OHIO STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 2016 OHIO STATE BASEBALL QUICK FACTS ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS BASEBALL HISTORY Assoc. AD of Comm. ......................................Dan Wallenberg First Year ...............................................................................1881 2016 SCHEDULE Director .................................................................Leann Parker All-Time Record .......................................2,487-1,620-38 (.604) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Associate Directors ....................Jerry Emig, Adam Widman National Championships .............................................. 1 (1966) Feb. 19 Toledo# 1 p.m. Assistant Directors ................Mike Basford, Alex Morando, College World Series Appearances ......................................4 Feb. 20 Niagara# 2 p.m. (1951-65-66-67) Feb. 20 Pittsburgh# 5 p.m. .............................. Brett Rybak, Kyle Kuhlman, Gary Petit Feb. 21 Toledo# 2 p.m. Interns .................................. Ryan Zimmerman, Chris Cullum College World Series Record ....................................9-7 (.563) Feb. 26 Duke## 4 p.m. Website ............................................ OhioStateBuckeyes.com NCAA Tournament Appearances .........................................18 Feb. 27 Coastal Carolina## 2 p.m. Main Office Phone ...............................................614-292-6861 (1951-55-65-66-67-82-91-92-93-94-95-97-99-2001-02-03- ... Feb. 28 Liberty## 1 p.m. Baseball Contact ...............................................Alex Morando 05-07-09) Feb. 29 Coastal Carolina## 4 p.m. Office Phone .........................................................614-292-1389 NCAA Tournament Record ....................................42-39 (.519) March 4 Seton Hall### 11 a.m. E-mail ..................................................morando.2@osu.edu All-Time Big Ten Record ................................ 950-714-5 (.571) March 5 Illinois State### 2:30 p.m. Cell ....................................................................330-421-9034 Big Ten Tournament Appearances.......................................25 March 6 Boston College### 1 p.m. Mailing Address .............................6th Floor, Fawcett Center (83-85-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04- March 11 at UNLV 9:05 p.m. 05-06-07-08-09-11-12) March 12 at UNLV 5:05 p.m. 2400 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43210 March 13 at UNLV 3:05 p.m. Big Ten Tournament Record ..................................53-41 (.598) March 15 at UNLV 9:05 p.m. Big Ten Championships .........................................................15 March 18 Hofstra 5:05 p.m. THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE OFFICE (1917-24-43-51-55-65-66-67-91-93-94-95-99-2001-09) March 19 Hofstra 3:05 p.m. Asst. Comr., Media Relations ........................ Scott Chipman Big Ten Tournament Championships .....................................8 March 20 Hofstra 1:05 p.m. Phone ................................................................847-696-1010 (1991-94-95-97-2002-03-05-07) March 22 Xavier 5:05 p.m. E-mail ............................................... [email protected] March 25 Northwestern* 6:35 p.m. Baseball Contact ................................................Bryson Jones March 26 Northwestern* 3:05 p.m. Phone ....................................................................847-737-8635 2015 TEAM FACTS March 27 Northwestern* 3:05 p.m. E-mail ....................................................bjones@bigten.org 2014 Overall Record .......................................................... 35-20 March 29 at Ohio 6 p.m. Fax/Web site ....................................847-696-1150/bigten.org 2014 Big Ten Record ......................................................... 13-11 March 30 Toledo 6:35 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................................... 20/6 April 1 Bethune-Cookman 6:35 p.m. Mailing Address .................................1500 West Higgins Rd. April 2 Bethune-Cookman 3:05 p.m. .................................................... Park Ridge, IL 60068-6300 Starting Position Players Returning/Lost .......................... 6/2 Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost ........................................ 2/2 April 3 Bethune-Cookman 1:05 p.m. April 5 at Kent State 6 p.m. Newcomers..............................................................................10 April 8 at Maryland* 5:30 p.m. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY April 9 at Maryland* 2 p.m. Location .......................................Columbus, Ohio (pop. 1.5m) April 10 at Maryland* 1 p.m. Founded ................................................................................1870 KEY RETURNEES (POSITION PLAYERS) April 12 Morehead State 6:35 p.m. Enrollment .........................................................................63,058 Jr. OF Troy Montgomery ...................317, 12 2B, 4 HR, 27 RBI April 13 Morehead State 6:35 p.m. Nickname ...................................................................Buckeyes Jr. LF Ronnie Dawson ..................... .337, 10 2B, 4 HR, 25 RBI April 15 Rutgers* 6:35 p.m. Colors ............................................................. Scarlet and Gray Sr. 2B Nick Sergakis ......................... .318, 6 2B, 1 HR, 12 RBI April 16 Rutgers* 3:05 p.m. Mascot .............................................................Brutus Buckeye Sr. 3B Troy Kuhn .............................. .290, 14 2B, 6 HR, 35 RBI April 17 Rutgers* 1:05 p.m. April 19 Cincinnati 6:35 p.m. Fight Song.......................................................Across The Field Sr. INF Craig Nennig ........................ .265, 8 2B, 0 HR, 29 RBI Conference..........................................................Big Ten (1913) April 22 at Illinois* 7 p.m. April 23 at Illinois* 4 p.m. President .................................................Dr. Michael V. Drake April 24 at Illinois* 2 p.m. Athletics Director ...................................................Gene Smith KEY RETURNEES (PITCHERS) April 29 at Purdue* 6:35 p.m. Faculty Representative .........................................John Bruno Jr. LHP Tanner Tully ...............................4-4, 4.32 ERA, 75.0 IP April 30 at Purdue* 3:05 p.m. R-So. RHP Adam Niemeyer ..................2-0, 2.16 ERA, 33.0 IP May 1 at Purdue* 1:05 p.m. Sr. LHP John Havird ...............................4-0, 3.58 ERA, 27.2 IP May 3 UAB 6:35 p.m. BASEBALL STAFF May 4 UAB 6:35 p.m. Head Coach............................. Greg Beals (Kent State, 1995) May 6 Iowa* 6:35 p.m. Career Record ...........................................402-327 (14th year) KEY PLAYERS LOST May 7 Iowa* 3:05 p.m. OSU/Big Ten Record ........................ 159-125/51-42 (6th year) RF Pat Porter .................................... .338, 9 2B, 11 HR, 49 RBI May 8 Iowa* (Alumni Day) 1:05 p.m. Assistant Coach ....................Chris Holick (Kent State, 1999) RHP Travis Lakins ...................................4-4, 3.75 ERA, 96.0 IP May 10 Florida Atlantic 6:35 p.m. Pitching Coach ...................Mike Stafford (Ohio State, 1998) LHP Ryan Riga ........................................5-4, 3.32 ERA, 97.2 IP May 11 Florida Atlantic 6:35 p.m. May 13 Michigan* 6:35 p.m. Volunteer Asst. .................... Dan DeLucia (Ohio State, 2008) RHP Trace Dempsey ..............................9-3, 4.19 ERA, 34.1 IP Strength Coach........Dean Hansen (Mount Marty College, 2009) May 14 Michigan* 3:05 p.m. Director of Ops ...................Blair Everhart (Ohio State, 2012) May 15 Michigan (Senior Day)* 3:05 p.m. May 17 Eastern Michigan 6:35 p.m. Volunteer Video Coord. ......... Matt Angle (Ohio State, 2015) May 20 at Minnesota* 7:30 p.m. Office Assoc. (Phone)............... Kathy Biddle (614-292-1075) May 21 at Minnesota* 7:30 p.m. May 22 at Minnesota* 3 p.m. May 25-29 Big Ten Tournament TBD ALL TIMES EASTERN, Home games in Red Key * Big Ten Conference game; # Historic Dodgertown Classic - Vero Beach, Fla, ## Coastal Carolina Tournament - Myrtle Beach, SC ### Snowbird Classic - Port Charlotte, Fla. Big Ten Tournament - Omaha, Neb - TD Ameritrade Stadium OHIOSTATEBUCKEYES.COM 2016 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES PITCHERS (14) BY JERSEY No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Cl./El. Hometown/College/High School 44 Connor Curlis LHP L-L 6-1 180 Fr./Fr. Findlay, Ohio/Findlay 1 Brady Cherry 3B/P 26 Ryan Feltner RHP R-R 6-4 195 Fr./Fr. Hudson, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit 2 Jalen Washington C/INF 23 John Havird* LHP L-L 6-1 180 Sr./Sr. Mesa, Ariz./Mesa CC 3 Tre’ Gantt OF 29 Michael Horesjei** LHP L-L 6-0 200 Sr./Sr. Brunswick, Ohio/St. Ignatius 4 Ronnie Dawson OF 15 Curtiss Irving* RHP R-R 6-2 215 Jr./So. Greenfield, Ind./Central 37 Seth Kinker* RHP R-R 6-1 205 So./So. Huntington, W.V./Cabell-Midland 5 Troy Kuhn INF 11 Kyle Michalik* RHP R-R 6-1 185 Jr./So. Brunswick, Ohio/Brunswick 6 Chris Holick Asst. Coach 39 Shea Murray** RHP R-R 6-6 220 Sr./Jr. Defiance, Ohio/Defiance 7 Craig Nennig INF 43 Adam Niemeyer* RHP R-R 6-3 205 Jr./So. Minster, Ohio/Minster 8 Troy Montgomery OF 28 Yianni Pavlopoulos* RHP R-R 6-2 205 Jr./So. Homer Glen, Ill./Providence Catholic 9 Greg Beals Head Coach 10 Jake Post*** RHP R-R 6-4 215 Sr./Sr. Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton 10 Jake Post RHP 24 Joe Stoll LHP L-L 6-0 195 Sr../Jr. Westlake, Ohio/St. Edward 11 Kyle Michalik RHP 16 Tanner Tully** LHP L-L 6-1 200 Jr./Jr. Elkhart, Ind./Central 12 Ryan Leffel INF 30 Austin Woodby RHP R-R 6-1 185 Jr./So. Springboro, Ohio/Cincinnati 14 Jake Brobst OF 15 Curtiss Irving RHP CATCHERS (4) 16 Tanner Tully LHP No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Cl./El. Hometown/College/High