2007 NCAA Division II North Central Regional Champion University of Southern Indiana 2007 Baseball Post-Season Media Guide
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2007 NCAA Division II North Central Regional Champion University of Southern Indiana 2007 Baseball Post-Season Media Guide General Sports Information Name of school: University of Southern Indiana Sports Infor. Director: Ray Simmons City/population: Evansville/280,000 (Metro area) SID Office phone: 812/465-1622 Founded: 1965 Home phone: 812/402-6435 Enrollment: 10,025 (Fall 2006) Asst. Sports Infor. Director: Dan McDonnell Nickname: Screaming Eagles Office phone: 812/465-1121 School colors: Red, White, Blue Home phone: 812/303-6287 Arena/capacity: USI Baseball Field/500 SID fax: 812/465-7094 Affiliation: NCAA II Press box phone: 812/465-7064 Conference: Great Lakes Valley SID mailing address: 8600 University Blvd. President: Dr. H. Ray Hoops Evansville, IN 47712 Alma mater, yr.: Eastern Illinois, ‘62 Athletic Director: Jon Mark Hall Media Information Alma mater, yr.: Murray State, ‘90 Radio station: WSWI (AM) Athletic Department phone: 812/464-1846 Radio contact person: Andrew Bolin Athletic Trainer: Brian Zolner Address: 8600 University Blvd. Athletic Trainer’s phone: 812/465-1298 Evansville, IN 47712 Training Room phone: 812/464-1955 Office phone: 812/464-1836 History Newspaper: Evansville Courier & Press First Yr. Of Baseball: 1971 Newspaper contact person: Tom Wyrwich Overall All-Time Record: 851-788 (.519) Address: 300 E. Walnut St., P.O. Box 268 Yrs. in NCAA Regionals/Last: 7/2007 Evansville, IN 47702-0268 Last post-season opponent: Grand Valley State Office phone: 812/464-7505 Result: W, 1-0 Coaching Staff Head Coach: Tracy Archuleta Alma Mater, Yr.: Metropolitan State College of Denver, 1997 Record at USI: 41-21 (1st Year) Career Record: 189-145 (6 Years) Baseball Office Phone: 812/464-1943 Best Time/Day to reach Coach: Mornings Assistant Coaches: Joel Weaver; Dustin Murray 2007 Team Information Overall Record: 41-21 Conference Record: 24-15 (4th GLVC) Final ranking last year: Unranked University of Southern Indiana 2007 Baseball Post-Season Media Guide 2007 Season Notes • NCAA II National Championships. The University of Southern Indiana is going to the NCAA Division II National Championships for the first time. • Eagles win the North Central Regional with a 4-0 record. The Screaming Eagles were a perfect 4-0 in the NCAA Division II North Central Region, including a pair of wins over sixth-ranked Grand Valley State University. • All-Tournament. USI junior second baseman Darin Mastroianni was named the regional Most Out- standing Player and All-Tournament. He was joined on the team by senior rightfielder Hunter Slade, sophomore designated hitter Chad Werry, junior right-hander Jeremy Kehrt, and junior left-hander Cory Julian. • USI in the NCAA II Tournament. The Eagles improved to 8-12 in seven appearances in the NCAA II Tournament. • USI in the GLVC. The Eagles finished second in the GLVC regular season with a 24-15 record, dou- bling the win total from last year. • 2007 squad ties 1993 squad. The 2007 Eagles tied the 1993 squad with its 41st win of the season. The 41 wins is only the third time in the history of the program that the Eagles have reached 40-or-more wins. • Team record breaking. USI has stolen a single-season record 138 bases in 2007. The Eagles are suc- cessful in 81.4 percent of their stolen base attempts this year. • Mastroianni breaks record of hits and steals. Junior second baseman Darin Mastroianni has 90 hits and 58 stolen bases, new USI single-season records. • Awards for Mastroianni. Junior second baseman Darin Mastroianni has been named ABCA North Central Player of the Year, ABCA first team All-North Central Region, Daktronics second team All-North Central Region, GLVC Player of the Year, first team All-GLVC second baseman, and ESPN The Maga- zine Academic All-District. • Slade chasing RBI mark. USI senior rightfielder Hunter Slade has 61 RBIs, just three shy of the sin- gle-season record of 64 set by Jason Krack in 1994. • Awards for Slade. USI senior rightfielder Hunter Slade was named first team ABCA and Daktronics All-Region, first team All-GLVC, and first team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District. • Summers ties single-season record. USI senior right-hander Adam Summers tied the single-season record for wins with his eighth of the season in the Eagles’ victory over the University of Ashland in the first round of the NCAA II Tournament. He is tied for fourth with 22 career-wins. • Rudden gets hit the most. USI junior leftfielder Bryan Rudden has been hit by a pitch more than any other Eagle. Rudden has been hit 17 times this year. • O’Hair assists. USI junior shortstop Kevin O’Hair has established a new single-season record for as- sits with 192. • USI has five with five-or-more wins. The Eagles have a pitching staff with five hurlers with five or more wins for the first time in the history of the program. • Archuleta’s first year. USI Head Coach Tracy Archuleta, the Rawling/ABCA North Central Region Coach of the Year, has directed the Screaming Eagles to 41 wins in his first season at the helm, more than any other coach in their first season with the Eagles. • Tournament experience. Entering the NCAA II Tournament, USI junior left-hander Cory Julian and junior centerfielder Michael Beaven were the only players with post-season experience. Both played in the NCAA Division I Tournament in 2006 with the University of Evansville. University of Southern Indiana 2007 Baseball Post-Season Media Guide USI 2007 Baseball Roster ## Name Pos B/T Ht Wt Cl Hometown,High School/JC 2 O'Hair, Kevin IF B/R 5-10 160 JR Scottsdale, AZ (Horizon) 3 Thieroff, Alex IF R/R 6-1 180 SO Greenfield, IN (Mt. Vernon) 4 Beaven, Michael OF R/R 5-4 140 JR Indianapolis, IN (Bishop Chatard) 7 Jarboe, Josh C R/R 5-10 170 FR Connersville, IN (Connersville) 8 Bruce, Chad IF R/R 6-2 195 SO Fountaintown, IN (New Palestine) 9 Kehrt, Jeremy P R/R 6-2 198 JR Plainfield, IN (Plainfield) 10 Julian, Cory P L/L 6-0 180 JR Lynnville, IN (Tecumseh) 11 Wendholt, Brent P R/R 6-0 205 SR St. Anthony, IN (Forest Park) 13 Summers, Adam P R/R 6-4 215 SR Dyer, IN (Lake Central) 14 Mastroianni, Darin IF R/R 6-0 190 JR Huntersville, NC (Fox Lane) 15 Vetter, Adam P R/R 6-4 200 SR Crown Point, IN (Crown Point) 16 Slade, Hunter OF R/R 6-1 190 SR Newburgh, IN (Castle) 20 Meier, Brook P R/R 6-3 220 SR Rock Falls, IL (Rock Falls) 21 Malone, Josh IF R/R 6-1 200 JR Chesterton, IN (Chesterton) 22 Pleiss, Matt IF R/R 5-10 185 JR Newburgh, IN (Castle) 23 Horn, Greg OF R/R 6-0 205 SO Plainfield, IN (Plainfield) 24 Edwards, Jeremy OF R/R 6-1 220 SO Farmersburg, IN (Terre Haute South) 25 Kissel, Dan P R/R 6-1 180 SO Evansville, IN (Harrison) 26 Werry, Chad OF R/R 6-3 185 SO New Harmony, IN (New Harmony) 27 Oros, Garrett C R/R 6-1 220 JR Aurora, IL (West Aurora) 29 Clark, Aaron P R/R 6-0 197 SR Madisonville, KY (North Hopkins) 30 Geiger, Casey P R/R 6-2 170 FR Albion, IN (Central Noble) 31 Rudden, Bryan OF R/R 5-11 180 JR Crystal Lake, IL (Crystal Lake Central) 33 Dewig, Michael P R/R 6-5 195 SO Haubstadt, IN (Gibson Southern) 34 Schmitt, Aaron P R/R 6-0 185 JR Evansville, IN (Memorial) 36 Mercer, Keith OF R/R 6-2 200 FR Evansville, IN (Mt. Vernon) 37 Stemple, Ryan IF/OF R/R 6-0 185 JR Mt. Vernon, IN (Mt. Vernon) HEACH COACH: Tracy Archuleta (#6) ASSISTANT COACH: Joel Weaver (#12) GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH: Dustin Murray (#17) University of Southern Indiana 2007 Baseball Post-Season Media Guide USI 2007 Baseball Coaching Staff Tracy Archuleta Head Baseball Coach Tracy Archuleta took over the University of Southern Indiana baseball program in 2007 and is the fifth head baseball coach in the history of the 37-year-old program. Since tak- ing over the program, Archuleta has led the Screaming Eagles to the GLVC Tournament for the first time since 2001 and the NCAA II Tournament for the first time since 1994, and to its first ever appearance in the NCAA II Baseball Championship series. Archuleta came to USI after five seasons at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside that featured a pair of NCAA Division II Tournament appearances and a pair of 40-win sea- sons. UW-Parkside also advanced to the NCAA II North Central Regional title game in 2005 and was 148-124 (.544) during Archuleta's tenure. After setting the foundation during his first two years, Archuleta directed the Rangers into the national spot light with a 41-18 season in 2004, finishing on top of the GLVC stand- ings and earning the school's first-ever NCAA II tournament bid. Between 2002 and 2004, UW-Parkside went from 13 wins to 41 wins. Archuleta's Rangers continued their march in 2005, this time with a 45-18 record, picking up the school's first GLVC baseball championship along the way. Again the club made the NCAA II Tournament, reaching the regional champion- ship game. The 2005 team broke the school record for wins in a season, set by the 2004 squad. In each of those two seasons, the Rangers finished among the top 25 teams in the nation. In his tenure at UW-Parkside, Archuleta has coached the Rangers first All-American, Regional Player of the Year, GLVC Player of the Year, and he has had two players sign professional contracts and 11 players earn All-Region hon- ors.