2016 UCSB Baseball Roster # Name Pos. Year B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown / Previous School 1 Tommy Jew INF Freshman R/R 6-0 165 San Ramon, Calif. / Dougherty Valley HS 2 Matt Lautz OF Freshman R/R 6-1 175 Agoura Hills, Calif. / Agoura HS 4 Trevor Bettencourt RHP RS Junior R/R 6-0 185 San Jose, Calif. / Tennessee 5 Steven Elliott OF Freshman L/L 5-9 155 Alta Loma, Calif. / Alta Loma HS 6 Justin Kelly LHP RS Senior R/L 6-1 175 Bakersfield, Calif. / Virginia Tech 9 JJ Muno INF RS Sophomore L/R 6-0 175 Hermosa Beach, Calif./Notre Dame HS 10 Tevin Mitchell INF Freshman R/R 6-1 160 Clovis, Calif. / Clovis HS 11 Chris Clements RHP Sophomore R/R 6-0 190 Pacific Grove, Calif. / Pacific Grove HS 12 Noah Burnham C Freshman R/R 6-3 190 Pleasant Hill, Calif. / College Park HS 13 Ryan Clark INF Senior R/R 6-0 190 Fresno, Calif. / Clovis West HS 14 Thomas Rowan C RS Freshman R/R 6-1 200 Santa Ynez, Calif. / Santa Ynez Valley Union HS 15 Devon Gradford OF RS Junior B/R 6-2 195 Modesto, Calif. / Thomas Downey HS 16 Joseph Hamilton OF Freshman R/R 5-9 170 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. / Rancho Cucamonga HS 17 Clay Fisher INF Sophomore R/R 6-1 175 La Quinta, Calif. / La Quinta HS 18 Alex Garcia RHP Sophomore R/R 6-3 190 Whittier, Calif. / Bishop Amat HS 19 Shane Bieber RHP Junior R/R 6-3 195 Laguna Hills, Calif. / Laguna Hills HS 20 Dempsey Grover C RS Sophomore R/R 6-1 200 Modesto, Calif. / Beyer HS 21 Andrew Calica OF RS Junior L/R 6-1 190 Chula Vista, Calf. / Eastlake HS 22 Kyle Plantier INF Sophomore R/R 6-1 210 Temecula, Calif. / Temecula Valley HS 23 James Carter RHP RS Junior R/R 6-3 185 Danville, Calif. / Chabot CC 25 Josh Adams OF RS Sophomore L/L 6-2 210 Elk Grove, Calif. / Pleasant Grove HS 26 Billy Fredrick OF Junior L/R 5-11 185 Santa Clarita, Calif. / Golden Valley HS 27 Blake Ogburn INF Freshman L/R 6-3 220 Alamo, Calif. / De La Salle HS 28 Joe Record RHP RS Sophomore R/R 6-3 210 Placentia, Calif. / El Dorado HS 29 Kyle Nelson LHP Sophomore L/L 5-11 175 San Francisco, Calif. / Galileo HS 30 Sam Cohen C Freshman L/R 6-1 185 Coto de Caza, Calif. / Juniperro Serra Catholic HS 31 Ryan Cumberland INF RS Junior R/R 5-8 180 Turlock, Calif. / Merced College 33 Grant Dragmire RHP Freshman R/R 6-0 170 Elk Grove, Calif. / Bradshaw Christian HS 34 Noah Davis RHP Freshman R/R 6-2 180 Huntington Beach, Calif. / Huntington Beach HS 35 Kyle Hatton LHP Freshman L/L 6-4 200 Norco, Calif. / Norco HS 36 Kenny Chapman RHP RS Sophomore R/R 6-4 205 Claremont, Calif. / Claremont HS 37 Brandon Luper RHP RS Sophomore R/R 6-3 185 Yorba Linda, Calif, / Esperanza HS 39 Willie Traynor RHP Freshman R/R 6-0 155 Newark, Calif. / Newark Memorial HS 40 Kevin Chandler RHP Freshman R/R 6-4 195 Valencia, Calif. / Valencia HS 41 Michael McAdoo OF Freshman R/R 6-2 200 Antioch, Calif. / De La Salle HS 42 Zach Keever RHP Freshman R/R 6-2 205 Martinez, Calif. / Alhambra HS 44 Austin Bush INF Sophomore L/R 6-6 265 Turlock, Calif. / Turlock HS Head Coach: 8 Andrew Checketts, Fifth Season Assistant Coach: 24 Neil Walton, Second Season (as Assistant Coach, Third Year in Program) Assistant Coach: 7 Eddie Cornejo, Fifth Season Volunteer Asst: 32 Matt Harvey, Second Season (as Volunteer Assistant, Fifth Year in Program) Undergrad Asst: 3 Chris Valaika, First Season Director of Ops: Casey Harms Asst. Dir. of Ops: Kevin Cannon Athletic Trainer: Andrew Shibata Pronunciation Guide JJ Muno Rhymes with “you know” (not moo-no or Muño) Devon Gradford Duh-von (not Deh-vin) Kyle Plantier Plan-teer (not plan-tee-ear) Andrew Calica Kuh-Lee-Kuh (not Kah-Li-Kuh) 2016 Baseball Season Release #19 June 16, 2016 Contact: Andrew Wagner [email protected] • (805) 893-8603 • 2016 Gaucho Record UCSB Heads to Omaha for First Time in Program History 42-18-1 Overall, 13-11 Big West 24-6 Home, 12-12-1 Away, 6-0 Neutral Gauchos looking to build on unbeaten postseason • 2016 Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 19 San Francisco W, 8-2 • The Schedule (All Times PDT) Feb. 20 San Francisco (Game 1) W, 6-5 Saturday, June 18 at 12:00 PM vs. Oklahoma St. Feb. 20 San Francisco (Game 2) W, 13-5 Monday, June 20 at TBA vs. Miami/Arizona Feb. 21 San Francisco W, 7-3 Additional Games TBA Feb. 23 St. Mary’s (CA) L, 4-7 All games at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. Feb. 26 No. 22 Kentucky# W, 11-4 • The Next Opponent Feb. 27 Bryant# W, 16-2 No. 6 Oklahoma State (41-20) Feb. 28 San Diego# W, 9-3 Big 12 Record / Place: 16-8, 2nd Mar. 1 No. 14 UCLA W, 11-6 UCSB’s all-time record vs. the Cowboys: 0-1 Mar. 4 at No. 7 Oregon L, 1-13 Last meeting: L, 7-2 in 1990 Regionals at Arizona St. Mar. 5 at No. 7 Oregon W, 1-0 (14) OK St. streak / last 10: Won 5 / 8-2 Mar. 6 at No. 7 Oregon L, 1-3 OK St. RPI: 21 Mar. 11 Hartford W, 7-4 • Gauchos in Omaha Mar. 12 Hartford W, 2-1 By virtue of UCSB’s dramatic series win in the Louisville Super Regional, handing the Cardinals just their Mar. 13 Hartford W, 7-6 second and third home losses of the year, the Gauchos advanced to the first College World Series in pro- Mar. 18 UConn W, 5-3 gram history. Freshman catcher Sam Cohen sent UCSB to Omaha with a pinch-hit grand slam in the bot- Mar. 19 UConn W, 9-6 tom of the ninth inning against All-American closer Zack Burdi for a 4-3 walk-off win in the second game of the series. Shane Bieber and Kyle Nelson combined to hold Louisville to two runs in a series-opening Mar. 20 UConn W, 6-2 4-2 win while Austin Bush hit the go-ahead home run, his fourth of the postseason. Mar. 22 at CSU Bakersfield W, 10-4 Mar. 24 USC W, 10-1 • UCSB Rolling in the Postseason Mar. 25 USC W, 5-2 In a perfect 5-0 postseason, UCSB has raised its level of play on both sides of the ball. Offensively, players Mar. 26 at USC L, 5-9 like Clay Fisher (.435/.435/.913, eight extra-base hits), Austin Bush (.833 SLG, four homers), and JJ Muno (.421 average) have stepped up big time. On the mound, UCSB has an ERA of just 2.70 this postseason Mar. 29 at Pepperdine L, 2-6 despite facing some prolific offenses. Much of this is due to Shane Bieber (2-0, 1.88 ERA) and Kyle Nelson Apr. 1 at No. 16 Long Beach State* W, 4-3 (0 ER in 8 IP), but the entire bullpen has an ERA of just 0.93 over the past five games. Apr. 2 at No. 16 Long Beach State* W, 3-1 Apr. 3 at No. 16 Long Beach State* L, 0-2 • UCSB Reaches First Ever Super Regional Apr. 8 at No. 24 College of Charleston W, 7-4 With a perfect 3-0 record in the Nashville Regional hosted by Vanderbilt, UCSB advanced to the first Apr. 9 at No. 24 College of Charleston L, 3-10 Super Regional in program history. Apr. 10 at No. 24 College of Charleston T, 6-6 • Gauchos Back in the NCAA Tournament Apr. 15 Cal State Northridge* W, 1-0 For the third time in the last four years, UC Santa Barbara had its name called on Selection Monday, as the Apr. 16 Cal State Northridge* W, 5-4 Gauchos were picked as the No. 2 seed in the Nashville Regional hosted by Vanderbilt from the SEC. This Apr. 17 Cal State Northridge* W, 8-2 is the first time in program history that UCSB has reached the NCAA Tournament three times in four Apr. 18 Nevada W, 5-4 years and just the second time the Gauchos have gone to the playoffs in back to back seasons. Apr. 22 at Cal Poly* L, 0-7 • Media Coverage Apr. 23 at Cal Poly* L, 5-10 The entirety of the College World Series will be televised live on the ESPN family of networks. Saturday’s Apr. 24 at Cal Poly* L, 3-4 game will appear on ESPN2, with all subsequent games to be determined. All CWS games will be available Apr. 26 at St. Mary’s (CA) W, 4-3 (11) online through WatchESPN (ESPN3). As always, UCSBGauchos.com will carry a live audio broadcast of Apr. 29 Hawaii* W, 14-2 each Gaucho baseball game, with Voice of the Gauchos Gerry Fall on play by play and Kevin Cannon on Apr. 30 Hawaii* W, 6-3 color. May 1 Hawaii* W, 5-4 • A Brief History of the Gauchos in the Postseason May 3 Pepperdine W, 4-3 The Gauchos have an overall record of 12-21 all-time in the postseason and have appeared in a Regional May 6 at UC Davis* L, 2-6 11 times including this year.
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