BASEBALL | 2015 SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDE ABOUT XAVIER BASEBALL INFORMATION School .......................................................... Xavier University 2014 Overall Record ...................................................... 30-29 City/Zip ................................................. Cincinnati, OH 45207 2014 Conference Record ........................ 8-10 (4th, BIG EAST) Founded ...........................................................................1831 2014 A-10 Tournament Finish .......................................3-1/1st Enrollment ......................................................................6,650 2014 Postseason ....................... 1-2, NCAA Nashville Regional Nickname .............................................................Musketeers Home Record .....................................................................9-6 Colors ........................................... Navy Blue, Gray and White Road Record .................................................................. 12-20 Facility (Capacity; Yr. Built) .............. Hayden Field (500; 1982) Neutral ...............................................................................9-3 Field Dimensions .................................................310-380-310 Longest 2014 Winning Streak ...............................................4 Conference .............................................................. BIG EAST Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................................23/10 President...............................................Michael J. Graham, S.J. Starting Position Players Returning/Lost ............................6/2 Athletic Director ......................................... Greg Christopher Pitchers Returning/Lost....................................................11/3 Athletic Website .................................... www.GOXAVIER.com Newcomers ......................................................................... 12 Athletic Department Phone ..............................(513) 745-3413 Seniors (Incl. A Grad. Student) ........................................... 14 Mailing Address ............................................. Xavier Athletics Juniors ..................................................................................3 .............................................................. 3800 Victory Parkway Sophomores .........................................................................7 ............................................................... Cincinnati, OH 45207 Freshmen ........................................................................... 11 First Season of the Program ............................................. 1973 XAVIER COACHING STAFF All-Time Record .............................................983-1,132 (.465) Head Coach ....................................Scott Googins (10th Year) All-Time A-10 Reg. Season Titles (18 yrs.) .............................2 Alma Mater .............................................Ohio Wesleyan (‘92) All-Time A-10 Conference Tourney Appearances ............... 10 Xavier record ..........................................260-262 (9 Seasons) All-Time A-10 Conference Tourney Record .................... 16-19 BIG EAST record ............................................. 8-10 (1 Season) All-Time A-10 Championship Titles ............................ 1 (2009) Career Record .........................................260-262 (9 Seasons) NCAA Tournament Appearances ...................... 2 (2009, 2014) NCAA Tournament Record .................................................2-4 Assistant Coach ....................................... Nick Otte (6th Year) Best NCAA Tournament Finish................ 2009, 2014 Regionals Assistant Coach ..............................Billy O’Conner (2nd Year) Last NCAA Appearance...................2014 (Nashville Regional) Volunteer Asst. Coach ...........................Andy Revell (1st Year) Dir. of Baseball Operations .................... Scott Klever (1st Year) TOP RETURNING POSITION PLAYERS Pos. Name Yr. GP-GS BA/RBI/Runs XAVIER ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IF/DH Derek Hasenbeck Sr. 59-59 .309/28/36 Athletic Communications Coordinator ...........Brendan Bergen C Dan Rizzie Jr. 56-56 .307/38/41 Email ..................................................... [email protected] SS Andre Jernigan Jr.. 57-57 .249/41/31 Office Phone ....................................................(513) 745-3388 OF Patrick Jones Sr. 29-26 .347/18/12 Cell Phone .......................................................(513) 320-4876 OF Brian Bruening Sr. 55-54 .283/28/30 Fax ...................................................................(513) 745-2825 IF/OF Joe Forney Sr. 59-59 .282/33/33 Best Time to Reach Coach ....................................Contact SID TOP RETURNING PITCHERS BIG EAST CONFERENCE Pos. Name Yr. AP-GS W-L/ERA/SO Commissioner .................................................. Val Ackerman RHP Eric Stiene Jr. 17-6 3-3/2.92/23 Website .............................................www.BIGEAST.ORG.org RHP Sean Campbell Sr. 21-0 2-1/3.96/17 Twitter ...................................................................@BIGEAST LHP Trent Astle So. 17-11 5-4/4.46/28 RHP Jacob Bodner Sr. 0-0 Inj. SOCIAL MEDIA KEY PLAYERS LOST Facebook: XavierMusketeers Pos. Name Stats Twitter: @XUAthletics OF Mitch Elliott .307 BA/12 SB Twitter: @XavierGameDay, @XavierBASE RHP Vinny Nittolli 2.38 ERA/87 IP/66 K Instagram: @XUBASE RHP Scott Klever 3.96 ERA/104.2 IP/44 K Facebook: Xavier Musketeers Baseball 3B Stephen Schoettmer .281 BA/5 HR/24 RBI 2B Michael Moore .229/17 RBI 1B Bo Slemons .272 BA/12 RBI MUSKETEERS 2015 Supplemental Xavier Baseball Guide 2015 ROSTER Alphabetical No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown (High School/Previous School) 33 Trent Astle So. LHP 6-3 200 L/L Jeffersonville, Ind. (Jeffersonville) 6 Rylan Bannon Fr. IF 5-10 170 R/R Joliet, Ill. (Joliet Catholic) 12 Jacob Bodner Sr. RHP/IF 5-11 175 R/R Danville, Ky. (Boyle County) 35 Brian Bruening Sr. IF/OF 6-3 200 L/L Columbus, Ohio (Bishop Watterson) 14 Sean Campbell Sr. RHP 6-1 190 R/R Oceanside, Calif. (Vista) 23 Selby Chidemo Sr. IF 6-0 180 R/R Cincinnati, Ohio (Elder) 11 Joe Forney Sr. IF/OF 6-4 225 R/R Bloomington, Ind. (South) 19 Joe Gellenbeck So. OF 6-5 215 L/R Lebanon, Ohio (St. Xavier) 29 Christian Glass Fr. RHP 6-3 170 R/R Columbus, Ind. (Columbus North) 20 Blaine Griffiths Fr. OF 6-1 185 S/R Lebanon, Ohio (Lakota West) 28 Adam Hall Sr. RHP 6-6 195 R/R Dublin, Ohio (Dublin Coffman) 17 Jason Hall So. RHP 6-5 180 R/R Dublin, Ohio (Dublin Coffman) 4 Derek Hasenbeck Sr. C 6-2 210 R/R Poway, Calif. (Poway) 39 Greg Jacknewitz So. LHP 6-3 180 L/L Delaware, Ohio (Bishop Watterson) 9 Andre Jernigan Jr. IF 6-0 195 R/R Ft. Wayne, Ind. (Homestead) 15 Brandon Johnson Fr. RHP 6-2 180 R/R New Albany, Ind. (New Albany) 36 Zach Johnson Sr. RHP 6-5 200 R/R Champaign, Ill. (St. Thomas More/Texas Tech) 21 Patrick Jones r-Sr. OF 6-4 215 R/R Cincinnati, Ohio (Moeller) 37 Brad Kirschner So. LHP 6-2 195 L/L Russellville, Ohio (Ripley-Union) 10 Will LaRue Fr. OF 5-11 170 S/R Evansville, Ind. (Mater Dei) 34 Zac Lowther Fr. LHP 6-2 205 L/L Brooklyn Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga Heights) 8 Glen McCLain So. C 6-1 195 R/R Fremont, Ind. (Fremont 1 David Morton Jr. IF 5-10 160 L/R Cincinnati, Ohio (Turpin) 24 Tim O’Conner Gs. OF 6-3 200 R/R Cincinnati, Ohio (Elder) 31 Daniel Przeniczny Sr. RHP 6-0 170 R/R Lambertville, Mich. (Bedford) 18 Chase Puente Sr. IF 6-3 200 R/R Vista, Cal. (Rancho Buena Vista/Cal-Riverside) 27 Damien Richard Fr. OF 6-3 195 R/R Versailles, Ohio (Versailles) 3 Daniel Rizzie Jr. C 6-2 175 R/R Orland Park, Ill. (Carl Sandburg) 38 Garrett Schilling Fr. RHP 6-1 160 R/R Clawson, Mich. (Bishop Foley) 16 Ethan Schmidt So. IF 6-6 195 R/R Granville, Ohio (Granville) 5 Nate Soria Fr. C 5-10 175 R/R Homer Glen, Ill. (St. Rita of Cascia 26 Eric Stiene Sr. RHP 6-2 190 R/R Loveland, Ohio (Moeller) 32 Jason Suchanek Fr. IF 5-9 170 R/R Fort Mitchell, Ky. (Beechwood) 25 Thomas Waning Fr. RHP 5-11 185 R/R Maple City, Mich. (Glen Lake) 22 Alex Westrick Sr. LHP 5-11 165 L/L Zionsville, Ind. (Zionsville) Coaches Head Coach #7 Scott Googins (Ohio Wesleyan ‘92) Assistant Coach #13 Nick Otte (Indiana ‘02) Assistant Coach #2 Billy O’Conner (Xavier ‘09) Volunteer Assistant Coach #40 Andy Revell (Montevallo ‘11) Dir. of Baseball Operations Scott Klever (Xavier ‘14) Pronunciation Guide Zac Lowther Low-thur Eric Stiene STINE Trent Astle UH-stel Nick Otte OUGHT-ee Jason Suchanek Soo-can-ick Jacob Bodner BODE-ner Chase Puente p-WEN-tay (like “Mechanic”) Brian Bruening BRU-ning Daniel Przeniczny Preh-ZINN-ee Thomas Waning Wahn-ing Selby Chidemo che-DEM-o Andy Revell Rehvell Scott Klever CLEE-VUR Daniel Rizzie RIZZ-ee (like a meat cleaver) Nate Soria Soar-ee-uh XAVIER2 2015 Supplemental Xavier Baseball Guide 2015 ROSTER Numerical No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 David Morton Jr. IF 5-10 160 L/R Cincinnati, Ohio (Turpin) 3 Daniel Rizzie Jr. C 6-2 175 R/R Orland Park, Ill. (Carl Sandburg) 4 Derek Hasenbeck Sr. C 6-2 210 R/R Poway, Calif. (Poway) 5 Nate Soria Fr. C 5-10 175 R/R Homer Glen, Ill. (St. Rita of Cascia 6 Rylan Bannon Fr. IF 5-10 170 R/R Joliet, Ill. (Joliet Catholic) 8 Glen McCLain So. C 6-1 195 R/R Fremont, Ind. (Fremont 9 Andre Jernigan Jr. IF 6-0 195 R/R Ft. Wayne, Ind. (Homestead) 10 Will LaRue Fr. OF 5-11 170 S/R Evansville, Ind. (Mater Dei) 11 Joe Forney Sr. IF/OF 6-4 225 R/R Bloomington, Ind. (South) 12 Jacob Bodner Sr. RHP/IF 5-11 175 R/R Danville, Ky. (Boyle County)