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February March Wednesdav Sunday Monday Tuesday [Wednesdai Thursday Friday Saturday 28 l Tennessee- 2 Grand View Martin, DH, (@ Metrodome) 12p.m. OH , 7 p.m. 4 5 6 7 8 Tennessee-3 Mi chigan#, 9 Old Dominion~ Martin, IO a. m.;@Texa I p.m. Senior Jeff Johannsen I o.m. A&M,8p.m. ll 12 13 14 15 16 was 3-0 in March last 0 Id Domm1on.. tp , @Texas A&M, ~t. Mary's (Ca. season with three !Oa.m.; Michi gan#, I p.n . 7 p.m. $, 3:30 p.m. complete-game shutouts. 17 18 19 20 21 22 Johannsen also posted a $St. Mary's(Ca.) 23 0.47 earned run average. l :OO p.m.; Dartmouth$, Dartmouth$, *Indiana Stale, *lndiana State, Dartmoulh$, I p.m. IO a.m. l2p.m. DH , 2 p.m. 3:30 o.m. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 *Indiana State, Wartburg, UW-Milwaukee *Southern *Southern 12p.m. 2p.m. DH , I p.m. lllinois, 2 p.m . lll inois, DH, 12p.m. April Sundav Monday Tuesdav IWednesda ~ · Thursdav Fridav Saturdav l 31 2 3 4 Iowa 5 6 *Southern Iowa State, * Creighton, Wesleyan, Illinois, I p.m. 3:00 p.m . DH , I p.m. DH I n.m. 7 8 , 9 10 ll 12 13 Northern *Illinois *Illinois Iowa, Illinois, DH, State, DH , 2p.m. State, 7 p.m. I p.m . 3 p.m. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 *Illinois Iowa State, Minnesota, *Evansv ille, *Evansv ille, State, I p.m. 6p.m. 6 p.m. 7p.m. DH, I p.m. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 *SW Missouri *Evansv ille, Upper Iowa, Iowa, *SW Missouri State, DH , 12p.m. 6p.m. State, 7 p.m. 6p.m. 2n.m. 28 29 30 *SW Missouri St. Ambrose, Junior Brian Jergenson had hits in State, 12 p.m. 2p.m. 13 games during April last season, including three mulit-hit games. May Sundav Mondav Tuesdav Wednesda' Thursdav Fridav Saturdav I 2 3 4 *Creighton, *Bradley, DH , I p.m. DH, I p.m. 5 6 7 8 9 IO II *Bradley, *Wi chita State, *Wichita State, DH , I p.m. 7p.m. DH, 2p.m. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 *Wichita State Missouri Valley Cor ference To 'mament I p.m. Wichita Kansas Senior Andy Rocksvold hit .315 in May last season wi th 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ten RBI. 26 27 28 29 30 31 * Missouri Valley Conference game #Games played in College Station, Texas $ Games played in Phoenix, Arizona Home games shaded, played at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo _________________ rQJ,TJJJ,a<e!k JF @<efJ&l<C @T!fJfJ<ET!fJfJ& Quick Facts Contents Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa 5061 4-0314 Panther Schedule IFC Founded: 1876 This is Northern Iowa 2 Enrollment: 12,800 Alphabetical Roster/Numerical Roster 3 Nickname: Panthers 1996 Season Outlook 4-5 Coaching Staff 6-7 Colors: Purple and Old Gold Panther Captains 8 Home Facility: Ri verfront Stadium, Waterl oo (4,277) Returning Players 9-1 3 Dimensions: 335-360-380-360-335 Panther Newcomers 14- 16 Conference: Missouri Valley 1995 Statistics 17 National Affiliation: NCAA Division I 1995 Conference Statisti cs 18 President: Dr. Robert Koob 1995 Game-by-Game Results 19 Director of Athletics: Christopher Ritrievi All-time Series Records 20 Associate Directors of Athletics: Year-by-Year Records/Coaches' Records 2 1 John "Jersey" Jermier, Dr. Sandra Williamson Batting/Pitching Records 22 Assistant Director of Athletics/Facilities: Jim Egli Year-by-Year Team Stats/Career Batting Leaders 23 NCAA Faculty Representative: Dr. Jack Wilkinson Panther Records/Season Leaders 24 Panthers in the Pros 25 Sports Information Director: Nancy Justi s Missouri Valley Conference 26-28 Assistant Sports Information Director: Kevin Kane 1996 O pponents 29-3 1 Intern/Baseball Contact: David Johnson Facilities 32 SID Office: (3 19) 273-6354 SID Home: (3 19) 266-3042 SID FAX: (3 19) 273-3602 Media Information Credentials: Members of the media must obtain credentials. Please Head Baseball Coach: Dave Schrage (Creighton '83) make all press and photo credential requests to the sports information UNI & Career Coaching Record 98-176 (5 yrs.) office. Best time to reach: I 0 a.m.-noon, M-F Radio: Visiting radio lines may be coordinated through the sports Assistant Coach: Ken Misfeldt information office. (Northwest Missouri State '81) Phones: During the season, a phone in the pre sbox wi ll be made avai.lable to visiti ng Sills. A fax machine also will be available. Graduate Assistant: Randy Wee (Northern Iowa '93) Statistics: Pregame statistics, press notes and game programs will be Volunteer Assistant: Mark Roering (Iowa '94) available prior to the start of each game. Postgame boxscores will be Baseball Office Phone: (3 19) 273-6323 available approximately 15 minutes following the game. Baseball Press Box Phone: (3 19) 238-6415 Interview Policy: All non-post game interviews are to be arranged through David Johnson in the sports information office. Your phone 1995 Record: 28-27 number and convenient times for players to return your call wi ll be 1995 Conference Record/Finish: 12-20/7th taken. Please do not contact players or coaches directly for interviews. Position Players Returning/Lost: 9/6 AJI mai l correspondence should be addressed to: Sports Information Starting Position Players Returning/Lost: 4/5 Office, University of Northern Iowa, Upper NW UNI-Dome, Cedar Pitchers Returning/Lost: 4/9 Falls, IA 50614-03 14. Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost: l/3 Local Media Outlets Courier, Waterloo - (3 19) 29 1- 1466, (3 19) 29 1-2069 (fax) Lettermen Returning/Lost: I 3/8 Register, Des Moines - (800) 532-1455 (IA only), (800) 247-5346 (out of state), (515) 286-2504 (fax ) Gaze11e, Cedar Rapids - (800) 397-8258, (3 19) 398-5861 (fax) Northern Iowan, UN I - (3 19) 273-2 157, (3 19) 273-593 1 (fax ) AP, Des Moines - (800) 453-2113, (515) 243- 1550 (fax) Cedar Rapids - Television Waterloo - Radio KCRG-TV (800) 332-5443 KXEL (3 19) 234-6397 KGAN-TV (800) 222-5426 KWLO (3 19) 234-2200 Waterloo - Television KCRR (3 19) 235-7774 KWWL-TV (3 19) 29 1- 1290 Oelwein - Radio Credits: The 1996 Northern Iowa Baseball Media Guide was Cedar Fall s - Radio KOEL (3 19) 283- 1234 designed, written and edited by David Johnson, assistant sports KCNZ (3 19) 277- 19 18 information director, with editorial help from Kevin Kane . Photogra­ Cedar Rapids - Radio phy by UNI Office of Public Relations and Waterloo Courier. WMT (800) 933-7767 1 _________________ 7f !faf},~ fJ,~ N @rtrJ!fa<Ert{J[J, !I @w@ A campus-wide commitment to great teaching lies at the heart of Accounting is ranked among the I 0 best in the coun try by educator of the Uni versity of Northern Iowa' s reputation fo r providing and accounting professionals. In a nati onal survey of 400 accounting exceptional undergraduate education, as well as complementary faculty, Northern Iowa ranked as one of their top program . programs at the master's, peciali st's and doctoral level . Building Considered a long-time leader in the field of teacher educati on, on its histori c strength in teacher educati on, the Uni versity has UNI has implemented several programs that continue thi tradition of developed a number of outstanding programs in business, natural excell ence. The Regents' Center fo r Early Development Educati on i science , humanities and fine arts; and social and behavioral ci­ a leading setting fo r research and training the educati on of young ences. children. The Center i the onl y educational resource of its kind in Northern Iowa pride itself on providing a student-centered Iowa. educational ex peri ence. The uni versity's medium size allows it to Northern Iowa's 19 men's and women's intercollegiate athletics offer the faculty, facilities and academic choices of a major uni ver­ programs compete at the NCAA Di vision I level with major confe r­ sity, while retaining a friendly, small college atmosphere. Small ence affili ati ons. The Panthers boast a nati onall y recogni zed coaching classes enable the universit)' to foster one-on-one working relati on- staff to maintain consi tentl y competiti ve programs. hips between fac ulty and students. More than 90 percent of UNJ' s The Northern Iowa campu combines the grandeur of early classes have 50 or fewer students. 1900s architecture with striking, modern building designs that have Students enter the uni versity well-prepared, demonstrated by characteri zed an impressive growth peri od over the past dozen years. their selecti on of hi gh school courses and rank in their graduating The attracti ve, park-like campus contains more than 40 major build­ cl ass. In recent years, over 90 percent of the entering freshmen ings on 86 1 acres, yeti compact enough to cross in a I 0-minute walk.