TENNESSEE 2012 VOLUNTEER BASEBALL 14 CWS Appearances on Staff | 36 All-Americans | 15 1st-Round Picks | 3 SEC Championships TENNESSEE (4-0) vs. SETON HALL (2-2) 2012 SCHEDULE (4-0, 0-0 SEC) Feb. 24-26 | Lindsey Nelson Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn. Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result FEBRUARY Tennessee VOLUNTEER STARTING ROTATION 17 Fri. Northern Illinois W, 7-1 18 Sat. Northern Illinois W, 10-5 2012 Record: 3-0 FRIDAY RHP Drew Steckenrider (1-0, 0.00) 19 Sun. Northern Illinois W, 7-2 Head Coach: Dave Serrano SATURDAY RHP Zack Godley (1-0, 0.00) 21 Tue. Western Kentucky W, 8-7 (13) First year at UT SUNDAY RHP Nick Blount (1-0, 0.00) 24 Fri. Seton Hall 4 p.m. 25 Sat. Seton Hall 1 p.m. 26 Sun. Seton Hall 1 p.m. Seton Hall PIRATES STARTING ROTATION 28 Tue. MTSU 4 p.m. FRIDAY RHP Jon Prosinski (1-0, 3.00) MARCH 2012 Record: 2-2 2 Fri. vs. Houston # (ESPN3) 3:30 p.m. CT Head Coach: Rob Sheppard SATURDAY LHP Rick Mangione (0-1, 3.60) 3 Sat. vs. Texas # (LHN) 3:30 p.m. CT Eighth year at Seton Hall SUNDAY RHP Ryan Harvey (0-1, 21.60) 4 Sun. vs. Rice # (ESPN3) 6 p.m. CT 7 Wed. Ball State 6 p.m. 9 Fri. Louisiana-Monroe 6 p.m. BROADCAST INFO >>> 10 Sat. Louisiana-Monroe 4 p.m. 11 Sun. Louisiana-Monroe 2 p.m. 13 Tue. Tennessee Tech 7 p.m. Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Live Video: www.UTSports.com/AllAccess with 16 Fri. at Georgia * 7 p.m. Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball Roger Hoover (play-by-play) 17 Sat. at Georgia * 3 p.m. 18 Sun. at Georgia * 2 p.m. 21 Wed. Florida International 7 p.m. Serrano Already Making History Weather Forecast 23 Fri. Kentucky * 6 p.m. Head Coach Dave Serrano is off to the best 24 Sat. Kentucky * 4 p.m. start by a Tennessee skipper in 101 years, having Friday Saturday Sunday 25 Sun. Kentucky * 2 p.m. 27 Tue. Mississippi Valley State 7 p.m. led his squad to a 4-0 record to open the 2012 28 Wed. Mississippi Valley State 7 p.m. campaign. The last time a coach opened his UT 30 Fri. Alabama * 6 p.m. managerial career with four wins was Z.G. Clev- 31 Sat. Alabama * (CSS) 1 p.m. enger in 1911. The only other coach to accom- AM Showers Sunny Sunny APRIL 1 Sun. Alabama * 2 p.m. plish the feat was William H. Newman in 1902. 54° | 35° | 30% 46° | 31° | 0% 56° | 40° | 10% 4 Wed. Memphis 7 p.m. Neither got to 5-0. 6 Fri. at South Carolina * 7 p.m. 7 Sat. at South Carolina * (ESPNU) 8 p.m. All-Time Records in First Season as Tennessee Head Coach 8 Sun. at South Carolina * 1:30 p.m. Year Coach 4 Games Record Year Coach 4 Games Record 11 Wed. at ETSU 7 p.m. 1897 D. Aydelott 2-1-1 6-9-1 1947 Ike Peel 2-2 13-6 13 Fri. Florida * 6 p.m. 14 Sat. Florida * (SPSO) 3 p.m. 1900 T.R. Cornick 2-2 6-5 1948 S.W. Anderson 0-3-1 4-18-1 15 Sun. Florida * 2 p.m. 1902 William H. Newman 4-0 8-4 1953 Bernard O’Neil 3-1 14-8 17 Tue. ETSU 7 p.m. 1903 Frank Moffett 2-2 8-10 1958 George Cafego 0-3-1 2-13-1 19 Thu. at Mississippi State * (ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. CT 1906 James Depree 3-1 7-8 1963 Bill Wright 3-1 11-15 20 Fri. at Mississippi State * 6:30 p.m. CT 21 Sat. at Mississippi State * 1 p.m. CT 1911 Z.G. Clevenger 4-0 10-8 1982 John Whited 2-2 29-17 24 Wed. Austin Peay 7 p.m. 1917 John R. Bender 2-2 7-6 1988 Mark Connor 2-2 21-29 27 Fri. at Auburn * 6 p.m. CT 1921 M.B. Banks 3-1 7-6 1990 Rod Delmonico 2-2 28-31 28 Sat. at Auburn * 3 p.m. CT 1927 William Harkness 2-2 3-9 2008 Todd Raleigh 3-1 27-29 29 Sun. at Auburn * 1 p.m. CT 1939 John Mauer 3-1 7-2 2011 DAVE SERRANO 4-0 ---- MAY 4 Fri. Vanderbilt * 6 p.m. 5 Sat. Vanderbilt * (CSS) 1 p.m. Playing the Best 6 Sun. Vanderbilt * 2 p.m. According to the BoydsWorld.com 2012 preseason strength of schedule rankings, Tennessee is set to play 9 Wed. at Memphis (FOX SS) 6:30 p.m. CT 11 Fri. at Ole Miss * 6:30 p.m. CT the 11th-toughest slate in the nation this year and third-hardest among SEC schools. 12 Sat. at Ole Miss * 4 p.m. CT 13 Sun. at Ole Miss * 1:30 p.m. CT 2012 NCAA Toughest Schedule (BoydsWorld.com) 15 Tue. at MTSU 6 p.m. CT 1. Stanford 6. California 11. TENNESSEE 16. Cal St. Fullerton 21. Florida State 17 Thu. Arkansas * 6 p.m. 2. Southern Cal 7. Washington St. 12. Ole Miss 17. Clemson 22. Mississippi St. 18 Fri. Arkansas * 6 p.m. 19 Sat. Arkansas * 4 p.m. 3. Oregon 8. Arizona State 13. Baylor 18. Long Beach St. 23. Alabama Home Games in Bold 4. UCLA 9. Washington 14. Georgia 19. Georgia Tech 24. UCSB *-SEC Game 5. Florida 10. Auburn 15. Vanderbilt 20. Miami (Fla.) 25. South Carolina # - Houston College Classic (Minute Maid Park) PROBABLE UT STARTERS Avg. HR RBI Notes weet This... C 44 Wes Walker Sr. .600 0 3 Kept Vols alive vs. WKU alive w/ 2-out, 2-strike RBI 1B in 11th Important facts about today’s game are included 1B 30 Davis Morgan Sr. .000 0 1 Recorded walk-off sac fly to down WKU in 13 inn. (2/21) below in 140 characters or less. 2B 1 Will Maddox Fr. .250 0 0 Attended same high school as Vol LB A.J. Johnson With a win on Friday, @DaveSerranoUT would be- come the first head coach in @Vol_Baseball history to 3B 11 Zach Luther Jr. .316 0 0 Has reached base in 5-of-9 leadoff opportunities (.556) start his Tennessee coaching career 5-0. SS 12 Zach Osborne Sr. .235 0 0 11 games away from entering UT career top-10 list (163) Tuesday’s @Vol_Baseball win over Western Ken- LF 5 Chris Pierce Sr. .375 1 8 Has already doubled his RBI total from 2011 (4) tucky lasted 13 innings and was a school record four CF 7 Chris Fritts Jr. .235 1 7 Had career-high 6 RBI game vs. Northern Illinois (2/18 DH-1) hours, 48 minutes long. RF 13 Jared Allen Fr. .500 0 1 2011 MaxPreps All-American 1st Team out of Polk County HS According to Boyd’s World, the #Vols have the 11th toughest schedule in the nation and third toughest in DH 20 Drew Steckenrider Jr. .600 2 3 Earned first SEC Player of the Week honors of the year the SEC this season. 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes Page 1 MEDIA INFORMATION 2012 TENNESSEE BASEBALL ROSTER Media Credentials No. Name Cl. Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School Media credentials will be issued to members of the work- 1 Will Maddox Fr. INF L-R 5-11 180 Gainesville, Ga./Gainesville ing media only. Children and other non-workers will not 2 Zach Osborne Sr. SS R-R 5-8 170 Louisville, Ky./Pleasure Ridge Park be allowed. Requests for credentials should be made by 4 Parker Wormsley Fr. INF/OF R-R 6-0 170 Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School calling Assistant Media Relations Director Cameron Harris at 5 Chris Pierce Sr. INF/OF R-R 5-9 195 Kalama, Wash./Lower Columbia College least one day in advance of each home game or series. All 6 Jake Rowland Fr. OF L-R 6-1 180 Decatur, Tenn./Meigs County credentials not picked up at the Media Relations Office will 7 Chris Fritts Jr. OF R-R 5-9 180 Houston, Texas/Cypress Ridge be left at the ticket will call window at the main entrance of the stadium. 8 Hunter Daniel Jr. LHP/1B L-L 6-3 215 Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden 11 Zach Luther Jr. INF/OF R-R 6-0 175 Laguna Niguel, Calif./Texas A&M/Fullerton JC Postgame Interviews 13 Jared Allen Fr. OF R-R 6-2 220 Delano, Tenn./Polk County Tennessee head coach Dave Serrano is available to meet 15 Zack Godley Jr RHP R-R 6-3 245 Bamberg, S.C./Spartanburg Methodist any working member of the media following the game on 16 Andy Yates Jr. C R-R 5-11 155 Mount Juliet, Tenn./Wilson Central the field at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Media are asked to 17 Josh Allman Sr. LHP L-L 6-0 185 Bryson City, N.C./Swain County conduct player interviews on the field, and media members are not permitted in the clubhouse area. 19 Samuel Davis Jr. RHP R-R 6-0 190 Manchester, Tenn./Columbia State CC Interviews with visiting team members also may be done 20 Drew Steckenrider Jr. RHP/OF S-R 6-5 230 Lawrenceville, Ga./Greater Atlanta Christian on the field, subject to the policy of the visiting team’s 21 Ethan Bennett So. C R-R 6-0 215 Knoxville, Tenn./Farragut media relations representative.