2008-09 Media Guide Facilities Lighted Turf Field Hale Recreational Pool George H. Clark Gymnasium Baseball and Softball Fields Judson Competition Pool Varsity Track and Field Basketball Courts Gordon Field House Indoor Track Frank Ritter Ice Arena Tennis Center Wiedman Fitness Center Contents & Information 2009 Baseball E PROGRAM CONTENTS E RIT STAFF DIRECTORY - AREA CODE (585) Coaching Staff . .2 Director, Center for Athletics and Recreation . Lou Spiotti Jr ., Season Outlook . 3 . .475-2615 2009 Roster . 4 Senior Associate Director . .Greg Moss, 475-2610 Player Profiles . .5-12 Assistant Director for Athletics . Scott McVean, 475-7448 2008 Stats/Results . .13 Associate Director for Sports Medicine and Athletic Training/Senior Yearly/Opponents Records . .14 Women’s Administrator . .Christine Worsley, 475-5601 Individual Records . .15 Associate Director for NCAA Compliance . Lex Sleeman, 475-7372 Individual Honors . .16-17 Director, RIT Athletic Association . Gene Peluso, 475-2131 Top-10 Season Records . .18 NTID Support Faculty . .JanStrine,475-6104 Top-10 Career Records . .19 Athletics Secretary . Karen Wagner Beck, 475-5814 Academic/Athletic Success . .20 Senior Financial Assistant . .Sue Benson, 475-2412 Sports Information Director . .SteveJaynes, E QUICK FACTS . 475-6154/skjsid@rit .edu Head Coach . .Rob Grow Associate Director of Sports Information . Joe Venniro, . .(585)475-7374/rcgrar@rit .edu . 475-5598/jtvsid@rit .edu Record/Years at RIT . 288-259-1/17thseason Tiger Sports Hotline . .475-6180 2008 Record/Empire 8 (finish) . .22-14/11-5 (2nd) Athletics Website . www .ritathletics .com Starters Returning/Lost . .6/3 Letter Winners Returning/Lost . .20/3 2009 Baseball Schedule Location . .Rochester,N .Y . Address . .Athletics,ClarkGymnasium DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME . .51 Lomb Memorial Drive Sun ., March 1 Concordia (IL) Phoenix, Ariz . 4 p .m . Rochester, NY 14623 Mon ., March 2 Wartburg (IA) (DH) Phoenix, Ariz . 12 p .m . Founded . 1829 Tue ,. March 3 St . John's (MN) Phoenix, Ariz . 2 p .m . Undergraduate Enrollment . 16,450 President . .Dr . Bill Destler Thu ., March 5 St . John's (MN) Phoenix, Ariz . 12:30 p .m . Nickname . Tigers Fri ., March 6 College of New Jersey Phoenix, Ariz . 3:30 p .m . Colors . Orange and Brown Sat ., March 7 Wheaton (MA) Phoenix, Ariz . 3:30 p .m . Affiliations . .NCAADivisionIII Sat ., March 7 St . Cloud (MN) Phoenix, Ariz . 7 p .m . Conference . .Empire 8 Fri ., March 20 Babson Babson Park, Mass . 1 p .m . Sat ., March 21 Brandeis (DH) Waltham, Mass . 1 p .m . E ADMISSIONS/FINANCIAL AID Early Admission Deadline . .December14,2009 Sun ., March 22 Babson Babson Park, Mass . 12 p .m . Regular Admission Deadline . .February14,2010 Sat., March 28 * Ithaca (DH) RIT Field 1 p.m. Admissions Website . .www .rit .edu/admission Sun., March 29 * Ithaca (DH) RIT Field 12 p.m. Admissions Office Phone . (585) 475-6631 Thu., April 2 Hilbert RIT Field 4 p.m. Admissions E-mail . .admissions@rit .edu Sat ., April 4 SUNY Oneonta (DH) Oneonta, N .Y . 12 p .m . Financial Aid Deadline . FAFSA due March 1, 2010 Sun., April 5 Cazenovia (DH) RIT Field 1 p.m. Financial Aid Office Phone . (585) 475-2186 Wed., April 8 SUNY Brockport RIT Field 3:30 p.m. Visits to campus are encouraged and may be arranged in advance by Fri., April 10 * Stevens (DH) RIT Field 12 p.m. calling (585) 475-6631 . Visits to the National Technical Institute for the Sat., April 11 * Stevens (DH) RIT Field 12 p.m. Deaf may be arranged by calling (585) 475-6700 (voice/TTY), or toll- Tue ., April 14 University of Rochester Rochester, N .Y . 4 p .m . free in the U .S . and Canada at (866) 644-6843 (voice/TTY) . Thurs ., April 16 SUNY Brockport Brockport, N .Y . 3:30 p .m . Sat ., April 18 * Utica (DH) Utica, N .Y . 1 p .m . E COVER AND CREDITS The 2009 Baseball Media Guide is a publication of the Rochester Sun ., April 19 * Utica (DH) Utica, N .Y . 1 p .m . Institute of Technology Sports Information Office . Cover and interior Wed., April 22 University of Rochester RIT Field 4 p.m. design by University Publications Graphic Designer Peter Bella Jr . Sat ., April 25 * St . John Fisher (DH) Pittsford, N .Y . 1 p .m . ’03 . Content written and edited by Sports Information Director Steve Sun ., April 26 * St . John Fisher (DH) Pittsford, N .Y . 1 p .m . Jaynes, Associate Director of Sports Information Joe Venniro and Tue., April 28 Keuka (DH) RIT Field 2 p.m. Sports Information Intern Sara Paduano . Printed by RIT Crossroads Hub . Photos by RIT student photographers Ashley Conti ’09, Kelsey Wed ., April 29 Medaille Buffalo, N .Y . 4 p .m . Evans ’09, Josh Lehrer ’09 and Bryan Edwards '11 . Tue ., May 5 SUNY Oswego Oswego, N .Y . 4 p .m . *Denotes Empire 8 Conference contest www.ritathletics.com 1 450-P0775-3/09-HUB-PPB Coaching Staff Rochester Institute of Technology Rob Grow, RIT’s all-time leader in coaching wins and 2006 tions and 16 ABCA/Rawlings All-Stars RIT Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, begins his 17th season Grow is a 1988 graduate of RIT, where he played three at the helm of the Tigers . Over the last three seasons, he has years of baseball for the Tigers as an outfielder . He is among led the baseball team to their most successful run in school the career leaders in runs scored, walks and on-base percent- history . age . In 1988, he set the Tiger single-season record with a 55. 4 Grow, the 2008 Empire 8 Co-Coach of the Year, led the on-base percentage . squad to a 22-14 record, a second place finish in the Empire After graduating with a bachelor's degree in business, Grow 8 conference and top seed in the ECAC Upstate Tournament . was an assistant coach at Rush-Henrietta High School . In 1990, The Tigers finished the 2006 season with a 24-16 record and he helped guide the squad to a Section V title . won the ECAC Upstate Championship for the second time In addition to his duties as head baseball coach, Grow is in school history . In 2007, the Tigers tied the school record also the director of alumni relations at RIT . He and his wife, with 24 wins and had the best winning percentage ( 66. 7) since Suzanne, live in Victor with their two sons, Casey and Brady, 1971 . Geoff Dornes is the two-time reigning Empire 8 Player and their daughter, Riley . of the Year . Grow also coached the 2007 Rookie (Dornes) and Pitcher (Dylan Rees) of the Year . He needs just 12 wins to RIT Coaching Record reach 300 at RIT . Year W L T Pct. Head Coach On March 24, 2002, Grow became the program’s all-time 1993 10 20 0 .333 leader in coaching victories with an 8-4 victory over Catholic, 1994 13 21 0 .382 Rob Grow breaking Bruce Proper’s record of 154 wins . On May 5, 2004, 1995 15 19 0 .441 he recorded his 200th victory as Tiger head coach, with an 1996 18 14 0 .563 11-3 win over Keuka . Grow notched his 250th win at RIT 1997 17 15 0 .531 on March 31, 2007, defeating Utica 4-3, and will look for his 1998 13 21 0 .382 300th win in the upcoming season . 1999 20 16 0 .555 Under Grow, the Tigers have re-written the record book . 2000 22 11 0 .667 In 2006, RIT broke team records for most wins (24), team bat- 2001 20 17 1 .539 2002 17 16 0 .515 ting average ( 33. 7), at bats (1,251), runs (267), hits (422), RBIs 2003 21 13 0 .618 (234), triples (20), total bases (552), assists (408) and putouts 2004 14 19 0 .424 (884) . During the 2007 season, the Tigers tied the wins record 2005 18 15 0 .545 and broke team records for stolen bases (60) and sacrifice flies 2006 24 16 0 .600 (21) . In the 2008 season, five players entered the top ten in 2007 24 12 0 .667 single season records . Since the Tigers moved to the Empire 8 2008 22 14 0 .611 conference in 2000, Grow has coached 77 All-Empire 8 selec- Total 288 259 1 .526 Greg Keagle, a former Colin Bradley, a stand- Dan Christner, a Nick Carrier begins major league pitcher, out four-year letterwin- two-year starter and his first season as is back for his third ner for the Tigers from letter-winner for the a volunteer hitting season as an assistant 2003 to 2006, returns Tigers from 2006 coach for the Tigers . coach for the Tigers, for his third season as to 2007, enters his Carrier played where he will assist the an assistant coach . second season as an college baseball pitchers . In 2006, Bradley assistant coach . at Finger Lakes A native of Corning, broke two RIT single- Christner, who Community College N Y. ,. Keagle pitched season records with 58 played third base and and SUNY Oswego . Assistant Coach for Monroe Com- Assistant Coach hits and eight triples . Assistant Coach shortstop for the Ti- Assistant Coach Carrier served as the Greg Keagle munity College in the Colin Bradley He led the team with Dan Christner gers, drove in 35 runs Nick Carrier associate head coach early 1990s . Keagle a 42. 6 average, to go and had 53 base hits and hitting coach spent 11 seasons in along with 11 doubles, in two seasons . Dur- for the Geneva Red professional baseball . two home runs, 29 RBIs ing his two seasons, Wings of the New He was a sixth round and a 66. 9 slugging the Tigers finished 48- York Collegiate draft pick of the San percentage .