2014 OHIO STATE BASEBALL ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS baSEbaLL HISTORY CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Assoc. AD of Comm. ..................................Dan Wallenberg First Year ...................................................................................1881 Ohio State reserves the right to deny media All-Time Record ..............................................2,422-1,572-38 (.608) Director ...........................................................Leann Parker credentials to any individual who is not affili- National Championships ...................................................... 1 (1966) ated with an official, recognized news gather- Associate Directors ....................Jerry Emig, Adam Widman College World Series Appearances .................................................4 Assistant Directors ................. Mike Basford, Alex Morando, .................................................................................(1951-65-66-67) ing organization. Please direct all credential Brett Rybak, Danielle Warner, Kendra Willard College World Series Record ............................................9-7 (.563) requests to Brett Rybak via e-mail to rybak.13@ Interns ........................................... Julie Brown, Ben Vondal NCAA Tournament Appearances ...................................................19 osu.edu. Website .........................................OhioStateBuckeyes.com .........................(1951-55-65-66-67-82-91-92-93-94-95-97-99-2001- Main Office Phone .........................................614-292-6861 .................................................................................02-03-05-07-09) NCAA Tournament Record ............................................42-39 (.519) CREDENTIAL PICKUP Baseball Contact ...............................................Brett Rybak All-Time Big Ten Record .........................................927-689-5 (.577) Credentials will be held at Bill Davis Stadium at Office Phone .................................................. 614-292-1112 Big Ten Tournament Appearances .................................................26 the entrance located near the third base line E-mail [email protected] (83-85-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05-06- . unless prior arrangements have been worked Cell ...........................................................440-840-4962 ............................................................................07-08-09-11-12-13) out. Mailing Address ...........................6th Floor, Fawcett Center Big Ten Tournament Record ..........................................53-39 (.598) 2400 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43210 Big Ten Championships ................................................................15 ....................(1917-24-43-51-55-65-66-67-91-93-94-95-99-2001-09) MEDIA paRKING Big Ten Tournament Championships ...............................................8 There are plenty of excellent and free parking THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE ........................................................(1991-94-95-97-2002-03-05-07) spaces surrounding Bill Davis Stadium. OFFICE Asst. Comr., Media Relations ...................... Scott Chipman 2014 TEAM FACTS THE PRESS BOX Phone .......................................................847-696-1010 2013 Overall Record ....................................... 35-23 Take the steps or elevator to the second level E-mail .......................................... [email protected] 2013 Big Ten Record ........................................ 15-9 and enter at the top of the grandstand. The Baseball Contact ...............................................Dan Mihalik Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................... 13/12 press box entrance is the fifth door just past Phone ...........................................................847-696-1010 the Anne Hayes Memorial Suite. E-mail ........................................... [email protected] Starting Position Players Returning/Lost ....... 5/4 Fax/Web site ................................ 847-696-1110/bigten.org Pitchers Returning/Lost .................................... 5/6 Mailing Address ..............................1500 West Higgins Rd. Newcomers...........................................................17 OHIOSTATEBUCKEYES.COM ............................................. Park Ridge, IL 60068-6300 This is the official website of the Ohio State KEY RETURNEES (Position Players) University Athletics Department and it is continuously updated with baseball news and THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Jr. OF Pat Porter .................296, 13 2B, 5 3B, 4 HR notes as well as all things Buckeye. Location ..................................Columbus, Ohio (pop. 1.5m) So. 3B Jacob Bosiokovic .273, 7 2B, 4 HR, 33 RBI Founded ...................................................................... 1870 So. 2B Troy Kuhn ...............272, 2 2B, 12 RBI, 12 R Enrollment ................................................................ 56,387 PRACTICE TIME Jr. C Aaron Gretz ...............253, 7 2B, 20 R, 17 RBI The Buckeyes practice daily at 2 p.m. prior Nickname ..............................................................Buckeyes Sr. OF Tim Wetzel .............215, 9 2B, 2 HR, 24 RBI Colors ....................................................... Scarlet and Gray to Big Ten play and 3 p.m. after. Tuesday will Mascot ........................................................Brutus Buckeye typically be an off day. Ohio State utilizes the Fight Song ................................................ Across The Field KEY RETURNEES (Pitchers) indoor practice field at the Woody Hayes Ath- Conference ...................................................Big Ten (1913) Jr. RHP Trace Dempsey .......3-0, 1.02 ERA, 17 SV letic Center, the indoor hitting cages beneath Interim President ....................................... Joseph A. Alutto Jr. LHP Ryan Riga ................3-0, 2.14 ERA, 46.1 IP the team offices on the third base side of the Faculty Representative ......................................John Bruno Sr. RHP Greg Greve .............4-1, 3.65 ERA, 24.2 IP field and, of course, Bill Davis Stadium for its ............................................................(Pittsburgh, 1975) Sr. RHP Tyler Giannonatti ...0-3, 4.96 ERA, 32.2 IP practices. So. RHP Jake Post ..............2-1, 4.99 ERA, 30.2 IP baSEbaLL STAFF WEEKLY INTERVIEWS Head Coach .........................Greg Beals (Kent State, 1995) KEY PLAYERS LOST Wednesday or Thursday afternoon before Career Record ......................................337-279 (12th year) SS Kirby Pellant .......301, 5 2B, 3 3B, 20 R, 15 RBI practice is typically reserved for on-site OSU/Big Ten Record ..................94-77/38-31 (Fourth year) OF Joe Ciamacco ..274, 2 2B, 31 R, 16 RBI, 21 SB media availability. Please contact Brett Rybak Assistant Coach ..................Chris Holick (Kent State, 1999) in the OSU Athletics Communications office Pitching Coach .................Mike Stafford (Ohio State, 1998) LHP Brian King...................7-6, 2.68 ERA, 100.2 IP RHP Brad Goldberg.............6-1, 2.99 ERA, 81.1 IP to arrange all interviews with coaches and Volunteer Asst. ..................Dan DeLucia (Ohio State, 2008) student-athletes. Please call at least one day Office Assoc. (Phone) ............ Kathy Biddle (614-292-1075) RHP Jaron Long.................6-7, 4.02 ERA, 100.2 IP in advance to allow enough time to make ar- RHP Brett McKinney...........4-4, 2.98 ERA, 48.1 IP rangements. POSTGAME PROCEDURES Postgame interviews will begin approximately 10 minutes after the final out of the game. Visit- ing coaches and players are available beneath the stands outside of the visiting team locker room. Media availability for OSU coaches and players will be in the players’ lounge. A mem- ber of the OSU Athletics Communications staff will escort the media into the player lounge for interviews. PHOTO/VIDEO REQUESTS Direct all photography and video requests to Brett Rybak at [email protected]. or (614) 292-1112. 1 2014 OHIO STATE BASEBALL 2014 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES PITCHERS (17) BY JERSEY No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Cl./El. Hometown/College/High School 19 Trace Dempsey** RHP R-R 6-1 185 Jr./Jr. Huntington, W. Va./Huntington 2 Jalen Washington C/INF 33 Josh Dezse** RHP/1B R-R 6-5 220 Sr./Jr. Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty 3 Pat Porter OF 11 Zach Farmer LHP L-L 6-2 195 Fr./Fr. Piketon, Ohio/Piketon 4 Ronnie Dawson OF 20 Tyler Giannonatti* RHP R-R 6-0 200 5th/Sr. Chandler, Ariz./Kansas St./Chandler-Gilbert CC/Corona del Sol 5 Troy Kuhn INF 32 Greg Greve*** RHP R-R 6-4 215 Sr./Sr. Cleveland, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit 6 Chris Holick Asst. Coach 29 Michael Horesjei LHP L-L 6-0 200 So./So. Brunswick, Ohio/St. Ignatius 50 Michael Koltak RHP R-R 5-10 180 So./Fr. Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington 7 Craig Nennig INF 23 Travis Lakins RHP R-R 6-1 175 Fr./Fr. Franklin, Ohio/Franklin 8 Troy Montgomery OF 30 Brennen Milby RHP R-R 6-2 195 Fr./Fr. Greensburg, Ky./Green County 9 Greg Beals Head Coach 39 Shea Murray RHP R-R 6-6 205 So./Fr. Defiance, Ohio/Defiance 10 Jake Post RHP 43 Adam Niemeyer RHP R-R 6-3 205 Fr./Fr. Minster, Ohio/Minster 11 Zach Farmer LHP 38 Matt Panek* LHP L-L 6-3 185 Jr./So. Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove 12 Ryan Leffel INF 28 Yianni Pavlopoulos RHP R-R 6-1 205 Fr./Fr. Homer Glen, Ill./Providence Catholic 14 Connor Sabanosh C 10 Jake Post* RHP R-R 6-2 205 So./So. Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton 15 Kyle Michalik SS/RHP 44 Ryan Riga* LHP L-L 6-0 185 Jr./Jr. Hamilton, Ohio/Wabash Valley College/Fairfield