20521 Siena Baseball covers.qxp:Layout 1 2/6/09 9:19 AM Page 1 2009 MEDIA GUIDE CRAIG CHAPUT Senior • Pitcher 2008 MAAC All-Tournament Team TONY ROSSI Celebrating His 40th Season NICK MESSINGER Senior • Outfielder Co-Captain 2008 MAAC Second Team 2008 MAAC All-Tournament Team 20521 Siena Baseball covers.qxp:Layout 1 2/6/09 9:19 AM Page 2 SIENASIENA & THE CAPITAL DISTRICT 20521 Siena baseball text.qxp:Layout 1 2/12/09 9:40 AM Page 1 Table of Contents Siena and the Capital District . Inside Front Cover Quick Facts/Table of Contents . 1 2009 Outlook . 2-4 Captains . 5-6 Seniors . 7-11 Juniors. 12-17 Sophomores . 18-21 Freshmen . 22-24 Head Coach Tony Rossi . 25 Rossi Reflections . 26-27 Siena College Quick Facts Coaching Staff. 28 Location . Loudonville, N.Y. Siena Baseball: An Established Program on the Rise . 29 Enrollment . 3,000 2009 Roster . 30 Founded . 1937 Athletic Support Services. 31-32 Affiliation . NCAA Division I 2009 Opponents . 33-35 Conference . Metro Atlantic Athletic (MAAC) Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . 36 Nickname. Saints The College . 37 Colors . Green & Gold Siena’s Franciscan Tradition. 38 President . Fr. Kevin Mullen, O.F.M. The Capital Region . 39 Director of Athletics . John D’Argenio Siena College Administration. 40-42 Associate AD/Compliance . Joyce Eggleston Siena College Head Coaching Staff . 42 Assistant AD/Development . Lori Perillo 2008 Review . 43-44 Assistant AD/Business Affairs . Ken Grant 2008 Statistics . 45 Corporate Sales Manager . Cori Rowe 2008 Statistics and Results . 46 Marketing Manager. Katelyn Dooley Saints in Professional Baseball . 47 Administrative Secretary . Megan Gilligan The Record Book. 48-60 Saints in the Classroom . 61 Coaches’ Secretary . Sybille Cowan Saints in the Community . 62-63 Field (capacity) . Siena Field (500) Siena Athletics . 64 Surface . Grass TV/Radio Roster . Inside Back Cover Dimensions 2009 Schedule . Back Cover . RF (330), RC (380), C (400), LC (380), LF (310) Press Box Phone: . 518-542-7240 Athletic Communications Athletic Department Phone. 518-783-2551 Web Site . www.SienaSaints.com Assistant Athletic Director for Communications . Jason Rich Office Phone . 518-783-2411 Office Fax . 518-783-2992 Baseball Quick Facts Cell Phone. 518-542-7240 Head Coach. Tony Rossi – 40th Season E-Mail . [email protected] (The College at Brockport ’65) Assistant Sports Information Director . Mark Adam Record. 659-763-6 (.460) Office Phone . 518-783-2377 Pitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator E-Mail . [email protected] . Joe Sinicola (1st season) Athletic Communications Intern . Mike Demos Assistant Coach . Rob Ditoma (1st Season) Office Phone. 518-783-2411 Assistant Coach . Jimmy Jackson (1st Season) Cell Phone . 336-675-7374 Office Phone. 518-786-5044 E-Mail . [email protected] E-Mail . [email protected] Lettermen Returning/Lost . 21/9 Starters Returning/Lost . 5/4 Pitchers Returning/Lost. 9/4 2008 Overall record . 30-26 Home. 15-6 Away . 11-17 MAAC Record (Finish): . 15-8 (3rd) Baseball History Jason Rich ’98 Mark Adam Mike Demos First year of Division I baseball . 1977 Assistant Athletic Director Assistant Sports Information Athletic Communica tions Overall Division I record. 586-677-6 (.471) for Communications/ Director Intern/Multimedia Coordinator MAAC Tournament Appearances . 8 Baseball Contact MAAC Tournament Record. 17-9 MAAC Championships (Most Recent). 4 (1999) CREDITS Years in NCAA Tournament (Most Recent) . 1 (1999) The 2009 Siena College Baseball media guide is published by the Siena College Most Recent Tournament Host . Wake Forest Athletic Communica tions Office. It was prepared by Assistant Athletic Director NCAA Play-in Appearances (Most Recent). 3 (1997) for Communications, Jason Rich, with assistance from Mike Demos and Cody NCAA Play-in Record . 1-6 Berschwinger. Edited by Jason Rich, Mark Adam, Mike Demos and Tony Rossi Last NCAA Tournament Opponent . Virginia Tech Design by: Jan Jarvis, Willow Graphics. Result . Virginia Tech 11, Siena 5 Printing by: Snyder Printer, Troy, N.Y. For more information about the Siena College baseball program, please contact the Siena College Baseball Office, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, N.Y. 12211-1462. 2009 SIENA BASEBALL 1 20521 Siena baseball text.qxp:Layout 1 2/12/09 9:40 AM Page 2 2009 Season Outlook It was early April of 1970, just days before Apollo 13 rocketed into orbit in which he started the first game of each MAAC series and made its perilous journey home, when Tony Rossi took his first trot and earned All-Tournament recognition after a victory in from the Siena dugout to the third base coaches’ box. the Opening Round of last year’s Championships. There isn’t much that hasn’t changed over the past four decades, but Chaput figures to again be at the front of the Saints’ this spring you will find the same man, making that same short trip. veteran rotation this spring. He brings over 200 innings of experience to the hill along with a fastball that touches He has seen the price of gas rise from 36 cents per gallon to well over 90 and a bulldog mentality. four dollars in New York’s State Capital (and back down again) during his baseball coaching tenure at Siena which has spanned the reign of Sophomore Zach Hartman was the most pleasant eight US Presidents. surprise last year. He enjoyed one of the great pitching seasons in program history as a rookie, finishing with “It’s really 43 years,” ‘Skip’ is quick to remind. “I coached lacrosse the an 8-1 record and a perfect 6-0 mark to go along with a first three years I was here.” 3.57 ERA in league games. The light-hearted reflection on the past 40 years is indicative of Rossi’s Rossi will likely again turn to Hartman on conference trademark wit and carefree nature, both of which have molded the weekends. The savvy sophomore is one of the best in the lives of hundreds of young men who now represent Siena and its league at pitching to contact and locating his pitches. baseball program in all walks of life and all professions imaginable, even the Major Leagues. Will Hassett and Craig Marcellus each have seen plenty of league action as well. His awards are many, and span his brilliant career. Consider this: he was inducted into the Siena Sports Hall of Fame 24 years ago and Hassett’s marquee effort came in Siena’s 5-2 victory over the same summer (1985) into the Albany Twilight League Hall of 40-win Canisius on the second day of the MAAC Tourna - Fame. Both achievements came five years before Siena even joined ment. He pitched seven innings and allowed just two the MAAC. In its 18 years as a conference member, Siena has won runs in an elimination game that sent the Griffs home and nearly 58% of its league games and captured four regular-season and sent Siena onto the champion ship round. The senior has four Tournament Champion ships. In turn, Rossi has been named improved each season with the program and will be a MAAC Coach of the Year six times, while tutoring four MAAC Rookies key component to the staff’s success this year. and four MAAC Players of the Year. Marcellus has tremendous experience as well, having And if this all sounds like a nice memoir for a coaching legend in the started 20 games in twilight of his career, you’ll want to keep reading. Simple observation his two years leads one to believe there are several chapters still to be written. with the pro- gram. The long Last year, Rossi guided an upstart Siena team picked in the middle of lefty will be.