2005 SPRING BASEBALL PRESSBOOK Founded –1853 Enrollment –1,750 Affiliation –Reformed Church in America President – Dr. David Roe Membership – Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division III Founded in 1853, Central College is a four-year coeducational liberal arts college of the Reformed Church in America. Located 40 miles southeast of Des Moines, Central offers its 1,659 students learning opportunities not only on the Pella campus, but international study sites in Hangzhou, China; London and Colchester, England; Paris, France; Eldoret, Kenya; Leiden, the Netherlands; Merida, Mexico; Granada, Spain; Carmarthen, Wales; and Vienne, Austria. Central is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division III, and the lowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Men compete in baseball, football, basketball, tennis, golf, wrestling, soccer, track and cross country while women compete in tennis, golf, track, softball, volleyball, cross country, soccer and basketball. Rugby is offered at the club level. The Kuyper Athletics Complex The Kuyper Athletics Complex is located at the corner of Independence Street and West Fifth Street in southwest Pella. The complex includes P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium (1970), H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse (1987), A.N. Kuyper Field (1977), the baseball and softball fields (1978), Ryerson Golf Practice Range (2005), cross country course (2003), tennis courts (1992), soccer field (1992) and the Ron Schipper Fitness Center (1999). The complex also includes practice and intramural softball diamonds and football fields. Golf meets are held at the Bos Landen Golf Resort, two miles southwest of the campus on Highway T-15. Directory Sports Information Director . Larry Happel Office phone . (641) 628-5278 Home phone . (641) 628-2754 Cell phone . (641) 780-6118 Fax. (641) 628-5340 E-mail. [email protected] Web site . www.central.edu/athletics I ATHLETICS DEPT. STAFF Assistant football Reid Evans—offensive line Athletics director Al Dorenkamp Assistant football Matt Paulsen—defensive backs Special assistant to the athletics director John Edwards Assistant football David Roe—kickers/punters Director of intramurals and Adam Stevens Assistant football Jeff Sanger—stingers special events Assistant football Kevin Sanger—defensive line Assistant director of intramurals Dan Mason Assistant football Jerry Southmayd—quarterbacks Athletics office manager Jeffy Schuring Assistant football Travis Sterling— Athletics secretary TBA player development/LEAD program director Head athletic trainer Leslie Duinink Golf--Men’s Charlie Estabrook Assistant athletic trainer Greg Gilmore Assistant golf Tom Linton Interim assistant athletic trainer Denise Barnard Assistant golf Jon Hietbrink Athletic training education John Roslien Assistant golf Mike Patzia program director Volunteer assistant Clint Brown Strength and conditioning coordinator/ Jake Anderson Golf--Women’s Jodee Schaben Ron Schipper Fitness Center coordinator Soccer--Men’s Garry Laidlaw Building and grounds manager Randy Shives Assistant soccer Takis Apostolopoulos Sports information director Larry Happel Assistant soccer Eric Boeyink Soccer--Women’s Rick Burns Assistant soccer Kathryn Burns FACULTY ATHLETIC COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES Assistant soccer Russell Goodman Dr. Dennis Doyle, associate professor of Softball George Wares communication studies Assistant softball Denise Barnard Dr. Edmond Willis, professor of psychology Assistant softball Teresa Thompson Dr. Lori Witt, assistant professor of history Assistant softball Shannon Merkle Tennis--Men’s/women’s Doug Stursma COACHING STAFF Assistant men’s/women’s tennis Rod Braun Baseball Adam Stevens Track and field--Men’s/women’s Kevin Sanger Assistant baseball Dan Mason Associate track and field Guy Mosher Assistant baseball Brent Fridley Assistant track and field Jeff Bovee Volunteer assistant Casey Olney Assistant track and field Katie Button Basketball--Men’s Mike Boschee Assistant track and field Stephen Fyfe Assistant basketball Nic Nelson Assistant track and field Mike Marcinkowski Assistant basketball Joe Steinkamp Assistant track and field Eric Pingel Basketball--Women’s Mick Angel Volleyball Kent Clayberg Assistant basketball Jerry Nikkel Assistant volleyball Megan Clayberg Assistant basketball Josh Harrington Assistant volleyball Ann Van Hemert Volunteer assistant Cathy Angel Assistant vollyeball Colleen Evenhouse Cross country--Men’s/women’s Jeff Bovee Wrestling Matt Diehl Assistant cross country Stephen Fyfe Assistant wrestling Kevin Azinger Assistant cross country Guy Mosher Assistant wrestling Rex Gray Football Jeff McMartin Assistant wrestling Jamie Scott Assistant football Jeff Bollard—offensive line Volunteer assistant Matt Diehl Assistant football Dick Bowzer—receivers Assistant football Darrell Brand—running backs Assistant football Don De Waard—def. coordinator/linebackers II HEAD COACH DIRECTORY Name E-mail Office phone (641 area code) Angel, Mick [email protected] 628-7652 Boschee, Mike [email protected] 628-5225 Bovee, Jeff [email protected] 628-5178 Burns, Rick [email protected] 628-5224 Clayberg, Kent [email protected] 628-5139/7605 Dorenkamp, Al [email protected] 628-5310 Estabrook, Charlie [email protected] 628-7694 Hoekstra, Greg [email protected] 628-5226 Laidlaw, Garry [email protected] 628-5789 McMartin, Jeff [email protected] 628-7609 Reed, Eric [email protected] 628-5422 Sanger, Kevin [email protected] 628-7603 Schaben, Jodee [email protected] 628-5591 Stevens, Adam [email protected] 628-5396 Stursma, Doug [email protected] 628-5194 Wares, George [email protected] 628-5195 Athletics department Phone--(641) 628-5226 Fax--(641) 628-5356 Sports information office Phone--(641) 628-5278 Fax--(641) 628-5340 III Baseball 2005 schedule Date Opponent Location Time March 1 *Bethel (Minn.) Minneapolis, Minn. 12:15 p.m. March 6 @Purdue North Central (Ind.) Port Charlotte, Fla. 11:30 a.m. @Concordia (Wis.) Port Charlotte, Fla. 3 p.m. March 7 *Bethany Lutheran (Minn.) Port Charlotte, Fla. 10 a.m. March 9 *Penn State-Altoona Port Charlotte, Fla. 12:30 p.m. March 10 $John Jay (N.Y.) Port Charlotte, Fla. 9:30 a.m. March 11 @Lakeland (Wis.) Port Charlotte, Fla. 9:30 a.m. @Urbana (Ohio) Port Charlotte, Fla. 12:30 p.m. March 19 *Graceland Lamoni 1 p.m. March 25 *Illinois College Jacksonville, Ill. Noon March 26 *Monmouth (Ill.) Monmouth, Ill. Noon March 30 *Nebraska Wesleyan Pella 1 p.m. April 2 +Wartburg Waverly 1 p.m. April 7 +Luther Decorah 1 p.m. April 9 +Dubuque Pella 1 p.m. April 13 +Coe Cedar Rapids 1 p.m. April 16 +Simpson Indianola 1 p.m. April 18 *Grinnell Grinnell 2 p.m. April 21 +Cornell Pella 1 p.m. April 23 +Loras Pella 1 p.m. April 30 +Buena Vista Pella 1 p.m. May 4 $Augustana (Ill.) Rock Island, Ill. 7 p.m. May 7 *Clarke Pella 1 p.m. May 12-15 Iowa Conf. tourn. Cedar Rapids TBA May 19-22 NCAA Div. III regional TBA TBA May 27-31 NCAA Div. III championship Appleton, Wis. *doubleheader (two seven-inning games) !Florida game start times are Eastern Time +Iowa Conference doubleheader (seven-inning game followed by nine-inning game) @Single seven-inning game $Single nine-inning game 2005 junior varsity schedule Date Opponent Location Time March 31 Marshalltown CC Marshalltown 1 p.m. April 4 Southwestern CC Pella 1 p.m. April 12 Simpson JV Indianola 1 p.m. April 14 Marshalltown CC Pella 1 p.m. April 25 Ellsworth CC Pella 2 p.m. May 2 Simpson JV Pella 1 p.m. (all dates are seven-inning doubleheaders) Baseball 1 BASEBALL QUICK FACTS 2004 record: 20-22 overall, 10-6 conference (fourth place) Returning 2004 all-conference selections: 3 (SS-Steve Gebhart, firt team; P-Matt Rohach, U-Austin De Hoogh, second team) Position starters lost: 3 (RF-Pat Johnson, 2B-Nate Landas, DH-OF-Tom Sheehan) Starting pitchers lost: 0 Position starters returning: 7 (C-Kody Wohlers, 1B-C-Adam Duerfeldt, SS-Steve Gebhart, 3B-Matt Murphy, CF-Austin De Hoogh, LF-Shea Stamp, DH-OF-Josh Sandin) Starting pitchers returning: 5 (Austin De Hoogh, Matt Rohach, Tanner Ludwig, Jon Doudna, Kent Patterson) Letterwinners lost/returning: 7/15 2005 captains: Adam Duerfeldt, Steve Gebhart, Kent Patterson, Kody Wohlers Adam Stevens Head coach Adam Stevens is in his second season as head baseball coach at Central. In his rookie campaign, Stevens guided a young team to a surprising 20-22 record. Stevens previously served as an assistant coach at Wabash College (Ind.) for a year, helping the squad post its first winning season in five years. Earlier he was an administrative assistant in the baseball office at Ball State University (Ind.) where he received his master’s degree in physical education/athletic administration. A graduate of Morningside College, where he was a four-year starter, Stevens played in 110 consecutive games. He was team captain his senior year. Stevens also served as junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach at Sioux City West High School for two years. Brent Fridley Assistant coach Brent Fridley is in his first season as an assistant baseball coach at Central College. Fridley, a 2003 Central graduate, works with infielders and outfielders. He was a three-year letterwinner as a shortstop for the Dutch. He was a team co-captain in 2003 and received the team’s newcomer of the year award in 2001. An assistant coach for Hampton-Dumont High School in 2002, Fridley also has experience as a basketball assistant. He was on the Central men’s basketball staff in 2003-04, and served as a student assistant in the 2000-01 campaign. Fridley also works in the federal Talent Search program office housed on Central’s campus. Dan Mason Assistant coach Dan Mason is entering his second season as assistant baseball coach for the Dutch, serving as pitching coach. A native of the Chicago area, Mason is a former standout baseball pitcher at North Park College (Ill.). He earned NCAA Div. III All-American honors in 1983 and was inducted into the North Park College Hall of Fame in 1988. Mason received his master’s degree in physical education from Mankato State University (Minn.) where he served as a graduate assistant coach.