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EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY RELEASE EAGLES BASEBALL • MAY 25, 2006 , 2005 2006 EMU BASEBALL 2006 EAGLES BASEBALL (27-26, 14-12 MAC) SCHEDULE/RESULTS 27-26 (14-12 MAC) FEBRUARY EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL 3 at E. Tennessee State (DH) W, 9-6 L, 7-8 EMU vs. Miami (31-23, 17-10 MAC) 10 at #8 Tennessee (DH) L, 2-3 L, 2-3 May 25, 2006 • 10 a.m. 24 at UNLV W, 9-7 25 at UNLV L, 5-18 Schoonover Stadium • Kent , Ohio 26 at UNLV L, 5-23 MARCH 2 at Louisville W, 9-2 3 at Louisville W, 2-1 4 at Louisville L, 0-13 EAGLES FACE MIAMI IN SECOND GAME OF MAC TOURNAMENT: For the first 5 at Louisville L, 2-4 time since the 2004 season, the EMU baseball team is competing in the 2006 Mid- 17 at West Virginia L, 3-4 American Conference Tournament held May 24-27, at Schoonover Stadium in Kent, 18 at West Virginia L, 1-3 19 at West Virginia L, 2-7 Ohio. The Eagles entered the tournament as the No. 6 seed and dropped a 2-1 22 WAYNE STATE Cancelled decision to No. 1 seed and host Kent State University, yesterday (May 24). The last 24 BOWLING GREEN* L, 3-5 time Eastern and Miami met was in the 2004 MAC Tournament in which the Redhawks 26 BOWLING GREEN* (DH) W, 2-1 defeated the Eagles 2-0 in the winners bracket. In 2003, EMU earned the title de- W, 9-3 feating Miami 3-2, and 6-5 to advance to the NCAA Regionals. Earlier this season, 28 WAYNE STATE (DH) W, 3-2 W, 4-3 Miami swept the regular season series against Eastern (April 8-9). Miami leads the OAKLAND W, 9-8 all time series against Eastern Michigan with a 51-35 mark. 31 BUFFALO* W, 10-0 APRIL ABOUT THE REDHAWKS: Miami enter today’s tournament game with an overall 1 BUFFALO * W, 6-1 record of 31-23 and a MAC record of 17-10. Yesterday, the Redhawks fell, 8-2, to 2 BUFFALO* W, 4-2 Central Michigan in the first round. Miami is led by junior Jeff Carroll who is batting 4 CONCORDIA (DH) W, 9-3 5 at Michigan State L, 3-6 .337, with 14 runs scored, 29 hits and 14 RBI. Miami is coached by Dan Simonds, (Oldsmobile Park- Lansing, Mich.) who is in his first season. 8 at Miami* (DH) L, 4-11 L, 1-9 EMU MAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Since the MAC tournament’s inception in 1981, 9 at Miami* L, 3-6 the EMU baseball team has competed six times: 1981-83 and 2002-04 accumulat- 11 GRAND VALLEY STATE W, 2-1 15 at Ohio* (DH) L, 4-5 ing a 14-8 overall record. The Eagles won the tournament in 1981 (3-0 record), W, 6-4 1982 (3-0 record) and 2003 (4-1 record). The 2003 tournament was hosted by Kent 16 at Ohio* W, 9-7 State and saw the Eagles knock off Miami, 6-5, to advance to the NCAA Regionals. 18 OAKLAND W, 10-8 19 MICHIGAN W, 9-3 EMU FALLS TO KENT STATE IN MAC TOURNEY FIRST ROUND: Despite a solid 21 BALL STATE* W, 8-0 22 BALL STATE* L, 7-0 effort from sophomore Jeff Fischer, the 2006 MAC Pitcher of the Year, the No. 6 23 BALL STATE* W, 5-4 seeded Eastern Michigan University baseball team was edged, 2-1, by No. 1 seeded 25 INDIANA TECH W, 8-6 Kent State University Wednesday afternoon (May 24) in first round Mid-American 26 NORTHWOOD W, 17-4 Conference Tournament action at Schoonover Stadium. Fischer (9-4) went 8.0 in- 28 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* W, 9-8 29 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* W, 7-3 nings with five strikeouts while limiting Kent State, the top-hitting team in the MAC, 30 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* W, 6-4 to only two runs on six hits. The Eagles were led offensively by senior Matt Moffett MAY who went 2-for-4 at the plate with a pair of RBI. Junior Derek Lehrman also hit 2- 2 WAYNE STATE (DH) Cancelled for-4 at the plate. 3 at Ohio State L, 2-5 5 at Central Michigan* W, 10-2 FISCHER NAMED MAC PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Jeff Fischer enjoyed a record- 6 at Central Michigan* L, 4-2 setting season in 2006 en route to being named first-team All-MAC. The Farmington, 7 at Central Michigan* L, 5-1 Mich. native posted a 9-3 record on the mound, the most wins for an EMU pitcher 9 at Michigan L, 11-6 13 at Toledo Cancelled since 2004. Fischer finished fifth in the league in strikeouts (98), while recording 14 at Toledo* (DH) W, 11-1 four complete games. The sophomore right-hander limited opposing hitters to a L, 5-9 .223 batting average and finished first in the league with a 1.95 ERA. In MAC games 18 WESTERN MICHIGAN* L, 0-4 only, he posted a 6-1 record, including three complete games. Fisher limited op- 19 WESTERN MICHIGAN* L, 2-9 20 WESTERN MICHIGAN* L, 2-3 posing league batters to just a .204 average, while posting a league leading ERA of 24 at Kent State - MAC Tournament L, 1-2 1.88. Fischer was named MAC West Pitcher of the Week twice this season. He joins 25 Maimi- MAC Tournament 10 a.m. former EMU standout Doug Martin and Ryan Ford as the only other players in 8-11 NCAA Super Regional TBA school history to earn the MAC Pitcher of the Year honors. Martin garnered the 15-18 NCAA College World Series TBA accolade in 1991, while Ford picked up the hardware following the 2004season. 2006 EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Yr.-El. Hometown-High School (Previous School) 1 Jeff Hehr* IF R-R 6-0 180 So.-So. Boardman, Ohio-Cardinal Mooney 2 Kyle Rhoad IF R-R 5-10 180 Fr.-Fr. Fostoria, Ohio-Elmwood 3 Josh Ivan* IF R-R 5-11 165 So.-So. Belleville, Mich.-Belleville 4 Craig Bate LHP/IF R/L 6-5 210 Fr.-Fr. St. Thomas, Ont.-St. Joseph’s 5 Jeff Davis* OF/LHP L-L 5-10 170 So.-So. Avondale, Arizona-Westview 6 Bobby Henderson LHP L-L 5-10 165 Fr.-Fr. Milford, Mich.-Detroit Catholic Central 7 Isaiah Gainforth* OF L-R 6-2 200 Sr.-Sr. Unionville, Mich.-Unionville (St. Clair County C.C.) 8 Matt Moffett*** C/IF L-R 6-0 210 Sr.-Sr. Chelsea, Mich.-Chelsea 9 Shane Davis** C R-R 5-10 185 Sr.-Jr. Poland, Ohio-Poland Seminary 10 Michael Boyd* OF R-R 6-3 180 Jr.-So. Huntington Woods, Mich.-Berkley 14 Kevin Wammes RHP R-R 6-1 185 Fr.-Fr. Fremont, Ohio-Saint Joseph Central Catholic 15 Will Stewardson*** RHP L-R 6-2 230 Sr.-Sr. London, Ont.-Sir Frederick Banting 16 Sean Hoffman RHP R-R 5-9 175 Fr.-Fr. Midland, Mich.-Midland 18 Jeff Robinson* LHP R-L 6-1 165 So.-So. Gladstone, Mich.-Gladstone 19 Matt Dillard** RHP R-R 6-7 185 Jr.-Jr. Waterford, Mich.-Waterford Mott 20 Patrick Dean** C R-R 6-4 195 Jr.-Jr. Okemos, Mich.-Lansing Catholic Central 21 Todd Graves C/IF R/R 6-3 220 Fr.-Fr. St. Mary’s, Ohio-Memorial 22 Jim Gulliver IF L-R 5-11 165 So.-Fr. Allen Park, Mich.-Allen Park 23 Derek Lehrman** C/IF L-R 6-1 195 Jr.-Jr. Hoagland, Indiana-Heritage 24 Brian Blackburn C R/R 6-2 200 Jr.-Jr. London, Ont.-Kellogg C.C. 25 Mike Markey C/OF R-R 6-3 215 Sr.-Jr. Okemos, Mich.-Lansing C.C. 26 Adam Jacobson RHP R-R 6-0 215 Jr.-Jr. Columbiaville, Mich.-St. Clair County C.C. 27 Trumaine Riley** OF R-R 5-9 185 Sr.-Jr. Akron, Ohio-Walsh Jesuit 28 Steve Bradshaw* LHP/IF L-L 6-0 185 Jr.-So. Lapeer, Mich.-West 29 Eric Pelot OF R-R 6-0 180 So.-Fr. Lakewood, Ohio-Lakewood 30 Andrew Marshall C R-R 6-1 210 Fr.-Fr. Mason, Mich.-Mason 31 Matt Abro OF R/R 6-3 200 Fr.-Fr. Troy, Mich.-Troy Athens 33 Aaron Powell IF R-R 6-1 200 So.-Fr. Clarkston, Mich.-Clarkston 34 Jeff Fischer* RHP/IF R-R 6-5 200 So.-So. Farmington, Mich.-Farmington 38 Matt Shoemaker RHP R-R 6-2 230 So.-Fr. Trenton, Mich.-Trenton 39 Tim Gray*** LHP L-L 6-2 200 Sr.-Sr. Jackson, Mich.-Jackson 42 Matt Dimich** LHP R-L 6-2 180 Jr.-Jr. Fenton, Mich.-Lake Fenton 45 George Biddle** RHP/IF L-R 6-4 175 Jr.-Jr. Newark, Ohio-Newark Catholic 50 Dan Puls* LHP R-L 6-5 185 So.-So. Alpena, Mich.-Alpena *Letters earned Coaching Staff 43 Roger Coryell Head Coach 32 Chris Hoiles Asst. Coach 46 Todd Coryell Student Asst. 41 Del Young Asst. Coach Bill Tuscany Athletic Trainer How Do You Say... Jeff Hehr – HAIR Eric Pelot – Pa-LOT Dan Puls – POOLS Kevin Wammes – Wam-ISS Matt Dimich – Dim-itch EASTERN MICHIGAN BASEBALL RELEASE PAGE 3 BRADSHAW SOLID AT THE PLATE: In the regular season, sophomore Steve Bradshaw QUICK FACTS started 48 games at first base and led the Eagles in the following categories: batting average (.366), RBI (40), hits (68), runs (35), at bats (186), doubles (17), slugging per- UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE centage (.505), walks (25), on-base percentage (.441) and put-outs (454).