2017 SALUKI BASEBALL 2017 SALUKI BASEBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ..........................................................................................................................3 HEAD COACH KEN HENDERSON 20-21 Schedule / Quick Facts .................................................................................................................6 Roster / Pronunciation Guide .......................................................................................................7 Salukis in the Major Leagues ................................................................................................10-11 Itchy Jones Stadium ...................................................................................................................12 Baseball Facilities .......................................................................................................................13 Salukis in the Postseason ..........................................................................................................14 Director of Athletics Tommy Bell / Support Staff .........................................................................15 Season Preview .....................................................................................................................16-17 Head Coach Ken Henderson ................................................................................................20-21 Assistant Coach P.J. Finigan ......................................................................................................22 Assistant Coach Ryan Strain ......................................................................................................23 PLAYER BIOS Volunteer Coach Seth LaRue .....................................................................................................24 28-95 2017 Salukis ...............................................................................................................................25 Player Bios ............................................................................................................................28-95 2016 Recap .........................................................................................................................98-109 Head Coaching History .............................................................................................................112 Team, MVC and National Awards ......................................................................................113-114 Hitting Records ..................................................................................................................115-116 Pitching Records ...............................................................................................................117-118 Miscellaneous Records ............................................................................................................119 Year-by-Year Hitting Statistics ..................................................................................................120 Year-by-Year Opponent Hitting Statistics .................................................................................121 Year-by-Year Pitching Statistics ................................................................................................122 HISTORY Year-by-Year Opponent Pitching Statistics ...............................................................................123 112-149 Yearly Statistical Leaders ..................................................................................................124-126 All-Time Letterwinners .......................................................................................................127-129 All-Time Results ................................................................................................................132-144 Salukis in the College World Series ..................................................................................145-147 Records Against Opponents ..............................................................................................148-149 Missouri Valley Conference ......................................................................................................150 Southern Illinois University .......................................................................................................151 SIU Media Services ..................................................................................................................152 2017 Team Head Shots ............................................................................................................153 2 3 2017 SALUKI BASEBALL 2017 SALUKI BASEBALL 4 5 2017 SALUKI BASEBALL 2017 SALUKI BASEBALL SCHEDULE AND QUICK FACTS NUMERICAL ROSTER Day Date Opponent Location Time (CT) General No. Name Pos. Year B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) Fri. February 17 at Stetson DeLand, Fla. 6:30 p.m. Location ..................................................Carbondale, Ill. 2 Gavyn Ellet LHP Sr. L/L 5-10 210 Grand Tower, Ill. (Shawnee CC) Sat. February 18 at Stetson DeLand, Fla. 2 p.m. Founded .................................................................1869 Sun. February 19 at Stetson DeLand, Fla. 1 p.m. 4 Anthony Shimkus RHP Sr. R/R 6-3 195 Chicago, Ill. (De La Salle Institute) Enrollment ...........................................................17,292 Tues. February 21 at Austin Peay Clarksville, Tenn. 1 p.m. Nickname ............................................................Salukis 6 Ryan Netemeyer RHP Jr. R/R 5-11 185 Belleville, Ill. (Mascoutah) Fri. February 24 at Louisiana Monroe Monroe, La. 6 p.m. 7 Connor Kopach INF Jr. R/R 6-0 175 Westmont, Ill. (Downers Grove North) Sat. February 25 at Louisiana Monroe Monroe, La. 2 p.m. School Colors ................................... Maroon and White Sun. February 26 at Louisiana Monroe Monroe, La. 1 p.m. Affiliation ............................................... NCAA Division I 8 Jake Hand OF Sr. R/R 5-10 190 Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Thunder Ridge) Tues. February 28 at Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 4 p.m. Conference .............................................Missouri Valley 9 Jared Kengott INF/OF Fr. R/R 6-2 200 Addison, Texas (Dallas Jesuit) Chancellor ..................................................Brad Colwell Fri. March 3 Western Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 2 p.m. 10 Mitch Fairfield C Fr. R/R 6-2 210 Normal, Ill. (Normal West) Sat. March 4 Western Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 2 p.m. Director of Athletics ......................................Tommy Bell 12 Bradley Harrison OF/LHP Fr. L/L 6-4 210 O’Fallon, Ill. (O’Fallon) Sun. March 5 Western Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 1 p.m. Athletic Department Phone ....................(618) 453-7250 Tues. March 7 at Murray State Murray, Ky. 4 p.m. 13 Ryan Smith OF Sr. R/R 6-0 185 Brentwood, Calif. (Delta CC) Fri. March 10 at Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 6:30 p.m. Richard “Itchy” Jones Stadium 14 Addison Fugitt OF Fr. L/L 6-0 190 Normal, Ill. (Normal Community) Sat. March 11 at Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 2 p.m. Capacity .................................................................2,000 15 Will Farmer INF Sr. R/R 5-11 190 Mundelein, Ill. (Mundelein) Sun. March 12 at Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 1 p.m. Surface ................ AstroTurf 3Di/Diamond R 3D Xtreme Tues. March 14 at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. 6 p.m. Dimensions ............................. LF-330, CF-390, RF-330 16 Ranko Stevanovic INF Fr. R/R 6-1 220 Chicago, Ill. (Niles Notre Dame) Fri. March 17 vs. Toledo Champaign, Ill. 12 p.m. Opened ...................................................................2014 17 Dyllin Mucha OF Sr. L/L 6-0 180 Centennial, Colo. (Cherry Creek) Sat. March 18 vs. Toledo Champaign, Ill. 11 a.m. Record Since Renovation .................................. 40-41-1 18 Jacob Williams RHP Sr. R/R 5-10 180 Cisco, Ill. (Monticello) Sat. March 18 at Illinois Champaign, Ill. 2:30 p.m. 19 Drew Curtis INF/OF Jr. R/R 6-5 230 Glen Carbon, Ill. (Edwardsville) Sun. March 19 at Illinois Champaign, Ill. 2:30 p.m. Baseball History 20 Chuck Fleming INF Fr. R/R 5-11 195 Elk Grove, Ill. (Elk Grove) Wed. March 22 Murray State Carbondale, Ill. 5 p.m. 1st Year of Continuous Baseball .............................1947 Fri. March 24 Jacksonville State Carbondale, Ill. 1 p.m. All-Time Record (Years) .................1,840-1,321-12 (71) 21 Joey Marciano LHP Sr. L/L 6-5 275 Chicago, Ill. (Logan CC) Sat. March 25 Jacksonville State Carbondale, Ill. 2 p.m. Winning Percentage ............................................... .582 22 Reese Dolan RHP Fr. L/R 6-4 190 Mundelein, Ill. (Mundelein) Sun. March 26 Jacksonville State Carbondale, Ill. 1 p.m. Years in CWS/Last ..............................................5/1977 23 Ryan Sabo INF Sr. R/R 6-0 200 Brentwood, Tenn. (Ravenwood) Tues. March 28 Arkansas State Carbondale, Ill. 5 p.m. NCAA Appearances/Last ...................................14/1990 Wed. March 29 at Eastern Illinois Charleston, Ill. 3 p.m. 24 Mitch Townsend LHP So. L/L 6-4 255 Libertyville, Ill. (Libertyville) Last Postseason Opp./Result .... San Diego State/L, 4-3 Fri. March 31 Evansville * Carbondale, Ill. 6:30 p.m. MVC Regular Season Titles/Last .............................7/1990 25 Logan Blackfan INF Jr. L/L 6-1 215 Cordova, Tenn. (Houston) Sat. April 1 Evansville * Carbondale, Ill. 2 p.m. 26 Alex Gutermuth RHP Fr. R/R 6-2 185 Troy, Mo. (Buchanan) Sun. April 2 Evansville * Carbondale, Ill. 1 p.m. MVC Tournament Titles/Last ...............................5/1990 Tues. April 4 Austin Peay Carbondale,