2018 BASEBALL COUGAR BASEBALL QUICK FACTS THE UNIVERSITY COACHING STAFF LOCATION: Pullman, Wash. Head Coach Marty Lees 4 Associate Head Coach / Pitching Dan Spencer 5 AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I Assistant Coach Jim Horner 6 CONFERENCE: Pac-12 Volunteer Coach Kurt Lupinski 7 ENROLLMENT: 20,193 Undergraduate Assistant Coach Dugan Shirer 7 Undergraduate Assistant Coach Trek Stemp 7 NICKNAME: Cougars Support Staff 8 COLORS: Crimson and Gray 2018 SEASON PRESIDENT: Kirk H. Schulz Roster 10 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Patrick Chun Andres Alvarez 11 Cody Anderson 12 SWA: Anne McCoy Davis Baillie 13 FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Nancy Swanger A.J. Block 14 Derek Chapman 15 COUGAR BASEBALL Blake Clanton 16 HEAD COACH: Marty Lees JJ Hancock 17 RECORD AT WSU: 43-64 (3rd Season) Justin Harrer 18 Collin Maier 19 CAREER RECORD: Same Parker McFadden 20 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Dan Spencer (3rd Season) Cory Meyer 21 ASSISTANT COACH: Jim Horner (3rd Season) Issac Mullins 22 Dillon Plew 23 VOL. ASSISTANT COACH: Kurt Lupinski (1st Season) Ryan Ramsower 24 UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH: Dugan Shirer (1st Season) James Rudkin 25 UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH: Trek Stemp (1st Season) Danny Sinatro 26 Scotty Sunitsch 27 COORDINATOR OF OPERATIONS: Kristy Lees (3nd Season) Ryan Walker 28 STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH: Adam Thackery (2nd Season) Cal Waterman 29 ATHLETIC TRAINER: Andy Gepford (7th Season) Brody Barnum | Mason De La Cruz 30 Mathew Ellis | Will Heward 31 Collin Montez | Bryce Moyle 32 HOME FIELD: Bailey-Brayton Field (3,500) Conner Nantkes | Michael Newstrom 33 BASEBALL PHONE: (509) 335-0332 Dylan Orlando | Hayden Rosenkrantz 34 Wyatt Segle | Jack Smith 35 2017 OVERALL RECORD: 24-29 Nick Strange | Robert Teel 36 2017 PAC-12 RECORD: 10-20 (9th) Dustin Yates 37 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 18/9 HISTORY LINEUP RETURNERS/LOST: 8/1 2017 Season Statistics 40-42 WSU Baseball Hall of Fame 44-48 ROTATION RETURNERS/LOST: 2/1 College World Series 49 ALL-TIME RECORD: 2687-1740-17 Win-Loss Record by Year 50 Postseason Record | Coaching Records | No-Hitters 51 Win-Loss Record by Opponent 52 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Year-By-Year Results 53-66 BASEBALL CONTACT: Bobby Alworth Single-Game Records 68-69 Season Records 70-73 E-MAIL: [email protected] Career Records 74-75 PHONE: 509-335-5785 (W) | 951-452-6129 (C) National Honors | All-American | All-District 76 FAX: 509 335-0267 All-Conference First Team Honors 77 Academic Honors 78 ATHLETIC WEBSITE: www.wsucougars.com Player of the Week 79 All-Time Draft Picks 80-81 WASHINGTON STATE Administration 84-86 Media Information 87 1 2018 WASHINGTON STATE BAILEY-BRAYTON FIELD HISTORY CAPACITY: 3,500 The home of Cougar baseball is one of the classiest collegiate facilities in the country. The picturesque Bailey-Brayton Field, which seats 3,500 fans, sits on the edge of campus, just southeast of the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. The field opened at its current location in 1980, relocating after the Martin Stadium renovation which moved Mooberry Track to the site then occupied by the baseball field. In 1981, the already superb facility received an upgrade with the addition of an electronic scoreboard, which sits atop the left field fence. A $250,000 lighting project was completed in 1984, making Bailey Field one of the few NCAA college-owned facili- ties in the nation with lights. WSU defeated Washington 3-2 in the first night game. The “Walk of Fame” was added in 1988, which gave fans entering Bailey Field an historical look at WSU’s baseball tradition. From 1980 to 2000, the facility was known as Bailey Field. During a special rededication ceremony prior to the 2000 season, the field added the name of WSU’s all-time wins leader, skipper Chuck “Bobo” Brayton. In 2004, FieldTurf was implemented and in 2007, home plate was made all FieldTurf. In 2006, the addition of an indoor hitting / pitching facility was complete along with a new press box to house television and radio broadcasts. In 2010, a three-million dollar videoboard was added. In the fall of 2013, the Bailey-Brayton infield underwent a remodeling that included new logos and a FieldTurf mound. Washington State was believed to be the first school on the West Coast to have an artificial surface mound. In the summer of 2017, Bailey-Brayton Field received AstroTurf’s state-of-the-art Diamond Series playing surface, replacing the FieldTurf that was installed in 2004. 2 COUGAR BASEBALL COACHING STAFF 3 COACHING STAFF 2018 WASHINGTON STATE COACHING STAFF Marty LEES Head Coach 3rd Year 7 Marty Lees enters his third season at the helm of Washington State Baseball after COACHING CAREER being named the 15th head coach in program history in 2015. Prior to WSU, Lees 2016-Present WASHINGTON STATE spent the previous three seasons as the assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Head Coach Oklahoma State and the previous 11 at Oregon State. In those 14 years he coached 10 teams that reached the NCAA Tournament, including two national champions 2013-15 OKLAHOMA STATE with Oregon State (2006-07). Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Last season saw the Cougars up their win total from a season ago highlighted by a stretch that saw Washington State claim four straight Pac-12 Conference series 2002-12 OREGON STATE en route to a 24-29 campaign, including a 10-20 mark in league play. In year two Assistant Coach under Lees, WSU featured a lineup with six first-year players, recorded its highest batting average, scored the most runs and hit the most home runs since 2013 while EDUCATION posting the fourth-most doubles (105) in the Pac-12, the most by a Cougar team since Bachelor’s WESTERN OREGON, ‘94 2012. Washington State won four straight conference series for the first time since 1995, claiming series against No. 30 Washington, at Utah, Oregon and No. 28 UCLA, PERSONAL WSU’s first series win over the Bruins since 2009. The Cougars played well at Bailey- HOMETOWN: Lakeview, Ore. Brayton Field in 2017, posting a 20-10 mark for the best home record since the 2010 team went 20-5. Following the season, three players earn All-Pac-12 accolades led FAMILY: Wife, Kristy by third baseman Shane Matheny’s selection to the All-Pac-12 team while shortstop Children: Sons, Brandon, Brady and Jake Andres Alvarez and outfielder Justin Harrer each garnered honorable mention. In the classroom, six Cougars received Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention, the most since 2012. In June’s MLB Draft, three Cougars and a pair of WSU signees were selected in the MLB Draft. In 2016, his first season at WSU, Lees led the Cougars to series wins over No. 10 Oregon State and No. 14 University of Washington, giving WSU its first series win in Seattle since 2004. Washington State finished the 2016 campaign 19-35 including an 11-19 mark in Pac-12 Conference play while improving in batting average, runs scored and home runs from the season prior with a roster that featured just one senior. The Cougars recorded the second-most stolen bases in the Pac-12, led the league in stolen bases during conference play and tied for the most double plays turned against Pac-12 opponents. Lees saw three players earn All-Pac-12 Conference accolades led by second baseman Trek Stemp’s selection to the All- Pac-12 team and four players earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors. In the Major League Baseball Draft, Lees saw three Cougars drafted and four Cougar signees also picked by MLB clubs. Known as one of the best recruiters in college baseball, Lees and his staff put together a 2016 recruiting class that was ranked No. 28 by D1Baseball.com. In his final season with the Cowboys posted a 38-20 record, falling in the 2015 NCAA Stillwater Regional, the first time in his three seasons Oklahoma State did not advance to the Regional Championship game. Along with helping lead the Cowboys to the NCAA Louisville Regional final in 2013 and a Big 12 Conference championship and NCAA Super Regional appearance in 2014, Lees thrived as Oklahoma State’s recruiting coordinator. The Cowboys’ first class with Lees on board was ranked No. 4 nationally by Baseball America and No. 5 by Collegiate Baseball, and followed that with a 2014 class that was ranked No. 5 by Collegiate Baseball for the second- consecutive year. In January 2013, Lees came in at No. 6 on Baseball America’s list of the nation’s top 10 college assistant coaches; a list compiled from votes of 70 Division I head coaches across the country, as well as the input of more than a dozen scouts. As the coached 30 All-Pac-10/12 Conference performers and 10 All-Americans. Under his primary coach for OSU’s infielders, Lees coached 13 Cowboy infielders who have guidance, Darwin Barney was the 2005 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, while Chris earned All-Big 12 honors over the last three seasons, and in 2015, Oklahoma State Kunda was named the conference’s defensive player of the year in 2006. recorded a .975 fielding percentage. Lees also established himself as a top recruiter as each of his classes as Lees arrived at Oklahoma State after spending the previous 11 years on the recruiting coordinator ranked in the top 25 nationally. In 2008, the Beavers’ signed a coaching staff at Oregon State, including the final three (2010-12) as the Beavers’ class ranked No. 3, and Oregon State’s 2011 recruiting class ranked in the top 10 and associate head coach. Lees joined the Oregon State staff as a volunteer assistant in included Michael Conforto, who earned All-America honors as a freshman in 2012.