8 2008 MARYLAND BASEBALL ROSTER INFORMATION ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Year Pos. B/T Hgt. Wgt. Hometown/High School (Last School) 3 Dan Benick Jr. INF/OF R/R 6-2 180 Glen Lyon, Pa./ Nantioke SQUAD BREAKDOWN 36 Kevin Biringer Sr. RHP R/R 6-4 190 Albuquerque, N.M./ La Cueva (Bradley) COACHING STAFF 13 Kyle Blackwell Fr. RHP R/R 6-2 165 Olney, Md./Sherwood Head Coach: Terry Rupp, eighth season at Maryland (Tampa ‘88) 5 Steve Braun Sr. INF R/R 6-0 180 Granada Hills, Calif./ Pierce CC Assistant Coach: Jim Farr, third season at Maryland (Penn State 18 AJ Casario So. OF L/R 6-2 190 Pine Hill, N.J./Overbrook ‘78) 39 Reid Chenworth Fr. OF L/L 6-5 220 Bel Air, Md./Calvert Hall Assistant Coach: Blaine Brown, third season at Maryland (St. 20 Blair Delean R-Fr. RHP R/R 6-2 210 Falls Church, Va./George C. Marshall Mary ‘02) 27 John Dischert R-So. LHP L/L 6-5 220 Wilmington, Del./ St. Mark’s Bullpen Catcher: Tommy Johanson 30 Chad Durakis Sr. C R/R 6-0 210 Cockeysville, Md./St. Pauls Team Manager: Jamie Severt 6 Dan Gentzler Jr. RHP R/R 6-0 185 Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga 34 Will Greenberg Jr. C L/R 6-4 205 Gaithersburg, Md./Wootton (Washington College) 24 Brett Harman Fr. RHP R/R 6-4 200 Westminster, Md./Westminster TERPS BY CLASS Seniors (8): Biringer, Braun, Durakis, Jowers, Palumbo, 40 Bryan Hoffman So. LHP L/L 6-6 260 Arnold, Md./ Broadneck 10 Brett Jones Jr. RHP R/R 6-0 200 Dunkirk, Md./Southern Sufczynski, Taylor, Tidball 7 Nick Jowers Sr. OF R/R 6-0 165 Beltsville, Md./DeMatha Catholic Juniors (8): Benick, Gentzler, Greenberg, Jones Moss, Murphy, 12 Tim Kearney So. LHP L/L 6-2 185 New Castle, Pa./Neshannock Pupa, Spessard 9 Adam Kolarek Fr. LHP/OF L/L 6-3 205 Baltimore, Md./Catonsville Redshirt Sophomore (1): Dischert, 29 Curtis Lazar Fr. 1B R/L 6-4 210 Stafford, Va./Mountain View Sophomores (7): Casario, Hoffman, Kearney, Mayse, Rozak, 21 Justin Mayse So. SS/RHP R/R 6-3 190 Elkton, Md./North East (Cecil Community College) Schwalenberg, Swinson 17 Mike Moss Jr. C/1B R/R 6-2 205 Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson Redshirt Freshmen (1): Delean 19 Mike Murphy Jr. 3B R/R 6-0 195 Silver Spring, Md./Georgetown Prep Freshmen (8): Blackwell, Chenworth, Harman, Kolarek, Lazar, 1 Joe Palumbo Sr. UTIL S/R 5-11 160 Bowie, Md./DeMatha Catholic Potter, Quinn, Rice 23 Eric Potter Fr. LHP L/L 6-2 180 Odenton, Md./Arundel 26 Jensen Pupa Jr. RHP/UTIL L/R 6-1 170 Germantown, Md./Northwest (Montgomery College) 37 Matt Quinn Fr. RHP R/R 6-4 225 North Wales, Pa./North Penn TERPS BY POSITION 31 Bill Rice Fr. OF L/R 6-0 185 Washington Township, N.J./Washington Township Pitchers (19): Biringer, Blackwell, Delean, Dischert, Gentzler, 25 Mike Rozak So. INF/OF R/R 6-0 195 Darnestown, Md./St. John’s Harman, Hoffman, Jones, Kearney, Kolarek, Mayse, Potter, 15 Ian Schwalenberg So. RHP R/R 6-3 190 Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown Pupa, Quinn, Schwalenberg, Sufczynski, Swinson, Taylor, 28 Gerry Spessard Jr. INF/OF L/R 6-2 200 Hagerstown, Md./Smithsburg Tidball 22 Mike Sufczynski Sr. RHP R/R 6-1 170 Darnestown, Md./St. John’s Catchers (4): Casario, Durakis, Greenberg, Moss 16 Scott Swinson So. RHP R/R 6-1 185 Ellicott City, Md./Centennial (George Washington) Infielders (8): Benick, Braun, Lazar, Moss, Murphy, Palumbo, 38 Brad Taylor Sr. RHP R/R 6-2 200 Silver Spring, Md./Good Counsel Rozak, Spessard 42 Brett Tidball Sr. LHP L/L 6-3 210 Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Prep Outfielders (8): Benick, Casario, Chenworth, Jowers, Kolarek, Rice, Rozak, Spessard NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Year Pos. B/T Hgt. Wgt. Hometown/High School (Last School) TERPS BY STATE 1 Joe Palumbo Sr. UTIL S/R 5-11 160 Bowie, Md./DeMatha Catholic California (1): Braun 3 Dan Benick Jr. INF/OF R/R 6-2 180 Glen Lyon, Pa./ Nantioke Delaware (1): Dischert 5 Steve Braun Sr. INF R/R 6-0 180 Granada Hills, Calif./ Pierce CC Maryland (22): Blackwell, Chenworth, Durakis, Greenberg, 6 Dan Gentzler Jr. RHP R/R 6-0 185 Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga Harman, Hoffman, Jones, Jowers, Kolarek, Mayse, Moss, 7 Nick Jowers Sr. OF R/R 6-0 165 Beltsville, Md./DeMatha Catholic Murphy, Palumbo, Potter, Pupa, Rozak, Schwalenberg, 9 Adam Kolarek Fr. LHP/OF L/L 6-3 205 Baltimore, Md./Catonsville Spessard, Sufczynski, Swinson, Taylor, Tidball 10 Brett Jones Jr. RHP R/R 6-0 200 Dunkirk, Md./Southern New Jersey (2): Casario, Rice 12 Tim Kearney So. LHP L/L 6-2 185 New Castle, Pa./Neshannock New Mexico (1): Biringer 13 Kyle Blackwell Fr. RHP R/R 6-2 165 Olney, Md./Sherwood 15 Ian Schwalenberg So. RHP R/R 6-3 190 Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown Pennsylvania (4): Benick, Gentzler, Kearney, Quinn 16 Scott Swinson So. RHP R/R 6-1 185 Ellicott City, Md./Centennial (George Washington) Virginia (2): Delean, Lazar 17 Mike Moss Jr. C/1B R/R 6-2 205 Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson 18 AJ Casario So. OF L/R 6-2 190 Pine Hill, N.J./Overbrook PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 19 Mike Murphy Jr. 3B R/R 6-0 195 Silver Spring, Md./Georgetown Prep Dan Benick BEE-nik 20 Blair Delean R-Fr. RHP R/R 6-2 210 Falls Church, Va./George C. Marshall Kevin Biringer Bear-in-jer 21 Justin Mayse So. SS/RHP R/R 6-3 190 Elkton, Md./North East (Cecil Community College) Blair Delean duh-LEEN 22 Mike Sufczynski Sr. RHP R/R 6-1 170 Darnestown, Md./St. John’s Chad Durakis duh-ROCK-is 23 Eric Potter Fr. LHP L/L 6-2 180 Odenton, Md./Arundel Tim Kearney Carney 24 Brett Harman Fr. RHP R/R 6-4 200 Westminster, Md./Westminster Adam Kolarek Ko-lair-ik 25 Mike Rozak So. INF/OF R/R 6-0 195 Darnestown, Md./St. John’s Curtis Lazar Laser 26 Jensen Pupa Jr. RHP/UTIL L/R 6-1 170 Germantown, Md./Northwest (Montgomery College) 27 John Dischert R-So. LHP L/L 6-5 220 Wilmington, Del./ St. Mark’s Justin Mayse Mays 28 Gerry Spessard Jr. INF/OF L/R 6-2 200 Hagerstown, Md./Smithsburg Mike Sufczynski SHUH-fin-skee 29 Curtis Lazar Fr. 1B R/L 6-4 210 Stafford, Va./Mountain View 30 Chad Durakis Sr. C R/R 6-0 210 Cockeysville, Md./St. Pauls 31 Bill Rice Fr. OF L/R 6-0 185 Washington Township, N.J./Washington Township 34 Will Greenberg Jr. C L/R 6-4 205 Gaithersburg, Md./Wootton (Washington College) 36 Kevin Biringer Sr. RHP R/R 6-4 190 Albuquerque, N.M./ La Cueva (Bradley) 37 Matt Quinn Fr. RHP R/R 6-4 225 North Wales, Pa./North Penn 38 Brad Taylor Sr. RHP R/R 6-2 200 Silver Spring, Md./Good Counsel 39 Reid Chenworth Fr. OF L/L 6-5 220 Bel Air, Md./Calvert Hall 40 Bryan Hoffman So. LHP L/L 6-6 260 Arnold, Md./ Broadneck 42 Brett Tidball Sr. LHP L/L 6-3 210 Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Prep 9 2008 MARYLAND BASEBALL PLAYER PROFILES in four at-bats at WVU, including a two-run homer in the fourth As a Sophomore (2006): Made 13 appearances, including one DAN inning (May 9) ... blasted a solo homer to left against UMES in start, compiling a 1-1 mark and 6.75 ERA in 22.2 innings ... made the nightcap of a doubleheader (May 10) ... was 2-for-4 with two Terrapin debut against Winthrop, tossing a scoreless inning and BENICK stolen bases, a home run and a career-best three runs scored striking out one (Feb. 17) ... allowed one earned run and had a in season finale vs. Coppin St. (May 11). career-best three strikeouts in 2.2 innings vs. GW (March 1) ... pitched 4.1 innings at FSU, allowing one earned run on five hits At Nanticoke: A four-time letterwinner in baseball … was a while striking out four (March 10) ... threw 1.2 innings of no-hit Wyoming Valley Conference All-Star from 2002-05 … hit .571 ball in middle relief to pick up his first win of the year against 3 with six home runs and 16 stolen bases as a senior … batted James Madison (April 12). INF/OF • R/R .500 with nine homers as a junior in 2004 … named team captain 6-2 • 180 • Junior his junior and senior seasons … also lettered in basketball and At Bradley: Lettered one season … helped the team to a Glen Lyon, Pa. golf … averaged 17.9 ppg as a senior shooting guard on the 29-27 record. Nanticoke basketball team. At La Cueva: Was a three-year letterwinner for the Bears On Benick: Versatile position player who came on strong late Personal: Son of Mary Ann and Walter Benick … brother, Jon, … teams were a combined 57-0 during his junior and senior in 2007 ... can play third, second or short as well as any spot in plays in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ organization … a member of the seasons, winning back-to-back state championships … the squad the outfield ... possesses good speed and instincts and has the National Honor Society … majoring in geography. had a state record 60-game unbeaten streak that spanned parts ability to drive the ball with power.