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2021 YEARBOOK PRESENTED BY TALLAHASSEE ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC OFFICIAL TEAM PHYSICIANS OF FLORIDA STATE ATHLETICS Dr. Alvarez Dr. Babl Dr. Bellamy Dr. Berg Dr. Borom Dr. Bryant Dr. Chandler Dr. Durgin Dr. Fahey Dr. Guyer Dr. Hewitt Dr. Hutchinson Dr. Jaggears Dr. Lee Dr. Mejia Dr. Mobley Dr. Oberste Dr. Park / � Dr. Price Dr. Rolle Dr. Stephens Dr. Stowers Dr. Stowers Dr. Thompson Dr. Walters Dr. Wong Dr. Zirgibel Specializing in: General Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Pediatric Orthopedics, Hand & Wrist, Foot & Ankle, Shoulder & Elbow, Joint Reconstruction, Spine, Neck & Back, Trauma, Primary Care Sports Medicine / Concussion 850.877.8174 TL HOC.COM Tallahassee, Marianna, Perry, FL Tf>CTallahassee Orthopedic Clinic The Team Behind the Team Bainbridge & Thomasville, GA FLORIDA STATE BASEBALL 20 CONTENTS & CREDITS 21 WHAT’S INSIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS CREDITS THE OFFICIAL FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY BASEBALL YEARBOOK IS PUB- 2021 SCHEDULE ............................................................2 LISHED BY FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY AND LEARFIELD IMG COLLEGE. 2021 ROSTER ............................................................... 10 2021 PLAYER BIOS ....................................................... 12 FLORIDA STATE ATHLETICS Assistant AD/SID & Digital Media: Elliott Finebloom; Program Editor: Steven McCartney; Editorial Staff: Florida State Sports Information/ HEAD COACH MIKE MARTIN JR. ..................................4 Digital Media, FSU University Relations; Photography: FSU Athletics ASSISTANT COACHES ....................................................6 Photography (Larry Novey, Ken Lanese, Ross Obley, Jeremy Esbrandt, FSU Sports Information); Associate Athletics Director for New Reve- SUPPORT STAFF .............................................................8 nue Generation and Marketing: Jason Dennard; Marketing Assistant: Sue Wallrich. RECORDS ..................................................................... 21 SEMINOLE LEARFIELD IMG SPORTS NETWORK NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS ......................................24 (850) 644-1733 NOLES IN THE PROS ....................................................26 General Manager: Keith Burdette; Executive Director: Jason Garrow; Partner Services Coordinators: Katie Gaubert, Fidela Werner. MIKE MARTIN FIELD AT DICK HOWSER STADIUM ......28 LEARFIELD IMG COLLEGE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY ..................................... 30 President and CEO, Learfield/IMG College: Cole Gahagan UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION ...................................32 LEARFIELD IMG COLLEGE PUBLISHING SEMINOLE BOOSTERS, INC. ........................................33 Managing Editor: Jonathan Stark; Project Editors: Kristin Pratt, Court- ney Birnbaum, Matt Montavon, Casey Castle, Andrew Campbell; Proj- ect Designer: Sarah Jane Snowden; Vice President: Kirk Phillips; Di- rector, Sales/Marketing: Clerrinda Queen; Directors: Kristy Marques, Chad Laytham, Matt Coy, Jason Crisler; Managers: Richard Groves, Kim /FSUSEMINOLES @SEMINOLES @SEMINOLES Sanders; Senior Specialist: Dan Peters; Specialist: Kim Hoskins. /FSUBASEBALL @FSUBASEBALL @NOLEBASEBALL 1 FLORIDA STATE BASEBALL 20 2021 SCHEDULE 21 FOLLOW THE SEMINOLES SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY NORTH FLORIDA Tallahassee, Fla. 2 p.m. FEB. 14 FEB. 15 FEB. 16 FEB. 17 FEB. 18 FEB. 19 FEB. 20 NORTH FLORIDA PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. 11 a.m. (DH) 6 p.m. 8 p.m. FEB. 21 FEB. 22 FEB. 23 FEB. 24 FEB. 25 FEB. 26 FEB. 27 PITTSBURGH MERCER VIRGINIA VIRGINIA Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. FEB. 28 MARCH 1 MARCH 2 MARCH 3 MARCH 4 MARCH 5 MARCH 6 VIRGINIA USF VIRGINIA TECH VIRGINIA TECH Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Blacksburg, Va. Blacksburg, Va. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 3 p.m. MARCH 7 MARCH 8 MARCH 9 MARCH 10 MARCH 11 MARCH 12 MARCH 13 VIRGINIA TECH FLORIDA MIAMI MIAMI Blacksburg, Va. Tallahassee, Fla. Coral Gables, Fla. Coral Gables, Fla. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. MARCH 14 MARCH 15 MARCH 16 MARCH 17 MARCH 18 MARCH 19 MARCH 20 MIAMI UCF WAKE FOREST WAKE FOREST Coral Gables, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. MARCH 21 MARCH 22 MARCH 23 MARCH 24 MARCH 25 MARCH 26 MARCH 27 WAKE FOREST NORTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. MARCH 28 MARCH 29 MARCH 30 MARCH 31 APRIL 1 APRIL 2 APRIL 3 NORTH CAROLINA JACKSONVILLE LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky. Noon 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. APRIL 4 APRIL 5 APRIL 6 APRIL 7 APRIL 8 APRIL 9 APRIL 10 LOUISVILLE FLORIDA BOSTON COLLEGE BOSTON COLLEGE Louisville, Ky. Gainesville, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. APRIL 11 APRIL 12 APRIL 13 APRIL 14 APRIL 15 APRIL 16 APRIL 17 BOSTON COLLEGE GEORGIA TECH GEORGIA TECH Tallahassee, Fla. Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. APRIL 18 APRIL 19 APRIL 20 APRIL 21 APRIL 22 APRIL 23 APRIL 24 GEORGIA TECH STETSON TROY TROY Atlanta, Ga. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. 1 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. APRIL 25 APRIL 26 APRIL 27 APRIL 28 APRIL 29 APRIL 30 MAY 1 TROY NOTRE DAME NOTRE DAME Tallahassee, Fla. Notre Dame, Ind. Notre Dame, Ind. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. MAY 2 MAY 3 MAY 4 MAY 5 MAY 6 MAY 7 MAY 8 NOTRE DAME FGCU CLEMSON CLEMSON Notre Dame, Ind. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Noon 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. MAY 9 MAY 10 MAY 11 MAY 12 MAY 13 MAY 14 MAY 15 CLEMSON NC STATE NC STATE NC STATE Tallahassee, Fla. Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. MAY 16 MAY 17 MAY 18 MAY 19 MAY 20 MAY 21 MAY 22 May 25-30 June 4-7 June 11-14 June 19-30 Home Away ACC Championship NCAA Regionals NCAA Super Regionals NCAA College World Series 2 All times Eastern and subject Location TBA Campus Sites Campus Sites Omaha, Neb. to change FLORIDA STATE BASEBALL 20 21 HEAD COACH MIKE MARTIN JR. SECOND SEASON AT FLORIDA STATE ike Martin, Jr. enters his second season as the Florida State baseball head Martin was elevated to head coach on June 21, 2019, after 22 years as a Seminole coach in 2021, following a 12-5 record in his first season. Shortened assistant coach at his alma mater. Focusing on hitting and recruiting, the former Mby the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seminoles ended Martin’s inaugural All-American catcher for the Seminoles compiled eight straight Top 10 recruiting campaign with three straight wins, including a road shutout at No. 1 Florida. classes from 2011-2018, while his offenses had a combined .300 batting average in In Martin’s first year as head coach, the Seminoles had one of the nation’s top his tenure. recruiting classes, finishing third by Baseball America and sixth by Collegiate Baseball As an assistant coach, Martin and Florida State made the postseason and won at and D1Baseball. least 40 games every year, with eight College World Series appearances, 17 NCAA In 2020, Florida State finished second in the country with 43 hit by pitches and super regionals and six Atlantic Coast Conference titles. He coached 16 Major third nationally with 116 walks. Martin’s pitching staff proved to be one of the Leaguers, 16 freshman All-Americans, 21 first-team All-Americans and 41 student- nation’s elite as well, ranking fifth in strikeouts per nine innings (12.1) and in the athletes who have earned first, second or third team All-America accolades. In all, 77 Top 20 in earned run average (2.50) and hits allowed per nine innings (6.27). Seminoles earned All-ACC honors and 65 hitters have been selected in the Major Behind its hit by pitch and walk totals, the Noles ranked 17th in on-base League Baseball draft during that stretch. percentage (.415) and runs scored (135, 7.94 per game). Martin coached four Seminole hitters that captured National Player of the Year Martin helped oversee the growth of a handful of players, including sophomore honors - Shane Robinson, Tony Thomas, Buster Posey and James Ramsey. outfielder Elijah Cabell, who finished in the Top 10 in the country in home runs Prior to joining Florida State’s staff, Martin was FSU’s starting catcher from 1993- (eighth) and RBI (fourth) while leading the NCAA with 15 hit by pitches. 95, leading FSU to the College World Series in 1994 and 1995. He was drafted out Senior pitcher Chase Haney led the country with 12 appearances and led FSU of college by San Diego in the ninth round in 1995. Before coming to Florida State, with three wins. Antonio Velez was in the Top 25 in WHIP (10th), hits allowed per Martin played high school ball at the Maclay School in Tallahassee and at Manatee nine innings (17th) and ERA (22nd). Velez and freshman pitcher Parker Messick Community College in 1992. 4 combined to allow just three hits in FSU’s 2-0 win at No. 1 Florida on March 10. Martin has two sons, Tyler, an infielder for the Seminoles, and T.J. A REFRESHING WAY TO CHEER PROUD PARTNER © 2021 The Coca-Cola Company. FLORIDA STATE BASEBALL 20 COACHING STAFF 21 LEADING THE SEMINOLES with a 1.71 ERA while earning first team All-America Heliot Ramos in 2017 and Joey Bart in 2018, two of recognition from the National Collegiate Baseball the top three prospects in the Giants organization. 44 Writers Association, Perfect Game and Louisville Metcalf was also the cross checker for current Giants JIMMY Slugger. His 13 wins and 138 strikeouts led the Big Andrew Suarez and Aramis Garcia. BELANGER Ten in 2015 and set Maryland single-season records. Metcalf’s prior coaching experience came at various Assistant Coach/ Shawaryn finished in the Top 20 nationally in wins levels throughout the state of Florida. In 2008, Metcalf Pitching Coach (2nd), strikeouts (5th) and ERA (17th) before pitching was an assistant coach with Florida Southern, a Division Second Season at FSU that summer for the USA Baseball Collegiate National II team in Lakeland.