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2016 BEARS BASEBALL SCHEDULE UCA BEARS (9-7, 3-0) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RES GAMES 2/19 vs. Missouri State L, 1-12 @ Lamar Cardinals (10-7, 1-2) 2/20 vs. Missouri State (DH) L, 5-10, 5-6 2/23 vs. Tennessee Tech L, 6-10 17-19 Friday 6:00 • Saturday 2:00 • Sunday 1:00 2/24 vs. Tennessee Tech W, 14-6 Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, Texas 2/26 vs. Eastern Illinois W, 4-2 2/27 vs. Eastern Illinois (DH) W, 9-1, 4-3 2/28 vs. Eastern Illinois W, 6-5 BEAR TRACKS... 3/1 @ Oklahoma L, 0-3 • LAST SEASON 3/4 @ Southeast Missouri L, 0-6 The Bears finished 29-24 overall and 16-14 in the Southland Conference in 2015. 3/5 @ Southeast Missouri W, 1-0 The Bears earned the sixth seed in the SLC postseason tournament at Constellation 3/6 @ Southeast Missouri L, 2-6 Field in Sugar Land, Texas. 3/12 vs. Stephen F. Austin* W, 9-7 UCA beat No. 3 seed Nicholls State 7-6 in the tournament opener, then lost to 3/13 vs. Stephen F. Austin* W, 3-2, 5-4 eventual champion Houston Baptist 6-1 on Day 2. UCA came back and beat No. 3/16 @ Little Rock L, 5-6 4 Northwestern State 5-4 before being eliminated by HBU in a 1-0 loss. 3/18 @ Lamar University* 6:00 Freshman outfielder Ty Tice was one of three outfielders named to the All- 3/19 @ Lamar University* 2:00 Tournament team. 3/20 @ Lamar University* 1:00 During the regular season, the Bears beat Wichita State 12-1 in Wichita, fell 3-1 3/24 vs. Houston Baptist* 6:00 at #19 Oklahoma State, swept in-state rival Little Rock in a two-game series (home/ 3/25 vs. Houston Baptist* 6:00 away) and swept three conference series (Stephen F. Austin, Lamar, New Orleans), 3/26 vs. Houston Baptist* 1:00 as well as a non-conference series sweep of Southern Illinois. 3/29 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6:00 4/1 @ Sam Houston State* 6:00 • ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE 4/2 @ Sam Houston State* 4:00 UCA center fielder Tyler Langley (SR, Conway, Ark.) was named a preseason second-team All-Southland Conference selection. Righthanded pitcher Connor 4/3 @ Sam Houston State* 1:00 Gilmore (SR, Little Rock, Ark.) was named to the third team. 4/5 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6:00 Langley was a third-team selection after the 2015 season, while Gilmore was a 4/8 @ Oregon State 7:30 two-time SLC Pitcher of the Week a year ago. 4/9 @ Oregon State 3:30 4/10 @ Oregon State 3:05 • SERIES HISTORY 4/13 vs. Little Rock 6:00 The Bears lead the overall series 14-10. UCA swept the series last year in Conway 4/15 @ Nicholls State* 6:00 and has now won 8 of the last 9 meetings. The Bears are 12-6 in Conway and 2-4 in 4/16 @ Nicholls State* 6:00 Beaumont. 4/17 @ Nicholls State* 1:00 4/19 @ Vanderbilt 5:30 • LAST WEEKEND 4/22 vs. Northwestern State* 6:0 The Bears came from behind in all three games of a Southland Conference 4/23 vs. Northwestern State* 4:00 sweep of Stephen F. Austin last weekend at Bear Stadium, winning 9-7 on Saturday, 4/24 vs. Northwestern State* 1:00 and winning 3-2 and 5-4 in Sunday’s doubleheader. 4/29 @ New Orleans* 6:30 In Saturday’s opener, the Bears came back from a 7-0 deficit with three runs in 4/30 @ New Orleans* 2:00 the fifth inning and six more in the seventh to win 9-7. Tyler Gray got the win with 2.0 5/1 @ New Orleans* 1:00 innings of relief, while Jacob Murray went 2.0 for the save, striking out four. Logan 5/6 vs. Incarnate Word* 6:00 Preston had 3 RBI, including a two-run single in the seventh. Chris Townsend and 5/7 vs. Incarnate Word* 4:00 Brandon Montalvo had 2 hits each. 5/8 vs. Incarnate Word* 1:00 In Sunday’s first game of the DH, freshman Cody Davenport went 7.0 innings, 5/10 @ Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3:00 striking out 5 and allowing 2 earned runs. The Bears came from behind again, trail- 5/11 vs. Mississippi Valley 3:00 ing 2-1 after eight innings. An RBI double by Brandon Montalvo in the ninth tied it 5/13 @ McNeese State* 6:00 at 2-2 before Preston’s walk-off base hit scored Montalvo with the game winner at 5/14 @ McNeese State* 3:00 3-2. Derek Beier (2-0) got the win in relief, while Jasob Richardson went 2 for 2. In the 5/15 @ McNeese State* 1:00 nightcap, another big late inning gave the Bears a 5-4 victory. UCA scored four runs 5/17 vs. Little Rock (NLR) 6:00 in the seventh inning, with Tyler Langley, Preston (2) and Justin McCarty picking up 5/19 vs. SE Louisiana* 6:00 RBIs. Murray got his fifth save, striking out three of the four batters he faced in teh 5/20 vs. SE Louisiana* 6:00 ninth. 5/21 vs. SE Louisiana* 1:00 For the weekend, UCA hit .322 and allowed just a .260 average by SFA. UCA’s 5/25-28 SOUTHLAND TOURNAMENT pitchers, with just a 4.33 ERA, struck out 26 battesr and walked 7. SFA struck out 20 Constellation Field - Sugar Land, TX and walked 19.
• THE RETURNEES (Pitching) The UCA pitching staff returns senior ace Connor Gilmore, along with two other weekend starters (Andrew Kemmerer, Riley Echols), along with five relievers who combined for 56 appearances in 2015. Also, graduate student Connor McClain retrurns after a medical redshirt season and will see time in the bullpen as well. Gilmore, a 6-foot-5 junior from Little Rock (Ark.) Catholic, went 8-3 with a 2.42 earned-run average in 2015. Gilmore threw a team-high 5 complete games (sec- ond in the SLC) and tossed a team-high 108 innings. Opponents hit just .222 against him. Gilmore pitched the Bears to a 7-6 win over third-seed Nicholls State in the SLC Tournament opener. He threw at least 8 innings seven times, going 9 innings four
ship in just their third season of eligibility. UCA shut out Southeastern Louisnana 4-0 in the championship game, its sixth game in four days, and second straight day of two games in the same day. True freshman righthander Connor Gilmore threw a complete-game two-hitter in just his fifth career start, allowing singles in the fourth and fifth innings before retiring the final 11 batters of the game. The Bears scored all the runs they would need in a three-run third inning and finished with just seven hits. Senior RF Forrestt Allday was 2 for 4, while junior 1B Scott Zimmerle had a pair of sacrifice flies. Senior C Michael Marietta had a bases-loaded walk in the third. The Bears, who entered the tournament with a 3-9 record over the final three weeks of the regular season, lost their opener 5-3 to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. They knocked off Stephen F. Austin, the team that eliminated them from the 2012 SLC Tournament, 7-3 the next day. UCA then beat A&M-CC and Oral Roberts _ which had swept the Bears during the regular season _ on Friday. They returned Saturday morning for another semifinal matchup with the Golden Eagles, winning that one easily 11-3, setting up the title matchup with the Lions.
• ALL-SLC TOURNAMENT TEAM Senior RF Forrest Allday was named the Most Valuable Player for the 2013 SLC Tournament after hitting a team-high .381 over six games. Senior C Michael Marietta, senior 3B Garrett Brown and freshman RHP Connor Gilmore also made the All-Tournament team.
• ALL-SLC 2016 UCA BEARS BASEBALL • PAGE 2 times, and topped 100 pitches in 11 of his 15 starts. In 2014, Gilmore went 7-3 with a 2.98 earned-run average. He had four complete games and topped 100 pitches 11 times in his 14 starts. Gilmore struck out 53 batters in 102.2 innings. He won his final three starts of the season, including a win over McNeese State in the second round of the SLC Tournament. Riley Echols was a weekend starter who finished 3-4 with a 3.99 ERA in 11 starts (14 app). Andrew Kemmerer was a part- time starter who had a 1-1 record. Tyler Gray saw action on the mound late in the season and went 1-1 with a 2.11 ERA, with two complete games. Derek Beier had a 4-1 record in 23 appearances with a pair of saves for the Bears in 2015. He struck out 41 in 46.2 innings. Chris Durham went 2-1 with a save and had a 3.86 ERA. McClain is coming off surgery but was 4-2 with 4 saves and 41 strikeouts in 2014. • THE RETURNEES (Position) The Bears return several starters in the field, including senior center fielder Tyler Langley, senior third baseman Logan Preston (moving from shortstop), senior left fielder Chris Townsend (moving from 2B) and Ty Tice in right field. Tice hit .333 in 22 games, with an on-base percentage of .422 and slugging .417. Langley was UCA’s best all-around hitter with a .305 average, 62 hits, 13 doubles, 2 triples and 5 home runs. He slugged a team-high .463 and stole 10 of 13 bases, a team high. Preston led the SLC in home runs with 10 and had a .460 slugging percentage. Townsend hit .239 with 27 walks and an on-base percentage of .382. Other returnees include Matt Anderson at 2B (.292, 2 HR), Lee Raley (redshirted last year) at 2B and Justin McCarty behind the plate.
• THE NEWCOMERS The Bears have 10 new pitchers on the roster, including two expected to fill starters roles, RHP Cody Davenport (FR, 6-0, 210, Fayetteville, Ark.) and Mark Moyer (FR, 5-9, 172, Russellville, Ark.). Two juco pitchers could figure in the mix in Jacob Murray (Wabash CC) as a closer and Hunter Neal (Eastern Oklahoma State College) in a starting role. New position players that could be counted on this season include IF Butch Rea (Cowley County CC), C William Hancock (Little Rock, Ark.), 1B Hunter Strong (Sheridan, Ark.) and IF Alex Reyna (Marion Military Academy). • SOUTHLAND TOURNAMENT HISTORY The Bears, who won the Southland Tournament championship in 2013, reached the title game against in 2014, despite losing 10 seniors and three MLB draftees from the previous team. UCA, which hosted the tournament at Bear Stadium, beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3-1 in the opener, knocked off McNeese State 11-3 the next day, beat McNeese again 8-6 in the semifinals, then lost to Southeastern Louisiana 9-4 in the championship game. Ironically, UCA beat Southeastern for the title in 2013 as the seventh seed. UCA won the title at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas, in 2013, the home of the Sugar Land Skeeters. The tournament returned to Sugar Land last season. This year’s dates are May 25-28. • NCAA REGIONALS The Bears earned their first-ever trip to the NCAA Regionals in 2013, taking on South Alabama, Mercer and host Mississippi State in the Starkville regional at historic Dudy Noble Field. UCA losts its opener 5-3 to the Top 10 Bulldogs, but then came back and won three consecutive elimination games, beat- ing Mercer 6-5, Mississippi State 5-2 and South Alabama 3-0, to set up a another showdown with the Bulldogs. The Bears, who took a series 2-1 over MSU in Starkville during the regular season, lost 6-1 in the regional championship. UCA finished the season 3-3 against Mississippi State, the eventual NCAA runnerup to UCLA. All games were played in Starkville. • 300 CLUB UCA head coach Allen Gum joined the 300 Club in 2013 and is now 387-202 as a collegiate head coach. Gum was 226-68 in five seasons at Division II Southern Arkansas, and is now 161-134 in five seasons at UCA. He is now sixth in career victories at UCA, just nine behind fifth place (Toby White, 1996-2001). • SLC POLLS The Bears, the reigning SLC Tournament runnersup, were picked sixth (out of 13 teams) in the sports information directors’ and head coaches’ preseason polls. Southeastern Lousiana was the pick to win the league in both polls. UCA won the 2013 SLC Tournament after being picked fifth by both groups in the preseason polls. • OUT OF THE GATE The Bears are 6-4 in season openers since moving to NCAA Division I in 2007. UCA opened the 2013 season with a 12-1 record, their best since starting 11-1 in 1995. The Bears opened 1-3 in 2014, losing 2 of 3 at home against Missouri State, then dropping a 9-6 decision at Wichita State. UCA opened the 2015 season with three consecutive victories at a tournament at Louisiana Monroe, beating Grambling State 8-2, ULM 10-4 and Indiana State 8-5. UCA lost its next three games but then reeled off eight straight wins to improve to 11-3 before losing to No 19 Oklahoma State 3-1 in Stillwater, Okla. • FRIENDLY CONFINES The Bears, who played only 19 home games last season at Bear Stadium have 29 scheduled at home in 2016. UCA finished 12-7 at home a year ago, went 20-8 in 2014 and 21-6 in 2013, including victories over Kansas (9-3) and Wichita State (6-3). • PROFESSIONAL BEARS UCA has had four players drafted by MLB teams over the past three seasons, including a school-record three after the 2013 season. Right fielder Forrestt Allday went in the eighth round to Boston, while center fielder Jonathan Davis went in the 15th to Toronto and pitcher Jeffery Enloe in the 37th to San Diego. Two years ago, center fielder Doug Votolato, an ABCA All-Region player, went to the Texas Rangers in the ninth round. • SCHOOL RECORD UCA won 42 games in 2013 (42-22), which broke a record that has stood since 1998. That Bears team won 35 games at the NCAA Division II level (35-16). The old mark at the Division I level was 27 victories in 2008.
• SLC TOURNAMENT CHAMPS The seventh-seeded Bears won five straight games in the Southland Conference Tournament last season to earn their first SLC Champion- 2016 UCA BEARS BASEBALL • PAGE 3
MULTI-HIT GAMES 2016 SOUTHLAND STANDINGS SERIES RECORD PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ TOTAL Tyler Langley 2 2 - - 4 TEAM...... ALL...... SLC vs...Lamar Cardinals Logan Preston 2 2 - - 4 SE Louisiana...... 11-6...... 3-0 The Bears lead 14-10 and are 2-4 in games Brandon Montalvo 2 - 1 - 3 UCA...... 9-7...... 3-0 Ty Tice 2 - - - 2 played in Beaumont. Justin McCarty 2 - - - 2 New Orleans...... 13-4...... 2-1 Chris Townsend 2 - - - 2 Houston Baptist...... 10-6...... 2-1 STATISTICAL LEADERS Matt Anderson 1 - - - 1 Abilene Christian...... 9-7...... 2-1 STATISTIC...... UCA Hunter Strong - 1 - - 1 NW State...... 8-8...... 2-1 Cody Davenport 1 - - - 1 Lamar...... 10-7...... 1-2 Batting Avg...... Logan Preston .370 Lee Raley 1 - - - 1 Runs...... Brandon Montalvo 12 Butch Rea 1 - - - 1 McNeese State...... 8-8...... 1-2 Jacob Richardson 1 - - - 1 Nicholls...... 9-9...... 1-2 Hits...... Logan Preston 20 Austin White 1 - - - 1 Sam Houston...... 6-11...... 1-2 Doubles...... Justin McCarty 4 MULTI-RBI GAMES Texas A&M-CC...... 8-6...... 0-0 Triples...... Matt Anderson 2 PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ TOTAL Home Runs...... Justin McCarty 2 Justin McCarty 3 1 - - 4 Stephen F. Austin...... 10-8...... 0-3 Logan Preston 3 1 - - 4 Incarnate Word...... 4-13...... 0-3 RBI...... Justin McCarty 14 Hunter Strong 2 - - 1 3 Total Bases...... L. Preston/J. McCarty 23 Tyler Langley 1 - 1 - 2 Slg. Pct...... Matt Anderson .462 Matt Anderson 1 - - - 1 UCA’S RECORD WHEN... Brandon Montalvo 1 - - - 1 vs. lefty starter...... 2-3 Walks...... Butch Rea 14 HITTING STREAKS vs. righty starter...... 7-4 OBP...... Logan Preston .478 Player Longest Current Lead after 7 innings...... 7-1 SB...... Tyler Langley 7-9 Logan Preston 7 7 Tied after 7 innings...... 2-0 ERA...... Derek Beier 0.82 Tyler Langley 6 - Trail after 7 innings...... 0-6 Hunter Strong 6 - Lead after 8 innings...... 7-1 Wins...... Beier/Davenport/Durham 2 Brandon Montalvo 5 - Tied after 8 innings...... 1-0 Saves...... Jacob Murray 5 Chris Townsend 5 5 Trail after 8 innings...... 1-6 Justin McCarty 5 3 IP...... Cody Davenport 28.2 Score 2 or less...... 1-4 Strikeouts...... Connor Gilmore 26 Jacob Richardson 4 - Allow 2 or less...... 4-0 Ty Tice 4 - Score 3-5 runs...... 4-2 Lee Raley 3 - Matt Anderson 3 - Allow 3-5 runs...... 3-1 TEAM STATISTICS Butch Rea 2 2 Score 6+ runs...... 4-1 Statistic...... UCA Cody Davenport 2 - Allow 6+ runs...... 2-6 Record...... 9-7, 3-0 More hits than opp...... 5-0 REACHED BASE STREAK Batting Avg...... 247 Player Longest Current Less hits than opp...... 4-7 No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown (Previous School) Shutouts...... 1-2 Runs/Game...... 4.6 1 Nick Rougeau So. OF 5-10 170 L/L Conway, Ark. (LR Catholic) Logan Preston 16 16 Butch Rea 15 15 1-run games...... 5-2 Home Runs...... 5 2 Justin Treece Jr. IF 5-7 150 R/R Sherwood, Ark. (Crowder JC) 2-run games...... 2-0 3 Jonathan Davis Jr. OF 5-8 175 R/R Camden, Ark. (Camden Fairview) Ty Tice 8 2 Runs Batted In...... 65 Tyler Langley 8 8 5+-run games...... 2-2 5 Ethan Harris Sr. OF 6-1 190 L/R White Hall, Ark. (White Hall) Stolen Bases...... 16-28 6 Blake Marchal Sr. IF 5-10 185 R/R La Porte, Texas (Alvin CC) Hunter Strong 6 - Extra innings...... 0-0 8 Kraig Kelley Jr. UT 6-0 175 R/R Collinsville, Okla. (Okla. Wesleyan) Brandon Montalvo 6 6 When UCA homers...... 2-2 ERA...... 4.50 9 Forrestt Allday Sr. OF 5-11 180 L/L Friendswood, Texas (Alvin CC) Chris Townsend 5 5 When opponent homers...... 4-6 Strikeouts/9 inn...... 8.4 10 Ethan McKinzie Sr. RHP 6-1 185 R/R Gravette, Ark. (Gravette) Justin McCarty 5 5 Playing errorless...... 5-3 Walks/9 inn...... 3.0 11 Jordan Taylor Fr. IF/P 6-0 175 R/R Bryant, Ark. (Bryant) Jacob Richardson 5 - Longest winning streak...... 5 Matt Anderson 5 - 12 Clint Green Sr. RHP 6-1 185 R/R Little Rock, Ark. (LR Christian) Longest losing streak...... 3 Fielding Pct...... 973 13 Logan Moon Jr. OF 6-2 185 R/R Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs South) Lee Raley 4 - 14 Garrett Brown Sr. IF 6-0 205 R/R Marlow, Okla. (W. Oklahoma State) Cody Davenport 2 1 Current streak...... L-1 DPs turned...... 13 16 Doug Votolato Jr. IF 6-2 180 L/R Flower Mound, Texas (Marcus) 17 Connor McClain So. RHP 6-1 175 R/R Conway, Ark. (Conway) 18 Garrett Bock R-Fr. OF 6-1 175 R/R Bryant, Ark. (Bryant) 20 Bryce Biggerstaff Jr. RHP 6-2 185 R/R Sherwood, Ark. (Southern Arkansas) 21 Taylor Wallace Fr. RHP 6-1 196 R/R Little Rock, Ark. (LR Catholic) BEARS ON THE AIR 22 Sam Moon Jr. SS 5-11 185 R/R Maiden Gulley, Australia (Redlands CC) The 2016 UCA games can be heard this 23 Zach Barr So. LHP 6-3 200 L/L White Hall, Ark. (White Hall) season live on KUCA 91.3 FM, with 24 Bo Stitch R-Fr. RHP 6-2 180 R/R Conway, Ark. (Conway) 25 Scott Zimmerle Jr. 1B/P 6-1 210 L/L Danbury, Texas (Alvin CC) play-by-play announcer Steve Owens. 26 Brandon Schmidt Fr. RHP 6-3 180 R/R Little Rock, Ark. (LR Central) Live stats/live streaming of home games at 27 Michael Marietta Sr. C 6-0 175 R/R Oak View, Calif. (St. Bonaventure HS) sidearmstats.com/uca/baseball 28 Landon Mason Fr. IF 6-1 150 R/R Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs South) ucasports.com/watch 29 Caleb McClanahan Sr. RHP 6-4 190 R/R Wynne, Ark. (NE Texas CC) 30 Chris Townsend Fr. IF 5-11 180 R/R Batesville, Miss. (South Panola) 31 Blake Clayton Fr. LHP 6-3 185 L/L El Dorado, Ark. (El Dorado) COACHING STAFF 32 Tyler Langley Fr. OF 6-1 175 R/R Conway, Ark. (Conway) Head Coach: Allen Gum (Southern Arkansas ‘93) 33 Griffin Glaude So. RHP 5-10 160 L/R Beebe, Ark. (Beebe) 34 Dylan Owen So. RHP 5-10 175 R/R Little Rock, Ark. (LR Catholic) Record at School (Yrs): 161-134 (6th season) 35 Jeffery Enloe Sr. LHP 6-5 215 L/L Gonzales, La. (Lurleen B. Wallace CC) Career Record (Yrs): 387-202 (11th year) 36 Jon Rand Jr. LHP 6-3 200 L/L San Francisco, Calif. (De Anza CC) Assoc. Head Coach/Pitching Coach: Nick Harlan 37 Andy Couture So. IF 5-9 170 R/R Rogers, Ark. (Rogers) Assistant Coach: Trent Kline 38 John Kordsmeier Sr. RHP 6-5 210 R/R Conway, Ark. (St. Joseph) 40 Connor Gilmore Fr. RHP 6-6 180 R/R Little Rock, Ark. (LR Catholic) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Jordan Hill 50 Wil Jacobs Fr. RHP 6-2 190 R/R Rison, Ark. (Rison) Managers: Garrett Bock, Kelby Moser Director of Operations: Anna Lester QUICK FACTS Location: Conway, Ark. Founded: 1908 Enrollment: 11,900 Colors: Purple and Gray Affiliation:NCAA I Conference: Southland Conference Home Field: Bear Stadium (1,000) President: Tom Courtway Athletic Director: Dr. Brad Teague 2016 UCA BEARS BASEBALL • PAGE 4
HEAD COACH ALLEN GUM Allen Gum brought a successful track record to the Central Arkansas baseball program in June 2010, and in just five short years, has brought that same winning tradition to the Bears’ program, putting it on the regional and national map. Under Gum’s leadership, UCA has won 152 games over the past five seasons, culminating in a record- setting 2013 season that saw the Bears accomplish things that had never been done before at UCA. The #7 ALLEN GUM 2013 edition of the Bears won a school-record 42 games and reached the NCAA Regionals for the first time Head Coach since moving to Division I in 2007. The real story is the route they took to get there. The Bears entered the Southland Conference Tournament as the seventh seed, a team that finished just 12-15 in conference play during the regular season. After losing their opening game, Gum’s Bears reeled off five straight elimination-game victories, eventually taking the SLC Tournament championship with a 4-0 win over Southeastern Louisiana. That title earned the Bears a trip back to Starkville, Miss., for the NCAA Regional. Once there, the Bears defeated two conference champions in Mercer (Atlantic Sun) and South Alabama (Sun Belt) and knocked off host Mississippi State to become the only team at the Starkville Regional to defeat every opponent. UCA, which had taken a series 2-1 from the Bulldogs during the regular season, ultimately lost in a winner-take-all championship game at historic Dudy Noble Field. The Bulldogs would eventually finish as national runnerup to UCLA at the College World Series. UCA’s three victories (3-3 overall for the year) over the Bulldogs were MSU’s only non-SEC losses of the season until the College World Series championship series against UCLA. In all, the Bears won eight consecu- #22 NICK HARLAN tive elimination games between the SLC Tournament and Starkville Regional. For the first time in history, UCA had three players selected in the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft. For- Associate HC/ restt Allday, Jonathan Davis and Jeffery Enloe were all drafted and played in their respective minor league systems last summer. Allday, the Most Valuable Player of the SLC Tournanent, was named a first-team Pitching Coach All-American by Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association, making him the first NCAA Division I All-American for the program. Despite losing 10 seniors and three MLB draftees, the Bears returned to the SLC championship game again in 2014, losing to Southeastern Louisiana in the final before a packed house at Bear Stadium. UCA entered the SLC Tournament as the No. 6 seed but won three straight games to reach the title game. UCA added another draftee in senior center fielder Doug Votolato, who went in the ninth round to the Rangers. Gum came to UCA from a highly successful five-year stint at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. Gum compiled a 226-68 record in five seasons at the SAU helm and recorded five consecutive 40-plus win seasons. His .769 winning percentage is the second best in the Gulf South Conference. The Muleriders have also spent 24 weeks at number one in the nation over the past three seasons. Gum led SAU to a 47-10 record in 2010, winning the Gulf South Conference-West Division, as well as being the top seed of the NCAA II South Regional. He had four players taken in the Major League Baseball Draft, including the No. 16 overall pick, and had two more sign professional contracts. #4 TRENT KLINE Gum’s 2009 squad was ranked No. 1 for much of the season and at 52-11, finished with the most wins in school history and advanced to the semi-finals of the NCAA Division II South Region tournament, which the Assistant Coach Muleriders hosted by virtue of being the top seed in the region. Advancing to the Gulf South Conference tournament for the 11th consecutive year, the club captured SAU’s second league championship with a 5-0 sweep in the tourney, and also claimed its first-ever share of a GSC West Division title. Despite not be- ing one of the final eight teams to advance to the College World Series, Southern Arkansas still finished the season ranked fourth. Gum’s first year (2006) at the helm of the Muleriders proved to be quite a successful one as he led the team to a 40-18 overall record and the program’s first-ever GSC championship. SAU advanced to the South Central Region tournament, making it to the semi-finals before their season ended as the 18th-ranked team in the country. In 2007, Gum’s squad concluded their first-ever back-to-back 40-win seasons as members of the NCAA when the team finished 41-17 and again made the conference tournament field. The following year, Southern Arkansas finished 46-12 and reached a No. 1 national ranking for the first time in the history of the program. They made their 10th straight league tournament and moved on to the semi-finals of the South Central #3 JORDAN HILL regional, ending the season ranked 12th. A native of Bentonville, Gum played collegiate baseball at Crowder Community College (now Crowder Volunteer Assistant College) in Neosho, Mo., before playing two years at Southern Arkansas for Coach Steve Goodheart, who retired in 2003 after coaching the Muleriders for 23 years. Gum is a member of the Crowder College Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1990, Gum led SAU in hitting as a junior outfielder with a .338 average and fielded .975 as Southern Arkansas won the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) championship with a 20-4 record and finished the season 27-23 overall. As a senior, Gum hit .328 and fielded .961 while helping the Muleriders win their sixth consecutive AIC championship with a 20-4 record and an overall record of 44-15-1. The 1991 team also won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Area 5 Tournament by defeating the nation’s number-one ranked team, North Florida, in the championship game, to advance to the NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho. Gum was honored with the Charles Berry Hustle Award at the World Series. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Prior to returning to SAU, Gum served as assistant baseball coach at Sheridan High School for six years, before moving to Batesville as the head baseball coach in 2000. Batesville had a 75-25 record in his three years with the Pioneers, and was the Class AAAA runner-up in 2002 and 2003. Gum served two seasons (2004- Brooks Balisterri...... bal-ih-STARE-ee 2005) as an assistant coach for Southern Arkansas before assuming the head coaching duties. Derek Beier...... BYE-er Gum is married to the former Shenna Calloway of Strong, and they have two sons, Tyler and Calloway. Riley Echols...... ECK-uls Michael Haun...... HONN UCA COACHING HISTORY Andrew Kemmerer...... KIM-er Doug Clark 209-213-2 2003-2010 Ronnie Kerr 51-55-1 1982-85 Brandon Montalvo...... mon • TALL • vo Fletcher Lowry 208-114-6 1956-65, 67-70 Paul Coleman 27-13 1953-55 Oscar Nieves...... nee-AY-vez Jack Fulmer 179-238 1986-95 Willie Gawlick 26-24 2002 Joey Pinney...... PIN-ee Rex Lovell 171-134-1 1971-81 Cliff Horton 17-10 1966 Toby White 166-105-1 1996-2001 Warren Woodson 10-4 1936 Lee Raley...... RAY-lee ALLEN GUM 161-134 2011-present E.T. Williams 7-8 1947 Butch Rea...... RAY Dan Estes 153-95-3 1916-17, 19-33, 35, 37 H.L. Minton 4-6-1 1934 Alex Reyna...... RAIN-uh Jeff Farris Sr. 69-23 1946, 48-52 Ty Tice...... TICE (like rice) 2016 UCA BEARS BASEBALL • PAGE 5
UCA BEARS BASEBALL • 2016 ROSTER • NO NAME POS HT WT CL B/T HOMETOWN/SCHOOL 1 Lee Raley IF/C 5-9 170 JR R/R Atlanta, Texas / McLennan CC 2 Ty Tice IF/RHP 5-9 165 SO L/R Prairie Grove, Ark. / Prairie Grove 5 Brooks Balisterri IF 5-11 170 JR R/R Bryant, Ark./ Meridian CC 6 Jacob Richardson IF 6-1 180 SO R/R Rison, Ark./Woodlawn 8 Matt Anderson IF 6-1 200 SR L/R Hinsdale, Ill. / Cowley CC 9 Tyler Langley OF 6-1 180 SR R/R Conway, Ark. / Conway 10 Logan Preston IF 6-1 215 SR R/R Texarkana, Texas / Louisiana-Lafayette 11 Austin White OF 6-3 200 SR L/R Texarkana, Ark. / Northeast Texas CC 12 Mark Moyer RHP 5-9 180 FR R/R Russellville, Ark./Russellville 13 Derek Beier RHP 5-9 180 SR R/R Oklahoma City, Okla./ Johnson County CC 14 Butch Rea IF 6-0 180 JR R/R Topeka, Kan./Cowley County CC 15 Cody Davenport RHP/DH 6-1 210 FR R/R Fayetteville, Ark./Fayetteville 16 Chris Townsend OF 5-11 185 SR R/R Batesville, Miss./South Panola 17 Connor McClain RHP 6-1 205 GR R/R Conway, Ark./Conway 18 Jacob Murray RHP 6-2 205 JR R/R Beaumont, Texas/Wabash CC 19 Oscar Nieves OF 5-8 165 RsF L/L Santo Domingo, DR/Cenapec 20 Josh Russell C 6-1 170 RsF R/R Marion, Ark./Christian Brothers HS 21 Chris Durham LHP 5-10 180 SO L/L Collierville, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS 23 Justin McCarty C 6-6 205 SO R/R White Hall, Ark./White Hall 24 Connor Wells LHP 6-0 185 RsF L/L Malvern, Ark./Magnet Cove 25 Andrew Kemmerer RHP 6-1 185 SR R/R Issaquah, Wash./Edmonds CC 27 Brandon Montalvo OF 6-1 190 SR R/R Houston, Texas/Blinn JC 28 Hunter Neal RHP 6-4 220 JR R/R Broken Arrow, Okla./E. Okla. State College 29 Alex Reyna IF 6-2 210 JR R/R Houston, Texas/Marion Military Academy 31 Michael Haun OF 5-10 180 SO L/L Little Rock, Ark./Catholic 32 William Hancock C 6-2 195 FR L/R Little Rock, Ark./Catholic 33 Joey Pinney RHP 6-1 210 JR L/R N. Little Rock, Ark./Central Ark. Christian 35 Tyler Gray RHP 6-2 170 SO R/R Fort Smith, Ark./Southside 36 Riley Echols RHP 6-3 290 JR R/R Collierville, Tenn./Harding Academy 37 Hunter Strong 1B 6-1 180 FR L/L Sheridan, Ark./Sheridan 39 Logan Clark LHP 6-1 205 FR L/L Smackover, Ark./Smackover 40 Connor Gilmore RHP 6-5 190 SR R/R Little Rock, Ark./Catholic
HEAD COACH: (7) Allen Gum ASSOC. HC/PITCHING COACH: (22) Nick Harlan REC. COORDINATOR/HITTING COACH: (4) Trent Kline VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT: (3) Jordan Hill STUDENT MANAGER: Garrett Bock, Kelby Moser DIR. OF BASEBALL OPERATIONS: Anna Lester
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Brooks Balisterri ...... bal-ih-STARE-ee Derek Beier ...... BUY-er Riley Echols ...... ECK-uls Michael Haun ...... HON Andrew Kemmerer ...... KIM-er Brandon Montalvo ...... mon-TALL-vo Mark Moyer ...... MOY (rhymes with boy) - yur Oscar Nieves ...... nee-AY-ves Joey Pinney ...... PIN-ee Lee Raley ...... RAY-lee Butch Rea ...... RAY Alex Reyna ...... RAY-nuh Ty Tice ...... TICE (rhymes with ice)
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RECORD BOOK WATCH
• CAREER VICTORIES • 6. Jim Buckwalter ...... 10 (1992-95) • CAREER STRIKEOUTS • • CAREER GAMES STARTED • 1. Zach Barnett...... 21 (2003-06) Bryce Biggerstaff...... 10 (2012-14) 1. Matt Whitaker...... 269 (2006-08) 1. Bobby Pritchett...... 39 (2007-10) Connor Gilmore...... 21 (2013-16) Jeremy Cloud...... 10 (2007-09) 2. Bobby Pritchett...... 237 (2007-10) 2. Connor Gilmore...... 38 (2013-16) 3. Wes Gardner...... 20 (1980-82) 3. David Wright...... 183 (1973-76) 4. Bobby Pritchett...... 18 (2007-10) • CAREER INNINGS PITCHED • 4. Zach Barnett...... 172 (2003-06) • CAREER EARNED RUN AVERAGE • 5. Drew Parr ...... 17 (2003-04) 1. Bobby Pritchett...... 293.2 (2007-10) 5. Jeffery Enloe...... 169 (2012-13) 1. Wes Gardner...... 1.94 (1980-82) Matt Whitaker...... 17 (2006-08) 2. Connor Gilmore.....265.1 (2013-16) 6. Dustin Ward...... 165 (2009-11) 2. Rusty Rogers...... 2.13 (1982-84) 3. Bryce Biggerstaff... 255.1 (2012-14) Drew Parr...... 165 (2003-04) Hector Blanchet.... 2.13 (1996) • CAREER COMPLETE GAMES • 4. Matt Whitaker...... 250.0 (2006-08) 8. Rusty Rogers...... 160 (1982-84) 4. Phillip Bailey...... 2.30 (1995) 1. Drew Parr...... 12 (2003-04) 5. Jeremy Cloud...... 244.0 (2007-09) 9. Caleb McClanahan.159 (2012-13) 5. Jim Franks ...... 2.39 (1972) Phillip Bailey...... 12 (1995) 10. Connor Gilmore...... 144 (2013-16) 6. Connor Gilmore.....2.44 (2013-16) 3. Connor Gilmore...... 11 (2013-16) • CAREER SHUTOUTS • Joe Franks...... 2.44 (1972-75) Greg Ramer ...... 11 (1995-99) 1. Connor Gilmore...... 4 (2013-15) Jeff Hart...... 11 (1986-88) 2. Zach Barnett ...... 3 (2003-06) 2016 UCA BEARS BASEBALL • PAGE 9 2016 STATISTICS
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2016 GAME HIGHS
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE 2016 PRESEASON POLLS COACHES’ POLL SID POLL 1. Sam Houston State (8) 138 1. Sam Houston State (8) 137 2. Texas A&M-CC (4) 128 2. Texas A&M-CC (2) 130 3. SE Louisiana (1) 115 3. SE Louisiana (1) 119 4. Northwestern State 109 4. Northwestern State (2) 108 5. Nicholls 98 5. McNeese State 91 6. McNeese State 90 6. Central Arkansas 90 7. Central Arkansas 89 7. Nicholls 85 8. Lamar 77 8. Lamar 79 9. Stephen F. Austin 49 9. Stephen F. Austin 52 10. Houston Baptist 48 10. Houston Baptist 50 11. Abilene Christian 27 11. Abilene Christian 28 12. Incarnate Word 26 12. Incarnate Word 26 13. New Orleans 20 13. New Orleans 20 2016 UCA BEARS BASEBALL • PAGE 11 LAST WEEKEND
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