PLAYERS 2009 Husky Returners PLAYERS #1 DAVID BENTROTT SHORTSTOP 5-7 • 170 • Sophomore • R/R • Maple Valley, Wash. • Tahoma PERSONAL TAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL Born in Seattle ... son of Beth and Played three years of varsity baseball under coach Russ Hayden Martin Bentrott ... has an older ... served as a team captain as a senior ... helped team to South 2009 SEASON brother, Brandon, and a younger Puget Sound League (4A) titles as a junior (22-5 overall) and senior sister, Kelly ... grandfather rowed (20-3 overall) ... team took fourth at state as a junior and third as a at the UW ... cousin, Bryan Bentrott, senior ... one of only four infielders named first-team 4A all-state played football at Stanford ... major- as a senior ... second-team All-SPSL shortstop as a sophomore ing in business. and first-team as a junior and senior ... also made second-team all-state as a junior ... as a senior, hit .479 in 14 league games, with PLAYERS WASHINGTON four homers, 18 RBI, 25 runs and nine stolen bases ... also a standout 2008 (Freshman) - Played in 42 football player, earning three letters as a running back, defensive games, starting 41 ... made 40 starts back, kicker, punter and returner ... led team to three straight SPSL at shortstop and one at second base ... in second game (Feb. 23 at UC North Division titles ... named league’s offensive back of the year Riverside), went 3-for-5 with an RBI and four runs ... 1-for-2 with two as a senior, when he rushed for 1,370 yards and 17 touchdowns ... runs, a double and three RBI Mar. 21 vs. Utah Valley ... 3-for-4 with named all-league second-team as a sophomore and first-team as a a pair of doubles March 25 vs. Hawai’i-Hilo ... 2-for-3 March 30 at junior and senior, when he was also the first-team all-league punter COACHES Oregon State ... 1-for-2 with two RBI the following game vs. Portland ... and honorable mention defensive back ... second-team all-state 2-for-4 with first college home run May 17 at Arizona State ... earned running back and honorable mention punter ... graduated with a first-team All-WCCBL during the summer, playing shortstop for the 3.5 grade point average. Bend (Ore.) Elks and helping them to the playoffs ... started 41 of 42 league games for the Knights and hit .301 in league play. DAVID BENTROTT’S CAREER BATTING STATISTICS: YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB-A 2008 REVIEW 2008 .254 42-41 126 24 32 5 0 1 10 40 .317 18 2 42 .354 1 7 6-7 #7 GEOFF BROWN PITCHER 6-0 • 200 • Sophomore • L/L • Mill Creek, Wash. • Jackson PERSONAL Gulls, helping the team to the championship round of the playoffs ... RECORDS Born in Auburn, Wash. ... son of Bren- finished the regular season 4-2 with a 2.23 ERA in 12 appearances da Brown ... has a younger brother ... over 32.1 IP, struck out 38 and allowed only 21 hits (.181 opponent named Marcus ... undeclared major, average) ... got the win in only playoff start, allowing one earned run but considering sociology. on three hits over six innings. WASHINGTON JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY 2008 (Freshman) - One of the Huskies’ Played four years of varsity baseball - two at Kamiak (2004-05) under most-often used pitchers during his coach Steve Merckeley and two (2006-07) at Jackson under coach freshman season, as he was second Kirk Nicholson ... along with current Husky teammate Cam Nobles, on the team with 20 appearances helped the 2006 Jackson team to one of the best seasons in state ... made 16 appearances out of the history as the team finished 27-0, won the state 4A title and finished bullpen and started four times ... as the No. 2-ranked team in Baseball America’s final top-25 poll ... picked up first save March 8 in 5-4 win over Cal Poly ... earned went 10-0 for that state title team his junior year, posting a 0.98 earned second save in next appearance, working two innings in a 4-1 win run average with 78 strikeouts in 69 innings ... pitched five innings OPPONENTS over Holy Cross ... got a victory in first college start March 21 vs. for the win and also hit a two-run homer in the state championship Utah Valley, when he allowed only one hit, no runs and no walks game at Safeco Field ... went 6-2 as a senior, captaining the team over 5.0 innings ... earned a win in relief March 30 at Oregon State, to an 18-3 record and a league title ... posted a 0.93 ERA with 83 working three innings in a 6-4 win ... no decision in a great outing strikeouts in 45 innings ... named first-team All-WesCo, first-team April 8 vs. Portland ... threw 8.0 scoreless innings that day vs. the all-area and second-team all-state as a junior ... one of only three Pilots, allowing only two hits while striking out a season-high eight pitchers named first-team 4A all-state as a senior, when he was as the UW won, 3-0, on a three-run homer in the ninth ... suffered also first-team All-WesCo as a pitcher and designated hitter and lone loss of the season in start April 14 at Gonzaga ... pitched in first-team all-area ... selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 23rd seven Pac-10 games ... played summer ball for the Newport (R.I.) round of the 2007 draft. GEOFF BROWN’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: WASHINGTON WAY YEAR ERA W-L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF AVG WP HBP BK 2008 5.18 2-1 20 4 0 0/1 2 40.0 40 26 23 19 25 6 0 5 177 .261 2 0 0 6 WASHINGTON HUSKIES 2 0 0 9 B A S E B A L L PLAYERS 2009 Husky Returners PLAYERS #22 TYLER CHENEY PITCHER 2009 SEASON 6-3 • 205 • Senior • L/L • Richland, Wash. • Richland PERSONAL runs and no walks over six and two-thirds innings in a 2-1 Husky Born in Richland, Wash. ... son of loss ... no decision despite a great game April 1 vs. UCLA: 8.2 IP, 8 H, Craig and Anne Cheney ... has a 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 Ks ... also pitched well in a loss to BYU April 14: 7.0 younger brother, Derek ... grandfa- IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 Ks ... three good long relief outings, though ther and uncle attended the UW ... no decision in any of them: at USC (April 22): 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, economics major. 0 BB, 1 K; at Stanford (May 13): 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks; vs. PLAYERS Washington State in the season’s final game: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, WASHINGTON 1 BB, 1 K ... walked only four over his final 31.1 innings of work ... in 2008 (Junior) - Appeared in 20 games, Pac-10 games only, posted a 3.16 ERA, ninth-best in the conference tied for second-most on the team ... ... allowed just five walks over 37 innings in conference ... pitched all outings came in relief ... earned and hit during summer ball for the Alaska Goldpanners. a save April 11 vs. BYU, when he COACHES fanned three in 3.0 innings of work ... got the win in the Huskies’ April RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL 8 victory over Portland, working 0.2 innings as the UW won 3-0 on Earned four letters, playing for coach Ben Jacobs ... teamed with a ninth-inning homer ... longest outing of the season was a 3.2-in- UW classmate Kyle Conley to lead the Bombers to the 4A state title ning appearance Feb. 22 at UC Riverside on opening day, when he in 2005, throwing a two-hit shutout to beat Cascade in the semifinals suffered the loss despite allowing only one run ... had nine straight before hitting a two-run homer to edge Skyline, 2-1, in the champion- scoreless appearances from March 7 through April 8 ... allowed a ship game ... team went 25-2 his senior year ... named the state’s 4A 2008 REVIEW run in only six of 20 outings ... spent a second consecutive sum- MVP as a senior, when he was also team MVP, conference pitcher mer playing for the Green Bay (Wis.) Bullfrogs in the Northwoods of the year, area MVP and first-team all-state at both first base and League. 2007 (Sophomore) - Earned honorable mention Academic pitcher ... in summer ball, led the Richland Knights to two district All-Pac-10 ... appeared in a total of 16 games, with six starts and 10 and regional titles and then helped the Twin City Titans to district, relief appearances ... also served as a starting DH in one game (May state and regional championships and a second-place finish at the 9 vs. Portland) ... picked up lone save of the season in the Huskies’ World Series ... in summer ball, twice named the state and regional first win, throwing three shutout innings in the win over St. John’s MVP ... graduated with a 3.92 GPA. ... first start was March 4 vs. UC Irvine, in which he took the loss RECORDS ... no decision despite a six-inning start in a UW win March 10 vs.