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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MEDIA ALMANAC 2012 COUGAR BASEBALL WWW.UHCOUGARS.COM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MEDIA ALMANAC 2012 COUGAR BASEBALL WWW.UHCOUGARS.COM 2012 HOUSTON BASEBALL 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 Career Leaders 68-69 GENERAL INFORMATION Table of Contents 3 Single-Season Leaders 70-71 Location Houston, Texas Media Information 4 Team Single-Season Leaders 72-73 Enrollment 39,800 Roster 5 Year-by-Year Leaders 74-76 Founded 1927 INTRODUCTION Schedule 6 Year-by-Year Lineups 77-79 Nickname Cougars Against Ranked Teams 80-81 Colors Scarlet and White COACHING STAFF Year-by-Year Pitching Stats 82 President Dr. Renu Khator Todd Whitting 8 Year-by-Year Hitting Stats 83 Athletics Director Mack Rhoades Trip Couch 9 Standout Hitting Performances 84 Faculty Representative Dr. Richard Scamell Jack Cressend 10 Standout Pitching Performances 85 SWA DeJuena Chizer Ryan Shotzberger/Traci Cauley 11 Attendance Records 86 Conference Conference USA Support Staff 12 Coaching History 87 Began C-USA Competition 1996 All-Time Roster 88-89 2012 COUGARS All-Time Jersey Numbers 90-91 BASEBALL STAFF Season Preview 14 The Last Time... 92 Head Coach Todd Whitting Cannon/Lewis 15 Retired Jersey 93 Alma Mater, Year Houston, 1995 Morehouse 16 1953 Team 94 Record at Houston 27-32 Ray 17 1967 Team 95 Career Record 27-32 Runte/Wiley 18 Brad Lincoln 96 Best Time for Interview Contact SID Jenkins 19 Series History 97 Assistant Coach Trip Couch Jensen/Mannisto 20 Yearly Results 98-108 Alma Mater, Year Louisiana-Lafayette, 1991 White/Appling 21 Year at Houston Second Season Davis/Fuesrt 22 Assistant Coach Jack Cressend Wellbrock/ Ayala/Bonnot 23 Alma Mater, Year Tulane, 2008 Brenner/ Fulmer/Garza/Gibson 24 Year at Houston Second Season Grayson/ Hernandez/Hoover/Jacobs 25 Assistant Coach Ryan Shotzberger Kay/Lueneberg/Morales/Pruitt 26 Alma Mater, Year McDaniel College, 2004 Pyeatt/Sanford/Stacks/Stewart 27 Year at Houston First Season Theiss/Vruggink 28 TEAM INFORMATION 2011 IN REVIEW 2011 Record 27-32 2011 In Review 30 2011 C-USA Record (Finish) 12-12 (Fourth) 2011 Overall Stats 31 2011 C-USA Tournament Finish 2-2 2011 Results 32 2011 Postseason N/A 2011 Conference USA Stats 33 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 14/15 2011 Home Run Breakdown 34 Starters Returning/Lost 3/6 2011 Game Highs 35 Newcomers 21 2011 Standings & Honors 36 2011 Conference USA Standings 37-38 HOME FIELD INFORMATION Name Cougar Field 2012 OPPONENTS Capacity 3,500 Opponent Information 40-42 Press Box Phone (713) 743-0840 Series History 43-47 Silver Glove Series 48 SPORTS INFORMATION Associate A.D./Communications Dave Reiter HISTORY & RECORDS Baseball Contact Allison McClain Cougars in the Majors 50 Email [email protected] MLB Draft Picks 51 Office Phone (713) 743-9406 Award Winners 52-55 Cell Phone (713) 204-9948 NCAA Postseason History 56 Office Fax (713) 743-9411 Conference USA Tournament History 57 Homepage UHCougars.com Regular Season Tournament History 58 Shipping Address 3100 Cullen Blvd, Suite 2008 Class Records 59 Athletics/Alumni Center Individual Records 60 Houston, Texas 77204 Team Records 61 Postseason Records 62-63 Conference Tournament Records 64-65 Cougar Field Records 66-67 3 2012 HOUSTON BASEBALL MEDIA INFORMATION The 2012 edition of the University of Houston Baseball media guide primarily for the purpose of delivering news related to the has been prepared by the UH athletic communications office to assist recruitment of student-athletes will not qualify for credentials. HOUSTON IMG COLLEGE members of the media in their coverage of the Cougars. 4. Online entities will not receive photography credentials. Now in its eighth year as the exclusive multimedia For more information on the Houston baseball program, contact UH 5. Online entities (other than those identified above) registering rightsholder for UH Athletics, IMG College is regarded as assistant SID Allison McClain at (713) 743-9406 or at 20,000 legitimate unique users per month in each of the past [email protected]. 12 months will be given first consideration. America’s foremost collegiate sports marketing company and brings a national presence to the overall marketing of Cougar ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE “Real-time” transmission of digital images, audio and data, athletics. 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 Headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., IMG College is also Alumni Center. rights holder(s). “Real-time” is defined as “live continual coverage or the rightsholder for more than 35 other major college athletic INTRODUCTION The Athletics/Alumni Center is located on Cullen Boulevard between description of an event.” programs, including UH’s fellow Conference USA members Cougar Field and Hofheinz Pavilion. If available, parking will be provided East Carolina, Marshall, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, UCF, in the facility’s front lot. PHOTOGRAPHERS Requests for photographers’ passes must be made in advance by and UTEP. ON THE INTERNET mail or fax on company letterhead to the athletic communications office. IMG College produces and markets a variety of sponsorship Houston’s athletics home page with information on all 16 varsity Photographers must observe the areas marked for photo use in Cougar opportunities surrounding Cougar Athletics, including radio sports can be found at: www.UHCougars.com. 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 play-by-play, advertising in various athletics department OVER THE AIRWAVES by these regulations is grounds for removal from the stadium. publications and on the official athletics department Web site For the seventh consecutive season, Cougar baseball games can be (www.UHCougars.com), signage in university athletic facilities heard throughout the Houston market and via the Internet. GAME-DAY PRESS PARKING and at-event promotions. Fans will be able to catch all the action from the 2012 season through Media may park in either the front of the Athletics/Alumni Center www.UHcougars.com. Each broadcast begins with the pregame show or in the back lot, adjacent to the tennis courts and the Carl Lewis To contact the IMG College office in Houston, call (713) about 15 minutes before first pitch International Track & Field Complex. 743-1446. For game listings, check www.UHCougars.com. If parking in the back, the shortest way to get to Cougar Field is to All Houston Baseball games, including postseason contests, walk east between the tennis courts and the Athletics/Alumni Center. can be heard by logging onto UHCougars.com and following STADIUM DIRECTIONS All gated lots on campus are available for parking after 5 p.m. and on Cougar Field is located at the intersection of Cullen Boulevard and weekends. University parking rules regarding fire zones, handicapped the appropriate links. Elgin Street. and reserved spaces, apply to visiting media. From Bush Intercontinental Airport: take Highway 59 South IMG STAFF through downtown until the Interstate 45 exchange. Take I-45 South GAME SERVICES (Galveston) and proceed for about one mile. Take the Cullen Exit, and Season statistics and information packets will be available before PATRICK STREKO 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. General Manager into the University. The stadium is about half of a mile on your right. CAITLIN FIANDT From Hobby Airport: take Airport Drive to Interstate 45. Take I-45 VISITING RADIO Senior Account Executive North (towards downtown). Exit Cullen Blvd/Elgin St. and go through UH provides two courtesy phone lines for visiting radio. The visting 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. JULIE HARRIS the directions above. Plenty of room is available for three radio broadcasters. Senior Account Executive The visiting radio lines are (713) 743-0845 and (713) 743-0846. CREDENTIALS Only local or credit card calls can be made from these lines. These lines Press admission to Cougar Field is by official credential only, and is can receive outside calls to reverse toll charges. limited to working members of the media. Credentials may be picked The press box phone line is (713) 743-0840 should you need an Jeremy Branham and Pat Cauley will team up to bring up at the athleitc communications office or the stadium Will Call emergency number to give to your station. all the action of Cougar baseball throughout the 2012 season. window on game day. Branham begins his fourth season as the “Voice of Cougar To obtain a season or game credential, requests must be emailed, TELEPHONES, FAX AND E-MAIL mailed or faxed on company letterhead to Allison McClain in the A member of the athletic communications staff will prepare a Baseball”, handling the play-by-play duties. 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, number is (713) 743-9411. Requests are honored from sports editors this information via e-mail to a state-wide list of media outlets. calling the play-by-play action of UH women’s basketball for of daily and weekly newspapers, editors of sports periodicals, and To add additional media outlets to this list, provide the athletic the last five seasons.