OHIO STATE ATHLETICS CoMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 2014 OHIO STATE BASEBALL QUICK FACTS ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS baSEbaLL HISTORY 2014 SCHEDULE Assoc. AD of Comm. ..................................Dan Wallenberg First Year ...................................................................................1881 Date Opponent Time/Result All-Time Record ..............................................2,422-1,572-38 (.608) Director ...........................................................Leann Parker Feb. 14 Connecticut# TBA National Championships ...................................................... 1 (1966) Feb. 15 Auburn# TBA Associate Directors ....................Jerry Emig, Adam Widman College World Series Appearances .................................................4 Assistant Directors ................. Mike Basford, Alex Morando, Indiana State# TBA .................................................................................(1951-65-66-67) Feb. 16 Indiana State# TBA Brett Rybak, Danielle Warner, Kendra Willard College World Series Record ............................................9-7 (.563) Feb. 21 at UCF 7:05 p.m. Interns ........................................... Julie Brown, Ben Vondal NCAA Tournament Appearances ...................................................18 Feb. 22 The Citadel$ 1:05 p.m. Website .........................................OhioStateBuckeyes.com .........................(1951-55-65-66-67-82-91-92-93-94-95-97-99-2001- Feb. 23 Oklahoma$ 10:05 a.m. Main Office Phone .........................................614-292-6861 .................................................................................02-03-05-07-09) Feb. 28 Pittsburgh% 1:05 p.m. NCAA Tournament Record ............................................42-39 (.519) Baseball Contact ...............................................Brett Rybak March 1 Western Kentucky% 11:05 a.m. All-Time Big Ten Record .........................................927-689-5 (.577) March 2 at East Carolina% 2:05 p.m. Office Phone .................................................. 614-292-1112 Big Ten Tournament Appearances .................................................25 March 7 at Oregon 9:05 p.m. E-mail [email protected] (83-85-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05-06- . March 8 at Oregon 7:05 p.m. Cell ...........................................................440-840-4962 .................................................................................07-08-09-11-12) March 9 at Oregon 3:05 p.m. Mailing Address ...........................6th Floor, Fawcett Center Big Ten Tournament Record ..........................................53-39 (.598) March 11 at Oregon State 3:05 p.m. 2400 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43210 Big Ten Championships ................................................................15 March 14 Siena 5:05 p.m. ....................(1917-24-43-51-55-65-66-67-91-93-94-95-99-2001-09) March 15 Siena 3:05 p.m. Big Ten Tournament Championships ...............................................8 March 16 Siena 1:05 p.m. THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE March 18 Akron 5:05 p.m. ........................................................(1991-94-95-97-2002-03-05-07) March 19 Xavier 5:05 p.m. OFFICE March 21 at Michigan State* 3:05 p.m. Asst. Comr., Media Relations ...................... Scott Chipman 2014 TEAM FACTS March 22 at Michigan State* 1:05 p.m. Phone .......................................................847-696-1010 2013 Overall Record ....................................... 35-23 March 23 at Michigan State* 1:05 p.m. E-mail .......................................... [email protected] March 25 Marshall 6:35 p.m. 2013 Big Ten Record ........................................ 15-9 March 28 Indiana* 6:35 p.m. Baseball Contact ...............................................Dan Mihalik Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................... 13/12 March 29 Indiana* 3:05 p.m. Phone ...........................................................847-696-1010 March 30 Indiana* 1:05 p.m. E-mail ........................................... [email protected] Starting Position Players Returning/Lost ....... 5/4 April 1 Ohio 6:35 p.m. Fax/Web site ................................ 847-696-1110/bigten.org Pitchers Returning/Lost .................................... 5/6 April 2 Toledo 6:35 p.m. Mailing Address ..............................1500 West Higgins Rd. Newcomers...........................................................17 April 4 at Nebraska* 7:35 p.m. April 5 at Nebraska* 3:05 p.m. Park Ridge, IL 60068-6300 April 6 at Nebraska* 2:05 p.m. KEY RETURNEES (Position Players) April 9 Dayton 6:35 p.m. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Jr. OF Pat Porter .................296, 13 2B, 5 3B, 4 HR April 11 Penn State* 6:35 p.m. Location ..................................Columbus, Ohio (pop. 1.5m) April 12 Penn State* 3:05 p.m. So. 3B Jacob Bosiokovic .273, 7 2B, 4 HR, 33 RBI April 13 Penn State* 1:05 p.m. Founded ...................................................................... 1870 So. 2B Troy Kuhn ...............272, 2 2B, 12 RBI, 12 R April 15 at West Virginia 6:05 p.m. Enrollment ................................................................ 56,387 Jr. C Aaron Gretz ...............253, 7 2B, 20 R, 17 RBI April 16 Ball State 6:35 p.m. April 18 Murray State 6:35 p.m. Nickname ..............................................................Buckeyes Sr. OF Tim Wetzel .............215, 9 2B, 2 HR, 24 RBI Colors ....................................................... Scarlet and Gray April 19 Murray State 3:05 p.m. Mascot ........................................................Brutus Buckeye April 20 Murray State 1:05 p.m. KEY RETURNEES (Pitchers) April 25 at Purdue* 6:35 p.m. Fight Song ................................................ Across The Field April 26 at Purdue* 2:05 p.m. Conference ...................................................Big Ten (1913) Jr. RHP Trace Dempsey .......3-0, 1.02 ERA, 17 SV April 27 at Purdue* 1:05 p.m. Interim President ....................................... Joseph A. Alutto Jr. LHP Ryan Riga ................3-0, 2.14 ERA, 46.1 IP April 30 at Louisville 6 p.m. Faculty Representative ......................................John Bruno Sr. RHP Greg Greve .............4-1, 3.65 ERA, 24.2 IP May 2 Iowa* 6:35 p.m. (Pittsburgh, 1975) May 3 Iowa* 3:05 p.m. Sr. RHP Tyler Giannonatti ...0-3, 4.96 ERA, 32.2 IP May 4 Iowa* 1:05 p.m. So. RHP Jake Post ..............2-1, 4.99 ERA, 30.2 IP May 6 Miami 6:35 p.m. baSEbaLL STAFF May 9 at Michigan* 6 p.m. May 10 at Michigan* 2 p.m. Head Coach .........................Greg Beals (Kent State, 1995) KEY PLAYERS LOST Career Record ......................................337-279 (12th year) May 11 at Michigan* 1 p.m. SS Kirby Pellant .......301, 5 2B, 3 3B, 20 R, 15 RBI May 13 Cincinnati 6:35 p.m. OSU/Big Ten Record ..................94-77/38-31 (Fourth year) OF Joe Ciamacco ..274, 2 2B, 31 R, 16 RBI, 21 SB May 15 Northwestern* 6:35 p.m. Assistant Coach ..................Chris Holick (Kent State, 1999) May 16 Northwestern* 6:35 p.m. Pitching Coach .................Mike Stafford (Ohio State, 1998) LHP Brian King...................7-6, 2.68 ERA, 100.2 IP May 17 Northwestern* 3:05 p.m. Volunteer Asst. ..................Dan DeLucia (Ohio State, 2008) RHP Brad Goldberg.............6-1, 2.99 ERA, 81.1 IP May 21-24 Big Ten Tournament& TBA Office Assoc. (Phone) ............ Kathy Biddle (614-292-1075) RHP Jaron Long.................6-7, 4.02 ERA, 100.2 IP ALL TIMES EASTERN RHP Brett McKinney...........4-4, 2.98 ERA, 48.1 IP Key * Big Ten Conference game; # Snowbird Classic - Port Charlotte, Fla.; $ UCF Tournament - Orlando, Fla.; % Keith LeClair Classic - Greenville, N.C.; & Big Ten Tournament - Omaha, Neb. - TD Ameritrade Park OhioStateBuckeyes.com athletics 2014 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES PITCHERS (17) BY JERSEY No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Cl./El. Hometown/College/High School 19 Trace Dempsey** RHP R-R 6-1 185 Jr./Jr. Huntington, W. Va./Huntington 2 Jalen Washington C/INF 33 Josh Dezse** RHP/1B R-R 6-5 220 Sr./Jr. Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty 3 Pat Porter OF 11 Zach Farmer LHP L-L 6-2 195 Fr./Fr. Piketon, Ohio/Piketon 4 Ronnie Dawson OF 20 Tyler Giannonatti* RHP R-R 6-0 200 5th/Sr.Chandler, Ariz./Kansas St./Chandler-Gilbert CC/Corona del Sol 32 Greg Greve*** RHP R-R 6-4 215 Sr./Sr. Cleveland, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit 5 Troy Kuhn INF 29 Michael Horesjei LHP L-L 6-0 200 So./So. Brunswick, Ohio/St. Ignatius 6 Chris Holick Asst. Coach 50 Michael Koltak RHP R-R 5-10 180 So./Fr. Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington 7 Craig Nennig INF 23 Travis Lakins RHP R-R 6-1 175 Fr./Fr. Franklin, Ohio/Franklin 8 Troy Montgomery OF 30 Brennan Milby RHP R-R 6-2 195 Fr./Fr. Greensburg, Ky./Green County 9 Greg Beals Head Coach 39 Shea Murray RHP R-R 6-6 205 So./Fr. Defiance, Ohio/Defiance 10 Jake Post RHP 43 Adam Niemeyer RHP R-R 6-3 205 Fr./Fr. Minster, Ohio/Minster 11 Zach Farmer LHP 38 Matt Panek* LHP L-L 6-3 185 Jr./So. Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove 12 Ryan Leffel INF 28 Yianni Pavlopoulos RHP R-R 6-1 205 Fr./Fr. Homer Glen, Ill./Providence Catholic 10 Jake Post* RHP R-R 6-2 205 So./So. Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton 14 Connor Sabanosh C 44 Ryan Riga* LHP L-L 6-0 185 Jr./Jr. Hamilton, Ohio/Wabash Valley College/Fairfield 15 Kyle Michalik SS/RHP 24 Joe Stoll LHP L-L 6-0 185 So./Fr. Westlake, Ohio/St. Edward 16 Tanner Tully LHP/OF 16 Tanner Tully LHP/OF L-L 6-0 185 Fr./Fr. Elkhart, Ind./Central 17 Jacob Bosiokovic INF 19 Trace Dempsey RHP CATCHERS