ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY WILDCAT BASEBALL 2014 Record Book 2014 RADIO / TV GUIDE #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Ty Taylor Kyle Seth Brandon Tyler Aaron TAYLOR WATERS GIUSTI SPIVEY GRUDZIELANEK EAGER DRAPER #10 #12 #13 #15 #16 #17 #18 Russell Emil Chris Scott Cameron Tommy Colton CRIPPEN LITTERER ALTIMONT KINZLER STERNE LININGER HALL #19 #20 #21 #23 #24 #25 #26 Gunnar Jordan Stuart Kevin Connor Brandon Nick BUHNER FORRESTER PATKE SHEETS MESSMAN LAMBRIGHT PALACIOS #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 Ty Brady Heath Hunter Austin Ladgie Garrett WALKER RODRIGUEZ BEASLEY WAKEFIELD LAMBRIGHT ZOTYKA DEMEYERE #34 #35 #36 #37 #40 Nate Levi Mack Gabe Joe COLE BROESKE MORGAN SAGER GAWRIEH 2014 ACU WILDCAT BASEBALL 2014 ACU Schedule . 2 Press Information CRUTCHER SCOTT FIELD 2014 Roster . 8 Requests for press seating, information, Press Box: 325-671-4673 or 4675 2013 Results . 10 interviews and pictures should be directed to Home radio: 325-674-6932 2013 Statistics . 11 Lance Fleming. 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Director of Athletics Media Relations Web site: www.acusports.com Abilene Christian University ACU Record Book Facebook: www.facebook.com/acusports ACU Box 27916 ACU Team Records . 21 Twitter: www.twitter.com/acusports ACU Records . 21 Abilene, Texas 79699-7795 ACU Historical Summary . 24 Office Phone: 325-674-6171 ACU Teams By Winning Percentage . .24 Cell Phone: 765-490-6988 ACU Top Pitching Performances . .26 Email: [email protected] ACU Top Hitting Performances . .27 ACU in the Post-Season . .28 ACU Individual Honors . 29 ACU vs. All-Time Opponents . 32 ACU Baseball Year-by-Year . 33 www.acusports.com 2014 ACU WILDCAT BASEBALL 1 2014 ACU BASEBALL SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME Fri., Feb. 14 vs. Arlington Baptist Abilene (1x9) 4 p.m. Sat., Feb. 15 vs. Arlington Baptist Abilene (1x9) 1 p.m. Sun., Feb. 16 vs. Arlington Baptist Abilene (1x9) 1 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21-Sun., Feb. 23 Al Scott Memorial Baseball Classic Abilene Feb. 21 – ACU vs. Central Arkansas, 4 p.m. Feb. 22 – Central Arkansas vs. New Jersey Tech, 11 a.m. Feb. 22 – ACU vs. New Jersey Tech, 4 p.m. Feb. 23 – New Jersey Tech vs. Central Arkansas, 11 a.m. Feb. 23 – ACU vs. New Jersey Tech, 4 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28-Sat., March 13 Bourland-Ardoin Classic Abilene Feb. 28 – Kansas State vs. Grand Canyon Feb. 28 – Missouri State vs. Abilene Christian Feb. 28 – Kansas State vs. Missouri State March 1 – Kansas State vs. Missouri State March 1 – Grand Canyon vs. Abilene Christian March 1 – Grand Canyon vs. Kansas State Tues., March 4 at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. (1x9) 6:30 p.m. Wed., March 5 at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. (1x9) 6:30 p.m. Fri., March 7-Sun., March 9 Texas-Arlington Hilton Invitational Arlington March 7 – vs. Missouri State, 11 a.m. March 8 – vs. Utah, 11 a.m. March 9 – vs. Texas-Arlington, 3 p.m. Tues., March 11 at Texas Tech Lubbock (1x9) 6:30 p.m. Thurs., March 13 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. (1x9) 3 p.m. Fri., March 14 vs. East Central Abilene (1x9) 6 p.m. Sat., March 15 vs. East Central Abilene (1x9) 2 p.m. Sun., March 16 vs. East Central Abilene (1x9) 1 p.m. Sat., March 22 at Alabama A&M Normal, Ala. (1x9, 1x7) 1 p.m. Sun., March 23 at Alabama A&M Normal, Ala. (1x9) 12 p.m. Tues., March 25 vs. Texas College Abilene (1x9, 1x7) 5 p.m. Fri., March 28 * vs. Incarnate Word Abilene (1x9) 6 p.m. Sat., March 29 * vs. Incarnate Word Abilene (1x9) 2 p.m. Sun., March 30 * vs. Incarnate Word Abilene (1x9) 1 p.m. Fri., April 4 * vs. Lamar Abilene (1x9) 6 p.m. Sat., April 5 * vs. Lamar Abilene (1x9) 2 p.m. Sun., April 6 * vs. Lamar Abilene (1x9) 1 p.m. Tues., April 8 at Texas Tech Lubbock (1x9) 6:30 p.m. Fri., April 11 * at Sam Houston State Huntsville (1x9) 6:30 p.m. Sat., April 12 * at Sam Houston State Huntsville (1x9) 4 p.m. Sun., April 13 * at Sam Houston State Huntsville (1x9) 1 p.m. Wed., April 16 at Texas A&M College Station (1x9) 6:35 p.m. Thurs., April 17 * vs. Stephen F. Austin Abilene (1x9) 6 p.m. Fri., April 18 * vs. Stephen F. Austin Abilene (1x9) 2 p.m Sat., April 19 * vs. Stephen F. Austin Abilene (1x9) 1 p.m. Mon., April 21 vs. McMurry Abilene (1x9) 6:30 p.m. Fri., April 25 * at Houston Baptist Houston (1x9) 2 p.m. Sat., April 26 * at Houston Baptist Houston (1x9) 1 p.m. Sun., April 27 * at Houston Baptist Houston (1x9) 2 p.m. Tues., April 29 vs. Texas-Permian Basin Abilene (1x9) 6 p.m. Fri., May 2 * vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Abilene (1x9) 6 p.m. Sat., May 3 * vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Abilene (1x9) 2 p.m. Sun., May 4 * vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Abilene (1x9) 1 p.m. Fri., May 9 * at Oral Roberts Tulsa, Okla. (1x9) 6:30 p.m. Sat., May 10 * at Oral Roberts Tulsa, Okla. (1x9) 2 p.m. Sun., May 11 * at Oral Roberts Tulsa, Okla. (1x9) 1 p.m. Thurs., May 16 * at Incarnate Word San Antonio (1x9) 6:30 p.m. Fri., May 17 * at Incarnate Word San Antonio (1x9) 3 p.m. Sat., May 18 * at Incarnate Word San Antonio (1x9) 1 p.m. Tues., May 20 at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. (1x9) 6:30 p.m. Fri., May 23 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. (1x9) 6 p.m. Sat., May 24 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. (1x9) 6 p.m. Sun., May 25 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. (1x9) 12 p.m. Home games are in bold * Southland Conference game 2 2014 ACU WILDCAT BASEBALL www.acusports.com Head Coach Britt Bonneau EIGHTEENTH SEASON Simply put, Britt Bonneau is a winner. In 17 years at the helm of ACU baseball, he has taken the Wildcats from a middle-of-the-road into a perennial contender for conference, regional and national titles. Before Bonneau joined the ACU baseball program, the Wildcats had won one conference championship and had never made an NCAA post-season appearance in more than 30 years. Since his arrival as an assistant coach in 1996, ACU fielded one of the most successful baseball programs in NCAA Division II. Bonneau – who became the Wildcats’ head coach at the age of 26 in 1997 – has led ACU to new heights in his 17 seasons as head coach. From 2000-10, the Wildcats captured eight LSC South Division titles (2000-02, 2004-05, 2007, 2009 and 2010), two regular season championships (2008 and 2010) and five LSC Post-Season Tournament titles (2000-02, 2009, and 2010). Bonneau’s teams THE BONNEAU FILE were also invited to nine of the last 13 NCAA Division II South Central region tournaments. Born: May 11, 1970 The 2003 Wildcats won the regional title for the first time in school history, enabling ACU to make its first appearance in the NCAA Division II College World Series. Hometown: Farmers Branch All of the Wildcats’ success has helped make Bonneau the winningest coach in Family: Wife, Cari; school history with a record of 678-331-1. His 671 wins left ACU as one of the daughters Jaci, Mati, Scotlyn and Landry winningest baseball programs in NCAA Division II over the past two decades. Degree: Bachelor of Science, Kinesiology, To those who have followed his career, it should come as no surprise that Bonneau Lubbock Christian (1994) has turned ACU into a big winner. Playing Experience: And now Bonneau takes on the challenge of leading the Wildcats into a new era as • Rawlings Region IV Player of the Year, 1991 ACU moves up to NCAA Division I affiliation and back to the Southland Conference, • Rawlings First Team NAIA all-America, 1991 which it helped to establish in 1963.