1 2 Salt Lake Community College Home of the BRUINS Salt Lake Community College Table of Contents Quick Facts School . Salt Lake Community College 2017 Preview . 2 Location . Salt Lake City, Utah 2017 Roster . .. 3 Founded . 1948 Enrollment . 62,571 Coaches . 4-5 Affiliation . NJCAA Division I Players . 6-21 Conference . Scenic West Athletic Conf . Nickname . Bruins 2016 Team Results . 24 Colors . Royal Blue & Gold 2016 Individual Statistics . 25 President . Deneece Huftalin, Ph .D Alma Mater . University of Utah SWAC Member Institutions . 29 Athletic Director . Kevin Dustin Bruin All-Time roster . 30-31 Alma Mater/Year . Utah State University/1983 Sports Information . Rachel Rowan Bruins in the Pros . 31 Alma Mater/Year . Idaho State University/2014 Bruin Baseball Record Book . 32-33 Academic Advisor . Scott Keister Alma Mater/Year . Weber State University/2010 Bruin Club Members . 36 Academic Advisor . Paul Marble 2015-16 Athletics Awards/Results . 38-39 Alma Mater/Year . University of Utah/2011 Athletic Secretary . Katie Hickman SLCC Administration . 42 Alma Mater/Year . Boise State University/2008 SLCC Athletic Staff & Coaches . 43 Bruin Baseball Quick Facts First Year of Baseball . 1996-97 All Time Record/Years . 599-400/19 SWAC Overall Record/Years . .. 383-267/19 Head Coach/Years . D .G . Nelson/14 Alma Mater/Year . BYU- 1998 Record/Years . .. 459-272/13 SWAC Record/Years . 269-188/13 Baseball Office Phone . (801) 957-4861 Best Time to Reach . 12:00pm-3:00pm Assistant Coach . Derek Wadddoups Alma Mater/Year . Bellevue University/2006 2016 Overall Record . 29-27 2016 SWAC Record . 18-19 2016 SWAC Finish . 3rd www.slccbruins.com 2016 Region 18 Tournament . 3rd LIVE Stats and LIVE web cast for 2016 Home Record . 14-8 ALL HOME GAMES 2016 Away Record . 10-13 2017 Returning Starters . 17 Media Guide produced by 2017 Returning Players . 6 Lisa Peshell & Rachel Rowan 2017 Newcomers . 20 3 2017 Season Outlook with Coach Nelson 4 2017 Bruin Roster # Player Pos Ht Wt B/T Yr Hometown /High School 1 Trevor Hoffman LHP 5’ 9 160 L/L Fr West Jordan, UT / Copper Hills 2 Jared Newbry INF 5 ’9 165 R/R So Kennewick, WA / Southridge 3 Easton Tallon INF 5 ’11 195 L/R So Salem, UT / Salem Hills 4 Kam Lane OF 6’ 1 185 R/R So Eagle, ID / Eagle 5 Mason Abrath RHP 6 ’2 195 R/R So Salt Lake City, UT / West 6 Mitch Berryhill OF 6 ’0 170 L/L So Smithfield, UT / Skyview 7 Chase Huff INF 5 ’10 165 R/R Fr Taylorsville, UT / Taylorsville 8 Scott Allison C 5’ 9 180 R/R So Idaho Falls, ID / Skyline 9 Derek Wall RHP 6 ’1 195 R/R Fr Pleasant Grove, UT / Pl. Grove 10 Jayden Hartle RHP 6 ’3 210 R/R So Payson, UT / Payson 11 Tanner Hamblin INF 6 ’4 210 L/R Fr Salem, UT / Salem Hills 12 Nic Roberts OF 6 ’2 175 R/R So Spanish Fork, UT / Spanish Fork 13 Kody Hall INF 6 ’0 165 R/R So Highland, UT / American Fork 14 Sterling Lay LHP 6 ’0 172 S/L Fr Livingston, MT / Park 15 Cody Kitchen OF 6 ’0 180 S/R Fr South Jordan, UT / Bingham 16 Jacob Thurber C 6 ’4 185 L/R So Des Moines, WA / Kennedy Catholic 17 Brayden Erickson LHP 5 ’11 165 L/L Fr Draper, UT / Corner Canyon 18 Ben Weese LHP 6’ 0 165 L/L Fr River Heights, UT / Mountain Crest 19 Quinn Ayers INF 6 ’3 185 R/R Fr Las Vegas, NV / Shadow Ridge 20 Braden DeLaMare RHP 6 ’7 195 R/R Fr West Valley, UT / Hunter 21 Nick Seginowich C 6 ’0 185 R/R Fr Victoria, BC Canada / Lambrick Park 22 Will Heward OF 5 ’11 185 R/R Fr Ogden, UT / Bonneville 23 Cameron Benson C 5’ 9 165 L/R So Bellevue, ID / Wood River 25 Jacob Stauffer LHP 6 ’1 148 L/L Fr West Jordan, UT / West Jordan 26 Trenton Griffin LHP 6 ’0 140 R/L So Stansbury Park, UT / Stansbury 27 Barak Hammond RHP 6 ’2 165 R/R So Syracuse, UT / Layton 29 Andrew Goodfellow OF 6 ’2 185 R/R Fr West Valley, UT / Cottonwood 30 Brock Nelson INF 6 ’0 195 R/R Fr Spanish Fork, UT / Spanish Fork 31 Austin Cram INF 6’ 2 250 R/R Fr Las Vegas, NV / Bishop Gorman 32 Isaac Evans RHP/UTL 6 ’3 220 R/R So Centerville, UT / Viewmont 33 Jesse Parker RHP 6 ’0 195 R/R Fr Preston, ID / Preston 34 Parker Hall LHP 6 ’1 185 L/L Fr Ogden, UT / Bonneville 35 Tyler Zupon C/1B 6 ’4 200 R/R Fr West Jordan,UT / Bingham 42 Anthony Peterson INF 6 ’2 175 R/R So River Heights, UT / Mountain Crest Head Coach - D .G . Nelson (14th Year) SID - Rachel Rowan Assistant Coach: Derek Waddoups (10th Year) Mascot - Bruin Assistant Coaches: Tuckett Slade, Jeremy Berg Trainer - Alex Walker Athletic Director - Kevin Dustin President -Deneece Huftalin, PhD 5 Head Coach DG Nelson Coach DG Nelson enters his fourteenth year at the helm of the highly successful SLCC Baseball program . In his tenure, DG has led the Bruins to a Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) Championship, two Region 18 Championships and two National Junior College Ath- letic Association (NJCAA) Top 20 finishes. Nelson has coached the Bruins to the best record in school history and best ever winning percentage . With Nelson as head coach, 124 of his players have moved on to compete and study at four-year institutions, with 27 Bruins joining the professional baseball ranks--one even moving on to a Major League Baseball World Se- ries team . Last season, Baseball ended their season 29-27 overall and 18-19 in conference making a big late sea- son push . Bruins fought their way through the Region The Nelson File 18 Tournament ending as the No . 3 team in the SWAC . Mitch Berryhill was name the Defensive Player of the SWAC Conf/Reg District Year while earned First-Team All-Region honors . Austin Year Record Record Finish Finish Ovard was named to the First-Team All- Region list . Five 2004 31-26 20-20 4th/4th players were named Second-Team All-Region and five 2005 37-19 26-14 3rd/4th where honorable mentions . 2006 27-25 17-18 4th/4th 2007 33-25 23-17 4th/4th Coach Nelson has compiled a 452-277 overall record 2008 39-20 27-13 3rd/4th at SLCC, 296-188 in SWAC competition . DG has devel- 2009 26-29 16-22 4th/4th oped Bruin Baseball into one of the premier junior col- 2010 38-18 27-12 3rd/3rd lege baseball programs in the entire nation . 2011 49-16 28-12 2nd/1st 2nd 2012 45-10 33-8 1st/1st 2nd Prior to joining SLCC as an assistant coach in 2000, 2013 35-19 23-13 3rd/4th Nelson was an assistant at Dixie State College on its 2014 36-18 22-10 1st/2nd SWAC Championship and NJCAA National Runner- 2015 37-25 19-13 2nd/2nd 4th Up team . He also served as a hitting coach for the St . 2016 29-27 18-19 3rd/3rd George Pioneerzz in 2002, and worked as a graduate ______ ______ assistant at Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1998 Totals 459-272 296-188 and 1999 . 6 Assistant Coach Derek Waddoups Coach Waddoups enters his tenth season as assistant baseball coach for SLCC Bruin Baseball . His duties include recruiting coordinator and hitting coach, along with coaching the catching and supervising the strength and conditioning and position player speed development programs . Last season, Baseball ended their season 29-27 overall and 18-19 in confer- ence making a big late season push . Bruins fought their way through the Region 18 Tournament ending as the No . 3 team in the SWAC . Mitch Berryhill was name the De- fensive Player of the Year while earned First-Team All-Region honors . Austin Ovard was named to the First-Team All- Region list . Five players were named Second-Team All-Region and five where honorable mentions. Coach Waddoups also helped SLCC Baseball Head Coach DG Nelson move 5 players from last year’s team to either the profession ranks or to a four year institution. Since Derek’s arrival, the Bruins have moved 84 players on to four-year schools or to join the professional baseball ranks . Overall, the program has had 29 players drafted in the Major League Baseball amateur draft or sign with professional baseball teams since 1997 . Waddoups is also the lead instructor for the renowned ‘Know Greater Heroes’ (KGH) Leadership program involving SLCC student-athletes. Along with Coach Paul Marble from men’s basketball, Waddoups teaches a leadership course to the student- athletes prior to traveling through the community to perform elementary school assemblies . KGH is an educational and moti- vational program that takes Bruin athletes, coaches and the Bruin Bear mascot to local elementary schools promoting healthy lifestyles, a drug-free life and leadership from within . During the summers Waddoups coaches with the Marshall Gates Foundation . He was the Utah Bucks Head Coach in 2013 and serves as the Foundation Hitting Coordinator . He has also served as the Utah Marshalls hitting coach and works with the catchers throughout the organization . Prior to joining the Bruin staff, Waddoups spent the 2007 season at the University of Texas-Brownsville as the pitching coach, and he spent the 2005-06 seasons at Bellevue University as the hitting and catching coach where they were participants in the 2006 NAIA World Series .