CNU ATHLETIC FACILITIES Captains Park - Baseball POMOCO Stadium & Belk Track CNU Courts The Freeman Center Captains Park - Softball Captains Field - Lacrosse/Field Hockey Captains Field - Soccer TABLE OF CONTENTS CNU Quick Facts/Directory Location ............................................................Newport News, Va. Area Population .......................................................... 500,000 est. Founded ................................................................................. 1961 Enrollment ............................................................................. 4,900 Nickname ..........................................................................Captains Colors ...........................................................Royal Blue and Silver Conference ................................... USA South Athletic Conference Facility ......................................................................Captains Park President .....................................................Sen. Paul S. Trible, Jr. Director of Athletics ....................................................C.J. Woollum Athletic Department Phone .......................................757-594-7025 Athletic Department Fax ...........................................757-594-7839 Website ......................................................... www.CNUsports.com General Information CNU Quick Facts/Directory ..................................1 Athletic Communications Staff Captains Park .....................................................23 Sr. Dir. Athletic Communications Francis Tommasino ................757-594-7884 (o) 757-891-9593 (h) Director of Sports Information Coaching Staff Rob Silsbee ........................................................ 757-594-7382 (o) Head Coach John Harvell .....................................2 Asst. Director of Sports Information Assistant Coaches ................................................4 Jessica Morelos .................................................. 757-594-7886(o) 2012 Season Schedule ........................................................1, BC 2012 Schedule Roster - Alphabetical ............................................5 February Roster - Numerical ................................................5 9 Thu Hampden-Sydney Captains Park 2:00 12 Sun Mary Washington Captains Park 1:00 Season Outlook ....................................................6 15 Wed Randolph-Macon Captains Park 2:00 Meet the Captains ................................................7 18 Sat SUNY Cortland Captains Park 1:00 Meet the Captains - Seniors .................................8 19 Sun Bridgewater Captains Park 1:00 22 Wed Virginia Wesleyan Captains Park 2:00 Meet the Captains - Juniors ................................12 25 Sat Blackburn Demorest, Ga. 1:00 Meet the Captains - Sophomores .......................14 26 Sun Piedmont Demorest, Ga. 4:00 Meet the New Captains ......................................17 27 Mon Adrian Demorest, Ga. 1:00 29 Wed Lynchburg Captains Park 2:00 2011 Season March Review of 2011 ...................................................18 1 Thu Hampden-Sydney Hampden-Sydney, Va. 2:00 Results ................................................................19 2 Fri Gallaudet Captains Park 2:00 Overall Statistics .................................................20 3 Sat Greensboro* Captains Park 1:00 Conference Statistics ..........................................21 4 Sun Greensboro* Captains Park 1:00 6 Tue Catholic Myrtle Beach, S.C. 12:00 Highs and Leaders .............................................22 7 Wed Penn State Berks Myrtle Beach, S.C. 3:00 8 Thu Penn State-Harrisburg Myrtle Beach, S.C. 3:00 USA South Athletic Conference 10 Sat Methodist* Fayetteville, N.C. 1:00 Conference History .............................................34 11 Sun Methodist* Fayetteville, N.C. 2:00 Baseball History ..................................................34 12 Mon Albertus Magnus Captains Park 2:00 15 Thu Virginia State Petersburg, Va. 3:00 Final 2011 Standings ..........................................35 17 Sat Ferrum* Ferrum, Va. 7:00 All-Conference Team 2011 .................................35 18 Sun Ferrum* Ferrum, Va. 2:00 All-Tournament Team 2011 .................................35 21 Wed Salisbury Salisbury, Md. 3:00 Conference Statistical Leaders ...........................35 23 Fri Tufts Captains Park 2:00 24 Sat N. C. Wesleyan* Captains Park 1:00 25 Sun N. C. Wesleyan* Captains Park 1:00 Record Book 29 Thu Salisbury Captains Park 2:00 Record vs. Top 30 Opponents ............................33 31 Sat Averett* Captains Park 1:00 Series Records vs. all Opponents ......................32 Opening Day Games ..........................................32 April Post Season Honors ...........................................36 1 Sun Averett* Captains Park 1:00 4 Wed Apprentice Captains Park 3:00 Record Book .......................................................24 5 Thu Randolph-Macon Ashland, Va. 3:00 Season and Career Highs ..................................25 6 Fri Shenandoah* Winchester, Va. 6:00 Single Game Highs .............................................26 7 Sat Shenandoah* Winchester, Va. 1:00 10 Tue Bridgewater Bridgewater, Va. 4:00 Coaching Records ..............................................26 USA South Tournament Misc. Stats ..........................................................29 12-15 Thu-Sun TBA Burlington, NC TBA Misc. Leaders .....................................................30 18 Wed Lynchburg Lynchburg, Va. 3:30 CNU's Best .........................................................38 19 Thu Apprentice Hampton, Va. 4:00 20 Fri Virginia Wesleyan Virginia Beach, Va. 3:00 Captains in the Pros ...........................................39 NCAA Playoffs ....................................................40 Home games bold All-Time Results .................................................27 *USA South games All-Time Roster ...................................................31 Credits The Program CNU Athletic Facilities ......................................IFC The 2012 Baseball Media Guide is a publication of the Christopher Newport University Department of Athletic Communications. Roster of Champions ..........................................43 Editor/Writer: Rob Silsbee; Editorial Contributions: Jessica Morelos, Francis Tommasino; Photography: CNU at a Glance ................................................44 Jesse Hutcheson, Mark Graziano, University Communications; Cover & Interior Design: Jessica More- los; Printing: Fidelity Printing Incorporated NCAA 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011 CNU BASEBALL | CNUSPORTS.COM 1 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH JOHN HARVELL John Harvell is in his 12th year leading the Christopher Newport University baseball team, and has achieved tremendous success at both the conference and national level. The CNU program is annually considered one of the top programs in the nation in Division III. Harvell’s Captains are coming off a 39-7 season in 2011 which featured a school-record 26-game winning streak, and his sixth trip to the NCAA tournament. Harvell’s tenure at CNU got off to a fast start. In 2001, in his first season at the helm, he led a program that had never finished higher than third in its conference (and that in a year when the league had only four teams) and won the school's first baseball championship. The win put CNU baseball in NCAA post season play for the first time in its history. In year #2, Harvell and the Captains repeated the conference title and went even further - much further - all the way to #3 final ranking in the nation. Harvell’s impact on the program continued its steady rise when he took his third CNU team even higher. In 2003, he led the Captains all the way to national championship day at the NCAA Divi- sion III World Series, where they finished #2 in the country. Facts and Figures In three remarkable years, CNU went from conference also-ran to national power. on John Harvell The American Baseball Coaches Association honored Harvell with its South Region Coach of the Career Highlights Year award for his efforts during the 2002 season and gave him the same award again in 2003. Record: 309-156-2 (.664) Seasons at CNU: 11 Conference Titles Won: 3 Post Season Appearances: 6 National Top 4 Finishes: 2 Record vs. All-Opponents 30-Win Seasons: 3 Albertus Magnus 3-0 Guilford 3-0 Ramapo 1-0 Alma 4-0 Gwynedd-Mercy 3-0 Randolph-Macon 11-4 Anderson 1-0 Hampden-Sydney 12-5 Rowan 5-6-1 Anna Maria 1-0 Hanover 1-0 St. Augustine's 2-0 Honors and Distinctions Apprentice 3-1 Johns Hopkins 1-1 St. Mary's 4-1 Conference Arcadia 1-1 Johnson & Wales 1-1 Salisbury 10-13 Coach of the Year: 2001, 2008 Averett 23-9 Kutztown 2-2 Shenandoah 21-13 Bridgewater 9-8 Lakeland 1-0 Southern Virginia 5-0 NCAA Regional Bryant 0-1 LaGrange 1-0 Staten Island 2-0 Carthage 1-0 LaRoche 2-0 Stevenson 2-2 Coach of the Year: 2002, 2003, Castleton St. 6-0 Lock Haven 1-0 Thomas More 1-0 2011 Catholic 1-0 Longwood 0-1 Trinity (Conn.) 1-0 Chapman 1-2 Loras 2-0 Tufts 1-0 Chowan 10-0 Lynchburg 3-2 Villa Julie 2-0 Clarion 2-0 Maine-Presque Isle 2-0 Virginia St. 6-0 Player Honors Cortland St. 3-1 Marietta 0-2 Virginia Wesleyan 11-9 All-Conference: 59 Dickinson 1-0 Mary Washington 6-5 Wabash 0-1 Eastern Conn. St. 2-0 Methodist 17-19 Washington & Jefferson 1-0 All-Region: 12 Eastern Mennonite 5-0 Misericordia 2-0 Webster 0-1 All-Region Tournament: 11 Emory 0-1 N.C. Wesleyan 21-12 William & Mary 0-1 Ferrum 21-10 Notre Dame (O.) 2-0 Wisconsin-Platteville 2-0 Region Tournament