2018 SALUKI BASEBALL 2018 SALUKI BASEBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ..........................................................................................................................3 HEAD COACH KEN HENDERSON 20-21 Schedule / Quick Facts .................................................................................................................6 Roster / Pronunciation Guide .......................................................................................................7 Salukis in the Major Leagues ................................................................................................10-11 Itchy Jones Stadium ...................................................................................................................12 Baseball Facilities .......................................................................................................................13 Salukis in the Postseason ..........................................................................................................14 Director of Athletics Tommy Bell .................................................................................................15 Season Preview .....................................................................................................................16-17 Head Coach Ken Henderson ................................................................................................20-21 Associate Head Coach P.J. Finigan ......................................................................................22-23 Assistant Coach Seth LaRue ......................................................................................................24 PLAYER BIOS Volunteer Coach Ryan Bertram & Student Assistant Cody Forsythe .........................................25 28-95 Player Bios ............................................................................................................................28-89 2017 Recap .........................................................................................................................92-103 Head Coaching History .............................................................................................................106 Team, MVC and National Awards ......................................................................................107-108 Hitting Records ..................................................................................................................109-110 Pitching Records ............................................................................................................... 111-112 Miscellaneous Records ............................................................................................................113 Year-by-Year Hitting Statistics ..................................................................................................116 Year-by-Year Opponent Hitting Statistics .................................................................................117 Year-by-Year Pitching Statistics ................................................................................................118 Year-by-Year Opponent Pitching Statistics ...............................................................................119 HISTORY Yearly Statistical Leaders ..................................................................................................120-122 112-149 All-Time Letterwinners .......................................................................................................123-125 All-Time Results ................................................................................................................128-140 Salukis in the College World Series ..................................................................................141-143 Records Against Opponents ..............................................................................................144-145 Missouri Valley Conference ...............................................................................................146-147 Southern Illinois University .......................................................................................................148 SIU Athletics Communications .................................................................................................149 2018 Team Head Shots ............................................................................................................150 2 3 2018 SALUKI BASEBALL 2018 SALUKI BASEBALL 4 5 2018 SALUKI BASEBALL 2018 SALUKI BASEBALL Day Date Opponent Location Time (CT) General NUMERICAL ROSTER Fri. Feb. 16 at Jacksonville State Oxford, Ala. (Choccolocco Park) 3 p.m. Location ..................................................Carbondale, Ill. Sat. Feb. 17 at Jacksonville State Oxford, Ala. (Choccolocco Park) 1 p.m. Founded .................................................................1869 No. Name Pos. Year B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) Sun. Feb. 18 at Jacksonville State Oxford, Ala. (Choccolocco Park) 1 p.m. Enrollment .........................................14,554 (Fall 2017) 2 Alex Lyon INF/OF Jr. R/R 5-11 185 White House, Tenn. (Volunteer State) Tue. Feb. 20 at Austin Peay Clarksville, Tenn. 3 p.m. Nickname ............................................................Salukis Fri. Feb. 23 at North Florida Jacksonville, Fla. 5 p.m. School Colors ................................... Maroon and White 4 Brad Hudson OF Fr. R/R 5-10 170 Allen, Texas (Homeschooled) Sat. Feb. 24 at North Florida Jacksonville, Fla. 1 p.m. Affiliation ............................................... NCAA Division I 5 Grey Epps INF Fr. R/R 6-1 185 Clarksville, Tenn. (Rossview) Sun. Feb. 25 at North Florida Jacksonville, Fla. 12 p.m. Conference .............................................Missouri Valley 6 Ryan Netemeyer RHP Sr. R/R 5-11 185 Belleville, Ill. (Mascoutah) Tue. Feb. 27 at Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 4 p.m. President ..............................................Dr. Randy Dunn 7 Connor Kopach INF Sr. R/R 6-0 175 Westmont, Ill. (Downers Grove North) Fri. March 2 Louisiana Monroe Carbondale, Ill. 2 p.m. Chancellor ..................................Dr. Carlo Montemagno 8 Nikola Vasic INF Jr. R/R 5-9 160 New Berlin, Wis. (McHenry County CC) Sat. March 3 Louisiana Monroe Carbondale, Ill. 2 p.m. Director of Athletics ......................................Tommy Bell Sun. March 4 Louisiana Monroe Carbondale, Ill. 1 p.m. Athletic Department Phone ....................(618) 453-7250 9 Jared Kengott OF So. R/R 6-2 200 Addison, Texas (Dallas Jesuit) Tue. March 6 at Southeast Missouri Cape Girardeau, Mo. 6 p.m. 10 Mitch Fairfield C So. R/R 6-2 210 Normal, Ill. (Normal West) Wed. March 7 at Murray State Murray, Ky. 4 p.m. Richard “Itchy” Jones Stadium 12 Brad Harrison OF/LHP So. L/L 6-4 210 O’Fallon, Ill. (O’Fallon) Fri. March 9 Northern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 3 p.m. Capacity .................................................................2,000 13 Stephen Mogged OF Fr. R/R 5-11 175 Lindenhurst, Ill. (Lakes Community) Surface ................ AstroTurf 3Di/Diamond R 3D Xtreme Sat. March 10 Northern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 2 p.m. 14 Addison Fugitt OF So. L/L 6-0 190 Normal, Ill. (Normal Community) Sun. March 11 Northern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 1 p.m. Dimensions ............................. LF-330, CF-390, RF-330 15 Mason Hiser RHP Jr. R/R 6-0 170 Augusta, Kan. (Barton College) Tue. March 13 at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. 6 p.m. Opened ...................................................................2014 Fri. March 16 Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 4 p.m. Record Since Renovation (2014) ...................... 55-53-1 17 Austin Ulick C So. R/R 5-10 190 Washington, Ill. (Illinois Central College) Sat. March 17 Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 2 p.m. 19 Drew Curtis INF/RHP Sr. R/R 6-5 230 Glen Carbon, Ill. (Edwardsville) Baseball History Sun. March 18 Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 1 p.m. 20 Chuck Fleming INF So. R/R 5-11 195 Elk Grove, Ill. (Elk Grove) Tue. March 20 at SIU Edwardsville Edwardsville, Ill. 4 p.m. 1st Year of Continuous Baseball .............................1947 All-Time Record (Years) .................1,867-1,351-12 (72) 21 JT Weber INF Fr. R/R 6-2 200 Metropolis, Ill. (Massac County) Fri. March 23 UC Irvine Carbondale, Ill. 5 p.m. Winning Percentage ............................................... .580 22 Nolan Johnson LHP Fr. L/L 6-0 170 Owensboro, Ky. (Daviess County) Sat. March 24 UC Irvine Carbondale, Ill. 2 p.m. Years in CWS/Last ............................................5 / 1977 Sun. March 25 UC Irvine Carbondale, Ill. TBD 23 Kenton Crawford OF Jr. R/R 6-3 180 Batesville, Ark. (Mineral Area College) NCAA Appearances / Last ...............................14 / 1990 Tue March 27 Arkansas State Carbondale, Ill. 5 p.m. 25 Logan Blackfan INF Sr. L/L 6-1 215 Cordova, Tenn. (Houston) Last Postseason Opp. / Result San Diego State / L, 4-3 Fri. March 30 at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 4:30 p.m. MVC Regular Season Titles/Last ...........................7 / 1990 26 Alex Gutermuth RHP So. R/R 6-2 185 Troy, Mo. (Buchanan) Sat. March 31 at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 2 p.m. MVC Tournament Titles/Last .............................5 / 1990 27 Noah Farmer RHP Fr. R/R 6-4 195 Metropolis, Ill. (Massac County) Sun. April 1 at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 1 p.m. 28 Dylan Givens RHP So. R/R 6-5 245 Paducah, Ky. (John A. Logan) Tue. April 3 Austin Peay Carbondale, Ill. 5 p.m. Coaching Staff 30 Trey McDaniel RHP Fr. R/R 5-11 200 Williamsville, Mo. (Greenville) Fri. April