@BradleyBaseball @BradleyBraves 119TH SEASON OF BRADLEY BASEBALL | 1898-2019 | 1,923 VICTORIES | 2015 NCAA REGIONAL General Information Coaching Staff School Bradley University Head Coach Elvis Dominguez (Creighton ‘86) Location Peoria, IL 61625 Career Record 422-472-3 (17 years) Founded 1897 Bradley Record 244-273-1 (10 years) Enrollment 5,882 E-Mail [email protected] Nickname Braves Associate Head Coach/Hitting Kyle Trewyn (Cardinal Stritch ‘11) Colors Red (PMS 186c) and White E-Mail [email protected] Affiliation NCAA Division I Associate Head Coach/Pitching Larry Scully (Western Ky. ‘92) Conference Missouri Valley Conference E-Mail [email protected] University President Gary R. Roberts Volunteer Coach Joe Kelch (Illinois State ‘16) VP for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Chris Reynolds E-Mail [email protected] Athletics Department Phone (309) 677-2666 Baseball Office Phone (309) 677-2671 Official Website www.BradleyBraves.com Mailing Address 1501 W. Bradley Avenue Twitter @BradleyBraves Renaissance Coliseum Peoria, IL 61625 Home Field Twitter @BradleyBaseball Stadium Dozer Park Capacity 7,500 2019 Team Information Playing Surface Natural Grass 2018 Final Record 32-19 (.627) Dimensions Lines 310’, Gaps 375’, CF 400’ 2018 MVC Record 11-10 (.524)/3rd of 8 Press Box Phone (309) 680-4045 2018 MVC Tournament 2-2 2018 Postseason N/A Bradley BASEBALL History Lettermen Returning/Lost 21/7 First Season 1898 Starting Position Players 6/3 All-Time Record 1923-1606-15 (.545) Pitchers 11/2 All-Time MVC Record 418-553-1 (.431) MVC Regular-Season Titles Six Media Relations 1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1968 Primary Baseball Contact Bobby Parker, Associate AD NCAA Regionals Seven E-Mail [email protected] 1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1968, 2015 Office Phone (309) 677-2624 College World Series Two Mobile Phone (309) 256-4302 1950, 1956 Personal Twitter @BPtheBrave BRADLEY BRAVES BASEBALL 2019 PRESEASON PROSPECTUS 2019 Bradley Schedule 2019 BRADLEY BRAVES BASEBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER Date Opponent CT No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School/Previous School) F 15 at Central Arkansas 3:00p 1 Christian Dominguez*** Sr. IF S/R 5-10 165 Washington, IL (Washington HS) F 16 at Central Arkansas 1:00p 4 Nick McMurray* Sr. IF L/R 6-1 185 Clive, IA (Dowling Catholic HS) F 17 at Central Arkansas 1:00p 5 Cole Cook** Sr. LHP L/L 6-0 185 Washington, IL (Washington HS) F 21 ! at Austin Peay 3:00p 6 Adam Brian Fr. C R/R 6-1 180 Springboro, OH (Bishop Fenwick HS) F 22 ! at Belmont 4:00p 7 Andy Shadid*** Sr. OF R/R 5-11 185 Peoria, IL (Notre Dame HS) F 23 ! at Lipscomb 2:00p 8 Eli Campbell Fr. RHP R/R 6-5 210 Milwaukee, WI (South Milwaukee HS) F 24 ! at Middle Tennessee State 1:00p 9 Kyle Antos* So. C R/R 6-0 210 Kenosha, WI (Indian Trail HS) Mr 1 at UTSA 6:00p 10 Luke Shadid** Jr. IF R/R 5-10 180 Peoria, IL (Notre Dame HS) Mr 2 at UTSA 2:00p 12 Eli Rawlinson* So. OF R/R 6-4 230 St. Johns, FL (Creekside HS) Mr 3 at UTSA 11:00a 13 Jordan Bailey Fr. OF L/L 6-1 185 Janesville, WI (Parker HS) Mr 8 at UNLV 8:05p 15 Keaton Rice* So. C L/R 6-2 180 Geneseo, IL (Geneseo HS) Mr 9 at UNLV 4:05p 16 DJ DePiero Jr. LHP L/L 6-0 190 Thunder Bay, ON (St. Patrick HS/Indian Hills CC) Mr 10 at UNLV 3:05p 17 Paxton Thoompson Fr. IF/RHP R/R 6-2 180 St. Michael, MN (St. Michael-Albertville HS) Mr 17 $ vs. Keystone, PA (Kissimmee, FL) 3:00p 19 Sam Lund* RSr. RHP R/R 6-2 205 Sun Prairie, WI (Sun Prairie HS/Madison) Mr 18 $ vs. Dartmouth (Kissimmee, FL) 1:00p 20 Ryan Hodgett** Jr. RHP R/R 6-0 200 Chicago, IL (St. Francis HS) Mr 20 $ vs. Dartmouth (Kissimmee, FL) 2:00p 21 Mitch Janssen*** Sr. RHP R/R 6-2 190 Princeville, IL (Princeville HS) Mr 22 $ vs. Dartmouth (Winter Haven, FL) 9:00a Mr 23 $ vs. Rowan, NJ (Winter Haven, FL) 11:00a 22 Nic Anderson Jr. IF R/R 6-1 200 Marysville, WA (Marysville Pilchuck HS/Everett CC) Mr 26 at Iowa 4:05p 23 Allan Beer**** Sr. RHP R/R 6-2 195 Tulsa, OK (Jenks HS) Mr 27 MACMURRAY 6:00p 24 Brooks Gosswein* So. LHP L/L 6-2 180 Barrington, IL (Barrington HS) Mr 29 * EVANSVILLE | ESPN3 6:00p 25 Theron Denlinger Jr. RHP R/R 6-2 230 Cuba City, WI (Cuba City HS/Madison) Mr 30 * EVANSVILLE | ESPN3 2:00p 26 Brendan Dougherty** Jr. IF L/R 6-2 185 Des Moines, IA (Dowling Catholic HS) Mr 31 * EVANSVILLE | ESPN3 1:00p 27 Brian Schrimmer* Sr. RHP R/R 5-11 195 Vernon Hills, IL (Vernon Hills HS/Heartland CC) A 2 WESTERN ILLINOIS 6:00p 28 Connor Manthey Fr. C/IF R/R 6-0 225 Columbus, WI (Columbus HS) A 3 SIU EDWARDSVILLE 6:00p 29 Jacob Hurst*** Sr. LHP/1B L/L 6-3 210 Peoria, IL (Notre Dame HS) A 5 EUREKA 6:00p 31 Ari Gordon Fr. RHP R/R 6-3 210 Buffalo Grove, IL (Stevenson HS) A 6 RMU-SPRINGFIELD 12:00p 33 Matthew Richey*** Sr. RHP R/R 6-3 225 Springfield, IL (Sacred-Heart Griffin HS) A 7 RMU-SPRINGFIELD 12:00p 34 Ben Cilano*** RJr. RHP R/R 6-2 195 Crystal Lake, IL (Prairie Ridge HS) A 9 at Western Illinois 4:00p 35 Dan Bolt** Jr. OF L/R 6-0 195 Morton, IL (Morton HS) A 10 IOWA | ESPN+ 6:00p 37 Jean-François Garon*** Sr. OF R/R 6-3 200 Terrebonne, Quebec (Collège Laval) A 12 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+ 6:00p 38 Isaiah Glidden* So. RHP R/R 6-5 200 Glendale, WI (Nicolet HS) A 13 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+ 2:00p 39 Ben Olson*** RJr. LHP R/L 6-5 190 West Des Moines, IA (Dowling Catholic HS) A 14 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+ 1:00p 40 Mitch Plassmeyer** RSr. LHP L/L 6-3 200 St. Louis, MO (DeSmet Jesuit HS/Jefferson College) A 16 at Illinois | BTN2Go 6:00p 41 Connor O’Brien Fr. C/IF R/R 6-0 190 San Diego, CA (Rancho Bernardo HS) A 19 * at Dallas Baptist 6:30p 42 David Fleita Jr. IF R/R 6-2 195 Park Ridge, IL (Maine South HS/Southeast CC) A 20 * at Dallas Baptist - DH1 2:00p 43 Jed Moscot Jr. RHP R/R 6-3 200 Pacific Palisades, CA (Palisades Charter HS/Cuesta CC) * at Dallas Baptist - DH2 5:30p * Previous seasons at Bradley A 23 ILLINOIS 6:00p 3 Head Coach Elvis Dominguez (Creighton ‘86) -- 11th year at Bradley and 18th year overall A 26 * at Missouri State | ESPN+ 2:00p 36 Associate Head Coach/Pitching Coach Larry Scully (Western Kentucky ‘92) -- 5th year A 27 * at Missouri State 12:00p 44 Associate Head Coach/Hitting Coach Kyle Trewyn (Cardinal Stritch ‘11) -- 5th year A 28 * at Missouri State | ESPN+ 11:00a 32 Volunteer Assistant Coach Joe Kelch (Illinois State ‘16) -- 2nd year at Bradley My 1 at Chicago State 3:00p My 3 * VALPARAISO | ESPN+ 12:00p My 4 * VALPARAISO | ESPN+ 12:00p PRONUNCIATION GUIDE My 5 * VALPARAISO | ESPN+ 12:00p Ben Cilano sah • LON • oh Connor Manthey MAN • thee My 7 SAINT LOUIS | ESPN+ 6:00p Theron Denlinger THARE • in Jed Moscot MAH • scott My 10 * ILLINOIS STATE | ESPN+ 6:00p DJ DePiero deh • PEER • oh Mitchell Plassmeyer plass • MY • er My 11 * ILLINOIS STATE | ESPN+ 6:00p Brendan Dougherty DOCK • er • tee Andy & Luke Shadid Rhymes with CHAD • did My 12 * ILLINOIS STATE | ESPN+ 1:00p David Fleita FLEE • tuh 2nd syllable is the verb “did” My 16 * at Indiana State | ESPN+ 5:30p Jean-François Garon Stick with J.F. | gah • RON Kyle Trewyn TRUE • in My 17 * at Indiana State | ESPN+ 5:30p My 18 * at Indiana State | ESPN+ 1:00p 2019 MVC Baseball Championship | ESPN+ My 21-25 at Illinois State Home games in BOLD CAPS at Dozer Park ! Mule Mix Classic; $ RussMatt Central Florida Invite; * MVC regular-season games; All times CT 119TH SEASON OF BRADLEY BRAVES BASEBALL | 1898-2019 | 1,923 VICTORIES BRADLEY BRAVES BASEBALL 2019 PRESEASON PROSPECTUS 30 Wins in First 45 Games featured three hurlers who each started at least 13 EELVISLVIS DDOMINGUEZOMINGUEZ • A year after posting a 20-31 record and despite games. playing the fewest regular-season games in The Valley, • Senior RHP Mitch Janssen (16 starts), senior Bradley (32-19) completed the 2018 season with more LHP Cole Cook (13) and senior RHP Sam Lund (13) all than 30 wins for just the third time (2007 and 2015) return for the 2018 campaign. since 1996. • In the previous 118 years of Bradley Baseball, the • The Braves earned their 30th win May 17 at Braves have never rolled out a staff that featured Southern Illinois in their 45th game of the season. three hurlers who all started at least 13 games the • The 45 games needed to reach 30 wins previous season. represented the fifth-fewest in program history, • The senior trio started 42 of Bradley’s 51 games bettered only by the 1948 (35), 1993 (39), 1987 (42) last season. and 1996 (42) Braves. • In all, Bradley loses only one start from last year’s • The 12-win, year-to-year improvement from 2017 pitching staff - 2018 MLB draft pick Boby Johnson tied for the best year-to-year improvement in program started the third-round MVC Tournament game versus history, matching the jumps of the 1948 and 2015 Dallas Baptist.