2001 BIG EAST Baseball Championship in a Vote of the League Coaches
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Hartman’sHokies Under the leadership of Coach Chuck Hartman, the Virginia Tech baseball program has averaged 36 wins a season over the past 22 years and appeared in the NCAA Baseball Championships three of the last four seasons. Forty-seven Tech players have signed with professional teams during that span and fifty-eight different players have earned all-conference honors. Hartman has not only coached and won more games than any other coach in Tech history, he also stands second among active Division I baseball coaches in victories. VIRGINIATECHBASEBALL 2001MediaGuide CONTENTS The2001Season Media Information ........................... 2 A New Era Begins ........................ 4-5 Season Preview ........................... 6-8 Depth Chart ..................................... 8 Roster/Pronunciations ..................... 9 LastSeason Game Results ............................... 10 Batting/Pitching Statistics ............... 11 Fielding Statistics .......................... 12 Coaches&Players Head Coach Chuck Hartman ... 13-15 Assistant Coaches ................... 16-17 Trainer/Support Staff ..................... 17 Catcher Jed English is one of the young players Virginia Tech will rely on as it Player Profiles .......................... 18-33 enters its first season of play in the BIG EAST Conference. 2001Opponents Quick Facts Team Information ..................... 32-33 BIG EAST Conference .................. 34 Location: Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg (pop. 36,000) in scenic southwest Virginia. Schedule .......................... back cover The campus lies on a plain between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains, 2,100 feet above sea level. History&Records History: Founded in 1872 as the land-grant university of the state Tech Baseball History .............. 35-37 Enrollment: 25,000 All-Americans ................................ 38 President: Dr. Charles Steger Major-Leaguers ............................. 39 Athletic Director: Jim Weaver Conference Honors ....................... 40 Nickname: Hokies Coaching Records ........................ 40 Colors: Burnt Orange and Chicago Maroon Year-by-Year W-L .......................... 41 Conference: BIG EAST (1st season) The Hartman Years .................. 42-46 Head Baseball Coach: Chuck Hartman (UNC ’57) Tech vs. All Opponents ................. 47 Record at Tech: 793-426-7 (22 years) Batting Records ............................ 48 Career Record: 1,276-651-7 (41 years) Pitching Records ........................... 49 Assistant Coaches: Jay Phillips, Jon Hartness, Sandy Moore Fielding Records ........................... 50 Home Field: English Field Team Records ............................... 51 Dimensions: Lines 330'; power alleys 375'; center 400' Top Five......................................... 52 2000 Record: 34-25-2 (15-9-1 home; 14-11-1 away; 5-5 neutral) Year-by-Year Leaders .............. 53-55 2000 Atlantic 10 Record: 16-5 (conference champions) Top Hitters ..................................... 56 Toughest to Strike Out .................. 56 OntheCover The 2001 Virginia Tech baseball team enters its first season of play in the BIG EAST Conference with one of its best pitching staffs anchored by right-handers Jason Bush and Chip Runyon (bottom l-r) and left-handers Ian TheUniversity Ostlund, Joe Saunders and Pat Pinkman (back l-r). Offensively, the Hokies will be counting on seniors Addison About Virginia Tech .................. 57-59 Bowman (top left) and Kevin Bice (top right) to help lead the way. The cover photographs were taken by David University President ...................... 59 Knachel. Athletic Director ............................. 59 Academics..................................... 60 Credits Strength & Conditioning ................ 61 The 2001 Virginia Tech Baseball Media Guide is a publication of the Tech Sports Information Office, with layout Student Life ................................... 62 and design by Anne Panella. Special thanks for photographic assistance go to David Knachel of the Tech SID staff, Bob Veltri, Rick Griffiths and John McCormick of the University Photo Lab, Bill Setliff, David Schofield of Blacksburg .................................... 63 Schofield Photographics, Gene Dalton, Woody Veasey and the photo staff of the Collegiate Times. English Field ................................. 64 Facilities .................inside back cover Printed by Southern Printing Company of Blacksburg, Va. 2001MediaGuide 1 MediaInformation Members of the media however, is assigned on a requesting information on priority basis and should be Virginia Tech baseball are requested at least one day asked to contact Dave Smith prior to the game. Non- in the Virginia Tech Sports working individuals, such as Information Office at (540) spouses, dates, friends and 231-6726. fans, will not be permitted in Baseball releases as well the press box or on the field as up-to-date statistics will be during the game. Seats in the available to the media working area of the press box throughout the season. are not available for major Immediate access to this league scouts. information is possible via the Rosters, statistics and Virginia Tech athletic web site press guides will be available (www.hokiesportsinfo.com). to the media prior to the game The sports information office and a final box will be will fax or e-mail releases to a compiled for distribution at the limited number of media conclusion of the contest. outlets. Media will be allowed on the field after each game to Interviews conduct postgame interviews All interviews with players with players and coaches. and coaches should be Stories can be filed from the arranged through the SID Sports Information Office Radio baseball section. You also can office with at least 24 hours whereP a faxRONUNCIATION machine also is GUIDEThe press box at English get up-to-date information on advance notice, if possible. available. Field includes two broadcast all 21 varsity sports that During the week, head coach booths. Visiting radio or TV compete at Virginia Tech. Chuck Hartman is usually Photography should contact the Sports available between 9:30 a.m. Accredited photographers Information Office well in TechBaseball and noon. Player interviews or cameramen on assignment advance of the game for will be arranged around the ScoreLine may shoot from the top of the clearance and information on Information on Tech players’ academic and dugouts or from inside the the availability of space and baseball games is available practice schedules. fence beyond the dugouts. telephone lines. on a telephone score line When shooting from inside the each evening approximately CoveringaGame fence no equipment should be TechontheWeb one hour after the game. The Media members wishing placed on the field of play. Keep up to date on line is also used to provide to cover Virginia Tech home Tripods are not allowed inside Virginia Tech baseball action information on weather delays baseball games from the the fence. The roof of the via the internet at the official and cancellations. The English Field press box press box can be made world wide web site of Hokie should contact Dave Smith in available for working information is available at athletics: the SID office. There is no photographers or cameramen (540) 232-3720. www.hokiesportsinfo.com charge for admission to upon request. The position of Virginia Tech home baseball all photographers and Individual player and DirectionsTo games and a credential is not cameramen is always subject coaches profiles, updated EnglishField needed to enter English Field. notes and statistics and game to the discretion of the The Virginia Tech campus Seating in the press box, summaries are all part of the umpires. is located in Blacksburg, Va., approximately 38 miles southwest of Roanoke, Va. To NUMBERS TO NOTE reach the campus from Interstate 81 take Exit 118B Director of Athletics .................. Jim Weaver .................. (540) 231-6796 onto U.S. Route 460 West. Head Baseball Coach .............. Chuck Hartman ............ (540) 231-3671 Remain on 460 West to Sports Information Office ................................................ (540) 231-6726 Virginia Tech. Take the SID, Baseball Contact .............. Dave Smith ............ (h) (540) 951-8024 Virginia Tech exit (Route 314 Fax machine.................................................................... (540) 231-6984 East, right turn only) off U.S. Trainer ...................................... Jimmy Lawrence .......... (540) 231-5690 460. Take the first left off 314 Baseball Press Box ......................................................... (540) 231-4013 Dave Smith East onto Duck Pond Drive Sports Information BIG EAST Conference (Switchboard) ............................. (401) 272-9108 Director and English Field will be on the right. 2 2001MediaGuide ©2000 Hillerich & Bradsby Co., Louisville, KY. All rights reserved. ©2000 Hillerich & Bradsby Co., Louisville, KY. Some people may not consider aluminum a In this year’s College World Series, TPX bats precious metal. But if baseball is your life, well, nothing were the exclusive bats for five out of the eight could be more precious. teams that competed. Not a bad debut, huh? It’s for people like you that Louisville Slugger has unveiled Wrap your hands around one, soon. Because when the newest additions to the TPX line: the C555™ Platinum, the you put your muscle behind our metal, big things are bound Omaha™ Gold and the Air Linea.™ to happen. 2001MediaGuide 3 www.slugger.com HokiesBeginNewErainBIGEAST The