1 2 3 4 5 INF/P INF INF P INF Junior Freshman Freshman Junior Senior 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-3 185 165 180 180 195 James Hayes A. J. Albee Steve Galella Mike Petrowski David Hayes 6 7 8 10 12 1B/OF C OF P P Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Senior Freshman 6-1 6-0 5-9 5-10 6-1 195 195 165 170 160 Matt McCollum Eric Woodrow Darron Lattomus Will O’Connor Mike Thomas 14 15 16 18 19 INF OF P P P Sophomore Senior Junior Freshman Junior 5-10 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-2 155 165 180 150 200 Garrett Rugg Jon Leise Derek Caldwell Jeff Giordano Jimmer Kennedy 21 22 23 24 25 P OF P P OF Junior Freshman Freshman Sophomore Junior 6-3 5-10 6-6 6-0 6-0 200 190 185 180 210 Dan Sasso Carlo Petrillo Nate Eppley Brian Herman Maurice Williams 26 27 28 29 32 P INF P P C/1B Sophomore Freshman Freshman Junior Junior 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-0 200 175 140 210 200 Kris Brown John Ralston Patrick Devlin Mike DiPietropolo Sean Olson 33 34 35 39 OF INF P INF Sophomore Freshman Sophomore Freshman 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-2 185 165 190 215 Nick Wojnowski Ryan Murphy Ryan Miller Mason Heyne BRONC BRIEFS Rider University Baseball Media Guide • 2008 Location: Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099 Directions to Rider Enrollment: 5,861 (4,638 undergraduate) Founded: 1865 From New York and North Jersey: Academic Units: College of Business Administration; College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences; From the New Jersey Turnpike: Take the NJ College of Continuing Studies; and Westminster College of the Arts Turnpike South to Exit 7A (I-195 West). Fol - low I-195 West to the exit for I-295 North Colors: Cranberry, White, Gray (Princeton). I-295 North will become I-95 Nickname: Broncs South. Take Exit 7A off of I-95 South to U.S. Athletic Affiliations: Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quar - Division I NCAA, ECAC ter mile on the right. Conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) From U.S. Route 1 South: take the exit for I- President: Mordechai Rozanski, Ph.D. 95 South (sign says “To Pennsylvania”). Bear right at junction, following signs for I-95 Athletic Director: Don Harnum 609-896-5054 South (Pennsylvania). Take exit 7A off of I-95 Associate Athletic Director: Greg Busch 609-895-5642 South to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right. Associate Athletic Director: Karin Torchia 609-896-5249 Manager Athletic Business Operations: Lucy Sech 609-895-5650 From Pennsylvania: Academic Support Coordinator: Sonya Hurt 609-896-5308 Take I-95 North, straight over the Delaware Faculty Athletics Representative: Jonathan Husch, Ph.D. River into New Jersey. Take Exit 7A off of I- Head Coach: 95 to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider Barry Davis (Bridgewater '87), 4th season is a quarter mile on the right. Assistant Coaches: Jim Carone (Monmouth ‘03) 2nd season, Thomas Carr III (William Paterson ‘97) From the Pennsylvania Turnpike: take the PA 4th season, Jim Maher (Barton ‘84) 2nd season Turnpike east to Exit 28 (Philadelphia) and take U.S. Route 1 North to I-95 North. Con - Baseball Office Phone: (609) 896-5055 tinue on I-95 North, straight over the Team Physician and Medical Consultant: Tom Lardner, M.D. Delaware River into New Jersey. Take Exit Head Athletic Trainer: 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 South (Tren - Tim Lengle, A.T.C. ton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right. Assistant Athletic Trainers for Baseball: Karen Cote, Meg Walsh Home Field: From the South: Sonny Pittaro Field (2,000) Sports Information Director and Baseball Contact: Bud Focht 609-896-5138 Take I-295 North. I-295 North will become Assistant SID: Brian Solomon 609-896-5135 I-95 South. Continue on I-95 South and take Exit 7A off I-95 South to U.S. Route 206 Sports Information Secretary: Lynn Rugg South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on Athletics FAX: 609-896-0341 the right. Athletics Hotline: 609-219-2000, 2 From the East: Athletics Home Page: www.GoBroncs.com Take the Garden State Parkway to Exit 98 (I- 195 West). Follow I-195 West to the exit for I- 295 North (Princeton). I-295 North will become I-95 South. Take Exit 7A off of I-95 South to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right. Sonny Pittaro Field The 2005 Rider University baseball season was the inaugural season for Sonny Pittaro Field, located in the back of the Lawrenceville campus. Distances from Home Plate Left field ........................................................... 330 feet Center field ....................................................... 405 feet Right field ........................................................ 330 feet Height of outfield fence ..................................... 6 feet Capacity ............................................................ 2,000 Page 3 HEAD COACH BARRY DAVIS Rider University Baseball Media Guide • 2008 Barry Davis was named the head coach of the Rider University baseball team in July of 2004. In his first year he led Rider to a 21-win season, including a 14-13 record in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. In his second season, he was named the co-winner of the MAAC Baseball Coach of the Year award, leading the Broncs to a play - off berth and a third place finish in the MAAC. Prior to coming to Rider Davis was the head coach at Georgia Southwestern State University from 2001-2004. The four-time NJCAA Division III National Coach of the Year at Gloucester County College, Davis has compiled 637 victories in his head coaching career with just 285 losses, including 66 wins at Rider and an 11-year stint at Gloucester CC where he won four National Junior College titles and eight Regional Championships. Davis was 137-87 at Georgia Southwestern, winning the 2002 conference regular season and finishing with a Na - tional NAIA Ranking of fifth, earning Georgia Dugout Club NAIA Coach of the Year honors. Davis has sent 17 Barry Davis of his players on to the professional ranks, including Scott Knazek of the 2006 Rider squad. Davis also coached the National Junior College Athletic Association all-star team in 1999 which defeated Team Canada. A 1987 graduate of Bridgewater (VA) College, Davis has assisted at George Mason and Frostburg State. Davis was an All-Conference and All- State shortstop at Bridgewater, earning team MVP honors as a junior. Davis is Rider's eighth baseball coach and just the third since 1960. He resides in Morrisville, PA with his wife, Rhonda and daughter, Amanda. His son, Derek attends Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia. Rider Coaching Career Records Coach Years WLT Clair Bee 1929 320 Rex Ellis 1941-42 3 11 1 Paul Ricatto 1946 440 John Kelly 1947-52 63 34 2 Carl Nawoj 1953-60 116 38 0 Tom Petroff 1961-70 155 84 3 Sonny Pittaro 1971-2004 766 674 8 Barry Davis 2005- 66 89 0 Total 65 years 1176 938 14 Page 4 COACHING STAFF Rider University Baseball Media Guide • 2008 Jim Carone was hired in September of 2006 as the new assistant baseball coach at Rider. A 2003 graduate of Monmouth University, Carone came to Rider from Wagner College where he served as assistant coach. Carone has also served as assistant coach at New Jersey Institute of Technology and at Stevens Institute of Technology under former Rider pitcher John Crane ‘96. “Jim wants to be a successful college baseball coach and his desire to be the best is what we want here at Rider,” said Rider Head Coach Barry Davis. “He has a familiarity with Rider and we are very comfortable with him taking charge of our pitchers.” A former First Team All-Eastern College Athletic Conference and First Team New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association selection, Carone was the Northeast Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2002. “Jim has pitched at a high level and has coached with quality coaches in the state,” said Davis. “We are a better Jim Carone program with Jim Carone on our staff.” During the summer, Carone has served as assistant coach for the Concord Quarry Dogs of the New England Collegiate League and the Jersey Shore Tides of the ABC Collegiate Baseball League. He was also a player in the New England Collegiate Base - ball League in 2002 with the Middletown Giants. At Wagner, Carone coached pitcher Andrew Bailey who was a sixth round pick in the 2006 Amateur Baseball draft. “I am looking forward to helping Coach Davis and the Rider baseball program achieve success and contend in the MAAC on a yearly basis,” said Carone. Thomas Carr, the former assistant coach at Hamilton High School West, returns for a fourth season with the pro - gram as a volunteer assistant coach. Carr was a catcher for William Paterson University in the mid-1990s, and his 1995 team advanced to the Division III World Series. Carr served as an assistant coach at Mercer Community College and Hamilton High West. He led Hamilton to the 2000 New Jersey Group III State Championship. “It is a great situation for Rider to have someone with his desire to be a part of our program,” said Davis. “He is a team guy and plays an important role in any success we may have. Tom will coach the catchers and coach first base during the games.” “It is an honor to be part of Rider University and Coach Barry Davis’ staff,” said Carr.