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Fax: 207-347 81GCU Baseball Address: 3300 W Camelback Rd Phoenix, AZ 8501 7 4 Head Coach Phone: 602/249-3300 6 Coaching Staff Enrollment: 3,011 Affiliation: NCAA Division II 7 2000 Season Outlook Conference: California Collegiate Athletic Association 8 Team Roster/Pronunciation Guide Facility: BrazellStadium (Capacity: 1,500) Player Profiles Colors: Purple/White 9 Nickname: Antelopes ('Lopes) 14 1999 Statistics Chancellor: Dr. Bill Williams 1999 Game Results President: Dr. Gil Stafford 15 Athletic Director 1999 CCAA Standings/ AII-CCAA Teams B. Keith Baker 16 602/589-2816 CCAA Opponent Profiles Sports Information Director 17 David Wahlstrom Phone: 602/589-2795 Fax: 589-2529 18 Non-Conference Opponent Profiles Baseball Head Coach Dr. Gil Stafford 19 2000 Junior Varsity Squad/Schedule Assistant Coaches E<lWolfe-602/589-2805 Dave Stapleton -6 02/589-2817 20 All-Time Series Records vs. Opponents Scott Snyder-602/589-2893 21 GCU Record Book 24 GCU Honor Roll 25 All-Time Roster 27 SalmonClubhouse/'L.opes in the Majors Sunday Uniform Dedication Credits Grand Canyon 28 University Baseball Guides are pro­ 50th Anniversary duced by David Wahlstrom ('97, '99), Sports Information Director, with concrihutions from athletic 29 Brazell Stadium director Keith Baker, student intern Randall Vanlandingham, 30 Athletics Staff Directory and the CCM SIDs. Art direction and design by Mark Whiten, 32 Team Photo/2000 Schedule Whiten Design. Photography by Focus Pocus. Printing by Preferred Printing and Graphics. GCU Baseball Ie Head Coach GIL STAFFORD Alma Mater:Arizona State University,1976 MA.: Arizona State University,19 79 Ph.D.: Trinity Collegeand TheologicalSeminary, 1998 Head CoachingTenure at GCU: 20th year O1,emllRe cord at GCU: 723-508-1 Dr. Gil Stafford enters his 20th and final season as head coach However, due to NCAA regulations, the team was unable to of the Grand Canyon University baseball program. Dr. Stafford compele in the postseason due to their transition from Division was selected by the GCU Board of Trustees to replace I tu Division II. Dr. Bill Williams as the President of the University Tn 1998, Stafford led Canyon baseball through its beginning on January 1, 2000. It is believed that this ninth and final season as a full-fledged NCM Divi­ is the first time in Collegiate history that a baseball sion I program. The 'Lopes won the Western Athletic coach has been the University's President while still Conference North Division title, posting a 28-27 coaching. record for the program , which was a Division I best Ac the end of chis season, Stafford will officially step for improvement from the year before, and advancing down as skipper of the Canyon Baseball program and to the WAC's postseason tournament , its first Division hand the reigns over to one-time player and current I poscseason appearance . Associate Head/Pitching Coach of the 'Lopes, Dave Stafford came to th e program in 1981, only the sec­ Stapleton .- ond coach in its history. Dr. Dave Brazell was Stafford's prede­ In his 19 seasons at the helm of the Antelopes, he has cap­ cessor, leading Canyon to its first NAIA national title in 1980 tured three NAIA National Championships, seven District and earning Coach of the Year honors in '79 and '80. Titles and six In his first season as Canyon's skipper, Stafford compiled a Area Titles. 56-20 record, which paved the way to an NAIA National Last season Championship and NAIA Coach of the Year accolades. Stafford took his Stafford's clubs followed up with a NATA national titles in program into 1982 and again in '86 . Overall, the 'Lopes have produced 11 transition ~ the winning seasons with Stafford at the reins. team moved to Before his coaching career began, Stafford also experienced the NCAA success as a player. A former Maryvale High School standout, Division II level. he passed on the opportunity to play collegiately afrer being In their first sca­ drafred out of high school by the Houston Astros. Afi:er two so n at the DII seasons in the Astros' furm system, Stafford was chosen in the level Stafford and supplemental draft by the Milwaukee Brewers, for whom he the 'Lopes posted played for three seasons. a 36-17 record to He worked toward both his Bachelor's degree in Education go along with ('76) and Mastds degree in Physical Education ('79) from their 29-10 Arizona State University during the off-seasons. This past sum­ CCAA record mer he earned his Doctorate in Christian Education from which was good Trinity College and Theological Seminary. enough for the It was while earning his Master's that Stafford broke into the CCAA regular coaching ranks as an assistant at Scottsdale's Arcadia High season crown. School. He then moved on to Coolidge High School, where he 01GCU Baseball THE STAFFORDFILE Year Record Pct. Coaching Achievements NAJA Di.strictVII Coachof the Year- 1981, '82, '86-90 1981 56-20 .737 NAJA Area II Coachof the Year - 1981, '82, '86-88, '90 1982 57-16 .781 NAIA Diamond Baseball Natwnal Coachof the Year- 1983 45-18 .714 1981, '82 Milestone Wins 1984 55-15 .786 1st: 2-12- 81 vs. Wichita Sc. (9-0) 1985 47-24 .662 25th: 3-21-81 vs. Northern Colorado (9-4) 50th: 5-22-8 1 vs. Sam 1986 55-18 .753 Houston , TX (2 1-0) 75th: 3-10-82 vs. Wyoming 1987 45-30 .600 (8-3) 100th: 4-30-82 vs. New helped co build a respectable program before coming co Mexico Stace (5-2) 1988 49-20 .710 200th: 3-30-84 @Texas-El Canyon. Paso (11-5) In addition to his baseball duties, Stafford served as the 1989 47-19 .742 300th: 4-19-86 @ Mesa Scace, university's Athletic Director from 1982-94, and co (8-6) 400th: 5-5-88 vs. New Mexico Executive Vice President of the University which he held 1990 43-27 .614 Highlands (8-3) up until chis past year. 500th: 2-2-91 vs. UC ­ Stafford resides in Buckeye with his wife, Cathy. They 1991 25-39 .391 Riverside (23-8) have two children: Neil (22) and Alicia (19). 600th: 4-29-94 @ Long Beach 1992 25-37 .403 Stace (8-5) 700 th: 2-28-99 @ San Francisco State (12-4) 1993 24-32 .427 .M41A.National Titles 1994 29-33-1 .468 l sc: 6-8-81 @ Lubbock, TX (de£ Winthrop, SC, 11-4) 2nd: 6-5-82 @ Lubbock, TX 1995 21-41 .339 (def. Lewis-Clark State, ID, 10-6) 1996 23-32 .418 3rd: 5-30-86 @ Lev.-·isron, ID (def.Lewis-Clark St., ID, 6-5, 10 1997 13-43 .232 inn.) NCAA Division 1,11 1998 28-27 .509 Conference Titles 1998: Western Athletic 1999 36-17 .679 Conference North Division 1999: California Collegiate Athletic Association Regular 723-508-1 .588 Season GCU Baseball 10 Associate Head/Pitching Coach Hitting Coach DAVE STAPLETON ED WOLFE Alma Mater: Grand(.,anyon Coll~g e, 1983 Alma Mater: Grand Canyon Coiiege,1986 CoachingTenure at GCU: 7th year CoachingTenure at GCU· 15th year Dave Stapleton begins his his name and number posted on Ed Wolfe enters his 15th sea- is a graduate of Glendale's seventh season as the pitching the Left Field wall at Brazell son as a member of the baseball Apollo High School and coach, and first as Stadium to commem- coaching staff.