2013 UC Davis Baseball Media Guide GENERAL INFO 2012 RECAP Quick Facts ........................................................................................1 Game-by-Game Results ....................................................................14 Head Coach Matt Vaughn ...................................................................2 Individual Statistics ..........................................................................15 Assistant Coach Tony Schifano ...........................................................2 Big West Conference ...................................................................16-17 Assistant Brett Lindgren ......................................................................3 Assistant Coach Jason Armstrong .......................................................3 RECORD BOOK Director of Operations Jimmy Meuel ..................................................3 Year-by-Year Leaders ....................................................................18-20 2012 Roster ........................................................................................4 Year-by-Year Team Statistics .........................................................21-22 Postseason History ...........................................................................23 PLAYER PROFILES School Records ............................................................................24-26 Kevin Barker, Seth Batty, Tanner Bily, C.J. Blom ..................................5 Season Top 10 Lists .....................................................................27-28 Spencer Brann, Ben Burke, Max Cordy, Dan Gallagher .......................6 Career Top 10 Lists ......................................................................29-31 Spencer Henderson, Patrick Hennessey, Evan Heptig, Year-by-Year Records ........................................................................32 Spencer Koopmans ..........................................................................7 Award Winners ............................................................................33-34 Craig Lanza, Cameron Law, Jordan Lazor, Tino Lipson .......................8 All-Time Letterwinners ................................................................35-40 Austin Logan, Nick Lynch, Austin March, Mike Mazzara ....................9 Matt Nichol, Mason Novak, Cameron Olson, Robert Parucha ..........10 Steven Patterson, Paul Politi, Brian Ruhm, Alex Sachs ......................11 Izaak Silva, Harry Stanwyck, John Williams, Zach Williams .............12 Evan Wolf, Adam Young ...................................................................13 Quick Facts School University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Head Coach Matt Vaughn (UC Davis ’92) Address One Shields Avenue / Davis, CA 95616 21st Year in program, 2nd as head coach Established/Founded 1905/1908 Email [email protected] Enrollment 33,300 Career Record - UC Davis & Total 27-30, 12-12 Nickname Aggies Colors Yale Blue & Gold Assistant Coach Tony Schifano, 6th Year (UC Davis ’97) National Affiliation NCAA Division I Email [email protected] Conference Big West Conference Home Stadium Dobbins Baseball Complex (3,500) Assistant Coach Brett Lindgren, 2nd Year (East Carolina ’05) Dimensions Lines: 310’, Alleys: 385’, Center: 410’ Email [email protected] Chancellor Dr. Linda P.B. Katehi (Athens Polytechnic ’77) Volunteer Assistant Coach Jason Armstrong, 4th Year (Trinity ’04) Director of Athletics Terry Tumey (UCLA ’88) Email [email protected] Executive Sr. Associate A.D./SWA Nona Richardson (Michigan State ’83) Senior Associate A.D. Cindy Spiro (Pacific ’76) Director of Operations Jimmy Meuel, 1st Year (Willamette ’08) Associate A.D.s Email [email protected] Business: Mike Bazemore (Sam Houston State ’82) Compliance: Jennifer Cardone (Adelphi ‘90) Baseball Office 120 Hickey Gym Sports Performance, Enhancement & Dev.: Josh Flushman (UC Davis ’00) One Shields Avenue Assistant A.D.s Davis, CA 95616 Media Relations: Mike Robles (Cal Poly ’88) Baseball Office Phone (530) 752-7513 Marketing & Promotions: Scott Brayton (UC Davis ‘94) Development: Mike Angius (UC Davis ‘77) 2012 Record 27-30 Faculty Athletic Rep. (interim) Dr. W. Jeffrey Weidner (Michigan State ’68) Big West Conference Record 12-12, 5th Head Athletic Trainer Jeff Hogan (UC Davis ’81) Letterwinners Ret./Lost 20/13 Director of Academic Services Michelle Roppeau (Carleton) Starters Ret./Lost 4/5 Starting Pitchers Ret./Lost 1/3 Media Relations Contact TBA Email TBA Phone (530) 752-2663 Aggies on the Web http://www.ucdavisaggies.com 2013 UC DAVIS BASEBALL • 1 Coaching Staff MATT TONY VAUGHN SCHIFANO Head Coach Assistant Coach 2nd Year as head coach 6th Year 21st Year overall UC Davis ’97 UC Davis ’92 29 21 With more than 20 years of experience as a player and member of In 2008, former Aggie great Tony Schifano returned to his alma the coaching staff at UC Davis, Matt Vaughn was named head coach of mater following a 10-year professional baseball career and a recent stint the Aggies in August 2011. as an assistant coach at Los Gatos High School. Schifano’s primary du- The veteran of the Aggie baseball staff, Vaughn enters his 21st season ties include coaching the infielders and serving as the third base coach with the program and has been an integral part of UC Davis’ success during games. He also assists with baserunning, hitting and recruiting. in that time. His tenure on the coaching staff has included two trips to During his time at Los Gatos, the team accumulated 90 wins over the Division II College World Series (1995 and 2003) and one to the four seasons and won a Central Coast Section title in 2006. Division I postseason (2008) while his duties have focused mainly on Schifano enjoyed a stellar collegiate career with the Aggies from the development of the Aggie pitching staff. 1994-97. During that time he was a three-time All-Northern California In his UC Davis tenure, Vaughn has coached 36 players who have Athletic Conference first-team selection, adding two All-West Regiono gone on to sign professional contracts, including 15 pitchers. Ten Aggies awards and a third-team ABCA All-America nod as a senior. He was a have earned a total of 12 All-America honors and three have been named member of the 1995 team that won a regional championship and ad- West Region Pitchers of the Year. In 2004, one of his protegés - Michael vanced to the NCAA Division II College World Series under legendary Potter - captured California Collegiate Athletic Association Pitcher of the Aggie coach Phil Swimley. He was also a member of the 1994 squad that Year honors. In Vaughn’s tenure as pitching coach, five of his pitchers won the final NCAC championship for UC Davis. have been selected as conference pitcher of the year. Schifano signed as an undrafted free agent with the Florida Marlins Vaughn has coached some of the best pitchers in UC Davis history. in 1997 and worked his way through the minor league system until Under his guidance, two-time All-American Justin Reid posted a 1.82 making it to the Triple-A level with the Houston Astros in 2001. He ERA as a sophomore - the program’s lowest in 26 years - then struck also played professionally with the independent Central League and out a school record 125 batters his junior year. Reid was inducted into Northern League. In 2000, Schifano was a member of Team USA at the the Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame in June of 2010. Reid joins Dave Panama Cup. McKae, Justin Fitzgerald, and Andy Suiter as one of several Vaughn pro- When he graduated in 1997, Schifano held the career record for tegés whose names are scattered throughout the UC Davis record books. hits (214), and was second in games played (194) and at bats (678). He In 1997, in a national setting, Vaughn was one of six coaches named continues to remain in the top five in those categories and also appears to the USA Baseball support staff for its 1997 National Team Trials in on the all-time list in runs scored (135) and triples (12). Tampa, Fla., where he assisted in player evaluation and development. Additionally, Schifano still holds the single season record for most Internationally, Vaughn spent two summers working for Major League chances without an error (103). Appropriately, he was selected to the Baseball International in Europe. In the summer of 1992, he served as program’s all-time All-Defensive Team by the voters of the UC Davis a baseball envoy to Czechoslovakia and Poland. Then in 1994, he was Baseball of Hall of Fame. the pitching coach for the Great Britain National Team as they played in the European “B” Pool Championships. Vaughn pitched for the Aggies from 1989-92, winning nine games while starting 26 and relieving in 11 others. He was an honorable men- tion All-NCAC selection his senior year and won his last four decisions as an Aggie, including his final three starts. Vaughn graduated from UC Davis in 1992 with a degree in biological sciences. He received his master’s degree in management from National University in 1999. He and his wife, Dana, were married on New Year’s Eve, 1998. They have a son, Jackson, and a daughter, Casey. 2013 UC DAVIS BASEBALL • 2 Coaching Staff Armstrong set the school’s single season record for hits (90), doubles (20), and triples (6). He currently holds the career hits record at Trinity BRETT with 281 hits which is also second highest in the SCAC record books and fifth best in Division III history. His 42-game hitting streak in 2004 LINDGREN also stands as third longest in Division III. Assistant