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Santa Paula/St. Bonaventure HS 6 Chris Matzner INF R/R 6-0 185 Sr. Castaic/Valencia HS 7 Brian Compton C R/R 6-2 190 Jr. Cypress/Long Beach CC 8 Peter Straka INF R/R 6-0 195 Jr. Eugene, OR/Allan Hancock JC 9 David Compton INF R/R 6-1 190 Jr. Cypress/Long Beach CC 10 Manny Acosta INF R/R 6-3 210 Fr. South El Monte/South El Monte HS 12 Jacob Valenzuela RHP R/R 5-9 185 Jr. Bakersfield/Allan Hancock JC 13 Noe Flores 1B R/R 6-0 230 Sr. Delano/Bakersfield JC 14 Josh Cabula INF R/R 5-7 170 Fr. Cerritos/Gahr HS 15 Michael Vinyard Util R/R 5-11 175 So. Simi Valley/Royal HS 16 Daniel Duran INF R/R 6-1 195 Jr. Guayaquil, Ecuador/LSU 17 David Arredondo RHP R/R 6-3 175 Jr. Arcadia/East Los Angeles JC 18 Brett Whalen OF L/R 5-10 175 So. Los Angeles/Palisades HS 20 Cliff Quick Util/P R/R 5-10 180 Jr. Simi Valley/Moorpark JC 21 Danny Matienzo C R/R 5-10 190 Fr. San Pedro/San Pedro HS 22 Nathan Pickett RHP R/R 6-4 215 Jr. Laguna Beach/Laguna Beach HS 23 Elliott Russell OF R/R 6-4 195 So. Bellevue, WA/Interlake HS 24 Brian Moon INF R/R 6-2 205 Sr. Seoul, Korea/Stanford 25 Adan Cabrales LHP L/L 6-3 210 Fr. Lynwood/Warren HS 26 J.R. Bromberg RHP R/R 6-3 200 Sr. Los Angeles/Pierce JC 27 Nick Rodarte LHP/1B L/L 6-3 225 Jr. Sherman Oaks/Pierce JC 28 Wally Goodline RHP R/R 6-5 210 Sr. Monterey/Santa Rosa JC 29 Matt Clark RHP L/R 6-3 205 So. Lodi/Lodi HS 30 Andrew Allen 1B R/R 6-4 230 Jr. Central Arizona JC 31 Gabriel Asakura RHP R/R 6-2 190 Jr. Sao Paulo, Brazil/West L.A. JC 32 Thomas Landeros RHP R/R 5-11 175 Sr. Oxnard/San Diego Mesa JC 34 Vito Messina RHP R/R 5-11 180 Fr. Simi Valley/Royal HS 43 Anthony Lopez LHP L/L 6-4 210 Jr. Corona/Riverside CC 50 Chad Nacapoy C R/R 5-7 220 Jr. La Crescenta/BYU 55 Alex Gaudioso OF L/R 5-10 155 Sr. Simi Valley/New Mexico Highlands Head Coach: #11 Vince Beringhele Assistant Coaches: #23 Sam Peraza, #33 Joe Gordon, #41 Kevin Brockway 2011 Golden Eagles Quick Facts Location Los Angeles, California Enrollment 21,000 Colors Black and Gold Home Facility Reeder Field Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association National Affiliation NCAA Division II President Dr. James M. Rosser Director of Athletics Dr. Dan Bridges Sports Information Director Paul Helms Credits: The 2011 Baseball SID Phone/Fax 323-343-5308/343-3199 media guide was designed Main Athletics Phone 323-343-3080 and edited by Paul Helms Head Coach Vince Beringhele Dr. James M. Rosser Dr. Dan Bridges and Brendan Dally. Assistant Coaches Peraza, Gordon, Brockway President Director of Athletics Baseball Office Phone 323-343-3093 2011 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Baseball 2 HEAD COA ch After guiding the Golden Eagles through an injury-plagued 2010 season that came on the heels of a trip to the California Collegiate Athletic Association VINCE BERINGHELE Championship Tournament in 2009, Vince Beringhele returns for his fourth season as the Cal State L.A. head #11 HEAD COA ch baseball coach. T H EA S ON The Golden Eagles struggled in 2010 with a thin 4 S roster that was depleted by injury and left Cal State L.A. 79-70 scrambling to find enough healthy arms to complete the season. Cal State L.A. used a total of 19 pitchers throughout the season, .530 WINNING PC T . including nine players who started the season as position players. The Golden Eagles had an All-American for the second straight season when Sam Wiley earned top honors, while Cal State L.A. also had a pair of All-West Region players in Wiley and Mario Ramirez. Cal State L.A. finished the season with an 18-31 overall record and a 16-24 mark in conference play. In his first three years at Cal State L.A., Beringhele has led the Golden Eagles to a 79-70 overall record and a 60-47 mark in conference play. Cal State L.A. has had 16 players earn All-Conference honors, nine players make All-West Region teams and two players earn All-America recognition in his first three years as the head coach. The challenging 2010 season followed a successful 2009 campaign. Beringhele led the Golden Eagles to a winning season for the second straight year under his watch and for a fourth consecutive year overall, something that hadn’t happened at Cal State L.A. since 1965-68. Cal State L.A. was 32-17 overall in 2009 and posted its third 30-win season in four years. The Golden Eagles were 22-11 in conference play and earned the No. 3 seed to the CCAA tournament. Cal State L.A. lost to Sonoma State in the opening round, beat Cal State Dominguez Hills in an elimination game and then lost to Sonoma State later in the day, 10-9, to exit the tournament. The win over Cal State Dominguez Hills was the first victory in a CCAA Tournament game for Cal State L.A. The Golden Eagles, who were ranked fourth in the NCAA Division II West Region entering the final week of regular-season play, surprisingly slipped out of the top four following the CCAA tourney. Beringhele, who was a successful assistant coach at two NCAA Division I programs and was also a former assistant at Cal State L.A., led the Golden Eagles to a 29-22 record in 2008 with a young and inexperienced squad. The Golden Eagles had only five players returning from their 2007 team and had lost 19 seniors. Beringhele led Cal State L.A. to a 23-12 record in the CCAA and the Golden Eagles missed qualifying for the four-team championship tournament by just one-half game. Cal State L.A. finished the season with a rush, winning 11 of its last 13 conference contests. Before coming to Cal State L.A. in 2007, Beringhele spent four years at Loyola Marymount as an assistant to head coach Frank Cruz. He was promoted to the associate head coach position prior to the 2006 season. The Lions captured the West Coast Conference title in 2005. During his time at Loyola Marymount, Beringhele coached third base and worked closely with the Lions’ offense. Chris Pettit, one of the players Beringhele worked closely with, was the organizational Player of the Year with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2007. Beringhele joined Loyola Marymount in 2004 after 15 years with UCLA. Serving as the hitting instructor and recruiting coordinator, Beringhele worked with Garrett Atkins, Troy Glaus, Chase Utley, Eric Byrnes, Eric Valent, Ben Francisco, Michael Moore, Chris Pritchett, Joel Wolfe and Paul Ellis, all of whom were drafted in the first five rounds of the Major League Baseball draft. During his time at UCLA, Beringhele was credited with bringing the top high school talent in California to the program. UCLA’s class in 1997 was regarded as the best in the nation by Collegiate Baseball and the 2003 recruiting class earned a top-five ranking from Baseball America. Beringhele helped guide the Bruins to the College World Series in 1997 after they battled back to win five games in a row at the regional to advance to the Series. The Bruins also advanced to a Super Regional in 2000. He began his college coaching career as an assistant coach for two years at Cal State L.A. in 1988-89. He got his introduction to coaching as an assistant for Cruz at University High School before going to Cal State L.A. Beringhele also worked with Cruz in the summer of 2004 during the selection process for the gold-medal winning USA Baseball National Team. Before beginning his college coaching career, Beringhele played in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ minor league system for three years in Lethbridge, Vero Beach and Bakersfield. In 1983, he batted .338 at Lethbridge and tied for the league lead in hits (94) with teammate and former Dodger Jeff Hamilton.