Southern Conference Baseball Baseball Contact: Phil Perry, Assistant Director of Media Relations [email protected] Office: 864-591-5100 Fax: 864-591-3448 Southern Conference baseball standings – 2013 final Around the SoCon Conference Overall Winter Storm Pax has wreaked Team Record Pct Home Away Neutral Record Pct Home Away Neutral havoc on the Southern Confer- ence’s opening weekend, as nine Western Carolina 23-7 .767 12-3 11-4 0-0 39-20 .661 24-7 14-8 1-5 of the 10 league teams had their College of Charleston 18-11 .621 8-6 10-5 0-0 31-26 .544 19-13 12-9 0-4 schedules altered in some way by the adverse weather. Only Appa- Elon 18-11 .621 9-6 9-5 0-0 34-30 .531 15-12 11-16 8-2 lachian State escaped unscathed, as the Mountaineers will play at Citadel 18-12 .600 9-6 9-6 0-0 35-25 .583 20-10 12-14 3-1 Arkansas as originally scheduled. Appalachian State 13-14 .481 7-6 6-8 0-0 30-24 .556 15-10 13-11 2-3 Defending regular-season cham- Furman 14-16 .467 6-9 8-7 0-0 32-25 .561 17-13 14-10 1-2 pion Western Carolina opens the Georgia Southern 13-17 .433 9-6 4-11 0-0 27-32 .458 16-14 9-16 2-2 2014 season ranked No. 31 in the Collegiate Baseball pre- Samford 12-17 .414 6-9 6-8 0-0 27-30 .474 18-13 8-14 1-3 season poll. The Catamounts are Davidson 12-18 .400 7-8 5-10 0-0 18-31 .367 13-12 5-19 0-0 receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches, Baseball America and UNCG 11-19 .367 5-10 6-9 0-0 24-31 .436 16-18 7-13 1-0 NCBWA preseason polls. Wofford 10-20 .333 8-7 2-13 0-0 20-36 .357 15-16 4-19 1-1 2013 SoCon tournament cham- pion Elon went 2-2 at the NCAA Charlottesville Regional, becom- Upcoming schedule (all times Eastern) ing the fourth SoCon team since 2010 to reach a regional final. The Feb. 14 (Friday) Georgia Southern at Georgia 1 p.m. others were College of Charles- Virginia Tech at The Citadel 4 p.m. Appalachian State at Arkansas 2 p.m. ton in 2010 and Appalachian Appalachian State at Arkansas 4 p.m. Valparaiso at Samford 2 p.m. State and Samford in 2012. Valparaiso at Samford 5 p.m. Western Carolina at Mississippi State 2:30 p.m. Western Carolina at Mississippi State 7:30 p.m. Ball State at Wofford 2:30 p.m. Preseason SoCon Player of the Buffalo at Davidson ppd. Toledo at Furman 3 p.m. Year Aaron Attaway of Western George Washington at UNCG canc. (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.) Carolina was a preseason All- Cincinnati at Elon TBA America selection by Collegiate Feb. 15 (Saturday) George Washington at UNCG canc. Baseball/Louisville Slugger and Norfolk State at Furman 12 p.m. the NCBWA. Teammate Jacob Georgia Southern at Georgia (DH) 12 p.m. Feb. 17 (Monday) Hoyle earned a spot on the Colle- Appalachian State at Arkansas 1 p.m. Morehead State at Wofford 5 p.m. giate Baseball third team, as well. Louisville at The Citadel 2:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Elon TBA Valparaiso at Samford 3 p.m. The league is aiming for a win- Buffalo at Davidson 3 p.m. Feb. 18 (Tuesday) ning record against nonconfer- Dayton at Wofford 4 p.m. Furman at East Tennessee State 3 p.m. ence foes for the 10th consecu- Western Carolina at Mississippi State 5 p.m. Appalachian State at Tennessee 3 p.m. tive season in 2014. Cincinnati at Elon TBA Duke at UNCG 4 p.m. George Washington at UNCG canc. NC State at Elon 4 p.m. Twenty-two SoCon players were The Citadel at USC Upstate 4 p.m. selected in the 2013 MLB First- Feb. 16 (Sunday) Winthrop at Western Carolina 4 p.m. Year Player Draft, with Samford Xavier at Furman 11 a.m. Wake Forest at Davidson 6 p.m. outfielder Phillip Ervin going in West Virginia at The Citadel 1 p.m. the first round. Cincinnati selected Buffalo at Davidson 1 p.m. Ervin with the 27th overall pick. Preseason Player of the Year Preseason Pitcher of the Year Aaron Attaway, Sr., SS Jeremy Null, Jr., RHP Western Carolina Western Carolina .363, 68 R, 15 2B, 12 HR, 54 RBIs, .592 SLUG 9-2, 3.46 ERA, 109 K, 27 BB, 91.0 IP Attaway, a senior shortstop for the Catamounts, is Null, a junior right-hander, shared the SoCon lead Preseason All-American, having earned the nod from with nine wins last season, posting a 9-2 record with Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball a 3.46 ERA, which was good for fifth in the league. Writers Association. The Morganton, N.C., native was a A second-team All-SoCon pick in 2013, Null started first-team All-SoCon selection at shortstop last season, 14 games for the regular-season champion Cata- when he hit .363 and led the league with 97 total hits mounts, striking out 109 batters, second-most in and 68 runs scored. Attaway started all 59 contests the conference. He also walked just 27 batters in 91 for the Catamounts last season, helping them to their innings of work and held opposing hitters to just a first regular-season SoCon title since 2007. He was also .240 batting average. Null was twice named a Louis- among the 14 finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award, ville Slugger National Player of the Week last season which is given annually to the nation’s top shortstop, and was the SoCon Player of the Week on April 22. and was a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, The 6-8, 230-pound Claremont, N.C., native needs which honors the top collegiate baseball player. just 42 strikeouts this season to enter Western Caro- lina’s career top 10. SoCon Baseball Preseason teams/polls All-America, watch lists Players of the Week Preseason Player of the Year NCBWA Preseason All-America F17 Aaron Attaway, Sr., SS, Western Carolina Third Team SS Aaron Attaway, Western Carolina Preseason Pitcher of the Year Jeremy Null, Jr., RHP, Western Carolina NCBWA Stopper Award Watch List RHP Tyler Powell, Western Carolina First Team RHP Eric Eck, Wofford SP Jeremy Null, Western Carolina SP Jordan Smith, Western Carolina Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger RP Skylar Hunter, The Citadel Preseason All-America C Adam Martin, Western Carolina Third Team 1B Jacob Hoyle, Western Carolina 1B Jacob Hoyle, Western Carolina 2B Sebastian Gomez, Elon SS Aaron Attaway, Western Carolina SS Aaron Attaway, Western Carolina Pitchers of the Week 3B Chris Ohmstede, Furman OF Tyler Zupcic, Appalachian State F17 OF Hughston Armstrong, The Citadel OF Eric Kalbfleisch, UNCG DH Bo Thompson, The Citadel Second Team SP Jamie Nunn, Appalachian State Active hitting streaks* SP Alex Abrams, Furman RP Eric Eck, Wofford ACTIVE C Chase Griffin, Georgia Southern GMS PLAYER, SCHOOL 1B Calvin Orth, The Citadel 12 Alex Leach, Appalachian State 2B Mason Davis, The Citadel 9 Alex Abrams, Furman SS Johnathan Stokes, The Citadel 9 Eric Kalbfleisch, UNCG 3B Ben Morgan, Georgia Southern 7 William Head, Appalachian State OF Jaylin Davis, Appalachian State 7 Noah Holmes, Appalachian State OF Tyler Griffin, The Citadel 7 Stryker Brown, Georgia Southern OF Josh Hyman, Wofford 6 Cody Jones, Western Carolina DH Greg Harrison, Furman 5 Forrest Brandt, Davidson 5 Ben Morgan, Georgia Southern Players of the Month Coaches Poll Place Team (1st-place votes) Points *entering 2014 season Feb. 1. Western Carolina (7) 78 March 2. The Citadel (3) 75 April 3. Appalachian State 60 May 4. Elon 59 5. Georgia Southern 48 Pitchers of the Month 6. Furman 38 7. Samford 35 Feb. 8. UNCG 30 March 9. Wofford 15 April 10. Davidson 12 May Media Poll SoCon head coaches’ career records Place Team (1st-place votes) Points 1. Western Carolina (13) 167 COACH, SCHOOL SOCON (YRS) SCHOOL (YRS) CAREER (YRS) 2. The Citadel (2) 149 Billy Jones, Appalachian State 13-14 (1) 30-24 (1) 72-58 (3) 3. Georgia Southern (2) 131 Fred Jordan, The Citadel 368-233 (22) 746-568 (22) 746-568 (22) 4. Elon (1) 130 Dick Cooke, Davidson 201-372 (21) 437-720-1 (23) 448-752-1 (24) 5. Appalachian State 119 Mike Kennedy, Elon 193-93 (10) 577-408-3 (17) 577-408-3 (17) 6. Samford 97 Ron Smith, Furman 259-296 (20) 500-597-3 (20) 500-597-3 (20) 7. Furman 77 Rodney Hennon, Georgia Southern 288-172 (16) 500-342 (14) 581-381-1 (16) 8. UNCG 60 Link Jarrett, UNCG 11-19 (1) 24-32 (1) 24-32 (1) 9. Davidson 31 Casey Dunn, Samford 75-73 (5) 272-248 (9) 272-248 (9) 10. Wofford 29 Bobby Moranda, Western Carolina 100-75-1 (6) 195-146-2 (6) 195-146-2 (6) Todd Interdonato, Wofford 50-126 (6) 121-206 (6) 121-206 (6) Feb. 14, 2014 SoCon team notes SoCon active career leaders Appalachian State Georgia SOUTHERN BATTING AVERAGE (MIN. 250 AB) STOLEN BASES • Last year’s 30-win campaign was • Georgia Southern and Georgia 1. .339 Tyler Zupcic, APP 1. 45 Tyler Zupcic, APP Appalachian State’s seventh straight, meet for the season-opening series 2. .325 Hughston Armstrong, CIT 2.