Myrtle Beach Regional Photo Gallery ...... Inside Front Cover COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS This is Coastal Baseball ...... 1-8 GENERAL Table of Contents ...... 9 Institution: ...... Coastal Carolina University Location: ...... Conway, South Carolina 2008 Outlook ...... 10-11 Founded: ...... 1954 Head Coach Gary Gilmore ...... 12-14 Enrollment: ...... 8,300 Assistant Coach Kevin Schnall ...... 15 Nickname: ...... Chanticleers Assistant Coach Brendan Dougherty ...... 16 Pronunciation of Nickname: ...... SHON-ti-cleers Assistant Coach Drew Thomas ...... 17 Colors: ...... Coastal Green, Bronze & Black Coastal Baseball Support Staff ...... 18 Field/Capacity: ...... Charles Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field (2,000) Coastal Carolina Baseball Camps ...... 19 Dimensions: ...... 320 (LF), 390 (CF), 325 (RF) 2008 Numerical Roster ...... 21 Press Box Phone: ...... 843-421-8244 2008 Player Bios...... 22-35 Affi liation: ...... NCAA Division I Conference: ...... Big South 2007 Season-in-Review...... 36-37 President: ...... Dr. David DeCenzo (Maryland ’78) Chanticleer of the Year/All-Americans ...... 38 Athletics Director: ...... Warren D. “Moose” Koegel (Penn State ’71) 2007 Opponents ...... 39-43 Athletic Department Phone: ...... 843-349-2820 Coastal Record vs. All Opponents/Travel Plans ...... 44 Web Site: ...... www.GoCCUSports.com CCU Stats vs. BSC Opponents ...... 46-47 The Big South Conference ...... 48 HISTORY First Year of Baseball: ...... 1975 2007 BSC Standings and Honors ...... 49 Overall All-Time Record: ...... 1,108-633 (.636) 2007 BSC Individual Leaders ...... 50 All-Time Big South Honors ...... 51 COACHING STAFF 2007 Coastal Statistics ...... 52 Head Coach: ...... Gary Gilmore (Coastal Carolina ’80) 2007 Coastal Results ...... 53 Record at Coastal Carolina (Years): ...... 457-263 (12) All-Time Coaching Records ...... 54 Career Record (Years): ...... 710-365 (18) Miscellaneous Records ...... 55 Baseball Offi ce Phone: ...... 843-349-2816 Coastal Single-Season Records ...... 56 Assistant Coach: ...... Kevin Schnall (Coastal Carolina ’01) Coastal Career Pitching Records ...... 57 Offi ce Phone: ...... 843-234-3415 Assistant Coach: ...... Brendan Dougherty (Coastal Carolina ’98) Coastal Career Records ...... 58 Assistant Coach: ...... Drew Thomas (Illinois State ’98) Year-By-Year Leaders ...... 60-61 Baseball Athletic Trainer: ...... Barry Lippman All-Time Roster ...... 62-65 Strength Coach: ...... Brian Gabriel Year-by-Year Results ...... 66-71 Coastal Tradition ...... 72 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Athletic Media Relations Director: ...... John Martin (Oklahoma ’92) Coastal Carolina University ...... 73 Offi ce Phone: ...... 843-349-2822 Myrtle Beach, S.C...... 74 E-Mail Address: ...... [email protected] Dr. David DeCenzo ...... 75 Asst. Media Relations Director/BB: ...... Kent Reichert (Kent State ’99) Warren “Moose” Koegel ...... 76 Offi ce Phone: ...... 843-349-2840 CCU Facilities ...... 77 Email address: ...... [email protected] Sasser Cup ...... 78 TEAM INFORMATION CCU Compliance ...... 79 2007 Overall Record: ...... 50-13 CCU Media Relations ...... 80 2007 Big South Record (Finish): ...... 17-4 (1st) TV/Radio Roster ...... Inside Back Cover Post Season: ...... 2-2 at NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional 2008 Schedule ...... Back Cover Starters Returning/Lost (position players): ...... 5/4 Pitchers Returning/Lost ...... 9/5 What is a Chanticleer? Lettermen Returning/Lost: ...... 15/9 Newcomers: ...... 14 Chanticleer (SHON-ti-cleer) gives Coastal Carolina University one of the most unique nicknames in all of CREDITS sports. Chanticleer comes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Editor/Design & Layout: Kent Reichert. Cover and recruiting section by Regis Tales and came to Coastal when the University was a Minerd. Photography: Bill Edmonds and Judey Johns of the CCU Photography member of the University of South Carolina system. Department and WG Sports Photos, Florence, S.C. Some photos courtesy Chanticleer is a rooster who rules the barnyard with of the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce. Photos of the Miracle League cunning and wit. His competitiveness never wanes as courtesy of Susan Duncan. Minor league photos courtesy of the respective team’s media relations departments. Mike Costanzo pro photo by Ralph Trout. he battles to the end, using his brains to come out on Printing: Multi-Ad Sports, Peoria, Illinois. top every time. 110-TIME0-TIME BBIGIG SSOUTHOUTH CCHAMPSHAMPS - HHOSTOST OOFF 22007007 MMYRTLEYRTLE BBEACHEACH RREGIONALEGIONAL 9 220080 0 8 COASTALC O A S T A L CCAROLINAA R O L I N A BBASEBALLA S E B A L L SSEASONEASON OOUTLOOKUTLOOK Anytime a team returns the conference’s Pitcher and strongest areas, as Player of the Year, the conference tournament’s Most Valuable both experience and Player along with two players taken in last year’s draft, the talent line the Chanti- outlook of that team is bright. Add in that team was 50-13, cleer infi eld. hosted a regional as a number one seed and fi nished the Redshirt senior season ranked as high as 20th in the national polls, there Derek Martin returns should be national buzz for the next year. for his fifth season Well, there is... kind of. and will start at third The consensus for the 2008 Coastal Carolina baseball base. The Barnwell, team is that the Chanticleers will win the Big South and con- S.C., native hit .304 tend to host a regional. With three players earning Preseason with 45 runs-batted-in All-America honors, Coastal is one of only a few teams in the and was again a rock country to have that many players on the preseason lists. But defensively at the hot the preseason national polls either have Coastal in the 30’s corner. The Chanti- or 40’s, or not even included. Why? cleers will again count Well, the national pundits are concerned that two weekend on his glove and his starters along with the starting catcher, second baseman and leadership for the 2008 center fi elder, have left, leaving the Chants to fi ll those holes. season. While it won’t be easy, Coastal head coach Gary Gilmore Junior Tyler Bort- Junior David Anderson was an likes the athleticism and talent of his team heading into the nick started 62 games All-Big South selection at both new season. last year at shortstop pitcher and at designated hitter. “This team has numerous unproven pieces, but I feel and will return to that confi dent to say we have great athletes,” Gilmore said. “It position this season. Bortnick was named to the All-Big South just comes down to can they put up the numbers that their Tournament Team last season and upped his power numbers athletic ability dictates. If they can, then we’ll be a regional to six home runs and 39 RBI. His defense also improved, contender. giving the Chants solid glovework on the left side. “I don’t want to put a bigger target on this club than it’s Redshirt sophomore Ricky Grice is the leading candidate capable of handling but we have more proven stars coming to replace Vrable at second base. Grice excelled at the plate back this year than we did last year,” the head coach continues. in limited duty, hitting .563 with a home run and four RBI in “We don’t have a proven Chris Raber or Dom Duggan or guys 16 at-bats. like that. Other people have to come in and fi ll their shoes. I Junior David Anderson will be penciled in as the starter think our team has some great athletes, they just have to get at fi rst base when he is not on the mound. Anderson hit .301 out there and play.” in 44 games last season, belting six home runs and slugging With that in mind, here is a position-by-position breakdown .471 last season. He also committed only two errors on the of the 2008 Chanticleers. year and was an All-Big South Second Team member as a CATCHERS designated hitter. Redshirt junior Dock Doyle heads into the season Freshman Rich Witten also will battle for playing time as the starter behind the dish. Doyle platooned with Matt at fi rst base and, like Anderson, will also pitch for the Chan- Rademacher and, by the end of the season, was catching ticleers. Witten ended his career at Danville High School on Saturday’s while being the designated hitter the other two in Danville, Ky., with a .503 batting average and over 400 weekend games. Doyle was named to the All-Myrtle Beach strikeouts. Freshman Rico Noel will compete with Grice for Regional team and was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 2007, the second base job. Noel has speed on the bases, as evi- but returned to Coastal for his fourth year on campus. dent by his 37 stolen bases his senior year at Lawton High Sophomore Jose Iglesias also ended his 2007 season in School in Oklahoma. Freshman Scott Woodward might be Myrtle Beach, but it was with St. John’s, the third seed in the the best athlete on the team. He could play at second base NCAA Regional. He played in 22 games for the Red Storm or shortstop and could be in the outfi eld as well. Woodward and had a .250 batting average. He also hit .381 for Coastal was an All-State selection out of Norwell High School in Os- in the Fall World Series. Look for Iglesias to play the role sian, Ind. Freshman Brandon Stagliano will provide depth Doyle held last year. at third base. He holds the school record for hits in a season Redshirt freshmen Evan Noell and true freshmen Tucker at Springfi eld High School in Pennsylvania. Freshman Nick Frawley and Keith Hardwick add depth to the position. Verhein adds depth to the infi eld. INFIELDERS OUTFIELDERS Coastal returns the left side of its infi eld while seniors Junior David Sappelt returns for his third season after Chris Raber and Adam Vrable have graduated. Even with the being named Big South Player of the Year and a Third Team loss of two solid bats and gloves, this could be one of Coastal‘s All-American by Collegiate Baseball last season. Sappelt 1100 110-TIME0-TIME BBIGIG SSOUTHOUTH CCHAMPSHAMPS - HHOSTOST OOFF 22007007 MMYRTLEYRTLE BBEACHEACH RREGIONALEGIONAL 220080 0 8 COASTALC O A S T A L CCAROLINAA R O L I N A BBASEBALLA S E B A L L SSEASONEASON OOUTLOOKUTLOOK set a school record with 99 hits in 2007 and added 13 home a closer, helping the Chants into the NCAA Regional. McCully runs and 58 RBI. Sappelt will probably start in center fi eld could do a little of both this season after winning seven games this season after playing spurts of center during his freshman and getting four saves in 2007. year. Anderson could be a midweek starter once again in 2008. Senior Tommy Baldridge also had a breakout year in The righty was a closer and started games against top fl ight 2007, hitting .383 and being named the Big South Tourna- competition last year. Anderson was a First Team All-Big ment Most Valuable Player and an All-Big South First Team South selection as a relief pitcher, saving 10 games in 25 outfi elder. Baldridge injured his knee in the offseason and relief appearances. might not start in the fi eld at the beginning of the year, but his Senior Joey Haug appeared in 19 games last season rehab has been ahead of schedule, so look for Baldridge not and had a 3.66 earned-run average. Look for Haug to have to miss a whole lot of time in the fi eld. more appearances this season after great summer and fall Redshirt sophomore Chance Gilmore is penciled in as sessions. the starter in left fi eld. Gilmore had a good summer and fall The new closer might be redshirt junior Pete Andrelczyk, and will play full time after missing all of his freshman year at who was 2-1 with a 4.33 ERA last year. He might have the Virginia and playing spot duty last season. best “stuff” on the team as is evident by the Baltimore Orioles Sophomore Adam Rice could spell Baldridge in right if drafting him in 2007. he is not healthy at the start. Rice also could see time at fi rst Redshirt junior Kent Altman had a 0.00 ERA for most of base and as a designated hitter. The Elgin Community Col- the season last year, ending the year 2-0 with a 2.64 ERA. lege transfer was a First Team All-Conference selection last Altman has tremendous off-speed pitches and will help the season. bullpen again this season. Freshman Cody Wheeler can play center field and Lefties Jeremiah Meiners and Chad Jenkins saw their also pitch for the Chanticleers. Wheeler hit .521 last year at apperances increase as the season went on. Both pitchers Spotsylvania High School and also had a good fall practice. will see increased roles and could see a spot start as well. Woodward might see time in the outfi eld, while Josh Keener Sophomore Dan Lombardozzi also will get more appear- and Dustin King add depth to the already strong position. ances after striking out 10 in 7.2 innings last year. Redshirt PITCHERS freshman Paul Rodriguez will compete in his fi rst season Despite losing two-thirds of the weekend rotation, the after redshirting last year. pitching staff might be the strongest part of the Chanticleer Junior Jeff Richard heads to Conway after transferring team. The staff is led by an All-American and features plenty from Central Michigan. The hard-throwing righty pitched for of options both in the rotation and in the bullpen. Bourne in the Cape Cod League and could be either Coastal’s Junior Bobby Gagg won 12 games last year and was set up man or closer in 2008. Wheeler and Witten are two- named the Big South Pitcher of the Year. Gagg will be the Fri- way guys who will help the fi ve-man starting rotation that is day night starter and needed this season due to the uniform start date. Freshman is coming off a solid Matt Rein is a lefty that will help Coastal with matchups late season in the Cape in the game. Cod League. Gagg SCHEDULE already has earned Coastal opens the season Feb. 22 against Maryland in the Preseason All-Amer- IMICHotels.com INN-vitational. The Chants have two games ican honors and was against the Terps and two vs. Virginia Tech in the tournament. named the Big South Coastal hosts four tournaments, including a preseason top- Preseason Pitcher of 10 team in Michigan in the Centex Homes Invitational March the Year. 14-16. Coastal opens Big South play against a strong Liberty Redshirt sopho- team in Lynchburg March 28-30. Coastal has home series more Austin Fleet against Winthrop, UNC Asheville and High Point, while the returns after missing Chants head to Virginia for series at Liberty, VMI and Radford. all of 2007 with an Coastal also heads to Charleston Southern in conference. arm injury. Fleet had It looks as if Coastal is an associate member of the Atlantic a great freshman year Coast Conference by their schedule, as the Chants have 13 that was cut short and games against the ACC. Included in that docket are games looks to get back to at North Carolina, Clemson, North Carolina State, Virginia, a form in 2008. home-and-home with Wake Forest and a three-game series Sophomore Nick at Georgia Tech May 2-4. McCully started his Sophomore Nick McCully was an The Big South Tournament will take place at American first season as the All-Big South Tournament team Legion Post 325 Field in Danville, Va., May 20-24. starter, but ended it as selection in 2007. 110-TIME0-TIME BBIGIG SSOUTHOUTH CCHAMPSHAMPS - HHOSTOST OOFF 22007007 MMYRTLEYRTLE BBEACHEACH RREGIONALEGIONAL 1111 220080 0 8 COASTALC O A S T A L CCAROLINAA R O L I N A BBASEBALLA S E B A L L HHEADEAD CCOACHOACH GGARYARY GGILMOREILMORE ##1414 GGARYARY GGILMOREILMORE Head Coach 13th Season - Coastal Carolina ’80

Coastal Carolina head coach Gary Gilmore, who is entering his 13th season with the Chanticleers, has seen the program continually rise in the world of college baseball to a national power. Six NCAA berths, seven 40+ win seasons in the last nine years, 10-straight winning seasons, numerous draft picks with more to come and a stadium that will become one of the nicest in the country are just a part of the exciting things going on in Coastal Carolina baseball. Coastal enjoyed national success in 2007, as the Chanticleers hosted an NCAA Regional for the fi rst time in school history and won 50 games for the second time in three seasons. Coastal won both the Big South Conference regular-season and tournament titles for the second time in six years, going 4-0 in the BSC Tournament and defeating Liberty 6-5 in the championship game. The Chanticleers had a 16-game winning streak in the middle of the season and the 13 losses were the fewest in Gilmore’s 12 seasons in Conway. Gilmore was named the Midseason Coach of the Year by Baseball America and earned his fourth Big South Coach of the Year honor. He earned his 700th career win May 12 against UNC Asheville. Coastal hosted the 2007 Myrtle Beach Regional and its game against Clemson brought out 6,231 fans, a BB&T Coastal Field record. Bobby Gagg and David Sappelt earned All-America honors by Collegiate Baseball, while Sappelt was the Big South Player of the Year, Gagg was the Pitcher of the Year and Tommy Baldridge was the BSC Tournament Most Valuable Player. CCU ended the season ranked 20th by Baseball America. Gilmore also received a new contract in late June, keeping him as the head coach at CCU through at least 2015, including performance incentives and raises through the term of the contract. It will also provide increases in the Coastal baseball operating budget during that time. Coastal ended the 2006 season with a 30-27 overall record, fi nishing third in the Big South Conference. The Chanticleers were one of the hottest teams in the League the latter half of the season, sweeping conference foes Radford and UNC Asheville as well as defeating East Carolina, the College of CCOACHOACH GILMORE’SGILMORE’S CCAREERAREER RECORDRECORD Charleston and Wake Forest in mid-week games. Gilmore YYearear SSchoolchool RRecordecord P Pct.ct. P Post-Seasonost-Season won his 400th game at CCU May 12 against Radford and won 11990990 UUSCSC AAikeniken 4 45-105-10 . .818818 ------30 games for the ninth time in 11 seasons as head coach of 11991991 UUSCSC AAikeniken 4 48-138-13 . .787787 ------CCU. 11992992 UUSCSC AAikeniken 4 45-155-15 . .750750 N NCAACAA Coastal’s continual rise to a national power was never 11993993 UUSCSC AAikeniken 4 46-186-18 . .719719 N NCAA-CWSCAA-CWS as evident as in 2005, where the Chants earned a number-one 11994994 UUSCSC AAikeniken 3 35-225-22 . .614614 ------seed to the NCAA Tempe Regional, won 50 games (becoming 11995995 UUSCSC AAikeniken 3 34-244-24 . .586586 ------the fi rst Big South team in history to accomplish both feats), 11996996 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina 224-294-29 . .453453 ------had six players go in the Major League Baseball First-Year 11997997 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina 223-313-31 . .426426 ------11998998 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina 331-291-29 . .517517 ------Player Draft and was 23rd in the fi nal rankings by Baseball 11999999 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina $$43-1543-15 ..741741 ------America. The Chanticleers went to the championship game of 22000000 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina 334-244-24 . .586586 ------the regional, defeating UNLV twice, but falling to host Arizona 22001001 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina **42-2042-20 ..677677 N NCAACAA State in the fi nal. Gilmore received Big South Coach of the 22002002 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina **$44-19$44-19 ..698698 N NCAACAA Year honors, the third time he has received that honor, and 22003003 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina **46-1746-17 ..730730 N NCAACAA the American Baseball Coaches Association Atlantic Region 22004004 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina **40-2340-23 ..635635 N NCAACAA Division I Coach of the Year in 2005. Coastal won its third Big 22005005 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina $$50-1650-16 ..757757 N NCAACAA South regular-season title under Gilmore after compiling a 22006006 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina 330-270-27 . .526526 ------remarkable 21-3 conference record in the always-competitive 22007007 CCoastaloastal CCarolinaarolina **$50-13$50-13 ..794794 N NCAACAA league. Gilmore also coached Mike Costanzo, who earned First Team All-America honors by three organizations, earned **BigBig SSouthouth TTournamentournament CChampionhampion his second consecutive Big South Player of the Year award $ BBigig SSouthouth RRegular-Seasonegular-Season CChampionhampion and was named to the All-Big South First Team as both a fi rst baseman and a pitcher, the fi rst Big South player to ever earn 1188 YYearsears OOverallverall 7 710-36510-365 . .660660 multiple fi rst-team honors. Gilmore coached six All-Big South 1122 YYearsears aatt CCoastaloastal 4 457-26357-263 . .635635 honorees in 2005, including four First Team members. He 6 YYearsears aatt UUSCSC AAikeniken 2 253-10253-102 . .713713

1122 110-TIME0-TIME BBIGIG SSOUTHOUTH CCHAMPSHAMPS - HHOSTOST OOFF 22007007 MMYRTLEYRTLE BBEACHEACH RREGIONALEGIONAL 220080 0 8 COASTALC O A S T A L CCAROLINAA R O L I N A BBASEBALLA S E B A L L HHEADEAD CCOACHOACH GGARYARY GGILMOREILMORE also won his 600th career game March 25 in a win over VMI. For his efforts, Gilmore was rewarded with a four-year contract in July of 2005 that featured incentive plans for himself and all the assistant coaches. In his 18 seasons as a college head coach, Gilmore’s teams have averaged over 39 wins a year, including 11 40- plus win seasons. In his 12 years at Coastal, Gilmore’s ball clubs have fi nished in the top four of the Big South Conference standings 11 times, including regular season titles in 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2007. Coastal also was one of only seven schools in Division I to win 40+ games from 2001-05. He has coached 55 All-Big South Conference players and fi ve Big South Players of the Year, including Sappelt in 2007. Ryan McGraw also broke the NCAA single-season stolen base mark with 63 in 2002. Gilmore and the Chanticleers battled through injuries and adversity during the 2004 season. The Chants were underdogs heading into the Big South Tournament, but for the fourth straight season, Coastal won the Big South Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Regionals. Gilmore coached the Big South Head Coach Gary Gilmore won his 700th career game Player of the Year in Mike Costanzo and had four All-Big South May 12 at UNC Asheville. members GILMORE BY THE NUMBERS and two Major League Baseball Draft selections. Gilmore had a milestone 2003 season, starting with his 500th career win 1 #1 Seed in both the 2005 and Feb. 21, against Delaware. He then saw the Chants win their third straight 2007 NCAA Regional. Big South Tournament Championship and earn its third straight berth to the NCAA Regionals in Lincoln, Neb. Coastal won 46 games in 2003, then the 4 Was selected as the Big South most by a Chanticleer squad under Coach Gilmore. Ryan McGraw earned Coach of the Year in 1999, 2002, All-BSC First Team honors, while six Chants were selected to the second 2005 and 2007. team. Gilmore also saw Justin Sturge and Brandon Powell enter the world of professional baseball. 5 Five Big South Tournament titles In 2002, Coastal posted 44 wins, fi fth most in school history and the most since 1983. The Chants also captured both the Big South regular season 6 Six trips to the NCAA Baseball and tournament crowns for the second consecutive year and appeared in the NCAA Regional, falling to Georgia in the fi nal game. The 2002 squad Regionals featured seven all-conference performers, including fi ve fi rst-team members 7 Seven 40+ win seasons and the Player of the Year in Justin Owens. Owens was also named as the 2001-02 Bagwell Winner, denoting him as the Big South Male Athlete of the 13 Thirteen players in professional Year. In 2001, the Chants posted a 42-20 record, won their fi rst Big South baseball at end of 2007 season. Championship since 1992, and came within a single out of advancing to the NCAA Super Regionals, where they would have played Florida State with 50 Fifty wins two of the last three a College World Series berth on the line. The team that year posted wins years. over nationally-ranked foes East Carolina, Clemson and Georgia Tech. He also had six players make All-Big South Conference Teams and catcher 400 Earned his 400th win at Randy McGarvey, Jr., was named the Big South Tournament’s Most Valuable Coastal May 12, 2006. Player. Gilmore took the reins in a rather precarious position in 1996. The Chants .660 Has a .660 overall winning were coming off a 17-37 season, their fi rst losing season in 18 years, and percentage in 18 seasons. had little in the way of returning talent, especially on the mound. Coastal fi nished a respectable 24-29 in his fi rst season, and 23-31 in his second. 700 Earned 700th coaching win By 1998 though, his recruits, especially the pitchers, began to step up, and May 12, 2007. Coastal’s winning ways returned. His 1999 squad posted 43 wins and found themselves nationally ranked towards the end of the season, earning Gilmore

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Big South Coach of the Year honors. “As long as your philosophy is sound, then you need to stick with it and be patient,” Gilmore said. “Everybody thought we were crazy because we wanted to bring pitching to Coastal Carolina. But we were determined to build this program the right way. We start with pitching and defense, and loaded the lineup with great athletes. The program has been pointed in the right direction. We’ve been preaching, telling them what winning is about, and now they have a taste for it. Guys leave the program, but when the new kids come in they pick up on the pride and enthusiasm that we have. They pick up on the goals that we have set, and the direction we are moving, and the winning attitude begins to feed off of itself.” Along with the improvements Gilmore has overseen on the fi eld, he is also a main contributor to the improvements off the fi eld. The Chanticleers have had a team grade-point-average over 3.0 in each of the last four seasons, including the fall of 2007. What’s more, Coastal’s facilities have made tremendous strides under Coach Gilmore, with renovations to the stadium that took place which have included a new fence, new scoreboard, new sound system and new infi eld. New lights were installed in 2005 at Charles Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field, while new turf in foul territory as well as chairback seating and an upgrade of the lockerroom will take place for 2008. Gilmore began his baseball career as a Chanticleer, playing center fi eld for Coastal during the 1979 and 1980 seasons. The speedy leadoff hitter hit .353 with 69 steals in 90 games, before going to play in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Following his playing days, he worked as a scout for the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians before becoming a coach at USC-Aiken, where he eventually took over the top spot in 1990. Gilmore spent six seasons at USC-Aiken, where he compiled a 253-102 record. Gilmore posted 40-win seasons in his fi rst four years at USC-A, including a school- record 48 wins in 1991. In 1993, Gilmore was named Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year by his peers. During his stint at USC-Aiken, Gilmore coached nine all- conference performers and one conference player of the year in Adam Riggs. In all, Coach Gilmore has been named the Regional Coach of the Year fi ve times, conference “What Dr. DeCenzo and Moose did was put a plan in Coach of the Year four times and a National Coach of the Year place that if I walk out of here tomorrow, this pro- Finalist twice. Over 60 of his players have gone on to sign gram is in a place where someone can take it and professional contracts, with seven making it to the major leagues. run with it. It is fi nancially sound. There are ways “Coastal Carolina is a special place for me,” Gilmore concluded. to improve yourself and get rewards for doing well. “We’re fortunate to have things pretty good down here with the location Mostly, it’s about the kids opportunities. The great- est thing for me is if I do something to get money for and the weather, but it’s the people that make this place great. From Coastal baseball, it will be for a great improvement the players and coaches and the athletic department, to the professors, in this program. It will be something that you can students and staff, everybody just comes together to form a family. see. It will be a building or video equipment. It will There are a lot of other schools out there that are bigger, and may be something that makes that group of young men have more money to throw around, but they can’t match the intangibles better. I’ve lived and coached my whole life waiting that we have here. My heart is in this program because I sweated on to get to this moment. I can’t wait. I’ve never been the same exact fi eld that today’s kids are sweating on for me.” more enthusiastic about what’s going on here.” Gilmore and his wife Cathy have a son, Chance (20), who is - Gary Gilmore at the press conference an- a redshirt sophomore outfi elder at Coastal Carolina, and a daughter nouncing his contract extension about the future Samantha (18). of Coastal Carolina baseball.

1144 110-TIME0-TIME BBIGIG SSOUTHOUTH CCHAMPSHAMPS - HHOSTOST OOFF 22007007 MMYRTLEYRTLE BBEACHEACH RREGIONALEGIONAL 220080 0 8 COASTALC O A S T A L CCAROLINAA R O L I N A BBASEBALLA S E B A L L AASSISTANTSSISTANT CCOACHESOACHES ##99 KKEVINEVIN SSCHNALLCHNALL Recruiting Coordinator/Assistant Coach - Catchers Eighth Season - Coastal Carolina ’01

Kevin Schnall enters his eighth season on the Chanticleer coaching staff. A former All-Big South performer for Coastal from 1998-99, Schnall coaches the catchers and will split the hitting duties with assistant Brendan Dougherty. Schnall also enters his third year as the recruiting coordinator after assisting with recruiting for fi ve seasons. Coastal‘s catchers had another excellent season behind the dish. Matt Rademacher was an All-Big South First Team selection, while Dock Doyle was on the All-Myrtle Beach Regional Team and was drafted by the Atlanta Braves. Under Schnall’s tutelage, Coastal’s catchers have thrown out 43 percent of runners trying to steal. Coastal’s catchers also have handled one of the nation’s best pitching staffs, which ranked among the top-20 four of the last seven seasons. Schnall is credited with developing individual players such as catcher Randy McGarvey, Jr., who started his career as a walk-on and fi nished as a two-year starter and 2002 draft pick of the Houston Astros, and Chad Oxendine, who started his Coastal career as a middle infi elder and went on to become an All-Big South catcher in 2004 and played in the Chicago White Sox minor league organization. Schnall also coached Mike Fuentes in 2005-06, who was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 29th round of the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft. Schnall also boasts successful stints as a summer league head coach. In 2001, he coached Front Royal (Va.) of the Valley League and led the Cardinals to the playoffs. In 2002, Schnall was tabbed by the Baseball Factory to coach one of its select summer teams. In addition to his coaching duties, Schnall also had served as Coordinator of the Gary Gilmore Baseball Camp until 2004, which features several summer camps and year-round clinics. Schnall’s playing career began at Potomac State Junior College in West Virginia, where he was named All-Region both seasons. In 1997, he hit .420 and collected 56 RBI in leading the Catamounts to a 30-8 record. He then moved to Coastal Carolina where he immediately became the Chants starting catcher in 1998. That season, he hit .308, drove in 33 runs and set school catching records for putouts (362) and assists (58). His efforts led the Chants to their fi rst winning season since 1994 and a berth in the Big South Tournament Championship game. In 1999, Schnall produced one of the most memorable single seasons in Coastal history. He became just the second Chanticleer in Big South history to bat over. 400 in a season (.405), was named Big South Player of the Year and led the Chants to a 43-15 record, the program’s best mark since 1983. Schnall slugged seven home runs and collected 48 RBI, but his most signifi cant contribution was his patience at the batter’s box where he struck out just 19 times all season and set a school record for on-base percentage (.515). He fi nished his career as an NCBWA Second Team All-American and was a fi nalist for the Rotary Smith National Player of the Year award. For his playing and coaching success, Schnall was inducted to the Coastal Carolina Buddy Sasser Hall of Fame in 2005. Schnall was recognized before the Coastal-Gardner-Webb football game Oct. 14, 2005. Schnall’s collegiate success earned him notice from the Cincinnati Reds, who made him their 25th-round pick in 1999. He played two seasons in the Reds farm system, compiling time with the Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League and the Dayton Dragons of the Midwest League. He retired from pro baseball after Kevin Schnall was inducted into the Coastal the 2000 season. Carolina Buddy Sasser Hall of Fame Oct. 14, 2005. Schnall is single and resides in Myrtle Beach. 110-TIME0-TIME BBIGIG SSOUTHOUTH CCHAMPSHAMPS - HHOSTOST OOFF 22007007 MMYRTLEYRTLE BBEACHEACH RREGIONALEGIONAL 1155 220080 0 8 COASTALC O A S T A L CCAROLINAA R O L I N A BBASEBALLA S E B A L L AASSISTANTSSISTANT CCOACHESOACHES ##66 BBRENDANRENDAN DDOUGHERTYOUGHERTY Assistant Coach - Infi elders Third Season - Coastal Carolina ’98

Brendan Dougherty is in his third season as an assistant coach of the Coastal Carolina baseball team. Dougherty is in charge of the infi elders as well as handling the team defense. Coastal’s infi elders had a great 2007 season. Chris Raber was an All-Big South fi rst baseman while Derek Martin, Tyler Bortnick and Adam Vrable all were named to the All-Big South Tournament Team. Vrable, Bortnick and Martin also set CCU record for assists by position, while Vrable had the putouts record at second base. Coastal’s fi elding percentage led the Big South and was in the top-35 in the country. Dougherty is no stranger to Coastal, having played for the Chants in 1996 and 1997. Dougherty had a .287 batting average for CCU with 40 runs-batted-in in 104 games, most of them at shortstop. He was an excellent defensive shortstop, setting CCU’s single-season and career records for assists. Dougherty received his degree in interdisciplinary studies from Coastal in 1998. Doughery returned to the Conway campus in 2005 from a two-year stint as an assistant at Army, where he coached the infi elders and worked on hitting. The Black Knights won the Patriot League Championship and advanced to the NCAA Regionals in both of Dougherty’s years. In 2005, Army went to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional and went 1-2 with a win over South Alabama. In his fi rst year at West Point, Dougherty helped second baseman Nate Stone to an All-America honor from the American Baseball Coaches’ Association, the fi rst Army player in 40 years to accomplish that feat. In that fi rst season, the Black Knights set school records for base hits, doubles, home runs and total bases. Dougherty spent the 2003 season at Auburn, working with the Tigers’ infi elders, outfi elders and catchers, while assisting with bunting and baserunning. Auburn hosted a regional in that year and went 42-21 with an 18-12 record in the Southeastern Conference. Dougherty began his coaching career at Elon University, spending four years as the Phoenix’s hitting instructor and recruiting coordinator. During that time, he coached six all-conference performers and helped the Phoenix to their fi rst NCAA Regional appearance in 2002. Dougherty started his playing career at Potomac State Junior College, where he posted a .370 career batting average. A Third Team All-American in 1994, he was named an National Junior College Athletic Association All-American the following year in leading the school to a national championship. He also was named to the Junior College World Series All-Tournament team that season. This past spring, Dougherty was inducted into the Potomac State Athletic Hall of Fame. Dougherty is single and resides in Myrtle Beach.

1166 110-TIME0-TIME BBIGIG SSOUTHOUTH CCHAMPSHAMPS - HHOSTOST OOFF 22007007 MMYRTLEYRTLE BBEACHEACH RREGIONALEGIONAL 220080 0 8 COASTALC O A S T A L CCAROLINAA R O L I N A BBASEBALLA S E B A L L AASSISTANTSSISTANT CCOACHESOACHES ##1111 DDREWREW TTHOMASHOMAS Volunteer Assistant Coach/Pitching - Camps Coordinator Second Season - Illinois State ’98

Drew Thomas begins his second season with the Coastal Carolina University baseball coaching staff as the pitching coach. The Coastal pitching staff enjoyed tremendous success in 2007, fi nishing 18th in the country in earned-run average. Bobby Gagg was named Big South Pitcher of the Year while Gagg, David Anderson and Andy DeLaGarza all were named to the All-Big South teams. Gagg was a Second Team All-America by Collegiate Baseball and a Second Team All-Region selection by the ABCA. Freshman Nick McCully also was named to the All-Big South Tournament Team and was an All-Freshman Team selection by Ping! Baseball. Thomas comes to Coastal from the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla., where he had worked since 2003. He was the roving pitching instructor for the Florida Collegiate Instructional League and also was the pitching coach for the Pendleton Academy. Thomas helped develop Chris Perez, a fi rst round draft pick by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006, and also worked with former Chanticleer Steven Carter. Thomas was a private pitching instructor in Springfi eld, Ill., from 2001-02. He also was the head coach of the Mason County Legion in Springfi eld. He pitched in the San Diego Padres organization in 1998-99, and played for the Canton Crocodiles of the Frontier League in 1999-2000. While with the Crocs, Thomas was the 2000 Frontier League Relief Pitcher of the Year, a League All-Star, and a Second Team Baseball America All-Independent Team member. Thomas graduated from Illinois State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. Thomas, his wife Jaymie, and infant son Henry reside in Myrtle Beach. BBESTEST GGAMESAMES OFOF 20072007 CCOASTALOASTAL 66,, VIRGINIAVIRGINIA TECHTECH 5 FFeb.eb. 118,8, 20072007

Coastal came back from behind in the ninth inning to defeat Virginia Tech 6-5 in the fi nal game of the IMIChotels. com INN-vitational. Coastal had a 3-1 lead heading into the top of the ninth, but Virginia Tech would score four in the top of the frame. That would set up the heroics in the bottom of the last inning. The Hokies’ Rhett Ballard got a quick fi rst out on the mound for the Hokies in the bottom of the ninth before walking the next two batters, David Anderson and Tommy Baldridge. Chance Gilmore Derek Martin had the came in to pinch run for Baldridge, and game-winning hit Ballard then hit Matt Rademacher to in the 6-5 win over load the bases. Derek Martin then hit a hard ball back to Ballard which bounced Virginia Tech. off of his ankle and into left fi eld, scoring two runs to win the game for the Chanticleers. Coastal was led by David Sappelt who went 4-for-4 on the night with two RBI while Baldridge and Adam Vrable each went 2-for-4. The Hokies were led by Warren Schaeffer who went 2-for-5. Coastal kept its unbeaten mark at 7-0. The Chanticleers would earn its fi rst ranking the week after that game. Coastal would win its fi rst eight games of the season on its way to a 50-win season and a regional host. 110-TIME0-TIME BBIGIG SSOUTHOUTH CCHAMPSHAMPS - HHOSTOST OOFF 22007007 MMYRTLEYRTLE BBEACHEACH RREGIONALEGIONAL 1177