VANDERBILT COMMODORES GAME NOTES Vanderbilt Athletic Communications H 2601 Jess Neely Dr. Nashville, TN 37212 Contact: Kyle Parkinson H Phone: 615.343.0020 H Email: [email protected] vucommodores.com H twitter: @vandybaseball

COMMODORES AT-A-GLANCE Illinois-Chicago Flames (3-1) at #9 Vanderbilt Commodores (4-0) Game #5 Home #2 Friday, Feb.21 H 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb.22 H 2 p.m. Streak...... W4 Sunday, Feb. 23 H 1 p.m. Home...... 1-0 Tuesday, Feb. 25 H Western Kentucky H 4 p.m. Road...... 3-0 Wednesday, Feb. 26 H Evansville H 4 p.m. Neutral...... 0-0 Day...... 3-0 VANDERBILT RE-VU Night...... 1-0 Vanderbilt won the home over Lipscomb 5-1 Wednesday night behind the strong pitching of Walker vs. RH starters...... 3-0 Buehler, who fanned six in five innings for the win. The Commodores opened the 2014 season with a three-game vs. LH starters...... 1-0 series sweep at Long Beach State. Vanderbilt finished the sweep with a 6-2 victory on Sunday behind starting Extra-Innings...... 0-0 Tyler Ferguson and freshman Bryan Reynolds. On Saturday, Jared Miller posted his best outing as a Com- Doubleheaders...... 0-0 modore with six scoreless innings in the Dores’ 6-0 win. Tyler Beede notched the victory on Opening Night with Shutouts...... 1-0 five innings and seven strikeouts in the Commodores’ 5-2 win. One-Run Games...... 0-0 ON THE BUMP Three+ Run Games...... 4-0 Friday, Feb. 21 Series W-L-T...... 1-0-0 RHP Tyler Beede (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Tomas Michelson (1-0, 1.17) Series Sweeps...... 1-0 On Artificial Turf...... 1-0 Saturday, Feb. 22 On Natural Grass...... 3-0 LHP Jared Miller (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Ian Lewandowski (1-0, 7.50) Scoring First...... 3-0 Opp. Scores First...... 1-0 Sunday, Feb. 23 Scoring 3+ runs...... 4-0 RHP Tyler Ferguson (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jack Andersen (0-0, 0.00) Opp. Scores 3+ runs...... 0-0 Hitting at least 1 HR...... 0-0 FLAMES AT THE HAWK Hitting no HR...... 4-0 Vanderbilt welcomes Illinois-Chicago back to Hawkins Field this weekend. This weekend’s series marks the third Making at least 1 error...... 4-0 time in the last four seasons the two teams have squared off in a weekend series. The Commodores swept the Making no errors...... 0-0 Flames last season and have won 11 straight in the series dating back to 2008. Last season’s series included Leading after 6 inn...... 4-0 an epic one-hit, 15-strikeout shutout from Kevin Ziomek in Friday night’s series opener and a walk-off, two-run Trailing after 6 inn...... 0-0 homer from Rhett Wiseman in the series finale on Sunday. UIC brings former Commodore Jack Lupo back to Nashville this weekend. Lupo is in his first season as the Flames’ volunteer assistant . Tied after 6 inn...... 0-0 Leading after 7 inn...... 4-0 SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK HONORS FOR REYNOLDS Trailing after 7 inn...... 0-0 Freshman Bryan Reynolds has been named the Southeastern Conference’s Freshman of the Week for his perfor- Tied after 7 inn...... 0-0 mance against Long Beach State on Opening Weekend. The freshman from Brentwood, Tenn. wasted no time Leading after 8 inn...... 4-0 collecting his first collegiate hit, ripping a single to right-center field as a in Friday night’s win. He Trailing after 8 inn...... 0-0 followed up with his first career start on Saturday going 2-for-4 with one RBI as the Dores’ . He saved Tied after 8 inn...... 0-0 the weekend’s best for last on Sunday leading the team with a 3-for-4 performance with two doubles and three vs. Top 5 Teams...... 0-0 RBI. He also added a run-saving, diving catch in the sixth inning to help VU preserve the lead. The vs. Top 10 Teams...... 0-0 wrapped up his first collegiate weekend 6-for-10 with two doubles and four RBI. He becomes the first Commo- vs. Top 25 Teams...... 0-0 dore since Conrad Gregor in 2010 to be named SEC Freshman of the Week. In the State of Tenn...... 1-0 vs. Out-of-State Opp...... 3-0 STRONG PITCHES On Weekdays...... 1-0 The Commodores’ pitching staff has been impressive through the team’s first four games allowing only one On Weekends...... 3-0 earned run in 36 innings for a 0.25 ERA entering this weekend’s series. All three weekend starting (Tyler Beede, Jared Miller & Tyler Ferguson) earned wins and dominated the Dirtbags for stretches with Miller retiring COMMODORES BROADCAST 14 straight at one point on Saturday and Beede and Ferguson having stretches of 13 straight retired. The staff’s Eric Jones calls the action on control has been sharp as well with only seven walks to go along with 34 strikeouts. VU has surrendered only vucommodores.com 17 hits entering the weekend (.137 BAA). Vanderbilt’s shutout in the second game of the season is the quickest beginning 15-minutes prior to since Vandy opened with a 9-0 win over Niagara in 2010. first pitch. vucommodores.com 1 COMMODORE NOTES Corbin by the BEEDE, B. MILLER PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS Juniors Tyler Beede and Brian Miller have both been named preseason All-Americans. Beede was Numbers tagged as a first team All-American by both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and 465 wins at Vanderbilt, give Baseball America. Miller earned a second team nod from the NCBWA. Both right-handers are coming off record-setting sophomore seasons for the Dores. Beede set the school record with 14 wins going him the second-most in school 14-1, including winning his first 11 starts. Miller saved a Vandy record 16 games and took over the top history. spot all-time at VU with 21 saves in just his second season in the Black & Gold. wins are the 438 LOTS COMING BACK BUT LOTS TO REPLACE second-most in the SEC The Vanderbilt roster welcomes back 18 lettermen from last year’s SEC championship squad. Half of those 18 lettermen reside on the Commodores’ pitching staff led by All-American Tyler Beede. The VU in the last 10 years. pitching staff returns 39 (72%) of the team’s 54 wins from last year, 413.1 (69%) of the team’s 596 in- 226 wins over the last five nings and 358 (69%) of the club’s 520 strikeouts in 2013. The Dores’ offense, however, does not return years ranks third in the SEC as much experience with six starters from last year’s lineup gone. Those six players (Tony Kemp, Mike Yastrzemski, Connor Harrell, Conrad Gregor, Spencer Navin and Jack Lupo) combined for 435 (62%) of during that span. the team’s 700 hits, 286 (62%) of the club’s 459 runs, 22 (54%) of the squad’s 41 home runs and 106 163 Commodores (76%) of the team’s 139 stolen bases. have been named SEC B. MILLER NAMED TO STOPPER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST All-Academic. Commodore Brian Miller was named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year watch list prior to the season. Miller is coming off the greatest season ever by a Vandy closer, saving a school record 16 145 MLB picks have been games as a sophomore. The Franklin, Tenn. native already holds the school’s all-time record with 21 spent on Corbin’s players and saves in his first two seasons. recruits, including 112 while COMMODORES ON TV THIS SEASON at VU. Vanderbilt will appear on television at least 11 times during the 2014 season. The Commodores will 23 Commodores have be one of the Southeastern Conference’s first TV games of the spring when LSU visits Hawkins Field on opening weekend of league play. The Dores and Tigers will play Saturday’s (March 15) game at earned All-American honors. 2:15 on Fox SportsNet. The following weekend the Commodores face another tall task, this time on 17 Dores have earned the road with a trip to Mississippi State. Vandy and the Bulldogs will play two games of the series on TV that weekend with Friday (March 21) night’s game being broadcast on CSS at 6:30 p.m. and Freshman All-American Saturday’s (March 22) game on ESPNU at 7:30 p.m. Vanderbilt returns home to take on Kentucky the honors. last weekend of March with Sunday’s (March 30) tilt against the Wildcats set for 1 p.m. on ESPNU. The Dores head east to take on Tennessee the next weekend with Saturday’s (April 5) game set for 6 9 trips to the NCAA p.m. on CSS. Arkansas hosts the Commodores April 18-20 with Sunday’s game set for noon on ESPN Tournament under Corbin. from Baum Stadium. Saturday’s game will air on Cox Sports Television at 6 p.m. The Dores wrap up Vanderbilt had made the April with a series at home against Georgia. Saturday’s (April 26) game is scheduled to air on CSS at 3 p.m. Head Coach Tim Corbin and the Commodores wrap up a tough week and the road portion of the tournament just three times SEC schedule with a trip to No. 23 Florida in early May. The Dores and Gators will battle on Thursday prior to his arrival. (May 8) night as part of ESPNU’s Thursday night SEC package. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The series finale will also be broadcast on TV and is slated for 11 a.m. on FSN. Vanderbilt’s season 8 Vanderbilt players have finale against South Carolina on May 17 will air on CBS Sports Network at 2 p.m. been picked in the first round of the MLB Draft, including 5 in the top ten picks. National Award Watch Lists Commodore Weekly Winners 4 Super Regionals in the Player (Pos.) Award Player (Pos.) Honor Date Brian Miller (P) NCBWA Stopper of the Year J. Miller (P) TSWA Pitcher of Week 2/17 Corbin-Era are the only four in Tyler Beede (P) Golden Spikes B. Reynolds (OF) SEC Freshman of the Week 2/17 VU history. 1 MLB first round pick has pitched in the weekend rotation in every season since Corbin’s arrival.

2 vucommodores.com COMMODORE NOTES COMMODORES TABBED SECOND IN SEC EAST Commodores In The Pros The Southeastern Conference’s 14 coaches have picked Vanderbilt to finish second in the league’s East division behind South Carolina. The Commodores received five first place votes in the East with Player (Years at VU) Team the Gamecocks picking up the other nine. Florida was selected to finish third with Kentucky, Tennes- Pedro Alvarez (06-08) Pittsburgh see, Georgia and Missouri rounding out the East division. In the West, LSU finished just ahead of Mississippi State despite the Bulldogs receiving seven first place votes to the Tigers’ six. Arkansas Jack Armstrong (09-11) Houston was voted to finish fifth followed by Ole Miss and Auburn. South Carolina was also selected as the favorite to win the league title with five votes but LSU (4), Mississippi State (4) and Vanderbilt (1) all Mike Baxter (04-05) Los Angeles (NL) received votes. Russell Brewer (08-10) Colorado

HEDMAN, MACIAS JOIN VANDY STAFF Matt Buschmann (03-06) Oakland The Commodores added Drew Hedman and former Commodore David Macias to the coaching staff. Hedman begins his coaching career as the Dores’ volunteer assistant coach after playing profession- Curt Casali (08-11) Tampa Bay ally in the Boston Red Sox organization. Hedman was the Division III Player of the Year in 2009 as a Nick Christiani (06-09) Cincinnati senior at Pomona College and was a high school teammate of former Commodore Aaron Westlake. Macias serves as the team’s news strength and conditioning coach after playing and working in the Will Clinard (09-12) Detroit Chicago Cubs organization for the last five years. He was a first team All-SEC player in 2008 and played a vital role on Vanderbilt’s legendary 2007 team. Caleb Cotham (08-09) New York (AL) Jason Esposito (09-11) Baltimore VU RECRUITING CLASS TABBED 20TH After back-to-back top-ranked classes the Commodores’ freshman class was ranked 20th by Baseball Ryan Flaherty (06-08) Baltimore America this fall. Tullahoma, Tenn. right-hander Jordan Sheffield highlights the 15-man class. The class has also proved to be extremely versatile with multiple players working at multiple positions Grayson Garvin (09-11) Tampa Bay during the fall and early spring. Nolan Rogers has logged time in the outfield as well as second base. Sonny Gray (09-11) Oakland Switch hitters Ro Coleman, Bryan Reynolds and Aubrey McCarty have all seen time in the infield and outfield. McCarty also brings the unique ability to pitch with both arms. Lefty John Kilichowski and Conrad Gregor (11-13) Houston right-hander Hayden Stone add depth to an already deep VU bullpen. Jason Delay and Karl Ellison will push junior Chris Harvey behind the plate. Anthony Gomez (09-12) Miami Connor Harrell (10-13) Detroit FORMER DORES IN MLB POSTSEASON Vanderbilt was well represented this past fall in ’s postseason with five former Drew Hayes (08-10) Cincinnati Commodores making the playoffs. Pitchers David Price, Mike Minor, Sonny Gray and Nick Christiani Taylor Hill (08-11) Washington joined Pedro Alvarez in the postseason. Price helped Tampa Bay to the American League wild card and into the American League Division Series against eventual World Series champ Bryan Johns (10-11) Boston Boston. Minor pitched the into the postseason as the National League East Division champions. Gray joined the A’s late in the season and pitched well in two postseason games for Tony Kemp (11-13) Houston Oakland in ALDS against Detroit, including eight scoreless innings against Justin Verlander in Game Mark Lamm (08-11) Atlanta 2. Alvarez starred for the Pittsburgh Pirates all season as an All-Star and into the postseason in the NLDS. Steven Liddle (07-09) Minnesota

CORBIN CLOSING IN ON 500 WINS AT VANDERBILT Mike Minor (07-09) Atlanta Head Coach Tim Corbin enters the 2014 season with 465 wins at Vanderbilt. Only long time Vandy Navery Moore (09-11) Atlanta skipper Roy Mewbourne has more wins on West End than Corbin with 655 over his 24 seasons. Corbin’s winning percentage of .655 is the best among VU coaches with over 50 games. Spencer Navin (11-13) Los Angeles (NL)

Drafted Commodores David Price (05-07) Tampa Bay Round Year Team Tyler Beede 1st 2011 Toronto Antoan Richardson (04-05) New York (AL) Walker Buehler 14th 2012 Pittsburgh Ro Coleman 40th 2013 Chicago (AL) Sam Selman (09-12) Kansas City Tyler Ferguson 40th 2012 San Francisco Carson Fulmer 15th 2012 Boston Drew VerHagen (2012) Detroit Aubrey McCarty 36th 2013 San Francisco John Norwood 12th 2011 Toronto Aaron Westlake (08-11) Detroit T.J. Pecoraro 48th 2010 Houston Corey Williams (10-11) Minnesota Adam Ravenelle 44th 2011 New York (AL) Jordan Sheffield 13th 2013 Boston Mike Yastrzemski (10-13) Baltimore Dansby Swanson 38th 2012 Colorado Xavier Turner 34th 2012 Boston Kevin Ziomek (11-13) Detroit Rhett Wiseman 25th 2012 Chicago (NL) vucommodores.com 3 HEAD COACH TIM CORBIN Head Coach Tim Corbin begins his 12th season Vanderbilt program has earned him respect among the college and international baseball at the helm of the Vanderbilt baseball program. communities. In the summer of 2006 he managed the USA Baseball National Team to a During his tenure Corbin has turned the Commo- 28-2-1 record that culminated with a gold medal finish at the FISU (International University dores into a national power and taken the program Sports Federation) World University Championship in Havana, Cuba. The .919 winning to unprecedented success leading Vanderbilt to the percentage set a new national team high and it garnered special recognition by the United College World Series for the first time in 2011. States Olympic Committee. Corbin’s overall record of 465-229 (.670) is In 2006, he led a youthful Commodore squad to a 38-27 record and sixth-place finish second all-time in terms of wins at Vanderbilt, and in the rugged Southeastern Conference. The team was the youngest team in the league, first in terms of winning percentage for coaches with seven everyday starters being freshmen or sophomores. For the second time in three with 100 games or more. seasons, Corbin guided the team to the SEC Tournament Championship game and the For the second time in his career Corbin was young squad also gained valuable NCAA experience after advancing to the championship named the SEC Coach of the Year by the league’s round of the Atlanta Regional. The 2006 team posted impressive series wins over College coaches after the Commodores posted one of the World Series participant Georgia, Super Regional participants South Carolina and Ole best seasons in school history in 2013. The Com- Miss, and took series on the road against Florida and LSU. The team handed LSU its worst modores matched the school record with a 54-12 conference loss at home in school history in the process. mark and smashed the Southeastern Conference In 2004, Corbin not only directed the Commodores to their first NCAA Tournament record, finishing the conference slate an amazing appearance in 24 years, he guided them to their first-ever Super Regional as they swept 26-3. Vanderbilt won every series during the through the Charlottesville Regional with victories over George Mason, Princeton and host regular season, including nine series sweeps. The Virginia. In the Super Regional, they fell to the eventual national runner-up, Texas, but still squad outscored opponents by an average of 8.2-3.9 runs per game with the pitching staff carved out a piece of history as the first team in NCAA baseball history to make it that far turning in a sub 3.00 ERA for the second time in three seasons. Five Commodores earned one year after having finished with a sub-.500 record. Along the way Vanderbilt racked All-American honors led by first team All-Americans Tony Kemp and Tyler Beede. Kemp up 45 wins, was the only team to rank among the SEC’s top five in earned run average became just the second Commodore in history to be named SEC Player of the Year and just (first), average (fourth) and fielding percentage (first) and finished with a .703 the third in league history to win both Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year awards winning percentage, which was third-best in the highly competitive conference, which in his career. Over the summer, Beede pitched for Team USA to become the 12th Vanderbilt sent nine schools to the NCAA Tournament. The Commodores’ school-record .978 fielding player to don the Stars & Stripes. percentage was second in the nation, and their 30 error-free games were 11 more than the The Commodores’ SEC regular season championship was the team’s second in three previous season. years and third under Corbin. For the fourth time in five years the Dores played in the SEC His first Vanderbilt team in 2003 finished 27-28 overall and 14-16 in the SEC, good Championship game and made their eighth straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament enough for second in the Eastern Division. It earned a conference tournament berth with hosting Regionals for the third time in school history and Super Regionals for the second a season-ending sweep of Tennessee capped by a dramatic ninth-inning rally in the series time. finale. The overall and conference victory totals were the most by a first-year Vanderbilt The 2012 Vanderbilt Commodores overcame a slow start to the season to post the coach and were made more impressive by the fact that the Commodores were 12-5 in one- team’s seventh straight trip to the postseason. The Dores finished the season as one of the run games. That squad set then school records for fielding percentage (.972), fewest errors hottest teams in the nation winning four of the last four SEC series of the regular season, in a season (60), most saves in a season (15) and fewest walks allowed in a season (168). including series victories over No. 3 Kentucky and at No. 4 LSU. Vanderbilt rolled into the The team notched series victories over nationally-ranked conference foes LSU, Auburn and SEC Tournament having won 12 of the last 15 regular season games. Corbin guided the Florida, each among the top 15 at the time. Plus, on May 6, 2003, Vanderbilt recorded the Commodores to the championship game for the sixth time in nine trips, losing to a red-hot first perfect game in school history, which was a collective effort. Four different pitchers Mississippi State team in the final. Vanderbilt made the NCAA Tournament with a trip to contributed to the 4-0 victory over Western Kentucky. the Raleigh Regional finishing runner-up to host NC State to end the season 35-28. Corbin, along with his coaching staff, are a tireless group that saw their recruiting For the second consecutive season (2011-12) the Commodores’ freshman class was efforts pay in 2005, 2011 and 2012 as their recruiting class was labeled the nation’s best tabbed as the nation’s best by Baseball America, becoming the first school in the poll’s by Baseball America. Professional baseball has also taken notice of the program with eight 13-year history to post back-to-back top classes. Vanderbilt’s 2012 freshman class was the Commodores being selected in the first round since 2003. unanimous top class, also picking up the honor from Collegiate Baseball. Since Corbin’s Before Corbin was hired as the 21st coach in program history, Vanderbilt had not arrival in 2003, Vanderbilt has earned three top-ranked recruiting classes (2005) and is the earned a spot in the conference tournament in a decade but made the post-season only school in the nation to have more than two top classes. tournament in 2004. During the 2004 regular season, Vanderbilt swept a series against In 2012, one of Corbin’s prize pupils, David Price, was named the American League Cy Mississippi State for the first time. It was one of three conference whitewashes and one Young Award winner. Price was the top overall pick by Tampa Bay in 2007 after a stellar of five series wins in all. His efforts earned him the 2004 Vanderbilt Coach of the Year career at Vanderbilt. The southpaw went 20-5 with a 2.56 ERA and 205 strikeouts over 211 award and a nomination for the Nashville Sports Council’s Sports Person of the Year. Plus, innings for the Rays to become the first Commodore to win the Cy Young. a school-record five players were named to the SEC All-Tournament team, five players The Commodores’ magical run to Omaha saw several school records equaled or were drafted on the first day and seven VU players in all were chosen in the Major League passed. VU won 54 games to match the school record set in 2007 and set the SEC record Baseball Draft, topped by No. 6 overall pick, pitcher Jeremy Sowers. with 12 players selected in the Major League Baseball draft. Hawkins Field hosted the Corbin came to Vanderbilt following nine seasons as an assistant coach at baseball NCAA Regional round for just the second time in history and Super Regionals for the first power Clemson. During his time there (1994-2002), the Tigers had more victories than all time with the Dores sweeping through both rounds en route to the College World Series. but four programs. Individual awards supplemented the team’s success with Grayson Garvin earning SEC Prior to his tenure at Clemson, Corbin was head coach at Presbyterian College for six Pitcher of the Year and Tony Kemp picking up SEC Freshman of the Year honors. Garvin seasons beginning in 1988. There he restarted a baseball program that had been dormant became the second VU pitcher to earn the prestigious league award joining David Price, for several years. while Kemp is the second Commodore to be named the league’s freshman of the year along with Pedro Alvarez. All four awards have come under Corbin’s watch. Sonny Gray, Jason Esposito, Aaron Westlake and Garvin all garnered All-American honors with Kevin The Tim Corbin File Ziomek, T.J. Pecoraro, Conrad Gregor and Kemp being named Freshmen All-American The 2010 Commodores racked up the second-most wins in school history finishing the year with a 46-20 mark, eventually falling at Florida State in the third game of the Super Personal Regional. In order to get to Florida State the team advanced out of the Louisville regional, Full Name: ...... Timothy Carter Corbin a place that saw the Dores’ 2009 season end. During the regular season, Corbin led the Born: ...... August 5, 1961 in Wolfeboro, N.H. Commodores to a 16-12 mark, good enough for third in the Southeastern Conference East Hometown: ...... Wolfeboro, N.H. division behind Florida and eventual national champion South Carolina. The 2008 draft saw eight Commodores selected, highlighted by Pedro Alvarez who was Family: ...... Wife: Maggie Daughters: Molly and Hannah taken with the second overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Vanderbilt became the first school in draft history to have the first overall pick (David Price in 2007) and second overall Education pick in consecutive drafts. College: ...... Ohio Wesleyan In 2007, Corbin guided the Commodores to their best season ever, finishing with a school record 54 wins. The team also achieved a No. 1 national ranking for the first time in Degrees: ...... Master of Arts in Athletic Administration, 1986 school history and held that honor for 13-of-15 weeks during the regular season...... Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education, 1984 The Vanderbilt baseball team also swept through the Southeastern Conference, win- ning both the regular season and tournament crown for the first time ever and it marked Coaching Experience the first time an SEC team had done it since 1996. The team lost only one conference series the entire season against SEC West Division winner Arkansas in Fayetteville and 2003-Present ...... Vanderbilt Head Coach avenged the series loss by defeating the Razorbacks in the SEC tournament title game. 2001-02 ...... Clemson Associate Head Coach The conference recognized Corbin for the work he had done, naming him SEC Coach 1998-2001 ...... Clemson Assistant Head Coach of the Year. Corbin also picked up Co-National Coach of the Year honors from College 1994-98 ...... Clemson Assistant Coach Baseball Insider and regional Coach of the Year honors by the American Baseball Coaches Association. 1988-93 ...... Presbyterian College Head Coach The Commodores hosted their first-ever NCAA regional as the No. 1 National Seed 1987 ...... Wofford Assistant Coach and arrived as a power in college baseball. Corbin’s success and methods of running the 1985-86 ...... Ohio State Graduate Assistant Coach

4 vucommodores.com NATIONAL RANKINGS Baseball America USA Today/ESPN Collegiate Baseball NCBWA Perfect Game (Week 1) (Preseason) (Week 1) (Week 1) (Week 1)

1. Virginia 2-1 1. Cal State Fullerton 1. Cal. St. Fullerton 2-1 1. Oregon State 3-0 1. Virginia 2-1 2. Oregon State 3-0 2. LSU 2. Mississippi St. 2-1 2. Cal State Fullerton 2-1 2. Cal State Fullerton 2-1 3. Cal State Fullerton 2-1 3. Oregon State 3. Louisiana St. 3-0 3. Florida State 3-0 3. Oregon State 3-0 4. Florida State 3-0 4. Mississippi State 4. Oregon St. 3-0 4. Virginia 2-1 4. Florida State 3-0 5. South Carolina 3-0 5. Florida State 5. Florida St. 3-0 5. LSU 3-0 5. Mississippi State 2-1 6. North Carolina State 0-1 6. Virginia 6. Oregon 3-0 6. Vanderbilt 3-0 7. South Carolina 3-0 7. Mississippi State 2-1 7. Oregon 7. Louisville 2-1 7. Mississippi State 2-1 7. UCLA 2-1 8. Louisiana State 3-0 8. Vanderbilt 8. Vanderbilt 3-0 8. Oregon 3-0 8. Oregon 3-0 9. Vanderbilt 3-0 9. North Carolina State 9. Virginia 2-1 9. South Carolina 3-0 9. Vanderbilt 3-0 10. Indiana 1-3 10. UCLA 10. South Carolina 3-0 10. UCLA 2-1 10. Indiana 1-3 11. Oregon 3-0 11. Indiana 11. Miami, Fla. 2-1 11. Rice 2-1 11. N.C. State 0-1 12. UCLA 2-1 12. North Carolina 12. North Carolina 1-1 12. NC State 0-1 12. Louisiana State 3-0 13. Clemson 2-1 13. Louisville 13. N.C. State 0-1 13. Louisville 2-1 13. North Carolina 1-1 14. Louisiana-Lafayette 3-1 14. South Carolina 14. UCLA 2-1 14. North Carolina 1-1 14. Clemson 2-1 15. Rice 2-1 15. Rice 15. Indiana 1-3 15. Clemson 2-1 15. Florida 2-1 16. Miami 2-1 16. Clemson 16. Florida 2-1 16. Indiana 1-3 16. Louisville 2-1 17. North Carolina 1-1 17. Miami (FL) 17. Rice 2-1 17. Miami (Fla.) 2-1 17. Rice 2-1 18. Texas 2-2 18. Oklahoma State 18. Oklahoma St. 3-0 18. Oklahoma State 3-0 18. Arizona State 2-1 19. Texas Christian 2-1 19. Arizona State 19. Texas Christian 2-1 19. Arizona State 2-1 19. Texas A&M 3-0 20. Louisville 2-1 20. Florida 20. Clemson 2-1 20. Florida 2-1 20. Miami (Fla.) 2-1 21. Alabama 2-1 21. Kansas State 21. Arizona St. 2-1 21. Texas A&M 3-0 21. Alabama 2-1 22. Cal Poly 3-0 22. Texas 22. Louisiana-Lafayette 3-1 22. Cal Poly 3-0 22. Cal Poly 3-0 23. Florida 2-1 23. TCU 23. Arizona 2-1 23. TCU 2-1 23. Oklahoma State 3-0 24. Texas A&M 3-0 24. Louisiana-Lafayette 24. Texas A&M 3-0 24. La.-Lafayette 3-1 24. Florida Atlantic 2-1 25. Arkansas 3-0 25. Stanford 25. Texas 2-2 25. Arkansas 3-0 25. Kentucky 2-1 26. Cal. Poly 3-0 26. Ole Miss 3-0 27. Mississippi 3-0 27. Alabama 2-1 28. Alabama 2-1 28. Texas Tech 3-1 29. Nevada-Las Vegas 4-0 29. Oklahoma 2-1 30. Texas Tech 3-1 30. Kentucky 2-1

Commodores Week-By-Week in the Polls

Baseball America USA Today/ESPN Collegiate Baseball NCBWA Perfect Game Preseason...... 10...... 8...... 9...... 10...... 11 Week 1 - 2/17...... 9...... 8...... 6...... 9 Week 2 - 2/24 Week 3 - 3/3 Week 4 - 3/10 Week 5 - 3/17 Week 6 - 3/24 Week 7 - 3/31 Week 8 - 4/7 Week 9 - 4/14 Week 10 - 4/21 Week 11 - 4/28 Week 12 - 5/5 Week 13 - 5/12 Week 14 - 5/19 Week 15 - 5/26 FINAL vucommodores.com 5 HITTERS NOTES PROJECTED LINEUP PLAYER NOTES HITTERS HI/LO

MULTI-HIT GAMES C 44 Chris Harvey - Junior 2 Tyler Campbell 2-HITS: Norwood 2, Wiel 2, Reynolds 1, GP-GS: 3-3 AVG: .222 HR: 0 RBI: 0 GP-GS: 0-0 AVG: .000 HR: 0 RBI: 0 Harvey 1 Junior backstop posted seven extra-base hits in limited action last Posted strong summer in NECBL. season. 3-HITS: Turner 1, Reynolds 1 5 Jason Delay 4-HITS: 1B 43 Zander Wiel - RS-Sophomore GP-GS: 2-1 AVG: .250 HR: 0 RBI: 0 First collegiate hit, single, vs. LIP 2/19. GP-GS: 4-4 AVG: .429 HR: 0 RBI: 3 5-HITS: Drove in three runs vs. LIP 2/19. All-SEC Freshman finished strong 6 Drake Parker MULTI-RBI GAMES first season hitting .305 with five homers and 27 RBI. GP-GS: 0-0 AVG: .000 HR: 0 RBI: 0 2-RBI: Turner 1, Conde 1 Speedy freshman . 2B 7 Dansby Swanson - Sophomore 3-RBI: Reynolds 1, Wiel 1 GP-GS: 4-4 AVG: .250 HR: 0 RBI: 2 8 Rhett Wiseman 4-RBI: Injury-shortened freshman campaign held him to just 11 games in GP-GS: 0-0 AVG: .000 HR: 0 RBI: 0 2013. Sophomore out with injured shoulder. 5-RBI:

HOME RUNS 3B 9 Xavier Turner - Sophomore 16 Penn Murfee SOLO: GP-GS: 4-4 AVG: .313 HR: 0 RBI: 3 GP-GS: 0-0 AVG: .000 HR: 0 RBI: 0 Freshman All-American notched big first year despite playing all Smooth fielding freshman from Nashville. 2-R: season with a broken elbow. 23 Will Cooper 3-R: SS 3 Vince Conde - Junior GP-GS: 1-1 AVG: .000 HR: 0 RBI: 0 MULTI-HR: Junior back after injury-marred soph. season. GP-GS: 4-4 AVG: .231 HR: 0 RBI: 3 INDIVIDUAL BATTERS GAME BESTS Smooth fielding SS posted big junior season hitting .307 with six 25 Karl Ellison MOST AT-BATS homers and 44 RBI. GP-GS: 0-0 AVG: .000 HR: 0 RBI: 0 VU: *5, Xavier Turner, 2/16 @LBSU OPP: *4, Four Tied, 2/16 @LBSU Offense-first with big upside. LF 20 Bryan Reynolds - Freshman MOST HITS GP-GS: 4-3 AVG: .462 HR: 0 RBI: 5 36 Aubrey McCarty VU: 3, Turner, Reynolds, 2/16 @LBSU SEC Freshman of the Week went 6-for-10 with two doubles and four GP-GS: 0-0 AVG: .000 HR: 0 RBI: 0 OPP: *2, Michael Hill, 2/15 @LBSU RBI in first three collegiate games. Switch hitter and switch pitcher. MOST RUNS VU: 2, Xavier Turner, 2/15 @LBSU CF Nolan Rogers - Freshman 39 Kyle Smith OPP: 1, Josh Lee, 2/19 vs. LIP GP-GS: 4-4 AVG: .167 HR: 0 RBI: 2 GP-GS: 0-0 AVG: .000 HR: 0 RBI: 0 Hit four homers in 22 games as a freshman. MOST RBI Versatile player can play 2B and OF. VU: *3, Zander Wiel, 2/19 vs. LIP OPP: 2, Richard Prigatano, 2/14 @LBSU RF 10 John Norwood - Junior 55 Tyler Green GP-GS: 0-0 AVG: .000 HR: 0 RBI: 0 GP-GS: 4-4 AVG: .286 HR: 0 RBI: 1 MOST HOME RUNS Big, physical player can play IF and OF. VU: Two two-hit games in first three. OPP:

DH 1 Ro Coleman - Freshman MOST WALKS GP-GS: 4-3 AVG: .188 HR: 0 RBI: 0 VU: *1, Four Tied, 2/19 vs. LIP OPP: *1, Sistrunk, Massey, 2/19 vs. LIP Speedy, switch hitting freshman from Chicago. MOST STRIKEOUTS VU: *2, Vince Conde, 2/16 @LBSU COMMODORES LINEUP OPP: *2, Five Tied, 2/19 vs. LIP Starts by position C: Harvey 3, Delay 1 1st: Coleman 3, Swanson 1 * occured multiple times, last listed 1B: Wiel 4 2nd: Swanson 3, Rogers 1 2B: Swanson 4 3rd: Turner 4 3B: Turner 4 4th: Wiel 4 SS: Conde 4 5th: Rogers 2, Conde 1, Reynolds 1 LF: Reynolds 3, Cooper 1 6th: Conde 3, Rogers 1 CF: Rogers 4 7th: Reynolds 2, Norwood 2 RF: Norwood 4 8th: Norwood 2, Harvey 1, Delay 1 DH: Coleman 3, Beede 1 9th: Harvey 2, Cooper 1, Beede 1

6 vucommodores.com PITCHERS NOTES PROBABLE STARTERS PITCHERS HI/LO

RHP 13 Walker Buehler - Sophomore STARTERS LOG G-GS: 2-1 W-L: 1-0 ERA: 1.12 IP: 8.0 BB: 3 K: 7 TEAM W-L QS RS Last Start: 2/19 vs. LIP, W, 5.0 IP, 4, 1R/0ER, 2 BB, 6 K Beede 1-0 0 5.0 Punched out six over five innings against Lipscomb 2/19 in his first start of the season. Starred as a true fresh- J. Miller 1-0 1 6.0 man pitching in 16 games, nine starts, and going 4-3 with a 3.14 ERA. Ferguson 1-0 0 6.0 Buehler 1-0 0 5.0 RHP 11 Tyler Beede - Junior G-GS: 1-1 W-L: 1-0 ERA: 0.00 IP: 5.0 BB: 1 K: 7 INDIVIDUAL PITCHERS GAME BESTS Last Start: 2/14 @LBSU, W, 5.0 IP, 1 H, 1R/0ER, 1 BB, 7 K MOST INNINGS PITCHED, STARTER Retired the final 13 batters he faced and struck out seven in season opening victory. All-American is one of na- VU: 6.0, Jared Miller, 2/15 @LBSU tion’s premier pitchers after finishing sophomore season 14-1 to set school record and lead the nation in wins. OPP: 8.0, Ian Martinez-McGraw, 2/19 vs. LIP Right-hander was one of three finalists for the Golden Spikes Award last season. LHP 28 Jared Miller - Junior MOST INNINGS PITCHED, RELIEVER VU: *3.0, Carson Fulmer, 2/15 @LBSU G-GS: 1-1 W-L: 1-0 ERA: 0.00 IP: 6.0 BB: 0 K: 4 Last Start: 2/15 @LBSU, W, 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0R/0ER, 0 BB, 4 K OPP: 4.1, Cody Marshall, 2/15 @LBSU Dominated over six innings for victory, retiring 14 straight at one point at Long Beach State. Big lefty posted a big summer in the Cape Cod League with Orleans. Appeared in 22 games out of the bullpen last season - the MOST WALKS most of any Vandy left-hander - posting a 2.31 ERA and going 2-1. VU: *2, Walker Buehler, 2/19 vs. LIP OPP: 4, Ian Martinez-McGraw, 2/19 vs. LIP RHP 45 Tyler Ferguson - Sophomore G-GS: 1-1 W-L: 1-0 ERA: 0.00 IP: 5.1 BB: 0 K: 3 MOST STRIKEOUTS Last Start: 2/16 @LBSU, W, 5.1, 1 H, 2R/0ER, 0 BB, 3 K VU: 7, Tyler Beede, 2/14 @LBSU Cruised through five innings before hitting a bump in the sixth but still earned the victory at Long Beach State. OPP: 5, Nick Sabo, 2/14 @LBSU Sophomore notched a solid first collegiate season in 2013 going 3-1 with a 4.21 ERA in eight games, four starts. MOST HBP PITCHING BREAKDOWN VU: 2, Tyler Ferguson, 2/16 @LBSU W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB-I SO OPP: *2, Ian Martinez-McGraw, 2/19 vs. LIP Starters 4-0 0.00 21.1 7 4 0 3-0 20 Relievers 0-0-1 0.61 14.2 10 1 1 4-0 14 FEWEST HITS, CG VU: RELIEVER NOTES OPP: 7, Ian Martinez-McGraw, 2/19 vs. LIP -----Season Totals----- Pitcher Last Relief App. IP H R ER BB SO HR RI/S RI/S SV Ret./1BF (BB) FEWEST WALKS, CG Ben Bowden 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 (0) VU: Walker Buehler 2/14 @LBSU 3.0+ 4 1 1 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/1 (0) OPP: 4, Ian Martinez-McGraw, 2/19 vs. LIP Carson Fulmer S, 2/15 @LBSU 3.0 2 0 0 1 5 0 0/0 0/0 1 1/1 (0) Ryan Johnson 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 (0) * occured multiple times, last listed John Kilichowski 2/16 @LBSU 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1/1 (0) Brian Miller 2/19 vs. LIP 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/1 0 3/3 (0) T.J. Pecoraro 2/16 @LBSU 0.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2/2 2/2 0 0/1 (0) Adam Ravenelle 2/19 vs. LIP 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0/0 3/0 0 2/2 (0) Steven Rice 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 (0) Jordan Sheffield 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 (0) Luke Stephenson 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 (0) Hayden Stone 2/19 vs. LIP 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 1/1 (0) TEAM TOTALS 8/3 (38%) 1 8/10 (0)

CATCHERS LOG TEAM W-L CS/SBA PB ERA Delay 1-0 1/2 (50%) 0 0.00 (0ER/11.0IC) Ellison 0-0 0/0 (0%) 0 -.-- (0ER/0.0IC) Harvey 3-0 2/6 (33%) 0 0.36 (1ER/25.0IC) TEAM 4-0 3/8 (38%) 0 0.25 (1ER/36.0IC) vucommodores.com 7 MISCELLANEOUS STATS Commodores TEAM Opponents 11, 2/14 @LBSU...... Most Runners LOB ...... 8, 2/16 @LBSU 1, twice, last 2/15 @LBSU...... Double Plays Turned...... 2, 2/14 @LBSU...... Most Errors Committed...... 3, 2/14 @LBSU 6, 2/15 @LBSU...... Largest Margin of Victory...... 6, twice, last 2/16 @LBSU...... Most Runs, Game...... 2, 2/14 @LBSU 5 (3rd), 2/15 @LBSU...... Most Runs, Inning...... 1 (9th), twice, last 2/14 @LBSU ...... Most Home Runs, Game...... Most Home Runs, Inning...... 13, 2/16 @LBSU...... Most Hits, Game...... 5, 2/14 @LBSU 6, 2/15 @LBSU...... Most Hits, Inning...... 2 (7th), twice, last 2/16 @LBSU 6, 2/14 @LBSU...... Fewest Hits, Game...... 3, 2/15 @LBSU 4, 2/14 @LBSU...... Most Walks Drawn, Game...... 2, three times, last 2/19 vs. LIP 1, twice, last 2/16 @LBSU...... Fewest Walks Drawn, Game...... 1, 2/15 @LBSU 8, 2/15 @LBSU...... Most Strikeouts (Hitters), Game...... 12, 2/19 vs. LIP 3, twice, last 2/19 vs. LIP...... Fewest Strikeouts (Hitters), Game...... 4, 2/16 @LBSU

Longest Game, Innings...... 9, several times Longest Game, Time (9 inn.): 3:40, 2/14 @LBSU...... Seven-Inning Game: ...... Extra-inning Game: Shortest Game, Time (9 inn.): 2:18, 2/19 vs. LIP...... Seven-Inning Game: ...... Extra-inning Game: Largest Home Crowd...... 2,451 - 2/19 vs. LIP Largest Road Crowd...... 1,572 - 2/14 @LBSU Longest Winning Streak...... 3, 2/14-16 Longest Losing Streak...... Consecutive Errorless Games......

Runs by Inning Comeback Wins Road Home Neutral Date/Opp. Score Final VU INN. OPP VU INN. OPP VU INN. OPP 2/14 @LBSU 1-0 (1st) 5-2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 3 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 Blown Leads Date/Opp. Score Final 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 5 0 1 5 0 0 5 0 1 6 2 0 6 0 0 6 0 4 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 1 8 0 0 8 0 1 9 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 X 1 0 X 0 0 X 0 17 TOTAL 4 5 TOTAL 1 0 TOTAL 0

Commodores Record when they score: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Commodores Record when opponent scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Record by Months Record by Days Home Road Total Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun. February 1-0 3-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 March 0-0 0-0 0-0 April 0-0 0-0 0-0 May 0-0 0-0 0-0 June 0-0 0-0 0-0

8 vucommodores.com LAST TIME IT HAPPENED... A Vanderbilt Team... Won 10 or more consecutive games ...... 4/20-5/16/13 (14) Lost five or more consecutive games ...... 3/16-23/12 (5) Scored 20 or more runs in a game ...... 21 vs. Niagara, 2/21/10 Scored 10+ Runs in an Inning ...... 11 vs. Tennessee (6th Inning), 5/1/11 Did Not Strikeout ...... vs. Tennessee-Martin, 2/23/05 Hit consecutive home runs ...... Spencer Navin, Vince Conde at Georgia, 4/20/13 (G2) Had a triple steal ...... Xavier Turner (home), Jack Lupo (3rd), Tony Kemp (2nd) vs. Lipscomb, 3/26/13 Shut out consecutive opponents ...... vs. Evansville (13-0), 2/27/13 ...... vs. Illinois-Chicago (9-0), 3/1/13 Shut out the opponent ...... at Long Beach State (6-0), 2/15 Was shut out by the opponent at home ...... vs. Georgia Tech (5-0), 6/2/13 Was shut out by the opponent on the road ...... at Kentucky (2-0), 5/6/11 Was shut out in two consecutive games ...... vs. Kentucky (14-0), (4-0), 4/23/76 Swept a conference doubleheader ...... at Kentucky, 5/11/13 Was swept in a conference doubleheader ...... vs. Tennessee, 4/25/10 Swept a conference series at home ...... vs. MIssissippi State, 4/26-28 Was swept in a conference series at home ...... vs. Tennessee, 5/14-16/09 Swept a conference series (Three-games) on the road ...... at Kentucky, 5/11-12/13 Was swept in a conference series on the road ...... at Florida, 3/16-18/12 Lost a conference series at home ...... vs. South Carolina, 3/30-4/1/13 Lost a conference series on the road ...... at Alabama, 4/20-22/12

A Vanderbilt Player... Hit two home runs in a game ...... Connor Harrell at Kentucky G2, 5/11/13 Hit three home runs in a game ...... Aaron Westlake vs. Oregon State, 6/11/11 Hit a grand slam ...... Vince Conde vs. Middle Tennessee State, 4/2/13 Walk-Off Home Run ...... Rhett Wiseman vs. Illinois-Chicago, 3/3/13 Hit for the cycle ...... Clinton Johnston vs. Kentucky, 4/28/96 Had seven or more RBI in a game ...... Dominic de la Osa (7) vs. Georgia, 4/16/06 ...... Karl Nonemaker (7) vs. Kentucky, 5/12/02 Had five or more hits in a game ...... Tony Kemp (5) at Belmont, 2/19/13 Two hits in an Inning ...... Tony Kemp (3B, 1B -4th) vs. Missouri, 4/14/13 Had 10 or more total bases in a game ...... Zander Wiel (10) at Georgia (G2), 4/20/13 Stole three or more bases in a game ...... Jack Lupo (4) vs. Monmouth, 2/23/13 Stole Home ...... Xavier Turner at Ole Miss, 4/5/13 Had a 10-game hit streak ...... Xavier Turner (12), 5/24/13-2/16 Had a 15-game hit streak ...... Xavier Turner (15), 3/31-4/26/13 Had a 20-game hit streak ...... Jason Esposito (27), 3/19-5/8/11 Had a 25-game hit streak ...... Jason Esposito (27), 3/19-5/8/11 Had 10 or more strikeouts in a game ...... Kevin Ziomek (10) vs. Alabama, 5/17/13 Had 15 or more strikeouts in a game ...... Kevin Ziomek (15) vs. Illinois-Chicago, 3/1/13 Pitched a complete game ...... Kevin Ziomek at Oregon, 3/8/13 Pitched a nine-inning, complete game shutout ...... Kevin Ziomek vs. Illinois-Chicago, 3/1/13 Pitched a seven-inning, complete game shutout ...... Nick Christiani vs. Belmont, 5/5/09 Pitched a combined shutout ...... Jared Miller (6.0), Carson Fulmer (3.0) at Long Beach State, 2/15 Pitched a no-hitter ...... Jensen Lewis, Nick Pilkington, John Scott, Matt Buschmann at Western Ky., 5/6/03 Pitched a perfect game ...... Jensen Lewis, Nick Pilkington, John Scott, Matt Buschmann at Western Ky., 5/6/03

vucommodores.com 9 2014 ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T HT WT CL/EXP. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 Ro Coleman OF/IF S/R 5-5 140 Fr./HS Chicago, Ill. (Simeon HS) 2 Tyler Campbell IF R/R 5-11 160 So./1L Portland, Ore. (Oswego HS) 3 Vince Conde IF R/R 6-0 190 Jr./2L Oviedo, Fla. (Orangewood HS) 5 Jason Delay C R/R 6-0 190 Fr./HS Johns Creek, Ga. (Northview HS) 6 Drake Parker OF L/L 5-6 165 Fr./HS Union City, Tenn. (Union City HS) 7 Dansby Swanson IF R/R 6-0 190 So./1L Marietta, Ga. (Marietta HS) 8 Rhett Wiseman OF L/R 6-1 205 So./1L Mansfield, Mass. (Buckingham Browne & Nichols HS) 9 Xavier Turner IF R/R 6-2 220 So./1L Sandusky, Ohio (Sandusky HS) 10 John Norwood OF R/R 6-2 210 Jr./2L Peapack, N.J. (Seton Hall Prep) 11 Tyler Beede RHP R/R 6-4 220 Jr./2L Auburn, Mass. (Lawrence Academy) 12 Adam Ravenelle RHP R/R 6-2 190 Jr./2L Sudbury, Mass. (Lincoln-Sudbury HS) 13 Walker Buehler RHP R/R 6-1 165 So./1L Lexington, Ky. (Henry Clay HS) 15 Carson Fulmer RHP R/R 5-11 195 So./1L Lakeland, Fla. (All Saints’ Academy) 16 Penn Murfee IF R/R 6-2 185 Fr./HS Nashville, Tenn. (Montgomery Bell Academy) 18 Nolan Rogers OF/IF L/R 5-9 180 Fr./HS Bloomington, Ind. (Bloomington HS) 19 Steven Rice LHP L/L 5-8 190 Sr./3L Crawfordsville, Ind. (Crawfordsville HS) 20 Bryan Reynolds OF S/R 6-2 195 Fr./HS Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood HS) 21 John Kilichowski LHP L/L 6-5 210 Fr./HS Tampa, Fla. (Jesuit HS) 23 Will Cooper OF R/R 6-0 200 Jr./2L Chattanooga, Tenn. (Baylor School) 24 Jordan Sheffield RHP R/R 6-0 185 Fr./HS Tullahoma, Tenn. (Tullahoma HS) 25 Karl Ellison C R/R 6-0 190 Fr./HS Naples, Fla. (Barron Collier HS) 28 Jared Miller LHP L/L 6-7 240 Jr./2L Avon, Ind. (Avon HS) 31 Ryan Johnson LHP R/L 6-1 170 Fr./HS Cedar Park, Texas (Cedar Park HS) 32 Hayden Stone RHP R/R 6-0 185 Fr./HS Columbia, Tenn. (Columbia HS) 33 Brian Miller RHP R/R 6-4 205 Jr./2L Franklin, Tenn. (Independence HS) 34 Luke Stephenson RHP R/R 6-3 220 R-Fr/RS Fairland, Ind. (Triton HS) 35 Ben Bowden LHP L/L 6-4 240 Fr./HS Lynn, Mass. (Lynn English HS) 36 Aubrey McCarty IF/P S/S 6-3 215 Fr./HS Doerun, Ga. (Colquitt County HS) 39 Kyle Smith OF/IF R/R 6-3 220 So./1L Old Hickory, Tenn. (Mt. Juliet HS) 40 T.J. Pecoraro RHP R/R 6-0 170 Sr./3L Dix Hills, N.Y. (Half Hollow Hills HS) 43 Zander Wiel IF R/R 6-3 220 R-So./1L Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Blackman HS) 44 Chris Harvey C R/R 6-5 225 Jr./2L Norristown, Pa. (Germantown Academy) 45 Tyler Ferguson RHP R/R 6-3 225 So./1L Fresno, Calif. (Clovis West HS) 55 Tyler Green IF/OF R/R 6-6 230 Fr./HS Williamsville, N.Y. (Williamsville North HS)

Head Coach: 4 Tim Corbin (Ohio Wesleyan, 1984) - 12th Season at Vanderbilt Assistant Coaches: 26 Scott Brown (SUNY-Cortland, 1999); 50 Travis Jewett (Washington State, 1993) Volunteer Coach: 17 Drew Hedman (Pomona College, 2009) Trainer: Chris Ham (Illinois, 2005) Strength & Conditioning Coach: David Macias (Vanderbilt, 2008) Director of Baseball Operations: Drew Fann (Vanderbilt, 2011) Equipment : Garrett Walker (Trevecca Nazarene, 2009) Student Managers: Michael Portu, Luke Gude, Burris Cox & Josh Ruchotzke Video Operations: Will Hinson & Sam Wild Pronunciation Chart Alphabetical Roster Tyler Beede ...... bee-DEE Tyler Beede 11 Tyler Ferguson 45 Penn Murfee 16 Luke Stephenson 34 Ben Bowden ...... BO-den Ben Bowden 35 Carson Fulmer 15 John Norwood 10 Hayden Stone 32 Vince Conde ...... con-DEE Walker Buehler 13 Tyler Green 55 Drake Parker 6 Dansby Swanson 7 John Kilichowski ...... kill-a-CHOW-ski Tyler Campbell 2 Chris Harvey 44 T.J. Pecoraro 40 Xavier Turner 9 T.J. Pecoraro ...... PEC-ah-raro Roe Coleman 1 Ryan Johnson 31 Adam Ravenelle 12 Zander Wiel 43 Adam Ravenelle ...... rav-EN-ell Xavier Turner ...... X-zavier Vince Conde 3 John Killichowski 21 Brian Reynolds 8 Rhett Wiseman 8 Zander Wiel ...... wheel Will Cooper 23 Aubrey McCarty 36 Nolan Rogers 18 Jason Delay 5 Brian Miller 33 Jordan Sheffield 24 Karl Ellison 25 Jared Miller 28 Kyle Smith 39

10 vucommodores.com 2014 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT W-L WP LP SV TIME ATT. FEBRUARY 14 Long Beach State W 5-2 Beede (1-0) Sabo (0-1) 3:40 1418 15 Long Beach State W 6-0 J. Miller (1-0) Rohrbach (0-1) Fulmer (1) 2:52 1572 16 Long Beach State W 6-2 Ferguson (1-0) Provenchar (0-1) 3:09 1463 19 Lipscomb W 5-1 Buehler (1-0) Martinez-McGraw (0-1) 2:18 2451 21 UIC Hawkins Field 4 p.m. 22 UIC Hawkins Field 2 p.m. 23 UIC Hawkins Field 1 p.m. 25 Western Kentucky Hawkins Field 4 p.m. 26 Evansville Hawkins Field 4 p.m. 28 Stanford Hawkins Field 4 p.m. MARCH 1 Stanford Hawkins Field 2 p.m. 2 Stanford Hawkins Field 1 p.m. 4 Tennessee Tech Hawkins Field 4 p.m. 5 Middle Tennessee St. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 6 p.m. 7 Winthrop Hawkins Field 4 p.m. 8 Winthrop Hawkins Field 2 p.m. 9 Winthrop Hawkins Field 1 p.m. 11 Eastern Illinois Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 14 LSU* Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 15 LSU*# Hawkins Field 2:15 p.m. 16 LSU* Hawkins Field 1 p.m. 18 Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 4 p.m. 21 Mississippi State*^ Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. 22 Mississippi State*$ Starkville, Miss. 7:30 p.m. 23 Mississippi State* Starkville, Miss. 1:30 p.m. 25 Belmont Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 28 Kentucky* Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 29 Kentucky* Hawkins Field 2 p.m. 30 Kentucky*$ Hawkins Field 1 p.m. APRIL 1 UT-Martin Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 4 Tennessee* Knoxville, Tenn. 5 p.m. 5 Tennessee*^ Knoxville, Tenn. 6 p.m. 6 Tennessee* Knoxville, Tenn. 1 p.m. 8 Indiana State Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 11 Texas A&M* Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 12 Texas A&M* Hawkins Field 2 p.m. 13 Texas A&M* Hawkins Field 1 p.m. 15 Middle Tennessee St. Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 18 Arkansas* Fayetteville, Ark. 6:35 p.m. 19 Arkansas* Fayetteville, Ark. 6:05 p.m. 20 Arkansas*+ Fayetteville, Ark. 12 p.m. 22 Memphis Jackson, Tenn. 6:30 p.m. 25 Georiga* Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 26 Georiga*^ Hawkins Field 3 p.m. 27 Georiga* Hawkins Field 1 p.m. MAY 2 Missouri* Columbia, Mo. 6 p.m. 3 Missouri* Columbia, Mo. 2 p.m. 4 Missouri* Columbia, Mo. 1 p.m. 6 Louisville Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 8 Florida*$ Gainesville, Fla. 7:30 p.m. 9 Florida* Gainesville, Fla. 6 p.m. 10 Florida*# Gainesville, Fla. 11 a.m. 13 SEMO Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 15 South Carolina* Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 16 South Carolina* Hawkins Field 6:30 p.m. 17 South Carolina* Hawkins Field 2 p.m.

All times Central and subject to change * Southeastern Conference Game ^ Televised on CSS # Televised on FSN $ Televised on ESPNU + Televised on ESPN vucommodores.com 11 THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SEC Standings - As of 2/21 Overall ----- SEC ----- East Team W-L W-L GB Home Away Neutral Streak South Carolina 3-0 0-0 - 4-0 0-0 0-0 W3 Vanderbilt 4-0 0-0 - 1-0 3-0 0-0 W4 Tennessee 4-0 0-0 - 4-0 0-0 0-0 W4 Florida 4-1 0-0 - 4-1 0-0 0-0 W3 Missouri 2-1 0-0 - 0-0 0-1 2-0 W2 Kentucky 2-2 0-0 - 0-0 1-1 1-1 L2 Georgia 1-3 0-0 - 1-3 0-0 0-0 L2

West Team W-L W-L GB Home Away Neutral Streak Arkansas 3-0 0-0 - 3-0 0-0 0-0 W3 LSU 4-0 0-0 - 2-0 1-0 1-0 W4 Ole Miss 4-0 0-0 - 1-0 3-0 0-0 W4 Texas A&M 4-0 0-0 - 4-0 0-0 0-0 W3 Alabama 2-1 0-0 - 2-1 0-0 0-0 W2 Auburn 2-2 0-0 - 0-1 0-0 2-1 L1 Miss. State 2-2 0-0 - 2-2 0-0 0-0 L1

Vanderbilt Offense in the SEC Vanderbilt Pitching in the SEC Batting Average ERA Team: .282, 8th Team: 0.25, 1st Ind: Ind: 0.00, Beede, J. Miller, Ferguson, T-1st On-Base Percentage Opposing Batting Average Team: .359, 11th Team: .137, 1st Ind: .462, Bryan Reynolds, 13th Ind: .053, J. Miller, 6th - .056, Ferguson, 7th - .063, Beede, 9th Runs Innings Pitched Team: 22, T-9th Team: 36.0, T-2nd Ind: None Ind: 8.0, Buehler, 2nd - 6.0, J. Miller, T-8th Hits Strikeouts Team: 37, T-8th Team: 34, 4th Ind: 6, Bryan Reynolds, T-14th Ind: 7, Buehler, Beede, T-7th RBI Wins Team: 20, 9th Team: 4, T-1st Ind: 5, Bryan Reynolds, T-12th Ind: 1, Beede, J. Miller, Ferguson, Buehler, T-2nd Doubles Losses Team: 9, T-4th Team: Ind: 2, Reynolds, Wiel, T-8th Ind: Triples Saves Team: 1, T-3rd Team: 1, T-5th Ind: 1, Zander Wiel, T-1st Ind: 1, Carson Fulmer, T-3rd Home Runs Hits Team: Team: 17, T-2nd Ind: Ind: 1, Beede, J. Miller, Ferguson, T-6th Walks Runs Team: 10, 13th Team: 5, 2nd Ind: None Ind: 0, Jared Miller, T-1st Strikeouts Earned Runs Team: 21, 8th Team: 1, 1st Ind: None Ind: 0, Beede, J. Miller, Ferguson, T-1st Stolen Bases Walks Team: 4, T-7th Team: 7, T-3rd Ind: 2, Xavier Turner, T-7th Ind: 0, J.Miller, Ferguson, T-1st Caught Stealing Home Runs Team: 4, T-1st Team: o, T-1st Ind: 2, Dansby Swanson, T-1st Ind: None

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