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' " . 1995 Northern Iowa Schedule I February I March ~aturaay :sunaay Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 26 Missouri 25 I 2 3 Mo. West. 11 4 Southeast Southeast Western a.m.; Iowa State Missouri State Missouri State 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 6 7 8 9 10 II Kansas State # Derby City 1 p.m. Classic Hurlers Mike 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 # Derby City · Evansville Irvine, •Evansville Classic 3 p.m. (2), 1 p.m. left, and Steve 19 20 2 1 22 23 24 $ $ @Fla. @Fla. $ 25 •Evansville Beard Northwestern Vermont International Missouri noon International were a 7:15p.m. 12:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. Valley 9 a.m. combined 9-0 in $ 26 $ 27 28 Wis.- 29 30 3 1 March last Harvard Wright State Milwaukee • Creighton seaso ~. 4p.m. 9 a.m. (2), 1 p.m. 3 p.m. April Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesda~ Thursday Friday Saturday I • Creighton (2), noon 2 3 4 5 6 . 7 . 8 • Creighton Iowa Sate Illinois State Illinois State 1 p.m. 2:30p.m. 3p.m. (2), noon 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 *llllnois Iowa • Bradley State, 1 p.m 3p.m. (2), noon 16 17 18 19 20 2 1 22 Southeast • Southwest • Bradley Iowa • Southwest Missouri St. Missouri St. Missouri St. (2), noon 6p.m. (2), 1 p.m. 4 p.m. (2), 1 p.m. 23 24 Wis.- 25 26 27 28 29 • Southwest Milwaukee Minnesota • Wichita Wichita Stat Missouri St. (2), 3 p.m. 7 p.m. State, 7 p.m. (2), 4p.m. noon 30 • Wichita Senior Keven Saunders hit safely in 15 of State, 1 p.m. 20 games in April last season with hitting streaks of six and seven games. May Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday I 2 Northern 3 4 5 * Indiana 6 Iowa State Illinois State 7p.m. (2), 4p.m. (2), 1 p.m. 7 8 9 10 II i 2 * Indiana · southern • Southern 13 State Illinois Illinois (2), noon 3 p.m. (2), noon • Southern 14 15 16 17 i 8 i 9 20 Illinois Missouri ' alley Con erence Tc urnament 1 p.m. Spring eld, Ill. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Senior captain Matt Paulsen, No. 19, went 17-for-46 (.370) with three home runs, 11 RBis and 10 runs scored in May last season. 28 29 30 31 * Missouri Valley Conference game # Derby City Classic, Louisville, KY (Louisville, Toledo, Eastern Illinois) $ Spring Break trip, Ft. Myers, Fla. (March 20-27) Home games shaded Panther Baseball 1995 Media Guide Quick Facts/ Contents Quick Facts Contents Location: Cedar Falls, lA 50614-0314 Panther Schedule IFC Founded: 1876 Alphabetical Roster 2 Enrollment: 12,500 Numerical Roster 2 Nickname: Panthers Missouri Valley Conference 3 Colors: Purple and Old Gold 1995 Season Outlook 4 Home Facility: Riverfront, Waterloo (4,277) Coaching Staff 6 Dimensions: 335-360-380-360-335 Panther Captains 8-9 Conference: Missouri Valley National Affiliation: NCAA Division I Returning Lettermen 10-13 President: Dr. Constantine Curris Returning Players 14 Director of Athletics: Christopher Ritrievi Panther Newcomers 15-16 Associate Directors 'of Athletics: Facilities 17 John "Jersey" Jermier, Dr. Sandra Williamson 1994 Statistics 18 Assistant Director of Athletics/Facilities: Jim Egli 1994 Conference Statistics 19 NCAA Faculty Representative: Dr. Jack Wilkinson 1994 Game-by-Game Results 20 Sports Information Director: Nancy Justis All-time Series Records 21 (319-273-6354, office) Panthers in the Pros 21 Assistant Sports Information Director: Kevin Kane 1995 Opponents 22-24 (319-273-3642, office) Baseball Contact: Matthew A. Gruhn Year-by-Year Records 25 (319-277-6553, home) Coaches' Records 25 Sports Information FAX: (319) 273-3602 Year-by-Year Team Stats 27 Head Baseball Coach: Dave Schrage (Creighton '83) Panther Record Book 26-28 UNI & Career Coaching Record 70-149 (4 yrs.) This is Northern Iowa IBC Best time to reach: 10 a.m.-noon, M-F Assistant Coach: Ken Misfeldt (On the cover) Northern Iowa senior, Keven Saunders, (Northwest Missouri State '81) who has hit over .325 the past two seasons. Graduate Assistant: Joe Blake (Simpson '93) Baseball Office Phone: (319) 273-6323 Baseball Press Box Phone: (319) 233-8146 1994 Record: 24-32 1994 Conference Record/Finish: 5-16ff7th Starting Position Players Returning/Lost: 6/3 Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost: 5/2 Junior Rob Lettermen Returning/Lost: 14/7 McCormick hit .224 Freshmen: 9 with 19 RBis as a Junior College Transfers: 2 sophomore last Credit: The 1995 Northern Iowa Baseball Yearbook was designed, written and edited by Matthew A. Gruhn, student assistant, with editorial help from Kevin Kane, Nancy Justis and Darrin Leach . Photography by Matthew A. Gruhn and UNI Office of Public Relations. Panther Baseball 1 1995 Media Guide Northern Iowa 1995 Rosters Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. BIT Class Ht. Wt. Hometown/HS or College 2 Matt Klemesrud RHP R/R Senior 6-4 185 Rockford, lA/ Rockford 3 Aaron Houdeshell ss UR Freshman 5-9 160 Plymouth, MN/ Wayzata 4 Greg Woodin OF RIA Freshman 5-10 170 Waverly, lA/ Waverly-Shell Rock 5 Rob McCormick** 2B R/R Junior 5-7 175 West Des Moines, !A/Dowling 7 Andy Rocksvold OF UL Junior 5-9 170 Decorah, lA/ Ellsworth JC 8 Josh Dunham OF R/R Freshman 6-0 165 LeGrand, lA/ LDF-Semco 9 Matt Waller c RIA Sophomore 5-11 170 Waverly, lA/ Waverly-Shell Rock 10 Josh Ellwanger c R/R Freshman 5-11 170 Sioux City, lA/ Heelan 11 Bryan Duncan* RHP R/R Senior 6-3 195 Franklin Park, IU East Leyden 12 Scott Brickman RHP R/R Freshman 6-4 180 Denver, lA/ Denver 14 Kevin Briggeman RHP R/R Freshman 6-2 180 LaCrescent, MN/ LaCrescent 15 Scott Hoey RHP R/R Freshman 5-11 160 New Hampton, lA/ New Hampton 16 Jason Leidahl 3B R/R Junior 5-11 170 Sioux Center, IA/Buena Vista College 17 Steve Beard** RHP R/R Junior 6-2 185 Woodstock, IU Woodstock 18 Kevin Sawatzky* ss UR Sophomore 6-2 185 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan/Walter Murray 19 Matt Paulsen* c R/R Senior 5-11 170 St. Louis Park, MN/Normandale JC 20 Scott Eibey LHP UL Sophomore 6-4 175 Waterloo, lA/ West 21 Jeff Weime RHP R/R Senior 5-9 160 Moline, IU Black Hawk JC 22 Brett Lagerblade*** LHP UL Senior 6-4 200 Rock Island, IU Rock Island 23 Todd Rima 2B R/R Freshman 6-0 175 Oelwein, lA/ Oelwein 24 Tom Owen** 3B R/R Senior 6-0 175 Elkhart, lA/ North Polk 25 Mike Irvine*** RHP R/R Senior 6-2 185 Waterloo, lA/ West 26 Tom Hunter 1B/C R/R Freshman 6-3 230 Eagen, MN/ Eagen 27 Craig Fritz* OF S/R Senior 6-2 185 Madison Lake, WI/ Bethany JC 29 Mark Pasqualini*** OF R/R Senior 5-9 175 Melrose Park, IU Fenwick 30 Brian Jergenson* 1B UL Sophomore 6-5 212 LaCrescent, MN/ LaCrescent 31 Jeff Johannsen** LHP UL Junior 6-3 200 Eldridge, lA/ North Scott 32 Jon Goerish*** LHP UL Senior 6-3 200 Kiester, MN/ South Central 33 Keven Saunders*** OF R/R Senior 6-0 185 Minnetonka, MN/ Minnetonka *Letters earned at Northern Iowa Head Coach: Dave Schrage 13 Alphabetical Roster Assistants: Ken Misfeldt 28 Joe Blake 6 17 Steve Beard 2 Matt Klemesrud 12 Scott Brickman 22 Brett Lagerblade 14 Kevin Briggeman 16 Jason Leidahl 11 Bryan Duncan 5 Rob McCormick 8 Josh Dunham 24 Tom Owen 20 Scott Eibey 29 Mark Pasqualini 10 Josh Ellwanger 19 Matt Paulsen 27 Craig Fritz 23 Todd Rima 32 Jon Goerish 7 Andy Rocksvold 15 Scott Hoey 33 Keven Saunders 3 Aaron Houdeshell 18 Kevin Sawatzky 26 Tom Hunter 9 Matt Waller 25 Mike Irvine 21 Jeff Weime 30 Brian Jergenson 4 Greg Woodin 31 Jeff Johannsen Panther Baseball 2 1995 Media Guide Missouri Valley Conference March 10 Aprii1S A commitment to excellence, both in the classroom and the Evansville @ Wichita State, 7 p.m. Bradley @ Northern Iowa (2), noon athletic arena, has been a trademark of the Missouri Valley Indiana State @ Wichita State (2), 2 p.m. March 11 Evansville @ Illinois State (2), 5 p.m. Conference since its inception in 1907. In addition to success on Evansville @ Wichita State (2), 2 p.m. SW Missouri St. @ Southern Illinois (2), noon the national baseball scene, the athletic accomplishments of MVC institutions through the years have included four national basket­ March 12 April 16 Evansville @ Wichita State, 1 p.m Bradley @ Northern Iowa (2), noon ball championships and 17 trips to the NCAA Final Four. Indiana State @ Wichita State, 1 p.m. MVC members have been especially prominent on the March 17 Evansville @ Illinois State, 1 p.m.