2007 Sun Devil 2007 Pac-10 Champions ASU Media Relations 2007 Record 48-13 (P) 480-965-6592 Home Record: 35-3 (F) 480-965-5408 Away/Neutral Record: 13-10 Baseball Contact: Randy Policar 2007 Pac-10: 19-5 E-Mail: [email protected] Head Coach: Pat Murphy Website: www.TheSunDevils.com (13th Season/528-255-1)

2007 Season Results On The Air DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME 2/2 Southern Utah W, 20-1 Thursday, June 14-Practice 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. CT Every ASU game 2/3 Southern Utah W, 18-4 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium 2/4 Southern Utah W, 23-3 in the College 2/9 Texas A&M (NR/#8/#11)^ W, 5-4 2/10 Vanderbilt (#6/#1/#1)^ L, 7-6 (10) June 16, 1 p.m. CT- Game One World Series can 2/11 at Houston (NR/#28/NR)^ W, 11-1 2/15 Missouri (NR/#13/#10) W, 7-2 vs. UC Irvine Anteaters 2/16 Missouri (NR/#13/#10) $ L, 2-3 be heard on The 2/17 Oregon State (#10/#2/#23)$ L, 4-12 ASU All-Time vs. College World Series Field 2/18 Gonzaga$ W, 9-2 vs. UC Irvine ...... 7-4 Fan 1060 AM. 2/23 UAB W, 11-3 2/24 UAB W, 13-2 vs. Cal State Fullerton ...... 25-23 Tim Healey and 2/25 UAB W, 12-5 vs. Oregon State ...... 34-16 2/27 at Arizona (#17/#7/#10) W, 22-8 3/2 at Auburn (#24/#10/NR) W, 8-2 vs. Rice ...... 8-2 Bob Eger will 3/3 at Auburn (#24/#10/NR) L, 8-11 vs. Mississippi State ...... 1-0 3/4 at Auburn (#24/#10/NR) L, 6-7 handle the call. 3/9 Long Beach State (#19/#11/#16) W, 7-6 vs. Louisville ...... Never Met 3/10 Long Beach State (#19/#11/#16) L, 7-8 vs. North Carolina ...... 3-1 3/11 Long Beach State (#19/#11/#16) L, 9-16 3/13 Kansas State (#28/#28/NR) W, 9-6 3/14 Kansas State (#28/#28/NR) W, 6-2 Leading Off: 3/16 Maine W, 12-3 The 2007 Pac-10 Champion Arizona State Sun Devils will make their 20th College World 3/17 Maine- Game One W, 12-1 3/17 Maine- Game Two W, 23-2 Series appearance, thanks to their sweep of Mississippi in the Tempe Super Regional. ASU 3/18 Maine W, 11-5 came from behind to win 4-3 in game one, then clinched a CWS berth with a 7-1 win in 3/23 at USC (#19/#19/NR)* W, 10-0 3/24 at USC (#19/#19/NR)* W, 4-3 game two. The Devils will open the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska against the 3/25 at USC (#19/#19/NR)* L, 13-14 UC Irvine Anteaters, who are making their fi rst ever College World Series appearance. 3/28 at Arizona (/#20#7/#10)% L, 5-6 3/30 at Washington* L, 4-5 3/31 at Washington* W, 11-6 4/1 at Washington* W, 8-5 The College World Series: 4/5 Stanford (NR/#23/NR)* W, 5-4 Arizona State has a long history with many of the 2007 College World Series participants. 4/6 Stanford (NR/#23/NR)* W, 12-8 They have faced UC Irvine, their fi rst opponent, 11 times, winning seven of them. They have 4/7 Stanford (NR/#23/NR)* W, 14-1 4/13 Washington State* W, 8-3 not faced the Anteaters since 2003 when ASU won 11-1 in Tempe. They have faced the other 4/14 Washington State* W, 4-3 seven participating teams a total of 124 times, going 78-46. They went 3-1 against Oregon 4/15 Washington State* W, 16-6 4/20 Louisiana-Lafayette (#25/#23/#22) W, 8-2 State this season, the only team they faced during the regular season. 4/21 Louisiana-Lafayette (#25/#23/#22) W, 11-8 4/22 Louisiana-Lafayette (#25/#23/#22) W, 9-6 4/25 Hawai’i W, 9-2 National Seed: 4/27 at California* L, 2-4 Arizona State earned a national top eight seed for the third time since the NCAA began using 4/28 at California* W, 15-2 4/29 at California* L, 9-13 the current format in 1999. The #5 seed this year is the highest ever for the Sun Devils. They 5/11 UCLA (#10/#10/#26)* W, 16-14 were the #7 national seed in both 2000 and 2004. 5/12 UCLA (#10/#10/#26)* W, 5-4 5/13 UCLA (#10/#10/#26)* W, 11-10 5/16 Utah Valley State W, 11-3 5/18 at Oregon State (#16/#2/#23)* W, 4-3 Lights, Camera, Action: 5/19 at Oregon State (#16/#2/#23)* W, 3-0 ESPN will televise every game of the 2007 College World Series. 5/20 at Oregon State (#16/#2/#23)* W, 8-1 5/23 Arizona (#11/#7/#10)* W, 8-5 5/24 Arizona (#11/#7/#10)* W, 8-7 Facing Tough Competition: 5/25 Arizona (#11/#7/#10)* L, 5-12 During the regular season, ASU had 10 losses against teams who have been ranked at some 6/1 Monmouth! W, 5-3 6/2 UC Riverside (#14/#13/#14)! W, 9-2 point this season, including one to Vanderbilt, who was the #1 overall seed in the NCAA 6/3 Nebraska (NR/#7/NR)! W, 19-7 Tournament. The Sun Devils also have 28 wins against teams that have been ranked at some 6/9 Mississippi (#13/#10/#13)$ W, 4-3 6/10 Mississippi (#13/#10/#13)$ W, 7-1 point this year, including a three-game sweep at Oregon State, who has been ranked as high (Rankings listed are vs. ASU/Highest/Current) as 2nd. Also, seven of the losses have been by one , including an extra inning game with *Pac-10 Game, ^Houston College Classic (Houston, Texas) $Coca-Cola Classic (Surprise, Ariz.), % Chase Field (Phoenix, Ariz.) Vanderbilt. ASU faced eight teams that advanced to the 2007 NCAA Tournament, including !NCAA Regional (Tempe), $NCAA Super Regional (Tempe) three teams that advanced to Super Regionals. ASU went 7-1 against the Super Regionals In The Polls teams they faced in 2007. NCBWA: #3, : #3 USA Today/Coaches: #6, Rivals.com: #6 Collegiate Baseball: #3 2007 Arizona State Sun Devil Baseball College World Series Media Guide

Head Coach Pat Murphy On To Omaha: Arizona State will make their 20th all-time appearance in the College World Series, Since inheriting the Sun Devil program in fourth most in NCAA history. It is the third appearance for head coach Pat Murphy, August of 1994, Pat Murphy has carefully and the second in the past three years. The Devils last went to Omaha in 2005, when nurtured the tradition of excellence in Tempe, they fi nished third in the country. ASU has 58 all-time College World Series victories, while at the same time establishing himself third most in history. The fi ve national championships are also good for third. as one of the top collegiate head coaches in the nation. He has guided Arizona State Pac-10 Champions: University to Top 12 rankings in fi ve of the With their win against Arizona on May 23, the Sun Devils clinched the Pac-10 past ten seasons and fi nished in the top three Conference championship for the fi rst time since 2000, when they shared it with twice since 1998. In his twelve plus seasons UCLA and Stanford. The outright conference crown is the fi rst for Arizona State since in Tempe, Murphy owns a record of 528-255- 1993. It is the second Pac-10 title for head coach Pat Murphy and the seventh overall 1. In his 19+ seasons at the Division I level, in school history. ASU also won 11 WAC titles from 1963 to 1978. The 19 conference Murphy has a record of 846-371-2. He has wins ties the record for most wins since the divisions merged in 1999. Stanford (1999) led ASU to CWS berths in 1998 and 2005, and Oregon State (2005) each won 19 as well. was the Baseball America Coach of the Year in 1998 and was the Pac-10 Coach of the Pac-10 Player of the Year: Year in 2000 and 2007. Sophomore 1B Brett Wallace, who currently leads the Pac-10 in all three Crown categories, was named the 2007 Pac-10 Player of the Year. Wallace becomes Murphy’s Numbers the 12th Sun Devil to earn the honor, and the fi rst since Dustin Pedroia shared the Record at ASU (years) ...... 528-255-1 (12) award in 2003. Pac-10 Record ...... 196-140 Div. I Record (years) ...... 846-371-2 (19) Overall Career Record (years) ...... 901-426 (22) Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year: All-Time NCAA Record ...... 34-19 Junior 2B Eric Sogard was named the 2007 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, the fi rst Sun Devil to ever win the award. Sogard, who is also having an outstanding ASU Coaching Staff season at the plate, has helped to solidify one of the top defenses in the nation. Asst. Head Coach ...... Tim Esmay Asst. Coach ...... Turtle Thomas Asst. Coach ...... Andy Stankiewicz Pac-10 Coach of the Year: Head Coach Pat Murphy has been named the 2007 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, the second time in his tenure at ASU that he has earned the award. Murphy also won the ASU Media Relations award in 2000. He has led the Sun Devils to a #5 National Seed, the College World Media Relations Phone ...... (480) 965-6592 Fax...... (480) 965-5408 Series, a Pac-10 title and has won more than 40 games for the 28th time in school Baseball SID ...... Randy Policar history. E-Mail Address ...... [email protected] Policar’s Direct Line ...... (480) 965-6594 Asst. Baseball SID ...... Regina Verlengiere All Pac-10 Honors: Press Box ...... (480) 727-7253 Arizona State landed seven members on the All Pac-10 team and an additional four Web Site ...... www.TheSunDevils.com Honorable Mentions. Eric Sogard, and Petey Paramore each earned All-Conference honors for the second straight year. They were joined by teammates 2007 Final Pac-10 Standings Brett Wallace, Mike Leake, Josh Satow and Kiel Roling. Brian Flores, Andrew Romine, Matt Spencer and Tim Smith were each Honorable Mentions. The seven Pac-10 Overall honorees ties the school record for most All-Conference selections set in 1982. ASU School W-L W-L led the conference with their seven players on the team. Arizona State*^!$ 19-5 48-13 Arizona^ 15-9 42-17 Academic All Pac-10 Honors: UCLA^! 14-10 33-28 Arizona State had three student-athletes garner Academic All-Pac-10 honors, California 12-12 29-26 including two players make the First Team. Petey Paramore and Ryan Sontag were Washington 11-13 29-27 both First Team members, while Joe Persichina was an Honorable Mention. It is the Oregon State^!$ 10-14 43-18 third straight year Persichina has been honored by the Pac-10 for his academics. Washington State 10-14 28-26 USC 9-15 28-28 All-Americans: Stanford 8-16 27-29 The 2007 Sun Devils have been well represented on many All-American lists. *- Pac-10 Champions 1B Brett Wallace has been named a First Team All-American by both Collegiate ^- Advanced to NCAA Regional Baseball and Rivals.com. He was also named the District IX Player of the Year by the !- Advanced to NCAA Super Regional NCBWA. LHP Josh Satow was named a Second Team All-American by Collegiate $- Advanced to College World Series Baseball, while OF Ike Davis, 2B Eric Sogard and RHP Mike Leake were all

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named Third Team All-Americans. Leake was also named a Freshmen All-American by Projected Lineup: Collegiate Baseball. Sogard also earned Second Team All-American honors from Rivals.com. C- Petey Paramore Century Mark: With his three hits against Nebraska on June 3, Brett Wallace topped the 100-hit mark for 1B- Brett Wallace the season, becoming the 24th all-time Sun Devil to hit the mark. He has 107 hits so far this season, tying him with Chris Bando for 13th most in school history. Paul Lo Duca holds the 2B- Eric Sogard school record for hits in a season with 129 in 1993.

SS- Andrew Romine 40 Time: The Sun Devils have reached the 40-win plateau for the 28th time in school history and the sixth time under head coach Pat Murphy. Arizona State baseball has topped the 30-win mark 3B- Matt Hall for the 45th consecutive season and 47th season overall in school history. Murphy has never failed to win at least 30 games as a Division I head coach. ASU has the longest 30-win season LF- Tim Smith streak in the nation. Florida State has hit the mark 43 straight times, including 2007. CF- Mike Jones Home Sweet Home: The loss to Arizona in the regular season fi nale ended ASU’s 22-game home winning streak at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. The Devils fi nished the regular season RF- Ike Davis 30-3 at home, with the other two losses coming to Long Beach State. The school record for consecutive home wins is 33, set from 1976 to 1977. Arizona State won all fi ve postseason DH- Kiel Roling games they played in Tempe, inc