TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDIA/TEAM 11 - COACHES 105 Year-by-Year Stats 1 Table of Contents 12 Head Coach Mike Martin 107 Year-by-Year Final Rankings 2 Media Information 16 Associate Head Coach Mike Bell 108 All-Time Lettermen 5 Florida State Administration 18 Assistant Coach Mike Martin, Jr. 112 All-Time Jersey Numbers 6 Quick Facts 20 Volunteer Assistant Clyde Keller 116 All-Time Hitting Statistics 7 Roster 20 Director of Baseball Ops Chip Baker 128 All-Time Pitching Statistics 8 Photo Roster 21 Support Staff 134 All-Time Coaching Records 9 Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium 22 - PLAYERS 135 - HONORS 2018 FLORIDA STATE 23 Returning Player Bios 136 First Team All-Americans BASEBALL ALMANAC 36 Newcomer Bios 141 USA Baseball Partic./All-Time All-Americans CREDITS 38 Bat Girls 142 Academic All-Americans The 2018 Florida State Baseball Almanac is a publication 143 National Players of the Year of the Florida State University Sports Information Office. 39 - REVIEW 146 National Freshmen of the Year Written, edited and page layout design by Steven 40 2017 Final Stats 147 Rawlings Gold Glove Winners McCartney. 42 2017 Final Results 148 ACC Accolades 43 2017 Box Scores Writing, editing and research assistance: Logan Jones. 60 Miscellaneous Stats 150 - RESULTS Historical research: Bob Perrone and Andrew Brady. 61 2017 ACC Season In Review 151 ACC Players of the Week/Final Standings Cover design, page template and graphic design: Ty 62 2017 ACC Stats 153 Conference Tournament History Osborne, Florida State Athletic Marketing. 156 Year-by-Year Results 65 - OPPONENTS 175 NCAA Tournament Results Printing: FSU UPS Store. 66 All-Time Series Records Featured Photographers: Ryals Lee, Larry Novey, Ross Obley, 68 All-Time ACC Results 179 - SEMINOLES IN THE PROS Mike Olivella, Phil Kelly, Bill Pearce, Maury Neipris, Ken 73 All-Time Results 180 Seminoles In The MLB Draft Lanese and Tom Casazza. 91 Louisville Slugger Ad 182 MLB First Round Draft Picks Contributing Photographers: USA Today Sports Images. 183 Seminoles In The Majors 92 - RECORDS Special Thanks: George Lane, ACC Assistant Director of Communications; ACC Baseball SIDs and Jason Leturmy. 93 FSU Team Records 95 FSU Individual Records A full color version of the 2018 media guide can be found 97 Top Ten Lists at http://noles.co/BaseMG18 104 Annual BA, RBI & ERA Champs/No Hitters FSU BASEBALL | COACHES | PLAYERS | REVIEW | OPPONENTS | RECORDS | HONORS | RESULTS | PROS 1 MEDIA INFORMATION FSU MEDIA INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION STAFF Florida State Assistant Sports Information Director Steven McCartney can assist you with any requests or questions regarding the Seminoles’ 2018 baseball program, almanac, coaches or student-athletes. Steven McCartney Florida State Assistant SID/Baseball 850.644.3920 – office 850.322.6711 – cell Email: [email protected] Mailing address: STEVEN McCARTNEY ELLIOTT FINEBLOOM Baseball SID Asst. AD, Sports Information & FSU Sports Information Digital Media PO Drawer 2195, Tallahassee, FL 32316 Shipping address: FSU Sports Information 403 Stadium Dr. West Room D0107, Tallahassee, FL 32306 CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Press credentials are issued to members of the working media in the form of both CHUCK WALSH DEREK BOB THOMAS Deputy Director SATTERFIELD Assoc. Director season and game-by-game passes. All working press – print, digital, radio and M. Basketball/W. Golf Sr. Assoc. Dir. - Football Cross Country Track & Field television – should submit requests at their earliest opportunity prior to game day. Requests can be submitted by emailing Steven McCartney ([email protected]). Credentials can be picked up in the Florida State Sports Information Office on the second floor of the Moore Athletic Center, or at the Will Call ticket window on the first base side of Dick Howser Stadium on game days only with advance notice. PARKING There is no designated media parking for Florida State baseball games. Parking KELSEY BIBIK SCOTT MORIAK CHRISTA is available in the university lots around Dick Howser Stadium on a first-come, Asst. Director Asst. Director SALERNO Beach Volleyball Soccer Asst. Director Football/ first-serve basis. All media are encouraged to arrive as early as possible to avoid Indoor Volleyball Softball Swim & Dive parking problems. Legally parked cars will not be ticketed on game days, beginning two hours prior to first pitch. PHOTOGRAPHERS In accordance with NCAA rules and regulations, all photographers and videographers are required to shoot from within the designated areas inside the playing field area. Only credential-holding photographers and videographers will STEVE STONE BRET CLEIN be admitted to shoot in those designated areas. These areas are marked just Asst. Director SID Assistant inside the gates adjacent to the home and visitors’ dugouts. Photographers and W. Basketball M. Tennis M. Golf W. Tennis videographers are asked not to obstruct the view of fans. PHONE LINES DIGITAL MEDIA STAFF Florida State provides one phone line and one ISDN line for the visiting team’s radio booth located in the press box, behind home plate. Phone lines can be used to make local calls only. Florida State has only one active phone line in the main press box at Dick Howser Stadium, but does provide high speed internet connections. Media members are encouraged to bring their own ethernet cables. A limited supply will be made available in the press box on a first-come, first-serve basis. ERIC LAYNE TIM CORRINA TODOROFF HERDT LINAFELT DOLAN Digital Media Assistant Director Senior Writer Digital Media Director Producer 2 FSU BASEBALL | COACHES | PLAYERS | REVIEW | OPPONENTS | RECORDS | HONORS | RESULTS | PROS MEDIA INFORMATION THE LEE BOWEN RADIO BOOTH LEE BOWEN (1957-2004) PLAYERS AND COACHES INTERVIEWS All player and coach interviews must be arranged through Steven McCartney in For 15 years, Lee Bowen served as the voice of the Florida State Seminoles. From the Sports Information office at 850.644.3920 (office) or 850.322.6711 (cell) or Marshall McDougall’s record-setting six home run game at Maryland to numerous via email at [email protected]. Florida State coaches and players will be made NCAA postseason appearances, Lee Bowen was Seminole baseball. available to the media at Dick Howser Stadium prior to practices on weekdays. On game days, FSU coach Mike Martin and requested players will be made available Bowen called the action for over 1,000 Florida State baseball games over his at the conclusion of each game, following a 10-minute cooling off period. Martin 15-year career, including 26 from the College World Series. He was behind the will meet with the media in the Tradition Room immediately after addressing the microphone for more than 100 Seminole NCAA postseason games. team. Requested FSU players will also be escorted to the Tradition Room by a member of the sports information staff after Martin’s interview is completed. All He was a one-man show on the road, calling the action from as far as away as media interviews with players and coaches must be conducted at these times, Hawaii and California. At home, Bowen teamed with longtime partner Jim Crosby unless previously arranged through the sports information office. Player contact as the many fans sitting at Dick Howser Stadium would listen in as they watched information will not be shared and interviews outside the established parameters the ballgames. Bowen traveled with the team to the College World Series in Omaha are prohibited. Players are not to be contacted through the use of Twitter, eight times, including the 1999 CWS in which Florida State defeated Stanford in Facebook and other social media avenues. extra innings to advance to the national championship game. FSU ON THE WEB All the game stories, updated stats, weekly releases, photo galleries, live stat Over his last five years, Bowen was joined in the radio booth by his wife Adrienne. links and Seminole baseball news is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week The two were married on June 27, 1999 and Adrienne would often accompany her at www.seminoles.com, the official athletic website for Florida State University. husband on Seminole baseball road trips. FSU baseball followers active in the social media sphere can tap into up-to- Bowen, who was instrumental in getting all Florida State baseball games on the the-moment information by following Seminoles.com and FSU Baseball on radio, also served as the broadcast coordinator for football and men’s basketball Twitter (@FSUBaseball), Facebook (Facebook.com/FSUBaseball) and Instagram on FSU’s radio network. He began his career as a statistician on the network after (NoleBaseball), or follow live stats at Seminoles.com through GameTracker. he came to Tallahassee from the Burlington Indians of the Appalachian League, where he called play-by-play for the rookie league team. FSU BASEBALL | COACHES | PLAYERS | REVIEW | OPPONENTS | RECORDS | HONORS | RESULTS | PROS 3 MEDIA INFORMATION SPORTS PRODUCTIONS STAFF RADIO Florida State will continue its relationship with Adams Radio Group as the flagship radio station for Seminole Baseball in 2018. All games will be carried locally in Tallahassee on WQTL - 106.1 FM The Sound with Eric Luallen providing all the play-by-play action. From the season opener to all the ACC and NCAA Tournament action beginning in May, WQTL will give FSU fans the best coverage in college baseball. MARK RODIN JIM GARBARINO Executive Director Senior Director of Programming Out of town listeners for all FSU baseball games can listen to the live radio broadcast FREE OF CHARGE on the official site for Florida State athletics Seminoles. com or through the Florida State University Gameday app. KIRBY KANDER JAKE MICHAEL FERTIG Senior Director of DURSHIMER Live Event Coordinator Live Events Live Event Coordinator ALLIE LANE SARAH HARTLE MAX LEHMAN TELEVISION/INTERNET Live Event PA Producer Producer Florida State’s rich baseball tradition will once again attract live coverage from cable television networks throughout the Southeast.