1995 BLAZER SCHEDULE

FEBRUARY The working media is cordially 11 Sat. Tampan (2pm) ...... A welcomed to Billy Grant Field as guests 12 Sun. Brewton Parker* DH (2pm)...... H of the athletic department. Sports 15 Wed. Brewton Parker DH (2:30pm)...... A Information Director Steve Roberts can 18 Sat. West Georgia**- DH (1pm)...... H be contacted at (912) 333-5890 19 Sun. West Georgia* (1 pm)...... H (office) or (912) 244-6560 21 Tue. St. Leo (3p m) ...... A (home).Other contacts are 25 Sat. North Alabama** DH (1pm)...... H Head Coach Tommy Thomas and top 26 Sun. North Alabama* (2pm)...... H assistant Pete Meyer. The office 28 Tue. GA. Southwestern (3pm)...... A number is 333-5890, and both can be MARCH reached in the mornings. Home 1 Wed. St. Leo (3p m) ...... H numbers are 245-0303 (Thomas) and Steve Roberts 3 Fri. Albany State (3pm)...... H 241-7168. 4 Sat. Shippensburg* (Noon)...... H 4 Sat. Lynn (6pm)...... H The 1995 Blazers will, as many teams, have as their ultimate goal a 5 Sun. Eckerd (2pm)...... H berth in the Division II W orld Series, which will be held at Paterson 8 Wed. Florida Southern (6pm)...... H Field in Montgomery, Ala. The Blazers won the 1979 national 10 Fri. West Florida** DH (4pm)...... A championship and have made six other appearances in the national 11 Sat. West Florida** (1 pm)...... A tournament. Valdosta State again will be the host school for this 15 Wed. North Florida (7pm)...... H year's national tourney, but that does not give the Blazers an 18 Sat. Lincoln Memorial** DH (4pm)...... H automatic bid. Information on this year's team, the coaches and 19 Sun. Lincoln Memorial* (1 pm)...... H statistics and records can be found in this yearbook. 23 Thu. GA Southwestern (6:30pm)...... H 24 Fri. Kennesaw State (3pm)...... A RADIO 25 Sat. West Georgia** DH (1 pm)...... A 26 Sun. West Georgia** (1 pm)...... A Valdosta State has a booth reserved in the press box for the official 27 Mon. Jacksonville State, AL (7pm)...... H broadcast team of the opponent for each game. Permission and 28 Tue. Jacksonville State, AL (7pm)...... H credentials should be obtained in advance from Steve Roberts. Gulf 30 Thu. Columbus (6pm)...... A South Conference opponents are provided the phone line at no charge. Others are charged a $50 fee. The visiting radio number APRIL will be given on request. 1 Sat. North Alabama** DH (4pm)...... A 2 Sun. North Alabama** (1 pm)...... A 4 Tue. North Florida (7pm)...... A PRfSS BOX PHONE NUMBER 6 Thu. Florida A&M (7pm)...... H The phone number at Billy Grant Field is 245-3864. 7 Fri. Albany State (3pm)...... A 8 Sat. Georgia College (2pm)...... H 9 Sun. Georgia College (2pm)...... A PHOTO CREDITS 11 Tue. Armstrong State (6pm)...... A Special thanks goes to Bill Malone, graphic artist at Colson Printing 12 Wed. Thomas College (6pm)...... H Company and a Valdosta State alumnus, who took the cover photo, 14 Fri. West Florida** DH (4pm)...... H and to free lance photographers Ken Klanicki and Tammy Driggers 15 Sat. West Florida* (1 pm)...... H for the photos appearing in the 1995 yearbook. 18 Tue. Columbus (6pm)...... H 22 Sat. Lincoln Memorial** DH (Noon)...... A 23 Sun. Lincoln Memorial** (1 pm)...... A 25 Tue. Columbus (7pm)...... A 28-30 Fri.-Sun. Gulf South Conf. Tournament (TBA) Site of Eastern Div. Winner MAY 2 Tue. Armstrong State (6pm)...... H 3 Wed. Florida A&M (7pm)...... A 4 Thu. Thomas College (5pm)...... A

Game broadcast on WVLD 1450am * Gulf South Conference games ALL TIMES LOCAL Breakdown of Games: 4 NCAA I, 43 NCAA II, 8 NAIA 29 Home Games, 26 Away Games and 10 Doubleheaders

1995 VALDOSTA STATE BASEBALL GfHfRAL iHfORMATION N a m e ...... Valdosta State University Location...... Valdosta, Georgia Founded ...... 1906 Enrollment...... 9150 President...... Dr. Hugh C. Bailey C o lo rs ...... Red and Black Nicknam e...... Blazers Home Facility...... Billy Grant Field (1000) Conference...... Gulf South National A ffiliatio n...... NCAA, Division II 1994 Record...... 25-25 overall, 9-9 GSC ATHLETIC STAff Athle