1 BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS TABLE OF CONTENTS UTA QUICK FACTS Tanner Houston.............................. 63 GENERAL PREVIEW Name: ..............The University of Texas at Arlington Athletic Department ......................... 5 Luke Jones..................................... 63 City/Zip: ............................... Arlington, Texas 76019 UTA Schedule ..................................6 Jackson Morris ...............................64 Founded: ......................1892 (Senior College 1959) Enrollment: ....................................................33,500 Schedule Breakdown .......................7 Javier Pontifi s................................. 64 Nickname: ................................................ Mavericks UTA Roster ....................................... 8 Justin Schnedler ............................ 65 School Colors: .........Royal Blue, Orange and White Affi liations: ...................................... NCAA Division I The Sun Belt Conference ................ 9 Levi Scott .......................................65 Conference: ............................ Sun Belt Conference SBC Championship........................ 10 Colin Tornberg ................................ 66 President: .................................Dr. Vistasp Karbhari Director of Athletics: ..................................Jim Baker SBC Preseason Awards ................. 11 TJ Whidby ......................................67 Assoc. AD/SWA: ................................Debbie Garcia Clay Gould Ballpark .......................12 Athletic Dept. Phone: .........................817-272-2261 5.5 Million Dollar Renovation .........13 2013 REVIEW HISTORY Mavs in the Majors .........................14 First Year of Baseball: .......................................1971 Season Review ..............................69 Overall All-Time Record: ..........1,240-1,186-1 (.511) UTA in the MLB Draft .....................15 Season Highlights ..........................70 No. Years in NCAA Tournament: ............................5 Years: .......................1990, 1992, 2001, 2006, 2012 2013 Final Stats .............................71 Last Opponent: .............................................. Baylor COACHES & PLAYERS Result: ...........................................................L, 6-11 COACHES BASEBALL RECORDS FACILITY Darin Thomas ................................ 17 Home Stadium: .........................Clay Gould Ballpark Yearly Hitting Leaders .............. 73 Surface: ............................................. Natural Grass Jay Sirianni .................................... 19 All-Time Home Record: ....................752-434 (.634) Fuller Smith ....................................20 Yearly Pitching Leaders ........... 75 Capacity: ..........................................................1,600 Troy Conkle ....................................21 Single-Season Batting ............. 77 Dimensions: .......................330-LF, 400-CF, 330-RF Press Box Phone: ............................(817) 462-4225 RETURNING MAVERICKS Career Batting Records ........... 78 Press Box Fax: ................................(817) 462-4226 Justin Copeland .............................22 Single-Season Pitching ............ 79 COACHING STAFF Peter Cuomo ..................................24 Career Pitching Records .......... 80 Head Coach: ...................................... Darin Thomas Keegan Hucul ................................ 26 Alma Mater: ....................Oklahoma Christian, 1989 UTA Single-Game Records ...... 81 Record at UT Arlington (Yrs): ................179-169 (6) Greg McCall ...................................28 UTA Single-Season Records.... 82 Overall Record (Yrs): .............................179-169 (6) Darien McLemore .......................... 30 Offi ce Phone: ...................................(817) 272-2542 Miscellaneous Records ............ 83 Offi ce Fax: .......................................(817) 272-5037 Kasey Merck ..................................32 Assistant Coach: ....... Jay Sirianni (Nebraska, 2001) Derek Miller ....................................34 ....................................Fuller Smith (Ole Miss, 2008) BASEBALL HISTORY Volunteer: .. Troy Conkle (Northwestern State, 1994) Daniel Milliman............................... 36 Dir. of Operations: .................................Tim Steggall Jacob Moreland ............................. 38 Head-To-Head by Conf. ........... 85 Chad Nack .....................................40 Head-To-Head by DII/NAIA ...... 86 TEAM INFORMATION 2013 Overall Record: ............................31-27 (.535) Matt Shortall ...................................42 Head-To-Head Results .............87 Conference Record (Finish): ................... 19-11 (T1) Travis Sibley .................................. 44 Home Record: ................................................. 17-12 Year-By-Year Results ............... 96 Away Record: ................................................. 13-12 Eric Tate .........................................46 Mavs in the Southland ........... 104 Neutral Record: .................................................. 1-3 Zach Thompson .............................48 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ..........................18/13 Mavs in the WAC ................... 105 Position Starters Returning/Lost: .........................7/2 John Michael Twichell ....................50 All-Time Letterwinners ........... 106 Pitchers Returning/Lost: ......................................8/5 Brad Vachon .................................. 52 Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost: .........................6/2 UTA Retired Numbers ............ 108 Newcomers/Redshirt Returners: .......................18/3 Brandon Vinyard ............................54 Scholarship Awards................ 109 Chase Weaver ..............................56 SPORTS INFORMATION Sports Information Director/Baseball Contact: INCOMING MAVERICKS .................................................................. Art Garcia Quade Adams ................................ 58 THE CAMPUS & DFW Offi ce Phone: ...................................(817) 272-2239 Cell Phone: ......................................(817) 797-8379 Jess Amedee ................................. 58 UT Arlington ............................ 111 E-mail: [email protected] Beau Barnes ..................................59 Dr. Vistasp M. Karbhari ...........112 Graduate Assistants: ......................Michael Eldridge Ryan Bottger ..................................59 ..............................................................Taylor Wright Welcome to Maverick Country 113 SID Mailing Address: ............................... Box 19950 Brady Cox ......................................60 College Park District ...............114 ............................... College Park Center, Suite 1102 Dalton DeLeon ...............................60 .................................................... 601 Spaniolo Drive Ath.Training / Sports Medicine 115 ...................................................Arlington, TX 76019 Drew Dowdy................................... 61 Arlington, Dallas & Fort Worth 116 Jordan Gibbs.................................. 61 MEDIA OUTLETS Experience Arlington ...............117 University Newspaper:........................The Shorthorn TJ Hillman ......................................62 Area Newspaper: ..............Fort Worth Star-Telegram Zach Hobbs.................................... 62 Area Newspaper: .....................Dallas Morning News Area Website: ...................................espndallas.com Area Website: .....................foxsportssouthwest.com 2014 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE 3 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON PREVIEW PREVIEW COACHES Athletic Department ............................................5 UTA Schedule .......................................................6 Schedule Breakdown ..........................................7 PLAYERS UTA Roster ...........................................................8 The Sun Belt Conference ....................................9 SBC Championship ...........................................10 REVIEW SBC Preseason Awards ....................................11 Clay Gould Ballpark ..........................................12 5.5 Million Dollar Renovation ...........................13 Mavs in the Majors ............................................14 UTA in the MLB Draft .........................................15 HISTORY RECORDS THE CAMPUS 4 UT ARLINGTON BASEBALL 2014 UT ARLINGTON ATHLETICS JIM BAKER - DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Jim Baker joined the University Baker previously served as associate athletic director of Texas at Arlington as director for events, operations and sports programs at the of intercollegiate athletics Feb. 1, University of Texas, where he helped direct signifi cant 2012, the same day the university growth in one of the nation’s most recognized and department opened the $78 athletics programs. million, 7,000-seat College Park Center. In his 20 years with the Longhorns, Baker had wide- ranging responsibilities, from directing merchandising Since that day, Baker has put his and concessions, to overseeing more than a dozen own stamp on the department, athletic facilities construction projects. He had spearheading numerous program upgrades and chief responsibility for the Texas golf and baseball leading the way in the areas of sales and staffi ng, programs and directed all game-day activities for which have led to unprecedented growth. football.