippi (2004) ...... 1-0 tight games to be denied a trip to Omaha, but nonetheless Mississippi State (1998) ...... 1-3 From 1990-92, Knutson served as assistant head coach had come closer than ever before. The team also had one of Missouri (2002, 04) ...... 2-5-1 and pitching coach for the Huskies. In those three years, he the best offensive seasons in Pac-10 history, batting .340 as Navy (1996) ...... 1-1 helped produce several quality prospects that went on to the a team and breaking the school and Northern Division mark Nebraska (1995, 97) ...... 3-1 professional ranks. One, Scott Brow, made his major league Nevada (1995, 96, 99-2000) ...... 1-5 in nearly every offensive category. The team also posted 31 debut for the Blue Jays in 1993 and was on roster for UNLV (1995-97, 99) ...... 3-6 road wins on the season, the most in the nation. For his Toronto’s World Series victory. New Mexico (1995, 97-98) ...... 3-2 efforts, Knutson was named the Pac-10 North Coach of the That three-year stint was his second as an assistant New Mexico State (1995) ...... 0-1 Year for the second straight year. Northern Iowa (2000) ...... 1-0 under MacDonald. From 1982 to 1986 he was in charge of In 1996, Knutson was named Pac-10 North Coach of the Northwestern (2000, 02) ...... 2-1 the Husky pitching staff. In 1985, UW led the nation with an Year after guiding the Dawgs to a Pac-10 Northern Division Notre Dame (1994-96) ...... 2-1 earned run average of only 2.80, the only sub-3.00 ERA in Oklahoma State (1996) ...... 1-2 title. Knutson’s lineup included an average of more than six the country that season. Oral Roberts (1998) ...... 1-0 freshmen per game, but despite its youth and a schedule In 1981, Knutson, a lefthander, pitched 62.1 innings Oregon State (1993-2004) ...... 40-32 that included 16 games against ranked teams (all on the for Washington, recording a 5-2 record and a 2.89 ERA as Pacific Lutheran (1993, 95, 01) ...... 3-0 road), the Husky team came on to win the division crown. Pepperdine (2003) ...... 0-1 the Huskies won the Pacific-10 Conference Northern The UW then came within one win of a berth in the NCAA Portland (1993-2004) ...... 37-11 Division title, their first since 1959. He earned All-Pac-10 Regionals, taking game one of the Pac-10 Championship Portland State (1993-98) ...... 34-8 first-team honors that year, as well as the team’s Most Series against USC before dropping games two and three. Puget Sound (1993-95, 97-98, 2001) ...... 10-0 Inspirational Player award, after transferring from Se- Rice (1998, 2002) ...... 2-1 In 1995, Knutson became only the third head coach in attle University, where he was the ace of the staff and an Sacramento State (2004) ...... 1-0 Husky history to win 100 games. Despite seeing his team lose all-league player. St. Martin’s (1997-2000) ...... 4-0 several significant players to the draft and to injury, Knutson Knutson’s head coaching experience prior to taking San Diego (1994, 98, 2003-04) ...... 3-3 coached the 1995 Huskies to a second-place finish in the Pac- San Diego State (1994, 2003) ...... 2-0 over at the UW came in the semi-pro Western International San Francisco (1998-2000) ...... 4-1 League, where he coached a pair of teams. From 1982 to Santa Clara (1994) ...... 1-0 KEN KNUTSON’S 1985, and again in 1990, Knutson was the head coach of South Florida (1998) ...... 1-0 Husky Fever. He led the team to the state championship in Southern California (1996, 1999-2004) ...... 10-11 MILESTONE WINS 1982 and to runner-up finishes in 1985 and 1991. Southern Utah (2000-01) ...... 4-2 In 1988 and 1989, Knutson took charge of the Seattle Southwestern Louisiana (1997) ...... 1-0 1 – at Hawaii (3-1), February 19, 1993 Stanford (1997-2004) ...... 11-15 50 – Puget Sound (15-0), March 10, 1994 Studs. In 1989, the Studs were state and regional champions Tennessee (1994) ...... 0-1 100 – at Portland (2-0), April 19, 1995 and qualified for the National Baseball Congress World Se- Texas A&M (1993, 98) ...... 0-5 150 – at Hawaii-Hilo (4-2), March 23, 1997 ries in Wichita. He received the league’s coach of the year Texas Tech (2002) ...... 1-1 200 – Arizona State (8-6), March 27, 1998 award that season for his efforts. Toledo (1994) ...... 1-0 Born in Sisseton, S.D., Knutson was raised in Seattle. Tulane (2004) ...... 0-2 250 – CS Northridge (6-0), April 18, 1999 Utah (1995, 2002) ...... 1-3 300 – Pacific Lutheran (4-3), April 3, 2001 He was an all-state pitcher at Seattle’s Evergreen High School in 1976 and also quarterbacked the football team. Washington State (1993-2004) ...... 52-25 350 – at Loyola Marymount (10-9), Feb. 14, 2003 Western Kentucky (2004) ...... 1-0 Knutson was married on August 31, 1991, to his wife Pam. 400 – at Washington State (20-8), March 20, 2004 Wichita State (1993, 94, 1996-2000) ...... 5-10 They have three children – Halie, Andrew and Camille – 423 – UCLA (7-2), May 22, 2004 (new UW wins record) TOTAL 428-273-2 and reside in Bothell, Wash.

2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 25 C O A C H I N G S T A F F JOE ROSS – ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH (13TH YEAR) The 2004 season will In 2004, the Huskies ranked sixth in the nation in home the top 30. The 1996 class was even more highly acclaimed, mark Joe Ross’ 13th as runs and 30th in slugging. Seven regular starters hit .300 or earning the No. 8 ranking in that poll and his class for the the Huskies’ top assistant better and three Huskies hit double-digit home runs, increas- ’98 season was tabbed the No. 15 class in the country. The coach. In 1997, Ross was ing an already lenghty list under Ross’ tutelege. Prior to his 2000 class ranked No. 18 and more recently, the 2001 promoted to associate hiring, only two Husky hitters had ever reached double dig- season’s crop of newcomers earned the No. 29 spot. head coach. its in homers. Since his first year, 27 UW hitters have hit 10 In six seasons as Normandale’s head coach, Ross com- Ross has made a or more home runs in a season. piled a 180-38 record and took his team to two NJCAA World reputation not only as one In 1999, he had two different players break UW home Series, in 1988 and 1990. He also led the team to league of college baseball top hit- runs records. Dominic Woody posted 19 for the season to championships in each of his six seasons at the helm and ting coaches, but also as break the 13-year old school mark while Ed Erickson moved won three Minnesota state championships, four regional one of its top scouts and into first place on the career home runs ledger with his 31st. championships and two NJCAA North Central District cham- evaluators of talent. In 2000, Erickson finished his career with 12 more homers pionships. Ross came to Washington prior to the 1993 season af- than the next nearest Huskies. From 1990 to 1992, Ross also worked as a baseball coach ter a long and successful stint as head baseball coach at In 1998, he coached two players – Nick Stefonick and for the Baseball Federation. In 1992, he Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn. He’s Chris Magruder – to .400 seasons, the first time in modern coached the U.S. Junior National team (16-18 year olds) to worked alongside Ken Knutson through each of Knutson’s Husky history that two players have topped that high pla- a silver medal at the World Games in Mexico. 12 seasons as head coach. teau. Magruder, Kevin Miller and Ryan Lentz, all recruited Among the members of that team was current super- In his 12 seasons as Washington’s primary hitting in- and coached by Ross, finished their three-year Husky ca- star Alex Rodriguez. Ross was also an assistant on the 1991 structor, Husky players have rewritten the school record book reers in 1998 as three of the best hitters in school history, as Junior National team and an assistant coach of an Olympic several times over. Magruder finished with the career hits, runs and steals Festival team in 1990. The ’97 Huskies set new team records for batting, hits, record, Miller with the RBI record and Lentz with the single- From 1980-86, he was head coach at Wisconsin-River runs, doubles, triples, home runs, total bases and slugging. season homer mark. Falls, which he lead from obscurity to state and NAIA Dis- The team batting average of .340 was 17th in the nation In 1994, he led the team to a .307 team batting average trict 14 championships in 1984 and 1985. and the third highest in Pac-10 history. (fourth highest in team history at the time) and an average From 1980 to 1983, Ross served as head coach for two Washington also posted Pac-10 all-time top-five sea- of nearly seven runs per game. Seven of UW’s starters bat- different teams in the Netherlands’ Hoofdklasse Baseball sons in runs, doubles and RBI while also ranking in the top ted better than .300. League, a league in which he spent three summers as a top- 20 in the nation in scoring and slugging, making the 1997 In 1993, he helped Derrin Doty to become only the sec- notch professional player. Huskies one of the most prolific offensive teams in the his- ond Husky in modern history to hit over .400 while leading He was named NJCAA North Central coach of the year tory of the Pac-10. the team to a .304 average. twice, NJCAA Region 13 coach of the year four times, MCCC That success has continued as more than 85 percent of Another of his pupils in 1993, first baseman Randy (Minnesota Community College Conference) coach of the the Huskies’ top-five offensive team performances over 12 Jorgensen, broke the school record with 61 runs batted in year three times and NAIA District 14 coach of the year twice. different categories have taken place since Ross’ arrival at during the 1993 season. Ross has also served as a scout in the New York Mets the UW. Ross also handles the lion’s share of the Huskies’ re- and Yankees organizations. In 2003, the Huskies had another outstanding offensive cruiting efforts (sharing those duties with Ken Knutson and Ross holds a bachelor’s degree (physical eduation/coach- season. Chad Boudon broke the school’s home runs record Donny Harrel), oversees the coaching of the catchers, and ing, 1982) and master’s degree (supervision and instructional with 22 on the year, tops in the Pac-10 and sixth in the na- makes the offensive calls during games. His 1995 recruiting leadership, 1986), both from the University of Wisconsin- tion. Additionally, the Huskies, as a team, ranked No. 2 in class was ranked No. 28 in the nation by Collegiate Base- River Falls. He and his wife, Laurence, a native of the Neth- the NCAA in home runs with 96. ball magazine, the first time a UW class had been ranked in erlands, live with sons Alex and Luke in Kirkland. UW ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS Overall Conference Years (Total) Coach Record Pct. Record Pct. 1993-2004 (12) Ken Knutson 428-273-2 .610 182-124 .595 1977-92 (16) Bob MacDonald 422-322-7 .566 162-183-1 .470 1972-76 (5) Bubba Morton 43-106 .289 22-64 .256 1964-71 (8) 96-177 .352 24-112 .176 1961-63 (3) 29-45-1 .393 10-32 .238 1957-60 (4) Dale Parker 68-48 .590 27-29 .482 1956 (1) Joe Budnick 4-7 .364 4-5 .444 1954-55 (2) Bill Marx 36-21 .632 17-13 .567 1950-53 (4) Warren Tappin 41-37-2 .525 30-29 .508 1947-49 (3) Art McLarney 23-23 .500 23-23 .500 1923-46 (24) Dorsett V. “Tubby” Graves 209-182-2 .602 168-122-1 .579 1922 (1) R.L. Mathews 15-3 .833 8-2 .800 1920-21 (2) Leonard “Stub” Allison 15-7 .682 15-7 .682 1906, 09-10, 15-19 (7) Dode Brinker 57-28 .671 19-5 .792 1914 (1) George Ingle 5-3 .625 1913 (1) James Clark 5-7-1 .423 1911-12 (2) Bill Hurley 13-16 .448 1908 (1) William Dehn 10-11 .476 1907 (1) Loren Grinstead 7-6 .538 1904-5 (2) Thorpe 10-11-1 .477 1903 (1) F. W. Knight 8-5 .615 1901 (1) Fred Schock 4-6 .400 photo by Jimmy Reynolds

26 2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E C O A C H I N G S T A F F DONNY HARREL GREGG SWENSON ASSISTANT COACH – FIRST YEAR ASSISTANT COACH – FOURTH YEAR Washington baseball coach Ken Knutson Gregg Swenson, former head coach at Tacoma announced in July the hiring of Donny Harrel as Community College, joined the Washington staff as as the Huskies’ newest assistant coach. an assistant coach prior to the 2001 season. He also Harrel, who will work primarily with infielders serves as director of Washington Baseball Camps. and also assist in the hitting instruction and Swenson serves as the Huskies’ first base coach recruiting, combines experience in the Pac-10 with during games and oversees the outfielders. As camp a great deal of success as a head coach and a director, he oversees and administrates summer and familiarity with the Northwest baseball scene. winter camps. In three seasons as a Husky assistant, Harrel comes to Washington from Oregon Swenson has had five outfielders named first team State, where he served as a volunteer assistant All-Pac-10. Last year, he added two more All-Pac- coach and worked with OSU’s outfielders and catchers. Last season, two Oregon 10 first-teamers to the list as Zach Clem and Brent Lillibridge both made the team. State outfielders were named to the All-Pac-10 first team. Following the 2003 season, outfielders Chad Boudon and Lillibridge were named Prior to his time at Oregon State, Harrel spent eight seasons as head coach at to the All-Pac-10 first team. Additionally, outfielder Mike Wagner belted 15 homers Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore. He was named the Community College and was drafted in the fifth round following the season. In his first season in 2002, Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association in 1999, after he helped coach All-Pac-10 pick Tyler Davidson. In addition, Jay Gartwaite was Lane College won the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges named an honorable mention All-Pac-10 performer. Both were drafted following (NWAACC) championship and set a school record for wins. Harrel also received the season. NWAACC Southern Region Coach of the Year honors four times. In 1996, Swenson returned to Tacoma CC, where he played in 19990 and 1991, While at Lane, Harrel also coached the Eugene Challengers to an American as the pitching coach. Swenson spent six seasons, five as the head coach, at TCC. Legion state championship. Additionally, he served as coach of the Bend Elks He was named Coach of the Year in the NWAACC Western Division in both 1997 college summer team. While with the Elks, Harrel coached current Huskies Taylor and 2000. In his first year as a head coach at Tacoma in 1997, he guided the Titans Johnson and David Dowling as well as former Dawg Greg Isaacson to the NWAACC tournament for the first time since 1988. His 2000 squad set a Before coaching at Lane, Harrel was an assistant coach at Clackamas (Ore.) school record for wins and finished third in the NWAACC tournament. His teams Community College, Bakersfield (Calif.) College and Taft (Calif.) College. finished third in the NWAACC the last two seasons and he finished his five-year Harrel, 33, earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1995 from Cal State TCC career with a won-lost record of 124-76. Bakersfield, where he also played baseball. He then spent three seasons as a Swenson began his high school coaching career as the pitching coach at Sehome player in the Kansas City Royals organization. Harrel received a master’s degree High School in Bellingham. The 1992 Sehome club finished second in the state in educational administration and supervision from Phoenix University in 2000. playoffs, while the 1993 and 1995 teams earned 5th place finishes. While in Harrel and his wife Cam have a son, Easton, and a daughter, Brooklyn. The Bellingham, he coached the 1993 Bellingham Post 7 American Legion team to a family resides in Brier, Washington. 2nd place finish in the state American Legion tournament. In 1994, he guided the White Rock (B.C.) Tritons to the Washington Palomino Baseball state championship. Swenson has taught for the past seven years in the Tacoma School District. He TY KUEHL currently teaches physical education at Jason Lee Middle School in Tacoma. Swenson attended Olympia High School and Tacoma CC before earning a degree UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANT – in physical education/exercise science and physiology/sports psychology from FIRST YEAR Western Washington University in 1994. In 1997, he earned his masters in teaching degree from City University. Ty Kuehl joins the Husky coaching staff this sea- Swenson and his wife, Diane, a UW grad, reside in Puyallup. They are the son. Last year, Kuehl was a freshman on the Husky parents of a baby daughter named Megan. team, but a shoulder injury led to the premature end of his playing career. Kuehl will primarily assist head coach Ken IN MEMORIUM: DON DANIELS Knutson in working with the Husky pitching staff. The Washington baseball family lost one of Kuehl is a sophomore at the UW, majoring in its best players and greatest supporters dur- engineering. ing the past year when Don Daniels passed A graduate of Tumwater High, where he teamed away. Don lettered in both baseball and bas- with current Husky sophomore Jordan Ponzoha, ketball at the UW in the late 1950s and was Kuehl was team captain as both a junior and a senior, when he batted .403 with 14 inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame along doubles and earned first-team All-Pac-9 honors. with the rest of the 1959 baseball team. The He played every inning of every game for Tumwater over his three seasons, fact that his seven triples in ‘59 still stand as the school record (the playing seven different positions. longest-standing mark in the UW record books) is a testament to his In football, he earned three letters, was part of a 31-game league winning abilities on the field while his care for and dedication to the Washing- streak and helped Tumwater to a undefeated league championship his senior year, ton baseball program – and perhaps even more so to his former Husky when he was honorable mention all-league quarterback. Combined between base- teammates – were without equal. ball and football, he earned academic all-league five times and graduated from high school with a 3.66 grade point average.

2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 27 2 0 0 4 S E A S O N R E V I E W 2004 BATTING STATISTICS Player BA G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB/Slug% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB-SBA James Allan ...... 1.000 2-0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 5/2.500 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 Curt Rindal ...... 1.000 1-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1/1.000 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 Brett Kilborn ...... 500 4-0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 2/.500 0 0 1 .500 0 0 0-0 Kyle Larsen ...... 344 60-60 227 44 78 16 1 11 55 129/.568 33 11 32 .444 4 0 1-5 Zach Clem ...... 336 58-55 214 60 72 13 0 13 47 124/.579 20 24 53 .448 1 1 3-7 Nick Jiles ...... 333 7-0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 4/1.333 1 0 0 .400 1 0 0-0 Brent Lillibridge ...... 317 60-60 249 65 79 16 1 11 36 130/.522 41 7 65 .428 0 0 18-20 Aaron Hathaway ...... 317 55-54 218 41 69 7 5 9 42 113/.518 16 1 26 .363 2 1 5-6 Greg Isaacson ...... 304 59-58 227 54 69 12 0 6 44 99/.436 30 14 38 .411 4 2 23-26 Nick Batkoski ...... 303 47-38 165 25 50 11 2 2 33 71/.430 16 1 30 .364 2 0 2-3 Matt Lane ...... 301 43-37 133 26 40 10 0 6 26 68/.511 18 3 34 .391 2 0 1-1 John Otness ...... 289 58-57 228 38 66 10 0 9 48 103/.452 15 2 19 .332 5 1 1-2 Taylor Johnson...... 257 53-44 148 28 38 9 1 5 27 64/.432 23 7 43 .374 4 4 10-13 Tyler Mach ...... 245 35-23 102 12 25 1 0 4 15 38/.373 5 2 13 .294 0 0 1-2 Nick Burnham ...... 238 24-3 21 5 5 0 0 0 1 5/.238 2 1 4 .333 0 0 1-1 Ben Johnson ...... 215 46-34 144 27 31 6 0 7 29 58/.403 11 8 27 .305 1 1 4-7 Matt Tucker...... 212 26-16 66 11 14 3 0 2 9 23/.348 8 3 16 .325 0 1 1-1 Brian Bauer ...... 200 13-1 10 3 2 0 0 0 1 2/.200 2 1 0 .385 0 0 0-0 Totals ...... 298 60-60 2162 443 644 114 10 87 419 1039/.481 242 85 401 .386 26 11 71-94 Opponents ...... 258 60-60 2005 342 518 84 9 50 302 770/.384 330 47 498 .373 20 43 28-56

2004 PITCHING STATISTICS Pitcher ERA W-L G GS CG ShO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB/Avg. WP HBP BK Tim Lincecum ...... 3.53 10-3 20 18 0 0 0 112.1 83 55 44 82 161 11 0 5 401/.207 15 7 3 Kyle Parker ...... 3.84 4-3 18 10 1 0 0 75.0 59 32 32 55 58 3 1 6 263/.224 10 6 2 David Dowling ...... 4.09 0-1 10 0 0 0 1 22.0 19 18 10 16 11 4 0 3 80/.237 4 2 1 Trent Baysinger ...... 4.12 3-4 29 0 0 0 1 74.1 83 42 34 19 55 16 3 7 288/.288 0 10 3 Will Fenton ...... 4.31 6-3 27 0 0 0 10 31.1 27 16 15 24 39 2 0 4 111/.243 5 1 0 Jordan Ponzoha ...... 5.32 1-0 10 3 0 0 0 23.2 27 15 14 10 24 8 0 3 94/.287 1 1 1 Keaton Everitt ...... 5.66 5-3 11 10 0 0 0 47.2 47 35 30 31 22 9 2 3 178/.264 7 2 1 Matt Kasser ...... 5.98 4-0 17 10 0 0 1 64.2 72 50 43 38 42 11 1 9 247/.291 11 6 0 Joel Villalobos ...... 6.35 1-0 4 0 0 0 0 5.2 4 4 4 3 6 0 0 2 21/.190 0 0 0 Josh Conover ...... 6.53 1-0 8 1 0 0 1 20.2 21 17 15 7 16 3 1 0 76/.276 2 7 0 Richie Lentz ...... 6.70 3-3 20 8 0 0 1 49.2 54 41 37 41 52 12 1 5 186/.290 6 4 1 Jamie Hawkins ...... 7.71 1-0 14 0 0 0 0 14.0 22 17 12 4 12 5 0 3 60/.367 1 1 1 Totals...... 4.82 39-20 60 60 1 1 15 541.0 518 342 290 330 498 84 9 50 2005/.258 62 47 13 Opponents...... 6.54 20-39 60 60 2 0 8 531.0 644 443 386 242 401 114 10 87 2162/.298 47 85 13

2004 FIELDING STATISTICS

Player PO A E Pct. DP PB Player PO A E Pct. DP PB Trent Baysinger ...... 4 12 0 1.000 0 Matt Tucker...... 39 3 1 .977 1 Nick Burnham ...... 14 0 0 1.000 0 John Otness ...... 42 97 4 .972 17 Keaton Everitt ...... 4 8 0 1.000 0 Brent Lillibridge ...... 120 74 9 .956 22 Matt Lane ...... 8 3 0 1.000 0 2 Nick Batkoski ...... 55 79 7 .950 22 Matt Kasser ...... 3 5 0 1.000 0 Greg Isaacson ...... 127 157 16 .947 50 Will Fenton ...... 3 2 0 1.000 1 Kyle Parker ...... 7 7 1 .933 1 Josh Conover ...... 1 3 0 1.000 0 Zach Clem ...... 74 3 7 .917 0 Jordan Ponzoha ...... 1 3 0 1.000 0 Brian Bauer ...... 5 4 1 .900 0 Curt Rindal ...... 2 0 0 1.000 0 Tyler Mach ...... 0 8 1 .889 0 James Allan ...... 2 0 0 1.000 0 Tim Lincecum ...... 4 8 2 .857 1 Nick Jiles ...... 1 0 0 1.000 0 David Dowling ...... 1 5 1 .857 1 Kyle Larsen ...... 467 40 2 .996 66 Richie Lentz ...... 1 3 1 .800 0 Ben Johnson ...... 156 8 2 .988 1 4 Jamie Hawkins ...... 0 4 2 .667 0 Aaron Hathaway ...... 375 67 6 .987 7 9 Brett Kilborn ...... 0 0 0 .000 0 Taylor Johnson...... 107 1 2 .982 0 Joel Villalobos ...... 0 0 0 .000 0 Totals ...... 623 604 65 .972 69 15 Opponents ...... 593 549 68 .969 47 9

28 2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 2 0 0 4 S E A S O N R E V I E W 2004 GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS UW OPPONENT DATE OPPONENT SCORE R H E R H E INN. OVERALL PAC-10 PITCHER OF RECORD ATTEND. TIME Feb. 13 at San Diego L, 1-5 1 7 3 5 7 0 9 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Lentz (L 0-1) 421 2:47 Feb. 14 at San Diego W, 10-6 10 11 1 6 11 2 (10) 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Fenton (W 1-0) 483 4:02 Feb. 15 at San Diego W, 13-3 13 15 2 3 5 3 9 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Everitt (W 1-0) 558 2:58 Feb. 20 Gonzaga W, 7-5 7 14 0 5 4 0 9 3- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Villalobos (W 1-0) 729 2:39 Feb. 21 Gonzaga W, 4-3 4 9 1 3 5 0 (11) 4- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Baysinger (W 1-0) 1,052 3:22 Feb. 22 Gonzaga W, 3-0 3 7 0 0 2 1 9 5- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Everitt (W 2-0) 808 2:15 Feb. 27 vs. Sacramento State 1 W, 4-2 4 8 1 2 3 2 9 6- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Lentz (W 1-1) 126 2:44 Feb. 28 at UC Riverside 1 L, 8-9 8 11 0 9 9 2 9 6- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Fenton (L 1-1) 289 2:57 Feb. 29 vs. Oregon State 1 L, 8-13 8 12 3 13 19 0 9 6- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Everitt (L 2-1) 211 3:06 March 5 Missouri L, 2-16 2 8 1 16 17 0 9 6- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Lentz (L 1-2) 324 3:00 March 6 Missouri W 11-6 11 15 1 6 15 2 9 7- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Lincecum (W 1-0) 306 2:50 March 7 Missouri T, 6-6 6 10 1 6 7 1 (10) 7- 4- 1 0- 0- 0 None 287 3:20 March 12 Loyola Marymount W, 10-1 10 14 0 1 2 0 9 8- 4- 1 0- 0- 0 Lincecum (W 2-0) 321 2:37 March 13 Loyola Marymount W, 6-3 6 11 2 3 7 2 9 9- 4- 1 0- 0- 0 Fenton (W 2-1) 382 3:24 March 14 Loyola Marymount W, 11-5 11 12 0 5 5 2 9 10- 4- 1 0- 0- 0 Lentz (W 2-2) 436 2:42 March 19 at Washington State # L, 5-11 5 8 2 11 8 0 9 10- 5- 1 0- 0- 0 Baysinger (L 1-1) 189 3:20 March 20 at Washington State # W, 20-8 20 20 0 8 11 2 9 11- 5- 1 0- 0- 0 Everitt (W 3-1) 356 3:25 March 21 at Washington State # L, 10-11 10 8 1 11 13 2 9 11- 6- 1 0- 0- 0 Fenton (L 2-2) 531 3:39 March 22 at Gonzaga W, 10-9 10 17 0 9 9 0 9 12- 6- 1 0- 0- 0 Hawkins (W 1-0) 143 3:05 March 23 at Gonzaga W, 12-5 12 10 1 5 9 2 9 13- 6- 1 0- 0- 0 Baysinger (W 2-1) 123 2:36 March 26 at Arizona State W, 11-1 11 13 1 1 7 1 9 14- 6- 1 1- 0- 0 Lincecum (W 3-0) 3,336 2:55 March 27 at Arizona State L, 4-9 4 5 2 9 10 0 9 14- 7- 1 1- 1- 0 Everitt (L 3-2) 2,588 2:50 March 28 at Arizona State W, 8-6 8 8 2 6 10 3 9 15- 7- 1 2- 1- 0 Fenton (W 2-3) 2,716 3:16 April 2 at California L, 4-9 4 9 1 9 14 2 9 15- 8- 1 2- 2- 0 Baysinger (L 2-2) 353 2:48 April 3 at California W, 7-4 7 11 1 4 9 1 9 16- 8- 1 3- 2- 0 Parker (W 1-0) 394 2:53 April 4 at California W, 6-4 6 10 2 4 6 1 9 17- 8- 1 4- 2- 0 Kasser (W 1-0) 293 3:04 April 6 at Portland W, 8-5 8 11 2 5 10 0 9 18- 8- 1 4- 2- 0 Lentz (W 3-2) 269 2:54 April 8 Washington State L, 1-9 1 6 3 9 7 0 9 18- 9- 1 4- 3- 0 Lincecum (L 3-1) 813 3:10 April 9 Washington State W, 7-3 7 11 0 3 5 1 9 19- 9- 1 5- 3- 0 Baysinger (W 3-2) 1,406 3:06 April 10 Washington State L, 8-14 8 15 1 14 11 0 9 19-10- 1 5- 4- 0 Dowling (L 0-1) 1,484 3:21 April 12 Oregon State L, 4-7 4 7 0 7 10 0 9 19-11- 1 5- 4- 0 Lentz (L 3-3) 421 2:58 April 13 Oregon State L, 4-6 4 10 2 6 9 1 (12) 19-12- 1 5- 4- 0 Fenton (L 3-3) 412 4:40 April 16 at Georgia Tech L, 4-8 4 8 4 8 10 0 9 19-13- 1 5- 4- 0 Parker (L 1-1) 869 3:01 April 17 at Georgia Tech W, 7-3 7 9 0 3 8 2 9 20-13- 1 5- 4- 0 Kasser (W 2-0) 1,886 2:57 April 18 at Georgia Tech W, 16-2 16 13 0 2 5 2 9 21-13- 1 5- 4- 0 Lincecum (W 4-1) 1,928 3:00 April 23 Arizona W, 6-1 6 6 1 1 5 0 9 22-13- 1 6- 4- 0 Parker (W 2-1) 576 2:30 April 24 Arizona W, 7-6 7 12 0 6 7 2 9 23-13- 1 7- 4- 0 Fenton (W 4-3) 1,231 3:09 April 25 Arizona W, 12-11 12 12 0 11 15 2 (10) 24-13- 1 8- 4- 0 Fenton (W 5-3) 812 3:28 April 30 at Oregon State L, 3-7 3 9 0 7 10 1 9 24-14- 1 8- 5- 0 Parker (L 2-2) 1,271 3:02 May 1 at Oregon State W, 26-14 26 24 1 14 17 4 9 25-14- 1 9- 5- 0 Fenton (W 6-3) 2,008 4:19 May 2 at Oregon State W, 8-5 8 11 1 5 8 2 9 26-14- 1 10- 5- 0 Lincecum (W 5-1) 921 3:18 May 7 Stanford W, 3-2 3 7 0 2 7 1 (10) 27-14- 1 11- 5- 0 Lincecum (W 6-1) 943 2:58 May 8 Stanford L, 2-7 2 6 3 7 13 1 9 27-15- 1 11- 6- 0 Baysinger (L 3-3) 1,222 3:03 May 9 Stanford W, 9-2 9 12 0 2 8 1 9 28-15- 1 12- 6- 0 Lincecum (W 7-1) 1,057 3:09 May 11 Portland W, 20-4 20 22 1 4 10 3 9 29-15- 1 12- 6- 0 Everitt (W 4-2) 302 2:57 May 12 Portland W, 5-1 5 7 0 1 4 1 9 30-15- 1 12- 6- 0 Ponzoha (W 1-0) 320 1:57 May 14 at USC W, 8-6 8 14 0 6 7 1 (10) 31-15- 1 13- 6- 0 Lincecum (W 8-1) 283 3:42 May 15 at USC W, 13-4 13 19 3 4 9 1 9 32-15- 1 14- 6- 0 Kasser (W 3-0) 267 2:56 May 16 at USC L, 8-10 8 12 2 10 11 1 9 32-16- 1 14- 7- 0 Lincecum (L 8-2) 413 3:03 May 18 Lewis-Clark State W, 8-4 8 9 3 4 10 3 9 33-16- 1 14- 7- 0 Everitt (W 5-2) 500 2:39 May 21 UCLA L, 1-3 1 6 2 3 6 1 9 33-17- 1 14- 8- 0 Parker (L 2-3) 774 2:50 May 22 UCLA W, 7-2 7 7 0 2 10 0 9 34-17- 1 15- 8- 0 Lincecum (W 9-2) 433 2:29 May 23 UCLA L, 3-4 3 7 1 4 7 1 9 34-18- 1 15- 9- 0 Baysinger (L 3-4) 913 2:44 May 28 UC Irvine W, 5-3 5 10 1 3 8 1 9 35-18- 1 15- 9- 0 Parker (W 3-3) 389 3:19 May 29 UC Irvine W, 5-4 5 9 0 4 5 1 9 36-18- 1 15- 9- 0 Lincecum (W 10-2) 543 2:58 May 30 UC Irvine W, 8-7 8 9 1 7 10 2 9 37-18- 1 15- 9- 0 Conover (W 1-0) 694 3:11 June 4 vs. Tulane 2 L, 2-3 2 8 2 3 4 0 9 37-19- 1 15- 9- 0 Lincecum (L 10-3) 3,598 2:54 June 5 at Mississippi 2 W, 7-2 7 15 0 2 7 0 9 38-19- 1 15- 9- 0 Parker (W 4-3) 4,374 2:38 June 5 vs. Western Kentucky 2 W, 4-1 4 7 0 1 7 1 9 39-19- 1 15- 9- 0 Kasser (W 4-0) 3,302 2:21 June 6 vs. Tulane 2 L, 3-12 3 11 2 12 14 0 9 39-20- 1 15- 9- 0 Everitt (L 5-3) 3,338 3:14

1 – RBI Tournament, Riverside, Calif. 2 – NCAA Oxford Regional, Oxford, Miss. # – non-conference game vs. Pac-10 team

2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 29 2 0 0 4 S E A S O N R E V I E W 2004 FINAL PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL STANDINGS Conference Games All Games WL Pct. Home Away W L T Pct. Home Away Neut. Last 10 Stanford 16 8 .667 10-2 6-6 46 14 0 .767 29-5 17-9 0-0 6-4 Washington 15 9 .625 7-5 8-4 39 20 1 .658 20-8-1 17-9 2-3 6-4 UCLA 14 10 .583 6-6 8-4 35 29 0 .547 17-13 15-12 3-4 6-4 Arizona State 13 11 .542 6-6 7-5 41 18 0 .695 25-9 12-6 4-3 5-5 Arizona 12 12 .500 6-6 6-6 36 27 1 .570 16-10-1 15-14 5-3 7-3 Oregon State 10 14 .417 4-8 6-6 31 22 0 .585 9-11 14-9 8-2 4-6 USC 10 14 .418 4-8 6-6 24 32 0 .429 12-14 11-17 1-1 3-7 Washington State 9 15 .375 5-7 4-8 29 26 0 .527 12-12 10-10 7-4 4-6 California 9 15 .375 4-8 5-7 25 31 0 .446 13-15 12-16 0-0 4-6

2004 PAC-10 BATTING LEADERS 2004 PAC-10 PITCHING LEADERS TEAM BATTING G Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TEAM PITCHING G ERA W L Sv IP H R ER BB SO 1. Arizona State ...... 59 .325 2062 465 670 133 750422 324 354 56 1. Stanford ...... 60 4.35 46 14 15 538.1 522 290 260 194 423 2. Stanford ...... 60 .324 2152 499 697 94 20 96 464 286 373 60 2. Oregon State ...... 53 4.65 31 22 13 466.1 509 308 241 192 344 3. Arizona ...... 64 .305 2238 443 682 115 33 63 403 268 429 85 3. Arizona State ...... 59 4.71 41 18 20 524.0 533 320 274 274 446 4. Washington St. ... 55 .298 1848 393 551 95 16 37 354 242 311 49 4. California ...... 56 4.72 25 31 14 492.0 555 332 258 235 374 5. Washington ...... 60 .298 2162 443 644 114 10 87 419 242 401 71 5. Washington ...... 60 4.82 39 20 15 541.0 518 342 290 330 498 6. Oregon State ...... 53 .293 1849 374 541 82 15 48 325 270 361 54 6. UCLA ...... 64 4.98 35 29 13 568.0 576 355 314 265 451 7. California ...... 56 .293 1938 334 567 107 13 56 313 202 342 29 7. Arizona ...... 64 5.15 36 27 15 568.1 634 384 325 273 432 8. USC ...... 56 .290 1908 343 554 110 9 43 306 246 381 44 8. Washington St. ... 55 5.43 29 26 10 482.0 553 347 291 167 394 9. UCLA ...... 64 .279 2208 395 617 105 15 64 369 250 486 47 9. USC ...... 56 5.51 24 32 12 493.2 600 367 302 235 463 INDIVIDUAL BATTING G Avg. AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB INDIVIDUAL PITCHING G ERA W L Sv IP H R ER BB SO 1. , STAN ...... 60 .399 233 72 93 19 4 17 68 50 1. Ian , USC ...... 16 2.91 7 2 1 92.2 86 34 30 31 120 2. Dustin Pedroia, ASU ...... 59 .393 244 78 96 24 1 9 49 48 2. Casey Janssen, UCLA ...... 17 3.16 10 4 0 116.2 84 46 41 30 103 3. Danny Putnam, STAN ...... 60 .378 249 61 94 10 4 16 62 34 3. Jason Urquidez, ASU ...... 19 3.41 12 3 0 97.2 90 40 37 47 94 4. , ASU ...... 59 .373 225 64 84 16 1 9 58 41 4. Tim Lincecum, UW ...... 20 3.53 10 3 0 112.1 83 55 44 82 161 5. Billy Hart, USC ...... 51 .367 158 26 58 9 3 2 29 17 5. Jake Postelwait, OSU ...... 15 3.72 11 3 0 94.1 9 41 39 37 55 6. David Nicholson, CAL ...... 53 .367 210 50 77 14 2 1 25 23 6. Kyle Parker, UW ...... 18 3.84 4 3 0 75.0 59 32 32 55 58 7. Josh Asanovich, ASU ...... 49 .367 150 39 55 9 2 5 41 19 7. Jeff Mousser, ASU ...... 17 3.94 6 4 0 89.0 82 46 39 44 42 8. Brian Hall, STAN ...... 60 .356 236 51 84 13 4 9 52 27 8. Trent Baysinger, UW ...... 29 4.12 3 4 1 74.1 83 42 34 19 55 9. Jay Miller, WSU ...... 55 .355 203 43 72 13 0 2 42 37 9. Aaron Trolia, WSU ...... 19 4.25 6 5 1 78.1 75 51 37 34 66 10. , OSU ...... 49 .352 196 56 69 8 2 3 20 30 10. Mark Romanczuk, STAN .... 17 4.31 11 3 0 108.2 112 58 52 39 94 HITS STOLEN BASES WINS APPEARANCES 1. Dustin Pedroia, ASU ...... 96 1. Trevor Crowe, ARIZ ...... 26 1. Jason Urquidez, ASU ...... 12 1. Matt Swanson, CAL ...... 30 2. Danny Putnam, STAN ...... 94 2. Greg Isaacson, UW ...... 23 2. Mark Romanczuk, STAN ...... 11 Jesse Ingram, CAL ...... 30 3. Jed Lowrie, STAN ...... 93 3. Jacoby Ellsbury, OSU ...... 20 Jake Postelwait, OSU ...... 11 3. Mark Melancon, ARIZ ...... 29 4. Jason Donald, ARIZ ...... 84 4. Brent Lillibridge, UW ...... 18 4. Tim Lincecum, UW ...... 10 Kevin Brophy, UCLA ...... 29 Brian Hall, STAN ...... 84 5. Brian Hall, STAN ...... 15 Jeff Gilmore, STAN ...... 10 Trent Baysinger, UW ...... 29 Travis Buck, ASU ...... 84 WALKS John Meloan, ARIZ ...... 10 Michael Friedman, USC ...... 29 RUNS 1. Jed Lowrie, STAN ...... 50 Casey Janssen, UCLA ...... 10 CALLED STRIKEOUTS 1. Dustin Pedroia, ASU ...... 78 2. Dustin Pedroia, ASU ...... 48 INNINGS PITCHED 1. Tim Lincecum, UW ...... 60 2. Jed Lowrie, STAN ...... 72 3. Sam Fuld, STAN ...... 44 1. Koley Kolberg, ARIZ ...... 149.1 2. Koley Kolberg, ARIZ ...... 36 3. Brent Lillibridge, UW ...... 65 Jeff Van Houten, ARIZ ...... 44 2. Kevin Guyette, ARIZ ...... 118.2 3. Ian Kennedy, USC ...... 34 4. Rubin, WSU & Buck, ASU ...... 64 5. Brent Lillibridge, UW ...... 41 3. Casey Janssen, UCLA ...... 116.2 4. Jason Urquidez, ASU ...... 31 DOUBLES HIT BY PITCH 4. Tim Lincecum, UW ...... 112.1 5. Aaron MacKenzie, WSU ...... 27 1. Dustin Pedroia, ASU ...... 24 1. Zach Clem, UW ...... 24 5. Mark Romanczuk, STAN ...... 108.2 GAMES STARTED 2. Baron Frost, USC ...... 20 2. Joey Metropoulos, USC ...... 20 STRIKEOUTS 1. Kevin Guyette, ARIZ ...... 22 3. Jed Lowrie, STAN ...... 19 3. Kaeo Rubin, WSU ...... 17 1. Tim Lincecum, UW ...... 161 2. Koley Kolberg, ARIZ ...... 21 4. Jeff Larish, ASU ...... 17 4. Greg Isaacson, UW ...... 14 2. Koley Kolberg, ARIZ ...... 123 3. Tim Lincecum, UW ...... 18 5. 5 players tied (Lillibridge, Larsen).16 5. Preston Griffin, UCLA ...... 13 3. Ian Kennedy, USC ...... 120 4. Jason Urquidez, ASU ...... 17 TRIPLES SACRIFICE FLIES 4. Casey Janssen, UCLA ...... 103 Mark Romanczuk, STAN ...... 17 1. Trevor Crowe, ARIZ ...... 9 1. Brett McMillan, UCLA ...... 9 5. Aaron MacKenzie, WSU ...... 95 Casey Janssen, UCLA ...... 17 2. Jeff Van Houten, ARIZ ...... 6 2. Donny Lucy, STAN ...... 8 OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE Jeff Gilmore, STAN ...... 17 Aaron Mathews, OSU ...... 6 3. Grant Richardson, WSU ...... 7 1. Casey Janssen, UCLA ...... 204 Jeff Mousser, ASU ...... 17 4. Aaron Hathaway, UW ...... 5 Tony Calderon, OSU ...... 7 2. Tim Lincecum, UW ...... 207 Matt Thayer, UCLA ...... 5 5. Four players tied ...... 6 3. Kyle Parker, UW ...... 224 HOME RUNS SLUGGING PERCENTAGE 4. Ian Kennedy, USC ...... 244 1. Jed Lowrie, STAN ...... 17 1. Jed Lowrie, STAN ...... 734 5. Aaron Trolia, WSU ...... 248 2. John Mayberry, STAN ...... 16 2. Danny Putnam, STAN ...... 643 SAVES Danny Putnam, STAN ...... 16 3. John Mayberry, STAN ...... 625 1. Will Fenton, UW ...... 10 4. Rayn McCarthy, UCLA ...... 15 4. Dustin Pedroia, ASU ...... 611 Jesse Ingram, CAL ...... 10 5. Three players tied (Clem) ...... 13 5. Zach Clem, UW ...... 579 3. Zechry Zinicola, ASU ...... 8 RUNS BATTED IN ON-BASE PERCENTAGE 4. Derek Rodriguez, ARIZ ...... 7 1. Grant Richardson, WSU ...... 68 1. Jed Lowrie, STAN ...... 505 5. Dallas Buck, OSU ...... 6 Jed Lowrie, STAN ...... 68 2. Dustin Pedroia, ASU ...... 502 David O’Hagan, STAN ...... 6 3. John Mayberry, STAN ...... 62 3. Travis Buck, ASU ...... 486 Danny Putnam, STAN ...... 62 4. Chris Campos, OSU ...... 474 5. Travis Buck, ASU ...... 58 5. Jay Miller, WSU ...... 470 30 2 0 0 5 W A S H I N G T O N B A S E B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 2 0 0 4 S E A S O N R E V I E W NOTING THE 2004 HUSKIES . . . THREE-PEAT: For the first time in school his- team. Joining Lincecum were sophomore out- tory, the Washington baseball team received a fielder/shortstop Brent Lillibridge, junior first berth in the NCAA tournament for a third con- baseman Kyle Larsen and sophomore outfielder secutive season in 2004. The Huskies earned a Zach Clem. Lillibridge was named to the team trip to the campus of Ole Miss for the NCAA Ox- for the second time while Larsen and Clem were ford Regional and for the third straight season, each first-time honorees. Additionally, senior re- advanced to the final day of the competition liever Trent Baysinger, junior reliever Will Fenton, needing to win two games to advance to the junior catcher Aaron Hathaway, senior second Super Regionals. Unfortunately, Washington fell baseman Greg Isaacson and senior third baseman to Tulane in the first of those two games. The John Otness earned honorable mention. Huskies opened the regional with a 3-2 loss to the Green Wave before fighting off elimination DRAFTEES: Five members of the 2004 Husky with a 7-2 win over host Mississippi and a 4-1 baseball team were selected in the Major League victory over Western Kentucky. Tulane won the draft following the season. The Huskies’ five finale, 12-3. The Huskies placed four players on draftees were: catcher Aaron Hathaway (New the regional’s all-tournament team: catcher Aaron York Mets, fourth round), left-handed pitcher Hathaway, first baseman Kyle Larsen , outfielder Trent Baysinger (Baltimore, 18th round), second Brent Lillibridge and designated hitter Tyler Mach. baseman Greg Isaacson (, 18th Hathaway was named all-tournament for the round), right-handed pitcher Will Fenton (Chicago third consecutive season while Lillibridge was Cubs, 21st round) and catcher/outfielder Ben picked to the team for the second time in his two Johnson (Anaheim, 23rd round). Of those five, seasons. only Johnson was drafted out of high school or Greg Isaacson went from walk-on to starting second junior college. Additionally, Husky senior third baseman to an 18th-round draft pick (Philadelphia) in ANOTHER STEP FORWARD: Washington fin- last June’s major league draft. baseman John Otness signed a free agent con- ished 2004 with a 15-9 record in Pac-10 Confer- tract with the ence play, marking its third straight 15-9 league 16-8. In fact, had the Huskies won one more con- season. In 2002, 15-9 was good for a tie for third ference game to tie the Cardinal for the title, they place in the conference while in 2003, the UW would have won the tie-breaker thanks to a 2-1 finished alone in third place. Last year, 15-9 was mark in their three games against Stanford. Since good for sole possession of second place, only the merger of the Pac-10’s two divisions prior to one game behind league champion Stanford at the 1999 season, Washington remains the only former Northern Division team to earn an NCAA berth (in fact, the UW is the only former North- ern Division team to make it to the NCAAs since 1991) and is the only one of those North teams to finish higher than sixth in the league.

FROSH PHENOM: Husky freshman right-hander Tim Lincecum took the league by storm in his first college season. Lincecum became the first player in history to be named the Pac-10’s Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year in the same sea- son after going 10-3 with a 3.53 earned run aver- age. He also struck out a school-record and Pac- 10-leading 161 batters in only 112.1 innings and was twice named a national player of the week. He was a unanimous Freshman All-America first- teamer and was one of three players to share Collegiate Baseball’s National Freshman of the Year honors. John Otness started at third base for four seasons and For the third straight season, catcher Aaron Hathaway finished his career as one of only 10 Huskies ever to FOUR FOR THE PAC: Including Lincecum, Wash- made an NCAA Regional all-tournament team in 2004. compile 200 or more career hits. ington placed four players on the All-Pac-10 first

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