20102010 BaseballBaseball AUGUSTANAAUGUSTANA COLLEGECOLLEGE VIKINGSVIKINGS 2010 BASEBALL QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS VIKING QUICK FACTS General Information Augustana College Facts . .1 General Information Baseball Quick Facts . .1 School: . .Augustana College Table of Contents . .1 Founded: . .1800 Media Information / Media Outlets . .2 Location: . .Sioux Falls, S.D. (141,000) Administration . .3 Enrollment: . .1,750 School Colors: . .Navy and Yellow Team Information Nickname: . .Vikings Head Coach Tim Huber . .4 National Affiliation: . .NCAA Division II Assistant Coach Bryce Ahrendt, JaColby Anderson, Conference: .Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Mark Moriarty, Landon Danelson . .5 Home Field: . .Augustana Soccer Complex Athletic Trainers . .6 Numerical / Alphabetical Rosters . .7 Administration Player Bios . .8-16 President: . .Rob Oliver 2009 Season Results / Statistics . .17-18 Athletics Director: . .Bill Gross Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference . .19-20 Assistant Athletic Director: . .Jeff Holm Viking Baseball Record Book . .21-23 Sr. Woman Administrator: . .Ann Traphagen Faculty Athletic Representative: . .Marcia Entwistle Augustana College Director of Athletic Development: . .Jon Eng Athletic Athletics . .24-25 About Augustana . .26 Coaching Staff About Sioux Falls . .27-29 Head Coach: . .Tim Huber Athletic Facilities . .30-31 Alma Mater, Year: . .Minnesota State (2001) Athletic Venues . .32-33 Record at School (yrs): . .27-23 (2 Years) Ronken Field Fence Construction . .34 Career Record (yrs): . .125-94-1 (5 Years) Viking Championship History . .35 Baseball Office Phone: . .(605) 274-5541 2009 Schedule . .BC Best time/day to reach coach: . .Weekday Mornings Assistant Coach: . .Bryce Ahrendt, Jacolby Anderson Graduate Assistants . .Mark Moriarty, Landon Danelson Team Information Overall record last year: . .27-23 Conference record/finish: . .17-14/ 6th Conference Tournament Finish: . .5th Position Starter returning/Lost: . .6/3 Starting Pitching returning/Lost . .3/ Letterwinners returning/Lost: . .21/11 Sports Information Baseball SID: . .Regan Tekavec Credits SID Office Phone: . .(605) 274-4335 The 2009 Augustana College soccer yearbook is a production of the Augustana College sports information office. Design assistance was provided by Peg Ustad. SID Cell Phone: . .(719) 439-4695 Photography credits go to Inertia Sports Media, Bruce Conley and T.J. Nelson. SID E-Mail Address: . [email protected] The yearbook was printed at Sisson Printing (covers) and Augustana Central Sports Information Fax: . .(605) 274-5298 Services (inside pages). Website: . .www.GoAugie.com 1 MEDIA INFORMATION/MEDIA OUTLETS Media Information RADIO STATIONS TELEVISION STATIONS The Augustana College sports information office looks forward to KIKN (100.5 FM) FB, Men’s KDLT-TV (NBC) working with members of the media during the 2009 Viking soccer BB Mark Ovenden & season. The following information is designed to assist the media with Jeff Fylling Jason Anschutz its coverage of the Vikings. For additional information, please contact 5100 S. Tennis Lane 3600 S. Westport Ave. Sports Information Director Kevin Ludwig at (605) 274-4335. Sioux Falls, SD 57108 Sioux Falls, SD 57106 Phone: (605) 361-0300 Phone: (605) 361-1357 Media Credentials Fax: (605) 361-5410 Fax: (605) 361-3982 Requests for media and photography credentials should be Web: www.kikn.com Web: www.kdlt.com received by the Augustana College Sports Information Office no later than 24 hours prior to the competition. Requests should be directed KWSN (1230 AM) KELO-TV (CBS) to Sports Information Director Kevin Ludwig at (605) 274-4335. Craig Mattick & John Gaskins Jay Elsen, David McCoy & Credentials will be mailed if time permits or they can be picked 500 S. Phillips Ave. David Brown up at the ticket window. Credentials will be issued to working media Sioux Falls, SD 57104 501 S. Phillips Ave. only. Credentials are non-transferable and should be in clear view at Phone: (605) 357-5814 Sioux Falls, SD 57104 all times. Fax: (605) 336-0415 Phone: (605) 357-5692 Web: www.kwsn.com Fax: (605) 336-0202 Photography Web: www.keloland.com Photographers are limited to the marked areas around the field, ESPN (99.1 FM) Women’s BB in accordance with NCAA guidelines. Photographers ARE NOT Brad Peterson & Warren Swain KSFY-TV (ABC) allowed to shoot in the team box areas, and are asked to shoot on 5100 S. Tennis Lane Erik Thorstensen & the side opposite of press row. Sioux Falls, SD 57108 Tim Peters Phone: (605) 361-0300 300 N. Dakota Ave. Weekly Interviews Fax: (605) 361-5410 Sioux Falls, SD 57102 Members of the media should arrange all interviews with Web: www.espn991.com Phone: (605) 373-7376 coaches and players with SID Kevin Ludwig at (605) 274-4335. A 24- Fax: (605) 336-2067 hour notice is appreciated. Keep in mind that the best time to NEWSPAPERS Web: www.ksfy.com conduct a phone interview with head coach Brandon Barkus is Argus Leader weekday mornings. On game days, no player interviews will be Beat Writer: Matt Zimmer INTERNET MAGAZINE allowed until the conclusion of the game. 200 S. Minnesota Ave. Inertia Sports Media PO Box 5034 Dave Eggen Practices Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5034 PO Box 91133 Most Viking practices are open to the media. ALL interviews Phone: (605) 331-2265 Sioux Falls, SD 57109-1133 conducted before practice must be finished 5 minutes prior to Fax: (605) 977-3933 Phone: (605) 941-1958 practice. Players and coaches will also be available for interviews for Web: www.argusleader.com Web: www.inertiasports.net 20 minutes following practice. Once practice starts, interviews with coaches and players are prohibited. Contact SID Kevin Ludwig at The Mirror CONFERENCE (605) 274-4335 for practice times and location. Interviews requiring Augustana College Northern Sun Intercollegiate additional time can be arranged. 2001 S. Summit Ave. Conference Sioux Falls, SD 57197 Nick Kornder Postgame Services Phone: (605) 274-4423 1601 St. Anthony Ave, Suite Following a 10-minute “cooling off” period, head coach Brandon 920 Barkus and Augustana soccer players will be available for interviews. WIRE SERVICE St. Paul, MN 55103 During home games, players will be escorted to press row to meet Associated Press Phone: (651) 288-4017 with the media. Coach Barkus will meet with the media following 330 N. Main Street Fax: (651) 224-8583 player interviews. He too will be available at press row. A member of PO Box 1125 Web: www.northernsun.org the Augustana sports information office will be available to assist in Sioux Falls, SD 57101 arranging postgame interviews. Complete result packets, including a Phone: (605) 332-3111 play-by-play, will be provided as soon as possible after the game at Fax: (605) 332-3931 press row. Follow the Vikings on GoAugie.com Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Media and fans alike can follow all of Augustana’s athletic Nick Kornder, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations, is the media relations contact at the NSIC office. Kornder’s office and cell teams through the Vikings’ official web site, www.GoAugie.com. phone number is (651) 288-4017 and his e-mail address is In 2008 Augustana Athletics partnered with a new internet [email protected]. The fax number is (651) 224-8583. You can host company, Internet Consulting Services (ICS), based in visit the NSIC on the internet at http://www.northernsun.org/. Syracuse, N.Y. With the help of ICS, Augustana will continue to provide current news, information and statistics. There are several features on the new GoAugie.com web site that will assist the media in covering the Vikings. First, you can sign up to be included on the article e-mail list. Whenever a new story is posted to the site, you will receive that article in your e-mail inbox. Or you can subscribe to the RSS feeds function. In either case, you can either select certain sports that you wish to receive articles, or you can select them all. GoAugie.com is also the place to go when you can’t be at the game. For select sports, GoAugie.com will provide live stats, audio broadcasts or web casts. Click the Multimedia link on the front page to access these features. 2 THE ADMINISTRATION President Director of Athletics Rob Oliver Bill Gross Rob Oliver was elected to serve Bill Gross has served as Director as Augustana College’s 23rd of Athletics at Augustana College president in January of 2006 following since 1986. He joined the Augustana a national search. athletic staff in 1979 as Assistant Oliver is no stranger to Men’s Basketball Coach and was the Augustana. Prior to his appointment Head Men’s Basketball Coach at the as president, he was an associate college from 1983-92. From 1995- professor and chair of the Augustana 2005 he also held an academic department of business. “We have leadership role at the college as to reach out and tell the Augustana story, and it’s a wonderful HPER Department Chair. As Director of Athletics, Gross has story,” said Oliver, who is a past chair of the Augustana Board been a leader in the growth and expansion of the Augustana of Trustees and served 12 years on the Board. He began Athletic Program. He has been directly involved in the teaching at Augustana in the Fall of 2004. planning and fundraising for new athletic facilities on the Prior to joining the Augustana faculty, Oliver was the Augustana campus including the Elmen Center (1989), Southern District President of Wells Fargo Bank of South Bowden Field (1991) and Ronken Field (1993). Dakota. His banking career spanned 27 years, all with Wells Gross also played a key role in planning and fundraising Fargo. for the renovation of the Bill Hall Football Complex in 1994, He served as an adjunct instructor at The University of the resurfacing of the outdoor track in 1997, the Elmen Center South Dakota School of Business and Graduate School of Enhancement Project in 2003, and the Hall Football Complex Business.