NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 1 - 1979 NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: 7 - 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1995 NCAA REGIONALS: 19 - 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2013 GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 4 - 1995, 2002, 2010, 2013 2015 VALDOSTA STATE MATCH-UP BREAKDOWN BASEBALL SCHEDULE GAMES 39-41 April 17-18, 2015 - Cleveland, Tenn. Olympic Field Date Opponent Time/ Result SERIES QUICK TAKE 2/1 NORTH GEORGIA W, 7-5 First Meeting 2/7 PAINE (DH) W, 15-0 / W, 15-0 VALDOSTA STATE LEE 2/8 PAINE W, 25-3 BLAZERS FLAMES (24-14, 15-10 GSC) CURRENT STREAK (24-15-1, 13-12-1 GSC) 2/11 ALBANY STATE W, 16-1 First Meeting 2/14 *at Shorter (DH) W, 5-3 / L, 11-10 LAST YEAR 2/15 *at Shorter L, 7-6 (11 inn.) Did not play 2/18 COLUMBUS STATE L, 8-3 PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS 2/21 *#9 WEST FLORIDA (DH) W, 9-4 / W, 2-1 (9 inn.) VSU - RHP Mitchell Cody 6-5, 220, Jr., St. Augustine, Fla. 2/22 *#9 WEST FLORIDA W, 12-6 APP-GS W-L-S IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2015 Season 12-11 7-1-0 76.1 65 29 29 20 56 3.42 2/28 *DELTA STATE Rained Out LU - RHP Dustin Lawson 6-4, 200, Sr., Cleveland, Tenn. 3/1 *DELTA STATE (DH) W, 11-6 / W, 43- (9 inn.) 2015 Season 12-11 3-1-0 71.0 55 25 19 22 62 2.41 3/4 at Georgia Southwestern L, 14-2 VSU - RHP Kyle Andre 6-2, 195, Jr., Frostproof, Fla. APP-GS W-L-S IP H R ER BB SO ERA 3/7 *NORTH ALABAMA (DH) L, 7-6 / W, 3-1 2015 Season 11-10 4-4-0 60.2 53 37 23 16 39 3.41 3/8 *NORTH ALABAMA L, 5-2 LU - LHP Trenton Hill 6-3, 210, Jr., Bentonville, Ark. 2015 Season 13-11 6-4-1 63.2 49 22 21 33 82 2.97 3/10 GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN W, 24-9 3/11 at North Georgia L, 16-6 VSU - LHP Kellan Bailey 6-1, 190, Jr., Lake City, Fla. APP-GS W-L-S IP H R ER BB SO ERA 3/14 *WEST ALABAMA (DH) L, 15-6 / L, 5-2 2015 Season 19-5 4-2-2 52.1 48 24 20 18 47 3.44 3/15 *WEST ALABAMA L, 7-0 LU - RHP Jacob Potts 6-0, 150, Sr., Glendale, Ariz. 2015 Season 9-6 3-3-0 27.2 29 12 9 15 18 2.93 3/18 GEORGIA REGENTS W, 6-2 Blazer Statistical Quick Look 3/21 *at Christian Brothers (DH) W, 6-0 / W, 4-3 The Series - VSU vs. Lee Valdosta State hits the road in Gulf South Conference for the Player VSU 3/22 *at Christian Brothers Rained Out final time in 2015 as the Blazers make their first ever trip to Overall Record 24-14 Conference Record 15-10 3/25 at #3 Tampa W, 10-3 Cleveland, Tenn. to face Lee at Olympic Field. VSU enters the weekend with a 24-14 record overall and a Hits 444 3/28 *UNION (DH) W, 6-1 / L, 2-1 15-10 mark in GSC play. Meanwhile, LU is 24-15-1 on the Hits Per Game 11.7 Batting Average .345 3/29 *UNION W, 11-2 season and 13-12-1 in league action. The three-game series marks the first time Lee, which is in Runs 302 4/1 at #18 Flagler L, 8-7 its second year of transitioning to the NCAA Division II ranks, Runs Per Game 7.9 and Valdosta State have met on the diamond. BB-K 140-220 4/3 *at #7 Alabama-Huntsville (DH) W, 12-10 / L, 13-10 VSU is fighting to advance to the 2015 GSC Tournament as Home Runs 40 4/4 *at #7 Alabama-Huntsville W, 6-4 the Blazers currently stand fifth in the league standings with Stolen Bases-Att. 48-67 six games to play. The Blazers’ magic number to be one of ERA 4.57 4/8 at Albany State W, 15-4 the six teams to advance to the tournament is four. Runs Allowed 201 4/10 *WEST GEORGIA (DH) W, 7-2 / L, 8-7 VSU currently hits .345 as a team and averages 7.9 runs per Earned Runs Allowed 163 game. Meanwhile, the Flames bat .280 and average 4.8 runs Strikeouts 282 4/11 *WEST GEORGIA W, 3-2 an outing. Walks Allowed 127 4/15 at Georgia College Rained Out The Blazers possess a team ERA of 4.57 and allows oppo- Hits Allowed 318 nents to bat .259 while LU has a 3.29 ERA and allows foes Opp. Batting Avg. .259 4/17 *at Lee 5:00 p.m. to bat .244. Fielding % .963 4/18 *at Lee (DH) 2:00 p.m. BLAZER PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 4/22 at Columbus State 5:00 p.m. Pos. # Name B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. GP-GS Avg. 2B 3B HR R RBI SB-SBA 4/25 *MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (DH) 1:00 p.m. 2B 12 Mike Reed R/R 6-0 195 Sr. 38-38 .306 10 1 1 46 19 16-18 4/26 *MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 1:00 p.m. 3B 27 Michael Gouge R/R 6-3 225 Jr. 38-38 .397 15 0 8 42 46 8-11 C 41 Bryant Hayman R/R 6-1 240 Sr. 38-38 .377 9 0 10 34 43 3-5 4/28 GEORGIA COLLEGE 5:00 p.m. SS 10 Hayden Jones R/R 6-0 180 Jr. 38-38 .424 12 3 6 41 38 1-3 5/2-6 Gulf South Tournament TBA RF 32 Kevin Cruz R/R 6-0 215 Sr. 38-38 .413 18 1 8 35 34 4-6 1B 11 Jayk Graham R/R 6-3 200 Sr. 36-36 .344 16 2 4 24 26 1-1 5/14-17 NCAA South Regional Tournament TBA DH 4 Bobby Rice R/R 5-8 160 Jr. 37-33 .297 5 0 0 14 15 2-4 HOME GAME; *Gulf South Conference Game LF 25 Ryan Smith L/R 6-3 210 Jr. 29-11 .298 4 0 1 12 7 0-1 CF 9 B.J. Harmon L/L 5-9 175 Fr. 36-28 .256 0 1 0 21 4 9-14 2015 BLAZER ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class B/T Hometown Previous School 1 Dominique Smedley OF 5-10 185 Sr. R/R LaGrange, Ga. Chattahoochee Valley CC 2 Matt Aycock LHP 5-8 150 Fr. L/L Snellville, Ga. Brookwood 4 Bobby Rice IF 5-8 160 Jr. R/R Monticello, Fla. Tallahassee CC 5 Beau Blair OF/RHP 6-0 185 So. R/R Lawrenceville, Ga. Mountain View 6 David Wortham IF 5-9 160 Fr. R/R Valdosta, Ga. Lowndes 9 B.J. Harmon OF 5-9 175 Fr. L/L Hoschton, Ga. Mill Creek 10 Hayden Jones IF/RHP 6-0 180 Jr. R/R Tifton, Ga. South Alabama 11 Jayk Graham IF 6-3 200 Sr. R/R Blackshear, Ga. West Georgia 12 Mike Reed SS 5-10 195 Sr. R/R Middleburg, Fla. FSC at Jacksonville 13 James Ethredge RHP 5-9 175 Fr. R/R Mt. Vernon, Ga. Toombs 15 Mitch King LHP 6-2 175 So. L/L Johns Creek, Ga. Chattahoochee 16 Clint Carr C 5-11 195 Jr. R/R Snellville, Ga. Brookwood 17 Zac Goodno C 6-0 210 Sr. R/R Moultrie, Ga. Winthrop 19 Bradley Felkel OF 6-0 180 Fr. L/R Valdosta, Ga. Valdosta 20 Colby Wisdom LHP 5-9 180 Sr. L/L Ocala, Fla. College of Central Florida 21 Payson Smith IF 6-1 190 So. R/R Tallahassee, Fla. Sante Fe CC 22 Matt Fitzsimmons OF/RHP 6-2 220 So. R/R Orange Park, Fla. USC-Upstate 23 Jared Stanley LHP 5-11 215 Sr. L/L Jacksonville, Fla. Tallahassee CC 24 Austin Glorius RHP 6-3 205 Jr. R/R Winter Garden, Fla. Indian River CC 25 Ryan Smith OF 6-3 210 Jr. L/R Ocala, Fla. College of Central Florida 26 Cameron Tewksbury LHP 6-1 200 Sr. L/L Okeechobee, Fla. South Carolina 27 Michael Gouge 3B 6-3 225 Jr. R/R Snellville, Ga. Brookwood 31 Mitchell Cody RHP 6-5 220 Jr. R/R St. Augustine, Fla. St. John’s River CC 32 Kevin Cruz OF 6-0 215 Sr. R/R Tampa, Fla. Tallahassee CC 33 Justin Guy RHP 6-3 205 Sr. R/R Zebulon, Ga. Georgia Perimeter CC 34 Kyle Andre RHP 6-2 195 Jr. R/R Frostproof, Fla. Seminole State CC 36 Tyler Martin RHP 6-4 225 Jr. R/R Jacksonville, Fla. UCF 37 Kellan Bailey LHP 6-1 190 Jr. L/L Lake City, Fla. FSC at Jacksonville 39 Tyler York C 6-1 200 Sr. R/R Tallahassee, Fla. Tampa 40 Dylan West RHP 6-3 200 Jr. L/R Tallahassee, Fla. Florida A&M 41 Bryant Hayman C 6-2 240 Sr. R/R Waycross, Ga. Ware County COACHING STAFF Head Coach: 7 Greg Guilliams (8th season) Assistant Coach: 29 Todd Guilliams (8th season) Graduate Assistant Coach: 42 Ross Gusky (3rd season) QUICK FACTS BLAZER BREAKDOWN School Valdosta State University EXPERIENCE BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BY STATE / COUNTRY Location Valdosta, Ga.