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2014 • www.slccbruins.com Step Ahead. Bruins Home Schedule Mar. 14 Colorado Northwestern CC (DH) 1:00 PM Mar. 15 Colorado Northwestern CC (DH) 12:00 PM Mar. 29 USU Eastern (DH) 12:00 PM Apr. 4 Western Nevada (DH) 1:00 PM DRAFT Apr. 5 Western Nevada (DH) 12:00 PM Apr. 11 Southern Nevada (DH) 1:00 PM Apr. 12 Southern Nevada (DH) 12:00 PM Apr. 25 Southern Idaho (DH) 1:00 PM Apr. 26 Southern Idaho (DH) 12:00 PM www.slccbruins.com Salt Lake Community College Home of the BRUINS Salt Lake Community College Table of Contents Quick Facts School . Salt Lake Community College 2014 Preview . 2 Location . Salt Lake City, Utah 2014 Roster . .. 3 Founded . 1948 Enrollment . 62,571 Coaches . 4-5 Affiliation . NJCAA Division I Players . 6-20 Conference . Scenic West Athletic Conf . Nickname . Bruins 2013 Team Results . 22 Colors . Royal Blue & Gold 2013 Individual Statistics . 23 President . Deneece Huftalin, Ph .D Alma Mater . University of Utah SWAC Member Institutions . 27 Athletic Director . Norma Carr Bruin All-Time roster . 28 Alma Mater/Year . BYU/1969 Sports Information . Gavin McCallister Bruins in the Pros . 28 Academic Advisor . Elisha Harris Bruin Baseball Record Book . 30-31 Alma Mater/Year . Univ . of Alaska Anchorage/2010 Academic Advisor . Paul Marble Bruin Club Members . 35 Alma Mater/Year . University of Utah/2011 2012-13 Athletics Awards/Results . 36-37 Athletic Secretary . Tanya Schmidt Alma Mater/Year . University of Utah/1981 SLCC Administration . 40 SLCC Athletic Staff & Coaches . 41 Bruin Baseball Quick Facts First Year of Baseball . 1996-97 All Time Record/Years . 570-373/17 SWAC Overall Record/Years . .. 365-248/17 Head Coach/Years . D .G . Nelson/11 Alma Mater/Year . BYU- 1998 Record/Years . .. 362-205/10 SWAC Record/Years . 242-147/10 Baseball Office Phone . .. (801) 957-4861 Best Time to Reach . 12:00pm-3:00pm Assistant Coach . Derek Wadddoups Alma Mater/Year . Bellevue University/2006 2013 Overall Record . 35-19 2013 SWAC Record . 23-13 2013 SWAC Finish . 3rd www.slccbruins.com 2013 Region 18 Tournament . 4th LIVE Stats and LIVE web cast for 2013 Home Record . 9-7 ALL HOME GAMES 2013 Away Record . 14-7 2014 Returning Starters . 5 Media Guide produced by Lisa Peshell & Kate Nygaard 2014 Returning Players . 10 2014 Newcomers . 19 1 2014 Season Outlook with Coach Nelson Early Season Observations “We’ve got a great group of young men that are a bunch of grinders . These guys don’t get too up or too down and they know how to compete—I like what I’ve seen so far through the early part of this season .” Looking Local “Utah has always had a lot of great baseball talent . The student-athletes we bring in from our state are very talented and more importantly they’re great young men .” Around the SWAC “The Scenic West Athletic Conference is always one of the toughest baseball leagues from top to bottom in the entire nation . It’s on us as a team though our discipline and work ethic to accomplish what we want to this year .” Lead the Way “We as a coaching staff don’t expect anyone in particular to be a leader . We have the same expectations for all the young men on this team . Leaders lead by example and each young man is expected to know his own specific assignment and be able to execute it at all times.” Hard Work Pays Off “I wouldn’t say that there have been any surprises—we have high expectations for all who enter this program . This group has learned that the harder they work and the more disciplined they are both on and off the field, the better and more positive the results become.” Great Expectations “I always have high expectations of our baseball team . We, collectively as a team, will be able to accomplish anything we set out to do so long as we continue to work hard, are disciplined in all we do, stay humble and stick together as a group through the inevitable ups and downs that a long college baseball season can present .” The Last Word “These young men are truly great people—they represent SLCC and our athletic department very well . We grind it out daily with the focus of getting better with every pitch, at-bat and out and we’re driven to improve with every situation and every day .” 2 2014 Bruin Roster # Player Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Year Hometown /High School 1 Robert Grilli INF 5-9 165 L/R So . Ontario, CAN/St . Michael’s 2 Zach Watts OF 6-0 190 L/L So . West Jordan, UT/Copper Hills 3 Derrick Whitney INF 6-0 170 L/R So . South Jordan, UT/Bingham 5 Tyler Strehlow INF 5-10 165 R/R Fr . St . George, UT/Dixie 6 Jarren Adam RHP 5-11 200 R/R So . Murray, UT/Cottonwood 7 Chase Tavonatti RHP 6-0 173 R/R Fr . West Jordan, UT/Bingham 8 Anthony Dixon RHP 6-0 180 R/R So . West Valley City, UT/Taylorsville 9 Colton Barkdull C 5-11 185 R/R So . Erda, UT/Stansbury Park 10 Matt Hape RHP 6-4 170 R/R So . Bozeman, MT/Bozeman 11 Hunter Low INF 6-0 180 L/R Fr . Cedar City, UT/Cedar 12 Jason Jourdan RHP 6-0 180 R/R Fr . Syracuse, UT/Syracuse 14 Jimi Dixon INF/RHP 5-9 155 S/R Fr . South Jordan, UT/Riverton 15 Tanner Johnson RHP 6-4 210 R/R So . Manhattan, MT/Manhattan 16 Kade Teter INF/RHP 6-4 195 R/R So . Pocatello, ID/Pocatello 18 Brady Corless RHP 6-1 200 R/R So . Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork 19 Chris Bradford RHP 6-0 185 R/R Fr . Las Vegas, NV//iberty 20 Eric Carter RHP 5-11 200 R/R So . Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon 22 Nick Denny LHP 6-5 205 R/L So . Anoka, MN/Anoka 23 Cody Christianson C 6-0 180 R/R So . St . George, UT/Dixie 24 Nick Urban OF 6-2 175 L/R So . Las Vegas, NV/Arbor View 25 Will Heward OF 5-11 185 R/R Fr . Ogden, UT/Bonneville 26 Zach Willis C 6-0 190 R/R Fr . LIndon, UT/American Fork 27 Caleb Summerhays OF 5-11 205 R/R Fr . Las Vegas, NV/Faith Lutheran 28 Taylor Snyder INF 6-2 163 R/R Fr . Elk Ridge, UT/Salem Hills 29 Cameron Cole RHP/INF 6-2 190 R/R Fr . Las Vegas, NV/Bishop Gorman 31 TJ Baker RHP 6-6 205 R/R Fr . Acton, Ontario CAN 32 Tyler Hamilton C/RHP 6-1 185 R/R Fr . LIndon, UT/Timpanogos 34 Jared White RHP 6-2 205 R/R Fr . Riverton, UT/Riverton 35 Jordan Hager RHP 6-2 205 R/R So . Farmington, UT/Viewmont 42 Garrett Bushman UTL 6-2 195 R/R Fr . Farmington, UT/Viewmont Head Coach - D .G . Nelson (11th Year) SID - Gavin McCallister Assistant Coach: Derek Waddoups (7th Year) Mascot - Bruin Assistant Coaches: Tuckett Slade, Ryan Roberts Trainer - Melanie Nesbit Athletic Director - Norma Carr President -Deneece Huftalin, PhD 3 Head Coach DG Nelson Coach DG Nelson enters his 11th year at the helm of the highly respected SLCC Baseball program . In his time at SLCC, DG has led the Bruins to a Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) Championship, two Region 18 Championships and a pair of National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Top 20 finishes, all while competing in one of the toughest junior college baseball conferences in the nation . As head coach of the Bruins, Nelson has led SLCC to both its best record in school history and best ever win- ning percentage . DG has moved at least 85 of his play- ers on to compete and study at four-year institutions, with 16 former Bruins having joined the professional baseball ranks—one even moving on to a Major League Baseball World Series team . Last season, the Bruins turned in an overall record of 35-19 and SLCC finished at 23-13 in the hotly-contested The Nelson File SWAC schedule . Coach Nelson has worked diligently to develop SLCC Baseball into one of the premier junior SWAC Conf/Reg District college programs in the NJCAA . Year Record Record Finish Finish In the 2012 season, Nelson led the Bruins to an over- 2004 31-26 20-20 4th/4th all record of 45-10, finishing with a remarkable 31-6 2005 37-19 26-14 3rd/4th record in the SWAC . SLCC won hosting rights for the 2006 29-23 19-16 4th/4th Region 18 Baseball Championships by claiming the out- 2007 33-25 23-17 4th/4th right SWAC regular season title and the Bruins finished 2008 39-20 27-13 3rd/4th second at the District I Championships having claimed 2009 26-29 16-22 4th/4th hosting rights for that tournament as well . 2010 38-18 27-12 3rd/3rd DG was the 2012 Region 18 Coach of the Year and 2011 49-16 28-12 2nd/1st 2nd has coached two NJCAA All-Americans and 36 All-Re- 2012 45-10 33-8 1st/1st 2nd gion 18 players in his tenure . Coach Nelson places a 2013 35-19 23-13 3rd/4th high emphasis on academic success with his players as well, having coached one NJCAA Pinnacle Award win- ner (Austin Day, 4 .0 GPA, 2011), 15 NJCAA Superior Ac- ademic Achievement Award winners (3 .8-3 .99 GPA), 21 NJCAA Exemplary Award Winners (3 .6-3 .79 GPA) and a remarkable 62 Academic All-SWAC student-athletes .