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2020 Baseball Media Guide #LETSSOAR TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRO TO REDHAWK BASEBALL OPPONENTS Media Information ...................................................... 2-3 2020 Opponents .....................................................70-72 Capaha Field ...................................................................4-7 All-Time Series ........................................................ 73-80 Academic Excellence ................................................8-9 Social Development ................................................10-11 HISTORY AND RECORD BOOK Competitive Success .............................................12-13 Hitting Records .......................................................82-83 Sports Medicine .......................................................14-15 Pitching Records ...................................................84-85 Under Armour ........................................................... 16-17 Miscellaneous Records ..............................................86 President Carlos Vargas .....................................18-19 Coaching History ..........................................................87 Director of Athletics Brady Barke ................ 20-21 Annual Leaders ...................................................... 88-95 Athletics Staff...........................................................22-24 Year-By-Year Results ........................................96-104 OVC Tournament History.......................................105 SEASON PREVIEW Honors & Awards ..............................................106-107 Season Preview .......................................................26-29 All-Time Roster .....................................................108-111 Meet the Team .........................................................30-31 MLB Draftees ..................................................................112 Schedule .............................................................................32 THIS IS THE OVC COACHES OVC History ...........................................................114-115 Head Coach Andy Sawyers .............................34-35 2020 OVC Tournament.................................... 116-117 Assistant Coaches .................................................36-37 OVC Staff ..........................................................................118 CREDITS OVC Map ...........................................................................119 The 2020 Southeast Missouri Baseball PLAYER BIOS Information Guide was written, edited, Returnees ..................................................................40-50 THIS IS SEMO and designed by Assistant Strategic Newcomers .................................................................51-55 University Pages .................................................122-125 Communications Director Morgan Harding. Cover design by Veda Barnett and YEAR IN REVIEW additional graphics assistance provided 2019 Final Statistics ............................................. 58-63 by Morgan Harding. Photography by Marc Line Scores ...............................................................64-67 Mahnke, Wayne McPherson, Josh Russell, Miscellaneous Statistics ...........................................68 Morgan Harding and Charlie Balcom. Other editorial assistance by Associate Director of Athletics for Strategic Communications Jeff Honza, and Strategic Communications Graduate Assistant Eric Mueller. Special thanks to opposing sports information directors for contributing information and images for the opponents section of this guide. Logos and head shots of professional players courtesy of Major League Baseball organizations. GOSOUTHEAST.COM 1 MEDIA Strategic Communications photo media working for newspapers or Interview Request is the best source for up-to-date team The Southeast Missouri Strategic television stations. All interview requests for Southeast information. Communications Office is always All credentials request should come Missouri studuent-athletes and coaches willing to assist the media with their form sports editors, directors, or anchors. must be arranged through the Southeast Game Day Services coverage of Redhawks baseball. All Spouses, dates, and minors will not be Missouri Strategic Communications Statisics, rosters, and game notes will media and credential requests should permitted in the Capaha Field press box. office. Request can be made by calling be provided prior to each game. Final box be made to Assistant Strategic Director Any unauthorized use of credentials will Morgan Harding (573) 651-2294. scores will be distributed after all contests. Morgan Harding. Should you need any result in revocation of credentials issued Harding can also be reached by email The Capaha press box is equipped with information, feel free to call any time, by Southeast Missouri State University at [email protected] or on her cell at wireless internet. A member of the Strategic day or night. Harding can be reached at and credentials requests will not be (812) 306-8211. Communiations staff will provide login (573) 651-2294 (work) or (812) 306-8211 honored for future SEMO athletic events. information. (mobile). Postgame Interview Press Box All interview requests for Southeast Parking Credentials Media will be assigned seats as Missouri student-athletes and coaches There is no designated parking at Capaha Credentials are required for entrance available. Contact Morgan Harding if must be made to a member of the Field. Parking is on a first-come, first-serve to the Capaha Field Press Box. To request you plan on attending a game in order Southeast Strategic Communications basis, so please arrive early. Please be aware season or single-game credentials, please to reserve a seat. Professional decorum staff prior to the end of each game. that foul balls could be hit into the parking contact Southeast Missouri Assistant is expected at all times in the Capaha . Sawyers will meet with media lots, so cars may be hit. Strategic Communications Director Field Press Box. Cheering or outward immediately following his postgame Morgan Harding by phone (573) 651-2294 expression is strictly prohibited. radio obligation with the Redhawks Live Stats Services or email at [email protected]. Radio Network. Live stats are available for free, provided Photographers by StatBroadcast. Live stat links for each Southeast Missouri gollows the Photographers are encouraged to Baseball Email List home game are available on GoSoutheast. guidelines set forth by the NCAA use caution when shooting at Capaha If you would like to be added to the com. Live stats are also available for free on governing the issuance of credentials. Field. Working photographers may shoot Southeast Missouri baseball email list mobile devices at SoutheastStats.com. Press credentials will be issued to between dugouts. Please be aware of foul to receive breaking news about the accredited sports writers of daily and balls in those areas. For further questions, team, please email Morgan Harding weekly newspapers. Photo passes will be ask Morgan Harding. at [email protected]. The official issued to accrediated members of the athletics website, GoSoutheast.com, 2 2020 MEDIA GUIDE SEMO ESPN Erik Sean is in his 22nd year as the “Voice of the Redhawks”. Sean is the Director of Sports Operations for Mississippi River Radio’s eight radio stations in Cape Girardeau. Jess Bolen will again assists Sean on the Redhawks Radio Network this year. Fans can listen to all games on SEMO ESPN 1220 AM. The Redhawks on ESPN+ GOSOUTHEAST @GOSOUTHEAST The Ohio Valley Conference and ESPN reached an @SEMOBaseball extension of their media rights agreement, which includes a minimum of 600 conference events on ESPN+, the recently launched multi-sport, director-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company Direct- to-Consumer & International segment and ESPN. Select Southeast Missouri home and away games will air live on ESPN+. ESPN+ is the first-ever multiple-sport, direct-to- consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt GOSOUTHEAST SEMOREDHAWKS Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and Internation division in partnership with ESPN. It offers fans thousands of additional live events, on-demand content and original programming not available on ESPN’s linear TV or digital #LETSSOAR networks. ESPN+ is an integrated part of hte completely redesigned ESPN App. Already the leading sports app, the new ESPN App is the premier all-in-one digital sports platform for fans across mobil and tv-connected devices. ESPN+ is also available through ESPN.com. INFORMATION STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS JEFF HONZA, ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS Football, Men’s Basketball, Softball, Administration Office: (573) 651-2933 Cell: (618) 528-1145 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Email: [email protected], [email protected] STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS One University Plaza MS 0200 Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 Phone: (573) 651-2294 MORGAN HARDING, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF STRATETIC COMMUNICATIONS Fax: (573) 651-2810 Soccer, Women’s Basketball, Baseball, Secondary Volleyball, Secondary Gymnastics Office: (573) 651-2294 Cell: (812) 306-8211 Email: [email protected] ERIC MUELLER, GRADUATE ASSISTANT Volleyball, Cross Country, Gymnastics, Track & Field, Tennis Office: (573) 651-2937 Cell: (630) 267-5145 Email: [email protected] GOSOUTHEAST.COM GOSOUTHEAST.COM 3 Capaha Capaha Field is the home of The HitTrax program pro- invloved new paint and fencing The dimensions of Capah Southeast Missouri Baseball.