r o b kumbatovic s c o t t a ’ h a r a j e f f g u t h r i d g e j o e b u r g j a r e d r o g e r s d a v i d d ’ e r r i c o j a r e d h a m m e r m a t t f o r d 2011 HOfstra baseball Quick facts/ table Of cOntents Location: Hempstead, NY 11549 Associate Director of Athletics for Communications: Stephen Gorchov Enrollment: 12,100 Office Phone: (516) 463-4933 Founded: 1935 Director of Athletic Publications/Baseball Contact: Len Skoros Nickname: Pride Office Phone: (516) 463-4602 Colors: Gold, White and Blue Cell Phone: (516) 765-5584 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Fax: (516) 463-5033 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association E-mail Address: [email protected] Home Field: University Field (600) Senior Sports Information Director: Jim Sheehan Press Box Phone: (516) 463-1896 Senior Assistant Director of Athletic Communications: Jeremy Kniffin Equipment Manager: Anthony Battaglia President: Stuart Rabinowitz Assistant Equipment Managers: Dave Walsh, Kathy Theiling, NCAA Faculty Representative: Michael Barnes John Considine Director of Athletics: Jack Hayes Photographers: Brian Ballweg, Ross Obley, Len Skoros Executive Associate Director of Athletics: Danny McCabe Senior Associate Director of Athletics: Cindy Lewis BASEBALL INFORMATION Associate Director of Athletics for External Relations: Tim McMahon Head Coach: Patrick Anderson (Mars Hill, 1997) Associate Director of Athletics for Communications: Stephen Gorchov Overall Record/Years: 31-60-1/2 years Associate Director of Athletics for Facilities: Jay Artinian Record at School/Years: Same Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance: John K. Heck,Jr. Assistant Coach: John Russo (West Alabama, 2000) Assistant Director of Athletics for Corporate Relations: Ellen Johnson Assistant Coach: James Lally (St. John’s, 2007) Assistant Director of Athletics for Development: Daniel Solow Assistant Coach: Jeremy Hill Assistant Director of Athletics for Ticket Operations: Maria Corvino Athletic Trainer: David Riviere Assistant Director of Athletics for Marketing and Promotions: Team Manager: Darrin Dawber Chrissy Arnone Baseball Office Phone: (516) 463-5065/3759 Assistant Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete Development: 2010 Record: 20-28-1 Samantha Sweeney 2010 Conference Record/Finish: 10-14/8th Assistant Director of Athletics for Administration: Meaghan Almon Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 17/14 Director of Ticket Sales: Michael Neely Starters Returning/Lost: 4/5 Director of Student-Athlete Services: Annie Fiorvanti Pitchers Returning/Lost: 12/3 Athletic Department Phone: (516) 463-6750 Newcomers: 18 HOFSTRA BASEBALL ON THE WEB - GOHofstra.COM Top Returning Batters: Name Pos. Cl. Avg.-HR-RBI-SB Scott A’Hara OF Sr. .346-3-23-8 Matt Ford SS So. .311-2-27-7 Top Returning Pitchers: Name Cl. IP W-L, SV, ERA, K Jeff Guthridge Sr. 43.2 2-3, 2, 5.98, 26 David D’Errico So. 51.2 3-3, 0, 7.66, 33 Andrew Barbarino So. 28.0 2-1, 2, 6.43, 26 Joe Burg So. 36.0 2-2, 1, 7.00, 21 TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts 1 Player Profiles 2011 Newcomers 24 Baseball Banquet 41 Hofstra Highlights 2 Scott A’Hara 12 This is Hofstra 29 Baseball Facilities 42 Jeff Guthridge 13 Hofstra University President 31 Hofstra in the Community 44 Coaching Staff Rob Kumbatovic 14 University Senior Administration 32 2010 Statistics and Results 45 Head Coach Patrick Anderson 4 Kevin Flynn 15 Hofstra Director of Athletics 33 The Colonial Athletic Association 47 Assistant Coach John Russo 6 Sean Monaghan 16 Athletics Administration and 2010 Colonial Athletic Assistant Coach James Lally 7 TJ Thomas/Andrew Barbarino 17 Head Coaches 34 Association Review 48 Assistant Coach Jeremy Hill 8 Michael Beers/Joe Burg 18 Hofstra Athletics 36 Hofstra Record Book 50 Strength and Conditioning Coach David D’Errico/Matt Ford 19 Academic Support 37 Series Records 54 James Prendergast 8 Jared Hammer/John Krause 20 Sports Medicine/Athletic Training 38 Year-by-Year Records 55 Gregg Lettini/Drew Liebert 21 Long Island 39 All-Time Results 56 2011 Roster 9 Cody Normand/Jared Rogers 22 New York City 40 Media Services 64 2011 Outlook 10 Gregg Sarra/Brett Schreiber/ John Schilt 23 2011 B a s e B a l l 1 Hofstra Highlights Celebrating 75 years of academic excellence inHofstra’s 2010-11 Diamond Celebration Weekend featured a Grucci Fireworks show Award-winning broadcast journalist Ted Koppel was the keynote speaker at Hofstra’s 75th Anniversary Convocation Chart-topping recording artist Trey Songz headlined the Live at 75 Concert Legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy was one of the featured performers at Hofstra’s Live at 75 Concert 2 H o f s t r a U n i v e r s i t y The Hofstra campus is The Princeton Review recently named the Zarb School of Business one located 25 miles east of its “Great Schools for Marketing and Sales Majors” of New York City Hofstra Highlights Celebrating 75 years of academic excellence in 2010-11 Hofstra celebrated its 75th Anniversary with a cake from Charm City Cakes, which is featured on the Food Network show “Ace of Cakes”. Charm City executive sous chef Geof Manthorpe delivered and assembled the cake for the celebration. A packed house turned out for Jimmy Fallon's show at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex The Hofstra- North Shore LIJ School of Medicine will admit its first class in September 2011 2011 B a s e B a l l 3 H ead baseball cOacH patrick andersOn atrick Anderson is in his third season as head Pbaseball coach at Hofstra University. Anderson was named the 13th coach in the program’s 71-year history on August 11, 2008. In his two seasons, Anderson has posted a 31-60- 1 record and has coached four players to All-Colonial Athletic Association honors, as well as one Major League Baseball Draft selection Anderson led the Pride to a 20-win season in 2010, despite fielding a team with 20 new players, including 15 freshmen. He kept the team in contention for a Colonial Athletic Association Championship berth until the second to last weekend of the season. The team was 10-14 in CAA play and finished eighth after being selected last in the preseason coaches’ poll. The 20 wins marked a nine-victory improvement over the 2009 season and the 10 CAA wins were four more than the previous season. Three players – Matt Prokopowicz, Ethan Paquette and Matt Ford – earned postseason recognition from the Colonial Athletic Association with Prokopowicz and Paquette garnering first team All-CAA honors, while Ford was named to the All-Rookie team. Paquette would go on to be selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 35th Round of the 2010 MLB Draft. Three individual team records were set in 2010 with Prokopowicz establishing himself as the program’s all-time hits leader with 271. In addition, Paquette established a new benchmark for RBIs in a season with 70, while reliever Jeff Guthridge set the single season appearance fewest since the 1987 squad posted 58 in just 27 games. Offensively the mark by pitching in 31 games. As a team the Pride set a new single team compiled a .320 average, eclipsing the .300 mark for the first time season record for fielding percentage at .968 and their 60 errors were the since 1999. In his first season (2009) Anderson coached his team to an 11-32 record, but saw Mark Stuckless blossom under his tutelage as the senior earned Colonial Athletic Association first team accolades and was the CAA Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year after flirting with a .400 batting average and led the Pride in batting (.392), hits (69), runs (43), doubles (11), triples (4) and home runs (5). During his short tenure Anderson has also helped improve the Pride’s facilities through fundraising initiatives. Through his efforts and the leadership and support of baseball alumnus Bruce Quinn ’86, the Quinn Family Grandstand was installed in 2010. Future plans for University Field include moving and raising the height of the outfield fences. Anderson, who served as an assistant coach at Hofstra for three seasons from 1998 to 2001, spent eight seasons as a minor league hitting and catching 4 H o f s t r a U n i v e r s i t y Coach Anderson and Bruce Quinn ’86 Coach Anderson and former instructor with the Kansas City Royals Professional Baseball Club New York Yankee great Bucky Dent before returning to Hempstead. Anderson served as a roving instructor at various levels of the organization - from rookie ball to Kansas City’s Triple A affiliate - working with high-level prospects that Kansas City touted as potential major league players. During his tenure with the Royal’s Anderson worked with many future major leaguer’s including Mike Sweeney, Gregg Zaun and Donnie Murphy. His work for the Royals also saw him serve as hitting coach for the Gulf Coast Royals (Rookie League) in 2001, the Class A Burlington (IA) Bee’s from 2002 to 2006, the Idaho Falls Chukars (Advanced Rookie League) in 2007 and the rookie affiliate Burlington (NC) Royals in 2008. Anderson began his coaching career in 1996 at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. After leaving Gannon in 1997 he began coaching at The Baseball Factory, an organization that evaluates and showcases potential collegiate and professional players, in Ellicott City, Maryland. Anderson began his first Hofstra tenure in the fall of 1998, serving as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under Head Coach Reginald Jackson.