2015 SOCON BASEBALL 2015 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide The Southern Conference On the inside 702 N. Pine Street Spartanburg, SC 29303 2015 composite schedule ...............................................2-4 Phone: ......................................................................................................... 864-591-5100 2015 Southern Conference Championship ................5 Fax: ............................................................................................................... 864-591-3448 Website: ............................................................................................. SoConSports.com Southern Conference History ........................................................................... 6-10 SoCon Principles ............................................................ 11 Conference staff Hall of Fame ...............................................................12-13 John Iamarino ..................................................................... Commissioner Commissioner John Iamarino ................................... 14 Geoff Cabe ................................................ Senior Associate Commissioner Staff ..................................................................................... 15 Sue Arakas ........................................................... Associate Commissioner Doug King .................................. Associate Commissioner for Compliance Media Services ................................................................ 16 Jason Yaman .........................Associate Commissioner for Media Relations Teams Kate Barnett .................................................... Director of Championships Paul Lollis ................................................. Director of Multimedia Services The Citadel .................................................................18-19 Jordan Gotfredson ...................Assistant Director of Multimedia Services ETSU..............................................................................20-21 Erin O’Shea ....................................... Assistant Director of Championships Furman ........................................................................22-23 Phil Perry ..........................................Assistant Director of Media Relations Laura Hayes ................................Executive Assistant to the Commissioner Mercer ..........................................................................24-25 Katie Burger .............................................................. Operations Assistant UNCG ............................................................................26-27 Davis Simpson ...................................................Media Relations Assistant Samford .......................................................................28-29 Tony Thompson .................................................... Coordinator of Officials VMI ................................................................................30-31 Southern Conference Officers Western Carolina ......................................................32-33 President: Capt. Chip Taylor, The Citadel Vice President: Dr. A.J. Grube, Western Carolina University Wofford ........................................................................34-35 2014 year-in-review Year-in-review ...........................................................36-37 Team stats ...................................................................38-40 Individual stats .........................................................41-43 All-time records and honors Yearly standings .......................................................44-48 SoCon Championship results ..............................49-51 SoCon in the NCAA tournament ........................52-54 Players/Pitchers of the Week ...............................55-57 Players/Pitchers of the Month ................................... 58 All-conference teams .............................................59-63 SoCon all-tournament teams .................................... 64 Yearly awards .................................................................. 65 Regional and national awards .............................66-67 Individual records ....................................................68-75 Team records .............................................................75-78 SoCon Championship records ............................79-80 Credits Individual annual leaders .....................................81-85 Editor: Phil Perry Design: Phil Perry, Jamie Severns Team annual leaders ...............................................85-88 Cover: Jamie Severns Editorial assistance: Jason Yaman and the SoCon baseball SIDs. Online services: www.issuu.com 1 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Feb. 13 (Friday) Feb. 22 (Sunday) March 3 (Tuesday) Eastern Kentucky at ETSU 3:05 p.m. Western Carolina vs. George Mason 10 a.m. VMI at Virginia 3 p.m. High Point at UNCG 4 p.m. (Wilmington, N.C.) Radford at ETSU 3:05 p.m. Purdue at Western Carolina 4 p.m. ETSU vs. Pittsburgh 12 p.m. Wake Forest at UNCG 4 p.m. Akron at Furman 4 p.m. (Spartanburg, S.C.) Valparaiso at Western Carolina 4 p.m. Virginia Tech at Mercer 4 p.m. Mercer at Bethune-Cookman 12 p.m. Furman at Georgia 5 p.m. Air Force at The Citadel 4 p.m. Bucknell at UNCG 1 p.m. Mercer at Georgia Southern 6 p.m. Boston College at Wofford 5 p.m. The Citadel at College of Charleston 1 p.m. UAB at Samford 7 p.m. VMI at North Florida 6 p.m. Austin Peay at Samford 2 p.m. Radford at Samford 7 p.m. Presbyterian at Furman 3 p.m. March 4 (Wednesday) (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.) ETSU at UNC Asheville 3 p.m. Feb. 14 (Saturday) Maryland Eastern Shore at VMI 4 p.m. Valparaiso at Western Carolina 4 p.m. Akron at Furman 1 p.m. UNC Asheville at Wofford 4 p.m. Coastal Carolina at The Citadel 5 p.m. VMI at North Florida 1 p.m. Presbyterian at Wofford 5 p.m. Eastern Kentucky at ETSU 1:05 p.m. Feb. 24 (Tuesday) Jacksonville State at Samford 7 p.m. Air Force at The Citadel 2 p.m. Duke at UNCG 4 p.m. Purdue at Western Carolina 2 p.m. Wofford at Clemson 4 p.m. March 6 (Friday) UNCG at High Point 2 p.m. The Citadel at Georgia Southern 6 p.m. Marist at Furman 4 p.m. Virginia Tech at Mercer 2 p.m. Florida A&M at Mercer 6 p.m. Princeton at UNCG 4 p.m. Radford at Samford 3 p.m. Furman at Charleston Southern 6 p.m. Holy Cross at Western Carolina 4 p.m. Xavier at Wofford 5 p.m. Troy at Samford 7 p.m. Binghamton at VMI 4 p.m. West Virginia at ETSU 4:05 p.m. Feb. 15 (Sunday) Feb. 25 (Wednesday) Gardner-Webb at Wofford 5 p.m. Air Force at The Citadel 12 p.m. Western Carolina at UNC Asheville 4 p.m. Elon at The Citadel 6 p.m. Akron at Furman 1 p.m. Florida A&M at Mercer 4 p.m. Harvard at Mercer 6 p.m. Purdue at Western Carolina 1 p.m. UNCG at Elon 4 p.m. Samford at Memphis 7:30 p.m. Dayton at Wofford 1 p.m. High Point at UNCG 1 p.m. Feb. 27 (Friday) March 7 (Saturday) VMI at North Florida 1 p.m. Furman vs. Maryland Eastern Shore 12 p.m. Holy Cross at Western Carolina 12 p.m. Virginia Tech at Mercer 1 p.m. (Buies Creek, N.C.) Harvard at Mercer 1 p.m. Eastern Kentucky at ETSU 1:05 p.m. Samford vs. Arizona 3 p.m. Princeton at UNCG 1 p.m. Radford at Samford 2 p.m. (Starkville, Miss.) Binghamton at VMI 2 p.m. Butler at ETSU at 3:05 p.m. Marist at Furman 2 p.m. Feb. 17 (Tuesday) Akron at UNCG 4 p.m. Wofford at Gardner-Webb 2 p.m. Furman at South Carolina 4 p.m. Harvard at Wofford 4 p.m. Elon at The Citadel 2 p.m. VMI at William & Mary 4 p.m. Youngstown State at Western Carolina 4 p.m. West Virginia at ETSU 2:05 p.m. UNC Asheville at UNCG 4 p.m. Alabama State at The Citadel 5 p.m. Samford at Memphis 3 p.m. The Citadel at North Florida 5 p.m. Belmont at Mercer 6 p.m. Harvard at Mercer 3:30 p.m. Georgia State at Mercer 5 p.m. Holy Cross at Western Carolina 3:30 p.m. Alabama A&M at Samford 7 p.m. Feb. 28 (Saturday) Princeton at UNCG 5 p.m. Furman vs. Miami (Ohio) 12 p.m. Feb. 18 (Wednesday) (Buies Creek, N.C.) March 8 (Sunday) Wofford at Presbyterian 2 p.m. Harvard at Wofford 1 p.m. Holy Cross at Western Carolina 12 p.m. UNC Asheville at Western Carolina 4 p.m. Hofstra at VMI 1 p.m. Binghamton at VMI 1 p.m. Kennesaw State at Mercer 4 p.m. Butler at ETSU 1:05 p.m. Elon at The Citadel 1 p.m. Belmont at Mercer 2 p.m. Harvard at Mercer 1 p.m. Feb. 20 (Friday) Akron at UNCG 2 p.m. Princeton at UNCG 1 p.m. The Citadel at College of Charleston 3 p.m. Youngstown State at Western Carolina 2 p.m. Marist at Furman 1 p.m. Western Carolina at UNCW 4 p.m. Alabama State at The Citadel 3 p.m. West Virginia at ETSU 1:05 p.m. ETSU at USC Upstate 4 p.m. Harvard at Wofford 4 p.m. Gardner-Webb at Wofford 2 p.m. Buffalo at VMI 4 p.m. Hofstra at VMI 5 p.m. Samford at Memphis 2 p.m. Bucknell at UNCG 4 p.m. Samford at Mississippi State 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Wofford 5 p.m. March 10 (Tuesday) Xavier at Furman 5 p.m. March 1 (Sunday) Furman at UNC Asheville 3 p.m. (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.) Alabama State at The Citadel 12 p.m. Western Carolina at Presbyterian 3 p.m. Mercer at Bethune-Cookman 6 p.m. Belmont at Mercer 1 p.m. Wofford at Savannah State 5 p.m. Austin Peay at Samford 7 p.m. Hofstra at VMI 1 p.m. ETSU at Tennessee 6 p.m. Akron at UNCG 1 p.m. Mercer at Florida A&M 6 p.m. Feb. 21 (Saturday) Youngstown State at Western Carolina 1 p.m. Samford at Auburn 7 p.m. Western Carolina vs. Wake Forest 12 p.m. Harvard at Wofford 1 p.m. (Wilmington, N.C.) Butler at ETSU 1:05 p.m. March 11 (Wednesday) ETSU vs. UNC Asheville 12 p.m. Samford vs. Arizona 2 p.m. James Madison at VMI 4 p.m. (Spartanburg, S.C.) (Starkville,