HOFSTRA Dalton ROULEAU Jared Joe HAMMER BURG 2013 baseball Media Guide Austin NYMAN Taylor STUART John TIEDEMANN Andrew BARBARINO 2013 HOFSTRA BASEBALL QUICK FACTS Location: Hempstead, New York 11549 Assistant Director of Athletic Founded: 1935 Communications: Brian Bohl TABLE OF CONTENTS Enrollment: 11,453 Office Phone: (516) 463-6759 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Director of Athletic Publications/Baseball Quick Facts 1 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association Contact: Len Skoros Hofstra Highlights 2 Nickname: Pride Office Phone: (516) 463-4602 Colors: Gold, White and Blue Cell Phone: (516) 765-5584 CoachinG Staff Home Stadium (Capacity): University Field Fax: (516) 463-5033 Head Coach John Russo 4 (600) Email: [email protected] Assistant Coach Kelly Haynes 6 Assistant Coach Chris Johns 7 President: Stuart Rabinowitz Equipment Manager: Kathy Theiling Assistant Coach Vince Colasuonno 7 Faculty Athletics Representative: Assistant Equipment Managers: Dave Walsh Dr. Michael Barnes (Baseball), John Considine 2012 Roster 8 Vice President/Director of Athletics: Photographers: Brian Ballweg, Ross Obley, 2012 Outlook 9 Jeffrey A. Hathaway Tim Cowie, Jorge Perez, Len Skoros Executive Associate Director of Athletics: Player Profiles Joe Perez 12 Danny McCabe BASEBALL INFORMATION Senior Associate Director of Athletics: Andrew Barbarino 13 Joe Burg 14 Cindy Lewis Head Coach: John Russo Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Matt Ford 15 (West Alabama, 2000) Jared Hammer 16 Facilities: Jay Artinian Overall Record/Years: 34-22/1 year Associate Director of Athletics for John Krause 17 Record at School/Years: Same Gregg Lettini 18 Communications: Stephen Gorchov Assistant Coach: Kelly Haynes Associate Director of Athletics for External Chris Nardo 19 (Lenoir-Rhyne, 1996) Cody Normand 20 Affairs: Tim McMahon Assistant Coach: Chris Johns Associate Director of Athletics for Austin Nyman 21 (Northern Colorado, 2006) Jared Rogers 22 Compliance: TBA Assistant Coach: Vince Colasuonno Assistant Director of Athletics for Dalton Rouleau 23 Athletic Trainer: David Riviere Gregg Sarra 24 Development: TBA Baseball Office Phone: (516) 463-5065/3759 Assistant Director of Athletics for Marketing Taylor Stuart 25 2012 Record: 34-22 John Tiedemann 26 and Promotions: Chrissy Arnone 2012 Conference Record/Finish: 20-10/2nd Assistant Director of Athletics for Ticket David D’Errico/Kenny Jackson 27 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 25/6 Everett Keller/Matt Reistetter 28 Operations: Maria Corvino Starters Returning/Lost: 6/3 Assistant Director of Athletics for Corporate John Schilt/Brett Schreiber 29 Pitchers Returning/Lost: 16/1 Bryan Verbitsky/Dave Jesch 30 Relations: Ellen Johnson Newcomers: 8 Assistant Director of Athletics for Student- Nick Kozlowski/Brendan Mulligan 31 Athlete Development: Samantha Sweeney Kevin Brantley/Robbie Cafiero/ Director of Administration: Rachel August TJ Ehrsam 32 Director of Ticket Sales: Michael Neely Brent Hall/Chris Harkey 33 Director of Student-Athlete Services: Michael Isom/David Leiderman/ James Lally Graham Tebbit 34 Athletic Department Phone: Hofstra in the MLB Draft 35 (516) 463-3800/6750 This is Hofstra 36 Associate Director of Athletic Hofstra University President 38 Communications: Stephen Gorchov University Senior Administration 39 Office Phone: (516) 463-4933 Hofstra Director of Athletics 40 Senior Sports Information Director: Athletics Administration and Jim Sheehan HOFSTRA BASEBALL ON THE WEB Head Coaches 42 Office Phone: (516) 463-6764 GoHofstra.com Academic Support 44 Sports Medicine/Athletic Training 45 Long Island 46 TOP RETURNING BATTERS: New York City 47 Name Pos. Cl. Avg.-HR-RBI-SB Baseball Facilities 48 Jared Hammer 1B Sr. .376-4-66-12 2012 Statistics and Results 50 Kenny Jackson OF Jr. .344-4-51-8 2012 Colonial Athletic Association Dalton Rouleau SS Sr. .328-5-31-26 Review 52 The Colonial Athletic Association 54 Hofstra in the Community 55 TOP RETURNING PITCHERS: Hofstra Record Book 56 Name Cl. IP W-L, SV, ERA, K Series Records 61 John Tiedemann Sr. 79.0 7-5, 1, 5.13, 64 Year-by-Year Records 62 Dave Jesch So. 59.1 4-0, 0, 5.31, 47 All-Time Results 63 Andrew Barbarino Sr. 33.2 4-2, 3, 3.48, 26 Media Services 72 Cody Normand Sr. 32.0 3-0, 0, 3.66, 25 2013 BASEBALL 1 HOFSTRA HIGHLIGHTS PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING JOURNALISTS BOB WOODWARD AND CARL BERNSTEIN, THE REPORTERS WHO BROKE THE WATERGATE SCANDAL FOR THE WASHINGTON NEWARK MAYOR CORY BOOKER POST, SPOKE AT HOFSTRA ON MARCH 20, 2012, FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE STORY THAT FORCED PRESIDENT NIXON TO RESIGN. HOFSTRA’S ANNUAL P.R.I.D.E. WEEK. HOFSTRA STUDENTS RAISED MORE THAN $100,000 FOR CANCER RESEARCH DURING THE 2012 RELAY FOR LIFE. HOFSTRA HOSTED A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON OCTOBER 16, 2012, AND BROUGHT A SLATE OF TOP POLITICAL STRATEGISTS, ACTIVISTS, SCHOLARS AND JOURNALISTS TO CAMPUS AS PART OF AN ELECTION- THEMED EVENT SERIES. CBS CORPORATION PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER LESLIE MOONVES WAS THE SPEAKER AT THE UNDERGRADUATE CEREMONY DURING HOFSTRA’S 2012 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. 2 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY • GoHofstra.com THE PRINCETON REVIEW RECENTLY NAMED THE ZARB SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ONE OF ITS “GREAT SCHOOLS FOR MARKETING AND SALES MAJORS” THE HOFSTRA IS JUST HOFSTRA- 25 MILES FROM NORTH NEW YORK CITY. SHORE LIJ SCHOOL OF MEDICINE COMPLETED ITS FIRST YEAR OF EXISTENCE IN JULY 2012. RAPPER SNOOP DOGG WAS ONE WRHU, HOFSTRA’S OF THE HEADLINERS AT VIBE LIVE RADIO STATION, WAS DURING THE 2012 FALL FESTIVAL. RECENTLY RATED THE FIFTH BEST COLLEGE RADIO STATION IN THE NATION BY THE PRINCETON REVIEW. 2013 BASEBALL 3 HEAD BASEBALL COACH JOHN RUSSO JOHN RUSSO BASEBALL HEAD COACH ohn Russo was named head coach of the Hofstra Baseball program on May 6, 2012, after serving as interim head coach since January J2012. Russo is in his fifth season on the Hofstra Baseball staff in 2013 and is the 14th head coach in program history. Russo is coming off a stellar 2012 season in which he led the team to a school record 34 wins and the #2 seed in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship with a 20-10 conference mark. In addition to the team’s 34 wins, the Pride set seven other team records including runs (447), hits (669), doubles (145), stolen bases (157), ERA (5.37), strikeouts (349) and double plays (65). Under Russo’s direction in 2012 the Pride was one of the top offensive teams in the country. Hofstra ranked in the top 10 in 11 offensive categories, leading the nation in doubles (2.59) and stolen bases (2.80) per game while finishing second in batting (.334) and total steals (157). Senior outfielder Danny Poma, who was a 10th-round selection by the 4 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY • GoHofstra.com Russo began his career in 1998 as hitting coach at the University of West Alabama, helping the team set nine individual and team batting records in his three seasons. A 2000 graduate of West Alabama with a degree in secondary education and a concentration in physical education, Russo had been a teacher and athletic director in the Millburn School District in Wadsworth, Illinois, from 2005 to 2008. Russo and his wife, Stacey, have been married for 12 years and have four children - Hailey (9), Lainey (6) and twins Palmer and Chase (1). The Russo family resides in East Arizona Diamondbacks in the MLB Draft, led the nation in doubles (32) Meadow, New York. and ranked second in batting (.430) and runs (78). Poma, who was the CAA Player of the Year, would earn several All-America accolades for his play in 2012, and joined Jared Hammer and Matt Ford on the All- East Region team as well. Russo, who has served as recruiting coordinator and infield coach as well as the third base coach, joined the Pride in 2008 after spending the previous five summers as the manager of the Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, leading the team to back- to-back NECBL championships in 2006 and 2007. Russo returned to coach the Mountaineers during the summer of 2011 and led the team to a 26-16 mark and a spot in the NECBL Playoffs. His team set a league record for stolen bases in 2011 with 118 while outfielder Brian O’Grady stole a team-record 25 bags. He also managed the team to 18 wins and the NECBL playoffs in 2012. During his tenure with the Mountaineers, Russo posted a 181-138 record and was the 2005 NECBL Manager of the Year. He has coached more than 60 players who were selected in the MLB Draft, including Christian Friedrich (2008 first round pick by the Colorado Rockies) and A.J. Pollock (2009 first round selection by the Arizona Diamondbacks). Entering the 2013 Major League Baseball season, he has coached five players - David Carpenter (Houston), Darin Mastroianni (Toronto), Rob Delaney (Tampa Bay), Pollock and Friedrich - that have been on the 40-man rosters of their respective teams. From 2001 to 2005, Russo served as assistant coach at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana. In his role as infield coach, St. Joseph’s led its conference in fielding and ranked in the top 10 nationally three times during his four seasons. Russo also monitored the academic progress of his team, which compiled an overall GPA of 3.1 during his tenure. 2013 BASEBALL 5 ASSISTANT COACHES KELLY HAYNES ASSISTANT COACH elly Haynes, Ka 1996 graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina, is in his second year of his second stint as an assistant coach for the Hofstra University Baseball team. Haynes, who serves as Hofstra’s recruiting coordinator and third base coach as well as staff that led Lenoir-Rhyne to school records for wins in four different working with the seasons, including the current mark of 35 wins in 2007.