2017 Lubbock Christian University Chaparrals Baseball Prospectus

Coaching & Auxiliary Staff Field Information University at a Glance Head Coach...... Nathan Blackwood Home Field...... Hays Field City / Zip...... Lubbock, Texas 79407 Alma Mater / Year...... Lubbock Christian Univ. / 1995 Capacity...... 2,000 Year Founded �� 1957 Career Collegiate Record / Years ��551-216 / 13 Surface...... Matrix™ Synthetic Turf Infield, Natural Grass Outfield Approximate Enrollment �� 2,000 Record at LCU / Years ��551-216 / 13 Dimensions...... LF: 340, CF: 400, RF: 340 Mascot...... Chaparrals “Chaps” Phone...... 806-720-7853 Lights ...... Yes School Colors...... Blue & White Email...... [email protected] Athletic Affiliation ��NCAA Div. II Hitting Coach...... Bob Fannin Conference...... Heartland Conference (Lubbock Christian / 1984) Athletic Department University President ��Tim Perrin Pitching Coach...... Justin Sundaydlie Sports Information Director...... Chris Due (Lubbock Christian / 2006) Office Phone...... (806) 720-7283 Athletic Department Assistant Coach...... Josh Barnett SID Email...... [email protected] Athletic Director ��Paul Hise Graduate Assistant �� Chris Holguin SID Cell Number...... (806) 549-4262 Sports Information Director...... Chris Due Head Athletic Trainer ��Dustin Driskill Media Relations Fax ...... (806) 720-7290 Asst. to the Athletic Director...... Dana Walters Student Trainers...... Michael Martinez LCU Website...... www.lcuchaps.com Athletic Department Phone...... 806-720-7276 Conference Website...... www.heartlandsports.org Ticket Office Phone ��806-720-7276 Program History Fax...... 806-720-7290 First Year of Baseball ��1971 Mailing Address...5601 19th St., Lubbock, Texas 79407 All-time Record...... 2,001-966 (.674) World Series Appearances / Last...... 9 / 2011 NCAA Regional Appearances / Last...... 1 / 2016

2016 Season In Review Overall Record ��37-19 Conference Record / Finish ��20-7 / 2nd Highest Nat’l Ranking �� No.6 Final Opponent Last Season ��St. Edward’s Game Result ��L / 10-5

2017 KEY RETURNERS & TOP NEWCOMERS KEY RETURNING STARTERS (2016 STATISTICS) NAME POS YR GP-GS AVG HITS HR RBI SB Jaime Bustamante INF SR. 54-51 .327 64 2 28 12 Notes: Jaime hit .327 in his premier season with the Chaps, appearing in 54 games and making 51 starts. He led the team in stolen bases (12) and co-led the team in triples (4) and walks (30). Jaime ranked third on the squad with 20 multi-hit games and ended the season reaching base in the final 21 games of the season. Hit .365 in road games, with 31 hits in 21 road contests. Tony Reyes INF SR. 54-53 .346 65 4 45 0 Notes: College Baseball News has Reyes as a National Player to Watch in the South Central Region. Was honored for his defensive work, earning a spot on the Gold Glove Team in 2016 after leading the team with a .994 fielding percentage, with three errors on the season on a conference high 491 chances. Reyes, hitting .346 on the season (third on the team), only struck out 13 times on 188 at-bats (once every 14.5 at-bats). Brandon Rix INF SR. 50-49 .375 69 1 28 1 Notes: Brandon is a Preseason All-American out of the South Central Region by College Baseball News, Preseason All-Region pick by NCBWA and a Preseason All-Heartland Conference selection. finished third on the club with a .375 batting average, which ranked in the top-10 in the conference and led to All-Conference honors. He produced 69 hits, leading to 22 multi-hit games, including a 5-for-5 per- formance on Mar. 19 against Eastern New Mexico. The ABCA recognized Rix with All-South Central Region honors. Brent Stewart OF SR. 56-54 .295 59 6 38 3 Notes: One of two Chaps to appear in all 56 games in 2016. He co-led the team in triples (4) and ranked second on the club in runs (52), home runs (6), total bases (99),sac bunts (4),slugging (.495) two-out base hits (21) and tied for second in multi-RBI games with 11. Brandon Urquizo OF SR. 52-51 .286 50 1 22 9 Notes: Brandon hit .286 during the season, hitting .308 in conference play. He ranked second on the club in stolen bases (9). Big moment for Brandon was a two-out two-run triple in the South Central Regional to eliminate West Texas A&M. KEY RETURNING PITCHERS (2016 STATISTICS) NAME POS YR APP-GS W-L ERA IP K CG SV Ricky Contreras LHP SO. 22-7 7-2 2.11 81.0 76 1 0 Notes: Ricky is a Preseason All-American out of the South Central Region by College Baseball News, Preseason All-Region pick by NCBWA and a Preseason All-Heartland Conference selection. In 2016, he was named the Heartland Conference Freshman of the Year and First Team member after finishing 17th nationally in earned run average at 2.11. Produced 76 strikeouts in 81 innings spanning a team co- leading 22 appearances. He held opponents to a .220 batting average. LCU’s first Heartland Conference Freshman of the Year recipient in baseball. He also received ABCA All-South Central Region honors. Russell Reber RHP SR. 16-16 6-1 3.43 89.1 60 1 0 Notes: Russell co-led LCU in starts on the mound in 2016 with 16 and in win percentage, with a mark of 85.7% in games a deci- sion was granted towards him (8-1). In 89 innings, he allowed only one home runs and 27 of his 60 strikeouts were caught looking. Brent Bezio RHP SR. 20-7 6-2 4.99 61.1 36 1 4 Notes: Brent co-led the team in saves (4). He appeared in 20 games, making 13 appearances out of the bullpen. LCU went 5-2 in his seven starts. He produced 36 strikeouts and a low of 10 walks in 61.1 innings. TOP NEWCOMERS Christian Marquez – RHP (transfer from Louisiana Tech), Kaleb Koedyker – OF (transfer from Texas-Arlington), Logan Nethercot – INF (transfer from Seward County)

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DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME LOCATION Feb. 2 Thursday East Central (Okla.) 7:00 Grand Prairie, Texas Feb. 3 Friday Missouri Western State 7:00 Grand Prairie, Texas Feb. 4 Saturday Newman 4:00 Grand Prairie, Texas Feb. 5 Sunday Southern Arkansas 4:00 Grand Prairie, Texas Feb. 9 Thursday Adams State 5:00 Hays Field Feb. 10 Friday Adams State (2) 2:00 Hays Field Feb. 11 Saturday Adams State Noon Hays Field Feb. 17 Friday Angelo State 5:00 San Angelo, Texas Feb. 18 Saturday Angelo State 3:00 San Angelo, Texas Feb. 19 Sunday Angelo State 1:00 San Angelo, Texas Feb. 21 Tuesday West Texas A&M 5:00 Canyon, Texas Feb. 24 Friday Colorado State - Pueblo 5:00 Hays Field Feb. 25 Saturday Colorado State - Pueblo (2) 1:00 Hays Field Feb. 26 Sunday Colorado State - Pueblo 1:00 Hays Field Feb. 28 Tuesday West Texas A&M 5:00 Hays Field Mar. 3 Friday St Mary's 5:00 San Antonio, Texas Mar. 4 Saturday St Mary's (2) 1:00 San Antonio, Texas Mar. 5 Sunday St Mary's Noon San Antonio, Texas Mar. 10 Friday Oklahoma Christian (2) * 3:00 Oklahoma City, Okla. Mar. 11 Saturday Oklahoma Christian * 1:00 Oklahoma City, Okla. Mar. 17 Friday Tarleton State (2) 1:00 Stephenville, Texas Mar. 18 Saturday Tarleton State 1:00 Stephenville, Texas Mar. 21 Tuesday University Of The Southwest 6:00 Hays Field Mar. 24 Friday St Mary's (2) * 3:00 Hays Field Mar. 25 Saturday St Mary's * 1:00 Hays Field Mar. 31 Friday Texas A&M International (2)* 3:00 Laredo, Texas Apr. 1 Saturday Texas A&M International * 1:00 Laredo, Texas Apr. 6 Thursday St Edwards (2) * 4:00 Hays Field Apr. 7 Friday St Edwards * 2:00 Hays Field Apr. 13 Thursday Oklahoma Panhandle State (2) * 1:00 Goodwell, Okla. Apr. 14 Friday Oklahoma Panhandle State * Noon Goodwell, Okla. Apr. 21 Friday Newman (2) * 3:00 Hays Field Apr. 22 Saturday Newman * 1:00 Hays Field Apr. 28 Friday Arkansas Fort Smith (2) * 3:00 Fort Smith, Ark. Apr. 29 Saturday Arkansas Fort Smith * 1:00 Fort Smith, Ark. May 5 Friday Rogers State (2) * 3:00 Hays Field May 6 Saturday Rogers State * 1:00 Hays Field May 11 - 14 Heartland Conference Tournament TBA May 18 - 21 NCAA Regional Tournament TBA May 26 - Jun. 2 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship Grand Prairie, Texas

* = DENOTES CONFERENCE GAME - ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL (2) = DOUBLEHEADER

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# Player Year Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown / Highschool Prior School 1 Jaime Bustamante Sr. INF 5-9 170 R/R Presidio, Texas / Presidio High School Odessa College 2 Brenon Rhodes Jr. INF 5-11 205 R/R Snyder, Texas / Snyder High School Odessa College 3 Josh Narvaiz Sr. INF 5-9 165 R/R Lubbock, Texas / Coronado High School Midland College 4 Tony Reyes Sr. Util. 5-10 195 L/L Levelland, Texas / Levelland High School Midland College 5 Nathan Dockery So. LHP 5-11 160 L/L Amarillo, Texas / Amarillo High School Seward County CC 6 EJ Ramos Jr. RHP 5-9 145 R/R Woodhaven, N.Y. / Christ the King High School Illinois Central CC 7 Brandon Urquizo Sr. OF 6-1 175 R/R Vernon, Texas / Vernon High School Seward County 8 Christian Marquez Sr. RHP 6-1 175 R/R Andrews, Texas / Andrews High School Louisiana Tech 9 Brent Stewart Sr. OF 6-3 215 R/R Midland, Texas / Midland High School Midland College 10 Logan Nethercot Jr. INF 6-0 215 L/R Cañon City, Colo. / Canon City High School Seward County CC 11 Brandon Rix Sr. INF 6-0 185 R/R Cañon City, Colo. / Cañon City High School Seward County CC 12 Brent Bezio Sr. RHP 6-1 185 R/R Mineral Wells, Texas / Santo High School Seward County CC 13 Ricky Contreras So. RHP 5-10 185 R/R Lubbock, Texas / Lubbock Christian High School Lubbock Christian High School 15 Nicklaus Hooper Jr. RHP 6-1 190 R/R Springfield, Mo. / Willard High School Jefferson College 16 Keaton Greenwalt Fr. INF 6-3 175 R/R Melrose, NM / Clovis High School Clovis High School 17 Ryan Rogers Jr. INF 6-5 225 R/R Littlefield, Texas / Littlefield High School Littlefield High School 18 Ryan Johnson Jr. LHP 6-5 216 L/L Winnipeg, Manitoba / Bellerose Composite High School Southern Idaho 19 Colton Blackford Jr. LHP 5-10 165 L/L Des Moines, Iowa / Hoover High School Marshalltown CC 20 Caleb Koedyker Sr. OF 6-1 215 R/R Seminole, Texas / Seminole High School Texas - Arlington 21 Daniel Crooks Jr. RHP 6-3 195 R/R Midland, Texas / Midland Christian High School Midland College 22 AJ Perez Fr. OF 5-11 170 L/R Lubbock, Texas / Cooper High School Cooper High School 23 Dillon Drury Sr. Util 6-5 230 R/R Colorado City, Colo. / Rye High School Seward County CC 25 Chase Simmons Sr. C 6-3 235 R/R Cape Girardeau, Mo. / Notre Dame High School Jefferson College 26 Brennen Fowler Fr. RHP 6-7 275 R/R Smyer, Texas / Smyer High School Smyer High School 28 Reagan Lucia Fr. RHP 6-1 185 R/R Lubbock, Texas / Coronado High School Coronado High School 29 Collin Fraley So. RHP 5-11 210 R/R Ozark, Mo. / Ozark High School Ozark High School 30 James Hardberger So. C/OF 6-4 245 R/R Lubbock, Texas / Lubbock Christian High School Temple College 32 Jacob Hamilton Fr. C 6-0 195 R/R Granbury, Texas / All Saints High School Ft. Worth All Saints High School 33 Russell Reber Sr. RHP 6-2 215 R/R Boise, Idaho / Capital High School El Paso CC 35 Christian Buatte Sr. RHP 6-5 220 R/R Keller, Texas / Keller High School Cameron University 36 Daniel Gerhart Fr. RHP 6-3 235 R/R Winters, Texas / Winters High School Winters High School 37 Ethan Crooks Jr. LHP 6-1 185 L/L Midland, Texas / Midland Christian High School Odessa College

Nathan Blackwood Head Coach (14th Season) Bob Fannin Assistant Coach (14th Season) Justin Sundaydlie Assistant Coach (6th Season) Josh Barnett Assistant Coach (1st Season) Chris Holguin Graduate Assistant Coach (1st Season) Dustin Driskill Head Athletic Trainer

1983, 2009 NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - WWW.LCUCHAPS.COM @LCUchaps 1983, 2009 NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - WWW.LCUCHAPS.COM @LCUchaps 2017 Lubbock Christian University Chaparrals Baseball Prospectus The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Lubbock Christian (as of Jan 31, 2017) 2016 STATISTICS (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 37-19 Home: 25-5 Away: 11-10 Neutral: 1-4 Conference: 20-7

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% Hunter McFall . 4 2 4 56-56 217 55 92 16 2 5 56 127 . 5 8 5 30 2 17 4 . 4 9 2 3 0 2-5 105 103 8 . 9 6 3 Brandon Rix . 3 7 5 50-49 184 37 69 10 0 1 28 82 . 4 4 6 12 8 24 6 . 4 3 2 2 2 1-2 20 107 19 . 8 7 0 Tony Reyes . 3 4 6 54-53 188 33 65 15 0 4 45 92 . 4 8 9 13 1 13 10 . 3 8 3 4 1 0-0 452 36 3 . 9 9 4 Jaime Bustamante . 3 2 7 54-51 196 45 64 10 4 2 28 88 . 4 4 9 30 3 56 3 . 4 1 8 3 2 12-14 76 196 26 . 9 1 3 Brent Stewart . 2 9 5 56-54 200 52 59 14 4 6 38 99 . 4 9 5 27 2 45 2 . 3 8 1 2 4 3-3 101 1 2 . 9 8 1 Brett Wilhelm . 2 9 0 54-54 207 42 60 14 1 7 41 97 . 4 6 9 13 3 32 7 . 3 3 8 2 6 3-5 55 1 4 . 9 3 3 Brandon Urquizo . 2 8 6 52-51 175 34 50 12 3 1 22 71 . 4 0 6 16 5 43 3 . 3 6 0 1 3 9-11 89 6 3 . 9 6 9 Jesse Pintado . 2 7 9 47-38 154 28 43 5 0 1 24 51 . 3 3 1 8 2 13 4 . 3 1 4 5 1 1-3 19 23 0 1.000 ------Ryan Rogers . 6 0 0 23-2 20 4 12 1 0 2 9 19 . 9 5 0 1 0 4 0 . 6 1 9 0 0 0-0 63 5 0 1.000 Brendan McCarthy . 4 7 6 19-10 42 9 20 8 0 1 8 31 . 7 3 8 1 0 9 0 . 4 8 8 0 1 1-1 10 1 0 1.000 J.P. Rousseau . 3 7 6 37-34 117 14 44 11 0 0 21 55 . 4 7 0 8 2 14 6 . 4 2 2 1 1 0-2 170 34 8 . 9 6 2 Dillon Drury . 2 9 3 16-10 41 10 12 3 0 4 14 27 . 6 5 9 3 0 19 0 . 3 3 3 1 0 0-0 6 0 1 . 8 5 7 Chase Simmons . 2 7 7 32-25 101 12 28 5 0 1 13 36 . 3 5 6 9 1 20 3 . 3 3 9 1 3 0-0 185 34 4 . 9 8 2 Brennan Johnson . 2 6 3 10-3 19 3 5 1 0 1 7 9 . 4 7 4 3 0 8 0 . 3 6 4 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 Gerardo Arzaga . 2 5 0 18-5 28 5 7 0 1 0 7 9 . 3 2 1 4 3 8 0 . 3 8 9 1 0 0-0 5 3 2 . 8 0 0 Josh Narvaiz . 2 2 9 39-8 35 16 8 2 0 0 6 10 . 2 8 6 3 0 9 2 . 2 8 9 0 1 1-2 19 37 2 . 9 6 6 Luke McKay . 0 0 0 9-1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 . 2 2 2 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000 Totals . 3 3 0 56 1931 401 638 127 15 36 367 903 . 4 6 8 183 32 337 50 . 3 9 3 26 25 33-48 1418 668 90 . 9 5 9 Opponents . 2 7 5 56 1836 253 504 95 13 22 221 691 . 3 7 6 141 50 375 45 . 3 3 8 27 33 34-56 1375 562 95 . 9 5 3

LOB - Team (421), Opp (420). DPs turned - Team (49), Opp (59). TPs turned - Team (1). CI - Team (4), C. Simmons 2, JP Rousseau 2. IBB - Team (2), T. Reyes 1, B. Stewart 1, Opp (1). Picked off - B. McCarthy 1, B. Stewart 1, B. Urquizo 1, H. McFall 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha Guillaume Blanchette 1 . 7 3 12-2 18 16 8 2/0 0 114.1 92 38 22 18 108 19 0 3 . 2 1 7 8 3 2 0 11 Ricky Contreras 2 . 1 1 7-2 22 7 1 0/0 0 81.0 65 29 19 20 76 10 0 3 . 2 2 0 8 6 0 6 8 Russell Reber 3 . 4 3 6-1 16 16 1 0/0 0 89.1 95 39 34 20 60 19 5 1 . 2 8 1 5 23 2 5 3 Brent Bezio 4 . 9 9 6-2 20 7 1 0/0 4 61.1 80 39 34 10 36 16 2 4 . 3 1 5 3 5 2 3 2 ------Dillon Drury 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Glen Warrick 3 . 0 4 1-2 18 0 0 0/0 4 23.2 18 11 8 18 14 1 1 0 . 2 2 5 3 3 0 2 1 Collin Fraley 3 . 5 4 1-2 12 1 0 0/0 0 20.1 20 10 8 14 16 4 1 1 . 2 5 6 3 5 0 2 0 Christian Buatte 3 . 5 5 1-1 11 3 0 0/0 0 25.1 33 18 10 15 26 8 1 2 . 3 2 7 0 1 1 3 5 Alberto Aveytia 7 . 2 9 2-7 22 5 0 0/0 3 45.2 84 50 37 8 30 15 3 4 . 3 8 7 2 2 0 4 2 Mathew Lusk 12.15 0-0 8 0 0 0/0 0 6.2 8 11 9 11 7 2 0 2 . 2 7 6 5 1 0 0 0 Brian Baker 15.00 1-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 3.0 5 5 5 5 0 1 0 1 . 4 5 5 1 1 0 2 1 Jesse Pintado 27.00 0-0 2 1 0 0/0 0 1.0 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 3 . 6 0 37-19 56 56 11 2/0 11 472.2 504 253 189 141 375 95 13 22 . 2 7 5 38 50 7 27 33 Opponents 6 . 7 0 19-37 56 56 7 1/1 9 458.1 638 401 341 183 337 127 15 36 . 3 3 0 47 32 8 26 25

PB - Team (10), JP Rousseau 8, C. Simmons 2, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (7), Blanchette 4, R. Reber 1, JP Rousseau 1, C. Simmons 1, Opp (4). SBA/ATT - C. Simmons (20-30), JP Rousseau (14-24), R. Reber (9-18), Blanchette (9-13), A. Aveytia (7-10), R. Contreras (3-7), B. Bezio (4-6), G. Warrick (1-1), C. Fraley (1-1).

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