pGENERAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Location ..................................................................... San Diego, CA 1 ....................................................................General Information Founded .....................................................................................1949 2 ..................................................................San Diego, California Enrollment .................................................................................7,600 3........................................................The University of San Diego President .......................................................... Mary E. Lyons, Ph.D. 4................................................... Cunningham Baseball Stadium Executive Director of Athletics .......................................... Ky Snyder 5..............................................Championship Mentoring Program Senior Associate Athletics Director .................................Mike Matoso 6-7 .......................................................................Season Outlook Assoc. AD/Business Affairs .............................................. Dan Yourg 8-12 .............................................................. USD Coaching Staff Assoc. AD/Athletic Development .................................. Brian Fogarty 13...............................................................................2007 Roster Assoc. AD for Facilities & Operations .............................. John Martin 14...............................................................2007 TV/Radio Roster 15-25 .............................................................. Player Biographies Assist. AD for Facilities & Operations .................................Andy Fee 27..............................................................................2006 Results Assoc. AD/ Senior Women’s Administrator ...................Shaney Fink 28-29 ........................................................... 2006 Team Statistics Assistant AD Marketing ....................................................Briana Ruff 30-32 ...................................................... West Coast Conference Head Athletic Trainer .....................................Carolyn Greer, A.T., C. 33................................................................ Year-By-Year Resutls Assistant Athletic Trainer’s (Baseball) .............Wil Filamor, Joe Parry 34.......................................................USD Baseball Hall of Fame Sport and Business Psychology Consultan ......... Karlene Sugarman 35....................................................... USD’s Profrssional Players Affiliation ...................................................................NCAA Division I 36.................................................... WCC 40th-anniversary Team Conference ..................................................................... West Coast 37-43 ............................................................. USD Records Book Nickname................................................................................Toreros 44-45 .....................................................................All-time Roster School Colors ............................................. Torero Blue, Navy, White 46................................................ USD Strength and Conditioning Athletic Dept. Phone ................................................. (619) 260-4803 47.............................................................USD Academic Support 48....................................................Messaage from the President pTEAM INFORMATION 49.......................................... USD Executive Director of Athletics First Year of Baseball (Began Division I play)..................1958 (1979) 50...................................................... USD Baseball Support Staff 51.....................................................................NCAA Compliance Overall All-Time Record ....................................... 1,046-988-2 (.511) 52.........................................................................Media Relations NCAA Division I Appearances (Last) .....................................3 (2006) NCAA Tournament Record ............................................................3-6 Best All-Time Record .................................................... 39-23 (2002) p PHOTO CREDENTIALS 2006 Overall Record .................................................................33-25 Credentials will be issued on a game-by-game basis and must be worn 2006 WCC Record (Place) ................................................. 13-8 (3rd) in plain sight at all times. All photographers must remain off the play- 2006 Home Record .....................................................................17-6 ing surface and are encouraged to use the area behind the visitors’ 2006 Road Record ...................................................................13-17 dugout. NCAA regulations regarding photography will be adhered to 2006 Neutral Field Record ............................................................3-2 at all times. 2006 Postseason ..........................................................................1-2 Position Starters returning/lost ......................................................6/3 pPRESS BOX Starting Pitchers returning/lost .....................................................4/1 The USD press box is located on top of the stands behind home plate. Overall Letterwinners returning/lost ...........................................18/12 Limited seating is avaliable with beat writers receving priority. Radio Newcomers .....................................................................................15 positions and additional media will be allocated to the press box or the rows immediately in front of the press box, if necessary. p HOME FIELD Ballpark................................. Cunningham Baseball Stadium (1,200) pTELEPHONES Surface .........................................................................Natural Grass The press box number for the media and scoring updates only is Dimensions .................................................LF-309, CF-395, RF-329 (619) 260-8829. Additional lines are avaliable on a shared basis in the press box. p BASEBALL STAFF Head Coach...........................................................................Rich Hill pRADIO LINES Alma Mater ......................................................... Cal Lutheran, 1984 Up to two telephone lines can be made avaliable to the designated Record at USD .................................................266-201-3 (8th Year) radio station of the visiting team. Please make arrangements through Overall Record ................................................599-421-2 (18th Year) the athletics media relations office well in advance. Assistants .................................. Eric Valenzuela (Pepperdine, 2001) ........................................................ Jay Johnson (Point Loma, 2001) pHIGH-SPEED INTERNET .................................................................................Mark Viramontes The press box is equipped with several high speed data jacks for on- Dir. of Baseball Operations .........................................Ramon Orozco line browsing and transmission. A wireless connection has also been Baseball Phone ......................................................... (619) 260-5953 recently added to the press box for those media members who have Baseball Fax ............................................................. (619) 260-7750 a wireless card. p MEDIA RELATIONS pINTERVIEWS Associate A.D./Media Relations .......................................Ted Gosen Coaches and players will be avaliable for postgame interviews on the Assistant Dir. of Media Relations (Baseball Contact) ... Chris Loucks field after a brief cooling down session and team meeting. Midweek Media Relations Coordinator ...................................... Ryan McCann interviews can be conducted before and or after practices by special Loucks’ Direct Office Phone ..................................... (619) 260-7930 arrangement through the athletics media relations office. Interviews Fax............................................................................ (619) 260-2990 with visiting coaches or players should be arranged through the visiting Loucks’ E-mail ..............................................cloucks@sandiego.edu team’s SID, when available. Cunningham Stadium Press Box.............................. (619) 260-8829 Web Site ...........................................................www.usdtoreros.com p ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2007 USD Baseball Media Guide is a product of the USD Athletics p MEDIA CREDENTIALS Media Relations department. Requests should be made by phone (619-260-7930), fax (619-260- Layout and Design: Chris Loucks 2990) or e-mail ([email protected]) as far in advance as possible Cover Design: Chris Loucks and no later than 24 hours before gametime. Credentials can be picked Photography: Dennis Mock, Brock Scott, Dale Frost, Eric Drotter, Matt Brown up at the will call table located at the top of Cunningham Stadium. Printing: Kings Printing Corporation SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA San Diego is truly “America’s Finest City.” A modern metropolis (second largest in California) and a popular year-round resort, San Diego spreads from the coast to the desert, including cliffs, mesas, hills, canyons and val- leys. San Diego also surrounds one of California’s