CARDINALS BASEBALL 2016 www.uiwcardinals.com 1 CARDINALS BASEBALL 2016 THE 2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time Feb. 19-21 LIU Brooklyn Sullivan Field 6:30/3:00/11:00 Feb. 23 Prairie View A&M Prairie View, TX 2:00 PM Irish Alamo Invitational Feb. 25 Notre Dame Nelson Wolff Stadium 6:00 PM Feb. 26 Gonzaga Nelson Wolff Stadium 7:30 PM Feb. 27 Bradley Nelson Wolff Stadium 7:30 PM Feb. 28 Texas Southern Sullivan Field 1:00 PM Mar. 1-2 Oklahoma State Stillwater, OK 4:00/4:00 Mar. 4-6 Texas State San Marcos, TX 6:00/3:00/1:00 Mar. 9 UTSA San Antonio, TX 6:00 PM Mar. 11-13 Southeastern Louisiana* Hammond, LA 6:00/2:00/1:00 Mar. 15 Prairie View A&M Sullivan Field 6:30 PM Mar. 18-20 McNeese State* Sullivan Field 6:30/3:00/1:00 Mar. 22 Dallas Baptist Dallas, TX 6:30 PM Mar. 24-26 UT-Arlington Arlington, TX 6:30/6:30/2:00 Mar. 29 UT Rio Grande Valley Sullivan Field 6:30 PM Apr. 1-3 Houston Baptist* Houston, TX 2:00/1:00/2:00 Apr. 5 UT Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX 6:30 PM Apr. 8-10 Nicholls* Sullivan Field 6:30/3:00/1:00 Apr. 12 UTSA San Antonio, TX 6:30 PM Apr. 13 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Sullivan Field 6:30 PM Apr. 15-17 Sam Houston State* Sullivan Field 6:30/3:00/1:00 Apr. 22-24 Stephen F. Austin* Nacogdoches, TX 6:00/2:00/1:00 Apr. 26 Baylor Waco, TX 6:00 PM Apr. 29-May 1 Lamar* Sullivan Field 6:30/3:00/1:00 May 4 Texas A&M College Station, TX 6:35 PM May 6-8 Central Arkansas* Conway, AR 6:00/6:00/1:00 May 13-15 Abilene Christian* Sullivan Field 6:30/3:00/1:00 May 17 TCU Fort Worth, TX 6:00 PM May 19-21 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* Corpus Christi, TX 6:00/6:00/1:00 * indicates Southland Conference game www.uiwcardinals.com 2 CARDINALS BASEBALL 2016 UIW Quick Facts Women’s Tennis Devin Wilke Where to Find It Name The University (210) 283-5006 Danny Heep, Head Coach 4-5 of the Incarnate Word Volleyball Jennifer Montoya Coaching Staff 6-7 Address 4301 Broadway (210) 805-3567 2016 Schedule 2 San Antonio, TX 78209 Strength and Conditioning Darin Lovat Roster 8 University Telephone (210) 829-6000 (210) 829-2755 Player Bios 9-26 Ath. Dept. Telephone (210) 829-2722 2015 Cardinal Statistics 27-32 Sports Inf. Telephone (210) 805-3071 Baseball Facts Cumulative Season 27 President Dr. Louis J. Agnese, Jr. Staff Defensive 28 Batting Game-by-Game 29 Enrollment 10,984 Head Coach Danny Heep Founded 1881 Pitching Game-by-Game 30 Alma Mater B.A., Physical Education Mascot Cardinals Line Scores 31-32 St. Mary’s, 1978 Colors Red (Pantone 1797), Black and White Record Book 33-55 UIW Record-Years 548-368 (17 yrs) Affiliation NCAA Division I Award Winners 33-36 Overall Record same Conference Southland Team Season Records 36 Telephone (210) 829-3830 Sports 23 teams, 14 sports Yearly Stat Leaders 37-39 e-mail [email protected] Game Records 40 (11 men, 12 women) Pitching Coach Chase Tidwell Web Site www.uiwcardinals.com Career Records 41-42 Alma Mater Southeastern Louisiana, 2000 Season Records 43-44 Telephone (210) 805-3025 MLB Draft 45 e-mail [email protected] Athletics Administration All-Time Series 46 John Williams, Director of Athletics Assistant Coach Ryan Aguayo Coaching Records 47 (210) 829-6053 Alma Mater New Mexico State, 2011 Yearly Results 48-53 Angie Torain, Deputy Athletic Director Telephone (210) 805-3025 All-Time Roster 54-55 (210) 283-6968 e-mail [email protected] Southland Conference 56-60 Angela Lawson, Sr. Associate AD-Academics/SWA General Statement 57 (210) 829-3877 2015 Season Sports Information Directors 57 Tony Dollison, Associate AD-Compliance 5ecord 21-33 Preseason Polls 57 (210) 283-6381 Home, 11-9 Away, 8-22 Neutral, 2-2 Records 58-60 Dustin York, Associate AD-External Affairs/Ops. Southland Conference 11th UIW General Information 61 (210) 829-6048 Record 11-19 Jay Bijlani, Associate AD-Business Affairs Post-Season NA All pictures courtesy of Steve Slate (210) 805-3095 Rankings (Nat./Reg.) NR/NR B.J. Lough, Associate AD-Head Athletic Trainer Honors GENERAL (210) 829-3834 All-Academic Southland Conference The goal at the University of the Incarnate Word is to Shane Meling, Assistant AD-Sports Information Colton Besett (1st) provide fair and accurate services to members of the (210) 805-3071 media and, in turn, the university’s athletic programs Theresa Laurente, Assistant AD-Compliance ask for fair and accurate coverage. As a result, UIW (210) 283-6355 History staff will strive to meet all reasonable requests. Camelia Trahan, Assistant AD-Marketing All-Time Record 890-643-2 (.580) As the 2015-16 athletic year progresses, new and (210) 805-3012 100th Win 7-4 vs Mayville State (3/21/90) updated information about UIW will be available. Amanda Pulido, Life Skills Coordinator 200th Win 11-9 vs Dallas Baptist (3/19/93) Please contact the Office of Sports Information at (210) 283-6448 300th Win 9-0 vs Oklahoma City (3/17/97) (210) 805-3071. David Schneider, Head Equipment Manager 400th Win 5-4 at St. Edward’s (4/8/00) (210) 829-3828 500th Win 9-1 vs St. Edward’s (5/8/03) Dr. Lydia Andrade, Faculty Athletic Representative 600th Win 12-9 at Panhandle State (4/7/06) (210) 829-3877 700th Win 19-5 at Panhandle State (2/28/09) 800th Win 12-2 vs Tarleton State (5/8/11) UIW Head Coaches 30-Win Seasons 20 Women’s Basketball Kate Henderson Consecutive 30-Win Seasons 11 (210) 283-5049 2001-2011 Men’s Basketball Ken Burmeister Season Record Wins 42 (210) 829-6052 2010 Cheerleading/Dance Melissa Martinez NCAA Postseason 4 (7-8, Last 2011) 210-283-6406 NAIA Postseason 5 (9-10, Last 1997) Cross Country/Track & Field Derek Riedel Heartland Championships 2 (210) 805-3566 2005, 2006 Fencing, M&W John Moreau Heartland Tournament 1 (210) 829-6050 2001 Football Larry Kennan Heart of Texas Championships 3 (210) 805-3011 1990, 1993, 1997 Golf, M&W Brad Martin Heart of Texas Tournament 1 (210) 829-2795 1997 Men’s Soccer Vincent Martinez Lone Star Championships 1 (210) 841-7396 2011 Women’s Soccer Anne Felts (210) 829-3941 Softball Amanda Gamboa (210) 829-3969 Swimming & Diving Philip Davis (210) 805-3078 Synchronized Swimming Megan Deatherage (210) 829-2796 Men’s Tennis Pierce Brandan (210) 283-5006 www.uiwcardinals.com 3 CARDINALS BASEBALL 2016 Heep has the Cardinals entered in the Irish Alamo Classic for a third Head Coach straight season where they will Danny Heep play Notre Dame, Bradley, Gonzaga PERSONAL FILE and Texas Southern. Name Danny Heep Born July 3, 1957 Heep is closing in on 1,000 career Hometown San Antonio, TX games as the head coach at UIW. Education Lee HS, San Antonio, TX St. Mary’s, BA Physical Education, 1978 He will reach that milestone on April 5 when the team travel to UT CAREER Rio Grande Valley. Assistant Coach Incarnate Word, 1992-97 Head Coach Incarnate Word, 1998- Over the final two seasons in HEAD COACHING RECORD the Lone Star Conference, Heep 1998 Incarnate Word, 33-17 and the Cardinals went through 1999 Incarnate Word, 30-22 2000 Incarnate Word, 20-28 some unusual things. In 2012, the 2001 Incarnate Word, 35-21 Cardinals had a number of games Head Coach Danny Heep enters 2002 Incarnate Word, 31-24 cancelled due to the weather 2003 Incarnate Word, 30-27 his 19th season with an impressive leading the team to play the fewest 2004 Incarnate Word, 41-17 569-401 (.587) mark. He has 2005 Incarnate Word, 35-19 games in school history, 44. The directed UIW to 30-win campaigns 2006 Incarnate Word, 38-21 team started slowly, but they 2007 Incarnate Word, 34-21 on 13 occasions and counts only finished strong with a 16-11 mark 2008 Incarnate Word, 39-17 three losing seasons on his record. 2009 Incarnate Word, 36-17 in Lone Star Conference play. The 2010 Incarnate Word, 42-18 team’s final record was 23-21 and 2011 Incarnate Word, 37-18 Heep has faced a difficult task in 2012 Incarnate Word, 23-21 transitioning the Cardinals from a that included a second straight 2013 Incarnate Word, 26-26 Division II program to a Division I conference tournament bid. 2014 Incarnate Word, 18-32 program. He has not backed down 2015 Incarnate Word, 21-33 The following season saw the 18 Years 569-401, .587 when it comes to scheduling. The Cardinals jump out to a 13-2 Cardinals played some big name NCAA POST-SEASON record, including a pair of season programs like Oklahoma State, 2004 L, 5-4 vs Delta State opening wins at Houston’s Minute W, 9-3 vs St. Mary’s Notre Dame, Texas, Texas A&M, Maid Park. Unfortunately, the L, 17-14 vs Southern Arkansas TCU and Baylor and they have 2006 L, 8-5 vs Abilene Christian team became snake bit losing five picked up non-conference wins W, 4-2 vs Central Oklahoma consecutive games by one run W, 11-5 vs West Alabama against UT-Arlington, Gonzaga, and they finished 6-11 in one run L, 9-8 vs Montevallo LIU-Brooklyn, Hofstra, Central 2010 W, 6-1 vs Emporia State games leading to a 26-26 record.