2007 LMU BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2007 2007 LMU BASEBALL QUICK FACTS THE UNIVERSITY Location: ............................Los Angeles, CA Founded: ............................................1911 Enrollment: ........................................8,300 Nickname:............................................Lions Colors: ..............................crimson and navy National Affiliation:..............NCAA Division I Conference:................................West Coast INSIDE THE LIONS Home Field: ..........George C. Page Stadium Capacity:................................................600 President:............Rev. Robert B. Lawton, S.J. Athletic Director: ..............Dr. William Husak Inside the Lions BASEBALL STAFF Head Coach: ..........................................................................Frank Cruz Cruz’s Office: ..................................................................(310) 338-2949 Cruz’s E-Mail: ..................................................................fcruz@lmu.edu Alma Mater: ....................................................................Pepperdine ‘83 Record at LMU: ..................................................284-291-2 (10 seasons) Collegiate Career Record: ..................................284-291-2 (10 seasons) Associate Head Coach: ............................Vince Beringhele (third season) Alma Mater: ............................................................................UCLA ‘83 Assistant Coach: ............................................Benny Bonilla (first season) Alma Mater: ..............................................................................LMU ‘00 THIS IS LMU BASEBALL Assistant Coach:................................................Brady Koch (first season) 1 Alma Mater: ..............................................................................LMU ‘04 Table of Contents. 1 Quick Facts . 1 BASEBALL FACTS 2007 Rosters . 2 2006 Record: ................................................................................24-32 Media Information . 3 2006 WCC Record: ..........................................................11-10 (fourth) 2007 Season Outlook . 4 2006 Home Record: ......................................................................11-18 LMU Baseball Tradition. 8 2006 Road Record: ........................................................................13-14 Baseball Facilities . 16 2006 Final Ranking ............................................................................NR Letterwinners Returning / Lost: ....................................................20/10 Starters Returning / Lost: ..................................................................8/4 Newcomers: ........................................................................................16 21 WELCOME TO LMU MEDIA RELATIONS What Do You Know About LMU? . 22 Assistant Athletic Director of Media Services: ......................John Shaffer Academic Support . 25 Office Phone: ..................................................................(310) 338-7643 Building Champions. 26 Cell Phone: ....................................................................(310) 864-2626 LMU Athletics Staff . 28 E-Mail:..........................................................................jshaffer@lmu.edu Assistant Media Relations Director (baseball contact): ..............Alissa Zito Office Phone:..................................................................(310) 338-7638 Cell Phone: ....................................................................(310) 345-6997 E-Mail:..............................................................................azito@lmu.edu Assistant Media Relations Director: ..................................Carolyn French Office Phone:..................................................................(310) 338-5798 33 THE 2007 LMU LIONS Cell Phone: ....................................................................(310) 261-8470 Frank Cruz, Head Coach. 34 E-Mail:..........................................................................cfrench@lmu.edu Brady Koch, Assistant Coach . 36 SID Office Fax: ................................................................(310) 338-2703 Hotline / Tickets:..............................................................(310) 338-LION Vince Beringhele, Assoc. Head Coach. 37 Website:..................................................................www.LMULions.com Benny Bonilla, Assistant Coach . 37 Mailing Address:......................................Athletic Media Relations Office 2007 Players. 38 ..................................................................Loyola Marymount University ......................................................................................Gersten Pavilion ......................................................................................One LMU Drive ..................................................................Los Angeles, CA 90045-8235 49 LMU BASEBALL PRIDE COLOPHON The 2007 LMU Baseball Media Guide is a product of the LMU Athletic Media Relations 2006 Season Review . 50 Office... special thanks to Dr. Michael Mulvihill for his editing efforts... photography pro- All-Time Information . 54 vided by Glenn Cratty, Jeff Golden, Dirk Dewachter, Scott Cunningham, Christian 2007 Opponent Information . 70 Petersen, Victor Decolongon, and Dave Hill... cover photos by Christen Petersen (front) Speed Chart . 74 and Glenn Cratty (back)... Hollywood Sign TM & © 2001 Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, licensed by Global Icons LLC all reights reserved... film and printing by West Coast Reproductions of Marina del Rey... inside cover photos courtesy of the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau... additional copies of this guide are available through the Athletic Media Relations Office for $12.00 each. 2007 BASEBALL 1 2007 LMU BASEBALL 2007 LIONS NUMERICAL ROSTER # PLAYER POS HT WT YR-EXP B-T HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL PRONUNCIATION 1 DeAndre Miller OF 5-9 170 SR-2V S-R Antioch, CA/Fresno State dee-ON-drey 2 A.J. LaMonda INF 6-0 200 SR-3V L/R Orange County, CA/Servite HS la-MAWN-da 3 Michael Glomb SS 6-0 170 JR-2V R/R San Jose, CA/Bellarmine College Prep (rhymes with BOMB) 4 Joe Zeller UT 5-10 165 FR-HS R-R Mission Viejo, CA/Capistrano Valley HS 5 Eric Farris INF 5-10 170 JR-2V R/R Chandler, AZ/Hamilton HS FAIR-is 6 Xavier Esquivel RHP 5-10 180 FR-HS R-R Chino, CA/Don Antonio Lugo HS HOV-e-air ES-kih-vel 7 Anthony Soto OF 5-8 150 SR-3V S-L Venice, CA/Venice High School SO-toe 8 Jeremy LaMell UT 5-10 155 SO-TR L-R Scottsdale, AZ/Glendale CC 9 Brian Wilson OF-P 6-0 185 SO-1V L/R San Diego, CA/Rancho Bernardo HS 12 Elvis Herrera UT 6-1 210 SR-3V R/R Manhattan Beach, CA/Mira Costa HS 13 Lee Roberts RHP 5-11 185 SO-1V R-R Hermosa Beach, CA/Mira Costa HS 14 J.R. Higley SS-3B 6-2 180 FR-HS R-R Folsom, CA/Jesuit HS 15 Greg Meyers RHP 6-5 190 FR-HS R-R Yorba Linda, CA/Servite HS 16 Brett Mendoza C 5-8 180 SO-1V R/R Rancho Palos Verdes, CA/PV Peninsula 17 Marty Mullins C 5-10 170 FR-HS R-R Los Gatos, CA/Los Gatos HS 18 T.J. Bernardy C 5-10 185 SO-TR R-R Corona Del Mar, CA/Cosumnes River JC 20 Sean Dovel C 6-2 205 JR-2V R/R LaMirada, CA/LaMirada HS DOE-vuhl 21 Blake Feaser RHP 6-2 205 JR-2V R/R Santa Margarita, CA/Santa Margarita Catholic HS FEE-zer 22 Nik Garcia 1B-3B 6-1 250 SO-1V R/R El Cajon, CA/El Capitan 23 Mike Kenney RHP 6-4 210 SO-1V R/R Carlsbad, CA/Saddleback Junior College 23 Will Dugoni SS 6-0 180 FR-HS R-R Fremont, CA/Bellarmine College Prep duh-GO-ny 24 Angelo Songco OF 6-0 175 FR-HS L-R Granada Hills, CA/Bishop Alemany HS AN-gel-low SONG-co 25 Ernie Cho OF-RHP 5-11 200 SO-1V R/R Hacienda Heights, CA/Palm Desert 27 Andy Beal RHP 6-0 200 JR-2V R/R Rancho Palos Verdes, CA/Peninsula HS BEEL 28 Melvin Blackmon LHP 6-0 180 SO-1V L/L Temecula, CA/Temecula Valley High 29 Brad Meyers RHP 6-6 195 JR-2V R/R Yorba Linda, CA/Servite HS 30 Kevin Hernandez RHP 6-2 190 JR-TR R-R Moorpark, CA/Moorpark JC 32 Ryan Wheeler 3B 6-4 220 FR-HS L-R Torrance, CA/Torrance HS 34 Daniel Macias LHP 6-1 180 SR-3V R/L Wilmington, CA/Banning HS ma-SEE-is 35 Justin Bunkis 1B 6-3 215 JR-2V R/R Coto De Caza, CA/Santa Margarita HS BUN-kiss 36 Tim Busbin RHP 6-1 210 FR-HS R-R Mountain View, CA/Saint Francis HS BUZZ-bin 37 Nathan Keadle RHP 6-0 170 JR-2V R/R Huntington Beach, CA/Huntington Beach KEY-dull 41 Steve Connolly LHP 6-2 170 SO-RS R-L Santa Clara, CA/Bellarmine College Prep CON-no-lee 42 Ezequiel Ruvalcaba RHP 6-3 210 SR-3V R/R Sylmar, CA/Sylmar High School eh-ZEE-kee-uhl rue-vul-CAH-bah 43 Ty Kelly INF 6-0 185 FR-HS S-R Tracy, CA/Saint Mary's HS 46 Jeremy Burrell RHP 6-3 215 FR-HS R-R Hawthorne, CA/Culver City HS burr-ELL 49 Taylor Shoop 1B 6-4 225 SR-TR L-L Malibu, CA/Davidson College 19 Frank Cruz Head Coach Pepperdine ‘83 11th season 11 Vince Beringhele Associate Head Coach UCLA ‘83 3rd season bear-in-HEE-lee 26 Benny Bonilla Assistant Coach LMU ‘01 1st season bo-NEE-ah 45 Brady Koch Assistant Coach LMU ‘04 1st season COACH Gary Dyogi Athletic Trainer LMU ‘00 3rd season dee-O-gee ALPHABETICAL ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN DEPTH CHART 27 Andy Beal RHP 18 T.J. Bernardy C BY CLASS OTHER OF 28 Melvin Blackmon LHP Seniors . .7 HERRERA 35 Justin Bunkis 1B Juniors . .9 MENDOZA 46 Jeremy Burrell RHP Sophomores . .10 WILSON 36 Tim Busbin RHP Freshmen . .11 CHO 25 Ernie Cho OF-RHP 41 Steve Connolly LHP BY STATE CF 20 Sean Dovel C Arizona . .2 MILLER 23 Will Dugoni SS California . .35 LF RF 6 Xavier Esquivel RHP SOTO SONGCO 5 Eric Farris INF PITCHING STAFF 21 Blake Feaser RHP RHP . .13 SS 2B 22 Nik Garcia 1B-3B LHP . .3 GLOMB FARRIS 3 Michael