HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY 2018 HPU Baseball Prospectus & Record Book 2018 HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY BASEBALL Contents Quick Facts Contents/Quick Facts ............................................................................2 High Point University Season Preview ................................................................................ 3-4 Location .......................................................................................................................High Point, N.C. Head Coach Craig Cozart .......................................................................5 Founded ........................................................................................................................................1924 Roster ...................................................................................................6 Enrollment ...................................................................................................................................5,000 2018 Schedule .....................................................................................7 Nickname ................................................................................................................................Panthers 2017 Results ........................................................................................8 Colors ........................................................................................................................ Purple and White 2017 Statistics ................................................................................ 9-10 Conference ........................................................................................................Big South (NCAA Div. I) 2017 Situational Statistics ............................................................ 11-12 President ............................................................................................ Dr. Nido Qubein (High Point ’70) 2017 Miscellaneous Statistics .............................................................13 Athletic Director ............................................................................Dan Hauser (Appalachian State ’92) 2017 Big South Review ................................................................ 14-15 Player Career Statistics ................................................................. 16-17 Team Information Awards & Honors .......................................................................... 18-19 2017 Overall Record .................................................................................................................... 30-23 Annual Hitting & Pitching Stats ..........................................................20 2017 Big South Record ................................................................................................................ 13-11 Year-by-Year Leaders ..........................................................................21 2017 Big South Finish ..................................................................................................................... 4th All-Time Records .......................................................................... 22-26 2017 Postseason ......................................................................................... 1-2 Big South Tournament Single-Game Records .........................................................................27 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..................................................................................................... 21/10 Year-By-Year Results .................................................................... 28-31 Position Starters Returning/Lost .....................................................................................................7/2 Big South Series Breakdowns ....................................................... 32-33 Pitchers Returning/Lost ................................................................................................................ 13/6 Year-by-Year Coaching Records/Postseason Results ...........................34 Newcomers .......................................................................................................................................12 First Year of Baseball .....................................................................................................................1933 Jordan Sergent Program Record ...............................................................................................................1432-1332-5 Baseball Staff Head Coach ..................................................................Craig Cozart (Central Florida ’96), 10th season Career Record ..................................................................................................................... 261-256 HPU Record ........................................................................................................................ 257-248 Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coordinator ............................... Jason Laws (Murray State ’10), fourth season Assistant Coach ......................................................................Rick Marlin (Penn State ‘09), first season Volunteer Assistant Coach ......................................................Chris Fenisey (Saint Leo ‘13), first season Director of Baseball Operations .........................................Sara Barlok (High Point ‘19), second season Student Asst. Coach ..................................................................Kevin Bell (High Point ‘19), first season Athletic Trainer ....................................................................Alex Hall (South Carolina ’14), first season Strength & Conditioning ......................................Shelton Gaffney (Western Carolina ’07), first season Stadium Information Facility............................................................................ Coy O. Williard Stadium/George S. Erath Field Capacity ..........................................................................................................................................550 Playing Surface ................................................................................................................Natural Grass Dimensions ........................................................................................................LF 325, CF 400, RF 330 Athletic Communications Staff Associate AD/Comm: ...........................................................................Tom Fenstermaker (Towson ’08) Office/Cell phone: ..............................................................................(336) 841-4605/(336) 259-1708 Email: ..............................................................................................................tfenster@highpoint.edu Assistant Director of Athletic Comm./Baseball Contact: ........................Kevin Burke (Virginia Tech ’12) Office/Cell phone: ..............................................................................(336) 841-4638/(336) 848-6944 Email: ............................................................................................................. [email protected] Assistant Dir.: ...................................................................................................Cory McCune (Ohio ’13) Office/Cell phone: ..............................................................................(336) 841-4640/(336) 848-4222 Email: ............................................................................................................ [email protected] Multimedia Coordinator: ..................................................................... Patrick Norwood (Alabama ’14) Office/Cell phone: ..............................................................................(336) 841-4540/(336) 848-9148 Email: ..........................................................................................................pnorwoo1@highpoint.edu Mailing Address: ...........................................................................................Sports Information Office ................................................................................................................... One University Parkway ..................................................................................................................... High Point, N.C. 27268 Website: .................................................................................................www.highpointpanthers.com 2 WWW.HIGHPOINTPANTHERS.COM HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY 2018 HPU Baseball Prospectus & Record Book Big South 2018 Season Preview Preseason Poll The High Point University baseball team hits the field in 2018 Rk. Team (first) Points with high expectations following its second straight 30-win campaign, 1. Winthrop (6) 95 2. Liberty (2) 81 accomplishing the feat for the first time in program history. Overall, the 3. High Point (1) 77 Panthers have notched a .500 or better record in five straight seasons. 4. Radford (1) 76 HPU finished 2017 with a 30-23 mark, including a 13-11 record 5. Campbell 55 against Big South competition. After a 1-5 start in conference play, the 6. Presbyterian 47 Panthers roared back to win five straight weekend series against Big South 7. Gardner-Webb 36 foes, going 11-4 in the span. High Point bowed out with a 1-2 mark in 8. Charleston Southern 35 the Big South Tournament after earning a top-four seed for the fourth 9. UNC Asheville 26 time in the last five seasons. 10. Longwood 22 Four Panthers earned all-conference honors,