2015 MIDDLE TENNESSEE BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. B/T Hometown (Previous School) Alphabetical 1 Ronnie Jebavy OF 6-2 184 JR-TR R/R Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Columbia State CC) 21 Adkins 3 Brad Jarreau OF 5-9 185 SO-1L R/R Joelton, Tenn. (Pope John Paul II HS) 4 Will Small RHP 5-8 156 SO-1L R/R Atlanta, Ga. (Holy Innocents Episcopal HS) 12 Allen 5 Blake Stansberry IF/RHP 6-0 227 FR-HS L/R Knoxville, Tenn. (South Doyle HS) 29 Alton 6 Kevin Sullivan IF 5-10 168 FR-HS L/R Chicago, Ill. (Brother Rice HS) 27 Aucker 7 Will Schnure C 6-1 214 SO-1L R/R Acworth, Ga. (Mount Paran Christian HS) 35 Baker 8 Dustin Delgado IF 6-0 185 SR-1L R/R Miami, Fla. (Columbia State CC) 9 Bryant 9 Austin Bryant IF 6-1 175 SR-3L R/R Columbia, Tenn. (Columbia Central HS) 16 Andrew Cash 10 Jake Ingold IF 6-0 205 SR-1L R/R Chatham, Ill. (Lincoln Land CC) 33 Benji Cash 11 Heath Slatton RHP/OF 6-3 198 JR-2L L/R Columbia, Tenn. (Columbia Central HS) 28 Clements 12 Jared Allen OF 6-1 235 SR-1L R/R Delano, Tenn. (Walters State CC) 41 Connahan 15 Caleb Smith OF/RHP 6-1 185 SO-1L R/R Fayetteville, Tenn. (Lincoln County HS) 8 Delgado 16 Andrew Cash OF 6-1 199 R-JR-2L R/R Brentwood, Tenn. (Ravenwood HS) 24 Dupree 17 Brandon Zajac LHP 6-5 235 JR-RS L/L Cleveland, Tenn. (Cleveland State CC) 37 Foriest 18 Austin Norrell IF/C 5-11 233 JR-TR R/R Sugar Valley, Ga. (Walters State CC) 31 Frebis 21 Michael Adkins C 6-1 205 SR-3L R/R Powder Springs, Ga. (Hillgrove HS) 32 Hoffman 22 Kaleb King OF 6-2 183 SO-1L R/R St. Louis, Mo. (St. Louis University HS) 10 Ingold 24 Kevin Dupree LHP/1B 6-4 205 SO-1L L/L Ooltewah, Tenn. (Ooltewah HS) 3 Jarreau 27 Aaron Aucker IF 6-0 190 SO-1L R/R Knoxville,Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic HS) 1 Jebavy 28 Reid Clements RHP 6-2 200 R-FR R/R Ooltewah, Tenn. (Silverdale Baptist Academy) 30 Kessler 29 Sam Alton RHP 6-0 199 JR-TR R/R Sonoma, Calif. (Canada College) 22 King 30 Kooper Kessler RHP 6-5 240 SR-3L R/R Bolivar, Tenn. (Central HS) 40 Kunsa 31 Johnathan Frebis LHP 6-3 220 SR-3L L/L Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Riverdale HS) 39 McDivitt 32 Nate Hoffman RHP 6-0 194 JR-TR R/R Sun Prairie, Wisc. (Madison College) 42 Moss 33 Benji Cash LHP/1B 6-5 240 R-FR L/L Dacula, Ga. (Hebron Christian HS) 18 Norrell 35 Keaton Baker RHP 6-2 205 R-SR-3L R/R Cordova, Tenn. (Cordova HS) 36 Garrett Ring RHP 6-0 200 JR-2L R/R Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. (Mt. Pleasant HS) 36 Ring 37 Nathan Foriest LHP 6-2 200 R-SR-3L R/L Kingston Springs, Tenn. (Tennessee/Harpeth HS) 7 Schnure 38 Tyler Troutt LHP 6-0 197 JR-TR L/L Maryville, Tenn. (Chattanooga State CC) 11 Slatton 39 Tanner McDivitt LHP 6-0 165 FR-HS L/L Brighton, Tenn. (Brighton HS) 4 Small 40 Phillip Kunsa OF 5-11 205 FR-HS R/R Lockport, Ill. (Providence Catholic HS) 15 Smith 41 Shane Connahan OF 6-0 178 FR-HS L/R Beaver Springs, Pa. (Midd-West HS) 5 Stansberry 42 Conner Moss IF 5-9 172 FR-HS R/R Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Siegel HS) 6 Sullivan 38 Troutt 17 Zajac Head Coach: 26 - Jim McGuire (Cumberland [Tenn.], 1985), third season Assistant Coach: 19 - Scott Hall (Maryville College, 1998), third season Assistant Coach: 20 - JP Davis (Memphis, 1994), first season Volunteer Assistant Coach: 14 - Chase Sain (Memphis, 2013), first season Sports Medicine: Carter Pallet Managers: Nick Carey and David Lairamore Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen 8 Delgado IF 1 Jebavy OF 3 Jarreau OF 5 Stansberry IF/P 9 Bryant IF 11 Slatton P/OF 4 Small P 6 Sullivan IF 10 Ingold IF 16 A. Cash OF 7 Schnure C 28 Clements P 12 Allen OF 17 Zajac P 15 Smith OF/P 33 B. Cash P 21 Adkins C 18 Norrell IF/C 22 King OF/P 39 McDivitt P 30 Kessler P 29 Alton P 24 Dupree P/1B 40 Kunsa OF 31 Frebis P 32 Hoffman P 27 Aucker IF 41 Connahan OF 35 Baker P 36 Ring P 42 Moss IF 37 Foriest P 38 Troutt P COACHING CAPSULES Jim McGuire enters his third season at the helm of the Blue Raider with the record-breaking offense. program. He has been a part of 15 winning seasons, six trips to the NCAA In 2014, McGuire led Middle Tennessee to 31 wins and a fourth- Tournament, seven league championships, and five conference place finish during the program’s inagural season in Conference USA. tournament titles. McGuire has helped mold 61 players who have been The Blue Raiders made national headlines when they won two drafted by the pros and 101 first-team all-conference performers, games over No. 10 Rice during a three-game series March28-30. including six conference players of the year and 11 All-Americans. In his first season, McGuire guided the Blue Raiders to 28 victories The Blue Raiders are 657-547-1 during his tenure, a .545 winning and helped Middle Tennessee own an impressive 4-1 mark against SEC percentage. opponents. Before joining the Blue Raider staff in the summer of 1992, His first SEC victory came with a 2-1 thriller over Auburn on Feb. McGuire was head coach at Rend Lake (Ill.) Junior College from 1989 23. He followed that performance up a month later as the Blue Raiders to 1992. During his stint there, he compiled a record of 220-116, a toppled No. 2 Vanderbilt 4-1 at Reese Smith Field. McGuire’s squads winning percentage of .655. During his four-year tenure, McGuire’s also swept in-state rival Tennessee in a home-and-home series. teams turned in four second-place finishes in the Great Rivers Athletic Later in the spring, the Raiders secured a 6-5 victory over 20th Conference. His 1992 squad was Section III champion and Region 24 ranked South Alabama and for the first time in program history swept runner-up. McGuire served as assistant coach at Rend Lake from 1987 the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns. to 1988 and began his coaching career at Missouri-St. Louis in 1986. McGuire became just the third different Blue Raider coach since McGuire’s playing career began at Illinois State before he 1974, following John Stanford (1974-87) and Peterson (1988-2012). transferred to Rend Lake CC. The final two years of his collegiate career He is the 21st coach since the program began in 1913. were spent under the legendary Woody Hunt at Cumberland University Jim McGuire After eight years as an assistant under Peterson, McGuire was in Lebanon, Tenn. elevated following the 2000 season to associate head coach and The Belleville, Ill., native played baseball and basketball at Head Coach • Third Season moved up once again following Peterson’s retirement in July of 2012. Freeburg High School. After the Blue Raiders’ historical season in 2009, SEBaseball.com McGuire is married to the former Lynn Christophe from Belleville, Cumberland (Tenn.) ’85 named McGuire the Sun Belt Assistant Coach of the Year for his work Ill., and they have two daughters, Kristen and Katie. Scott Hall enters his third season as a member of the Blue Raider hits (646), runs scored (428), total bases (997), and runs batted in coaching staff. (396) in program history, and the team was sixth in the country with Hall works primarily with the offense, in addition to serving as the 64 home runs. Numerous individual players earned accolades under recruiting coordinator. Hall’s tutelage, including First Team All-Atlantic Sun honors for Matt In his second season, MT led Conference USA in home runs (31) Hamann, Nate Woods, and Dylan Craig. and triples (16), and recorded the second-most doubles. All-American In 2010, the Bruins’ offense finished in the top five in the Atlantic Trent Miller paced all C-USA hitters with 10 homers. Sun Conference in slugging percentage, on-base percentage, walks, During his first campaign with MT, the Raiders hit .273 for the 2013 home runs and limited strikeouts. Belmont also hit .315 as a team, the season. Ryan Ford ranked eighth in the Sun Belt with 74 hits, while highest team batting average during Hall’s tenure. He also recorded a Ryan Stephens rounded out the top-10 with a .329 batting average. Belmont record of 78 runs batted in, putting him at the top of national Trent Miller’s 20 doubles was good for sixth on the league ledger. rankings in the category. 2010 also saw Packy Elkins set single-season After five seasons with the Bruins, Hall was given the title of and career records in walks at Belmont to go along with 15 home runs. Assistant Coach for Player Development in 2011 and took over primary Elkins also became the seventh hitter drafted by MLB during Hall’s responsibilities as the recruiting coordinator. During his tenure, seven tenure at BU, making him the third infielder since Hall became the Bruins were drafted by Major League Baseball. primary infield instructor for the Bruins.