PATRIOTS IN THE PROS IN 2017 BLUE JAYS METS Ryan Goins Drew Smith (Major League) (DoubleA) YANKEES Chance Adams PHILLIES (Triple A) DIAMONDBACKS David Martinelli Camden Duzenack (Class A) (Short A) BLUE JAYS PHILLIES Nash Night Austin Listi (Class A Advanced) DIAMONDBACKS MARINERS (Class A) Colin Poche Seth Elledge TIGERS (Class A Advanced) (Class A) Paul Voelker (Triple A) Cubs ORIOLES Ben Zobrist TIGERS Drew Turbin (Major League) ASTROS Jason Krizon (Class A Advanced) Cy Sneed (Triple A) (Triple A) GIANTS YANKEES Marlins Cory Taylor Dalton Higgins Gavin Fritz (Double A) (Rookie) (Rookie) INDIANS Daniel Salters REDS (Class A Advanced) Daniel Sweet ASTROS (Class A Advanced) Sean Stutzman GIANTS (Double A) Vic Black PHILLIES (Double A) Darick Hall (Class A Advanced) WHITE SOX Jake Johansen METS (Double A) Joseph Shaw (Class A Advanced) RYAN GOINS Five-Year MLB Veteran BEN ZOBRIST 2016 World Series MVP TABLE OF CONTENTS Players 39-55 THIS IS DBU BASEBALL 4 Baseball Support Staff 56 Building a Legacy 5 Roster 57 Elite Level Program 6 The Dan Heefner Era at DBU 7 DBU All-Americans 8-9 2018 SEASON OUTLOOK 58 All-Conference Selections 10-11 Position Outlook 59-60 Patriots in the Pros 12-13 DBU Baseball in the Major League Draft 14-15 OPPONENTS 61 Patriots in the Postseason & All-Stars 16 2018 Schedule 62 Ben Zobrist 17 Missouri Valley Opponents 63-64 National Players Of The Week 18 Non-Conference Opponents 65-68 Global Sports Mission Initiative 19 Quick Facts 20 2017 SEASON IN REVIEW 69 2017 Season in Review 70-71 FACILITIES 21 2017 Stats 72 Horner Ballpark 22-25 Athletic Training Center 26 HISTORY & RECORDS 73 Division I Single Season Records 74 CAMPUS 27 All-Time Single Season Records 76 Dallas Baptist University 28 Division I Career Records 78 DFW Metroplex 29 All-Time Individual Records 81 Visitor’s Guide 30 Team Records 82 Year by Year Results 83-87 MEET THE PATRIOTS 31 All-Time Records vs. Opponents 88-89 Dan Heefner – Head Coach 32-34 All-Time Roster 90-91 Dan Fitzgerald – Associate Head Coach 35 Rick McCarty – Pitching Coach 36 ADMINISTRATION 92 Austin Knight – Assistant Coach 37 Athletic Performance/Sports Medicine 38 BROADCAST 93 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS IS CAMPUSDBU BASEBALL 4 THIS IS DBU BASEBALL RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS BUILDING A LEGACY 7 6 Seven NCAA Regional Six 40+ Wins Seasons in the Appearances in the Last 10 Last Seven Years Years 46 1 DBU Won a School Record 46 DBU Finished the 2015 Games in 2015 Regular Season With the No. 1 RPI in College Baseball 14 Fourteen Players From DBU 14 Have Reached the Major Fourteen All-Americans Since Leagues Since 1987 2006 10 10 DBU’s Tied for the 10th Most Ten Freshman All-Americans Draft Picks in the Nation over Since 2007 the Last Six Years 43 54 Forty-three Draft Picks From Fifty-Four Offensive DBU in Dan Heefner’s 10 Categories Ranked in the Top Years as Head Coach 25 Since 2008 5 THIS IS DBU BASEBALL RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS ELITE LEVEL PROGRAM Three-Time MVC DBU RANKS THIRD AMONG TEXAS SCHOOLS IN WINS DATING Tournament Champions BACK TO 2011. 310 301 285 277 273 256 250 246 214 TCU Texas DBU Rice Sam Texas Houston Texas Baylor A & M Houston St. Tech AMONG THE NATION’S BEST DBU is one of only 18 teams in the nation to advance to the 48 NCAA Tournament in at least DBU’s 48 All-Conference selections six out of the last seven years are the most in the MVC since 2014 DBU hosted the 2015 DBU won both the Regular-Season and MVC Dallas Regional Tournament titles in 2016. 6 THIS IS DBU BASEBALL RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS THE DAN HEEFNER ERA AT DBU 2013 BASEBALL AMERICA: Top 10 Coaches in College Baseball Under the Age of 40 – DBU Record (Ten Seasons): 388-208 (.651) – 19th Winningest Active Coach in the Nation with a .651 Winning Percentage – NCAA Super Regional: 2011 – 7 NCAA Regional: ‘08, ‘11, ‘12, ’14, ‘15, ‘16, & ’17 – 2016 MVC Dan Callahan Coach of the Year – 2011 ABCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year – 2009 Independent Coach of the Year – 2008 ABCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year TALENT DEVELOPMENT UNDER HEEFNER 43 Players have been drafted during Dan Heefner’s tenure at DBU 33 Players selected in the Major League Draft since 2012 ranks as 10th most in the nation 3 Players made their Major League debuts in 2013: Brandon Bantz, Vic Black, and Ryan Goins ONE OF THE NATion’s Top OFFENSES Nationally ranked in the Top 25 in 54 offensive categories since 2008. 2017: 3rd in the nation in home runs 2016: 22nd in the nation in home runs 2015: 10th in the nation in doubles 2014: 7th in the nation in walks and 14th in the nation in home runs 2013: 5th in the nation in home runs 2012: 5th in the nation in slugging percentage and 7th in home runs 2011: 2nd in the nation in total runs, 3rd in runs per game, 4th in walks, 8th in doubles, and 9th in home runs 2010: 12th in the nation in doubles per game 2009: 5th in slugging percentage, 7th in home runs, and 7th in runs per game 2008: 24th in the nation in batting average 7 THIS IS DBU BASEBALL RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS DBU ALL-AMERICANS Drew Holder Jason Krizan Ryan Goins Ryan Enos 2006 Louisville Slugger First Team, 2009 ABCA Third Team, 2009 Ping! Second Team, 2010 Ping! Second Team, 2006 ABCA Second Team, 2011 ABCA First Team, 2009 Louisville Slugger Third Team, 2010 ABCA Third Team 2006 NCBWA Third Team 2011 Baseball America, 2009 NCBWA Third Team, 2011 NCBWA First Team, 2009 Baseball America Third Team 2011 Perfect Game First Team 2011 Louisville Slugger First Team Duncan McAlpine Tyler Robbins Boomer Collins Joel Hutter 2013 ABCA Third Team 2011 ABCA Second Team 2012 ABCA Third Team, 2012 NCBWA Second Team 2012 NCBWA Third Team Chance Adams Brandon Koch Darick Hall Colin Poche 2015 NCBWA Second Team 2015 Louisville Slugger Second Team, 2016 Louisville Slugger First Team, 2016 Louisville Slugger Second Team 2015 NCBWA Second Team, 2016 Perfect Game First Team, 2015 Perfect Game Second Team, 2016 ABCA Second Team, 2015 D1Baseball Third Team 2016 D1 Baseball Third Team, 2016 NCBWA Third Team Austin Listi 2017 Louisville Slugger Second Team, 2017 ABCA Third Team 8 THIS IS DBU BASEBALL RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS DBU FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICANS Austin Knight Chris Haney Ryan Behmanesh Austin Elkins 2007 Louisville Slugger Freshmen 2008 Louisville Slugger Freshmen 2009 Ping! Freshmen Third Team 2010 Louisville Slugger Freshmen First Team, First Team First Team, 2007 Ping! Freshmen First Team 2010 Ping! Freshmen Second Team Duncan McAlpine Austin Listi Camden Duzenack David Martinelli 2010 Louisville Slugger Freshmen 2013 Louisville Slugger Freshmen 2014 Louisville Slugger Freshmen 2014 Louisville Slugger Freshmen First Team, First Team, First Team First Team 2010 Ping! Freshmen Third Team 2013 Baseball America Freshmen Second Team Dalton Higgins Jameson Hannah 2015 Louisville Slugger Freshmen 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshmen First Team First Team 9 THIS IS DBU BASEBALL RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS Dating back to the 2013 season, when DBU transitioned from an Independent to the Western Athletic Conference, 31 different players from DBU have combined to total 58 All-Conference selections. Since DBU joined the Missouri Valley Conference in 2014, the Patriots’ 48 All-MVC selections are the most from any of the eight teams in the league. Chance Adams - P Matt Duce - C Tagg Duce - OF Camden Duzenack - SS 2015 - 2nd Team All-MVC 2016 - 2nd Team All-MVC 2015 - 2nd Team All-MVC 2015 - 1st Team All-MVC 2016 - All-MVC Defensive Team 2015 - All-MVC Defensive Team 2016 - 2nd Team All-MVC 2017 - Honorable Mention All- 2017 - MVC Defensive Player of the Year MVC 2017 - 2nd Team All-MVC 2017 - All MVC Defensive Team Seth Elledge - P Devlin Granberg - OF Darick Hall - UT Jameson Hannah - OF 2016 - 1st Team All-MVC 2017-2nd Team All-MVC 2016 - Joe Carter MVC Player of 2016 - MVC Co-Freshman of the Year 2017 - 1st Team All-MVC the Year 2016 - 2nd Team All-MVC 2016 - MCV Newcomer of the Year 2016 - All-MVC Defensive Team 2016 - 1st Team All-MVC 2017 - 1st Team All-MVC 2017 - All-MVC Defensive Team Dalton Higgins - P MD Johnson - P Nash Knight - 3B Brandon Koch - P 2016 - 1st Team All-MVC 2017-Honorable Mention All-MVC 2014 - All-MVC Defensive Team 2014 - 1st Team All-MVC 2017 - Honorable Mention All- 2015 - All-MVC Defensive Team 2015 - 1st Team All-MVC MVC Austin Listi – INF/OF Chane Lynch - 1B David Martinelli - OF Duncan McAlpine - INF 2013 - 2nd Team All-WAC 2015 - All-MVC Defensive Team 2014 - Honorable Mention All-MVC 2013 - 1st Team All-WAC 2014 - 1st Team All-MVC 2016 - 1st Team All-MVC 2017 - 1st Team All-MVC 2016 - All-MVC Defensive Team 10 THIS IS DBU BASEBALL RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS Tim Millard - 3B Michael Miller - C Ronnie Mitchell - OF Colin Poche - P 2017-2nd Team All MVC 2013 - 1st Team All-WAC 2013 - 2nd Team All-WAC 2016 - MVC Pitcher of the Year 2016 - 1st Team All-MVC Daniel Salters - C Joseph Shaw - P Michael Smith - P Cy Sneed - P 2015 - 1st Team All-MVC 2015 - 2nd Team All-MVC 2013 - 1st Team All-WAC 2014 - Honorable Mention All-MVC 2015 - All-MVC Defensive Team Sean Stutzman - P Daniel Sweet - DH Drew Turbin - 2B Paul Voelker - P 2015 - Honorable Mention All-MVC 2015 - 1st Team All-MVC 2014 - Honorable Mention All-MVC 2014 - 1st Team All-MVC 2016 - 1st Team All-MVC 2015 - 1st Team All-MVC 2015 - All-MVC Defensive Team Justin Wall - OF Mike Wesolowski - 1B Garrett Wolforth - C 2015 - 2nd Team All-MVC 2014 - 2nd Team All-MVC 2017 - 1st Team All-MVC 2017 - All MVC Defensive Team 11 THIS IS DBU BASEBALL RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS PATRIOTS IN THE PROS 25 PATRIOTS IN THE PROS IN 2017 Player Level (Org.) 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