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CREDITS
Executive Editor
Jamie Zarda Kailee Neumann Allison McClain
Editors
Dave Reiter, Jeff Conrad
Editorial Assistance
Mike McGrory
Layout
Jamie Zarda, Allison McClain
Printing
University of Houston Printing and Postal Services
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS
3100 Cullen Blvd. Houston, Texas 77204-6002 www.UHCougars.com
MEDIA ALMANAC
INTRODUCTION
Table of Contents Media Information Roster
- Career Leaders
- 68-69
70-71 72-73 74-76 77-79 80-81
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Location Enrollment Founded Nickname Colors President Athletics Director Faculty Representative SWA
3456
Single-Season Leaders Team Single-Season Leaders Year-by-Year Leaders
Houston, Texas
39,800
1927 Cougars
- Schedule
- Year-by-Year Lineups
Against Ranked Teams Year-by-Year Pitching Stats Year-by-Year Hitting Stats Standout Hitting Performances
Scarlet and White Dr. Renu Khator Mack Rhoades
Dr. Richard Scamell
DeJuena Chizer Conference USA
1996
COACHING STAFF
Todd Whitting Trip Couch Jack Cressend Ryan Shotzberger/Traci Cauley Support Staff
89
83 84 85 86
10 Standout Pitching Performances 11 Attendance Records 12 Coaching History
All-Time Roster All-Time Jersey Numbers
14 The Last Time... 15 Retired Jersey 16 1953 Team 17 1967 Team 18 Brad Lincoln 19 Series History
Conference Began C-USA Competition
87
88-89 90-91
92
2012 COUGARS
Season Preview Cannon/Lewis Morehouse Ray Runte/Wiley Jenkins Jensen/Mannisto White/Appling Davis/Fuesrt Wellbrock/ Ayala/Bonnot Brenner/ Fulmer/Garza/Gibson Grayson/ Hernandez/Hoover/Jacobs Kay/Lueneberg/Morales/Pruitt Pyeatt/Sanford/Stacks/Stewart Theiss/Vruggink
BASEBALL STAFF
Head Coach Alma Mater, Year Record at Houston Career Record Best Time for Interview Assistant Coach Alma Mater, Year Year at Houston Assistant Coach Alma Mater, Year Year at Houston Assistant Coach Alma Mater, Year Year at Houston
Todd Whitting Houston, 1995
27-32 27-32
Contact SID
93 94 95 96 97
Trip Couch
- 20 Yearly Results
- 98-108
Louisiana-Lafayette, 1991
Second Season Jack Cressend Tulane, 2008 Second Season Ryan Shotzberger
McDaniel College, 2004
First Season
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
TEAM INFORMATION
2011 Record 2011 C-USA Record (Finish) 2011 C-USA Tournament Finish 2011 Postseason Letterwinners Returning/Lost Starters Returning/Lost Newcomers
2011 IN REVIEW
2011 In Review 2011 Overall Stats 2011 Results 2011 Conference USA Stats 2011 Home Run Breakdown 2011 Game Highs 2011 Standings & Honors 2011 Conference USA Standings
27-32
12-12 (Fourth)
30 31 32 33 34 35 36
2-2 N/A
14/15
3/6
21
37-38
HOME FIELD INFORMATION
Name Capacity
Cougar Field
3,500
(713) 743-0840
2012 OPPONENTS
Opponent Information Series History
40-42 43-47
48
Press Box Phone
Silver Glove Series
SPORTS INFORMATION
Associate A.D./Communications Baseball Contact
Dave Reiter
Allison McClain [email protected]
(713) 743-9406
HISTORY & RECORDS
Cougars in the Majors MLB Draft Picks
50 51
52-55
56
Email Office Phone Cell Phone Office Fax Homepage Shipping Address
Award Winners
(713) 204-9948
(713) 743-9411 UHCougars.com
NCAA Postseason History Conference USA Tournament History Regular Season Tournament History Class Records Individual Records Team Records
57 58 59 60
3100 Cullen Blvd, Suite 2008
Athletics/Alumni Center Houston, Texas 77204
61
Postseason Records Conference Tournament Records Cougar Field Records
62-63 64-65 66-67
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2012 HOUSTON BASEBALL
MEDIA INFORMATION
The 2012 edition of the University of Houston Baseball media guide has been prepared by the UH athletic communications office to assist members of the media in their coverage of the Cougars. For more information on the Houston baseball program, contact UH
assistant SID Allison McClain at (713) 743-9406 or at
primarily for the purpose of delivering news related to the recruitment of student-athletes will not qualify for credentials.
4. Online entities will not receive photography credentials. 5. Online entities (other than those identified above) registering
20,000 legitimate unique users per month in each of the past 12 months will be given first consideration.
HOUSTON IMG COLLEGE
Now in its eighth year as the exclusive multimedia rightsholder for UH Athletics, IMG College is regarded as America’s foremost collegiate sports marketing company and brings a national presence to the overall marketing of Cougar athletics. Headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., IMG College is also the rightsholder for more than 35 other major college athletic programs, including UH’s fellow Conference USA members East Carolina, Marshall, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF, and UTEP. IMG College produces and markets a variety of sponsorship opportunities surrounding Cougar Athletics, including radio play-by-play, advertising in various athletics department publications and on the official athletics department Web site (www.UHCougars.com), signage in university athletic facilities and at-event promotions.
ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
“Real-time” transmission of digital images, audio and data,
The University of Houston Athletic Communications Office is located including live game play-by-play and statistics, of any home game in the Ted Nance Suite (Rm. 2008) on the second floor of the Athletics/ is the exclusive property of the University of Houston and/or its
- Alumni Center.
- rights holder(s). “Real-time” is defined as “live continual coverage or
- description of an event.”
- The Athletics/Alumni Center is located on Cullen Boulevard between
Cougar Field and Hofheinz Pavilion. If available, parking will be provided in the facility’s front lot.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Requests for photographers’ passes must be made in advance by mail or fax on company letterhead to the athletic communications office. Photographers must observe the areas marked for photo use in Cougar Field (located at the end of each dugout - opposite home plate) and remain within them until the end of each half inning. Failure to abide by these regulations is grounds for removal from the stadium.
ON THE INTERNET
Houston’s athletics home page with information on all 16 varsity
sports can be found at: www.UHCougars.com.
OVER THE AIRWAVES
For the seventh consecutive season, Cougar baseball games can be heard throughout the Houston market and via the Internet. Fans will be able to catch all the action from the 2012 season through
GAME-DAY PRESS PARKING
Media may park in either the front of the Athletics/Alumni Center
To contact the IMG College office in Houston, call (713)
743-1446. All Houston Baseball games, including postseason contests, can be heard by logging onto UHCougars.com and following the appropriate links.
www.UHcougars.com. Each broadcast begins with the pregame show or in the back lot, adjacent to the tennis courts and the Carl Lewis about 15 minutes before first pitch
For game listings, check www.UHCougars.com.
International Track & Field Complex. If parking in the back, the shortest way to get to Cougar Field is to walk east between the tennis courts and the Athletics/Alumni Center. All gated lots on campus are available for parking after 5 p.m. and on
STADIUM DIRECTIONS
Cougar Field is located at the intersection of Cullen Boulevard and weekends. University parking rules regarding fire zones, handicapped
- Elgin Street.
- and reserved spaces, apply to visiting media.
From Bush Intercontinental Airport: take Highway 59 South
through downtown until the Interstate 45 exchange. Take I-45 South (Galveston) and proceed for about one mile. Take the Cullen Exit, and stay on the feeder road to the light. Take a right on Cullen and proceed the game and full box scores will be available shortly after each game. into the University. The stadium is about half of a mile on your right. From Hobby Airport: take Airport Drive to Interstate 45.Take I-45 North (towards downtown). Exit Cullen Blvd/Elgin St. and go through
IMG STAFF
PATRICK STREKO
General Manager
GAME SERVICES
Season statistics and information packets will be available before
CAITLIN FIANDT
Senior Account Executive
VISITING RADIO
UH provides two courtesy phone lines for visiting radio. The visting
JULIE HARRIS
Senior Account Executive
the first light until you reach Cullen Boulevard. Take a left and follow radio location is generally in the suite closest to the third-base dugout.
- the directions above.
- Plenty of room is available for three radio broadcasters.
The visiting radio lines are (713) 743-0845 and (713) 743-0846. Only local or credit card calls can be made from these lines. These lines
CREDENTIALS
Press admission to Cougar Field is by official credential only, and is can receive outside calls to reverse toll charges.
Jeremy Branham and Pat Cauley will team up to bring
all the action of Cougar baseball throughout the 2012 season. Branham begins his fourth season as the “Voice of Cougar Baseball”, handling the play-by-play duties.
limited to working members of the media. Credentials may be picked up at the athleitc communications office or the stadium Will Call emergency number to give to your station. window on game day.
The press box phone line is (713) 743-0840 should you need an
To obtain a season or game credential, requests must be emailed, mailed or faxed on company letterhead to Allison McClain in the
TELEPHONES, FAX AND E-MAIL
A member of the athletic communications staff will prepare a athletic communications office. The athletic communications fax brief, AP-style, game story and line score for all games and distribute
However, he is no stranger to the UH Athletics Department, calling the play-by-play action of UH women’s basketball for the last five seasons. Branham has extensive broadcast experience, first working for the Houston ISP Sports Network during the 2005-06 women’s basketball season. He also calls weekly high school football games and high school baseball for the Texas Sports Radio Network. Cauley is in his ninth season of providing color analysis with the Cougars. A 1995 Houston graduate, Cauley also was a former letterwinner in 1993-94 and served as a student assistant coach for the 1995 season. He is married to Traci Cauley, the Cougars’ director of baseball operations.
number is (713) 743-9411. Requests are honored from sports editors of daily and weekly newspapers, editors of sports periodicals, and sports directors for radio and television stations who broadcast regularly scheduled daily sports reports and talk shows. UH reserves the right to refuse any credential request deemed not to be in the best interest of the university. Any requests placed less than 24 hours prior to the game may not be honored. this information via e-mail to a state-wide list of media outlets. To add additional media outlets to this list, provide the athletic communications staff a copy of the necessary e-mail addresses.
INTERVIEWS
All requests for interviews with coaches or players should be made through the athletic communications office. No UH student-athlete will miss a class or practice to participate in an interview. The best time to interview Houston coaches and student-athletes is BEFORE practice. Postgame interviews are conducted on the field after the coaches address the team. All interview requests should be provided to a Houston Athletics Communications representative before the end of the game. The UH clubhouse is closed to the media.
ACCREDITATION GUIDELINES
• Only full-time, salaried employees intending to provide actual game
coverage may receive credentials.
• A requesting media agency must represent a collective, organizational
editorial voice, not simply the offerings of a single individual.
• Membership in a writer’s association does not automatically qualify
as an agency for credentials.
PRACTICE INFORMATION
Baseball practices will be open to both the public and members
• A media agency may assign one of its credentials to its online entity. • An on-line entity, not associated with a traditional media agency, of the media unless otherwise noted. Practice is generally held from
- may qualify for one credential, subject to the following conditions:
- 2:30-6 p.m. at Cougar Field. To confirm practice dates and times, call
assistant director Allison McClain at (713) 743-9406.
1. An on-line entity may receive a credential only if its own fulltime staff writes a majority of that site’s material.
2. Online entities that focus primarily on University of Houston Athletics and sponsor message boards or chat rooms, may receive credentials provided they adhere to a policy that requires that a posted message or opinion is identified with the actual name and city of the individual posting the message.
3. Any online service that is recognized as an outlet intended
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MEDIA ALMANAC
2012 HOUSTON COUGARS BASEBALL ROSTER
No.
12
- Player
- Pos.
OF
B-T
R-R L-R R-R R-R R-R L-L
- Ht.
- Wt.
185 175 180 170 190 145 180 190 160 190 165 225 185 205 170 165 150 175 200 172 190 180 190 200 210 240 170 200 165 180 210 215 195 225 180
Cl.-Exp.
So.-1L Fr.-HS Jr.-TR Fr.-HS Sr.-3L Fr.-HS Jr.-1L Jr.-TR Sr.-3L So.-1L Jr.-1L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Jr.-1L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS So.-1L R-Jr.-2L Sr.-1L Fr.-HS Jr.-TR Fr.-HS Jr.-TR Sr.-3L Fr.-HS Sr.-3L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Jr.-TR Sr.-3L Fr.-HS So.-1L Jr.-TR Jr.-TR Fr.-HS
Hometown-High School (Last School)
- El Campo, Texas-El Campo
- Landon Appling
Michael Pyeatt Wes Theiss
5-10 5-9 6-2 5-11 5-10 6-0
OF INF CINF/RHP OF
Lake Jackson, Texas-Brazoswood Houston, Texas-Spring (Navarro JC) Arlington Heights, Ill.-Saint Viator Houston, Texas -Langham Creek Marion, Texas-Marion
3
- 4
- Cory Kay
578
Codey Morehouse Jesse Hoover Travis Jenkins Ryan Bonnot Jake Runte
LHP LHP INF RHP INF RHP RHP/INF RHP RHP OF RHP INF LHP INF LHP INF LHP RHP RHP RHP INF RHP RHP COF OF INF LHP/INF OF
L-L L-L
5-10 6-2 5-10 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-0
Alvin, Texas-Alvin The Woodlands, Texas-Woodlands (Angelina JC) Houston, Texas-Clear Lake Brenham, Texas-Brenham Arlington, Texas-Martin (Weatherford College) Longview, Texas-Pine Tree Houston, Texas-Clear Brook Westlake Village, Calif.-Westlake Galveston, Texas-Ball Cypress, Texas-Cypress Ranch Spring, Texas-Spring Sugar Land, Texas-Ft. Bend Baptist Phoenix, Ore.-Phoenix (West Nevada JC) Houston, Texas-Seven Lakes Richmond, Texas-William B. Travis (Blinn JC) League City, Texas-Clear Creek Alvin, Texas-Alvin (Blinn JC) Waco, Texas-Midway League City, Texas-Clear Creek Katy, Texas-Mayde Creek
12 13 15 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 42 43 44
R-R L-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R L-R L-L
Chase Wellbrock Chase Jensen Keith Brenner Ryan Vruggink Jordan Mannisto Aaron Garza Ashford Fulmer Dustin Fuerst Taylor White Jordan Lewis Kendall Stacks Matt Hernandez Zack Gibson Aaron Stewart Jared Ray Chris Morales Mo Wiley Harrison Ayala Logan Piper
R-R L-L L-R L-L
6-2 5-10 5-11 6-3 6-5 6-4 5-11 6-1 5-11 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-0
R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R L-L
Houston, Texas-St. Thomas Missouri City, Texas-Hightower The Woodlands, Texas-College Park (Navarro JC) Hutto, Texas-Hutto Houston, Texas-Westbury Christian Missouri City, Texas-Elkins Caledonia, Wisc.-Shoreland Lutheran (Kishwaukee College) Cypress, Texas-Cypress Woods (Navarro JC) Baytown, Texas-Goose Creek Memorial
Austin Pruitt John Cannon Keegan Sanford Jonathan Davis Jacob Lueneburg Casey Grayson Price Jacobs
L-L R-R
6-0 6-0