TABLE OF CONTENTS New Kentucky Baseball Stadium 1 SEC History 97 Postseason History 98 All-American Sawyer Carroll 99 Media Info All-American Sean Coughlin 100 Table of Contents 2 All-American Collin Cowgill 101 2017 Quick Facts/Credits 3 All-American Ryan Strieby 102 2017 Roster 4 AJ Reed’s Historic Career 103-107 2017 TV/Radio Spot Chart 5 UK vs. All Opponents 108 2017 Schedule 6 Year-by-Year Results 109-119 Year-by-Year Stats 120 Coaching Staff Yearly Leaders 121-124 Head Coach Nick Mingione 8-11 Single-Season Records 125-127 Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Roland Fanning 12-13 Career Records 128-130 Assistant Coach/Pitching Coordinator Jimmy Belanger 14-15 Team Records 131 Volunteer Assistant Coach Todd Guilliams 16-17 Awards and Honors 132-134 Support Staff 18-23 UK vs. Ranked Foes 135-136 Sports Turf 24 UK in Extra-Inning Games 137 Keith Madison 138 MLB Draft 139-140 2017 Wildcats UK Players MLB Stats 141-146 Player Bios 26-58 All-Time Letterwinners 147-152 All-Time Jersey Numbers 153-154 2017 Preview Shively Field 155 2006 SEC Champions 156 2017 Opponents 60-66 2017 Senior Class Inside Back Cover Series History vs. 2017 Opponents 67-72 SEC 2017 Composite Schedule 73-75 2017 SEC Tournament & NCAA Tournament Brackets 76 2016 Review Results 78 Individual Stats 79 Individual SEC Stats 80 Fielding Stats 81 Situational Stats 82 Game-by-Game Batting 83 Game-by-Game Pitching 84 Superlatives 85 Miscellaneous Stats 86 Home Run Tracker 87 SEC in Review 88 SEC Team Stats 89 Departed Player Stats 90-91 Inside the Numbers 92 Game-Winning RBI 93 History All-Time Coaching Records 96 2 2017 KENTUCKY BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2017 QUICK FACTS University of Kentucky Location: ...........................................Lexington, Ky. Founded: .................................................. 1865 Enrollment: ...............................................30,000 Nickname: ...............................................Wildcats Colors: ...................................Blue (PMS 286) and White Conference: ...........................Southeastern (Eastern Division) President: ........................... Dr. Eli Capilouto (Alabama, 1971) Faculty Representative: ...............................Joseph L. Fink . (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, 1970) Coaching Staff Head Coach: ...................... Nick Mingione (Embry-Riddle, 2000) Career Record: .................................0-0 (First season) Record at UK: ..................................0-0 (First season) Best Time to Call: ....................................Contact SID Assistant Coach: ........................Jim Belanger (Louisville, 2009) Assistant Coach: .....Roland Fanning (Southeastern Oklahoma State, 2005) Volunteer Assistant Coach: ...... Todd Guilliams (Eastern Kentucky, 1988) Director of Operations: ......................Jack Hoehl (Auburn, 2012) 2016 Review Overall Record: .............................................32-25 Home: ...................................................22-10 Away: ....................................................7-12 Neutral: ....................................................3-3 COMMUNICATIONS (AREA CODE 859) Conference Record: .........................................15-15 Media Relations Contact: ..................Matt May Home: .................................................... 9-6 Secondary MR Contact: .............Grant Gearheart Away: .....................................................6-9 Media Relations Office: ..........257-3838 (May ext. 8504) Conference Finish: .............................Fourth in SEC East Media Relations Fax: .....................323-4310 Baseball Office: ..........................257-8052 2017 Outlook Baseball Fax: ............................323-4754 Lettermen Returning/Lost ....................................23/10 Matt May Baseball Press Box: ..................... 257-9011 Starters Returning ...........................8 (8 positional, 0 pitchers) Kentucky (2000) May Cell: ...........................859-806-7463 Starters Lost ................................5 (2 positional, 3 pitchers) May E-Mail: [email protected] Newcomers ................................................... 14 May Twitter: .........................@MattMayKY Seconday Contact E-mail: [email protected] History Secondary Contact Cell: ............................859-638-7068 UK Website: ................................www.UKathletics.com All-Time Record: ................................1839-1776-25 (.509) UK Twitter: .......................................@UKBaseball All-Time Conference Record: .........................690-922-8 (.428) UK Instagram: ................................ @kentuckybaseball All-Time Conference Tournament Record: ..................21-34 (.382) UK Facebook: .....................................@UKBaseball Conference Tournament Titles: ................................ none Mailing/Overnight Address: Conference Titles: .......................................one (2006) Joe Craft Center • 338 Lexington Ave. • Lexington, KY 40506-0604 NCAA Tournament Appearances: .............................. eight NCAA Tournament Record: . .14-16 (.467) The 2017 Kentucky Baseball Media Guide is published by the University of Super Regional Appearances: ................................. none Kentucky Athletics Department, Mitch Barnhart, Director. Written, compiled, College World Series Appearances: ............................ none edited and layed out by: Matt May and Brandon Kolditz. Editorial assistance by: Tony Neely, Jack Hoehl, Kevin Saal, Will Barker, Scott Dean, Sean Cartell, Facility Grant Gearheart, Dean Bowling, Kris Reid, Joseph Hudgins, Jake Most, Guy Stadium: .......................... Cliff Hagan Stadium at Shively Field Ramsey. Design by: Brandon Kolditz. Principal photography by: UK Ath- First Year: .................................................. 1969 letics, Chet White, Britney Howard, Barry Westerman, Eliott Hess. Additional Last Renovated: ............................................ 2007 photography by: Brent Ingram, David Coyle, Tim Casey, USA Baseball, Kevin Capacity: ..................................................3,000 Jones, Dick Gabriel, Diamondbacks, Lou Pavlovich, Aaron Sprecher, AP, Getty Dimensions: ...................................340-365-390-350-310 Images. 2017 KENTUCKY BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE 3 2017 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 10 Luke Becker IF 1 J.P. Bitzenhofer C R/R 6-1 200 FR West Chester, Ohio/St. Xavier HS 20 Joey Bellini IF 2 Riley Mahan IF L/R 6-2 195 JR Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller HS 35 Alex Bibb OF 3 Tyler Marshall IF L/R 6-1 200 R-JR Louisville, Ky./Trinity HS 1 J.P. Bitzenhofer C 4 Zeke Lewis IF S/R 5-9 160 R-FR Atlanta, Ga./Mays HS 15 Marcus Carson OF 5 T.J. Collett C L/R 6-1 235 FR Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute North Vigo HS 44 Colton Cleary LHP 6 Tristan Pompey OF S/R 6-4 200 SO Toronto, Canada/Jean Vanier Catholic HS 34 Carson Coleman RHP 7 Connor Heady IF R/R 6-0 175 SR Prospect, Ky./North Oldham HS 5 T.J. Collett C 8 Storm Wilson OF L/R 5-11 190 R-SR Science Hill, Ky./Somerset HS 9 Josh Smith LHP L/L 6-5 230 SO Saline, Mich./Saline HS 23 Brayden Combs IF 10 Luke Becker IF S/R 5-11 195 JR Fairmont, Minn./Fairmont HS/Northern Iowa CC 26 Kole Cottam C 12 Alec Maley RHP R/R 6-1 185 JR Round Rock, Texas/Howard College 45 Mark Doerries RHP 13 Kole Cottam C R/R 6-3 230 SO Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville Catholic HS 49 Jared Freilich RHP 14 Zack Thompson LHP L/L 6-2 220 FR Selma, Ind./Wapahani HS 50 Marshall Gei IF/C 15 Marcus Carson OF L/L 5-8 175 SR London, Ky./North Laurel HS 17 Jake Hamilton LHP 16 Troy Squires IF/C L/R 5-11 195 R-JR Elizabethtown, Ky./Central Hardin HS 7 Connor Heady IF 17 Jake Hamilton LHP R/L 5-10 190 R-SO Raccoon, Ky./Pikeville HS 26 Luke Heyer IF 19 Evan White 1B/OF R/L 6-3 205 JR Gahanna, Ohio/Gahanna Lincoln HS 30 Sean Hjelle RHP 20 Joey Bellini IF R/R 6-3 180 FR Winter Park, Fla./Edgewater HS 22 Austin Keen RHP 21 Justin Lewis RHP R/R 6-7 195 R-SO Suwanee, Ga./Greater Atlanta Christian HS 21 Justin Lewis RHP 22 Austin Keen RHP R/R 6-0 175 R-FR Smithton, Ill./Althoff Catholic HS 4 Zeke Lewis IF 23 Brayden Combs IF L/R 6-5 240 FR Fort Mitchell, Ky./Beechwood HS 39 Zach Logue LHP 24 Brett Marshall RHP R/R 6-3 225 FR Louisville, Ky./Trinity HS 33 Chris Machamer RHP 25 Gunnar McNeill 1B/RHP R/R 6-2 230 SR Orlando, Fla./West Orange HS/Florida International/Chipola 12 Alec Maley RHP 26 Luke Heyer IF R/R 6-0 195 JR Lithia, Fla./College of Central Florida 2 Riley Mahan IF 28 Logan Salow LHP L/L 6-1 185 SR Ashland, Ky./Paul G. Blazer HS 24 Brett Marshall RHP 30 Sean Hjelle RHP R/R 6-11 215 SO White Bear Lake, Minn./Mahtomedi HS 3 Tyler Marshall IF 33 Chris Machamer RHP R/R 6-2 200 FR North Canton, Ohio/Massillon HS 25 Gunnar McNeill 1B/RHP 34 Carson Coleman RHP R/R 6-2 180 FR Lexington, Ky./Lexington Catholic HS 6 Tristan Pompey OF 35 Alex Bibb OF R/R 6-3 215 FR Elizabethtown, Ky./Central Hardin HS 52 Zach Pop RHP 39 Zach Logue LHP L/L 6-0 185 JR Mason, Ohio/Moeller HS 40 Zach Reks OF 40 Zach Reks OF L/R 6-2 190 SR Orland, Ill./Carl Sandburg HS/Air Force Academy 28 Logan Salow LHP 42 Brad Schaenzer LHP R/L 6-2 205 JR Oxford, Mich./Lake Orion Community HS 42 Brad Schaenzer LHP 44 Colton Cleary LHP L/L 5-11 185 SR Nicholasville, Ky./University of Cincinnati 45 Mark Doerries RHP R/R 6-3 225 R-SO The Woodlands, Texas/McLennan CC 9 Josh Smith LHP 49 Jared Freilich RHP R/R 6-6 220 FR Worcester, Mass./The Williston Northampton School 16 Troy Squires IF/C