THE BOOK ON MACKEY Pitched in just two games as a freshman and missed 2002 season with injury...needs Right DANNY MACKEY #41 Throws: to get healthy to realize his potential...a for- 215 Bats: Right Weight: mer 32nd round pick by Pittsburgh. McQuaid Jesuit Height: 6-5 High School: Rochester, N.Y. Hometown: Rochester, N.Y. Birthplace: 2002: REDSHIRT YEAR Birthdate: 8/7/82 Missed the 2002 season with injury... had Tommy John elbow surgery during the late- Career Highs Last Time It Happened IP: 1.0 at Virginia Tech (4-10-01) Win: -- spring... took a redshirt year. K: -- Loss: -- BB: 2 vs. Liberty (4-23-01) : --

2001: FRESHMAN YEAR YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO Made appearances in two games and was 2001 2-1 0-0 0 0 0 20.25 1.1 3 4 3 3 0 2002 Redshirted roughed up in his one start for three runs in Total 2-1 0-0 0 0 0 20.25 1.1 3 4 3 3 0 just 0.1 innings with two walks and two hits against Liberty... made his debut on April 10 at Full name is Daniel Dunn Mackey... a philosophyake Forest major... over selected several inother the ACC32nd schools... round of the 2000 draft by Pittsburgh... chose W Virginia Tech, pitching the eighth inning... his parents are Jerry and Patty Mackey... born Aug. 7, 1981 in Rochester, N.Y. threw one inning and allowed one hit on one DANNY run and one walk. Jesuit’s most valuable player as a sen- MACKEY ior... picked to participate in the select senior game RS-SOPHOMORE MCQUAID JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL and was named MVP...a three-sport athlete who was A three-year All-City selection... chosen McQuaid also chosen All-City in basketball his senior year. Off the Field: Danny Mackey My Hobbies Include: Guitar Right JEFF MARKLEY #45 Throws: 215 Most Impressive Person You Know: Bats: Right Weight: Park Tudor HS My dad Height: 6-2 High School: Indianapolis, Ind. Hometown: Carmel, Ind. Birthplace: Person In History You’d Most Like to Birthdate: 1/9/84 Meet: David Puddy

Career Highs Last Time It Happened Favorite Class: Lifting with Matt Jennings Hits: -- HR: -- Runs: -- Multi-Hit: -- My Favorite Holmes Phrase: HR: -- Multi-HR: -- “Six Poles!”

YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A 2003

Full name is Jeffrey David Markley... finance major... parents... are a summer Bob and teammate Jean of Markley... attended the same high schoolars: as EpisodeDemon DeaconOne” basketballiami)... nicknamed player Vytas “Barf” Danelius and actor Jake Lloyd of “Star W John Hunter (Texas), Ryan Grieves (Texas) and Dan Saddler (M by his teammates because of the nervous stomach he displayed throughout the fall.

JEFF MARKLEY THE BOOK ON MARKLEY FRESHMAN A walk-on who joined the team during open tryouts in the THIRD BASE fall... the only walk-on invited to remain with the team... showed good hitting ability during fall practices... will give Off the Field: Jeff Markley the Deacons depth at third base. Most People Don’t Know This About Me But: PARK TUDOR HIGH SCHOOL I invest in the stock market Honorable mention All-Indiana... first team all-county... The One Possession I’d Keep Would Be: My dog helped lead the Panthers to the 1999 Indiana state title.

THE BOOK ON MALINOWSKI A big, strong, raw catcher with great tools... STEVEN Right MALINOWSKI has a quick and accurate throw to second STEVEN MALINOWSKI #14 Throws: 200 FRESHMAN base... improved immensely in the fall... con- Bats: Right Weight: Berlin HS CATCHER Height: 6-1 High School: sidered to be the best catching prospect in New Britain, Conn. Hometown: Kensington, Conn. Birthplace: New England... an excellent batter who hits 5/6/84 for average and power... possesses good Birthdate: Off the Field: Steven Malinowski speed, especially for a catcher... described as Career Highs Last Time It Happened My Hobbies Include: Curling an outstanding receiver. Hits: -- -- HR: -- ulti-Hit: -- RBI: -- -- M ulti-HR: -- Most Impressive Person You Know: BERLIN HIGH SCHOOL HR: -- -- M Chris Getz Selected to play in the American Legion YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A In the Movie of Your Life,Who Plays East/West Classic... a consensus first team 2003 You?: Al Pacino catcher in the Northwest Conference. ake Forest over Connecticut... is the son of Butch and Janet Undecided major... chose W ake Forest because of its great academics and the The Best Sportscaster is: Jack LeFaivre Malinowski ... decided to attend W baseball reputation of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Most Famous Person You’ve Met: Barbara Walters

32 2003 Wake Forest Baseball THE BOOK ON MATHIAS LEWISBURG HIGH SCHOOL Proved to be a solid everyday player behind the A two-time first team All-League and area selection... plate... coaches and love his receiving abili- high school team MVP in 2000... honorable mention ty... possesses excellent defensive skills... can hit for All-State in Pennsylvania... honorable mention TPX average and power... redshirted his first season... All-American... led Lewisburg to district champi- missed fall practice after surgery to repair a torn onships twice...a well-rounded athlete who was cho- labrum... began rehab in late-October and is expect- sen all-region as a defensive back in football... a ed to be at 90 percent by the start of the season. good student who made the honor roll and was a member of the National Honor Society. 2002: FRESHMAN SEASON Finished with an even .300 average with four home MATHIAS VS.THE ACC run and 30 RBI in shared duty behind the dish... . emerged as a catcher with the ability to play every day... played in 34 of 61 games with 31 starting 2002 assignments... spent every day of the season batting AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI .300 or better... had two hits in his career debut vs. CU .286 2-2 7 0 2 0 0 against New Mexico on February 16...lined three hits vs. DU .333 2-2 6 3 2 0 0 in his next outing against Elon on February 21... vs. FSU .444 4-3 9 2 4 2 4 vs.GT------RYDER began his college career 5-for-7 after those two per- MATHIAS formances... had a pair of home runs in the Florida vs. MD .385 3-3 13 5 5 1 5 SOPHOMORE State series... had a career-high four hits in a game vs. NC .143 2-2 7 1 1 0 2 CATCHER against Maryland on April 19 with a vs. NCS -- 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 double, home run and four RBI... vs.VA .200 1-1 5 0 1 0 1 scored four runs against High ACC .319 15-13 47 11 15 3 12 Point on April 16... batted .319 Non-ACC .275 21-20 69 17 19 1 20 Right against ACC pitching... had eight RYDER MATHIAS #29 Throws: 201 multi-hit games... started 31 Bats: Right Weight: Lewisburg HS Height: 6-1 High School: games behind the plate and Lewisburg, Pa. Hometown: Lewisburg, Pa. Birthplace: drove in 30 runs for the season... Birthdate: 9/28/81 the Deacons were 24-6-1 when Mathias started behind the plate. Career Highs Last Time It Happened Hits: 4 vs. Maryland (4-9-02) HR: at Virginia Tech (4-24-02) RBI: 4 twice Multi-Hit: at Duke (5-19-02) 2001: HR: 1 four times Multi-HR: -- REDSHIRT SEASON YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A Redshirted the 2001 season 2001 Redshirted while behind Jason Aquilante 2002 .300 34-31 110 28 33 5 0 4 30 13 17 0-1 and Stephen Ghutzman on the Communication major... parents are Greg and Debi Mathias... father, Greg, played depth chart... worked hard in baseball at Ithaca College... attended the same high school as Steve Kline of the St. ake Forest track and field coach Jill Snyder and Frank of MTV’s Real the weight room to get Louis Cardinals,W stronger. World Las Vegas cast.

Off the Field with Ryder Mathias Favorite Food: Kanpai Favorite Music Group: Shakira Favorite Movie: Super Troopers Favorite TV show: The Simpsons My Favorite Coach Mabe Phrase: “C’mon Mathias!” The Most Impressive Person You Know: Greg Mathias The Best Player I’ve Ever Played Against: Rocco Baldelli and Gavin Floyd The Best Sports Broadcaster is: Melissa Stark The Most Famous Person You’ve Met: Kyle Sleeth My Pre-Game Superstition: Play Tiddlywinks against Doug Riepe My Best Non-Athletic Talent is: Karaoke

2003 Wake Forest Baseball 33 THE BOOK ON MAYCROFT A talented right-hander used exclusively in short relief in his first season at Wake Right ERIC MAYCROFT #13 Throws: Forest... did not pitch last season because 215 Bats: Right Weight: of injury... transferred from Elgin CC in Dundee Crown HS Height: 6-3 High School: Elgin, Ill. Illinois... spent the summer of 2001 in the Hometown: Algonquin, Ill. Birthplace: Cape Cod League with the Hyannis Mets... Birthdate: 10/25/81 is fully healthy for the first time since com- ing to Wake Forest two years ago... gives Career Highs Last Time It Happened the Deacons experience and depth... will IP: 1.0 five times Win: -- K: 1 two times Loss: -- see time out of the bullpen. BB: 2 at Virginia Tech (4-10-02)Save: -- 2002: JUNIOR YEAR YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2001 6-0 0-0 0 0 0 3.38 5.1 4 2 2 5 2 Did not pitch because of an elbow injury. 2002 Did Not Pitch unication major... parents are Faith and Earl Full name is Eric Daniel Maycroft... a comm 2001: SOPHOMORE YEAR Maycroft... attended the same high school as Juan Acevedo of the . Pitched the ninth in a win at Virginia Tech with no hits but two walks... was unavailable ERIC for much of the season with back spasms... MAYCROFT made his season debut against Charlotte, pitching SENIOR one scoreless inning. PITCHER

DUNDEE CROWN HS / ELGIN CC Off the Field with Eric Maycroft Pitched at Elgin Community College in Illinois for one season after a solid prep career at Dundee My Favorite Class: Crown High School... was named to the Fox Valley Basic Athletic Training All-Conference team in 1999... selected to the All- If I Have a Career Besides Playing Baseball, It Area team in 1999 as well... toured Australia with Would Be: Advertising Champions International Baseball. Best Sporting Event I’ve Ever Attended: 1998 Cubs playoff game,Wrigley Field bleachers Person In History You’d Most Like to Meet: Ralph Wiggum

THE BOOK ON PORTNOY The bullpen catcher and inspirational leader of the Demon Deacons... a tireless Right JONATHAN PORTNOY #37 Throws: worker who helps in the day-to-day devel- 170 Bats: Right Weight: opment of the pitching staff... there isn’t a St. Louis Country Day Height: 5-8 High School: more popular player in the Wake Forest St. Louis, Mo. Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. Birthplace: clubhouse... had two hits to lead his team Birthdate: 2/3/83 to a Game One win in the fall’s Black & Gold series. Career Highs Last Time It Happened AB: 1 vs. App. State (3-5-02) HR: -- Hits: -- -- Multi-Hit: -- RBI: -- -- Multi-HR: --

YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A 2002 .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 ary and Joe Portnoy. Full name is Jonathan Harris Portnoy... undecided major... high school teammate Graham Bangert plays baseball at Pennsylvania... parents are M

JONATHAN PORTNOY 2002: FRESHMAN SEASON SOPHOMORE The team’s bullpen catcher who worked almost CATCHER exclusively with the pitching staff... had just one at- bat on the season, a late-game pinch-hitting appear- Off the Field With Jonathan Portnoy ance against Appalachian State, a 22-3 win on March Favorite Food: Steak ‘n’ Shake Cheeseburgers 5... he fouled out to first base. My Best Non-Athletic Talent: ST. LOUIS COUNTRY DAY Crossword Puzzles Helped lead his school to a district championship as The Most Impressive Person You Know: a sophomore and a league championship as a jun- My Grandmother ior... a two-time All-League selection... coached by Dave Stevens and Pete Jans...also competed in water Favorite All-Time Sporting Event: polo and was a part of an undefeated, state champi- 1996 NLCS Game 4 - Cardinals vs. Braves onship team his senior season...an honor roll student Most People Don’t Know This About Me all four seasons. But: I write all of Nelly’s lyrics

34 2003 Wake Forest Baseball THE BOOK ON MORLEY A very talented young pitcher who had an out- standing freshman season... used exclusively as a starter as a rookie... will be a cornerstone of the rota- tion for years to come... his fastball stays in the 87-89 range... has a good curveball and a change-up which could be his best pitch...his ability to locate his off-speed pitches keeps hitters off-balance... pitched for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox this past sum- mer... a former 17th round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates... expected to reclaim a spot in the weekend rotation.

2002: FRESHMAN SEASON Ended his rookie season with a 6-3 record,a 4.41 ERA with two complete games... tossed 87.2 innings with 71 ... HONORS & AWARDS TIM spent some time MORLEY * Honorable Mention in the ACC week- SOPHOMORE Freshman All-American end rotation... PITCHER named an Honorable Mention Freshman All- American by Collegiate Baseball... Got off to an great start as a fresh- Left man but struggled in the middle TIM MORLEY #34 Throws: 190 portions of the year... began to Bats: Left Weight: Stevenson HS Height: 6-2 High School: regain his form in late-April and Highland Park, Ill. Hometown: Buffalo Grove, Ill. Birthplace: performed well in the postsea- Birthdate: 10/27/82 son... struck out a career-high ten hitters on May 15 at West Virginia Career Highs Last Time It Happenedin: vs. Navy (6-1-02) in just 6.2 innings of work... did IP: 9.0 vs. Navy (6-1-02) W 9.0 vs. Charlotte (4-23-02) Loss: vs. Clemson (5-25-02) not factor in the decision but K: 10 at West Virginia (5-15-02) Save: - allowed just one run on three BB: 7 at NC State (3-23-02) hits... threw a complete game win vs. Charlotte, striking out YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2002 16-16 6-3 2 0 0 4.41 87.2 85 49 43 39 71 seven... fanned nine in a illiam and win over Cincinnati on Communication major... chose Wake Forest over Long Beach State, Illinois and Iowa... February 23... won high school teammate Paul Ackerman plays at Princeton... parents are W Norma Morley. three consecutive starts in April... had a scoreless streak of 15.2 innings, spanning four starts between Feb. 23 through March 11... yielded four Off the Field with Tim Morley earned runs in his first 29.1 innings. Favorite Food: MORLEY’S COMPLETE GAMES

Fettucini Alfredo STEVENSON HIGH SCHOOL . Favorite Music Group: Led his legion team to an Illinois State 2002 Led Zeppelin Championship... participated in the Area Code Date Opp. S/R Dec. IP H R ER BB K Games... posted a 2.06 ERA with 85 K’s in 68 innings 4/23 CHA S W 9.0 7 3 3 2 7 Favorite Class: in 12 games at Stevenson High School. 6/1 NAVY S W 9.0 6 1 0 2 8 Introduction to Economics My Favorite Coach Greer Action: Talking to himself My Favorite Coach Holmes Action: Calling the umpires by their first name If I Have a Career Besides Playing Baseball, It Would Be: Pro scout The Most Impressive Person You Know: My Dad The Best Player I’ve Ever Played Against: Khalil Greene (formerly of Clemson) The Best Sportscaster is: “Hawk” Harrelson The Person In History I’d Like To Meet: Mickey Mantle My Best Non-Athletic Talent: Movie Trivia

2003 Wake Forest Baseball 35 THE BOOK ON RIEPE A power hitter who can play several posi- tions... can play first and third but is pri- Right DOUG RIEPE #6 Throws: marily a left fielder...enjoyed an outstand- 210 Bats: Right Weight: ing summer for Columbus of the Great Immaculate HS Height: 6-3 High School: Danbury, Conn. Lakes League...an elbow injury cut his sea- Hometown: Danbury, Conn. Birthplace: son short as a sophomore. Birthdate: 3/4/82 2002: SOPHOMORE YEAR Career Highs Last Time It Happened Hits: 1 at High Point (4/18/01) HR: -- Played in nine games before a recurrence RBI: 1 two times Multi-Hit: -- of a previous elbow injury ended his season HR: -- Multi-HR: -- prematurely... started four games and YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A played in eight overall... drove in a run and 2001 .111 9-1 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 scored against Appalachian State on March 2002 .000 8-4 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0-0 5. Total .042 17-5 24 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 7 0-0 munication major... brother, Andrew, was the 1999 Full name is Douglas Riepe... com ent MVP for Wake Forest, and played in the Red Sox organization... par- 2001: FRESHMAN SEASON ACC Tournam ents are Dave and Rosemary Riepe. Appeared in eight games, primarily as a DOUG pinch-hitter... made one start, as the designat- RIEPE ed hitter,on April 18 at High Point...went 1-for-3 with JUNIOR an RBI single... in his limited time in the field, he IF / OF played first base and left field. Off the Field with Doug Riepe IMMACULATE HIGH SCHOOL All-state baseball player in 2000... two-time All-Area My Favorite Coach Greer Phrase: selection... named the 2000 Connecticut Prep “What are we doing? What’s going on?” Athlete of the Year... a tremendous athlete who was The Best Sports Broadcaster: named all-state twice in football and basketball... is Harry Carey his school’s second all-time points leader in basket- ball... a member of the National Honor Society and The One Possession I’d Keep If I Lost All But an Academic All-State selection. One: My family portrait My Best Non-Athletic Talent is: Dancing one-legged like Brad Scioletti

THE BOOK ON RUSSELL Made the most strides of any of the pitch- ers during the team’s fall practices... Right GREGORY RUSSELL #15 Throws: should see quality innings in middle 245 Right Weight: relief... an imposing figure on the mound Bats: Hoover HS Height: 6-8 High School: at 6-8... has seen limited action in two sea- Los Angeles, Calif. Hometown: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Birthplace: sons at Wake Forest... hits 90 with his fast- Birthdate: 6/13/82 ball and throws a curveball and a change- up. Career Highs Last Time It Happenedin: -- IP: 2.0 four times W K: 2 at Rice (2-15-02) Loss: -- 2002: SOPHOMORE SEASON 2 at Florida St. (3-30-01) Save: -- Made one appearance at Rice... pitched two BB: 3 vs. Duke (3-11-02) innings and allowed three runs. YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2001 5-0 0-0 0 0 0 6.48 8.1 7 8 6 4 4 2001: FRESHMAN SEASON 2002 1-0 0-0 0 0 0 13.50 2.0 3 3 3 1 2 Totals 6-0 0-0 0 0 0 7.84 10.1 10 11 9 5 6 Pitched in five games and got his feet wet in the ACC at Florida State and Georgia Tech... English and Economics major...parents are Nancy and Bill Russell...the tallest person to looked sharp vs. Appalachian State going two ever play baseball at Wake Forest. innings 0with just one hit allowed and a GREGORY ...pitched two innings at Florida State allow- RUSSELL JUNIOR ing one run on two hits but with two strikeouts... threw two innings against Duke and gave up two PITCHER runs on one hit and three walks... made his career debut against Charlotte. Off the Field With Gregory Russell Favorite Class: Understanding Japan HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL Favorite Movie Group: Weezer Voted All-Valley first baseman in 1999... earned Hoover High’s most valuable player award as a sen- My Hobbies Include: Movies, whiffle ball ior... named team’s most improved player as a soph- Most Impressive People You Know: Parents omore... averaged over two strikeouts per inning pitched as a junior... participated in the Area Code Best Player I’ve Ever Played Against: Games last summer in Long Beach, pitched and won John-Ford Griffin (formerly of Florida State) two games at the 1998 Junior Olympics in Tucson, Favorite Sport Besides Baseball: Billiards Ariz. Favorite Sportscaster: Vin Scully

36 2003 Wake Forest Baseball THE BOOK ON RUZIECKI A first baseman with outstanding footwork around the bag...hits for power and average...a transfer from Cypress Junior College... provides punch at the plate in the middle of the Wake Forest lineup... considered by many to be one of the best defensive first base- men in the Atlantic Coast Conference... a powerful left-handed hitter, perfectly suited for the dimen- sions at Hooks Stadium.

2002: JUNIOR SEASON Started 56 of the team’s 61 games, all at first base... batted .306 with seven home runs and 34 RBI... drilled 13 doubles, a total of 20 extra base hits, the fourth-best on the team... reached base in 24 of the team’s final 27 games... homered against Rice, Clemson, Duke, VCU, Appalachian State and twice against UNC Greensboro... drove in 15 runs over a 10 JEFF game stretch from April 20 through May 12... drilled RUZIECKI two home runs in a 3-for-5 performance against SENIOR UNCG on April 30... went 3-for-5 with a home run vs. FIRST BASE Duke on May 17... went 2-for-4 against Rice with a home run and three RBI on Feb. 15.

Left JEFF RUZIECKI #10 Throws: CYPRESS JC / 225 Left Weight: Bats: Huntington Beach HUNTINGTON BEACH HS 6-1 High School: Height: Torrance, Calif. Attended high school and junior Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif. Birthplace: 10/13/80 college with current teammate Birthdate: Ryan Hubbard... hit .359 with RUZIECKI VS.THE ACC Career Highs Last Time It Happened seven homers and a .569 slug- Hits: 3 five times HR: at Duke (5-17-02) ging percentage at Cypress... RBI: 4 vs. UNCG (4-30-02) Multi-Hit: vs. Clemson (5-25-02) coached at Cypress by Scott 2002 HR: 2 vs. UNCG (4-30-02) Multi-HR: vs. UNCG (4-30-02) Pickler... joins a growing list of AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A former Cypress players to vs. CU .286 4-4 14 1 4 1 3 2002 .306 57-56 222 47 68 13 0 7 34 18 65 2-2 attend Wake Forest... former vs. DU .364 3-3 11 4 4 1 2 ajor, minoring in international studies... full name is Jeffrey James Deacon outfielders Scott vs. FSU .214 4-4 14 1 3 0 1 A political science m Ruziecki... parents are Jim and Kathi Ruziecki... father, Jim, was a two-time All- Daeley and Cory Sullivan came vs. GT .333 2-2 9 3 3 0 0 American golfer at USC and brother Brian throws the shotput and discus at UCLA... to Wake Forest from Cypress JC vs. MD .462 3-3 13 3 6 0 2 attended the same highake Forest school because as Kansas it was City his Chiefs “best All-Pro chance tight to getend to Tony Omaha.” ... owns the Huntington Beach vs. NC .312 4-4 16 2 5 0 0 Gonzalez... chose W High School career record for home runs... vs. NCS .235 4-4 17 4 4 0 0 voted all-league in high school and junior college...a vs.VA .417 3-3 12 3 5 0 2 good athlete who was an all-conference football ACC .321 27-27 106 21 34 2 10 Off the Field with Jeff Ruziecki player... earned the scholar-athlete award. Non-ACC .293 30-29 116 26 34 5 24 Favorite Food: Wahoo’s Fish Tacos Favorite Music Group: Toto Favorite Movie: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Favorite Class at WFU: Film with Dr. Dalton My favorite Coach Greer phrase: “You know why Hubbard came to Wake Forest, right? He thought WF meant Waffle House!” My favorite Coach Mabe phrase: Everything with that weird accent is funny though I can’t understand him sometimes The Most Impressive Person I Know Is: My Mom The Best Player I’ve Eve Played Against: Adam Bourassa (2001 Black & Gold Series) In the Movie of Your Life,Who Plays You?: A younger Emilio Estevez I Wish I Was Better At: Taking criticism from Coach Mabe Most People Don’t Know This About Me But: I can be serious Best Non-Athletic Talent: Cooking

2003 Wake Forest Baseball 37 THE BOOK ON SCIOLETTI ARMY / BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL A very versatile player who played everywhere in his Became Army’s most dangerous hitter as a fresh- first season at Wake Forest except center field, catch- man... season ended prematurely by broken bone in er and pitcher... may actually see some time behind wrist, missing the final 22 games of the year... led the plate as a junior... a natural middle infielder who team in four offensive categories at time of injury... showed by year’s end to be a capable hitter... fin- batted .329 with three doubles, three triples, one ished the year as well as anyone on the squad... pos- home run and 20 runs batted in and nine stolen sesses a very strong arm...transferred to Wake Forest bases in just 22 games... was on a hot streak at the from West Point at the semester break last year time of injury, hitting .480 (12-25) with 10 runs along with Indy Wilkinson... a Cape Cod native who scored and six runs batted in his last six games... played the last two years in that league. played for head coach Peter Auger at Barnstable High in Hyannis, Mass.... lettered three times in base- 2002: SOPHOMORE YEAR ball, four times in both hockey and golf... captained Finished the year with a .295 average, three homers all three squads as a senior... all-state selection in and 21 RBI in limited duty... started 28 games at six golf, all-conference in hockey and baseball. different positions including first base, second base, shortstop, third base, left field and designated hit- ter... appeared as a pinch hitter in 10 games, batting 3-for-10 in those situa- BRAD tions... one of the team’s hottest hitters SCIOLETTI in the second half...batted .388 (33-for- JUNIOR 85) with three homers and 19 RBI over INFIELD the team’s final 30 games... homered against Clemson in the ACC BRAD SCIOLETTI #12 Tournament... was hitting .081 Bats: before the Virginia trip before Right Height: Throws: 6-2 Right completely turning his season Hometown: Weight: Hyannis, Mass. 200 around, beginning with a 2- Birthdate: High School: 7/7/82 Barnstable HS for-2 day with a double and Birthplace: Weymouth, Mass. three RBI on April 14 vs. the Wake Forest Career Highs Last Time It Happened Cavaliers... doubled in three con- Hits: 3 three times HR: vs. Clemson (5/25/02) RBI: 3 three times Multi-Hit: vs. Richmond (6/2/02) secutive games after that... homered HR: 1 three times Multi-HR: -- against UNCG on April 30 and against Liberty on May 13... had three hits YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A *2000 .329 22-21 73 17 24 3 3 1 20 20 5 9-10 against Davidson on May 1... had a 2001 .295 39-28 122 29 36 9 0 3 21 8 19 2-2 six-game hitting streak from April 27 through May 15... started all three games Business major... full name is Bradley Ross Scioletti... parents are Cynthia and Dan Scioletti... father, Dan, was a hockey and soccer team captain at Army... brother, Mike, at Duke and went 5-for-10 at the plate and is Army’s all-time leader in HR and RBI... brother, Matt, played baseball at the made several sparkling plays at second base. Massachusetts Maritime Academy... brother, Andrew, played golf at West Point.

Off the Field with Brad Scioletti Favorite Food: Mom’s chicken parmesan Favorite Music Group: Jimmy Buffett Favorite Movie: Caddyshack Favorite Class: Accounting My Favorite Coach Mabe Phrase: “Scioletti, you don’t field the ball with your SCIOLETTI VS.THE ACC hands, you field the ball with your feet!” The Most Impressive Person You Know: 2002 Mike Scioletti AVG G-S AB R H HR RBI vs. CU .364 3-3 11 2 4 1 1 If I Have a Career Besides Pro Baseball, It vs. DU .500 3-3 10 2 5 0 1 Will Be: Working in a NYC business firm vs. FSU .200 2-1 5 0 1 0 0 My Hobbies Include: vs.GT------Sailing, Swimming vs. MD .400 3-0 5 2 2 0 1 vs. NC .286 2-1 7 0 2 0 0 The Most Famous Person I’ve Met: vs. NCS .400 2-1 5 1 2 0 0 Dave Bush vs.VA 1.000 1-0 2 1 2 0 3 If I Could Add One Team to the Schedule, It ACC .400 16-9 45 8 18 1 6 Would Be: West Point Non-ACC .234 23-19 77 21 18 2 15 My Pre-Game Superstition is: Play catch with Grant Achilles, throw two knuckleballs Most People Don’t Know This About Me But: I drink coffee and listen to Kenny G while doing my work

38 2003 Wake Forest Baseball THE BOOK ON SLEETH the win... the second came in relief against NC State Arguably the best starter in the nation... the ace of when he allowed no earned runs in five innings with the Deacon rotation... has good stamina and keeps four strikeouts... earned the win in relief against his fastball in the mid-90’s even late into the game... UNCG going 3.1 innings with three strikeouts... has dominant stuff... throws a curve, slider and pitched 3.1 innings allowing five runs, four earned, changeup to go with his fastball...the Deacons seem on five hits with five strikeouts... earned the win vs. to play better behind Sleeth... has a chance to ASU on March 13... looked sharp against UNO on become Wake’s all-time leader in wins this year... a March 3 with a career-best nine strikeouts with no first team preseason All-American (NCBWA). walks in six innings while giving up two runs... threw six solid innings while earning the victory at Liberty, USA NATIONAL TEAM striking out six... picked up the win in his collegiate debut against Penn State on February 10... allowed Made eight starts last summer, posting a 7-1 record just three runs in 5.1 innings against Rice. with a 1.44 ERA with two complete game shutouts... struck out 56 hitters in 56.1 innings... defeated three opposing national teams including Japan (a two-hit NORTHGLENN HIGH SCHOOL complete game shutout with six strikeouts), Chinese A two-sport standout in both football and baseball... Taipei (a two-hit complete game shutout with nine was an all-state punter in football while earning all- strikeouts) and Canada (seven innings, no earned conference honors in baseball... Region Pitcher of the Year as a junior and senior...18th round draft pick KYLE runs and nine strikeouts)... named to Baseball SLEETH America’s Summer All-America team. of the Baltimore Orioles. JUNIOR PITCHER 2002: SOPHOMORE SEASON Had the best single season by a pitcher in Wake Forest histo- ry... had a 14-0 record with a Right KYLE SLEETH #20 Throws: 2.97 ERA and 115 strikeouts in 200 Bats: Right Weight: 113 innings... Northglenn HS Height: 6-5 High School: set a new Denver, Colo. Hometown: Westminster, Colo. Birthplace: school record HONORS & AWARDS 12/20/81 Birthdate: for wins with * 2nd Team All-American 14... led the (Baseball America, Career Highs Last Time It Happened ACC in wins, IP: 9 three times Win: vs. Geo.Wash. (5/31/02) Baseball Weekly, NCBWA K: 11vs. Geo.Wash (5/31/02) Loss: vs. Clemson (3/25/01) strikeouts Collegiate Baseball) BB: 6 three times Save: -- per start and * First Team All-ACC ERA (2.97) ... YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO * ACC Player of the Week defeated 2001 21-12 10-3 1 0 0 5.03 78.2 102 59 44 31 56 (Feb. 18) 2002 18-17 14-0 2 2 0 2.97 118.1 115 54 39 41 113 four nation- * National Player of the Total 39-31 24-3 3 2 0 3.79 197.0 217 113 83 72 169 ally-ranked Year Watch List Communication major... an 18th round draft pick of Baltimore out of high school... teams top pro prospect among juniors. (Baseball America) parents are Larry and CindyBaseball Sleeth... America’s a first team preseason All-American by the including NCBWA... rated among Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina and Nebraska... went at SLEETH CAREER GAME-BY-GAME least six innings in each of his 15 starts...gave up just . Off the Field with Kyle Sleeth one earned in seven innings at Clemson... threw a 2001 Date Opp. S/R Dec. IP H R ER BB K Favorite Food: Sushi complete game shutout against Maryland... tossed 2/10 PSU S W 6.0 2 0 0 0 4 eight scoreless innings at New Orleans... allowed 2/17 RICE S L 5.1 9 3 3 2 1 Favorite Class: Film 2/26 LIB S W 6.0 5 4 3 2 6 three earned runs or less in 15 of 17 starts... won his 3/3 UNO S W 6.0 7 2 2 0 9 final 10 starts of the season from March 29 through 3/9 DUKE S - 4.0 9 4 3 2 2 If I Have a Career Besides Pro Baseball, It 3/13 APP S W 4.0 2 0 0 2 1 Will Be: Broadcaster the end of the year... has a chance to break Wake 3/17 UNC S - 5.0 10 6 5 1 0 Forest’s single season records for wins, innings and 3/21 ECU R L 0.2 2 3 3 1 1 My Hobbies Include: Guitar, other sports 3/25 CU S L 3.1 5 5 4 1 5 strikeouts... third nationally in wins as of May 27. 4/4 UNCG R W 3.1 3 2 0 0 3 4/7 VA R - 0.2 4 4 4 2 0 My Favorite Coach Mabe Phrase: 4/11 APP R - 1.0 1 3 3 2 1 “When ya pop it up, ya run it out!” 2001: FRESHMAN SEASON 4/14 GT R W 2.2 3 1 0 3 1 The team leader in wins (10)... second in the ACC in 4/17 UNCG S W 5.0 5 3 0 1 4 My Favorite All-Time Sporting Event: 4/22 NCS R W 5.0 6 1 0 1 2 that category... picked up four wins over teams from 4/25 CHA R - 0.1 2 2 1 0 0 Colorado Avalanche vs. Detroit Red Wings 4/28 MD R - 2.1 4 4 3 1 3 the 2000 NCAA tournament field... threw his first 5/1 DAV S - 1.0 5 4 4 1 0 My Favorite Sportscaster: Al Michaels career complete 5/13 HPU R - 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 HONORS & AWARDS game against 5/18 ^GT S W 7.0 7 3 3 6 4 The Person in History You’d Most Like to 5/26 &TT S W 9.0 10 5 3 2 9 * Freshman All-American Tennessee Tech in 2002 Meet: John Elway the NCAA Date Opp. S/R Dec. IP H R ER BB K (Collegiate Baseball) 2-12 DAV S W 7.0 6 1 1 0 10 The Most Famous Person You’ve Met: Tourney, allowing 2-17 NEB S W 6.0 5 3 3 3 3 Cal Ripken, Jr. just three earned runs while equaling a career-high 2-22 CIN S - 7.0 6 2 1 4 7 3-1 APP S W 6.0 6 4 3 1 9 nine strikeouts for his 10th victory of the season... 3-9 UNO S W 8.0 3 0 0 0 7 The Person Who Has Most Influenced Your beat Georgia Tech twice... once with a seven-inning 3-15 GT S - 6.0 9 8 8 0 7 Athletic Career: Nolan Ryan 3-22 NCS S - 6.0 8 3 3 3 7 performance in the ACC Tournament where he 3-29 FSU S W 7.0 5 3 3 6 2 My Biggest Fear is: Trolls allowed just three runs on seven hits... had a streak 4-5 UNC S W 7.1 4 2 2 3 4 4-12 VA S W 6.0 6 5 1 1 5 of 12.2 scoreless innings spanning three outings 4-19 MD S W 9.0 6 0 0 3 9 Favorite Sport Besides Baseball: Football against Georgia Tech, UNC Greensboro and NC 4-26 CU S W 7.0 6 2 1 5 6 5-1 DAV S W 7.0 8 3 1 1 9 My Pre-Game Superstition is: NONE State... was outstanding in back-to-back ACC out- 5-12 VCU S W 6.0 6 5 1 2 3 ings... the first was at Georgia Tech on April 14 where 5-17 DUKE S W 9.0 13 4 3 3 5 In the Movie of Your Life,Who Plays You?: 5-22 ^ NCS S W 5.0 6 3 3 6 6 he pitched his way out of two bases-loaded jams 5-31 & GW S W 7.0 11 6 5 0 11 Robert Redford and did not allow an earned run in 2.2 innings to get 6-2 & RICH R - 2.0 1 0 0 0 3

2003 Wake Forest Baseball 39 THE BOOK ON STERK A versatile player in the field who pos- sesses lightning-quick speed...has recent- Right CASEY STERK #7 Throws: ly adapted to switch hitting with remark- 165 Bats: Switch Weight: able success... an above average hitter on La Costa Canyon HS Height: 5-11 High School: La Jolla, Calif. both sides of the plate... a talented defen- Hometown: Encinitas, Calif. Birthplace: sive outfielder. Birthdate: 5/26/84 LA COSTA CANYON HS Career Highs Last Time It Happened Hits: -- HR: -- San Diego Student-Athlete of the Year in Runs: -- Multi-Hit: -- 2002... All-North San Diego County... All- Walks: -- Multi-HR: -- Avocado League All-Star as a junior and YR AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A senior... holds the La Costa Canyon single 2003 season records for hits, runs and triples... and Jeff Sterk... both parents were stu- played with American Area Code team in Plans to major in business... the son of Kim , played tennis while dad, Jeff, ran cross dent-athletes at San Diego State... mom, Kim Australia during the Christmas Holiday in country... chose Wake Forest over UC-Santa Barbara, Santa Clara and Southern Cal. 2001... San Diego Tribune-Union first team All-Academic team... led La Costa Canyon to a No. 13 ranking in California... a four-year CASEY honor roll student. STERK FRESHMAN IF / OF

Off the Field with Casey Sterk

If I Have a Career Besides Playing Baseball, it Will Be: Sports Agent

My Hobbies Include: Baseball, surfing

The Person Who Has Most Influenced Your Athletic Career: My dad

Favorite Food: BBQ Ribs

THE BOOK ON WEDEKIND Comes to Wake Forest advanced as a freshman because of his ability to throw EDEKIND #22 Right KIRBY W Throws: strikes with his off-speed stuff... should 220 Bats: Right Weight: make an immediate impact as a weekday Episcopal HS Height: 6-2 High School: starter and a weekend reliever... throws a Jacksonville, Fla. Hometown: Jacksonville, Fla. Birthplace: fastball, slider and changeup. Birthdate: 4/2/84

EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL Career Highs Last Time It Happenedin: -- IP: -- W Averaged two strikeouts per inning as a K: -- Loss: -- junior at Episcopal HS where he was BB: -- Save: -- coached by Scott Hennessey and Joel Davis, a former first round pick of the Chicago YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2003 White Sox... ranked as the 133rd best high Full name is Kirby Logsdon Wedekind... Undecided major... the soniami, of Lee Georgia and KitsyTech, school prospect by Baseball America... par- ake Forest over M ticipated in the Perfect Game National, Team Wedekind...Grandfather played college baseball at Louisville...attended the same high school as PGA tour star David Duval... chose W One East Coast, Area Code Games, Florida Georgia and Tulane... played in high school with Princeton standout pitcher Thomas Diamond Club Classic and the Blue-Gray Pauly. Classic where he was named All-Tournament KIRBY Team... led Episcopal High School to its first WEDEKIND ever District Championship and Sweet 16 appear- FRESHMAN ance. PITCHER

Off the Field With Kirby Wedekind If I Could Add One Team to the Schedule, It Would Be: Florida If I Have a Career Besides Pro Baseball, It Will Be: Law My Favorite Sportscaster: Peter Gammons My Biggest Fear is: Heights One Thing I Wish I Was Better At: Patience Best Non-Athletic Talent: Poetry

40 2003 Wake Forest Baseball THE BOOK ON WILKINSON Has built up his arm strength and has put himself in a position to Right INDY WILKINSON #35 Throws: throw quality innings out of the 195 Bats: Right Weight: bullpen... throws four pitches Webb School Height: 6-3 High School: Knoxville,Tenn. including a fastball, curveball, Hometown: Oak Ridge,Tenn. Birthplace: changeup and slider. Birthdate: 11/12/81 2002: Wake Forest Career Highs Last Time It Happened IP: -- Win: -- SOPHOMORE SEASON K: -- Loss: -- Transferred from Army and joined BB: -- Save: -- the Deacons in January, just days YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO before spring practice started... did *2001 11-5 0-4 0 0 0 4.01 33.2 39 21 15 21 20 not pitch during the 2002 season. 2002 did not pitch

Full name is Indy McFall Wilkinson... chemistry major... parents are Patsy and Robert ARMY / WEBB SCHOOL Wilkinson... plans on attending medical school... attended the same high school as New York Jets quarterbackord (formerly Chad Pennington... of Virginia) high and Mattschool Huskey teammate (Carson-Newman). of Hal Bibee Led all Black Knight pitchers as a fresh- (Tennessee), Robert W man with a 4.01 ERA ... appeared in 11 INDY WILKINSON contests and started five... claimed reg- JUNIOR ular turn in Army’s Patriot League pitching rotation... PITCHER allowed 39 hits in 33.2 innings pitched... played at Webb School for head coach Clark Wormsley who Off the Field with Indy Wilkinson also coached Chad Pennington of the NFL’s New York Jets and Greg McMichael of the Atlanta Braves... an All-State selection and chose as an East-West If I Have a Career Besides Playing Baseball, it Tennessee All-Star as a senior... the East Tennessee Will Be: Anesthesiologist high school player of the year...earned all-district,all- city and all-state honors on diamond... a four year My Pre-Game Superstition: varsity pitcher... also lettered twice in swimming. Rub Kyle Sleeth’s bald spot

In the Movie of Your Life,Who Plays You?: Denzel Washington

My Best Non-Athletic Talent is: Cooking THE BOOK ON YOUNG Throws from a low three-quarter arm slot which creates a lot of sink on Right KYLE YOUNG #32 Throws: his pitches... spent a lot of time in 175 Bats: Left Weight: the fall working on his off-speed Southlake Carroll HS Height: 6-3 High School: pitches, curveball and changeup... Irving,Texas Hometown: Southlake,Texas Birthplace: should see time out of the bullpen. Birthdate: 12/4/83

SOUTHLAKE CARROLL HS Career Highs Last Time It Happened IP: -- Win: -- Played for Larry Hughes at Southlake K: -- Loss: -- Carroll... an All-Texas selection as a BB: -- Save: -- senior... named All-Region and Dallas Metro as a sophomore... a four-time YR G-GS W-L CG SH SV ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2003 All-District selection... named District ake Forest MVP ... led Southlake Carroll to a 4A Plans to major in business... the son of Ken and Nanette Young... father, Ken, played State Championship. collegiately at Texas Tech and professionally in the Reds system... chose W over Miami, Saint Louis and Dartmouth... a high school teammate of Trevor Tacker (Yankees system), Doug Lantz (Cleveland system) and Paul Schappert (Southwest Texas State)... decided to attend Wake Forest because of the baseball team. KYLE YOUNG FRESHMAN PITCHER

Off the Field With Kyle Young My Hobbies Include: Chess Most Famous Person I’ve Met is: President George W. Bush Favorite Class: Communication Culture - South Asia Most People Don’t Know This About Me But: I take Chinese language My Impressive Person I Know Is: My grandfather

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